el shabaab may be gone, but they haven't been defeated. they still control large parts of southern somalia. they say they're going to return to the city. they say they were just making a tactical retreat. peacekeepers are confident. they say there's no way to get back in the city. you talk to residents and they're not so sure. there's only about 9,000 african union peacekeepers, there's no way they can occupy the entire city and protect the entire city if al shabaab returns. for more than a year the peacekeepers have been asking for 11,000 additional troops, as well as air and sea support. but so far, no additional resources. >> you think there's an opportunity for the international community to rebuild mogadishu now, to move quickly to solidify the gain? >> the time is now or never. the world has the ability today to destroy them in somalia. if that is not done now, then the al shabaab will come back. >> so there's an opportunity right now. time is short? >> absolutely. >> after 30 minutes in the market, the peacekeepers decide it's time

has el shabaab really left the capital? >> reporter: they called it a withdrawal. out of the capital by the government forces. not just because of superior fire power but because they've lost a lot of grassroots support. that edict banning aid group has hit hard. toe week there was a sense of optimism that perhaps this could mean the aid corridors throughout the capital would open up. today unfortunately we've already had an attempted suicide attack. four people were injured when a would be suicide bomber luckily detonated prematurely so we've gone from that optimism over the weekend to people just sitting back watching and waiting. no doubt about it. it is good news in terms of aid delivery. if only the aid could actually get here, anderson. >> and you have 100,000 people who have been displace asked gone to mogadishu seeking food. we'll talk a lot more to you. to david mckenzie, has a lot changed in this camp in the time you've been here? >> it changes and it stays the same. people are piling into these areas. locating peel from the outside of the camp, pushing i

. >> how great the vision is within el shabaab and that may be behind why they left. >> a huge issueign aid groups and the way it's really eroded the grassroots support. some leaders are saying does it matter if any of them are coming in from christian countries, others are dying. others are saying we will never accept crusader aid. they're fighting among themselves and splitting the resources that are coming in to them. >> interesting, peter. it's the same mistake in error that al qaeda in iraq made that once they're in power people began to see how extreme they are and how unpleasant it is to live under them? >> seems to be encode in the dna of the jihadist militant groups that when they control population and territory, they impose taliban-like policies on the population that leads to their downfall. >> in terms of what they were doing to people, they have a strict interpretation of sharia law. they were beheading people, public education, torture, stonings. they're draconian to say the least. >> beyond draconian. they have triangular pastries. >> they're everywhere. >> this was o

. >> how great the vision is within el shabaab and that may be behind why they left. >> a huge issue over allowing in foreign aid groups and the way it's really eroded the grassroots support. some leaders are saying does it matter if any of them are coming in from christian countries, others are dying. others are saying we will never accept crusader aid. they're fighting among themselves and splitting the resources that are coming in to them. >> interesting, peter. it's the same mistake in error that al qaeda in iraq made that once they're in power people began to see how extreme they are and how unpleasant it is to live under them? >> seems to be encode in the dna of the jihadist militant groups that when they control population and territory, they impose taliban-like policies on the population that leads to their downfall. >> in terms of what they were doing to people, they have a strict interpretation of sharia law. they were beheading people, public education, torture, stonings. they're draconian to say the least. >> beyond draconian. they have triangular pastries. >> they're eve

and because you have this el shabaab group. >> welcome to 8:00 p.m., by the way. >> thanks very much, piers. >> take care. >>> $1 trillion. a stunning number is the loss on paper today anyway, in this country's stock market. the dow suffering one of the biggest losses of all time. down 634 points. on the verge of a ban market territory. meanwhile the nikkei dropping, sync below 9,000 for the first time since mid-march. here to explain what all this means for your money, ali velshi and erin burnett. kim, what is the latest over there? >> let's start with the tokyo stock exchange. we will get this as a marker of how the rest of asia pacific will do. down 4%. it is falling below the 9,000 level. psychologically that is an important level here. and some of we should put, point out for some context. we haven't seen this level in japan since the march 11th quaig. shortly after the earthquake the stock exchange dropped to that level. this is the equivalent of a seismic shock for this country. the economic equivalent. we're seeing big losses among exporters. the companies that sell to america