copycat attack in the united states? it s the number one counterterrorism threat to the united states. and it s a dual threat, wolf. there are two threats. one would be the foreign fighters who travel to iraq and syria and have trained in the art of warfare coming back to the united states. a similar amount have gone from the united states have also come from australia to iraq and syria. it s that foreign fighter threat, direct threat. but there s also the internet threat of radicalization over the internet which i think is probably going to be the case, we ll find out in this sydney hostage situation, where you have an individual who can radicalize over the internet and teaches you how to make bombs, how to go on acts of terrorism. so that s one that s most difficult to stop because you don t have a cell, per se, that you want to be trying to break up. it s really the idea of being able to monitor somebody on public websites and be able to stop an act of terror before it
bill, appreciate that. in our search for stories far and wide today, internet threat overseas has thousands of minneapolis school students on lockdown today. 311 information line was called and warned a man would be coming to an unspecified school to shoot up the place and then shoot himself. it was also posted on two social networking sites. police believe the threat comes from australia and a teenager with no connection to the area. it must seem like schools are under siege to an awful lot of parents, but the school board in kansas city, missouri, voted to close almost half the district schools to prevent bankruptcy. the superintendent said the decision was painful, but the right thing to do. 29 of the districts 61 schools will close at the end of the year. the superintendent said the district was spreading its too thin by educating fewer than 18,000 students in 61 schools. a 7-year-old norwalk, california, boy came face to
election on its own, so it is not to be it is to be expected there are these kind of challenges. all right. nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel. thank you, richard. there was violence in greece as protester clashed with police. a nationwide strike against the government s harsh spending cuts. transportation halted, flights grounded, hospitals reduced to emergency staff only as workers protested against the government s measures which were introduced last week. the lockdown over for minneapolis school students. police determined an internet threat against one of the schools, not to be credible. school officials say their unprecedented decision to lock schools for 72 days was a precautionary measure, a result of someone posting on a myspace stage an alleged threat. the posting said a male would could to a minneapolis school and shoot it up.