awlaki was killed, and there was a power struggle in the arabian peninsula. unfortunately for us, right now we have people in power that want to attack the u.s. mainlands. one of the areas specific to the threat i read about is yemen. are they enough of an ally to help us out in this? i was reading earlier they promised to help, but what should that look like? well, i think the president of yemen and government of yemen is doing all they can, but is limited in what they can do. so much of the country they don t control. we had some success against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula in yemen. the fact is a lot of yemen is beyond the government s control, and there s only so much the government can do. again, they re working with us, but primarily it has to be conducted by the u.s., and can t be tying the hands of our intelligence operatives or military people. all right. the terrorists themselves singled out august 4th sunday, today. as americans go to bed tonight, congressman, wha
exercises, joint military exercises. and when we talk about the capability of north korea carrying out their most extreme threats, obviously we know what their threats are to the south, and that they are capable of carrying those out. but what about to the u.s., and the mainlands here? is there the potential that one of their missiles really has the capability of getting here? i mean, down the road, i d say yes. right now it s a limited right now, what they re threatening to do, they really do not have the capability clearly the tested capability to carry out. but certainly within the region. they can be a threat to south korea, you know, to japan, and that s why the military exercise was important. it sent a variety of messages to south korea, to japan, as the president says we have your back. you know, to china, or to north korea it says, hey, if you if you go further, we are prepared to respond. we will protect our friends in the region. and to china, another variable in this,
a new warning tonight about north korea s missile program. south korean defense officials saying the north s new missiles can now reach the u.s. mainlands, comes from evidence they recovered after the banned missile test that happened earlier this month. but they say they re still not sure if north korea has mastered reentry technology which would be necessary for any inter-continental ballistic missile to hit an actual target. south korean officials also say they ve found evidence the launch was meant to test missile technology, not for peaceful space purposes as the north has claimed. president obama and the first family tonight on vacation in hawaii, he and the first lady attended a memorial service for the late senator daniel
bottom of the hour now, a quick look at what s driving the day. despite rebels taking control of the most of the libyan capital, clashes between rebels and moammar da gaffy forces continue around tripoli. president obama was briefed on libya by his national security team and said in a statement that the united states now recognizes the transitional national council as, quote, the legitimate governing authority in libya. and tropical storm irene intensified overnight to become tropical storm irene. the storm is expected to intensify over the next several days as it heads towards the u.s. mainlands. other stories making headlines, the manhattan s attorney district headlines is