they say when they talk to amir this is something he brings up. he's very concerned about his father's health they say and it is certainly weighing on him. doctors say his pain isn't just physical but it's also emotional. >> we'll count on you to watch this story closely and give us updates. >>> humanitarian crisis on the ground gets worse. as we reported earlier, over the weekend more than 100,000 syrian kurds crossed into turkey, and northern iraq, yazidi still held captive by i.s.i.l. forces. al jazeera's jane arraf brings us a report from one of the most vulnerable communities in iraq. >> reporter: tending the sacred fires the keepers of the flame like 365 -- light 365 candles here at dusk. this is la lesh in the northern mountains of iraq. yazidis, believe this is the first place the sun's rays ever touched. to th to the yazidis, everything here is sacred. with the future of yazidis in doubt here it is not clear whether his sons will. >> translator: we have been walking this earth for a long time, since the time of the sumarians, the assyrian

and within days amir sold his home and left the area. his whereabouts are still unknown. the fbi who held him in kenya for nearly four months won't comment about his involvement, but he's now issued a statement through the aclu saying, quoting here, i am saddened by the mosque director's accusations which are baseless. i have been trying to live my life normally like any other citizen, but it is very difficult when people may see me as suspicious because of the government's past allegations and its refusal to make amends for treating me so badly. as you saw earlier those involved in the mosque are not happy about speaking with "the kelly file." but those who live near the mosque are quite concerned. listen. >> i feel threatened by it. to be honest with you. make sure i lock my doors and windows. otherwise we're pretty casual lifestyle in the twin cities. but something like that goes around and makes you think. >> the somali-american community in the twin cities has long had a strained r authorities there. but now some in that community are urging families to speak publicl

and clearly amir mashal was one

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with permission from his amir, he traveled closer to the border with iraq. able to access the internet for this interview. >> translator: we've been ready for this for some time. we know our bases are known because they're tracking with us radars and satellites so we had back yum low cases. they thought they knew everything but thank god they don't know anything and god willing, we will defeat the infidels. >> reporter: he says he was with the fighters who overran mosul and that they knew how easy it would be to push out the iraqi army and seize their weapons and armor. much of it american made. >> this thing was all plan and prepared. there was nothing that was by chance. it was all organized. >> he scoffs at the coalition strikes on the oil installations and other targets. >> translator: we have revenue other than oil. we have other. >>s and our finances won't stop just because of oil losses them hit us in some areas and we advance in others. if we are pushed back in iraq, we advance in northern syria. these strikes cannot stop us, our support or our fight

. >> reporter: amir baxter's house is steps from the the site. >> my main concern is the foundation ofhe house. >> reporter: the city says they have it covered. >> over the past over a decade we have done more than 22 implosions in the city of philadelphia, vast majority of them been in neighborhood situations just like this. >> reporter: robinson and 90 other resident living within a one block radius will to have evacuation by six, 400 others within two block radius will stay inside with windows and doors closed. it is all part of the housing authority's plan to replace the 60 year-old high rise with 55 low-income housing units while preserving an old burial ground in the middle of the units which are set to open next fall. air quality experts will be here to let resident know when it is safe to return that could take up to 12 hours n germantown, charlotte huffman for >>> today it is saturday september 13th, good morning everyone i'm todd quinones. here's meteorologist carol erickson with eyewitness weather. >> at least it is not friday 13th. somehow it kind of feels that way, we are

the amir of qatar, the king of jordan are on the agenda, as are some of the western allies, the presidentf france and the prime minister of the u.k. and the meeting will not happen with 15 ambassadors around the table. around the table will be world leaders, and it just happens that the rotating presidency of the security council is held by the u.s., so the president of the security council calling the meeting to order today will be the president of the united states, president obama. that resolution, i think is going to be fine in the sense that we believe there's a consensus about isil and foreign fighters. i think the question will be about the legality of the strikes in syria, and that's where we want to listen very carefully to the contributions from the chinese and russians. that's something we will be covering here on al jazeera, and watching very closely. >> indeed. james thank you for that. james bayes speaking us to from the united nations in new york. >>> fighters from two of syrias main opposition groups are evacuating their bases and hiding heavy weapons as us-lead air strike

