somalia, barbara. >> well, don, what we know is the navy s.e.a.l.s went into this small town in southern somalia leader in the al shabaab network. this is the al qaeda linked group in somalia said to be responsible for many attacks, including the attack on the shopping mall in kenya that we watched unfold several days ago. not clear this man was directly linked to the shopping mall attack, but said to be a major figure in the al shabaab network. what we know is that some type of fire fight, major fight erupted on the ground because the navy s.e.a.l.s had to leave the town in what they are calling, we are told, was a prudent move rather than continue to engage in this operation. there was some sort of risk, we are told, of killing some significant number of civilians, which they didn't want to do, of course. so, where it stands right now is the s.e.a.l.s don't know if they were able to kill the man they were after. they were not able to capture him. they don't know if he was killed because of the fire fight and the s.e.a.l.s decided to withdrawal. that is the language used. the s.e.a.l.s made the

we have more from southern somalia. >> this is the front line of kenya's fight against al shabab. the bone dry and dusty expanse stretches on you from the airport in somalias far south. the rebels are only a few kilometers to the north. the kenyans have been dug in for just over a year, watching mostly, and fending off al shabab attacks. the militants haven't pushed further since the weapons have arrived. >> fortune armies are cautious if coming into somalia, even if it's humanitarian missions. if they're coming too hard and too many civilian casualties, sow malians have driven them out. >> the kenyans crossed into somalia in 2011, after al shabab kidnapped aid workers then tourists. the idea was to push them from the border and protect the homeland. the attacks have raised questions about whether the plan is working. >> our position in somalia has been very clear. the country went to somalia because the al shabab activities there were a threat to our national security. that threat has not been eliminated and therefore we will not consider our position. it's been very clear that w

have reportedly carried out a raid in southern somalia in an operation targeting al-shabaab. islamist militia says the attack took place early saturday. turkish andaid british forces took part in the operation. london has denied their forces were involved. al-shabaab took responsibility for the attack on the niner ruby -- nairobi shopping center. kenyan police have released images of the men involved in the massacre in the westgate mall together with their names. their bodies were found in the wrecked mall after police ended the siege. the announcement corrects reports made at a time of the attack which said up to 15 attackers were involved and that they included americans and a british woman. egypt and officials say anyone protesting against the army on sunday will be regarded as foreign agents. that warning comes after heavy clashes in cairo and other cities that have claimed at least watch her lives. -- for lives. muslim brotherhood protesters agreed to retake to rear square in cairo. they have called for a weekend of protests in an attempt to disrupt the military celebrat

peter gresta, al jazeera in southern somalia. >> in kenya the murder of a muslim clearic has sparked riots. cracking down on muslims because of al shabaab's recent attack on a shopping mall in nairobi. meanwhile a new video has been released as andrew simmons reports. >> for the first time, images that identify some of the westgate mall attackers. one gunman walks through what appears to be a store of a supermarket, join by a second and then a third man. the closed circuit video gives this as 10 past 5:00, five hours after the attack. the men appear almost casual. another clip shows the checkout on the ground floor. some signs of the commotion earlier with one attacker not appearing to be on his guard, strolling towards the cash desk. and there are still images in the clips, unofficially released and passed on to kenyan media. but while they may identify some of the attackers they don't give any insight into what happened to remaining civilians or how the siege came to an end with the collapse of this part of the building. the video emerged after a day of rioting after kenya's port c

the pentagon confirms that navy seals carried out a raid in southern salaam on your -- southern somalia. says the field tame came under fire and had to withdraw before could confirm whether he had killed the suspect. turning accuweather. it is autumn. it is more like summer outside. how long will this continue? >> it felt like late july and early august in d.c. earlier today. things are going to change. it is a mild overnight. 77 degrees. upper 60s in winchester. 68 in fredericksburg. looking at satellite and radar, partly cloudy skies. that is we have the potential earlyg to develop in the morning hours. it should be out of here by 8:00 or 9:00 tomorrow morning. temperatures in the 60s. wins out of the south -- winds out of the south. a potential for stronger storms, the timing coming up. >> to a developing story in bethesda. carbon monoxide sent a dozen people to the hospital. it happened middlebrook apartments on battery lane. live in the newsroom with the latest on the investigation. homeose residents are back tonight. authorities are still investigating why a backup generator began

