Considered one of the most dangerous in the world to the u. S. Now u. S. Special forces announcing theyre pulling out of yemen because of the growing chaos. Meaning there will be no u. S. Presence on the ground there. Which could have a huge impact in the fight against isis and al qaeda. Abcs Alex Marquardt has been tracking all of it. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, martha. Its hard to see the situation in yemen this morning as anything other than complete anarchy and a failed state. A complex web of warring factions that have pushed the u. S. Out and created a vacuum that americas biggest enemies are now trying to fill. This weekend, the growing chaos forcing the u. S. To pull out from yemen completely. The state department saying 100 military trainers and special Operations Forces have now left. Forces that remained after the u. S. Embassy closed last month, eliminating the american presence in a country the Obama Administration considers vital for counterterrorism. We continue to go after highvalue targets. And well continue the maintain the pressure thats required to keep the American People safe. Reporter now the unrest has reached a new low. The u. S. Backed president has fled the capital. Rebels from the shiite houthi tribe, sport supported by iran and now this charge, this morning, taking over the biggest city. During friday prayers, suicide attacks that targeted more than two different shiite mosques, more than 130 people killed. A sunni Jihadist Group claiming links to isis warning this is just the beginning. Its unclear how much isis has been involved in the attacks. I do think what is clear is that their ideology and their inspiration has impacted several of these attacks. Yemens spokesman in washington tweeting i hate to say this but im hearing the loud and clear beating of the drums of war. It was in yemen that the u. S. S. Cole was attacked by al qaeda suicide bombers in 2000. 17 american sailors were killed. Then, in 2012 in an operation designed by the Yemenbased Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the socalled underwear bomber tried to bring down a plane with plastic explosives. Marthaer touring the school and apartment where he trained. New video released on the attack on National Museum that left at least 21 people dead. A third gunman was involved. He escaped. That attack like the ones in yemen, evidence of isis trying to expand their global reach. Martha . Thank you, alex. The stunning new threat from a group claiming to represent isis. Publishing an online hit list with the names, addresses, and photos of u. S. Military personnel. The pentagon is responding this morning. And abcs Hamish Macdonald joins us with the latest. Good morning. Reporter ma tha martha, good morning. This is unprecedented. The names and addresses of around 100 u. S. Military personnel published online by a Group Calling itself the Islamic State hacking division. Theyre calling on supporters to kill those identified at home in the United States. A pentagon spokesman has told abc news that they wont confirm if the details published are correct. But we do know that they have been contacting the families of the people on the st, mainly air force and navy personnel. Theres a broader warning on the centcom page saying there are bad actors out there trying to gain your information for their own benefit and to potentially use it against you. It doesnt appear this information was hacked from government servers. Officials are saying this morning, most of this information was already in the public domain, places like social media. Martha . Thank you, hamish. Lets bring in the chair of the House Homeland Security committee, michael mccaul. I want to go back to yemen and the dangers there. Can you tell us the latest intelligence on that situation . I think the problem is were not going to have any intelligence in yemen. Yemen is one of the most dangerous spots in the world. Al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the largest external Operation Force in al qaeda. Theyre responsible for the underwear bomber. Five plots against the west in the last several years. They were tied to the Corazon Group the make bombs and blow up airplanes. Now that we pulled the embassy out and the special operations that became because of the chaos. Theyve taken over the Third Largest city. The Houthi Rebels are everywhere. Exactly right. We have withdrawn completely. Well have no intelligence footprint or capabilities to monitor what aqap and isis and the shia militants are doing there. Good intelligence stops plots in the homeland. Without that intelligence, we cant effectively stop it. This state department is saying, we also continue to actively monitor terrorist threats emanating from yemen and have capabilities postured in the area to address them. Its just not as good. Its not in country. And the human intelligence is not there. Maybe we can launch drone strikes from other countries. If you dont have the intelligence on the ground, how do you know who to hit and where and when . We dont have any allies on the ground. Its a model from libya. We pulled out of libya. Look whats happened. Safe haven. Now we have yemen. All of Northern Africa seems to be falling to this power vacuum that is being filled by the terrorists. And isis inining with al qaeda. I think it all seems to be blurred anymore. It is getting more blurry. I know that aqap very much fights isis. On the other hand, boko haram recently pledged to isis. I think youll see more and more going over to isis because they are the game in town. The elements in yemen greatly disturb me because of their potential to attack the United States. Lets talk about what is going on in iraq. I was in baghdad