. >>> nebraska tied with mcneese state needed an amazing individual effort by amir abdullah. look at the taking breaking prowess. this was all under a minute to play. the number 19 huskers avoided an upset. they won the game 31-24. really liked it. >>> baseball, the never say die attitude returned to the a's just in time today. they started kazmir through a now hitter in the 6th against the astros but the wheels fell off in that inning. jose altuve doubled down the left field line. two runs coming to score and houston takes the lead. 2-1. now 3-1 in the ninth two on and josh reddick just missed the game winning home run. but it's good enough to bring home a couple to tie the game up. and next batter was jed lowrie. and in it's celebration time at the o.co. the a's win 4-3. first walkoff win for the a's since august 4. and it snapped a four-game losing streak. >>> meantime the giants pablo sandoval sergio romo punch out the tigers again. giants roughed up david price in the first already up 3-0. that's joaquin arias doubling home andrew suseck. it's 4-0. top 5 with the giants

nebraska titled with mcneese state they needed this amazing individual effort by amir abdullah.at the taking breaking prowess. this was all under a minute to play. the number 19 huskers avoided an upset. they won the game 31-24. baseball. the coliseum had not buzzed like this in over a month. they started kazmir through a now hitter in the 6th against the astros but the wheels fell off in that inning. jose altuve doubled down the left field line. two runs coming to score and houston takes the lead. 2-1. now 3-1 in the ninth two on and josh reddick just missed the game winning home run. but it's good enough to bring home a couple to tie the game up. and next batter was jed lowrie. and in it's celebration time at the o.co. the a's win 4-3. first walkoff win for the a's since august 4. and it snapped a four-game losing streak. >>> meantime the giants pablo sandoval sergio romo punch out the tigers again. giants roughed up david price in the first already up 3-0. that's joaquin arias doubling home andrew suseck. it's 4-0. top 5 with the giants up just 4-3 buster posey away and gone.

. >> this is the village, sheik amir village, shakil, the armed i.s inside the village there. they bombarded here. now, they no longer have the capability. now peshmerga are on the front line and feeling great. >> a city of 2 million just 2 hours' drive from the syrian border, mosul is the iraqi capitol of the islamic state. as mosul goes, commanders hearsay, so goes the war for iraq. >> this is the forward most point for the peshmerga in iraq facing mosul. in the near ground, that is the town of bartella, a christian town held by the islamic state group. beyond it. >> commanders say they are waiting on an order to push toward the most fortified bastion of the islamic state in iraq. first, the kurdish troops want the backing of sunni and shia, more american airstrikes and more arms. >> we need weapons. we need support. we need outside help. we need every kind of help because we are poor people. >> tell them. >> the islamic state is a cancer. they will take every country if you don't push them out. they will take everything. it's better to destroy them as soon as possible. >> t

. >> translation: this is tar shella, sheikh amir, the i.s. armed i.s. inside the village there. they bombarded but no longer have the capability. peshmerga are now on the front line, feeling great. >> reporter: a city of 2 million, mosul is the iraqi capital of the islamic state. as mosul goes, commanders say so goes the war for iraq. >> this is the forward-most point for the peshmerga in iraq. in the near ground that is the town of bartela, a christian town held by the islamic state group, and beyond it is mosul itself. commanders are waiting on an order to push towards the fortified bastion in the islamic state of iraq. troops want the backing of kurdish and syrian forces. they want more arms and air strikes. >> translation: we need more weapons, support, outside help. we are poor people. tell them ... >> translation: the islamic state is a cancer. they'll take every country if you don't push them out. they'll take everything. it's better to destroy them as soon as possible. the peshmerga are nearly ready for what could bet the battle in the war against the islamic state. >> i

. >> this is tar jela, this is sheikh amir, this is shakkuala. this is the i.s., armed is outside the village there, they bombarded here. they no longer have the capability. peshmerga on the front line, feeling great. >> a city of 2 million, 2 hours drive from the border. mosul is the capital. as mosul goes, commanders say so goes the war in iraq. it's the forward inform most point. that is a down of bartela. a christian town. and beyond it is mosul itself. commanders say they are waiting on an order to push on the bastion. the kurdish troops want the backing of kurdish forces, they want more american air strikes and more arms. mented >> translation: we need weapons, support, outside help, every kind of help. we are poor people. telethem. >> translation: the lating inin islamic state is a cancer. they'll destroying everything. it's better to destroy them as on as possible. >> the islamic state could be ready for the decisive battle against the islamic state, or to use the arabic acronym, dash. >> it's a matter of time before we throw dash out of

