it is not about al-qaeda. it is not about isis. and even if it were, our resolution, senate joint resolution seven, the one we are talking about today in the context of a veto override debate, that resolution explicitly states that it would not impede military stability to fight these terror groups. but for the more, there is evidence that our involvement in yemen might will have, in fact, probably have further destabilized the region, and that it has actually undermined the efforts against al-qaeda is the affiliates. 2016 state department report found that the conflict between the saudidi led forces and the houthi insurgents has actually helped al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, also known as aqap, and isis yemen branch, to quote, deepen their inroads, deepen their inroads across much of the country, close quote. so no, involvement in yemen is far from being in the best interest of the nine states, madam president. not in the slightest. not even by a shred. and every day it only becomes clearer and clearer the saudi arabia is not

on a royal navy ship in twenty sixteen after training with isis and al qaeda and up and blows up a bunch of teenagers at an ariana grande a concert with a nail bomb and the only leader in the u.k. who actually pointed the finger at the national security state was jeremy corbyn and that's why that's one reason why corbin is under such merciless attack because he told their dirty secret the other leaders either pointed the finger at muslims in general or classic demagogy or they just simply tried to sweep the whole thing under the rug like to recently but this is happened again and again and it will happen again you know james it's interesting i know this max was i i saw you watch on an interview with watching the hawks i mean it really islamophobia his bloomed as a result and of course. there are plenty of people that are making lots of money off of this here and there's a lot of other unintended consequences here but this is this one phenomenon fuels the other ok you these wars are very profitable for a small group of people and i want to talk about the media in the second half of the pr

on a royal navy ship and twenty sixteen after training with isis and al qaeda and up and blows up a bunch of teenagers at an ariana grande a concert with a nail bomb and the only leader in the u.k. who actually pointed the finger at the national security state was jeremy corbyn and that's why that's one reason why corben is under such merciless attack because he told their dirty secret the other leaders either pointed the finger at muslims in general or classic demagogy or they just simply tried to sweep the whole thing under the rug like to recently but this is happened again and again and it will happen again you know james it's interesting i know this max was i i saw you watch on an interview with watching the hawks i mean it really islamophobia his bloomed as a result and of course. there are plenty of people that are making lots of money off of this here and there's a lot of other unintended consequences here but this is this one phenomenon fuels the other ok you these wars are very profitable for a small group of people and i want to talk about the media in the second half of the pr

on a royal navy ship and twenty sixteen after training with isis and al qaeda and up and blows up a bunch of teenagers at an ariana grande a concert with a nail bomb and the only leader in the u.k. who actually pointed the finger at the national security state was jeremy corbyn and that's why that's one reason why corbin is under such merciless attack because he told their dirty secret the other leaders either pointed the finger at muslims in general or classic demagogy or they just simply tried to sweep the whole thing under the rug like to recently but this is happened again and again and it will happen again you know james it's interesting i know this max was i i saw you watch on an interview with watching the hawks i mean it really islamophobia his bloomed as a result and of course. there are plenty of people that are making lots of money off of this here and there's a lot of other unintended consequences here but this is this one phenomenon fuels the other ok you these wars are very profitable for a small group of people and i want to talk about the media in the second half of the pr

fueled the rise of al qaeda rises and donald trump backs blumenthal max thanks so much for coming back or let's just begin with the new reports of syrian chemical attacks just as we had that leak go blue document suggesting there was a fake justification is a french american bombings of syria what my book the management of savagery details is the whole history of u.s. and u.k. collaboration with jihadist an extreme islamist elements using them as proxies from the afghan proxy war starting in 1979 to the present in syria and you know as i detail this history i show how an entire propaganda apparatus has been set up 1st to obscure the sordid history of these of this collaboration but also to stimulate western support for intervention for increased support for these proxy forces and direct intervention and you know this isn't surprising that the u.s. is now alleging that there might be another chemical attack because they trumpet ministration and this is this goes to the heart of another theme in the book which is the contradictions of the national security state the most islamophobia cou

