, showing a lot of aqap leadership meeting in this part of yemen. that video was seen as a real embarrassment to both the u.s. and the yemeni governments. and as far as counterterrorism efforts over the last few years and trying to vanquish the leadership of al qaeda. so, my sources tell me they wanted to really send a message, go in and strike hard at the core of al qaeda militants in yemen and show them they're going to do all they can to really put down that organization once and for all. alison? >> was this deliberate provocation by using this video in the way they have? >> reporter: well, that's a very good question, because aqap has been a lot more silent this past year than it usually is as far as how provocative they are, as far as the types of attacks that they claim they will carry out. but it looks, at least by what i'm hearing from the yemeni government and the officials there, that they took this as a provocation and that they wanted to respond in a way that showed aqap that they were not afraid to go after them. but this is rare for ye

let me turn back to the issue of aqap. "many yemenis and pakistanis argue drone strikes are helping terrorist recruitment." guest: i don't agree. how do we transition from the hot war that had troops deployed and killing dozens of people to figure out how we are going to prosecute the war when we face imminent threat, but also how we draw back in a way that is less aggressive? i don't oppose drone strikes. in a transitional phase of u.s. foreign policy where we are going to start to see less of the strikes because the u.s. will be out of places like afghanistan. let me be clear. the choices that i saw were not as subtle as the choices that i hear from americans when i go out and speak and take callers on shows like yours. and you are dealing with someone that you can see on the ground -- when you are dealing with someone that you can see on the ground that is pursuing the training of a cell to kill innocents in a city in the united states, you have a binary choice that doesn't typically involve capturing that person. you d

that would be a huge blow to the aqap in yemen. but top tier targets have been taken out in the past and that hasn't made a change to the organization. what kind of blow would it have to the training centers, the recruitment. >> how important is it to go after these high value targets? you kill some of them and others are going to spring up. >> i think it's really important. you saw on the video where they said that they were trying to stir up the followers and target america. if that's true, then you have to go after them. i don't think that's sufficient in the end to defeat al qaeda. but i think it's important that we go after them in this case. as mohammed said, al qaeda regenerates. they have a lot of followers. not all of them killed. their resolve, their will always comes back and they always regenerate. >> this operation did clearly result in the killing of several dozen militants. terrorists. whatever you want to call them. to make a decision like that, the president of the united states would personally have to authorize t

foreign members of aqap. but as far as any details as to who has been killed, which high value targets are going after at this hour, we sdoebt know. and even if there are a lot of rumors right now that high-value targets have been killed, it would take several days and any confirmation before we would know if these targets have indeed either been killed or were going to be captured. >> so several days. we will be waiting for that. mohammad, going to turn to peter now. peter, you heard mo ham maed say it was an embarrassment for the u.s. to say aqap just being so bold and being right out there. but why would aqap put this video out there in a way? didn't it just sort of make them sitting ducks sort of begging for an attack like this? >> well, i think you're right. we've known for the past year that al qaeda in yemen is trying to be a little more circumspect, communicating, you know, senior leadership communicating by currier as well as over the internet. this kind of public gathering flies in the face of this.

that is so they can identify if indeed these were parts of the aqap leadership there.s of work to find out. this scope of the operation really is unprecedented. yesterday there was skepticism being expressed by a lot of officials as to how much of this may have been propaganda, today many of the officials are really convinced that the government had to go in there, had to really go after aqap and make a big show of it and really put boots on the ground in a way they had not in the past. it's too dangerous that there are commandos there. that shows their commitment, brooke? >> but what about the timing of all of this? i remember the story that broke a couple of days ago with the al qaeda meeting risky for high level people to be taking part in and then here days later we have word of a massive strike. coincidence or not? >> it's absolutely not. this is direct response to that tape having appeared. when you see this tape, it shows very clearly that aqap and yemen leadership, they are not really all that worried. that's a real embarrassment, spending billions of dollars a

