. >> in somalia, the u.s. steps up the fight against al-shabab, one of the most feared rebel groups in the world. tonight a deeper look at who her and what they want. ♪ ♪ >>> and the rare sound of music at a refugee camp in greece. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> rewe begin tonight with the campaign scare in ohio. a man rushes the stage apparently trying to charge dawned trump during a speech in taye dodayton. >> secret service agents stopped the protester resting him to the ground. he was arrested and charged with inducing panic and disorderly conduct. this comes after trump canceled a rally in chicago last night. after protesters swarmed the arena where he was scheduled to speak. al jazeera's roxana is in cleveland, ohio, that state, one of five, holding key presidential primaries on tuesday, roxanne arc you spoke to both trump supporters and also protesters. what is the mood there and what are they saying? >>> randle most people told us they already planned to attends the rally today before they saw what happened last night in c

ethiopia, somalia province. a quarter of traditional somalia, sorry, another piece of traditional is a quarter of northern kenya, so a quarter of kenya and quarter of etheopia used to be somalia, the reason, part of the reason why the politics in somalia were difficult and the war ir resolvable because kenya have deep-seated interest in meddling in somalia and somalian politics on a much larger beyond its own borders, not to mention the rise of alshbab and it's a problem that has a colonial root as to do other current wars. on the remittances, that is a big issue for the refugees, they are very annoyed about the restrictions, everybody survived to some extent and the coping mechanisms that we have spoken about informal work, remittances is the third sort of pilar of that and if you don't -- generally you have all three, then you're really the bottom of the pile, so to speak. >> a question about who makes up the population of, i didn't realize either but there were 40,000 kenyan who come to the dob to take advant

and african union forces in somalia. the removal of those fighters degrades al-shabab's ability to meet the group's objectives, recruit i recruiting members >>> here is what the somalia government had to say: >>> >>> there are conflicting reports about what exactly happened and how many al-shabab fighters were killed. tell us what woe know for sure. -- we know for sure. >> we cannot independently verify what happened in the region of somalia on saturday around 5 pm local time. we know that region is under the control of al-shabab. we know it's very remote location. one of the things that we understand is there was no civilian casualties anywhere near where the air strike happened. the u.s. routinely carries out drone strikes targeting al-shabab leader ship. remember in 2014 the group's leader was killed in a u.s. drone strike. there is conflicting reports. al-shabab are saying there is no way 150 of their fighters will gather in such large numbers knowing that americans drones and helicopters are airborne in somalia. so

another 50,000 are to be sent to somalia this year. more than 300,000 remain in camps in eastern kenya. al jazeera's catherine soi is in the camp joining us live. >> reporter: i'm in one of the five camps here. as you can imagine, the unfortunate situation where we have refugee camps, the leading conditions here are deplorable. it really depends on who you talk to when it comes to repatriation. most people have been here, the refugees who were born here. there are three/four generations here. they will tell you that there is nothing left to go back to in somalia, that they have built their lives here. they're still concerned about the security situation. the people who are being repa tree eightd are the one within-- repatriated have been here. 600 have been done so every week by the high commission, refugees. this year alone from january 6,000 have been repat tree eighted-- repatriated. 249 somalis collect what might be their last aid package. they receive money to start them off and give up their refugee status. today they get to go h

in somalia, the u.s. steps up the fight against al-shabab, one of the most feared rebel groups in the world. tonight a look at who they are and what they want. plus an app for rating people just as you would a movie or restaurant. want to check up on somebody's reputation, download the people app >>> we begin tonight with a campaign scare in ohio. a man rushes the stage apparently trying to charge donald trump during a speech just outside dayton. secret service agents stopped the protest and wrestled him to the ground. police arrested 22-year-old thomas demacino and charged him with inducing panic and disorderly conduct. he was released saturday afternoon. it comes after donald trump cancelled a rally last night after protesters swarmed the arena where he was due to speak. our correspondent reports from cleveland on how trump supporters and detractors recollected to the latest campaign events. >> reporter: most of the people we spoke to say they were already planning to attend donald trump's rally here in