a couple of weeks ago. People seemed confident that the Iraqi Security forces would be able to retake tikrit. Which then they could go on and do mosul. Were seeing that stalled. I think its its a matter of leadership and policy. I think that were not letting the military do their job here. Its a policy of containment, not a policy to degrade and destroy and defeat isis in the region. When the president launched the air strikes in syria, he touted yemen as a model for terrorist counterterrorism operations. We cant let the same thing happen. We have no intelligence in syria. Thats a major problem. We have to get more aggressive in taking out isis where they exist. And the head of the snake is in iraq and syria. And just on that note you saw the threats against the u. S. Military and this hit list with 100 names on it. They probably compiled it from social media. Yet, do they have the capability to strike those people and their families . Well, we have the foreign fighters. About 30,000 of them. 5,000 western passports. According to clapper. 180 of them have returned or gone to the region. We have a number i cant disclose publicly. Theyre here in the United States. Theyre foreign fighters. In addition to that, the home grown extremists who can be inspired and radicalized over the internet is what greatly concerns me. They can be inspired to attack our military in the United States. I think unfortunately, it would be not so difficult to pull off. Thank you very much for joining us, chairman mccaul. Now joining us general carter ham retired commander of u. S. Africa command. I want to talk to you about the threats to the family specifically. You heard chairman mccaul saying its possible the threats can be carried out. What does it do to a military community . Its disconcerting to the families, the specific families that were identified in the release. But more broadly across the armed services. To know that those who engage in social media, that that information now can be corrupted and used by a terrorist organization to threaten them. And in worst case, what they hope to do is inspire or motivate someone here in the United States to attack or kill these Service Members or their families. I have to say, last night, when this first came out, i went on facebook to see if i could find those people they talked about. Very easy to find. The Defense Department said clean up your social media. I went on this morning, some of the pictures and names were still public. Showing theyre in the military. I suppose you would say get that off social media as well. Yes, the department of defense has been very active over the past many years of reminding Service Members and their families to be very cautious about the information you put on social media. Disabling your geo location. Be very circumspect about the location of the Service Members for precisely the reason that has now played out. I worry that the increasing sophistication by the islamic terrorist organizations to manipulate social media to their own ends is a very worrying trend. You have to worry about cyber security, too. Absolutely. Thank you so much for joining us, general ham. Now to the Nuclear Negotiations with iran. The clock ticking this morning. The deadline for an agreement just nine days away. When i was in iran a few weeks ago, we found many iranians open to more ties in the west. How open is the government prepared to be when it comes to the Nuclear Program . Terry moran now with the man who would monitor it. Reporter president obama sending a greeting to the people of iran this week on the persian new year. [ speaking Foreign Language ] reporter and urging them to pressure their leaders to reach a deal on the countrys Nuclear Program. We have a chance. A chance to make progress that will benefit our countries and the world for many years to come. Reporter the linchpin to any deal is here, in vienna. In the laboratories. The nuclear watchdog. It will be their task to monitor iran and assure the world that its programs are all peaceful. Do you think iran is working on a Nuclear Weapon . We have never said they have Nuclear Weapon program or Nuclear Weapons. What we said is that we have information so iran has to clarify the information. Reporter this man is the director general of the iaea. You dont know what you dont know. Thats exactly the case. Reporter in the labs, the tools of the Nuclear Inspection trade are developed and tested. These are the latest generation cameras that they install in Nuclear Facilities around the world. These underwater cameras, a bank of them here. Theyre in those cooling tanks, the spent fuel ponds, making sure that none of that Nuclear Material gets loe. For some facilities, the pictures are transmitted back here to vienna, where theyre stored on servers, and every single image is reviewed. And examined. But he says iran must agree to tougher inspections. To the socalled additional protocol. Granting iaea inspectors sweeping new access to sites, data, and personnel. At any time they may be asked to give access to the iaea. Reporter if that happens, he says, there will be years of inspections before iran could be cleared of all suspicion that its working to build Nuclear Weapons. Any deal reached is just the first step. Exactly. And the deal needs to be reached. But, more importantly, it should be implemented. Reporter for years, iran has been playing a cat and mouse game with the iaea. The real question now for irans leaders is, will they stop playing that game and once and for all come clean . For this week. Terry moran, abc news, vienna. Something well all be watching. Thanks to terry. Coming up after that bloody arrest at the university of virginia, the Charlottesville Police chief is our exclusive guest. Plus, mitt romney. His take on the 2016 field. Hillarys emails. 