used more efficiently that produces 40% of our food. if we expand irrigation, we could produce more food with less water. even here in the united states are an agricultural powerhouse, according to the u.s. department of agriculture, half the farm land in the united states uses the most efficient modern techniques. there's scope for improvement and cooperation providing benefits for all users. >> thank you both for joining us on "inside story". >>> granted the kind of disastrous effects we have been talking about on the programme seem extremely unlikely in the united states. that doesn't mean there aren't severe threats to lively hoot and forced changes to every day life coming. california's bounty, farms churning out a big share of fruit and vegetables have been facing month after month of shortage. the government's instituted restrictions he probably hoped to avoid early in the drought. what it means for california, all of us, still ahead on "inside story". >> al jazeera america brings you a first hand look at the environmental issues, and new understanding of our changing world. >> it's the very beginning >> this was a storm of the

opposite example the extreme left we're getting it all the way to the toaster it is costing united states us to do that okay. >> so this is a summary opportunity and a moment to pause if you have any other questions that i've presented so for? okay so then let's go ahead and do a recap and next steps our model is out of balance we need to do right sizings for long term stability and talked about the different functions and elements that need to be addressed and in workshop two we'll come to you with recommendations to how to get us into better balance and more stable in the long term that workshop is calendar for may 12th this is just sort of a teaser tuned for the next >> thank you excellent presentation. >> i'd like to add it was it was pretty need not and not easy to do so thank you. >> you're welcome. >> the one thing the 12 is the cca not to exceed prices so. >> one minute speaking. >> i wanted to warn you. >> fair enough thank you. i have a question to you mr. kelly. >> can the joint projects be looked at again i mean it seems to me to should be 50/50 not 1912 50 did i say the wrong th

we have detected a noticeable softening in the language that the united states uses when it talks about bashar al-assad. the other thing that happened, of course, is the nuclear deal with iran, when sanctions are lifted against iran, this will allow iran to operate more freely as a regional power, supporting its allies, one is bashar al-assad. what is good for bashar al-assad is, of course, bad for syria's opposition. >>> three attacks in egypt's north sinai region killed 13 civilians and four soldiers. a missile landed on a house in another village, a third attack was a military vehicle. the government has been fighting a group that pledged allegiance to i.s.i.l. ahead - a french television network is taken off the air after a cyber attacks. a group claiming links to i.s.i.l. is to blame. >> i'm paul brennan in the green fields of england, where the sound of farm machinery could be overtaken by the sound of heavy oil drilling equipment. >>> a reminder of the top stories. iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei says the nuclear accord with world powers is not a guarantee of a final dea

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united states in the 1950's and 1960's, in the absence of these built a nuclear reactor. then, after the revolution, we started to need fuel for that. the united states refused to give us feel for the reactor that it had built. it is a peaceful reactor. it cannot produce weapons. but the united states refused to give us feel. we bought it in 1990 from argentina. in early 2000, we needed more fuel. that ran out. we asked for fuel from the iaea. they said, we won't give it to you. we said, we will build it ourselves. they started to panic. the iranian people, we have the scientific capability. we have the technological capability. people cannot wish that technological capability away. it is on the ground. what we are prepared to do is ensure that that scientific capability is used exclusively for peaceful purposes. that's what we are interested in. you cannot start history at the point you want it to start. you have to start history when the united states government went across the world, trying to deny iran of the fuel to run our reactor. ♪ charlie: you've been listening to the secretary of state and americans -- and they've been listening to you, and that is good. have

tablet installed in it so even if you do not have a device you can make a free phone call in the united states usingblet. it is going to have digital advertising on the site, which is paying for it and it is not going to cost taxpayers money to have free wi-fi instead of payphones. emily: one of the things we learned about seattle is they have a digital dashboard. they have a lot of data sets about what is going on. new york has something like that as well. what is the most exciting thing you have discovered? minerva: new york city has the largest of the data portal in the country. we were one of the first to put it out there and we plan on expanding it as well. we are going to continue to grow. we created this have to find -- hackathon around the data. more surprising is the creativity of new yorkers to use the data for themselves in creating their own dashboards. emily: what about financial investment? everybody is interested in technology but what kind of investment is the city going to be willing to make to take advantage of some of these technologies? minerva: this is sort of a twofold thing. w

