will include surveillance personnel that observe potential threats as well as forced protection units that help provide security to troops on the ground. the u.s. is saying this is in response to what it sees as a threat imnating from iran. the u.s. will send another troops to provide ski security for its forces already on the ground there. fred, what more is iran saying about the u.s. announcements? reporter: the iranians have had a lot of reactions to those announcements. they are continuing to say they are not behind the tanker attacks and don t see the move of u.s. sending the 1,000 troops as being defensive.
argue. nope. you cannot say, with respect you can t say that people who are not in positions of huge power the most powerful person on the earth is equal to every day people frustrated but that persons power and the policies they are imnating from him. he caused america to be in the cellar of international esteem. it s an embarrassment and we are exhausted by the daily out rage. every day there s another thing that is happening where we feel like he has taben the country from us. you better believe people are frustrated. no one sets the tone more than the guy at the top. i would say in response to the no, i would say yes. i m not going to tell my children they have a lower standard because they re not the president of the united states. i ll tell my children and everyone i interact with they have a standard because they are whether they are christian or muslim or just a an american.
historic. i want you to walk through for us, you and i discussed it yesterday but it is important, the timing. people could look at this on the surface and say, wow, is this in response to north korea? i know that s not the case. it s not the case that this was direct response from north korea, but when you look at the president s budget, he is clear that it is north korea and iran this threat is imnating from. when you think of how long ahead they have to plan for these, it is clear it wasn t in response to the most recent test by the north koreans. we now know the next test is going to be in the fall. stephanie, what s different about that one, they re going to send up multiple intercepters. two intercepters. this time, they sent up one. the big question on this is what happens if north korea launches more than one missile? this is just a single test target coming in. what happens if north korea launches more than one? so far, the goal is to have 44 of these intercepters at the end
the warning that it s imnating at an al qaeda linked group and in the gulf region. this has got to be al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. although officials aren t saying that. no doubt we re working with our partners in the region to better understand and get the sort of specifics we need to understand the threat. i want to bring in chris at be pentagon for those specifics. what have we learned about the alert and the link to al qaeda. what kind of threat are we talking about? we have now learned that u.s. intelligence officials have been tracking a growing threat. it s only been in the last several days that they received and analyzed additional intelligence information that pointed to a potential attack in
family is typical of many of the families that came here. they wanted jobs. they wanted freedom. they were tired of the jim crow south and chicago seemed like it had the welcome mat out. you were hearing about it everywhere. we sang songs about it. going to chicago, sorry, but i can t take you. this was the place to come. the music was coming from here. everything seemed to be imnating. there was an energy and it was palatable. and that energy is part of what drew families like the robinsons. i m part of the great migration and i came in the late 60s because i was from kentucky. graduating from college in tennessee so i m trying to decide where i m going to go and feel free. understanding the great migration, where am i going to go where i can feel free. it helps us to understand and explain the backgrounds and ideals of today s african-americans in positions of power and influence, people