al qaeda, there will be some safe havens. why? because there'll always be people who have sympathies and decide they want to support groups like al qaeda. the question is are they local threats or global threats? as long as their local threats, then those are threats that the afghan government needs to do with, and once that we may have to live with. again, less than perfect that it is the global threat that al qaeda may represent that we have to worry about. i think we have to worry about that last now than we did eight years ago. i think we need to worry more about, we are radicalizing muslims around the world as witnessed by the bombings in madrid and london in particular. and our very presence and to muslim countries at the moment, iraq and afghanistan, goes a long, long way to fueling that radicalism, that its u.s. occupation that makes us a target that there may be a certain amount of anti-western, anti-u.s. elements in radical islamic ideology. but most of that is because we are there in their territories, not necessary tha

itself, al qaeda's associated groups and al qaeda inspired terrorist strike in the united states andwe see in the reality all three of those characteristics of al qaeda and the examples that you cited in your opening statement. umar farouk abdulmutallab and major nidal malik hasan. the violent extremist threat al qaeda at sumner is evolving. we have to meet the complex multiple team attacks very difficult for al qaeda to pull off. as we saw with the recent successful and attempted terrorist attacks, however, identifying individual terrace, small groups of short histories using simple attack method is a new degree of difficulty. we did not identify mr. abdulmutallab before he boarded northwest flight to 53 christmas day but we should have. we are working to improve so we can. only decreasing minority of muslims support violent extremism according to numerous polls within the muslim community. it even with increasing in smaller amounts, al qaeda's radical ideology still seems to appeal strongly to some disaffected young muslim people of suicide bombers and other fighters in the form fo

the heartland of al qaeda. but now as director panetta pointed out, al qaeda trainers see the tribal areas of pakistan as less secure and this is led al qaeda to franchise into regional components in places such as north africa and the arabian peninsula. this evolution has been most rapid with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which has changed from a regional group with links to al qaeda to a global threat with reach in american cities such as detroit. these changes affect the way we at the fbi think about the targets we pursue and what tools we need to pursue them. they also require us to keep changing continuously to meet the evolving threats of tomorrow. the expansion of ideology has been proven to be consistent and global as demonstrated by the plots we have seen in the past year. those plots listed by the chairman and her opening statement. those cased demonstrate the global diversity of the new terrorism threats. some extremists were radicalized over the internet or in prison. others received training fr

the problem for al qaeda central is that its capabilities are very low. >> warner: what has al qaeda evolved into today? what we loosely call al qaeda, what is it really? >> al qaeda right now is a lot of leaders hiding for a time from predator missiles in pakistan. they still have a presence on the internet. they release audiotapes very rarely, maybe once every other month or so. but operationally, they are very limited. and they really don't have the type of command and control that they did in 2001 or even 2006, a large-- the last large al qaeda plot, namely the liquid bomb case. >> warner: so what else is there in. >> there are many other terrorist organizations vying for control of this large movement . >> warner: self-starter off yotts shik al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based in yemin which claimed responsibility for the christmas day bomb attempt. sageman insists neither that group nor any of the other regional al qaeda inspired outfits has the ability to organize and carry out attacks of the size and lethality of 9/11. should we feel threatened by the fact that in a count

against al-qaeda. and they're thinking well, al-qaeda isn't bombing us.re have been bombs that have targeted civilians. al-qaeda and others certainly in this war. but in almost all of these cases, it turns out that the location is chosen because it's near a u.s. outpost or it's near an agency of the afghan government seen as appropriately or not -- seen as participating in the occupation. and that's who's being killed over and over and over again.sf why don't they get it? i don't know the answer to that. i think they went to war because of a set of ideological ideas about militarism and unilateralism is the best thing out there and we're the powerful country in the world and, therefore, we have the right to do whatever we want. i think the problem is once they go to war, they continue the war. it's the old adage of science. a body in motion tends to stay in motion. a body at rest tends to stay at rest. a body in motion includes the pentagon. when they're at war, they stay at war until we get out there and make it impossible for them to continue the war.