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Johnson was among them. One day after his arrest, johnson, with ten stitches in his head, stood by his attorney. Who spoke out on his behalf. The trauma from what the officer did yesterday will stay with me forever. Reporter his Attorney Says the trauma happened when johnson was denied entrance to this popular pub and was then questioned by alcohol beverage enforcement agents. The owner of the bar says johnson never used a fake i. D. The officers involved described johnson as belligerent. The bar owners disagreed. He was very cordial. Reporter those officers have now been placed on administrative duty. Pepding the outcome of the state investigation. Were going to get to the bottom of it. Someone is going to have to answer for it. Lets at least let the investigation run its course. Reporter while not all students here are protesting. Im all for equality. But equality thats due process. Not mob mentality, which is what im seeing here. Reporter many here say at a school where only 6 of the Institute Body is black, race was likely a major factor. You dont think if it was a white student underage, entering a pub, he would have been arrested also . I do not believe so. If he had been arrested, he would not have been assaulted. Reporter for this week, linsey davis, abc news, charlottesville. Our thanks to linsey. Joining us now, tim longo from the Charlottesville Police department, where the uva campus is located. Chief, let me ask you this morning. Do you believe the officers went too far, from what you have seen . I think the Virginia StatePolice Investigation will best answer that. Ill tell you what is depicted on video is unfortunate. Its tragic. Its its certainly disturbing to me, as a Law Enforcement official. And frankly, disturbing to this community. Look, this campus, these students, this community, this city has been through a lot in the past several months. Once again, here we are on National Stage over a just an unfortunate event. The owner of the bar, as you heard, talked about matese johnson having a legal right to be many that establishment, and that he did not appear to be intoxicated in the least. Yeah, thats certainly what this statements revealed that certainly what the owner said base on the what i have just heard. That will be a factor that im sure the investigation will consider as it evaluates the reasonableness of the officers actions. My concern, my focus is helping this Community Restore and move forward and continue to have a really important discussion with the students here on grounds about race and the relationship of our community with our police departments. And chief longo, you talked to many students on friday night in a meeting. A lot of black students 100 black students from uva. They didnt seem satisfied with your answer to this question why has there been a pattern of escalation, especially on black bodies . Its a difficult question to answer. Thats a National Discussion we need to have. You know, Law Enforcement depends so much on relationship with its citizens. When any aspect of our citizenry feels threatened, that theyre not being treated fairly. That disrupts my ability to have that relationship and carry out the function of what i call relational policing. I think together, were going to try to figure out the answer to that question. Im committed to this student body this community, to continue to have that discussion. I did meet with the chapter president of the naacp. On wednesday or thursday afternoon. And then again on friday we met. We have had an email exchange over the weekend. And im committed to continuing to work with the students. Let me ask you this. What needs to change . I think attitudes need to change. I think hearts need to change. This is a difficult discussion. An uncomfortable discussion as we all saw on friday afternoon with students that are hurt, angry, needing, wanting, deserving of answers. We need to keep this discussion alive and well and Law Enforcement, frankly, needs to be reminded of the history of this country. The history of the aspect of race and the importance it plays in our history. We need to remind ourselves of that as we go into the communities to engage the people we need to have a relationship with. Im committed to continuing the discussion here on grounds and throughout the community. You know, the im fearful of the reputation of this great place is damaged because of incidents like this. We simply cant allow that to happen. Thank you so much for joining us this morning, chief longo. Thank you so much. Lets bring in abc news contributor john cohen, former counterterrorism coordinator at the Homeland Security department. Also a former police officer. I want to talk to you in that former capacity most of all. Your reaction to what the chief said. He said right away it was disturbing. Chief longo is a great chief and runs a fine department. He has a very difficult challenge, though, ahead of him. One, his community is reacting to events that his officers were not a part of. This is one of a series of events that emanated from that university that have been thrust on the National Stage and hes having to deal with. Secondly, and most importantly, i think, that there are members of his community that have already made up their minds about what has happened. Even though the state police have just initiated their investigation. Theyll look into whether it was appropriate for the officers to approach the student. Theyll look into the circumstances of the arrest. Some in the community have already decided they know what happened. That damages the