so osama bin laden actually learned from him. so they pain tained a fairly close relationship over time but he broke from the group and denounced terrorism and told osama bin laden you are going to make a huge mistake because they are going to get after you and a lot of innocent muslims will get cools in the process. and that's what the letter addressed just before the 9/11 anniversary this year. saying look you have another chance to do this. you need to take it seriously. >> in that letter he is calling for a cease fire, if you will. what is the reaction? has he heard back from people close to him? and we all asked here, how is he able to get a letter? can he tell us where osama bin laden is so we can end this. but first things first, why is this made public. >> it's an open letter. and the reason for sending the letter was in the minds of some in the intelligence community it was to reach out to muslims who might be on the fence about this whole al-qaeda situation where they decided some years ago they're going to fight the we

i understand what you're saying but i think to liken it creature to osama bin laden are a little bit different because it's fundamentally a different ideology and bin laden has been very public about wanting to destroy america that's what they're using osama bin laden to talk about the defendant in this case which i'm not quite sure if that's really a fair or right or legal to make i kind of connection. character always comes into play and you can always associate if someone is a gang banger then you can show that he's affiliated with a gang and therefore it's more likely than not and his bad acts had something to do with that well i agree that there are certain issues but i don't think they're going to get all of the osama bin laden stuff been in a military tribunal here say is admissible in civil cases there are specific rules and so to say that he subscribes to serious theory they may ask him but you know he's been on the record before are now golani saying well i didn't know i was going to kill americans how does that make it ok he knew he was involved in a scheme to bomb a u.s.

we are going to introduce you to one of osama bin laden's brothers in arms. he'll take us inside pre-9/11 meetings, where he says he told osama bin laden not to attack the united states. now this man, noman benotman, has written an open letter to bin laden, urging him to recognize that his strategy of terrorism has failed. also, what in the world is happening in cuba? is fidel ready to declare the revolution over? but first, a terrific "gps" panel with cnn's new primetime anchor, kathleen parker, french philosopher extraordinaire bernard-henri levi, and others. we'll tackle u.s. politics, middle east peace, iran, and much more. finally, a last look. fighting poverty one step at a time. let's get started. >>> to discuss all of the news from this week both at home and abroad we have one of our star-studded "gps" panels. kathleen parker is the anchor of cnn's new show "parker spitzer," which debuts two weeks from tomorrow. she's also one of america's most widely syndicated columnists. bernard-henri levi is france's best known, some people would say most notoriou

but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engaging in global terrorism would we be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding. and so on he was already involved directly through the years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations. did you think that that would provoke the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going you know it was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding started the soviet union was already involved with the turkey with the guns and i get back to this this idea from your book that eurasia is the spirit important chess player well for. the united states you also mentioned in your book that you're a just us the chessboard out much the struggle for a global primacy continues to be played and the most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states g

we are going to introduce you to one of osama bin laden's brothers in arms. he'll take us inside pre-9/11 meetings, where he says he told osama bin laden not to attack the united states. now this man, noman benotman, has written an open letter to bin laden, urging him to recognize that his strategy of terrorism has failed. also, what in the world is happening in cuba? is fidel ready to declare the revolution over? but first, a terrific "gps" panel with cnn's new primetime anchor, kathleen parker, french philosopher extraordinaire bernard-henri levi, and others. we'll tackle u.s. politics, middle east peace, iran, and much more. finally, a last look. fighting poverty one step at a time. let's get started. >>> to discuss all of the news from this week both at home and abroad we have one of our star-studded "gps" panels. kathleen parker is the anchor of cnn's new show "parker spitzer," which debuts two weeks from tomorrow. she's also one of america's most widely syndicated columnists. bernard-henri levi is france's best-known, some people would say most notoriou

bin laden himself said. some of them describe the reasons why he engaged in terrorism against the west and in fact that so it was not. international terrorism that the taliban was involved in imposing again a star on committed evil concept of society but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism we'd be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so i knew it was already involved directly into the sun for several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know it was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding. the soviet union was already involved militar

