. >>> 18 egyptian policemen have been killed during an attack on the sinai peninsula. isil says its fighters were behind the ambush. groups have been targetting security forces it sinai. >> at least 43 people have been killed by a series of air strikes in the northern syrian province of al-raqqah. the victims include five children and 7 women. the isil stronghold and the russian attacks. nine strikes have occurred in the area. isil is not part of a shaky truce. meanwhile the syrian observatory says they have bombed the city of palmyra. 19 fighters were killed in the area. the state newsagency says government forces are west of the city. >> in turkey investigators are conducting dma tests. identifying bombing on saturday. he's suspected to be linked to isil. he was killed and dozens wounded. gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: a sombre move hangs over the street. this is istanbul's commercial life line. packed with tourists and locals. after suicide bombing on saturday, the crowds grew. shopkeepers held a vigil for victims. >> we came after the incident and left red

presidential election. 18 police officers are shot dead in attack on check point in egy egypt's sinai peninsula lights out for planet earth as lights are out for climate change. ♪ greece has begun the process of sending regets on the island of lesbos back to turkey as a deal between eu and turkey and even as the operation begins to remove some people more refugees are arriving. dana on lesbos had report. >> reporter: this was supposed to have stopped but the boats keep coming in. europe's refugee crisis is far from over and they are refugees from syria and many from the war torn city of aleppo and going across the aegean sea to reach the greek islands and eu was hoping a resent agreement with sushgky would discourage asylum seekers but those reaching the shores are hopeful they won't be turned back. >> translator: from coming from destroyed facility as they worn but the situation in turkey is bad for us. >> reporter: wanting to go to mainland europe in search of a better life and others to be reunited with family members who made the journey before them. >> translator: the situation is very bad

congo's presidential election, 18 police officers shot dead on attack on a check point in egypt sinai peninsula>>> driver wins the australian grand prix and lorenzo walks from a crash in melbourne, i'll have all the details in sport. ♪ greece has begun the process to send refugees on the island of lesbos back to tshgky, a deal between the eu and turkey as it begins more refugees are arriving and zaina has this report from lesbos. >> reporter: this was supposed to have stopped but the boats keep coming in. europe's refugee crisis is far from over. the latest arrivals are refugees from syria and many from the war torn syria of aleppo and going across the aegean sea to reach the greek island and hoping a resent agreement with turkey would dischurj asylum seekers but people who manage to reach the shores are hopeful they want be turned back. >> translator: we are coming from a destroyed city and asking for asylum on human tarn grounds and not only the worn out situation but it's bad for us. >> reporter: people want to make their way to mainland europe in search of a better life and be reunited with

the latest defensive involves the deadly attack by isil which killed 15 policemen in the sinai peninsula. syrian state media say government forces have taken the ancient city of pal maya from isil. it's been reported that the citadel area has been recaptured by the government, but the city itself is still contested. we have more from the turkish-syrian border with more. >> the area is only one kilometer away from the city center. so over controls the area gives them the vantage point. and in military terms they will nobody control of the city itself. we have reports that isil sit putting a tough part of the number earlier p we know from different reports that they're clearing the numbers of areas. now the entire city of palmyra is quite big for the regime and the russians because it connects with other strongholds to the north and then to the east and there is an isil stronghold 37 so we'll cut the supply roots to them. >> a mass protest taking place in the yemeni capital of sanaa. it's a year to the day in campaigns against hooty rebels began in the country. the former yemeni president

strongho stronghold. 18 policemen have been killed on an attack on the sigh anyway peninsula sinai peninsula.i.l. says its fighters were behind the ambush and that the suicide car bomber was involved. our analyst here is with us here in the studio. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility. this is yet another attack we're seeing. what is the motive? >> there are a million motives. actually, to understand what is happening in sinai, we have to go back three years. three years ago sinai didn't witness all these bloody incidents and the question in this case should be asked by everyone why is it happening, why has it been happening over the last three years. not before that. the whole thing started with this policy or rather strategy of the nation. the enforced transfer had been to stop, tro prevent the potential terrorism. i cannot see any sane country in the world which would adopt such policies, violent policies against its own citizens just out of fear of potential that might be terrorism or violence. i guess the whole thing have been instigated purposesfully for a certain end. less not forget t