relationship between the community and police officers, which is so important across the country right now. So what do you do about that . And how important is that . Its critically important. Communities across the country are dealing with increases in heroin overdoses. Gang violence. Theyre dealing with increasing crime problems. As was discussed earlier in the show, a terrorist threat. That requires close policecommunity collaboration. If we cant have an honest discussion between police and community about how they can Work Together the keep the community safe, i fear were going to see a continuation of the problems were experiencing. It seems this should be done quickly. The community is looking for answers right away. It needs to be done quickly, yes. But it needs to be done honestly. Its not helpful when public officials, whether at the university or National Government mischaracterize or jump to conclusions prior to the facts being in regarding these types of situations. Its damaging. Its premature. And it introduce, in a sense, fuel in a combustible situation. 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Good morning to everyone. Cokie, i want to start with you. You were watching lewinsky. The people in the audience seemed to respond to her message. I covered the story like a cheap suit. Does the country reassess what happened 20 years ago . How are we supposed to look at that . I think people bring to it whatever prejudices they already had. In her case, look, she clearly wants to be in the limelight. You dont do this unless you want to be in the limelight. If shes using the limelight for a good cause, more power to her. I was kind of struck listening to her talk about how awful the internet can be, the social media, the bullying all of that. Because it were very similar to what the Romney Family said about not running for president again. You know, its brutal out there. Steve, what about the message of cyberbullying and shaming . Is it the right message . Its a very real thing. Were expecting to interview an author with an entire book about the culture of shaming. The way people can be flamed permanently in a moment. I watched the ted talk. Its rather interesting. Shes reaching out and talking about other people and other peoples experiences. Its never really a bad thing to try to understand whats happening to someone else particularly someone else on the other side of that Digital Divide who you can reach in an instant, you can destroy in an instant and you may not realize it. I suppose she would be in the spotlight no matter what . She might as well do something good. She could get married or change her name. Good luck with that. Good luck changing the name. Were you cringing . No, not cringing. But, count me as some what skeptical that the timing is purely coincidental. But look. Its an important message. She certainly has the right to make whatever statement she cares to make. Shes been through a lot. Probably a teachable moment. I dont think its a profound moment. She says its not political. She doesnt mention the clintons, particularly Hillary Clinton. Listen, i think everybody, and i think that would be all 300 million americans who have ever made a joke with lewinsky as the punchline, should watch this talk. It was riveting. Shes much smarter. Shes deeper psychologically historically than i expected. I think she makes a point that a lot of people can identify with. Obviously, people have sympathy for Hillary Clinton. I think a lot of people now fear theyre going to be cyberbullied or have their personal lives exposed. She spoke about it in a way i think punchline no more. Good on, monica lewinsky. I think shes talking to a Younger Generation as well. Before the break, our power house puzzler. Inspired by this visit. Prince charles and his wife, camilla, meeting the president in the oval office this week. So heres the question. The princes first trip was back in 1970, when reportedly president nixon tried to set up the prince of wales with whom . 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Rowe price. Invest with confidence. There are a number of things that you just say, oh, i wish i had said that differently. The real part i wish we had done differently or that i had done differently, was making a greater effort to communicating to minority voters in this country the policies i think are right to help minority families. Mitt romney discussing the biggest mistake of his 2012 run for the white house, in an exclusive interview with katie couric. And also weighing in on obamas isis strategy. Hes the pete carroll of Foreign Policy play calls. Today, our options are dramatically limited as a result of the president having been so bad at taking action at the best time. Do you think fighting isis will ultimately require u. S. Boots on the ground . In those countries . I sure hope not. But i think, as the president of the United States, you have to say that we will defeat isis, period. Not we wont do that, we wont do that. We wont do that and sure hope thats enough. His take on the email uproar. If you were in Hillary Clintons shoes right now, what would you do about the controversy surrounding her email . Well, i think its hard for me to make that assessment because i dont know what shes hidden. I dont know what she has in her server at home. I dont know what she deleted. But its a mess. What you see here is behaving badly. Weve seen it before. Its always something with the clintons. They have rules which they describe before they get into something. And then they decide they dont have to follow their own rules. And that i think, is going to be a real problem for her. Plenty of other politicians have used personal email while in office. You