and the region itself. i think there are opportunities this week and through these discussions to make some progress. reporter: nevertheless the united states has not invited iran to that terrorism summit you just mentioned, victor. other issues? today, president obama will be in the building. it s the third and final day of development summit and what the president will talk about, his major address will be on monday. also among the speakers on saturday, cuba s leader who used the occasion to, once again, jab the united states regarding its embargo. translator: the reestablishment of the diplomatic relations between cuba and the united states, the opening of embassies and the policy change introduced by
i don t think that was really a terrorism summit. i think it was more of a social gathering to talk about issues that really didn t address the terrorist threat. we are still not in the business of identifying these guys islamic. i think part of the reason for that summit was to, is to step away from the islamic characterization. and i think that that was he s going to talk about terrorism, he s going to talk about ap re4e7ding and killing ap re4e7bding and killing terrorists and i don t think that was the subject of that summit. jenna: let me ask you one final question one of the defense attorneys had something to say about the way we re handling arrests, and by want to play that sound for you and get your reaction. okay. if these allegations are true, and they re just allegations, they really make us question the approach that the federal government takes to young muslim men in america. they are very ham-fisted tactics. there is no attempt to
that s part of the news, it s easy when you get a story like this, oh it seems like a new york city problem. but you say you re not surprised what the fbi director had to say. not at all. director comey is well regarded in the fbi. i actually had lunch with him about a month ago. he s very well regarded. he says it like it is. he has a statement, i love it, i don t call them lone wolves, i call them lone rats. think that s very transcriptive. the idea that we re that s very descriptive. the idea that there s no threat is absurd. the director has his finger on the pulse of terrorism and what s going on in our country, and he directs large scale informations literally investigations literally all over the world. so if he says he has these in all 50 states we need to be concerned about that. jenna: why do you think he wasn t invited then, according to reports, to the terrorism summit? [laughter] what do you make of that? he wasn t present there.
director for counterterrorism and a former fbi special agent brad thor a former homeland security consultant and best selling author. and governor pataki continues to stay with us. ookay, let me start with you, i know you re just back from speaking at this terrorism summit in israel, tell me about the concerns you heard there about the threat to europe. well, chris, the most interesting thing is that i was able to moderate two panels of international experts. the first on aviation and security. the question always is why is aviation remaining in the forefront of terrorism organization attack path. i asked myself a few times myself as i walked through security recently. did you get some good answers on that? i did. interestingly enough, it s an economic impact. the direct cost of the aviation domain are astronomical.