First, an Al Qaedalinked terror group is calling for attacks on shopping malls here in the United States. Specifically the mall of america in minnesota as well as shopping malls in brittain and in canada. In a taped message we have the department of Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson. Thank you for being with us this morning. I have to get right to the news this morning, which is that an Al Qaedalinked terror group, al shabaab, is publicly calling for attacks now on shopping malls in the United States as well as overseas. Theyve specifically targeted the mall of america in minnesota. In a video they have released. What can you tell us about how operationally advanced this threat is mr. Secretary . Gloria this latest statement from al shabaab reflects the new phase weve evolved to in the global terrorist threat in that you have groups such as al shabaab, isil publicly calling for independent actors in their home lands to carry out attacks. Were beyond the phase now where these grou
Proving to be the energizer bunny of controversy. He hasnt stopped talking about president obama, what he is saying now. That is ahead. Also pressure is on this weekend for Chris Christie to decide whether hes going to go ahead and run for president. If its not too late for him to do that now. New reporting suggests he may already be missing out. Details on that coming up as well. And also president obama weighing in on how he thinks democrats can win in 2016. A message he believes Democratic Candidates should use if theyre going to keep the white house after he leaves the white house. All of that much more again, a very busy saturday morning in just this hour of our show. But wee begin with that breaking news the surprise visit to afghanistan by the new secretary of defense, ash carter. Carter just wrapping up a joint press conference with the afghan president in kabul. And the headline out of that gathering is that carters saying that he and president obama are weighing an extension
Qaedalinked terror group is calling for attacks on shopping malls here in the United States specifically the mall of america in minnesota, as well as shopping malls in britain and canada. In a taped message the somali based Group Al Shabab talks about its december 2013 attack at a mall in kenya that left more than 60 people dead. And with us this morning, we have the department of Homeland Security secretary, jeh johnson. Thanks so much for being with us this morning. I have to get right to the news this morning, which is that an Al Qaedalinked terror group, al shabaab, is publicly calling for attacks now on shopping malls in the United States as well as overseas. Theyve specifically targeted the mall of america in minnesota. In a video they have released. What can you tell us about how operationally advanced this threat is, mr. Secretary . Gloria, this latest statement from al shabab reflects the new phase weve evolved to in the global terrorist threat in that you have groups such as
Invasion of iraq in 2003. Hes got to thread an incredibly narrow needle here. Im just a gladiator these days. We are awaiting live remarks from president obama who is due to speak shortly on countering violent extremism, but we begin with the man who is his own man, jeb bush trying to distinguish his views on Foreign Policy. In his speech today to the Chicago Council on global affairs, bush embraced the legacies of his father and brother. Im my own man. My views are shaped by my own thinking. One thing we know is this every president inhertits a changing world. There are newly minted jeb advisers that hail from the land of w. Porter goss and Michael Hayden and steven hadley. It was inevitable that the former Florida Governor would be forced to walk a fine line on the legacy of iraq. There were mistakes made in iraq for sure. Using the intelligence capability that everybody embraced about weapons of mass destruction turns out not to be accurate. Not creating an environment of security a
Backed terror attacks. Belgian officials are saying five people were arrested in a raid today across the city. One of those said to be seen in an amateur video. In association with the paris terrorist three which left 130 people dead as well as the recent attacks in brussels. 32 people killed. Under arrest, 31yearold belgian moroccan mohammed abrini. He was trained by isis in years. I cant he was smuggled in. He is on the european most wanted list for his role in the paris terror attacks. He was seen with the arrested paris suspects two days before the french carnage. It is believed he played several roles in that operation. What police are looking to verify in brussels is that he was the third suspect at the arpt bombing. The one seen with two suicide bombers. The one that got away. New video of that suspect was just released yesterday. Police tonight say his dna, his finger prints were found in two different apartments used by terrorists. Also arrested, the man authorities called osa