gle was an al qaeda operative, when al qaeda came into iraq after the invasion he joined the i.s.i.l. as did a lot of the al qaeda group and remember that that al qaeda and i.s.i.l, al qaeda told i.s.i.l. not to be so horned owz in the things they were doing. >> reportedly killed near mosul in northern iraq, as he traveled in a vehicle with another i.s.i.l. operative who also died. this is not the first time u.s. has claimed to kill him. >> well, we've heard a lot of this before but the fact that the white house not only confirmed it but said exactly where it occurred and how it occurred shows that they had very good intelligence and would i say this is a sign that the strategy against the allies is starting to work. >> saddam hussein spent time in a u.s. prison. played a strong role in the capture of mosul, iraq's second largest city. i.s.i.l. then began consolidating its power across northern iraq and setting its sights on baghdad. his death won't necessarily halt i.s.i.l.'s advance nor diminish its authority in the area of controls. the group remains deeply entrenched in mosul wher

. >> he was an al qaeda operative. when he came in after our invasion, then he joined isil as did a lot of the al qaeda group. al qaeda told isil not to be so horrendous and they broke off. >> he was killed on august 18. this isn't the first time the u.s. claimed to have killed him. he was reported dead in a strike in late 2014 as well. >> the first reports came out, people said we have heard a lot of this before. the fact that the white house not only confirmed it, but said where it occurred and how it occurred shows that they had good intelligence. i would say this is a sign that the strategy of the united states and allies is beginning to work. >> reporter: a former officer under saddam hussein. that was a big victory highlighting the inability or unwillingness to defend the city. isil began consolidating its power and setting its sights on baghdad. his death won't necessarily halt isil's advance nor diminish its authority in the areas it controls. it remains deeply entrenched where it controls all asecretaries oasp

military strike: >> he was an al qaeda operative. and when they came into iraq, and then, of course, he joined i.s.i.l., as did a lot of the al qaeda gripe, and remember that al qaeda and i.s.i.l. - al qaeda told i.s.i.l. not to be horrendous in the things they were doing, and broke off. >> he was reportedly killed near mosul, as he travelled in a vehicle with another operative who also died. this is not the first time the u.s. claimed to have killed him. he was reported dead in a strike in late 2014. >> people said we have heard a lot before. it said where and how it occurred, showing it had intelligence and a sign of strategy, that it is beginning to work. >> a former officer that served time said he played an instrumental role in the capture of mosul. that was a big victory, highlighting the army and ability to defend the city. i.s.i.l. began to consolidate power across northern iraq and setting sights on baghdad. his death will not necessarily halt i.s.i.l.'s advance or dim in jish its authority. -- dim in jish it's authority >>>

al qaeda operative anwar al-awlaki and yasher hamni were born in our country to noncitizens.vernment was blocked from taking certain action against them both because of their citizenship. >> a man from oklahoma who already went to prison for threatening to kill three u.s. presidents was caught outside the white house's gate on sunday despite several charges against him. he had threatened to kill president obama former president george w. bush and bill clinton as well as now presidential candidate hillary clinton. >>> the judge now ordering the state department to work with the fbi in recovering hillary clinton's e-mails. we have the new developments this morning. >> good morning, ainsley. first something broke over night. routers uncovered evidence that information in dozens of clinton's e-mails were quote born classified. meaning according to routers it is deemed classified from the get go regardless of whether it is marked that way or not. it is important that is different than what the state department has been saying. something to watch as the story develops through out t

another one, this one emotional, location of ambassador stevens in libya, he was assassinated by al qaeda operativesng american military equipment that mrs. clinton facilitated sale of that ended up in hands of the bad guys, the government has three classifications, of classifies material, top secret, information that if revealed would harmly national security, secret, that if revealed would y harm, and confidenc confidential petraeus' calendar, is what they found. kennedy: his calendar not talking about fighter jets or location of a u.s. ambassador. >> his caliber -- calendar considered confidential. kennedy: she should know that. she should know that. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. kennedy: ongoing, and we're hanging on every word, coming up trouble at a california zoo, a guy on meth decides he is tarzan, and breaking into monkey cage. i will show you next in the topical storm. it is you. kennedy: swinging through your dreams, breaking down the weird stories, this is the topical storm, number one. nice thing about meth, it lets you get in touch with who you really on, tak john rod en born.

only is he the number two person, but he was in charge of the war in iraq, and he's a former al-qaeda operative. >> there have been reports in the past of his death. how difficult is it to identify who is targeted in these airstrikes? how do you explain these conflicting reports. >> i think it shows that we have good intelligence on the ground, whether it's the free syrian army or the people we've just trained, and maybe they're getting it from air reconnaissance, but the fact is that the white house did confirm it. when the first reports came out people said well, we heard a lot of this before. but the fact that the white house not only confirmed it, but said exactly where it occurred and how it occurred shows that they had very good intelligence, and i would say this is a sign that the strategy of the united states and it's allies is beginning to work. >> is this a scenario that isil would have been prepared for, the group has demonstrated it's ability to overcome the set backs quickly by simply th replacing the high ranking figures that were killed. >> there is no doubt that they have done t

