the website is linked to this radical extremist anwar al- awlaki. now dead, then a key al-qaeda figure. regarded as the men's inspiration, he called on western muslims to attack their home countries. although some of the men had heeded the message and chosen the target, they never actually made a bomb. but they were intent on bringing terror and fear back to the u.k. june kelly, bbc news. >> time to look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. mitt romney has won the latest contest in florida to choose the republican party that a candidate for the presidential election in november. he polled 47% of the votes cast, easily beating his main rival newt gingrich, who received 32% of the vote. the other candidates, former senator rick santorum had 13%, and congressman ron paul that 7%. both remain in the race. our north america editor sent this report from the campaign trail. >> that is not just excitement on the faces of mitt romney's supporters -- it is relief. his campaign is now back on track. he once again be seen as the

prosecutors say he met directly with the american born cleric anwar al awlaki who helped him plan theember, anwar al-awlaki was the first american on the cia's capture or kill list. a drone strike is said to have taken him out last year. today after the judge sentenced him. abdulmutallab lebanon called this a day of victory. mike tobin is outside the courtroom in detroit. life with no parole no, windows, no chance to get out, no big surprise but victory? >> it was pretty much a forgone conclusion that abdul me would never walk the streets. muslims are proud to kill in god's name. also came out throughout these proceedings as fox news reported that he was so tied in with al qaeda that he even stayed for a while with anwar al-awlaki. it was al awlaki who ultimately directed him to the al qaeda bomb maker. >> i think we have to understand that is he remorseless, that al qaeda remains determined to kill us. but, i take great heart in the fact that our american justice system today has proven that we can defeat terrorists in open courtrooms in america. >> now, a statement from abdul me me

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a manner that when talked about in the book, a terrific book i should say, that's the case of anwar al-awlaki, an american citizen, a cleric accused not of committing -- although some talk about involvement in crimes, but no evidence presented -- and the main charge was a fluent speaker of english and giving support for jihadi operations. he was killed a couple weeks ago, and the general reaction was illustrated adequately in a "new york times" headline that said west celebrates death of radical cleric. it was not just death, but murder, and while it's true -- and there were some who didn't join in the celebration completely -- almost all of them criticized it because he was an american citizen, which makes him a person in theory as distinct from non-citizens who may look like persons but are not. that's incidentally a core principle of current american law with regard to undocumented aliens. interesting interpretation of the 14th amendment, but so he was an actual person and maybe we're not supposed to murder people suspected of citing others to carry out terrorist acts. now, again, there we

believe it was al qaeda got more mature with its message but also found the right messenger, anwar al-awlaki, who had been here in america for years, born in new mexico, spoke perfect english and was a master propagandist for al qaeda and he was a very prolific youtube video creator. >> pelley: and he was killed by the u.s. government. >> in a drone strike in yemen. and i think when you see that spike start to dip, scott, that may have something to do with it. two things, one, that the government asked youtube to remove those videos because they said that was direct link between that message and terrorist plots but al-awlaki's death also kind of made that communication halt. >> reporter: in a case like this, what kind of evidence is there likely to be? >> in this case, you're going to see wall-to-wall evidence, scott. you're going see video inside apartments of people handling weapons. you're going to hear voice recordings and video recordings of people in cars. you're going to see him trying on this suicide vest because the government has also realized the strongest hedge against the entrap

drone strikes in yemen that killed anwar al awlaki, a suspected terrorist, and other americans. the lawsuit is directed at the defense department, cia and justice department, asking for documents and medical row is justifying the killing of americans. two days ago, president obama acknowledged in a social media gathering that the u.s. was using drone attacks in pakistan to target terrorists. >>> back in a minute with more "washington today." >>> "washington today" is now available as a podcast. download each program individually at cspan.org or subscribe using itunes. accuracy the "washington today" podcast wherever you are with the c-span radio iphone app or on your data-enabled mobile device. >>> a dramatic recording that we'll hear in just a moment. the national archives has released two hours and 22 minutes of a conversation that took place aboard air force one during the flight from dallas, texas, to washington, d.c. november 22nd, 1963, following the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the tape was donated to the national archives, the recordings involve conversati