jacky rowland >>> 18 egyptian policemen have been killed in an attack on the sinai peninsula.a check point was hit by mortar rounds. i.s.i.l. says its fighters were behind the ambush and that a suicide car bomber was involved. at least 43 people have been killed in a series of air strikes in the northern syrian province of raqqa. the dead include five children and seven women. the area is an i.s.i.l. stronghold and the target of syrian government and russian attacks. russian planes have attacked the ancient sit of palmyra. it was by up to 70 air strikes. syria's state news agency say government forces are heading west >>> a political crisis in brazil has divided the country with thousands participating in pro and anti-government rallies. it comes as the supreme court blocks former president lula da silva to a cabinet post >> reporter: this small demonstration to counter the demonstration we saw in this very same spot just a few hours ago by government deporters in favor of the president dilma rousseff and they were addressed by the former president lula da silva. this is a fol

the sinai peninsula, out of the control of the government of for terroristste and weapons smugglers, up to the nuclear weapons program in iran, and in pakistan, where isis and al qaeda and the taliban are making a comeback. and what is our president's response? he wants to close the prison facility at gitmo and release prisoners to the battlefield against us. who supports that policy? hillary clinton. worst of all, look at the way that clinton and obama policies have treated our ally, israel. never in the history of the modern state of israel has it had a more antagonistic administration than the one currently in office. until hillary is elected, when she will take that title. we can see this in case after case. thatn see also russia, not content with causing trouble in eastern and central europe, has established a stronger military presence than at any point in the last 40 years when the egyptian president expelled soviet military advisers and brought egypt into the western orbit. we are now almost back to where we were in the depths of the cold war in the middle east. and that is n

and if it's actually legal >>> 18 egyptian policemen have been killed during an attack on the sinai peninsula. it was hit by mortar rounds. i.s.i.l. says its fighters were behind the ambush and that a suicide car bomber was involved. at least 43 people have been killed by a series of air strikes in the northern syria province of ramadi. the victims include five children and seven women. the area is an i.s.i.l. stronghold and the target of syrian government and russian attacks. activists say there were nine operate strikes in the area. i.s.i.l. is not part of the shaky limited truce which took effect three weeks ago. russian planes have bombed the ancient set of palmyra. syria's state news agency says government forces are advancing west of the city. i.s.i.l. captured that area last may. elections are taking place across africa on sunday. it's a tense situation in the republic of can go where there will be a prolonged time in office for the current president. in niger the first presidential run off with the opposition boycotting the vote. incumbent is more than likely to get a second term. peo

they launched a mortar attack that killed 50 police on the sinai peninsula. now greece is saying that it will continue to move refugees away from the border with ms. down i can't--with macedonia. that leaves more than 10,000 still there. and many say they will not be moving. >> there is no way we'll go to the other camps. we didn't come to camps to escape from hunger. we're escaping a war. we didn't come to stay or have fun or to eat and drink like animals. we came here looking for a new life and a new hope. >> some refugees and migrants who have been stuck along the border with macedonia for weeks now have decided to move to government-run camps according to the unhcr. 450 people boarded buses on friday, and the buss are here today as well. they're hoping that they can relocation more people. but they're facing another problem. it's not just persuading people to leave here. but the fact that there isn't enough space. these accommodation centers cannot house all these people. authorities are struggling to deal with this crisis. there are now 50,000 migrant re

