people utterly stunned, just getting through today. jake? >> tom foreman, that's it for "the lead today." turning you over for brianna keilar who is sitting in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. \s. happening now, al qaeda leader killed the terror group says it's already named a replacement after a suspected u.s. drone strike takes out its top leader. a separate u.s. air strike reportedly hit, killing a most wanted terrorist. just jeb. he is the third bush to throw his hat into the lead but is he running away from his family name? and tables turned a prison worker who allegedly helped two killers break out of the jail is now the only one of them behind bars. where are the escapees? and forced out. a regional naacp official who presented herself as african-americans, but outed by

her parents as while, steps down from her position. how much damage was done? i'll be asking the naacp president. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar you're in oich oich. we have breaking news the u.s. has apparently scored a major victory in the war against terrorism. officials in yemen say the leader of al qaeda's most dangerous branch has been killed in a suspected u.s. drone strike and within the terror group itself there's record that he's already been replaced. this follows report that a most wanted al qaeda figure has also been killed in a u.s. air strike in libya. we have the latest on both of these stories, along with jeb bush's entry into the 2016 presidential race. he says the country is on quote, a very bad course. i'll be speak with senator angus king of the intelligence committee and correspondents analysts and guests are standing by. we begin with pentagon

correspondent barbara starr. what are you learning? >> reporter: hi briana. at this hour the u.s. government is not publicly confirming any details. they are not saying anything about the potential killing of nasr al wahashi, who the u.s. considers the most direct threat to the u.s. homeland to u.s. and i have jails. the u.s. not confirming any details. what we can tell you is use yemeni security officials and a number of postings on social media sites that do reliably track information in yemen, are saying that whatahashi has been killed. again, the u.s. is not confirming that. if proved to be true it would be a significant blow but perhaps not a deathblow, because the master bomb maker, still by all accounts alive, still very

experienced, very determined to attack the united states. but let's circle back for a minute about what we have seen in the last few days and over the last couple weeks. if it proves to be true that the head of al qaeda in yemen, a man who knew osama bin laden directly now the number two in all of al qaeda, if he is dead this is the third significant blow to terrorism in the last several weeks. we have wahaishi if that is true. it was confirmed that mokhtar al mokhtar, the head of al qaeda in africa targeted in a f-15 strike in libya. just a few weeks ago, we saw a man, an isis operative in syria, named abu sayyaf killed in a u.s. delta force army raid on the ground in syria. so what we are seeing brianna,

is the possibility of three major u.s. military actions again top terrorism figures in parts of the word that it is very difficult for the u.s. intelligence community and the military to get into. a lot of interesting developments very few public answers. brianna? >> barbara starr, thanks so much for that report. i want to talk about this branch of al qaeda that has inspired and directed attacks on the united states. let's get more from cnn's brian todd. >> if the u.s. has taken out nasser al wahaishi would be but a blow to the structure. he has credentials that are very respected within al qaeda. he had been osama bin laden's driver one of his closest aiding and one analyst says for about four years he never left bin laden's side. in 2009 when branches in yemen

and saudi arabia merged he took control of the al qaeda branch called al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. his assent was confirmed by eamonn al zawahiri considered the global leader of al qaeda. that's the same as the leader of isis abubakar al baghdadi. we spoke about the kind of role he has running aqap. >> he's the ceo, the guy that's ultimately responsible. he's fund-raising recruiting setting the policy guidelines for this organization but he has other folks doing the other key operational pieces. >> the other people running operations are indeed very dangerous. you heard barbara mention a moment ago ibrahim al asiri, he is believed to still be alive.

he's so devoted to attacking the u.s. he once placed the bomb inside the body of his brother for a 2009 attack on the saudi interior minister. that killed his brother, but failed to kill the minister. it was a legendary attack, very grotesque, but it spoke to the lengths he will go to and he is still out to. >> and he is the reason why aqap is known as the dangerous. >> that's right. he's believed to be behind the 2009 christmas day plot. that bomb as many viewers was recalled was played in the underwear of an aqap operative. that bomb came close to exploding. later in the year he placed bombs in printer cartridges. it was interrupted, but came very close to working. to get them past security that makes him so dangerous to

america. that's why u.s. officials say it's this branch of al qaeda that is the most dangerous branch of al qaeda to the united states. ibrahim al siri is out there, and if he's out there, he's likely taught other operatives to do what he does in case he's killed so that ability to attack the united states will remain in that group. summer nasser is dead tonight or not. >> thank you for the report. is there a turnaround the u.s. has launched a series of strikes. we saw the commando raid in and now these aapparently successes, joining me to talk more about this we have independence senator angus king of maine, serving on both the intelligence and armed services committee. senator, thanks so much for being with us. can you confirm at this point that the aqap leaders was killed in a suspected u.s. drone strike? >> i'm sorry, brianna, i can't.

