so the two are important figures in the al qaeda network. >> with the absence of the two men, is al qaeda significantly weaker? >> i'm not quite sure because the structure of al qaeda is not depending on - dependent on individuals, to put it into context, the local fran guise answers to global al qaeda. it tells you how spread this group is in many parts of the world. it is certainly a blow, but they have replacements for any of their leaders that are targeted by the u.s., or even by the yemeni government. it is not knew. al qaeda affiliated fighters, or their leaders - it's been going on for years. omar al saleh on the death of two al qaeda leaders in yemen >>> now to the u.s. where president obama's party lost the senate. the republicans have taken control of the houses of congress. this will limit what al qaeda can do. mike hanna reports from washington. >> a man likely to be the new senate majority leader. mitch mcconnell has celebrated a win. one easier to be predicted, and one that sweeps the tone. >> tomorrow the papers will say "i won this race." but the truth is - the truth is to

consider this on al jazeera america >>> attacking al-qaeda in its strong hold. shia houthi fighters in yemen make significant military gains against the group. ♪ >>> you are watching al jazeera live from our head dquarters in doha. al jazeera takes you to a key oil town where iraqi forces say they have taken control from isil. >>> protests in the occupied west bank despite a move by israel to ease tension. >>> and the head of the drugs firm arrested in india over botch botched sterilizations that killed 14 women. ♪ >>> hello, shia houthi rebelling in yemen are making significant military gains in an al-qaeda strong hold. there has been heavy fighting there between rebels and sunni tribesmen backed by al-qaeda. >> reporter: sunni tribesmen on the front line. the fighting has intensified in this pre.com -- predominantly sunni area. this territory belongs to an al-qaeda affiliate. its commanders are tapping into the deep-seated anger of the houthis. >> translator: it was handed over to the houthis who are now expanding and the americans are helping them. the u.

that figure was in charge of al qaeda. the more important and significant figure is shawki al-badani. he is considered to be in charge of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he is designated as a global head of al qaeda. it is a big blow in yemen. >> presidents of ghana, nigeria, and senegal are meeting and the head at the moment, trying to persuade them to hand back rule. the army forced the president to resign. live to the capital. >> what are the west african leaders hoping to achieve. >> well, the three presidents are in the -- behind me. of all of players, the region probably has the most to gain or lose. they need the country to be stable. they'll probably give incentives to step down and persuade the colonel to step down and give governance to a civilian government. the three men have meetings. at the end of the day they give a press conference. only then will we know what is discussed. if it steps down, when will that likely be? >> well, that's the talk of the town. we sit on the radio and see people discussing. if

. >> reporter: sources close to al qaeda faces in bayda province told al jazeera that u.s. drone strikes on a vehicle carrying four people, including these leaders took place late monday among the dead. there were four killed. the most important is shawki al-badani, considered the leader of sharia, the local name for the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was in that attack. that was in charge of al qaeda. the more important and significant figure is shawki al-badani. considered to be in charge. al qaeda in the arabian peninsu peninsula, and is designated as a global terrorist for plots against the capital here. it's a blow for al qaeda in yemen >>> activists say government forces are behind an attack near idlib province. u.s.-backed rebels lost ground with the al qaeda-linked al nusra front gaining territory. >> iraqi forces are advancing on the key northern oil refinery town of baiji. the pictures show government troops exchanging fire with i.s.i.l. fighters. b baiji is home to an oil refinery. >> let's go to the u.s. republicans take control of both houses of congress

looks the had -- >> the head about qaeda -- the head of al iraq al qaeda in should keep iraq. these are two separate organizations. al qaeda in iraq says we do not agree with this decision, so they are kicked out. there is a really funny john stuart episode. qaeda in iraq has become so bad, so difficult to deal with, al qaeda felt they were too bloody, and to buy lent -- and to violent. how bad do you have to be for al qaeda leaders to kick you out of their organization? this is the origin of isis. we have seen some tension between al qaeda and isis over the past 10 months, particularly in north africa, south asia, competing for a range of jihadist groups. twould say we have competing major global jihadist movements. one led by al qaeda and one led by isis. isis has a long history. we know this group well. >> is interesting how often metaphors from the field of epidemiology and public health, and to our security round -- come into our security round. ebola, should we try to intervene in africa and stamp this out before it becomes a pandemic and creates bigger problems for us i