did while you were governor of massachusetts. What is the difference . And why is what she did more egregious . Well, because there are federal guidelines and federal rules that Hillary Clinton didnt follow. There are no state of massachusetts rules about using private email. She was the secretary of state. But she chose to say, no, im not going to follow those rules and regulations. Not only am i going to have private email, im going to put the server in my house so theres no way anyone could find out what was really sad. That is something going way beyond the pail. 2016 field. What do you think of jeb bush . Hes a terrific guy. Were good friends. I think he would be a very good president. Is he your guy then . I havent chosen a person. Dont expect to endorse anybody in the race. Never . Maybe way down the road. But at least at this stage. Weve got a large group of main stream republicans that im going to be watching carefully. Our thanks to katie. Check out the full interview at yahoo . Com. Back now with the roundtable. Congressman cole, i want to turn to you. I want to talk about the emails a little bit more. The House Benghazi Committee on friday called for secretary clinton to turn over her private server for review by april 3rd. Is that something they should be doing . It is. Its a mystifying selfinflicted wound. Its not like you didnt know this whole thing would be public at some point. The whole string of wellpaid speeches when you dont really need the money. If youre getting ready to run for president , you have to get ready to run. This is, i think, bad governance, and not appropriate. But its just political stupidity. A new cnn poll out this week. A slim majority of voters think the email issue is a serious problem. And that she did something wrong. 57 still say they would be proud to have her as president. Absolutely. I wish she had handled it differently. She says she wishes she would have handled it differently. This is just the republican machine, it jumps up and down every time she does something. The reality is shes head and shoulders above every republican candidate. And theyve got about 20. Shes 10 to 20 points ahead of them. That will change once theres one republican. And this particular scandal is a big nothing for her. I agree, its going to go away. Governor romney made the point that will stick. Which is the point about, there go the clintons again. Its possible that anybody that feels that way wouldnt have voted for her to begin with. There is the sense of, is it going to be an exhausting, scandalridden administration that we just have to keep going back at . The big news this morning a boston globe editorial. Saying Elizabeth Warren, step up and run. Democrats would make a big mistake if they let Hillary Clinton coast to the nomination without real opposition. And as a National Leader massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren can make sure that doesnt happen. Hear, hear. While warren has reportedly voweththat she wont run f president herself, she ought to reconsider. I believe the boston globe supported barack obama. I do think its better for the Democratic Party if Hillary Clinton is opposed. Because she has to get her arguments out. It would make her a better candidate in the general election. If i were Elizabeth Warren, i would not choose to be the sacrificial lam nebraska that contest. The boston globe is rooting for a hometown girl. Steve, im going to turn to you for the republican field. Tomorrow, a big announcement from ted cruz. Surprise, hell be running in 2016. What do you know . What do you know . Others in april. Im not too surprised that ted is going out early. Hes competing for the leadership of the purity wing of the Republican Party. He suddenly has competition in the senate from tom cotton. The freshman republican who is making news. This is a way for cruz to get back out in front of things. Its fascinating to watch the different approaches of different republicans here, martha. Someone like cruz saying, im the purist. He says im the guy who will purify the republican parent. You have someone like rand paul with credibility as a certain kind of purist. You have other potential candidates like marco rubio or jeb bush who are trying to work on the republican brand. And to argue that some of the stereotypes of the Republican Party need to be broken. And that republican ideas can be good for poor people, good for minorities. And theyre working on those issues. Congressman cole, to you, turning to what we call our facebook sentimeter. It measures the social discussion online about the 2016 candidates. Much more conversation online about candidates like scott walker, rand paul, than jeb bush. In the past week, over 1 million interactions for walker and paul. Less than half for bush. The interactions for paul and walker, much more positive. Is that a generational thing, or i think, were in a big debate to define who and what the Republican Party is. It really transcends the individual candidacies. The question is, can they grow and be more inclusive . Or if they purify the Republican Party, well be down to 5 . This is an addition not subtraction business. I feel pretty good about the array of candidates that were going to put in front of the people. I think the more the merrier. I like the contrast with the democratic field. I want to turn to another republican. A resignation this week of 33yearold aaron schock who most of us remember from a magazine cover. Or maybe instagram more than that. Listen to what his father said after his resignation. Ten years from now, whatever hes doing, hell be successful at, ill promise you that. Two years from now hell be successful. Because if hes not in jail. And on that