earlier this week more than 4600 people had drowned or gone missing this year desperate people from syria africa and india but the boat sank less than 10 miles off libya's coast people are risking their lives to sail from north africa to europe the migrants were fleeing poverty and war in. down in somalia as many as 900 migrants were said to be on board only handful survived reship wrecks in just 3 days claims 700 more watched just the most recent tragedy involving migrants trying to meet you in the week. to suddenly get a mass migration of millions it's a big shock to any system. we've got a lot of people in trouble you know lease purple books songs those books so the last very long well you know. work for 22 years counting nobody listened see. in the home. the home to sing we have pits. but when we're looking for the throat the bugs. for instance. this a pit. here is the tool to chain these here over here. libya here. we go for food feel so many are over the. we go 12 more alone here for all. than the 20 full mile. from the libyan will soar to seoul who have for all legal services the law says

africa. isis has historically been established in its own safe havens in the middle east, particularly syria aq, with a total set of narratives about who they are and what they would like to achieve. when you see that message itself is blurred when it comes to africa in particular? >> exactly. we know how isil operates. it operates through what i call vacuums. either the media vacuum or the government vacuum or a security vacuum. in terms of the media vacuum, everyone was focusing on covid-19. the mozambique news was not out there. and we have been seeing movements from highs will -- from isil trying to become someone else. now they are trying to come into mozambique. some analysts share the same opinion, that there is some kind of a marriage of convenience. a marriage of convenience between the locals in terms of al-shabab, and some isil members. isil are not looking for gains in wasn't big, what they are looking for is perception. we have been defeated in iraq and syria, but we are growing and going somewhere else. it is very important -- the point they might use is that they are not going

syria, somalia. other places in africa and the middle east and beyond. and we won't ignore what are intelligence determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to homeland today. white supremacy we're not going north that either. my fellow americans look. we have to come together. to heal the soul of this nation. there's nearly a year ago before father's shoe. when i spoke with gianna floyd george george young daughter. she's a little tikes kneeling down and talk to her. so i could look her in the eye. she looked to be said. my daddy changed the world. after the conviction of george floyd's murder. we can see how right she was. if. if we have the courage to act of congress. we've all seen an even justice in the neck of black americans. now is our opportunity to make some real progress. the vast majority of men and women were in uniform in a bad serve. our communities and they serve them honorably. i know that. i know they want. we want to help meet this moment as well. my fellow americans. we have to come together. to rebuild trust between law enforce

africa and the u.s.s. cole. we had destroyed the al-quaida safe haven in afghanistan, there wouldn't have been a 9-11. the president mentioned it himself. the reason why we're in syria, iraq, eastern africa is to prevent those organizations, radical islam mists from having what? a safe haven from which to attack the united states. this is a multigenerational war. that is why we're still doing that. to walk away from afghanistan and say this is not a multigenerational conflict is to ignore the reality of what is taking place. there's 40 to 50 radical islamic movements out there. we're only interested in five where we have to apply some force to protect the american people. preventing that safe haven again in afghanistan with a modest amount of forces, helping to continue to prop up the government and the afghan security forces, our intelligence and air power are critical factors here. that helps significantly. consequences? they're pretty obvious. fracture the government, fracture the afghan security force, the possibility of the taliban taking over and an absolute disaster. what? do we have to go back in and do it again like we did in iraq? as we have a rising threa

the threats the united states wherever they come from al qaeda in isis are in yemen syria somalia other places in africa in the middle east and beyond. and we won't ignore what our intelligence agency have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to our homeland today. white supremacy as terrorists. we're not going to ignore that either my fellow americans look we have to come together to heal the soul of this nation was nearly a year ago before her father. when i spoke with john a florida george george young daughter she's a little tykes i was kneeling down to talk to her. so i could see look around ya she looks huge said my dad he changed the world. well after conviction and george george murder. we can see how right she was if if we have the courage to act of congress her we've all seen and even justice on the neck of black americans now's your opportunity to make some real progress. the vast majority of men and women were a uniform and a bad serve our communities and they serve them honorably. i know i know they want . to know i. want to help meet this moment as well. my fellow americans we

