he that ahmed abu khattala was a well-guarded man. as you may recall a year ago, cnn interviewing abu khattala. my colleague arwa damon did an interview. he did not seem to be hiding. he seemed to be out there in plane sight. but u.s. officials say since these interviews has gone into hiding. the main concern after the capture of talk mud abu khattala here in syria is if we will see any backlash by islamic groups that are really very active and powerful in this country. the last time the united states carried out a raid here, in tripoli, back in october. and captured a terror suspect suspected of being a member of al qaeda and responsible for bombings, the target of the u.s. embassies of the 1990s in africa, we saw what was retaliation after a couple of days. here in the capital, they kidnapped the libyan prime minister for two days after what they said seemed to be the libyan government's cooperation with the u.s. so this is something to keep an eye on here. >> many people are asking why this didn't happen within the past year, if in

what else do we know about the unit that captured khattala? >> well, these were army delta force commandos, along with the fbi and delta force is part of one of the most secretive organizations in the united states military, a group called the joint special operations command. that includes navy s.e.a.l.s and other special operations command commandos. this command, this overall command, these are the guys that a few weeks ago walked right up to the taliban and got bowe bergdahl back. these are the guys that went into osama bin laden's compound and killed him. poppy? >> yeah, the most experienced. but you know, the question has come up from the outset, minutes after this news broke yesterday. why was cnn and other media outlets able to talk to khattala, sit down with him in plain sight a year before the united states was able to capture him? i want you to take a listen, jim, this for you, to what state department spokeswoman jen psaki told our jake tapper on "the lead." >> our own arwa damon found abu khattala in a coffee shop. he said he had

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. >> glor: ahmed abu khattala was captured over the weekend. justice correspondent bob orr is in washington. bob. >> reporter: well, jeff, this operation had been planned for well over the last year. u.s. officials now tell us they believe that this is a picture of ahmed abu khattala. officials say they wanted to move on him when he was least protected and least likely to resist. that opportunity came sunday night. after the benghazi attacks, khattala often appeared in public, unconcerned about any potential capture. but after word leaked last summer that he'd been charged by the u.s. justice department, sources say khattala became more cautious and frequently changed locations, often joined by just a few close friend. but u.s. intelligence ultimately tracked khattala to a small seaside villa south boston of benghazi. sunday evening after dark, u.s. commandos and f.b.i. agents silently converged on the home and quickly captured khattala without firing a shot. no one was hurt. pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby. >> the important thing for eve

ahmed abu khattala tonight aboard a u.s. navy ship in international waters on his way to washington to face terrorism related charges. the white house took nearly two years to order khattala's capture. fox news correspondent tracked down khattala in over a month. here is greg describing his off camera interview with khattala five weeks after terrorists attacked the consulate in benghazi. >> one of those named a leading militia figure in benghazi, ahmed abu khattala. fox news met with khattala for an extended interview and admitted to being at the consulate and showed no remorse for killing of stevens and others. >> rear admiral john kerr by scoffed at reports that khattala hadn't been hiding at all since he was identified as a suspect. >> there's the presumption in the question is that you know, he was going to mcdonald's for milk shakes every friday night and we could have picked him up in a taxicab. >> he's right. there are no indications he was at mcdonald's but lots of evidence he was in no fear of the u.s. government or

of khattala saying "the united states and libya are both safer now that khattala is east streets. i fully support the administration's of thes to gather intelligence from khattala and prosecute him in federal court." >> developing news in iraq, police and hospital officials say ten people are dead and 25 injured after a car bomb went off in iraq's capital. heavy clashed have erupted in a city 45 minutes from baghdad. a regional war is developing in the middle east and militants from islamic state in iraq in syria or isis continue to fight for creating an islamic state extending from syria to iraq. >>> breaking news in san francisco, portrero hill police are searching not killers of a man after a shooting this morning. the shooting took place before 10:00 at 25th and connecticut streets much it is if a public housing development. paramedics rushed the victim to the hospital but he was pronounced dead. the victim appears to be in his 30's. fremont residents are weighing in on a police proposal putting crime protection against privacy concerns. the plan will go before the city counci

