are going back to somalia. >> this is being born in the dark, a generation. this is preferably not in somalia. >> this is next to nothing. >> some questions for the residents on the border. >> what do you do if your family has been away for a generation? >> thank you so much for joining us. remember, there's more news at our website. a7guc >> you are watching live from paris. the international headlines this hour -- and iraq, special forces battle al qaeda-linked militants. fighters seize control of two areas. further carnage in beirut as a .torm tears through and ariel sharon said to be clinging to life after multiple organ failure. the former prime minister has been in a coma since 2006 when he suffered a stroke at the height of

is not a routine thing in somalia.oblem. this is a country that had 20 years of dictatorship from the 1970s and 1980s, and had no real culture of parliamentary debate and dialogue. and then 20 years of state collapse. so we're really dealing with somali political figures that have no history, no culture of the give and take of parliamentary debate. >> there's a guy in this one just whaling on somebody with a cane, intending to do some real harm. >> i've seen more effective fighting in other places. this was really haphazard, but it was quite dangerous because of the way they were using chairs and sticks. i mean, someone could have gotten killed. >> peacekeepers are eventually allowed into somalia in 2007. and as a result, fighting among somali insurgents increases. >> we've got a very serious political crisis on our hand, and it has triggered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. 3.8 million somalis are in immediate need of humanitarian assistance. 1.8 million are internally displaced because of the fighting. u.n

however this year a team from somalia is joining the ranks. somalia, where snow almost never falls. we caught up with the team practicing in sweden. >> let's get ready to rumble! >> hi, my name is anthony. i'm part of the somali downhill mission team. i'm going to siberia. that's right, bandy. andy, like ice hockey. you have a small pole. they shoot it with a stick. score one goal. if you score two, it's two. more s like past sports like ice hockey because you're skating and you can't stand. you have to move all around. even if you have the pole. never knew what snow even looged like but i thought maybe you have to have some ice and i came here five years ago and now i'm exiting my country, smi somalia to get my colors and wear my home country t-shirts. it's amazing, siberia is a great team i will be proud of someday. >> somalia national team there talking about their upcoming trip to the bandy world championships. very good luck indeed to them. that brings today's broadcast to a close but you can continue watching "bbc world news" and learn more about bandy by looking at our websit

but now with parts of somalia more stable the hosts. what then can go back home. for kenya somalia and the un refugee agency signed a deal last november to repatriate camp residents on a voluntary basis. but most are too afraid to go. a reporter awesome colossus sent us this report. i mean french looking to snare a passionate as bean pot of tea and honey to life for the past twenty years. he was volunteering hundred era. one of five to conduct and the two of fifteen in one piece houses with their makeshift with us. it's home to him and his family and his mother made him what he is today. season with commute to school. she used to kenya because of the fall of faith is seen having been in use in milan. go see a uti and used them up on their sleeve to go to school on awesome and took some photos the cia asked if we fall on top of defiance it's no i'm not teaching and i and my sis during an on campus in order to help his community to stay healthy more than twenty th adoptees no more than just an issue de camp. more than four hundred thousand people leave here it has b

military did conduct an air strike in southern somalia today. what they will not say is who was the target and whether they got that target. all the official will say is that they were going after a senior militant leader believed to have ties to al qaeda and al shabaab, the al qaeda affiliate, if you will, in somalia. it was someone they say they were -- they wanted to get and that they had good reason to go after this person. it's probably going to take them some time to confirm whether or not they got the target they were going after. very difficult to get in there, get the identification. a lot of rumors floating around somalia today about who they got. but right now u.s. officials aren't confirming any additional details other than they did conduct this air strike, miguel. >> yeah. recently the s.e.a.l.s did have to back off of a mission to get a shabaab leader there. this may be the one they're going after. somalia has quieted down. why are they still hitting and going after shabaab in this way? >> reporter: well, you know, it's interestin

the al shabaab top leader in somalia. u.s. defense officials would only confirm to me that there was a -- the military did carry out a strike. it did involve a missile, and they're still confirming the details of those who were killed. we're told by witnesses there were two people killed and that the target was a vehicle, and again, the identities of those inside is not clear at this point. it's also important to remember that the u.s. recently sent less than five military advisers, conventional u.s. troops, the first u.s. troops on the ground in somalia to be based there since the early '90s in blackhawk down, harris. >> what we have been reading about today is this could have, maybe, an indication of our relationship now with the new leadership inside somalia because our government just recently recognized theirs. >> absolutely. there's a warming of tides, a sharing of intelligence information. i'm told by a senior u.s. official that this military strike was coordinated with intelligence agencies, both u.s. and somalian

