al qaeda has a large network. i never believe bin laden was hiding in a cave and i don't believe zwahiri is. >> anyone want to take a guess where? >> take your city in central pakistan. >> i did spot some friends from the pakistani embassy. may have q and a from that later. >> pick a city. who ever heard of badabada, pakistan before bin laden? >> what's been your take away? >> so super interesting communication between al qaeda central and this group that had been poer trayed as a bunch of criminals in mali. aqim. so there's a letter in the trove that tom just got to me yesterday and it's regarding the two tunisians who were -- two austrian tourists who were kidnapped in tunisia. i've actually gone to austria to interview this couple. they were there with their two german shepherds and at the moment when they were kidnapped, the al qaeda affiliate did not want to waste its bullets and so they beat them to death in fronted of the couple. the woman could barely talk. and at the time i had spoken to the negotiator wh

and then there is al qaeda. i first saw al qaeda's grip on yemen three years ago, while filming ffrontline. i went to ja'ar, a town al qaeda had taken control of in 2011 with little resistance from the army. the yemeni government had been receiving arms, training, and intelligence from the united states to help fight al qaeda growing in yemen. ja'ar is in the south, not far from the gulf of aden. as we reached the edge of town, the flag of al qaeda, a clear sign i had entered their territory. >> al ahmad: our contact was a fighter and political officer who called himself fouad. he was a member of ansar al sharia, the local affiliate of al qaeda. the united states considers this branch of al qaeda among the most dangerous in the world. it has been behind plots to attack the united states. fouad said u.s. drones and the yemeni air force often attack them. >> al ahmad: he agreed to take us on a tour of ja'ar. he wanted to show us how al qaeda effectively governed an entire city. back then, three years ago, attacks

al qaeda, 2006, 2007. there's a letter from za with a her why where he is going over the charter for the al qaeda group in africa. basically like -- giving notes on their bilines. and saying article 16 i think you should phrase it more differently. article whatever do it this way. one of the interesting -- >> like an intrusive editor in the world. >> yes. and one of the suggestions that zawahiri makes is the article stating what their goal was going to be in africa was initially formulated to say it as going to be jihad against the algerian regime. zawahiri gently says i think you would be better positioned to say this is a more global thing. and basically suggest it should be against the west. against america. but in the territory. >> shaping their mission. >> shaping their mission. making it global. another ongoing trip you hear about these groups like boko haram, even isis, is these are local gropse groups with local grievances. of course they are. but the whole point is that when you become part of thi

between isis and al qaeda, whether or not isis was really part of al qaeda past 2006. the files will end that debate once and for all. it is pretty clear that al qaeda was still guiding and providing leadership for isis and bin laden considered it to be part of his global empire. about thekey question ebb and flow of the fight -- people are saying isis is decimated just like al qaeda was decimated. 's commander in iraq is saying to him the field of jihad in iraq is fertile. even if the islamic state collapses, we will keep going. we have plenty of resources, there's plenty to keep us waiting jihad -- this is years before the syrian uprising. syriaere already eyeing years before from iraq. they were seeing in as something the islamic state of iraq could expand in. they were talking about that years before the opportunity manifested itself. there's the ebb and flow of the fight. if you only see part of the story and say that is it, the islamic state has collapsed, we saw what happened, they bounced back and became isis, a global phenomenon. that's why you have to keep tr

you talk about al qaeda. for the layperson there seems to be a dichotomy and focus between al qaeda and isis. we had job warwick here on the rise of isis and one thing, you alluded to how isis emerged out of al qaeda. the fisher from the nonexpert perspective seems to be should the group seek to gain control over and hold territory? or should it focus on kind of regional movement that seeks to strike the united states and make that a priority? can you clarify, seems to be both at the same time. i can't resist asking, because al qaeda was so linked to the charismatic personality of bin laden who was taken out in 2011. but what about ayman al-zawahiri, the number 2? i am surprised with all the national technical means and new capabilities like drones that he is still with us. >> the interesting thing about isis, it is not different from al qaeda, the ideology is the same. isis portrays itself as the true exemplar, the most faithful air to bin laden. that is part of the rivalry between abu bakr al-baghdadi, the