khattala has been charged for his role in the attacks on u.s.ies in benghazi, libya, on september 11th, 2012. >> reporter: the pentagon said he's in u.s. custody held in a secure location outside of libya and they wouldn't say whether he's been mirandized yet but they can hold detainee onboard a ship for interrogations for up to a month. he was nabbed outside of benghazi by a combined team of u.s. special forces and representative of the fbi. there were no casualties during the operation, which took place sunday. this is not the first time that u.s. special operation forces were close to grab ibing khatta. another target was surprised outside his home in tripoli. a near simultaneous operation was in benghazi to grab khattala. there was trouble at the location in benghazi back in october so khattala slipped away. khattala was living in plain sight and had done interviews with multiple news outlets including "the new york times." he met with journalists in public and favored sipping lattes at a local hotel in benghazi. he was very confident he wou

i want to talk to you about khattala, big events happening here today. the administration making a lot of this, saying this is the mastermind, although the evidence doesn't necessarily support that, certainly involves, you know, certainly important. but this is a guy sitting out, like you and i talking right here, reporters talking to us, we didn't pick him up, had plenty of opportunities for smash and grab, now they're saying they brought the mastermind down. >> kirkpatrick from "the new york times" is the guy who is claiming that he had a reporter there the night in benghazi. he's claiming that his sources were talking to this guy. i think there's a lot more to come out. what, exactly happened, and why was "the new york times" there. why did they get pictures that seemingly are not at the right time? i think there's a lot of questions about that. and why were they allowed to interview this guy is and then for 2 1/2 years, really, no one was able to talk to him, and suddenly, we got him. i hope, kimberly, i hope the answer is, our intelligence agencies

intelligence ultimately tracked khattala to a small seaside villa south of benghazi. sunday evening, after dark, u.s. commandos and f.b.i. agents silently converged on the home and quickly captured khattala without firing a shot. no one was hurt. pentagon spokesman admiral john kirby. >> the important thing for everybody to remember is he's no longer on the streets and he will be held accountable. he will be tried in a court of law here in the united states. >> reporter: khattala is now on a u.s. navy ship in the mediterranean, where he's being interrogated by a special intelligence team. counter-terrorism experts want information about alleged co- conspirators and potential threats. sources say other islamic radicals have also been charged in the benghazi case. those charges remain sealed. but 22 months after the attacks that killed four americans, only khattala is in custody. today, f.b.i. director james comey pledged to press the investigation, and had this warning for other suspects: >> but the message is, we will shrink the world to find you. we'll shrink the wor

not everyone is convinced khattala should fay a civilian court. mike mccall says khattala should be held as an enemy combatant at guantanamo bay. >> we have broad in foreign terrorists and given think due process rights under our constitution here in the united states right down the street from where you and i are in the nation's capital. i don't think that's the right approach in prosecuting the war on terrorism. >> catherine herridge is now joining us live from washington, d.c. good to see you. >> i was hitting less than 25 peet from the suspect. while he appeared daysed, as the judge spoke, he became las laser-like. he stood with his hands behind his back as if handcuffed as fbi agents looked o his demeanor seemed to shift from dazed to focused and down, almost depressed as the gravity of his situation sunk in. today we're learning more about his interrogation on board the "uss new york" an official describing the suspect as compliant, but seemingly not being entirely forth coming. on the sunday talk shows, the quality of the intelligence gathe

his name is ahmed abu khattala. he was captured two weeks ago in libya. until now, he's been under interrogation aboard the "uss new york." owe 0 officials say now he's being held under tight security at a federal courthouse 0 in d. where he will answer to charges for his role in the september 11, 2012, attack in libya that killed four americans, including u.s. ambassador chris stevens. our national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live outside the direct courthouse in d.c. right now. how, jennifer, was khattala brought to the courthouse today? >> reporter: well, kelly, u.s. officials tell us that he -- the "uss new york" came into the chesapeake bay and a u.s. helicopter brought him from the ship to a base, a national park service helipad over in an acos acosta. he was brought by vehicle by land to the courthouse behind

