weapon from his backpack and begins killing. leaving bullet holes and bar stools overturned in terror. i fall and i but it was like over there. reporter: israeli media are reporting that police have identified an arab israeli s. some believe this could be the country s first isis inspired attack. one new yorker visiting israel says most people are not frightened. we are still planning ongoing out tomorrow night in tel aviv. reporter: but this morning the detectives hunt the man who with both hands gripping his weapon was so determined to kill. that was keir simmons in london. in pennsylvania a large search is under way for a boy with autism. he wandered away from a party barefoot. he was last seen near allentown and residents are asked to check their backyards, sheds, bushes.
establish the true motivation for this terrifying attack. the most severely injured victim is not in a life-threatening condition, doctors say, while some witnesses say the attacker s knife was just three inches long, underscoring how easily panic and fear can be spread with the current anxious atmosphere across europe. chris? nbc s keir simmons in london, thanks, keir, appreciate that. coming up the pakistan cash, tashfeen malik s life before she moved to the u.s. and as president obama gets ready to deliver an oval office address on the san bernardino shooting we ll talk with former cua director james woolsey about the terrorist threat. could you save 1% more of your income? it doesn t sound like much, but saving an additional 1% now, could make a big difference over time. i m going to be even better about saving.
also clearly aimed at sending a message, not least to washington, that these are two sides, that are very closely aligned and that the u.s. hope that in some way they might persuade russia to encourage assad to step down does not look very likely. president assad himself saying when they met to president putin, the terrorism that is now spreading today, could have, without your decisions and actions, spread to even more territories and states, not just in our region, but to other regions too. so he was clearly indicating that he believes that the russian intervention was a good thing, and clearly he would think that, because what the russian intervention has done, has shored up president assad s position. much speculation that without it, that president assad government may have fallen. keir simmons, following all of that for us in london. thanks so much. hillary clinton will be in the spotlight tomorrow, probably
bashar al assad of syria left syria, making a surprise visit to moscow to meet with russian president vladimir putin. that meeting reinforced russia s support for the syrian government with talks focused on synchronizing military efforts. russia s air force stepped in weeks ago with air strikes after it appeared rebel groups were gaining ground in damascus. joining us now with the least and nbc s keir simmons in london. keir? hey, kate. soon as those pictures emerged and they were so striking, simply because it was so surprising to see president assad outside of syria, president assad had already traveled back to syria. so it was clearly a very sensitive operation to get him into moscow, to get him to have that meeting with president putin and his senior team, and then back into syria. it was choreographed, it was carefully thought about. and while russia says that the conversation was mostly about tactics on the ground, it was
extra mile to get at nullment and welcome back in church. this is a new development as we watch and admire the work of pope francis. nbc s keir simmons in london, thanks so much. a want to go back to the scene in kentucky, as i m just learning that mike huckabee arrived on the scene, presidential candidate for the gop due there for a 3:00 p.m. rally today and msnbc s sra sraa dalof is there in kentucky. is the rally going to start sooner potentially with the news of kim davis release coming shortly? reporter: i was talking to huckabee s team minutes ago and all bets are off ever since the development that kim davis is going to be released from jail. you can see the crowd behind me gathering since early this morning to get a place for the rally. they have a front row view to the release of kim davis. seconds ago mike huckabee and his wife flanched by security walked insited jail, meeting with kim davis before her