note. Thanks, dad. Thanks, dad. Thanks for that support. But the fbi is investigating. I think i think its awful. I know him. I dont take any joy in the problem he has right now. Whats really interesting is we have a system of legalized bribery where people basically run down the halls of congress with big wheel barrows full of cash. As long as you file the paperwork properly, its okay. He may have gotten greedy and sloppy. And maybe had bad judgment. But no one is saying his vote was for sale. I think sometimes we miss the forest for the trees. Im proud of people like Lawrence Lessig at harvard who is trying to call attention to the whole money and politics not just this one outlier. He may have been dumb, but hes not for sale. Hes not for sale. And hes an exhibitionist. Thats what he is. But the truth of the matter is, this is something as tom was saying about the emails. Why would you do this . Youre in public office. Youre dependent on voters who want to vote for you. Everything you do is going to be public. And everything your family does is going to be public. So why on earth would you do this unless you just want to draw attention to yourself . Its especially sad because he was bipartisan. Unlike ted cruz and some other people. He was reaching out, trying to do good things. Its a terrible lapse of judgment. He was not for sale. We have people for sale were not talking about. I want to turn to israel. Steve, you just got back. You just interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu. We heard the president , last night in an interview with the Huffington Post say essentially, he doesnt trust that Benjamin Netanyahu wants a twostate solution. What are your thoughts . In different ways, hes tried to waffle netanyahu. But balance between his voters and another important constituency, the United States. The United States wants him to go for a twostate solution with the palestinians. His voter base doesnt want him to do that. And netanyahu, from 2009, when he said theoretically, he was in favor of a palestinian state has tried different versions of saying, im in favor of it but only under these conditions and not right now. How will it affect the idates for 2016 . How do they deal with this . I think the point go ahead, steve. I think the question is the white house has talked about supporting israel in a different way. Actually less at the United Nations, where they have really needed, israelis have really needed u. S. Support. If that were to happen. If the u. S. Were to let some kind of resolution about a palestinian state go through the United Nations security council, you have a live, ongoing news event in the middle of the president ial campaign. If that happens, theyll pay a price politically. The Obama Administration and the Democratic Party. Its a huge mistake to make a threat. And then it becomes a partisan issue. Israel has never been a partisan issue. For israel to become a republican cause and the democrats to seem to be backing away would be very bad actually for israel and both parties. It would split the democrats. It would be bipartisan opposition to a narrowly based position by the president. Because thats changing. This is the worst time for us to be having this thing. Shame on netanyahu, to come over here, disrespect the president of the United States go back home. He did fear mongering against his own citizens which is horrible. But then to throw under the bus, not just obama, reagan to say youre not for a twostate solution, that goes against the basis of our partnership. Shame on netanyahu for doing that. We should be talking about how to stop the extremists. Not deal with the extremism from netanyahu. And he cant just say never mind. Thats not going over well. Thanks to all of you. Next, we take on the heated debate over islams ties to violent extremism. Stay with us. Tremism. Stay with us. Now the Big Questions around the connection between islam and terror. Last month, president obama came under fire for referring to violent extremism without mention of islam. And now a provocative new book is taking that brewing controversy head on. Ayaan hirsi ali has become one of islams most prominent critics. Penning four controversial books in ten years. Born into a muslim family in somalia, raised in kenya, she fled africa at 22, after being subjected to female genital mutilation and narrowly escaping an arranged marriage. It was later in 2002 that she broke from islam, becoming an atheist, and beginning to speak out against the faith. Demanding better treatment of women and charging too many muslims were in the grip of jihad. All of that violence, you can no longer devolve it from the legion of islam. Reporter that landed hern al qaedas most wanted list. But that hasnt silenced her. Her new book, heretic calls for reforms to the faith she left behind. But many muslims say that change is already happening. Manal omar is one of them. A prominent activist regarded as one of the worlds most influential voices on islamic culture. Shes devoted her career to promoting tolerance and peace from within her faith. Andm joined now by Ayaan Hirsi Ali and manar omar. Welcome. Thank you, thank you. I want to start with you. Your argument is that its foolish to insist that the violent acts of radicals can be divorced from the ideals that inspire them. Islam is not a religion of peace. As it stands today, its not a religion of peace. In the book, i make a distinction between three sets of muslims. The medina, mecca, and the dissidents who want to reform. The medina muslims apply anything and everything that the Prophet Muhammad did after he emigrated to medina and they apply the koran literally. Isis, the taliban. Et cetera. Theres a huge group of muslims, i