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Of the confusion about being or not being her actual brother. but beyond that, there are so many questions. question number one and the most important are the reasons behind this operation. either because its him or he has been validated or pushed by others. another type of question. what is the outcome they expect? they know she is not going to be released. they know this is one individual so far who is involved. they almost know what the ends of the shore story is going to be. is it to raise t...

Business. so what? no, i didnt, not specifically. but i have generals that are great generals. these are great fighters. these are warriors. i gave them authority to do whats right so that we win. thats the authority they have. >> but even the most senior generals cant say exactly what went wrong on the ground in niger leaving four american servicemen dead. here with me with the latest is cnns national security correspondent and senior international correspondent in niger. hello to both of you. ...

Hello to both of you. im going to start with you. theres still so many questions that we have yet to learn the answers for about this ambush. bring us up-to-date on what happened and how did the soldiers come under attack? >> lets have a look at the setting first. niger here, right in the center of a region with increased jihadi activity all along the borders here. just keep in mind this fact. today there is some 6,000 u.s. troops across africa in 53 different place. just gives you a sense of wh...

One of those parents. its devastating. its heartbreaking. sadly, this is something that we might have expected, not this particular event, but for the last year, terrorism experts, officials, obama administration officials, others, have been saying that as isis is squeezed and loses territory and weapons and financing in the middle east, people are going to come back as some of your reporting have said, but also they have been -- isis has been calling on people. supporters, well wishers, to enga...

The seven muslim majority countries. if we put those issues aside and we talk about basically there is a freeze on all refugees, indefinitely freeze out of syria and pause of immigration from the seven muslim majority nations, the administration says these sort of hot beds of jihadi activity, thats why theyre on the list. they want to get information from the leaders of these countries about who these folks are who might be coming in. thats on the twhabl you put the other two aside. is spicer ri...

Safety. chris? >> david, thank you very much. keep us apprised of any developments and the big headline, 80 freed. that means there may be still an equal number inside. well stay on that story. lets discuss in context whats going on here and who these attacker, may be. we have senior international correspondent christiane all amanpo amanpour, and jim sciutto. paul, start with you. who might these sayre rifts be. a lot of places that are bad guy operations. what do you think? >> could be isis. a ...