good morning. the feds take action gives a new terror threat. i am jon scott. and i am marthello. there are calls for security concerns about direct flights to the united states in fear that al qaeda could be developing new bombs that could slip past screening. greg palcot is live own this. reporter: the airports here in london and across europe are on high alert amid to terror alerts. one of the main air gateways to the use is heathrow and they have stepped up the security. they are responding to washington s request to tighten up the measures because of the increasing number of europeans, and americans, are fighting with
statements she made on every sunday talk show. do you believe let me ask you a blank question the president was deliberately deceitful in the interview with bill o reilly with the responses on benghazi. the president knows better and he said things that at the knows have been proven to be false all our athletes over there and getting all these terror alerts. never bring aerosol gels on planes. hearing things rattling a lot of cages. how dangerous is it? i have to go with the opinion of people like our director of national intelligence and others. i don t have access to that kind of information. i would point out we should have known it because when vladimir putin came to power, he went down and basically slaughtered people who were muslims in chechnya. and dagestan is full of those people. it s very nearby. by the way, it s also very close to where he invaded georgia which is a bit of a paradox. but i would be concerned.
statements she made on every sunday talk show. do you believe let me ask you a blank question the president was deliberately deceitful in the interview with bill o reilly with the responses on benghazi. the president knows better and he said things that at the knows have been proven to be false all our athletes over there and getting all these terror alerts. never bring aerosol gels on planes. hearing things rattling a lot of cages. how dangerous is it? i have to go with the opinion of people like our director of national intelligence and others. i don t have access to that kind of information. i would point out we should have known it because when vladimir putin came to power, he went down and basically slaughtered people who were muslims in chechnya. and dagestan is full of those people. it s very nearby. by the way, it s also very close to where he invaded georgia which is a bit of a paradox. but i would be concerned.
protests or besieging them. this is the first day after a religious holiday weekend. and it could give an opportunity for security forces to move in. some say the process will be gradual. supporters of the ousted president remain defiant. they re calling for his reinstatement. the mediation efforts, be it by diplomats or the european union, have so far failed. and even the top religious official in egypt, his call for the talks between the parties were rejected by the muslim brotherhood. there s concern there could be an escalation in violence in the next few days. we appreciate you keeping an eye on it. thank you. and some stories making news this morning, other stories now. over the weekend, the u.s. reopened 18 of the 19 embassies that were closed due to recent terror alerts. the u.s. embassy in yemen is the
petraeus executed in iraq and to a lesser degree in afghanistan to bring stability to those areas. but does anyone think that sending tens of thousands of american troops into these countries is a smart idea? and does anyone think keeping more troops in afghanistan would make terrorists in mali tremble? as michael hayden, cia director under george w. bush pointed out, many of these groups are really gangs of local thugs using the al qaeda name to build their brand. for washington to announce a grand campaign against them might exaggerate their importance, americanize local grievances and create a global threat that didn t really exist. the terror alerts have probably delighted these small groups for just that reason. the second strategy would be counterterrorism using drones, missiles, special forces and other kinetic tools to disrupt al qaeda-affiliated groups. by anyone s measure, the obama administration has been