i have to say the investigators who dealt with anwar al-awlaki aftt after september 11th, the agent toet the arrest warrant against him release stepped up to the plate to tell the story. one of the things that the book. not in my opinion fully f explained. not because there needs to be blamed by we want to avoid the n same mistake again. a guy who's been at the heart of two major.the het we had him until we let him wal. away. >> host: catherine herridge, author of "the next wave: on the hunt for al qaeda's american recruits." thank you. >> host: thank you very much for having me. the charge your questions. >> is there and nonfiction opera but you would like to see featured on book tv? send us an e-mail. or to lead us at twitter dot com. >> deadly and difference. a perfect political storm is the subtitle. the former director of fema is one of the authors along with ted shorts. who is in different during training? >> everyone. all levels of government or indifferent. the citizens were in different. at think the media was indifferent. we are all in different to the difference, all the dif

remember that radical american cleric anwar al awlaki is the leader of al qaeda in yemen.d him to recent terror plots against the united states. including the attempted christmas day underwear bombing, the food massacre and botched times square bombing. catherine herridge works intelligence for us live from d.c. tonight. catherine, details. >> thank you, shepard. u.s. officials confirm that military and intelligence operations have intensified because of the growing threat from the al qaeda affiliates in imlem men and somalia. fox news confirming that the american cleric anwar al-awlaki the first american on the cia's kill or capture list spent significant time with the somali commander and their goal was to closer working partnership. the somali affiliate has set up base in the honorable of east africa a failed state train and recruit citizens short boat ride away from yemen also on the verge of becoming a failed state as well. >> if you have some separate objectives for example in somalia, al shabaab has some naturalistic issues around their countries, independence,s tha

anwar al awlaki, the terrorist officials say is the most likely to launch the next successful attack against americans. last may, u.s. officials tell abc news that the u.s. military dispatched harrier jets, predator drones and a special operations aircraft to follow a pickup truck in which awlaki was a passenger. but this mission would be marred by what an official described as a series of errors. crews tracking awlaki were unable to keep the laser, which guides the weapons, honed in on the moving truck. the first missile came from the special operations aircraft. it missed. that gave awlaki time to call additional al qaeda operatives for help. more missiles were fired from the harriers and predator. a huge fireball engulfed the truck but u.s. military trackers sat ststned as they watched the truck drive right out of the fireball to safety. the aircraft tried to keep tracking awlaki, but between the cloud cover and confusion in the air, awlaki managed to switch vehicles. when the u.s. finally did hit the original truck after three failed missile strikes, two of his operatives were ki

>> well, shep, we have new details about this near miss assassination of anwar al-awlaki.ps the most wanted al qaeda terrorist after usama bin laden and his deputy ayman al zawahiri. it was first reported by abc news. but now senior u.s. defense and intelligence officials tell fox that on may 5th, just four days after the bin laden raid, intelligence provided by the yemenese in an effort to gain u.s. help to keep yemeni president in power that intelligence allowed u.s. officials to attempt a dangerous raid to assassinate al awlaki in yemen. he is the terrorist as you mentioned wanted for dispatching the christmas underwear bomber among orioles. problems with the jet sent on the mission, they were running low on fuel i'm told by two defense sources with knowledge of the mission and problems with the new missiles being used, griffin missiles which are essentially new and improved hell fire missiles that were attached to a special operations fixed wing plane caused the mission to fail. in fact, those griffin missiles struck the vehicle in which awlaki was traveling, i'm told.

topping that list, american-born clericÑi anwar al awlaki, leade of al qaeda in yemen, considered theerrorist threat to the united states, the so-called christmas day bomber, was trained and equipped by al qaeda in yemen. panetta confirmed today that the cia has joined the u.s. military in launching air strikes aimed at taking out the leadership of al qaeda in yemen and warned the u.s. must remain relentless in pursuit of al qaeda. >> i think now is the moment, now is the moment, following what happened with bin laden to put maximum pressure on them because i do believe that if we continue this effort that we can really cripple al qaeda. >> reporter: despite the progress, panetta warns that al qaeda still remains a serious threat, and even after his success at the cia in bringing down bin laden, panetta says that al qaeda itself will still be a top priority of his in his new job at the pentagon. lester. >> jim miklaszewski in kabul tonight, jim, thanks. >>> in africa, south sudan became the world's newest country today, gaining five decades of struggle. tens of thousands celebrated th

