. >> tenures lightly capital, nairobi. some call it africa's answer to silicon valley because so many new ideas are born here. for many, paying bills by text message is just part of everyday life. green billboards for the service are everywhere. movables can be -- mobiles can be topped off with cash. money can be transferred. even taxi drivers paid. >> you take the money. you put it in the phone. someone can also draw money from it. >> around 15 million kenyans use their mobile phones to make payments on the go. that is more than half of all adults. it is practical, especially for those who don't have a bank account or anything in their wallet. >> people who might be cashless at the moment, but you have your phone. you use your phone. whatever the bill, anything. >> the network operates and makes money from each transaction. what started out as a brainwave 10 years ago is now big business. the kenyan payment system has spread to other countries, too, securing nairobi's name as an african innovation hub. reporter: back over

and so if we're to say that it's okay to kill people outside who are selling bread in nairobi, kenya,e also saying it's okay to kill us right there in washington, d.c. if there's a people in a neighboring building who potentially pose some kind of threat. >> i think that's quite exaggerated, the idea that we would be at risk here in washington, d.c. the president has been very clear where the types of strikes that have been approved-- outside of areas of hostile battlefields, those have been approved under very circumscribed circumstances where again, we're at war with al qaeda, and associated forces. >> brown: in "eye in the sky", we see tiny "camera" drones-- some already on the market, says director gavin hood, others close behind. and soon, he adds, they'll do more than just capture high- definition images. >> instead of putting a hellfire missile through the roof of a house where terrorists are holed up, the tiny drone flies through the window or door and detonates right by your temple. or it blows a little dose of anthrax in your nose as it flies by. i mean, it's very creepy but

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abusing children at an orphanage in kenya. 21 year old matthew lane durham sexually abusing orphans in nairobi between april and june 2014. the judge called these crimes disgusting and henious. a jury convicted durham in june of seven counts of abuse. $55 million dollars in her lawsuit against the stalker who secretly recorded her in her hotel room, and the company that owned the hotel. :43-:57 erin andrews - girls... high school, college... they tweet me and they say i want to be erin andrews except for the marriott stalker thing. and i cant control that. after several days of testimony, the jury only took a few hours make their decision. andrews originally sued the nashville marriot hotel and michael barret for $75 million dollars for emotional distress after a video of her undressing in her hotel room went viral 8 years ago. michael barret, andrew's stalker has already served two-and half years in jail for admitting to recording and stalking andrews on three separate ocassions. severe weather slammed parts of north texas late last night. in one town, residents think a tornado may have touch

britain's prince william has met with kenya's president in nairobi. they discussed the ties between their two characters, nature, conservation, and the threat of terrorism. christians around the world are preparing to celebrate easter this weekend. pope francis marked the holiest day with the traditional ceremony of washington feet. this year, the pontiff traveled outside rome to washington as the feet of migrants. we will take a short break and be right back. brent: welcome back. you are with "dw news" live from berlin. our top stories -- radovan karadzic has been found guilty for his role in the massacre back in the 1990's. the former leader was also found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes. he has been sentenced to 40 years in jail. relatives of the victims of last year's germanwings crash gathered in the french alps on the first anniversary of the disaster thursday. they met where the plane's copilot deliberately steered the plane into a mountain, causing one of the worst disasters in german aviation history. >> the painful return to

investors from nairobi are now cultivating maize where elephants and other wild animals used to forageor food. more and more bush and grazing land is vanishing. bernard tulito, a massai himself, has been observing that development with trepidation. bernard: this is madness, because the moment you sell your land, and you don't have any place where you can live, where you can go, where you can put your livestock, it is the end of you. and after having all this chunk of money, huge amount of money. and spent it on ways that are not economically viable, it leads you to more problems. i've seen a scenario whereby one of the culprits of elephant poaching, we're realized it was one of the guys who have sold his land. wiebke: that's why bernard tulito is out visiting the villages every day. he knows the animals will only have a chance if the lives of the people improve. that means providing grants for education and creating jobs. the international fund for animal welfare has trained 30 maasai to be community wildlife rangers. >> squad, fall out. wiebke: on patrol, they look for evidence of wou

