the leaders of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. >> so is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula going toe the driving force behind the attacks to come or the attempted attacks to come? >> regionally i don't think the death of al awlaki will affect al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. i think awlaki's death is more important for us in the united state and in the west because if you look at al qaeda as a franchise, he was the person that was handling the operations in the west and in the united states. >> interesting. >> so from that perspective, he is extremely important to us, but when it comes to the middle east, when it comes to yemen, he's pretty irrelevant, and i think everyone in yemen and in the region will look into the assassination today within the context of what's happening today in yemen between saleh and the opposition. >> peter bergen earlier said they're on the run, basically, they have bigger problems given all that's going on in yemen? >> absolutely. i think both of them, the regional group is on the run, because they have quite the battles going on in afghan and many are

the leaders of al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. >> so is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula going to be the driving force behind the attacks to come or the attempted attacks to come? >> regionally i don't think the death of al awlaki will affect al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. i think awlaki's death is more important for us in the united states than in the west because if you look at al qaeda as a franchise, he was the person that was handling the operations in the west and in the united states. >> interesting. >> so from that perspective, he is extremely important to us, but when it comes to the middle east, when it comes to yemen, he's pretty irrelevant, and i think everyone in yemen and in the region will look into the assassination today within the context of what's happening today in yemen between saleh and the opposition. >> peter bergen earlier said they're on the run, basically, they have bigger problems given all that's going on in yemen? >> absolutely. i think both of them, the regional group is on the run, because they have quite the battles going on in afghan and many

nick, in terms of operations, what does this mean for al qaeda and the arabian peninsula? >> it certainly means psychological blow. al-awlaki was hugely influential in recruitment, if you will, his dvd sales, thousands upon thousands, his online sort of speeches also very popular will mean it will be harder for al qaeda and the arabian peninsula to get the same levels of money flowing to them, the funds that they need to continue with their operations. so it will hurt them in that way. although, he is -- or has played a role in recruitment, recruited the underpants bomber, tried to bring down that airliner over detroit christmas 2009. he is not somebody that's at the forefront of the bomb building and the other exploits of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen. so it will have an impact. but it's unlikely don't the operations in the long term, joe. >> you say he recruited the underwear bomber. but the question is now about the man who created that bomb, the bomb maker, if you will. how dangerous is he and how important to u.s. and other authorities? >> the bomb maker

. >> al-awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role, he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. >> reporter: samir khan, another american member of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, and two passengers were also killed. but al-awlaki was the main target. he had narrowly escaped an earlier drone strike the week after the bin laden raid and this time the u.s. was take no chances. his hideout in a remote yemeni town was under continuous surveillance and the pattern of his daily routine monitored. carrier jets flying from an amphibious carrier off the coast were ready to take a shot if the c.i.a. drone missed. there was even an option for sending in marine ospreys with special operations forces to collect any intelligence left after the strike, but that was never used. it was all part of a secret buildup which has occurred in and around yemen as that country emerged as home to one of al qaeda's most active branches. >> this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no saf

>> well, there is no question that this is a serious blow to al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. but we remain extremely vigilant. that affiliate, that organization remains very dangerous and very -- has proven itself to be operational and capable. so the vigilance continues -- as it has in the wake of the successful mission against osama bin laden. obviously al qaeda remains a threat, and a serious threat, and one that we continue to confront in a variety of ways. so while this is an important milestone, it is not the end of aqap and it doesn't change our posture, if you will, towards that organization. >> is there a new willingness, do you sense, in the yemeni government to help the u.s. with this, or is this just part of the -- as things have been going along? >> well, i think we've said -- and i was asked this, because of the unrest in yemen, how that has affected our cooperation. and there's no -- it made it more difficult, but the cooperation continued, and it will continue. and it is separate from president saleh and our view about him; that has not changed. we continue to

glaring media errors here in my view one is anwar locky was not the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula most yemen experts people that have spent much time there have reviewed it including former u.s. officials say that he is a fairly mid-level management within al qaeda he's far more important to the u.s. counterterrorism community than he is to anyone in yemen or anyone in the arab world for that matter secondly though we have an almost an utter lack of discussion in this country to date of the fact that president obama has served as judge jury and executioner of a u.s. citizen i'm not here to defend anwar locky or anything that that man did with his life but i am here to say that we should be a nation that follows its own laws and subscribes to the rule of law and we can have our own government assassinate our own citizen on a non declared battlefield where he's not directly engaging with american forces in hostilities that's a sad day for america when we don't have a very rigorous debate about that ideally before we kill our own citizens now i couldn't agree with you more there now

