memory. >> from washington, president obama talked about anwar al-awlaki's death. >> the death of anwarawlaki marks a smile stone to defeat al-qaeda. >> bill: the case raises questions unanswered. was he a key part of the 9/11 plot? did the f.b.i. manage to turn name an informant and what has been his role? one thing is clear he turned on the country of his birth and calls for jihad against his fellow americans. in the end it was the joint c.i.a. military operation that caught up with him. for fox news reporting, i'm bill hemmer.

2004, anwar al- awlaki moved to yemen. his group sent bombs described in printer ink cartridges. they were intercepted at airports. the controversial u.s. presidential order had been signed to kill or capture anwar al-awlaki. us drones have been targeting him for months. many have expressed regret that he was not brought to trial. >> there are legal precedents and a very important ones. you are targeting people and charging the will of not yet committed a crime. >> al qaeda and ems will live on. it has lost its chief recruiter, but its leader and its bomb makers are still at large. >> there have been some criticism of the killing of anwar al-awlaki by human rights campaigns. legal counsel to homeland security and explained the legal basis for his assassination. >> the obama administration has not been clear about its legal basis, but there are quite a few justifications under the law for the action that was taken today. first of all, the united states is at war without qaeda. as a result of the joint resolution of congress

anwar al awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: but this time it's different. anwar al awlaki was an american. this may be the first u.s. killing of an american target with no trial, no indictment. >> the problem here is that the u.s. has done something that i don't think it's ever done before. it's killed one of its citizens somewhere else around the world without any due process at all. this is about rule of law and rules to keep us all safe. >> reporter: his organization sued to take anwar al awlaki off a terror kill list and lost. the white house wouldn't offer a legal justification for targeting an american. >> this goes the assumptions about the circumstances of his death and i'm not going address that. >> reporter: an advisor to the u.s. state department explained the government's logic for killing anyone on the terrorist capture or kill list regardless of nationality. >> a state that is engaged in armed conflict or legitimate self-defense is not required to provide targets or legal process before the state may use lethal f

important al qaeda figure, the american-born cleric anwar al- awlaki. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we examine what his death means for the terror organization and its threat to the united states. >> woodruff: then, we look at the fallout after bank of america's decision to charge debit card users monthly fees. >> brown: kwame holman reports on the legacy of joint-chief- of-staff chairman admiral mike mullen as he retires after 40 years of military service. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> brown: and spencer michels profiles rita moreno, who, at 80, has a new solo show on her life as a star of stage and screen. >> my god, i'm a show business animal. i wouldn't have it any other way. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. mar funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on

al qaeda in its magazine says as you can see, this article by anwar al awlaki is coming soon. no, it's not. not anymore. today the united states government announced anwar al awlaki was killed in yemen. it is understood to have been by a cia drone strike. killed along side awlaki was another star from the most recent issue of the al qaeda magazine, an author of an essay of how al ckqaeda is at propagaa and how bad the u.s. is. the author of the essay, sameer khan. he and awlaki reportedly killed today by a u.s. strike in yemen. both known for their role in al qaeda propaganda and importantly both americans. not just american born, as they're being described so often today, but americans. american citizens. >> now, i want to say a few words about some important news. earlier this morning anwar al awlaki, a leader of al qaeda in the arrabian peninsula, was killed in yemen. the death -- [ applause ] the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role he

victoria contra el terrorismo en estados unidos, tenemos los detalles. >>> anwar al awlaki, uno de losda fue dado de baja, sin riesgo alguno para tropas estadounidenses, una nave no tripulada lanzó bombas. >>> anwar al awlaki, concoía de dentro la cultura estadu . >>> Él era el maestro en buscar en internet, para reclutar nuevos terroristas. >>> entre sus pupilos estaría el mayor hassad, fassad y umar abdu mutalab. >>> según este analista, la baja de osama bin laden fue el golpe más fuerte contra al-qaeda, pero esto en términos de seguridad nacional . >>> era quien manejaba la posibilidad de atentados internos. >>> pocos piensan que esto podr'ñia ser parte de posibilidades de subir la popularidad del presidente barack obama . >>>aahora se denunció la muerte de anwar al awlaki, diciendo que no es legal que el gobierno use fuerza letal contra un ciudadano que no representa amenaza de muerte inminente, es un combatiente en un grupo armado para otros, y ajusticiarlos es permitid. >>> en california, michael jackson, y su caso, los paramédicos dicen que podrían haberlo salvado en caso de hab