there was a handler who drove the two suicide bombers to nairobi.o the embassy in nairobi. >> in effect, to make sure no one chickens out at the point of impact? >> well, that, and probably the person you see here in beige, the handler, is an individual who had been involved in the planning and in the casing and so he is a person who knows exactly what needs to be done, where is the target, what to hit. the two other people are suicide bomber bombers, probably have no involvement in the planning itself. so their job is just to go and blow themselves up. his job is to tell them where to go and how to do that. the other two, we see interestingly enough, they are wearing gloves, but the glove is only on the left hand, not the right hand. the right hand is exposed, but the left hand that as a glove. that is -- i don't want to read too much into it, but the only thing that comes to my head, that this is probably a detonator and they are trying to hide the detonator. as we know, in the airport, you have a lot of law enforcement, especially in brussels, yo

this is a group responsible for the siege in nairobi and even earlier this year, they did an attack on the air of union forces, so this is a dangerous group in that region and i think it has a good capability. brent: an international team of investigators says it has no idea what happened to malaysia airlines flight mh 370. the plane disappeared two years ago today in room from kuala lumpur to beijing. the australia led search team is still reviewing information, leaving relatives of the missing passengers and crew was any unanswered questions. reporter: malaysia, find our people, they chant, give us back our family. these are some of the relatives of the passengers on board the flight. they gathered outside a temple in beijing to demand answers. >> we don't know if they are alive or dead or safe or not. we are incredibly worried. we are all suffering from anxiety, phobias and depression. we are here today to pray for them wherever they are. wherever they are, we pray they are safe. reporter: so far, this is all that has been recovered from the plane. it washed up on an island last jul

they just assume there is going to be some almighty revenge from nairobi because nairobi continued andthey were responsible for terrorism. >> but it never came. so slowly like a back to normal. but there are consequences because the ngo who were working in the camp they follow the lead of the kenyan government. the kenyan government made this announcement and the ngo has to start planning. they were reluctant to commit money to make investments in programs. so think start shrinking. then of course when the world food program at about the same time and in fact they've done this every november cents cut rations because they had a funding crunch toward the end of the year. the syrian crisis, the other crisis which we now know about more detail than we did then, means rations are getting cut. so for the refugees the obvious interpretation is you're starving us so we will go back to somalia. quite a few people did. hundreds of families to go back. >> you called the cut in the food rations a crime. >> it is a crane on -- it is a crime. were were asking these people to have hope and to stay i

al-shabab fighters are plamd for numerous bomb an gun attacks in east africa, including the nairobi shopping mall attack which killed 67 civilians in kenya. the white house says this strike was a pre-emptive attack. >> the fighters who were scheduled to depart the camp pose a threat to u.s. and african union forces in somalia. the removal of those fighters degrades al-shabab's ability to meet the group's objectives, recruit i recruiting members >>> here is what the somalia government had to say: >>> >>> there are conflicting reports about what exactly happened and how many al-shabab fighters were killed. tell us what woe know for sure. -- we know for sure. >> we cannot independently verify what happened in the region of somalia on saturday around 5 pm local time. we know that region is under the control of al-shabab. we know it's very remote location. one of the things that we understand is there was no civilian casualties anywhere near where the air strike happened. the u.s. routinely carries out drone strikes targeting al-shabab leader ship. remember in 2014 the group's leader was killed i

al-shabab fighters are claimed for numerous bomb and gun attacks in east africa, including the nairobi shopping mall attack. the white house says it was to prevent fighting. >> they posed an imminent threat to u.s. an africa can mission forces in somalia. it degrades al-al-shabab's objectives targets in the area >>> the somali government spokesman said: >>> >>> an update from our correspondent. >> reporter: we know the strikes happened in the area of al-shabab. they say they killed 150 soldiers. al-shabab say that is an exaggeration. often it targets leaders of al-shabab in 2014 the former leader of the group was killed in a u.s. air strike. what is also important is the timing of this latest air strike. it comes weeks after the african union, which is fighting al-shabab, the air strike is significant because it comes on the back of al-shabab increasing its attacks in southern somalia >>> it is the second anniversary of the second biggest aif aviation mystery. a somber vigil was help and mps in parliament stood in silence. families of the missing demanded answers as they protested outs

they're blafd for various attacks in including the nairobi attack which killed 67 civilians in kenya. the white house saying that strike was a presentative measure to prevent future attacks by al-shabab. >> reporter: the fighters who were scheduled to leave the camp pose a threat to forces in somalia. their removal, the removal of those terrorist fighters, degrades al-shabab's ability to meet their objectives, establishing bases, recruiting members >>> the government spokesman says they welcomed the drone attack on the al-shabab base in collaboration with the army. more weapons have been seized from a fishing vessel bound for somalia. australia is part of an international maritime force on patrol and it's not clear who was waiting for the weapons, but the shipment could violate a u.n. security council arms embargo. coming up, the search for answers to the biggest aviation middle of the of modern times two years after the disappears of mh370. mh370. find fantasy shows. when it comes to the things you love, you want more. love romance? get lost in every embrace. into sports? follow ever