>> the united states for using ann humane immoral thing. >> you are in the u.s. now, do you still feel resentment to the united states. >> of course i do. >> does the u.s. own japan, and people like you an apology? >> it does. at least morally. what about the argument that using the nuclear weapons on japan helped to end the war sooner, and maybe saved hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides? >> well that's an american myth. very faulty theory. the war had ended by that time. >> reporter: historians debate those points to this day. this woman has spent the years determined that nuclear weapons never be used again. >> my little nephew well their image looks in my brain the image. it drives me compels me. >> every five years, she joined others, and supporters in new york demanding that countries do more faster. >> thousands march from the u.n. delivering a petition with 8 million signatures calling for a ban on nuclear weapons. it comes five years before the review of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. it is meant to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, more n

us in. what? aren't we iraqis? if you don't want united states just hit united states kill us or throw us away. we are iraqis. >> the parliament has called on the government to lift the restrictions send more troops and weapons to the tribes of anbar and removing isil from the province is not going to be easy and probably will take a long time. these people are likely to remain displaced, not knowing when they can return home. omar sala arningsz baghdad. >> we will have the latest on the conflict in yemen. we will bring you the live news conference held by the saudi-led coalition. plus farming fears, worries that the use of antibiotics on livestock could affect human health.

us how you were recognized with reincarnation. and then it is time to leave tibet and go to schools in india. and you arrive in the united states. tell us what brought you here. then you lived for many years at berkeley. >> yes. in india, i was an advisor. from 1975 until 1980. during that time, i worked on a joint project at the smithsonian institution and washington dc. that is why i came here. they invited me, in 1979 -- to washington dc. >> and catch us up with how you got to the bay area. >> i went back to india in 1980. there were only 15 tibetans in 1983. we had very few tibetans. later, we brought more tibetans here. now we have about 2000 tibetans here. i am a tibetan board member in california. i founded this. for seven years. we do a lot of involvement with tibetan preservation culture and tibetan americans, we have to make sure we have a tibetan culture growing in the community. and then i did work for for them. >> when you came here, you had to go to work? >> yes. >> that was a new experience. and we have an image here of you working. here you are as the younger monk in india. the next one will probably get us here.

he's back out and joins united states us live. >> reporter: how are you? you know what? this is sort of significant, because it talks -- speaks to the cherry blossom festival moving out from beyond the tidal basin and the cherry blossoms and monumental washington. we're here on the east side of the river, this place has a name this is the 11th street bridge park. that speaks to how much the river has been reclaimed. a few years ago you wouldn't have thought about having an event this big on the river but a lot has been done to the river in terms wildlife returning up north and activities here today. this is actually again, part of the cherry blossom festival. starting at noon today, a range of activities here as we hear from someone from the park service. >> it's going to be a great day here in anacostia park activities on the water, boating, fishing. we have a hands-on artwork shop for kids. a great big river mural on the wall. bike aparade come on down great activities. all freeorter: music as well. the navy ceremonile band and local choir among those performing. hope

. >> as you recall there are no other such programs in the united states for us to look at. >> there is of information to take into account from london. >> okay. >> so i need to page that for you to give some consideration. >> where is the call to action coming from where does this start. >> around the preservation of businesses that the leases were not being renewed prominent in supervisor campos district so we have the commission heard it and in addition supervisor campos a couple of other things he's looking at develop financial incentives again as you recall it had tax rebeats so in the next couple of weeks we'll be able to provide you with information and the direction that supervisor campos wants to to do a more substantive financial incentive also tomorrow there's a meeting commissioner adams and it will be part of this looking at how we can what's involved in dealing with the ability to do i want to say commercial condos for lack of a better term so that businesses may be able to buy their commercial spaces in a mixed use building without buying the entire building i think of

united states. while the ideological divide between cuba and the united states is enormous, a gathering of all the neighbours of the americas for the first time represents more than a photo opportunity >>> lucia joins us live from the summit in panama city. are we closer to cuba being removed from the listed states as sponsor of terror. >> we will not get under way until about midday on friday. in answer to your question steps are being taken, one to be announced at the summit itself and that is the administration's decision to lift or to take cuba out off the list of countries that allegedly promote terrorism. this was a demand made by the government in order to renew normal diplomatic relations with the united states something that president obama, as i said had been want toinging to announce at the summit. >> what about relations between the u.s. and venezuela in. >> while the united states is getting closer to cuba it's further away from venezuela. that is a sticking point at the summit. 24 latin american americans wrote a letter demanding respect to human rights and releasing prisoners, others at the sum out... >> okay. we have lost lucia newman there. we'll leave it there. sorry about the break