they said this drone strike, the killing of anwar al awlaki and samir kn could provide motivation for homeland attacks by home grown violent extremists. these are people who may have been born in america, these are the kinds of people that anwar al awlaki and his group were trying recruit, trying to inspire with all of their recruiting english language magazine and that sort of thing. as of right now officials say there are no indications of specific plans being made for any specific attack. the idea is that everyone should stay vigilante. >> athenna jones, thanks so much. more on the man we mentioned earlier, samir khan. he was a u.s. citizen and lived in north carolina. who he was and what he did was not a top secret in the charlotte, north carolina area as our affiliate station wptv found out. here is molly. >> reporter: we started off by ringing the doorbell of samir khan's parents house. no answer. >> as you can imagine if it was your child a number of emotions, embarrassed. >> reporter: he said that the ideology that samir promoted was wrong. he said samir dangerous. >> was he a

a drone is credited for killing an american-born clear rick, anwar awlaki. uld incite anti-american attacks in the u.s. elsewhere around the world. awlaki has been under surveillance for two weeks when the opportunity arose to kill him with a missile. >>> another american who is among those killed in friday's drone strikes, amir khan was considered vital to al qaeda's efforts and produced an english magazine called inspire. khan used to live in north carolina. our affiliate of btv spoke to people who knew him and how she was able to track down khan last november but the federal government could not. >> reporter: we started off by ringing the door bell of samir's parents. we spoke with the spokesperson for the family. >> as you can imagine, if it was your child a. number of emotions, embarrassed, frustrated. >> reporter: jibril says samir was dangerous but won't take the next step. >> was samir a terrorist? >> that's a good question. he definitely was a terrorist supporter. >> reporter: but you wouldn't say that he was a terrorist? >> did he actually commit an

>> on the killing of anwar al- awlaki -- does the president believe a different standard applies whenaeda operatives in the same vein? >> you heard the president talk about anwar al-awlaki' death. and why that is a significant event. he was a principal leader in al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the most operational affiliate of al qaeda. he himself was directly involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the united states and american citizens including the so-called underwear bomber, the attempted bombing of an airliner in 2009 and a failed attempt to bomb cargo planes headed for the united states. in the overall effort, the sustained effort, to continue to put pressure on al qaeda, this is a significant fact that anwar al-awlaki is dead. questions about the circumstances of his death i will not get into. the question you just passed contains assumptions within that that i want addressed. -->> if you're going after another -- >> this goes to the assumptions of the circumstances of his death and i will not address that. >> is the administration prepared to lay out the evidence ag

ninidal hassan had communications with anwar al-awlaki. and yemeni officials say that the so-called underwear bomb they're tried to take down a plane over christmas in 2009 had contact with anwar al-awlaki. >> he gained so much influence in al-qaeda organization. this is from our special american tourist. >> i believe he became radicalized and realized he had certain power to get followers in the way of presenting his brand of extremism to young people here in the u.s.. >> reporter: when he preached in the mosque, did he have a commanding personality? >> i hate to use out those words i would say he was ka charismatic. >> every person will have two wives. >> his specialty is painting elaborate graphic picture of the carnal pleasures that await them. >> and.... >> kelly: the american terrorist will air here tomorrow 9:00 p.m. you should see it. it is riveting. >> heather: making a public plea obama urging congress to get to work on his $447 billion jobs bill. house republicans insisting they will not consider the bill, not consider it unless

is more than anwar al-awlaki. al-wahishy, and another guy who is considered one of the best bomb makers, working today. he was behind the nonmetallic explosives in the attempted bombing on christmas day, greta. >> how did he slip out of the country? i was talking to you or reading your book, and i read he was embraced as a source of information and it turps out tdevelopped into this? >> well, you're right. one of the things i lay out in the book and we discussed on your show in june is that in october of 2002, anwar al-awlaki was held in federal custody, until an fbi agent ordered his release, even though there was an active warrant for his arrest. what our fox investigative team has reported and has never been challenged by the fbi is that the bureau was trying to develop an intelligence asset relationship or track him inside the united states for intelligence. the reason that matters is because what we showed is that this information about the fbi wkt with anwar al-awlaki was never shared with the 9/11 commissio