in kenya, most notably last year, where 148 people were killed, and another in a popular mall in nairobi. 67 people were martyred, and the security forces believe some attacks were planned. i asked if he thinks that the cops have been infiltrated by al-shabaab. >> the problem you're talking about is real, but i cannot talk freely and explain the details. that should tell you something. >> the refugees in this settlement are living in fear, caught between al-shabaab on one side and the government forces that don't trust them on the ooh. >> of a mangrove rainforest is under stress. in bangladesh, it is a world heritage site. but thereof been three major accidents in the last two years there. >> reporter: in the late afternoon of march 19th, a barge carrying more than 1200 tons of coal sank in a dolphin sanctuary. that's not what these men are working to salvage. instead, they're still painstakingly securing the coal from another spill in this area back in october of this year. >> we have to be very very careful when we're lifting the coal out. if you move it warned uch, it can start to dis

cnn's robyn kriel is live nairo nairobi, kenya. >> reporter: this isn't the first of al qaeda in theim with the attack of this nature, christine. they also launched attacks against hotels last year killing dozens of people and in bakima faso attacking a cafe popular with person westerners. this is the latest high profile attack in the last five months. they are trying to compete with isis with publicity and operational capacity, but it goes to show the porousness of the borders, most of which sprung up from the fighting in mali in the last few years and they are moving to areas considered safer. this has some election violence in 2012, never has seen an attack like this either. it killed 16 people. 14 civilians and 2 soldiers and 6 terrorists neutralized. we have a correspondent on his way there to bring us up to date reports very shortly. >> robyn kriel, thank you. >>> the dow jones industrial average just one rally from turning positive for the year. will it happen today? >> i would love that. that would be great. >> we will get an early start on your money next. >>> let's get an e

. >> now, rangers are shot dead alive after they escaped from the nairobi national park. the rangers said that it was agitated and had to be shot to prevent further injury. it's the second time this month that a lie an has escaped from a state park. >>> one of the world's most unique environments, a sprawling mangrove forest called the summer land. and plus, women's world, in india. >> the world's threat. in bangladesh, it's being damage bid pollution. >> reporter: in the late afternoon of march 19th, a barge carrying more than 1200 tons of coal sank in a dolphin sanctuary. that's not what these men are working to salvage. instead, they're still painstakingly securing the coal from another spill in this area back in october of this year. >> we have to be very very careful when we're lifting the coal out. if you move it too much, it can start to dissolve and go into the water. >> reporter: the barge that sunk in the rainforest was carrying almost two times as much coal, and salvaging it is hard. more than two times, after the sinking, they announced a ban on the cargo vess

years, al-shabab has claimed responsibility for attack after attack, including a massacre at this nairobiall. on monday the u.s. officials said they are plans another attack this time on u.s. troops and their allies. >> my understanding is that there was intelligence that this was a training camp and that these fighters would soon be embarking upon missions that would directly impact the u.s. and our partners. >> reporter: the u.s. us says they targeted the camp killing 150 al-shabab fighters. it says the u.s. has been watching the site for weeks. >> this strike was in self-defense and in defense of our african union mission of somalia partners. >> the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades app shabab's objectives including recruiting new members. >> reporter: the u.s. has designated al-shabab a terrorist organization, and as a number of social operations forces in somalia aimed at crippling it. the group is thought to have thousands of fighters, including children and foreigners. u.s. strikes killed the group's top leader in 2014, but it has stopped up its tacks in the past few mon

cnn, nairobi, kenya. >>> now a senior crisis adviser with amnesty international recently returned fromte. this is what she had to say about the united nations report. >> like the findings in the u.n. report, we did in fact see that even after the signing of the peace agreement in august of last year that there continued to be systemic attacks against the civilian population. civilians being killed while they were fleeing, women and children -- and girls being subjected to abductions and sexual assault, and attacks on the food supply and other types of civilian property. these attacks have devastated the civilian population. >> and as we saw in the report, sexual violence has been used to torture and terrorize many women and girls. the report documented more than 1,300 cases between april and september in unity state alone, and more than 50 cases from september to october. no doubt that's just the tip of what's really going on. >> we do, in fact, believe that there are women and girls that continue to be abducted and are still being subjected to this violence today. the types of denials