. >> reporter: amir baxter's house is steps from the site. >> my main concern is the fun days of the house. >> reporter: but city says they have got it covered. >> over the past, over a decade we have done more than 22 implosions and the city of philadelphia, vast majority of them have been in neighborhood situations just like this. >> reporter: robinson and 90 others living in the one block radius will have to evacuate by 6:00 tomorrow morning. 400 others living within a two block radius will to have stay inside with windows and doors closed. it is all part of the housing authorityes plan to replace 60 year-old high rise with 55, low-income housing units, while preserving an old burial ground in the middle of the units whiz are set to open up next fall. implosion happens at 7:15 tomorrow morning and air quality experts will be here to let resident necessity when it is safe to return. that could take 12 hours. in germantown, charlotte huffman for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> more than a thousand people are taking a step towards finding a cure for breast cancer. "eyewitness news" at w

man that subscribed so to be the leaf and him to run the caliphate of the only one that was a local amir a local calif was. mullah omar in this instance we have i will back a little bit about the who has no claim to be the color of the muslims and the time because the time is chosen this is syria now we go back to theological quote some theological guidance where we are told that there will be an army that will march with a black balance and the amongst them will rise a leader now this is where our young men and women you know fail sadly because they are not fully aware of what the religion and what theology says about this they believe that this person is the leader for the most it is in this time however. and they subscribe to their scribe to whatever he has to offer and be that killing will be that you know protecting women and children they see that they have to ascribe to him which whichever way it may be now whatever you have to offer they will subscribe to that as well and sunday and. i will say this this is where the fadia the systematic failure of syria logins emo arms in our co

. >> i turned a corner and suddenly without warning i stand this whole amir and there it is my mother's face staring back at me in disbelief. the phase i once swore i would never have. >> carole connolly the poet laureate of st. paul minnesota. what is a poet laureate of st. paul minnesota? >> guest: at all sort of started when a legislator put a bill in the legislature to make a poet laureate since many states have one. the governor at the time vetoed saying next you'll be asking for a poet dancer and a poet potter and even though making a poet laureate cost no money to the state because it goes through commission. there's absolutely no cost to anyone. a friend of mine had a meeting with chris coleman and she said we should have a poet laureate and he said done. that's how hard i had to work to get appointed. >> host: what is a poet laureate do? >> guest: you can do whatever you want. people do different things with their laureate ship and the thing i do is since i was appointed i think it was in 2007 i orchestrate or organize a reading by writers once a month at the university for wri

and i hope to be involved there, to make that institute the amir institute on disability policy, disability law, and disability studies in the united states. , more thand on that raising money for my elections and things like that. i am looking forward to that phase of my life. >> senator tom harkin, thank you. >> thanks, steve. >> our conversation last week. he is with former president bill clinton. let's listen in. >> the mayor of atlantic city is a very good guy. back from an economic talk. [indiscernible] i think he can do what needs to be done. [indiscernible] >> the secret service shows up, --rything goes to >> everyone in the world can see it. the largest group. take several tribal groups. they did not want to put [indiscernible] happeninghat is [indiscernible] >> got more done over four years. i am just telling you. look at his record. his record in the senate. as politician -- >> you are asking the wrong person. >> got to go have a veggie burger. >> thank you guys. >> come on. >> i won it twice. >> eat the food, yay! >> a virginia progressive -- [indiscernible] >> how are you leani

let me start with him. 31-year-old amir rashaw he does have a history after escaping from somalia admitted to being at a training camp. was not a terrorist. never formally charged. fast forward to this past june he was attending a mosque in bloomington, minnesota. talking in terms of jihad and radical islamist ideology to younger members and kicked out, banned from the property. but here's the connection. that same mosque is where authorities believe a 19-year-old woman attended who is now believed to be isis and? syria. she told family she was taken care of wound: >> good news is that her family contacted the fbi. and that tells us we as a community we are working with our law enforcement. >> now, her family has no idea how she was recruited but they do attribute advanced social media campaigns to lure young people. authorities report at least two our young women have also left, they believe at least 15 minnesota are around 100 americans who have joined isis from around the world. anna, tucker, clayton, back to you guys. >> elizabeth prann live for us from washington: the question is why