he was also known to talk about anwar al awlaki, who is hiding in yemen and believed to be plotting attacks against the u.s. many consider awlaki america's number one enemy. still, despipi those suspicions, abdo disappeared and went awol on the fourth of july. police now know that he came here to killeen, texas, and checked into this hotel. and tuesday, he took a dtaxi to this gun shop, guns galore, the same store where the alleged shooter bought his weapons in 2009. about beau bought six canisters of gun powder, three boxes of shotgun ammunition and a mag sooeb for a semiautomatic pistol. >> he arrives in a taxi, okay? that's -- that's flag number one. he purr chachases a product tha has little of no knowledge of. that's flag number two. and three, he whips out a handle of cash and doesn't wait for his change. he takes his bag and out the door. would you question that? >> reporter: the employees and owner did question it and took action. >> i have a bad habit of looking at folklk especially when they act a little off-cue. and i ask myself, you know, what is the potential for a problem? and

alisyn: and how, in this new 2.0 version, how much of a threat is anwar al-awlaki. >> he's dangerous,u.s. on 9/11 and left the u.s. and went to yemen and, is responsible probably for at least three major attacks or plots in the u.s., including the detroit under wear bombing. including the fort hood assaults, attacks and the ink cartridge capers, where they tried to modify ink printer cartridges as bombs and is considered probably the most dangerous al qaeda operative today and, already the arabian peninsula is the most dangerous and active of al qaeda and appear to be working with fellow terrorists across the way in somalia, by the name of al-shabab. alisyn: and, i read the predictions are the newer model of al qaeda will be more westernized. what does that mean? more homegrown terrorists? >> that is what they are looking for. usama bin laden even said, himself, he didn't want to have a similar operation undertaken for 9/11 where people came from abroad as essentially he wants to look for people who might be already in place and do not have to pass through security portals, such as im

nidal hasan inspired by anwar al awlaki killed 13 soldiers at fort hood. najibullah zazi, schooled by al qaeda bomb makers, plotted to blow up new york's subways and faisel shahzad, aided by the pakistani taliban drove an s.u.v. bomb into the heart of times square. in all, more than four dozen u.s. citizens have been charged in various jihadist plots in the past decade. some critics say in light of what happened in norway the u.s. should now focus on right wing radicals but homeland security officials tell us they're meeting the threat exactly where it is. for now the emphasis remains, bob, on al qaeda. >> schieffer: for millions of americans across... the cost of prescription medicine is about to plummet but not the price of airline tickets even though the government's no longer collecting taxes on them. so, who is pocketing the cash? guess. and a new approach is helping veterans put the war behind them. k-9 therapy when the "cbs evening news" continues. [ male announcer ] it has an hd webcam for flattering video chats, awesome audio, and lids that switch

they're much more in tune -- anwar al awlaki to do lower-level attacks. i think what we'll see is more of a leaderless jihad, which is now ironically more unleashed by the death of bin laden. so it is an issue of jeefrk distributi geographic distribution as well as the fact they're willing now to conduct much more lower level attacks on softer targets. >> michael, one of the things i remember even from the earliest days after 9/11 was the sense that intelligence analysts were saying it is a mistake to think of al qaeda as an organization, it is both an organization and an idea and a free-flowing movement, and so even if you knock off the leaders of this group here, here, here, and here there are still a lot of them out there. >> well, i think that's exactly right. and i think great credit should go to the central intelligence agency and the special forces for amassing a very impressive body count of al qaeda leaders. but that's all we really have, is a body count. we don't have a measure of progress against them. and you know, to go back just for a couple