had been zeroing in on anwar al awlaki's location for months. u.s. military officials determined awlaki was hiding out in a compound deep in the back country of yemen. what awlaki could never know was high overhead, american surveillance aircraft and satellites were watching that compound 24 hours a day, while armed drones flew nearby. all they needed was awlaki to step out into the daylight. they waited and waited. until this morning. awlaki, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, walked out and climbed into a pickup truck. a huge break. as he began to drive, more than 7,000 miles away, likely at cia headquarters in langley, virginia, operators using remote controls raced the drones into position. within moments, the drones were locked in on the vehicle as it sped along the roadway below. moments later, at 9:55 a.m., the drones fired more than three hellfire missiles, hitting the vehicle carrying awlaki. it erupted in flames, but his was the only vehicle hit, a testament to the increased usage and accuracy of the drone program. >> with lase

the target anwar al-awlaki, the american born cleric, propagandaist and one of al- qaeda's notorious leaders. >> earlier this morning anwar al-awlaki, leader of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula was killed in yemen. the death of al-awlaki is a major blow to al-qaeda's most active operational affiliate. >> reporter: the president who signed the capture or kill order in april of 2010 made the announcement at a retirement ceremony for admiral mike mullen. >> bin laden is dead. al-awlaki is dead. >>> >> reporter: al-awlaki had alleged ties to the christmas day underwear bomber -- bomber and he exchanged more than 20 e- mails with the ft. hood shooter. also killed today, 25-year-old samir kahn of charlotte, north carolina, al-awlaki's web master and publisher of an online al-qaeda magazine showing recruits how to make bombs. >> this has been a bad year for terrorists. >> reporter: on the steps of the pentagon defense secretary leon pa net a thanked yemen's government and intelligence -- panetta thanked yemen's government and intelligence service. >> the yemen government has cooperated with

all that and anti-american cleric anwar al-awlaki was killed in yemen. does the u.s. have al-qaeda on the ropes? >> we need you, your country needs you. [applaus [applause] >> welcome to the journal, editorial report. i am paul gigot. he says he won't run, but the clamor continues. and chris christie, what does he have that the g.o.p. field is missing. journal us editorial board member, jason riley, henninger and james freeman, james, this clamor about the appeal of christie or the lack of appeal of everybody else. >> it's mainly christie, rick perry has doesn't the job in the debates. looking at guys on the stage, the debates on the stage, they're not as good as the governor of new jersey has done, a powerful case for limited government. >> paul: christie has been in that battle and people have seen him and people have seen him taking on the issues. >> they'll emulated them. the republicans around the country talking about reforming government and limiting benefits programs in a direct way, a way, for example, he can talk about reforming teacher's unions and their pe

the united states killed anwar al awlaki and a colleague who edited al qaeda's online magazine. awlaki has been linked to numerous incidents, including the underwear bomber and the murderous assault at ft. hood. along with the killing of osama bin laden, today's drone strike in yemen makes it that much more difficult for republicans to credibly call the president weak on terrorism. >>> also, a new poll shows that most people still blame president bush for the awful economy. but bush isn't on the ballot next november. president, it looks like it's time for a new strategy. >>> plus, jersey sore. amid all the talk of chris christie getting in the race comes word today that the governor doesn't really get along with the big-name democrats in his state. senator frank lautenberg calls him the king of liars. we'll ask him what he means by that. >>> and mr. president, you're on the air. president obama joined our colleague michael smerconish yesterday on his radio show today. to talk about the economy, and efforts to restrict voting rights. michael smerconish joins us later. >>> finally

in our commitment to destroy terrorist networks. >> anti-terrorism investigators have linked anwar al-awlaki to numerous attacks. two of the 9/11 hijackers are thought to have been his followers. anwar al-awlaki was never charged with any formal crimes. this raises the question of killing a u.s. citizen without due process of law. >> fighters and libya supporting the interim government there have resumed their shelling of gaddafi's hometown of sirte. they fired opposition is believed to be held by gaddafi loyalists. nato backed up the assault with airstrikes. sirte is one of the few remaining strongholds of pro gaddafi forces. italy says that they are ready to release some 2.5 billion euros in frozen libyan assets to the libyan government. the italian foreign minister said that rome was sending a team of experts to determine how to spend the money in the best interests of the people of libya. to syria now where forces have been engaged in intense battles for deserters in the army and an attempt to gain control. human-rights activists say some to wonder 50 tanks and armored vehicles have ente