we had destroyed al-qaeda in iraq, not just defeated it. but we were very, very helpful to the iraqi counterterrorism service their special operations, their intelligence to keep an eye on these remnts. because, again, you never totally eliminate it. i mean, the current situation is somewhat similar. there are tens of thousands, probably, of isis survivors that will now resortns togent activity and to terrorist activity, and we need to keep an eye on these, and we need to help our partners as we do that. this is a generational struggle. this is not a fight where u can take a hill, plant the flag, and go home to a victory parade. >> the trump administration, though, did declare that we've defeated isis. c here'sp of president trump. >> we just took over --pt you know, you earing it was 90%, 92% -- thcaliphate in syria. now it's 100% we just took over. 100% caliphate that means the area, the land,t we jve 100%. so that's good. we did that in a much o shorter peritime than it was supposed to be. >> what we have done is very significant, d but

history is actually protecting the base of the largest franchise of al qaeda since $911.00 which is live and this goes unmentioned when the u.s. makes these strange allegations about chemical attacks but the whole point of this allegation is to once again trip the red line and as a former obama adviser told harper's imposing the red line policy is an invitation for a false flag attack the same kind of false flag attack that we apparently witnessed last year in duma which in o.p.c. w. engineers report that was suppressed revealed i have to say that the press here is saying that it's a humanitarian catastrophe in it live as those islam is being attacked and as we know in the book it shows islam is being moved on from the war on libya the nato war in libya and also to syria but also arguably. this is the week of the anniversary of the magistrate draw city why why do you think it is that no one's mentioning u.k. intelligence links to the bomb or the area on the ground a constant my book details the whole history also of what took place to in libya under the grounds on the grounds of other re

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we have actually seen another american al qaeda recruit recently released from prison. he also provided very extensive cooperation, but this is a real redemption story. zazi was responsible for the most serious terrorist plot on u.s. soil since 9/11. he and his cell were going to target multiple new york city subway lines, suicide bombings on a scale of the 2005 london bombings. he went over to the tribal areas of pakistan where he met with senior members of al qaeda's external attack planning apparatus. he got hands-on bomb making training in the tribal areas of pakistan. so when he eventually started cooperating with authorities in the united states, he was literally able to draw them a map of the al qaeda terrorist organization as it existed then in the tribal areas of pakistan, an organization which at that point was still extremely dangerous to u.s. interests. so no doubt, this could have contributed to saving lives. this is a very sort of stunning redemption story when it comes to zazi. he does seem really genuinely contrite. he talks about how he was misled by di

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especially with the perception that isis is gone and al qaeda is gone. this is just fake. >> it's not gone. >> they're not gone. they're reemerging. >> tell me about i want out. >> this is the campaign i'm pinning all my hopes on. working with a lot of young people, extremist networks and you know, thinking about terrorism or gang violence, and when you speak to them and get to know them, they say i want out. just give me a chance. i want out. understand me. people can change. we need to give them the opportunity to change. >> he is not deterred. he's going to stick with it. he told me repeatedly, i'm going to keep fighting. >> the day you start to look at these young people as if they're your own, that's when you step forward. i'm not going to let this go without the biggest fight of my life. >> one of the frustrating parts of the story he doesn't have the support he used to have, including the government. meaning the center may close. as you heard there, he's pressing on with his own campaign, including social media, which has been hugely influential.

in iraq.oy we had des al-qaeda in iraq, not just defeated it. but we were very, very helpful to the iraqi counterterrorism service, their special operations, thr intelligence to keep an eye on these remnants. because, again, you never totalleliminate it. i mean, the current situation is somewhat similar. there are tens of thousands, probably, of isis survivors that will now resort to insurgent activit and to terrorist activity, and we need to keep an eye on these, and we need to help our partners as we do that. this is a generational struggle. this inot a fight where you can take a hill, plant the flag, and go home to a vicry parade. >> the trump administration, though, did declare that we've defeated isis. here's a clip of president trump. >> we just took over -- you kn, you kept hearing it was 90%, 92% -- the caliphate in syr. now it's 100% we just took over. 100% caliphate. anthat means the area, the we just have 100%. so that's good did that in a much shorter period of time than it was supposed to be. what we have done is very significant, b