khattalas are mirandaized when he was handed over to the federal authorities. he was given a court appointed lawyer, michelle peterson, and the case will be prosecuted by assistant u.s. attorney michael delorenzo, a federal grand jury met on thursday about the charges and we understand that khattala will be back in court on tuesday, july 2. -- wednesday, excuse me. july 2. patti ann. >> jennifer griffin, thanks. >>> new developments in the crisis ongoing in iraq. the country's military is now launching a counter offensive hoping to take back the northern city of tikrit, the hometown of insurance from the group isis. the iraqi military and thousands of new volunteers are fighting back with everything from tanks to helicopter gunships. john huddy has the latest from the middle east. >> reporter: the flight for tikrit continues and it's critical one, giving iraqi military forces a chance to stop isis militants from marching any closer to baghdad. iraqi military officials say helicopter gunships are honing in on and attacking the sunni led militants with help from

>> there's a lot we don't know christiane, because now that we have khattala in custody, hopefully we will learn more, at least from his perspective. the reason it takes long is to put together cases which is what the fbi and other law enforcement agencies were doing. they have to piece it together just as we started piecing it together on the night of the attack. we want to know who was behind it, what the motivation of the leaders and the attackers happened to be. there are still some unanswered questions. it was, after all, the fog of war. but i'm absolutely convinced that the united states and all of our various agencies with all of our professionals including the congress is you know, piecing together the best information we can find. >> again, you've been asked so many questions. i want to ask you a question about chris stephens himself who was clearly thought of by yourself and the state department as the expert on libya. in a previous interview, you said that he was in benghazi that day of his own choosing. >> uh-huh. >> in retrospect, do you knowing what you know now, would y

why did they not go after abu khattala earlier?t's interesting, kimberly, is that they did trying to after him at least once before. we know from well placed sources that back on october 5 when delta force operators went into libya and grabbed libbi, another high valued target, that they were supposed to go into benghazi at that time and capture abu khattala but something went wrong at the site and they had to pull back. so this is actually the second time they have targeted abu khattala. we also know from sources they've been watching him for some time. in the 19 months since the attack, he had given multiple interviews, not just to "new york times" but also to greg and to cnn so he was living a life where he was not feeling the pressure and we understand from sources who are knowledgeable about how this capture went down that he did not see it coming. we also know that there were no other people killed during this capture raid which happened on sunday. >> all right. you heard earlier in our interviews with greg, abu khattala was

ahmed abul khattala.hen they feel there's no more intelligence they can get, operational s aal intelligence will mirror rand diez him and send him to a u.s. district court in washington, d.c. >> ed, we've just gotten this information from jennifer griffin. he's headed here. you can give us a timetable on that, anything you're learning out of the white house? >> no it's not clear when he's going to come back for a lot of the reasons that jennifer just listed. you have republicans like marco rubio saying don't bring him back to u.s. soil. send him to guantanamo, send him there to gather more intelligence. we want to know more about not just what happened on 9/11, at the terror site, but where are the other suspects, what information can help lead up to the other suspects. remember, this was just one. there were several suspects named in a criminal complaint last year by the justice department. so the bottom line is, this is a success for the administration, but there are other suspects, we believe, are out

ahmed abu khattala was taken into custody during a secret raid on sunday.e have the details. >> september 11, 2012, the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, coming under attack from a group of islamic militants. the american ambassador, christopher stevens, was killed in the assault along with three of his compatriots. up until now, none of the suspects has been captured by u.s. forces, but in a secret raid, they have apprehended ahmed abu khattala, one of the alleged ringleaders. the commander-in-chief of the united states military conducted a mission to capture ahmed abu khattala. khattala has been charged for his role in the attacks in benghazi, libya, on september 11, 2012. the united states is taking him to a secure location outside libya. >> the obama administration has faced strident criticism or not doing enough to find those responsible, so a rare success for a president struggling with overlapping crises in syria and now iraq. >> it is important for us to send a message to the world that when americans are attacked, no matter how long it takes, we w