this week's somalia's prime said. . .. an the government do that? how strong is al-shabab? >> the government certainly can't do that on their own. they may be able to do it with assistance, particularly from the african union mission in somali, and one of the positive development has be that that au mission has beefed up its capacity by adds several thousand ethiopian troops. shabab itself is not that large. 5,000 troops and given that modest size, it's remarkable what they're able to achieve in some ways. >> well, i'd like to play some sound that jamal osmond did, get your reaction. so this was shot for british tv. the question was about britain. but clearly, that terrorist said, america is number 1. how much of a threat does al shabaab pose here in the home land and in east africa? >> antonio, this is a recruiting ground for al shabaab. fortunately for us, many of of those somalis, living in america, that could be a very big problem for some of our major cities. including washington, d.c, area, which has a large somali area, in d.c. proper, in northern virginia, cities li

blackhawks in somalia, but what can you tell us about a u.s. and egyptian helicopter shot down? >> there's a tape from a group known as an saral jerusalem showing them firing at an egyptian military helicopter. i'm told it's an as-6 or 7 in the video. these are manpads that went missing from gadhafi's property after his overthrow. the u.s. sent experts to libya, you'll remember, to find these shoulder-fired missiles and remains concerned these could bring down a commercial airliner if they fall in the wrong hands. >> any information on the apache helicopter sale the u.s. wants to sell to iraq? >> they inform to sell 24 apache helicopters to iraq. nuri al maliki said he needs them to fight al qaeda. many in congress are concerned, however, he'll use them against his political opponents. the state department lobbied capitol hill not to block the sale. >> and finally, afghanistan. growing frustration with president hamid karzai. >> yes, in fact u.s. military commanders are angry about karzai's plan to release 37 dangerous prisoners, some of them b

thousand and two in all there are been a total of four hundred sixty one strikes in pakistan yemen and somalia resulting in some three thousand five hundred twenty deaths of the people killed four hundred fifty seven or eleven percent were civilians meanwhile the defense department released its annual report on the use of unmanned systems the report laid out a road map through twenty thirty eight of how the u.a.e. program will continue to develop take a look at this chart this is an inventory of the total number of unmanned aircraft the department of defense currently has and its possession and those are just the flying ones. the d.o.d. also has thousands of ground and maritime systems the agency estimates it will spend four point one billion dollars on unmanned systems and twenty fourteen a thirty percent drop from two thousand and thirteen but still quite a bit of money i spoke earlier with abraham wagner in los angeles he is an adjunct professor at columbia university's school of international and public affairs and also with mary ellen o'connell she is a professor of law and a research pro

thousand channel in all there been a total of four hundred sixty one strikes in pakistan yemen and somalia resulting in some three thousand five hundred twenty depths of the people killed four hundred fifty seven or oh eleven per cent were civilians. meanwhile the defense department released its annual report on the use of on an assist on this. the chorale down a road map through twenty thirty eight of how the lady program will continue to develop take a look at this church this is an inventory of the total number of unmanned aircrafts the department of defense currently has in its possession. and those are just the flying ones. and yet he also has thousands of ground and merit and sis down this agency estimates it will spend four point one billion dollars on onion systems and twenty fourteen and a thirty percent drop from twenty thirteen but still quite a bit of money. i spoke earlier with abraham wagner and los angeles he is an adjunct professor at columbia university's school of international and affairs and also with mary helen o'connell she is a professor of mining research professor

all we know is there was an aborted raid in somalia. difficult to say -- and most analysts will not say program ora great terrible program. you can't reckon the costs one way or the other. if the constitution says, and it does clearly, it is congress's job to declare war, how do they think about whether this is a -- how do they make up their minds. how do we as citizens make up our minds about whether this is an effective way to keep us safe? thathether the trade-offs define our constitutional trade- offs, and how that is part of our global power, against the convenience -- not just the convenience but safety -- again someone that might be threatening us. the first appear, and the interesting thing, the us is broadly agreed and has very able prospects -- there needs to be a greater understanding of what is the government is doing and what the justifications for doing what they do are. we subsequently heard in public speeches as well, the administration has three justifications for undertaking targeted killing or other acts involving the

