in the fight against aqap. so in the last 24 hours here in the province where al qaeda has a very strong base of support, they took over a yemeni what was a yemeni military base with heavy weapons there, taking them not just from the yemenis, the former partner, but even the houthi rebels who have taken over the capital. it shows as this country becomes more unstable not only does it become more difficult for the u.s. to fight the aqap threat there, which pentagon officials have acknowledged but also gives them more of a chance aqap to take more territory, take more weapons. >> jim sciutto with the latest. stand by. president obama's efforts meanwhile to get congress to authorize the war against isis running into some serious problems up on capitol hill. both democratic and republican lawmakers are sharply critical of the president's proposals for different reasons. our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is working this part of the story for us. what's the very latest here? >> you know talk to any memb

aqap was primarily -- and in the south where he's from, and the aqap presence and problem became much more personal. even though the military on the ground was effective and the drones were being used. where we failed is going in afterwards and rebuilding. and so you know it's one thing to take out tiny village and scatter the aqap people but if you don't go back in and provide the homes and services you haven't moved it forward. we used to have what was a clear build and something. we never got around to the build part. aqap has a limited reach in yemen because it is such a sunni organization. and a large part of the country is not. and we've never capitalized on that. we never kind of used that as a way to build. and so what i would say is and this is to borrow something from what a yemeni official once said to me it's not so much that we need to take our focus off of security, but we need to broaden our focus. broaden our and be seen as involved in those as we are in what i think a lot of yemenis see is our proxy fight against al qaeda that is completely divorced from them. >> than

>> aqap has been working on this for years.t clear, from our intelligence gathering, they want to find ways to get around u.s. security u.s. intelligence. and aqap the underwear bombing in 2009 the cartridge attempted bombing in 2010 they definitely want to attack the mainland. >> and so if the u.s. has to pull out of yemen, drone attacks will continue but they will be launched from another area not from yemen, if there's a totally hostile regime there. >> they cannot be as effective as if we were working in cooperation with the yemeni government. this is a real failure. it's a real loss and it's going to definitely hurt us. >> what can you tell us about the way this 26-year-old young woman was killed presumably by isis although isis claims she was killed in a jordanian air strike, kayla mueller, what do you know about that? >> first of all no matter how it happened, isis killed her. they are the ones that had her there and they are responsible. i can't get into how she died or where she died. >> were you briefed without necess

you have aqap with the historical logistical access. they have training sites. they've got the historical support infrastructure networks through europe. hopefully not here but perhaps here in the u.s. they've got some support networks. on the other hand you have isis accumulating somewhere between one to three depending on reports, one to three million dollars a day from oil revenues or hostage payments. so on the one hand you have the historical knowledge, and the recruits and on the other hand you have the money to fund it. so i think if the two of them actually did come together i think it would present a pretty alarming consequence for the u.s. >> everyone fears this great caliphate, where they all come together and join forces -- i'm oversimplifying it. i used to think that was impossible and even a year ago unlikely. now i'm not so sure. what do you think? >> well, i think we have to really look at the tribal infrastructure. so especially right now with what is going on, with yemen as was just previously scud with he houthis. those are primarily made up o

remember at aqap was behind the attacks against charlie hebdo. the group has already tempted to send nonmetallic and essentially undetectable bombs into our country on four occasions beginning with the christmas day 2009 optima taleb underwear bombing. they do have a bomb that can go through a magnetometer. a few has published step-by-step directions for building that bomb in the latest inspire magazine. our efforts to confront aqap are significantly diminished with the removal of president hoddy of yemen. the foodies may not have love for aqap but over time the yemeni government has become a strong counterterrorism partner that we no longer have. closing our embassy in sanaa was the right choice but the instability in yemen presents new freedom to roam and kill. elsewhere there is a power vacuum in libya, and maybe even civil war. much of northwest africa groups are using that territory for safe haven and i could go on and on but let me just conclude with one remark that i hope director rasmussen will address. on june 1 3 provisions of the forei

he was very focused on aqap. aqap was primarily an avian.and the south where hadi was from so the aqap presence and problem became much more personnel. even though the yemeni military on the ground was effective and the drones were being used where we failed is going in afterwards and rebuilding and so, you know, it's one thing to take out, you know, some tiny village in the middle of avian and scatter the aqap people but if you don't go back in, and rebuild the homes and provide the services and provide something else, you haven't moved it forward. we rused to have what was it, clear, build and something. i never could remember what the order was but we never got around to the build part. aqap has a fairly limited reach in yemen because it is such a sala if i sunni organization and a large part of the country is not. and we never capitalized on that. we never kind of used that as a way to build bulwarks against it spreading in other parts of the country. and so what i would say is, this is to grab from something a yemeni official once said