storm explains he delivered a bugged blackberry, destined for an al qaeda operative wanted for his suspectedmbassy bombings that killed 224 people. three months later, that terrorist was dead. storm says because of him. but his most important mission is yet to come in yemen. >> there was just the time when anwar al awlaki became an interesting person for them. >> for the cia? >> for the cia. >> anwar al awlaki, american educated cleric, al qaeda leader. storm calls him a personal friend from his days as a jihadist. al awlaki has been inspiring terrorist attacks around the world. the 2005 suicide bombings on london trains and a double decker bus leaving 52 dead. two foiled 2006 plots. >> threat level to the uk has been raised to critical. >> one to blow up planes flying to the united states, the other to blow up buildings in canada. and in 2008 a deadly attack on the u.s. embassy in yemen. and storm says he can provide the cia something no one else can, access to al awlaki himself. he tells us the cia sent him on this dangerous spy mission october 2008, a month after the embassy attack. to se

now ambassador stevens was assassinated by al qaeda operatives using american military equipment thatclinton facilitated the sale of that ended up in the hands of the bad guys. the government has three classifications of classified material. top secret means information if revealed would gravely harm national security. secret information that if revealed would seriously harm national security. confidential, information that if revealed would somehow harm national security. general petraeus's calendar, which is what they found in the desk drawer. kennedy: calendar. not talking about french fighter jets or the location of a u.s. ambassador. >> his calendar is considered confidential. mrs. clinton's calendar is considered confidential. kennedy: she should know that and know all the classifications and reclassifications. thank you so much for your time. it is ongoing and we're hanging on every word. >>> coming up, a california zoo, a guy on meth thinks he's tarzan and breaks into a monkey cage. what happens when they get into an argument. i'll show you next on "topical storm." cleerp and

now ambassador stevens was assassinated by al qaeda operatives using american military equipment thatn facilitated the sale of that ended up in the hands of the bad guys. the government has three classifications of classified material. top secret means information if revealed would gravely harm national security. secret information that if revealed would seriously harm national security. confidential, information that if revealed would somehow harm national security. general petraeus's calendar, which is what they found in the desk drawer. kennedy: calendar. not talking about french fighter jets or the location of a u.s. ambassador. >> his calendar is considered confidential. mrs. clinton's calendar is considered confidential. kennedy: she should know that and know all the classifications and reclassifications. thank you so much for your time. it is ongoing and we're hanging on every word. >>> coming up, a california zoo, a guy on meth thinks he's tarzan and breaks into a monkey cage. i've smoked a lot and quit a lot, but ended up nowhere. now i use this. the nicoderm cq patch, with u

al qaeda actually attacked within saudi arabia. >> the greatest leap forward was after the bombings and on may 12th of 2003, when three western housing compounds were blown up by al qaeda operativeshat point crown prince abdullah said to me he understood that they had a problem, that they would take immediate action to capture or kill the attackers and to treat just as harshly anyone who give them comfort or aid or even tried to justify what they did. >> describe salman the current king of saudi arabia. because as you said when he was governor of riyadh you dealt with him. >> he was governor for almost 50 years. so he had to have started in his 20s. he was and has been considered one of the least corrupt leaders. he has been considered probably the hardest working member of the cabinet. he would be in his office at 8:00 every morning. the story goes that when he was appointed defense minister he went over the ministry of defense at 8:00 and the only person there was the gate guard. the next day everyone was there at 8:00. >> do you think saudi actions in the last few years -- they've, after all, militarily intervened one might say invied two countries. bahrain and yemen, for the

himself and his unilateral approach saying he would be unafraid to go to pakistan to get an al qaeda operative. he became a big deal to time and lo and behold he ends up having to do just that to get osama bin laden. i think he did have a theory of the case when he was comfortable acting unilaterally as the commander-in-chief so i don't think -- i don't think he was an antiwar guy. i think he was certainly a cautious guy with the use of the military but he's not fully antiwar and he is proof that. with afghanistan i do think he knew that there was an expectation certainly by the military leaders hey basically campaign saying we were losing this war and you will provide all the resources we need for afghanistan so the military-industrial complex to use the phrase certainly was taking advantage of what they saw as a promise. barack obama never said he would increase troops in afghanistan but it was implied. it was certainly implied in some of his comments. he took nine months and the original recommendation was 120,000 troops or were 140,000 troops and ends up giving 130,000 troops. i think he w

afghanistan had real al qaeda, which was a major operation for al qaeda and it was the place from which the 9/11 attacks were organized. it depends on how it ends. if five years down the road, we are back in a civil war and the country collapses, a combination of taliban, isis, and other militant groups control large parts of the country, and they become bases for terrorism, then it probably will not have been worth the effort. brian: 10 you explain -- can you explain our relationship with pakistan? i preface this by saying that we have listened for months and months at about iran and the nuclear bomb. when pakistan has it and india has it. you talk about it in your book about the relationship with the taliban and they are being harbored in pakistan. we have this supposed friendly relationship with pakistan. can you help us on this one? vanda: our relationship with pakistan might be a relationship with a defined friend and partner, but it is an extraordinarily tortured one. a marriage of abuse from which there might not be a divorce. pakistanis and the pakistani establishment military p