troops to be based in somalia since u.s.forces pulled out after black janua blackhawk down. >> jennifer griffin, thanks so much. >>> well, unemployment may be heading down. but that doesn't tell the whole story when it comes to the economy. >> it's important to remember this president inherited the worst economic situation since the great depression. >> but you talk about restoring our medium household income, which is down. labor force participation is down. food stamps are up. poverty rate is up. if things are so great, how come they're so lousy? >> well, the labor participation rate chris wallace was talking about matches an all-time low from 1978 when millions of folks dropped out of the labor force. it's easier to do when food stamps and welfare eligibility are eased and long-term unemployment benefits are paid out. our business panel joins me now. charles payne is with the fox business network. vera gibbons is a personal finance expert. charles, let me start with you. how can the economy be so great if things are so lo

that is al qaeda-linked organization based in somalia.comes from jamal osman of independent television news. >> reporter: in a secret location deep in the somali bush, i meet al-shabaab, one of the most feared al qaeda- affiliated organizations. this is the jihadist group behind the attack at the westgate shopping mall in kenya that left 67 people dead. this is the face they want the world to see. this is the al-shabaab class of 2013. around 300 newly trained fighters have completed a six- month course, the same military training as the westgate attackers. today, they are rewarded with a visit from al-shabaab's spokesman, sheikh ali dhere. he's the public face of the group and the only one willing to show his face on camera. >> reporter: some western analysts believe al-shabaab is in decline, but the groups say the westgate attack proves how strong they remain. that's why al-shabaab viewed the westgate shopping mall in nairobi, kenya, as a p.r. victory. these terrifying images from the attack show al-shabaab fighters casually walking thro

of them come from syria, but also countries like sudan, molly, democratic republic of congo, and somalia also produced new refugees. these are the hotspots, the conflicts that continue to produce cds. more recently, we've seen a situation in the african republic as will deteriorate. those are the countries that continue to challenge us and we are overstretched. we have never been in a situation where some in the conflict seven going on at the same time. at the same time, conflicts continue. in the past, sometimes the fact that some conflicts came to an end and allowed refugees to return to the countries of origin affects the number of new refugees. this hasn't been the case. there are countries that continue where the conditions returns,onducive to like afghanistan, iraq, somalia. these people continue to remain as refugees and although, there have been some small returns to these countries. no large returns have taken place. at the moment, an organization has to care for more than 40 million people around the world. of those 40 million, about 11 million are refugees. over 20 million are

i am from somalia myself. i was born in somalia. i left when i was seven years old, after the war. so i look at him like somebody that was unfortunate, not to have parents like i did, to get me out and see this thing is the only way out. about thingsstuff in front of him, so he is just going all out. when he finds it is an american ship, it is the only way out. at the same time, he does not want to kill. he is a complex character. tavis: had you ever given any thought to being an actor? what were your dreams prior to hanging out with your friends' eve he commercial? -- with your friends and seeing the tv commercial? >> i love films and i love to stories. working on music videos. i had my camera. we were shooting music videos. short films. stuff like that. but i was not an actor. tavis: you are in a creative field, just not as an actor. i'm trying to jump ahead, you come to l.a. and you see paul greengrass, he hires you and your buddies. everybody has his role. fast forward and tell me what it was like, when you met tom hanks. hanks, atand tom about a month and a half of training. b

directv peace and security in somalia. so all you want to go on with what generalist think i was soon to be patient. we need to be patient when you do so you don't eat it with a candle to call constitution which is bringing so ready to go to the coolers. because in all. still of a manatee the promotion in the end and in the sense that the rules of the situation is over to the brutal dissertation is the culprit condition the roads open to the oldies station is what is going on understood and dying every day. so i believe that a manatee track. the paramount see these is a a a a week and off the head of the bible off topic but some people are saying that it's true multi track code is applied to the road a piece saying that a ugandan brulee with somalia uganda and burundi call the shots in the capital of ethiopia runs its operations in the western kenya holds a strip of land in the south. in other words no record of djibouti and the giant corn bananas and one thousand men in the us in the other one thousand of the idea is that

this week's somalia's prime said. . .. can the government do that? how strong is al-shabab?the government certainly can't do that on their own. they may be able to do it with assistance, particularly from the african union mission in somali, and one of the positive development has be that that au mission has beefed up its capacity by adds several thousand ethiopian troops. shabab itself is not that large. you are looking at something like [ technical difficulties ] >> so this was shot for british tv. the question was about britain but clearly that terrorist said that america is number 1. tim how much of a threat does al-shabab really pose here in the homeland or to american interests in east africa? >> there are hundreds of thousands of somalians living here in the united states, and that's a recruiting grown for al-shabab. fortunately most of them don't hate americans like al-shabab fie -- fighters do. but even recruiting a small group can pose a huge problem. it's a considerable problem, because their recruiting efforts have been not been diminished anywhere in the world.