they're actually against aqap. they found their own battles against al qaeda on the arabian peninsula which is america's chief enemy on the ground there. doesn't mean the houthies are our friends but of course you have these houthi rebels now taking over the u.s. embassy. the focus of u.s. resources on the ground in yemen remains aqap. i'm told by military officials that counterterror operations will continue there. that means that drone strikes will continue particularly over the southern part of the country here the southwestern part of the country where aqap is concentrated. you have the pentagon spokesman acknowledging yesterday that losing that embassy presence will have an impact. it's not going to shut it down but it will have an impact. something to keep in mind. embassies do visas and they do diplomatic missions et cetera. but they are listening posts for intelligence. they are cooperation posts in effect for military cooperation, et cetera which is essential to the u.s. relationship with yemen. no matter

it will be interesting to see what aqap does vis a vis the houthis.e religiously different and will there be a conflict down there, will they work together in some fashion, will it become more of a base of operations located right on the peninsula and i'm sure these are the concerns that are in riyadh and abu dhabi and elsewhere on the peninsula right now. >> this used to be your area this whole area yemen, iraq, syria, the whole u.s. military central command region of responsibility. did you ever think looking back at your time there would be this kind of disaster unfolding, the u.s. having to abandon its embassy not only in yemen but somalia, libya, obviously syria as well? this whole region looks like it's on fire right now. >> no i didn't. i thought we were making progress it was very slow. i was hoping the reforms might move a little faster. many young people disenchanted. but once osama bin laden and the al qaeda movement really took hold and once we went into iraq and sort of frankly broke it we ended up opening up this part of the world to the

. >> sloobl, aqap, are individual -- al shabaab,.aqap, that represents a totally new vitamin. >> intelligencefficials says al shabaab hasn't demonstrated major abilities outside of africa. but loose affiliations to terror groups are on the rise. islamist gunmen killed 17 people during a three day rampage this paris last month and in december, two hostages died in a sydney cafe. al shabaab's 16 minute video features video from the shopping mall siege, mfns where the mall of america is located is home to the largest somali population in america. radicalization in the somali american community for some time. in 2013, al shabaab released a recruitment video called minnesota martyrs encouraging young men to come to somalia and join the jihad. jeff funding for homeland security department is scheduled to run out on friday. given the al shabaab video now is no time to deopportunity the department. >> julianna, why is al shabaab making this threat now? >> so it may sound odd but terrorism jeff is a competitive business. particularly with respect to fundraising. and national security experts we spoke

i have no reason to doubt that. >> so is isis working together with aqap now? >> i would not be surprised to see that happening. again, based certainly on what you have from the french newspaper, that appears to be the case and you see this level of coordination that's happened over the years. aqap works with al shabab at times and also al qaeda. they work together when they have to. there's no reason why isis would not be part of that axis if you will. >> i'm going to move on. i want to take a quick break. we have more to discuss. the bottom line as far as the paris attacks are concerned, from everything you know, everything you heard, it's fair to say -- i don't want to put words in your mouth -- this was an aqap/isis attack. >> i would say based on published reports, i have no reason to doubt them. >> congressman, stand by. we have a lot more to discuss. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. [announcer] if your dog can dream it purina pro plan can help him achieve it. ♪ driving rock/metal♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ music stops ♪music resumes♪ [ann

aqap in yemen is a bigger threat al qaeda in pakistan is a bigger threat, the group which is part of the group in syria which is separate from isis is bigger threat right now. perspective is really important here. >> schieffer: when you put all that together no, i don't think so this has anything close to the evil that the nazis represented, obviously this is not the cold war with the soviet union. but it seems to me, this is something that -- i'm still not sure this administration is galvanized to fight this fight and do what is necessary to do it. >> let me just give you a sense of sort of where we are after six months in this fight. it's been six months now of airstrikes, we're getting a large number of executions now most recent was absolutely the most brutal. where are we, right? we have had a big victory in this fight so far which is we have stopped the isis blitzkrieg across iraq. stopped it in its tracks, right? gained no more territory since we started the airstrikes. if we had not done this they would be in baghdad today that's our significant victory here. we have to push