we are going frequently to order people who had come from somalia to find out about human rights in somalia and also to find out what was going on in ethiopia and then of course there is the human rights in of that itself which later on i think in 2010 you can correct me but there were two reports on human rights crisis itself. the way i approach that in the book is to talk about a love story between luna who is a young somali girl who was born in the camp and raised in the camp and a young sudanese boy who was a friend and profiled, he was one of the boys that settled to the united states but there are tens of thousands who stayed in the region in refugee camps. the boy was one of those, hammen luna fell in love, had a baby, but that went very much against the conservative of her family and there was a witchhunt for these two especially for the infants, they wanted to capture the infant and sacrifice it as a honor killing because the the dignity of the family had been offended by this half christian half muslim child. part of that story is hiding from this mob and be in defended which is f

they was once in somalia. sufi religious groups are slowly filling up. this one has more than 100 students of religious studies. the teacher can't accept more children because it's so popular. >> translator: we teach only the koran with a wood tablet and charcoal ink. most parents want their children brought up the same way they were. >> reporter: the feeling is that somalia's dark days are a thing of the past. the sufi just want to be left in peace and return to their own ways of practicing islam. >>> the level of winter sea ice in the arctic is a r at a record low. nasa and the u.s. national snow and ice center data say average sea ice cover was the lowest since records began in 1979. air temperatures across the arctic have went up 6 degrees celsius above average in the past year. the highjacker of an egypt air jet is now in custody. now officials look to learn miss motives. >>> the f.b.i. unlocks the san bernardino iphone without apple's help. >> i don't want to go to my country, because i have big traumas, because people want to kill me routine abler

another 50,000 are expected to return to somalia this year. more than 300,000 remain in camps in eastern kenya. >> reporter: under the blistering mid-morning sun 249 somalis collect what might be their last aid package as a refugee here. they receive money to start them off. they give up their refugee status. today they get to go home. this woman and her husband are taking their six children back to southern somalia. they have been away for the last eight years. she told me it was a tough choice that had to be made. >> translation: i'm going back to buy some animals and become self-sufficient. i'm concerned about the security, but i have been told that my neighborhood is safe. >> reporter: most of the refugees are from southern somalia. they will be back to the border town. from there they will find their way home. >> reporter: there is excitement in this bus. they're anxious. they're cautious at the same time. they've been given nonfood items like blankets and $120 each to restart their lives in somalia. some who are repatriated have come bac

al-shabab attack in somalia. tunisia has closed its border with libya following an attack which killed at least 53 people. an armed group targeted security forces. it is believed the fighters entered the country through libya and the curfew has been imposed there. >> reporter: people here woke up to this. the sound of heavy gunfire. the attacks on the town were coordinated on the national army and security forces. some local people reported seeing dozening of fighters roaming the streets. the authorities say they killed many of them, including this man that they crews attempting to fire a rocket to the police station. >> reporter: what this attack shows is there is an organized well armed group operating in this border region and capable of hitting strategic targets. >> reporter: some called this the wild west known for the smuggling of goods from nearby libya. its markets and shops have now closed. tunisians have travelled from here to fight for i.s.i.l. in libya. many believe i.s.i.l. is behind of this >> trans

. >>> the united states with a big air strike against the suspected terrorists in somalia. why the united states says it had to act now. that's straight ahead. diddle di, t and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon... then quickly fell back to earth landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. luckily geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. they were able to get the roof repaired like new. they later sold the cow because they had all become lactose intolerant. call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. >>> new details about the u.s. air strike in somalia which is believed to have killed 150 members of the al shabaab terror group. fighters were standing at attention on the verge of carrying out attack on u.s. forces in africa. cnn's national security expert jim sciutto has the latest. >> reporter: this is the largest strike against terrorists ever. some 150 fighters from al shabaab killed in the strike. the target was an al shabaab training camp. the fighters were about to carry out an attack on african union forces and u.s. for

military says it has killed 150 fighters in a drone strike in somalia. south korea is set to announce it's own set of sanctions against north korea. the move comes off the back of a new round of u.n. sanctions imposed last week. the snkss are expected to include an entry ban on any ships that have been to north korea and the addition of more north korean nationals to an existing black list. tensions are high on the korean peninsula following rhetoric and military activity. china has called for more comprehensive action labelling any blind faith in sanctions alone as irresponsible. the p.m. said the issue has to be resolved in order to restore calm to the region. >> translation: tensions are increasing in the peninsula. if tensions are aggravated or grow out of control it will go disastrous to all parties. china will not passively watch the area become unstable and let security interests be damaged by the instability. we call on all parties involved not to aggravate tensions. >> reporter: live to seoul and my kreeg rob mcbride. what do you think we will s

