. >>> hajji imam died in a ride in syria. u.s. be secretary of defense ash carter refused to be pulled in. we are systematically elimination i.s.i.l.'s cabinet. indeed the u.s. military killed several key i.s.i.l. terrorists this week. including we believe hajji imam who was an i.s.i.l. senior leader, serving as a finance minister and also responsible for external affairs and plots. he was a well nonterrorist within i.s.i.l.'s ranks. >> this is hajji imam. this is the second time he's been declared dead. the iraqis believed they killed him last year. the americans couldn't confirm that then. in the days after the attacks on brussels they believe this is an important victory. >> that is what we're doing eliminating the people who are directing them but even if it's just inspiration, it still takes you back to iraq and syria and the need to eliminate the sources of that inspiration. >> one official says i.s.i.l. is under growing pressure. >> what we're seeing the last couple of months with its offensive attacks these are the signs o

and in washington, d.c, imam yaya hindi, director of muslim life and chaplaincy. imam, just for definitional purposes what do you consider to be religious identity, what does it mean to identify someone as a practicing muslim? >> for me the practicing muslim is somebody who believes in three principles, love is the essence of faith, forgiveness is the essence of religion and religiousity. and islam stands on the concept of love forgiveness and humility. the idea of -- to believe in god you have to practice these specific values of love, forgiveness and compassion. >> briefly, imam, could you explain to our american audience how it is that those concepts generally don't get to be mentioned when we are looking at what are regard he as extremists who, in the name of your religion, practice violence? >> you know, muslims are very clear about where they stand. we believe that violence has no religion, that terrorism has no religion. that those who advocated violence in the name of islam do not speak on behalf of the koran, do not speak on behalf of our beloved prophet,

they stopped haji imam's car. there was an attempt to capture him alive. the situation escalated, not sure exactly what happened there, but was told it escalated and haji imam and three others in the car were killed. some intelligence was gathered from the vehicle. but obviously, the attempt was to capture him alive. and if that had happened, it would have been truly a gold mine of information considering his position. but nonetheless, it was a very significant blow to isis. just as people in this city and around the world were coming to terms with the isis tragedy that happened here. >> richard, are you learning from your source whether this was an active target to get him since the attack in brussels or something that had been ongoing prior to that? >> my understanding is that this was part of an ongoing operation. american special operations forces have been steadily increasing their presence, both in iraq and syria. there have been a number of raids in iraq and syria that we have reported on. there have been other raids we have not been reporting on. a

including, we believe, haji imam. who was an isil leader, senior leader, serving as a finance minister and who also is responsible for some external affairs. and plots. he was a well-known terrorist within isil's ranks, dating back to its earliest iteration as al qaeda in iraq. >> nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel first reported the news about the isis second in command being killed. richard joins me. he's been listening along with us to the press conference. let me start with the basics, who is this guy? how important is he to the organization? what could his death mean to the war against isis mean, richard? >> if anything, the defense secretary was being very cautious in his description of how important this figure is. but make no mistake, haji imam was a very senior leader inside isis. was by many experts considered to be the not only second in command, but the operational commander of isis. the amir al baghdadi is like a fugitive, almost like the way osama bin laden was in the later years. very li

imam most be fresh. it was the opportunity for us to get the role to others who use mosques as a space to give ireland and extremists -- violate and extremists speech, and political speech, too. of course, in this experience today we share with a lot of other countries, in africa, in arab world, and in europe. we start to train somebody bomb from france -- some imam from france, some other european countries are asking morocco to share with them this experience. with mali, with ivory coast, with other countries. the third pillar come at us all my friends say before, that we have to go to this human development. and, of course, to be near of all the needs in the poor areas, the social and economic deficit in some areas. for this strategy of human development give today very important results and very good result. we can see that this strategy today is to morocco the opportunity to face these groups. and that you can observe in this strategy, we have one pillar we can see, that we are working on the short

