not that al-zawahiri was in play but they never swore an oath. my read of the situation, having lived in that part of the world and having done work with the assistance of others suggests to me strongly that it is not the ideological linkage to al qaeda that matters most to zero more. but rather than strategic linkage to pakistan and -- notions that the jihad from western pakistan is fermented into an international problem for americans or chinese source -- or others. that is the break right now. it leaves us with half the other two of the five things that are out there. which we do have to worry about a week have to take a different tack and approach and one what i -- i would argue that we're seeing and taking already. reduce the footprint of american military and western military, or enter around special forces, and direct strike technology and better coordination. that is where i think we're headed in yemen and somalia. it may be slow but where we need to get to. we should expect that al qaeda is trying to coopt. let's be careful about making

we have to go after zawahiri, after the remaining core leadership. that will see the end of al qaeda, frankly, as we've known it. the other thing we have to do is maintain pressure on regional groups, helping our allies who are taking the fight to these regional groups. for example, in east africa where the kenyans, the ugandans and ethiopians are attacking the al shabab movement, we need to be there to help. we need to be there in yemen as supporting actors and i think that would be very effective. >> are we closing to getting zawahiri? >> i think we are. the al qaeda leadership is being very security-savvy. if he pops his head up, that's an opportunity for us to find him and no doubt authorities are looking for him. >> always good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. >>> we'll switch gears a bit now and talk about the soaring cost of air travel just in time for your summer vacation. fares are expected to jump 3%. that's on top of the 20% since 2010. believe me, a lot of tickets have gone up more than that. and the airlines have already managed to r

let's talk about al-zawahiri. he's the former egyptian sclar cleric. you say he's not nearly as charismatic as bin laden.sclar cleric. you say he's not nearly as charismatic as bin laden. cleri. you say he's not nearly as charismatic as bin laden. in your estimation from your reporting, by putting him out as the new front man or the sus pish shops, is he a red herring to allow someone else to thrive to the top? >> that's an interesting point. it's hard to say whether he's more dangerous than osama bin laden. to sustain an organization like al qaeda, it really is important to have a charismatic leader and someone who people can really rally around. he's more the brains behind the operation, but he is a dougher. doer. he has been involved in masterminding attacks. no one underestimates his intelligence. the question is his sleeleaders ability. the dilemma is that he doesn't have that iconic status within al qaeda, he has to prove himself. only way for him to really prove himself is to be able to carry out successful attacks. to carry out successful attac

new al qaeda chief al zawahiri has new series of propaganda videos pledging to, quote, do everything in order to deprive america of security. al qaeda's most lethal affiliate in yemen also poses great danger. while a u.s. drone strike last fall kid operational leader al alla alla'a is still on the loose. ibrahim al asiri built the underwar attack. he also hid explosives inside computer printers on two cargo planes. now intelligence officials believe he's working on new innovative bombs. sources say the greatest threat is posed by homegrown terrorists inspired by al qaeda, like major nadal hassan. a new bulletin says such lone wolves are hard to detect and therefore could attack with little warning. there are also new concerns overseas. while officials there are not directly connecting the threat to bin laden's death, u.s. citizens in kenya and pakistan are now being warned to avoid public places. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> osama bin laden's family is in saudi arabia after being deported from pakistan. bin laden's three widows and children left pakistan today. they had told au

new al qaeda chief ayman al- zawahiri has tried to rally his pakistan-based terror network with a new series of propaganda videos, pledging to "do everything in order to deprive america of security." al qaeda's most lethal affiliate in yemen also poses great danger. >> the drone strike last fall killedded a charismatic operational leader. a master bomb builder there is still on the loose. he also hid explosives inside computer printers on two cargo planes, and now intelligence officials believe he's working on new innovative bombs. but sources say perhaps the greatest threat is posed by homegrown terrorists inspired by al qaeda, like accused fort hood shooter major nadad hassan. the bulletin says such lone wolfs are hard to detect. there are new concerns overseas. while officials are not directly connecting threats to bin laden's death, citizens in kenya and pakistan are being warned to avoid public places. >> pelley: you may recall that bin laden's three wives were convicted of living in pakistan illegally. well, today, they were deported, along with their children, hiding behind pla