to you think we have isis if we have al qaeda in iraq? if we did not make sure we contained that area. what i am saying is we need to send a message back to the world, congress wants in on this. people elected to congress of the united states not just to sit back and twiddle our thumbs, we need to reach out and give this president the backbone he needs if we are going to solve this financial situation and demand that these emanations or muslim nations not only put them. on the ground to fight and take back their religion that has been hijacked but put forth every effort they can and work cooperatively and to make sure no way are they contributing to this and if they are would you look like fools in america to continue to give the taxpayers of millions of our taxpayer dollars to these nations when they are on one hand take our money and on the other hand support these terrorist groups as iran is doing, hezbollah and hamas, saudi arabia or originated al qaeda, you have an al shabaab, egypt and coming the with the brotherhood, muslim brother

but we refer to it more in terms of its al qaeda core down range. where it's had at least four senior operatives in the last year to syria to take advantage of the chaos and have some sanctuary and then continue to plan worldwide operations. so with what happened, if the french bomb maker, french citizen was taken out, is significant. because the danger here over the preceding months is that the the al-qaeda affiliate, the most lethal one in yemen, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, has sent bomb-making expertise up into syria. >> right. and what about akbar al sham, talk about that group. and they also fight amongst one another. >> it's -- as they say, these groups are -- it's the old name for syria, sham. the khorasan group is the islamic name for pakistan and india. they're going back to this idea of a caliphate and whether they swear allegiance to baghdadi, the head of isis or not. it will change from day to day. the point is, they can do us damage, and the big question is, will they. and what's taking them so long to do it. because i think they

al qaeda and the al nusra front, there are reports it may be merging with isis. what do you know about that? >> there was supposedly a meeting for four hours. remember, al qaeda told isis, we don't want you here, we don't like you cutting people's heads off, we think that you hurt us. now, the al nusra front, which is part of al qaeda, is focused more on their region. where al qaeda is focused more on the united states and our allies and attempting to do whatever they can to perform attacks on americans and our allies and israel also. >> there are reports that this khorasan group and other al qaeda splinter groups are broker thing deal between al nusra and isis. >> khorasan is a group, they've been around for a while. they come basically from pakistan. but they are very smart. they're trying to develop bombs that can get through detection. they're trying to develop bombs that can go into laptops. they're trying to find a way to do whatever they can to attack the united states or allies. and really khorasan is at this point just as dangerous as isis. isis is still

qaeda and they changed their name to al qaeda in iraq in had an affiliate by december 2004 at which point they fought the americans for the rest for all of those in in what happens briefly is the syrian insurgency starts. >> that al qaeda and in iraq at once both syria and iraq this is like a feud. >> the head of the assault -- al qaeda educates a growing dispute between individuals in syria and al qaeda and iraq with control variants. and he says they should keep iraq in the others keep syria. to separate organizations. al qaeda iraq says we don't authorize or agree with this decision so they are kicked out and there is actually a funny john stuart episode because he says al qaeda in iraq has become so bad and so difficult to deal with that al qaeda itself how bad you have to be for leaders to kick you out? this is the origin of isis. it claims it has got whole region so we clearly see tension between al qaeda and isis over the past 10 months. particularly with africa and the self a shed to compete they fought on the ground. so we have but spices has a long history. any army office

the most the afghan forces can hope to do is to contain al-qaeda. and they say they are up to the task. >> a wave of explosions has killed 48 people and injured 9 others. in the past 24 hours six car bombs were set off in central baghdad and shia muslim neighborhoods killing 32 people. in are a ma'a ramadi a booby-trapped house killing six people. >> 15 people were killed and others wounded when a truck was driven into a police convoy. >>> fighters of the islamic state in iraq and the levant have been attacked in an airstrike between iraq and syria. witnesses say that isil was targeted near the border crossing. it's not clear whether the strike was carried out by iraqi or u.s. coalition aircraft. >>> videos showing beheadings of journalists and aid works by isil are spreading fear. but isil isn't the only using the media as a weapon of war. >> this program is for the liberation of mosul to isil, said the presenter. she said she's taking controls on air from people who are suffering from isil in northern iraq. she used to broadcast from mosul. the st

linked to al qaeda. >> there are elements of al sham that has been in association with al qaeda affiliates. we know that much. >> stand by, mr. chairman. we have a lot more to talk about, including this letter that the president of the united states wrote to the supreme leader of iran. what's going on? stay tuned. more breaking news right after this. turn the trips you have to take, into one you'll never forget. earn points for every flight and every hotel. expedia plus rewards. [car revving] [car revving] ♪ ♪ [car revving] introducing the first ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe. once driven, there's no going back. but i've managed.e crohn's disease is tough, except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. and when i finally told my doctor, he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis.