i can only confirm what you have seen in the press and what you have already reported that there are reports from yemen leadership that he was killed and that there are social media reports from within the organization that they have already replaced him. but i can't confirm on behalf of the united states government. but if it's true it is a significant blow. leadership matters, and this guy really was the number two man in al qaeda worldwide, and was certainly the number one guy in this very dangerous, as your reports have already indicated, very dangerous subgroup of al qaeda in yemen. the same goes for al muck tar in libya, very high-ravens guys. this isn't the end of the war, by any means. these people are tissuing to recruit and train new leadership but it's a serious blow to both of these organizations. >> as something changed in the

last few weeks when it comes to intelligence the u.s. is receiving? we've seen this string of successful strikes, and it makes you wonder if there's been an improvement or there's been some wealth of knowledge that the intel community has come about. >> i can tell you it's a patient, long-standing process. it takes a long time to establish exactly who these people are, what they're doing, what their pattern of life is and to be sure that these strikes can be taken without collateral damages. extraordinary steps are taken to avoid harming innocent people. you know these are some of the top leaders. as i said this isn't the whole strategy but it's clear that this is a patient, long-term strategy that if you plot and plan and strike against the united states you will ultimately pay the price. that's what happened this week. >> in aqap you just heard our

report that al zawahiri is trying to make sure that the creative bomb-making skills are something that's not just for him or some of those very close to him, but will remain with aqap even if there are top targets killed. will his death disable the group in any way? >> it would slow down the organization. when you decapitate any organization it certainly hurts. it doesn't eliminate the threat. the bomb maker is still there. the thing that keeps me up at night, brianna, is they're working on bombs that don't have any metal parts, that can go through airport screening, and we know that that's a technology that they're trying to perfect. so this is a long different struggle that we're engaged in and it's going to require all kinds of tools, and you mentioned it earlier,

intelligence is one of the key tools that we have to maintain. we have to try to know what's coming and be able to foil these plots before they reach our shores. that's why the work that we're doing around here trying to maintain the intelligence tools is so important. this is a real threat to america. these people want to kill us. there's just no way around it. >> senator, why hasn't at this point the u.s. been able to get the concerned leader of al qaeda, eamonn al zawahiri. >> it's just a kay of notcase of not being able to find them. they're not dumb. they understand about staying under cover, only traveling at night, not venturing out, not traveling in open trucks. they have learned to go to ground if you will and that's why it takes an awful lot of intelligence and surveillance in order to find them they're also become clever about encrisping

their messages. some of the information released by edward snowden really made it more different to track some of them people, because they are now using other mefrds of communicating that has made it more difficult to follow them. the answer is these people are hard to track, but as the events of the last few days have indicated, we can in fact find them in the end. >> we are more on this breaking news the string of u.s. successes. stick with me. we'll be right back in a moment to talk more about this. ♪ ♪virgin islands nice♪ ♪so nice♪

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we have senator angus king standing by. we want to welcome our international viewers. the u.s. may have scored major victories. that comes as the u.s. has targeted another most wanted figure responsible for a bloody siege that killed dozens of people including americans. that air strike in libya reportedly dame during a meeting between representatives of al qaeda and isis.

cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott has the details. >> the u.s. hasn't officially confirmed that mokhtar al mokhtar has been killed about you if so it would be a big win for the u.s. but the very fact a meeting too tapes on libyan soil between isis and al qaeda, shows how much a safe haven that libya has become and how powerless the us has been to stop it. >> the shadowie leader mastermind of the 2013 attacks in algeria that killed three americans. after tracking the farmmouse for months president obama ordered the hit when intel show the that mobs tar was-- mokhtar was there.

