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Threats we face from the airline aviation sector is the idea that has been reported of these nonmetallic ieds that can be built and taken onto airplanes. remember, these people are coming not just from the middle east but europe, the united states, from australia. they have legal travel documents to track outside the region. it s easier to get to than afghanistan and pakistan. now it s the biggest training ground, far surpassing what we saw in afghanistan and pakistan. so that s why i view it as the biggest threat. i know you have to be careful here, sir. we know there have been americans who have gone to fight in syria. for all we know, maybe they re crossing into iraq. do you have concerns these americans may be receiving this bomb making training from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula that they may carry it back here to the homeland? it s a serious concern because they can t come back into the united states or get on a flight inbound to the united states. with tiers that may not b ....
That s going to work. more than two years ago you were advocating for more robust support for moderate rebel groups inside syria when the president was considering military action in syria, some say you gave the speech of your life advocating for that action. it didn t happen. since then the war. we have to speak across borders, syria and iraq has only deteriorated. i wonder if you re personally frustrated to have watched that? no, let s be crystal clear, jim. the reason that the decision to strike syria didn t happen was because we ultimately came up with a better solution after the president made his decision to strike. on chemical weapons but that hasn t helped the calculus on the ground. but the purpose of the strike was to send a message to assad, don t use chemical weapons, not eight strike that was calculated to end the regime or to get involved in the war directly. it was to end the use of chemical weapons. we found a better solution. ....
We got all the chemical weapons out. but isis has only grown as a threat during that time period. you re absolutely correct. isis has grown as a threat because countless numbers of jihadists are flocking to syria to oppose assad. as in syria, you get a sense this is not an administration that is champing at the bit for military action in iraq but focused very much on a political solution but even on that, the secretary and others, they re waiting to see proof that the iraqis, john, are up to that. jim sciutto in brussels. thanks so much. a u.n. human rights team announced today more than 1,000 people have been killed in iraq this month. most of them civilians. so what is the solution to end this blood shed? what s account obama administration doing to help right now? is it enough? joining me is republican congressman michael mccaul of texas, the chair of the homeland security committee and serves on the foreign affairs committee. ....
So in my briefings, the security of homeland security agrees with me that this is the number one threat to the homeland. just to be clear, can they hit us now? i believe they re in the process of conducting, planning for external operations. i do think their focus right now is on creating this caliphate, this islamic state of the le v.a. nt as they call it. that s why when i was on the sunday shows i talked about a dual strategy of targeted air strikes against isis without collateral damage while same establishing a political and diplomatic solution to the crisis that malaki has left behind. so there s a new report out today that talks about extremist groups inside syria, concerns they may be receiving bomb making training from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. have you seen any intelligence to this effect? i have to be careful in discussing that. i know there are some connections there. i think one of the biggest ....
Lookout. warming waters could bring jaws to a beach near you. i m john berman in for jake tapper today. is the world lead, iraq continues to crumble. the battle is going on right now that you can see from space iraqi, security forces are fighting to hold onto the country s largest-refinery. the trail of heavy black smoke stretches for miles. the impact stretches worldwide with gas prices on the rise here in the u.s. right now, it s unclear who controls this facility. earlier state run news claimed iraq security forces are holding the refinery and killed 19 terrorists including the militant who led the attack. but just a few hours later, several iraqi security forces told cnn that isis had seized the facility. maybe it s the fog of war. maybe it s just flat out denial. but there is similar confusion over who controls border crossings into syria and jordan, critical bridges for a terror ....