drone fired on an alleged militant in somalia with ties to al qaeda and al shabaab.ened in a remote area along the southeast coast 130 miles from the capital of mogadishu. a military commander and his driver were reportedly killed in the attack. >>> in ukraine anti-government riots are spreading outside the capital. on sunday 240 miles east of kiev, 3,000 people took to the streets hurling rocks at police. the latest round of protests comes after the government offered to make an opposition leader the prime minister. >> egypt's president has called for an early presidential election. the decision comes amid clashes between government forces and supporters of the muslim brotherhood. violence over the weekend killed 49 people. >>> well, straight ahead, your monday morning weather. and in sports the broncos and seahawks arrive in a very chilly new jersey with the super bowl less than a week away. the super bowl less than a week away. ♪ clovers and blue moons ♪ hourglasses, rainbows ♪ and tasty red balloons let's go! ♪ lucky charms ♪ frosted lucky charms ♪ they're magica

it is a commitment to continue to fight al qaeda on a global scale. >> it is not just somalia.yemen, nigeria, tunisia, are we sending military advisers and more than that to those locations? >> greg, the harsh reality of 2013 was it was a successful year for two of america's most deadly jihadist enemies, the al qaeda and the iran regime. and in somalia and iraq and around the region, that al qaeda is on the ascend, the iranian regime is emerging across the middle east and syria and elsewhere. this is a long war far from over and there is a serious vacuum in the middle east as american power waypow power paines -- wains. >> do you think there is no strategy in the administration. >> i think they have defined al qaeda as osama bin laden's al qaeda. and it is operating through an affiliate and they are a lethal force and the administration has been unwilling to recognize that al qaeda has metastasized around the world. let me turn to iraq. failing to reach a status of forces agreement and as a result all american troops were pulled out and the result of that has been as we've seen

military has deployed a small number of troops as trainers and advisors to somalia. their mission is to help african troops hold off an advance by islamic militants. these are the first american boots on the ground in somalia since 1993 when two u.s. helicopters were shot down and 18 americans killed in the black hawk down operation in mogadishu. during the iraq war, 1,300 americans died fighting al qaeda militants in anbar province. the u.s. prevailed, the militants fled, but now they have returned. the city of fallujah is once again a battleground as iraqi forces fight to regain control. tonight, elizabeth palmer is in baghdad, a city on edge. >> reporter: there's hardly a man here whose life hasn't been touched in some way by iraq's escalating violence. and now al qaeda-linked extremists have come back to fallujah only 50 miles away. the worried congregation looks to the imam for assurance. he tries, but has to stop. fallujah once again a violent front line is his home. "we must stand together against terrorism" he tells them. "it is destroying the country." after

this is the same or similar situation in syria lebanon libya somalia and everywhere else there is no such thing as al-qaeda there is a wahhabi ideology. that is pushing this sort of insurgency to increase but with iraq. the nato intervention has created a situation where there's a separation sunnis and shias are not against each other as a reporter in western mainstream media they may have a few differences but the in actual fact as people they get along really well but actually you know what i mean this looking at the situation in iraq looking at the you know their ass nic and religious tapestry of the country. here we have a situation where sunni's and the shia do not always see eye to eye don't always agree in fact the sunni minority claims out they are being targeted by the shia led government and its war on terror specifically so do you the sunni's have a voice in this conflict what is the situation there in iraq of around. ok that's a good point the situation is nato created a division among the sectarian communities. and what's taken place is they gave power to the shia and no

and for their work in anti piracy operations off somalia. abizaid it and will construct and john training centers in ethiopia. he wants managers and engineers to learn japanese production techniques. i believe prime minister lady marion understands that my administration and school prior to africa than any previous administration japanese of course and that the corporation and would be an ancestor to the room then he spun on important. jenny's an ethiopian officials also signed an agreement to work toward direct flights between the two countries. it just isn't getting ready to dart in a referendum on a new constitution. then go to the polls later on tuesday and on wednesday and was in the interim government drafted the constitution analysts are looking upon the referendum as a vote of confidence in their leadership. the new constitution would give it greater political will to the military. organize a set of signs around the capital cairo. encouraging people to approve of its supporters in the house to present muhammad morrissey and calling o