a stroke of luck they believe he was hosting a meeting in an effort to broker a cease-fire between the troops. he with pulled together this group, it presented a target that was too good for the u.s. to miss. a truce with al qaeda to give a freer hand to spread terror through outlibya. isis now controls mo gnarl gadhafi's hometown and setting fire to oil fields as it battles libyan force the siirt . the u.s. has since pulled out of the libya. after the attack in be ghazi in 2012 and the takeover of

tripoli a year later. militants celebrated their departure with a pool party on embassy groupds. >> it is u.s. is also circumspect about how much it could do in libya, about what the prospects were and there was a sense that we had our hands full and this would be somebody else's responsibility. >> how are you all today? welcome to the orchard. >> this could haunt hillary clinton as she embarks on hurl i wantial campaign. as secretary of state, clinton was a decisive voice in the u.s. intervention a policy that president obama admitted last year in an interview with "new york times" fell short. >> we unity estimated, our european partners underestimated the need to come in full foss emplgts the president said at the time that the u.s. should have done should have done more.

today u.s. officials say they hoped a u.n.-backed peace talks with the islamist backed government and -- will help with a power-sharing agreement. brianna? >> great report elise, thank you. we're back with a key member of both of intel and the armed services committees independent senator angus king of maine. the question as we hear that report from elise, senator, this was a meeting perhaps of isis and al qaeda, perhaps, but to possibly broker a truce between the two. are you worried they could be cooperating? >> well these groups have traditionally been at each other's throats, and divided and fighting each other, so in kind of hint that they are starting to cooperate or get together is something we need to be concerned about, because obviously to the extent that they can cooperate, share intelligence share their knowledge, their training

that's bad news for everybody in the region. so the fact that this group was together in one place and mokhtar has been taken out i think is good news but again, as we were talking before getting rid of the leadership of these organizations is a key step. i mean leadership is very important, but it's not the whole deal. ultimately the people on the ground in these cunning are going to have to finish this job. we're not going to be able to go in and do it with our troops. so it's part of a strategy but it's not the whole strategy. >> senator angus king thanks so much. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. new revelations about the only person behind bars in the new york prison escape. that would be joyce mitchell. she was in court today with the two killers she's helping to remain on the loose. next this afternoon's breaking political news jeb bush becomes the 11th republican

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totally ig noir almost all the his republican opponents and went on the offensive against hillary clinton and the washington establishment. dana bash was there for the rally and the big announcement. dana he described himself to you a few days ago as an introvert. how did he come across today in his speech? >> reporter: he tried very heart to be an extrovert and show he has the fire in the belly. even those who may want him to be president may fearh -- this crowd was quite different and the venue was different than the other republican 'nouncements. it was formed fora campaign rally as someone who can deliver the red meat lines. listen to this line coming up. it was specifically to go after the democrats, but there was also a vail reference to the

republican senators running. >> we don't need another president who merely holds the top spot among the pampered elegalities in washington. we need a president who is ready and willing to challenge the whole culture in our nation's capital, and i will be that president. because i was reforming governor not just another member of the club -- >> now, brianna, you can see he had the crowd, he seemed to be very comfortable. having said that the teleprompters is not jeb bush's friends. there are some politicians who can hit it out of the park and read it comfortably. he is not one. that's very much why his next stops, he's going to go to iowa new hampshire, they'll be teleprompter-free event, with enter action with voters.

bush is why you don't see the his last name behind him. you know he had a very poignant family moment. his mother barbara bush was here but he also set reply explicitly he is running as his own man. listen to this. >> i will campaign as i would serve, going everywhere speaking to everyone keeping my word facing the issues without flinching, and staying true to what i believe. i will take nothing and no one for granted. i will run with heart and i will run to win. >> reporter: brianna, there was one moment here that i think will go down as being the most telling. that is during the moment where he was introducing his mother there was some protesters some

dreamers protesting his immigration policies. he stopped, looked at them went off-civet, and said if i am president, i will address immigration reform by legislation, not by executive order. he does differ from some of his colleagues but also in terms of his demeanor. he is comfortable in his own skin. i wined thatened and that was definitely a moment. some politics would vice president a um moment but he didn't. the joyce mitchell wore a black-and-white striped prisoner's jumpsuit and shackles. despite a massive search the escapees remain at large. this is nine days after they were discovered missing from their cell at the clinton correctional facility in upstate new york. i want to go live to alexandria

field. what is the laters there, alexandera? >> reporter: joyce mitchell is back in clinton county jail where she's become closely monitored. it was her second appearance made after she already entered a plea of not guilty accused bringing tools into that maximum security prison. authorities have said that she brought in chisels as well as hacksaw blades. authorities are now saying she had planned to pick them up after they escaped and came out of that manhole cover outside that power plant. she apparently has told investigators where seven hours away from here but the fugitives did not tell her what that location would be. she seemed to be working with investigators answering a lot of their questions, but certainly brianna, at this point with the two men missing at this point,