al qaeda. it was a major operation for al qaeda, and it was, of course, the place from which 9/11 attacks that was organized, arranged and took place. i go back to was it worth it depends on how does it end. if five years down the road we are back in a civil war, the country just collapses and a combination of taliban, isis and other militant groups control large parts of the country and they become bases for terrorism, then it probably will not have been worth the effort. host: can you explain our relationship with pakistan? and i preface this i point out we've listened for months and months about iran and the nuclear boston when pakistan has it and india has it, and then you talk about a lot in your book about the relationship between the taliban and they're being harbored in pakistan and we have this supposed friendly relationship with pakistan, can you help us on this one? vanda: sure. you know, if our relationship with pakistan might be a relationship with a defined friend and partner but it's an extraordinarily tortured one. it's very much of a marriage of abuse from which there might no

to the you move forward isil after al qaeda in iraq was largely defeated, it is a creation of the syrian civil war and the sanctuary and a lot of them operated from there during the iraq war. al qaeda in iraq is not just jihadists that are former iraq military officers and others. or at leastated by allowed to expand by iraqi government actions and how they managed their state. icks: completely agree. er: on that note, thank you very much conversation to be continued. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: here is what is ahead tonight on c-span. first, jeb is the traveled to the u.s.-mexican border to talk about immigration, and then our special, weeklong coverage of hurricane katrina 10 years later, and ted cruz holds a rally for religious liberty. presidential candidate jeb bush went to the u.s.-mexico border today to talk about immigration. the former florida governor says his solution to fix the is serious system and conservative, in contrast to the planned donal

al qaeda operated under the umbrella and protection of the taliban, and they were a large terroristsrganization that had the equivalent of a military force and they did not comply with the geneva conventions, and so it's that disruption of a society that terrorists groups, whether they are small individuals all the way down to one individual as what happened in ft. hood, or whether they are large military organizations like isis. regarding the terms, there's -- each of these groups stood up typically by an individual that gather as group of fathers and creates an ideology whether it's religious based or otherwise and begins to form an organization, and when you look at i-s-i-s. you can call it or change the terms, and i think that is more of a political decision, not a real military people there. they are still referring to it as i-s-i-s. and when you go to europe, they are using the terms they despise, and that's daesh. >> america's sailors were killed in the attack and over three dozen injured. we have a special line for members of the military in this segment and al is on that lin

. >> look, just in april, italy arrested 20 al qaeda operatives to attack the vatican pre-september 11thand one of the plots was to fly a plane into the vatican. an islamist shot pope john paul ii. these are things that we know and people sometimes don't want to talk about it because it's dangerous or uncomfortable. i think that donald trump knows that we've got to be speaking about things. he's right, the capitalism will save the world. stuart: you're a money man, but you've got to be watching this from your perch in bermuda and looking at what's going on in america. >> it's the greatest entertainment there is. i hope that he stays in. scott walker is qualified. and jeb bush looks like the absent minded professor goes in a bathrobe and i don't know why somebody doesn't give him a makeover. all of them are boring except for trump. i think it's a protest vote of politicians and political correctness. stuart: it's the return of free speech. you're free to say what you think. you're going to offend a few people, but it can be said. >> it's clear speech. forget free speech, it's clear speech

if you move forward to the rise of isis after al qaeda and iraq were largely defeated, it is really a creation of the syrian civil war, a lot of them operated from their -- there during the iraq war. al qaeda and iraq is not just jihadists, it is former iraq military officers and others. and then, you know, created by -- or at least allowed to expand by iraqi government actions and how they managed their state. ms. hicks: completely agree. ms. dozier: so, on that note, thank you very much. and conversation to be continued. >> [applause] >> tonight here on c-span, portions of the annual netroots nation conference from phoenix. you will hear panelists discuss how to elect more democrats to local office and strategies for electing more women and minorities. >> it is also helping candidates to understand that they do have some of the resources that they need in order to raise competitively. every state has a different lot about who gets paid, who doesn't, how much you are allowed to contribute. but so many women who are, like, i am not rich, i don't have a lot of rich friends, i cannot run for office because of that. the basicitting on list of

stevens was assassinated with american weaponry vichy cause to get into the hands of known al qaeda operativese fbi is on top of all these. don't be surprised if they raid her office or her home to see where that server is or what is there because they're under pressure from the intelligence community to find out what is out there and still exposed -- she doesn't have security clearance anymore. earlier who has this information doesn't have security clearance, her ig people don't have security clearances, potentially possess national secrets. don: you played out the situation for the presidential candidate and is serious business indeed. starbucks chief howard schultz, some calling on him to run for the presidency. today responded to those calls and we will tell you what he said. >> judge andrew napolitano one hillary clinton baxley this e-mail message. will mrs. clinton be in serious legal trouble dq we break it down a:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific right here. do you want to know how hard it can be to breathe with copd? it can feel like this. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva

then if you move forward to the rise after al qaeda in iraq was largely defeated, it is a creation of the civil war into the sanctuary and all that operatedrom there during the iraq war. it's not just al qaeda and jihad is the former iraq military officers and others. and then created by at least allowed to expand by the iraqi government actions and how they manage their state. >> on that note, thank you very much. conversation is to be continued. [applause] [inaudible conversations] the senate aging committee is looking into ways to help seniors maintain independent living and talks of academics and experts about some of the advancements in electronic sensors and medical alert devices. this hearing is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. good afternoon. this afternoon's hearing will explore the potential of new technologies to help seniors safely and to retain their independence. the u.s. population is aging. according to the census bureau projections, 21% of our population will be aged 65 and older by the year 2040. that is up from just under 14% in 2012. every day, 10,000 baby boomers turn 65. as many as 90% of them hav

many of them have an affiliation with al qaeda, but as i said, because of the overall sort of -- if you like the french being al qaeda, the main boyd of operations is directed against those who are supposed to be directly connected with the franchise. >> thank you. thank you very much indeed for that fascinating insight into the terrible events. the background is very important. thank you. >>> anti-government protests taking place across brazil. here is the kcopa cabana beach protests against skrupgs and the state of the economy. it's the third such anti-government protest across the country this year. this is the president's second term, and her popularity ratings are at historic lows. what's gone wrong? we're live from rio do jannero. the beach is off your left, and you'll show under the circumstances in a moment. give us the idea of the sort of support there is for this movement. i read that 60-something percent want the president to take it before the courts to be impeached? >> reporter: absolutely. some of the figures here floating around put that number at 72% of brazilians would like to see dilma rousseff impeached. her popularity rate ha

national security perspective, i think that we are certainly much better off without al qaeda having a platform for operations in afghanistan. until 2001, during the taliban era. increasingly, we need to ask ourselves what are we trying to achieve and how much of our resources will we commit to that. i have been a proponent of not quitting. persevering in the efforts. many of my sympathies are to the people. my translators, my drivers, ordinary afghans. is increasingly tough to justify those expenses, we do not seef significant improvements in afghan governance. -- this is ament moment of opportunity. karzai is no longer president. on paper, the new government is committed to combating terrorism. it is also committed to and i thinkvernance that we should not quit as yet. we definitely need to demand accountability from our partners. then: has it been worth price? the 700 americans killed. -- 2700 americans killed. think that the u.s. did achieve improvements in security guard it depends on how it ends. i increasingly question myself -- we do not know how it will end. if we withdraw now, corruption will take o

and, of course, then there's the social network piece that allows it to operate worldwide. al-qaeda, i think, is not permanently on its heels, but we can try to keep it there. to the extent that al-qaeda's been significantly degraded is because of a lot of u.s. and worldwide attention and investment to making it so -- not least of all the two gentlemen to my left and right. and i think that's what it takes going forward, whether it's isil, al-qaeda, al-shabaab, al-nusra, you name it. it takes a concerted, long-term effort to counter terrorism with all the tools that we have in -- tools that we have in coalition. >> admiral olson, with your former time heading special operations command, did you expect we'd still as a nation in the thick of the fight now, all these years later? >> first, let me say it's great to be back in this forum, i thank walter and clark for making this possible, and i appreciate for not being mike lump kin, but it is good to get this band back together, and i'm very pleased to be on this stage with my two former colleagues. i'll also say that i spent most of my

learned newse, we things we had not known since as the fact there was an operation planned to take al qaeda oh -- hokkaido and not much else. this is a chance for a third-generation view based on what the russians have published since 2000. significant volumes have appeared and contain a lot of valuable documents. several major books written by civilian historians in the russian federation on the topic. what you are hearing today will be a truncation of that third generational view. obviously, there is too much to cover. the outline i'm going to put up basically this is what i plan to cover. the introduction of context i will do verbally. the other items here, postwar posture toward japan and how it changed, and the nature of the war in the far east, particularly hokkaido revisited. that was the chapter i included in the books on it. we will talk about summary conclusions. realized throughout, the release archival material is an iterative process. it goes on continuously. as late as yesterday morning, i received a note from one of my contacts in moscow. i sent him a question, one of the fue

al qaeda. >> for the first time since the saudi led military operation began, you see the houthis on the defensive rather than the offensive. there is a sense that the tide is turning even if the end to the war is nowhere in sight. >> reporter: it's not nearly a symbolic win. it lies on the road to the next target after the recapture of aden. it will help the push to liberate ties and the southern provinces. >>> pakistan has executed a man on death row for murder despite appeals from international human rights groups. he was hanged for the killing and kidnapping of a child in 2004. his family say he was just 13 when he was arrested and tortured into confessing into the murder. the government says an investigation determined hussein was an adult at the time of the crime. we are joined live from islamabad. how did you feel? what did you think when you heard this news? >> i wondered if justice had been served. because our legal system is based on the old british rod system which says even if there is a shadow of reasonable doubt, the execution must not be carried out. in this case there is not just a