error in terms of overestimating the lackey's influence how high up he is in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is also something that we hear coming from the president himself who comes out and says that we've just dealt a decisive blow to al qaeda you know who else is responsible for some of the misinformation here. well i mean first of all so the president used the title for anwar a lucky that i haven't found anyone in the counterterrorism community that has ever heard him labeled with such an official position within a q a p but it's you know i would say that part of it is the system that relies on anonymous. held accountable for the statements that they make of the propaganda that they feed to c.n.n. or other networks on the one hand on the other hand though it's lazy journalism it's you know if i had a dollar for every time somebody sent me a tweet today trying to proclaim their vast expertise on adora locky because they read something on wikipedia you know i would be a millionaire but i maybe would have twenty thirty bucks you know the fact is that most of the people yapping about who ar

. -- al qauda in the arabian peninsula.or the first two world series and a long time for the boston red sox. i am a red sox fan because i grew up without a team. i love baltimore. my family and did not travel up 95. [laughter] i love the inner harbor. i have taken my kids to the aquarium and they have a great children's museum. i do like to go to games in camden yards when the red sox are playing. with that -- i guess there's nothing going on today. i don't have any announcements so i will go straight to your questions. associated press? >> on the killing of anwar al- awlaki -- does the president believe a different standard applies when the target is a u.s. citizen? does he view al qaeda operatives in the same vein? >> you heard the president talk about anwar al-awlaki' death. and why that is a significant event. he was a principal leader in al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the most operational affiliate of al qaeda. he himself was directly involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the united states and american cit

he became a figure in the al qaeda network known as al qaeda in the arabian pennsylvania-- peninsulamen. he was an operational figure. he began to play a more instrumental role in some of the external plots and e ternity network that were targeting the united states. we know he had a hand in the failed underwear bomber plot, the failed package plot and had started to even toy with the use of poisons. so operationally he became more and more important. with you but i think even more significantly, ray, is the fact that he played a key prop gandist role, kind of a pied piper for western ears in a way that translated al quite's-- al qaeda's nar fiv-- narrative and inspired individuals to come and not only fight in places like yemen but to potentially fight fellow citizens in their own homeland so his removal is an important step in terms of going after the network, diminishing al qaeda in the arabian peninsula propaganda reach, and i think a significant step as demonstrated by the amount of attention the administration gave it today. >> suarez: brian fishman, he is more of an operationa

or kill list was born here and so begin his american journey through radical ios lamb and the arabian peninsula. as you will see new information that alaki was a overlooked key player in the attacks of 9/11. his parents were from yemen were studying at new mexico state university. after graduating in 1972, his father conned their studies bringing his wife and young son first to the university of nebraska and then to minneapolis police before returning to yemen in 1978. >>> and where the i district i have kosli is chewed by hours. one says it all. >> boar poor and try of corrupt failing state. long time veteran has said his job is like dance ought heads of snake. yemen is the home of al-qaeda founder osama bin laden. >> they fought against the mujahedin against soviet on union in 1980s. and it's welcome back to yemen. the bombing of u.s.s. cole killed 17 crew members and was a sign of the anti-u.s. threat of a yemen based al-qaeda. earlier last year, tlistsd joined up with the colleagues in next door saudi arabia to formula, of the arabian peninsula. then there are the tribes maybe more importan