it's unclear is how much help she would be in a position to give. >> do they have the confidence like last week that they were close to catching anyone? >> i wouldn't say that anyone would say the trail is close, but it is a very high priority. you're talking about two dangerous convicted killers. you'll see checkpoints like the one right behind millennium. perimeter where different search areas have been set up. that was breaked on inspection that you pointed out that we received last week about bloodhounds picking up on a scent, so really there's no drawdown in terms of the effort that we're seeing but we're talking about, you know 1,000 different tips that have come in just locally some 800 different law enforcement officers out here. at the same time it's been ten days since they broke out. even new york's governor is admitting they could be here

but could be about anywhere. >> we don't know if they are still in the immediate area or if they are in mexico by now, right? enough time has transpired but we're following up every lead the best we can. >> reporter: brianna, right for you there are just two priorities. the top priorities goes without saying finding the two men. the second priors the investigation into what happened. a state investigation has ordered by the govrnsor. it will involve an outside corrections expert who will try to determine how they got out of that prison and what kind of reforming keg enacted in the future to prevent anything like this from happening again. >> thank you so much. a pretty big bard racement for kim jong-un.

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well, this is a major embarrassment for kim jong-un. one of his regime's soldier has defected crossed the tightly guarded demilitarized zone to

reach south korea. this is pretty rare brian. >> it is. tonight they're likely doing a major intelligence assessment of how this soldier got away what he might be giving away to the south koreans and americans, and of course they're considering a harsh punishment for the soldier's commander, who analysts say could be executed. >> a north korean soldier in his late teens makes a daring escape escape. most of the dmz is guarded by mine feels, tall fences with raider wire guard posts. analysts say the area in which this soldier crossed is less fortified. according to reports, the soldier said he left because of widespread beatings and abuse. >> the north korean military is renounce for harsh discipline

and and. he would be beat simply by just looking askance at an officer. there's no restraint at all. >> tony shaffer, who once ran operation in that area says the defector can give the u.s. and south korean military on places where the north koreans routinely insert saeb tours, but there will be consequences for the soldier's family. >> you can't expect a potential literal summary assassination of his family. that's one of the things that north koreans always make sure that anyone who contemplates defection will be understands. >> reporter: it could target mountain paul generations, likely his parents and grandparents. along with other aggressive moves like test firing antiship missiles kim jong-un has cracked down on defectors,

tightening patrols along the chinese border. >> this is embarrassing for the north korean regime because it completely cracks the myth of how this is supposed to be a paradise a society in which everybody is not for want of anything. under his leadership. >> this is the third defection shun of a range and file soldier while he's been in power. in 2012 one soldier scaled three barbed wire fences to get across the border. that same year another soldier killed his platoon and squadron leaders, and then crossed over, all signs he might be having control of his military. he could be having some chinks in his armor close to him. >> so at this point, you're sort of waiting for maybe signs of aggress. could there be a nuclear test?

what are you hearing? >> analysts are saying look for at nuclear test in october. that is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the rulers -- excuse me -- the ruling workers party in north korea. the regime on that occasion often likes to assert some kind of display of power. that would be a likely time. we'll be waiting to see if that happening. thank you for that reporting. coming up she said she was black, her parents say she's white. today she stepped down, but made no apologyiesapologies. also a updade for the manhunt and the woman's appearance in court, accused of helping. and one that's sweet. for the adult.... and kid - in all of us. (supergrass' "alright") (plays throughout) ♪ kellogg's frosted mini wheats® feed your inner kidult...

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breaking now today, rachel dolezar resigned she has claimed to be african-american but last week her estranged parents went public to say she's white. stephanie elam is in spokane. all of this developing not too long ago, stephanie. >> that's right, brianna. this all started, you know last week and then we talked to her. she said she would be speaking at the previously scheduled meeting that was going to be held tonight. over the weekend that meeting was canceled then we understood that some were unhappy it was canceled and then this morning she quit. this is all happening pretty quickly, but she quit in a letter. she wrote i waited in demps

while others expressed their feelings. it's -- that i step aside. i will never stop writing for human rights. she did this but did not answer the one burning question whether or not she is black or white, and also did not apologize. some people in the community wished she had done. we know there was going to be a rally held later on tonight to call for her resignation, now they say it will be a rally no healing. they're changing the tone but the controversy, the conversation continues to brew with even her brother, her adopted brother pointing out that what she'sing doing, call it blackface in short. she's stepping down which may allow the naacp of spokane to focus on what they want to do but it doesn't take away the spotlight on her and her controversy. >> we'll see, stephanie, thank you for your report from spokane. we'll have more ahead on that.