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bin laden himself said. some of bin laden described the reasons why he engaged in terrorism against the west and the fact that so it was not. international terrorism that the taliban was involved in imposing enough to understand in medieval concept of society but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism we'd be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so much of it was already involved directly into the sun for several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know approach that was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement. and by the time the funding started the soviet union was

but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism would we be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so i'm sure it was already involved directly through the south for several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know it was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding stuff. the soviet union was already involved militarily with guns there and i get back to this this idea from your book that eurasia is the spirit important chess player if you well for. the united states you also mention in your book that you are a just just a chess board out much of the struggle for global primacy continues to be played and the most immediate

osama bin laden fled across the border into pakistan, and is believed still there to this day. the u.s. response had been effective and proportionate. but terrorism is designed to provoke a disproportionate response. and in time, osama bin laden got everything he had hoped for and more than he could have dreamed of. in justifying the bombing and invasion of iraq in march of 2003, the bush administration connected a series of dots. al qaeda and saddam were said the allies. >> we took down saddam hussein. >> the major general was in charge of training iraqi troops in 2003 and 2004. >> this business of weapons of mass destruction was a complete construct beyonce dom's part, largely to keep -- of saddam hussein's part, largely to keep iranians in the foxholes. >> u.s. troops tied down in iraq and afghanistan. >> i think osama bin laden figures that he has won, because he has made a spends so much when he had to spend so little to the fight. >> back in 2004, bin laden made this video recording. all we have to do, he said, is send two mujahideen it and raise a small piece of cloth on

but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism we'd be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so much of it was already involved directly into the sun for several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in there because they were going in you know it was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement. and by the time the funding started the soviet union was already involved militarily with guns there and i get back to this this idea from your book that eurasia is the spirit important test player if you well for. the united states you also mention in your book that you're a just us the chess board out much of the struggle for global primacy continues to be played and the most immediate task is

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osama bin laden describe the reasons why he engaged in terrorism against the west and the fact that so it was not. international terrorism that the taliban was involved in imposing enough to understand the medieval concept of society but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism we'd be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so much he was already involved directly in through the south for several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know approach that was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding started the soviet union was already involved militarily with guns there so i want to switch gears to another region that were in

osama bin laden described the reasons why he engaged in terrorism against the west and in fact that so it was not. international terrorism the taliban was involved in imposing. in medieval concept of society but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism would we be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding the mujahideen so that he was already involved directly in through the south several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know approach that was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding started the soviet union was already involved quayside militarily with guns i want to switch gears to another region that were influential on the middle ea

but unfortunately it gave a haven to al qaeda osama bin laden and al qaeda had global aspirations and engage in global terrorism we'd be having this conversation now if we didn't expect the soviet union to the former soviet union to invade prior to our funding. and so i knew it was already in full. directly into the sunset several years by the time to funding started the funding started at a time when the soviet union was already making preparations to invade afghanistan did you think that that would provoke the the so far i have no way of knowing but i was assuming they would go in because they were going in you know it was evident there was an escalation of soviet involvement and by the time the funding started the soviet union was already involved quasar militarily with guns there i get back to this this idea from your book that eurasia is the spirit importance chess player if you well for. the united states you also mention in your book that you're a just just a chess board out much of the struggle for global primacy continues to be played and the most immediate task is to make ce

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he allegedly was one of osama bin laden's bodyguards. as a matter of fact, that tape occurred not only before 9/11 but also four defendants who were members of al-qaida were also tried in this very similar case of bombing the embassies in africa. they were convicted. they're serving life in prison. those convictions, shep, only a few months before september 11th. >> eric shawn live in new york city this morning. thank you. the woman accused of faking an acid attack and conning the whole country was in court today. it's her first appearance since her dramatic hospital news conference when she invented the story of her attack. >> i'm trying to stay positive. i'm a happy person. >> maybe not as happy today, though. we'll see what happened when this woman faced the judge. that's coming up. [ male announcer ] you can dream of protecting networks from virtuall any security threat. or, like fortinet, you can dream it and do it. fortinet lists on nasdaq, the world's most innovative can-do exchange. just don't feel like they used to. are you one