officials say khattala being held on the "u.s.s.ew york" is talking, on fox, meaningful intelligence can be gathered. >> while this war is not over and yet we're seeing a reversion to the clinton administration where we're treating terrorists as defense. >> reporter: picked up by the obama white house and held at sea and then transferred to federal courts, the timing came up on capitol hill. because the criminal complaint was filed in d.c. last july. >> the abu khattala operation looked rather routine, it took us months of preparation and intelligence. >> reporter: khattala is now a live detainee which means he can be questioned but none of the intelligence can be held against him. it took 32 minutes just on benghazi, and the administration will have to choose between sailing around in the mid-atlantic or reading him his rights. >> this is a lawful tool in the president's toolbox and it seems to be a pattern. >> reporter: a counterterrorism force describes khattala has the muscle on the ground during the benghazi attack. >> it could

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abu khattala now on's u.s. navy ship and president obama said he will face the full weight of the mefrn justice system in the attacks that left four americans dead including ambassador stephens. >> reporter: 642 days have passed since the benghazi terror attacks and the apprehension of abu khattala on sunday. the president is speaking out for the first time saying in a written statement that he authorized this operation and special forces to go in and bring in the suspect. bottom line we are told that the president authorized this operation friday. he spoke out on iraq before heading to palm spring, california for the weekend. apprehension came on sunday and all leak out today. the president saying in his statement we'll continue our efforts to bring to justice those responsible for the benghazi attacks and we'll remain vigilant and prioritize the protection of our service members and civilians overseas. four americans were killed in the terror attacks. and republicans have raised questions of why the administr

. >> commandos with drones overhead grabbed ahmed abu khattala, whisking him off to navy warship. >> u.s. intelligence tracked him to small seaside villa and quickly captured khattala without firing a shot. no one was hurt. >> jon: no shots, no wounds, no errors. the commanders even spruced up the villa for the next b&b guests, which i thought was very nice. great news all around, well-planned operation, executed flawlessly, terrorists captured without casualties. cannot find a single thing wrong, which is probably why i don't work at fox. >> what took the obama administration so throng capture ahmed abu khattala. >> 641 days after the president vowed to bring the killers to justice. >> jon: for god's sake, obama good night the guy you have been come make about. why are you being such moby dicks about this. oh, melville, why did you name your symbol of evil if a modern world? how easy should it have been for us to get him? >> khattala had been living in plain sight. >> he always met with journalists in public fairched sipping lattes at a local hotel in bank of england. >> sitting out

ahmed abu khattala is undergoing intens questioning right now aboard a u.s.anean sea. abc's brian ross has more on the capture. >> reporter: the u.s. had quickly determined the man it believed was one of the masterminds of the massive deadly tax in benghazi, but it was not until now, 21 months later, that the u.s. was able to capture ahmed abu khattala, the leader of an islamist terrorist group in libya. >> our special forces showing incredible courage and precision were able to capture an individual, abu khattala, who is alleged to have been one of the masterminds of the attack. >> reporter: u.s. officials tell abc news that khattala had been under surveillance in libya for months. in fact, he was interviewed by reporters for cnn and others, denying his involvement and flaunting his presence in benghazi. >> if a cnn reporter can have an interview with him openly in a cafe, why couldn't we get to him sooner? >> reporter: u.s. officials say a plan to capture abu khattala was delayed after public outrage in libya over this video of the takedown of another accus

the khattala is reportedly on a u.s. navy ship in the mediterranean where a special intelligence team is interrogating him. >> we are looking for any admission he wants to make about his particular role in this attack and any information he can provide about others. >> reporter: many democrats support white house plans to prosecute khattala in the civilian criminal justice system. but some republicans want him sent to the military prison in guantanamo bay, cuba. >> we will have have more of these targets that will be arrested from time to time, gitmo is a perfect place to keep them. >> reporter: lawmakers expressed frustration over how long it took to capture khattala since he was often seen in public after the attack n washington susan mcginn is for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> right now 5:13. time for traffic and weather together. it is already warm out there, katie. >> it is actually because we have not cooled down from yesterday. temperatures have dropped off but we are not bottoming out all that much here. sunnies c