amir decency in american society.'m sure you, yourself, would not want to use the "r" word. >> if you were chair of the fcc today, you wrote along those lines hypothesizing how you would handle your responsibility, what would your approach be? >> first, i would say that nfl should not stand for not following laws. we see in the michael sam case, awareness in the nfl that gays should be tolerated. we see in the recent suspension of jim irsay, that an owner is subject to decency. having the conversation with the nfl about the use of this name is a good starting point. commissioner jessica rosen of the fcc said she was concerned about the use of the name. i would like her to have a meeting with the nfl and broadcasters and have an open discussion. about standards of decency. >> final we for reid hunt. i read a report from a senior linguist. he spent seven or eight months looking at the origin. he said native americans themselves coined redskins. and that it had an entirely benign intention. i know you know that but that

we are trying to figure out why q has to be a bully and try to hurt amir. >> she's on the track teamest philadelphia, born and raised. >> on a play ground where i spent most of my days. >> he was a cheater. >> he tried to grab my arm and i think he tried to trip me at one point. >> we just ran and you started before jen said go. >> no, in the true. >> that is in the true at all. >> everyone here saw it. good morning to all of you guys. >> hi. >> you have been hanging with the cheerleaders and everybody else from west chester this weekend you guys have an amazing event. it is a mini thon, right. >> yes. >> for people who don't know the big penn state thon for pied yad trick cancer what will do you. >> it is base add you have on penn state's thon. we are shortening, instead of the huge dance marathon. ours is only three hours but it is to raise money for four diamond foundation in which helps children that are penn state hershey medical center, and in their treatment, coping methods and really good organization that helps kids with cancer. >> you have a really good idea of what they to

thursday an exclusive interview with the amir of qatar. his first television interview since taking office, by the way. and cristiane is also going to speak with iran's president. that will be on thursday. >>> for more analysis on what he said to cristiane and the expanding air strikes, let's get some regional reaction. >> you and i speak on a fairly regular basis. iraq has paid a heavy price for the emergence of isis, the iraqi prime minister said. a group that the rest of the region now realizes needs degrading. the regional group is helping out. that being bashaar al assad. he allowed them to develop in northeastern syria. but to be fair, there's many people who take blame. private people and official sources supporting some of this very militant islamic group. some of whom join isis. and really, it's the last 40 years of police state. all of these things come together and have resulted in this. that's why everybody is working together now. many people are. they understand this is an effect to everybody. they probably understand but wil

>> amir has been on the scene for quite sometime even before he took over the helm of the state, butme time, yes, i agree with you, since he came to power, we have been facing a lot of difficulties in our region. even qatar had to deal with its own anybody politically. but i think so far he is doing a great job, and we are all in the same boat, like everybody else. >> do the benefits of being involved in this coalition fighting isil outweigh the costs in terms of alliances of countries within the region? you talk about how troubled the region is right now. >> yes, sir, i think we have -- we have a problem. to fight terrorism, you have to fight the causes which have created terrorism, and the causes are lack of justice, lack of rule of law in some of these countries, sectarian politics, and not allowing the [ inaudible ] people a future. you know, people now are aware of each other, you know, and unfortunately until now we have not reached the point of having somebody with the [ inaudible ] people and the [ inaudible ] muslim people, and unfortunately there are groups who are using th

he had to get permission from his amir to conduct the interview. because the coalition air strikes began, isis has cut all communications from the city of raqqa. he had to travel to the border of iraq. we had to reach him on skype. he would not talk to me because i'm a woman. he had to talk to a male colleague. he was scoffing the air strikes would slow isis down. >> translator: we the islamic state, we have revenue other than oil. we have other avenues and our finances will not stop because of oil losses. they hit neus in some areas. if we push back in iraq, we advance in northern syria. these is strikes cannot stop us, our support or our fighters. >> reporter: and additionally, he was saying and it seems as if there are some gunfire in the background right now. additionally, he was saying that what happened in mosul, isis rapid takeover of mosul, that was no coincidence. people around us are watching the battle unfolding. saying it went on until the early hours of the morning. we hear bursts of gunfire at this stage. people here inside turkey con