qaeda is bigger than the core and some of that core, core leadership is still around and, ayman al-zawahiri is still in charge and providing inspirational leadership and guidance. >> reporter: wednesday the fbi an dhs released an advisory, ma, al qaeda might try to mark the one-year anniversary of his death with a terrorist attack in the u.s. and officials gave no specifics and the white house said that is because there really aren't any. >> at this time we have no credible information that terrorist organizations including al qaeda are plotting attacks in the u.s., to coincide with the anniversary of bin laden's death. however, we assess that aq's affiliates and allies remain intent on conducting attacks in the homeland and possibly to action venni avenge the death of bin laden, but not necessarily tied to the anniversary. >> and there is talk of whether the obama administration is political sizing the one-year anniversary and, john brennan said this morning, he does not do politics. >> peter doocy in washington, thank you very much. >> eric: a yacht race on the pacific ocean turned deadly

zawahiri said more than half of this battle is taking place in the battlefield of the media. we're in the media battle in a race for the hearts and minds of muslims. lawfair, briefly. what is it. what's happening is that increasingly lawyers and prosecutors are using the concept of universal jurisdiction to file lawsuits against u.s. government officials and military personnel. they are putting american officials and intelligence officials at risk of legal action in attempt to intimidate them and their families to alter the behavior of theirs and of our country's. it is in effect an attempt to criminalize policy differences. it's a trend that threatens to subordinate the american people, their elected leaders' actions as well as the u.s. military to foreign courts and rogue prosecutors. this is a sizable athlete american sovereignty. i'll give you one example. i was at a nato meeting in brussels and the -- i read in the paper that the belgium parliament passed a law that allowed any one in the u.s. military to be prosecuted in foreign courts. and i thought my goodness, that m

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they say the group's new leader, ayman al zawahiri, still aspires to strike inside the u.s. but less threat of a major attack here. the affiliates are a bigger threat. >>> and the man who shot trayvon martin will not have to put up more bail money, at least for now. a florida judge rejected a request, to increase george zimmerman's bail, after he learned he had received more than $200,000 in online contribution for his defense. zimmerman was released from jail on monday. >>> wall street finished the week higher, despite new evidence that the economy is slowing. the dow climbed 23 points on friday. it's regained all of the ground lost earlier this month. the gains followed the report that the economy dpru at a slower race. >>> and the space shuttle "enterprise" took its final flight, piggybacking on a jet. the shuttle got a tour of new york city, flying over the statue of liberty, and over the city skyscrapers and dan's apartment. it landed at jfk. this event was so well-publicized. not one person out of the millions in new york city, called 911 to say there's a low-flying pl

for example, messages may come from aman al zawahiri in pakistan, al qaeda's core leader and it thendeo and then distributors send it out to trusted al qaeda forums where jihadists can log on. a former state department counterterrorism official says the attack breaks key al qaeda links. >> because this is the primary point of distribution for al qaeda propaganda, when the website is taken down the al qaeda supporters don't know where to go to find new propaganda, to find guidance from zawahiri so it puts the global movement into a bit of disarray. operatives don't know if they're communicating with their leaders or a false front that puts them at risk. >> there are suspicions that it's been taken over by a hostile entity, usually the suspicion falls on the cia and the worry is that the worry is that past incidents of this happening have led to subsequent arrests. >> but at least one of those websites is back up and running and al qaeda is back to posting its messages online. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> connecticut is moving towards abolishing the death penalty. mary snow is

they say the group's new leader, ayman al zawahiri, still aspires to strike inside the u.s. but there's less threat of a major attack here. the officials warn that al qaeda's affiliates are a bigger threat to this country. >>> new pictures of north korea's nuclear test site appear to show that the rogue nation is preparing for another nuclear test. the photos show a lot of activity at the site. if it happens, it would be north korea's third nuclear test. and was widely expected after the failed rocket launch earlier this month. >>> and the man who shot trayvon martin will not have to put up more money to remain free, at least for now. a florida judge rejected a request to increase george zimmerman's bail, after it was disclosed that he had received more than $200,000 online for his defense. but the judge wants to know more about the money. >>> house republicans have fought a veto threat from president obama, pushing through a measure to stop doubling of student loans. the fight is over to pay for the bill. the gop wants to fund it by limiting a program in the president's hea