there are al qaeda franchises elsewhere, somalia, yemen, syria, parts of africa, are much more severeent threats to the u.s. than the branches in afghanistan and pakistan. judy: on that point, let me turn to you. that argument that the threat that was so present and enormous insight afghanistan has spread around the world. the taliban is weaker than it was. what is your sense of that? ms. pforzheimer: unfortunately, the taliban will be emboldened by what just happened. a conditionless withdraw with a date is removing the leverage we have had. at this point, i don't believe they have any reason to sit down to negotiations with the afghan government, nor to fulfill any promises they have made regarding fighting terrorism. judy: why do you believe that? ms. pforzheimer: they can simply look at the calendar and use the psychology of appearing to have kicked us out of the country the way the soviets left, to portray themselves as winners. afghans unfortunately will have to make their decisions based on the idea the taliban could come back to power. judy: back to you, ambassador, what about

al qaeda and ice are in syria, yemen, africa and the middle east and beyond. be the most lethal threat to the homeland today, white supremacy, terrorism. we're not going to ignore that either. >> refreshing to hear the word of a president who listens to the findings of his own intelligence agency. his words holding more significance as more horrors come to light. previous video of rioters attacking brian sicknick with chemical spray. you see him indicated by the blue arrow. immediately falling back as the crowd attempts to push back from the barricades. we know that officer sicknick died of natural causes but the medical examiner said, quote, all that transpired play a role in his condition. you can see the horrific attack under scoring the threat, one that predates january 6th was emboldened by it and just after it continues. yesterday we saw the conviction of brendon hunt "the washington post" wrote although he did not participate in the riot his case is believed to be the first in connection charged with it to go to trial. in the january 8 video he called f

in somalia, al qaeda in the peninsula, al-nusra in syria, isis in syria and iraq and established affiliates in multiple countries in africa and asia. with the terror threat now in many places keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrated in just one country at the cost of billions of dollars each year makes no sense to me. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions and expecting a different result. i am now the fourth united states president to provide over american troop presence in afghanistan. two republicans, two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility onto a fifth. after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel, diplomats and development experts. with the congress and the vice president as well as many others around the world i have concluded it is time to end america's longest war. it is time for american troops to come home. i inherited a diplomatic agreement duly negotiated between the government of the united states and the taliban that all u.s. forces would

we have another 7,000 or so that are involved in iraq, syria, yemen, and east africa for same reason islamic movements there that have aspirations to attack yeast and we do not want them to have a safe haven for which the plan execute that. and add all of that up around 10,000 troops. 10,000 troops out of a million five standing united states military, three and a half million adding reserves and national guard. most of our troops currently right now are positioned where in the indo pacific region, and also in europe, and then there's another 50,000 or so outside of afghanistan that are in the middle east vicinity. this does not take the 3,000 to include other 7,000 i'm talking about, who are involved in the multigenerational war against radical islam. that is not going to impact whatsoever on our much needed buildup of forces against china and russia. it just doesn't hold war to when it comes to one of the reasons for withdrawing is highser priority of china, and russia. >> all right, general we only got about 30 seconds will have the but one of the arguments administration makes is

and you have countries like venezuela, south america, africa, democratic republic of congo. of course, you have syria and iraq. you have afghanistan. you have a big refugee crisis in myanmar or burma in southeast asia. it's a lot of different hot spots in the world that are generating historically large numbers of refugees. >> what do they have to do to demonstrate persecution or credible fear of persecution? >> well, they would have to document -- in many cases, they wouldn't actually have written documents but through their stories and what could be confirmed with conditions in certain countries that they, for instance, are fleeing, you know, the violence in syria, which is government-sponsored violence. the violence in the democratic republic of congo. clearly, it's ease toy make the case from venezuela. sometimes it's government sponsored persecution. sometimes it's persecution by other ethnic or religious groups, but they would have to demonstrate that that persecution exists and that either they were subject to it or that it was likely to affect them if they had to stay in their countries. >> h