last week they launched a mortar attack that killed police officers in the sinai peninsula. belgian prosecutors say the man who may be the third bomber has been arrested. the suspect and two others have been charged with terror offences. a big rally planned for sunday has been postponed. >> reporter: in the middle here is brahim el-bakraoui, on the left in najim laachraoui. it is the man on the right fisel c. they blew themselves up on friday and the third one fled. the location of the arrest of the third seems extraordinary. it is main who may be the third airport bomber, a bomber whose photo has been on media for the last three days. there are new names, new connections emerging every day. it is now clear that the paris and brussels attacks were the work of one network, not separate cells. the brussels airport bombers, najim laachraoui was connected by dna evidence to an address used by the paris bombers, these men. najim laachraoui is a suspected bomb maker and his dain was found on belts used in the bataclan and stade de france. this man was responsible for the metro bom

airports was under closer security, scrutiny after last october's bombing of a russian jet off the sinai peninsula. no indication yet whether this hijacker did have any weapons on board with him at all. dara? >> alistair jameson from london, thank you so much. >>> well a high-stakes legal battle between the fbi and apple is over. the justice department says it has successfully unlocked the iphone of san bernardino shooter syed farook and has extracted the data that was on it in a two-page court filing the government asked a federal judge to vacate an order forcing app toll help the fbi break into the phone. it provided no details about how the fbi unlocked it. apple has vigorously 0 opposed being forced to write software to hack the iphone, saying it would jeopardize security of all iphones. apple said in part from the beginning we objected to the fbi's demand that apple build a back door into the iphone, we believed it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent. as a result of the government's dismissal, neither of these has occurred. the case should never have been brought. >>> scary moments

february the president there acknowledged that the russian aircraft which went down over the sinai peninsula last year was, in fact, a result of terrorism after being reluctant to acknowledge as much for weeks. is there a sense in egypt that the government doesn't have a grasp of its terror problem or at least winter willing to acknowledge it publicly? >> reporter: there's been growing frustration among the egyptian people about the situation, the terrorist situation in the country. there is a visible security presence all over the country. you have people at checkpoints with machine guns, they have a large security operation going on in northern sinai. one thing that the president promised when he came to power he would restore security and a lot of people have been upset asking why hasn't the president done that yet. with this latest incident that's going to add more fuel to the criticism, give more fuel for his critics to attack him with that this was able to happen. especially since they had that october bombing of a flight that went from sharm el sheikh, that is going to add a lot of cr

a russian plane crashing in the sinai peninsula. >> our security teams are in close contact. >> the flight from alexandria to cairo usually lasts a couple of hours. there were several americans on board the flight. >>> the brussels airport may partially reopen tomorrow with tighter security. 800 workers were scheduled to test the arrangements for the check in and tougher baggage screening-weeks after the attacks that killed 35 people and injured more than 270. the belgium government will have to approve it before the airport can reopen on a limited basis. meanwhile the brussels subway is mostly up and running under heavy security but the mob infestation hit by a suicide bomber. yesterday people of all faiths came together in brussels for a memorial service to pray and offer support for those killed and hurt. >>> the obama administration announcing a plan of action as heroin and opioid use is on the rise. president obama participated in this summit in atlanta. pointed out that opiate abuse kills more people than traffic accidents. it helps to cut down the accidents decades ago and said the

they have been under extreme scrutiny after a plain crash in the sinai peninsula last year.that plane is believed to have o been shot down by a bomb. > a suicide bomber in turk which the explosion happened on istanbul's main pedestrian shopping street. a dozen of the more than 30 th people were injured in the blast were furriners. the white house says they are in contact with turkish authorities. the bombings killed more than 230 people across turkey since n last year. eagle watch is on high alert tonight at the usherette yep.tt one day after one of the egg hatched, the second one has began to crack, also known as pipping. we'll be right back with and we're back with the eaglet watch continuing at this hour at the national arboretum.ar if you've been watching we sawsw both of them fly into the nest.e maybe it looks like they're in for the night. i could watch this all night. n >> me, too. we are awaiting of the second bald eaglet. cracks were seen today. the hatching of these eggs, itt really has grabbed national attention. the national arboretum eagle cam has attracted mill

