2001 with destroying al qaeda in afghanistan, 15 years later al qaeda has branched out to al qaeda in yemen, boko haram, al s al shabaab. it s hard to say we re winning. look at egypt. they re dealing with a strong isis presence now in northern sinai, one that s carrying out attacks almost on a daily basis that we don t hear about. we may have destroyed isis as a caliphate, but we have to be mindful of the ideology spreading to other countries and what it s going to do. it s a fanatical ideology that doesn t require large numbers of fighters on the ground. they can serve as inspiration online. a single actor can carry out a terrorist attack because it was inspired he or she was inspired by isis. they can be inspired by isis, or they could be foreign
are fighting iranian rebels, , d to make all this worse, a cholera outbreak has killed at least 2,000 people since april, on thursday, former president, once a u.s. ally, drew about 3,000 supporters were a relic, now the u.s. is trying to figure out it s a level of support, who are fighting in this war, haven t seen countless human rights violations, all of this well the head of the u.s. command in the middle east tries to figure out to their level of involvement with the coalition. shannon: okay, so what is the u.s. involvement in the country now? well, yemen has been seen as somewhat of a safe haven for al qaeda in the peninsula, most dangerous of the al qaeda groups, regularly accused of attacking the west and has fired at u.s. ships in the region, now the u.s. has conducted more than 80 air strikes against al qaeda
u.s. navy launched a strike against iran-backed houthis rebels after they fired missiles at u.s. navy warships off the coast of yemen. u.s. marines had pulled out and shudder the embassy months before when a blood he civil war tearing yemen apart. the withdrawal slowed the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. one of the most lethal branches of al qaeda and its proven itself to have ambitions to attack our country. in 2009, they sent a man known as the underwear bomber to the u.s. with the aim of bringing down a u.s. airliner. in 2011, the u.s. drone killed the radical american born muslim cleric who had been directing and planning attacks on the u.s. since president trump has taken office, air strikes against al qaeda in yemen have more than doubled. there have been more than 80 air strikes this year.
u.s. navy launched a strike against iran-backed houthis rebels after they fired missiles at u.s. navy warships off the coast of yemen. u.s. marines had pulled out and shudder the embassy months before when a blood he civil war tearing yemen apart. the withdrawal slowed the fight against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. one of the most lethal branches of al qaeda and its proven itself to have ambitions to attack our country. in 2009, they sent a man known as the underwear bomber to the u.s. with the aim of bringing down a u.s. airliner. in 2011, the u.s. drone killed the radical american born muslim cleric who had been directing and planning attacks on the u.s. since president trump has taken office, air strikes against al qaeda in yemen have more than doubled. there have been more than 80 air strikes this year. u.s. special operations forces have returned in small numbers
fall. thanks. our legal panel, jeffrey toobin, lauren coats, and mike rogers and leon rodriguez. the white house touting this is a clear victory in their words for national security. does this improve national security? well, you know, it s interesting. some notion that this is trump against the democrats or something i think is completely wrong. we have to look at what are the underpinnings to where we got to where we were. i agree with his first ban. i thought it was too broad. i think they made big mistakes. but when you look at countries where our law enforcement intelligence services cannot properly vet people, there is no way to vet people from countries that we know are recruiting. you know, el shabaab in somalia, al qaeda in yemen, a whole host of groups in syria. all of those are realities. what the real debate should be is, is there a proper way to