>> this is about ten years, i think, after the incident in somalia. and so he's been carrying around this, this guilt, this hauntedness for all that time trying to escape it. and finally he's come to this breaking point where he's doing something that he just -- i don't think he's wanted to do up until this point, and he's decided to try to get in touch with his mother or somebody in his family to -- >> alleviate? >> -- alleviate, yeah. >> it's called "the body of an american." tell us again, michael, where we can see it. >> you can see it at the cherry lane theater. >> and it runs through -- >> march 20th. >> march 20th. you two gentlemen -- characters. >> broad shoulders. [laughter] this is pretty powerful. weaver going to put the information up on our web site. so nice to meet you both. >> very good to meet you. >> our best wishes to you for telling the stories of, like you said, the dark places. we love our servicemen and women, and we know that war is not pretty. so we have to get these stories out there to help people put things in the right con

and african mission forces in somalia. their ravel, the ravel of those terrorist fighters degrade al shabab's ability to meet objects i have somalia. >> the camp is 120 mill meters norse of the the capitol, a remote location to try to escape constant surveillance by u.s. aircraft. that doesn't appear to have worked. the pentagon says the camp has been monitored for weeks and surveillance indicated a major attack was being planned. al shabab confirmed in a phone conversation to al jazeera that they had been an attack on its training camp buff said the u.s. figure of more than 150 dead was exaggerated. in a statement, the somali government told al jazeera it welcomed the precision drone attack on the al shabab base in collaboration with the somali army, minimizing the threat of al shabab. it is not without controversy. >> military leaders primarily and government authorities would say this allows us to attack leadership targets that will eventually cause the down foul of these organizations. on the other hand, some would say

strike in somalia.he fighters were standing at attention possibly taking part in a graduation ceremony on the verge of setting up a fight in africa. jim sciutto has the latest. >> reporter: john, the largest strike against terrorists ever. the pentagon says some 150 fighters from the group al shabaab killed in the strike. the target was an al shabaab training camp. the timing was key. u.s. intelligence indicated these fights were about to carry out an attack on african union forces and u.s. forces in somalia. commanders acting in self defense. manned and unmanned aircraft carrying out the strike. you have al shabaab claiming responsibility for another attempted bombing of a passenger jet. that bomb hidden in a laptop. you may remember a couple of weeks ago when a laptop bomb exploded on a jet in the air punching a hole in the fuselage and carrying that bomber and sucking that bomber out of the hole. two attempted attacks on passenger jets claimed by al shabaab as well. the ambitions of the group greatly

and african union mission forces in somalia.ir removal, the removal of those terrorist fighters degrade el shabab's objective for recreating members and bases and planning attacks on u.s. and other forces. >> reporter: the spokesman said we welcome the drone attack on t the el shabab base and it will minimize the threats of el shabab and crossing live from the capitol mogidushu and tell us about the report because there are conflicting reports about it. >> reporter: well doreen there is no way of verifying the casualties reported and the pentagon says 150 el shabab were killed in the air strikes and el shabab says it's an exaggeration and we know the air strikes took place in a remote region of somalia far from any base that civilians lead. this is not the first time that russia carried out air strikes in somalia and often targets leaders from el shabab and in 2014 the former leader of el shabab was killed in an air strike by the pentagon and comes at a time that is really important and significant and somalia will hold election

somalia officials say u.s.aids killed 27. >>> at least 53 people have been killed after a gun battle between an armed group and security forces in the tunisian border town of ben gardan. they target ed an army barracks with rocket propelled grenades. nazanine moshiri reports. >> the people of ben gardan woke up to this, a sound of heavy gun fire. the attacks were coordinated on national security forces. some reports dozens wandering the streets. tunisian forces say three killed many including this man, accused of firing a rocket pro pelted grenade at a police station. this was one of the targets, security forces in the heart of ben gardan. organized well armed group operating in this border region and capable of hitting strategic targets. some call ben gardan, it's markets and shops are now closed. tunisians have traveled from here to site or the groups like i.s.i.l. around libya and many people here think i.s.i.l. is behind what happened. >> translator: they are dirt, we are not afraid of them. all the people