themselves, there are, they told me, approximately 114 imams in brussels. most of these young youth that are being radicalized don't speak arabic, and most of those imams don't speak any of the three local languages in particular, french or dutch. and the number they gave me, which is frankly mind-boggling, is that of the 114 imams in brussels, a total of eight speak local languages. so there's clearly a tremendous amount of work yet to be done. i have to take your questions when we're done with the panel. thank you very much. >> thank you. [ applause ] . >> good morning. thank you first for joining us this early. i think we all really appreciate it. the march 22nd attacks on most news outlets failed to notice, brussels for most of these institutions have their headquarters, one of the blasts i was close to the institutional core of the city. of course matters of opportunity and tackical expediency played a role in the choice of the city as a target. brussels had been a real base for the network that conducted the november attacks in paris, and isis operati

and the imam said, well, they weren't terrorists, but people who hated the government.so there is a cover-up mentality, and you will see it in many institutions and the government agencies, but in this case, we are talking about the security of the country. >> and if the fbi is doing that, and the meetings of having a good time, and taun talking, and nothing coming of it, and ted cruz is right that you need to patrol, and protect the muslim neighborhoods, and going a step further for now that you need to do a temporary ban of any muslim in the country. >> and these are blanket solutions that are not going to be fixing the problem. for one thing, as far as bringing in muslims from other countrie countries, we have many in this country as it is, and they are being radicalized, and the the fbi knows exactly what to do which is to focus on the particular targets, and use a lot of sources to develop leads and intercept communications, and reports of the unusual explosives and that sort of thing, but without the cooperation without the muslim leaders the fbi is blindsided, be

. >> haji imam had been a terror leader for more than a decade. targeted by the u.s. with a $7 million price tag as a specially designated global terrorist. he was considered second in command of isis until u.s. special forces caught up with him. >> we are systematically eliminating isil's cabinet. indeed, the u.s. military killed several key isil terrorists this week, including, we believe, haji imam. >> reporter: u.s. counterterrorism sources tell nbc news it was early yesterday in syria when american special forces landed in helicopters and laid in wait for imam's car. they tried to take him alive, they say, but amid gunfire they killed him and three others. >> he was the money guy, and thus his death will hamper the funding for certain operations in iraq and syria. >> reporter: the isis commander also directed some foreign operations, but it's not clear his killing will stop atrocities like those here in brussels. isis, though, is losing ground as well as men. syrian troops retaking more this week, and a u.s. drone strike killing another leader, omar al zsa zsany.

so he now he was speaking out for the imams like him should put another discourse.should educate the next generation. he is very, very active in his schools with the kids from 9th 9th, 11th, 12th, not to lose the next generation, and to have this other language into the heads of these kids. this is very important. >> rudy, let me ask you, i find it hard to talk to my own kids about simple things like dating and parties and how they're supposed to behave. how are parents supposed to talk to their kids about not joining an extremist group? did these mothers say that the signs were obvious to even know to talk to them about this? >> yes, these mothers, they spoke about it in a certain way. they said, for example, we went on a trip to morocco to where they came from, to disconnect them with the bad friends or from the internet. but they didn't take into account there was always facebook, there was always the internet. and you know, the peer pressure of their friends, so they took them away. they compared it really with the kind of behavior in a sect where you are discon

the local imam calling for an end to radicalism.ong message in a community where isis has found a wealth of sympathizers. get you caught up on breaking developments in the investigation. earlier, authorities conducted a raid in the schaerbeek neighborhood. one security source telling nbc news that a man was neutralized. we don't know that man's identity as of yet but we want to go to foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin in brussels. ayman was on site. what information can you report about raids? >> reporter: there have been several raids in schaerbeek over the past 24 hours that started late last night with an operation in which a vehicle was towed away from a c-net polisce police were trying to break. and individuals in their words was neutralized. what that exactly means or who the identity of this individual is, that remains unclear. eyewitnesses on the scene describe an individual who was standing on the tramway, a stop among the public rail system there that was approached by police and seen at one point, police fired upon tha

