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Youve spent a lot of time in that region familiar with that consulate in erbil. what do we know about this attack? >> we understand wolf, the explosion took place at about 5:50 p.m. local time. according to kurdish security forces there was a small ied explosion into the consulate, a christian neighborhood very popular with expats. now when that bomb went off, shortly afterwards another -- a car started to approach the consulate. kurdish supreme court forces outside the consulate opened fire on ...

Now all of that is in abeyance while he sort of have to stand on the sidelines and watch this civil war play out. you know its as if we had the north and south of the united states 150 years and all of a sudden theres a third group that is using the power vacuum to really take advantage and make trouble. so its a very serious situation. i think were trying to work with the former president, were trying to establish some contact, but ultimately what has to happen is that there has to be some sett...

Multiple transitions over the last several years and right now we have a much more chaotic situation with the conflict that is undergoing there with the houthis advancing south and with our gulf partners with our support taking action against that particular threat to yemens internal stability. what we have to be mindful of is any effort like aqap taking advantage of that vacuum and well be vitch tloent watch for that and take actions necessary to disrupt terrorist plots against the united state...

What did you see there? >> it was just extraordinarily desperate, wolf. this was what was purely a military hospital. but because of the way the front lines have crisscrossed aden into no go zones the major hospital for civilians. i spoke to one of the doctors and he said to me weve lost count. we simply dont know how many dead dying and wounded wev had to take in. when we were there, 5-year-old boy had been brought in to be treated for shrapnel wounds to his stomach. he had been hit inside his ...

Yemeni americans. many of them hundreds now trying to flee on foreign ships. we know the u.s. embassy nearby in jabodi is trying to help. what do you see as part of this story, americans trying to flee yemen right now? >> well we have met a few and we met them down at the port and they felt abandoned and they have seen and these are their words, wolf. seen other circumstances in which they felt that the u.s. government had gone over and above to try to go in and get their citizen ss out. why isn...

Difficult to counteract something like this. frankly you know they just dont have an answer for it right now. >> theyve got to do something, though tom, right? this potentially, this guy, ewas in dangerous -- we know with hindsight, he wasnt but a bad guy could have been dangerous? >> could be wolf. the message to the whole world is look at this gap, this vulnerability. flying above the ground cant set up a road block. dont have to worry about a truck bomb something like that. youre not a giant ...

Enforcement tom fuentes. it would be funny if it werent so serious, tom, as you know. we know this guy had a political motive but it could have been a terrorist. >> it could have been wolf. i dont know what will change to prevent a possible terrorist in this incident. after 2001 the attacks, there was a network established, a domestic event network, that consists of about 100 agencies and theres supposed to be this callout system that goes out. was that call made did that happen here? now a g.a....

Shaikh mohammed. 23 years old and lives in columbus ohio. he was arrested in february and charged with terrorism and money laundering charges. the federal government now has added its own charges. according to the justice department he left the united states last year in april 2014 to go join the front in syria. and, according to this indictment from the justice department. he got training in weapons and explosives and was sent back to the united states to carry out an attack here in the united ...

She says were still in the exploratory committee phase. another name on the list is senator bernie sanders of vermont. he has also been one of hillary clintons vocal critics, at least on certain issues. the senator is here with us in our studio right now. thanks very much for joining us. >> dont ask me about my immigrant parents. >> or grandparents. >> or grandparents. >> we wont get into that. lets talk about your presidential ambitions. you would like to be president of the united states rig...

Aspirations to attack the american homeland. weve been able to deal with that through pressure on aqap and its senior leadership. even now with all of the chaos in yemen, were able if we need to to take direct action against aqap targets, if we see intelligence that allows us to disrupt plots. over the years have been able to see many aqap leaders removed from the balgtsdsfield and well watch the situation scaife lif carefully and if we need to take action well do so. >> not the same capability ...