we have detected a noticeable softening in the language that the united states uses when it talks about bashar al-assad. the other thing that happened of course is the nuclear deal with iran when sanctions are lifted against iran this will allow iran to operate more freely as a regional power, supporting its allies one is bashar al-assad. what is good for bashar al-assad is of course bad for syria's opposition. >>> well greece made a repayment of just over $500 million to the international monetary fund leaving 24.5 billion owed to the imf. they owe under $350 billion. the largest amount 141 billion is owed to the european financial stability, an organization set up to help countries hit by the financial crisis. repayments on that don't start until 2023. barnaby phillips has more from athens. >> reporter: so greece lives to fight another day, cobbling together the money to repay the installment to the i.m.f. it will owe more to the i.m.f. and the central bank in the weeks to come. there's an impression that it'sere's an impression that it's living a hand to mouth existence, scraping tog

united states in the 1950's and 60's in the atoms for peace project, built a nuclear. then after the revolution we started to need fuel for that reactor. the united states refused to give us fuel for the reactor that it had built. it's a peaceful reactor. it cannot produce weapons but the united states refused to give us fuel. we went and bought it in 1990 from argentina. then in early 2000, we needed more fuel. that fuel ran out. we asked for fuel from the iaea, they said we don't give it to you. we said we will build it ourselves. and then they started to panic. why is it our building is on fuel. why? because you didn't give it to us. you see iranian people, we have the scientific base. we have the scientific capability. we have the technological capability. people cannot wish that technology capability away. it's underground. what we are prepared to do is to ensure that that scientific and technological capability is used exclusively for peaceful purposes. that's what they're interested in. with you you cannot again start history at the point that you wanted to start. you got to start history when the united states government went across the world trying to deny iran o

use because of possible links to cancer. >> singer filed a lawsuit to get the poles remove. >> penta was banned in the united states for useor the public. so why is it doing on poles in front of our homes? >> reporter: in fact more than half the 125 million utility poles nationwide are preserved with penta because the epa determined 20 years ago the benefits out weighed the risk. long island power company pseg installing thousands of new treated poles as part of a $729 million federal program to upgrade the power grid in the northeast. the company says penta trees poles have a long proven track record for with staning the elements. the health department added... >> that's absolute malarky. that is a lie and all they have to do is read all the scientific studies done by the stock holme convention. why do they think 36 countries ban it now and 20 wicks countries are looking to ban it report roar new york chuck schumer is looking for a suspension of use of penn at a. that won't help them as long as these poles are still here. >>> in east ham shouldn't, new york, rick leventhal fox news. >>> straight ahead philly underground.

frequently said it cannot allow more political or personal freedoms or press freedoms because the united states has used both covert and otherwise actions to try to overthrow the castes and does your new era in fact end regime change efforts by that the united states and should the cubans then respond by allowing free elections and tolerance of dissent now because of the changed policy? and secondly on the issue of hillary clinton, vice president biden of course said that the democratic race is wide open. what is your opinion on that? is the race still wide open? >> not only have i run my last election but i am not in the business of prognosticating future election. that is your job and there is no shortage of people who are happy to opine on that. i will not be one of them. on cuba, we are not in the business of regime change. we are in the business of making sure the cuban people have freedom and the ability to participate and shape their own destiny and lives and supporting civil society and there's going to be an evolution regardless of what we do inside of cuba, partly it's going to be generational

the primary objections you've heard from the massage establishment in san francisco and united states conditional use requirement. >> okay. >> and also especially, if you have received an exemption and filled the proprieties they wanted an easier way to come into the fold and that's what the planning department will elaborate more. >> commissioners another questions awhile supervisor tang is here. >> call up the other planning department. >> the cu part. >> condemn good morning diego sanchez with planning department i'll present planning department recommendation currently, the planning department well, i'll go over the current controls for massage summarized it requires the conditional use for mass acknowledge but there are exemption for use massage and chair massage and employing state certified therapists didn't - police code violations and the planning code didn't currently considers a mass acknowledge establishment employing the certified therapist and medical use this generally didn't require the conditional use in any district the ordinance as drafted we've changed the controls the planning co