al-qaeda's affiliate, the al-nusra forces. the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent failure of the operation. >> would you say that thete house is disappointed? that the president is disappointed with the mission. >> we have been pretty forthright about the significant challenges that that operation has faced. but it has not, um significantly encumbered the other aspects of our strategy. >> reporter: the fighters known as division 30 accuse the pentagon of misrepresenting its mission. the u.s.-backed group says it signed up to battle isil not al-nusra, and it is opposed to u.s. air strikes carried out in recent days. >> we acknowledge that there are challenges, but the idea that we were caught totally flat footed by the idea that we were sending people into a very dynamic and rapidly changing war zone is not accurate. >> reporter: still the united states spent money and months training the fighters supplying them with koft -- soft us indicated equipment. kimberly halkett al jazeera, washington. ♪ >>> temperatures sore across iraq public discontent is also close to boiling point. there are several protests planned acro

irserise of isil after al qaedad iraq with largely defeated, it is largely a creation of the syrian civil war in the sanctuary. a lot of them operated from there during the iraq war. al qaeda in iraq is not just al qaeda jihadists and former iraqi military officers and others. created, were at least allowed to expand, by iraqi government action. >> i completely agree. >> on that note, thank you very much. conversation to be continued. [applause] >> on the next washington journal, a look at the donald trump campaign and his positions on key policies with michael warren of the weekly standard. then the executive director of young invisibles talks about policy issues affecting millennial voters, including student to death and health care. then a discussion on infighting in deep gone about how to combat china. washington journal, live on 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation with her calls and comments on facebook and twitter. -- with your calls and comments. wednesday night on c-span, we'll bring you this from the annual net roots company -- conference in phoenix. nina simone spoke at the event. here is a look. last your was the lowest voter turnout in ou

from the past, many of these people were members of al qaeda in iraq, central command structure really lessened its control. allows overall operation to continue in case a top official is killed. >> he'll simply be replaced by somebody else in the leadership structure. what overall effect is this going to have on i.s.i.l.'s operations there? >> reporter: well, really it's too early to tell. at the end of the day, we have to remember the fact on the ground is i.s.i.l. still controls mosul. it has been more than ayear since they took over that city. more than a million people live under their rule. it's not just that. in may, i.s.i.l. captured yet another provincial capital, ramadi, in anbar province, 80% of that province is in i.s.i.l.'s hands and a counteroffensive have been launched by iraqi forces and shia pli replies yas. at the end of the day, i.s.i.l. ii.s.i.l -- shia militias. the alternative is a shia-led government had baghdad, shia militias, not a united iraqi army. that's how i.s.i.l. gains its strength. this fight cannot be won unless shia and sunnies come together in iraq. the very fact they can move between iraq and sy

irserise of isil after al qaedad iraq with largely defeated, it is largely a creation of the syrian civil war in the sanctuary. a lot of them operated from there during the iraq war. al qaeda in iraq is not just al qaeda jihadists and former iraqi military officers and others. created, were at least allowed to expand, by iraqi government action. >> i completely agree. >> on that note, thank you very much. conversation to be continued. [applause] >> wednesday, the outgoing army chief of staff ray or do you know discusses his tenure in the future of the army. we will be live from the pentagon at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. and, discussion on naval aviation. the center for strategic and international studies hosts commanders from the navy and marine corps. that is live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> this sunday night on "q and then," institute for policy's antiwarnd a -- and activist phyllis bennis on the recent negotiations with iran and the war on terrorism. >> who is isis? why are they violent? i address them on the book. i think what is more important in some ways, because it is something we can do something about, is, what is the u.s. policy? why isn't it worki

al qaeda -- on al qaeda, you can keep an eye. >> that's right. so right now there is an operationalnction that i think can be made and i think you're seeing as you pointed out a fight over the budget around this. because you can find the al qaeda types because to congregate, they have to come together and train, they have to build explosives, they have to come together and because they're forcibly moving around and talking to each other, that's where we can catch them using wire intercepts and some of our human assets. but these individual one-off single persons who self-radicalize, don't tell anyone, don't make a video, don't leave anything behind, just go out and seemingly randomly start shooting people, they're the problem locally. the real interesting thing people want to be paying attention to is what do we do in a couple of years as those individuals who are self-radicalizing now under the isis mantra learn how to connect with each other, so we might have groups of attacks here on the homeland. >> in other words, someone who might never have one-on-one contact with members of

look at how al qaeda existed and operated in afghanistan under the umbrella and protection of the telegram. they were very large terrorist organization that has the equivalent of a military force. they did not comply with geneva conventions, which is what allowed us to ensure that we did not extend those protections to them when they went in there. so it is that disruption of a society that terrorist groups, whether they are small individuals all the way down to one individual, as in fort hood, or whether they are large military organizations like isis has become today. regarding the terms, there is -- each of these groups is stood up by in individual gathers a group of followers, who creates an ideology, who then begins to form an organization, layout a hierarchy and bureaucracy. when you look at isis, they are beginning to grow. i look at it as isis has blood. something else if you want. i think that is more of a political decision, not a really -- real military people. and when you go to europe, they are using the term basis -- they despise. host: retired commander could to lippold is o