aqap being the main one. other areas of balance allowing the president and pentagon to fight isis wherever it is. doesn't put geographic limits on the fight and also includes isis associates groups fighting alongside isis. where this aumf does set the limit is the ground troops. that language in the actual request enduring offensive ground combat operations does not authorize the president to use that. in his letter to congress he said it wouldn't authorize long-term large-scale ground combat like those our nation conducted in iraq and afghanistan. there's a limit that not everybody agrees with but you can see that it does leave a window open for shorter term smaller scale ground combat operations. all of these things are open to interpretation and you can say that's why we've been using a 2001 authorization in the first place. back to you guys. >> the president will make his case to the public today at 3:30. he'll give a little bit of an announcement in his speech about this plan at the white house. meanwhil

if you look at aqap, just as much a danger to us, but much more invisible. the uniforms of isil, the equipment, they're taking over the city, the children that have been beheaded, the christians who have been sacrificed, the iraqi army that having frog-walked, and then shot down in cold blood, all of this has been on television. americans have come to know the threat that isil is. the guidance from isil to potential terrorists is clear. it wants westerners to come to syria and to iraq to fight. isil instructs them how to carry out attacks at home, and that's what we're up against. there are more than 100 americans who have either traveled to syria or attempted to travel there and who will return home. at least 3400 of them are from western europe. and that includes visa waiver countries, where they're a plane ticket away from the united states. what we don't know is how many people are inside the united states following isil, and who are becoming inspired to carry out their own attacks. separately al qaeda remains focused on conducting attacks against or hom

would it be aqap? any of these other groups?o the american homeland now are some obscure bomb makers developing bombs that will go through airport security. >> that sounds like aqap in yemen. they have that master bomb maker maker. >> that's one of the things they are working at. that's one of the difficulties is that we don't know where the threat is going to come from. that's what keeps me up at night is the small -- a plot you can deal with because there's intelligence and you hear communications and those things. it's the small group like the guys in paris, two guys apparently. they are pulling off an attack or somebody in america that's self-radz self-radicalized through the internet. we have to be vigilant on all fronts. >> how close are they to building a bomb that would not be -- that would be -- could you bring it through the metal detectors at an airport and board a plane? they have master bomb makers working on it. >> the short answer is pretty close. >> that sounds like an enormous threat if they can get away with so

. >> we now have a situation where groups like isol al shabob aqap are putts pub luckily calling forr: al shabob video single out minnesota's mall of america as well as six others. al shabob recruited flex minnesota in the past. it is home to the largest so molely population in north america. the mall of mercury lease add statement saying it has ramped up security. here in new york officials tell cbs news they give special attention to key shopping areas with swat teams and critical response vehicles. >> i feel save f i see policeman or state patrols. >> reporter: inn diligence officials say al shabob so far has not shown any ability to

do you think aqap wants to hit us. >> very definitely. >> they are the people who hit us in paris. do you think the iranians have to believe that a military options on the table during these nuclear negotiations? >> absolutely. >> and if they don't, we're making a huge mistake, right? >> absolutely. >> do you think the russians are being provocative at a time when the world is already in chaos? >> yes. >> do you think that a cyber pearl harbor is a potential threat we face? >> absolutely. >> and we're not ready for it? >> agree with that also. >> do you think china is intimidating their neighbors? >> certainly trying to. >> can you tell me in light of all of this why in the hell would the congress be devastating the military budget? can you explain that to me? >> no, i can't. as long standing -- i'm against sequestration. >> and i left out a bunch of threats, because i only have five minutes. canada is in good shape so we appreciate canada being a good neighbor. so the plan on the table now is to have 1,000 troops left in afghanistan, kabul-based. do you agree with me given the con

we saw an attack recently on one of the largest military bases in south yemen, aqap.ered the base stole the weapons, and actually left and vacated. the base is now controlled by tribes not the yemeni military. >> reporter: and aqap just overran a prison in southern yemen and freed six of their militants. u.s. officials tell cnn their counterterrorism capabilities inside yemen have been impacted by the chaos. but they insist they still have assets in place to combat the al qaeda. >> we still have a military counterterrorism capable inside yemen. we have some number of special operations forces that are still operating in yemen. >> reporter: and u.s. officials say they're also still training yemeni forces. there have been drone strikes in recent days. analysts say there is still a major zoid few if any american intelligence operatives on the the ground work with their yemeni counterparts. the hands-on operation with the yemenis was always seen as crucial in operations with al qaeda. brian today, cnn, washington. >>> a new report claims president obama has received a sec