after the deaths of bin laden, anwar al awlaki, our testament to the effectiveness of the small rapid missions instead of the nation-building of the past, the emphasis based on a lilly pad strategy will continue to help us address our national security issues as well as draw down unnecessary troop levels in europe, for example. secretary panetta, i'm here -- i was pleased to hear you announce a few weeks ago that the drawdown from afghanistan would begin as early as mid 2013. although i appreciate accelerating the drawdown slightly, i would like to hear more about the number of troops that will be withdrawn in 2013, as well as the schedule set for the pace of withdrawal of the 68,000 troops who will remain. as a long-standing opponent of the war, i also have serious concerns that the lessons learned from iraq are not being implemented fully in afghanistan. as the dod attempts to rein in costs, i am puzzled why contracting in afghanistan has not been more closely scrutinized, especially since many of the contractors overlap in both iraq and afghanistan. the special inspector general fo

group wants legal memos and evidence justifying the killings in yemen of american born cleric anwar al-awlakiers. the family of slain border patrol agent brian terry has filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. it asserts terry was killed with a weapon sold in the fast and furious tracking program. tomorrow eric holder is scheduled to talk about fast and furious to a congressional committee. >>> next in the grapevine, newt gingrich dreams big. and don't forget tonight's infinity sponsored text to vote question. how much will catholic backlash over the health care decision hurt president obama? text sr 1 for a great deal. sr 2 for some. sr 3 for not much. sr 4 for not at all. we'll bring you the results at we'll bring you the results at the end of tonight's hey, travis... get some friends, loser! so, are you all right, man? yeah. let me help you out. thanks. ♪ lean on me, ♪ when you're not strong, and i'll be your friend. ♪ see you around. yeah. ♪ i'll help you carry on... ♪ >> bret: now some political grapevine. a rhode island

government released details on the case against cleric anwar al-awlaki the first american on the c.i.all or capture list. they come in documents concern underwear bomber mutallab and say al-awlaki gave final approve for the mission. and that he specifically instructed him to detonate those explosives he was wearing while his plane was in the air over u.s. soil. the bomb, of course, misfired and he was captured alive. al-awlaki was killed in a drone strike in yemen last september. in other world news, islamist extremist who killed two american airmen at a german airport last year convicted apt sen tenseed today. he was given life in prison. he said he became radicalized reading and watching jihaddist propaganda on the internet. >>> egyptian authorities prevented a british woman from leaving the country today. she is among those being targeted by an investigation in to foreign charities. more than a dozen americans are being held there as well. the rift is thought to endanger some of billion-and-a-half dollars in aid the u.s. gives egypt each year. >> there appears to be support in the u

botched christmas day plane bombing, a memo from the justice department claims american born cleric anwar al-awlaki blow up the u.s.-bound plane back in 2009 before al-awlaki was killed he reportedly communicated directly with the failed nigerian bomber and they exchanged e-mails and text messages and met in person reportedly. this information comes ahead of the sentencing for the fail bomber and he admitted he tried to blow up the flight over detroit with a bomb hidden in his pants. republican candidates are not the only one taking the message to cpac hundreds of occupy protesters causing a scene outside the conference in washington, dc, blasting republicans for gifting tax breaks to the so-called 1 percent, but do not be fooled by the outrage, one protester told a reporter that he and the buddies were paid to participate by the labor union. >> are you getting paid? >> we all get paid. >> how much? >> $60 a head. all the people out of work right now on the bench and out of a work a week or two, something like that. >>alisyn: the protesters will be back at it this morning for cpac's final day. >> a

this is the same mosque where anwar al awlaki once served as imam and then became an al qaeda leadere another emotional day for the family of whitney houston. today they'll bury the singer in her home state of new jersey. yesterday, a crowd filled a church and celebrated the singer's life and her faith. nbc's mark barger has a look back at the ceremony. ♪ >> we celebrate the life of whitney houston. >> reporter: and for almost four gospel-infused hours -- ♪ -- nearly 1,000 invited family and friends did just that. >> such a beautiful human being. >> reporter: some speakers talked about houston's talent. >> you wait for a voice like that for a lifetime. >> reporter: others focused on her faith. >> and this is more important than anything she's ever done in her life, whitney houston loved the lord. ♪ >> reporter: but everyone was united in their affection for the late singer. >> and people didn't just like you, whitney, they loved you. ♪ >> reporter: but after a chorus of voices celebrating whitney houston's life -- ♪ please, don't cry >> reporter: -- it was her voice that provided the