has waged an effective battle against al qaeda in yemen, terrorism remains a grave threat. now, i could read you similar pronouncements from all sorts of other middle eastern experts. there is a hegemony of opinion that this war has been a disaster, not just from a humanitarian standpoint. i have selected a picture that frankly wouldn't induce sickness from my colleagues. i chose a picture in which this young, starving boy's back is turned to the camera, but there are plenty of others in which you would have a hard time holding down your lunch. it's not just the humanitarian nightmare. it is the strategic nightmare that is yemen. every single day that we stay involved in this war, the battle lines do not change, and yet iran and hezbollah get more and more involved inside the military fight. there is a political deal to be had here. if the united states chose to lead diplomatically instead of follow militarily, there is a political deal that can be had, but for reasons that i do not understand, the united states does not lead the diplomatic negotiations. we outsource that t

this was almost a throwback to the al qaeda videos. guy, preacher, very straight to camera monologue. >> what's interesting about this is here's the guy, he's alive and he's kicking. he's poking trump in the eye, saying, you said that we're defeated. we're not defeated. jessica is correct when she says he's trying to be powerful, but he went old school. he went old school. he used a video. he's a roly-poly middle aged guy speaking in a very old school way. for two reasons, in my view. first to tell governments, you're wrong. i'm here. i'm powerful. i'm the supreme extremist around the world. also to say to his adherence, look at me. i'm in charge of the gravitas here and to say to al qaeda and others, if you thought you were going to compete with us, you're wrong. >> jessica, what is the difference between al qaeda and isis? both were at various points considered kind of down. al qaeda had dwindled and withered. is isis in that same situation, whatever baghdadi may say? >> isis came out of a split in one of the branches of al qaeda. an

which is an offshoot of al knows there are links to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that owners are offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. in the niece's newly reelected president has warned he won't tolerate for the deadly unrest which erupted in the wake of his disputed victory on tuesday 6 people were killed and hundreds injured in the violence which spilled over into writing on wednesday night. thanks. think think of a. thank god i was going to take up the. u.s. embassy in jakarta rashid so you citizens to avoid the protests these broken up shortly after

flaj flajjy -- najibullah zazi said he a complete change of heart turning on al qaeda and his friends and family to work with the government. prosecutors say that he, quote, provided critical intelligence and unique insight regarding al qaeda and the members and now the judge said he deserves a second chance. blem sheikh is an expert on deradicalization after being radicalized before abandoning that ideology. so nice to have you back. and let me get straight to it. the news that zazi is getting released and the judge cited his extraordinary cooperation, what do you make of this? >> this follows previous precedence where individuals of high value end up being prosecuted and incarcerated and decide, look, it is probably in my interest to keep assisting authorities which is exactly what mr. zazi had done over a hundred times i read that he had not just participated in trials but like you mentioned, giving unique insight on al qaeda. so this was a very -- a witness a lot of mileage available for the government in that regard. >> i want to come back to the mileage in a second. but when you

zazi traveled to pakistan in 200 and trained with al qaeda in weapons and explosives. when he returned to the u.s. he and two friends planned the attack. their mission, rush hour suicide bombings on the new york city subway on the anniversary of 9/11. zazi drove across the country and into new york, but later backed out after learning the fbi was on to his plan. he was arrested on september 12th, pleaded guilty and faced life in prison, but then prosecutors say his cooperation in america's fight against al qaeda was, quote, extraordinary revealing key details of the terror group's training, movements and recruitment methods. >> justice was definitely served in this instance. >> reporter: a federal judge told zazi this once unthinkable second chance has come your way and you earned it. lawyers on both sides say zazi is a changed man. >> mr. zazi, who i met a long time ago, almost ten years ago who was a young, young man has changed dramatically. the reality is that the light at the end of the tunnel is extremely bright for him. >> in a letter to the judge he apologized

s widely viewed as al-qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks 4 a.p.c.'s to jihad move beals or vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town car for now. according to the russian command the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than $100.00 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks and also reportedly launched missiles at the russian air base in may mean though those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased russia and the regimes decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed this so called return it she strikes searching . i quote surgical in their precision i hope they do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refuse to consider terrorists as untouchable and will continue to fight them despite the objec