your >> the death of a anwar al- awlaki is sending shock waves through the world. e so influential and what is killing a means for americans that is next. we will be right back. >> of the american-born terrorist anwar al-awlaki was killed on friday at a u.s. air strike and in yemen, the death of osama bin laden was also promoted a warning and tariff threat. nick robertson looks at the impact on the timing of anwar al-awlaki death. >> silence al queda coulalthouge never made the u.s. most wanted terrorist list he was the first u.s. citizen ever placed on the cia hit list. this was not his first attempt on his life he nearly missed a missile on the month of may. he taught muslims to attack americans. >> he reminded me of ibrahim hassan as-asiri, al queda's top bomb maker >> an american citizen born to privilege the son of a yemen minister he was educated at several u.s. i universities. and he met three of the 911 hijackers. he was also accused of conspiring the fort hood shooter. and recruiting the underwear bomber. who tried to bring donut the decrease-bound airliner

the question for you this morning, should the united states have targeted anwar al awla awlaki? ama got osama bin laden and now anwar al-awlaki. >> he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. he repeatedly called on individuals in the united states and around the globe to kill innocent men, women, and children to advance a murderous agenda. >> another american al qaeda collaborator was killed in the al-awlaki operation. what a relief, right? not for everybody. >> if the american people accept this blindly and casually, we now have an accepted practice of the president assassinating people who he thinks are bad guys. i think it's sad. >> yes, they were bad guys. really bad guys. still, some say that's no excuse for basically murder. the american civil liberties union, which once accused obama of morphing into bush says, and i quote -- >>> although former vice president dick cheney disagrees, he praised the obama administration for targeting al-awlaki, and says that president obama should apologized for his veiled criticism of the bush administr

awlaki was and what the government thought he did. bob? >> reporter: well, bob, in many ways we could say that anwar al- awlaki presented the greatest terror threat to the u.s., and that's why the charismatic american-born radical was right at the top of the government's hit list. in openly calling for death to americans last fall, anwar al- awlaki finally dropped all pretense of being just a preacher. the islamic cleric, born in new mexico, claimed his role as a top terrorist inside al qaeda's most dangerous franchise-- al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. u.s. officials say over the past two years, al-awlaki was at the core of three attacks against america. his emails helped to inspire accused fort hood gunman major nidal hasan. al-awlaki helped plot the failed underwear bomb attack on a northwest airlines jet. and he worked with al qaeda bomb makers to put explosives inside printers on two cargo planes. >> brothers and sisters, when it comes to religious freedom... >> reporter: it was al-awlaki's command of english and his understanding of american culture that made him al qaeda's most effective recruiter of radicals inside the u.s. >> th

it's difficult special one step at a time. >> the take down of anwar al-awlaki is not without some controversym. people both on the right and on the left are questioning the idea that the president approved the killing of a u.s. citizen -- because anwar al-awlaki was born in new mexico, he's a u.s. citizen, although i guess he was also a yemeni citizen, based on secret intelligence without any judicial proceeding and they say it violates the constitution's due process. >> well, i think if you wish to come to the u.s. and stand trial, we would have welcomed him. but he was hiding out in yemen, it's hard to serve him with a washington in the wilds of yemen. he gone to the other side and he was proud of his role in killing americans, proud of his role in killing 13 people at ft. hood. so i think the president and the mainstream america, which i think thinks what happened is just, have the better of this argument. >> juan, do you hear from the aclu that the idea, maybe in this case, it's okay. but the idea that a president can target an american for assassination and in fact, you know, assassinati

-born al qaeda cleric anwar al awlaki is sparking the debate over targeting u.s. citizens. nds that anwar al awlaki is believed to be the first u.s. citizen that the cia authorized to kill or capture since 2001. he was added to the list in april of last year. >>> enough of the real news, let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch the end of an era that began sunday night in 1978. andy rooney delivered the last of his 1,097 commentaries to close out "60 minutes" last night. he talked about his career and thanked the viewers, though he did so in his own cranky way. >> all this time i've been paid to say what is on my mind on television. you don't get any luckier in life than that. this is a moment i've dreaded. i wish i could do this forever. i can't, though. i spent my first 50 years trying to become well known as a writer. the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. i walk down the street now or go to a football game and people shout, hey, andy. and i hate that. i don't say this often, but thank you. though, if you do see me in a restaurant, please just let me eat my din