plus leadership -- al qaeda plus leadership -- al qaeda's 's relationship with the irgc? >> that is a difficult comparison because they are completely different relationships. the trick is pakistan is not exporting their own revolution throughout the region whereas iran is, and al qaeda's big problem with iran as they do not spreadi'ism to throughout the region. they want their own version of islam to spread. there are big problems there. within pakistan -- but again, that does not preclude them from cooperating in some ways. with pakistan, the problem comes back to the role of the american state. we have seen a lot of files where what do you do when you have a pakistani spy? someone who is clearly working for some part of pakistani intel, can we kill them all right? you can see them having that kind of granular level struggle. the book is coming out which i'm going to review. i think it's for the good. i have not read the whole thing yet, but it strikes me as pretty important. in pakistan, you have wheels within wheels, whereas part of the intelligence service helps the

al qaeda and isis . we had joby work who wrote another book on the rise of isis and one of the teachers, you allude to how isis emerged out of al qaeda.the fisher from the nonexpert perspective seems to be should the group seek to gain control over and hold territory or should it focus on the kind of pan- regional movements that strikes the united states and it makes that kind of a priority? >> can you clarify sort of, it seems to be both at the same time but what that is and i can't resist this because al qaeda had been so linked to the charismatic personality of bin laden whose was taken out in 2011 but what about the number two? i'm surprised with all of the national technical means and new capabilities like drones but it is still with us. >> i think the interesting thing about isis, i don't think it's all that different from al qaeda, the ideologyis the same . isis portrays itself as the true exemplar, the most fateful air to bin laden and that's part of the rivalry between almon dottie, the father o

talk about al qaeda and for the layperson there seems to be the dichotomy between al qaeda and isis. alluding to how how isis emerged as al qaeda as one of the non expert perspective. with that whole territory to focus on the of regional movement to strike the united states. >> can you clarify?. >> also i cannot resist asking because al qaeda had been linked to the charismatic personality of osama the modern who was taken down in 2011 that i and surprised with all of the national and technical means like the drones that he is with us. >> the interesting thing about isis citizen that different from al qaeda in reality they are the same they both worship the religion isis looks at the most faithful to t80 that is part of the rivalry between the founder and leader of isis for the current leader of al qaeda. isis is the id al qaeda is the ego. at least with these terrific displays of all drug violence. and not surprisingly there is no constraint but al qaeda is more mature of the siblings with a longer view. they don't say everything but they put that in the bank for the long term but th

between al qaeda and iran. the relationship between al qaeda and iran was based on their mutual hatred of the united states. iran agreed to provide shelter, financial support, and coordinate efforts with al qaeda across the region. in this document, a senior al qaeda operative confirms that iran and al qaeda's, quote, interests intersect. he goes so far as to describe iranian regime as, quote, the st example of pragmatism and politics. who wants to strike iran, -- anyone who wants to strike america, iran is ready to support them with money and arms and all that is required as long as they are not directly and clearly implicated. iran offered al qaeda everything it needed, including, quote, money, arms. and quote, training in hezbollah camps in lebanon in exchange for attacking u.s. interests in saudi arabia and the gulf. al qaeda operatives were safeguarding iran with the consent of the iranian military. in fact, the 9/11 commission report confirms that eight of the 14 hydrogeners -- hijackers passed through ir

