Dangerous predators in the sea. Well gmas super shark week kicks off this morning. It is absolutely spectacular. Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. I think sam is taking issue with your well were glad you made it back from the bahamas in one piece, sam. Glad to have you. We have a lot to get to. Well get right to the Terror Threat that has americans around the globe on high alert today. Those 19 embassies closed right now. You see them here. Well, the u. S. Has now announced it will extend the mass closures of these embassies for at least another week. Security also raised here in the u. S. At airports and train stations all across the country. Abcs Martha Raddatz is tracking the latest and joins us this morning from washington. Good morning. Reporter intelligence officials are tracking this threat full time this morning. While the u. S. Is closing even more embassies and some may stay closed even beyond this week. U. S. Officials are focusing particularly on yemen this morning. Bel
Good evening, and thank you for joining us. David is off tonight. Im byron pitts. As we go on the air, americans are on high alert around the world and here at home after a Terror Threat from al qaeda. At this hour, there are new details about the nature of that threat. Abc news has learned u. S. Intelligence has intercepted communications in which al qaeda says the planned attack is, quote, going to be big, and strategically significant. And this intel operatives are in place. 22 embassies across africa and the arab world are shut down, most to be closed for at least a week. Tonight, four countries are added to the list. Security at all of them very high. Security also raised here in the United States at airports and train stations across the country. Our coverage begins with abcs Global Affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. Reporter the messages intercepted from al qaeda in the yemen are chilling. A senior u. S. Official telling abc news, known terrorists are planning a major attack
Reporter good evening. This is our western edition. Rescue workers are risking their lives tonight in oso, washington, searching ground that has been compared to quicksand for victims of the mud slide. Three days after it buried this Village North of seattle, 14 people are known dead but dozens more are still unaccounted for among them, 30yearold billy spillers, father of four, a Career Counselor for the navy. Three of his children are missing, as well. The fourth child, fouryearold jacob, was rescued from the debris. Cbs news correspondent Danielle Nottingham is on the scene for us tonight. Danielle . Eporter scott, more than 60 members of the Washington National guard joined the search today. Were told teams are pinging for cell phone signals in the hopes of finding anyone under the debris and mud. Harch teams moved in heavy equipment, but they also had to resort to using their hands in some places to dig through the thick mud. Cameras are being inserted into air pockets in the hope
To muffle the drums of war. But theres no point in me asking for action on the part of congress before i know exactly what it is that is going to be required for us to get the job done. Isis, the job, what it takes to get it done with the top democrat on the house terms committee. Dutch ruppersberger and congressman Adam Kinzinger. Economic sanctions be damned, russia opens another front in the ukraine. Very important to recognize that a military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming. From kiev, senator Robert Menendez chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on whether anything is forth coming. Plus the felony indictment of Texas Governor rick perry with a man who has been there, done that, former House Republican leader tom delay on perrys future and his take on washington from the outside in. And i approve this message. Labor day weekend, the end of summer reruns and beginning of fall campaign. Are you ready for some politics . This is state of the union.
Kmeelt. Dutch ruppersberger and congressman Adam Kinzinger. Economic sanctions be damned, russia opens another front in the ukraine. Very important to recognize that a military solution to this problem is not going to be forthcoming. From kiev, senator Robert Menendez chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on whether anything is forth coming. Plus the felony indictment of Texas Governor rick perry with a man who has been there, done that, former House Republican leader tom delay on perrys future and his take on washington from the outside in. And i approve this message. Labor day weekend, the end of summer reruns and beginning of fall campaign. Are you ready for some politics . This is state of the union. Good morning from washington. Im Candy Crowley. We begin with a new setback for isis thanks in part to military action by the u. S. Today Iraqi Security and volunteer forces broke the isis siege of amerli, a town north of baghdad. The u. S. Carried out air strikes saturday