. >> we have a situation where groups like isil, al shabaab, aqap are calling for individuals to carry out attacks in their homeland. and in my judgment, that represents a totally new environment. among those specifically mentioned are the mall of america, minnesota, and the west edmonton mall in alberta. u.s. officials say there is no credible evidence of an imminent attacks, but precautions being taken. >>> president obama says he's open to negotiating with congress on parts of his request for military action against i eye cyst. after -- isis. the proposal includes a 3 year limit on military action and restrictions on the use of american troops. >>> the nation's governors meet with president obama at the white house this morning. the meeting comes as days before the department of homeland security's budget is set to expire. the standoff is off his action on immigration. >>> the appointment of a new special trustee for the city college of san francisco. the current trustee is retiring. the new trustee will oversee the governance back to the locally elected board of trustees. the staye

. >>> we have a situation where groups lie al shabaab, aqap are publicly calling for p individual actors to carry out attacks in their homeland. and in my judgment, that represents a totally new environment. >> among those specifically mentioned are the mall of america in minnesota, and the west edmonton mall in alberta. precautions are being taken. >>> president obama says he's open to negotiating with congress on parts of his request for military action against isis after a break, lawmakers return to washington today to debate the request. the proposal includes a 3 year limit on mill their action and restrictions on the use of american troops. >>> normal operations have returned to the port of oakland as workers load and unload cargo following a tentative agreement. some dock workers disease interrupted operationnd -- disease disrupted operations. the operators say long shore men took breaks at the same time. >>> approving a deal on saturday that bumps the pay significantly and gives them better working conditions. the drivers work for loop transportation. they will have to work out th

are these two groups isis and aqap now aligning and working together? it's simple to say yes or no. it's a more complicated world definitely. the terrorist threat is more decentralized, more diffuse. i'm not surprised that one of those actors in paris would claim an affiliation with isis while another with aqap. it's a more complicated world. but paris also reflects the fact that we're seeing more and more smaller-scale attacks by people who were largely independent actors because they were there and they came back or they have been self-radicalized through watching things on the internet and they are inclined to turn toward violence. paris reflects the new phase we're in now in the global terrorist threat. >> that's what keeps you up as at night as far as the threat in the united states? >> i have a number of things that keep me up including the global terrorist threat. >> here is another thing that might be keeping you up. in eight days the department of homeland security hard to believe, will not have any money unless congress appropriates funds. the

if you look at aqap just as much a danger to us, but much more invisible. the uniforms of isil the equipment, they're taking over the city the children that have been beheaded the christians who have been sacrifice edd the iraqi army that having frog-walked, and then shot down in cold blood all of this has been on television. americans have come to know the threat that isil is. the guidance from isil to potential terrorists is clear. it wants westerners to come to syria and to iraq to fight. isil instructs them how to carry out attacks at home, and that's what we're up against. there are more than 100 americans who have either traveled to syria or attempted to travel there. and who will return home. at least 3,400 of them are from western europe. and that includes visa waiver countries, where they're a plane ticket away from the united states. what we don't know is how many people are inside the united states following isil and who are becoming inspired to carry out their own attacks. separately al qaeda remains focused on conducting attacks against or home

makes access to attacking aqap. al qaeda in iraq.eda cells in the world makes access hitting them difficult. this is what is overlooked in the analysis. it is that it is now going to become an ally of iran. the ones who took over the state are closely supported by iran an iran has spoken of turning yemen into hezbollah. iran's way of operating in lebanon. this is the way it once operated in yemen. as you showed on the map, you have got iran now dominating the three arab capitals in the north. baghdad, damascus, beirut, and now with yemen in the lower left-hand corner, you have got a surrounding of all the pro-american states, jordan, and the gulf states by iranian clients. this is a big set back. and it scares the gulf states to death. >> juan? i think what charles just laid out is the reason why you would hope that muslim countries like jordan also engage in the fight also the saudis would themselves put some skin in the game. get active instead of always relying on the united states to come in and serve their interest clearly they