you can use involvement in somalia. ariel sharon is in critical condition his vital organs are failing in his life is now in danger the former israeli prime minister has been in coma since two thousand and six and his doctors are expecting a turn for the works. we sat at your own exhausted that i can now cost at the foot of the city news. show some signs of deterioration during the following two days with some pt credit. nice functional my functional some of these organs including his kidneys. i use on that. i would say a holler teach them box. we feel that the situation is critical. in some danger is expected for his life. that latest updates on the ariel sharon's condition seems to be are confirming it is really media reports that ariel sharon the past few days left to live through the wooded most dominant politicians it is time to form a gentleman is a hard liner was elected prime minister in two thousand and one and was on his way to comfortable re election when he suffered a stroke. shorn of its old are you a full

there again, all we know there was a aborted raid in somalia. so it's very difficult to say, and most counterterrorism analysts will not get up and blanket say this work is a great program. it doesn't work. it's a terrible program. you can't wreck in the cost one way or the other. from the point of view from the legal institutionalist argument. if the constitution says, and does pretty clearly, t congress' job declare war. how do they think about it's a war they want to be in? of getting rid of someone. safety today or tomorrow might be threatening us today or tomorrow. so the first step here, and the interesting thing, as we'll see is this is broadly agreed and has very little prospect of happening. there needs to be a much greater understanding of what it is that the government is doing and what it believes the justifications for doing it are. last year we learned because of the leak of a memo from the justice department in fact, we subsequently heard in public speeches as well the administration has three different justifications for undertak

with between fifty to seventy thousand living in political prison camps the next rank country is somalia where open doors reports that this year ten christians were targeted and killed by members of the militant group al-shabaab the third most dangerous place for christians is syria a country plagued by an ongoing civil war open door says that in two thousand and thirteen there were one thousand two hundred thirteen martyr killings in the country that's more than half of all the martyr killings the organization documented worldwide number four is iraq where christians are increasingly threatened and attacked by islamic terrorist groups a local source has told open doors that one christian is killed every two to three days there and in fifth places afghanistan open door says the influx of islamic extremism and tribal pressure have made practicing christianity unsafe some lawmakers have publicly said that converts to christianity should die to discuss the findings of this report a little bit more earlier i was joined by david curry president and c.e.o. of open doors usa since north korea i

over 13,000 came from africa, mainly somalia and mali. over 900 were from afghanistan. hear are more details >> reporter: barely into the new year, the first migrand boat has arrived from north africa, a treacherous voyage that mostly takes place when the weather is better. the threat of rough seize did not deter the latest rifles. they came mostly from sub is a h subsaharan africa. it is closer to north africa than the mainland, the site of frequent boat landings, sometimes with tragic consequences. in 2013, hundreds of people died attempting to reach the island. the worst incident occurred in october, when more than 360 migrants drowned after their boat caught fire and capsized. then 304 people died in a ship wreck. it seems the troubled deniid no end at sea. there w shocking footage emerged of naked migrants being showered down. it prompted debate about europe-bound migration. it has led to criticism of the european union's way of dealing with the issue. mistaken hoped the boat disasters would prompt the eu to improve strategy but with war and unrest looming over cer

the next ring country is somalia where open source report said this year ten patients were targeted and killed by members of the militant group else bought the third most dangerous place for patients is syria a country plagued by an ongoing civil war. open door says and in twenty thirteen there were one thousand two hundred and thirty martyr killings in a country that's more than half of long martyr killings the organization documented worldwide. number four is iraq where patients are increasingly threatened and attacked by islamic terrorists groups. a local source says has told open door is at one session is held every two to three days there and in fifth place as afghanistan open source says the influx of islamic extremists on entitled pressure and me practicing christianity and safe. some lawmakers have publicly said that converts to christianity should die. the findings of this report a little bit more earlier i was joined by david curry president and ceo of open doors usa. since i create is number one on this list i first ask david what's going on than any system difficult to pract

i am told to expect more hits >> have we hit a lot in somalia?rn they are seeing today in the country? >> the concern is it has become a lawless ungoverned territory where they were launched strikes like the one that killed 67 people at the mall in kenya. earlier this month the u.s. sent a handful of conventional military advisors in and they are the first u.s. trips to be based in somalia since the u.s. forces pulled out after the black hawk down. pirate attacks at the lowest point in six years thanks to military efforts to curb that. >>> he said he would not quit his office, but the first-term congressman busted for cocaine is changing his mine. why tray raidal did that. >> and he went out for a walk and has been missing for 16 days. what police are saying about th. >> it is was unusual. he would be home t. was dark and he takes medication which is really important because of his liver. he needs to take it twice a day. trey gowradal >> fox news alert. on a sudden change of heart, trey radal has decided he is going to resign more than two months