an africa can mission forces in somalia. it degrades al-al-shabab's objectives targets in the area >>> the somali government spokesman said: >>> >>> an update from our correspondent. >> reporter: we know the strikes happened in the area of al-shabab. they say they killed 150 soldiers. al-shabab say that is an exaggeration. often it targets leaders of al-shabab in 2014 the former leader of the group was killed in a u.s. air strike. what is also important is the timing of this latest air strike. it comes weeks after the african union, which is fighting al-shabab, the air strike is significant because it comes on the back of al-shabab increasing its attacks in southern somalia >>> it is the second anniversary of the second biggest aif aviation mystery. a somber vigil was help and mps in parliament stood in silence. families of the missing demanded answers as they protested outside a buddhist temple. florence rui has more. >> reporter: the second anniversary of the disappearance of mh370 was marked in a low-key manner. politicia

says it's killed 150 al shabaab fighters in somalia but somalia says it was 27. >>> armed group and security forces in the tunisian border town of ben gardan. now the main syrian opposition coalition says it will decide later this week whether it will take part in the talks due to resume in geneva on wednesday. despite the cessation of hostilities, now reported to have captured a village and two hill tops in the city of aleppo. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from geneva. >> the cessation of hostilities in place for well over a week has significantly reduced the level of violence. but it is very fragile, with all sides reporting violations. this was the aftermath of an air strike by the government on an opposition controlled area in idlib, with at least 10 people reported dead. in aleppo, this is where a building was destroyed by shelling. here local people said opposition forces were to blame for death of at least 13 people. in a local clirchg clinic, two e women badly injured in the attack. and it was the suffering of the women, staffan de mistura recorded a message to mark intern

more weapons have been seized from a fishing vessel bound for somalia. australia is part of an international maritime force on patrol and it's not clear who was waiting for the weapons, but the shipment could violate a u.n. security council arms embargo. coming up, the search for answers to the biggest aviation middle of the of modern times two years after the disappears of mh370. mh370. find fantasy shows. when it comes to the things you love, you want more. love romance? get lost in every embrace. into sports? follow every pitch, every play and every win. change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. >>> the top stories on al jazeera. some european leaders have agreed to back turkey's proposals to stem the flow of refugees to europe. ankara has offered to take back refugees from greece in return to extra funding and a fast-track of its e.u. membership bids. south korea announcing sanctions against north korea over its recent nuclear test and rocket launch. they include putting individuals and organizations on its black list for financial trans

they have been given non-food items like blankets, and $120 each to restart their lives in somalia.they don't know what to expect, but it's home. but some have come back to the camp. this woman went to mogadishu in august last year, and returned earlier this month, she says a mortar hit her home and she was badly injured by the shap nel and debris. >> translator: my children were traumatized. they couldn't sleep at night. they kept telling me, mommy, we want to go back to the camp. >> reporter: roughly 12,000 people have been repatriated since the program started a little over a year ago for a camp with hundreds of thousands of somali refugees this is a small number. but u.n. officials say the number of refugees registering to go home is increasing, and only a few are reappearing. >> we in three months repatriated the same number we repate at itted in the whole year of 2015. it is a big step, still people continue to [ inaudible ] to go. so far around 20,000 approach the help desks. >> reporter: there is still a lot of uncertainty and violence in many parts of somalia, and though go

a lot of activity in somalia. i wonder if this is a direct response with an explosion at an airport. luggage apparently hidden, laptops that were bombs. we had a flight out of the airport in somalia that blew up because a laptop exploded. a lot of al shabaab claims of responsibility for this kind of terrorist action. is that what this is following? >> well, it certainly is following it. there have been a number of very resurgent attacks, as you say, by the al shabaab group in somalia in the recent weeks. what the pentagon announced to reporters a short time ago is that on saturday they did a drone strike against a suspected al shabaab camp, north of mogadishu. they say there were about 200 fighters there, and they were in the final stages of an imminent attack against u.s. troops and african peace keeping troops in somalia. the u.s. keeps a small number of troops at an airport in mogadishu and they go other places in the country to conduct assistance efforts, working with the african forces there. that presence is