a new warning that al qaeda will likely attempt a new attack in the u.s. within months. >>> payday. new outrage as a bailedout insurance giant awards fresh bonuses today. >>> and toyota's trouble. we ride along with the silicon valley guru who says the pedals aren't the problem. >> it's february 3rd, 2010. >>> good morning. it is an ominous, new warning from the government's terror-fighting team that an attempted attack is, quote, certain. >> they are telling congress that al qaeda has adapted, making its message more difficult to detect. >> reporter: good morning, vinita and jeremy. the testimony focuses on a likely attack. and new methods, including the so-called lone wolf strategy. what's where terrorists act alone. the conclusion by the nation's intelligence chief that al qaeda is likely to launch an attack on the u.s. within the next six months is as chilling as it is blunt. >> what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months? high or low? director blair? >> an attempt of attack, is certain, i would say. >> mr. pa

we were really shaken by al qaeda attacks five years ago.n the other countries in the gulf states, all with the exception of yemen, which we have been seized with for some time, but has only gained prominence as a result of the strikes and the operations carried out in december and the individual who was in yemen for several months and was given a sophisticated explosive device and was taught to use it and went to watch for that and another country and then to the u.k. and then the flight to detroit -- what that showed is the continued capability of al qaeda, with that question. although it is diminished, there is no question that it has capability. there's no question that this is a learning organization. this extremist network -- and it takes a network to take down in network, which is what we have and what we are working on on the military side together intelligence from counterparts and comrades. but what the and i and others were expressing was that, given -- but what the dni and others were expressing was that there could be an attack

i think that's the same thing with al qaeda. they are violati all the rules that are designed to keep civilians out of the fighting, to keep them out of the combat. what al qaeda wants to do is violate and blur those rules. i don't think we should give them any privileged status for us when the law doesn't call for it. tavis: my question is about us, not about them. if, in fact, in the process of trying to deal with terror, we violate the very best of what america is all about. we deny people their civil liberties. we rewrite the rules so that we can do whatever we want to do and in the process, our standing in the rule completely plummets, i'm asking you now, looking back on it you're telling me now that you don't have any regrets, have you not rethought any of this with regard to what you did in the bush era? >> let m be clear. i think about these things all the time. one of the reasons i wrote this book is it comes out of a lot of things i thought about since my time in the government, but particularly after. so don't let me

the heartland of al qaeda.as director panetta pointed out, al qaeda trainers see the tribal areas of pakistan as less secure and this is led al qaeda to franchise into regional components in places such as north africa and the arabian peninsula. this evolution has been most rapid with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which has changed from a regional group with links to al qaeda to a global threat with reach in american cities such as detroit. these changes affect the way we at the fbi think about the targets we pursue and what tools we need to pursue them. they also require us to keep changing continuously to meet the evolving threats of tomorrow. the expansion of ideology has been proven to be consistent and global as demonstrated by the plots we have seen in the past year. those plots listed by the chairman and her opening statement. those cased demonstrate the global diversity of the new terrorism threats. some extremists were radicalized over the internet or in prison. others received training from known

administration officials warn of a another possibility of a terrorist attack by al qaeda in the coming months. nikole killion has more on that. >> administration officials say one of the main ways they're able to get the bombing suspect to talk is with help from his family. according to officials, the nigerian men at the center of this is talking again. some members of his family were flown from nigeria to the united states on january 17. after meeting with him, they were able to persuade him to speak with investigators. the approach was successful. a law-enforcement professional has provided more information about context in yemen and where he received training from al qaeda. information about his cooperation lead out during a senate hearing on tuesday. intelligence officials offered a warning. another attack could happen soon on the united states by al qaeda. >> what would happen regarding that? high or low? >> and the attempted attack is probably certain. >> i would agree with that. >> intelligence officials did not cite a specific threat. they are concerned that al qaeda has method

we have now seen that al qaeda is increasingly a franchise. it is broaden itself not only in south asia but in parts of africa and the middle east and encourages other groups to form at least a network kind of alliance. in many ways this is in fact what 21st century terrorism is. does not about a unitary organization with a command and control system. is about it network of organizations that enable each other, that support each other, that may not necessarily always be 100% aligned, but will certainly be closer in their world view and closer in their efforts than makes it comfortable for the west. so we have seen for example the somalia, another area that is poorly governed, has become a save covin for al-shabaab, and al qaeda linked group that has in one way become very successful as a recruiter of westerners to come and and train and actually carry out terrorist attacks. we have seen a greater presence of al qaeda in yemen although this again has been a feature now for a couple of years. and even in democrat, north africa, we now have the p

brian will have the details >> al qaeda is poised to strike the united states within months. this is the one of the nation's intelligence chief, who are testifying for a second day on capitol hill. they say they are getting useful and actionable information from the alleged christmas day bomber, but they warned it may be harder than ever to see the next attack coming. >> the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting in methods, in wayshat oftentimes make it to go to detect. >> abc news has learned that the fbi is examining travel records to see if al qaeda operatives are following abdulmutallab's path from yemen to the west -- yemen and to the u.s. >>> soldiers were travelling with pakistan security forces and pakistan officials say they were part of a little-publicized mission to train troops there but the u.s. embassy is not commenting. >>> president obama is urging senate democrats to finish the job on health care reform. during eight issues retreat at the newseum, the president says he is open to compromise on health care, but once it to pass quickly -- but he wanted to