of the country like in aden where the international red cross decided to suspend its operations in the city. al-qaedapanding in different parts of the country, so a very delicate situation for yemen and the international community. >> what are the chances of coming to a ceasefire in -- in -- in -- in the next few days or weeks? >> the u.n. is hoping to have the two parties come to an agreement. so they have been talking to the houthis and force loyal to saleh in ahman, and they have been told that they are willing to negotiate a settlement. on the other hand, hadi is now against the houthis and he sees his own forces about to capture the city of ta'izz. so he's saying i'll have to wait and see. >> they aren't going to stop, are they? >> exactly. and we have seen the latest developments on the ground which is basically hadi loyalists are pushing in ta'izz and then they will say the houthis are defeated and we are the ones to dictate the terms for the future. the houthis, now they have lost the south but now they are moving to the border with saudi arabia. we have seen them targeting saudi arabia over

and then there is the social network that allows them to operate worldwide. al qaeda is not permanently out, but we can try to keep them there. it has degraded because of a lot of united states and worldwide attention and investment in making it so. not least of all the two gentlemen to my left and right. that is what it takes going forward. qaeda, it is isis, al al-shabaab, you name it, it takes a concerted long-term effort with all the tools that we have. and the coalition. kim: did you expect we would still be a nation in this fight now? all of these years later? michael: i want to say that i am glad to be back in this forum. i think walter and others for making this possible. i apologize for not being michael lumpkin, but i am pleased to be on this stage. i will also say that i spent most of my time in uniform kim.ing [laughter] but it wasn't for lack of respect for her tenacity. it is good to be with you. so i didn't hear, i left military service for years ago. isil was not on our scope. it is a new phenomenon. so i cannot talk about them from my historical persp

al qaeda, according to the fbi director. so is targeting overused? decade, the past fertilization -- the operation -- of our partners and that has made a different. operations --sm where these operations are really intelligence driven and the analyst are really at the center. strategic effects, al in then its heels pakistan border region, only one of the senior leaders who was there for the 9/11 attacks is less. it is a shadow of what it was maybe 5-6 years ago. been an effective campaign over many years. kim: but did it pushed the alloon to yemen, because now qaeda has a sophisticated bomb making machine and they are relatively unchallenged. mike: it did open up new friends in syria and -- open up new front in syria and yemen. 90% inked down al qaeda syria. tartars --ust targeting, it is the united states for several years attacking them, and they still survive. it is because syria gave the menu lease on life. pot ofu can't help fight the problem, but it was not your job to bring ability to the middle east? mike: we are still working on that. steve: there are some nails out there that need to be

isis with al-nusra but there was no evidence to charge him was that he came back to the states with no e basically was approached by an fbi sting operation and was convinced to join al-qaeda and he was arrested for that. we have somebody who was not arrested because of what he did fighting in syria but what he was planning on doing which was going to pakistan to join al-qaeda. in that case it worked out great worked but it's clear in some cases there is a problem with evidence returning foreign fighters. the advocates are not the silver bullet. it doesn't work in all cases but is obviously something that the united states needs to be strengthened and there's a lot of talk about it in constructive dialogue with the administration about it but more tangible resources should be put to use. i was asleep at that. >> thank you lorenzo in one of the things i hope you pick up on if is not in your comments are the q&a the returning foreign fighter from him as an issue and i think the public numbers are approximately 40 returning to the united states and how does europe handle the scale and scope of the numbers are greater can you turn of them around to be part of it counternarrati

al qaeda and iraq had a centralized command structure. leaders learn from that. adapted, whereby they give flexibility. over all operations are not affected if they lose a leader. in the short term, undoubtedly we'll have to see how it affects the situation on the ground. >> zeina khodr live in baghdad. thanks for that >>> now, international aid group doctors without borders is calling on yemen's warring factions to stop fighting in civilian areas. the group said 65 civilians in the city of tiaz were killed in a 24 hour period. tiaz is the focus of fighting. houthi fighters trying to retake it, the aftermath of a showing on friday leaving 23 dead, including children. france's interior minister praised the actions of passengers that overpowered an armed man from amsterdam to paris. the man fired a shot and wounded one passenger before being tackled and tied up. four men were off-duty. one of them is treated in a hospital nor knife wounds. another passenger who helped to tie up the gun plaun was a british -- gunman was a british businessman. >> relief no one was killed. and there could have been real carnage. >> reacting so

al qaeda. he was detained by us forces in 2005 where he admitted his involvement with the terror group. he became head of operations in iraq for isis. he helped plan the devastating offensive on the city of mosley in 2014. that is near where he was finally taken out. he was killed in a drone strike on tuesday along with one other isis operated. as former army chief of staff put it earlier, it's yet another example of the declining caliber of isis's leadership. >> we have reduced the leaders in there. that's what we did before. that makes a difference. now you have second, third, fourth stringers coming in.>> reporter: according to bob scales, a few days before the number two was killed, the number one guy was also almost killed on the exact same stretch of road, sign that the us effort to take out isis's leadership is working and improving. in washington, kristin fisher, fox news. >>> of philadelphia officers traffic stop technique has residents and social media in an uproar.>> either you by these or -- buy these or i take your car. >> he pressures a driver to buy tickets to a fundraiser. macuser gursky demanded th