amir decency in american society.'m sure you, yourself, would not want to use the "r" word. >> if you were chair of the fcc today, you wrote along those words how you would handle your responsibility, what would your approach be? >> first, i would say that nfl should not stand for not following laws. we see in the michael sam case, awareness in the nfl that gays should be tolerated. we see in the recent suspension of jim irsay, that an owner is subject to decency. having the conversation with the nfl about the use of this name is a good starting point. commissioner jessica rosen of the fcc was encouraged about the use of the name. i would like her to have a meeting with the nfl and broadcasters and have an open discussion. >> final we for reid hunt. i read a report from a senior linguist. i spent issues looking at the origin. he said native americans themselves coined redskins. that has a benign effort. >> this use of the name is a throwback to the banished era. an era we are glad is gone. time to get up to a current

. >> there are several other key heards that will be speaking, the king of jordan, the amir of qatar, those are both countries that participated in the air strikes in syria. we will also be interested to hear from turkey's president. egypt's president al-sisi. we'll be covering several of those speeches here on al jazeera. >> we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> and i'm stephanie sy. more news coming up at the top of the hour. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour. i'm in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. >> we can renew the international system that has enabled so much progress, or we can allow ourselves to be pulled back by an undertow of instability. >> president obama s

back in 2007 amir was arrested in kenya after leaving somalia training camp. the fbi suspected him of being part of al qaeda. it was al qaeda at the time not al shabaab. they interrogated him three months shuffled between jails in kenya and somalia. eventually he was released back into the u.s. without any criminal charges. the aclu filed a lawsuit on his behalf, which was dismissed a couple months ago. and as part of that lawsuit the aclu claims the fbi tried to turn him into a government informant by promising him-to-take him off a no-fly a no fly list. his family lives in egypt there are lots of rumors especially in the somali community that he may be some kind of double agent. weighs working for the fbi or on our story tonight. >> where is he where is he? >> that's a darn good question. i ask the fbi i don't know if they even know at this point. they wouldn't tell me at least. >> and at least tip our hat to mosque for throwing him out at least because they didn't like him. >> i have got to say i don't know too much to be made of the fact that some the peop

on thursday, another exclusive with the new amir. >>> new video showing how isis terrorists train forat the -- at this new al qaeda cell that plays an imminent threat against the u.s. there's a group you may not have heard about. its leader is a former bin laden commander reportedly obsessed with blowing up planes. how close do they get to pulling off an attack? this is cnn's special coverage ahead. ♪ eenie. meenie. miney. go. more adventures await in the seven-passenger lexus gx. see your lexus dealer. it's about getting to the finish line. in life, it's how you get there that matters most. like when i found out i had a blood clot in my leg. my doctor said that it could travel to my lungs and become an even bigger problem. so he talked to me about xarelto®. >>xarelto® is the first oral prescription blood thinner proven to treat and help prevent dvt and pe that doesn't require regular blood monitoring or changes to your diet. for a prior dvt i took warfarin, which required routine blood testing and dietary restrictions. not this time. while i was taking xarelto®, i still had to stop r

one of them was known as the amir of suicide bombers.ed that means the ruler of suicide bombers. these guys would help basically get people to cross the border, train them not just in light weapons training to be suicide bombers. the country of turkey had to have known about these people. what do you think? >> there have been issues of terrorism within turkey. certainly on of these facilitators are on turkish territory. i wouldn't want to jump to that conclusion to say we know turkey knew about the individuals. heather: they have training am camps they were providing light arms military training according to our treasury department. >> on this specific case i just don't know. i wouldn't want to jump to any conclusions. we do know because of turkey's proximity to syria and iraq, appealing place to conduct this activity. and want to see turkey full partner cracking down on that. there have been sort of suggestions, well, turkey has been allowing islamist forces to flow across-the-boarders with the fight against assad. part of that, until r

and i'm going to talk to the amir of qatar, the questions about funding and sympathizing, and other questions interesting, the french foreign minister said they're trying to deny their passports and ids and try to tell young people especially young girls, that if you go out there to be part of a wonderful cult, you're going to be recruited to be part of a sexual cult, and slaves, and will be raped. >> just ahead, the warning about so-called lone wolf terror attacks in the united states, as possibility for the u.s. airstrikes in syria we're learning new information about what law enforcement is looking for next. is jump-starting business with startup-ny. an unprecedented program that partners businesses with universities across the state. for better access to talent, cutting edge research, and state of the art facilities. and you pay no taxes for ten years. from biotech in brooklyn, to next gen energy in binghamton, to manufacturing in buffalo... startup-ny has new businesses popping up across the state. see how startup-ny can help your business grow at startup.ny.gov no question about that. b