think theyre the largest number, i call them mecca muslims. Who are peaceloving and who practice only the peaceful parts of their religion. And then the reformists or the heritics who want to reform the religion. Its extremely important today for the medina muslims to lose. We want the dissidents to convince the mecca muslim the large contingent of people to reform from within. Should you be the one to call for that . Youre not a believer anymore. The minute we start to criticize a religion from within, were labeled heretics, were condemned to death. And i think change is not going to come from the clear ix. Change is going to come from the heretics. Thats why im speaking out. Youre trying to make changes as well. You believe there should be reform. Is she the right spokesman for this . I think the authenticity for this is important. If you have been on record attacking islam or trying to marginalize them believing in peaceful islam, its hard to call on a reform of islam. I think its happening. I would argue the creation of islam from day one was an act of revolution. Trying to stop the oppression that was happening all across the gulf region area. The first verse of the koran is read. That is holding accountability. Its not letting the clerics define your religion, but you, as personal responsibility. Once youre questioned, it would not be my first word was pray, cover, fast, it was read. And i think that that is a direct command from god in the koran which every muslim really takes seriously h terms of initiating change. You have an argument with that . I do. I think that i mention in my book that there are the five key concepts within islam that need to change. Yes, the koran says read. But the koran says kill. And there are muslims who take that literally. Yes, the Prophet Muhammad preached peace in mecca. But later on there are examples in the bible, the torah as well. Those with the name of the lord should be put to death. Or matthew 7 34. There are christians today who are forming movements like the Islamic State. Who want to introduce law and apply it and look at what happens when sharia law is applied. Wednesday, just this wednesday, 135 people were killed. Should it be such a broad brush . As you say, medina muslims are a small group. I know that means millions and millions of people. Should all muslims doesnt this incite people to be antimuslim . Day in day out in the name of islam, people are killed. And most victims are muslims. It is now time to look at and reform the religion of islam so that we get to a place where we have peace. That is the message of this book. The message of this book is not to attack. Im not here to attack muslims. Im here to say we need that courageous step. And that is to reform the religion from within. Thank you very much, both of you for joining us. Well be right back after this from our abc now our sunday spotlight. Were just days away from the start of a yearlong study that could lead to a new frontier in space exploration. Two of nasas most recognizable astronauts will begin a groundbreaking mission. But as Abcs David Kerley explains, only one will leave the ground. Reporter you get the easy part of this. I get the easy part. I get the fun start. Reporter scott kellys idea of fun starts friday. Day one of 365 days in orbit. Living at the International Space station to find out how the human body is affected by Long Duration space flight. He showed me the cramped quarters in the capsule that will give him his ride. Youre in here for about four or five hours until you get in orbit. Reporter and in orbit, a year of his life will be spent in the real version, not this model, of the space station. Theres not a whole lot of room in here. Pretty comfortable for a space bedroom. Reporter welcome home. We need to figure out how people are going to live in space for long periods of time. Especially if we want to send somebody to mars. They want to one day build a base on the moon. Reporter while scott is in space, his twin brother, mark kelly, will stay on earth. The brothers, perfect subjects to study since they share that unique genetic code. How important is it to have a twin, mark on the ground as a baseline as you watch scott for a year in space . You can look at how the genes and the proteins that are made from them change as a result of this unique environment. Reporter for scientists, this could provide a gold mine of data. The first step in ambitious plans for space. Nasa will use the data to figure out if the human body can survive a trip to mars. An 18month round trip. Has spent longer than six months in space. And the physical strain, the radiation exposure muscle deterioration and psychological impact that scott will endure is a bit unknown. It could mess up your eyes, your heart. It can mess you up. There are risks. Im willing to accept that for what were going to learn for it. Reporter for the kelly brothers, the potential rewards far outweigh the risks. You could come back with permanent damage to your body . I could. We all could. Anyone thats flown in space could have permanent effects. If we dont take risks, we dont go anywhere. Risktaking has always been a part of the program. It always will. In this case, theres extra risks. Reporter you both have a chance of paving the way to mars. Thats one of the things that makes it exciting. And something im im really happy to be a part of. Reporter for this week, david kerley, abc news, houston. Love that. Onward to mars. And we end with some good news. The pentagon did not release any name of Service Members killed in afghanistan this week. Thats all for us today. Thanks for sharing part of your sunday with us. Check out world news. Well see you next week. Have a great day