BERMAN: All right. Officials are now monitoring concerns about terror threats surrounding Election Day, including intercepted al Qaeda conversations overseas. CNN justice correspondent, Pamela Brown, has the details. Pamela, what are you hearing?</s>PAMELA BROWN, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: In those conversations intercepted by the intelligence community, there was al Qaeda adherents overseas talking about targeting three different states, John and Kate. Those states are New York, Texas and Virginia, according to officials we have been speaking with. We want to emphasize officials say this was non-specific, that it could just be idle chatter. And this is not being treated in the intelligence and law enforcement communities as an imminent threat. But of course, it is something law enforcement is aware of. New York law enforcement said in a statement they are aware of this intercepted chatter and that they are on heightened alert. We know New York already has heightened security, because the marathon this weekend, of course, draws big crowds, drawing big crowds voting on Tuesday, and the anticipation of the election night parties in the city. So with that in mind, of course, they are looking at this intercepted chatter as a potential threat but nothing to verify it as substantive or something imminent. Texas also just released a statement saying it is unaware of this, nothing specific or credible regarding the election and threats surrounding it. But I will tell you in talking to law enforcement officials, there is concern. This concern is compounded by the fact of how divisive this election season has been. And there is concern that perhaps people who are agitated by the toxic environment may want to act. So there are several security precautions in place not just in these three states but also across the country.</s>BOLDUAN: Pamela Brown, thank you so much. Pamela, great to see you. Thanks for bringing us up to date on that. Coming up for us, very soon we will hear from both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, their closing arguments to voters in two crucial battleground states. We will bring you there live as soon as they take the stage.
Officials Monitoring Election Terror Threats