attacks of 10 years ago the nation has been somewhat rattled by the possibility, according to homeland security experts, that there was another terror plot in the works. our ed henry is reporting from the white house that authorities there are beginning to believe that the threat has dissipated. we ll get more on that later. but wanted to bring you that news. that the terror threat hovering over all of us the past few days is apparently dissipating, that according to ed henry. we remember where we were 10 years ago today. our next guest was with first lady laura bush, when she learned the nation was under attack. the first lady was prepared to leave the white house for capitol hill. today former president george w. bush and the former first lady were with president obama and the first lady at ground zero. back on 9/11, of course president bush was in florida at an education event there. he spoke to the nation from that school in the moments after the attacks.
a somali community in ohio that is doing exactly that. reporter: every week, musafara checks in with somali families in this columbus neighborhood. it s not just a social call. as his questions show, he stands watch. associated with your kids, do you know anybody calling your son? has he changed his behavior recent ly recently? reporter: many families fled somalia to save their children, fearful they might be recruited by an al qaeda-linked terror group which means youth in arabic. that danger seems to have followed them here. the fear now that young somalis may be targeted for recruitment by the same extremists. a young mother with a young one here, go to school, and become a suicide bomber. reporter: the fbi has invested heavily in community outreach across the country. homeland security experts say it
welcome back everybody. there is some new revelations about the extent to which u.s. officials have been going to prevent terrorist attacks. homeland security experts post american allies to expand cell phone service in terrorist hot spots overseas so they can monitor suspects on their watch list. the methods used allow experts to zero in on cell signals and hit terrorist suspects directly. james joins me now to talk about this. james, what does this new cable tell us about the terror prevention for the united states? i think what it tells us is that u.s. officials are endlessly clever, or try to be anyway, in terms of how they monitor terrorists insurgents in both countries to not only
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battleground. whatted bin laden has trigger on ak-47 but the children will have it on the mouse of a computer. frank is one of the leading homeland security experts predicting cyber space will be used by terrorist to maximize impact of future attacks. al-qaeda is going to look at it as means to enhas enhance leathty. cyber experts say it could be a likely future scenario with a car bomb and center with a cyber attacks that could crip the 911 communications. you have a short window to save lives. many more dead. that s what al-qaeda is looking to. the country top officer under president bush. he said imagine if the attack like back pack bomb in spain on eve of the election in 2004