are revelations about al qaeda links to iran it's alleged iran offered al qaeda money weapons and training to hit american targets in the gulf iran denies that and points out that it imprison bin laden's family and other al qaeda members this is already a precarious moment for iran u.s. relations president donald trump is hoping to scuttle a nuclear deal negotiated by the obama administration and five countries the iranian dictatorships aggression continues to this day. the regime remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and provides assistance to al qaeda the taliban has mosques and other terrorist networks the cia release of al qaeda documents also comes as i saw is in retreat there's speculation al qaeda is hoping to capitalize on the group's weekend state natasha going to al-jazeera. number of children in nigeria dying of pollution related illnesses is on the rise or operations in the delta region are being blamed for such as say sixteen thousand infants died in twenty twelve but that figure continues to grow with even more contamination of food air and water and address

unfortunately the use of legal force in al qaeda and other terrorist groups will remain necessary for the foreseeable future to prevent attacks against america and our allies. the president just like president obama bbc has a legal authority under t the 2001 to fight isis, al qaeda and other terrorist groups. and i agree they currently have that authority. it's clear congress is united in the fight against al qaeda and isis and other terrorist groups and i believe congress as a whole would agree that the president should continue to act against these threats. congress has regularly notified, been notified of the deployment oaround the world including the build up and has responded consistently by funding the department of defense and its operations against isis an and d terrorists around the world. we should also update them to reflect the current conflict and reassert the constitutional goal, but we cannot risk undermining the foundation we must also be mindful that moving a aumf with support could show the allies were adversaries we are not united were committed to victory. to seek

of al qaeda or isis, yes. sen. cardin: my question really is related to how far he could commit our military to these types of campaigns. when we were attacked on september 11, we recognized the need for a military response and we certainly understood that american troops are going to be called upon to protect our country. i'm not sure that congress envisioned that we would have the potential of ground troops in northern africa in combat missions. if i understand what you're saying, unless we modified this aumf, you would feel that you have adequate authorization to commit american ground troops in northern africa. sec. mattis: senator, if the president determined they're a threat to the united states and under the aumf, if they say they are allied with al qaeda or isis, yes, sir, i believe so. sen. cardin: thank you. sen. corker: senator johnson. sen. johnson: let me thank both secretaries for their service to the country. let me pick up on the point of ground troops. secretary mattis, in your testimony you t

lot more about his family is revealed along with allegations of secret dealings between iran and al qaeda. welcome to the program there's confusion over whether an arrest warrant has been issued for the ousted leader of catalonia the lawyer for careless bridgeable says a spanish judge has approved the warrant but there's been no official word. from madrid but what we do know is that spain has requested his arrest is currently staying put in belgium and released this statement a short time ago and to spend a lot of yet to go if we can expect a long and fierce repression the fury in which the spanish state has attacked a beautiful european nation is outrageous and is threatening us all but we cannot fail we must fight it we will do this as catalans have always done without violence peacefully and with respect for everybody's opinions well david chaytor has the latest from brussels. lawyer here in brussels said that he told him that an arrest warrant had been issued against him and four of the cabinet ministers in exile here in brussels but the national court that was hearing the case in mad

including sheltering leading al qaeda figures if information is power then the international community now has more insight into how al qaeda operated in two thousand and eleven the challenge will be determining just how relevant this information is today rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington a kind of his government says it will welcome nearly a million immigrants seven the next three years that's an increase of ten percent the plan was announced by immigration minister ahmed hussein was born in somalia daniel like has more from toronto. already more welcoming of immigrants than many other countries canada is opening its doors even wider plans to admit more than three hundred forty thousand people a year up from roughly three hundred thousand now were announced in parliament by immigration minister ahmed hussein who came to canada from somalia in one thousand nine hundred three once this was a former british colony home mostly to people of european origin today especially in cities it's one of the most diverse places in the world recently released census figures say more than a fifth o