the odds are pretty high that he was the al qaeda explosive deliverer? >> yes. >> sean: so now prosecutors, as i understand it during your court martial, they had exculpatory evidence and they built -- they never told your defense lawyers they hired a forensic expert. tell us what the forensic expert found, and why did he not testify? >> that forensic expert was us actually sitting in trial during my testimony. and he heard -- he heard my side of the story for the first time. after he heard my -- my story, he went back to the prosecutorss and did a demonstration to them in the room and told them -- or he -- i'm sorry. let me back up. once i told my story, he had --t he had told the prosecutors, that's exactly what i told you yesterday. because he had did aec demonstration for the prosecution team the day before, the day before he heard my testimony. >> sean: so he, the prosecution hires a forensic expert who confirms your story. >> yes. >> sean: they don't tell your defense attorney. this is how we treat american heros? and then they send him home and he

qaeda worked based on his time at al qaeda training camps, the people he met there. he exposed a plot to attack a u.s. military base in afghanistan, a shopping mall in manchester, england, and many other cases in which we don't know whether he testified or not. as a matter of fact, a letter to the judge from federal prosecutors has a number of sections simply blacked out, indicating other cases in which zazi gave important testimony. so the prosecutors say they're convinced he's no longer dangerous. he says he's a changed man. and the lead prosecutor in the case says he has no concerns about zazi's current mindset. so it's basically, they're saying he turned his life around. >> that's quite a big turn, though, clint watts, as a counterterror expert who has spent years and years of your career chasing down these terrorists, how do you feel about it? >> yeah, we're coming up on 20 years since 9/11. a lot of individuals who were arrested before they actually committed crimes, we've seen this in europe, one of the key things in getting them to work with the u.s. governme

which is an offshoot of al knows there are links to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that allen has or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. the world's biggest election in india is drawing to a close with the incumbent prime minister narendra modi securing another term the p.m.'s been celebrating already his victory with supporters in india has around 900000000 eligible voters of the 600000000 of cast the ballots these main opponents rahul gandhi has already conceded defeat what is it a trying to looks at why. to the elite to make inroads. how to look at this

a mundane former al qaeda operative turned one of your case top intelligence assets within the terrorist group welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today are excited to have you now you were described as a master bomb maker and w m d specialist but also a religious scholar what was your occupation with their guns ation exactly. well i mean when i joined the organization in one thousand and seven. i was more or less already attorney in mum and the idea basically i thought i wanted to you know give religious lessons and i was giving religious lessons to some of the recruits but also they noticed that they had been up to to inform us and chemistry and so that's why they assigned me to a small lab somewhere in the west of dell about in the gunnison which was working on explosives chemical weapons boys and some biological weapons and so that's why they sent me that basically but did you actually have to fight like take part in any field operations well when the time basically in afghanistan the fight was against the northern alliance which was composed of a michelle massa

if iran wants to not have conflict, it would be harboring al-qaeda leaders. carley: also with that interview with chris wallace, they talked about the fact that the united states just named iran's military a terrorist organization. what does that necessarily mean when you label something with terrorist organization, do we treat them differently, how big of a deal is that? >> as criminal penalty, so it does add increase pressure to them, but i don't think this apparent iranian plot in reaction to that, i think it's in reaction to sanctions that are targeting iranian oil industry, that's going to scare them, when you lose at least half of your budget for your entire government and your government is already poor and people are essentially revolting against you, they are going to start to panic a little bit. the iranian regime from there actually want because that -- carley: yeah, everything in the united states. rob: they have been crippled by the sanctions, let's move onto north korea, this is another foreign policy area that's been troubling for the administr

a mundane former al qaeda operative turned one of your case top intelligence assets within the terrorist group welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today are excited to even have to have you now you were described as a master bomb maker and w m d specialist but also a religious scholar what was your occupation with their guns ation exactly well i mean when i joined the organization in one thousand and seven. i was more or less out of the attorney in mum and the idea basically i thought i wanted to you know give religious lessons and i was giving religious lessons to some of the recruits but also they noticed that they had been up to to inform us and chemistry and so that's why they assigned me to a small lab somewhere in the west of del about the not gonna stand which was working on explosives chemical weapons boys and some budgeted weapons and so that's why they sent me that basically but did you actually have to fight like take part in any field operations well when the time basically in afghanistan the fight was against the northern alliance which was composed of