so we have detected a noticeable softening language that the united states is using. other thing that has happened is the nuclear deal with iran. when sanctions are lifted with iran this, will allow iran to operate more freely as a regional power. one of those allies is bashar al-assad. what is good for bashar al-assad is bad for the syrian opposition. >> meanwhile, 14 palestinian groups are backing a move to evacuate some people from the camp. it's unclear whether fighters on the ground will work with syrian forces. >>> the u.s. warns iran over its involvement in yemen. in an interview on pbs newshour. the secretary of state john kerry said they will not allow iran to destabilize the region. there are supplies coming from iran. there are a number of flights coming in each week. we traced those, we are aware of support iran has given yemen. iran needs to recognise that the united states is not going to stand by while the region is destabilized or while people engage you know in overt warfare across the lines. international boundaries in other countries. >>> secretary

united states. it is an alliance that is bound and based on friendship deep between us. no new conflict should ever be necessary for the alliance that connects us the biggest and the second biggest democratic powers in the free world in working together. [ applause ] always it is an alliance that cherishes our shared values of the role of love and respect for human rights and freedom. when i was young, in high school and listening to the radio, there was a song that touched my heart. it was a song by carol king. [ applause ] when you are down and troubled close your eyes and think of me and i'll be there to brighten up even your darkest night. and that day, march 11, 2011, a big quake and tsunami and nuclear accident hit the northeastern part of japan. the darkest night fell upon japan. but the forces rushing to japan to the rescue like you've never seen or heard before, lots and lots of people from all corners of the u.s. extended the hand of assistance to the children in the disaster areas. yes, we got a friend in you. [ applause ] together with the victims, you shed t

state highlights how hard it might be. you wouldn't use the word if it was that easy. >> it shows the intention of the united states to signal to its allies in this is not a get out of gaol free card for iran. >> no, i know, but the point here is that it may not be as easy as snapping back. and the point i'm trying to make is not to bad mouth the deal, but to highlight that the question about the phasing which the iranians think is important is very important. and to make judgments about this, we'll wait. it looks like they were willing to give up a great deal. finally, what is tight about the agreement is stunning. there is an indefinite - if we are going into recycling spend fuelment there's a lot of countries that don't do that. what is tight about this highlights a kind of interest question. we have learn, you and i, covering this official, the documents, we have finally mastered to some extent. greater than before how dangerous it might be. we are not talking about centrifuges. work units. and all sorts of things. it raises an interesting question. if we put the standards on iran because we are aware of the limits of in

the white house is backing off its move, deeming venezuela national security threat to the united states. usehe designation to sanction top venezuelan officials, but speaking to reporters tuesday white house advisor benjamin rosen said "the white house is not believe venezuela loza some threat to our national security." the statement comes as president obama prepares for a regional trip that includes a summit of the organization of american states in panama. venezuelan officials say they will present obama with a petition of millions of signatures calling on president obama to resend the order. -- to rescind the order. the state department said tuesday it expects to remove cuba from the terror list. in washington, state department spokesperson marie hart said the summit could see high-level meetings, including between president obama and even president roh austro -- raul castro. ms. hart: we expect a summit, but the schedule is not confirmed yet. nothing to confirm at this point, but there's a chance that there will be. amy: a new report shows the federal government secretly tracked billions

pittsburgh is just one of many cities across the united states that used these types of programs and at the time really without restriction. there's been one landmark case prior to the city of pittsburgh for the work i did for the city related to an investigation in the city of new orleans where the justice department actually came in. by consent order, they took over those operations to ensure that they were done properly. anytime police resources, techniques are used and taxpayer funds are involved there's an opportunity for corruption. as a government we have to plan accordingly to develop policies to protect the public's interest. >> i want to be clear on this. we called the pittsburgh police department and asked for someone high up in the ranks to come onto the show and talk to us today. they did decline. what were your recommendations for reform and has the city adopted them? >> the city has. my recommendations were limited in scope. at the time the mayor -- then mayor luke ravenstal tapped me for the project, i was looking at moonlighting having work additional to the work the

united states president dr. jean maccormack. dr. maccormack: good morning everyone. there is a little chill in the air, but there is a lot of warmth that you came out to be with us todayof the kennedy family, our board of directors, and all our wonderful staff, i want to welcome you to the dedication of the edward m. kennedy institute for the united states senate. this magnificent building was designed by renowned architect rafael vinoly and constructed by lee kennedy and associates. the dynamic exhibits inside were brought to life by the incomparable -- and his design team efi. we are grateful to all of them for all of their work, to create this incredible project and bring it to life. for so many of us and many people have been involved in this journey to get here today we are very grateful. but for me, this journey is intensely personal. i grew up three miles from here on donner avenue, and let me tell you, when i was growing up, this area was a forbidden place. it was a landfill that fascinated children and frightened parents. who could have imagined that this landfill where we played as kids would become the home of a world-class university, a gleaming presidenti