bin laden -- and we could have captured osama bin laden. there are an enormous amount of assumptions. if you like the topography of that region, and you look down on the mountains, the flood tells of the himalayan martin -- asked the foothills of the himalayan mountains, with kids and valleys, -- at the time, we have 4000 people in afghanistan, probably even fewer. it was probably closer to 3000 at that time. had we taken 10 times that number of people, it is not clear you could eventually secured the area. even if you assume osama bin laden was there, and you had 10 times the number of people, which could taking you two, three, six months to come in, the notion that he would sit there until we took the six months to bring the people in and even given the terrain be whatever captured him was a gigantic assumption. why did we not have that many people there? we were very conscious of the experiences of the british and the soviets in afghanistan. the soviets had 300,000 people in afghanistan and they lost. we believe that they lost because th

did osama bin laden give his okay? >>> and curtains up. country music's mecca returns to its former glory. >>> and good morning, everyone. thanks for being with us today. we begin, now, with what could be a very wet day along a good part of the eastern seaboard. >> south florida is the area closest to the big storm that is likely to strengthen into tropical storm nicole. some residents have already laid out sandbags in preparation. tropical storm warnings are in effect for key west and south florida counties. those around major cities like miami and ft. lauderdale. >> it's moving north rapidly. accuweather's ava dinges has more. >> the latest tropical system moving for cuba. it's dropping torrential rainfall over cuba. and also, with strong, gusty winds. it's moving into southeastern florida, where miami could pick up four inches of rain just throughout the day. the storm system quickly heading up the east coast, where flooding will again be a concern, into cities like new york and philadelphia. especially into thursday. now, back to you,

he was allegedly a bodyguard at one point for osama bin laden. he's accused of building the bombs for one of those embassy. in court this morning the potential jurors were questioned by the judge. so far 18 people have been excused. the judge so far has kept 37 for the jurors that they need. they are asked questions about terrorism, their feelings about terrorism and the like. at one point the defendant stood up and when he was introduced and looked at the potential jurors and smiled at them. giving a starring role in the potential trial will be osama bin laden h. 0 prosecutors we understand will be playing a television interview of osama bin laden in which he said americans around the globe would be attacked. osama bin laden trying to wage his war against american interests around the globe. by the way, four previous al-qaida suspects have been convicted here of being involved in the bombings in africa. that trial occurred back in 2001. the last conviction just a few months before 9/11. martha martha: the accused bodyguard of osama bin laden on

and osama bin laden was something that we -- the united states cooperated i with in fighting against the sovt union. bacat it ooking right now, i realize it was not a very compassionate thing to say and i regretaving used those worlds. >> but do you believe that u.s. policies led to the world trade center being hit by planes, by terrorists? >> i -- >> you know, there's -- maybe shouldn't -- you feel it wasn' necessarily a politic thing to say, but do you think it's true? >> well, i mean, osama bin laden was something, you know, we had worked with befo and we've ende seen what bin laden did. and the sentiment was bin laden certaiy had shifted, and we see what has happened. and we have to understand what has happenedin order to solve it. but the work that we have to do nowis not about pointing fingers. >> people always say that to me. i don't want to point fingers, when they don't want to necessarily answer the question, which is do you think the u.s. was responsible for those attacks on its own soil by terrorists? >> i was alstrng to say, to share part of my role in bridge building, s

and osama bin laden was something that we -- the united states -- cooperated with in fighting against the soviet union. however, looking back at it right now, i realize it was not a very compassionate thing to say and i regret having used those worlds. >> but do you believe that u.s. policies led to the world trade center being hit by planes, by terrorists? >> i -- >> you know, there's -- maybe shouldn't -- you feel it wasn't necessarily a politic thing to say, but do you think it's true? >> well, i mean, osama bin laden was something, you know, we had worked with before and we've seen what bin laden did. and the sentiment certainly was bin laden has shifted, and we see what has happened and we have to understand what has happened in order to solve it, but we -- the work that we have to do now is not about pointing fingers. >> people always say that to me. i don't want to point fingers, when they don't want to necessarily answer the question, which is do you think the u.s. was responsible for those attacks on its own soil by terrorists? >> i was also trying to say, to share part of my