. >> groups like isil, aqap are publicly calling if for individual actors to carry out attacks in their homelands. and in my judgment that represents a new environment. >> reporter: intelligence officials say he has not demonstrated an ability to launch operations outside of east africa but warns that strikes by lone actors or individuals with the terrorist groups are on the rise. islamic gunmen killed 15 people during a rampage in paris last month. and in december two hostages died. there was video of the shopping mall seize. calling for attacks on the u.s. minnesota, where mall of america is located with the largest sumoly american community in the nation. in 2013, a recruitment video called minnesota martyrs was released encouraging young men to join the jiahad. >>> u.s. authorities say it this is no evidence suggesting a mall attack is in the works. still ahead, the biggest night in show business. we have a live recap of tonight's oscars and the unexpected shout out taking the world by storm. >>> suffer from migraines? you will want to hear this. a man figured on out how he fought o

. >> we have a situation where groups like isil, aqap, they are publicly calling for individual actors to carry out attacks in their homelands. and in my judgment it represents a new environment. >> the video singled out minneapolis's mall of america as well as six others. recruiting members from minnesota in the past. it is home to the largest population in north america. the mall of america released a statement saying it has ramped up security. >> here in new york. the officials tell cbs news they give special a tension to key shopping areas for s.w.a.t. teams and critical response vehicles. >> i feel if a policeman or state patrol is there i feel safe. >> reporter: they have not shown ability for outside of east africa. they say loose affiliations to terror groups are on the rice. meg oliver very cbs news, new york. >> they released a recruitment video called minnesota martyrs encouraging young men living in minnesota to join the jihad. >>> a fire broke out here on 15th and church street. there is debris from the damaged apartments piled on the sidewalk. at least a dozen people who

. >> we now have a situation where groups like isil al shabaab and aqap are calling on individuals tory out attacks on their home lands. >> al shabaab is an al qaeda-linked group that claim responsible for the 2013 attack on the westgate mall in nairobi kenya, that killed more than 0. u.s. authorities say there is no credible evidence that a u.s. mall is imminent. still shopperet at the mall of america are on alert. >> yeah, i'm scared. >> the video comes days before the funding for department of homeland security is set to expire. jeh johnson says that's the furlough of workers he needs. >> it's bizarre and absurd that we're even having this discussion in challenging times. >> reporter: they say al shabaab is trying to compete with terrorist groups like isis. officials are urging shoppers at mall of america and malls everywhere to be extra vigilant. now, minnesota is known to have a large somali population. authorities say dozens of somali men have traveled to somalia in cent years to fight alongside al shabaab. lauren? >> thank you, susan. in ukraine four are in custody following a

he won't even say islamic, it's always isil, isis, aq, aqap. we've spent billions of millions of dollars on this war. the president can't even get the enemy's name out of had his mouth. >> i will pull up a poll showing that 68%, two-thirds of americans think that president obama should be tougher on islamic extremists. wane, let me tart with you. with two-thirds of the country believe it should he listen to two-thirds of the country? >> does evening 9/11 was a random act? stand up there and say that and actually think that the american people are going to believe it. it's beyond my comprehension. >> beyond. you're right. ainsley, random act. makes a re a tut point 9/11 was no random act. >> this is a group that's killing children because they're not denouncing chis yant burr yeeg them alive catching help on fire putting them in cages and watching them burn. i think america -- you look at that poll america really wants our president to react the way that king abdullah did, he said i will use every last bullet i have to eared kate isis and we nee

civil society in order to deal with the scourge that is represented by al-qaeda isil boko haram, by aqapany number of groups that have been launching these deadly attacks on people both in the middle east and in countries around the world. the president's message was perhaps more heart felt than his message on wednesday, but i think what he is trying to do is underscore the importance that his administration is putting on this matter of trying to disrupt the flow of young people from countries that are not inhabited by these organizations from joining these groups and essentially taking up arms on their behalf. it was a very passionate and stern speech and the president also noted that this is not work that is going to be solvable in just a couple of years. >> rosiland he also spoke about the need to fight the attraction to extremist ideology through social media. >> reporter: that's right. it's something that the obama administration made a priority back in 2011 when they created the center for countering -- for counter terrorism -- excuse me -- the center for strategic counter terroris

as you know aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, is based in yemen. what's going on over here? yet another failed state in this part of the world. >> that just talks about the instability in the region and the need for again, in my view the countries of the region to play a much more active role. >> so obviously, it looks like yemen is a failed state now. libya, remember what the u.s. did launch a tomahawk cruise missile to get rid of gadhafi, spent a few billion dollars in u.s. taxpayer money to do so. look what's going on in libya. the u.s. embassy is shut down the rebels are swimming in the swimming pool of the u.s. ambassador's residence. take a look at these videos this video. they are diving into the pool having a good time. this is the united states embassy residence in tripoli. senator, go ahead. >> you know it is what it is. it's a very very bad and difficult situation. it's going to require the entire world and the muslim countries in the region to step up and address this issue. the only point that i make is that the united states cannot continue to do it alone. the