. >>> 18 policeman have been killed in an attack in egypt's sinai peninsula. the interior ministry said that a checkpoint in the coastal city was hit by mortar rounds. isil said that its fighters were behind what is the biggest attack on the egyptian security forces so far this year. security in sinai has been deteriorating just three days ago, 10 merse of the egyptian army were killed in another attack. last october, isil said that it was responsible for bringing down a russian airliner over sinai killing all 224 people onboard. security forces have been on ightened alert since last july when there were more than 15 attacks on security sites. a senior foreign policy fellow at brookings institute says that the government approach to dealing with armed group's has left people feeling alienated. >> this is a very serious concern, security concern, because sinai has historically felt more marginalized and frustrated. the community of sinai, for not being part of the government's policies towards development and engagement with the capital and instead of approachi

14 months the muslim brotherhood was in control, radical jihadist establish themselves in the sinai peninsula. they are still there on the southern border of israel. we are trying, and the egyptian government is trying to root them out. what happens in libya? the freedom fighters in libya. sure, there are some that were in egypt. they were freedom fighters in libya. by and large, what happened in libya was we engaged with radical jihadists and to overthrow gadhafi. 9/11,d result is that on and benghazi, is individuals and that were trained and overthrowy nato to gadhafi, used the resources and training to kill our ambassador and 3 other americans. their objective was not to establish democracy in libya. their objective was to take over the government, established the caliphate, established serena law. -- establish sharia law. as soon as they got rid of it off the, they will get rid of the west and they succeeded, the u.s. left. now we are bombing libya because they have established a caliphate. there are 5000 jihadists exporting fighters, equipment, and ideology into northern africa. where di

@all flights have been under @exscream scrutiny after a plane @crash in the sinai peninsula @last year that. @brought down by a bomb. @>> aaron: we have an update on @the capture of the final @suspects and one of the @masterminds of last year's @security was tight for salah @abdeslam as he was transferred @out of the hospital in brussels. @authorities are not saying where @he will be held. @he was being treated for a leg @round after being captured @during a shootout on friday. @in the paris terror attacks in @2015, 130 people were killed. @well, despite pressure from @president obama, the senate @majority leader is refusing to @schedule a vote on the @appointment of supreme court @nominee merrick garland. @>> haley: garland met with @handful of senators friday @before they skipped town for a @two-week recess. @fox news has more. @>> reporter: the white house @isn't taking no for an answer, @and all week the administration @has been laying out its strategy @for getting merrick garland a @confirmation hearing. @that's going to be quite a tall @order. @republican leadership has said @all

we recall the incident itself and it seems an isis affiliate based in the sinai peninsula managed to smuggle an explosive device on the metro jet russian plane. it blew up mid air. ever since then, there has opinion a concern that is incompeten incompetence. they have taken additional measures at the airport. this incident is not similar in any way. it is a more old fashion style terrorism where hijackers makes demands. the fact that many passengers have been released is a positive sign. it is rather more personal than ideological. it appears no one has been wounded or killed. that is something to be hopeful about. >> john, all we know is this egyptair flight was diverted from the domestic route in egypt to cyprus. foreign nationals and crew are still on board. what would the protocol be? obviously officials are in negotiation with the individual. have procedures changed over the past few years with new forms of terrorism emerging? will they be dusting off an old protocol book to deal with this? >> it seems they have to go old school to negotiate with this individual. it's rare now a

of course, we all remember the russian airliner brought down by a bomb last october over the sinai peninsula. isis claiming responsibility for that. any signs of terror here that we know of? >> i don't think so. the thing -- one thing that's interesting, where this mishap occurred is very close to where the fighting is going on in eastern ukraine, but at this point i think with the weather, night, i think we're going to find something that indicates this was human error as are most mishaps that are caused by commercial aviation. >> and one of the black boxes has already been found. colonel steven ganyard, thank you for your analysis this morning, paula, over to you. >> 62 souls lost. our thoughts go out to their families. >>> our other top story in morning, one of the most terrorists in the world is in custody this morning. a fugitive in the deadly paris attacks was captured in a gun battle in brussels believed to be hiding there for four months right under the nose of law enforcement. he is a big piece to this puzzle in terms of who else could be responsible, and abc's alex alex. >> reporte

