makes you stop and feel sick to your stomach when you imagine the kids quietly taking an exam, sitting there in that room. i know this happened in pakis n pakistan. the group has a long history of targeting the united states that was responsible. reporter: evening, erin. horror of what happened in pakistan. this is a group well-known, the ttb or pakistani taliban have a long history of brutal violence and behind attacks here in the united states. back in 2010 they were said to be behind the failed attempt to set a bomb in new york s time square. in 2009 they attacked a cia base in afghanistan killing seven cia agents there. they have repeatedly vowed to attack the united states. whether they are capable of actually lunching an attack overseas outside of pakistan would remain to be seen but today s event inside of pakistan, absolutely horrific.
can t see how it can get a lot better. don t forget, it is a fragmented country, and the governance from kabul no matter who is there, that region doesn t reach all of the way to the border. and we have difficult areas down the south, and difficult areas against the border with pakis n pakistan. tough economic problems no matter how much money we give them. it is difficult to see how in fact, the united states can train sufficient numbers of afghans to defend themselves adequately by the time we get up to leave permanently. so it is going to be tough-go g fing for the afghans, but for the men and women who have served there, and for their friends who have had their friends sacrifice, the fact of the matter is that they still feel very, very good about what they have been able to ak kcome plish for the united states. jack jacobs, thank you. now the president. thank you. thank you, general mccaslin for
do with the complex. that s this shared economic dome north of the dmz, which was shut down in april after the north pulled out its workers. it s the last remaining symbol of inter-korean copration. the factory owners who are south korea say we need to know what to do with it otherwise we ll pull out our stuff and something the north probably doesn t want. thank you. republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham make a surprise fourth of july visit to afghanistan to thank american troops for service there. details from islamabad, pakis n pakistan. reporter: mccain and graham prevailed over a the troops when they made the surprise visit fourth of july. the trip at a time of great controversial between washington and kabul. karzai has suspended talks over the size of the force that will remain once international troops withdraw at the end of 2014.
retaliation from al qaeda or al qaeda sympathizers. does the death of osama bin laden make us safer or in fact inflame things and expose us to new danger? joining us now, nbc news terrorism analyst roger cressey to address that and the pakis n pakistani question. roger, let us begin immediately today, as a new yorker, the more security on the bridges, more security on the subways. how much more real is the threat to those of us who live in new york, or those who might live in washington or other cities, los angeles, san francisco? in the hours and days following this news? dylan, i don t think it s significantly higher. what you re seeing with nypd in new york and other major metropolitan police forces is the standard abundance of caution. they don t have credible, specific threat informationing. they re doing what they think is in the best interest to create a sense of deterrence if in fact there s something they don t know about. al qaeda, if they had contingency plans on the shelf