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debate whether it was sean penn, whether it was the mexican actress or whether it was a combination of other intel that led authorities to joaquin guzman, "el chapo." the reality is it was really guzman himself. he's the one that wanted the article. he invited them to come to him in the end, it's his own fault. wolf? >> certainly is. thanks very much. martin savidge in mexico. we're following a terror threat and a terror leader considered one of the most dangerous bomb makers in the world. tonight a chilling new warning from the united states. jim sciutto is working the story for us. this is the man behind very frightening earlier plots. >> no question. terrorism is a competition and in recent headlines, it's isis grabbing not just the headlines but the attention with successful operations in san bernardino, in paris, bringing down a russian passenger jet, typically the strength of al
weakness of those particular governments. >> when i speak to u.s. counter terror officials, they point to isis and al qaeda as the gravest threats to the u.s. homeland and typically what they will say is isis the most capable of carrying out some sort of attack, even low level because of lone wolf threats and appeal to lone wolves but al qaeda and peninsula, the most capable of a larger attack principally because of this bomb maker and their ability to put bombs on planes. >> as much as the u.s. focuses, don't lose sight of al qaeda. >> sure. >> thanks very much. new develop tments in the shooting of a philadelphia police officer by a man that told investigators he pledged allegiance to isis. you're learning new information about the suspect and information. update us. >> law enforcement sources say they are looking into an
own? it supplied to him? it's not that cheap to fly back and forth. part of an on going investigation. i can assure you this is a full-court press going on. i want to find out why he did it and find out whether or not there could be others involved with him and whether or not this is part of a pattern of attacks. >> this is at least the fourth attack here in the united states believed to have been at least inspired if not directed by isis. i assume you believe these attacks will continue on u.s. soil, so here is the question. what can you u.s. do about it? >> we need extensive surveillance and monitor what is going on in the muslim community and again, get as many sources as we can and as many undercovers as we can and also we have to again maintain close cooperation with our allies overseas. there is no easy answer to this. isis has more than any other al qaeda groups or affiliates managed to really master the art
made the grade. ♪ >> what a loss. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. turning you over now to wolf blitzer. he's in "the situation room." thanks for watching. happening now, dramatic raid, stunning new video of the deadly assault in the takedown of the fugitive drug lord. did a secret interview with the actor sean penn help put "el chapo" back in prison? and will he now face justice in the united states? american spy caught. north korea says it's holding an american accused of spying for a u.s. ally, exclusive access to the prisoner. why is the u.s. government keeping quiet? isis backed obliterated. the u.s. strikes an isis cash hold and payroll center destroying millions. why was the pentagon willing to risk civilian casualties by bombing right in the heart of a
this is a building in which there are civilians nearby. so when the u.s. got the intelligence that this was a major cash facility where isis was collecting and storing cash and then disbursing it to fund their operations, they began watching from overhead, airplanes and drones, to see when the civilians were most likely in the neighborhood. what they learned, we are told, is that isis was there at night, civilians in the neighborhood in the daytime, so they made the decision to go ahead and strike it at dawn on sunday. they were willing, we are told, to risk up to 50 civilian casualties. why would the u.s. take the risk? because this was a site that was storing, we are told, millions in isis controlled cash. this is the cash that isis uses to pay its troops, to fund its operations. this is now a shift that we should expect to see that they will go after targets like financial targets like this. and that they will potentially risk more civilian casualties in order to really strike at the heart of isis.
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having damage. if you take out all the cash, that will save hundreds or thousands of lives. you have to balance. certainly in world war ii many civilians killed and that was a just war. nobody wants to kill civilians but the fact is our main job is to protect americans and the world from isis and i think it's about time that the administration does ease the restrictions they put on a pilot when they try to carry out these missions. >> as you know, jordan's king is here in washington now arrived over the weekend and here today, tomorrow and wednesday. but even though he's meeting with the vice president, the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, he won't be meeting with the president, the white house, senior administration official telling us that due to scheduling conflicts including the president's state of the union address, he's not going to be able to meet with his majesty on this visit.
anonymous tip. investigators are trying to determine how credible this tip is. philadelphia police say a woman stopped an officer on the street over the weekend and reported archer had an affiliation to a group with radical belves and that everyone knows it. police are not saying what group that might be or where the group is but they are still trying to look into this tip to see if there's any veracity to it. in the meantime, surveillance cameras captured the horrifying moment last thursday when a gunman walked up to that officer jessie hartnett's police car. he jumped out of his car, pursued the suspect and shot him. officers arrest ed archer and police say his claims he shot the officer in the name of isis telling investigators i pledge allegiance to the islamic state and that's why i did what i did.
qaeda in the arabia peninsula and you have a reminder they are still targeting the u.s. with isis dominating the headlines today al qaeda's master bomb maker made it clear his terror group is still targeting the u.s. speaking directly to americans vowed, we will not leave you alone as long as we have a pulsing vein in us. the senior leader of al qaeda in the peninsula and created the most creative and most dangerous bomb maker in the world designed the notorious underwear bomb intended to a bring down a u.s. passenger jet on christmas day in 2009. his ability to make bombs that can slip past airport security is a primary concern of u.s. counter terror officials and one reason that u.s. intelligence views aqap along with isis as the two most severe terror threats to the u.s. homeland. >> because there is a capability
suspect, the shooter in this case was in fact plotting with others or had any contact with terrorists? >> i haven't beyond what pamela brown reported. i'm hearing the same thing. they haven't been able to track down whether he did this at the direction of isis or inspired by isis. that is part of the on going investigation, whether or not he was overseas he was in contact with anyone from i sisis or ter organization. what he said the other night indicates, demonstrates that he was inspired by isis. whether or not there was direct contact instructing him to do this, that so far as far as i know, there is no evidence of that. >> police say he did take trips, archer to both egypt and saudi arabia. do we know who paid for those trips, what he was doing while in egypt? he was there for several months and also saudi arabia. >> again, my understanding is that is certainly a key part of the investigation is to find out did he hav the money on his