Repeating since last week options are being discussed. Now we know a little bit more about their thinking and what went on in that meeting with congressional leaders, an hour long closeddoor discussion. Now we know some top officials think that the iraqi Prime Minister has to go. Are we any closer to hearing a decision . Maybe. Americas four top lawmakers called to the white house on one of the several decisions facing this country now, what to do or not about iraq. But this was not, it turns out, a session for the president to lay each option on the table and start choosing but more an assessment. Nancy pelosi called it informative, interesting. Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell less enthused. The president briefed us on the approach hes taking towards developing a strategy. On a day that one analyst called iraq the start of the possibly the worst of both worlds, a deep division into two terror states, one dominated by al qaeda and the other by iran. The administration had to grapple with potential outcomes of u. S. Action there and some fierce words at home. Former Vice President dick cheney in cowboy hat with daughter liz. Empty threats, meaningless red lines, leading from behind and an engagement with rogue regimes have put america on a path of decline. Reporter on the same day they launched a new pac and wrote an excoriating oped piece. Rarely has a u. S. President been so wrong about so much at the expense of so many to which the administration now replies. About which president was he talking. Reporter other democrats have not been so oblique in that reference calling out cheney himself. If theres one thing that this country does not need is that we should be taking advice from dick cheney on wars. Reporter so the administration will not answer questions on virtually any detail. Are air strikes off the table right now, even though iraq has been asking for them . Does maliki need to go . What they are saying is iraq needs to show something politically, militarily and that this decisionmaking process will only be done through the lens of protecting American National security interests. Kate . All right, michelle, thank you so much. You wonder what is the timing in his decisionmaking. Continue to get questions at the white house for sure. Michelle at the white house for us. Now to troubling think details and potentially a new angle in all of this about the arrest of those two texas men on terrorrelated charges. Officials say the men wanted to travel overseas to wage violent jihad, one of them accused of even wanting to join isis, the group were talking about in iraq right now. Cnns ed lavandera has for more on this from dallas. What are we learning. Reporter a disturbing story, news of the arrests and it highlights an even more disturbing trend as well. These two american men arrested in texas have been charged with supporting terrorist groups in syria and somalia. A swath Team Surrounded 23yearold kahns home in austin. According to a complaint he used internet chat rooms to develop and conduct jihad overseas and the other wanted to enter into syria through turkey and provide his services to radical groups. Wolf referred to al qaeda representatives as righteous brothers according to the criminal complaint, even showing the fbi agent a Youtube Video of foreign fighters in syria. Wolf discussed which militant groups he should join, including the brutal Islamist Group isis, currently staging an offensive against iraq. The texas native also told undercover officers he had been physically preparing to join jihad by practicing martial arts, running and crossfit, the competitive sport which uses militarystyle tech next. This is something that has been going on for a while and since even the early 2000s people from america have gone over to terrorist camps overseas, but sites like youtube can be used to recruit people, even in the United States very easily where before they were they were out of reach. Reporter analysts believe as many as 100 american citizens have made the trek to fight in syria. Last month an american suicide bomber who grew up in florida set off a massive truck bomb at a Syrian Military checkpoint. Syrian jihadists tweeted several photos of the american before he took his life with bombs strapped to his chest. Social media has now become one of the many ways al qaeda recruits westerners to fight alongside radical islamists. Both men have been charged separately. They do not appear to be working together. If convicted, they face up to 15 years in federal prison, and they will be making their First Court Appearance friday afternoon in austin, texas. Chris . If they were acting separately, its even more troubling on some level. Thank you very much for the report. Crossfit has nothing to do with terrorism. This is just about what the motivations are for these men involved so lets get into that. Lieutenant colonel Rick Francona former leeson military officer to the u. S. Embassy in baghdad and also assigned to the cia in northern iraq. In other words, you are the right man for the job today. Lets talk about this first. As we get education on how this works, we think terrorism, this is about the feds. This is about the intelligence community. They do this. You say no. Thats not who finds whole grown terrorists. Thats the work of the local