we get several threat streams constantly from the aqap. some are into the operational phase.eak and maybe other factors and i know you don't want to say this, it looks like they were so brazen, they could get away with a video shot like this, high-definition cameras, if you will, without the u.s. knowing about it. >> they made changes subsequent to the very public leaks of the operation that was in yemen. we know that for a fact. and so that has had an effect. i don't know if that in and of itself would have been enough to say that the u.s. can't get us, we're going to have this big meeting. >> in principle, if the u.s. knew and we don't know what the u.s. intelligence committee knew. but if the u.s. knew that this guy, the number two of al qaeda, if he were hosting 100 terrorists, would the u.s. have launched drones to strike at this kind of a position? because they were out in the open. >> i don't mean to be cute but it really depends. there is a lot of procedures that one would go through to strike any package -- to do an air strike on any large individuals. there are poli

this is about showing we are aqap and a force to be reckoned with.made a special appeal to the u.s. to listen up and recognize aqap is still coming after the u.s. >> j j. did the united states know about this gathering before it happened or as it was happening? >> reporter: i am not sure about before or after. i have a hard time before or during, but i have a hard time believing they did not know about it at least shortly after it took place. >> sure? >> but there has been a big question about why it was allowed to happen should they not have known about it. one of the things that has crossed my mind was perhaps they did. perhaps they wanted today see who would be there, figure out some new connections, figure out some new avenues to make their xlanz, because let's be honest about this. the intelligence community has to plot as well how they are going to deal with their targets. one of the things we learned not too long ago is that a lot of the intelligence that was gotten in the years following the 9-11 attacks when so many people were rounded up an

intelligence experts say he and other aqap leaders have gone back to using couriers to communicate to detection, making it even harder to figure out what wahishi may be up to next. >> and his message to the united states was very much the same as bin laden's, we're coming after you. >> reporter: and that man, ibrahim al asiri, the master bomb maker for al qaeda in yemen, he's the one man not seen in this video. the u.s. very much believes he remains in hiding, and there is a great deal of concern about what he may be up to next. don. >> barbara starr, thank you, appreciate it. let's talk about the significant new video. our very own christiane amanpour. what does this say about al qaeda? >> you heard our own terror experts speak about the fact that the u.s. didn't know or couldn't do anything about it is pretty significant. and it just shows that they're still very active, not just bold, as that video shows, but very active in the arabian peninsula, as we know, in africa, whether it was in mali before the french and other went in, whether it's in the libya area, whether it's all aroun

and intelligence experts say he and other aqap leaders have gone back to using couriers to communicategure out what wuhayshi may be up to next. >> and his message to the united states was very much the same as bin laden's. we're coming after you. >> reporter: so the question remains, if al qaeda in yemen is such a serious threat, did the u.s. not have any intelligence that this meeting was about to take place, or did they know and simply decide to pass it by? erin? >> >>> well, we talk now about the death toll from the deadly ebola outbreak in west africa. this is one of the most con tag tagious diseases, now, in the city that is home to 2 million people, also in liberia and mali. dr. sanjay gupta has more. >> reporter: you're about to go in an isolation ward in guinea. there is a reason you may not have seen images like this before. these patients are fighting one of the most deadly diseases, ebola, shut off the ability to clot and invaded organs in their body. up to nine out of ten patients will die. but this horror is isolated in guinea. we found markets still busy here, markets are

they are going to try to actually vanquish aqap. >> i think it's fair to say, peter, that the u.s. national intelligence, secretary of defense, they believe -- correct me if i'm wrong -- there are more al qaeda militants, elements, terrorists, whatever you want to call them in yemen right now than there are in afghanistan. >> well, we've heard in the past when panetta was cia director, there were 100 members. just in that videotape alone which barbara showed last week, you see more than 100 members of al qaeda. certainly we're looking at several hundred people who are affiliated with this movement in yemen. they have lost ground in the past. in 2011, 2012, they controlled a lot of territory in southern yemen. you know, this video indicates they feel comfortable in certain areas. they may feel less comfortable this week after these series of drone strikes and yemeni/american operations. we'll see. >> peter bergen, mohamed jam june, barbamohamed jamjoon. >>> details of nato jets scrambling in response to russian bombers. >>> and more on the breaking news in the search for flight 370.