. >>> a missile strike in somalia on sunday against a suspected military leader with ties to the al qaedablican senator rand paul appeared on "meet the press" sunday where he called former president bill clinton predatory regarding his affair with monica lewinsky. he said democrats have posed war on women all along and clinton's affair is proof. >> someone who takes advantage of a young girl in their office, i mean, really. and then they have the gull to stand up and say republicans are having a war on women, so, yes, i think it's a factor. >> it's not hillary's fault -- >> but it say factor in judging bill clinton in history. >>> in an interview with a german tv network, nsa leaker edward snowden said he felt there are, quote, significant threats to his life and that government officials would love to see him assassinated for leaking classified documents. >>> and more than 100 hungry runners took part in the krispy kreme dash on saturday. participants had to run the race while eating a dozen doughnuts in an hour or less, all for a good cause, of course. all for eight children's charities

somalia for close to 20 years has not had a functioning government, and it only has a semi-functioning government in a small slice of the country. there may be order that al shabaab brings, is appreciated, but i don't think they're popular at all with the somali people and many somali people, if given the alternatives, would 23 want a al shabaab government. >> it's a group of suicide bombers is oversubscribed, and only the best recruits get in. is the suicide brigade the only reason to be concerned for these guys? >> absolutely. it is easy to defeat an enemy in battle when they have a will to live. because wounding and killing them is a threat to them. when the individual's utmost desire is to die and die when killing their perceived enemies is a threat. a person strapping a very small bomb on themselves on a plane, can take down adults in a mall or in a movie theater, they walked into that mall and sought the weakest and most vulnerable people, they killed dozens of people, mowed them down, using the excuse that their own children had been killed. but bringing the war to innocent civi

so by sharp contrast to this arid camel herding community on the border of somalia and kenya the other village i spent a great deal of time and was in the southwestern corner of uganda. it is hilly and the main crop is bananas. it's quite green as long as the soil isn't least of any new bird bird -- nutrients. they are christians as the post to muslims in the somali communities. they are subtle farmers. i spent my time focusing on two communities that have absolutely nothing in common except for the intervention of jeffrey sachs and the millennium villages project. >> all right, oh yes. as another indication of nina munk's dedication she has -- we didn't always see eye-to-eye and he never asked for my manuscripts nor did he try to censor me. as nina points out all he did was try to deny her access to information whenever the information was unfortunate for his project rio as she writes in her book herself, itself, that when the thing, that things are getting a little bit tough, she for internal purposes found the millennium villages commissioned to most -- postmortem reports to discove

in yemen, somalia, iraq, we have to keep working with partners to disrupt and disable those networks. in syria, we'll support the opposition that rejects the agenda of terrorist networks. here at home, we'll keep strengthening our defenses and combat new threats like cyberattacks. as we reform our defense budget, we will have to keep faith with our men and women in uniform and invest in the capabilities they need to succeed in future issions. we have to remain vigilant. i strongly believe our leadership and our security cannot depend on our outstanding military alone. as commander in chief, i have used force when needed to protect the american people and i will never hesitate to do so as long as i hold this office. but i will not send our troops into harm's way unless it is truly necessary, nor will i allow our sons and daughters to be mired in open-ended conflicts. we must fight the battles that need to be fought, not those that terrorists prefer from us, large-scale deployments that drain our strength and may ultimately feed extremists. so even as we actively and aggressively pursue

troops to be based in somalia since u.s.rces pulled out after black hawk down back in the 1990's. patti ann: thank you. jon: some extreme drought conditions out west prompting the federal government to take unprecedented action. we'll tell you what they're up to next. and a controversial new policy in australia aimed at stopping a rash of deadly shark attacks. patti ann: a severe drought is plaguing much of the west, creating bone dry conditions and dangerous shrinking water levels. here you can see the huge area troubled by the extreme doubt conditions. california entering the third year of drought. much of the west has been abnormally dry more than a decade. these threatening conditions have prompted a dramatic move by the federal government. something it has never done before. here are details for us. >> hi. yes. the governor of colorado recently described the drought situation in the west as a clear and present danger. seven states rely on the colorado river for their water supply. the amount of water is slowed from the