imam oversaw and steered isis' funding through its networks.e also reportedly managed day-to-day operations for isis and its affiliates in syria, iraq, and libya. earlier today, defense secretary ash carter dressed the military operation. >> we are systemically eliminating isil's cabinet. indeed, the u.s. military killed several key isil terrorists this week, including, we believe, haji imam, who was an isil leader, senior leader, serving as a finance minister and who also is responsible for some external affairs and plots. he was a well-known terrorist within isil's ranks, dating back to its earliest iteration as al qaeda in iraq. >> let me bring in nbc news chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski, who is following the latest developments on this story. mick, thank you for this. just a question about rule s of engagement here. are these -- no better word for it -- assassinations, we go in and cherry-pick a bad guy and knock them off. is that it or is there some attempt to bring them in? >> with these u.s. special operations forces both

you're exactly right, imam.hristians but moderate muslim who is won't follow them into battle, as well. i agree with you, as well. >> we have to end it there. >> that is not true. >> yes, it is, true. radical islamists exist and kill in the name of allah and hijacking your religion. >> to kill the innocent. yeah. if you -- >> prove it. >> the one that says -- the one that says take neither jews or christians as your friends. >> by death. >> following mohammed is what they're doing. following his example. >> we have to leave it there. >> the prophet was the -- >> national border patrol council officially endorsed donald trump for president. this is now the first time the group has ever done so in a presidential primary. you will find out why straight ahead. areer, but most of the time you feel like you're trying to wrangle a hurricane. the rest of the time, they're asleep. then one day, hr schedules a meeting with you out of the blue. and it's the worst 19 minutes of your career. but you don't sweat it because yo

the italians in 161 imams in prison. they were -- [inaudible] and they locked them up. >> and the question? >> the question is this, how, come how come these other jurisdictions, the french, the belgians continue to follow the italians was because several european countries have now broken with the pact and if adopted the accounting method. because they do not wish for more to risen. so the issue is how come you gentlemen have kept talking about these problems as if they were inevitable, impossible, that's the way it is, that's your? italians have zero casualties. 45 battalions have died in mali, bali, new york, paris, belgium. zero in italy. how come nobody pays attention to italian model? zero? >> i which of the i did as a separate italian model. you asked the question. several times so i will answer. having spent time with law enforcement and intelligence in rome, they do a great job. they are not acting alone. they are part of the european union. there's open borders. so there's a big element of skill and there's a b

the imam said well, you know, they weren't terrorists. just people who hated the government. there is this coverup mentality you see this in many institutions and government agencies. in this case we are talking about the security of thes country. >> so if the fbi is doing that, these outreach, these meetings, you say they are having a good time. they are talking, but nothing is coming of it. what's the answer, is ted cruz right that we need to start patrolling and protecting muslim neighborhoods or do we need to go further donald trump says for now let's do a temporary ban on any muslim immigration into the country. >> no. these are very blanket solutions that really will not fix the problem for one thing as far as bringing in muslims from other countries we have muslims in this country as it is and they areqm being radicalized. the fbi know what is to do focus on particular targets. leads. intercept communications. get reports on unusual explosives purchases and that sort of thick. without the cooperation of these muslim leaders, the fb

you're exactly right, imam.who is won't follow them into battle, as well. i agree with you, as well. >> we have to end it there. >> that is not true. >> yes, it is, true. radical islamists exist and kill in the name of allah and hijacking your religion. >> to kill the innocent. yeah. if you -- >> prove it. >> the one that says -- the one that says take neither jews or christians as your friends. >> by death. >> following mohammed is what they're doing. following his example. >> we have to leave it there. >> the prophet was the -- >> national border patrol council officially endorsed donald trump for president. this is now the first time the group has ever done so in a presidential primary. presidential primary. you will findmy insurance rates are probably gonna double. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darli

goes by one of the aliases he was using, haji imam. let's talk about it with our panel. the senior editor. the usa columnist and charles krauthammer. the administration has taken a lot of heat and criticism for not doing enough to take out isis. >> it is necessary but not sufficient. i think we're all in favor of killing as much of isis leadership as possible. at the same time we've been pursuing this policy of decapitation of terrorist organizations like al qaeda, like isis for a very long time. in that time the war on terror has gotten worse on president obama's watch. of late, president obama has made it clear. one of the reasons why. he thinks that terrorism is something you maintain and tolerate rather than commit yourself to fighting. he in this jeffrey goldberg interview with the atlantic, it is reported that he likes to walk around the west wing saying more people die in their bathtubs than die from terrorism. if that lodgic is to be taken seriously, i'm waiting for the global war on bathtubs. but it is not to be taken seriously. it is a way to diminish a metasta