s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks 4 a.p.c.'s to jihad move beals or vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town and the border. according to the russian come on the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than $100.00 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also reportedly launched missiles at the russian airbase in may mean you know those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased russia and the regimes decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed this so called return it she strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refuse to consider terrorists as untouchable and we'll continue to fight them despite the objections

qaeda government forces launched an offensive on the last month it's the last major rebel stronghold in syria state media in saudi arabia says it's intercepted a drone with explosives launched by who's the fight is is apparently targeted the airport inches than near yemen's border towards the south who thier run media confirmed a drone strike on military hangars at the airport the emir of cats us take to member tunney has been asked to attend to emergency summits in saudi arabia the invitation came from saudi king solomon in the highest level publicly known contacts between the 2 nations in the early 2 years cancer remains on dry land sea and air blockade after saudi arabia led for arab nations in imposing a trade and travel embargo in june 2017 the meetings will focus on the effects of recent attacks on saudi oil installations in the region. well tens of thousands of brazilians have rallied in support of president john abell so narrow crowds gathered in more than 300 cities calling for political reforms many are accusing the supremes court and congress of trying to block both sonars

a stunning turnaround for a once devoted devoted al-qaeda terrorist. why prosecutors say he deserves to go free. the terrorism plot he helped stop from prison and the federal judge who said he earns a once unthinkable second chance. >>> boiling point. an extraordinary moment in the battle over attorney general william barr. house speaker nancy pelosi accusing him of a crime. >> he lied to congress. >> the president quick to push back. >> i think they are treating our attorney general, who is a highly respected man, very unfairly. >> and this morning nbc news learning robert mueller is now in direct talks to testify on capitol hill. >>> historic flooding. an emergency in the midwest. the mississippi river reaching record levels after days of heavy rain and it's still rising this morning. the region bracing for more severe weather today. >>> all that, plus banned. why facebook is banishing several high-profile individuals it calls dangerous. >>> the big changes coming to some of the nation's most popular beaches. >>> and the gentle giant. "star wars" fan

he was with al qaeda. if you're with al qaeda, you're not a good person. the only thing we have in common is we both met bin laden. he's been there. he's noted been repentive. he's been actively encouraging people to join the islamic state, check out the islamic state. he went insofar in correspondence to tell people because he wasn't allowed to getted book sz from them, he recommended americans go over there and check it out. he said journalists were beheaded were killed because they didn't go over there the right way. i'm sure families would also be insulted by that. when you get in some of these prisons, he was able to get more radical. he's hanging out with a cleric in this prison who has got out and become one of the most vocal voices. now he's going to northern virginia where there are a lot of bad apples. his restriction now is he can't have an i phone? thank god there's not such a thing as a burner phone or fake phone. he will get right back into the fight. he wants the islamic state. >> dana: let me read to you, you talk ab correspondence he had r

the terrorist leader of al qaeda and mastermind behind the september 11th attacks. rob: how far have we come in the war against terror? us army special forces veteran jim hansen, thanks for coming to the show. we have been in afghanistan a long time since the fight scenes endless. >> i think the fight against the ideology that motivates usama bin laden is ongoing. we have had significant success, not just the rise of the caliphate which is one of the most significant accomplishments of the terrorists to have a state of the ground, the islamic state towards multiple years and donald trump unleashing the dogs of war, the us military to take that away from them. that is a significant up and down for them. now they have been dispersing back to their home countries and other places like libya where they are trying to jennifer did something. jillian: does that mean the us needs to fight differently? they were all together in one group where they were. it is a little trickier? >> it becomes much trickier. we will see two things. number one, a lot of the fighters from the i