. >> we now have a situation where groups like isil, al-shabab, aqap are publically calling for individual actors to carry out attacks in their homelands. and in my judgment that represents a totally new environment. >> the mall of america isn't taking any chances. it conducted lockdown drills today just in case the threat turns out to be real. >>> pharmacists open up about the work environment that could lead to dangerous mistakes with your medicine. >> from gas gift cards to wine tasting. the fun way to get excited for super bowl 50. ♪ with kaiser permanente you'll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. another way care and coverage together makes life easier. ♪ become a member of kaiser permanente. because together, we thrive. ♪ >>> there may be trouble behind the pharmacy counter. people who work at some big name companies describe a work environment where pharmacists are pushed to work faster and drive sales. julie watts on how that could be putting patients at risk. >> reporter: prescriptions consultations, flu shots phone calls. pharmacists have a lot to juggle. >> high stress

now have a situation where groups like isil, al shabaab aqap are publicly calling for individual actors to carry out attacks in their homelands. and in my judgment that represents totally new environment, we have to deal with it in a new and different way that involves a whole government approach and involves working state and local law enforcement, working with the community, working with community leaders to hopefully persuade people who might be inclined in this direction to turn away from violence. >> schieffer: are you stepping up security or asking people to step up security at any malls? >> i am confident that there will be enhanced security at the mall in minneapolis. that is the focus of that video. seen and unseen. in response to earlier calls we ramped up the federal protective service at federal buildings around the country. but this most recent release is emblematic of new phase that we're in. doing things here in the homeland has become critical to deal with this new global terrorist threat that we face. >> schieffer: i guess one of the most worry some things abut this whe

groups like isis aqap they obviously are expanding their reach.re tracking hundreds of cells in france right now. what can you tell us about this? >> yes, that's right. really sounding the alarm, saying they are tracking 400 jihadis inside france. their fear is the people may be poised to launch attacks, they may be people with links to al qaeda and other terrorist groups. broader concerns about 3,000 individuals they feel they have to have under surveillance. all of this of great concern. just this last weekend, eye sits fighters in iraq released a individual -- french-speaking video in which they threatened gun and car bomb attacks. >> is there any overall pro file that seems to be emerging for the sleeper cell members, not only in france but presumably in other belgium italy other countries as well? >> not one that would be very effective as a practitioner. let's look at what the word profile means. information that would allow you to identify someone before they commit an act of violence. back 15 years ago, could you look at the core al qaeda

. >> we now have a situation where groups like al shabab, aqap, are publicly calling for individual actorsy out attacks in their homeland. and in my judgement, that represents totally new environment. >> the mall of america says it has ramped up security. erika. >> ukee, new developments this morning, in the super bug outbreak across the country. three cases have been confirmed in north carolina. officials say the patients were associated with carolina's healthcare system link on. super bug crs difficult to trace because it is mily resistant to antibiotics. super bug outbreak at the university of california los angeles medical center last week was linked to certain medical scopes. now, here in philadelphia, health watch investigation uncovered multiple cases of super bug infections linked to endoscopes. >>> at least 11 student at wesley university in connecticut have been hospitalized after overdosing on the drug known as molly. several students are in critical condition. molly, also known as m.d. ma is a stimulant psycho active drug. university police and resident officials are investigat

in yemen and we can continue to be involved in yemen working with both tribesmen fighting against aqap. the problem is we are now not going to have his support of the government, and that makes it much more difficult -- have the support of the government, and that makes it much more difficult. we are not going to get the cooperation we had with president hadi's government, and that is going to make it more difficult for us to carry out missions to control aqap.bitcoins out the larger problem, -- it points out the larger problem, going to isis as well. we have these extremist groups like isis and al qaeda. on the other hand, you have this undercurrent of asea -- of a s unni-shia civil war that has been going on for a thousand years. i think that is where arab states get pulled in different directions. they are very concerned about the rise of shia power in yemen and iraq and elsewhere while also concerned about the extremists on the sunni side. yemen is the best example of how that confusion makes it difficult to successfully get back to a point of stability get back to -- instead of ha

