0 when about 35,000 somali refugees fled to kenya in order to escape drought-strick islamist rule and conflict a few years later in 2011. kenya closed the border to somalia after heavy fighting between rebels and government-backed forces. later this same year kenyan forces entered and tried to curb the violence. almost two years later they are still in somalia. that s despite repeated promises to pull them out. getting you caught up on politics, congress is in a conflict of its own about the looming debt crisis there. there are only nine days left until a government showdown. the house passing a stop gap spending bill yesterday covering the government s debts through mid-december while de funding obamacare. now it goes to the democratic-held senate which says it will reject the bill and stay stedfast in supporting the president s plan. molly is live in washington. molly, we want to start with what did the president say about the house bill today? president obama blamed, quote, far
0 targeting nonmuslims and westerners telling muslims to leave a food court area before opening fire there. fox news has learned that a shopping mall was owned by a wealthy israeli businessman. we don t know the motive behind the attack. east africa, of course, is home to several al qaeda-linked groups that operate in the region. the somali militant organization which appears behind today s attack has previously vowed to attack nairobi after kenya sent troops into somalia two years ago. now east africa, of course, is no stranger to terror attacks. more than 200 people were killed in 1998 when al qaeda bombed u.s. embassies in nairobi and in neighboring tanzania. violence is common, has been common all the more so when kenya has gotten more involved in somalia. for right now, we are hearing that at least 30 people have been killed and possibly some americans have either been killed or injured. conor powell, thank you very much for that update there. and now for more on the rampage in
0 grenades, they targeted non-muslims and westerners in this shopping mall. the shopping mall where the attack took place was an upscale sort of western part of nairobi, kenya s capital. there were reports there was a children s sort of event taking place at the mall when this attack happened. now, we understand the mall is owned by a wealthy israeli businessman, but we don t know what the motive behind the attack was today or if anyone in kenya knew who the owner of this mall was. looked like it may have been a robbery gone bad. but it looks like a terror attack now. now, no one has claimed responsibility, but east africa is home to several al qaeda-linked groups that operate in the region. the somali militant group has vowed to attack nairobi after kenya sent troops to somalia m . and there have been a lot of terror attacks between 98 and now. but looks like this event, this terror attack has left at least 22 people dead. julie, it could be much higher as authorities there are start