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Mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. >> at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin ladens bodyguards. >> ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. ...

>> my name is ali mohammed. >> reporter: this man, ali mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. >> at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin ladens bodyguards. >> ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december o...

His threat. his al qaeda terrorists had just struck their first direct blow in their holy war against the united states. the attacks were carefully planned. >> my name is ali mohammed. >> reporter: this man, ali mohammed, was no ordinary al qaeda operative. he married a californian in 1985 and became an american citizen. he joined the u.s. army. >> at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in ft. bragg, north carolina, he was also intim...

As well. >> that storm forced another north carolina military base to shut down. buildings at ft. bragg were d damaged. power was knocked out. no reports of injuries there. alex ruddkovsky shot these photos of destroyed houses in that area. talking about these storms and what is going on, boy, karen maginnis over there in our severe weather center. it is extraordinary. >> it is. >> this isnt 10 or 20. were talking hundreds of tornadoes. >> hundreds of them. now, the storm prediction center cal...

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Ive got a real cacophony and birds chirping for you this morning, alex. >> the always unflappable mike viqueira. thank you so much. to the relief of many military families, they will continue receiving their paychecks now that the government has avoided a shutdown. lets go live once again to ft. bragg, north carolina, nbcs ron mott has all the reaction from there. another good saturday to you, ron. the service members and their families must be greatly reli e relieved. im sure thats what theyr...

The not-so-good news is it might not be on time. all of that has passed us. but what might linger longer is this resentment a lot of folks have about the politicians in washington. they felt that they allowed this conversation to get really fevered this week. and they were stuck right in the middle of it. one soldier told us if anyone should be exempt from all this worry, its us. were risking our lives in afghanistan and iraq for this country. and we should not have to worry about whether were g...

Conservatives and liberals both wanted, but its going to put moderate senators particularly in a tough place. watch for guys like scott brown on this vote. folks like joe manchun from west virginia. folks who have liberal citizenry in their individual states heading into elections in the next few years, theyre going to have to keep an eye on this type of up or down vote in the united states senate. >> okay. well watch for them because you told us to, luke russert. thank you very much. >> always ...

For housing and transportation and food and things like that. not a lot of money left over at the end of the month for a rainy-day fund. so they were concerned about what would happen when that next check which is scheduled for next friday didnt show up into those bank accounts. outside of that, there are some real frustration with how this whole process went down. a lot of folks were saying that they felt it patently unfair that politicians in washington were playing politics while they had to ...

Paycheck. >> if i dont get to come to work on monday, i dont know how im going to pay my bills. are they going to pay my bills and the late fees? i guess they just want me to tell my 3-year-old daughter in the meantime that shell have to eat retroactively when i eat again. >> some strong language. shes a former soldier and civilian employee at ft. bragg. well talk to her live later this hour. now your chance to talk back on todays big story. weve been talking about the looming government shutd...