we have got elements of al qaeda all over the world right now, aqap, aqim and other islamic extremist organizations like boko haram, we can't address all of these in a military way nor am i advocating for that. but with we need to include diplomatic, work with our allies and other means like financial and economic but using the military where we need to. >> and finding the savings and being a pilot, would you look at acquisitions like what happens with the a-10, the f-35. would you start with those? >> look, we need acquisition reform for sure. i think everybody agrees with that. i know that's a focus of chairman thornbury on the house armed services committee. there is too much waste going on and too much time, by the way. not just money. when it takes us 10 to 15 years to develop a new capability, while our adversaries are taking things off the shelf and being much more innovative, that's not helping us from a fiscal point of view or from making sure we have the best capabilities. so when we're looking at the pentagon budget, we need to gain savings. even with sequestration which i

secretary johnson, has the paris massacre emboldened aqap and isis? does this make the likelihood after similar style attack in the u.s. more likely? a second question, the fbi has been throwing around this figure of 100 americans in syria for the better part of a year. is that still the figure you're working off of or has it gone up, thank you? >> well, first of all, i will not try to surmise the mindset of aqap leaders. i do believe that the attacks in europe plus the calls for further attacks in the west by these groups means that here in the united states we have to be vigilant, vigilant in looking out for similar attacks here in the united states which is one of the reasons we've made the enhancements in homeland security that we've made in the last self weeks and months. i think it's a rather obvious thing to do. i think it is necessary. and so and what i was saying before. there is this there is are no secrets here. these groups are operating in the open. they're calling for these attacks. they're calling for independent actors to committees at

aqap despite a large scale military campaign to stop them, other separatist groups who refuse to recognize the houthis or new central government. sanaa, good to see you. i have had analyst after analyst on this very program tell me the houthis don't really want to control the entire country. they just want a federal system. they essentially just want to be left alone in the north. what happened here? and is it at all surprising to you, to see this consolidation of power by the houthis? >> no, it's not surprising at all. i mean the houthis like you stated came in, in september of 2014. it was just a matter of time that they took control of everything. they surrounded ministries and took full control of the national media outlets in yemen. what we asaw was just a predictable outcome. to correct what you said earlier, they didn't force hadi and the government to resign, they chose to do so, they had no power in yemen anymore and the heuferghtshouthis had taken control of everything. they really just wanted to stay in the north end when they first took power and seemed as if they wanted to con

aqap has its stronghold in the south central yemen. the greatest external terror threat to the west and the u.s. the threat is that it can split the country in two and threaten gas routes. just east of the emirates, to get oil to the rest of the world it must travel out of the arabian gulf and through seufs canalsuezdoonl make canal. >> whowr thewho are the houthis? courtney kealy reports. >> their fight against yemen's central government gain nearly a decade ago. the houthis come from the northern shia minority sect called the zaidi. their currently ruler is abdel mala al kouthi, the leader of hezbollah. despite the zaidis religious practices being similar to that of sunnies they see them as a foe not an ally. >> the process you can change the government through constitution that obviously was not followed today. >> the u.s. state department swiftly condemned the coup and said abdel mansour al hadi still remains in power. >> we are working with yemen and security forces as we have for a have longvery long sometime against counterterro

. >> nowhere is that more clear than in yemen where aqap looks like they have taken over. administration thought had been made in yemen have been wholly reverse reversed. yemen is on the verge of becoming a failed state. >> you can make that argument already that yemen is a failed state. what you have emergeing there is a very bad situation. houthi rebels now control it. the fact that you have a central government that has all but collapsed gives al qaeda in the arabian peninsula a chance to remerge. the u.s. is continuing drone strikes, but in absence of a true partner on the ground to rely on the air force or air power to try and destroy an organization we have seen is not successful. you will need at some point to challenge it and the united states has in the past several years tried to partner up with these allies. without those partners, simply relying on drone strikes only makes the situation worse. you don't destroy the organization enough to the point that you can actually say it is now completely contained and not posing a risk. >> it is a complicated time. thank

aqap said three other leaders were killed. >>> just when it seemed nigeria was actually making progress against boko haram the group fights back leaving hundreds dead. and hackers break in, this wasn't the first time. he first time. >> the measles outbreak is spreading. in illinois as many as five infants at a chicago area daycare center have the disease. two children tested positive for the illness. others have shown signs. it is not clear if the cases near chicago are linked to the outbreak that began at disneyland. one of the nation's biggest health insurers is the latest to bebe hit by hackers. anthem including the birth dates and social security numbers of customers and employees. the insurer says health care information was not taken. robert sicilyan is here with us. good to see you. the fact that the company was hacked is not a surprise but you do tell us america you need to understand this: this is a fact of life, and you may not like it but you need to accept it, correct? >> yeah, you know homes are broken into every day. banks are robbed. businesses are hacked. that is the way