dahlia, richard, and imam talib sharif, the congregation here in washington d.c. welcome to you all, dallia you've been surveying muslim public opinion in the united states and abroad for a long time. and you must go into the exercise, assuming that you're going to get some answers, and being what, surprised or confirmed. what surprised you about your results. >> my biggest surprise is how often muslims, i expected them to be very pessimistic. and i thought that they were going to say that the direction of the country was heading in the wrong direction, but i found the exact opposite. they have appreciated his rhetoric. >> speaking of political orientation, you asked the survey respondents which party they sorted. 44%, supporting the democrats, and 6% republicans. if we had done this poll before 9/11, would the results have been different? >> i think we would have. i think that far more muslims would have identified with the republican party. we know there was an endorsement of bush in 2000 by many muslims, and not all. this was the party that many muslims felt is

haji imam had a $7 million price tag on his head. special forces landed inside syria on thursday, waited for imam's car, and killed him. along with three others in a firefight. experts think his death will hurt their funding. the pentagon is moving to add to the number of troops to support the ground war against isis. before that can happen, the chairman of the joint chiefs still has to discuss it with president obama. officials have not said how big of an increase they're pushing for. >>> developing right now, major storm damage in parts of florida. flooded streets. and the danger for neighbors cleaning up their homes. it's about taking a stand. for too long, wall street banks had their way. they crashed our economy. but democrat donna edwards won't take their money because she stands up for us. as a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. she'll be our voice. tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. democrat donna edwards, maryland's next senator. hey how's it going, h

the practice. >> the imams explain that incisions have nothing to do with islam. they continue to denounce those who mutilate young girls. but despite all these efforts the practice continues. it takes place away from town deep in the countryside. so we're on our way to meet a woman who continues to circumcise young girls. she has been doing it for the last 20 years. she knows its illegal. but parents from the surrounding villages in this area continue to bring their daughters to her to get the procedure done. >> for each cut she receives two bars of soap, six kilos of rice, a chicken, and $3 in payment. >> it's not just tradition, it's our job. if you take this away from us, do you think an old lady like me can find a job? this is the only way to support our family. >> it is mothers who have suffered from fgm yet challenge tradition that is bringing an end to this practice. despite what others may say or think about her, fatima feels free, protected, and proud of her mother. al jazeera, southern senegal. >> ukrainian pilot captured in 2014 is on hunger strike and

defense secretary ash carter said they killed the man in charge of the haji imam groups finances. carter called him haji imam, but he is -- carter called himhaji iman, but he is also known as al-qaduli and abu alaa al-afari reporter: he is dead, al-qaduli, the second most important man in the united states. the u.s. forces say they killed him, but they will not say when or where and they warned that more are ready to take his >> leaders can be replaced. however, these leaders have been around for a long time. they are senior. they are experienced. and so, a lemonade in them is an important objective and achieves an important result -- eliminating them is important objective and achieves an important result. i would say it's necessary. it's not sufficient, but it's important. reporter: this continues after operations in the belgian capital continue apace after the latest attacks in europe. >> like paris, brussels is a strong reminder why we need to hasten the defeat of isil wherever it exists in the world. the united states is as committed as ever to our european friends and allies

there are 200 imam's working in the prison. because they are not considered full-time employees, most visit the prisons for a few hours a week, despite the fact that 70% of the prison population is muslim. >> we have a situation where inmates are left to their own devices and when there's no imam because he's not there much or there isn't one in the prison, they'll rely on other inmates who often have very, very fundamentalist understanding ever islam. many are watching to see whether programs have any impact. but with the rise of the far right in france, policies that encouraged a nuanced approach are likely to struggle for funding, whatever the benefit >>> and you can see that report in full in people and power at 2230 g.m.t. here on al jazeera >>> now, despite efforts to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation. 3 million girls are at risk every year. in senegal it has been illegal for two decades, with a penalty of five years in prison. as reported from southern senegal, the practice continues. >> reporter: like