he's in charge of al qaeda in that area. the more important and significant figure is shawki al-badani. he is considered to be in charge of the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula here in yemen. he's designated as a global terrorist for plots against the u.s. embassy in the capital sanaa. it's a big blow for al qaeda here in yemen >>> to the united states where president barack obama's party lost the senate. the republicans will take control of both houses of congress. this will limit what president obama can do in the final two years. at home and abroad. mike hanna reports from washington. >> the man who is likely to be the new senate majority leader. mitch mcconnell, celebrates his win in kentucky, far easier than predicted, and one that set the tone for a night of sweeping gains in both houses of congress. tomorrow the papers say "i have won this race." the truth is tonight we begin another, one that is more important than mine. that is a race to turn this country around. >> reporter: a run-off was predicted in the georgia

there's no more al qaeda. so no taliban and no al qaeda. however there were tens of thousands of u.s. troops on the ground with mandate to fight a war on terror. mostly special forces soldiers, who were there with map debt to fight war but didn't have an enemy to fight. this is a contradiction, and the way this contradiction was resolved is actually the way in which the war sort of reconstituted itself. and the contradiction was resolved through the alliances that the u.s. made with various local actors, and i call them warlords essentially. so, at the time almost all intelligence that the u.s. was getting was sourced from local war lords. people like jmk, a character in my book. so, cia or special forces operators would ask jmk who are the tall been in your area? he would say this person and this person and that person. in fact, most of them weren't taliban or the actual taliban were working with the afghan government. so what ended up happening is that really at the people who are personal rivals of the warlords became falsely labeled as

sunnis than turn on al qaeda. what happened after that was when the united states left in 2011, the shia government in baghdad, which is incredibly corrupt, relentlessly when after the sunnis. they persecuted them to the extent i don't think people behind the violence that. this wasn't just excluding the sunnis from government but actively killing them, actively chasing them from their homes, actively arresting them in mass numbers to the point that the sunnis have revolted and have thrown their weight behind this group, the islamic state, which is the successor to al qaeda in iraq. what you see is this horrible group islamic state that is very barbaric with this extreme religious fanaticism and ideology behind them, but they are receiving support of many sunni arabs in the area in iraq and syria because of the alternatives to the islamic forces thatvernment the sunnis see as much worse to them than the islamic state. my alternative to the u.s. bombing campaigns or the was military intervention is this -- this is

that was not clear to me until al qaeda and iraq erupted. i traced back the origin of that group. >> this is also connected to anwar sadat, too. >> zarqawi had the cap and -- camp in afghanistan. that became isis. from the very beginning, he wanted to affiliate with al qaeda. bin laden was ambivalent about it. at first, he wanted zarqawi to be in al qaeda and that he did not. they finally did agree. but he could not control him. he was so savage -- even al qaeda back then was saying, do you have to cut off their heads? can't you just shoot them? do you intend to kill all the shiites? do you think that is practical? the problem with al qaeda, they were so bottled up and they were not acting. here is zarqawi rampaging all over iraq and drawing these passionate, young young jihadis. his goal was to three create is -- was to create the islamic civil war that is now underway. >> and there was the lieutenant to zawahiri. >> he had been in an american prison camp. it is interesting the role the president has played in -- that prison has played in r

. >>> now the commander of nato troops has told al jazeera that al-qaeda is still hiding in the country. they were to be irradicate, but still the fighters are still at large. >> six kill motors from the pakistan border, an area still hotly contested by the taliban the local people here ar don't believe in borders. it's where afghanistan and pakistan merge as one and easy place for al-qaeda to operate. as nato forces pull out of of this conflict, the group they came to wipe out is still here. >> yes, i think there continues to be an al-qaeda presence here. i think there has been a continued fight against that in the last 13 years. there has been damage on some of the leadership of some of the fighters. there continues to be an presence in afghanistan. >> was the mission an impossible mission? >> i think the mission over time has evolved. i think we continue to take a hard look not only of al-qaeda but other insurgents groups that facilitate them. if you're sitting in the united states. if you're sitting in england today, you don't worry about al-qaeda. >> but these afghan soldiers are w

al qaeda thinking isis was going too far, too far for al qaeda, if you can imagine that. but there may be a detente now with isis. you see it in their numbers. i comes from success as they've taken over this territory in syria and iraq, they've drawn foreign fighters at 1,000 a month. that's put them at that level of success, given them more providence. you can argue that al qaeda needs isis to some degree. >> and isis is making huge gains in iraq, huge gains in syria. and now there's a worrisome report they may be aiming for the largest arab country and maybe the most important one, that would be egypt. >> no question. this is another case of isis's success reaping rewards. it's why foreign fighters flock to iraq and syria to join isis because they've seen isis have this success taking over territory but also now with the u.s.-led air campaign in effect standing up to the west, despite the great military power of the u.s. military. and you have another group now. what's interesting about this, too, this might be the good side. as you have these groups unite, you have mor