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abu khattala is remarkable. but there are dozens of folks who killed four americans and instead of giving him a lawyer in washington d.c. we should bring them to justice and find out what it is they continue to do to try to attack america today. he issie a boat to come back. the long boat ride. surely somebody is talking to him and who is interrogating him and what might we gain or is he getting an attorney on board of a boat. my understanding we are talking to him. and he knows the moment he gets to shore he can request a lawyer and be with all of the rights we have as americans and have an opportunity to claim that he doesn't have to talk to anyone. he needs to just hang on. and this is not the conditions in with which you find out the important information. we shouldn't treat him as a criminal but a terrorist that killed four americans. >> we know the what, but the yo why? why do we give this guy the same treatment as an american citizen. he was not arrested on american soil; what is behind this? i am having

khattala does not have to answer them.ablish a relationship and work through the requirements as have been discussed. first are there current threats? of course, the next sort of level of things they want to know are were there co-conspirators and can he identify them and lead investigators, give them intelligence leads to where they may find other individuals involved in benghazi. >> i'm always interested why people actually talk and robert, you know, you've been in there. why does the suspect start to talk and reveal information that may not be in the best interest to do so? >> yeah, there are just really a spectrum of different reasons. i know this is less than satisfactory but in the post 9/11 interview situation, me and my partner had access to notable al qaeda members, a few examples, some were motivated by the uncertainty of the situations. others were motivated as they called it fatigue with the jihad life. every human being is motivated by one or two main things that if tapped into, effectively, can modify behavio

. >> commandos with drones overhead grabbed ahmed abu khattala, whisking him off to navy warship. >>acked him to small seaside villa and quickly captured khattala without firing a shot. no one was hurt. >> jon: no shots, no wounds, no errors. the commanders even spruced up the villa for the next b&b guests, which i thought was very nice. great news all around, well-planned operation, executed flawlessly, terrorists captured without casualties. cannot find a single thing wrong, which is probably why i don't work at fox. >> what took the obama administration so throng capture ahmed abu khattala. >> 641 days after the president vowed to bring the killers to justice. >> jon: for god's sake, obama good night the guy you have been come make about. why are you being such moby dicks about this. oh, melville, why did you name your symbol of evil if a modern world? how easy should it have been for us to get him? >> khattala had been living in plain sight. >> he always met with journalists in public fairched sipping lattes at a local hotel in bank of england. >> sitting outside

khattala had gone into hiding and u.s.telligence had to track him down and get ready to move. >> you have to know where he live, where he frequents and when he goes where? does he go with his family? does he have a security detail? all of these questions have to be factored in and once you know the answer to that then you develop your plan on how you are going take him. >> the delta force commandos belonged to one of the most secretive organizations inside the u.s. military, an organization called the joint special operations command, the very same group of commandos, the same forces that were sent to get bowe bergdahl and went into osama bin laden's compound. >> stand by for a moment. i want to bring in cnn national security analyst fran townsend, former adviser to president bush and a member of the external advisory board. peter king, a key member of the house intelligence committee and homeland security committee thought this guy should be sent to gitmo, to guantanamo bay and instead he's coming here to washington, d.c.