. >> al-awlaki was the leader of external operations for al- qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. >> cann, another american member of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula and two passengers were also killed. but al-awlaki was the main target. he had narrowly escaped an earlier drone strike the week after the bin laden raid. the u.s. was taking no chances. his hideout was under continuous surveillance and the parent of his daily routine monitored. care yore jets flying from a carrier off the coast ready to take a shot that the cia drone missed. there was an option for sending in ma gene special operations forces to collect any intelligence left after the strike. but that was never used. it was all part of a secret buildup which occurred in and around yemen as that country emerged as home to one of al- qaeda's most active branches. >> al-qaeda will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. >> since the bin laden raid, they kaled operatives. al-awlaki is number eight. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >

the culture is different from north africa and the arabian peninsula. not only the language but we need to understand the cultural context of what is happening. today al qaeda is a different organization than it used to be on september 11th. i talk about how the organization evolve prior to september 11th from the 80s to the soviet jihad. until the first gulf war when bin laden moved to sudan it was a different organization that bin laden and al qaeda moved and created a different structure of al qaeda network. today al qaeda is different after 9/11. is not the chief operator anymore. it is more the chief motivator. you have many networks working around the world. you have al qaeda mostly in algeria -- that region. we have started seeing connections between them and nigeria. we have al qaeda in iraq working on the sectarian divide between sunni and shiite to get funding to make itself relevant. you have al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which is very different than both other kinds working on the tribal divisions. the saudi and yemeni wins. we have the

. >> al-awlaki was the leader of external operations for al- qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. >> cann, another american member of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula and two passengers were also killed. but al-awlaki was the main target. he had narrowly escaped an earlier drone strike the week after the bin laden raid. and this time, the u.s. was taking no chances. his hideout in a remote town was under continuous surveillance. and the pattern of his daily routine monitored. carrier jets flying from a carrier off the coast were ready to take a shot, but the cia drone missed. there was an option for sending in marine with special operations forces to collect any intelligence left after the strike, but that was never used. it was part of a secret buildup that occurred in and around yemen as that country emerged to one of al-qaeda's most active branches. >> further proof that al-qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. >> since the bin laden raid last may, the u.s. killed

the al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula is definitely reeling from the death of three of their top leaders they do have a leadership bench. they do have some folks that are capable of taking over, but they are not as good from a propaganda standpoint as awlaki was. >>> thank you colonel for being with us this evening. >> thanks for having me, maureen. >>> the news now, more than a thousand people gathered in georgia today to remember troy davis. that is the man in the middle of a fiery death penalty debate. and last night, friends and family met for a smaller memorial service in savanna. davis was executed in late september for the murder of an off-duty cop in 1989. his controversial sentence and execution caused protests in support of him all over the country. >> in my letter, i told him i was pray for the day i die. we just never expected it would actually come to this. >> that woman, meghan thomas, actually attended the memorial service. the supreme court refused the stay of execution that would have temporarily stayed davis' life, even though several witnesses recanted their testimonie

he was drobd a top bomb-maker for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was behind the thwarted christmas day bombing attempt in detroit the underwear bomber and also behind plot to put explosives on cargo planes, put them in printer cartridges and on cargo planes to send into the u.s.' end of 2010. if he's dead it will be significant but we don't who that yet. >> athena jones in washington, thanks so much for that. >>> even though anwar al awlaki was an american citizen the united states considered him a threat to homeland security. civil liberty groups say his killing violated u.s. and international laws. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin takes a look at the legalities. >> reporter: it's president obama's latest successful strike on a wanted al qaeda terrorist. >> the death of anwar al awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: but this time it's different. anwar al awlaki was an american. this may be

that al lockheed had a major operational role in foiled attacks against us and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in general despite the lack of any evidence for that because they refused to show it to us but seriously guys they took this story really really seriously after all the president had just said that it dealt a major blow to al qaeda. one of all kind as top recruiters who once preached at a mosque in virginia and california he was called the internet bin ladin because of his skills of recruiting terrorists online just two of the world's most wanted terrorists our dad. who was killed by a missile from a u.s. drone he was considered one of the biggest terrorist threats to u.s. homeland security and more level off the head of al hide in yemen killed in a u.s. drone strike two predator drones equipped with how fire missiles took out. now what's interesting is that it's only been five days since that happened if the mainstream media has somehow forgotten all about it even if somebody out there did dare to go on c.n.n. for five minutes last week question the legitimacy of the president playin