(dramatic piano music) - [narrator] the government of saudi arabia is itself the target of al qaeda and other terrorist groups. the gulf states have collaborated closely with the us and others in the fight against terror. - saudi arabia has been fighting the war against terror in their home ground since 2003 when al qaeda launched their attacks. what that has done is drawn us closer and closer together with them on the counter-terrorism front and the intelligence front. - the biggest support, i think, for the saudi security services there has been the saudi citizen who rejects all these terrorist activities and works closely with the security services by reporting suspicious activity or suspicious individuals and so on. (soft piano music) - [narrator] saudi arabia, a sunni nation, considers itself a leader of the arab world but its position in the middle east is threatened by a century's old rivalry with iran, a predominantly shia muslim nation. - it's not so much saudi arabia versus iran, it's a persian-arab conflict which goes back thousands of years. so, that's built-in to the dna of

including sheltering leading al qaeda figures if information is power then the international community now has more insight into how al qaeda operated in two thousand and eleven the challenge will be determining just how relevant this information is today rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington the presidents of south sudan and sudan have met in khartoum to try and ease tense relations it sounds like a is the third visit to the sudanese capital since the country split in two thousand and eleven following a twenty two years civil war the leaders addressed border disputes and mitchell accusations of supporting rebels in each other's territory. as the latest from khartoum. after two days of talks and consultations the sudanese president omar bashir and his sausage miss counterpart salva kiir have agreed to some points they've talked about oil resumption in salsa dance form a united states production has been cut down in south sudan by more than half since conflict broke out in twenty thirty in the country as well as establishing a demilitarized borders on between the two countries more than

this is still the crown jewel of isis and al qaeda. the inspector general produced a report on the findings in terms of screening at airports. quite frankly it was in my word at the last hearing disturbing to find that the tsa still has received a failing grade, a failed report card when it comes to screening. we heard this in 2015. now we're in 2017. as you know, with the laptop threat, the ability to convert laptops into bombs and explosive devices to blowup airplanes, possibly inbound flights into the united states, i think i speak for almost every member of this committee that we need to take quicker action. there is technology available today. there are pilot programs today using computer tomography. it's like going from an x-ray to an mri. i sent you to a letter requesting that this technology be deployed not in 2018 or 2019 but as soon as possible given the nature of the threat that exists. can you respond to that letter? >> yes, mr. chairman. we agree with you that computer topography is part of our plan to raise the baseline o

this is even as al qaeda was ramping up in africa at that time.k at some of what that then-president said. watch this. >> for the first time in two decades, osama bin laden is not a threat to this country. slowly and systematically, we have been able to decimate the ranks of al qaeda. al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. >> martha: gm is alive and osama bin laden is dead. remember all that? michael waltz, from a terrorism advisor to cheney. also a fox news contributor. good to see you tonight. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: your mind goes back to the political moment then. that was very much the narrative that the obama administration wanted everyone to believe, that al qaeda was on the run, bin laden was dead and it was over basically, there was nothing to fear out there. this new report from "the new york times" points out, among other things, but there were 470,000 files that were released by the trump administration that were from the bin laden compound. those were sat on by the obama administration. they only released

including sheltering leading al qaeda figures if information is power then the international community now has more insight into how to operated in two thousand and eleven the challenge will be determining just how relevant this information is today rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. u.s. president donald trump says the man charged with carrying out a new york city truck attack should get the death penalty trumpet said he would consider sending saifullah siple of to the u.s. prison camp at guantanamo in cuba back immigrant has appeared in court charged with terrorism offenses eight people were killed and several more injured when a truck drove through a bicycle path in lower manhattan on tuesday candlelit vigil has been held for those who died u.s. attorney general jeff sessions traveled to new york and says he's confident that those who face terrorism charges will be brought to justice terrorists should know this this it ministration will use all lawful to our disposal including prosecution in article three courts or at one time of day if anyone has any doubt about it they can ask

and iran ians more details about the interrelationship between various al qaeda figures and so while we're not going to have any big huge surprises there's still a lot of information and very important information that can be mined from these documents and put together to provide really a better picture of his ideology their operation and really some of the personalities that are still out there running the organization today. and you mention one of the interesting things to imagine these documents though i know you say you haven't read everything in detail. potential revelations about their relationship with iran which of course iranian government has. always been and need tonight but in terms of the information as a whole to what extent do we have to treat it with some skepticism in terms of its objectivity and accuracy. well you know obviously anytime you receive anything from any government you need to be careful but as we've seen with the past releases much of the stuff is verifiable or relates with other information this been you know previous released or obtained through other

