believed to be the mastermind of 9/11 attacks and was involved in the planning of the bombing of u.s.s. cole. >> we have new exclusive details of o what officials uncovered during the raid on bin laden's xouchb. he repeatedly urged senior operatives in yemen to attack the u.s. homeland. officials say intelligence shows that one group, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula is actively planning to do just that. >> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula or has been strictly focused on attacks the united states homeland. this morning, there is somebody in the peninsula planning another attack against the united states. >> one of the group's leaders is anwar al-awlaki an american cleric who is pushing the organization to conduct as many attacks aimed at the u.s. as possible in rapid succession. the u.s. is planning to step up missile and drone attacks against the organization. >>> mayor of vancouver is blaming a small number of tool begins for the -- hooligans. >> they will reveal details of the arrests made and asking for witnesses to send in video and all that vandalism. about 150 people went to hospita

believed to be the mastermind of 9/11 attacks and was involved in the planning of the bombing of u.s.s. cole. >> we have new exclusive details of o what officials uncovered during the raid on bin laden's xouchb. he repeatedly urged senior operatives in yemen to attack the u.s. homeland. officials say intelligence shows that one group, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula is actively planning to do just that. >> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula or has been strictly focused on attacks the united states homeland. this morning, there is somebody in the peninsula planning another attack against the united states. >> one of the group's leaders is anwar al-awlaki an american cleric who is pushing the organization to conduct as many attacks aimed at the u.s. as possible in rapid succession. the u.s. is planning to step up missile and drone attacks against the organization. >>> mayor of vancouver is blaming a small number of tool begins for the -- hooligans. >> they will reveal details of the arrests made and asking for witnesses to send in video and all that vandalism. about 150 people went to hospita

embassies in africa and the 2000 bombing of the u.s.s. cole. still, in washington today, a state department spokesperson played down the al-qaeda leadership announcement. >> we have seen the reports. what i'd like to say today is frankly, it barely matters who runs al qaeda. it is a bankrupt ideology. >> brown: that, of course, is what intelligence experts will now be watching as al-zawahri takes over an al qaeda that's become more globalized, with branches in many parts of the world. in his june 8th message, he urged them on to new attacks. he vowed the u.s. killing of bin laden will be met, "blood for blood." for more, we go to juliette kayyem, now a national security columnist for the "boston globe" and a former assistant secretary of homeland security. and daniel byman, director of the security studies program at georgetown university and author of a new book on israeli counter-terrorism. test juliette kayyem, i'll start with you, fill in the portrait of al-zawahiri what is important to know about his biography and experience. >> i think th

know what david seems to seems to miss here is that we were attacked on nine eleven and with the u.s.s. cole these are words that happened not because we wanted them to happen they happened because people came after us and we need to do something about that if we are to way to having the same scenario happen again and again but colonel couldn't you argue that every single time a predator drone flies over yemen and then drops a bomb and kill some innocent civilians in the meanwhile you're creating more and more people who want to harm this country and it's actually perpetuating that's writing the warfare state well you have to be very careful with that but the key thing to remember about program drones and the way the targeting process works is it is you know is as bad as some of the events have been with some of the drone situations there's going to actually are in yemen and in other places it is still a much better and much more focused targeting effort and we've ever had in the history of warfare i mean if you're just make this more personal if it's god forbid a child or a spouse of yours

coleman who became a famous for her orbital flute performance on a five month long expedition to the u.s.s. cole find out just how hard it is to play in zero gravity. but israel's military is on edge after intelligence reports of troop movements in syria and across the border in lebanon its concern that has gone long might be moving weapons to strike out the jewish state to divert attention from its ally syrian president bashar al assad archy's policy or takes a look at how the situation in the region threatens to spin a further out of control. things are quiet on the israel lebanon border but many suspect it's a lull before the storm everything hinges on what happens in neighboring syria and what his politicise to do with its stockpiles their. opposition my take over in syria. will definitely consider these but lies an enemy is a threat so for its the mass of the. logical thing the bill will transfer the weapon they put in syria. into. lebanon for years has below found an ally in syrian president bashar assad and so it's no surprise they want him to stay in power but if he goes and those who pr

medical response operations to the embassy bombings in east africa in 1998 and the bombing of the u.s.s. cole in 2000 and i was a first responder to the world trade centers. i felt the heat from the pile as it melted firefighters' boots, i breathed the dust and chaos into my lungs as we worked around the clock. i've seen terrorism firsthand. and i will, we must do everything possible to prevent another attack on this u.s. homeland. one of the failures identified after the 9/11 attacks was the lack of coordination between local first responders and federal counterterrorism specialists. the uasi grant fills this vacuum. if this amendment doesn't pass, key areas terrorism readiness funding will go away. i understand the need to prioritize scarce resources. but limiting funding to a cap of 10 cities threatens our overall national preparedness. this amendment does not increase costs but expands the total number of cities under consideration to at least 25. let me tell but my district, my area, los angeles and clark county. according to the department of homeland security, we have 221 elements of c