syria by the u.n. was nearly 10000 fighters remain active in the region but iceland has found a new lifeline impasse of africa by forging alliances with local armed groups according to the u.s. defense department violence associated with those groups rose by 43 percent last year and the number of a task planned by isis across africa drawn by more than a 3rd. for more on this joined by our guests in london joseph holland visiting fellow of the london school of economics and author of several books on muslim big including a decade of politics economy and society to 1004 to 2013 the robot no for our board executive director of the nordic center for conflict transformation in swanzy in the ok i'm unsure whether to be any research fellow for george washington university program on extremism was welcome to the program joseph do we know of these people locally known as a man who are now at the center of this insurgency in the northern part of mozambique. yes i mean there are local people and then he in the recent attack on. they were identified in some cases as being known to local people and the war started in 2017

nusra in syria, isis attempting to create a caliphate in syria and iraq and establish -- establishing affiliates in multiple countries in africa and asia. with the terrorist throat threatt now in many places, keeping thousands of troops growned and concentrated in just one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and to our leaders. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. i'm now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan. two republicans, two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. after consulting closely with our allies and partners, with our military leaders and intelligence personnel, with our diplomats and development experts, with the congress and vice president as well as with mr. gaw nee and many others around the world, i concluded it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. when i came to office, i inherited an agreem that all u.s. forces would be o

transnational terrorist threats right now are more likely to come from the middle east, syria and iraq, and africa. the risk of staying to my mind outweighs the risk of going, and therefore we should pull out. missy: to follow up, what about the argument that we have had 28,000 troops in korea for decades, and other places for decades, and this can be a small force that can act as a guarantor or deterrent? rep. smith: i have always felt that argument to be missing a very large part. nobody is shooting at us in korea or japan. let me just say, i have this conversation. if we can negotiate a deal with the taliban where they are happy and they are going to be part of isis is active, and the taliban the government now isis is active, and the taliban, is fighting isis almost as much of they are fighting the afghan government. if the taliban says we need your help, we would love to have you stay, that's a different conversation. i really hate the whole korea argument. how long would we be in korea if people were blowing us up on a day in, day out basis over the course of 75 years? sorry i exaggerated, 7

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al qaeda and isis, syria, somalia, other places in africa and the middle east, we won't ignore what ourgents have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat today. white supremacy is terrorism. you're not going to ignore that either. we're going to come together to heal the soul of this nation. it was nearly a year ago before my father's funeral when i spoke with jonah -- her father's funeral when i spoke with jonah floyd, george floyd's daughter, -- gianna floyd, george floyd's daughter. she looked at me and said my daddy changed the world. after the conviction of george floyd's murderer we can see how right she was if we have the courage to act as a congress. we have all seen the knee of justice on the neck of black americans. -- of injustice on the neck of black americans. now is the opportunity to make real progress. the vast majority of those w earing the badge serve our communities honorably. [applause] i know them. [applause] i know they want to help meet this moment as well. my fellow americans, we have to come together to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the peo

isis is across-the-board or region in iraq and syria and multiple countries in africa.to really protect this country from the terrorist threat we need to allocate our resources and capabilities across a range of countries and continents, just focus them on a stand. finally on the question of women and girls. resident biden, i can stop there if you would like. >> real quickly if you can give me an answer to that that's an important issue. >> so on the issue of women and girls, president biden said in his speech that the united states would continue to provide civilian and humanitarian assistance to protect their rights. more than that the united states would continue to finance the afghan national defense and security forces. we have trained and equipped 300,000 afghan forces to their country and their people. some years ago nato said at the end of the year at the end of 2014 we would transition full responsibility to them. president biden determines finally time to do so. the eight but joe biden was justin confident in 2011 about pulling all u.s. forces out of my rock.