al zawahiri. >> he's taken more control, hasn't he? >> he's at the top of the al qaeda leadership structure. we're determined to dismantle and destroy it. al qaeda has a number of different franchises. we've degraded them significantly. there's a lot of work to be done in yemen and areas of africa. >> when leon panetta became the secretary of defense, he said we're in reach of defeati ining qaeda. is that victory in lace? >> we have to take out the leaders, the safe havens. we're not going to rest. the president made it clear, we have to do everything possible to protect the american people and the destruction of that organization is the ultimate goal. >> on friday, a video was released to mark the anniversary and suggested that osama bin laden might be alive today had mitt romney been president. ♪ >> he took the harder and the more honorable path. and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best results. >> it's not worth moving heaven and earth spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person. he was referring to the hu

taking over from zawahiri is a man, who escaped the high security run prison in afghanistan in 2005 and also on most wanted. mohammed omar head of the taliban and commands a joint al-qaeda force that killed american soldiers. officials say they believe he's currently siding someplace in pakistan. ♪ >> freedom and the building that will replace the twin towers in lower manhattan is about to become the tallest building in new york city. on the left of your screen right now, a time lapse showing you one world trade center going up. ♪ >> a magnificent sight. crews plan to put up shaquille o'neal columns on the building tomorrow bringing the height to just more than 1250 feet a little taller than at empire state building. of course took a lot of preparation and hard work, but the terror is not finished yet. tune in tomorrow night for the complete coverage of this milestone and fox report will take you to the top of one world trade center tomorrow night right here. don't miss it. tragedy at sea for a team of sailors in a california race. three people dead, one missing, their sail boat destroy

. >> schieffer: and that is zawahiri, he's an egyptian doctor, and he's been with the movement for atime. he has tried to insert himself in the struggle. he had a video message in february, onward lions of syria, that the syrian opposition. there's not a lot of evidence that the syrian opposition sees him as its leader, although there are some al qaeda members who were involved in operations against bashar al-assad. on your basic question, the president made a tough decision. he's going to argue, and he's right, that americans are safer because of that. >> schieffer: peter, what's your thought? >> yeah, 17 americans have been killed in the united states by al qaeda or people influenced by its ideas since 9/11. more americans die in their bath tubes, accidentally drowning. we don't have an irrational fear of accidental bath tub drownings. about 300 people die a year in that manner. the death of bin laden-- this process was happening before the death of bin laden, the arab spring-- they were losing the law of ideas in the muslim world, as david indicated, even bin laden understood that

how close are we to getting at the new leader, al zawahiri?> we're continuing to work with our regional partners, the pakistanis, afghans and others. >> do we think that's where he is? somewhere in pakistan? >> we believe he's in that region of the world as well as other al qaeda leaders that continue to burrow into areas of the fata, the federally administered tribal areas of pakistan. that's why we're working very closely with our pakistani partners. so we're not going to relent until we've brought them to justice one way or the other. we demonstrated the ability to do that with bin laden, and we are in constant consultation with our pakistani partners on a regular basis about how we can do this as soon as possible. >> and he has to go. i mean, this is our number one target now? >> definitely, absolutely. they have to go. it's an organization that's dedicated to murder and mayhem, and we, as well as other countries of the world, are determined to make sure that that happens. >> what accounts for what a lot of people tell us is considerable a

taliban and he hadn't been really seen since 2001 presumably he was in pakistan and also ayman al-zawahiri. the three of them were triangulating what al-qaida would do. they were in communication. >> the question is -- do you have peace talks in cutter with members of the taliban and pretend they don't have relationships with al-qaida when it's in bin den's own journals how close they were, how they were plotting together. they never loved each other but after the invasion, after they were forced from power, they realized they had to work together closer than ever. >> as the campaign moves forward and we have an election in november, one of the things that we thought we'd see a lot of in a president obama ad would be about the dramatic -- i was going to say capture. dramatic killing of usama bin laden. arguably one of the best parts of his presidency thus far, both sides of the aisle would agree with that but i didn't quite expect to see the campaign ad with bill clinton in it basically asking the question of whether or not mitt roey would have done the same thing. really? why wouldn't you