carried out an air strike against a leader in somalia. they are not giving details. >> leaders from al-shabab said a senior commander was killed when his car was hit by a missile and they suspect is came from a u.s. drone. >> french peacekeepers are struggling to control violence in the central african republic. the muslims are under attack. we follow this report. >> in a muslim neighbourhood on the outskirts of bangui, people are hostile to french peacekeepers. we don't want to you. don't come any closer. sna many people are armed. they are frightened. they tell me the french killed some of their people, whilst making no effort to disarm the christian anti-balaka militia who hide in the hills. they have had enough of the french standing by. all of the muslims say they want to the escape the capital and head north. as soon as they arrange transport and feel it's safe to head out on the roads. some of them say the central african republic should be divided and that muslims should take over the north. it seems that these peacekeepers are st

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. >> thank you or the update. 11 people dead in somalia. it was at a major hotel in mogadishu. there has been no claim of responsibility. ambulances rushed victims to hospitals after more bomb attacks in mogadishu. most of the casualties were caused when a second car exploded as people tended to the victims. daylight, the damage became clear. the cars are now just burned out shells. i was here in the hotel when the explosion occurred last night. we were terrified. the magnitude of the explosion was huge. >> the target of the attack is mogadishu's most secure places. in 2012, suicide bombers hit the hotel in a failed assassination attempt on the president. this latest attack, like minis in the capital, is thought to be the work of al should have the but as like many in the capital, thisought to bowl -- latest attack is thought to be the work of al should bap. the group claimed the sponsor -- shabab. the group claimed responsibility for the attack in kenya. about 25 kilometers away from the coastal club of mobile son and no one has claimed responsibility for that attack. is in cr

carried out app air strike in somalia against a suspected militant leader. no other details were given about where the strike occurred or the target. more when it becomes available. >> egypt's interim president says the country will hold presidential elections before it votes for parliament. today's elections coming after 49 were killed in clashes. general abdul fatah al-sisi is expected to run for president. >> earlier i spoke with harvard professor who said egypt's next president will likely shape the rest of the governments. >> once you have a president. that becomes basically the tent poll for the new egyptian political system, and you can imagine the parliamentary elections that follow, that basically the present allies will win the election, and quickly you get to a situation where you have a president and a ruling party much like what you had prior to january 25th, 2011. >> so the old power structure back into form. >> something that resembles the old power structure. too much has changed to say that we'll go back to the hosni mubarak era. too many pe

while exerting pressure in somalia and kenya. because of the failure in my view of american leadership to islamic extremism is not mentioned in u.s. policy, which is quite astounding. 12 years we still have no comprehensive strategy to defeat radical islam or al qaeda. we do not even have a military strategy. we use drugs to kill al qaeda leadership, pakistan and yemen as we shared, but that is not a military strategy that is a type take an instrument. it has limitations also because leaders are replaced quickly in an ideological movement and the mission goes on. contrast this current reality with strategy and policies in the 20th century. when the united states was involved in another struggle, another ideological struggle, communism. we fashion a strategy, organized alliances in europe and southeast asia in nato to contain it by agreeing on a common political goal as well as sharing intelligence, training, doc during equipment intact experience we encourage some of our best universities to study the subject, whole departments a

military tonight is acknowledging boots on the ground in somalia for the first time since the blackhawk down disaster in 1993. the u.s. african command announced what it calls a military coordination cell. fox news is told there are fewer than five people so far, advisers, not combat troops, but they're on the ground in somalia. this as fighting has turned an ugly turn in syria. not with u.s. troops. gains made by u.s. forces in iraq are disappearing. to al qaeda-linked fighters. the relationship with afghanistan's shaky government is at a low point now, and the political version of a family feud is brewing between president obama and some of his fellow democrats over new sanctions on iran. a majority of the democratic-controlled senate wants them. the president, who hopes to continue talking with iran about its nuclear program, does not, and has threatened to veto. chief white house correspondent ed henry on the political battle about a real-life possible war. >> as iran's supreme leader again described the united states as satan, democrats led by senate foreign relations chairman bob

