two and sam three antiaircraft missiles c4 high explosives material found off a ship off the northern yemenoast. that shipment originated in iran. coordinated with the navy, and mike rogers tells fox it's part of a broader pattern to destabilize the region. joining us, middle east and terrorism analysts dr. ferris. they are caught red-handed here while they -- why is the united states not responding and responding strongly? >> well, first of all, this is not really the first time the iranian regime sent shipments of weapons as far as yemen, northern yemen. they went, imagine all i way through iran to the arabian peninsula, the international waters to get ton an enclave in northern yemen, far from the gulf where we are supposed to be containing them, and that is telling about what iran is doing. that is telling us that our containment policy, the sanctions that we have right now are not really detouring the iranians. it's in bahrain, uae, iraq, and even in other countries in the red sea area. lou: and, of course, it is nothing new, as you say irrespective of the distance traveled issue and i

way through iran to the arabian peninsula, the international waters to get ton an enclave in northern yemen from the gulf where we are supposed to be containing them, and that is telling about what iran is doing. that is telling us that our containment policy, the sanctions that we have right now are not really detouring the iranians. it's in bahrain, uae, iraq, and even in other countries in the red sea area. lou: and, of course, it is nothing new, as you say irrespective of the distance traveled issue and it was a short distance from teheran to baghdad, but in that span, we know iranians were killing american troops and did so throughout the war. there was no response. how can it be that a super power, this country, would allow such travesty without response? whether it's the bush administration or the obama administration. >> the problem, lou, is that under the bush administration, it was basically putting pressure on the iranians. we were present in iraq. we tried to contain hezbollah. we had u.n. resolutions against hezbollah and lebanon. it was not efficient. in the obama administrati

line is the drones are being used to kill al-qaeda or al-qaeda affiliated terrorists in northern pakistan and yemen but nowhere else. that there is a justice department memo laying out the legal justification for the drone attacks. it's not clear to me why the obama administration felt they had to keep that memo secret. it was going to come out eventually anyway but they do have a justification. that the drone attacks are being run by john brennan. >> paul: it coast goes back to the congressional authorization to use military force in the wake of 9/11 and succeeding national defense acts patched by congress. so dorothy, the left really does however, dislike this program or the way it is operated because there was a big assault on brennan in the hearing? >> there was. if the administration had lent townhall and announced the justification, it would still have not diffused the left. >> paul: they want to kill this program? >> they have forever distorted the meaning of due process and accusing the administration and war on terror of violating all due process when in fact due process is elastic theory,

now we see al-qaeda spreading not only in yemen, but in northern africa. >> juan: slow down. you know that people are not joining al-qaeda primarily because of drones. if you have people who are unemployed, destitute, angry at their own leadership, angry at the world. religious fanatic, okay. but that's just not true. and let me just say this to you, the congress has approved, given the president authority to go after terrorists and kill those terrorists. this is what the congress has asked our commander in chief to do. if you have an alternative and you're saying oh, you know what, juan, send in the troops, let's talk about living in fear. if those people want to be in war ravaged countries with american troops on their doorstep as opposed to an occasional drone strike. so i don't understand why you would sit there and say, oh, you know what? this is causing terrorism for those people. we are fighting terrorism! >> we are using terrorism on innocent people and innocent communities. juan, i invite you to go with me to the tribal areas in pakistan and talk to people. when the

. >> the new chapter is with the chaos in northern africa, what you see happening in yemen, is to escalate arms flow. why? they're feeling the pressure. >> this week bulgarian authorities link the bus bombing was hezbollah. >> both congressman rogers and analysts believe the smuggling in weapons reflect the fact iran's partner, syria is under pressure and the regime may fall, depriving the iranians of a key ally. >> five people are dead after a cruise ship safety drill went awry in the canary islands. the ship was docked when a lifeboat fell into the ocean. five crew members from killed, three others hurt. officials say their injuries are not life-threatening. >>> john brennan's nomination hearing. the questions turn to drone attacks. we'll talk to buck mckeen right after the break. dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. five days later, i

