fight in iraq and syria and isis s control in that area. you also have to look at it in the global fight against terrorists and jihadists around the world. certainly going to demoral lies some of the fighters, especially with the push that s now happening from the coalition in iraq and syria. in the long term, you have to ask is this going to do anything to deter, as katty was mentioni mentioning, the next generation of isis leaders. think eve already begun to splinter in egypt and libya. their generation of leaders will be more hardened. as we saw with the killing of osama bin laden, what it did was allow al qaeda in yemen to be stronger and in tpeninsula to become stronger. we appreciate it ayman.
it is all of our jobs. dr. walid phares, thank you very much, sir. eric: all this is going on, on capitol hill a busy day. john brennan is testifying on capitol hill now getting underway at this hour. you see him there. he is appearing before the house intelligence committee on russia s interference in our presidential election. we ll have a lot on that. meanwhile, the hearing going on here follows this guy, james comey. he wants to speak with special counsel robert mueller. before he talks publicly on the hill he wants to talk to the special counsel. shannon: president trump taking new action against al qaeda in yemen. ahead the latest military operation there on the ground. eric: throughout the morning on america s newsroom we ll have continuing coverage of that horrible, deadly bombing in manchester. just ahead the chairman. house homeland security committee, there he is
advisor come at white house today because position, on the lawn, just by west executive drive, we don t know exactly what he will say, except we expect them to make the point roughly along the same lines that the secretary of state a few minutes ago to the fact that no sources or methods were discussed with the russians. i think it would be more reassuring, perhaps, panel, if general mcmaster came out and said that no sources or methods were compromised. there is a difference between discussing them uncompromising men. nobody thinks that the president sat down and said, this is exactly how we collect information from al qaeda in yemen and isis in syria. of course he didn t. it would have been a slip in which you might have mentioned an ally in place, that would not be good. i am sure the ally s understanding. i don t think this is going to cause a rift as a matter of principle, but out of perhaps concern and prudence, we may want to pull back for a short while.
advisor come at white house today because position, on the lawn, just by west executive drive, we don t know exactly what he will say, except we expect them to make the point roughly along the same lines that the secretary of state a few minutes ago to the fact that no sources or methods were discussed with the russians. i think it would be more reassuring, perhaps, panel, if general mcmaster came out and said that no sources or methods were compromised. there is a difference between discussing them uncompromising men. nobody thinks that the president sat down and said, this is exactly how we collect information from al qaeda in yemen and isis in syria. of course he didn t. it would have been a slip in which you might have mentioned an ally in place, that would not be good. i am sure the ally s understanding. i don t think this is going to cause a rift as a matter of principle, but out of perhaps concern and prudence, we may want to pull back for a short
what the wake-up call was for airport screeners. the big concern is from al qaeda in yemen. this group has had isis when it comes to the sophisticated devices. there is an expert bombmaker experimenting with shoe bombs and underwear bombs and surgi l surgically implanting bombs on humans. he has been sharing that intelligence. al qaeda in syria in 2014, were planning a similar laptop bomb. that group in yemen is richer now. better than 2009 and 2010 when it put together the printer bomb plot and underwear bomb throplo.