and clearly amir mashal was one of those people. but he also took kids off site. >> that's the guy that we interviewed -- the fbi interviewed over 30 times, arrested in kenya, brought back to the united states and now he's missing and we don't know where he is, but he's suspected of some recruitment or possibly even being a double agent working for us. go ahead. >> sure, no question, he was probably an al qaeda member and joined al shabaab and the islamic courts and was driven out of somalia in 2006 or '07. our antenna should be up on him. >> i know you issued a warning talking about how car bombs could be coming. why do you say that? >> al qaeda issued a new magazine here just two weeks ago talking about how to construct car bombs and how they want to return to the times square scenario. they're very disappointed that wasn't successful. they're encouraging all of our lone wolf terrorists if you will, here in america, to build car bombs. step by step instructions. so we issued an intelligence brief, but that isn't the only reason. r

actually be used, actionably to target the leadership of al shabaab and specifically, godani, the amirthe group. that represents a sig enough kant uncrease in our capabilities, and that's to be saluted. if the group's leader has, indeed, been killed and we're awaiting the dna tests for it. he left the group more vulnerable because of his totalitarian style. this is a guy who not only attacked people outside his group. he also attacked and killed brutally a number of jihadists who disgraed wiagreed with him. there's no succession ready to step in. this is a tremendous window of opportunity. however, one should not overestimate what's happened. shabaab is a symptom of state failure in somalia, not the cause of state failure. >> and certainly, the destabilizing effect his death could have could also backfire and cause more instability in the region. it's a troubling set of circumstances even with this development. back in october, the pentagon deployed military advisers to mogadishu to confront this threat. coordinate with african union troops fighting al shabaab. u.s. interventions in so

a georgian said to be in charge of the the reason where the prison one, another known as the amir of suicide bombers, these are really scary folks. the united states treasury putting them on the list so no one can do business with them, their assets can be frozen but also as a public of relations to say we know who you are, who these people are specifically in this operation. trying to keep money from going to them. in terms of the air strikes, trying to get them where they're already making an awful lot of money. >> you say they're scary guys. i thought they were doing that after 9/11. >> it ea's interesting, they're looking at indonesian, al qaeda, al nusra front. now isis is the newest incarnation of that. they're going after these people. is it symbolic? they don't exactly have a citibank account. it's sort of symbolic, but it does also starve off anybody who could be trying to raise money to send to somebody, to get him from some place in united states to syria to fight. that's part of the problem. that's part of the aim here. >> christine romans, thanks so much. i appreciate it

. >>> at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of amir core, president obama was joined by former presidentversation [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, president obama. president clinton, members of congress, and distinguished guests. amore core -- americorps alums, americorps members. happy birthday americorps. what an incredible honor it is to stand before you as we celebrate 20 years of service to america. please take your seats. since that first class, donned their gray shirts, 900,000 americans have served in americorps. [applause] >> and they committed 1.2 billion hours of service to get things done for america. now here we are, at the white house, joining ceremonies that are taking place across the nation, in all 50 states, at this moment and throughout the day, including territories. it's really an historic moment for every one of us. at this time, i would like to ask the members of the 2014 class of americorps to stand. [applause] >> the rest of our guests, the pledge is in your program and we invite you to follow along. as we recite the americorps pledge. let us remember t

that will be the amir of qatar. qatar has long supported isis. qatar was among the coalition that helped launch those airstrikes. then we'll hear from the president of turkey. turkey of course facing its own issues. it's been accused of helping spawn and support isis, letting the foreign fighters cross the borders as well as facing the humanitarian crisis of the refugees flooding over the border. the new president of egypt, the former general al-sisi is taking a hard line against islamic extremism in an interview with the "wall street journal" asked the u.s. not to wash their hands of the middle east after these airstrikes. referring to withdrawing the troops from iraq that egypt things helped spawn these terrorist groups. the world is trying to gather a coalition to face this extremism. bill: yesterday he was talking about climate change. later today he convened a meeting trying to get a resolution passed that will tell other countries not to allow the recruitment of foreign fighters. what is the likely impact of that's having an effect on this