and in defense of our african union mission in somalia pers.did use a mix of manned and unmanned platforms. >> the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al shabaab's ability to meet the group's objectives, recruiting members, establishing basis and planning attacks on u.s. and forces. >> the u.s. has designated al shabaab a terrorist operation. the group wants to create a strict islamic state in somalia and is thought to have thousands of fighters including children and foreigners. u.s. strikes killed a group's top lead ner 2014, but in the past two months, shapial shabaa stepped up attacks killing more than 150 people, bombing a restaurant, a hotel and a park in somalia and kenyan soldiers at a remote desert out post. u.s. officials say saturday's strikes on al shabaab are a step forward in tests to weaken it. >> this is a good example of how the united states military can use resources and cape abilities in partnership with forces on the ground, in this case, african union forces, to counter extremism and protect the united states and

there are -- somalia affected united states. they celd the people and desecrated the graves of the dead ones. but thanks to god's mercy they are not here today. we have existinged before any group in somalia and we will remain here. >> reporter: al shabaab which is fighting to overthrow the government, deems them legitimate targets for attacks. while al shabaab fighters control large part of mogadishu, sufi mosques remaining empty. now the call for sufi to return is loud and clear. >> the youth must work hard to follow this path, the correct path. they should make time to return to their mosques and support their religion. that is our call to them. >> it may take more than a cause to fill up this mosque. once if majority in somalia now they are only a few left in a few places, rarely seen in public. sufi religious schools are also slowly filling up. this one has more than 100 students of religious studies. the teacher says they can't accept any more children because it's so popular. >> translator: we teach only the koran. we tea

carried out air strikes in somalia this week killing 150 fighters with sal shabab. they say the group was preparing to attack the u.s. and african forces in somalia. >> reporter: a pentagon spokesmen said the air strike killed more than 150 fighters. the group has kined to launch deadly attacks aimed at overthrowing the government. in recent years al-shabab has claimed responsibility for attack after attack in somalia, and next door in kenya, including a massacre at this nairobi mall. on monday u.s. officials said they were planning another attack this time on u.s. troops and their allies. >> my understanding is there was intelligence that this was a training camp and these fighters would soon be embarking upon missions that would directly impact the u.s. and our partners. >>> on saturday the pentagon says the u.s. struck the camp with drones and piloted aircraft, killing more than 150 al-shabab fighters. the pentagon says for weeks the u.s. was watching the sight about 120 miles north of the capitol. >> this was in defense of our partners. we used a mix of manned a

but fahim does not want to return home. >> when i was born, somalia was already at war. only know the beauty of africa from films on television. people are starving where i come from. i was hit by shrapnel. i still have the scars on my stomach. reporter: this serbian couple fled their home in the krajina region of croatia, three hundred kilometers away, more than two decades ago. relations with croats in their home village were peaceful. but then the war began. croatian soldiers destroyed their home and they had to flee. >> when we got here, all we had was a horse blanket. nobody helped us start a new life. we got no money or any other kind of assistance. reporter: they have been here ever since, living in cramped conditions. >> we have everything in this one room, here is the kitchen, here the living room, and here the bedroom. even prisons have better beds. and we store things under the bed. reporter: more than a hundred refugees from the balkans war in the 1990's are still living here. in recent months they have got to know new neighbours from remote lands. fahim mode

breaking news out of somalia. according to new news agencies there has been a drone strike by the united states against al-shabab. al-shabab the group of fighters inside somalia, and they've had the training camp in one part of the country. it is thought according to the u.s. that 150 fighters. 150 fighters have been killed in a drone strike in somalia. no more information but we'll bring it as soon as we get it here. >> so turkey is asking the e.u. leaders for another $3.3 billion in exchange for clamping down on refugees crossing the sea to greece and taking back those whose asylum requests have been rejected. the turkey prime minister has been in brussels for the emergency e.u. summit on the crisis. here's what the european parliament has to say a short time ago. >> it was requested $3 million, and we'll be prepared to do whatever we can to speed up the procedure. but one thing is clear. it depends only on the parliament and the member states that they're prepared to put their money on the tables. last time we