the hit list of one local group, al qaeda-affiliated and responsible for attacks against local shiites. its leader and two sons were killed in a recent police operation. the punjab government condemned sunday's attack and announced a three-day mourning period. >>> anti-government protests are taking place across brazil. in rio copacabana beach is filled with thousands none straighting against president rousseff, corruption and the state of the economy. this is the third nationwide anti-government rally to be held this year. president rousseff is less than a year into her second term, and her popularity ratings are at historic lows. we're live now from rio. tell us about the people taking part in these protests. >> they really had a mix of people mainly from the middle class and also a lot of young people who had come out from the victimages and constituted the base of the electrion for president dilma rousseff. they're very disappointed with her. they accuse of not only about -- of her involvement in this corruption scandal and mainly the petrobas one even though until now there's no legal proof that she was directly involved in that. they accuse her

al qaeda-affiliated and responsible for attacks against local shiites, its leader and two sons were killed in a recent police operation. the government condemned sunday's attack and announced a three-day mourning period. >>> indian and pakistani troops have traded gunfire for the seventh day in a row in kashmir. the indian military says six yavlians have been killed in two days. despite a 2003 ceasefire, the two neighbors regularly trade fire. kashmir is divided between india and pakistan but is claimed in entirety by both countries. >>> anti-government protests are taking place once again across brazil. here's rio's copa cabana beach demonstrating against president rouse sif. it's the third to be held this year less than a year in a second term and the popularity ratings are at historic lows. let's go to him joining us live from rio. what has president dilma rousseff done wrong? >> i've been protesters if there's corruption. it's between dilma rousseff and the petrobas skanlcandal that plagued this country. she was minister of energy under desilva, so she has surely has a hand in it. they say that that has also cause

al-qaeda affiliate al-nusra a sixth recruit has reportedly been killed. the white house is under scrutiny for the apparent failure of the operation. >> would you say the whitese is disappointed, the president is disappointed with the mission? >> we have been forthright and department of defense has been forthright about the significant challenges that operation has faced but it has not significantly encumbered the other aspects of our strategy. >> reporter: the syrian fighters known as division 30 accuse the pentagon of misrepresenting its mission. the u.s.-backed group says it signed up to battle i.s.i.l. not al-nusra and opposed to u.s. air strikes carried out in resent days and the pentagon denies it distorted the plan. >> there are challenges but the idea that we were could totally flat footed by the idea we were sending people into a dynamic and rapidly changing war zone is not accurate. >> reporter: still, the united states spent money and months training the fighters supplying them with sophisticated night vision equipment but success the pentagon argues is not contingent on one battle. even if the first foray into combat for the u.s.-backed group is

al qaeda affiliated and responsible. its leader and two sons killed in a police operation. the punjab government could end the attack and announce a 3-day mourning period. >>> there has been another round of fighting between indian and pakistani troops in kashmir. for seven days in a row, fire and mortar explosions could be heard. both claiming kashmir. and blaming each other for the latest round of violence. >> in the chinese port city, gas masks in tianjin are in high demand, four days after the explosions leaving 1200 dead. authorities don't know what caused the blast. as andrew brown tells us, the concern about chemical contamination is rising. >> reporter: some compared the disaster to a nuclear explosion. close up, that's what it looks like. the toxic pool from survivors is still shrouding the zone. the government confirmed sodium cyanide was stood here. there was an added urgency to the search for survivors on this day as the toll for the dead and missing continued to rise. along with the anger among families of the missing, and those made homeless, for the second da

least nine houthi fighters were killed in the operation in the southern province here and previously used by the u.s. to launch drone strikes against al-qaedagets and we have the details. >> reporter: this is the gate to a military base yemen's largest now under the control of pro-government forces. they took it from houthi rebels and forces loyal to president saleh and say many were killed or captured in battles that have continued since may. the forces who call themselves popular resistance use heavy weaponry including tanks and armored vehicles provided by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates and support from saudi-led coalition for weeks and this brings them closer to advising to thai a contested city that has seen some of the fierce fighting in weeks and accuse houthis of taking prisoners who they say will be used as political prisoners in negotiations. and in advances in the south which seem to void the government in exile there is a change of tone the houthis are pushed on offensive in resent days. >> translator: without the implementation of u.n. security council resolutions we cannot initiate a political process that will incl

al qaeda, in iraq, disbanded by the al-maliki government. second, we must give these forces the consistent advantage of american air power to cover their operations in the strike with fears precision. the strategy has to include forward their controllers whose skill and accuracy with severely hinder the enemy's freedom of movement. this would greatly improve the ability of fighter aircraft and helicopters for support to local ground forces. i says fighters try lending into the landscape. our spotters on the ground will enable us to hit them hard and rarely miss. third, we must make a better use of the limited forces we have by giving them a greater range of action. right now, we have around 3500 soldiers and marines in iraq, and more weld may be needed. we do not need, and our france do not ask for, a major commitment of american combat forces. but will we do need is to convey we are serious that we're determined to help local forces take their country. it is notghters know simple enough to dispense advice and training to local forces and then send them on their way and hope for the best. canadian troops are already embedded in iraq units to very

