there's even a training exercise aimed at springing rahman outlined in the encyclopedia of jihad, alhing from guerrilla warfare and terrorist tactics to how to recognize a rattlesnake or treat a scorpion sting. >> thousands and thousands of pages. draws on many sources including u.s. army manuals and is something that, other than the training camps, i think is the most important thing that al qaeda gave to the global jihadist movement. >> reporter: the encyclopedia, the years of recruiting, the training camps, al qaeda's murderous new ideology, all of it culminating in this, osama bin laden's official and very public declaration of war on america and americans. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: bin laden had spoken. once again, he had warned his enemy. but was anyone really listening? did anyone take him seriously? bin laden was about to strike and now had his own spy casing the target. >> my name is ali mohammed. >> reporter: an agent who had spent years inside the u.s. military. two american embassies, two truck bombs, two terrorist attacks just nine minutes apart in ne

. >> reporter: rahman and zaglul passed security a second time.the delta agent, the pilot would not allow them back on the plane. federal regulations give the captain authority over all aspects of a flight, including who may board the aircraft. >> we let them check our stuff and our luggage, our bag, our body, everything they did in a few minutes. afterward they said okay, you guys are good, you can go. when we are entering to the plane, their supervisor, mr. russell, he said, mr. rahman, sorry, i was pleading to the pilot to let you go in this flight but he is not allowing you to go. >> reporter: the imams were invited into delta's sky club as they waited for the next nonstop flight, six hours after their original flight had been scheduled to depart. imam rahman compares his experience to that of civil rights trail blazer rosa parks. >> it reminds me, the black lady was kicked from the bus because of some racism. that history i found today in that plane. >> reporter: delta deferred comment to the flight's operator, atlantic southeast airlines, wh

rahman, sorry, i was pleading to the pilot to let you go.wing you to go. >> the imams were invited into delta's sky club until they waited for the next non-stop flight six hours after their original flight was scheduled to depart. he compares his experience to that of civil rights activist rosa parks. >> reminds me of the black lady that was kicked from the bus because of racism. >> delta deferred comments to the flight's operator, atlantic southeast airlines which told cnn compensation and reaccommodation on the next available flight were immediately offered to the passenger and the passenger's travel companion. we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. meanwhile, the two imams flew back to memphis on sunday afternoon without incident. their attorney says the attorney wants delta and southeast atlantic airlines to institute training programs for delta pilots to ensure this doesn't happen again. allan chernoff, cnn, new york. >> in the headlines tonight, memphis officials are bracing for the worst flooding in mo

millions of other americans right now are upset upset annoyed and looking for answers that a guy like rahman would be entertained at the white and you know who's probably flogging no i can't even see you i can have part of for you know that is exactly the same ok bob dylan wrote a song about a convicted killer named hurricane carter he's going to the white house. why are you drawing the line of common there is a selective outrage machine here at fox that petty fogs only when it suits the narrative that suits them they was entertaining there are some good points raised this type of fact that the whole thing was clearly orchestrated for entertainment purposes and ratings but then the discussion took rather interesting turn take a look this guy is controversial all day long with this stuff not only did he support this cop killer or celebrate a cop killer he celebrated another one in philadelphia again celebrating someone he thinks was unjustly he's not celebrating he's perry mason we're talking about now he's just the most brilliant lawyer of all time this coat on the loose for sure are you fam

none of the others that have suggested as possible suggestions, zawahiri and rahman and people say whoalty to bin laden and not to these others. there's potential for some fragmentation and some division in the next few months. >> i'm fascinated by the logistics. you talk about the sheera council. when you think about a council, you think of a boardroom somewhere. you sit around a table and talk. when you look at the way bin laden was isolated, as we look at this video of him sitting in this near furnitureless room looking at videos of himself from news reports, and we know he was not able to communicate freely at all, and now the fact that u.s. intelligence will be following every move of these people and everything that we got from this treasure-trove of information, how does that disrupt their ability to communicate and figure out what they try to do next on the whole? >> yeah. there's no question. those guys are laying low right now. no matter what the cia has and doesn't have, you can just bet that zawahiri and the others will be worried about who will be crashing through their do

masudr rahman and mohamed zaghloul boarded a plane in memphis, getting ready to take off for charlotte when the pilot returned to the gate. the two men were asked to get off the plane and be searched again, which they agreed to. when they were finished, the pilot refused to leave with them on that flight. >> the pilot said, no, no, no, i am not taking them. >> reporter: if they had asked you to do another check, would you have done it? >> yeah, sure. it is their job. it's doing their job, we don't have anything, you know. we are america -- we are living in america, we want the security of america. >> reporter: the two men say they want to turn this negative experience into a positive one, but they're still considering a lawsuit. the airline has already apologized for the misunderstanding. >>> so, the cost of a barrel of oil has plummeted in the past week, falling $15 to about $98 a barrel. but what about those gas prices? they're actually going in the opposite direction. right now, the national average is $3.98, up 8 cents from last week. d.c. has flown past the $4 mark, averaging $4.1

terrorist acts of timothy mcveigh and blowing up the federal building in oklahoma city or omar abdel rahman in efforts to blow up the world trade center. the criminals were successfully tried and convicted under our criminal justice system bout the need for special procedures that alter traditional due process rights." but he went on to say this -- quote -- "the acts of september 11 were horrible, but so are other things." end of quote. the other thing he referred to were organized crime, rape, child abuse and murder. mr. cole's opinion piece argued that not withstanding the involvement of foreign organizations such as al qaeda, we have never treated criminal acts influenced by foreign nationals or governments as a basis for -- quote -- "ignoring the core constitutional protections ingrained in our criminal justice system." mr. cole concludes his opinion piece by arguing that in addition to stopping future terrorist attacks, the attorney general is a criminal prosecutor and that he has a special duty to apply constitutional protections ingrained in our criminal justice system to everyone, i