somebody sent $8500 to somalia to an al qaeda affiliate.n in that case the government waited two months to investigate this case. the idea that this is kind of critical to stopping terrorism is overblown. >> yeah, i'm for letting our national intelligence community have the tools they need in their toolbox. and this may be one of them. u.s. government officials say that 54 different terrorist events have been prevented in 20 different countries thanks to the use of metadata. >> do you buy that? >> we need to be kind of careful here. there's the telephone metadata, then there's overseas e-mail surveillance. what is controversial in this country in particular is in five years all your phone calls can be stored by the government. there's very little that's stopped in terms of terrorist. >> my friend peter has given himself a very hard task, which is to prove a negative. if my handyman comes to the house and fixes everything that's broken with a screwdriver and plier, does that mean he doesn't need a hammer? dianne feinstein, the chairman of th

on a january night in 2012, members of seal team six jumped from a plane into the skies of somalia.ca buchanan was being held hostage, and the seals were descending just in time. buchanan was a humanitarian aid worker who had come to help children in one of the most dangerous places on earth. hers was an ordeal that ended in a flash of violence, but had begun 93 days earlier when her car was stopped by bandits in a place she calls hell. >> jessica buchanan: we stopped very abruptly, like, so abruptly that i felt, like, everybody just fall forward. and then, i started hearing all of this pounding on the windows and the windshield, and all this shouting in somali, and there is a man standing there screaming. and he has an a.k.-47, and he is shouting and pointing it at us. and then, he climbs into the car next to me and he points an a.k. into my face. and they're hyped up like they're on speed, and all of a sudden, we just take off. the driver just takes off, and we just start slamming all over the place down these camel tracks. >> pelley: what did you think they were going to do? >> b

morning, but it is the latest incident in a country frequently targeted by militants in neighboring somalia . >> the gaping hole in its thatched roof, broken bottles, the remnants of a grenade attack on this beach resort town from 25 kilometers south of mombasa. was fullar nightclub of revelers when the grenades were thrown. several people were wounded. >> there were 200 patrons in this club. when it happened, when the , so far we have 10 casualties. >> all victims are said to be in stable condition. >> these people are suspected to have escaped on a motorbike, and the police are working on crucial leads, which could lead to their arrest. >> kenyan coastal resorts are a big draw or visitors. the country is dependent on tourism but is being plagued by attacks that have been blamed on islamist militants. so far no one has claimed responsibility. >> thousands of people have been left without power after a cyclone hit the french indian .cean winds of 150 miles per hour lashed the coast, pumping huge waves of up to eight meters. 15 people had been injured and hundreds of thousands left without p

in somalia, al-shabab, they still control some geographic area in the southern part of the country. and when they do, one of the first things they try to do is establish their very harsh version of sharia law. as so the second their goal was instrumental. there was a good study done by a g jihadist think tank. if he were to target the saudi regime, they would have the saudis down on them after the claire exes would be against them. the claireexes would have to sang shown the group. but you have seen these long-standing dictators actually get toppled which has opened up knew opportunities. >> president obama demanded bashar al-assad to step down, but with al-qaeda affiliated groups now assisting bash barb, how can we stop empowering those groups? >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding storie

we've seen it in libya and somalia and elsewhere.s does not sign this security agreement with afghanistan, and is required to move, withdraw its troops, it will still have the capability and desire to act in afghanistan when and where it chooses. >> does the security pact get signed? >> i think ultimately afghanistan will sign it but right now i think hamid karzai is trying to extrapolate from the u.s. political concessions as much as possible going forward. this is -- the counting clock for him because he has to step down towards april. >> i want to play something president obama said during a major national security speech. >> beyond afghanistan, we must define our effort not as a boundless global war on terror, but rather as a series of persistent targeted efforts to dismantle networks of violent extremists that threaten america. >> there continues to be this debate in the country over what we're talking about, who we're talking about when we use that term al qaeda. >> al qaeda used to be a very defined organization which osama bi

missile strike if s in somalia. the man was in his car. u.s. officials confirm a strike against an al shabaab commander. but they're not confirming anyone was killed. >>> the unrest escalating in the ukriane this morning. protesters take over another public building. this time, they stormed the justice ministry head quarters in kiev. earlier, they lined the streets chanting hero before the body of a protester killed last week was laid to rest. >>> edward snowden is is making new claims about u.s. spy activities. he tells germ german tv that the usa routinely engages in economic espionage. he says people want to kill him. he says he'll never get a fair trial in the u.s. >>> president obama will lay out an ambitious agenda in the state of the union address tomorrow night. white house advisers say he's prepared to work with or without congress to achieve the goals. high on the list, closing the gap between rich and poor. he'll detail his ideas for gun control and immigration reform. and it is aimed at reversing dismal approval rating. just 37% bel