iran works with sunni extremists, it works with al-qaeda. yet it fights sunni extremists and jihadists and other places. there's even an iranian supported militia made up of at least the leadership in iraq, of iraqi christians. so they have tremendous flexibility in the tools they use. terrorism is only one of them. war is another one. political issues on a political subversion is another one. so this iranian ground game, which is occurring, is one which we have traditionally been misaligned and not ready to challenge. so we talk b about things like intradictikting weapons stoppin terrorism. a small part of what they're doing. part of what they're doing is is guys, you know, threatening people. guys giving people bags of money. all kinds of ways they are advancing a political agenda in the region and we're too often seeing the challenge in a one dimensional way and thinking of nation states and obviously, a relationship with our friends in the region is as pair mouramoun only a small part of what the offense i have looks like. we're missing

bin laden about his family is revealed along with allegations of secret dealings between iran and al qaeda. strong he's committed. and u.s. president nominates jerome powell to be the next chairman of the u.s. central bank. and inspired by freedom a rare look at the art of the impressionists who were refugees in london. could have become the welcome to the news hour there's confusion over. whether an arrest warrant has been issued for the ousted leader of catalonia now the lawyer. says a spanish judge has approved the warrant but there's been no official word from madrid but what we do know is that spain has requested his arrest bridgeable is currently staying put in belgium and released this statement a short time ago and to spend a lot of yet again if we can expect a long and fierce repression the fury in which the spanish state has attacked a beautiful european nation is outrageous and is threatening us all but we cannot fail we must fight it we will do this as catalans have always done without violence peacefully and with respect for everybody's opinions well david chaytor is following

iran has sheltered al-qaeda in the past. not to say these coalitions or alliances or axis of power never interacted at all. but by and large, i think most of the region is divided in three of those coalitions or axises, and we need to do everything we can to strengthen ours, to try to minimize support for the other two, and ultimately, in my opinion, try to undermine the gravest threat that we face in the middle east, which is iran, which is as much a revolutionary cause as a nation state, but also the revolutionary cause backed by the nation state. >> you have been a contributor of the jcpoa. what are the weaknesses of that deal and what do you think a good deal would look like? >> the weaknesses are man fold, we have spent a long time talking about them. at the high level, a nuclear deal with iran, puts iran on a path to nuclear weapons, it doesn't block that path. in a mere 18 to 20 years, iran will have a nuclear capacity. that's if you assume that iran is not currently operating a covert nuclear program, which will be t

al qaeda was really america's foreign legion and finally. the military stopped. the americans in syria from backing al qaeda and al nusra and that led to supposedly russia's victory so the fact the democrats said if you're not supporting al qaeda you're on putin's side and that's why they're playing putin because for them putin is the enemy of al-qaeda and the enemy of their friends right got it ok dr michael hansen thanks good to be here i was going to do it for this edition of the guys report with me my skies are in states you know but i think that dr michael hudson if you had to catch us on twitter it's kind of the reporter talks i my all. good feel confident. leader. rouhani need. and again. and again. we have other things on the smiles this is you know. why. some peoples must take our things all the power just for themselves only he has to see about that in. new york all the way. we all willingly accepted the risk of being shot wounded taken prisoner but noone forced signed up to be friggin poisoned by our own people of seeing stuff tha

al qaeda was really america's foreign legion and finally. the military stopped. the americans in syria from backing al qaeda and al nusra and that led to supposedly russia's victory so the fact the democrats said if you're not supporting al qaeda you're on putin's side and that's why they're playing putin because for them putin is the enemy of al-qaeda and the enemy of their friends right got it ok dr michael lots of thanks good to be here i was going to do it for this edition of the guys report with me my skies are in states you know but i think that dr michael hudson if you had to catch us on twitter it's kind of the reporter talks i might. seem wrong. but. just don't. get to see palin. and. find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. i'm lindsey francis is broadcast around the world from washington d.c. coming up power plays in saudi arabia the palace heard as dozens upon dozens of princes business layer leaders and current and former ministers of government are arrested the crown prince says it's only the beginning