that some of the safeguards already in place in other countries including the united states might have prevented him as using the plane as his vehicle for suicide. he obviously was concerned about the cockpit door and keeping anyone else out of the cockpit. had they had the two-person rule in place -- in other words, if a pilot goes out, a flight attendant comes in, he might

hours away from announcing her bid, again, from being the first female president of the united states. joining us from des moines iowa ed? >> good to see you greta. we are hearing she will announce likely on sunday afternoon that she is running for the white house for a second time. what is significant about that is we hear it will be a video on social media. sort of reintroducing her to voters. similar to what she did in early 2007. where it may be different is that time she was still in the senate. had had votes all week after she put that video out and so she didn't get to a battleground state like here in iowa for about a week after that initial announcement in 2007. this time her advisors say she is likely to be here on the ground in the hawkeye state as early as monday or tuesday trying to basically go door to door, convince voters she is not going to take them for granted. remember in her first run, she was seen as the inevitable democratic nominee. maybe the inevitable first female president. it all came crashing down here in iowa. she finished third to barack obama and john edwards. mayb

united states and iran be working together to defeat daesh? it's an easy question. >> we are certainly working to defeat daesh to thetic the the extent that the governments in the region, iraq and syria asked us to be involved. we believe it is a regional issue first and global later. there should be international cooperation. it's not the united states and iran. the world is not composed of only the united states and iran. a lot of other countries in the region. we are engaged in this fight in a very serious way and we believe that everybody needs to be engaged. >> rose: including the united states? the threat of i.s.i.l daesh, is a very high priority threat on the united states. >> i'm happy to see it's becoming one. before it started its operation against iraq it wasn't the case because people were tolerating it when it was attacking the syrian government. that's unfortunate. but you've got to remember, history started some time ago. it didn't start today. it didn't start with daesh moving into iraq and occupying mosul. >> rose: this is where we end part one of our two-part conversation with iran's foreign minister javad zarif. thank you for joining us. see you next time. for more about th

way that says when it is appropriate and what is appropriate for our citizens of the united states to carry and use♪ >> i was born in the age of suicide street justice at mass shootings. all because of the second amendment. >> the constitution is kind of beginning to show its age. >> i am destin bigsaby, a voice for american youth. over 20 million people commit suicide every year with a gun. once that trigger is pulled, there is no stopping the bullet. like so many others, mike cousin committed suicide with a gun putting my family into shock and disarray. still to this day, avoid has been left that has this that can never be filled. >> do i think that a depressed kid who walks into a punch up should be able to buy a gun? without any kind of background check whatsoever? probably not. >> my friend sam got a gun. he threatened suicide. we were able to intercept him prevent the suicide emma take the gun away from him, get rid of the gun, get him in therapy but that only lasted so long. then he got another gun. >> we tried to get him a lot of help and he ended up walking into a pond shop and buying a gu

united states are our model. in the last meeting of the european board of derek dorirectors showed us slides with the results of united states and europe in the last seven years. obviously this is -- this attests to respect for the united states. it also proves that just based on austerity in europe this is not going anywhere. we spoke about this and have discussed this with president obama. we cannot just look at our budget as of course an important limit. italy is fulfilling all obligations. it is the country in europe that is fulfilling all its obligations and rules. now, in terms of titp it's a very important objective. we believe 2015 has to be the turning point, the year of the turning point as the italian government. we are pushing with great determination because we know a that with ttip italy has everything to gain from the trade and economics stance. also because we believe that when the united states and justly so establish trade agreements with china, with asia, with other areas in the world, i think that it would be fundamental as a key principle having the same relationship in the logic of our historic f