these other groups, jake, al nusra, other groups in iraq tied to al qaeda. they are saying, look, our top priority is isis and the khorasan group but the other groups are mixed in at various locations. if they happen to get killed in a strike, so be it. the pentagon insists it's not targeting them outright, at least not now. jake? >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you so much. >>> while the u.s. air campaign continues to target all manner of terrorist outposts, the goal of the past day strikes was to take out this french bomber. intelligence officials say drugeon was a key bomb maker with an evolving arsenal. he was reportedly working on a palm-size explosive that could blow a hole in a 777. pamela brown has more. what can you tell us about this bomb maker david drugeon. >> sources say that he was one of the most active bomb makers within the khorasan group. that makes him one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world. initially they were going to develop metallic devices that could be put on a plane that would be assembled and used to blow up the

qaeda and isil's predecessor al qaeda in iraq. so we have over the years used this authority to designate in more than two dozen individuals and entities some of whom are in the current manifestation of isil, some of whom are part of isil east ant see dent in al qaeda and iraq. we are continuing to look for opportunities to use this tool to designate these individuals. as you note, it freezes their assets. it prevents their use of the u.s. financial system. but equally importantly, it also has ramifications overseas. >> i understand what it does, but we only have four people on the list. so is this an intelligence challenge? is it a priority challenge? again, what should be our expectation here? >> specifically with regard to your question on the oil trade, there is work that needs to be done to get better insight into precisely who is involved in that oil trade. is our intel agencies are working day and night to develop that intelligence. we're working with partners in the region as well to help us gain better insight into that.

saudi arabia originated al qaeda. you got al shabaab. egypt coming up with the brotherhood of muslim brotherhood. come on. only a joint strong resolution working with the president, then this nation will take the united states seriously on this. what do you say about that? >> congressman, let me just address your last point about a resolution coming out of congress. the administration has requested authorization for the effort against isil. and i think the president and the administration has been very clear that we are stronger when congress, as you say, has its back bone into this. and i think the administration is looking to work with congress for authorization for this. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. posey for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, is isis engaged in any narco trafficking? >> congressman, not that i'm aware of sitting right here. but let me ensure that there's -- there's not something i don't know about it but i'm not aware of any narco

al qaeda? >> yes, al qaeda. >> reporter: he told us he joined al qaeda in yemen because he was angered by the u.s. invasion of iraq. i'm an infidel. if you had met me at that point, would you have tried to kill me? >> of course. >> reporter: but after al qaeda asked him to become a suicide bomber, he came home and turned himself in. what did they want you to do? "they told me i should wear a suicide vest and blow up a building," he said, "but that wouldn't have achieved anything. and even if it did, i wouldn't have been around to see it." saudi arabian officials admit that rehabilitation doesn't always work, but they've had some spectacular failures. when saudi police arrested 88 suspected al qaeda operatives in september, they discovered that 59 of them had been through reform programs and were then released. holly williams, cbs news, jeddah, saudi arabia. >> that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. >>> and today, it is wed

the rise of al-qaeda, the rise of the houthi rebels, poverty, and declining economy. the days ahead are going to be extremely, extremely delicate for the government and for yemenese in general. >>> there have been vying lenth con frontations in the occupied west bank between palestinians and the israeli police. police fired tear gas and stun grenades at stone-throwing protesters. it comes as israel lifts age restrictions on muslims who pray at the al-aqsa mosque. >> reporter: you can see israeli security forces trying to disperse the crowd. they are firing tear gas and using stun grenades. again, this is a scene that has been going on here for -- for fwheter part of a few hours. again, as israeli security forces confront the protesters. you can see it is a pretty volatile situation as they try to disperse these crowds. these crowds aren't huge, they only number in the dozens, but, again, it's enough to warrant this kind of response. in the background of all of this, of course is concessions made by the israeli government to allow people to pray at the al-aqsa mosque.