exclusively al qaeda. me you have to involve all instruments of national power. nothing was more frustrating as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff than not being able to get all instruments of national power to address this problem with the same sense of urgency that the department of defense or the military did. and i think it is still a problem today. there is lots of reasons for this. it is not because people are bad. sometimes their resource issues, both money and manpower. but the fact is, in my last year, i was very frustrated that, for instance, the embassy in afghanistan in august of 2005, when i asked, what is demanding of the -- the -- they are going flow through an embassy that is only 40% manned, you can imagine a lot of things are going to fall through the cracks. i'm sure it is much better today. this strategy has to involve all of its national power, not just the military strum. it will certainly play a role. the political and the economic. i would say there are a couple of others that ar

it's after al qaeda it is not in iraq and it is to the going to use torture and it is to the going to give al quitea propaganda like abu ghraib and guantanamo. >> i think what david described is important. but it's been a problem over the past year for the administration. the rearview mirror approach to looking at what the prior policies were or were not is actually i think distracted the administration. >> ifill: what should the practice be going forward? >> i think to david's point, i think absolutely right, we need a consistent, transparent rule of law context for dealing with the terrorist threats of the 21st century. this administration is going to hold people without trial, not only in civilian courts but not even in military commission. what is the legal basis for that? what is the long term legitimacy for that kind of program. congress, the administration need to step up and define that. we need to talk about this not in the two war construct that defines a good war and a bad war. but we've got to view this as a global threat. and i think that was the wake-up call september 25

he says they've gone out heo gone out and killed enough al-qaeda leaders, or many al-qaeda leaders, taliban leaders. does he have a point, that the war on terror, as it is today in afghanistan, and across the board in -- the border in pakistan, is as heated if not more than it was under the previous administration? >> well, vice president biden has a famously tenuous relationship to reality, frankly. i think there's no question but that the increase of troops into afghanistan was the right decision, i think president obama did the right thing, i he should not have put july 2011 as some kind of an end date for that, and i think it's important for the american people to realize that we currently have no detention policy, so if we capture a senior al-qaeda leader, we have no place according to "the new york times" yesterday where we could hold that person, nor do we have an effective interrogation policy, the president stopped the enhanced interrogation policy that the bush administration pursued a year ago, and in that time, has failed to establish until the paperwork was signed apparently la

and when you look at the raw numbers of al qaeda, there is a debate going on, do we have more c al qaedaafghanistan? what is the capacity of al qaeda in the ajane pennsylvanrabian p. as we saw on christmas day, they have unfortunately much greater capacity than we may have thought. the greater threat is still, i think in afghanistan and pakistan. the deizatistable dagilization e region, that is the most threatening place. but in places like yemen, i would add somalia to the list, we have a real growing al qaeda presence, very fragile situation. we have in one case somalia, a stateless, ungovernable country and in yemen, not too far away from that. >> you think yemen is that unstable? >> you got the rebellion in the north, the secessionist fight in the south, you have a president saleh been there for 30 years, kind of carefully orchestrating the different tribes and playing all sides. it is a very tenuous situation and feels like the wild west in yemen. >> speaking of pakistan, i know you met with president zardari, pakistan has been quite cooperative in recent weeks, picking up high prof

soil by al qaeda is his greatest concern. he says it's what keeps him awake at night. >> what's the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months? high or low? director blair? >> an attempted attack the priority is certain i would say. >> mr. panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta said it's not so much the possibility that we face another 9/11. >> the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: panetta worries about recruits with little training using simple device as in the attempted christmas day attack by suspect umar farouk abdulmutallab. senior white house officials say abdulmutallab is now cooperating with u.s. investigators. why is he talking? the fbi went to nigeria and consulted with his family, brought them back, and they convinced him to talk. harry? >> chip reid at a snowy white house this morning. thank you very much