anwar al-awlaki was an operational leader of al-qaida in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: this is awlaki you should see it in just a moment. he lived in the united states for 21 years and had several run ins with law enforcement including an incident for soliciting a prostitute. we are now hearing from the former attorney general alberto gonzales says we have to be more transparent because clearly the u.s. president will have to consider putting more americans on his kill list in the future, martha. martha: this is a whole interesting other chapter that you've touched on a lot in your reporting and writing. thanks a lot. bill: he's still dead, though. martha: that would be the case. bill: unfortunately for those who aspire to be like him his words and his mission lives on on the internet, because he was proficient when it came to the web. martha: certainly was. bill: prosecutors calling their final witness. now the defense makes their case in dr. conrad murray's trial, and they are about to paint a very sad picture of michael jackson. martha: stick three dozen people on a flat-bed

the state department issuing a new travel alert for americans that said in part the death of anwar al-awlaki should provide motivation for anti-americans worldwide with groups wanting to do that. >> gregg: steve, thanks very much. for an extensive indepth report on anwar al-awlaki be se to tune in tonight. the american terrorist, that is fox news 9:00 p.m. eastern time. hosted by bill hemmer. >> heather: new video of a wall street protest that shut down a major bridge this weekend. new york city police handcuffing more than 700 members of the group that okay called occupy wall street. they were demonstrating on the bridge. protestors shut down a lane of traffic for several hours yesterday and their cries against wall street continue downtown this afternoon. julie banderas is live in new york newsroom with more. >> julie: it had been peaceful up until yesterday. the group occupied wall street orchestrated a protest up to brooklyn but as they walked up to the bridge some spilled on to the roadway. then this happened. >> julie: those who don't dchbt comply, 700 people were arrested for disorder

washington reacciono ante la muerte del clerigo islamico estadounidense anwar al awlaki. esidente obama fue el primero en dar declaraciones. anwar al awlaki, nacido en nuevo mexico murio en yemen junto a otros miembros de al qaeda, 1 de ellos tambien estadounidense, en 1 ataque desde una nave no tripulada. el presidente obama indico que era otro hito en derrotar a la red terrorista. la muerte de awlaki es 1 duro golpe a la afiliada de al qaeda mas activa operacionalm ente. con base en yemen, por haber crecido y estudiado en estados unidos, al awlaki era considerado como 1 lider para atraer nuevos reclutas. este senor era la llave para que ellos usaran las herramientas del siglo 21 de internet, facebook, twitter, you tube para reclutar gente en estados unidos. awlaki planifico el intento de 1 nigeriano con explosivos en su ropa interior de hacer volar 1 vuelo a detroit a fines del 2009, y se comunico por internet con el autor del ataque en fort hood texas. pero organizaciones de derechos civiles y candidatos presidenciales cuestionan darle muerte a 1 ciudadano estadounidens

i don't underestimate the importance of killing anwar al-awlaki. i think it is a victory and well deserved by our intelligence and military. but, you know, the travel notice, travel advisory, state department has sent out, is evidence that this is a long and continuing war and, it has been since 9/11 and will go on for some time. even the list of victories you have read which is quite impressive, is over a wide geographic territory which shows how dispersed the threat of al qaeda is and how it has been able to grow even since the overthrow of taliban and al qaeda in afghanistan. ten years ga. >> eric: as you say it is so dispers dispersed. does it mean they become more dangerous as they fan out and harder for us to knock them off and pick 'em off, one by one? >> i think it is a mistake to believe that drone attacks alone are going to solve the problem. as important an element of the campaign as they could be, back in the late 1990s, we used cruise missiles against suspected terror sites in afghanistan, in sudan and elsewhere. and that was obviously

american born terrorist anwar al-awlaki was killed in yemen. officials say anwar al-awlaki is one of the world's top terrorist recruiters and he has ties to terror attacks. the mission is a successful operation between the united states and yemen. >>> day four today of the michael jackson death trial. two paramedics testified in the case against dr. conrad murray today. he is accused of giving michael jackson too much propofol. prosecutors say that is what led to his death. as kron 4's grant lodes explains, one paramedic says michael jackson was life less when he arrived. >> reporter: he took the stand in the trial of dr. conrad murray. lee responded to the 911 call and described the scene in the bedroom on june 25, 2009. >> when i first moved the patient, his skin was cool to the touch. when we -- took a glance at him, his eyes were open. they were dry. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray never said he gave michael jackson propofol. >> did dr. conrad murray provide you with information concerning medication? >> at that point he said no, he is not ta