fbi and nypd is excellent at this, a large effort sorted to finding these guys before they travel overseas. So it becomes a little bit of a coordination job also because if you have Law Enforcement doing it at some point they have to communicate to the terrorism side, right, because they have to coordinate efforts here and there. Absolutely. And they run the sting operations, and they are very effective. Selfradicalized and are looking for a way to get into the fight. Thats the breakdown because they have to contact somebody and thats where they come to the surface. The new here is it used to be that mainly recruiting here at home was limited to either rogue mosques or a harsh brand of wahabi being taught in prisons and now you can selfradicalize, what we believe is going on with this man wolfe. The internet is a great medium and isis has spent a lot of money. The jihadi organizations produce slick videos, almost romantic. They draw you in. Draw you in on what basis . What tells Michael Todd Wolfe who has what we believe a pretty stable life in the u. S. I want to throw that all away and go and do the worst thing imaginable. Didnt look like the kind of guy that would do this, but then he was reading the jihad, the romance of it, the fighting, and they show these slick videos, and its almost like we used to say joining the French Foreign legion, like going off and doing battle for your religion. Was this part and parcel of all the same thing, i want to fight and become a muslim or was he a muslim that became selfradicalized. They are a muslim firm and then they get into jihad. It could mean struggle or holy war. It determines how you choose to selfradicalize. Learning about being a muslim and islam as a culture has nothing to do with wanting to become a terrorist. Absolutely not. Jihad is a holy word, inner struggle. Its been perverted to become something thats an instrument for violence. Now we get rahatul khan. What do we know about him in. Actually from bangladesh. Kind of strange because he wasnt raised as a devout muslim, a muslim, of course, and then at some point he became more radicalized and i believe through someone in his mosque. This was a little bit more of a dip call thing that were seeing, not as if the guy had to come up with his own ideas. Someone was inculcating. He fits the pattern we normally see, someone with a background and the south asians find them to bes prey because they dont find life they wanted here in the United States and they say theres a better life for you out there and youre being discriminated against because youre muslim. They play on disenchantment. Even if it seems obvious its difficult for Law Enforcement to infiltrate because these are often happening, these situations, in religious places, right. Very closed communities, a lot of family and you have to be very careful. Most of them tend to be american citizens and you have to be very careful how they are approached and everything has to be done by the book because youre trying to be part of a base. Remember the nypd came under a lot of scrutiny because of their activity in mosque situations. Now, why are we worried about these guys because of this guy, an American Holding a kitten there, obviously its a juxtaposition because he wound up taking it to the next level. Hes dead now because of his actions. Hes from florida, joined the jihad and converted to islam and he was involved with the rival group to isis. He drove a truck full of tank munitions into a restaurant which was actually an Officers Club on a Syrian Military installation. Slick videos that are put together. He made his statement that he was going to do this. Got in the truck and you see this massive detonation and killed everybody in the restaurant and, of course, himself. And al amriki means the american title. When these guys join they develop a nom du guerre. These all say im a libyan, im a tunisian, be careful not to draw conclusions that they are related. One guy who is selfradicalized through the internet shows the power of the propaganda, one who didnt find enchantment in america who came from bangladesh and the last kid, the one who killed himself, went abroad and learned about the world and wound up being radicalized while he was there. Thanks, rick, for getting into the new threat of what is terrorism. More of your headlines right now. Bowe bergdahls former comrades opening up at a house hearing on the Army Sergeants capture and the deal that secured his release. One said bergdahl was a deserter and committed ultimate betrayal putting his fellow soldiers at risk. Bergdahl is currently recovering at a Military Hospital while the Army Investigates his disappearance. An 89yearold philadelphia man has been arrested on nazi death camp extradition. Johan briere was an armed guard at auschwitz during world war ii. German Authorities Say he was complicit in the killing of 216,000 jews from hungary, czechoslovakia rand germany in 1944. Hes lived in the u. S. Since about the 50s. His extradition hearing is now set for august. More dangerous weather in the midwest. A twister touched down in south dakota taking aim at a small town briefly trapping some folks in their homes. The tornado ran right through the heart of Wessington Springs. Extensive damage there, many homes and businesses literally torn apart. In another