was operating actually suffered because al qaeda launched an attack against the u.s.ot expect to command the respect of the world if you are not prepared to defend yourself, against others who come looking for trouble. >> i know i just got a nice compliment for being quiet, but let me ask one question from the chair if i might. mr. secretary, when you were in office, onette big issues that came up was immigration reform and your president was in 5 of it and you had strong congressional leadership that was also in favor of it and it was difficult to get done. now the current administration, with its strong democratic leadership has said they want to take this on and your successor is charged with trying to carry this forward. do you have any advice on tackling immigration reform, just sort of your perspective on what might be done to move us forward and why it is important or perhaps, why we shouldn't tackle it at this time? >> well, you know, this is really more a question of the legislative process. than it is homeland security. i hai would say the lesson i led from

cia director leon panetta laid out the threat that al qaeda poses to the united states. >> i would share with you my greatest concern and what keeps me awake at night is that al qaeda and its terrorist allies and affiliates could very well attack the united states. and our homeland. >> and then there was this. the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, dianne feinstein, heard a unanimous opinion about how urgent this threat is. >> the question is, what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months? high or low? director blair? >> an attempted attack, the priority is certain, i would say. >> mr. panetta? >> i would agree with that. >> mr. mueller? >> agree. >> general burjer? >> yes, ma'am, agree. >> mr. dinger? >> yes. >> all right. nbc's pete williams will have much more on this coming up, chuck. >> hey, savannah, the word "attempted" there is the key word. in fact, pete williams and i were talking before the show, and he made this comment. you know, ever since 9/11, there's probably never been a six-month window whe

. >> couric: tonight, a chilling warning from intelligence officials: you can expect al qaeda to attack the united states again in the next few months. i'm katie couric. also tonight, the obama administration slams toyota as safety deaf. and the car maker could be facing a hefty fine. america's top man in uniform says scrap "don't ask, don't tell." >> allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. >> reporter: and 25 years later, heeding a certain call, "we are the world" returns. ♪ there's a choice we're making... ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we're beginning with late-breaking news. a new warning about a possible terror threat against the united states. intelligence officials told congress today an attempted attack by al qaeda can be expected in the next three to six months. chip reid is at the white house tonight and, chip, this is unnerving news. >> reporter: it certainly is, katie, it was chilling testimony from the nation's

was operating actually suffered because al qaeda launched an attack against the u.s..so i am a believer soft power is important. i also believe hard power is important as well and you cannot expect a commander of respect of the world if you are not prepared to defend yourself against others who come looking for trouble. >> i know i just i nice complement for being quiet but let me ask one question from the chair if i might. mr. secretary, when you were in office one of the big issues that can oppose immigration reform. and your president was in favor of it, and you had strong congressional leadership that was also in favor of the data was difficult to get done. the current add mustard and with its strong democratic leadership said they wanted to kiss on and your successor is charged with trying to carry this forward. do you have advice on tackling immigration reform just sort of your perspective on what might be done to move this forward and why it is important or perhaps why we shouldn't talk with at this time? >> well, you know this is more a question of the legislat

may see another attempt by al-qaeda to a tack. fox 5's laura evans is following the latest developments in the news room. >> reporter: the head of national intelligence told the senate intelligence committee today al-qaeda will continue to target the united states until osama bin laden and his lieutenants are dead. a bottom line uestion right out of the gate from senator diane feinstein. >> what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months, high r low, director blair? >> an attempted attack the priority is certain i would say. >> mr. panetta. >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: the rest of the panel agreed. the senior leaders outlined potential threats that al-qaeda is evolving and militants are harding to stop before they strike >> the biggest threat is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11. i think the greatest threat is that al-qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> identifying individual terro

i think that is with al qaeda in the lead.ond fundamental is that any strategy to me, you have to involve all instruments of national power. i can tell you nothing was more frustrating than the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff then not being able to get all instruments of national power to address this problem with the same sense of urgency that department of defense or military would. it is still a problem today. thereÑi are a lot of reasons for this. it is not because people are back. sometimes there are resources issue, both money and manpower. in my last year, as they are frustrated that for instance, at the embassy in afghanistan in 2005 -- when asked, what is the manning of the embassy. they said about 40%. think about that. if all your instruments of national power come to that in the sea, -- to that in the sea, sea-- embassy, you know some things are going to fall through the cracks. this will play a role. the political and economic, a couple of instruments are not often mentioned. they need to be harnessed to bri