indian ocean they're they're creating drone programs for all over the horn of africa in the arabian peninsula the guy the general who's in charge of africa in the new african command says that he's worried about terrorists in algeria in nigeria and other parts of africa working together destroy . they can out of state so this is a formula for endless war and endless drone attacks nine eleven was planned in hamburg germany. i mean the fact that he was an american citizen frankly to me has nothing to do with anything he he might have been he might not have been a bad guy we'll never know because we're not going to present any evidence of his guilt in any in any way shape or form they blew him to pieces and if that's our policy that we can decide somebody we don't like and then you know shoot a missile down his chimney then i don't know there's no end to this what about his deputy and his deputies deputy what about his cousin who's really angry at us now i mean where does this stop maria. how could you know assuming that there is. substantial credibility to the idea that this was a killing an ex

active operational affiliate a lockie was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and that role he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans the death of a lock marks another significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al-qaeda and its affiliates furthermore this success is a tribute to our intelligence community and to the efforts of yemen and its security forces who have worked closely with the united states over the course of several years but what made make al-lah he's death different from bin laden's is that al walk he was a u.s. citizen born in new mexico he was put on the cia's capture or kill list back in april of two thousand and ten making him the first u.s. citizen to be targeted for death in bush's so-called war of terror taking that into account republican presidential candidate ron paul weighed in with this earlier today. i don't think that's a good way to do you probably. wish you were here talking with your use of american citizen if he was never tried or charged with crimes but he knows that we have to d

awlaki was t leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. he directed the failed attempt to blow up an airplane on christmas day in 2009. he directed the failed attempt to blow up u.s. cargo planes in 2010. and he repeatedly called on individuals in the united states and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children to advance a murderousgend. the death of awlaki marks another significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat alqaeda and its affiliates. >> rose: joining me now from washington david iatius of the "washington post", eric schmitt of the "new york times" and former assistant putyirector of national intelligence john miller. i'm pleased to have the three of them here. eric schmitt has a book we all should know about called counterstrike, the untold story about american's secretary campaign against will quitea. i begin with david ignatius to give me the sense of what happened here and how did it happen, david. >> over the

he was considered the top bomb-maker for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and as you mention ad few minutes ago he was behind that thwarted christmas day bombing attack or attempt, the so-called underwear bomber who wanted to blow up that plane heading in to detroit. he was also behind a plot later in 2010, the end of 2010 to put explosives on cargo planes, to put them in printer cartridges and load them up on cargo leans headed into the u.s. it will be interesting what we find out. >> what are officials willing to say about this bulletin that was issued today? >> reporter: not much more than what you said earlier. they said this drone strike, the killing of anwar al awlaki and samir khan could provide motivation for homeland attacks by home grown violent extremists. these are people who may have been born in america, these are the kinds of people that anwar al awlaki and his group were trying recruit, trying to inspire with all of their recruiting english language magazine and that sort of thing. as of right now officials say there are no indications of sp

notorious leaders.obama says: "earlier this morning anwar al-awlaki, a leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas killed in yemen. the death of awlaki marks another significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al qaeda and its affiliates." the president, who signed the capture or kill order for al awaki in april two- thousand-ten, made the announcement at a retirement ceremony for chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen.mullen says: "bin laden is dead. awlaki is dead. al qaeda is a much diminished network." al awaki had alleged ties to the christmas day underwear bomber -- and faisal shehzad -- who tried to blow up a vehicle in times square. he met with three of the nine-eleven attackers and exchanged more than twenty e-mails with the fort hood shooter, according to the f-b-i. also killed today -- another american -- twenty-five year old samir khan of charlotte, north carolina -- al awaki's webmaster and publisher of an online jihadist magazine that shows al qaeda recruits how to make bombs.panetta says: "it was a bad year for terrorists." on the steps of the pentagon after mee

we have confirmed from tribal leaders that another operator on the arabian peninsula, was killed, as well. the u.s. keeping the pressure up. these could have been meetings reconstituting leadership after the strikes a couple weeks ago. so letup so far. >> and the u.s. seems to be on a roll, taking out top leaders. taking out osama bin laden in the spring. u.s.-born cleric, al awlaki, just a couple weeks ago. and now, his son. how significant is this for president obama? >> reporter: i think politically, democrats and republicans will tell you the president is strong on this. and it's difficult to touch him politically. it also says something about the president's determination that he's going after this group particularly on the arabian peninsula. this was considered the most dangerous arm of al qaeda. and the u.s. seems to be focusing its attention on it and having, as we see this morning again, additional success, bianna. >> we appreciate you bringing this breaking story, david. thank you. >>> there's breaking news out of afghanistan this morning. ron claiborne is here with that st

