robert greenwald is back from pakistan to determine if strikes are strickly targeted targeted on terrorists are making americans safer or creating a new generation ofant i-american militants. >> you are creating 1,000 morminds in people who will go in the ranks of the al qaeda and taliban and feel illegal activity happens it is a hostile one and something that has reaction. >> we will have more on the dron warfare in a moment. first on the crisis we are joined by the staff writer for defense and national defense for the hill. >> thank you for having me. >> what is the latest? officials say the assault is over but some prisoners are still being held. >> that's where the situation stands right now. you mentioned alger an special forces and the numbers regarding the hostages still on the -- at the facility, it is just as murky as the numbers coming out as who were killed and who escaped. some reports have said as many as two americans are still on the facility under lock and key by the militants who are there. again, reports vary. >> are we to assume these are are bp employees or contractors b

algeria to the covert american drone war, i'm pleased to be joined by filmmaker and activist robert greenwald. the documentary drones exposed. thank you for joining us, mr. greenwald. >> my pleasure. >> john: before we begin talking about drone warfare in your upcoming film, i want to ask if you see any kind of connection between the drone war in al-qaeda and this kidnapping attempt by an al-qaeda-linked group in north africa. >> well, unlike other folks in this realm, i like to stick with the facts. we don't have any factual information about that particular attack and what caused the motivation. we do have facts that the drones are alienating and serving as recruiting tools for al-qaeda and taliban all over the world. there's information about that. so i'm sure one day we'll know specifically about this incident and whether it was related to a drone. remember the times square bomber was there because of drones. it is impacted in ways that is going to come back to haunt us for years and years and years. >> john: it does seem that the more we try to take out america haters, the more new ameri

the state department in the afghan war and advance a bigger congressionally mandated budget robert greenwald you're just back from pakistan on the assessment of hillary clinton in the region well i think that unfortunately hillary clinton has been a voice. so the harks for the escalation of the war in afghanistan it's a constant whole policy and belief on her part that doesn't seem to have changed it . all which is that no matter what the problem is there's a military solution well that's fundamentally wrong wrong and vietnam we've seen are growing in afghanistan we will see it wrong in pakistan but war obsession so she says writes hillary clinton one of america's all time worst secretaries well i would rank her pretty near the bottom of she's one of the worst there was genuine goodwill from russia's side when hillary came with a reset button well she let nato transit supplies to afghanistan and other major concessions then clinton weave through the olfa and changed tack. the academy of sciences how did leaders in most go interpret her change of mind they doubted states need to have an enemy