their vision used to be laid out on the al qaeda web site.urnÑymkrqjÑÑiñr red. america red. we are now of being converted. xdthey are patient. they have the will and resolve to carry out their particular vision. -- they are pretty early dangers because they use terrorism. terrorism created fear. when you are a free, you cannot think clearly. >> when you are afraid. if you think that to 9/11 andñr how many of you probably reacted to the infant and 9/11 predict reacted to the defense of 9/11, that affects the way you see it after that. people start to respond in ways that really are not logical. certainly, some do not have a lot of optimism. fear is a very dangerous thing. that is the whole game here with these violent extremists. they use terror as a method to get things done. >oki think a lot of thingsñr tht have been done since 9/11 have made it safer for the country. i believe that. i was a part of a lot of that. i think we are a safer society today than we were before. one of the elements that is missing and has been missing for a long tim

director dennis blair believes al-qaeda could try to strike again in the next three to six months. joel brown has more now from captiol hill. >> house lawmakers are grilling the director of national intelligence about a stark warning he gave to a senate panel. >> what's the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months, high or low? director blair? >> an attempted attack the priority is certain i would say. >> intelligence officials believe al-qaeda is deploying agents inside of the united states, ready to launch new attacks from within our borders. the cia director leon panetta warned in a hearing he has new concerns about the extremist network. >> al-qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: the cia director went on to tell lawmakers that he doesn't believe there's another nine eleven style attack in the works. he thinks now the terrorist group is trying to carry out smaller attacks that require little training and simple devices. he pointed to the failed attempt to bl

of al qaeda there taking instructions, and certainly working under the guidance of al qaeda in pakistan. but it is not of the same scale. the issue in yemen must be that, given the conflicts that exist in that country already, we must make sure that the government of yemen is focused on the al qaeda threat. we can help them deal with some of the other problems that they have to deal with, secessionist movements and other difficulties they have holding their country together, but we must make sure that they are aware that if this terrorist threat is allowed to grow in this fragile state and in uncontrolled territories, that it will become an even greater threat in the years to come. we're focusing with the yemeni government -- and i met the prime minister last week when he was in london -- on what we can do to help them deal with that terrorist threat. >> yemen is an extremely poor country, and it has had a lot of international support pledged to it in the past, but i understand that the money that was pledged in 2006 largely was never spent because of concerns about how low would be dis

we have now seen that al qaeda is increasingly a franchise.is broaden itself not only in south asia but in parts of africa and the middle east and encourages other groups to form at least a network kind of alliance. in many ways this is in fact what 21st century terrorism is. does not about a unitary organization with a command and control system. is about it network of organizations that enable each other, that support each other, that may not necessarily always be 100% aligned, but will certainly be closer in their world view and closer in their efforts than makes it comfortable for the west. so we have seen for example the somalia, another area that is poorly governed, has become a save covin for al-shabaab, and al qaeda linked group that has in one way become very successful as a recruiter of westerners to come and and train and actually carry out terrorist attacks. we have seen a greater presence of al qaeda in yemen although this again has been a feature now for a couple of years. and even in democrat, north africa, we now have the pheno

yesterday heads of ci a fbi and national defense said al qaeda has deployed shaller groups with little -- smaller groups with little history and simpler will forms of attack. >> the biggest threat i see is not so much that we face another attack similar to 9/11, i think the greater threat is that al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that often times make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: abc news has learned some intelligence has come from the accused christmas day bomber. in the past week the he has been co-operating. >> this new information is welcomed by the obama administration. >>> the oscar nominations are out and charm city well represented. blind side we have all heard the story of reigns line man michael or and precious featuring monique won best picture nomination. blind side also earned sandra bullock a best actress nomination and monique nominated for best supporting actress. patrick wright head of mica video and film arts. that is exciting stuff. >>> all right. we will take a lookout side and i have a clear shot into our parking lot. let me tell you something, des

we have now seen that al qaeda is increasingly a franchise.itself not only in south asia but in parts of africa and the middle east and encourages other groups to form at least a network kind of alliance. in many ways this is in fact what 21st century terrorism is. does not about a unitary organization with a command and control system. is about it network of organizations that enable each other, that support each other, that may not necessarily always be 100% aligned, but will certainly be closer in their world view and closer in their efforts than makes it comfortable for the west. so we have seen for example the somalia, another area that is poorly governed, has become a save covin for al-shabaab, and al qaeda linked group that has in one way become very successful as a recruiter of westerners to come and and train and actually carry out terrorist attacks. we have seen a greater presence of al qaeda in yemen although this again has been a feature now for a couple of years. and even in democrat, north africa, we now have the phenomenon of al