let me turn back to the issue of aqap.ny yemenis and pakistanis argue drone strikes are helping terrorist recruitment." guest: i don't agree. how do we transition from the hot war that had troops deployed and killing dozens of people to figure out how we are going to prosecute the war when we face imminent threat, but also how we draw back in a way that is less aggressive? i don't oppose drone strikes. i think we are in a transitional phase of u.s. foreign policy where we are going to start to see less of the strikes because the u.s. will be out of places like afghanistan. let me be clear. the choices that i saw were not as subtle as the choices that i hear from americans when i go out and speak and take callers on shows like yours. and you are dealing with someone that you can see on the ground -- when you are dealing with someone that you can see on the ground that is pursuing the training of a cell to kill innocents in a city in the united states, you have a binary choice that doesn't typically involve capturing that pe

is very concerned about this group aqap. they're the group responsible for every recent attack in the u.s., including the underwear bomber in 2009 and the effort to put bombs in printer cartridges. i was speaking to officials who said aqap is the group they're most concerned about attacks on the u.s. homeland and believed to always be planning attacks. >> are we seeing the u.s. and yemen turn ag corner in trying to destroy al qaeda, particularly this branch of snit. >> in a word, no. this comes a week after the release of the videotape that shows the leaders of the group and 100 operatives in plain sight, comfortable in their meeting talking about future plans. that was seen as a huge embarrassment with regard to the joint u.s.-yemeni counterterrorism efforts to go after aqap. you might say is this propaganda to recover from that. these operations are unprecedented. it will take time to determine with dna what leaders were killed. they hope this will make a dent in the strength of the group. >> elise labott, thank you. >>> c

i think what we're seeing here, wolf, this group, aqap, is the group most closest to al qaeda core andthe most lethal offshoot, if you will, coming out of al qaeda and as your report said, they've been a source of a number of potential plots and efforts to strike the united states. >> do you know if any high level leaders of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula were killed in this operation? >> i don't know. but what i can tell you is this the most lethal group that is pointed out in your piece here as fighting a civil war, a regional war against the yemeni government and also and including in the video that you aired, they repeated their intent to strike the united states. it's also important, i think, just one second to point out something that you referenced, wolf, is that we work very closely with the aqap government. >> there's a real coordination. the master bomb maker was -- presumably the u.s. would like to kill him if they could. was he likely in that videotape? >> i can tell you, he's an important threat to the united states a states. >> you were in his situation room, not our s

the drone strikes has been a great recruiting effort on behalf of aqap. the people that support them get more militants in there. many analysts are saying despite years of drone strikes and taking out high-value targets this group is as strong and dangerous as ever. what i've been told today, in fact, the reason this operation was launched wasn't just to take out high-value targets it was also to go after their hideouts and really try to vanquish their base of operation. >> they got wahishi, the master bomb maker, i suspect they might put out a statement saying they've killed a murderer and all of that. as they've done in the past when u.s. drone strikes have killed a high-value target. >>> coming up after the break, north korea threatening to conduct a new nuclear test, this time as president obama prepared to visit south korea. we'll have a report from seoul. that's coming up. in washington state, while the scene is heartbreaking and the search is painstaking, crews forge on. they're looking for those lost in last month's landslide. (music) defiance is

the leader of aqap, apparently the second in command of al qaeda overall. he calls for more attacks on america, which equates with crusaders of the middle ages and the symbols on the flags and their shields saying we must eliminate the cross. the barrier of the cross is america. while a new video like this may be unusual, obama administration officials say aqap has been a threat for a long time. >> so i don't think this increases our concern because quite frankly our concern was already incredibly high. >> reporter: the u.s. drone strike in yemen is highly classified but media reports say the u.s. has launched eight strikes in yemen this year and 26 last year. it's not clear if u.s. intelligence knew about this gathering or not but the fact that this event happened and this video was made and released worries some terror analysts. >> that means that we're not winning against al qaeda, especially given the role of the number 2 leader. >> reporter: also unusual about this video, al qaeda blurred out some of the faces of the jihadists and that troubles people.