born radical muslim cleric anwar al-awlaki, the al-qaida leader linked to several deadly plots against america. jennifer griffin is live with the breaking story today from the pentagon. she has the details on it. >> reporter: we knew they had come very close on may 5th to nearly killing anwar al-awlaki four days after the bin laden raid. we did not know what went wrong with the mission and how close they came to killing lack r-r who as you mentioned is the american-born cleric, the most wanted terrorist after osama bin laden. we have cleared fro have learnea griffin missile made by rate three on. this is the first time we've heard discussed public plea about these missiles. they were attached to a fixed ring manned plane for the may 5th mission. they are significantly lighter than hell fire missiles and can strike trar gets such as the pickup truck that anwar al-awlaki was driving in at the time. there was manned aircraft including these marine harrier jets which ran low on fuel and had to pull back from the mission at a crucial moment. the griffin missiles were attached to a manned sp

the accused gunman, major nidal hasan, was urged to act by al qaeda cleric anwar al-awlaki. in abdo's case, police chief dennis baldwin says no terror connections have yet surfaced. >> as far as we know he did act alone. again, we're still going through that investigation process. >> reporter: now, investigators don't believe abdo was part of any broader plot. this time, bob, the threat at fort hood was stopped. >> schieffer: all right, thank you so much, bob. the taliban has declared open season on politicians in afghanistan. 70,000 workers are furloughed because congress can't agree on funding for a federal agency. and why traffic cameras have caused so much trouble in los angeles when the cbs news continues. [ male announcer ] it has an hd webcam, killer audio, and lids that switch to start every semester fresh. but mostly it helps me try new moves on and off the court. ♪ [ male announcer ] powered by the 2nd gen intel core processor family. not just smart. visibly smart. get an inspiron 15r with 6 gig memory and 640 gig hard drive for $599.99 at dell.com. and 640 gig har

and the al qaeda branch he's most worried about is in yemen, run by the american cleric, anwar al awlaki. the secretary has met with afghanistan's president, discussing plans to drawdown and hand control to local fofoes by 2014. general david petraeus, who will be movinininto panetta's former job as director of the cia, agreed with the assessment that al qaeda is on the run. and reinforced the call to keep pressure on all al qaeda leaders. >> you have to whack all the moles simultaneously. this is a network. you must pressure the terrorist network wherever it is. >> reporter: on the war in afghanistan, general petraeus made a bit of news today. he said for the first time in five years, last year, the number of insurgent attacks in afghanistan actually went down. david? >> david, thank you. >>> at the white house tonight, they are preparing for tomorrow's high-stakes meeting. president obama and leaders from both parties, their own sundayay roundtable, dealing with this looming debt crisis. economists warn in just weeks, the federal government will defaululon its loans, saying the consequ

naser was known to mention the name of radical cleric anwar al awlaki, who is currently hiding in yemen. but police have established no firm ties. >> no firm ties. did he have materials from awlaki? >> reporter: well, again, our information is that he was known to throw around the name. that's one of the reasons why officials became concerned about him. >> all right, pierre, who will continue to work this story, make his phone calls through the night. thank you, pierre thomas. >>> and we turn now to the big crisis for america's economy, the debt deadline, just days away. we have been tracking the developments hour by hour and tonight, at last, some news on one of the plans. abc's jon karl is on capitol hill with that. jon? >> reporter: diane, there is some real drama going on right now here in the house. they were supposed to be voting on john boehner's debt ceiling bill. that has been delayed. and if you look down that hallway, john boehner's office is right down there and he is s there, trying to get the votes he needs to pass his bill. he's not there yet. this is the bill that could

sharif worked at five nuclear power plants doing maintenance work, then moved to yemen to follow anwar al awlaki. he was named after he allegedly expressed militant islamic views. mobley admits he admeyers al awlaki, but is not tied to -- to encourage attacks on sensitive locations. a u.s. officials says this week's warning is not based on new intelligence nor from a treasure trove of material confiscated from osama bin laden's compound. dms tells cnn there is no credible imminent threat. however, the several previous incidents illustrate an ongoing need to be on guard. wolf? >> good advice indeed, thanks, susan, very much. >>> later this hour i'll be speaking with janet napolitano about the threat to america's utility plants, also about concerns of a terror attack exactly ten years after 9/11. stand by for that interview. >>> also new information and new tally of what taxpayers lost by bailing out chrysler. the price tag is big. we've been using cnn's global resources to explore the heartbreaking famine in so somalia. how kenya is suffering as well. stay with us, you're in "the situation room."

