we re rin reach of strategically defeating al qaeda. i think now is the moment. but here on the frontier of northern mali, al kay da is gaining strength. we have heard some horrible stories about what is happening and you re going to hear them now. today i called the military leader. it s the main islamic group linked to al kay da here. yes, this is omar, hello. translator: no, no. listen. i do not speak to a woman. if you would like to speak to me, give me a man. we do not speak to women. do you hear me? translator: no, we do not speak with women. it is necessarily to speak, it is necessary to give a man to speak with us vernlthsz i want to explain how we got here. mali is in the middle of a war that the world needs to watch. the it began when the united states and nato intervened in libya. when the weapons were stolen by islamic radicals. the tour egg used the weapons to fight and declare independence from mali. the country was split in half. the mali government w
guessing. he will always soar to great heights here on the riduculist. erin burnett outfront starts right now. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, al qaeda rising. i m live from a refugee camp miles from the border of northern mali. more than a quarter million refugees have fled the country, more than twice as many as syria. they are fleaing radical s extremists here is leon panetta shortly after the killing of tonight president obama said al kay da is on the run. we re rin reach of strategically defeating al qaeda. i think now is the moment. but here on the frontier of northern mali, al kay da is gaining strength. we have heard some horrible stories about what is happening and you re going to hear them now. today i called the military leader. it s the main islamic group linked to al kay da here. yes, this is omar, hello. translator: no, no. listen. i do not speak to a woman. if you would like to speak to me, give me a man. we do not speak to women
getti getting strength. and the fear is this could become a new safe haven for terrorists. we have heard horrible stories about what is happening and you re going to hear them. but sharia law is the rule. today i called the military leader for an czar al din, the main islamic radical group linked to al qaeda here. we wanted to tell you their side of the story, but here s what happened. [ speaking in foreign language ] translator: yes, this is omar. hello? hello. translator: yes, what do you want? good morning. good morning. do you speak english? translator: no, no. french is it. no, no. i have some help. can you ask him, are they hurting people? translator: listen, speak in french. no, no. listen. i do not speak to a woman. if approximate you would like to speak to me, give me a man. it is necessary to respect our religion. we do not speak to women. do you hear me? [ speaking in french ] no, we do not speak with women. it is necessary to give a man to speak wi
The bush administration s counterterrorism programs. he also has been accused of torturing terror suspects. in fact, he reportedly offered al qaeda leader amman zawahiri s whole arm. they are asking the president obama to spell out what he is going to do next. candy crowley, our chief political krornt and our anchor on state of the union on cnn joins us now. how off-guard was the white house caught by all of this, candy? reporter: i think it is clear they expected and from media reports, not from secret documents or whispers they were getting from anywhere, that president mubarak was going to resign. i think you saw the frustration or you heard the frustration in the president s written statement saying you have to spell this out. the people are, you know, are confused as to what is going on
Background check system were to be fixed terror suspects and other dangerous people would still be ale to go to gun shows to buy guns without any background checks at all. and that is why our coalition of mayors is also urging congress to close the gun show loophole. and, i might point out frank luntz also found the same 82% in favor of closing the gun show loophole as well as the terror gap. in new york city we are doing everything humanly possible to prevent another terrorist attack, under commissioner kelly s leadership, the new york city police department has developed one of the world s most advanced counterterrorism programs, and, thousands of our best police officers work on counterterrorism intelligence every day. the key element of any smart counterterrorism strategy is to make it harder for terrorists to strike. and that is why air passengers walk through metal detectors and our police randomly check baggage in the subway and why our police patrol sensitive locations and that