when you have not is osama bin laden. tomorrow will be the ninth year since americans were killed. the last administration had seven years and could not do it. what you said as president- elect, use of capturing osama bin laden is a critical step in setting out al qaeda. he is not just a symbol, but the leader of an organization planning attacks on the u.s. do you still believe that it is a critical policy to capture or kill him. you campaigned saying that you would run a smarter war on terror. you have not captured him. you do not seem to know where he is. >> capturing or killing the layton would be extremely important to our national security. -- capturing or killing been laden would be extremely important to our national security. we have put the pressure on al qaeda and their leaders. as a consequence, they have been holed up and making it harder for them to operate. as a consequence, some of the layton has gone deep underground. -- osama bin laden has gone deep underground. but we have the best minds, the best intelligence officers, the best special forces who are thinking abo

megyn: she was talking about osama bin laden in case you didn't know. my next guest has a lot of experience dealing with this. she has a brand-new book, dirty sectionee politics. she is sitting on top of an elephant. thank you for being here meghan. there is a double standard. when this patti murray thing broke it was after 9/11. we knew what osama bin laden was capable of. thee says, look he's a terrorist a bad guy. she talks about how he is building daycare centers and healthcare centers, which, i mean, come on, really osama bin laden daycare centers? and so it got some coverage back then. the point is, as she runs against dean owe rossi, he's shown one point ahead since being 7 points behind, not a word has been spoken. christine o'donnell has she been held to a different standard? has a woman like sarah palin be held to a double standard. >> the fact i had never heard the statement until literally when i was coming on the show and they showed me the clip from it. i definitely think there is a double standard. any time a republican woman says anythin

bin laden will be brought up quite a bit during this trial. >> well, in fact, osama bin laden is named in the 1998 indictment for the african embassy bombings. so there's a long legal connection between the two. >> all right. thank you, pete. >>> the former housekeeper of meg whitman is ausing the republican candidate for governor of exploiting her emotionally and financy. the housekeeper, an undocumented worker, says that whitman knew she was in the country illegally. today her attorney, gloria alred, announced a claim for unpaid wages with the state of california. >> we are here today so that meg whitman's nanny and housekeeper can talk about what it was really like to be employed by meg whitman in her home for nine years. in short, it was a nightmare. >> mark murray's nbc news deputy political director. was there any proof provided? what else was said? >> i haven't seen the proof. the campaign held a conference call just a few minutes ago before this press conference to prebut some of the charges. while the woman had been working for meg whitman for nine years, she had actually file

. >> law firm source tells us this morning that osama bin laden may have signed off on the plan. homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve has more from her sources. she's live in washington this morning. what do we know? >> well, john and kiran, the volume seems to be turned up on threat information about possible terror strikes in europe. according to multiple sources in europe and the u.s., the intelligence has raised concern about a mumbai-style attack that would create a lot of casualties and a lot of chaos in a short period of time. according to law enforcement sources in the u.s., economic institutions including banks and stock exchanges are among the possible targets. and one of those sources says the belief is that osama bin laden may have signed off on the plan. so who would carry this out? officials say the intel indicates people with western passports who can travel easily throughout europe. one federal law enforcement source says they may not all be european but could be a mix including north africans, pakistanis, and others. the source of much of the informatio

in fact, in the most direct sense, osama bin laden is made in the usa. >> the, you ha said when people run that various snippet, that that is taken out of context. what's the context?as >> well, i was describing the fact that the united states had actually worked with the taliban, cooperated with the mujahadin. e mujahadin were vips during the reagan white house administration. and osama bin laden was something that we -- the united states cooperated with in fighting against the soviet union. however, looking back at it right now, i realize it was not a very compassionate thing to say and i regret having used those worlds. >> but do you believe that u.s. policies led to the world trade center being hit by planes, by terrorists? >> i -- >> you know, there's -- maybe shouldn't -- you feel it wasn't necessarily a politic thing to say, but do you think it's true? >> well, i mean, osama bin laden was something, you know, we had worked with before and we've seen what bin laden did. and the sentiment was bin laden certainly had shifted, and we see what has happened. and we have to understand