responsibility for attack after attack in somalia, and next door in kenya, including a massacre at this nairobi mall. on monday u.s. officials said they were planning another attack this time on u.s. troops and their allies. >> my understanding is there was intelligence that this was a training camp and these fighters would soon be embarking upon missions that would directly impact the u.s. and our partners. >>> on saturday the pentagon says the u.s. struck the camp with drones and piloted aircraft, killing more than 150 al-shabab fighters. the pentagon says for weeks the u.s. was watching the sight about 120 miles north of the capitol. >> this was in defense of our partners. we used a mix of manned and unmanned platforms. >> the removal of those fighters degrades their ability to meet their objectives in somalia, including planning attacks on u.s. and allied forces. >> reporter: the u.s. as designated al-shabab a terrorist organization, and has a number of groups aimed at crippling it. the group wants to create a strict islamic state in somalia, and is thought to have thousands of fighters, in

attacks in east africa, including killing 67 civilians in a shopping mall in the kenyan capital, nairobi. that was three years ago. let's go to kimberly halkett. live if washington, d.c. this has been alive for about an hour right now. tell me kimberly what the pentagon has foicial officiallyn saying. >> as you point out it occurred at a training camp for al shabaab fighters. we are told there could be more than 200 fighters present and according to u.s. intelligence, there was training away to launch an imminent attack against u.s. as well as somali and african orion union resistance. a decision was made to launch a drone strike, 150 we are told by the united states as the number of fighters killed. the u.s. saying this was as a result of intelligence that they received that the u.s. acted on, in training for an imminent attack. to put it into context, the u.s. has been conducting these strikes for a while now, september 22nd, an al shabaab leader was stain out, the u.s. has stated in fact its goal really is to continue to dismantle al shabaab particularly when it threatens u.s. as well

. >> kenyan rangers have shot dead a lyon that escaped from nairobi national park and attacked a man.the lion was roaming south of the capital, and rangers said that it became agitated, and it needed to be shot to prevent further injuries. it's the second time that the lyon has broken out of the park. the world's biggest mangrove rain forest is under threat. it is in bangladesh at its world heritage site. they've been having environmental disasters over the past several years. >> the late 2014, these men are painstakingly securing the coal from another cargo vessel that sank in the area back in october of last year. >> we have to be very, very careful when we're lifting the coal out. you move it around too much it can start to dissolve and spread in the water. >> the barge that sank this month in the rain forest was carrying almost three times as much coal, and salvaging that wreck is expected to be a lower task. it was the third time in two years that a vessel carrying coal or oil has sank in this protected stretch of the water. after the sinking, the bangladeshi government announced

in kenya, most notably last year, where 148 people were killed, and another in a popular mall in nairobi. 67 people were marted, and the security forces, i asked if he thinks that the cops have been infiltrated by al-shabaab. >> the problem you're talking about is real, but i can not talk freely and explain the details. that should tell you something. >> the refugees in this settlement are living in fear, between al-shabaab on one side and the government forces that don't trust them on the ooh. >> still ahead on the show the protected stretch of the water. he was thinking, the government announced a ban on cargo very wells in the riff. but a ban had previously been announced in 2014, after a large oil spill, only to be lifted last year. >> reporter: this is the only route that connects the amongler port. the other routes are too shallow. so the dam was a huge economic blow to the country. it's the largest mangrove rainforest in the world, and it has become the focus of large protests. vessels carrying hazardous materials, they're also worried about the impact of a coal power plant that w

years, al al shabaab has clajd responsibility for attack after attack including a massacre in this nairobi. ol monday, they said the group was planning another attack, on u.s. troops and their african alleys in some alisomalia. >> my understanding is, that there was intelligence, that this is a training camp and that these fighters were going to be embarking upon missions that would directly impact the u.s. and our partners. >> reporter: on saturday, the pentagon says the u.s. struck the camp with drones and piloted aircraft killing more than 150 al al shabaab fighters saying the u.s. was figwaving the site about the 120 miles north of somalia's capitol. >> this strike was in self defense and in defense of our african union mission in somalia pers. we did use a mix of manned and unmanned platforms. >> the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al shabaab's ability to meet the group's objectives, recruiting members, establishing basis and planning attacks on u.s. and forces. >> the u.s. has designated al shabaab a terrorist operation. the group wants to create a strict islamic state i