he is said to have been ordered to form the terrorist cell by the leader of al qaeda. the defense argued the link was not sufficiently established. >> in the more than 160 days of the trial, there was no hearing of the evidence in the classical sense. there were hours of conversations, and we learned a lot about al qaeda, but we never got roof of any offenses committed. >> the trial of the dusseldorf cell was one of the longest and most comprehensive terrorist trials in recent german history. >> our correspondent has been covering the trial in dusseldorf. some observers found the sentences relatively light. what reasons had to judge given for that? >> in previous cases where islamist terrorists had been convicted of carrying out attacks in germany, the sentences have been somewhat higher. in this case, the judge pronounced sentences that were somewhat low with the federal prosecutor was asking for. she said that was because she had taken into account these men at the dusseldorf al qaeda cell had not yet completed their preparations for building the bomb and the idea fo

there continues to be an al qaeda presence in afghanistan. >> was the mission to eradicate al qaeda from afghanistan impossible. >> i'm not going to say it's knbility. that's 13 -- impossible. that's 13 years ago. the mission evolved. we continued to take a hard look at al qaeda, and other groups that facilitate them. if you sit in the united states, in england today you don't worry about al qaeda. >> these african soldiers are worried. their base comes under repeated attack. they held the ground until now thanks to n.a.t.o. support. >> translation: our only need is for air support for planes. whenever we go on an operation, we need to be in contact with the air. when we case the enemy, we need air strikes. it's impossible to do the job without it. >> the air force is not just needed in the fight, but to evacuate the wounded. the general says the afghan airport is growing in strength. >> we continue to train the pilots and their nurses, their medics to be able to perform this care. they continue to get better and better. >> the new afghan president does not grey. president ashraf ghani v

he did have access to some of the leaders of al qaeda. so i think you at least have to listen to him and try to figure out if what he says checks out. >> at least the justice department is looking into this. i want to circle back around and talk about saudi arabia. they have denied these claims citing quote no evidence to link them in anyway to september 11th and the 9/11 commission cleared the saudi government but there are 28 pages of the report regarding saudi arabia and those remain classified. but what is your take? is there anything, any concrete evidence linking the two? >> well, there is in the sense that saudi society and this was actually mentioned in the 9/11 report that saudi society has really enabled this kind of radical ideology that spawned al qaeda, that radical leg of islam was at the core of all of this. it's been very disingenuous to call saudi arabia one of the moderate arab countries. it was not moderate in the least. it just may be more moderate when you start to compare to it the islamic state because the saudis fe

there continues to be an al qaeda presence in afghanistan. >> was the mission to eradicate al qaeda from afghanistan an impossible mission. >> i'm not going speak of an impossible mission, it's 13 years ago. the mission evolved. we continue to take a hard look at not only al qaeda, but other groups that facilitate them. you know, if you sit in the united states, if you sit in england today you don't worry about al qaeda. >> these afghan soldiers are worried. their base comes under attack, and they held this ground until now, thanks to n.a.t.o. air support. >> our only need is for air support for planes. when we go on an operation we need to be in contact with the air. when we face the enemy, we need air strikes. it's impossible to do the job in kuehna without it. >> the airfors is not just needed in the fight, but to evacuate the wounded. the general says the afghan airport is growing in strength. >> we continue to train their pilo pilots, nurses, medition to perform the care. they are getting better and better. >> the new afghan president ashraf ghani voiced concerns that if afghan troo

al qaeda? >> yeah, al qaeda. >> reporter: he told us he joined al qaeda in yemen because he was angered by the u.s. invasion of iraq. i'm an infidel. if you had met me at that point, would you have tried to kill me? >> of course. ( laughs ) >> reporter: but after al qaeda asked him to become a suicide bomber, he came home and turned himself in. r at did they want you to do? "they told me i should wear a suicide vest and blow up a building," he said. "but that wouldn't have achieved anything. and even if it did, i wouldn't have been around to see it." saudi arabian officials admit rehabilitation doesn't always work. but they've had some spectacular failures. when saudi police arested 88 suspected al qaeda operatives in september, they discovered that 59 of them had been through reform programs and were then released. >> pelley: holly williams in the saudi kingdom tonight. thank you. all-pro running back adrian peterson avoided jail for abusing his son but will he get to play any time soon? and a

al qaeda? >> yeah, al qaeda. >> reporter: he told us he joined al qaeda in yemen because he was angered by the u.s. invasion of iraq. i'm an infidel. if you had met me at that point, would you have tried to kill me? >> of course. >> reporter: but after al qaeda asked him to become a sued bomber, he came home and turned himself in. what did they want you to do? "they told me i should wear a suicide vest and blow up a building, "he said. "but that wouldn't have achieved anything. and even if it did, i wouldn't have been around to see it." saudi arabian officials admit rehabilitation doesn't always work. but they've had some spectacular failures. when saudi police arrested 88 suspected al qaeda operatives in september, they discovered that 59 of them had been through reform programs and were then released. >> pelley: hall of fame in the saudi kingdom tonight. thank you. all-pro running back adrian peterson avoided jail for abusing his son but will he get to play any time soon? and how did anyone s

