militant group that may be as big a threat to the united states in afghanistan as al qaeda or the taliban. the obama administration appears ready to formally call the haqqani network what so many people believe it is, a terrorist organization. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department, she s been digging on this story. what are you learning? wolf your know, the political pressure here in the united states has been building to put the haqqani network on that list of terrorist organizations. but what really put force behind the argument is a violent action by the group itself. reporter: violent attacks in afghanistan, american blood spilled. haqqani operatives planned and conducted that truck bomb attack as well as the assaults on our embassy. reporter: now u.s. officials tell cnn, secretary of state hillary clinton is on the verge of designating the al qaeda linked haqqani network as a foreign terrorist organization. one official says,
jon: congresswoman, thank you. harris: we were talking about earlier the chants that this crowd is putting out there. this just crossing the associated press wires now, good-bye, good-bye, they are chanting with their hands in prayer formation. the ap having reporters there in the scene saying that some of the crowd members are screaming, finally we are free! one of the protesters, a 60-year-old man in the crowd saying from now on anyone who is going to rule will know that these people are great. all of that celebration in tahrir square as it s just nightfall there, 7:36 p.m. in cairo, but the celebration going on across the country as news of the president of egypt stepping down in response to 18 days of pressure, of protest, of demands from the people, a popular victory. that is part of the story, that is the heart of the story. there s also another part of the story to consider, and that is where this goes next. will it be democracy as we know
fact, the obama administration was able to obtain a warrant lawfully about trump campaign activity with foreign government. so it s my job as the united states senator to get to the bottom of this. i promise you i will. we just heard there senate graham promising to initially help launch this investigation into some of these latest allegations here, but what is interesting here too we are getting not just talking taking place there in the town hall, but also shouting and plenty of it in fact. after the senator from south carolina tackled that issue, there was also some of the crowd members in the audience that stood up and were very expresssive with their disappointment and working with truck and tackling the agenda. some of the members of the audience, they have cards, red heart shaped cards.