during the next hour we'll talk to the national president and ceo of naacp right here in "the situation room." right now i want to bring in don right now i want to bring in cnn anchor don lemon. is so no apology. she didn't talk about the questions of her racial identity. >> she didn't talk about them put she did -- this is what -- all weekend, people have been asking about this briana. for this moment i'd like to sort of reserve judgment on rachel dolezal. i don't know what's real and what's not. i've been talking to psychologists all day, some of whom have been saying that being transracial is a real thing. others say it's not so real. so i don't know what's at the bottom of all this. but i do think there's something in her statement that is glaring i think that people have been missing out where i think she's saying that race is sort of --

it's evolutionary so to speak. she says in this thing, she says while challenging, notice she says the construct of race is at the core of evolving human consciousness. and then she goes, we can't afford to lose sight, talking about the criminal justice system she also talks about evolving as a race, as a human race. i think she's saying that she believes in that statement, if you look at it closely, she believes that race is fluid and she identifies with the african-american race therefore, she feels more connected to that race. so she's not talking about it publicly but if you read between the lines in her statement, you can figure it out. so i would ask all of our viewers to do that. and i think the answer is within the statement. >> but do you feel like she should explain herself more? >> absolutely. >> or the other question i would have, you know, you heard stephanie talking about this gathering that's for healing. there's some people who feel they've been blind-sided or that

she could have done -- you tell me. could she have done what she was doing for the naacp if it was very obvious that she was white and she didn't have this appearance that -- >> absolutely. >> -- seems to be artificial? >> yeah, that's called an ally. we have allies in the lgbt community, you have allies when it comes to issues for race. you can be an ally, and people who are allies don't usually lie about who they are. if you have a straight ally from the lgbt community that means you're not gay, you don't have to pretend so be gay to help the cause. you can be a straight ally. doesn't matter which race you are. you can have a white ally who can help with black issues you can have a white ally who can help with hispanic issues. usually those people are honest about their intentions and they'll the thing i think that's caught people off-guard with this. speaking to a psychologist today who i will have on my show tonight, they say, to say that she lied is similar to saying this is them, not me -- is

similar to saying that bruce jenner lied for 60 years. so there you go. >> there's been a lot of talk about these two things and the similarities. i do want to bring stephanie elam back in from spokane. i know we've learned new information today. a 2002 lawsuit. tell us about this. >> right, this is a lawsuit against howard university which i feel the need to point out is my alma mater. it's there in d.c. where you are. that's where rachel dolezal got her mfa, master's in fine arts 2002. she filed a lawsuit. we getting this from "the smoking gun." against the university claiming they discriminated based on race pregnancy, family responsibilities gender. she alleged in this suit officials improperly blocked her from an appointment to a teaching position and that she was denied her scholarship aid when she was a student. this went on to be thrown out by the judge. but we are learning that she was

at that point, from what we understand was living as a white woman. and was, she says, discriminated against but did not win that case according to "the smoking gun." we've reached out to miss dolezal and howard university, waiting for confirmation back from them. one point to what don was saying, as far as her appearance she could have presented herself as a white woman with dread lock extensions done her hair in an afro all of those things and been quote-unquote down. and still would have been able to perhaps -- >> she'd be iggy azalea then, right? >> and still be able to help out. a lot of people think that's fine. a lot of people appreciate the work she's put in. some people i've talked to think she was a really good leader and don't want her to stop doing that. she seems committed to the issues when you read her letter she talks about it. i think the issue here is not that she was down with the cause or that she wanted to be a part of it it was about the fact that she didn't tell the truth about who she was, so far as we know. >> we'll leave the conversation

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top terrorist killed. new claims a shadowy and dangerous al qaeda leader is

dead. he learned at the hands of osama bin laden. what could it mean for the u.s. and american security? a prison seamstress may not be the only alleged accomplice put behind bars. escaped killers she befriended on the run for a tenth day. no apology. local naacp president rachel dolezal resigns but offering no explanation about her parents' claim she's white, not african-american. we'll get the first reaction from the national leader of the naacp. and a bush exclusive as jeb jumps into the crowded republican presidential race. his son is talking to cnn about his father and the shadow of their famous family. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." breaking news. al qaeda's most dangerous affiliate may have suffered a deadly blow. we're told the u.s. government is now l