military to intensify the war against al shabab bringing in special forces the militant group killed more than four thousand two hundred people last year its leaders and regions with al qaeda want to establish a theocracy. and you government has been in place in mogadishu since february and it's getting a lot of international support but the drones and raids employed to combat terrorism are endangering the local population. and this is being exploited by al shabab one former member of the militant group tells us that the people in disputed . areas of the government backed soldiers just as much as the militants. but. the people here don't trust the government in the areas controlled by al shaab people fear the military will loot and rape them and al-shabaab has become skilled at tapping into those fears. peacekeeping troops from the african union also serving in somalia under the un the un special representative is convinced the conflict cannot be solved only through military means. while he welcomes u.s. involvement he wants the main objective should be strengthening the new governmen

military to intensify the war against al shabab bringing in special forces the militant group killed more than four thousand two hundred people last year its leaders and agents with al qaeda want to establish a theocracy. and you government has been in place in mogadishu since february and it's getting a lot of international support but the drones and raids employed to combat terrorism are endangering the local population. and this is being exploited by al shabab one former member of the militant group tells us that the people in dispute . the government backed soldiers just as much as the militants. the people here don't trust the government in the areas controlled by al-shabaab people fear the military will loot and rape them and al-shabaab has become skilled at tapping into those fears. peacekeeping troops from the african union also serving in somalia under the un the un special representative is convinced the conflict cannot be solved only through military means. while he welcomes u.s. involvement he wants the main objective should be strengthening the new government and state in

they have is a kid because we've hit al qaeda hard and it is the same ideology that isis has, that al shababnder this radicalized version of islam. they're scraping for something. he's going to rattle the sabre but he's not be going to do much. >> sean: rob, you did a great service along with all the members of seal team six. none of you knew you were coming back. great heroism and the people that fought in afghanistan and iraq and those that came back with the most severe injuries. debra burlingame. lost her brother 9-11-2001. you have become such a powerful voice against radicalism. we're seeing the impact naive as north korea if we bribe them they're going to stop their nuclear program, president obama makes an idiotic deal with iran, i think back that you lost your brother that day. are we really that stupid that we don't understand the mentality of evil in our time? >> we're not that stupid but we have a leadership -- and i'm not confining that to politicians but also the cultural leaders, the thought leaders in our country, the heads of middle east studies departments in colleges and u

terrorist groups such as isis, al shabab, boko haram and al qaeda also threaten african peace. the united states is proud to work with you to eradicate terrorist safe havens, to cut off their finances and to discredit their depraved ideology. and a number of you have told me, actually, last night that we've been doing a very good job over the last six or seven months in particular. we're closely monitoring and deeply disturbed by the ongoing violence in south sudan and in the congo. millions of lives are at risk and we continue to provide humanitarian assistance, but real results in halting this catastrophe will require an african-led peace process and a since sincere, really sincere commitment of all parties involved. and i know you're working on that and you're working on that very hard. to assist in these efforts, i'm sending ambassador nikki haley to africa to discuss avenues of conflict and resolution. and most importantly, prevention. lastly, i want to discuss our partnership against a global challenge. today the world faces an enormous security threat from north korean r

look at the $100 million that went to al shabab that was supposed to go to somalia, or the fact that the wipo pushed a patent for sodium cyanide for north korea right under the nose of the u.n. governance authority. this thing needs to be reformed to be accountable. >> okay, and how will you measure success from the president's words? >> well, i think when we see some real reform measures to make sure that the peacekeeping missions of the u.n. don't misbehave, that they control their expenditures and don't let money go to terrorists, that they reformulate the human rights council, which is somewhat oxymoronic right now to turn it into a true defender of human rights, then i would feel a lot better about the u.n. >> congressman francis rooney, thanks so much for your time. >> thanks for having me on, fredricka. >>> still to come, the president's travel ban may be just the first step, that's what h.r. mcmaster is saying this morning. why the white house is considering a new stricter ban and right now, we're waiting for the president to arrive at trump tower, where he'll be spending par

it's not clear who carried out the attack, but local officials blamed the militant group al-shabab. in bangladesh, the bodies of 13 rohingya refugees, including eight children, washed ashore thursday after their boat capsized. the dead were among 130 rohingya aboard the vessel who were fleeing a government-backed ethnic cleansing campaign in neighboring burma. at the united nations, the security council heard thursday from u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres, who warned systematic violence risked spilling further into burma's rakhine state, where an additional 250,000 rohingya might be displaced. >> we are perceived bone chilling account from those who have fled, many women, children, and the elderly. these testimonies point a excessive violence in serious violations of human rights, including the presence of landmines and sexual violence. this is unacceptable and must and immediately. amy: back in the u.s., health and human services secretary tom price apologized thursday for chartering military aircraft to take him and his wife on overseas trips, flights that politico reports