one of the al qaeda terrorists are going to new york, the main al qaeda terrorist that was involved in the 9/11 attack after he was waterboarded about 80 times and he wouldn't give up information, he finally did and he said -- he said that there was an attempt going to made to fly an airplane into a building in los angeles. it seems silly and crazy to me that we are not going to allow our intelligence gathering operatives to do their job. we ought to be supporting them completely day and night and anything they do to protect this nation. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. does the gentleman seek time in opposition? mr. reyes: i seek time in opposition even though i am not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. reyes: thank you, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. reyes: thank you, madam chair. and i want to tell the gentleman that i appreciate his wanting to honor the personnel of the central intelligence agency. as i have said many times on this floor, i have

al qaeda is said to be planning another attack on american soil. the officials say it's not a question of if an attack will occur but when. >> reporter: top intelligent officials are bracing for a terrorist attack on u.s. soil within the next three to six months. >> distributingtor blair. >> an attempted attack, the priority is certain i would say. >> reporter: at a nature hearing tuesday, they told lawmakers al qaeda is send operatives to the u.s. to carry out the plots. it's not so much that we face another 9/11 but that terrorists are getting smarter and quicker. >> it's a greater threat and that al qaeda is adapting the methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: intelligent officials are especially worried about who al qaeda is training. they say more recruits are individual terrorists, armed with simple devices like the one used in the attempted christmas day bombing. cbs news has learned that the suspect in that case has been cooperating with the officials last week after being persuaded by family members. he al

dollars in new taxes and the drone war, as the administration ramps up predator strikes against al-qaeda and taliban targets, the left begins to push back. plus, a social theory turned upside down, why crime rates have fallen as unemployment has spiked. welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul gigot. president obama unveiled his budget for the 2011 fiscal year this week and despite talk of tough choices and spending freezes, the big news is a big boom in new spending, including 25 billion dollars for states for medicaid and 100 billion for yet another jobs stimulus, all financed by record deficits and 2 trillion dollars in tax increases. joining the panel, deputy editor, dan ettinger. mary o'grady and senior economics writer steve moore. >> so, steve, the scott brown election in massachusetts was supposed to be sending a message about fiscal restraint against the growth in government, but this budget doesn't show that. what is the white house calculation here? i mean, political and economic? >> you know, paul, last week, i was in the-- at the republican retreat when president o

he is plotting strategy with al-qaeda militants.e is having a say in the shebab's political and recruitment strategy. but almost as powerful is this symbolic role that he comes to have which he is presented through their propaganda. there are videos of this icon in the making. it's the same things you saw in high school. he has this kind of, in the videos he walks around with his shirt sleeves rolled up and he's sort of casual and relaxed and patrolling in the camps. and he's shown running in slow motion holding a rifle with an amateurish jihadist rap song playing. they're presenting him as a revolutionary k-like figure in an attempt to recruit more people. >> charlie: and you assume this is something he enjoys and wants to do. >> yes. >> charlie: let's look at some of these clips. the first one is going by the name of abu and sural which means the american. >> the american. >> charlie: here it is. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> charlie: this is an interview you did in al jazeera awe. >> yes in 2007. >> c

intelligence officials believe al qaeda is deploying agents inside the u.s. ready to launch new attacks from within our borders. cia director leon panetta warned in a hearing he has new concerns about the group. >> al qaeda is adapting their methods in ways that oftentimes make it difficult to detect. >> reporter: the cia director went on to tell lawmakers that he doesn't believe there's another 9/11 style attack in the works. he thinks now that the terrorist group is trying to carry out smaller attacks that require little training and simple devices. he's pointing to the failed attempt to blow up a plane over detroit christmas days a a an example of that strategy -- as an example of that strategy. senior obama officials tell cbs news the suspect with n that attack is now cooperating with investigators after the u.s. brought his family members to meet with him. intelligence director blair said the government had made changes to prevent another attack like the one on christmas day because he himself warned the question is not if there will be an attack, but wh

intelligence officials said they expect al qaeda to try to attack the united states again in the nextfew months. justice correspondent bob orr got a look at the security game plan. >> reporter: with speed and precision, an airborne swat team closes in on twin targets. >> move! move! >> reporter: a suspicious airplane and car. >> don't move! look at me, sir! >> reporter: working side by side, federal agents and miami-dade police officers finish the takedown. >> we are clear! >> reporter: days before this super bowl, this training has taken on an added urgency as security forces prepare for a possible attack. across south florida, coast guard fast boats are patrolling the waterfront. homeland security choppers and military fighters are scanning some 50 miles of coastline. on game day, they'll enforce a 30-mile no-fly bubble around sun life stadium. but most security will be found here on the ground. 64 different agencies-- more than a thousand officers-- and a range of hardware from armed vehicles to bomb dogs and radiation officers. homeland security secretary janet napolitano says the