jets on may 5 set out to kill anwar al-awlaki, the american born cleric and al-qaeda leader now consideredbe a big threat to america, one of the biggest, actually. officials say a missile struck the back of al-awlaki's truck. but he survived. switched vehicles and escaped. as other terrorists drove to trals.ea to confuse those >>> there were no shaving cream attacks today but the "news of the world" phone hacking scandal is continuing to cause dust-ups in britain. news corp, the parent company of the now defunked tabloid as well as fox news. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in london with the latest. >> reporter: embattled prime minister david cameron cut short trip to africa to appear at the british parliament house of commons and it turned in raucous exchange where cameron had to defend his role in the growing phone hacking scandal here. that involved allegations of wrongdoing at the now close "news of the world" newspaper. owned by rupert murdock's news corp. cameron is under fire for hiring as his press chief the former editor of the paper andy coleson who later left

reporter: while usama bin laden was killed in may, the al-qaeda franchise in emen is american leader anwar al-awlakind homegrown threats are the next wave. decade after 9/11 bin laden was only part of the story. >> terrorism didn't begin with him. it hadn't ended with him. we have the other groups now in addition to core al-qaeda. >> reporter: progress report investigates whether the 9/11 recommendations are implemented says the homegrown terrorism is central to the emerging threat picture. recent justice department document show a case of homegrown terrorism with links to international group every two to three weeks, since january 2009. last week, a 22-year-old pennsylvania man was accused of using the internet to encourage domestic attacks by jihaddist. >> we can't presume a threat will come at us from abroad. >> the plots have been disrupted without public knowledge. >> they are not public knowledge? >> probably not. >> a handful? a doesen? >> i don't want to put a number on it. >> they say multilayered approach to airline security was adopted. intelligence used broadly to identify cargo before e

the heart of this is actually an american citizen anwar al-awlaki, he's a digital jihad its, whetheror blogging or skyping, he's kind of like the facebook friend from hell. he's using the negotiate networking against us and spreading the ideology of hate. what's frightening there's a documented case of home grown terrorism every two to three weeks since january of 2009. something we didn't see a decade ago. >>. >> mike: what are the signs a parent ought to be worry about, if their child is being recruited or sought after. >> one of the things we are see is the american cleric. if you look at the cases of united states, broken up the almost always the fingerprints this have man. as i said a digital jihadist, and el-- that drive the car into times square and inspurd by the message, traveled to pakistan and got his training and talking to counterterrorism system, the event in sometimes square was successful. a guy drove a car in there what he thought was a viable explosive device. fortunately for us, he didn't have the right recipe when he'd been trained. >> thank goodness for the t-shi

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the somali suspect is now being linked to this man, american-born al-qaida leader anwar al-awlaki who is believed to be the go between for al-qaida and militants in africa. steve? >> meanwhile, 43 guns, eric, most of them assault weapons like the one you see right there seized from illegals at a traffic stop in phoenix, arizona. even more alarming, the 43 guns were reportedly allowed on to our streets by the u.s. government's controversial fast and furious program which let weapons fall into the hands of mexican drug cartels. we were supposed to track them. didn't do a good job doing that. meanwhile, attorney general eric holder is accused of blocking the congressional investigation into the failed gun tracking program. >> day two of the famous running of the bulls and seven people, including two americans, have been hurt. one of the victims, an australian was gored in the leg. six more bull runs are planned throughout the two-week festival in spain. the weekend's races are expected to be the most dangerous because of the thousands of tourists likely to join in. >> looks like fun. >>