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peter, al jazerra, in southern somalia. >> a woman left infer tile by form of early menopause has giventh for a healthy baby thanks to a new technique developed by doctors in the united states and japan. researchers say they will start looking at whether it could be used to treat other forms of infer till at this. tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: a clinical researcher holds the first baby born by the pioneering technique called in vitro activation. the 27 japanese women who took part in the permanental study, suffered from a rare condition preventing them from producing normal amounts of estrogen. the result follicles in their ovaries cannot probably mature in to fertilized eggs. >> they reach menopause at 40 years of age. and they cannot have their own children. the only choice they have is to have egg donation or adoption. so we try to figure out a way to this patient can have their own mature eggs and then can have their own baby. >> reporter: the scientists found a way to unblock a signaling pathway to awaken the dormant follicles. >> this process actually disrupted the break. so

peter gresta, al jazeera in southern somalia. >>> in cambodia, heavy rain has called the micong river to burst its banks. so far, thousands of families have been forced to leave their homes. meteorologists are worried flooding around the capitol could be the worst for 17 years. veronica pedrosa is the here with more >> reporter: cambodia is one of the world's least developed countries, but it also has a big united nations aid agency presence and international non-government organization presence. so, the response to this flooding disaster has been quite rapid and quite thorough. what we have seen is that heavy rains since the third week of september added to a typhoon that's just hit the neighboring country of vietnam, have contributed to high waters along the micong river here in cambodia. what that's meant is that 10 out of 24 provinces in cambodia have been affected by the flooding. 370,000 people have been affected. have been affected. stores have had to close down they have been flooded. pagodas as well, the places of worship. it is a holy festival coming up in buddhism, the main

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tend to use, the main one is the relatively short hop here and what happens is people move from southern somalia central and ethiopia and cross in the northern parts of africa and somalia and they are often carried by people smugglers crossing to yemen and cross to easte eastern europe. some go west to take care of security services in libya to try to cross there into southern europe and into italy and across into spain. what we see is increasingly well organized network of smugglers and according to the organization for migration, people smuggling is as lucrative as some of the more profitable illegal enterprises like drugs trafficking and arms trafficking. a study said between 97-99% of all african refugees trying to get into southern europe are using the services of those people smugglers. it's an incredibly well organized business and when you go in refugee camps there are stories of people going through camps and looking for people and a few thousand or hundreds for passages to get them in europe. a lot of analysts believe that if they are serious about stopping the trade the only way to do

to be behind the attack is thought to have been the target two of a raid by foreign forces in southern somalia now al shabaab says turkish and british troops carried out the a solve them al qaeda linked base both governments deny any involvement al-shabaab says one of its militants was killed. as followers reportedly pulled large numbers of its troops out of syria where they've been fighting against the opposition rebels it's thought the lebanon based militant group had it ten thousand people in the country at one point but that may have now do into just a couple of thousand artie's paula slayer traces the rapid rise of hezbollah from of smallish two of the most powerful political and military forces in lebanon. remember this war hizbollah fired almost four thousand rockets into israel seven years on the group has crippled the missile also no problem in washington to say the group has more missiles than most governments in the world they had some thirteen or fifteen. years before that and now according to. fifty thousand it's from a small militia that emerged in the early eighty's hizbullah ha

al jazeera, southern somalia. >> about 20 candidates have registered to run for the afghan presidency including kazi's brother. >> reporter: it's teacher appreciation day at this girl's school in western afghanistan an there's a lot to celebrate. education is one of the biggest successes here. in 2001 when the taliban fell there were only a million children in school mostly boys. this year there's 10.5 million afghans in schools and 41% are girls. >> if you want to make your country best for that you need to go to college. it makes them -- >> under the taliban the society was hidden away and denied an education. >> the second they heard it was opening, they came back in big numbers even though there were not enough classrooms to hold 3700 of them. not all schools are as successful. >> they don't have any -- for example, they don't have any building or security are the biggest challenges. now, he says the curriculum is the best it's ever been. >> there's still more to be done. school doesn't have the money to put grass on its playing field but the students are happy to be here. jennife