typical slow-and-go east of there westbound 580 really bogging down around 205 connector and stays slug nairobin looks good towards 680. at least for another half-hour south 680 olympic to bollinger canyon road two left lanes closed for construction. >>> it won't be long before state water regulators have to decide whether to keep california under a drought emergency. people in the state have mostly responded well to the governor's order of a 25% water use reduction. will the winter's rain end the drought in the state? the state water board will look at that after this month to decide whether to make some changes. >>> a star bay area chef in the middle of a sexual harassment scandal. two former servers are suing him, several managers and his restaurant group. it's claimed that coqueta owner michael a chef is making sexual comments. >> two-thirds of women and and half of men who work in the industry reported sexual harassment. >> chef shah rel low is speaking out. he released a statement that reads: >>> new details about a sexual harassment that cost a cal basketball coach his job. uc-berkeley f

cnn, nairobi. >> now the attack in ivory coast is the third of its kind in recent months. and that's raising an important question. should other countries there be concerned? we will discuss that later this hour with an expert. so do stay with us for that. >>> all right, it's just past 2:00 here on the u.s. east coast. that means there's just one day left before five states hold primaries that could set the tone for the rest of the u.s. presidential election. and the democratic hopefuls fielded questions in ohio sunday night, however, it was a republican, donald trump, to be specific, who seemed to dominate this discussion. >> take a look at virtually every national poll that has been done. take a look at the nbc wall street journal poll, guess what, bernie sanders was defeating donald trump by 18 points. >> there are going to be a lot of arguments to make against him that we can look forward to. i'm not going to spill the beans right now. but suffice it to say, there are many arguments that we can use against him. but one argument that i am uniquely qualified to bring, be

al shabab, the terrorist group that launched the terrorist attack on the westgate shopping mall in nairobi, kenya, as well as other somali-based groups including one funded by osama bin laden. the texas dps had come into contact in recent years with "special interest aliens" come from countries where terrorist groups thrive. immigrants from over 30 countries throughout asia and the middle east have been arrested over the past few years trying to enter the united states illegally in the rio grande valley. now the committee obtained information from the customs and border patrol that confirms thousands of indians, chinese, bangladeshis have been able to get over the border. this day day also shows that individuals sought to enter the united statesily eel lie from afghanistan, pakistan, syria, turkey, and beyond. one potential vulnerability that such individuals could attempt to exploit is our nation's generous asylum system, aliens making asylum claims after they are apprehended by border patrol for entering illegally are being released into american society by the obama administration. the

trying to over throw the government and el shabab blamed for gun attacks in east africa including the nairobiack that killed people in kenya and it was a preventative measure to stop future attacks by el shabab. >> they posed an imminent threat to u.s. and african union mission forces in somalia. their removal, the removal of those terrorist fighters degrade el shabab's objective for recreating members and bases and planning attacks on u.s. and other forces. >> reporter: the spokesman said we welcome the drone attack on t the el shabab base and it will minimize the threats of el shabab and crossing live from the capitol mogidushu and tell us about the report because there are conflicting reports about it. >> reporter: well doreen there is no way of verifying the casualties reported and the pentagon says 150 el shabab were killed in the air strikes and el shabab says it's an exaggeration and we know the air strikes took place in a remote region of somalia far from any base that civilians lead. this is not the first time that russia carried out air strikes in somalia and often targets leaders f

and before that it was behind the well-publicized hospital stilling situation at nairobi's west gatee 68 people were killed in 2013. the group has also staged suicide bombings in and around mogadishu, but a al-shabab in is turns form is just the latest organization to battle for control in somalia. one of the world's most impoverished countries it has not had a stable government in more than 20 years, al jazeera's john terrett has more on the fight against al-shabab. >> reporter: this week u.s. involvement against al-shabab appears to be been stepped up. two incidents were made public. the u.s. said monday that american drones and fighter aircraft attacked an al-shabob training camp in somalia. 100 fist fighters were killed the pentagon says, there are no pictures not even cell phone video but the white house said fighters slated to depart the training facility posed an immediate threat to u.s. interests. >> the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al-shabab's abilities to meet their objective somalia. including yes routing new members and establishing bases. >> reporter: the

