outside the mosque when the bomber detonated his explosives. isis has claimed responsibility for that attack. cnn s nick valencia is covering the story. he was back in saudi arabia to be married? he was there visiting the country with the intention of getting married. but before he did that he was volunteering as a security guard outside of a shia mosque. there was recently another attack on a separate shia mosque which is why tensions were very high. that 22-year-old abdul jalil al arbash noticed the suspect when he showed up at the mosque dressed as a female. according to reports women were told to stay home because of the heightened security risk. abdul jalil is said to have chased off the attacker who ended up detonating the device killing himself and three others. at a memorial service held yesterday, abdul jalil s family spoke with the character of this young man. his move in saudi arabia was bravely. because of the bravery and heroism, he saved a lot of people.
elise labott cnn, washington. for more on how we keep track of the taliban, let s bring in former navy s.e.a.l. and former member of the fbi joint terrorism task force, jonathan gilliam and steven rodgers, a former member of the fbi joint terrorism tank force and a retired police detective as well. jonathan let me start with you on this one. is there really a way to track these prisoners, once the travel ban is lifted? i would have to say no. i mean there are ways through sources that we can track these individuals. but the reality is these five guys should have never been released. especially for bowe bergdahl. i mean take the politics out of this. i know the reporter there was just talking about the republicans being angry about stuff. there are people that are operators, that are in the intel community that are furious over these individuals. al-baghdadi, the head of isis went through a similar incarceration. over in iraq and then got out and became the head of isis. so that s j
department of justice for lying to the fbi about $3.5 million he agreed to pay this undisclosed person. but he only ended up paying $1.7 million of that before the indictment came through. now, hastert is known for being squeaky-clean here in washington. a lot of surprise over this indictment. here s the white house press secretary. i think i can speak faithfully for everybody here at the white house, that even though speaker hastert served as speaker of the house in the other party, there s nobody here who takes who drives any pleasure from reading about the former speaker s legal troubles at this point. reporter: cnn spoke to a friend of hastert who has known him since 1970s. he spoke with him the day that the department of justice indictment came through and he tells cnn, quote, he perceives himself as the one being wronged and he made no comment, though randi, about the allegations.
extensive counterterror training. reporter: donned in isis black he carries a long sniper rifle, ammunition picks off a tomato to show off his skill. this is an isis video, and cnn has just learned this man trained on american soil. the fighter says he s a former commander in a special police counterterror unit a key u.s. ally. translator: from 203 to 2008 i received specialized training in america on the military base of black watter. a controversial u.s. contracting company which sent private security personnel to iraq and trained other country s fighter as the this compound in north carolina. contacted by cnn academy, the company that purchased blackwater s training facility was unable to confirm that he was there. the state department tells cnn, he participated in five counterterrorism courses in the
maybe people that haven t had an impact on. as you said his polls are low. people around country don t know who he is now his task is to take the message that he just gave in baltimore and try to take that across the nation. to iowa new hampshire, south carolina and other states. i think it s a message that will certainly resonate. he s going to be able to look back at his record when he talks to liberals as governor and point to a lot of concrete wins. but also his opponents are going to be able to point to what has happened in the city where he was mayor, baltimore, and the possible effects of his policies on the community there. so he has a tough road ahead. but with a message like that i think some people might give him a chance at least to hear him out. all right. hey, chris, thank you so much and thanks to all of our guests they re going to stick around as we pass it off to randy kay, she s going to continue to walk you through all the politics and the happenings of the day. ra