. >>> an al-shabab leader linked to the kenya shopping mall attack was linked to a town in southern somaliabut navy seals came up empty handed. no americans were hurt in that operation. >>> michael lighter is here right now. he's the director of the terrorism center under presidents bush and obama. good to see you. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's start with this capture in libya. >> he was historical in the 9/11 bombings, but he was with obama in 1984 in sudan. this is someone who had moved from iran back to libya and his deep ties with the organization, his capture now means it's much harder for al qaeda to establish a residence in libya, and that's critical for out nithe united s. >> it's a place that's lawless at times. >> the fact he felt safer going from iran to libya is very worrisome for the u.s. >> operation incredibly risky. why would they take that risk, and what do you make of the fact that it wasn't ultimately successful? >> the u.s. has targeted al-shabab for several years now, but we're always nervous about going in. the reason we wanted to go after him is because he is le

it was to avenge the invasion of southern somalia launched two years ago to push back chronic instability from the two countries shared boater. al-shabab had a similar motive in 2010. uganda is the largest contributor to african union's peacekeeps force in somalia. the targeting of the westgate, packed with families from around the world, show that al-shabab wishes to mak a larger statement, to the countries in the region and the allies which pouter them. there are key points to bear in mind about the attack. first, we should be weary of using west greatto draw broader conclusions about the risk posed by al-shabab to the u.s. home happen. the threat level is not is inly changed by events in nairobi. the most alarms aspects of westgate is al-shabab from its perspective has scored a big hit with relative ease. it realized all it needs is a soft target, planning, plenty of ammunition and determined attackers willing to die for their cause. we should expect repeated attempts. the west gate continues the operational shift of al-shabab towards an international agenda that aligns with al qaeda.

the federal government quickly ran in to trouble on the issue of federalism in jubilant in southern somalia which was exacerbated by ambiguity in the constitution about who leads the process of creating the states. neighboring countries also have significant security interest in somalia and all sizable forces in the country. beyond the horn, muslim somali is very much link to the middle east and egypt, al-shabaab and al qatar, and turkey are active in the country. th -- approach of state building in somalia. however, many somalis see as fly keep their country weak and divided and thus weary of international pressure to involve power. kenya forcefully intervened in 2011 to create the own buffer state. subsequently joined. they have thrown export and not the federal government. publicly kenya is looking for an exit but somali see the claim with create skepticism according to u.n. monitoring group. kenya politician and officers are earning money from the trade including ban charcoaled, pass through and more important most believe kenya wants to control southern somalia because it has large oil

navy seal special forces are known to have engaged in a fire fight with operatives in southern somaliafriday night. and the mission was unsuccessful in that the pentagon say that they aborted because they did not capture their -- target. we understand a number of people did die, al-shabab operatives. that number we're not sure of. it's anywhere between one and four. but now a lot of work is going on in knitting together connections between various people revealed by u.s. sources and indeed also kenyan and somali sources. with me right now is matt brighton who is a security analyst and former member of the united nations monitoring group. matt what do you know about ikremah. >> very -- little is known about him. a lot of information is filtering out, some of accurate, some of it lesson. what we do know is he is kenyan of origin -- [ technical difficulties ] -- but also with the foreign fighters in somalia. so a senior figure who has been very active in planning and in depreciations in recent years. >> now you have seen the intelligence report that has been leaked a week ago. and we see

and through southern somalia was exacerbated through ambiguity of the constitution to create the state's. neighboring countries also have significant security interest in somalia as all forces of the country. it is linked to the middle east and are very active in the country. and with the historic rival promoting its own system of federalism is a strong proponent of federalism in a bottom-up approach of state building. weber many think it is a ploy to keep the country began divided in their weary of international pressure for power. but then to return half a million refugees. but it can get has thrown is be not behind the federal government. looking for an exit but somalis view this with great skepticism with the monitoring group kenyan politicians and officers including the and charcoal and most believe kenya ones to control southern somalia because large oil and natural gas deposits. al-shabaab trying to turn the population against the terrorist and kenyan occupiers and that a small attack was a crack down to that attempt. beyond the regional state to take an active interest in somalia

went into the town in southern somalia because they had the mission to capture their suspected terroristn a lot about why s.e.a.l. team six was put in such jeopardy to go into this town in southern somalia, which was a known al shabaab strong hold. that being, of course, the al qaeda linked group in somalia. they had the mission to try to capture him alive. but when they got to the town, we know now they came under heavy fire, there was an intense firefight, and the navy s.e.a.l. commander on the ground made the determination that they were not going to be able to capture him alive and that's when they decided to withdraw. they returned to the beach, counting those and making sure they had everybody, and going back to the ship. where do we stand, what is up clear, is whether he was killed in the firefight that erupted. whether they ever had eyes on him, if you will, whether they absolutely determined that he was there that night even though that's what the intelligence said and what the exact status of it was. was it a failed raid? well, the navy s.e.a.l.s. were very greatest that everyb

