earlier today. this is day three and perhaps it is coming to a close but not before there has been act absolute murder and mayhem after this terrorist attack on a shopping mall in nairobi. this is place where west earners and kenyans would there on daily basis. it is crowded and large and a soft target. muslims were allowed to leave the shopping mall. non-muslims were shot on sight. back to the story in nairobi in a matter of moments. martha: back to that in a moment. meantime another very important story to talk about today. there are growing questions whether president obama should meet with iranian president hassan rue juan any at the rouhani at the general assembly set to get underway this afternoon. but some lawmakers say that that would be a mistake. empowering iran before it has made any real concessions.
[gunfire] martha: see the person with the cell phone runs in to barricade themselves inside that store. people calling out for people shopping with, figuring out where they were. at least 68 people were killed in this. ones more hurt and unknown number of people are still being held hostage at this hour and that s where we start this morning. i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. smoke continues to pour out of the shopping center, a place where kenyans, werners, tourists they all shop there. as the military conduct as raid the operation continues. we talked to a reporter on the ground in nairobi last hour. people inside were asked questions before the attack happened. we understand that the gunmen were demanding that people reveal information about whether or not they are muslim and if they said they were muslim, they
reporter: absolutely. he is facing, yes, absolutely. 30 charges, 17 of which carry the death penalty. he pled not guilty to all of these charges regarding the accusations about the boston bombing which killed three people as well as the alleged murder of mit police officer sean collier. bill? thank you, molly. molly line in boston with the latest details on what s happening there. thanks. martha, what s next? martha: we ve been talking about this all morning in. we re only a week away from a possible government shutdown. the senate could begin debate to stop the looming budget crisis. about time they got to it, right? senator lindsey graham is with us coming up. he will talk about where he stands. bill: the latest on a mall shootings in nairobi, kenya. there are getting reports from the reporters on the scene. we ll see about the terrorists involved and whether the kenyan police now have the gunmen
the iranians. what is the expression, there is many a slip between the cup and the lip. i think that is where we are with the three countries. martha: you said it. thank you very much, kt. thanks. bill: jon scott back from vacation. happening now rolls your way. good to have you back. we missed you. good to be here, bill. breaking news out of kenya. military action underway to free hostages taken over the weekend by al qaeda-related terrorists. we ll look at the resurgence of terror in africa. plus the new york times warning consumers today they may have fewer choices of doctors and hospitals under obamacare. yes, that new york times. we ll explain. and president obama heads to the u.n. could we hear news on iran s nuke program? what about syria s use of chemical weapons? stay tuned for that, coming up. bill: a lot to talk about. thank you, jon. busy monday already. see you at the top of the hour. so it is your wedding day
war-weary public. emboldened enemies, dysfunctional congress. we re reducing the intelligence capabilities to pick up these attacks. we re sending all the wrong signals to our enemies an friends alike. they re recruiting in our own backyard. what you saw in boston could be our future. what you saw in kenya could come back to us. we re letting our guard down when it comes to dealing with the radical islamic threat in our own backyard. bill: to be a little more specific over the weekend peter king said al-shabaab is only known active terrorist group recruiting americans. is that the case? no i think there are other al qaeda affiliates. the times square bomber? he was recruited by pakistani taliban. he went to pakistan, received training and came back here and tried to blow times square up. thanks god the car didn t exflowed. that was pakistani taliban. the detroit guy was done by another group. there are more than one group trying to turn americans against