the war in somalia effected us. there are men that everybody knows who they are, they killed the people and desecrated the graves of dead ones. but thanks to god's mercy they are not here today. we will remain here. al-shabaab who is fighting to overthrow the government considering as nonbelievers in islam, and deems them a legitimate targets for attacks. they remain empty. now the call for the followers to return is loud and clear the youth mouth work hard to follow this path, the correct path, they should make time to return to their mosques and support their religions. >> it might take more than a call to fill up this mosque they have once the majority, now they are in the left, and three kind of prayers are rarely seen in public. >> religious crews are also slowly filling up, this one has more than 100 students. they say they can't accept any more students because it is so popular. >> we teach only the koran. we teach them the traditional way most parents were taught by teachers growing up and want their childre

as background, this guy, the only thing i like about him is that he has three adopted kids from somalia. [laughter] >> i mean, really. every thing else about him is wretched. who's against adopting kids, not even me. [laughter] >> i truth is cartoon of his aides, cowering under the desk there and he goes, don't fear the kids, those are your kids. he went crazy and called a press conference denouncing me as racist, denouncing the lexington herald leader, my boss is asking americans that our publishers are african-americans. we are the leading progressive

these are african forces in somalia with u.s. forces aligned so them. was at that crucial moment the u.s. aircraft struck with devastating effect. it was one of the deadliest u.s. air strikes in years. drones and manned aircraft striking the al shabaab training camp in somalia killing what the military says were some 150 suspected al shabaab fighters. u.s. intelligence says the pentagon indicated a group was in final preparations for a large-scale attack on u.s. and african union forces. the camp had been under surveillance for weeks by u.s. special operations forces, part of a small u.s. military presence in the east african nation. >> the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al shabaab's ability to meet the group's objectives in somalia, including recruiting new members, establishing bases and planning attacks. >> it's part of a disturbing trend. al shabaab ramping up efforts to carry out terror at home and beyond somalia's borders. al shabaab claimed today that it has just tried but fail to bring down a passenger plane, a bomb hidden in a lap

also other attacks in and around somalia. a group that is quite capable of causing instability across east africa and total misery, of course, to the people of somalia. the details, however, it has to be said still remain very murky. the u.s. says it killed 150 militants on the ground. there are already some reports coming out of the area that claim civilians who were killed. the pentagon says it doesn't think they did kill any civilians in this strike. jake. >> barbara, thanks so much. >>> we turn now to north korea where jim ko where kim jong-un's regime is threatening a nuclear threat. they called the annual war games a rehearsal for an invasion. let's get right to elise lav it. how is the u.s. responding to this threat from north korea. >> you've got to remember this is like textbook north korea. these exercises have been going on for 40 years and every year north korea threatens to launch the enemies into a sea of fire and this year isn't any different. it comes on the heels of that nuclear test by north korea, that long

al jazeera, somalia. >>> now time for sport. here's raul. >> football first. the france national team will play its first game sings the paris attacks last night. they play russia later on tuesday. the stadium was the target of three saturday bombers who blew themselves up outside the grounds during the attacks across the city, which killed 130 people. extra security measures have been put in place for the team's return, but the country keen to show it can protect fans as it hosts in june. fans are eager to return to put last month's events behind them. >> yes, it's important, because it's our stadium, but i will not forget, nobody will forget. before i have only the memories. today, it's not just happiness, but one has to remember the positive things hoping that what happened will never happen again. >> meanwhile, french president francois hollande has said that going ahead with later this year is his country's way to respond to the terrorists. >> it is a great event, because this is a sports challenge. we want to make ate cultural, socioeconomic and in certa