they are the covert navy unit that went into southern somalia, into an al shabab tronghold, but came under heavy fire and had to abort the mission before being able to determine whether they killed their target. this was a high-risk effort. the s.e.a.l.s came ashore off actually a commercial vessel. they got into small boats and came ashore. they were trying to stay as under the radar as they could, not be noticed, but apparently they were. that's when the firefighter erupted. it remains to be seen how much the s.e.a.l.s were able to accomplish. they got out. we are told no s.e.a.l.s wounded in the mission. >> there was also another mission in libya. what are the chances they two were coordinated? i want i think at the moment it is most likely they were not specifically coordinated. the target in libya was a key al qaeda operative that the u.s. had been looking for for years, but what it goes to, candy, is the ability of u.s. special forces in both cases, what is so clear is the missions were being planned and worked on for potential years, months. they had operatives in both areas.

peter with al jazeera in southern somalia. >> they recovered the bodies of 83 migrants on sunday, 194eople are known to have died in last week's boat accident. over 100 more believes to be missing and italy immigration minister will improve conditions at a migrant center where survivors are being housed and they will arrive back home in lebanon after their boat sank off of indonesia and we have been to meet them in northern lebanon. >> reporter: and he left lebanon with his family and returns a few months later without them. he is still in shock. more than a week after surviving a boat accident off the indonesia coast and he doesn't know if the bodies of his family were among those recovered until dna tests are completed. all he knows is he wanted to give them a better life in australia. >> translator: i decided to seek asylum because we were already dead in lebanon and we survived and were dying but it was over there where we died. >> reporter: the exact number of migrants on the boat is not known. but a significant number were lebanese, officials say more than 60. the lebanese who w

special forces raided a stronghold in southern somalia in pursuit of a high value target and blamed fornyan shopping mall killing dozens of people two weeks ago. the source would not identify the specific target or outcome but a u.s. official says, quote, it was a good day. we'll have deon the story as they become available. now back to our program. >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. many victims of natural disasters are caught off guard, overwhelmed in their homes or simply going about their daily routines. others go out of their way looking for trouble and find it. storm chasers love the adrenaline rush that comes while hot on the trail of extreme weather. >> we're in a tornado watch that has been issued until 8:00 this evening. >> this cloud here is starting 0 drop down a little bit. >> but what happens when the storm turns around and chases them? >> oh! oh, my god! the car was just struck by lightning! oh, my god. >> may 7th, 2000. under bright skies, storm chaser john person begins to record his experience. >> welcome to nebraska. just inside the nebraska

just days after the mall attacked two dozen navy s.e.a.l.s raided his compound in southern somalia. they failed to capture him. but cnn has learned, why president obama risked so much. u.s. sources say he is now seen as a prominent part of the al qaeda network with possible information on new attacks being planned. his reach now is far beyond somalia. >> he has really emerged as a key link figure between various al qaeda affiliates in yemen, between al shabab in somalia. he is somebody who has deep connections to militants in the west because of the time he spent in the west in recent years. >> reporter: al qaeda in the arabian peninsula base in the yemen is now considered the most dangerous of the al qaeda affiliates. cnn has been shown encrypted videos. they show context between him and the american born cleric, anwar al alooki. >> when he starts to work closer with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> reporter: kenyan officials are looking at a nor weekan krit. the citizen is believed to have ties to him. another indicator of his possible involvement in what happened at the west

. >>> an al-shabab leader linked to the kenya shopping mall attack was linked to a town in southern somalia, but navy seals came up empty handed. no americans were hurt in that operation. >>> michael lighter is here right now. he's the director of the terrorism center under presidents bush and obama. good to see you. >> good morning, savannah. >> let's start with this capture in libya. >> he was historical in the 9/11 bombings, but he was with obama in 1984 in sudan. this is someone who had moved from iran back to libya and his deep ties with the organization, his capture now means it's much harder for al qaeda to establish a residence in libya, and that's critical for out nithe united s. >> it's a place that's lawless at times. >> the fact he felt safer going from iran to libya is very worrisome for the u.s. >> operation incredibly risky. why would they take that risk, and what do you make of the fact that it wasn't ultimately successful? >> the u.s. has targeted al-shabab for several years now, but we're always nervous about going in. the reason we wanted to go after him is because he is