in fact, osama bin laden wants this. that's his strategy is to get this war against islam its not a war against islam. the majority of islam is all with us on this fight. helping us in this fight. and this is not a country about hate. never has been. we've got to recognize that. we've got to frankly deal with the majority of islam in good faith and show that we're willing to work with them as they're willing to work with us to get rid of this bad element that did this terrible event on 9/11 and would like to hurt us again if they possibly could. >> schieffer: well, governor, i just saw congressman ellison shaking his head. we have about 20 seconds... in agreement with you. about 20 seconds left. congressman, just a final thought. >> a final thought is that i'm looking and talking with my colleagues about how we could perhaps pull together a bill to help study radicalization. we don't know enough about it. we're operating on anecdotes. i think we need to move forward with governor kaine's analysis and recommendation and i

and osama bin laden was something that we -- the united states cooperated with in fighting the soviet union. however, looking back at it right now, realize it was not a very compassionate thing to say and i regret having used those worlds. >> but do you believe that u.s. policies led to the world trade center being hit by planes, by terrorists? >> um, i -- >> you know, there's -- maybe shouldn't -- you feel it wasn't necessary, politic thing to say but do you think it's true? >> well, i mean, osama bin laden was something, you know, we had worked with before and we seen what bin laden did. and the sentiment certainly was bin laden has shifted and we see what has happened and we have to understand what has happened in order to solve it, but we, we -- the work that we have to do now is not about pointing fingers. >> people always say that to me, didn't want to point fingers, when they don't want to necessarily answer the question, which is do you think the u.s. was responsible for those attacks on its own soil by terrorists? >> i was also trying to say, to share part of my role in bridg

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osama bin laden himself may have signq" off on this plot. >> american forces are extremely nervous about what is going on. the germans are extremely nervous about what is going on. german officials say some of the recruits came from the same lost with the 9/11 -- the same mosque where 9/11 terrorist attended. >>> and afghanistan most of the fighting has ended. u.s. soldiers have militants on har province. have militants on now the afghan governsq't is moving in, trying to restore order and rebuild schools in an area that has long been under taliban control. >> president obama will be in virginia later today. he is stopping and richmond to talk about his administration's ation's economy. this was designed to drum up democratic excitement in the countdown to election day. >> by day the president is talking of economic progress. >> the challenges and the that the economy faces are still great, but we are on the right pass. >> by night he is rallying voters like he did at the university of wisconsin. recent polls shows the enthusiasm is largely on the republican side. there was no enthusiasm

and officials say the captured german claimed the attack had been personally blessed by osama bin laden, a claim that has not yet been validated. u.s. officials say the threat is considered current and active, and intelligence officials in europe and the u.s. are in constant contact and that president obama has been fully briefed on the threat. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> classes resume today at the university of texas in austin after gunfire erupted on a sprawling campus. police had the school locked down when a student wearing a ski mask opened fire with an assault rifle. the shooter was identified as 19-year-old colton tooley. after opening fire he headed into a library where he turned the gun on himself. no other students were injured. >>> a sky west airlines commuter jet was forced to make an emergency landing at milwaukee's airport after the landing gear got stuck. the incident was captured on a passenger's cell phone. 39 people were on board. luckily, no one was injured. last weekend a commuter jet made by the very same company also made an emergency landing here in new y