several others, too, led or have been linked to student groups, including terror leader anwar al awlakiicted terrorist sophia sidiqi and sayed hashmy, a college student. donna lieberman, nypd chief -- >> just because some terrorists were once students doesn't give the police the department authority to engage in wholesale surveillance of all muslim student groups. >> reporter: an nypd spokesman says police were lawfully monitoring websites and using common sense in following leads but the president of yale is one who believes monitoring went too far. surveillance based on religion, nationality or peacefully expressed opinion is antithetical to the values of yale. >> new york mayor corey beerngd the police director there said today that the new york city police department mislead their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on newark's muslim neighborhoods that will do it for news4 at 5:00. we see you again tomorrow. news4 at 6:00 starts now >>> juror be deliberating for eight hours and still no ruling. >>> the question tonight, did george huguely beat h

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al qaeda. ahead all this unrest each washington has pushed for him to go. remember the radical american cleric anwar anwar al awlakir in yemen. the feds say a u.s. drone strike killed him in september. yemen is also the poorest country in the entire arab world with one of the world's most active terror branches. the united states has now thrown its support behind yemen's vice president. a bloody prison break in mexico came with the help of prison guards. that's the new word today from investigators there. another indication mexico's powerful drug cartels are becoming increasingly untouchable. those investigators say more than a dozen guards appear to have allowed 30 minutes of the zeta cartel to walk free on sunday as other zetas started a riot. it left 34 rival gang members dead inside that prison. the victims reportedly bludgeoned and knifed to death. officials are offering a nearly $800,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the people involved in that deadly escape. well, here at home, big excitement in the big easy as some million people go out to celebrate fat tuesday. from new orleans to pass ch

the american born cleric anwar al awlaki had one main rule for the underwear bomber.american plane. make sure do you it over american soil. that word coming now as the u.s. government prepares for the underwear bomber's sentencing. faruq abdulmen pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a plame plane with a bomb in his underwear. awaiting sentencing. as part of that they are laying out his connection to the cleric al awlaki. he was the first american on the cia's capture or kill list. a drone strike is said to have taken him out last year. and prosecutors now confirm that he met directly with that underwear bomber and helped him put together the attempted attack. >> we have another big political contest coming tomorrow and the analysts say it looks like mitt romney could be facing a fourth straight loss. just ahead, we will get the lay of the land in maine. plus, some kids were riding a school bus in charlotte, north carolina, when something went very wrong. [siren] >> upon stopping the bus, i smelled smoke. >> shepard: when flames erupted through the school bus, the hero

group wants legal memos and evidence justifying the killings in yemen of american born cleric anwar al-awlakihe family of slain border patrol agent brian terry has filed a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. it asserts terry was killed with a weapon sold in the fast and furious trackingtomorrow eric hs scheduled to talk about fast and furious to a congressional committee. >>> next in the grapevine, newt gingrich dreams big. and don't forget tonight's infinity sponsored text to vote question. how much will catholic backlash over the health care decision hurt president obama? text sr 1 for a great deal. sr 2 for some. sr 3 for not much. sr 4 for not at all. we'll bring you the results at the end of tonight's show aaaaas. [ male announcer ] even if you think you can live with your old mattress... ask me how i've never slept better. [ male announcer ] ...why not talk to one of the 6 million people who've switched to the most highly recommended bed in america? it's not a sealy, a simmons, or a serta. ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask

dead al qaeda leader anwar al awlaki was an imam at that mosque before taking a radical turn and leading the terrorist organization in yemen. >>> ten minutes after 11:00. a deadly avalanche in washington state. a survivor talks about the equipment that may have saved her life. >>> plus making that next visit to the dentist is a little bit easier for parent and child. stay with us for >>> we have a developing story in north korea. country says live fire military drills by south korea could prompt "total war." this is video of the last time south korea conducted live fire drills back in march of 2010. they conducted the drills despite threats from the north and said they were prepared for any retaliation. north korean officials said these drills will lead to a complete collapse of ties between the two koreas. >>> right now nuclear inspectors from the united nations are in iran inspectors want proof that iran does not plan to use its nuclear program to develop a weapon. israel has said military action could be needed to prevent that from happening. the united states and britain are urging i

