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They do not see al qaeda having the capability to launch an attack on the homeland, nor the desire. they say fewer than a dozen key al qaeda members remain in afghanistan are not plotting any attack on the homeland. there is a really important c caveat to that, the affiliates outside of the region could be planning an attack and driven by core al qaeda in afghanistan to conduct an attack on the homeland. the u.s. says they see no evidence there is attack planning here. of course, it raises quest...

If we were going to be challenged, it was going to be by isis. and i think some of the things weve done yesterday, particularly the strike, and other things weve done have disrupted their ability to conduct that attack planning. but they remain a very lethal force, and i think we would assess that probably there are at least 2,000 hardcore isis fighters in afghanistan now. and of course many of those come from the prisons that were opened a few days ago. so that number is up and is probably as h...

Particularly the strike, and other things we have done have disrupted their ability to conduct that attack planning. they remain a very lethal force, and i think we would assess that probably there are at least 2,000 hard-core isis fighters in afghanistan now. of course, many of those come from the prisons that were opened a few days ago. so that number is up and is probably as high as it has ever been in quite a while. thats going to be a challenge for the taliban, i believe, in the days ahead....

By isis. some of the things we did yesterday, particularly the strike and other things have disrupted their ability to conduct that attack planning. they remain a very lethal force and we would assess that probably theres at least 2,000 hardcore isis fighters in afghanistan now. many of those come from the prisons that were opened a few days ago. that number is up and as high as its been in quite a while. that will be a challenge nor the taliban in the days ahead. >> thank you, a few quick quest...

0 tonight before dumping rain in tennessee and ohio river valleys tomorrow. theres flash flooding and mudslides along the way. we wish those people well and a quick recovery in a very difficult situation. thanks nor being with us today for "the story," august 30, 2021. the "the story" continues tomorrow. see you back here. >> neil: thank you, martha, very much. were on top of two storms gripping the world right now. certainly our part with the flooding and damage and winds and still more floodin...

Maybe even a cell. how was this missed? >> i think thats the question that im sure is on top of everyones mind. well, i think on top of everyones mind is making sure they understand the network, and make sure there arent any other attacks planned. the big question is also how did this manage to slip through? whats sort of disturbing is if we look at the arrests weve seen in the past few few weeks or months, theyve been ones shaped around the attack planning. i think last year weve seen a lot mor...

Remote areas of libyas interior and from there they have increasingly have been focussing on attack planning. there was that strike, the two b-2 aircraft traveling on a round-trip from missouri to libya on the last day of the obama administration that took out to the training camps at southern libya. that was because of one of the reasons was because of the possible presence of two individuals there linked to the berlin attack. a lot of concerns. but isis really hasnt as you said provided any ev...

Of this administration. that cruise missile attack, and ive taken part in attacks. ive taken part in attack planning. we fired off the missiles. we hit the targets we aimed at. it was the targets we aimed at had zero effect to disable or destroy that air base. it had zero effect in killing or injuring any of the handling crews that actually effected that weapons attack. and it did not kill anybody related to the launch and recovery of those aircraft. thats a mission failure. if you planned it th...

That cruise missile attack, and ive taken part in attacks. ive taken part in attack planning. we fired off the missiles. we hit the targets we aimed at. it was the targets we aimed at had zero effect to disable or destroy that air base. it had zero effect in killing or injuring any of the handling crews that actually effected that weapons attack. and it did not kill anybody related to the launch and recovery of those aircraft. thats a mission failure. if you planned it that way, you planned for ...

Earlier today the spokesman for the pentagons operation against isis spoke about them. >> its important to know that all of these terrorists had eventual designs on attacking the united states. lets be clear about that. thats what they want to do. as far as the stage of their attack planning, were not going to go into those details yet. because, you know, we want to preserve some of our options to continue striking these terrorists. >> were covering this breaking stories on all fronts in london ...