osama bin laden is from saudi arabia. the people who funded the sunni insurgents who attacked our troops in iraq, from saudi arabia and the fundamentalist islam being taught all over the world from saudi arabia. does this mean we shouldn't do any business with saudi arabia? to be fair, they kicked out osama bin laden. no, this isn't about that. this is about how our government works and if you're friendly with our contractors, wrou get the goods. if you don't want to do business with us, you get invaded. on 9/11, you know what iraq had to do with 9/11? nothing. this is the relationship. none. zero. zilch. squat. nothing. nothing to do with 9/11. meanwhile, saudi arabia, 15 out of 19 guys. more important, when we were fighting in iraq, the sunni insurgents were being funded by saudi arabia. our government said that. $25 million in one case. many more millions in other cases. they're killing our soldiers. we're selling weapons to them. nobody mentioned that. we don't do business with hussein. then look at the ground zero mo

the selection does not seem to be about osama bin laden. -- this election does not seem to be about osama bin laden. some event that would convince a large number of americans that the health care reform was a stroke of brilliance, it is hard to say what that event would be between now and november 1. a discovery by someone in the office of management and budget that there was an accounting error -- [laughter] and the national debt was actually $1.30 trillion and not $13 trillion. those are things that could seriously disrupt the dynamic today because it would undercut the basis of the dynamic. you could never be sure until the votes are counted what will happen. there are situations where people think they will met -- make big gains and do not. without making too firm of a prognostication, i would be somewhat surprised if some of these things materialize to disrupt the dynamics underway right now. thank you. [applause] >> first, i want to say how excited i am to be here. the claremont panels are sort of famous amidst all of the stuff that apsa. there is a meeting in the catacombs that in

and now, our guest has been to afghanistan many times and lived down the street from osama bin laden and the author of "the world's most dangerous places," so help us understood how big a deal this man is. >>guest: the reason he stands out he is a u.s. citizen. as you know, he was part of the lethal finding that was controversial weapon it was decided he could be taken out by what other means necessary. there are 72 special forces advisors in yemen with a robust covert program for five years. instead of doing it in a covert fashion, they have decided to engage the yemen military, of course, special forces jobs to be part of this so it looks like they are taking care of their problem. what is interesting to me of the story is we have shifted it out of our lethal assassination program into supporting the yemen get rid of their problems. >>shepard: he is at the top of the capture/kill list. how does that happen as an american citizen? >> you have to be linked to lethalness, meaning his connection with the ft. hood shooter is correct, and he is someone that actively tries to convert peop

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the information comes after questioning a captured suspected german jihadist who claimed osama bin laden personally approved the plot. >> the american authorities are extremely nervous about what is going on. the germans are extremely nervous about what is going on. >> reporter: officials are now looking for other radicalized germans who may have been trading in pakistan for a commando-style raid similar to the attack in mumbai india two years ago. just last week, the head of the fbi testified on capitol hill about increased worries of non-specific new threats. >> despite the significant counterterrorism pressure abroad, al-qaeda continues to be committed to high-profile attacks, directed at the west, including plans against europe as well as the homeland. >> officials say some of the recruits they're seeking were from the same german mosque where 9/11 terrorists gathered. officials closed that mosque last month after discovering the plot. >>> time now is 5:35. parents and safety advocates are calling on congress to establish federal standards for teenaged driver's licenses. a father who

why have we not found osama bin laden nine years after the fact? >> well, you know, the world has billions of people on it. and finding one person has always proved difficult when they don't want to be found. but as general petraeus said in your piece, he is out there. he is influential. he is still issuing orders. and he's still issuing orders to attack the united states. >> you were in the white house, as we said, nine years ago, on 9/11. as you look out at the world right now and you survey our anti-terror defenses in this country, what keeps you up at night? what is our biggest vulnerability? >> well, it's still possible for a handful of people, even if al qaeda is reduced to 150 or 200 people. it's still possible for 10 or 12 to come to the united states. they could even be people with american passports who went overseas and got trained and came back. to get into the united states and cause an attack. it's always going to be possible, no matter what we do. so, we have to anticipate that there will be another attack. and we have to think about

