so candidate trump will probably be similar to president trump who will talk about that, as well. and we re also getting the idea of even from his recent meeting just in the last hour or so with belgian officials, the prime minister here, a focus on what happened in manchester being an urgency for these nations to continue to talk about how to confront isis and terrorism and lone wolves and how that has happened especially here in europe where there has been so much tragedy. kelly, thank you for that. and nick, you spent years not only advancing papal visits, but traveling with the presidents. this trip so far has pretty much gone well when it s scripted. the things that you saw today, imtages from the vatican, how did that strike you? it goes without saying any visit by a world leader to the vatican is an incredibly special and moving moment. and i think that was the case
theresa may has raised the country s threat level from severe to critical. this has mourners continue to pay tribute to the victims. kelly cobiella is outside the arena. kelly, what kind of network are they looking at, al qaeda or isis? is it a hybrid? what do we know? reporter: well, we ve heard possibly both and we ve heard that from a couple of different sources. now, our sources are telling us that this the suspected bomber salman abedi traveled to libya within the past 12 months and that he had connections to al qaeda. today france s interior minister added to that saying that he had also traveled to syria, we re not clear on the time frame there, and that he had connections very clear connections in the words of the interior minister to isis. and so this raises the question which or how many groups was he actually in contact with. in addition to that, beef just
one. former texas governor. texas s s longest serving governor. rick perry, 15 years as texas govern. two time presidential candidate aswell. now the would be energy secretary. kelly o, a lot of folks talking about what appears to be quite the change of heart from rick perry s famous oops moment when he said he wanted to eliminate the very department he now hopes to run. what s going on. reporter: inauguration day is important in rick perry s life because he game governor of texas when george w. bush ascended to the president. it is a fitting time for him to be here. you are right, the oops moment that echos back from a moment he was a candidate is something he did address saying it was wrong for him to say the department of energy should be abolished as part of the primary season debate when he said three departments should be abolished. said he learned more, been
craig. kelly o, west palm beach. thank you. queen elizabeth missing her christmas service for the first time in nearly three decades because of a cold. that s not the only reason this was an historic holiday for the royals. we ll explain after this break. also ahead, more on the death of george michael. i ll be joined by one of this country s preeminent music writers and critics to talk about the singer s impact on the music industry.
there was concern that these five taliban would eventually return to the fight there in afghanistan. so far qatar has lived up to its side of the bargain, and those five remain under house arrest essentially. they re allowed visitors. and i think they can even go out and shop if they want. but they re definitely not being held in git mmo. they also point to the fact that the administration on its very first full day in office president obama pledged that he was going to close guantanamo bay. and they point to that as a possible motive. they re not saying it is. but they point to that too as a possible motive for releasing those five taliban prisoners. jim miklaszewski, kelly o don donl, thank you very much. more on bowe bergdahl and serial podcast. let s turn to cal perry. cal, good morning. what does bowe bergdahl reveal in this podcast? it s interesting. it gives us an insight into what