we turn to potential national security official richard clark, potential fbi special agent in charge,kel. richard clarke, let me start with you. if this suspect was on a watch list, why was he not actually being watched? >> because there are test of thousands of people on watch lists. and all that can be done when someone is on a watch list is their electronic media use can be monitored, perhaps their phone calls can be monitored. you can't have eight agents following around 10,000, 20,000 people. and it takes eight agents or more to follow somebody around 24 hours a day. >> richard frankel, we've been talking for years about the problem of soft targets. it was horrifically displayed overnight in manchester. what do wre we do about this problem? >> without getting into the tactics at nypd or other police departments use, we're pretty good here in the u.s. as far as soft targets. they do things that make it harder to attack those soft targets. but as we saw in times square it still can happen. it's really not the soft target that's the problem, it's pre-soft target. the concert was a s

former national security official richard clarke sounding the alarm about what he says are preventable catastrophes and the threats he claims are being ignored today. but first, the "nightline" 5. >>> number 1 in just 60 seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ to take advantage of this offer on a volvo s90, visit your local dealer. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm rebecca jarvis. tonight we follow two young journalists to somalia, where terrorism, armed conflict, drought and famine threaten everyday life. they say it's exacerbated by climate change and the human consequences are many, as you will see on this collaboration between abc news and the ground truth project. here's abc anchor byron pitts. >>> somalia, a coastal nation home to approximately 11 million people. it's the kind of place we the outside world rarely see. having fallen into despair since the civil war in 1991. rampant attacks by terrorist groups like al shabab. this is a country in the grip of conflict. for many americans it's the grim place where u.s. service members were killed. retold in the movie "black hawk down."

in his new book "warnings," former national security official and abc news consultant richard clarke> two years before it was an organized group an american foreign service officer named robert ford who was very expert in syria and iraq looked at the situation there and said if we don't intervene now and create a pro-american counterweight to the assad government in syria there will be a new terrorist group pop up to fill that vacuum. robert ford was not believed. >> and lift-off. >> reporter: the new book also explores other historic disasters, from the explosion of the space shuttle "challenger" to the collapse of the levees in new orleans after hurricane katrina. even the bernie madoff scandal. in each case there were people issuing warnings. clark calls these people cassandras. >> a cassandra in greek mythology was a woman cursed by the gods. she could see future disasters, but no one would believe her. >> reporter: clarke should know. he's been called a cassandra as a white house official in the run-up to 9/11. >> no one will believe me. no one will pay any attention to me. ther

the individual who's activated and told online how to build a bomb. >> richard clarke, ray kelly, gentlemen, thank you so much. we'll be right back with more "nightline." proof. proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can take on psoriatic arthritis with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further joint damage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 prescribed biologic for psoriatic arthritis. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if you've had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flu-like symptoms or sores. don't start humira if you have a

plus we'll be talking to counterterrorism expert richard clarke coming up at 8:15 a.m.ring you any updates to the story as we get them. >>> president trump's 2018 budget will be delivered to congress today. the proposal ames to cut 3.6 trillion in government spending over ten years to balance the budget. joining us now house majority leader kevin mccarthy. we gave you an ifb, leader mccarthy. i don't know if you were able to hear any of the interview we had with former senator max bachus, did you hear any of that? >> no, i did not get -- >> you probably -- you probably have a pretty good idea, anyway, of what was said. dead on arrival, even the -- i mean democrats are not going to go along with any of it, but he pointed out that even republicans, there's too many things there that they're never going to accept most of those cuts. is this a art of the deal type start to a budget, do you think? or is this a serious proposal? >> i think it's a serious proposal. think about what it does. it sets a structure. it makes investment into the military that has been cut year over

joining us is someone who had that responsibility, richard clark. administration about an al qaeda attack before 9/11. he is the author of a number of incredible books. thanks very much for being with us. >> great to be here. >> when you see this attack, there was security at this arena. they couldn't get a device in. and yet, as we were discussing before we went on air, outside of any secure environment there's people waiting, cueing to get in or grouping as they come out. >> no matter what you do at a big venue there's going to be a crowd, no matter how secure the access is, there's going to be a crowd outside waiting to get in. that's true at airports where people line up at counters before they go through tsa. it's true at sporting events. you can do some things in that perimeter area. but you can never make it as secure as inside a hard target. you can't make security perfect. >> when you hear -- as details emerge about who this person was who carries this device to that location, born and bred in a second generation -- his parents came from li