. >> reporter: back on the haji imam. was it in syria and was this a u.s. raid or was it a drone strike or a manned aircraft? >> i'm not going to say where and how it was done, carla. i'm simply not going to do that. but it's -- the only thing i will say, it is consistent with our strategy there which is to put pressure on isil every single way we can from the leadership which we've discussed previously right down to supporting local forces on the ground, and with respect to operations in iraq, i want to make sure and reiterate that everything we do is with the consultation and approval of the iraqi government. >> reporter: can i ask you the same about abu sara? you said he was targeted. can we assume that was an air strike? >> again, i'm not going to talk about how these guys went out. we have a number of ways to do that, and i'm going to ask for your forbearance there. we're going to be disciplined about that. >> reporter: you said to congress that the europeans need to step up their intelligence sharing. i know that several people who were part of the br

there are only 200 imams working in french prisons and because they're not considered full-time public employees most visit for just a few hours a week. that's despite the fact an estimated 70% of france's prison population is muslim. >> translation: we have a situation wherein mates are left to their own devices and when there is no imam available, either because he is not there much or because there isn't one in the prison, they will instead rely on other inmates who very often have very, very fundamentalist understanding of islam. >> reporter: many are watching to see where the programs like the one here will have any impact, but with the rise of the far right in france, policies encouraging a more nuanced approach are more likely to receive attention >>> construction of a building is being blamed for the collapse of a building. the property's owner built more floors than they had approval for. it came after heavy rain. the search is on across africa to find and nurture the brightest minds on the continent. a lack of cash shouldn't stop students from achieving their potenti potentia

don't speake imams any of the three local languages. the number they gave me, which is frankly mind-boggling, is that of the 114 imams in brussels, a total of eight speak local languages. there is clearly a tremendous amount of work to be done. i will take your questions when you're done with the panel. thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> good morning. thank you for joining us this early. i think we all really appreciate it. attacks, 22 brussels and most of the eu institutions -- i was pretty close to the core of the city. of course, matters of opportunity and tactical expediency play the role. beenels had instrumental in in the investigations of the november attacks. also it seems that after the arrests in brussels, the most wanted figures, some of the remaining members of the cell chose to kill and die rather than be caught. but the attacks also epitomized the strategic decision by isis to extend operations into europe. jihadists are hitting the continent hard when it faces multiple crises. such are the stakes in the futu

he goes by several names but including haji imam. secretary give details of the clandestine raid except to say that haji imam was killed in the past two days and we are not sure of what force entered syria for the mission. but he was not killed by a drone or aircraft strike. secretary carter and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say they plan to ask for more troops in iraq. they will ask the white house to send more troops there in the fight against isis. the current u.s. force level in iraq is tapped at 4,000. we are supposed to be watching unfolding terror investigation expanding the globe. stay with us at abc7 and wjla.com for breaking news updates. we will let you know everything we know as soon as we get the information here. maureen? maureen: in the g.o.p. debate the focus is personal, not policy. in response to "national enquirer" report of rumors of marital infidelity senator ted the henchman. the magazine published an article saying that the senator had five secret mistresses. the story did not identify the alleged m

goes by one of the aliases he was using, haji imam. let's talk about it with our panel. the senior editor. the usa columnist and charles krauthammer. the administration has taken a lot of heat and criticism for not doing enough to take out isis. >> it is necessary but not sufficient. i think we're all in favor of killing as much of isis leadership as possible. at the same time we've been pursuing this policy of decapitation of terrorist organizations like al qaeda, like isis for a very long time. in that time the war on terror has gotten worse on president obama's watch. of late, president obama has made it clear. one of the reasons why. he thinks that terrorism is something you maintain and tolerate rather than commit yourself to fighting. he in this jeffrey goldberg interview with the atlantic, it is reported that he likes to walk around the west wing saying more people die in their bathtubs than die from terrorism. if that lodgic is to be taken seriously, i'm waiting for the global war on bathtubs. but it is not to be taken seriously. it is a way to diminish a metasta