: even before the ground assault, the cia used drones to attack al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, aqapfighters, weapon sites and a training camp near a meeting of 100 fighters last month that was videotaped. u.s. officials were unnerved after viewing al qaeda's leader in yemen addressing the group saying we must eliminate the cross, the bearer of the cross is america. >> you have to believe that it was a message designed that was not aqap but to warn the united states that an attack was coming. >> reporter: while the raids were not targeting al qaeda's top bomb maker, a yemeni government official tells cnn they are conducting a dna test on one fighter killed, a saudi citizen. the dna testing could take days. >> if there's anywhere to hide in yemen, the inaccessible mountains in the south would be a good place to start. >> reporter: al a siri is a top target. they believe he's designing new bombs to get past airport security and more attacks against the u.s. the u.s. hopes the latest attacks destroyed the training camp and destroyed any new training plots but still that video is out the

you're talking about two countries that have collaborated to try to vanquish aqap, which is the most dangerous wing in the al qaeda network. now you're seeing them thumbing their nose at the americans, the yemeni, showing how at ease they are in yemen. what's more interesting of the fact that just -- not just there's drone strikes but there's yemeni commandos on the ground in parts of yemen looking for high-value targets. that operation is ongoing. >> when you have a big group of suspected terrorists together, 30 of them in one particular case, this would require the president of the united states personally to sign off on using these drones with these hellfire missiles to go in there, target for assassination these individuals. it's a big deal when you're going after a big target. do we know if any of the so-called high-value targets were eliminated or killed in this operation? >> what i've been told is that last night there were yemeni special forces, an elite group of special forces, on the ground in a real hotbed for militancy. it's surprising enough they were actually there beca

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula -- also known as aqap -- is considered the most dangerous al qaeda affiliate. the c-i-a and the pentagon have repeatedly killed aqap leaders with drone strikes but this new video shows the group more determined than ever. we will continue with similar conditions as a touch cooler as we head into tomorrow. the sea breeze will really help regulate our temperatures. will bring us down especially along the coast. for friday look for temperatures mid-60s inland. will 60s for the coast. i think we will see a bit of a push as and into saturday and sunday. partly cloudy conditions and in a cooling trend in store with a 20 percent chance for showers. that is something we will keep a close eye on it but as for traffic around the bay area. if i just checked with the chp and we are a modern tearing any serious accidents out there. was it taken over to the bay bridge toll plaza right now. a handful of cars made in the westbound trip into the city but a metering lights are off. if you're headed over to the san mateo bridge looking good in both directions. drive ti

there is this video that shows the leader of aqap addressing the crowd. ral -- rallying the men. he is heard on the video talking about attacking americans specifically. jay carney was asked about the u.s. role. >> we have a strong collaborative relationship with any yemeny government. we support their efforts to tackle terrorism within their own borders. in may 2013 president obama spoke atting length about the policy and legal rationale for how the united states takes direct action against al-qaeda. outside of areas of active hostilities. >> reporter: last spring, president obama gave a speech, outlining the u.s. drone policy, and he said any use overseas must be done only after consultation with partners and with respect to state sovereignty. on monday a federal appeals court ruled that the obama administration must disclose its legal justification for use drone strikes. this came after a strike in yemen. the question of whether drones should be used in yemen, the parliament passed a ban banning drones after killing prns in r -- participants in a wedding. so a complicated reac

this was held out in the open, held during broad daylight and the head of aqap the number 2 of al qaeda internationally spoke to all gathered there. rallying them together and talked about western crusaders and americans in particular. in terms of the strikes that happened over the weekend, white house press secretary jay carney was asked in a briefing what role the u.s. specifically played, here is how he >> we have a strong collaborative relationship. we support the yemeni government's, attempt to curb al qaeda. how they take direct action against al qaeda and its associated forces outside of areas of active hostilities including with drone strikes. >> it was a year ago that president obama was laying out the u.s. policy on drones. today tony, a federal appeals court says how it must justify use of drones on americans overseas who are accused of terrorism. are born in the u.s. but became a leader of al qaeda was targeted in yemen. in yemen this is a divisive issue. the parliament there banned drone strikes, wedding parties were hit, the president of that country saying that just last

. >> they do have interest in specific aqap targets. >> reporter: they do, charlie. we can't say for sure that they targeted leadership in these strikes. they're worried about a couple of guys. one is the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the second most powerful figure in the whole network. he recently led a rally in southern yemen where he gathered about 100 fighters an renewed his pledge to attack the u.s. among al qaeda affiliates, aqap is the most focused on attacking the american homeland and he is the guy behind that. they're also interested in the bomb maker assiri but there's no evidence so far we got any major leaders in this series of strikes. >>> and this morning two former students of a prestigious prep school outside philadelphia face charges that could put them in prison for years. prosecutors say they ran a drug ring catering to the affluent students in the philadelphia suburbs called the main line. the operation was dubbed the main line takeover project. >> reporter: according to court documents investigators learned about the nickname in