navy s.e.a.l.s hit the beach in southern somalia, launched an intensive attack against a compound of the al shabaab militant organization. al shabaab is the islamist group that carried out that horrific, bloody terrorist attack against a west gate mall in nairobi, kenya, two weeks ago, killing 67 innocent civilians. the problem here, however, is sources tell nbc news, that raid failed to take out al shabaab's top commander, ahmed godan, and so far, u.s. officials have not identified any of the militants who may have been killed. so it appears in their ongoing bomb battle damage assessment that all these details are going to have to be worked out. but it does appear they fell far short of their goal. >> all right, mik, thanks again. >>> we turn now to weather brewing. tropical storm karen, which had been threatening the gulf coast fizzled out or weakened overnight. the weather channel stephanie abrams is following it all for us. what's going on? >> lester, this is a look at destin, florida. a pleasant morning. clouds off in the distance, and those clouds, well, that's karen. it is now

in somalia, the navy seals raided a town along the coast in southern somalia and they were going aftero be seen in somalia if al-shababb decide to publicize who they believe the target was. not entirely clear he was killed, suspected to be killed. but what happened is the seals ran into heavy gunfire in this town, heavy combat and made the decision to withdraw fairly quickly. concern about civilian casualties. they had to leave before they could confirm that they actually killed the terrorist leader that they were going after. i think it goes to the point very bluntly that they must have been going after someone very high in the ranks of al-shabaab. this was a strong hold. they knew they'd run into opposition on the ground. but the level of opposition forced them to bail out of the plan earlier than they planned. >> barbara starr at the pentagon. two big headlines unfolding. barbara, thank you. >>> we have new fattage of the attackers in the siege of the mall in nairobi last month. you can see four armed men walk through a store room in the mall. reports say that all of those men were

just days after the mall attack, two dozen navy s.e.a.l.s raided ikrima's compound in southern somalia. they failed to capture him. but cnn has learned why president obama risked so much. u.s. sources tell cnn ikrima is now seen as a prominent part of the al qaeda network, with possible information on new attacks being planned. his reach now is far beyond somalia. >> he's really emerged as a key link figure between various al qaeda affiliates, between al qaeda's affiliate in yemen, between al shabaab in somalia and al qaeda central in pakistan. he is somebody who has deep connections to militants in the west because of the time he spent in the west in recent years. >> reporter: al qaeda in the arabian peninsula based in yemen is now considered the most dangerous of the al qaeda affiliates. cnn has been shown encrypted e-mails through a third party that were exchanged with ikrima. they show contacts between him and the american-born cleric who was killed in a u.s. missile attack in 2011. >> when ikrima starts to work closer with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula which has plotted attack

torse miss the federal government quickly ran in to trouble on the issue of federalism in southern somalia which was bayser -- neighboring countries have significant security interest in somalia. beyond it muslim somali is link to the mid east and egypt and turkey are active in the country. in a thought among the state approaching in somalia. however many see as a ploy to keep it weak. facility the return of nearly half a million refugee. it joined amazon but often the own interest. kenya has thrown export and not the federal government. they are looking for an exit but according to the u.n. monetary group. they are earning money from the trade and more important most kenya wants to control it has large oil and natural gas component. al-shabaab is aggressively trying to turn the local population again what is called christian ken began occupier and the west gate mall attack was an attempt trigger a attack to the end. beyond the regional state they have taken an active interest in somalia. the greater regional interest allow it is to play different state against each other particularly musl

monitoring group, politicians and officers are earning money from the trade, including southern somaliaecause of a large oil and natural gas deposit. al-shabaab is aggressively trying to turn the local population towards christian kenyan occupiers in the attack to trigger an attack to that end. beyond a reasonable space, a number of countries have taken an active interest in somalia in this allows them to play different states against each other, particularly muslim states against ethiopia. and it is a host of the same organizations including the u.n. and the regional organization in east africa with no clear division of responsibilities or for the lead actor. the greatest problem was an arguably remains the overlapping mandate of the au and the u.n. and they have a peace enforcement responsibility which having been in the british over the last four years, it is a major political factor. the u.n. has a political mandate and is very much involved in security reform and addressing the issue of federalism. both are headed by special representatives, but that they in themselves have no clea