>> what it appears to have done is decentralized the group a little bit. >> al-zawahiri has not lacedively, is that correct? >> he's not laced the group together as effectively as bin laden. all the affiliates have sworn loyalty to him so he does have some control or influence over the organization. but we see a lot more spreading of the group and decentralization across north africa and the arab world. >> in chronicling all the pursuits of the top terrorists, are you under the belief that new york is still a prime target and hitting the u.s. is stale paramount. >> absolutely. we see groups in the arabian peninsula based in yemen looking at a range of type of attacks from bombs inserted into the human body cavities to pens and cameras. they are desperately trying to conduct attacks against the homeland. >> we have that bomb maker that did the shoe bomber is still out there, right? the ones that was doing the ink jets to put into those planes on those cargo planes, he's still out there. >> right. the same individual that was involved in the underwear bombs in 2009, the one that landed

amman al zawahiri has rarely been seen in the last few years. as the u.s. has stepped up attacks in pakistan, where he's believed to be located. greatest concern for u.s. officials, is the al qaeda group operating out of yemen. who represents an enduring threat to the west, robin. >> its not uncommon when we have the anniversaries that are upcoming to have the terror warnings. is there anything different this time? >> reporter: they feel that al qaeda is looking for a symbolic victory and desperate to achieve one to reachieve their global relevance. >> it was two years ago they had that attempted bombing here in times square. >> brian, thank you very much. >>> that was your first day on the air. >> the first day i arrived. a stunning story to arrive to. that is for sure. hard to believe it's been a year. >>> what do you say let's do some news? >> let's do it. >> we're going to begin with a black eye for the tsa this morning. four current and former agents have been accused of taking cash bribes in exchanged for turning a blind eye a to drugs in suitcases. t

you mentioned ayman al zawahiri there. by the judgment of u.s.fficials, he's not been able to bring al qaeda back into a cohesive unit. there are threats of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, an emerging threat. but still not capable in the judgment of many officials in the united states government of carrying out on attack on u.s. soil. jay carney last week says the president got a briefing. and while al qaeda still wants to inflict mass casualties on the united states, they judge they will not be able to do so around the time of the anniversary as al qaeda terrorists had hoped next wednesday. >> that's good news. thank you very much, mike viqueira. >>> the secret service is taking action to prevent any future scandals on presidential trips. new rules have just been issued for agents that strict their contact with foreigners while traveling with the president. the employees are prohibited from drinking excessively, visiting irreputable establishments or bringing people to their hotel room. >>> and president obama is launching attack ads on repub

it included the man who was killed when he succeeded ayman al-zawahiri. it includes the planner of attacks against the united states and europe until he was captured. with this most skilled and experienced commanders -- with its most skilled and experienced commanders being caught quickly, al qaeda has had trouble replacing them. this we have been able to piece together from documents seized manybin laden's compound, of which we will release this week. bin laden or read about "the rise of the world leaders who are not as experienced, and this will lead to the repeat of mistakes." al qaeda leaders continue to struggle to communicate with affiliates. under intense pressure in the tribal regions of pakistan, they have fewer places to train and groom the next generation of operatives. they are struggling to attract recruits. morale is low and at some members are giving up and returning home. no doubt they are aware this is a fight they will never win. al qaeda is losing badly, and i bin laden knew it at the time of his death. in documents we seized, he confes

among his students were al- zawahiri, who took over the operation when osama bin laden was killed. the rest, as they say, is history. that history did not come on september 11, to double-a-1, or september 26, 1993 when a truck bomb went off on in the basement of the world trade center killing six people, causing millions of dollars in damage in what would eventually be called the first world trade center bombing. the in the 1980's, a couple of fbi agents saw some taking some particularly aggressive target practice. as the agents approached, they were accused of "racial profiling." they backed off. in at the 1990's, one of those men participating in that target practice would assassinate a right-wing israeli politician as he gave a speech in the ballroom of a manhattan hotel. the case was treated by the manhattan be a as the lone act of a lone gunman. in the 1993 world trade center bombing, it became apparent that the assassination had not been the lone act of a long gunman. in fact, when a party's reviewed the amateur video of the speech the night he was killed, they discovered one