part of the state, looks like twin tornadoes from the same storm system. You can see the white vore investigation twisting around itself on the ground ripping apart what appears to be a barn. Want to get straight to our meteorologist karen mcguinnes in for indra petersons. Rare that were seeing them in the first place and now were seeing them again. Its made them explain for a couple of years. The double tornado that we saw in nebraska, lets go ahead and show you the video from several days ago. Turned out to be a deadly tornado. This was so spectacular because meteorologists photographed it and its quite unique to see the two cells together. Here are the dynamics of that. A super cell. Thats a large rotating thunderstorm, spawns one tornado. Enough energy in the atmosphere so theres another tornado spawned so theres two tornadoes spawned. In north dakota there was one tornado with multiple vortices. Its unusual when you see it because it is spectacular. The little vortices can produce damage in themselves but its the primary maine tornado that produced the damage. We see the flareup of thunderstorms across the midwest, great lakes and not to be outdone. Washington, d. C. , a slight risk for this afternoon so watch for the potential for there to be delays at the International Airport there. Heres a strong to severe storm, about 41 Million People in the line for Severe Weather today. Mostly in the form of severe thunderstorms with hail, high winds and very heavy downpours. Looking at minnesota and wisconsin and south dakota. They have seen 3 and 4 inches of rainfall already. Back to you guys, chris and kate. Thank you very much for that, karen. Coming up next on new day, well learning more about the special forces raid that led to the capture of the alleged benghazi mastermind including that he tried to fight back. Live with new details. Plus, it could be just what the doctor order for the u. S. World cup soccer team. An injury could force portugals star player Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench, so what does this misfortune mean for team usas chances . Yeah, when it comes down to winning something bad for the opponent is good for you. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans that are powered by the moon. She can print Amazing Things, right from her computer. 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Lets go live to Barbara Starr at the pentagon for more. What are we learning this morning. Reporter this was a secret mission in the works for days. Intelligence agents on the ground, commandos on the beach, but as our justice reporter evan perez has found out, in the end the bad guy really didnt have a chance. New details emerging about the capture of ahmed Abu Khatallah, a senior Law Enforcement official tells cnn u. S. Special Operations Forces, including members of the fbi, arrived by sea over the weekend. The officials tell cnn khatallah was lured to a villa south of benghazi where he was apparently expecting someone else when u. S. Forces swooped in sunday. Were told khatallah tried to wrestle with the troops. The key operative in ansar al sharia, the group the u. S. Blames for the 2012 compound on the attack in benghazi was quickly apprehended and were told no shots fired, no one hurt. The official also tells cnn u. S. Special forces did recover some form of media at the villa. Investigators are analyzing it. After the capture, special forces whisked khatallah to the uss new york in the mediterranean where hes undergoing questioning. Reporter the main thing is to get the detainee, the subject, to a safe environment with a minimum of distractions. In this case in likely international waters. Reporter khatallah will be brought into the United States via helicopter once the ship is within range of the mainland, according to the official. It is unclear where he will be held before facing trial. And, of course, the big question for u. S. Investigators will be what intelligence does he have and can he point them to any other perpetrators in those 2012 attacks on the u. S. Compound in benghazi. Kate . That might be your answer to my next question, barbara, because youve been able to pull out new details about the raid. Quite honestly its relatively little that were learning of the specifics including the other special forces operations in recent past. Are they giving you any reason why . You know, thats whats so fascinate begun this. The world knew more about the raid that got osama bin laden, a much bigger fish, than this guy. Why is this one so secret . The pentagon saying nothing really officially. All the indications are we getting is its all about the intelligence and the tactics that the commandos used on the ground. It seems pretty clear what is emerging behind the scenes. If they didnt have direct help on the ground, they at least had some intelligence from libyan sources on the ground, what they call human intelligence, something very sensitive that made them feel very confident they could pull this off. Kate. Need to protect those intelligence sources in order to continue to look for the other perpetrators of the Benghazi Mission attack. Barbara, thank you so much. Barbara starr live at the pentagon for us. Sure. Coming up on new day, will he play or wont he . 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