say that an australian has emerged as a senior leader in the isis group, and other australians have amiredn isis recruiting videos with britons, urging their countryman to join them. now, the fear is they are prepared to terrorize their own country. >> there are, i regret to say, networks of people here in this country who, despite living here, despite enjoying the australian way of life, they would do us harm. >> reporter: australian police estimate there are about 60 of its citizens currently in isis and another 15 have been killed fighting there. like the u.s., australia this morning is struggling to understand why so many of its people turned their backs on their own country. >> such a crucial question. thanks very much. >>> now to the huge storm slamming the southwest. torrential rain leading to flash flooding, trapping drivers and shutting down roads. we will hear from ginger, but abc's rob marciano starts our extreme weather team coverage in tucson arizona this morning. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning. getting hit hard last night, this drainage canal overflowing, causin

with the amir of an qaeda affiliate in the arabian peninsula now serving as the general deputy to al qaeda leader ayman al zawahiri. additionally the al qaeda core is increasingly encouraging individuals to act independently in support of the movement. smallholder -- no longer holding expectations that leaders will clear plans with al qaeda senior leadership. in this evolution as a result of an adaptive enemy. our counterterrorism operations continue to derail al qaeda's attacks from its place in the fata but as result of leaks and disclosures including those attributable to edward snowden terrace now understand the scope and scale of western collection capabilities and they are changing the way they communicate. they're adopting encryption technology trade fair shifting accounts reporting the use accounts reporting these electronic medications all of which frustrate our counterterrorism efforts. in short we cannot connect the dots if we do not collect the dots that matter the most. our collection is challenged in this new environment. the remaining time i would like to focus on thre

these are groups who go on to become suicide amir some operations there. there is a common bond in that sense in terms of the threat to jihadist them. >> ms. pandith would elect added that? >> you made a good point about joining the pushback about the ideology of extremism and what you have seen is since 9/11 an increase of voices that are pushing back that are coming from the muslim communities. you are seeing new networks. you are seeing networks of former extremists that are pushing back but that needs to be ramped up. those are the voices that matter and those are the credible voices. to your point about russia and the black widow example that my colleague has just raised that to me is a great illustration of the worst case scenario but we have to be looking at is not when it's the tip of the iceberg but what is actually percolating? what is actually happening to get them there and that is where we have to's cuts the radicalization process. if we don't have recruits we will not have an army. >> to be fair i cannot understand why a religious extremist g

in terms of command terms of command and control we also see a trend of decentralization with the amir of an al qaeda affiliate in the arabian peninsula now serving as a general deputy to al qaeda leader i'm in al zawahiri. additionally the al qaeda core is increasingly encouraging groups of individuals to act in the paneling in support of the global movement. it's no longer holding an expectation that regional affiliates will discuss or clear their operational plans with senior leadership prior to execution. this evolution as a result of an adaptive enemy. our counterterrorism operations continue to degrade al qaeda's core ability to lead the global terrorist terrorist movement and plans sophisticated attacks worse place in the five in the fata but as a result of weeks of disclosures including those attributable to edward snowden terrorists now understand the scope and scale of western collection capabilities and their changing the way they communicate. they are adopting encryption technologies and shifting accounts were avoiding altogether these electronic indications all of which fr

in terms of command and control, we also see a trend of decentralization, with the amir of an al qaedaliate, aqap, in the peninsula serving as the general deputy to amman al zawahri. that core is encouraging groups and individuals to act independently in support of the global movement, with no longer holding an expectation that regional affiliates will no longer discuss or clear their plans with al qaeda senior leadership prior to execution. in evolution is the result of an adaptive enemy. our counterterrorism operations continue to degrade al qaeda's core ability to lead the global terrorist movement and to plan sophisticated attacks from its place in the fatah. but as a result of leak he is and disclosures, including those attributable to edward snowden, terrorists now understand the scope and scale of western collection capabilities, and they are changing the way they communicate. they are adopting encryption technologies, they are shifting accounts or avoiding all together the use of electronic communications, all of which frustrate our counterterrorism efforts. in short, we cannot