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Transitioned from being a proselytizer to a senior member of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. his knowledge of the united states is part of the reason why aqap has tried to target the homeland with flight 253, the failed underwear bomber. he understands our security and he is very, very talented -- mike lieder pointed him out as -- >> he is a military kid, lived in new mexico and went to colorado state university. let me move over to libya, secretary of state hillary clinton talking about the fears of evacuating power there. >> one of our biggest concerns is libya descending into chaos and b...

Make any connections to omar mutallab the nigerian student who carried the bomb in his underwear on flight 253. the link terrorist will go to launch attacks or at least talk about launching attacks inside the united states. both in the case of omar faruq mutallab originated in england. a plot may have been -- bebegin at least in kenya. launched from africa. >> jon: catherine herridge in washington. thanks. >> you are welcome. ♪ >> jon: now to the plight of the bare foot bandit. a judge in miami ordering the teen back to his home state of washington where he will face the first of presumably ...

Kenya. it would then be flown to london, england. it would be transferred once again to a flight that would take it on to new york city. the documents don't suggest whos would involved or how many people were involved, but at least those specifics were given, jon. >> jon: and the targets were restaurants and night clubs here in new york. >> according to the two-page document here, it does appear at least based on the raw intelligence they had that that seemed to be at least what extremists were discuss. the document reads in part the final target of the attack was not known but extremist membe...

Lawyer says he has reached a deal with the teen's mother to handle all the movie, book, and television offers. >> a teenager taught himself to fly without any flying lessons, without ever having been in a similarity. is an extraordinary story. there are lots of inquiries that we are attempting to sort through. >> but nothing set? >> nothing is set. >> jon: the u.s. marshal's spokesman says the bare foot bandit is set to return home depending on when they can arrange a flight. we're told it could take one to four weeks. two years ago he was in a battle for the white house. now he is fighting ju...

Yemen, aqap, roger cressey san nbc terrorism analyst and a partner at good harper consultant, briefed by a senior white house counterterrorism official, that was the head loin that jumped out at us, yemen. obviously, al shabaab is in the news this week. but in yemen, they are concerned that that is where al qaeda is now most operationally capable t is not afghanistan it is not even pakistan. >> i think there is still al qaeda central, of a pack, the number one priority for the administration, what you see with aqap is several things, one, the christmas failed bombing, flight 253 you see an org...