military says it's killed more than 150 al shabaab fighters in an air strike in somalia. somali government officials say the number was 27. the pentagon says it attacked a training camp used by the armed group 190 kilometers north of the capital mogadishu on saturday. the attack was done with a combined fighter jets and drones. >> forces in somalia, their removal, the removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al shabaab's ability to meet the group's objectives in somalia including recruiting new members, establishing influence bases and planning attacks on u.s. and amazon forces. >> mark kimmit joins me. can you give me a background ton discrepancies in the death toll, u.s. saying 150 killed but the somalis putting that figure at 27? >> well, i think there is a little doubt that the united states had eyes on the target, had pretty good idea how many people were on the ground just simply by the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance that's necessary before you can conduct one of these missions. that said, it could very well be that the somali authorities were abl

steve: the military launching new airstrikes in somalia killing 150 militants. they targeted a training camp run by the islamic terrorist group north of the capital. the airstrikes killed fighters preparing to launch a large-scale attack against american troops and african peacekeeping forces in somalia. tisha: heavy equipment being used in california, the train plunging into a creek in northern california. a downed tree caused that accident. nine people were injured. rescuers battled the currents to pull people to safety. steve: governor mccrory attended the groundbreaking for the new bonar bridge on the outer bank. it signifies the start of construction on the replacement over oregon inlet. the total price on the project is $216 million. it is the only land link over to hatteras island. tisha: there is one confirmed case of zika virus in wake county. anthony wilson now at the legislative building. >> the state is monitoring zika cases but there is no reason for concern at this point. the secretary of the department of health and human services spoke with the c

i believe it's the biggest in somalia. what do you know about how this happened? >> yeah.good air strike, alisyn. good morning to you. this is a very interesting group. they have been transforming the last five years or so. somewhat dangerous and more clannish and tribal in nature early on in their beginning. al shabaab, the name means "the youth." the follower of sharia law and who want to take down the government. the camp had been observed for several weeks by overhead platforms and special operators. they determined it was a training camp based on the intelligence from the african union forces and they determined there was a possibility of strike out. what i might suggest is they got very lucky on saturday. this group suddenly found themselves in a formation. it was either a graduation or some type of instructional period. and overhead platform had adequate that. a reaper drone, unmanned aerial system. that aircraft was able to target other aircraft with its laser to drop in a large strike killing a lot of these terrorists. >> the pentagon and then yesterday the white

al shabab ramping up efforts to carry out terror at home and beyond somalia's borders. today it's just tried but failed to bring down a passenger plane. a bomb hidden in a laptop and another electronic gadget exploded at an airport in somalia today killing several. the blast detonating as security officials inspected luggage before being loaded on a flight. somali police have several suspects in custody. al shabab launched a similar attack just last month. exploding a laptop bomb on this passenger plane departing the somali capital mogadishu. the suspected bomber killed as he was sucked out of the hole in the plane's fuselage. the airliner managed to land safely. the fear that al shabab is gaining technology and know-how previously believed to be the specialty of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap. and its notorious bombmaker. >> it is concerning because it shows this group, including al shabab, are getting more sophisticated in how they are conducting attacks. and they have an eye towards the u.s. >> reporter: this has been a grave concern of u.s. counterterror

officials 150 al shabab fighters at a camp north of mogadishu in somalia.his is an update we're getting from our pentagon correspondent barbara starr who told us before that this was not just a drone strike, barbara starr has been following all of these developments over at the pentagon. barbara, are you there, barbara, do you have more information you can share with us? unfortunately, we've lost contact with barbara starr, we're going to get back to barbara. >>> there's other news on the whole battle against isis in libya. congressman adam schiff, the ranking member of the house permanent committee on intelligence. the attack on al shabab in somalia, have you been briefed on that already? 150 terrorists killed in these unmanned air strikes. that's a big deal. >> it is a big deal. we haven't gotten a formal briefing yet. this was evidently a group of a couple hundred fighters that were in the last stages of planning attacks on african forces or western targets. it's rare to see a group this large make itself a target like this. but the combination of both m

military commanders say a drone strike in somalia has killed more than 150 al-shabab fighters.ab has confirmed the attack but says the u.s. is exaggerating the number killed. >>> more on europe's refugee crisis angela merkel has been meeting with ban ki-moon. she believes the agreement will help save lives. >> translator: i'm deeply convinced we have to do everything in our power to stop human trackicers and smugglers. we have had so many people die in the aegean sea. we will continue to be busy in the next few days. the basic structure has been agreed on. >>> earlier this news hour, ban ki-moon and the u.n. have some real concerns, including about the way some nations are responding to the crisis. >> i'm concerned that many european countries are adapting increasingly restrictive asylum policies. the extreme right-wing and nationalistic political parties are inflaming the situation where we need to be seeking solutions. harmonious solutions based on solutions. and anti-anti-migrant and anti-refugees rhetoric, and by attacks against the communities. such actions divide communit

