now, michael, between the more moderate rebels from the free syrian army and al qaeda-linked group of rebels, hard line group, called the islamic state of iraq and syria or isis, a strategic here near the turkish border. fighting under way for a second day. these al qaeda fighters, these are tough cookies, you could say. a lot of foreign jihady volunteers, many have come through turkey to syria to volunteer and fight. they re from places like north africa, chechnya, all over the world, really. and they really frighten many syrians i ve been talking to because they ve been imposing on opposite controlled parts of syria hard line sharia islamic law that some syrians say is almost like medieval law, preventing women from going outside without covering their hair. one eyewitness telling me a lot
shepard: i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and after 12 years of war in afghanistan, the u.s. is set to start direct talks with the taliban. the hard line group is opening an office in cut qatar. the taliban gave usama bin laden protection, security, and a place to live and allowed al qaeda to use its bases in afghanistan to launch the attacks of 9/11. now we are starting peace talks. administration officials say they will try push the taliban to break ties with al qaeda and end the violence in afghanistan. the announcement came just hours after the afghan government forces formally too many over responsibility for national security from nato. the fox report s correspondent jonathan hunt is in our new york city newsroom with more on this. u.s. officials admit this
does manage to get through the senate, you know, you ve still got the republican-controlled house where i don t see anything like this, you know, surviving and so, in terms of reaching even, you know, reaching president obama s desk, it is really kind of hard to see. rick: juan, for those that want to see more gun control laws on the books, even this is pretty bottom of the barrel. it is a weakened bill. i disagree with charlie. what we ve seen in the last few days is a surprising amount of progress. remember, you had a hard-line group of conservatives in the senate who promised to block even this and what you ve seen on the republican side now, more than a dozen republicans say they have no objection to having this proceed, to have the discussion. hopefully to have a vote. they could still filibuster the vote down the line. what you get now and getting out of this deal that comes from pat toomey a republican from pennsylvania and joe manchin, a democrat from
going as far but he is on the short list. his hard-line group wants to establish a islamic group or caliphate in eastern libya. we interviewed the head of the homeland security policy institute at george washington university. is north africa the new ground sear record for al qaeda? north africa is literally a mess. you have a islamic arc from west to east. that is huge territory. we tend to think of the whole continent from the maghreb in the north down to the horn of africa. that is becoming a safe haven for al qaeda. reporter: and it is from the safe haven the al qaeda affiliates are training and capitalizing on the loose weapons, especially shoulder-fired missiles after the ouster of the libyan dictator. jenna. jenna: so what does al qaeda look like today? is that still a relevant question? reporter: well it is. according to him there are 58 spots targeting the u.s.
new concerns over election results out of egypt. islamic parties capturing majority of votes in the first round. one big concern strong showing for a hard-line group that wants to impose strict islamic law. leland vittert is live with the latest. good to see you. 60% bloc of islamists that won, break it down for us. reporter: you have 60%, that the muslim brotherhood most concerning the 20%, the most hard-line of hard-line groups that wants to institute something called sharia law. inside of egypt this underscores what we ve been saying all along which is the muslim brotherhood and islamic groups are by far the best