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africa and the middle east. tunisia, yemen, bahrain, syria, and libya. next, even ensuring, i diplomat who served as an economic and commercial attachÉ in tripoli from 2004 until 2006 talks about his book exit the colonel about the 2011 uprisings in libya. we recorded this in 2012. in one hour, author george kennan talks about the long program. in two hours,right. good evening, everyone. thank you very much, miss. and i want like to thank the carnegie for hosting me. as well as a publisher public affairs books. uh, you know, was approached in. early 2011 literally i think a couple of weeks after the beginning of the revolution to about the idea of writing a book about a series of events. that was literally just just underway and it was a bit of an issue trying to trying to come up with a book proposal because we had absolutely no idea how

are hasn't shifted to two other areas such as syria or east africa? >> . will start and handed over to director burns. we are consistently refining our efforts to monitor and disrupt terrorist to the homeland and are interested in a way that contends with the nature of the threat around the world. the primary threats as identified are from overseas primarily from al qaeda and isis. if you look at that primaries that, we see it is in the region. so the most concerning threat for the homeland come from somalia and syria and yemen. those are the key areas you see for al qaeda. the primary threat from isis stems from iraq and syria where a capable insurgent group continues to foment discord with confidence to exploit the security gaps to seize and administer the territory. in afghanistan that uses a sustained counterterrorism action to attack us interest. we assess that neither group is positioned to conduct attacks on the west. occurred over time but that is the current situation. >> i am concerned how online platforms and social media can be manipulated to a

new server in syria isis attempted to create a caleigh fight in syria and iraq and establishing affiliates and multiple countries in africa and asia with the terror threat now many places keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrated as one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and to our leaders we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the drawl and expecting a different result i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan to republicans to democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th. after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel with our diplomats and our development experts with the congress and the vice president as well as with mr ghani and many others around the world i concluded that is timed and america's longest war it's time for american troops to come home when i came to office i inherited a diplomatic agreement duly negotiated between the government of the united sta

syria. isis is in africa. al qaeda is in yemen and syria and somalia. so we need a forced posture to deal with this terrorism threat that isn't all focused on a garrison in a single country. >> it's been dispersed in part because we have had a presence in afghanistan. >> if the argument that our presence in afghanistan has led to the rise of isis in al qaeda and multiple other parts of the world, i'm not sure that's a good argument to remain. but what i would argue is that the conditions have changed dramatically across multiple countries and multiple continents, because it's been two decades since we went. the world of 2021 is much different than the world of 2001. and we need to set up our foreign policy and our counterterrorism policy to focus on the next 20 years, not the last 20 years. >> the president said that there are -- there have been four presidents over 20 years that have dealt with troops in afghanistan. i believe there have been 14 presidents over 72 years that have been in charge of troops that are in korea, in another hot zone. what's t

here if you don't mind very briefly could africa has become the new frontier for groups like al qaida and i said after losing their ground in yemen and in syria and iraq and potentially using energy as their next platform to further expand their political influence you know very good question and i just want to add one to 1st of all gather the applause or it's yes yes it's not the only resort there are still out there some and that's where it's also the foreground. security 2nd thing is that what what is going on in africa shows that for every country there should be organics that lucian's do it. from of course on security perspective you could be some kind of africa kind of reaction but every country needs to find organic solutions to their own problems and i think it was only one piece here we should stop. do you see the african union stepping in and trying to clean up the mess in the continent because southerly is how it has to deal with the use programs in different parts of the continent right we seen the same problems play out of somalia for example and also in the sato that. all the foreign interventions try to help local government fo