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we got anwar al-awlaki. do you think we are safer?he has this -- an index card with a handwritten quote from john f. kennedy. >> in the long history of the world, only a fujeew generation have been granted the role of protecting it. i do not shrink from this respect. i welcome it. >> reporter: why do you carry it? >> it reminds me why we do what we do and how important that responsibility is for us as the fbi. it's just something that i feel strongly about. >> reporter: she is the real deal, matt. very impressive, very modest and, of course, thanks to the vanity fair photo she's bringing back the trench coat. she's so straight-laced but underneath it she has a great sense of humor. >> jamie, you said to her, what keeps you up at night. you have to wonder if we knew what they know would we be able to sleep at night. what did she say about that? >> reporter: she says it's what she doesn't know about that's going on. you know, is there a threat that they haven't tracked out. they are concerned in terrorism about the lone wolf. the person

anwar al-awlaki was president of a student organization.pd deemed it prudent to get a better handle on what was occurring at msa. plus tim student organizations were tracked by investigators by some of the members including its syracuse. the student were not accused of any wrongdoing at that time. the a.p. is reporting they were work with the fbi. and the scope of the monitoring which has the members of these groups crying foul. but the police commissioner, ray kelly and mayor michael bloomberg insists only legitimate leads were followed. some of the colleges speak out about this surveillance. the nypd saying they were only doing what they needed to to investigate organizations they suspected of going on what might have been legal. megyn: america's defense secretary says an attack on iran should be a last resort. an historic day for the u.s. space program as the country celebrates 50 years since john glenn's maiden voyage around the earth. we'll have a live report on what projects nasa is looking at now. >> he enters the hatch of the friend

the most noteworthy generated the online magazine inspire, and anwar al-awlaki who was the first american on the cia's kill or capture list, both men killed in a cia strike last year. the threats were more serious and spread like a virus through the virtual world. >> the law has never allowed somebody to, you know, yell fire in a crowded theater. and threats are real, and when they're made on the internet, they're out there forever. and it's very hard to, it's very hard to take them down. >> reporter: the head of the fbi's largest field office here this washington who led this investigation told fox that there appear to be a generational divide, those who grow up with social networking appear to cross this threshold to violence in the virtual world. >> these are individuals that don't have to see face to face, they don't have to sit down and talk the each other face to face in a coffee shop, they can do that kind of interconnectivity on the internet, and that's why it has such a scope. >> reporter: morton's defense attorney says even though his client was aware of the line between protect

you can even look in the court documents after anwar al-awlaki his spiritual guider was killed by a u.s. strike he became more dedicated to the gentleman had. his legal advisers says he talks with this guy, they have rational conversations, but when you get right down to it he is dedicated to the gentleman had and unrepentant, jenna. jenna: we'll bring the viewers breaking news as it happens today. mike, thank you very much. jon: fox news alert out of syria. amateur videos show heavy tpaoeuing across the country as syrian forces take it back to where the uprising began nearly a year ago. the sounds of explosion and machine gun fire starting before dawn according to human rights activists in the area. meanwhile shelling in homs have intensified. this amateur video purports to show homes collapsing after they were hit by rev sraoe fire. this appeared on an activist website today. more dramatic video of a pipeline explosion in homs. it shows thick black smoke and flames engulfing a neighborhood. today ban ki-moon accused the syrian government of potentially committing crimes against humani

he got rid of anwar al awlaki, he got rid of moammar gadhafi, and then there was pressure on hosni mubarakn, and that's what happened. so, david, are newt gingrich's comments fair or in a vacuum? >> i don't think there's anything necessarily unfair with them. the question is are people going to agree with him on a large scale in a general election. that depends on whether or not the american people end up souring on president obama's foreign policy leadership. for now they appear quite happy. look at the polls. the president is much weaker on domestic issues. he gets rated positively on foreign policy and national defense issues. >> why would newt do it? if he's getting positive ratings. >> because newt is running for the republican nomination, and republicans are rather unhappy with the president's leadership on this front. >> foreign policy? >> yes. republicans, they're not happy. that's why you saw in your debate this week the president get blasted by all four candidates. it was one of the -- i would say three out of four, not rochb paul. it's one of the areas where the main competitors