and joining me now is richard clark former chief counterterrorism adviser to president bill clinton.for 30 years in the u.s. government and he's author of the new book warnings, a great title. it's great to see you. >> great to be with you. >> first let's talk about this evolving investigation. now the brother arrested in tripoli. if you were in the white house in the chair and talking to the counterterrorism center, talking to your allies in the uk, what would you want to learn to try to identify what kind of network now that they think this was not just a lone wolf? >> i'd like to know is he isis or is he al qaeda. what did he do and who did he meet with when he was in libya and in syria. and who are his friends and soer associates in the united kingdom. is this it part of a plot where he was directed to do these things? who made the bomb if he didn't or who assisted him in making the bomb? it looks to me like this is an isis activated cell as we've seen in the past in europe. again, though, he is not a refugee and this is important for people to remember. he was born in the united

internet to microtarget individuals, coach them, bring them along and then activate them. >> richard clarkereciate it very much. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> it is heartbreaking to think about the families tonight whose kids never came home from that concert. more on those who lost their lives ahead. i miss home. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tango! for the guy who finds a way. always unstoppable. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24. calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. radio: scorching heat today folks[ barks ]ol out there! walter! stop suffering with hot ac. cool it yourself with a/c pro. just connect the hose, squeeze the trigger and check the gauge. with 2 times the cooling boosters enjoy the comfort of the #1 selling coldest air. nothing cools like a/c pro. just turn on cars.coms on tprice dropswant? and get real-time notifications that could help save you money. use cars.com and save. >>> well, tonight our hearts are with the parents, the families of those who are in campaign in manchester. parents whose childre

richard clarke, we appreciate it.coverage right now, stephanie. >> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, holy meeting. president trump has his first face-to-face with pope francis. talking health care and immigration, trump now wheels up for a nato meeting in brussels where the stakes will be even higher. >>> and we're back to the russia connection. president trump lawyers up. the senate issues two new subpoenas to mike flynn, and the former cia director gives the most damning account yet of russia interference. >> i encountered and am aware o

today i spoke with richard clarke, who served in multiple administrations as a white house counter—terrorismorists look at attacks and learn from them. intelligence services also learn from them. when you look at what happened in manchester, what strikes you? it shows us that you can have really good security around a venue can have really good security around a venue and in a venue, but there is a lwa ys a venue and in a venue, but there is always that area right in front of the venue where people pile up. whether it is the counters at the airport before you go into the security zone, or the area outside the concert hall when people are pouring out of the concert hall. you can't secure everything. you can't secure everything, but that is sort of the option we are looking at, isn't it? if we want to make people save they are will have to have increased security in public venues. they will have to have that, but they will also have to get used to greater eloquent eczema railings. here the goal is to catch the perpetrators before they put the bomb together. before they moved to the venue. when

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. >>> richard clarke served as chief terror adviser to former president bill clinton. new book called "warnings." richard, good morning. it's good to have you here in your expertise. i want to pick up where keir left off. this is a target of little girls, western concert, music, that can be no accident. >> no. the british have arrested over 200 people in the last year. they've broken up plots. there might have been five or six of these last year, if the british police and intelligence service hadn't been better. but you can't stop them all, no matter how good you are. one will get through. >> you talk about arrests. the british intelligence service and intelligence services throughout the world, have become good at identifying people who have become radicalized. and they keep those people under surveillance to the best of their ability. the problem is how do they know they've become activated? >> that's one of the problems. another one of the problems, that there's thousands of people that are radicalized. and you're right. there's a moment when the radicalized person b