threats of the united states wherever they come from. al-qaeda and isis are in yemen, syria, somalia, other places in africa, the middle east and beyond. and we won't ignore what our intelligence agency has determine today be the most lethal terrorist threat to homeland today. white supremacy is terrorism. we're not going to ignore that either. my fellow americans, look, we have to come together to heal the soul of this nation. it was nearly a year ago before her father's funeral i spoke with gianna floyd and i was kneeling down to talk to her so i could look her in the eye. she looked at me and said my daddy changed the world. well, after the conviction of george floyd's murder we can see how right she was if -- if we have the courage to act as a congress. we've all seen the knee of injustice on the neck of black americans. now's our opportunity to make some real progress. the vast majority of men and women wearing the uniform and a badge serve our communities and they serve them honorably. i know them. i know they want -- [ applause ] i know they want to help meet this moment as well. my fellow americans,

al qaeda and isis are in yemen, syria, somalia, other places in africa and the middle east and beyond. and we we want ignore what our intelligence agents have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today-- white supremacy is terrorism. we're not going to ignore that either. my fellow americans, look, we have to come together to heal the soul of this nation. it was nearly a year ago before her father's funeral when i spoke with giona floyd, george floyd's young daughter. she's a little tyke so i was kneeling down to talk to her so i could look her in the eye. she looked at me and she said, "my daddy changed the world." well, after the conviction of george floyd's murderer, we can see how right she was if, if we have the courage to act as a congress. we've all seen uneven justice on the neck of black americans. now is our opportunity to make some real progress. the vast majority of men and women wearing the uniform and a badge serve our communities, and they serve them honorably. i know them. ( applause ) i know they want... i know they want to help meet this

the with the syria, somalia, other places in africa and the middle east and beyond. to ignore what our intelligence agents have determined to be the most lethal terrorist threat to the homeland today. white's premises terrorism. we are not going to ignore that either. my fellow americans, look. we have to come together to heal the soul of this nation. nearly a year ago before her father's funeral when i spoke with gianna floyd, george floyd's young daughter. she was a little tight, always leaning down to talk to her so i can look her in the eye. she said, my daddy changed all world. after the conviction of george floyd's murder, we can see how right she was, if we have the courage to act as congress. we've seen the injustice against black americans. now is our opportunity to make some real progress. the vast majority of men and women wearing a uniform and a badge server communities, and served honorably. i know that. [applause] i know they want to help meet this moment as well. my fellow americans, we have to come together to rebuild trust between law enforcement and

somalia, syria, isis attempting to create a fight and numerous countries in africa and asia. places keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrating in just one country at the cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and to our leaders. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. i'm now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan, two republicans and two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. after consulting closely with our allies and partners, with our military leaders and intelligence personnel, with our diplomats and our development experts, with the congress and the vice president as well as with mr. ganhi and others around the world, i concluded it's time to end this american war. it's time for our troops to come home. when i came to office, i inherited a diplomatic agreement fully negotiated between the governor of the united states and the taliban t

isis in syria and iraq with affilinates in countries in africa and asia.ne country at a cost of billion dollars each year makes little sense to me and our leaders. we can't continue the cycle of hoping to create ideal conditions for a withdrawal and expecting a different result. i am the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan. two republicans and two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. after consulting with our allies and partners and the military leaders and intelligence personnel and diplomats and development experts, the congress and the vice-president as well as with many others around the world, i concluded it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. when i came to office, i inherited a diplomat agreement negotiated with the government of the united states and the taliban that all u.s. forces would be out of afghanistan by may 1, 2021. we inherited that commitment. it's perhaps not what i would have negotiated myself but it was made by the uni

new server in syria isis attempting to create a caleigh fight in syria and iraq and establishing affiliates and multiple countries in africa and asia with the terror threat now in many places keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrated in just one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and to our leaders we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the drawl and expecting a different result. i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan 2 republicans 2 democrats i will not pass this responsibility on to a 5th after consulting closely with our allies and partners with our military leaders and intelligence personnel with our diplomats and our development experts with the congress and the vice president as well as with mr ghani and many others around the world i concluded that is time to end america's longest war it's time for american troops to come home when i came to office i inherited a diplomatic agreement duly negotiated between the government of the un

