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Around the world. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news tonight. The fbi says the terror suspect now in custody has been directly linked to bombs in three cities. Ahmad khan rahami, a u. S. Citizen was arrested after a shootout with police that left him and at least four Police Officers wounded. New yorks mayor says there is every reason to believe the weekend bombings that injured at least 29 people were acts of terror. Tonight a cou...

U. S. Taxpayer. Here is what President Trump said about his plan to finally win the way. We will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans to further military activities. Conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on. Americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will. We are not nationbuilding agai again. We are killing terrorists. Dana mr. Trump also said he is ...

Said about his plan to finally win the way. We will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans to further military activities. Conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on. Americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will. We are not nationbuilding agai again. We are killing terrorists. Dana mr. Trump also said he is going to put far more pressure on regional po...

Survivors resorted to killing tours with a van. another plot involved explosives, placed in a meat grinder, meant to take down an australian jet grinder. the bombs didnt make it on the flight because the luggage they were in was 50 pounds over the limit. that should provide you know comfort. that plot failed, not because they were foiled, because the creeper screwed up. that is pretty scary. still, and our world, statues are a higher priority than our relentless plan to destroy us. statues dont ...

That airline plot was foiled by a silly mistake they made packing the suitcase. i think we talked about this plot last week are two weeks ago. they overpack. that is how they were stopped. that should scare you. >> juan: it does. its not only that, there are so many now, for example, in the spanish situation, they blew themselves up. if they hadnt blown themselves up, they wouldve had the gas cans, their intent was to do far greater damage. you just have to understand -- >> greg: around with the...

This. i disagree with him. we faced an adversary in the first decade of this that we didnt understand. in 2002-2003 we had a major airline plot in 2006. thats why you cant bring liquids on airplanes anymore. they were plotted by the organization that had been the architect of 9/11. people are saying we see an adversary we dont understand this recruiting by social media, these attacks that independent and therefore we think the risk is higher. >> you say we see an adversary that we dont understan...

Al zawahiri, analysts say he lacks bin ladens charisma. >> hes viewed as a polarizing figure, someone not easy to deal with, not a good manager. >> al awalaki is seen to have commanded the airline plot. his achilles heel. >> hes not a fighter. hes a cleric. hes a speaker. and not a fighter. and al qaeda over the years have wanted to be led by a fighter. >> reporter: credentials bin laden had from his years battling the soviets in afghanistan. but other dangerous figures could surface including s...

States. but now that bin laden is gone, al qaeda really has lost its dominant force, its strategic guide, and bin laden, in past years, has really signed off on the biggest al qaeda operations. for example, the 2006 airline plot, according to western intelligence officials, and a plot last fall against europe. so bin laden has still been operationally involved in some of these bigger attempts, michael. >> paul krukshank, fran townsend, and peter bergen, thanks. today, well see how the markets ...

An al qaeda captive in afghanistan. >> the spectrum of information suggests that we needed to put something out to warn people about the potential for attacks. >> reporter: what might be the target? tourist attractions like the vatican, big train stations in europe are well guarded. another 9/11 would be tougher to pull off than london 05, a bus and subways hit. >> if they want to cook up a bomb in their kitchen or pick up a gun and shoot someone, thats far more difficult to stop than a sophisti...

Id say there are three types of operatives we look at. one is the hard core, well trained operative that would be used in a major attack, the kind of thing which happened on 9/11 or which they tried to pull off with the airline plot in 2006. the next level is the person whos brought in, theyre not necessarily given access to the core al qaeda, but they are given some basic training and trade craft and launched back to use their western passport. that is perhaps this case, the zazi case. the thir...