had a major construction family in saudi arabia and disowned the al qaeda leader prior to the 911 terror attacks. >>> we know who will operate new york state's popular marijuana program when it starts next year. 43 companies applied but the five companies that were picked to grow and sell the drug were announced. bloomfield industries in hunters port queens was chosen. the marijuana will also be grown in orange county, and three upstate counties. and patients with certain medical conditions will be allowed to obtain nonsmokable versions of marijuana. >>> here is an alert for parents of young athletes. the hospital for special surgery is offering free pre- season physicals for jv and varsity football players in the public school athletic league. and the screenings are under way at the sports rehabilitation and performance center on east 71st street. a program this year. >>> and now a new report finds gas prices are falling fast. aaa says the national average price of gas dropped 11 cents per gallon, in july. that's the quickest pace since january. last month, gas prices averaged $2.75 a gallon. and nationally, to 60 in new je

american people into the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist users possible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children. thats nearly 10 years ago a bright september day was darkened by the worst attack on the american people in our history. phyllis: you know, the killing of saddam hussein and the killing of osama bin laden, if we look at it historically, the threatons in iraq, the of terrorism, the actual terrorist attacks have gotten worse, not better since it were killed. so the notion that that somehow is something to cheer about, i saddamember the day that hussein was killed. i was in jordan. i remember hearing have people it.ed about it was very different from the kind of cheering out as hearing from the united. dates. brian: what did they say? people -- from the united states. brian: what did they say. phyllis: they were not fans of hussein. but since the overthrow of his government, they lost the stability that accompanied the fact that it was a very repressive regime if you did to speak against the

he was approached through the traditional fbi sting operation and convinced to join al qaeda in pakistan. he was arrested for that. so you have the paradox of something not arrests what he did, fighting in syria but he was planning to do and going to pakistan to join to fight with al qaeda. that worked out. the system one way or the other worked but it is clear that in some cases there is a problem with evidence of returning foreign fighters and the cbe aspect is not obviously the silver bullet. it doesn't work in all cases but obviously it is something in the united states that need to be strengthened. there is a lot of talk about it and a lot of constructive dialogue within the administration about it but probably some more tangible resources should be put to it. i will leave it at that. >> thank you, lorenzo and one of the things, peter and fernando i hope you pick up on, if not during your comments in the q&a, the returning foreign fighter phenomena is an issue. i think the public numbers approximately 40 returned to the united states. how does europe handle this since the scale and

intelligence hub and attacks on al-qaeda and yemen and rebels have been in control of the strategic base since march. >> for the first time since the saudi-led military operationegan you see the houthis on the defensive rather than offensive and there is a widespread belief that the tide is turning even if the end to the war is no where in sight. >> reporter: it is not nearly a symbolic win, it is on the road to thai after the recapture of aiden and military says controlling this will help push delivery ties in the southern provinces, al jazeera. >>> pakistan executed a man on death row for murder despite appeals from the national human rights group and shafqat hussain was hanged in karachi jail of killing of a child in 2004 and family says he was just 13 when he was arrested and was tortured to confessing to the murder but an investigation determined that shafqat hussain was an adult at the time of the crime and earlier my colleague jane spoke with a human rights activist in islamabad and said this execution raises some serious questions questions. >> our legal system is based on the old system which says even if there is a shadow of reasonable doubt the hang

al qaeda and iraq. it had a four-command structure, proving to be a weakness. i.s.i.l. leaders learnt from that experience. it created a system that gives leaders flexibility. operations are not there if officials are killed. it's been over a year. i.s.i.l. is deeply entrenched in mosul, where it controls all aspects of life. there are those that believe despite the death, there's no long-term strategy. the challenge is who are we backing. there's a larger issue in terms of having a regional solution. >> in iraq, militias are leading the fight in sunni-arab careers. opposition from baghdad to the sunnis increased sectarian tensions. the reconciliation allowed i.s.i.l. to capture another capital in may. a council offensive made little progress. it may be a short-term setback. but i.s.i.l., requiring a political solution in iraq and syria, where i.s.i.l. controls significant territory >>> thousands much protesters in iraq came out on to the streets of the capital baghdad and bag rag,wanting the government to follow up on reforms. the prime minister announced an anticorruption drug >>> now, an international aid group is calling on factions to stop fighting. doctors witho

al qaeda and iraq. it proved a weakness. i.s.i.l. leaders learnt from that experience. it created a system that gives leaders flexibility. operations are not there if officials are killed. it's been over a year. they are entrenched in mosul. controlling all aspects. there are those that believe despite the death, there's no long-term strategy. the challenge is who are we backing. that's a lot. players on the same page. >> in iraq, iranian-backed shia militias are leading the fight. opposition to some have increased sectarian tensions. the reconciliation allowed i.s.i.l. to capture another capital in may. a council offensive made little progress. it may be a short-term setback. but i.s.i.l., requiring a political solution in iraq and syria, where i.s.i.l. controls significant territory >>> joining us now to talk about significance of the strike is a military analyst and former u.s. thank you for being with us. based on what has been reported about this, this appears to have been a targeted attack, it would have been based on intelligence that they had. how certain can they be that they have the right guy? >> certainly. taking you ba