blue is rain yes i suggest flooding potential in north africa there is more rain to come in morocco and there as much in the street throughout syria but look at the want here benghazi up to 39 or even 40. 2 sponsored poll qatar airways. killing the debate it's. evil step action and amplify your voice you're only human mr meredith the media will miss when true story no topic is off the table why in the world when we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing or just historical truth and it's on the street where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. the end. there watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder our main stories said least 44 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel it happened in mount meron where up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had gathered and these are live pictures from the scene right now at mount maryland where security officials have been trying to clear the scene but members of the ultra orthodox jewish community have been out there venting th

the commitment in syria, iraq, yemen and east of africa, the troops are only involved because there's is a recognition the radical islamic ideology, and a generational issue. and al qaeda and isis, it is not about nation building in afghanistan but the protection of the american people. >> i'm going to leave the empty there if the taliban and take over? and you last two years, the vietnamese fell within 2 years of us leaving, will last two years this afghanistan government? >> i don't know how long it will take, the government will likely fracture, afghan security forces will be pulled apart by tribal leaders to organize themselves to protect their own interests in the region of the country against the taliban so there will be a fracturing and it will take some time but the end results is somewhat predictable tragically and sadly. this is a potentially dangerous situation for the united states which is avoidable and that is why you have secretary clinton and secretary rice speaking out publicly. >> this part of the president's speech about china, listen. >> my discussion with presiden

countries, cuba, venezuela, nicaragua, haiti, panama, brazil, chile, africa, east africa, nigeria, sri lanka, turkey, yemen, syriaserbia, iran, pakistan, iraq, china, and other asian countries. don't tell me those poor people in the triangle countries in mexico because that is not all that is coming through. ms-13 game members, there are over 800 people in dangerous gangs -- excuse me, i am so angry over this. host: we heard your point. ben in springfield, massachusetts. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i'm calling because i am sitting here listening to the nasty, dirty expressions that are being thrown at people that people don't even know. if you knew the people, if you knew that individually, you might feel a little bit different. i have not heard -- the population that people have looked at on television and made a determination about the characteristic of the individuals involved and their families. i think the president has done the right thing. i think the united states as the leader of the world has the responsibility for taking care of the week. i think jesus christ would have done

syria and elsewhere. various affiliates of many different groups including isis and al qaeda brought africa. i think educating members on exactly what is going on with the fights there will be important because the know some of that is not on the front pages. i know for instance what's going on in west africa is very concerning and we are working with our partners in the european command or sorry, with our partners in europe who have interest there as well and very interested to hear how that is going and what we can do to be supportive of that. also as was previewed by the slides that general townsend has passed out for us, both of these areas responsibly are also part of the larger great power competition. i think it's very important to understand the both russia and china are particularly active in africa and also, active in the middle east and how does our military play a role in those parts of the world and dealing with the great power competition that we are facing from both china and russia. we will be very interested to hear that. of course, there is the big issue in the moment and t

syria has a direct implication for u.s. forces while tensions between u.s., pakistan remain a problem. the foreign powers in libya and conflicts in other areas, including africa and the middle east, have the potential to escalate and spread. and asia has upheavels, latin america's contested protests are likely to continue to produce volatility while africa will continue to see ongoing marginalization of communities and contentious elections. we face an array of threats whose potential for raising cascading crises offers enormous opportunities but at the same time it multiplies our challenges calling us to greater vigilance as we seek to protect our interests, invest in our institutions and people who will be the only and best answer to addressing these challenges. investing in our workforce means taking care of our people and we are doing so. the intelligence community is focused on the retro grade that occurs when we withdraw from afghanistan to provide the best intelligence as they bring our forces home in a safe, orderly and deliberate way and taking care of our people also means investigating the source of health incidents that have affected our personnel