. >> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula also known as aqap, is considered the most dangerous. has repeatedly killed the leaders with drone strikes. the group now emboldened. >> the main problem is they now have bomb makers that can put bombs on planes without being detected. >> that bob maker is believed to be responsible for several attempts including the underwear bomber attack. >> that man, the master bomb maker in yemen is one man that doesn't appear in the video. he is believed by the u.s. to be very much in hiding and there is great concern what role he is now playing and what he maybe up to next. carol? >> barbara starr reporting live from the pentagon this morning. thanks, barbara. >>> to discuss the threat from al qaeda i want to bring in paul cruickshank. can you hear me? >> yes. >> that was a scary report. how concerned should we be? >> there's a lot of con serb about this group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the affiliates in yemen. this is a group which has been resurgent over the last year, launched a number of attacks against army installations, security in

truly dangerous human being affiliated with one of our most dangerous al qaeda affiliates and that's aqape're hearing from yemeni sources that they did kill -- one of these strikes did kill a saudi citizen. they're doing dna testing. sending the body in effect to saudi arabia to check if this is, in fact, ibrahim al asiri. u.s. officials are being much more cautious. >> until you find out who that individual is, it's right to be cautious. the united states has gone down a path of saying yes, an individual was killed and found out several weeks later that this individual was not taken out. so i think it's prudent to be cautious. we'll know the right answer. if this is, in fact, al asiri, this is a big moment in disrupting al qaeda in the arabian peninsula operations of which we know specifically are targeted to the united states. >> can you at least confirm he was targeted? >> well, i can't talk about a specific operation, but i can tell you that the bombmaker has been someone of interest for our counterterrorism efforts and has been on the high priority list to take off the battlefield. >

. >> we are aqap and we are a force to be reckoned with. >> this doesn't increase our concern because frankly our concern was incredibly high. >> the bureau of planned management released 400 head of cattle for failing to play grazing fees. >> our grazing fees are minimal. our battle is who owns there land. >> we begin with a disturbing videos from al qaeda, which first appeared on hard core islamist websites is believed to be from march and shows an open meeting of 100 or more al qaeda fighters in yemen, a country that has seen a number of u.s. drone attacks. the man believed to be al qaeda's number 2, nasser alw ahishi, fighting the biggest enemy adding we have to move the cross and the bearer of the cross, america. spokesman maria harf told the press the u.s. is well aware of the threat. >> we know they have been increasing in strength. we have been increasingly aware of them since 2009. this doesn't increase our concern because frankly our concern is incredibly high. >> mark kimmet, assistant secretary of foreign affairs and assistant secretary of defense. how seriously should we

yemeni government and work together on various initiatives to counter the shared threat we face from aqap. in terms of more details about the strikes that the yemeni government has discussed, i would refer you to the yemeni government. >> the next piece of this will be the identification process which can be done through dna, though in drone strikes my past experience has told me that they cannot rely on dna. often there's nothing left after one of these strikes and they have to reroo lie on eyewitness accounts or overhead drone video. what seems key here are these three senior members. the u.s. government officials are waiting to get some kind of read-out. >> catherine herridge in d.c., thank you. >>> we have a pension problem in this country. a recent survey by pew charitable trust fund find that the u.s. public pension gap widened to $1 trillion in 2012. that's a lot of zeros. but a partial bailout could be in the works for the bankrupt city of detroit. the obama administration considering freeing up to $100 million to give to the city's pensioners, money that would come from all of us

the yemeni government source tells fox news the target was not the leadership of aqap, which also includes the man on the left, longtime aide to osama bin laden. the pentagon addressed the strikes in the last hour. >> we've been watching the al qaeda threat in yemen for several years now. and we still believe it to be a credible threat. and that's why we are pursuing a good, strong military-to-military relationship with the yemeni armed forces. >> the yemeni government official also describing the release of this tape as an apparent miscalculation. these raids were in the planning stations but the intelligence gleaned from the tape accelerated that timetable. >> amazing development on that. now there's also this court situation going on. what are we learning about the court ruling? >> this is a fascinating decision. the panel of judges found the obama administration has made so many public statements about the legal basis for the targeted killing of american citizens that it's lost the right to argue the memos should remain secret. the judge is citing the public statements of the attorney