filmmaker laura portrus he shows yemen, osama bin laden's ancestral homeland, as the setting for her documentary entitled "the oath." her film profiles two men, both connected to bin laden, abu jindal, bin laden's former bodyguard, staffers effectively of bin laden's, who was free in yemen and the man's brother-in-law, salem handan, bin laden's former driver, now imprisoned in guantanamo bay. >> i do not represent the united states. i represent only salon hamdan. >> alleged that mr. hamdan conspired to commit terrorism. >> and here with us with more on the film is laura portrus. what's "the oath"? >> the oath is abu jindal made to osama bin laden in which he ultimately, in the end, betrayed. >> and what is it? >> i mean it was basically a pledge of complete loyalty, i will follow the leadership, no matter what and he broke away from t. >> why did you go there and do this and how much did you feel that you, yourself, were endangered by being there as a single american citizen, woman no less, in a country that is -- has the reputation this does? >> mm-hmm. well, before this film, i mad

the information comes after questioning a captured suspected jihadist who reportedly claimed osama bin laden personally approved the plot. >> the american authorities are extremely nervous about what is going on. the germans are extremely nervous about what is going on. >> reporter: officials are looking for other radicalized germans who may have been training in pakistan for a commando-style raid. officials say they do not know details of a specific time or place of the attack. the head of the fbi testified on capitol hill about increased worries of non-specific new threats. >> reporter: despite the significant counterterrorism pressure abroad, al-qaeda continues to be committed to high-profile attacks directed at the west including plans against europe as well as the homeland. officials closed a mosque last month after discovering the plat. >>> 6:34 in ohio, a toddler's birthday party became a nightmare when a brawl erupted involving about 75 people. the fight was between the birthday girl's father and the mother's boyfriend and fueled by alcohol. it quickly escalated into something

one that you have not is osama bin laden. tomorrow will be the nine years since he masterminded the killing of 3000 americans. you said capturing or killing osama bin laden is a critical aspect of stamping out al qaeda. do you still believe it is a critical part of your policy to capture or kill him, and is it not a failure of your administration? he campaigned saying you would run a smarter war on tariffs and the bush administration. if you have not captured him, and you do not seem to know where he is. >> i think capturing or killing osama bin laden would be extremely important to our national security. it does not solve all of our problems, but it remains a high priority of this said administration. one of the things we have been successful at is ramping up the pressure on al qaeda and their key leaders. as a consequence, they have been held up in ways that have made them -- made it harder for them to operate. osama bin laden has gone deeper underground as a result. even another key leader has been much more cautious. we h

osama bin ladins first assistant. spent two-years in gann tan know bay in cuba and he's running large camp and just down that the united states, 212 mash units. what's going on is they're agenda is to get people to be dependent and indoctrinate the violent islam. unfortunately we're a nonprofit in the states if we go into the camps or talk with anybody there we're affiliating with a terrorist organization and shut down by the, irs so we created a viral incubator for terrorists similar to what happened in afghanistan in 99. i showed this on capitol hill and they told me this was a classified photo. i took this beside the road here and you know, just to - i think this is news that should be broadcast all over. that the international community, pakistan government, nobody cares about the education of those children. one dollar per month child instead we're sending 9 $20,000 tomahawk cruise my siels when the cost of one we could build 50 schools and over a generation to educate 10,000 children. do you think that photo sho

that this plot was personally approved by osama bin laden, an indication, if true, that he is still alive and still directly involved in trying to attack the west in a spectacular way. u.s. officials said tonight the threat is considered current and active, and intelligence officials in europe and the u.s. are in constant contact and that president obama has been fully briefed on the threat. cynthia? >> a most sobering report. our thank, brian. >>> when we come back, we take a sharp turn towards a si s a "si the times" that really packs a punch. a baby generating data in a neo-natal ward. every heart beat, every breath, every anomaly... from over a thousand pieces of unique information per second. helping doctors find new ways to detect life threatening infections up to 24 hours sooner. on a smarter planet... analyze the data and you can predict what will happen faster. so you can do what they're doing in toronto... and build a smarter hospital. let's build a smarter planet. words alone aren't enough. our job is to listen and find ways to help workers who lost their jobs to the spill. i'm