the african mission union in somalia is becoming under increasing pressure. we've in turn been helping them. recently a significant air strike by u.s. forces to help support their efforts. so i would like your assessment of our situation there and as we go forward what we can do. the one issue that cut across all the areas i visit and that was the, with he seem to be losing the information war, messaging, of getting our message to the people of all these countries about our support for legitimate government, for reasonable decent government, that is ironic to say the least so your comments about how we can reverse this tide and in fact, win the information war and win the population would be appreciated. general votel finally as the chairman noted your special operations forces have sustained extraordinary tempo over the last years. we know what they've done. they've done extraordinary work and we appreciate your leadership but also would like you to commend them personally and their families to are what they do and i would be remiss if i didn't recognize the

he fled to kenya but was found there and arrested in 2014 and extradited back to somalia. he monitored media coverage. he was convicted of killing one reporter personally and of involvement in another five cases. 46 journalists have been killed in somalia over the past 10 years. the thai government has dropped a legal case against a photo journalists who was arrested last year for carrying a flabbing jacket and-- flack jacket through an airport. he was working for a media group who had been in thailand last august covering the aftermath of a bombing there. he brought the safety gear in because of the nature of the story. he was then arrested on his way out of the country. under the law they're classified as weapons and violations of the law restricting them are punishable by up to five years in jail. he was in a night in prison before being bailed and then six months for trial before the government dumped the case. thailand has been under military rule for two years now. there are a litany of complaint by journalists there. over the past near turn journalists have had visa

had just bombed somalia, killed 150 people.e're told they believe their militants at a training camp. it looks like the pentagon first appeared to have initially trying to cover up the fact it was not just runs, but also manned attacks. this is a country, we are not officially at war with, and this week we first killed 150 people, the u.s. military, and now in the last hours, another 19. >> exactly. we used to call it the war on terrorism. i'm not sure if that term is actually still in circulation, ,ut this enterprise, this war this series of campaigns continues to evolve, continues to expand the authority of the president to make war wherever he chooses to. it is now seemingly beyond any sort of question. the constitution, that regard, has simply been thrown out the window. and to circle back to the fact we are in a political season, virtually none of this is discussed. virtually none of this becomes the subject of the moderators at the debates. it is simply taken for granted that war has become a normal condition. amy: we hav

brent: in somalia, the al-shabaab militia has denied reports a u.s. drone strike killed 150 of its fighters will stop a spokesman acknowledged militants were killed in saturday's attack on the training camp north of mogadishu but it said the number had been exaggerated. washington said the group was planning a large-scale attack and post and imminent threat to u.s. and african union forces in somalia. how significant they blow is it? that is a question we put to an international terrorism analys.s guest: without a doubt, if the figures are correct, one hundred 50 of their operatives have been killed and this has graded their capability severely in that region. it is not just in that region, there've been a number of eu citizens who joined al-shabaab over the years, so there's a potential for that to spread. this is a group responsible for the siege in nairobi and even earlier this year, they did an attack on the air of union forces, so this is a dangerous group in that region and i think it has a good capability. brent: an international team of invest

. >>> a drone strike on a terrorist camp in somalia killed some al-shabaab fighters. the pentagon said the u.s. had been watching the camp for weeks and that the group was about to launch a large-scale attack. >>> laptop bomb exploded at an airport checkpoint in somalia north of mogadishu. authorities said the bomb is similar to one that ripped a hole in the passenger plane shortly after takeoff last month. al-shabaab terrorist claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> and lana fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a deadly early morning fire at a boarding house. six people were killed when the home caught fire and a collapsed. they said the fire does not appear to be suspicious but it investigators say that contributed to the deaths. five of the victims were found in the back of the building. >>> how do you stay on top of your health? ahh... ahh... cigna customers have plan choices and tools to take control. so they're more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. take control of