currently suing the obama administration to make public the legal rationale for killing, not only anwar al awlaki another u.s. citizen two weeks later, another u.s. citizen killed in the exact same strike as awlaki. and they have fought and fought and fought. and they don't often win in these cases. but at the risk of agreeing with one of condoleezza rice's former aides, i did want to put this out. what i think makes the crackdown and attacks on whistle-blowers all the more, just, awful, is the position the obama administration has taken on holding torture as accountable from the bush era. when it comes to people who committed real crimes, who tortured people, who ripped fingernails off and squeezed the testic testicles, those people get to walk around free. they get to walk around as normal citizens in this country, because the president said, we'll look forward, not backward. this administration, the justice department has intervened. the obama justice department has intervened to have them removed as defendants, as the bush administration did too. this administration is letting these torturers

police say they were inspired by the work of radical american cleric anwar al-awlaki, who was killed suspect's homes and found a list of potential targets, including the american embassy and the london stock exchange. >>> attorney general eric holder back in the fast and furious hot seat tomorrow. now facing possible contempt of congress charges. republican darryl issa, head of the house oversight and government reform committee, says he's tired of waiting for holder to comply with numerous subpoenas, for documents relate to go fast and furious. issa giving him until february 9 to turn over his records or face contempt charges. >>> in london, wikileaks founder julian assange, he's in britain's supreme court fighting extradition to sweden. he's accused of sexually assaulting two women there. the hearing expected to last two days. assange's lawyers are afraid if he's sent to sweden, he will then be sent to the u.s. where he could face charges for leaking thousands of classified u.s. documents that put our troops in danger. >> brian: let's say we're not, get him here and then arrest him

year when we finally saw the realization of a decade of work to ensure that osama bin laden and anwar al-awlakir again threaten this nation. i'm glad to say that we will no longer have an annual threat hearing where someone asks the question where is osama bin laden. laskier's successes were no small achievement. that resulted from transformation and improvement in every oic agency. in particular, i am impressed by the work being done by the cia counterterrorism operators and analysts working together to take down terrorists and their network. we have heard from these officers and countless briefings core al qaeda is essentially on the ropes as long as we continue to sustain pressure on the group. the director clapper, this same sentiment is expressed in your written statement for the record for the hearing. i know i am not alone on this panel, and believing that we must continue whatever level of pressure it takes to degrade the core al qaeda once and for all. as we are seeing in my back the gains that took a decade to achieve can erode quickly if we do not do what it takes to protect them. i

he says al qaeda is significantly weaker since the killing of osama bin laden and the american-born anwar awlaki in yemen. clapper says al qaeda, while still a threat, is probably unable to launch a massive attack. director clapper also noted the rising volatility in the wake of the arab spring, which, as you know, diane, we are seeing throughout the middle east. >>> speaking of that volatility, martha, we have another headline now from another tinderbox box, syria, where the incendiary clashes continue today. the united nations security council coming together to debate the future of syrian president assad. the u.s. sent in the big guns, secretary of state hillary clinton, who talked about the challenge of pushing assad to resign. >> this will be hard. the results are far from certain. success is far from guaranteed, but the alternative, more of assad's brutal rule, is no alternative at all. >> the security council engaging on the issue today. >>> and now a note about your money tonight on this, the last day of the month. even though the dow closed down slightly today, this month emerged as wal

but i think the other is the death of al qaeda's propaganda master, anwar awlaki, as well as the deathrike of a person who ran their "inspire" magazine, their online puplication. they have had a slowdown in propaganda and charismatic speakers who can reach people. >> mason: at the same time, in this case, john, as the government was investigating, didn't they effectively provide khalifi with a bomb? isn't that a risky proposition? >> well, they provide him with a bomb to the extent they went to a quarry, they made a nok-up of the device he would be given. they blew it up, and that was to show him that it worked and his response was he wanted more explosives. he wanted a bigger bomb. ultimately the device they gave him was made by the f.b.i.'s bomb technicians in the explosive sections at the lab in quantico, and it was a completely inert device. he recognizeds it as the same tyner the same material he had seen in the quarry but it wouldn't have worked. and the same with the gun they provided him. it was just like the real one he had handled but this one wouldn't have fired. >> mason: j