the imu, affiliated with isis, and the iju, which is affiliated with al qaeda.are a lot of uzbeks that travel to syria and to iraq to join groups like isis, to join uzbek brigades affiliated with isis and al qaeda and there's a hell of a lot of jihadi propaganda which is put out in uzbek and one extra note is that there was an uzbek national that was responsible for a deadly truck attack in stockholm this year which killed a number of people in the swedish capital. so there is a track record of uzbeks getting involved in these kind of plots and uzbek groups having links to terror plots in the west, in fact, there was a plot all the way back in 2007 against a u.s. air force base, the ramstein base in germany, linked back to an al qaeda affiliate uzbek group in the tribal areas of pakistan, anderson. >> and peter, just in terms of vehicle attacks like this, i mean, there really is -- it's very difficult, obviously, to prevent these sorts of things. >> yeah, i mean, unless we plan to turn ourselves in sort of some kind of prison system where anywhere where there is

policy toward terror on long term strategically the government of iran sees al qaeda as a threat true both the state and to the shia religion however short term tactically if they can gain advantage particularly against the united states they will cooperate with al qaeda including sheltering leading al qaeda figures if information is power then the international community now has more insight into how al qaeda operated in two thousand and eleven the challenge will be determining just how relevant this information is today rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. still to come on the hours or news hour we report on the increasing number of children dying of pollution related illnesses in nigeria. president trump calls for the person responsible for tuesday's truck attack to face the death penalty will live in new york. and a big moment his argentinean tennis stars he edges closer to his first season ending world tour finals to twenty travel journal would have a detailed. hello there we're seeing a fair amount of cloud across the middle east at the moment and showing up fairly clearly on t

including sheltering leading al qaeda figures if information is power then the international community now has more insight into how al qaeda operated in two thousand and eleven the challenge will be determining just how relevant this information is today rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington the man responsible for killing eight people when he drove his truck into a crowd of pedestrians in new york has told investigators he felt good about what he'd done u.s. president trump has called for twenty nine year old safe to face the death penalty christensen in the reports. lifelong friends from argentina on the trip of a lifetime they were in high spirits as they rode along the hudson river bike path and work to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of their high school graduation just a few kilometers later their ride would put them in the path of a truck driver intent on killing five of the ten men died in tuesday's attack the deadliest in new york since nine eleven. back home in argentina a vigil was held in their honor there were candles and tears which marks such occasions. in new york c

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we and our partners continue to conduct operations against al qaeda inside yemen, and that is pursuant to the 2001 authorization of use of military force, with the permission of the internationally recognized government of yemen. although al qaeda in the arabian peninsula may not grab a lot of international headlines, it still continues to threaten western nations, it still maintains a significant network in southern yemen, which we are working to disrupt. making matters worse, yemen has become another front in iran's quest for regional dominance, which has ac central rated in the wake of the -- accelerated in the wake of the previous administration's deal. considering that iran's revolutionary guard core has in-- corps has transferred specialists to train and advise their units. iran's top terror proxy, hezbollah, is helping the houthis, who have launched numerous missiles and numerous raids into saudi arabia, killing innocent civilians. just last week a ballistic missile was intercepted over the saudi capital of riyadh. this iranian meddling in yemen thwarts peace by empourg the hout

