Weeks, disrupting imminent plots to kill americans. Also the brandnew leader of al qaedas most dangerous abranch is calling for attacks against the u. S. This after a top senator warned here in the situation room terrorist slaughter like the recent beach attack in tunisia is all but certain to happen here in the u. S. Possibly very soon. Ill talk with a former u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. Who now serves on the House Armed Services committee, congressman ryan zangky and our correspondents and analysts as we cover all the news breaking now. First our chief National Security correspondent, jim sciutto. You remember the terror alert that went out before the july fourth weekend, hearing from Law Enforcement now one of the reasons behind that. U. S. Officials telling us that Law Enforcement foiled several terror plots in the last four weeks, including attacks timed to the july fourth holiday. The fbi has as you said made more than ten isisrelated arrests during that time. Some of those arrests tied to attacks tied to july fourth. And even though the holiday is past and i want to make this clear, when i speak to u. S. Counter terror and Law Enforcement officials, they say the threat today even after the holiday remains very high. Brianna, theyre pointing their finger primarily at isis and how isis is having Great Success radicalizing people here in the u. S. And theres also a new threatening video message thats been released from the new aqap leader al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in yemen. Tell us about this. And this relates to the other terror group that the u. S. Sees as the primary threat to the u. S. Homeland Aqap Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. We heard today the first speech from al sawnnahadi the succeeded leader. He declared his allegiance aqaps allegiance to core al qaeda and its leader al zawahiri who succeeded Osama Bin Laden after he was killed. Crucially he called for attacks on the u. S. Saying all its policies and administrations are built on terrorism, the enemy can no longer hide its weakness. I think you can safely say theres some competition going on here between isis and aqap both showing that they are attacking america, both encouraging their supporters to attack america, in any way they can. Particularly as you have some sympathizers out there even leaving a group like aqap to join isis. They both have to show their relevance. Tonight a powerful new warning that the biggest threat to this nations security comes from russia not isis at president Vladimir Putin becomes more dangerous and aggressive. Urpentagon correspondent barbara starr. Good evening. The number of u. S. Threats is rising. The number of u. S. Troops available to deal with those threats is declining. Dire warnings from the marine corps general slated to become president obamas top military adviser. Russia presents the greatest threat to our National Security. If you look at their behavior its nothing short of alarming. Reporter marine corps general dumford believes the u. S. Should provide weapons to ukrainian forces. Frankly, without that support theyre not going to be able to protect themselves against russian aggression. Reporter he listed china north korea, and isis as the nextbiggest threats to u. S. Security and had this warning about iran. Iran will continue to be a malign force and influence across the region. If confirmed as chairman ill make sure that our leadership has a full range of military options to keel with iranian activity. Reporter his confirmation hearing came on the very day the army announced its putting its force by 40,000 troops, going from 490,000 to 450,000 troops in the next two years. Military bases and communities across the country affected. Ft. Benning, georgia, and ft. Hood texas, suffering the biggest impact. Unfortunately, under sequestration and automatic budget cuts todays announcement may not be the last. Reporter but muted reaction from many in congress. The cuts largely a result of congressionally mandated budget cuts known as sequestration. Some analysts say with no large land wars for the army on its horizon, it is time to cut and save money. The local communities could pay a price. Its hard to justify the force size that we had at the peak of iraq and afghanistan, given the deployments and the commitments that we have dead. That also means theres going to be fewer people at the Grocery Stores fewer teachers at the school. So the Economic Impacts will expand out from the base. Reporter even as the outgoing chairman warned the u. S. Is entering a time of what he calls perpetual war. The Global Security environment is as uncertain as ive ever seen it. The world is rapidly changing everywhere and were seeing significant shifts in an alreadycomplex strategic landscape. Reporter on the day that 40,000 u. S. Army troops were told they were no longer needed where was the secretary of defense this sun valley idaho, talking to top executives at hightech and Entertainment Companies to talk to them about their vision of the future as they see it. Tomorrow he will be back on the trail at ft. Bragg talking to Army Soldiers about what is happening to them. Brianna . Barbara starr, thank you so much. Joining me to talk more about this we have republican congressman ryan zenky, a member of the Armed Services committee, a veteran u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. He brings a really interesting dual perspective to this. I want to talk to you about the russian threat. But first i want to ask you what we learn from the fbi director yesterday, that there have been several threats that have been thwarted here in the past weeks. Have you been briefed on these . What can you tell us . Its troubling. I have to commend the fbi and Law Enforcement officials, they do a great job out there protecting what could have been a devastating holiday turned out to be good. It goes to show, look at the threat we face. Our Foreign Policy and our military policy is make sure that we fight on foreign shores and not shores here. And youre looking at it, its a failure of this president , i think, to take the offensive and fight on foreign shores rather than here. When we dont act as a country, when we dont lead there is no country no nation on the earth, that can stand in our place. We heard from senator rich yesterday something very alarming. He told me in his estimation that at some point one of these plots will be successfully carried out. Here in the u. S. Do you agree with that . Unfortunately i do. But theres action we can take. We need to secure or southern border. Clearly the southern border as nexus between immigration and National Security. Its a sieve. Weve known it. Were a great nation are. We built the panama canal in the 19th century. Were up for a fence in the 21st. Theres a lot of things we can and should be doing now. We heard from the new leader of aqap today, al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in yemen, and he gave his first speech since he succeeded al wa haush show, who was taken out by the u. S. In a drone strike. As the head of this organization hes the new aqap