the obama administration says abu khattala will be tried in civilian court.esday senator minority leader mitch mcconnell urged the administration to take a hard line when it comes to getting information from abu khattala. >> there has been a tendency in this administration, as you know, to treat this like a law enforcement matter. read them their rights and get them a lawyer. i hope they're not doing that. the most valuable thing we can get from this terrorist is information. >> so what happens next with abu khattala and have the politics of benghazi changed at all? here to help answer those questions are msnbc contributor patrick murphy. he's back with us, along with 'em aem emily sussman and msnbc political analyst david corn. thank you all for helping us understand the situation. patrick, address this first talking point from the right. was it legitimate for it to have taken so much time to eventually get abu khattala? were there real reasons why it took so long? >> of course there was reasons. you don't just say, hey, we're going to handcuff you. you have

abu khattala was imprisoned by muammar gadhafi for many years. in the witness statements compiled after the benghazi attacks, there were members of ansar al-sharia, there were some indications he, in some interviews, acknowledged he was there although he usually said that he came upon the assault of the dim pact compound when it was almost over but did not parts at a time in the initial assault. they athey have witnesses and, again, they do have some video. >> now, the u.s. authorities, i gather, they think that -- well, they fairly believe others were involved in the attacks. so are they still in pursuit in what's the situation there? >> they're in this criminal complaint that was filed und seal last summer here in the district of columbia. there were as many as a dozen others listed as wanted for the same attacks. they say they're still after them. they haven't caught them yet. we don't know what all their names are but that the investigation is still ongoing and that they're still trying to capture them. >> everything, of course, related to be

ahmed abu khattala, grabbed by u.s. special forces in libya earlier this month, and today, delivers to the u.s. federal court in washington. the tightest security on hand, armed guards standing watch outside. abc's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny leads us off tonight, reporting from outside the courthouse. >> reporter: ahmed abu khattala stood before an american judge for the first time this afternoon. he raised his right happened, speaking softly with the help of an interpreter, as his public defender entered a plea of not guilty. he was fingerprinted and photographed like any other suspect. but the tight security and rare weekend appearance at federal court highlighted the importance of the case. before dawn, abu khattala was flown to washington by helicopter after being held on a navy warship after his capture in libya nearly two weeks ago. inside the courtroom, he stood tall with a bushy gray beard. his eyes closely watching the judge and nearly a dozen government prosecutors. fbi agents had been interro

auk med abu khattala entered a courthouse and entered a not guilty plea. katherine is here for the first step in a long process. >> i was standing less than 25 feet from the benghazi suspect. i see hair is gray and matted with black. he appeared dazed and then became laser like in his focus, almost hanging on the judge's every word. he stood with his hands behind his back as if he were handcuffed. as the session moved along at a leisurely pace, his daze shifted to focus and down, almost depressed. this morning we're learning more about his interrogation on board the u.s.s. new york. the benghazi suspect is described as cooperative to fox news but not forthcoming. it was always unlikely they would learn a great deal in about ten days' time. also the chairman of the house committee saying this morning there are a dozen indictments out there for the benghazi suspects. a target list was drawn up within 48 hours including members of khattala's group and the al qaeda affiliate in north africa. >> now we're finding out that the reason why he wasn't apprehended as

consulate was overrun, only khattala is in custody. senior administration officials say khattala was often surrounded in recent months by militia, so they were waiting for a time when his defenses might be down to make their move. now, once that intelligence interrogation at sea is concluded, khattala will be read his rights and then turned over to federal prosecutors. he could face the death penalty if ultimately convicted. charlie. >>> also in washington cbs news senior security analyst mike morell, he was deputy cia director at the type of the benghazi attack mike good morning. >> good morning, charlie. good morning gayle. >> good morning. >> what is the significance of this arrest and what might we learn from him? >> i think the president's point about nobody gets away with killing americans, no matter how long it takes to find them is the most significant. it sends a message to anybody who might do this that we'll find you. that is the most significant. in terms of intelligence i think there's three things that we want to learn. o

