it is a tourist mecca. the sidewalks normally bustling on a weekend are virtually empty. unfortunately, this is a real shot in the solarplex and it takes the air right out of you. reporter: and it may be a wile until merchants like this are busy again. to understand why, you need to take a drive. this right here is the biggest problem, roads like this one have completely caved in. just look at the chunks of concrete in there. this is a major artery, and it s preventing folks from getting into the town and spending money and it could be like this for many months. there s no timetable yet for the major highway repairs. an alternative route exists, but it s not as convenient and it s not yet known how many people will use it. some of those marginal businesses, this might be enough to push them over the edge. reporter: despite the hardship, julie says there is no place she d rather live. a lot of people can say they live someplace beautiful. and a lot of people can say they live
using whatever censors they have to figure out what s going on inside. and we understand that the pentagon has offered to give whatever assistance kenya wants. kenya has not requested it. however, we understand that variations of kenyan law enforcement are on the ground, working, alongside israeli forces. this westgate mall is owned by an israeli. give me an idea what kind of cooperation is taking place here, as they try to end this standoff taking place, involving kenyan authorities and israeli authorities there in nairobi. yeah, the israeli special forces bring unique capabilities and expertise. they have years of experience doing this and they have worked with the kenyans for decades on just these sorts of things. it s not surprising that the israelis are on the ground there and assisting. and of course you ve got a lot of israeli business interests in kenya, including this mall. so the israelis will give them capabilities that maybe the kenyans don t have, some plea
get inside. it became clear within a few minutes of getting inside the mall, that no one really knew where the gunmen were. while we were getting from place to place, you could see that there were people who had been killed, who were laying in different parts of the mall. even after being there an hour, hour and a half, two hours, people continued to suddenly come out of shops. they had barricaded themselves inside, either by locking the doors or pulling the metal gates down in front of the storefront windows. every 15 or 20 minutes, it would seem like 20, 30, 50, 100 people would come out of another place that were just terrified. even though they could hear that there were people outside, they couldn t really tell who was the police or the army. they were just petrified and staying low, which is really the right thing to do. i never saw any of the armed militants. however, there was shooting going on, there was an exchange
clinton global initiative in new york city, and we will see there lots of potential donors for a potential presidential bid. many of them are donors to the clinton foundation, and we can be sure that they will all be buzzing about this article and her comments there. fred? okay, indeed. we look forward to that. thanks so much, erin mcpike in washington. we ve got much more straight ahead, involving that standoff taking place in kenya. we re just now learning the names of some of the people that al shabaab says were behind that mall attack. three of them are from the united states. brand-new information here and we ve got much more, straight ahead in the newsroom after this. i m beth.
know that they have both. reporter: the community will come back, but the question is when. well, the hope is that those major roadways will be repaired by december 1st and with more than 40% of the jobs here directly related to tourism, it s pretty vital that that take place as quickly as possible. that really does mean working very fast. all right, thanks so much, dan simon. appreciate that. we ll have much more in the newsroom, right after this. you re all alone friend, pick up the phone then.