former ambassador to the united states joins us. and what cost $50 but only takes 24 hours lou: breaking news senator mendez moments ago lashing out at the justice department after indicted on corruption in charges. >> i am a great and ready to fight because today contradicts my public service career and beyond my entire life. i am angry because prosecutors at the justice department don't know the difference between french shipping and corruption and have chosen a new twist my duties as of senator ted my friendship into something. they are dead wrong i am confident they will be proven so. lou: the senator reacting to the indictment of a federal grand jury on corruption charges. turning to those iranian nuclear talks as president teeeighteen makes last ditch appeal to call off an agreement with iran. >> yesterday the iranian general recently declared israel's destruction is non-negotiable. but evidently given that our murderous regime there ran a stop the aggression in the region and stop terrorism throughout the world and of the thr

trying to get a little too frisky or it could be an intentional way of intimidating the united states, putting pressure on us because we're up there surveilling the area around the balkans which -- sorry, the baltic states which the russians have been making rare rattles moves against. as so we're up there using our intelligence aircraft to determine what the russians are doing on that very critical and important border. >> i want to take a second to play a comment from general wesley clark. listen. >> you can predict the next russian offensive and they're citing it as following orthodox easter and most probable before ve day on 9 may. >> today is orthodox easter. so what would you say the offensive might entail? >> well, if the russians were to go in the bto the baltics, that trigger a wall. the establishment of russia from the soviet dwrun union is that t balance tetic states have all j nato. >> but we're part of nato. so that would entank gem the u.s.? >> sleuth pabsolutely and germa france. they are obligated for come to the defense. so what putin is trying to do i think is not set up an invasion of the

us back our identity. remember when the united states invaded us, they tried to colonize diddley for economics but as welln education process. they tried to force on american values and a race all puerto rican and spanish -- you race all puerto rico and spanish from us. they try to do our spanish language. that point in time, pedro albizu campos gave us that the pride of being a different identity, of being a different nationality. and the politics of puerto rico, not only for independence, but for all the politics in puerto rico, [indiscernible] before and after pedro albizu campos, because no one would deny the value of our identity of our values and our language. and that is one of the most important contributions that pedro albizu campos did to puerto rico. i believe it is important as well that in order to understand albizu campos and those characterizations [indiscernible] you have to understand the time in which he lived. the 1950 event, the insurrection of 1950 and the attack to the congress in 19 -- was in the context of the establishment of that decade. that was [indiscernible] let me tell you s

just the idea of using advertising in association with the united states just almost seemed vulger to many people. but actually -- vulgar -- if you look back at the history of public diplomacy there has been many times we have used poplar culture, mass media, to make a point about america. i think part of it was a culture clash. you bring someone from madison avenue to soggy bottom and there is an automatic culture clash. the media wasn't very kind to her either. they criticized her. and the folks that work at the state department were not well trained in how communication worked and how it is measured and so when folks like richard would have to talk to the press he wasn't very -- he wasn't very good at explaining, you know, well it is working, how do you know? he wasn't able to interpret that research well. i think it is a combination of things. and i think charlotte dears wasn't used to having to answer questions like that. she knew what she was doing and didn't expect i don't think all of the criticism coming from both side. they tried to make it a political issue. in other words,

united states. let's get the details. walk us through what we have just learned. >> wolf his name is abdul shaikh mohammed. 23 years old and lives in columbus ohio. he was arrested in february and charged with terrorism and money laundering charges. the federal government now has added its own charges. according to the justice department he left the united states last year in april 2014 to go join the front in syria. and, according to this indictment from the justice department. he got training in weapons and explosives and was sent back to the united states to carry out an attack here in the united states. now, that's the first time we've seen something that u.s. officials have been warning us a lot about, wolf which is the fear that these people who are traveling over to syria and iraq would come back here and try to carry out an attack. this is a case in which allegedly this is what this young man was planning to do. now, his brother who went by the name aden left the u.s. in may of 2013. he died in 2013 while fighting over th

united states and evade justice. and the fact is the united states does have some unique capabilities that allow us to carry out in this case counterterrorism operation against terrorists. and in this case, the operation was against an al qaeda compound that we know was frequented by al qaeda leaders, and it resulted in the deaths of an al qaeda leader that we know posed a threat to the united states. in this case it happened to be an american citizen who had been indicted for treason for providing material support to al qaeda. reporter: you have said he was not specifically target, but you have also said when you came in today he was an al qaeda leader that was known to frequent this compound. given you do not have to go through some of the legal hoops that would have been given knowing this is an american shouldn't you have out of an abundance of caution realize there would be a high priority -- high probability he would be in this compound and taken legal steps? mr. earnest: let me where five -- let me clarify one thing about this. when our intelligence personnel has included -- has concluded this al qaeda compound