this experience of training imams, the objective was to bring the imams to play their role and the role of the imam must be impress and prayer. it was opportunity for us to get the role for others who use mosques, our space to give violent and extremist speech and political speech too. of course this experience today we share it with a lot of other countries. in africa, in arab world and in europe we start to train some imam from france, from other european countries, are asking morocco to share with them the experience. we, with mali, with ivory coast, with guinea and with other countries. the second, the third pillar and as all my friends say before, that we have to go to this human development and of course to be near for all the needs in the poor areas, and to take care of the social and economic deficits in some areas. for this the strategy of human development to give a very important results and very good result. we can say that this strategy today gives to morocco the opportunity to face this, these groups and as you can observe in this strategy we have one pillar, which we can

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the imam said well, you know, they weren't terrorists.people who hated the government. there is this coverup mentality you see this in many institutions and government agencies. in this case we are talking about the security of thes country. >> so if the fbi is doing that, these outreach, these meetings, you say they are having a good time. they are talking, but nothing is coming of it. what's the answer, is ted cruz right that we need to start patrolling and protecting muslim neighborhoods or do we need to go further donald trump says for now let's do a temporary ban on any muslim immigration into the country. >> no. these are very blanket solutions that really will not fix the problem for one thing as far as bringing in muslims from other countries we have muslims in this country as it is and they areqm being radicalized. the fbi know what is to do focus on particular targets. leads. intercept communications. get reports on unusual explosives purchases and that sort of thick. without the cooperation of these muslim leaders, the fbi is b

the imam said well, you know, they weren't terrorists.ho hated the government. there is this coverup mentality you see this in many institutions and government agencies. in this case we are talking about the security of thes country. >> so if the fbi is doing that, these outreach, these meetings, you say they are having a good time. they are talking, but nothing is coming of it. what's the answer, is ted cruz right that we need to start patrolling and protecting muslim neighborhoods or do we need to go further donald trump says for now let's do a temporary ban on any muslim immigration into the country. >> no. these are very blanket solutions that really will not fix the problem for one thing as far as bringing in muslims from other countries we have muslims in this country as it is and they areqm being radicalized. the fbi know what is to do focus on particular targets. leads. intercept communications. get reports on unusual explosives purchases and that sort of thick. without the cooperation of these muslim leaders, the fbi is blind sid

haji imam was the finance minister for isis and was responsible for plots since the time the group wasply as al qaeda in iraq. >> a few months ago, when i said i was going to go after isil's financial infrastructure, we started with the storage sites where it holds its cash. and now we've taken out the leader, who oversees all the funding for isil's operations. hurting their ability to pay fighters and hire recruits. >> defense secretary carter would not confirm imam's involvement with the attacks in paris and brussels, but called the death a major blow to isis leadership. and during a raid in schaerbeek today, a bomb disposal team was on the scene inspecting a suspicious object. a security source on the scene said one person was neutralized. an eyewitness described the harrowing scene. >> they shoot the man, i think, in the leg. i'm not sure, he was not dying. he was moving and the police ask him to put the bag far from him. that's what they do. i'm leaving this building, so, this is my -- i never see that here. in this part of brussels, very quiet. >> the identity of this individual

. >> haji imam had a $7 million price tag on his head. special forces landed inside syria on thursday, waited for imam's car, and killed him. he was alone with three others in a firefight. experts think his death will hurt their funding. the pentagon is moving to add to the number of troops to support the ground war against isis. before that can happen, the chairman of the joint chiefs still has to discuss it with president obama. officials have not said yes how big of an increase they're pushing for. >> today is the day many of you are waiting for, the cherry festival. it is sold out, but there is still a lot to do and see of course. a live look at the tidal basin. capital bike share added extra bikes this weekend. you can take a pedi ride. it runs from march 20th through april 17th. here are the four things you need to know about the festival. family day kicks off at 9:00 this morning at the national museum. good news is it's free. with more than 1.5 million people expected to visit the district during the festival is, you can bet parki