the department of justice has announced it will try khattala in the u.s. corps system.rvatives are not happy about this at all. >> why exactly are we bringing this terrorist captured abroad here on to american soil to try him in the criminal courts? >> well, megan, again, because president obama is going to make matters worse once again. >> joining me now is political reporter, david weigel and political columnist dana milbank. between dick cheney resurfaces in a cowboy hat and people talking about throwing other people in gitmo, i don't know what quality time is, about that as a sinister ring to it. have we learned nothing? have we learned nothing in the last 12 years, 13 years? >> well the short answer is yes. we have learned nothing. i think what you have here is a situation of the dog that finally catches the car. now what? these guys have been saying for the last 20 months or so it's a disgrace for the families that they haven't caught these guys or brought the perpetrators to justice. this shows the administration doesn't care. okay, they got the guy. now what do

forces were close to catching khattala. on october 4th, 2013, they grabbed a high value target outside of tripoli, a near same operation was called off and he slipped away and living in the open in plain site doing interviews with fox's greg p palkot. >> i interviewed him the night of the attack but denied any pl planning role. >> the presumption was he was going to mcdonald's for milkshakes every friday night and we could have picked him up in a taxicab. >> sources tell fox news he will be sailed back to the united states to give u.s. interrogators time to talk to him. >> jennifer, thank you. like the raid that killed osama bin laden the capture of ahmed abu khattala is welcome news by president obama. >> after so many months being battered over cover-up charges on benghazi, president obama all but took a victory lap as he tried to bring the killers to justice. >> regardless how long it takes we will find you. i want to make sure everybody around the world hears that message very clearly. >> reporter: to be clear, it took

ahmed abu khattala was arrested in libya two weeks ago. he's been traveling on a navy warship since then. that is until this morning. let me bring in pete williams, who has been following developments for outside the federal courthouse. please give us the update and what can we expect here in the next -- i guess any moment, but certainly the next few hours. >> about 3:30 actually will be the time for the arraignment for ahmed abu khattala. a big deal. almost two years ago, to face a federal judge here in the united states. he arrived in the u.s. on u.s. soil this morning, brought off the navy ship by helicopter. they landed here not a couple of miles away from this federal courthouse at the foot of capitol hill and he's been in the courthouse since about 8:30 this morning eastern time. a little over five hours, waiting for his hearing this afternoon before a federal judge. it will be a very brief hearing. he'll simply be told of the charges against him. it's a formal arraignment. and then i assign the judge will set the time for the rest o

khattala had been held and questioned by the cia and u.s. military intelligence interrogators on board the "uss new york" since his capture by delta operators on june 15th at his villa south of benghazi. >> it's funny, you know. within an hour of us saying that we got him, the questions we were getting, are why did it take so long and how could this very dangerous guy be sipping mango juice at a cafe and you guys couldn't pick him up? now we're getting asked, well, wasn't he just low hanging fruit, and why does it matter? he matters. we believe we've got a strong days. >> reporter: how strong that case is we'll have a better idea when the judge reads the charge or charges at 3:30 p.m. today. we're awaiting that now. back to you. >> jennifer griffin live in washington, thanks. >>> iraqi forces bolstered by new shia recruits are launching an assault against sunni militants in tikrit. the offensive reportedly including help from american military advisers and helicopter gunships that carried out air strikes on the university campus there. milit

the on person you have right now is khattala. martha: the proof will be in how vociferously he's questioned. the present showers on now for that to happen with this arrest. we'll see if it does. adam thank you so much. >> we know where some of these guys are. we had actionable intelligence after the attack and we have audio and visual on these guys. one hunts person told me he had eyes on who he believes is the mastermind and was told a no-go. martha: incredible. adam, thank you very much. bill: president obama asking congress for half a billion to train and arm the rebels fighting in syria to try to stop the violence from spreading into iraq. the administration saying it would vet members of the syrian opposition to make sure weapons don't fall into the hands of those militant isis forces. doug mcelway is live in washington with a lot of money. many are saying too little too late. >> reporter: for months a lot of republicans have been pleading with the administration for a more active engagement. but they say as the months have