qaeda presence in afghanistan. >> reporter: was the commission to irradicate al qaeda from afghanistan an impossible mission? >> i am not going to speak impossible this was 13 years ago. the mission overtime has evolved. we have continued to take a hard look at no only al qaeda but other insurgent groups that facilitate them. now he, if you are sitting in the united states, sitting in england today, you don't worry about al qaeda. >> reporter: but these afghan soldiers are worried. their bays comes under repeated attack and only held this ground until now thanks to nato air support. >> translator: our only, only need is for air support from planes. whenever we go on an operation we need to be in contact with the air. when we face the enemy, we need air strikes, because of the mountains it's impossible to do the job without. >> reporter: the air force isn't just needed in the fight but also to evacuate the wounded. general campbell says the afghan air force is growing in strength. >> we continue to train their pay are pilots, we continue to train their nurses, their medics to be able to

if i go al-qaeda will take over. rebels in the north will take over, and saudi arabia will be affected and instability across the country. but at the same time you have opponents say that this is a continued obstacle in yemen and accuses him of being the mastermind in the capitol in september. and that the transition to democracy can only continue if he is away from yemen. >> it sounds within yemen a president who is ousted from power more than two and a half years ago still has a hold of some serious sway. >> i can tell you that this man has ambition. i can remember two years ago i was invited to a birthday party that he had organized in his presence and i asked him if this was the end of the era. and the answer i got was that he will come back to power. two years later he is still the man who calls the final shot. he posted a tweet two days ago where he said i recallly the man to tell me to leave the country has not been given birth by his mother. which is an expression they use here as an intimate act of indefianc

qaeda was during -- doing but al qaeda was informing. that was the reason from what we've understand the fbi and cia wanted to keep this terrorist conspiracy under wraps. also the cia tried to stop bob from investigating the bank of credit and commerce case also called the banks of crooks and criminals international. [laughter] because the cia was paying the terrorist informants from the money laundered from what he was investigating that is part of the answer. >> how can you tell the difference with television news? i am not a politically savvy person. >> guest: you are right on the many. but first of all, television used to be very reliable investigative in really n major information gathering time in the country when dan was there. now it is just recycled with terrible crime stories this save the things in iraq. there are very few investigative reporters so i think you have to judge the people that are writing the story and learn to recognize who were those you can trust like thomas friedman in "the new york times" he was always compl

because of the al qaeda presence there. al qaeda in yemen is very active. plotting against the u.s. and the state department and the c.i.a. worry, legitimately, that if they pull out, if u.s., the u.s. presence pulls out, they will not have a window and the best intelligence into what al qaeda there may be up to. alisyn? >> barb remarks we also understand that there's a developing story out of iraq. iraqi forces have made progress against isis in a key oil city. what can you tell us? >> absolutely right. iraqi television and the iraqi government reporting now that iraqi troops have retaken the center of the town of baiji in northern iraq. very important, it is the site of iraq's largest oil refinery. so that means of course, key revenue for the iraqi government. that has been a contested area for many months. after isis moved into there. and the iraqis have struggled to move north, get up there. apparently now they are in the process of, if not already, having retaken the town. >> barbara starr, thanks for all of those updates this morning. >>> violence a common theme this morning.

al qaeda. >> i am representing the sheik osama bashar al-assad. >> we'll bring owners osama bin laden. >> concocted by the fbi part of a post-9/11 mandate to thwart attacks before they even begin. >> it literally boils down to if you cannot find terrorists within the muslim community, make terrorists, create the terrorists. >> the fbi is not perfect in running the operations but they're pretty damn close. >> we'll show how some informants are accused of violating civil liberties and why some americans refuse to join the fbi's intelligence ranks. >> i didn't want to be an informant for fbi for the same reasons that i think the muslim community should stand up to them. if i felt that there were actual terrorists running around in toledo, i might feel different about it. >> for the first time, a man accused of terrorist charges and back in the community. >> there was never no bombs never no maps never no plans, it was a bunch of hogwash. >> stay down! stay down! >> an fbi informant has agreed to m

as al-qaeda. yet the administration has consistently downplayed any al-qaeda involvement. >> there's no indication at this point that core al-qaeda was involved or planned these attacks, and these are not official affiliates of al-qaeda. >> reporter: meanwhile, leading republican senator lindsey graham says it's time to expand the house select committee investigation. >> what i would suggest to senator mcconnell is to call up speaker boehner and say, listen, we want to be part of this and have the senate in a bipartisan fashion have a select committee, dod, intelligence, you know, armed services, intel, foreign relations, the key committees so we're all looking at the same information at the same time. >> reporter: the house intelligence committee has done it own report on the 2012 attack, and it could be released publicly before the thanksgiving recess, shannon. shannon: it will be very interesting. catherine, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: our secretary of state, john kerry, meetin