. >> a second raid along the coast of southern somalia was underway early saturday morning. united states navy seals tried to apprehend the leader of al shabaab, the terrorist group responsible for the attack at a nearby shopping mall in nairobi. a man linked to the embassy bombings. seals got caught in a fire fight and or forced to withdraw. it's unclear if he was ill cankilled or wounded. the united states will continue to maintain relentless pressure on terrorist groups that threaten our people or our interests. >> now he's on board a united states navy shib where he's interrogated by u.s. counter experts. after that he is expected to be transferred to new york city where he would stand trial for his role in the embassy bombings. >> thank you. john miller is former fbi assistant derek tomorrow. good morning. >> good morning. how significant is the capture? >> significant in two ways. he's a former al qaeda leader. he may have information about what's going on in command now and also may have intelligence of what's going on in the al qaeda affiliates in libya. why is that

in another raid along the southern coast of somalia navy seals tried to get another terror suspect linked to the embassy bombing. u.s. officials say acream ma is a senior leader of al-shabab the group responsible for the shopping mall massacre in kenya last month. government officials say they had to withdraw from a firefight. it was unclear what happened to the suspect. jericka dunca. >> family members said al-libi didn't have any attachment to terror groups. >>> coming up, they say looks aren't everything. and they may be right. why credit scores are now a major factor in dating decisions. >> and thousands of runners rock out on the streets of san jose. this race comes with some serious speed, as well. ,, >>> good morning. clear skies at 48 degrees in santa rosa. partly cloudy in the tri-valley in the mid-50s as in san jose. currently 55 degrees in redwood city. it will be cooler today. we have that pinpoint forecast still straight ahead. >>> and in richmond, we still have a carlson boulevard on- and off-ramps from i-80 shut down indefinitely as crews work to clean up and contain a prop

from tripoli now let's go to the southern coast of somalia. just before dawn, a seal team stormed al shabaab compound. the terror group confirms that one person was killed but they have not revealed the identity. we have footage of the attackers. shabaab claiming responsiblity for the attacks. officials have said about 15 militants took part in that attack which killed 67 people a couple of weekends ago. it released a statement that said this operation should be a clear reminder that the united states will seek justice against those who attack americans and who seek terrorism. jill dourety at the white house. >> remember there has been a lot of criticism about how the u.s. handled benghazi? >> you have to say that the message coming from the white house is no matter how long it takes, but, ultimately, secretary kerry said, he said members of al qaeda and other terrorist organizations can run but they can't hide. that has been the mantra coming from this administration. and the u.s. will never stop in their efforts to go after terrorists. >> i

navy s.e.a.l.s hit the beach in southern somalia, launched an intensive attack against a compound oftant organization. al shabaab is the islamist group that carried out that horrific, bloody terrorist attack against a west gate mall in nairobi, kenya, two weeks ago, killing 67 innocent civilians. the problem here, however, is sources tell nbc news, that raid failed to take out al shabaab's top commander, ahmed godan, and so far, u.s. officials have not identified any of the militants who may have been killed. so it appears in their ongoing bomb battle damage assessment that all these details are going to have to be worked out. but it does appear they fell far short of their goal. >> all right, mik, thanks again. >>> we turn now to weather brewing. tropical storm karen, which had been threatening the gulf coast fizzled out or weakened overnight. the weather channel stephanie abrams is following it all for us. what's going on? >> lester, this is a l

team that went into the town in southern central somalia made a decision to leave before they could confirm going after. they certainly did not capture him. they made what they are calling the prow dent decision to withdrawal from the town because they came into a very hostile environment. they came under fire. it's not the case that a team of navy s.e.a.l.s is going to get overwhelmed, they are going to be able to deal with whatever they come up against, but they are going to make a prudent decision to withdrawal rather than engage in extended fights where they are going to have to engage what they believe to be a civilian population, hostile as it may be, regular somalis who live in the area. they don't want to get involved in that. they don't want to get into that situation. i think it's important for people to understand, when navy s.e.a.l.s went into this, when the special ops guys went into libya, their tactics are such that they have plenty of back-up fire power. there would have been aircraft circling overhead to engage in bombing runs to ensure their safety, if they had to do that.

somalia. >> they did indeed. we don't know a lot about this yet themselves went to this town in the southern part of somalia, a longstanding al shabab stronghold themselves knew they were going into a very rough patch of territory. they were going after a top al shabab leader. they have not said who they were looking for themselves ran into a to have firefight. they leave them don't know if they got the man they were after. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. >>> now back to libya. our report he spoke exclusively today, she joins us now. what did she say to you? >> she defended her husband. said that she is an innocent man. she did admit that he was a member of al qaeda but she said, he left the organization in 1996 after serving alongside osama bin laden. she said he served as a personal bodyguard to bin laden. but then in '96, she said they were in sedan. he left the country and the organization. and since then she claims he has had no contact with any members of al qaeda. and shem he left two years before the bombings that you mentioned, the u.s. embassy in eastern africa. so she said he was not involved in the bombi