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Democrats' choice for president in 2016 but it doesn't matter until the former secretary of state says she wants in. oh, is that what she just said in an interview? and kenya, smoke pouring out of the nairobi mall where militants are holding hostages. how much longer can al shabab terrorists hold out? a lot of developing news out there. we'll go live to the scene.
It's where the money is going. it sounded far fetched at the time. what does this mean? could there be a connection? >> well that, connection is by no means confirmed yet. but it wouldn't be a surprise because those around the 20 americans who were believed to with the al-shabaab group in somalia. there has been extreme groups from minneapolis to somalia. >> that has slowed to a trickle in the last couple of years, because the fbi have got on top of the issue. also this group al-shabaab becomes more extreme. it has become less popular in the somali communities of the united states, chris. >> t...
Fighting off al-shabaab recruitment. they haven't always been successful. over the last several years, 40 young men have journeyed overseas to fight for al-shab b al-shabaab. most of them are from this minneapolis area. in fact, there was a recruiting video put out last month in which a man from minnesota compared fighting in somalia to disneyland for jihadists and urged other muslims to come there. fbi source is telling cnn the fbi has been working with the somali american community here to try to prevent any of those young men from coming back here to the united states to commit acts of terr...
Minnesota, area. chris, there's been 40 or 50 young americans who left minneapolis to go to somalia to be trained. in some cases there was evidence people in the mosques knew about this. there was a facilitation process. . that 40 to 50 who have gone over to be trained, at least 50 killed in fighting over in somalia, the concern as we've said before is that any of these coming back into the united states or fwhofb contact with operatives in the united states the sfooib concerned about this. i'm assuming they're on top of the situation in st. paul, minneapolis, see if any phone calls or contact...
Biggest threat do you think? >> yoevenlths i think still the bigger groups that have moved themselves and actually tried to target and attack american interests both at the homelands and around the world will remain at the top of the list. i think al-shabaab exerting its influence beyond somalia's borders is gaining attention. >> real quick the surprise news the fbi is involved, investigating possible connections to american citizens as a part of this group. they are now investigating these allegations that there were americans that could have been a part of this? >> the last few years, a big ...