you read the intelligence, which was your job, and you heard about an al qaeda operative named ali mansoor, correct? >> that's correct. >> sean: you brought him into custody, correct? >> yes. >> sean: and mansoor was then ordered released by the army. your commander told you to transport the guy home, right? >> yes. >> sean: you did a field interrogation of mr. mansoor, right? >> i did. >> sean: in the process of that, even with an interpreter with you during the interrogation, mansoor tried to get your weapon. >> that's right. >> sean: and you, fearing for your life, killed him. >> that's right. >> sean: the odds are pretty high that he was the al qaeda explosive delivererer. >> yes. >> sean: so now prosecutors, as i understand it during your court martial, they had exculpatory evidence and they built -- they never told your defense lawyers they hired a frien forensic expert. tell us what he found and why he did not testify. >> that forensic expert was actually sitting in trial during my testimony. and he heard -- he heard my side of the story for the first time. after he heard my -- my s

which is an offshoot of al nasra linked to al qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced are internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that allen has or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. the world's biggest election in india is drawing to an end with the incumbent prime minister narendra modi securing and of the the p.m.'s been celebrating his victory with supporters scindia house around 900000000 eligible voters over 600000000 cast ballots these made opponents rahul gandhi has conceded defeat and these are trying to look so why gandhi dubbed the candidate of the elite to make human rights. have a look at

before 9/11, trained with al qaeda. he was captured during the u.s. invasion of afghanorteonige -ca just hours away from walking of an indiana prisonft w thiheh the right place? would be.y what i >> reporter: a headline grabbing case in the wake of 9/11. stunning images, john walker lindh, gaunt and filthy, captured from prison basement in afghanistan in 2001. seen here in this video taken by afghan intelligence, refusing to answer questions from cia officer mike spann. >> hey, look at me. do you know the people that you're here working with are terrorists? >> reporter: just an hour later, spann killed by militants during a prison uprising. lindh had converted to islam as a california teenager, left for the middle east, even met osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp. he pleaded guilty to giving armed support to the taliban, but is now being released for good behavior, sparking outrage. mike spann's father urging president trump to intervene. >> don't turn him loose if there's reports out here that he's not being the model prisoner that y'all sa

which is an offshoot of al knows there are links to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any said she is of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that allen has or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. the world's biggest election in india is drawing to a close with the incumbent prime minister narendra modi securing another term the p.m.'s celebrating his victory with supporters india has around 900000000 eligible voters over 600000000 of cast the ballots movies main opponent who has conceded defeat to trying to look for why gandhi dubbed the candidate of the elites failed to make inroads. how to look at this simple guy

before 9/11, trained with al qaeda. he was captured during the u.s. invasion of afghanistan. he's now set to be released from prison tomorrow, after nearly two decades behind bars for good behavior. here's abc's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, the so-called american taliban, just hours away from walking out of an indiana prison after serving 17 of his 20-year sentence. >> was this the right cause or the right place? >> exactly what i thought it would be. >> reporter: a headline-grabbing case in the wake of 9/11, with stunning images, showing john walker lindh, gaunt and filthy, captured from a prison basement in afghanistan in 2001, seen here in this video taken by afghan intelligence, refusing to answer questions from cia officer mike spann. >> hey, look at me. do you know the people that you're here working with are terrorists?>> reporter: just ana spann killed by militants during a prison uprising. lindh had converted to islam as a california teenager, left for the middle east, even met osama bin laden at an al qaeda training camp. he pleaded guilty to giving arms supp

which is an offshoot of al knows or a link to al qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any such use of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that allen has or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. the world's biggest election in india is drawing to an end with the incumbent prime minister narendra modi securing another term here you can see the latest pictures of the pm celebrating his victory with supporters india has around 900000000 eligible voters over 600000000 cast their ballots modi's main opponent gandhi has conceded defeat. looks at why gandhi dubbed the candidate of the elite failed to make inroads. to hav

zazi traveled to pakistan in 2008, training with al qaeda in weapons and explosives. when he returned to the u.s., he and two friends in denver hatched the subway plot, planning to build bombs with beauty products. seen here shopping for supplies. zazi then driving it all across the country and into new york city, over the george washington br it was here he learned the fbi was onto him and fled, but they got him. he pleaded guilty, facing life in prison. and then provided what prosecutors today call "extraordinary cooperation" in america's fight against al qaeda. revealing key details of the terrorist group's training, movements and recruitment methods. meeting with investigators more than 100 times. prosecutors say he put his own life at risk, and deserves a reduced sentence, insisting zazi "has repudiated terrorist ideology." a judge agreed, and sentenced him to time served. his lawyer calls that justice. >> mr. zazi, who i met a long time ago, almost ten years ago, who was a young, young man, has changed dramatically. the reality is that the light at the end of th