this man from uzbekistan tells najibullah he was trained by al qaeda and just joined up with centralroup for the operation. >> narrator: as darkness falls, the bomb maker and his assistants set to work, but they don't want najibullah to record the process. >> narrator: still, he manages to keep his camera running as the men fill the shell casing with gunpowder. >> narrator: now, they prepare the blast cap and remote control trigger device using the bomb maker's instruction codes. >> narrator: with two bombs, or ieds, readied, the men move out under cover of darkness. >> narrator: the bombs have been placed 50 yards apart, on opposite sides of the road. a network of spotters is in place up and down the highway to tip them off about the movement of military convoys. now, at a gas station they've commandeered for the operation, they wait for the call. >> narrator: but they're too late. >> narrator: for another hour, they wait, the deepening fog restricting their view of the road. >> narrator: meanwhile, commander kalakub and his group have positioned themselves behind some sacks of rice

he said al-qaeda is looking for new recruits he emphasized there are no specific threats.s on the heels of the bombing 0 the jet on christmas day. the accused terrorist is cooperating with investigators. they are crediting the suspect's families for getting him to talk. >>> more problems for toyota. the prius hybrid this time. the ntsb has received 100 complaints about the car's brakes. there are problems in japan, as well. this follows the ongoing problems involving gas pedals and floor mats. gm is looking in to complaints with she cobalt. the problem is with the power steering. it is linked to 11 accidents so far. gm's review involves the 2005 and 2009 models. >>> our storm alert focuses on school closings and delays. we start in maryland. these schools are closed -- two hour delay in winnest cher city schools. federal workers, you are unscheduled leave this morning. get the list of closings and delays at wusa9.com. they are running right now at the bottom of the screen. >>> hopefully my wife has already shoveled the drive and the sidewalk and the neighbor's sidewalks be

linking al qaeda leaders in pakistan with individuals in the yemen.ay prove to be asked to commit against -- as significant. in january, and al qaeda courier was arrested in the persian golf on his way from pakistan to yemen. there was no public announcement of this, but within a couple of days, on an islamic jihad website used by al qaeda, there were some pretty high-grabbing postings alerting commanders in afghanistan that this guy had been captured. he had with him 300 telephone numbers, pictures, and important documents. these people on this web posting were alerting their commanders to take immediate precautions to avoid being compromised. we checked this out with u.s. intelligence and confirmed that such an individual had been captured, he did have important, useful information on him, and if it is anything like what was described from the publishing, then it could be a remarkable coup for u.s. intelligence about al qaeda's command structure, in both pakistan and yemen. although, the bad news there is the idea that there was this kind of direct

. >>> top intelligence officials are certain al qaeda will try another attack on u.s. soil since six months. >> the so-called underwear bomber is revealing new information about his al qaeda contacts. steven portnoy has the latest from washington this morning. steven? >> reporter: good morning. it was chilling testimony on capitol hill. intelligence officials telling congress that they expect terrorists to try to attack the u.s. over the next three to six months. the answer came in response to a question from the intelligence committee chair, dianne feinstein. every member of the panel agreed with the national intelligence director's answer. >> what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months? high or low? director blair? >> an attempted attack, the priority is certain, i would say. >> mr. pennetta? >> i would agree with that. >> reporter: dennis blair in his annual threat assessment said individual attackers are becoming harder to identify and stop. republicans on the panel used the hearing to accuse the

if you create a place you cannot generate save muslim middle-class it is what you associate with al qaeda and extremism, let me give you another case and the fact is turkey which also is equally poignant example. turkey was a very secular country for a long time. associated that with them but today it is a very prosperous relatively all couldn't country and is a member of the cheech would be which is one of the largest 20 economies in the world which they recently have their segment with president obama and istanbul has become a major flock for tourism and business. turkey has an open political system that you can find. it is not perfect but better than most others. but is not secularism that brought it to where it is but where turkey has got to where it is because integrated into the global economy and erotically is the non muslin middle-class that has led the way. how? turkey in the '70s and '80s was a bankrupt economy much like brazil, argentina and mexico had a lot of dead bird but it did exactly what they did and went to the imf and ask for help. the imf said to the same thing which

