the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber s alleged plan to bring down a u.s. airliner two years ago, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. homeland. we had always had a tremendous concer
major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in reporter: the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber s alleged plan to bring down a usair liner two years ago, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. homeland. we had always had a tremendous concern that after getting bin ladin that some
car believed to be carrying al awlaki is targeted. a u.s. drone fires a missile. and one of america s top terror targets is dead. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from home. born in new mexico he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nadal hassan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. home land. we had always had tremendous concern that after getting bin ladin that som
these very conservative primary states like south carolina or iowa and the caucus, i don t think that he matches what they re yearning for. i ll tell you something. it is the age-old question i wonder and never get a proper answer to as to how people vote, their convictions or who might be able to win. i guess we ll see on that one. i know you have a lot to do to get ready. thank you so much. thanks, alex. we ll see you tomorrow morning. looking forward to that. i appreciate that. of course, it s all about what s happening at 1:40 p.m. eastern with the president live on the radio show and simulcasting that interview for you exclusively here on msnbc. day four of testimony in the trial of michael jackson s doctor scheduled to begin about 40 minutes or so from now and expecting to hear more damaging testimony, this time from the paramedic who is tried to revive the star. richard testified he felt what murray told him about the day, it didn t add up and murray never told him j
what, if any, overseas connections he might have. joining us also fran townsend. so, brian, this was an fbi sting. what do we know about how it went down? it appears to have been a very elaborate string. authorities were tracking mr. ferdaus for the better part of this year. they do indicate that he began some of his various plotting last year but they have tracked him at least since january. they have used undercover agents and at least one cooperating witness who started taping conversations with him earlier this year. so this was a fairly elaborate sting operation that lasted until today when they actually sold him what he thought was some explosive material. they said not a lot of it was the real thing because they were obviously trying to trick him, but it lasted until today when they actually took him down. did he ever have any connection to real people at al qaeda? they say the federal authorities say he did not. there is no indication according to a law enforcem