suicide bombings, all forms of unfair treatment. and u.s. intelligence officers are concerned about revenge attacks and much of the heightened security of the september 11th anniversary is gooding going to remain in place. we heard nancy pelosi says there is full cooperation of the yemeni government. are there going to be any political ramifications? you ve got this phenomenon of the arab going on in that region of the world. the president of yemen is likely going to use his death as a way of reinforcing with the west he s the answer in terms of fifting al qaeda and counter terrorism. i think that we re going to speak with a professor at the university of at stanford who is an expert in yemen. we re efforting that for 6:00 broadcast to ask about how people in yemen and how the administration in yemen will be using this event to their political advantage. we ll get back to you. we ll see you later with that. and a rally to end violence is underway now in san fran
a radical islamic cleric. his message was clear, kill americans. the president: he repeatedly called on individuals in the united states and around the globe to kill innocent men, women and children to advance a murderous agenda. reporter: terrorism experts say he was successful at what he did. three of the 9/11 hijackers attended his services at a san diego mosque. u.s. officials say he communicated with the gunman in the fort hood shooting in november of 2009 that kill 13. he s also connected to the attempt to bring down a jetliner over detroit one month later and to blow up u.s. cargo planes with printer bombs 10 months after. in a 2001 washington post video. never unestimate the power of fear, especially when the enemy of allah hears allahu akbar. i think taking him out of e picture an major achievement in terms of american security reporter: the president approved the targeting of awlaki last year. some civil liberties groups are questioning the decision to e
attacks against the u.s. this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. reporter: the strike hit him and others in a convoy in yemen. he inspired the 2009 shooting at fort hood and had a hand in training the underwear bomber who tried to blow up a plane in detroit. he led a group called al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. that branch of the terror network remains the most direct threat to america. al-awlaki was born in the united states. he spoke fluent english and actively drew new recruits into al qaeda. i think his role as the progagandist, the pied piper for western recruits into yemen, actually will be very difficult to fill. reporter: but officials say al-awlaki s voice hasn t been silenced completely. his fiery anti-american sermons are still online and before his death, he reportedly wrote an article justifying attacking civilians in the u.s. and other western countries. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the
or paint exploding just before the fire erupted. investigators will get inside and see what happened. live in the haight, don sanchez abc news. san francisco police have closed off haight and fillmore streets. munei has realigned the bus lines. and we received remarkable pictures from the fire from the abc sevennews viewers. jason shot the front of the building and that gives you an idea how much was pouring. this one shows the smoke billowing over the city of san francisco. thank you for those photos. san jose will install solar panels on government buildings. that is despite the financial challenges that the city is facing. they are live tonight with more. karina. reporter: right in the last hour, san jose city council voted to move forward with a deal with solar city and that deal will be worked out within the next several months. this project does not hinge on a government-backed loan, but other solar city projects do. san jose budget woes will impact the ambit
they could. a four-alarm fire that started on the upper floor of this victorian on the corner of hate and fill more. a few people were home when the flames started. other residents though rounded the corner and could only stair in stunned silence. i m worried. witnesses reported loud popping sounds and debris from the side of the building. juan took out his cell phone and recorded this video. the popping, i don t know what that was. but you could hear it everywhere and you could see it. a bunch of debris falling in from the building. it started popping and things started like explosions, pow, pow. the windows were poping and something was exploding. in addition to the apartment building there was a walgreens drugstore and a few smaller businesses that had water damage. it took 125 firefighters about an hour and a half to contain the flames. the big challenge was the intense fire in the open attic area. it looked like it started up in that area on the top floor. at