al qaeda was number one. they had approximately 32,000 members, followers, potential fighters. 16 years we've invaded two countries, toppled three regimes and conducted military strikes in seven nations and the response is now we have 44 of those terror groups we're facing including the islamic state numbering 110,000. if somebody wants to make the argument of how the military strategy is doing well, i would love to hear that in the lunch session because the logical implication is all of our military efforts have not achieved the main goals that we're looking at. this is a sub-point to the previous. we've conducted military strikes as part of the war on terror in seven muslim majority countries. you're supposed to be able to see three bars here. a bar that represents the average number of attacks in the 14 years prior to 2001, a bar for 2001 and then a bar for the 14 years after. with the exception of pakistan, you only see the bars afterwards. all of the terror activity that we're experiencing today did not

it works with al qaeda. and yet it fights then sunni extremists, jihadists and other places. there even an iranian militia that's made up of the leadership in iraq of iraqi christians. so they have tremendous flexibility in the tools they use. terrorism is only one of them. war is another one. political issues, political sub version is another one. this iranian ground game which is occurring is one that which we have traditionally been misaligned and not ready to challenge. so we talk about things like interdicting weapons or stopping terrorism. that's a small part. part of what they're doing is guys threatening people. guys giving people bags of money. all kinds of way that they are advancing political agenda in the region. we're often -- all too often seeing the challenge in a one dimensional way and thinking of nation states and obviously a relationship with our friends in the region is as paramount, but that's only a small part of what the iranian offensive looks like. so when we reduce it to terrorism or reduce it to kind of violence on the ground, we're missing this who

he was eager to see the video and made sure senior al qaeda officials were present. year, homsa, now believed to be in his mid- to late 20s, released a recording calling for lone wolf attacks on america and its allies. >> translator: if you are able to pick up a firearm, well and good. if not, the options are many. >> reporter: tonight, a senior u.s. counterterrorism official says a rejursurgent al qaeda co be grooming him to be the next overall leader. >> because he's bin laden's preferred son, he's god the blood in his veins. >> reporter: tonight we learned what team s.e.a.l. 6 collected was films like "ice age" and "cars" and even a funny viral video of a british boy and his young brother. >> charlie bit me. >> reporter: since there were young children in bin laden's home at the time, those videos could have been for him but the fact that he had them in his possession is interesting, since his diary, which is part of this new release, indicates he went to britain as a young man and came away with a hatred from the west but he had those hollywood films in his posse

are revelations about al qaeda links to iran it's alleged iran offered al qaeda money weapons and training to hit american targets in the gulf iran denies that and points out that it imprison bin laden's family and other al qaeda members this is already a precarious moment for iran u.s. relations president donald trump is hoping to scuttle a nuclear deal negotiated by the obama administration and five countries the iranian dictatorships aggression continues to this day the regime remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism and provides assistance to al qaida the taleban hezbollah hamas and other terrorist networks the cia release of al qaeda documents also comes as eisel is in retreat there's speculation al qaeda is hoping to capitalize on the group's weekend state natasha going to aim al-jazeera. and a few moments we'll have the weather with staff but still ahead on al-jazeera a tense standoff that a president has on a kenny could the new zealand government come to the rescue of hundreds of refugees taking a stand for women on this peru beauty contestants have staged a protest

awlaki is an american cleric who really became a leader of al qaeda. and we found that even after he was killed in the cia drone strike that his speeches and videos showed up in more than 70 cases of people charged with terrorism in the united states. so even in death, he's been pretty important. so it's great that c.e.p. was able to get rid of some of these discussions, because they certainly have helped radicalize some people. >> can you make us feel any better, fran? >> well, probably not. let me say this. this has been a years long effort. the senator who you just heard address you and others like him on the hill have played a key and important role. look, c.e.p. came about years back because senator joe lieberman and senator wallace and i said government is not good at addressing this problem, the notion of countering violent extremism on the internet. we said, i don't think government does this very well or can do it very well. so there's a role for the private sector to take this on. i'm going to tell you, this was harder than i thought it would