just like when aqap seemed to have the attack in france, you have both the saudi arabia and iran announce it. i think this is going to be a game changer in the struggle against isil. >> all right larry. thank you for speaking to us. former u.s. assistant for defense. >>> now the u.n.'s highest court has ruled that crimes committed by serbia and croatian forces in the early 1990s do not amount to genocide. the justice heard arguments from both sides during the war to breakaway from yugoslavia. our correspondents have been following the reaction to that decision in both countries. >> political leadership of the countries are not satisfied with the effect that croatian war against the serbiaens was dismissed. but on the other hand there are the serbian claim against croatia during which croatia liberated occupied parts of the country. this adjustment was considered that croatia was not founded on the basis of war crimes. political leaders said that there are still a lot of open questions, open issues between two countries but they also considered that this judgment will not harm relationship

military operations in the region we have succeeded in applying significant pressure to the aqap leadership operating in yemen. >> reporter: that hints the president stopping but not defeating al qaeda. latest fox poll shows 68% say he should be tough or islamic extremists. 26% say he's tough enough. 60% believe it will require ground troops. 23% say airstrikes alone. 17% are unsure. the president made clear he wants ground troops supplied by partners like jordan and caps the u.s. air campaign at three years. >> it is not the authorization of another ground war like afghanistan or iraq. >> reporter: though just as he once claimed al qaeda was on the run today he said isis is pounded despite the associated press reporting the coalition has not stopped the flow of up to 20,000 foreign fighters from around the world taking up arms with isis. asked whether the language of the new war authorizesation fuzzy, ernest said yes. >> intentionally so. >> reporter: his point is the language is vague to give the president flexibility, but democrats say it leaves the door open to mission creep, republican

. >> all right so yemen has been an american ally in the fight against aqap, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> absolutely. >> how does this impact the u.s. relationship with yemen? >> well, that's the million-dollar question. according to the people i've talked to john our operation there have ground to a halt. according to the white house we still have the ability to launch drones, i don't see us continuing that way. the officials have not been talked to about this. this is going to be a very interesting dynamic because again the common enemy is saudi arabia for both al qaeda and the houthi/iranian backed elements. so it could be we lose complete operational ability in yemen. the good news if there's any is that we still have bases in djbouti in africa. that's where we would launch before we had a base in yemen. we might have to go back to that >> it is sometimes left out when we read the headlines. can you talk about the significance of this country at this time and especially what's going on there right now? >> well, two things. first, it's the population itself is suffering g

isis aqap they have these explosive experts who know how to do this. they know how to detonate them or you could crash it into the white house and get an explosion. you won't get a mass casualty but you'll have some death and cause terrorism. >> it will when you talk about that. there was a drone flying over the white house a few weeks ago. because they're small and you talk about the payload and the fact they could carry tnt. right now the payloads are not that high. the question is is the united states able stop an attack by a drone? >> that's the critical aspect right now. i'm going to say we're not that good at it. one of the things that helps us is that the time of flight of these things are not that great. they're run by battery packs, battery power. that's one of the limiting factors that comes about it. we could use some electromagnetic aspects. it's what law enforcement got to look at and for the military oversaes overseas. >> looks like we lost that shot. pretty sobering discussion there. >>> nextducted by isis. hundreds more on the run. numb

you have direct ties between the brothers and aqap include possible training possible contact with the american preacher. not necessarily direct coordination like with the 9/11 attacks where you have home based calling the shots, setting the plans, perhaps picking the target et cetera. it's more of a mismash. an official today said even the term lone wolves may be a misnomer. that kind of thing means they can act very much op their own, if not totally on their own which the bottom line is that makes it very difficult to prevent these kinds of attacks. there won't be that final call saying go ahead and carry out this attack in this way. it means they can operate much more independently and that's easier to hide. >> thank you very much. the attack on the kosher supermarket in paris is just one, sadly of many, assaults on jews. this weekend a shooter targeted a sin going and hundreds of gravestones were decimated. the prime minister said european jews come you're all welcome. one israeli journalist wanted to see what was happening in europe. he filmed himself walking in paris. his experie