authorized to wage war against al qaeda and anwar al-awlaki was in charge of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. what is troubling to many of the people you cited was that he was an american citizen. the justification is twofold. he has joined the enemy. just like in world war ii, is an american citizen donned the uniform of not his, american troops would not have to take that person into custody. the second issue that the aclu and others often cite is that actions like this violate international law. this case today is not that. from the present to the secretary of defense to yemeni officials themselves, they said the cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states was high in this operation. juxtapose that between the united states and pakistan. in the osama bin laden operation. that was nonexistent. >> the jury in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor has been hearing from paramedics to try to revive the singer. dr. conrad murray denies the charges. >> the evidence focused on the 42 crucial minutes paramedics battle to save michael jackson's life. he was the firs

awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: but this time it's different. awlaki was an american. this may be the first u.s. killing of an american target with no trial, no indictment. >> the problem here is that the u.s. has done something that i don't think it's ever done before. it has killed one of its citizens somewhere else around the world without any due process at all. this is about rule of law and about rules to keep us all safe. >> reporter: warren ds organization sued to take awlaki off a terror kill list and lost. they would not give justification for killing an american. >> this goes beyond the circumstances of his death and i'm not going to address that. >> an adviser to the u.s. state department explained the u.s.'s logic for killing anyone on the cap tr or kill list regardless of nationality. >> a state that is engaged in armed conflict or in legitimate se self-defense is not required to provide legal service before legal force. >> reporter: they viewed him as a threat for some time. >> i consider al qaeda and the

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

i mean, this -- >> with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula working to attack the united states encouragingrwear bomber i don't think i'm going to slip into that role. my question to you is i want to go back to what you recommend. you're running for president of the united states, governor. tell me what wow have done. using these words like transparency, should he have made an announcement? is that what you're saying? announce to the world i'm going after awlaki. by the way, go underground and hide somewhere while i plan my attack. that sounds crazy. why would you tell a guy you're coming to get him? >> no. he issued an assassination order, chris. he said go -- >> you don't announce it. >> he put an assassination order out on awlaki a couple years ago. that's been in place. but why did he do that? as an american citizen i'd like to know why he ordered an assassination on a fellow u.s. citizen. guilt/innocence aside where is the due process? >> so okay. let's go to josh marshall. do you have a view on this, josh? >> yeah. you know, i don't think it's a problem. i think that when you -- even

. >> so basically al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, this guy goes, gets on the air, gets on the internet, and stirs up people who may possibly be leaning against u.s. policy in the mideast, turns them into radicals. >> they see him as a rock star. the guy's out in ft. dix in new jersey, who were scoping out terrorist targets, they were listening to anwar al awlaki on their car stereo system while they were pointing out various targets and saying, this the guy, this guy knows how to do it. we need to follow exactly what this guy is telling us to do. >> looks like an enemy in the field to me. today, the president said that the death of anwar al awlaki was a significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al qaeda and its affiliates. let's watch the president. >> the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda's most active operational affiliate. but make no mistake. this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. working with yemen and our other allies and partners, we will be determined, we will be deliberate, we will be relentle

even with anwar al- awlaki his killing, al qaeda and the arabian peninsula it is still a potent threatticated bomb maker ibrahim hassan as-asiri, al queda's top bomb maker behind the most sophisticate is still on the lol qaeda titans the grip yemen is threatening to become a failed state. cnn, london. >> the embrace the be warmer the bthe baby warmer. helping premature babies. [yksww >> welcome back. this new invention is helping with developing countries. >> this woman was sean for more south indian village because she was continually giving birth to premature babies. >> my husband tried to keep our baby. and put it in a box with a light bulb but it died is not an unusual practice. sometimes their role hospital can be worse. >> the potential at the greatest is hypothermia. they get too cold. >> and in this state, but three and 10 babies are born premature or with a dangerously low birth weight. to keep these babies warm is vital to their survival there is a need for a portable, inexpensive, easy-to-use and device and they found one. at stanford. that challenge at that time was to make