but anwar al-awlaki is alive and well in yemen and he is planning additional attacks against americans franchise there now the lead in al-qaeda and how dangerous and what can we do? >> al-qaeda is somewhat diffuse in the islamist most of the time. yemen a fertile ground. it does seem to be emerging as headquarters of sorts. yemen as a state doesn't exist right now. it was an iffy topic when it had a president but it essentially doesn't right now. so al-qaeda finding an open door. president obama came out and said the tide of war is receding but nobody gave that message to the islamist terrorists. we this had the christmas day bombing, not the one on the flight but the on other one on fed ex shipments. >> gregg: speaking of terrorists let's talk about libya and moammar khadafy who says he is willing to talk to america but he refuses to give up his position. so what is the point of talking to the guy? >> this has been going for five months. people have said that khadafy is losing or close to making a deal to leave the country but frankly it's just a bunch of games. it on doesn't mean it'

all anwar al-awlaki -- anwar al- awlaki is a very dangerous individual. the threat from aqap is real and serious. it is something that we will need to continue to work on. at the framework that we are working on is to build up their security and provide them with the intelligence that they need and to partner with them when it is something that we believe not we can do and -- that we can do and that it is something that we can do to be done to protect our interests. it is going to be a long haul though. >> the student right there in the middle. yes. >> a good afternoon, sir, and think you for visiting. -- thank you for visiting. the recent killing of osama bin laden has led many to speculate about the relationship between al-qaeda and the pakistani government. could you comment on that speculation? >> to my knowledge, the pakistani leadership, military, political, intelligence, was caught totally unawares by the fact that osama bin laden was found close to its military academy and not too far from the nation's capital. they are trying to figure out why in

american citizens, among them, omar hamammi, who is now the public face for al qaeda in somalia, and anwar al-awlaki who is now considered an operational planner for al qaeda in yemen and that group was behind the last two major plots against the u.s. and fox news has confirmed law enforcement recovered a laptop, hard drive, two thumb drives and a memory card when they captured him, and is exploited for further intelligence, alisyn. alisyn: all right, catherine, thank you so much for that important update. bill: we are hearing the leading cause from democrats, kill the tax breaks on the corporate jets, sitting in your driveway and the problem is federal bean counters say it would not make a dent in the debt and carl rove on what would really close the gap, he's live. alisyn: and the end of an era for american exploration in the final frontier. what happens to florida after atlantis latches the space shuttle program into history books. governor rick scott will join us live. bill: and judge pirro is here, on whether or not we'll see justice for young caylee. >> we hope that, you know, something like t

these dangerous streets where over the years we have watched al qaeda flourish, and leading them, anwar al awlakiis most likely to launch the next successful attack against americans. last may, u.s. officials tell abc news that the u.s. military dispatched harrier jets, predator drones, and a special operations aircraft to follow a pickup truck in which al awlaki was a passenger. but this mission would be marred by what an official described as a series of errors. crews tracking awlaki were unable to keep the laser which guides the weapons homed in on the moving truck. the first missile came from the special operations aircraft. it missed. that gave awlaki time to call additional al qaeda operatives for help. more missiles were fired from the harrrrrs and predator. a huge fireball engulfed the truck. but u.s. military trackers sat stunned as they watched the truck drive right out of the fireball to safety. the aircraft tried to keep tracking awlaki but between the cloud cover and confusion in the air awlaki managed to switch vehicles. when the u.s.s. finally did hit the original truck, after thre

our reporting has shown that the anwar al-awlaki lack was the middleman.d the underwear bomber on how to avoid western survey license and western style security. u.s. officials have told me that the nonmetallic explosive has not only changed the face of airline security, but the last two failed plots has helped them raise money and recruit new operatives. patti ann: what more can you tell us about this warning. >> reporter: while the intelligence is not described to fox as specific or imminent the warning that was set out by the tsa, they recently air carriers and foreign partners to provide insight indicating the interest of terrorists to target aviation due to the recent security in years. they have interest in pursuing ways to further conceal explosives. they say there is nothing new or imminent, i i think this is a good example of what i write about. terrorist i -p is like water, it takes the path of least resistance. you move one way, they move another. they have seen how we ramped up security after the underwear incident, they are going to take devic