it follows last week deadly mortar attacks which saw 15 policemen killed in the sinai peninsula. over the last six months there has been a wave of violence if israel and occupied east jerusalem. the historic landmark damascus gate mass become a hot spot for unrest. many palestinians have been killed over attempted and alleged stabbings and shootings at israeli security forces. our correspondent has more on how this violence is affecting life in the city. >> reporter: damascus gate, an integral part of life in occupied jerusalem and known to be the busy entrance into the old city. not any more. the street market sellers have gone, there is now an eerie silence here. >> translation: these days the israeli forces are suspicious of everything. if your hands are inside your pockets, their hands will be on the trigger ready to shoot. the situation is really difficult. >> reporter: damascus gate has become a hot spot during the last six months of attempted stabbings and shootings. it made the israeli government beef up security here. they stand behind barriers they didn't before. they'r

in egypt six months after the deadly crash of a russian jet that took off from a resort in the sinai peninsula. isis claiming a bomb blew that plane out of the sky killingall 224 people on board. let's bring in michael balboni, former homeland security advisor for new york state your michael, it brought to mind the bad old days of airline hijackings when a guy with a gun could take a jet just about anywhere. it turns out not to be the case in this situation but it raises a lot of old fears . >> imagine what would happen happen in this country if we had a similar incident. got for bid there had been any kind of incident as it was in november where a plane actually was taken out of the sky by isis but now you have a second incident which obviously says to everybody traveling into egypt they are not taking airport security seriously and that means they have not providedthe resources, the focus, the attention to the mission to make sure the traveling public is safe . jon: but in america we are so accustomed to extensive screening, having to take off your shoes, that kind of thing. in that part of

when a russian plain crashed into the sinai peninsula killing all 224 people on board.oscow saying an explosive took out the passenger jet. >> egyptian security and egyptian airport security has been audited by different authorities and our security teams were in very close contact with these authorities. >> reporter: now, a typical flight from alexandria to cairo only takes about a half an hour usually. more than two dozen foreigners were on board that plane including several americans. the accused highjacker surrend surrendered. he's locked up tonight, lucy and iain. >> all right, joyce, thank you. >>> a dangerous motorcycle ride with police hot on the trail of a biker. he's under arrest tonight. why jaws dropped when the biker's identity was reveal. >> and racing to a local hospital but this baby would not wait. a grandma had to deliver her grandchild in the car. the mystery man this family says stepped in just in time. >>> plus a war hero's gravestone left forgotten, tossed near a dumpster. >> it's a shame that it was purple heart veteran that was out here just on t

the hijacking comes five months after a russian commercial jet was bombed, in october, over the sinai peninsula every egypt, killing all 224 people on board. affiliate group of isis later claimed responsibility. don champion, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> now, again, the president of cyprus is downplaying this morning's events. he says, quote, it is not something that has to do with terrorism, another official says, quote, the man seems to be in love. >> meanwhile two feel are driving around and snatching dogs. >> you hate to hear this. allegations buzzing around the main line. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joining us now at lower merion police station, justin, just how many dogs are we talking about? how many are missing? >> as many as five dogs now reported missing, and we spoke to one dog own here stopped his dog from becoming the next case. he said he got knows to knows with the couple, who tried and failed to take his dog. until last week, dog owner thought he knew what a dog napper might look like. that was before coming face-to-face with the couple he says tried taking his 12 y

radical jihadist elements established themselves in the sinai peninsula. they are still there on the southern border of israel. we're trying to -- and the egyptian government is still trying to root them out and bring stability back to their country. what happens in libya? you know, the freedom the freedom fighters in libya. sure, there are some freedom fighters in egypt. there were some freedom fighters in libya. but by and large, what happened in libya was we engaged radical jihadists to overthrow gadhafi. and the end result is what happened on 9/11 and 2012 in benghazi is individuals and groups that maybe not the exact individuals or the groups and that that were trained and equipped by nato to overthrow gadhafi used the resources and the training to kill our ambassador and kill three other americans. because their objective was not to establish democracy in libya. their objective was to take over the government, establish the caliphate, establish sharia law, and as soon as they got rid of gadhafi, they were going to get rid of the u.s. and guess what?