as the obama administration says al qaeda is on the run, bin laden is dead, gm is alive.ust were going into what the release was. >> they released 17 documents in may of 2012 on the one-year anniversary of the raid. those documents were designed to show he is out of it, not really in charge, not with any day-to-day coordination of the network. he was in charge of everything from crops they were growing in africa, to decentralizing power, to creating these strong affiliates around the world so they can to targeted by the united states. it's a treasure trove and i'm glad that historians and other experts are going to have an opportunity to look through it. >> bret: it's a big question especially because the obama administration one of the iran deal so bad. i want to talk more about this, the thing we have an online show, we had the news conference in the middle of this, the panel continues at the online show at the top of the hour. when we come back, some first responders a lamppost! coin slot! no? uhhh... 10 seconds. a stick! a walking stick! eiffel tower, mount kilimanjar

what role do we see with isis and al qaeda? and to what extent does a broader extremist threat percolate in that region? there are a number of things we can't quite sketch out. and of course afghan politics. whether there's a good election there for the parliament next year, a glex for the presidency in 2019. whether the very gradual process of fighting corruption that i think president ghani has made some progress in conducting and which cigar notes has actually borne some tlufruit. sigar is pretty good at rooting out corruption when they see it. they acknowledge some of the strategies the afghans used under president ghani have made substantial headway in their recent report from last winter. so if we can see that kind of progress continue maybe there's hope for a quicker drawdown. but finally, and to conclude, in terms of those who are hoping for a negotiated outcome with the taliban and steve may or may not speak to this, i look forward to his thoughts, i am a full supporter of that as long as it's not a surrender. and righ

leader son as an adult in recent years al qaeda has released only a messages from hundreds of bin laden and a photo of him as a young boy cia says it released the documents to allow the public to gain further insight into al qaeda. an explosion of a thermal power plant in northern india has killed at least twenty people police say a pipe exploded at the plant in a hospital in hard cash all over workers. and at least eight people have been killed in a bomb blast in afghanistan that bus caught fire when a fuel tanker exploded in the in power one products twenty seven people were injured in the provincial capital john a car. now the mexican town of which a town that holds elaborate day of the dead celebrations but this year there is a more somber mood dozens of people were killed and a third of the town destroyed in the earthquake in september the pain for survivors is still raw and there's little money for the traditional celebrations as believe the martinis describes in her own words. your so even if my name is benito martinez sort of school i live in this had to go so what we are celebr

new documents showed ties between al qaeda terrorists and iran, coming up we've got a guest who says the obama administration knew it and they still forged that deal. and a new hillary clinton bombshell evidence from a top democrat that the clinton campaign effectively controls the dnc, as early as 2015. we're going to show you the evidence. tonight, we have an all-star guest lineup. former trump national campaign spokesperson katrina pierce on is here, a nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world gordon chang, dan bongino and rnc spokesperson all here all tonight. ♪ living in america, living in america ♪ >> i get the confetti every time i host this show. welcome to risk & reward i am cheryl casone. well yes, the dow, the s & p and nasdac all record closes again tonight. the dow ended up 22 points, the nasdac tied by the way driven by an earnings-related surge in shares of apple. apple at a record high, a market cap nearly $900 billion for the first time, that was reached, plus you've got the unemployment rate at its lowest in 17 years, and hiring rebounding with the u.s. econo

the number of al qaeda and taliban detainees transferred to u.s. forces in afghanistan has continued to grow and now stands at four hundred forty five. as the secretary said the first plane with twenty detainees arrived in guantanamo bay cuba we were notified here at approximately thirteen fifty. you know would be handled but i'm not as prisoners of war but as unlawful combatants technically unlawful combatants do not have any rights under the geneva convention we have indicated that we do plan to for the most part. treat them in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the geneva command conventions to the extent they are appropriate. son blessed beaches breathtaking scenery but there's another reason that draws people to cyprus it's not always easy for mixed faith couples to marry in the middle east and that's why the mediterranean island has become an ideal destination for couples and love to have a civil marriage al-jazeera well looks at what happens when romance cuts across religious lines cyprus island if it didn't love at this time on al