there was no more al qaeda left, so no taliban and no al qaeda. however, there were tens of thousands of u.s. troops on the ground with a mandate to fight a war on terror. these were mostly special forces soldiers. the cia and others. who were there with mandate to fight a war on terror but didn't have an enemy to fight. this is a contradiction. the way this contradiction was resolved was actually the way in which the war sort of reconstituted itself, and the contradiction was resolved through the alliances the u.s. made with various local actors, and call them warlords essentially. so, at the time almost all intelligence that the u.s. is getting was sourced from local warlords, people like jmk, character in my book. so, cia or special forces operators would ask jmk, okay, who are the taliban in your strict? in your glair and he would say this person, this person, that person is a taliban. in fact most of them weren't taliban or the actual taliban were work with the afghan government. so what happened is that really the people who are personal riv

qaeda and isil's predecessor al qaeda in iraq. so we have over the years used this authority to designate in more than two dozen individuals and entities, some of whom are in the current manifestation of isil, some of whom are part of isil's antecedent al qaeda and iraq. we are continuing to look for opportunities to use this tool to designate these individuals. as you note, it freezes their assets. it prevents their use of the u.s. financial system. but equally importantly, it also has ramifications overseas. >> i understand what it does, but we only have four people on the list. so is this an intelligence challenge? is it a priority challenge? again, what should be our expectation here? >> specifically with regard to your question on the oil trade, there is work that needs to be done to get better insight into precisely who is involved in that oil trade. our intel agencies are working day and night to develop that intelligence. we're working with partners in the region as well to help us gain better insight into that. as we iden

fighters from the al qaeda linked al-nusra front say they have ceased u.s. made weapons from another rebel group. it had been an important strong hold for the syrian revolutionary front. but it's fallen now to the al-nusra front. dominick kane reports. >> reporter: at news rah fighters show off weapons recovered from the syrian revolutionary front were the weapons appear to be u.s. made. the srf is one of the rebel groups the white house wants to use to defeat the islamic i can state of iraq and the levant group. bow this evidence, american-made weapons may have ended up in the wrong hands. last week's fighting led to many deaths. both sides have said the other is to blame. with this in fighting between rebels, on monday the government signed a declaration with what it called civil forces in joint opposition to isil. >> translator: these forces may have their own ideological political differences but they all agree need to put syria's best interest before their own, rising above partisan lines that threaten syria from beyond its borders 67 as these pictures

were they working with al qaeda? are they always working with isil is the day the ones that came up with the islamic state in what about the jihad groups? >> this is not so much was not there before but it is overrunning buyback otherwise it is just another insurgent group in syria. it is when the iraqi army collapsed. what was surprising is the collapse of the iraqi army not the assistance of isis. >> can you address the relationship between al qaeda? >>. >> this is a good question. this is a brief history of this group. and in 2002 he became affiliated to pledge to this organization to al qaeda they changed their name to al qaeda in a racket became an affiliate's december 2004. for the iraqi government and what happened ens briefly at this point is the syrian insurgency's starts thus doesn't plan -- that sense the cells then start getting involved. but al qaeda in iraq once both syria and iraq. >> it is like a feud between the city gang. >> in -- there was an adjudicated dispute between individuals and syria and he

it is a startling admission, considering nato's mission in 2001 was to eradicate al-qaeda. sue turtin reports from kabul. >> on board a patrol six kilometers from the pakistan border, an area hotly con 2e69d by thetable, the local people here don't believe in borders. it's where afghanistan and pakistan merge in to one, an easy place for al-qaeda to still operate. and as nato forces pull out of this conflict, it's top commander tells access the group they came to wipe out is still here. >> i think there continues to be an al-qaeda presence here i do think that there has been a continued fight over that against the last 13 years, a lot of damage on some of the senior leadership, al-qaeda presence in afghanistan. >> was the next to come and eradicate al-qaeda from afghanistan an impossible mission? >> i am not going to speak if it's an impossible mission. >> that's 13 years ago. i think the next over time has evolved. i think that we have continued to take a hard look at not only al-qaeda but other insurgents groups that facilitate them. you know, if you are sitting in the un