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richard clarke, we appreciate it. hope you'll come back. >> any time. >> that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now, stephanie. >> hi there, i'm stephanie ruhle. this morning, holy meeting. president trump has his first face-to-face with pope francis. talking health care and immigration, trump now wheels up for a nato meeting in brussels where the stakes will be even higher. >>> and we're back to the russia connection. president trump lawyers up. the senate issues two new subpoenas to mike flynn, and the former cia director gives the most damning account yet of russia interference. >> i encountered and am aware of contacts and interactions between russian officials and the trump campaign. >>> plus, highest alert. new arrests this morning as we learn the suspected manchester bomber was known to officials and had ties to al qaeda. >> an attack remains highly likely, but a further attack may be imminent. >> we begin this morning with president trump headed to brussels after spending

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. >>> richard clark was chief counterterrorism adviser to bill clinton and warned the bush administration the months leading up to 9/11. he's the co-author of a new book called "warnings". good to have you here. >> good to be here. >> this is a target that someone looking at it knows it's young people, little girls, western culture, music, a concert, and that can be no accident. >> no. as it was pointed out, the british have arrested over 200 people in the last year. they've broken up plots. there might have been five or six of these last year if the british police and intelligence service hadn't been better, but you can't stop them all, no matter how good you are. one will get through. >> the british intelligence service and intelligence services throughout other parts of the world have become good at identifying people who have become radicalized. and then they keep those people under surveillance to the best of their ability. the problem is how do they know when they've become activated? >> that's one problem, and the other problem is there are tens of thousands. in england they're loo

clarke has defended the rights of football clubs to pay players representatives whatever they see fit. he was speaking to the bbc at the fifa congress in bahrain from where our sports news corrspondent richardod use. diego maradona, twice the most expensive player in the world, is he that bahrain as fifa's guest of honour. but while he helps the governing body, paul pogba ‘s tra nsfer to governing body, paul pogba ‘s transfer to manchester united is being investigated by fifa. how big is the moral issue? in my sleep a film stars and investment bankers? if you do not have much money, you look at an investment banker and film actor, you think, why do they get so much for a film? of course there is a moral issue but it is bigger than football. with fifa opting for fresh faces after corruption scandals, this man was accused of putting reform of the organisation at risk. fake news, alternative facts... these terms did not exist until some time ago. they have come into vogue in recent periods. there are a lot of fake news and told the facts about fifa. fifa bashing has become a national sport, especially in some countries. and i understand also why. and it was right. and it was right. but fifa ha

clark shot and killed himself. >>> funeral services for army second lieutenant richard collins the third will be held on friday morningst church of glenn arden in upper marlboro. yesterday lieutenant collins was honored at bowie state's graduation. >> to proceed to the stage to receive lieutenant collins hood and degree. [ applause ] >> bowie state honored him by draping a gown over an empty chair in the first row. he was stabbed to death over the weekend. his suspected killer sean urbanski is being held without bond. investigators say he was a member of a racist facebook group. so far the murder has not been declared a hate crime. ♪ the doom and gloom tucker outside. >> yeah. go away. >> starting to feel that way, isn't it. >> yes. >> get nothing a bit of a pattern. well it's fully stabbed at this point. cloud cover today, and here's the good news. most of your daytime hours will be dry. not going to be sunny and bright but it should be dry. if you got plans to be outdoors later today going to the nats game tonight i think we'll be okay. a few leftover showers and sprinkles out there early. as most of the rain from o

richard mcfeeley. the president could make his choice by the end of the week. milwaukee's top cop might be joining the trump administration. sheriff david clarke going to work for the department of homeland security working closely between the agency and local police. cracking down on illegal immigrants. dhs not confirming that just yet, tweeting senior possessions are announced when made official by the secretary. no such announcement with regard to the office of public engagement has been made. and breaking overnight, rocker chris cornell has died. ♪ gone for all ♪ too long jillian: the lead singer of sound garden. passing away unexpectedly hours after playing a concert in detroit. the cause of death not yet known. he was just 52 years old. that's a look at your headlines this morning. >> see you in a little bit. steve: all right, jillian, thank you. >> thank you. steve: mainstream media calling obstruction of justice every turn of the trump administration so far. >> what's more needed to prove obstruction of justice than the president fires the guy coming after him after asking him to drop the case. steve: why didn't they care about the obs