he's currently on assignment for us in nairobi, kenya and reported in depth from nigeria for the newshour year. nick, good to talk to you again. so tell us what you know about this new u.s. engagement in nigeria. >> yes, gwen good evening. there's a new recommendation by the u.s. military's top africa command that one to three dozen special operations forces troops be deployed to north eastern nigeria. this is what the military called an advise and assist mission. they are towards the front lines but not really on the frontline advising the nigerian military in their fight, assistingu0&fige and training. those troops, now this is just a recommendation. right now this will have to go through the state department and the pent gun an pentagon and wht this is what the military in africa wants. it's what one military official described as a national progression to a real escalation what the u.s. has been doing against boko haram and helping the nigerians. the first tend is intelligence. there's a new drone based in nearby northern cameroon, president dupredator drones havn supporting the count

the attack in 2013 in nairobi at the high end shopping mall that killed 47.ey went back to university and tragically killed 160 plus, prioritizing christians first. local and regional operational is what they are. they do not have capability to transport that out of the region all vote every al qaeda or isis of iliad has that as the goal but most don't have resources to do that. bill: there was a threat from pieces, different groups saying threats, what do you make of that? >> this reminds me of what was taking place before the attacks in paris. the word the intel community used, everything is blinking red, something bad is going to happen, but they could not determine that specificity of it to be able to stop it. what is taking place is the likelihood that there is some plan to conduct a terrorist attack in london or in the u.k.. the good news is that the u.k. has one of the best domestic intelligence services in the world. this is what they call mi and i know they're all over it. as are all of the intel agencies including the united states cooperating in th

to have more on the story coming up, in the next hour and al jazeera catherine is reporting from nairobi> arming children with guns. >>> proposed measure in iowa with guns in the hands of kids of all ages and the state representative said we do not need a militia of toddlers. >>> who donated the houses and why the city of los angeles is now taking them away. there has been a lot of attention this week on a new gun law in iowa and limit age restrictions for who could use a firearm. >> now it says 14 years or older to operate a handgun but the new law would allow anyone under the age of 21 can use a gun with adult supervision anyone and passed the house and awaiting the senate and if passed it will be effective immediately and we have a democratic iowa state representative and joining us via skype from cedar rapids and thanks for being with us and we want to use your words we do not need a militia of toddlers do you envision children as hold as four or five holding a handgun in your state? >> well, the law that was before us did not put any minimum on it or did not talk about children who

when the president was in kenya, he hosted this meeting one morning with a group of advocates in nairobi, and these were individuals advocating for a wide variety of causes. in some cases it was trying to combat wildlife trafficking, and were looking out for the environment in kenya. in other cases it was people who were trying to, you know, advocate for the rights of certain minority populations, or even a more effective civil society that in some cases would be able to more effectively raise their concerns with the government. so, this is something the president frequently does in other countries, and we will apply those principles in cuba. efforts, has these there ever been a circumstance where the president has wanted to see someone and the government has said no? sec. earnest: off the top of my head, i do not remember one, but i will check with colleagues to see if there is an example. i am confident there are places where the president has gone and met with people that the host government would prefer that he not talk to, but i do not think i can recall the situation off the top of

southern border that are known members of the terrorist group that launched a deadly attack on a mall in nairobi, kenya and one funded by osama bin laden. the texas d.p.s. stated it has come into with special interest aliens with known ties to terrorists. in all, immigrants from over 30 countries throughout asian the middle east have been arrested trying to enter the united states illegally in the rio grande valley and the committee has obtained information from the customs and border patrol that chinese and others have been apprehended at our borders in 2014, 2015 and 2016. this data shows that individuals sought to enter the united states from afghanistan, pakistan, syria, turkey and beyond. one potential vullnerblet that individuals could attempt to exploit is our nation's asylum system. after making claims are being released into american society by the obama administration. the number of aliens making credible fear claims has increased in recent years. according to the information provided, the number of credible fear claims they increased in fiscal year 008 to 51,001 in fiscal year 2014, a

the southern border that are known members of a terrorist group that launched a deadly attack in nairobia, as well as other somali-based including one funded by osama bin laden. in recent years they have come in contact with special interest from countries with known ties to terrorists, or where terrorist groups thrive. groups throughout asia and the middle east have been arrested over the past years, trying to enter the united states illegally through the rio grande valley. customs and border patrol confirm that indians, and others have been arrested at our borders in 2014 and 2016. enterothers have tried to illegally from afghanistan, turkey, and beyond. one potential vulnerability that such individuals could exploit is our nations a generous asylum system. aliens making asylum claims after their apprehended by border patrol for entering illegally are being released into american society by the obama administration. the number of aliens making credible claims has reached exponentially in recent years. according to numbers from the cif, the number of credible , twos increase from 4095 5