great conversation and it s an important topic. thank you both. thank you, chris. the middle class will be the cornerstone of president obama s speech today, just 15 to 20 minutes from now. he says he will focus on how the middle class benefits from obama care and he will go drilling down into the real costs to consumers so stay with us and watch it live. time to check the news for you this morning. we learned that the wife of civil rights leader laurie has died. she was a leader herself forming groups like women s organizational movement for equality. now and bridging the gap, girls to women mentoring program. a few weeks ago she was with msnbc as we covered the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. she was 85 years old. the obama administration is increasingly worried that al shabaab, the group behind the kenya mall attack could turn its sights on american interest interests more directly. the new york times reports the fbi is in nairobi right now digging through the
happen a few minutes from now. we saw moments ago the leader of brazil was speaking, and we re waiting for the president. we ll take you back there as soon as that gets under way. but in the meantime, a stunning development today claims that a fugitive female terrorist is among the dead in the kenya mall attack. the woman who was dubbed the white widow could be behind the massacre there. she is british, she is a mother of two. her real name is samantha luthwaite, she was married to a suicide bomber who was part of the 2005 london subway attack, and since then she has been on the run, a fugitive from the law, and she may have resurfaced in kenya. greg talcott joins us now live in london with a little bit more on this story this morning. good morning, greg. reporter: hey, martha, yes. a lot of attention being paid to this woman as a possible key player in those kenyan terror attacks and also a good example, the international links to that
family member in the attack but to the kenyan people. we stand with them against this terrible outbreak that s occurred. we will provide them whatever l.a. support that is necessary and we are confident that kenya, which has been a pillar of stability in eastern africa, will rebuild. and there is now an intense effort to identify the terrorist who killed at least 68 people and injured 200 others at that mall in nairobi, kenya. the fbi were we re told, is on the ground as kenyan forces continue in operation trying to end the hostage crisis that s now going into its third day. the feds tell fox news they cannot confirm whether any of the attackers are americans. reportedly between 10 and 12 attackers are behind the massacre. they are affiliated or claim to be affiliated with al shabaab. the officials say the attackers come from all over the world.
katherine herridge has been with this since day wn one. reporter: there are no matches for americans in the data bases or watch list. a complicating factor for investigators is that one of the names is so generic, it s described as the somali equivalent to john smith. the mall itse selself is a depa from of the places. because a terrorist group has never tweeted out names in the past. the ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee telling fox news that the attack appears to be retaliation for the kenyan government s recent deployment of troops to small la where al shabaab wants to establish an islamic state. they are particularly annoyed at the kenyan government because they ve been cooperating with
fbi officials saying the agents are working on the grouped and working to see if the terrorist that attacked were possibly americans. agents in minneapolis are on the case and officials can neither confirm or deny involvement by the americans in the attack. the group al shabab is known to actively recruit inside of the united states. the obama administration saying it is concerned about the efforts. you will hear more about that in the coming days. one city may be going to extremes to fight crime. it is so bad in chicago with police lining the streets somake sure kids can safely walk to their schools.