cairo. arwa? reporter: beyond this wall is one of the roads that leads to the u.s. embassy in cairo. normally, it would be open here on a sunday. it is is a working day here but it is going to be closed. americans are not take anything chances. this embassy has been attacked by angry mobs. on september 11th of last year, when people were incensed over the release of a film that insulted prophet muhammad. that s the day they saw a coordinated strike on the consulate that left an ambassador and three others dead. the americans do not want to take a chance that could be repeated. arwa, thank you for that. let s head to israel where the u.s. embassy son alert there. it is not shutting down throw, vladimir deutsche is in tel aviv. reporter: it doesn t affect the tel aviv united states which is right behind me.
day. the embassy closing is officially scheduled for sunday, but we re told it could be extended. it includes western and u.s. targets and that worldwide travel alert which was issued separately and certainly in conjunction with this extends through august 31st. emily, we ve got a map that we want to put up to show you and our viewers. if you would, just talk about just how much of an area this covers. a lot of ground covered here. yeah, you take a look at that. i mean, you re talking about nearly two dozen embassies and consulates. a huge area. all of that in yellow. but if you look closely, you see yemen almost right in the middle. one official says that threat really appears to be centered right there, coming from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. the threat is considered credible, officials say are taking it very seriously. but here s the problem, it s not official proof of what could be planned. cover those two embassies and consulates, really concerned about u.s. personnel a
domestically, is this not much of a change. it s business as usual. even for the travelers going abroad, traveling internationally, the state department said they won t see a visible change in security as a result of this travel warning. in fact, we ve spoken to airlines as well. no cancellations, no changes in flight schedules. but getting back to those passengers that we caught up with yesterday, there are some more worried than others. for the state department to go ahead and have the embassy close the embassy on sunday, i mean, it s worry saturday morning. and i don t think america joke with security. when they say something, they mean it. so i m worried, if what they have scheduled happens, incident lives are lost. reporter: so that traveler is worried. others are taking this big warning less seriously. the state department, they do recommend things for those traveling internationally. the first and foremost, tell the