they have allied themselves with other factions in nigeria, in the sinai peninsula. so while isis may be losing territory in their main stronghold in the middle east, they're expanding worldwide. along with communications in europe, they raise up that we're only expanding and we're able to strike in the heart of crusaders. so looking at what happened in brussels and before that paris, people worldwide look at it as a point of strength, not a point of weakness. >> all right. general barry mccaffery and leif barrett, we'll leave it at that. i want to talk to the very latest in terms of the investigation in brussels. one key component to that comes from the prosecutor who released a press release about the one wanted in the paris tax connection. what more are we learning from the paris federal prosecutors? >> reporter: this is a detailed response, essentially, to accusations that the prosecutor's office actually didn't take advantage of having salah abdeslam in their custody and didn't question him thoroughly in the lead up to the brussels attack. you'll recall there wa

state of security in egypt just months after after isis bomb destroyed a russian jet over the sinai peninsula. >>> heavy security marked the return of the french soccer team to its home stadium for the first time since november's more than 1,700 police and private security guards surrounded the saint denis. snipers were there to help. one of the attackers could not get past security there. >>> the new york city council meets today to discuss ways to regulate costumed characters in times square and elsewhere. the transportation committee will hear testimony on a bill to define areas for commercial activity in the city's 49 pedestrian plazas including times square. businesses and unions will rally on the steps of city hall before this morning's hearing. no action will be taken on the bill today, though. >>> 6:37. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. >> good morning, everybody. we got a beautiful sunrise, gorgeous. here we go looking from fort lee, new jersey, across the george washington bridge. man, we can see all the way out to flush

to show that ability to have high-profile attacks by blowing up the russian airliner over the sinai peninsula but also attacked soft targets like paris and include in deadly chemical weapons to pose an imminent threats in through the use of social media isis has distributed the threat to inspires sympathizers and at one time turned into killers in bangladesh or san bettino. as the focus on isis we cannot take our eyes off of al qaeda. for north africa to south asia to strike those american interest the most-active the beans al qaeda to attack multiple times international pressure has been worded the external plots in targeting their of leadership. we continue to disrupt applause from the largest affiliate's operating in syria and repave very close attention to the brutal attacks that it remains dangerous. taken together they formed a toxic group and a different threat that isis proposes is a danger that we cannot ignore this is not an entity we can't accommodate such today in all manifestations social media phenomenon external operations the principal counterterrorism the threat that we face

a russian plane crashing in the sinai pa of peninsula killing all 224 on board. moscow says an explosive took out the passenger jet. >> egyptian security and airport security has been audited by different authorities. and our security teams were in very close contact with these authorities. >> a flight from paneled ra to cue row lasts a half an hour. more than two dozen foreigners were on board this particular flight. including several americans. in jerusalem, fox news. >>> pakistanis vowing say swift response to the terrorist attack targeting christians. 70 people were killed. and more than 300 were injured when a suicide bomber targeted a children's play area at a park. a break away taliban group lil' to isis claimed responsibility saying they were specifically targeting christians. however authorities say most of the victims were muslim. pakistan's primeminister canceled a planned trip to the united states following the attack and declared three days of mourning. >>> the brussels airport may partially reopen as soon as tomorrow with tighter security and a make