leader, what do you know about this guy what concerns you about him . Hes dangerous. Hes an ideologue. Clearly isis has an agenda of evil. Youre not going to reform isis. Quite frankly, our policy of air operations alone and very limited strikes, it is not going to work, it hasnt worked. Its not just me its the generals those that i fought in fallujah with. We all agree, we all assess. I think the way ahead is make sure we arm the kurds. We look at syria and have a policy in syria. Probably root out isis in the Syrian Desert. Then iran. As long as iran has the influence they do within the territory of iraq the sunnis are not going to invest in a centralized government. And iraq will continue to move in a threestate nation. You just told us that you see the southern border, the security of the southern border to be essential. You say its the nexus of National Security and immigration. Do you have any evidence the terrorists are trying to come in through mexico . Theres been cases of individuals dressed as bin laden come across in full daylight and make their way up to the i10. Ive been at the border. I can tell you it is a sieve. It needs to be corrected. In the last six months or so there has been over 60 nations represented. Its not, as a lot of the people look at it this is a south american problem, hispanic problem. Its not. Is that recent . What has happened . And do you think terrorists are coming across the border . I absolutely do. If i was a terrorist do you have evidence of it . Certainly from the number of people in the nations represented in the last six months yes, theres evidence that its multinational. And look from a perspective but im trying to get a handle on this because theres a difference of it being a vulnerability, which i think a lot of people might look at and say theres a possibility, but is it happening . Are you seeing isisinspired people Isis Al Qaeda . What do you know of someone coming across the border . Unfortunately, the time we know when a terrorist attack will occur from our southern border well be too late. I think its a risk. I think the assessment from the experts, it as risk, in my experience. Given how large the border is and given how many people are coming across the border. I mean look. If a child can come across the border and we know theres hundreds of thousands of children that have what makes you think that isis and terrorists cant . And weapons of mass destruction im not saying they cant. I just want to be able to be sure if thur saying that they are or if they could. Well unfortunately, i believe the probability is the case where they are. Okay. All right, we want to talk to you more congressman zinke, about russia. Well take a quick break and talk about how big a threat russia is. A new season brings a new look. A chance to try something different. This summer, challenge your preconceptions and experience a cadillac for yourself. Take advantage of our summer offers. The 2015 cadillac srx, a crossover with space safety, and style. Lease this from around 339 per month. Developing some of the highest quality nutrition isnt easy so at gnc, why do we do it . Why do we work to deliver clinically studied products to fill the worlds nutrition gaps . Why do we insist on the most stringent quality checks period . Well, heres why. Celebrating 80 years of quality life and quality products. And were just getting started. Gnc. 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I know you were listening to general joseph dun fords testimony, the nominee to be the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. In his confirmation hearing he was saying that russia this is a quote, presents the greatest threat to our National Security. That was something that i think a lot of people were surprised to hear him say. Do you agree with that . Well, certainly its time to send in mat reasons. I respect the general greatly. I think with russia though hes shrewd hes smart, you cant negotiate with russia from weakness. But i think the soft vulnerability of russia is whats driving their ability too be aggressive is their energy. If you you take the energy out of their economy russia is not so strong. And all of a sudden u. S. , we have liquid natural gas potential, we have enormous amount of petroleum. We can, in the words of reagan, challenge russia and put russia in a box by free market, export of crude and liquid natural gas into eastern europe. Were not going to put a battle group in the black sea but we can check their aggressiveness with the good oldfashioned free market. When listing potential threats he said russia, then china, north korea and isis. Are you saying you might reaveragere rearrange that . Certainly i think russia is the nation states i think russia is among the top four. I think we can debate whos number one. Certainly russia is a threat. As long as they have the means to be aggressive and that means, with the russian economy, theyre a onetrick pony. Theyre about energy. In the u. S. We need to advance our ability to export crude and export liquid natural gas. I think that would check a lot of russias aggressiveness. Putin is a very shrewd and cunning leader. And it takes great strength to stand up to such a leader and we need to do our part and show the free world were going to stand. The secretary of defense yesterday, as we turn now to syria to talk about this he said this week 60 syrian fighters have been trained as part of u. S. Efforts to train moderate Syrian Rebels to fight isis, because obviously u. S. Troops arent going in there. Its a 500 Million Program for 60 fighters. What do you think about that . Dismal failure. You look at syria one is whats our policy in syria . Are we going to support a regime change . Are we not . Are we going to cede the Syrian Desert to its its as were presently doing . If youre our ally do you have the confidence were going to be there . Am i shocked theres 60 . Im not shocked, im disappointed. Take it from an individual that wants to be trains in the u. S. If they know that were not going to stand with them and youre going to be targeted your familys going to be killed because were not going to be there for you, why would you be trained by the u. S. . So i think our policy needs to change and we do need to removies sister from the Syrian Desert we need to engage the Syrian Free Army much more than were doing. But it is right now 60 individuals is a dismal failure and it will never bring the ball to the field. Before i let you go since you are the first navy s. E. A. L. Elected to congress i want your perspective on the plans of the army to cut 40,000 troops over the next couple of years. You know, i think our active duty force needs to remain what it is today. If were going to cut, lets cut the bureaucracy. We have over 700,000 d. O. D. Employees. You dont have to fire anybody, you can atrophy, do hiring freezes, look at acquisition processes. Theres a lot of areas within d. O. D. I think you can reform quickly. But the active duty strength i think its necessary, considering what we face. Nation states as well as an uncertain future. 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