he learned it make bombs while at an al qaeda training camp in pakistan, he met with investigators more than 100 times, after pleading guilty to the bombing plot in 2010. he reviewed hundreds of photographs, testified in multiple trials, and provided critical intelligence in and unique insight regarding al qaeda and members. prosecutors say his assistance came in the face of substantial danger in the form of retaliation with al qaeda. i tried my best to correct my horrific mistake by cooperating with the government, he told the court during the sentencing and aefrdi adding he is not the same person he was when he was arrested and i find it hard to imagine what i was involved in in 2008 and 2009. in a letter to the judge, 393-year-old afghan native talks about his path to extremism and change of heart in prison. around late 2006, he met two men who introduced him to the now disdeceased al qaeda leader and was seduced by the twisted and corrupt teacher of the koran and thought we be doomed forever in the afterlife if he didn't have jihad against america and embrace islam. and he had a new

zazi traveled to pakistan in 2008, training with al qaeda in weapons and explosives. when he returned to the u.s., he and two friends in denver hatched the subway plot, planning to build bombs with beauty products. seen here shopping for supplies. zazi then driving it all across country and into new york city, over the george washington bridge. it was here he learned the fbi was onto him and fled, but they got him. he pleaded guilty, facing life in prison. and then provided what prosecutors today call "extraordinary cooperation" in america's fight against al qaeda. revealing key details of the terrorist group's training, movements and recruitment methods. meeting with investigators more than 100 times. prosecutors say he put his own life at risk, and deserves a reduced sentence, insisting zazi "has repudiated terrorist ideology." a judge agreed, and sentenced him to time served. his lawyer calls that justice. >> mr. zazi, who i met a long time ago, almost ten years ago, who was a young, young man, has changed dramatically. the reality is that the light at the end of t

>>if he still al qaeda member we put in jail, they will need to fill the player in a way and there's something else if he was trying to reconnect with extremist while in prison, i mean what can we expect for him when he's in the free world. >>i'm john lawrence reporting. president trump reacted to the release by saying quote i don't like it at all adding that the us will closely monitor land, including his internet use. >>the us senate has passed a long-overdue disaster bill is designed to help a number of states recover from hurricanes and floods and wildfires the billion aid bill was widely backed and will be sent to the president senator dianne feinstein says californians will be eligible for 12.6 billion of that billion devasta wildfires. president trump bord thectors is deciding whether it wants to spend the money to add more police officers to the stations to improve station safety. >>there are 19 job openings for officers and the board members are now considering adding 19 more for sarah stinson has the details from the wannacry bart station. >>police chief is the one proposin

an al qaeda person walking in a qaeda person. an al qaeda person coming in and offering to help us could be dangerous and it could be a misinformation campaign. al qaeda could be trying to accomplish lots of different things through that, or it could be real. >> it could be a crazy person, too. >> it could be a crazy person that has no relationship to al qaeda whatsoever. so you have to figure out by doing the hard work that the bureau is great at in going through in a very detailed way, figuring out, okay, is this true or not, what parts of it are true, what can we verify, what can we not. and how much confidence do we have in it to go about taking actions based on the information from this source? how much confidence do we have that we're going to put this out, for example, to the intelligence community and let them take that and send people overseas into harm's way. we want to make sure we know how important this information is once we start to put it out into the intelligence community and act on it, so you want to do everyth

the thing top of mind for me is whether they mention al qaeda specifically, because i could be a codeword for the use of the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, which many members of congress, republican and democrat, have said is totally outdated, and the administration cannot rely on that as their legal basis to launch 8:00 p.m. to strike against iran. but if we hear the president's top deputies mentioning al qaeda is a big threat, that can be the pretense for them going towards the 2001 authorization, which would spell disaster, in the minds of many democrats. >> and when secretary of state mike pompeo was in europe, he basically got a cold shoulder from european foreign ministers. >> he did. that was interesting, because he was essentially crashing a meeting intended to salvage the iran nuclear deal. mike pompeo was arguably one of the architects of the u.s. pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. he essentially swooped in at the last minute as european foreign ministers were trying to meet and salvage this deal. he really seems as if the administration is intent on mainta