psychologists sitting beside imams.oster, cnn, brussels. >> i'm michael holmes live in brussels. i'll be back with cnn special coverage of the belgium terror tax. stay with us. >>> hello and welcome to viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes as we continue our coverage of the terror attacks that hit our city earlier this week. police here may have the identity of a possible suspect. the french police shows naim al hamed, 28-year-old syrian, thought to be at the heart of the isis attacks here and also in paris. investigators are unsure of his whereabouts during the bombings, but french media are reporting french police found his dna inside the apartment that the airport attackers used. this comes as officials make at least ten arrests in brussels, belgium, in france and also in germany in connection with the blasts at the airport and the metro station in brussels. police continue scouring belgium and beyond for suspected terrorists as people here in the capital get back to some sort of n

that includes, as the imam says social action and environmentalism. and there's more blending. progressive views are becoming more observe able to. the orthodoxy is growing at a rapid pace and more are expressing religion, jewish religion in new ways in the 21st century. >> thank you all for joining us on al jazeera. >>> and before we go - here is a look at other stories we'll watch in the week ahead. monday - former guatemala president molina will be in court for the first time since his arrest last september on corruption charges. a judge will here from prosecutors before deciding if they'll go to trial. >> tuesday - controversial laws allowing japanese forces to fight overseas in conflicts for the first time since world war ii. >> wednesday, obama hosts a time nuclear summit. representatives from 56 countries and organizations will attend a meeting in washington to discuss ways to strengthen global security against nuclear weapons. we'll be right back. >>> hopefully you were in parts of the country where the weather was great. tell us about the rest of the story. >> not all

a gun battle broke out and imam the u.s.cessfully targeted other isis leaders, including a so-called minister of war killed by a air strike earlier this month. don barelli is a former joint force member and now a national security analyst. don, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's start with the bombings in brussels and attacks in paris. obviously people in europe are jittering and on edge. how dangerous is the situation there right now? >> it's dangerous. you have hundreds and hundreds of these young men and women and in some cases gone to syria. they have the training, indoctrination and returned home and recruited more people. we have seen the cells in paris and brussels. how many more cells are out there? how many more bombmakers are out there? what plots are in the works right now? arrests in germany. it is a network. >> don, you have belgium, roughly the size of the state of maryland. we know about the porous how else is it this country has become such a hotbed of violent radical jihadi terrorists? >> i think

> translator: we have a situation where inmates are left to their own devices and when there is no imam available either because he is not there much or because there isn't one in the prison they will instead rely on other nments wh inmatesy often have very fundamentalist understanding of islam. >> reporter: policies requiring a more nuanced approach, jasmine ryan, al jazeera. >>> a ukrainian pilot on trial in russia, showed her defiance with an obscene gesture. her lawyers said she is on a hunger strike and in danger of dying. rory challands is following trial from moscow. >> reporter: this controversial trial is dragged on months longer than anticipated. many were half expecting a verdict on wednesday. that wasn't to be but there was still plenty of is is drama in the courtroom. her final statement activit reqf a violent statement against putin. >> this is against god and everything in the world. all i can show is my own example that russia can be whipped into submission if one is not afraid and if one is tough. >> reporter: and then to ram home her disdain for the russian course, she

military killed several terrorist this week including we believe hagi imam who was the leader serving as a finances minister and also responsible for external affairs. >> haji imam was an a rookiraqi joined in 2004 and released from a prison in 2012 shortly after u.s. forces pulled out of iraq. he's a former physics professor and was the leader during the ground war in iraq and had a $7 million bounty on his head. u.s. treasury designated him a terrorist in 2014. >> he was in an iraqi prison up till 2012. dower see this as a cautionary tail for releasing these prisoners who are already caught and captured? >> a number of the leaders of a sill were in detention in iraq back in former years including the head of isil himself in iraqi detention. that's why it's important we eliminate them. >> secretary carter confirmed for the first time the preported minister of war was killed in a u.s. air strike in march 4th also in syria as well as the third leader. >> jo >>. >> joining me now author of war stories and fox news military analyst. we're lucky thave you with us today. >> heather, good t