. >> particularly after that russian airliner went down in the sinai peninsula and the terrorist threat we're all facing right now. you have a passenger who said he stayed in the back of the plane through the curtain and the airline crew collected passenger's passports. and then told them the plane had been taken over. what do you think about that? >> again, you don't -- when the captain off p r the pilot turns transponder to the emergency hijacking code, you don't second-guess what might happen next. now, authorities could say until they're blue in the face we do not believe he has explosives on board, but you've still got to land the plane and you've still got to treat it as if it's a real threat. i'll give you an example. after paris and the paris abe tas, there were number of hijacking or bomb threats against air france, against a whole variety of airlines. the chances of those threats being accurate and valid was highly remote. but the plane still had to land and be searched just in case. >> and it's scary how easy it is to call in those threats. richard quest, thank you so much. w

you may recall back in october, a russian passenger jet was bombed over the sinai peninsula in eegypt, killing all 224 people on board and a group of isis later claimed responsibility for that, but, again, at this hour, right now, the flight crew and four foreigners remain on the plane. it is not known if any of the americans were among -- are among them right now. chris and mary? >> don, one of the questions, of course, is what is the >> yeah, the motivation not clear just yet. no group has claimed responsibility and it's not known if this hijacker is abilitying alone. of course, this is something egyptian and american officials are trying to wrap their hands around as we speak. >> all right, don champion for us with the breaking news this morning in our newsroom. thank you, don. we will get back to you throughout the broadcast for updates on the situation. >>> right now, 5:02. time for traffic and weather on the 2s. elise is in for john this morning. >> yes, it's a good morning, but a blustery morning. mostly cloudy, 45 degrees, winds out of the west at 12 miles an hour, but gusting

calling for a long uncompromising jihad in egypt and two days later there's a major attack on the sinai peninsula. what should i tell and how should i explain the administration's policies and action of the muslim brotherhood to the christian families in my district? how should i explain the actions taken to address the atrocities? >> we are leading the fight. there is no country doing as much to fight against violent extremism to counter as the united states. we are the ones who put together the global initiative on countering violent extremism. it's a president obama initiative. he's led it at the united nations. we've had major conferences and meetings on this issue, and all violent extremists are brought into the purview of these efforts as a result of that initiative. in addition, we're leading the coalition in the fight against daesh, against al qaeda, against anybody appropriately designated as a violent broadly-based organization. we continue to carefully assess the status of the muslim brotherhood writ large as to whether or not it meets the specific criteria set forth in the terrorist o

shown an ability to engineer high profile attacks, like blowing up a russian airliner over the sinai peninsula but they also direct foreign fighters to attack soft targets as they did in paris. they've deployed crude but deadly chemical weapons which pose an eminent threat to syrians. isil has distributed the threat globally through social media. they can inspire sympathetics think where and turn lost souls to soulless kill er and they do it in bangladesh or san bernardino. even as we focus on isil, we can't take our eye off of al chi da. their desire to strike at american interests and citizens warrants our continued vim lejs. the most active of these affiliates remains by american air strikes and international pressure have thwarted aqaps, external plots and targeted their leadership. we continue to disrupt plots also from al collide's knew sa front operating in syria and we're paying for close attention to groups like al shabab and al chi da in the islamic which has bruin in brutal attacks that it, too, remains dangerous. taken together, these all form a toxic brew and the different threat,

shown an ability to engineer high-profile attacks like blowing up a russian airliner over the sinai peninsula but they also direct foreign fighters to attack soft targets as they did in paris. they have deployed crude but deadly chemical weapons which pose an imminent threat to syrians and iraqis and they use through their use of social media isil has distributed the threat globally. they can inspire sympathizers and adherence anywhere and at one time turn lost souls to soulless killers. and they do it whether it's in bangladesh or in san bernardino. so even as we focus on isil we can't take our eyes off of al qaeda. its affiliates. from north africa to south asia their desire to strike at american interests and citizens warned our continued vigilance. the most active of these affiliates remains al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and it has attempted to attack the united states multiple times. american airstrikes in international pressure forwarded aqap's external plots and it has targeted their leadership. we continue to disrupt plots also promote qaeda's largest affiliate the news reference