. >> this new chapter is with the chaos that you see in northern africa, with what you see happening in yemen escalate arms flow to try to destabilize that roads. why? they are feeling the pressure of sanctions, they are feeling the pressure of international isolation, because of their pursuit of nuclear weapons. >> reporter: while iranian authorities are denying any involvement this week the bulgarians said they had strong evidence to believe that this bus bombing last year that killed five israeli tourbists was the work of hezbollah. they believe the smug hreufpbg these weapons and the uptick in plots linked to hezbollah reflect the fact that iran's longtime partner syria is under pressure, that that regime may ultimately fall depriving iran of that key ally,. rick: thank you. alisyn: as we've been telling you there are blizzard warnings in effect across the northeast. we've been following this monster storm for you. we'll bring you all the late is information on what areas will get hit hardest. what i want to know is what time is this all happening. rick: so you can get out of dodge. new i

this charge in northern uganda has spread through the ca are in south sudan i might add that it's connected. it's all terrorists and it's all connected to yemennd it is a serious problem that we are going to have to deal with. it's the smallest of the regionally focused combat nd command with less than 5000 boots on the continent and that's a huge continent so your work is cut out for you. we have talked about that, you and i in my office in detail so the challenge is to both face are very down -- n daunting but i am sure the both of your app to the task. it's going to be heavy lifting. as i said to you general austin my office, are you sure you want to do this and you said yes. thank you mr. chairman. >> general austin and general rodriquez we are ready to har your opening statements and testimony and we appreciate you being here and your seice and we will begin wi general austin with general roiquez to follow. >> good morning says. ranking member in half, distinguished members of the committee, i want to thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today and i also wa to thank you for the steadfast and strong support that yu have sho

northern israel. a lot of people are talking about drones. a lot of people are talking about the effects of drones, george. as you know, i've been in all the places they're used, in yemenn, and people there do not like them. john brennan is able to say, look, it's very effective and it's certainly been effective taking out core leadership, but when you talk to people on the street, you wonder what the long-term strategy is. >> well, but let me press you on that, but you're right, there has been a lot of discomfort on the ground with these drone strikes. on the other hand, it does appear the number of civilian casualties has been going down since 2008, and certainly there are less casualties than caused by massive bombings. >> i think one of the things is that, yes, i think they become much more careful. i think john brennan is probably very careful. no one wants to kill civilians and yet the american public doesn't really know much about this. i interviewed stan mcchrystal a few weeks ago, the former head of the joint operations command who ran a drone strike program. what general mcchrystal said is, look, what concerns him is they're now going after midlevel al qaeda

this charge in northern uganda has spread through the ca are in south sudan i might add that it's connected. it's all terrorists and it's all connected to yemen and it is a serious problem that we are going to have to deal with. it's the smallest of the regionally focused combat and command with less than 5000 boots on the continent and that's a huge continent so your work is cut out for you. we have talked about that, you and i in my office in detail so the challenge is to both face are very down -- not daunting but i am sure the both of your app to the task. it's going to be heavy lifting. as i said to you general austin my office, are you sure you want to do this and you said yes. thank you mr. chairman. >> general austin and general rodriquez we are ready to hear your opening statements and testimony and we appreciate you being here and your service and we will begin with general austin with general rodriquez to follow. >> good morning says. ranking member in half, distinguished members of the committee, i want to thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today and i also want to thank you for the steadfast and strong support th

this charge in northern uganda has spread through the ca are in south sudan i might add that it's connected. it's all terrorists and it's all connected to yemen and it is a serious problem that we are going to have to deal with. it's the smallest of the regionally focused combat and command with less than 5000 boots on the continent and that's a huge continent so your work is cut out for you. we have talked about that, you and i in my office in detail so the challenge is to both face are very down -- not daunting but i am sure the both of your app to the task. it's going to be heavy lifting. as i said to you general austin my office, are you sure you want to do this and you said yes. thank you mr. chairman. >> general austin and general rodriquez we are ready to hear your opening statements and testimony and we appreciate you being here and your service and we will begin with general austin with general rodriquez to follow. >> good morning says. ranking member in half, distinguished members of the committee, i want to thank you for this opportunity to appear before you today and i also want to thank you for the steadfast and strong support th