let s begin a busy news day with a look at what you need to know right now. an important warning tonight from the u.s. embassy in saudi arabia. the embassy says it received information about a terror plot to kidnap westerners in the saudi capital of riyadh. the warning urges u.s. citizens to mix up their normal routines and to keep aware of their security at all times. however, the state department says there is no reason for u.s. citizens to leave saudi arabia. this afternoon, secretary of state hillary clinton indicated the united states will soon formally declare pakistan s haqqani network a terrorist organization. the al qaeda group is considered a major threat to u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan. we re going to continue to struggle against terrorism and in particular against those who have taken up safe havens inside pakistan. also today in an interview that will air on cnn s fareed zakaria gps, the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff repeated his accus
from the u.s. embassy in saudi arabia. the embassy says it received information about a terror plot to kidnap westerners in the saudi capital of riyadh. the warning urges u.s. citizens to mix up their normal routines and to keep aware of their security at all times. however, the state department says there is no reason for u.s. citizens to leave saudi arabia. this afternoon, secretary of state hillary clinton indicated the united states will soon formally declare pakistan s haqqani network a terrorist organization. the group is considered a major threat to u.s. and nato troops in afghanistan. we re going to continue to struggle against terrorism and in particular against those who have taken up safe havens inside pakistan. also today, in an interview that will air on cnn, the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff repeated his accusation that pakistan s intelligence agency, the isi, supports the haqqani network. it s been there for a long time. and unless the pakist
we mentioned this a moment ago, governor rick perry, of texas, seeing east texas by helicopter. texas has already lost a thousand homes, and a lot of the fires, zero contained, some of the others, about 20 percent, but it varies based on the fires and outbreak, will it s near austin or houston, texas. this is a big deal, because they had a huge, scorching hot summer, triple digit temperatures for more than 60 days in areas of dallas. it is dry, they ve been hit with droughts, and right now, we have no firm idea as to when this mess ends. rick perry by helicopter. martha: so many have lost their homes. very tough situation. so we re watching that. and now, this for you. a republican senator is now demanding some answers from the u.s. air force after a class on the just war theory was suspended for using bible passages in the course load. here s a part of the letter that texas senator jon cornyn sent to the air
sheriff, good morning to you. our thoughts and condolences with brian terry s family. do you have a firm idea as to what happened with him? well, everything that we are hearing now, is that bandits, actual illegal immigrants higher in america, that are actually stealing from the drug cartels, we see it in my county all the time, 70 miles north of this area, where there are armed gunmen, ak-47s and at gunpoint they say, give us the drugs that you have kindly walked for five days to bring up towards metro phoenix and oftentimes we see gunbattles and this is where the tactical team. and agent terry is a member of that, and our hearts are broken that 10,000-plus police officers and deputies of arizona, for our brother officer, who gave his life to protect america. bill: the description we are getting about him is nothing but extraordinary, clean-cut, well built, a cop s cop, right out of