i think, bill, that this is the strategy al-qaeda is moving to here in america. of course they want to pull off another 9/11, of course they want to acquire weapons of mass destruction, but i think the more likely tact they're taking now is a more chipping away strategy, blow up some trains, have an underwear bomber take down a plane on christmas day. these are horrific attacks, absolutely, but they're not quite on the scale obviously of a 9/11, because we've done great intelligence work since 9/11, great law enforcement work, but we can't let up, obviously. bill: do you think the reason he turned is because of the threat against his own mother? >> that seems to be the case, bill. apparently his mother is facing immigration charges. also remember his dad was a part of this case, his father was arreested, and now charges have apparently been reduced there. i think his dad cut a deal as well. so i think the family concerns were very big here and mr. zazi is 24 years old, he's got his whole life ahead of him, i'm sure he doesn't want to serve it in prison. >> thank

the taliban and al qaeda and people of that ilk are all hypocrites. they use religion to kill people, to maim people, to destroy buildings, and they use it, do these things in the name of god. and it's the ultimate hypocrisy. but we've shown you don't have to be a hypocrite. you can actually have someone within our system of laws and elicit information without becoming the thing we're fighting against. >> to this related issue, this policy that blair mentioned yesterday allowing the targeted killing of americans outside the country, no one would look at a known terrorist like al alawki and have sympathy there. but what of this as a policy? is the fact that this is on the books troubling from a legal point of view? >> what's troubling is it's not on the books. the problem is that this is something that president bush developed. we actually saw the bush administration kill an american citizen in 2002 with the predator strike and we knew that he was a u.s. citizen. we knew he was in the car because we were monitoring his phone. and it took him out. and t

. >>> national intelligence officials say al-qaeda will likely launch an attack on the united states sometime in the next three to six months. al-qaeda is sid to be deploying operatives for the united states for new attacks and urging home-grown terrorists to strike out ao. their own. meantime, law enforcement officials say umar farouk abdulmutallab is talking. the nigerian man accused of trying to blow up an airline ore christmas is now cooperate with the f.b.i. >>> it is another round of interrogation for missionaries arrested in haiti for trying to take children out of the country illegally. thehave not been formally charged yet. a judge questioned the women yesterday and today will focus on the men. they are accused of trying to take 33 children across the border to the dominican republic. >>> this morning's big story is once again the weather. on top of this, we've got more snow in the forecast. we'll check back in with tony in a few minutes. >>> we want to remind you to send in your snow photos. go for myfoxdc.com. here is one that i viewer sent in. nice picture this morning. a

al qaeda sleeper agent almauri. ted kaczynski, the unabomber, terry nichols, the oklahoma city coconspirator. our courts work. why would we choose to tie the hands of this administration to choose the most effective place to try a terrorist? and this notion, too, about keeping guantanamo open, that it was just president obama's idea. no. it happened to be senator mccain's idea as well, his opponent in the presidential election. he called for the closing of guantanamo as well as general colin powell who was head of not only our state department but head of the national security under president -- former presidents. it's an indication to me that this on a bipartisan basis is something that should be done and done in a careful way, i would agree with that, but let's be honest about this. there has been a bipartisan consensus that this is a good thing to do to make america safer. the last point i would like to make on this, madam president, is that we have a responsibility to tell the world that those who are accused of

exclusively al qaeda.cond fundamental is in any strategy, to me you have to involve all instruments of national power. i can tell you nothing was more frustrating as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff than nothing being able to get all instruments of national power to address this problem with the same sense of urgency that the department of the defense or the military did. and it's, i think it's still a problem today. there's lots of reason for this. it's not because people are bad. sometimes there are resource issues, both money and man power. but the fact is in my last year, i was very frustrated that, for instance, the embassy in afghanistan in august of '05 when i ask, what's the manning of the embassy here in afghanistan. they said, well, it's about 40%. think about that for a minute. if all of your instruments of national power are going to flow through the embassy through the am bass sour that's working with the military that's only 40% manned, you can imagine a lot of things are going to fall t

linking al qaeda leaders in pakistan with individuals in the yemen.ne has been focused on this baradar capture, but what we wrote about may prove to be asked to commit against -- as significant. in january, and al qaeda courier was arrested in the persian golf on his way from pakistan to yemen. there was no public announcement of this, but within a couple of days, on an islamic jihad website used by al qaeda, there were some pretty high-grabbing postings alerting commanders in afghanistan that this guy had been captured. he had with him 300 telephone numbers, pictures, and important documents. these people on this web posting were alerting their commanders to take immediate precautions to avoid being compromised. we checked this out with u.s. intelligence and confirmed that such an individual had been captured, he did have important, useful information on him, and if it is anything like what was described from the publishing, then it could be a remarkable coup for u.s. intelligence about al qaeda's command structure, in both pakistan and yemen. althou