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Resulting in the death of about six u.s. soldiers in afghanistan. moving up the chain of command, special forces figured out roughly where he was and began drawing up mission plans to do a clandesti clandestine commando raid to take him, everyon figuring out the number of soldiers guarding him. those plans were shelved because there was a sense that the price was too high for going after someone who was deemed by the pentagon to have walked away from his post. you have to ask yourself if an amer...

Security standards for substations. is that the worry? >> that is one of the answers. this is not one silver bullet protects the entire american electrical grid and water and supply and everything else. it is a series of things. one how to prevent a physical attack and defend. and how dow know when a physical attack is coming. they clip the phone lines and internet. who do they have call? >> by the way, the fbi has no suspect and dont believe it is terrorism. >> expect for the electrical company...

John kerry meeting with his french counterpart over alleged nsa surveillance in the country. president obama and french president francois hollande spoke monday night about the matter. they agree that they will cooperate on investigating this report. alleged al qaeda terrorist due back in court today. abu anas al libi was captured in a daring u.s. commando raid in libya earlier this month. hes accused of playing a major role in the 1998 u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. hes being tr...

Al shabab and somalia a close associate of two somalis wanted for the 98 embassy bombings as well as an attack on a hotel. it is not clear ikrima was killed in the attack. sun sam moll/* some mollie was killed. they were not told about u.s. plans to carry out this commando raid against abu anas saw al-liby but three may have opened u.s. delta troops. with me retired u.s. army schafer from dc and former navy seal and member of the fbi joint terrorism task force jonathan gilliam is here with me ...

Pope for the first time in centuries. pope francis is meeting with his predecessor, pope benedict xvi. they were meeting together at benedicts home. he has been following francis election as poep and in front of new crowds in rome. and president obama is wrapping up his trip to the middle east, and he also made stops in israel, the best bank during his trip. and he called on israel to start direct talks with the palestinians, and helped to broker an apology over the deadly commando raid, and p...

Early today the senate passed its version of a federal budget. its symbolic since it is nonbinding. it lays out their priorities which are different from the republicans. it increases government spending and it would repeal those automatic spending cuts. president obama is heading home after being in the middle east. the president was on an international charm offensive calling on israel to restart direct talks with the palestinians and broker an apology over a commando raid. he didnt win the ...

Going to petra to visit the ancient ruins. he may feel hes in better standing with the israelis and the prime minister, the question is, every american president in my lifetime has picked up this ball, the middle east peace process and tried to deal with it. bill clinton years on it, george w. bush at the end of his term. well see if president obama has success. he came here with a somewhat dysfunctional relationship with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and they were actually hav...

Hello everyone. welcome to "around the world." im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. >> and im michael holmes. thanks for being with us. wed like to welcome our viewers here in the u.s. and indeed around the world. >> lets begin in jordan. there president obama meets with king abdullah as the president winds up his trip to the middle east. >> the two leaders are scheduled to hold a news conference, actually thats meant to take place pretty soon. well be listening in of course and updat...

To go operational is a real problem. bill: all right. so you fill in libya on the map now. you could make an argument that tunisia should be on this map. >> you could. bill: and egypt as well. >> yeah. bill: and sudan. >> yeah. bill: and the list continues to grow. >> yeah. bill: what is your thinking as to why? you used to work in the white house. why do you drop the line, al qaeda is on the run when youve been using it for two years? >> because they have been caught red-handed bill. look, the ...

Escalated. but, in the rest of his answer to that question, mike rogers says, look, it seemed to be an extremely well coordinated attack. you can talk about what was the spark but it certainly seems that there were terror groups, radical groups, that took advantage of the situation to launch a very highly coordinated commando raid, if you will, on the consulate and to sut slaught -- slaughter those four americans. >> jamie: and, mike rogers and other members of congress were speaking out since i...