Is it enough to restore trust in americas favorite pastime . Perspective this morning as i talk with bob costas of nbc sportses. Im david gregory. All that ahead on meet the press this sunday morning, august 4th. And good sunday morning. The u. S. Is on high alert at this hour. 22 u. S. Embassies from north africa to bangladesh are closed now, and a Worldwide Travel alert is in effect for americans. Andrea mitchell is nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent. Andrea, good to have you here. What is it about where this is coming from and the significance of it that has engendered such a big reaction . Well, they have intercepted chatter and its coming from and targeting yemen. They believe its either emanating from yemen where al qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula is the strongest unit or fractional unit of al qaeda that still remains. Its also the most operational unit. Theyre concerned about this area, but now theyre looking at other areas as well. If there is no attack today, because thi
With russia. Exactly. Andrea will be with us. Well talk about this and other matters. Thank you very much. Let me tourn to the vice chair of if Senate Intelligence committee, saxby chambliss, and the democratic senator from illinois, dick durbin. Senators, welcome. Senator chambliss, your republican colleague in the house, peter king, said this threat, this al qaeda threat, is the most significant that we have seen in many years. What have you been told about it . Well, the one thing that we can talk about, david, is the fact that theres an an awful lot of chatter out there. Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning thats going on, very reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. We didnt take heed on 9 11 in a way that we should, but here i think its very important that we do take the right kind of planning as we come to the close of ramadan. We know thats always an interesting time for terrorists. Were also, what, 38 days, 37 days away from the september 11th anniversary
Scarborough. And judgment day. The fate of some of baseballs biggest stars hangs in the balance as they face the prospect of severe penalties over steroid use. Is it enough to restore trust in americas favorite pastime . Perspective this morning as i talk with bob costas of nbc sportses. Im david gregory. All that ahead on meet the press this sunday morning, august 4th. And good sunday morning. The u. S. Is on high alert at this hour. 22 u. S. Embassies from north africa to bangladesh are closed now, and a Worldwide Travel alert is in effect for americans. Andrea mitchell is nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent. Andrea, good to have you here. What is it about where this is coming from and the significance of it that has engendered such a big reaction . Well, they have intercepted chatter and its coming from and targeting yemen. They believe its either emanating from yemen where al qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula is the strongest unit or fractional unit of al qaeda that still remain
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