jon: we have a little bit of information, a little bit more information on what is going on on new york s long island. the roosevelt field mall is on lockdown because of a shooting that happened outside of the mall. apparently it was not necessarily even on mall property. it happened at 645 south street. a man described as asian shot two people and then fled. possibly a honda pilot. he was driving a honda pilot. wearing a red shirt and a gregorie brown suit jacket. it did not happen inside the mall, but the mall is on lockdown out of caution. no information about the two victims that were shot. we will continue to stay on top of this. the shooter is very much on the loose. jenna: in regards to that news, the deadly mall attack also in
filibuster or not a filibuster? the white house press secretary will have a briefing and that will be a chance to get a clear response to what ted cruz has been doing here on capitol hill the last 24 hours. all right. jim acosta, thank you for that. i m always impressed when you get quotes from star wars like that on the fly. it s wednesday and it s been a long week in kenya. that mall attack may be over but now there is a huge question about the bodies they are recovering from inside. how to i.d. a terrorist and is it possible one of them might be the white widow, a woman? that s coming up.
are investigators even going with this? reporter: thank you, jenna, and good morning. federal law enforcement sources tell fox news they re waiting for new intelligence or forensic evidence from the scene as they awork to the confirm the alleged participation of at least two americans in that mall attack. the initial review of the names posted on a twitter feed claiming to the belong to the al qaeda affiliate al-shabaab. that search came up with no matches on any u.s. government databases. before the twitter feed was taken down it claimed the operatives came from minute in place, kansas city, missouri, state of maine and illinois and great britain, canada and former soviet union. they target anyone who could not speak arabic or recite an islamic prayer. there was no confirmation of nationalities or ought then activity of the twitter feed itself, the head of the house homeland security committee told fox news the attack is a water shed. they re on the world stage now. with that come
relationship, where we are today, dramatically different. you have the president sends the secretary of state with the perception to make a deal. we ll see what happens thursday when john kerry meets. another crucial meeting. jim sciutto, thanks very much. up next, the time moments of that deadly mall attack in kenya. the possible linked to minnesota. we re told about the recruits on u.s. soil. but going back to school is hard. because you work. now, capella university offers a revolutionary new way to get your degree. it s called flexpath and it s the most direct path, leveraging what you ve learned on the job and focusing on what you need to know so you can get a degree at your pace. and graduate at the speed of you. flexpath from capella university
remain missing or unaccounted to. some volunteer workers we spoke to said bodies need to be recovered from inside the mall itself. we don t really have an official number on how many hostages are still inside. happy to have you there, arwa. that you have. the fbi is investigating the reports that americans were involved in that mall attack in kenya. federal authorities have been concerned about efforts by al shabaab, the terrorist group, to recruit here in the u.s. particularly in the minneapolis area where there is a large community of somalia-americans. cnn s brian todd spoke to one family who lost a son to that terror group. reporter: it was thousands of miles away on her tv screen but it might as well have been at her front door. the attack in kenya has torn open this lady s deepest wound. translator: i got traumatic memories of my son and what has