from iraq and regional leader from the taliban and another one from north africa and you have anwar al-awlakiinly they might call themselves something different after this. but jihadist movement will live on and we will continue to fight it for years to come. jon: jonathan schanzer, you thanks for joining us. >> thanks. jenna: a lot of big stories in washington today but we wanted to mention this new research to you. it suggests humans may be the only animals with brains that shrink as we age. the only ones. we assumed, researchers have the phenomenon was universal among primates but turns out not true. study of chimpanzees, our closest relative show no loss of brain volume in later years. the human brain can shrink up 15% as we grow older. a change linked to dementia and poor memory and depression. researchers hope to study the brain they can find ways to postpone the harmful effects of age but right now we're all alone with our shrinking brains. how about that? jon: mine has already lost probably half its volume, jenna, thanks. norway is on alert once again days after that campaign that --

anwar al awlaki, head of the group, an american-born islamic cleric, who is a terrorist and inspiredft. hood shooter, he's got audio tapes there sold around the world and videotapes, so this is kind of a new low in a continuing activity of his, you know. this is now targeting children. >> yeah, i mean, have they ever targeted children before? have they ever released a cartoon like this, and what would they use children for? we've seen in one of the recent cases in afghanistan, there was a little girl, right, who had been tricked sort of to walk towards a building with a -- as a suicide bomber? she didn't even know she was a suicide bomber. >> right, and we've seen this where they will put children in cars and have them drive it up and children don't realize the cars are, you know, improvised explosive devices, going to explode and kill the children as well, but let's be clear. this is an organization with no more or less, no scruples, and so they are willing to murder their own children for the furtherance of the cause. when you look at the graphics that we've seen so far, they glori

homeland fees' is with somalia affiliate's of osama bin laden's al qaeda and anwar al-awlaki's al qaeda and the peninsula, aqap. the committee's been briefed by agencies and we've interviewed dozens of experts on al-shabaab. i want to welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. they've shown the most extensive insight into the problems and covered by the committee investigation we have grateful they are sharing knowledge with us today. you will hear who been london called one of the most important enemies, excuse me, one of the most important armies of islam engaged in ongoing successful effort to recruit and radicalize dozens of muslim american jihadis who pose a direct threat to the united states. some argue that al-shabaab is only a somalia problem and the group will never strike outside the horn of africa region. that kind of thinking is a glaring example of the 9/11 commission called a failure of imagination. with al-shabaab and the unquestionable ties to al qaeda particularly the alliance with aqap we must face the reality that al-shabaab is a growing threat to the homeland. our

news has confirmed this morning one of the world's most wanted terrorists, american born cleric anwar al-awlaki attempt. it happened days after osama bin laden was killed. we got intel there. apparently we figured out where he was. missiles fired from our jets, missed their target. he apparently was in a pick up truck riding across a yemeni desert. still no word where he might be today. but the bad news is, we didn't get him. >> alisyn: this is just like a scene out of jaws. or this scene out of jaws. look at this. okay. that was the scene out of "jaws." next we'll show you a marine research team chumming the waters off the coast of south after contaminate they were caught completely offguard when this nine foot shark landed right on the deck of their boat thrashing about, destroying equipment. it took several attempts. a crane was used to lift the 1,000-pound shark back into the water. everyone on board was okay. thankfully they had a crane on board. >> brian: that's the danger of crumbing. >> steve: let's be chummy with the weather and it is sticky across much of the land today. currently as

al qaeda is now targeting american interests overseas in africa and europe where plots are thought to be easier to execute. >>> meantime, abc news has learned that american-born terrorist anwar awlaki barely escaped a missile strike in yemen. his truck actually emerged from the flames of the strike before he made his escape in a different vehicle. >>> this morning the pope accepted the resignation of cardinal rigali and his handling of the sex abuse scandal, the 76-year-old cardinal resigned because of his age, not because he was accused of covering up for abusive priests. >>> now to reports out of denver this morning, yet another air traffic controller is in trouble with the law for allegedly drinking before work. abc's lisa stark is following the investigation and has the very latest. good morning to you, lisa. >> reporter: good morning, josh. well, abc news has confirmed that a veteran controller working in colorado apparently failed a random alcohol test while he was on the job. now, this controller was working at denver center, that's a facility that handles airplanes over nine different states. this was first reported by our affiliate kmgh. they say the test occurred on july