weak central government and some say a weak military and they don't dare venture into hot beds where aqap a working structure. yemen is a rugged country where there are plenty of places to hide out. it's that dangerous even with a military escort. u.s. and yemen striking hard and fast. they say these operations are ongoing. they are trying to take out top tier leadership but they are also more importantly trying to degrade the capabilities of aqap which is the most dangerous wing, most threatening wing of the al qaeda network in the entire world. >> mohammad jamjoom, thanks so much. still to come, the critical minutes that may have doomed that sinking ferry off south korea. training can mean the difference between life and death. good morning. >> good morning, carol. we are in a full bridge simulator right now. we're exiting the port of miami. once we get into the waters, we're going to show you how complicated we can do an exercise and all of that after the break. sfx: car unlock beep. vo: david's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regime

government's view is that people who are leading aqap are constantly planning some kind of operation therefor they're legitimate targets which leads too the question, why wasn't there a droen strike on this gathering, the military is allowed to take shots at these kinds of leaders, particularly civilians and there are no civilians in this frame that we can see. so it is a surprise that this askemableage happened. >>> ahead at this hour, we're going to take you aboard a ship to show you how sonar mapping is used. [ woman ] i've always tried to see things from the best angle i could. it's how i look at life. especially now that i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin but wondered, could i focus on something better? my doctor told me about eliquis for three important reasons. one, in a clinical trial eliquis was proven to reduce the risk of stroke better than warfarin. two, eliquis had less major bleeding than warfarin. and three, unlike warfarin there's no routine blood testing. [ male ann

they have tried several times in the past and aqap is still active, we have to be more vil vigilant. >> reporter: and then there's the threat much closer to home. >> we values to be concerned about the lone wolf, the independent actor. we have seen a lot of that. the boston marathon bombing a year ago is a perfect example of that. >> reporter: while national security threats consume much of his time, johnson is about to weigh in on the hot-button issue on immigration. on friday, dozens of protesters marched in the headquarters confronting the agency over deportation. >> president obama has promised immigration reform. but what he's given the people is actually record numbers of deportations and violations of their civil rights. >> reporter: in response to critics, last month president obama asked johnson to oversee a review of deportation policy. the president asked you to come up with a more humane approach to immigration, what does that mean? >> immigration laws needs to conform with american values. one of those american values is respect for human dignity. i also believe one of t

opinion of my colleague -- this is the largest of the al qaeda, which is al qaeda arabian peninsula, aqap. so they are also very well trained. they're very, very violent. they're very, very tough. and clearly, we cannot penetrate them. and that's alarming. so, number one, it's an in-your-face al zawahiri is probably sitting back and saying, very, very good job. they also, neil, which is even more alarming, possess a bombmaker named al osiri, and this guy can made the finest, most up-to-date bombs that we have, we can't detect on planes. a very bad situation. >> holy cow. wayne simmonds, thank you, my friend. i knew when you were worried, we had to pay attention. >> thank you. >>> in the meantime, will they ever learn -- thinking about washington after the major targeting scandal. the irs going after another conservative group. they might be picking on the wrong guys, though. this group, it's ron paul's group. way to go, bone heads. ♪ [ male announcer ] this m has an accomplished research and analytical group at his disposal. ♪ but even more pressive is how he puts it to work for his clien

this is all about flexing and showing the world we are aqap with. >> i don't think this increases our concern. our concern of high. >> we called on russia to be part of the solution to stop destabilizing ukraine. we have not done enough to assist ukraine. it's almost disgraceful how little we have done. >> each time russia takes these kinds of steps that are designed to destabilize ukraine, there are going to be consequences. >> 31,000 americas either get murdered or commit suicide with illegal guns. only civilized country in the world that has this problem. >> as a mother, i am afraid is someone is going to take my children away. >> this is a battle for the hearts and minds of america. >> we begin with a very disturbing video from al-qaeda's most dangerous affiliate and new threats to attack the american homeland. the first video that and on hardcore islamic web sites is believed to have been from march and shows an open meeting from 100 or more fighters in yemen, a country that has seen a number of u.s. drone attacks. among present, believed to be the number 2 in al-qaeda, nasar al

