. >> stephen: the gorton fisherman is right. al qaeda has got to go al bieber. you know who they should get in there to lead it? they should get that hot new kid can war al all lacki. this guy is an american and no one hates us like we do. jim? >> anwar al-awlaki the american born cleric a key leader in one of the network's most dangerous branches in the arabian peninsula. >> seen as a master recruiter, internet sensation. >> stephen: yes that will do it. an internet sensation. they need their own rebekka black-- rebecca black. (laughter) >> stephen: fry, fry, fry, everybody's looking to the jihad partying partying. ♪ partying partying ♪ ♪. >> fun ♪ ♪ (applause) >> stephen: of course no one can really say what the future holds for al qaeda. here to tell me what the future holds for al qaeda is new yorker writer and the author of the looming tower, al qaeda and the road to 9/11, please welcome lawrence wright, lawrence, thanks so much for coming on. (cheers and applause) okay lawrence, what wither now al qaeda. they've lost their frontman. is this like van hall e