the thing top of mind for me is whether they mention al qaeda specifically, because i could be a codeword for the use of the 2001 authorization for the use of military force, which many members of congress, republican and democrat, have said is totally outdated, and the administration cannot rely on that as their legal basis to launch 8:00 p.m. to strike against iran. but if we hear the president's top deputies mentioning al qaeda is a big threat, that can be the pretense for them going towards the 2001 authorization, which would spell disaster, in the minds of many democrats. >> and when secretary of state mike pompeo was in europe, he basically got a cold shoulder from european foreign ministers. >> he did. that was interesting, because he was essentially crashing a meeting intended to salvage the iran nuclear deal. mike pompeo was arguably one of the architects of the u.s. pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. he essentially swooped in at the last minute as european foreign ministers were trying to meet and salvage this deal. he really seems as if the administration is intent on mainta

s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks for a.p.c.'s to jihad move beals or vehicles packed with explosives then driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town and the border. according to the russian command the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than 100 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also reportedly launched missiles at the russian airbase in may mean you know those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased russia and the regimes decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed its so-called return it she strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical accuracy means what we've seen. we refuse to consider terrorists as untouchable and we'll continue to fight them despite the objections o

s widely viewed as al qaeda is winning in syria nusra front fielded hundreds of jihad for this offensive according to russian intelligence 30 pick up trucks equipped with various guns 7 tanks for a.p.c.'s to jihad no bills or vehicles packed with explosives and driven by suicide bombers as i said a huge offensive aimed at taking a government held town and the border. according to the russian command the syrians held out against 3 waves the jihad the stews in more than 100 fighters for tanks most of their pickup trucks also reportedly launched missiles at the russian airbase in may mean you know those that got close were shot down un security council is none too pleased. neither the syrian army nor the russian air force have been waging military operations against civilians or civilian infrastructure russia and the regime's decision to launch air strikes sends a terrible signal of disregard toward the u.n. political process russia has claimed that its so-called return it she strikes surgical i quote surgical in their precision i hope i do not need medical treatment in moscow if surgical a

john bolton has been very careful about using rhetoric of al qaeda and the extension and willingness to pursue al qaeda because that's ostensibly the foundation for the 2001 intervention in afghanistan, the 2002 intervention in iraq, and so he's use that go same language to pursue potentially iran on the same fronts. >> this is anti-shiite. >> and the evidence is not there that al qaeda is in iran right now, but he's using the previous history and iran's asymmetric attacks on u.s. forces in perhaps syria and elsewhere. add on top of that the layer that not just netanyahu and the israel connection with donald trump but you have the saudi connection as well. donald trump has outsourced foreign policy not just to john bolton but to israel and saudi interests in the middle east. he does not have his own philosophy and theory of the case. >> neocons are like little pez dispensers. a little war comes up. go to iraq, go to war in syria, go to war everywhere, lebanon -- maybe lebanon not. clearly iran is the number one goal. what does trump want, the politics of the hawks of this country wit

which is an offshoot of el ninos are linked to al-qaeda so this is a very serious terrorist organization and it's also a terrorist organization that's in a place with a very large civilian population most of these civilians have been displaced or internally displaced because of the war because of other terrorist organizations and so it's crucial that this area be targeted to undermine these terrorists i think that the concern is whether chemical weapons have been used or whether there have been any such use of chemical weapons because of the large civilian population that has also been terrorized by the strong hold that on his or offshoot h.t.s. has on this area. indonesia's newly reelected president has warned he will not tolerate further deadly unrest which erupted in the wake of his disputed victory on tuesday 6 people were killed and hundreds injured in the violence which spilled over into rioting on wednesday night. i think i was i think i. was sick of was sick i think i think the u.s. embassy in jakarta issued a safety alert to its citizens to avoid the protests these broke out sho