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Speech pointing out that he thought aqap was in his words the most concerning al qaeda element in terms of a threat to the homeland. and that raised a lot of eyebrows because everyones thinking isis is top of mind. >> reporter: theyre not mutually exclusive. i was meeting with a european counterterror official this morning. they have the same view. aqap is arguably the more capable terror threat. they still aim for the mass casualty attacks, aqap is intent on getting a bomb on an airliner. thats...

Netanyahu in this webcast that was directed toward jewish groups here. so the strength of the argument on both sides is now in full force and well wait and see what sort of parameters president obama sets out in this speech coming up. >> michelle kosinski at the white house. were awaiting the presidents speech in a few minutes, crucial in selling this iran deal to a reluctant congress right now, especially some reluctant democrats still on the fence. also looking at some more breaking news at ...

Lethal air strike out of one of those bases in southern turkey into northern syria. this is a result of both countries coming to an agreement that the u.s. military can have access to those southern turkish bases. that puts them much closer to their targets in northern syria. what we dont know at this hour is what the target was. theres two potential options here. either the u.s. flew against an isis target or it was another strike to try and defend those rebels, those u.s.-backed rebels in nort...

Gun-free zone where you had the marines shot down because they didnt have guns. but this sick guy had guns and shot them down. and these are decorated people. these are people that could have handled guns very easily. they would have had a good chance if they had a gun. and you had the same problem in 09. you had the same thing. >> yes, so hes speaking about in 09. jeb bush telling reporters that laws should be reviewed to allow recruiting officers to carry guns. and you agree with both of those...

For al qaeda or isis. there seem to be some sympathy for jihad in what he is saying he is saying, look, we muslims need to realize that the companions of the prophet of mohamed at the beginning of islam were jihadis. they werent priests in some monetaries he was saying -- monasteries he was saying. sympathy for jihad. we werent seeing pledge allegiance to isis or al baghdadee. we have seen that in other attacks. notably in garland, texas. where one of the shooters actually tweeted out a pledge o...

These violent extremists. even though we look at them as americans, some are american born citizens, they will not identify in terms of a lot of their idea with what american idea are. they look at life from the position of where their country of origin or heritage is. now i am not saying everybody is like that. but a lot of these violent extremists. >> i understand what you are saying. i understand what you are saying. paul go, ahead. do you think this was radicalization? >> certainly looks lik...

"the new york times" and reports that abdulazeez spent seven months in jr. dordan last year. what can you tell us about that? >> we know he was here to visit his uncle. exact plly where that meeting happened in the middle eastern country. don, i think theyre looking deeply now into the paperwork. youve mentioned jordanian travel documents. uncommon for some one of palestinian heritage, palestinian parents to have a jordanian passports of sorts. he did it traveled here on the u.s. passport a numb...

So, radicalization is a tough problem. the white house had a summit within the last year. i still dont think they have any good solutions on some of these, use. >> to that point though, you have to know about it, by all accounts. unless you are watching him very closely. he didnt really exhibit any signs of someone who had been radicalized? >> actually that is the real problem. in america, a great country where we have excellent freedoms now. you have all of these guys, he is getting more pious,...

He was just such a fighter. he carried out everything he did with a smile on his face. and that nothing was going to stop him. >> he made everybody look bad. >> yeah. >> he was so good at it. >> jewsince the day you met him wanted to join the rotc. did he xeever express fear abou joining the military? >> not at all. he embraced it. from day one. he had no problems, discussing the military. what he wanted to do, give back to the country. i remember -- when his first year of college came around, i...

"cnn tonight." >> michael, the gunman wasnt on a terror watch list. the field says they dont know of any links to terror groups. the chairman of the homeland committee said this was an isis inspired attack. he had this to say. listen. >> there are isis investigations in all 50 states across the united states of america. theyre permeating our society and this country through the internet. and through social media. it is very, very difficult to stop it. and i believe yesterday, unfortunately, we c...