saudi arabia originated al qaeda. you got al shabab. egypt coming up with the brotherhood, the muslim brotherhood. come on. only a joint, strong resolution working with the president. then this nation will take the united states seriously on this. what do you say about that? >> congressman, let me just address your last point about a resolution coming out of congress. the administration has requested authorization for the effort against isil. the president and the administration has been very clear that we are stronger when congress, as you say, has its backbone into this. and i think the administration is looking to work with congress for authorization for this. >> time of the gentleman has expired. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. posey for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, is isis engaged in any narco-trafficking? >> congressman, not that i am aware of sitting right here. but let me ensure that that -- this is not something i don't know about but i am not aware of any narco-trafficking b

weapons that al-qaeda group, the al-nusra fighters have taken over from the revolutionary front. and what subpoe-- is happening syria, and they are battling on three fronts, against the regime, isil, and the al-qaeda fighters. and they say there isn't enough help for them to defend themselves against al-qaeda and the syria regime. there is not enough coordination with the air strikes, for them to make any advances. so they ask this question, if we're going to overrun, fighting against al-qaeda, and fighting against the syrian regime at the same time, how can you expect us to defeat and degrade isil when isil fighters are using the american weapons that they stole from the iraqi fighters. >> tom is in washington, d.c. tonight. welcome. how would a republican-controlled senate challenge the white house on foreign policy issues like let's say iran and nuclear negotiation? >> great to be with you. thank you for having me on. i think they would try to exert pressure in both the populous area by making much more aggressive statements from the pulpit that they would be afforded. for exa

, and they are going after al-qaeda. that's good news. it would be best if there was a central government that worked, that could bring everyone together in a power-sharing arrangement. right now it's the guys with the guns calling the shots, figuratively and literally, and that's who they have in government right now. >> thanks, jim. >>> hundreds of police in hong kong have cleared the main protest site in the pro democracy movement. that movement may be taking a turn with the arrest of two leading activists. rob mcbride has hour report from hong kong. >> reporter: declaring that this was the day they had to move out or face arrest. even confrontation with student leaders, who have complained of excessive police force. >> a few minutes later joshua wong was under arrest again. one of the first to be grabbed as the police started clearing the barricades, pushing demonstrators back. >> because of the force of the police is too strong for us, and we have no weapons. >> the police tactic at the moment seems to advance a few

when al-qaeda was pushed back they were neighbors of the province and most of al-qaeda fighters moved there and now one of the area's targeted by u.s. drones and one of the top al-qaeda commanders and killed in a joint attack two days ago. >> all of this coming the first day after the new government takes up its responsibilities there, how is it for a certain authority though? >> this is the thing, sammy, now, the prime minister basically you would expect the prime minister to talk to defense minister and give him orders to deploy the army in those areas to prevent further clashes and the houthis and the tribesmen and the army is divided with different loyalties and units loyal to the president and units loyal to the houthis and some to the president and talking about a political reality and to think this is the biggest part of the new government basis and putting together a united front and yemen to move forward to maintain order and peace and put an end to violence and sectarian divi divide. >>> now the iraqi army says it reached the center of the northern oil producing town and try

there continues to be al-qaeda presence and information. >> with the mission to irradicate al-qaeda from afghanistan an impossible mission? >> i'm not going to say it's an impossible mission. that was 13 years ago. i think the mission has evolved and we've continued to take a hard look not only at al-qaeda and other groups that facilitate them. if you're sitting in the united states. if you're sitting in england today, you don't worry al-qaeda. >> but these afghan soldiers are worried. their base comes on repeated attack and it only held this ground until now thanks to nato air support. >> i will only, only need this for air support for planes. whenever we go on an operation we need to be in contact. when we face the enemy we need airstrikes because in the mountains it is impossible to do the job without it. >> the air force is not only needed in the fight but also to evacuate the wounded. >> we continue to train their pilots, we continue to train nurses, medics to be able to perform those cares. i think they get better and better. >> but the new afghan president does not agree. they voi

the role had been limited to tackling al qaeda, and training troops. welcome to the programme, the afghan parliament approved the two agreements, that paves the way for the deals, and that has security and financial benefits for afghanistan. >> yes, indeed. it was crucial for the afghan parliament to approve this agreement, the agreement with the united states, and the agreement with n.a.t.o., which will allow not only the military support for afghanistan, but also will provide substantial financial support. as you know, the afghan security budget is all paid by donor countries in afghanistan. they will not be able to pay a fraction for the foreseeable future. why it was important today for the lawmakers to approve the agreement and allow financial support for the security forces for a decade to come. >> what do you make of president obama's amendment, that u.s. troops will be able to engage the taliban, and provide air support, and not just focus on al qaeda? >> well, what we were also thinking that certainly some of the decisions that president obama