awlaki was able to gain so much influence in the al-qaeda organization. take a look at this, from our special, the american tours. >> an association between islam and-- >> that's anwar al-awlaki, going big time, starring in the day of a life of an imam. after four years of preaching in a small mosque in san diego with 2 to 300 people awlaki expands his reach and preaches to thousands. >> the 30-year-old moved to northern virginia to become an imam at the islamist center in the washington suburb, one ever the largest on the east coast and thousands attend prayers and services each week. >> and he doesn't have high credentials, but it doesn't steam to matter, because, of his, his impressiveness and his charisma. >> this is where i first saw anwar in spring of 2001. and presided (inaudible). >> a saudi national and director for institute of affairs in washington d.c. >> to be both capable of speaking of perfect clerical arabic and accent-free american english. >> the more you know, the more you understand, the safer you are and you cannot miss the special, fox news reports, the american terrorists, and it will be right here on fox, that's later today at 3 p.m. eastern,

turns out, a senior counter terrorism official confirmed to me today, that as part of that plot, anwar al awlaki had advocated the use of wmd, namely ricin or cyanide in part of the target. that didn't happen but you can understand as anwar al awlaki got more aggressive operationally and became the external operations heave for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula he volunteered himself as a more and more increasingly important target. >> you've also got some new information about who helped the united states track him down, correct? >> that's right. >> you know, the saudi government has a very strong counterterrorism service, and the united states works pretty closely with them. they did provide us those tracking numbers in the cargo plane case. and i'm told that this saudi group was instrumental in helping provide target information about awlaki. not surprising, the same sources who would have given them the tracking numbers would clearly have had access to the inner workings of al qaeda in terms of tracking and targeting. >> the president of yemen, didn't he go to saudi arabia after he was injur

anwar awlaki and samir khan and the top bomb maker was killed.eral, great to see you. >> good mornings, alex. >> so anwar al awlaki was very high on the most wanted list. he's the guy that the cia had on their top target list. he's gone. where are we in the fight against terrorist? >> well, you can argue, thank god they are cia. leon panetta, the cooperation between the military's special operations team, the j-stock effort and the agencies intelligence collection and this is going to make america a lot safer and it has. >> okay. with the killing of bin laden in may, it seems like the u.s. has come so far so fast, general. it's been said that this fight against terror is going to be a generational war but do these latest operations indicate that this may not be the case, that things could be getting wrapped up before then? >> this obama team has done a fair job. they've killed some 1100 of these people in the last few years alone. the country is safer because of this. these people are the ones that directly targeted the detroit christmas bombing,

>>ose: we conclude this evening with the story of anwar al-awlaki who was killed by a drone attack in yemen. joining me david ignatius of the "washington post", eric schmitt of the "new york times" and john miller former assistant deputy director of natiol intelligence. >> early this morning yemen time he was targeted by a drone and killed along with a key other younger memr. these two were important in part, charlie, because this is not your grand dad's al qaeda. these are young, charismatic, english-speaking, internet savvy. sort of inspitional figures for a younger generation. and that's part of why it scared the u.s. counterterrorism officials. >> warren buffett on america today, and th killing of anwar al-awlaki when we continue funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: a gitional funding provided additional funding provided by these funder captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . we celebrate this evening, the 20th anniversary of this program, yes, 20 years ago this program began over the 20 years there

turns out, a senior counter terrorism official confirmed to me today, that as part of that plot, anwar al awlaki had advocated the use of wmd, namely ricin or cyanide in part of the target. that didn't happen but you can understand as anwar al awlaki got more aggressive operationally and became the external operations heave for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula he volunteered himself as a more and more increasingly important target. >> you've also got some new information about who helped the united states track him down, correct? >> that's right. >> you know, the saudi government has a very strong counterterrorism service, and the united states works pretty closely with them. they did provide us those tracking numbers in the cargo plane case. and i'm told that this saudi group was instrumental in helping provide target information about awlaki. not surprising, the same sources who would have given them the tracking numbers would clearly have had access to the inner workings of al qaeda in terms of tracking and targeting. >> the president of yemen, didn't he go to saudi arabia after he was injur