we have seen aqap. we have seen them reach into the horn itself.olis right now. minneapolis has one of the largest so monthly populations outside of the country itself, and there have been those connections. there have been reaching to this place. so there are very real concerns in the united states. >> okay, jack rice, always appreciate your insights. >>> that's a wrap of this hour. be sure to join me for a two-hour edition of the show. up next, another dive into the chris christie documents. u keepr lifestyle in retirement? i don't want to think about the alternative. i don't even know how to answer that. i mean, no one knows how long their money is going to last. i try not to worry, but you worry. what happens when your paychecks stop? because everyone has retirement questions. ameriprise created the exclusive confident retirement approach. to get the real answers you need. start building your confident retirement today. you want a loan to build you can't do that.ica? nobody builds factories in the us anymore... you can't do that. using american

why might we be seeing so much progress now to get after aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula afterof it seeming to be on the back burner, well, there's a new government in yemen. they want to get after this group, but the yemenis are also seeing al qaeda come after targets in their own country, so they now have a much more motivation, perhaps, to get after al qaeda in their country and willing to take the u.s. assistance to do it. what the u.s. is worried about is people like ibrahim al asiri plotting to attack u.s. targets. that's the big worry, wolf? >> i assume, say they got this master bombmaker, ibrahim al asiri, he has trained apprentices that can fill the void. >> they think asiri has trained others. his techniques can certainly survive him. >> there will be others who can get the job done, because usually when the u.s. or others go ahead and kill al qaeda elements, there's others who fill that vacuum. >> absolutely. time and again, wolf, we've seen top-tiered leadership figures in yemen taken out, and yet al qaeda and the arabian peninsula is a resurgent organization, they

to go in, they've got to strike hard, they've got to strike fast, they've got to send a message to aqap they can't feel this comfortable in yemen. but the fact of the matter is, again, this is a sad realization, but al qaeda in the arabian peninsula does on many occasions feel quite comfortable in yemen. yemen is a very poor country with a weak central government, and that organization has really been able to thrive there, despite years of drone strikes and other type of counterterror operations that go on all the time that are joint efforts between the u.s. and yemen. alison? >> okay, mohammed j.a.m. live from washington. thanks. >>> coming up next, all the developing news overnight, including the search for flight 370, missing now for 46 days. also, the latest on the desperate effort to find survivors in that capsized south korean ferry. we'll tell you all about it after the break. [ male announcer ] this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. f

aqap has been a growing threat. a big problem for the administration.re not maybe going after the large-scale attacks but still a huge threat? >> well, when john brennan was in the white house job and even the cia director, jim claerp, the director of intelligence, referring to the group targeted near yemen as the single greatest most capable threat against the u.s. and u.s. interests around the world. and i think that's right, al asiri, this bombmaker is one of the reasons. second is, because they're able to project their power outside of yemen where these operations are going on in the south, right near the port of aiden, you know, you don't realize, it's a real hub. you got extremists from africa, off the coast of africa and somalia. you've got them collecting from the arabian peninsula there. there really is infrastructure within yemen. >> and they're always refining their tactics. you remember a couple months ago we had a new threat alert that they had somehow refined shoe bombs to get past the detection we have at the airports. that's tied right b

the yemeni government official says it was designed to break support network for aqap.ment network. they had intelligence they were preparing a attack on oil facility where foreign nationals works. jenna: catherine thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: there is a case in front of the supreme court that could change the way you watch television in the future. peter barnes from the fox business network is outside of the supreme court with a look at that. >>> plus what we're learning about why some people can tolerate pain much better than others. the role genetics might play in how you feel. i do a lot oresearch on angie's list before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. jenna: fascinating new study on genes today. researchers say your dna may help determine your threshold for pain. dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at langone medical center and fox news a-teamer. we thought it wa

aqap actually got through the barrier there.tal's defense ministry, shot it up. at least 52 people killed. it really shows power and the strength of this group even in these extremely guarded, fortified parts of the capital city in that country. >> last week there was u.s. military cooperation with yemeni forces in going after al qaeda in arabian peninsula. any indication u.s. military is involved. this current ongoing operation? >> no indication. doesn't seem likely because it is the capital and because the pal is the seat there of the power. the military power. it is a weak central government, but they are able to really take care of the capital. we're trying to find out how much longer the operations are ongoing. we know the yemeni military is deploying forces to encircle the part of the country where the strikes have been going on. they're trying to put security perimeter and they're trying to cut off vital outlets. >> peter, how much influence, how important is this al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, this affiliate of al qa

