Who is out of the muslim brotherhood who was bin laden s number two, and he still runs al-qaeda. so what hamza s job was, at least reportedly, was to be the go between with al-qaeda and all these other like-minded terror groups like boca aha ram, al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al-qaeda in iraq. so i think it s a setback, but this probably happened over a year ago, so it s not a lethal blow. neil: no, i m glad you mentioned that, because we don t know the timing of any of this. what we do know, and i ve discovered a little bit through a lot of business folks that i talk to was that osama bin laden was part of the world s richest families, as you know, and that a lot of that money still percolates through the family tree, so to speak, including benefiting hamza bin laden when he was alive and his brothers and others so it s a threat in that regard. they do have the money to watch
Example. we met with a group of women who say they are revolutionary changes taking place in terms of the status of women. neither one of us wanted to be snowed by handpicked people so we did some back channel conversation with our people come our embassy people and our intelligence people. and they confirmed that something was happening, it was different and it was a cultural change. what s driving so much terrorist activity, whether it s al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or hezbollah in lebanon. it s and extreme versions of islam. not only is economic modernization being driven by this current regime in saudi arabia, but some modernization of the culture as well. one great american said,
New england patriots facing off in the mercedes-benz arena in atlanta. but here to check with some of the nfl controversy is ron mott outside the stadium. welcome. we have critics of both the pre-game and half time entertainers in some way. explain what s happening there. alex, it seems like every super bowl there s some sort of off-the-field issue the nfl is having to contend with. this year the nfl had trouble attracting big-list artists, african-american artists in particular who didn t want to perform on this international stage because how they knelt t nfl has treated al qaeda in the arabian peninsula eated al qa arabian peninsula - colin kaepernick. he brought attention to inequality and it didn t sit well with people, including the president of the united states so colin kaepernick is now out of football at what should have been the prime of his career and entertainers are saying they want to have solidarity.
Arabia s role in the yemen. and because you re on the armed services committee, are you going to vote in favor with the same type measure. one resolution that the senate passed is condemning crown prince mohammed bin salman s role in the killing of khashoggi. i agree with that and our security needs in the middle east. keep in mind when it comes to yemen we need to counter iran in the arabian peninsula. i chaired the emerging threats submarine committee focused on our counterterrorism and those alliances with gulf states are incredibly important. so i think in the next congress you will see the house armed services committee continue to ask questions, continue to make sure that we are standing up for our national security, to make sure that al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, for example, doesn t continue to grow, but,
You have al qaeda in the arabian peninsula that is massing on the ground too. we know that they are one of the biggest two threats in the region for american interest. so we have to be able to control our interest in yemen. i get it, but they are killing and destroying the lives of journalists all over the world. jessica: i m glad that we are having these conversations, it is incredibly sad. i think that it is important that we do. the war in yemen has been going on for years, we have not cared much about it until this happen. i m glad that we do. there s a little bit in terms of support for the war in yemen in the bill. but i agree that it is pretty toothless. which makes me think that everyone actually should get on board and at least sign it to send a signal to president trump that we need to be doing more than we have. and we should be making public statements. we have a really big arms deal, you cannot be sending that signal to people like fbs and others like him across the worl