which is full of high-value aqap targets. list of plots that have been hatched in yemen the past few years that have had such an impact in the region and around the world. like you mentioned, the underwear bombing plot, or the cartridge bomb plot, or even the plot to assassinate the interior minister of saudi arabia. all of those plots have ibrahim's fingerprints all over them. if he were to have been killed, that would be huge for yemen's government, for america's counterterrorism efforts. that all being said, though, even though yemeni officials i'm speaking with today are more confident and questioning publicly that perhaps they did get him, it's still going to take some time to really make sure that these dna tests are thorough, and that this is the guy. what we know now is that there was a fire fight that ensued a couple of nights ago and that they got some militants. some of them are saudi. they believe they were high targets. they believe perhaps they've got him and now they're trying to confirm it for re. >> mohammed,

the conflict in mali broke out -- they denied connections to al qaeda, never had a relationship with aqap, but there were meeting notes that showed leadership and were sitting down and figuring out how to maintain their relationship and keep it covert. that means we have not called them al qaeda. many people did not consider it to be part of the al qaeda network, but what i can see it actually was a fighting force on the ground and was tasked with governing the local villages and actually being that local face that it does not have in mali. it has gotten to the point now where when you look at who the leader of -- was, he had been active and interacting with aqim in many years. he was not someone who simply all of a sudden said "i am al qaeda now." that is something that we need to recognize and her policy of al qaeda, that there is a group of leadership that is active today is not operating under official al qaeda titles. we may not have the al qaeda number three who we have killed many times over be the most threatening person anymore. it may be the leader of the group that seems local,

the drone strikes come just a week after cnn aired this video, showing a large and bold gathering of aqapylight, near to where the current operations are under way. u.s. operations consider the group a growing threat. >> this is one al qaeda affiliate time and again interested, willing and able to try to strike the u.s. homeland. so some drone strikes may disrupt the group's ability to conduct attacks both in yemen and overseas. but if you don't control this territory, and right now, the yemeni government doesn't, nor does the u.s., the group will still pose a major, major threat. >> yemen's central government is weak and facing a real existential challenge from the groups. many i've spoken to call this a good sign they have a commitment to kear out such a large anti-terror operation like this. but large operations also carry dangers. particularly civilian casualties. we know of at least three over the weekend from one drone strike. and in the past casualties like that have sparked real anger against the u.s. and the yemeni government. and they're a real danger going forward. jim sciutto,

. >> this number two al qaeda leader, isn't he also simultaneously the number one of aqap, al qaeda inand is that unique? >> it's important to clarify something. abu wahishi is officially the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. al qaeda leadership has made the decision to make him the deputy commander of al qaeda generally. however, if that is true, it has not been announced publicly by al qaeda. it has not been acknowledged publicly by al qaeda. the only way we know this is through senior u.s. officials. that may be accurate. but for some reason, al qaeda has seen fit not to advertise that fact, if it's true. >> why wouldn't they? >> it's a very good question. maybe it's because they don't want to make him even a larger target than he is. maybe it's because of the fact they're planning some big coming out ceremony where they're going to have some big announcement and they're going to make a big show of it and they don't want to spoil the surprise. there's a lot of reasons that al qaeda can do stuff like this. there's also a lot of things going on in the background here. let's

al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, also known as aqap shs is considered the most dangerous al qaeda affiliate leaders. >> the main problem about this group is that it has a bomb mmar who can put bomb on planes that cannot be detected. >> reporter: that bombmaker is believed to be responsible for several attempts against the u.s. including the failed 2009 christmas day underwear bomber attack. awrite ham is the master bombmaker of this al qaeda group, said to be behind several attempts to attack in the united states. you don't see him on this video. he remains in hiding, according to u.s. officials. chris? >> who he is and what he is planning is something that certainly will be on everybody's radar now. thank you, barbara starr, for breaking that story. >>> we're following breaking news this morning of rescue operations under way right now after a ferry sank in south korea. hundreds are missing. also, the bluefin is back looking for flight 370. a lot of news to tell you about, a lot of news to tell you about, so let's get to it. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a desperate rescue afte