justice. for many kenyans, john, it feels like this is a situation that currently doesn t appear to have any end, john and michaela. you re right, nima, it is concerning especially in light of the fact that it is a year since the attack at the shopping mall. eight minutes after the hour. let s give you a look at your headlines. in iraq officials are investigating a new video surfaced appearing to show the leader of i.s.i.s., abubakr al baghdadi, conducting prayers in mows sul. it would be one of the first known appearances of the extremist militant leader. a u.s. marine jailed in mexico, andrew tam reese see has been held for more than three months since driving into mexico with three guns in his truck, a move he says was an accident. after early struggles in captivity, he told cnn by phone that things are looking up. once the media started covering it, maybe like a month
boston marathon bombing incident that unfortunately killed way too many people, as well. all right, nick. we ll stay in close touch with you. nick paton walsh in dagestan. a suspected militant leader the target of a air strike in southern somalia last night, according to a u.s. military official who describes the target as a senior leader with ties to al qaeda and al shabaab. that s somalia s the al-qaeda fall i can t tell. it s not confirmed whether the target was killed. last week the united states and the european union eased sanctions on iran. all this as part of an interim deal aimed at reining in the country s nuclear program. but not everyone is on board with the obama administration s approach, and it s expected to come up tomorrow night when the president delivers his state of the union address before a joint session of congress. jim sciutto has been on the ground for us in tehran, working his sources there. getting some new information. we re going to be checking in with
and ordinary people in the town around not involved, not the normal parade you would expect for an olympic torch people lining the streets and waving it through. everything inside here, everything under tight security. that s what people are worried about in sochi, the threat that emanates from here, even though we re far to the east of southern russia, well away from where the games will actually be held. nick paton walsh, cnn, southern russia. it s really interesting to see the anticipation and the joy rising at the same time the concerns do over security. and the careful choreography. this will be they always choreograph these games. this will be very careful. just a couple weeks to go. this morning it is still not clear the result of an air strike in somalia. cnn has learned the target was a senior militant leader affiliated with al qaeda and al shabaab. that s according to the u.s. military. the military is not yet sure if the target was killed. in geneva this morning,
congressman who was charged with cocaine possession is resigning. he first congressman pleaded guilty to cocaine possession. he pleaded to one year probation. he came back from the rehab stint and new man. apologized to house colleagues and constituents and his family. he was profoundly sorry. he returned to work after he left the rehab. troubling time it appears for trey raid dell. bill: another fox news alert. u.s. targeting a suspected militant leader with links to al qaeda and al-shabaab. u.s. intel assessing bomb damage to determine if the leader was either killed or wounded in that strike. government will not confirm if anyone was killed yet. the state department classifies al-shabaab as terrorist organization comprised of a band of militia insurgents from al qaeda.
group in the horn of africa. military sources are telling us about an american air strike in southern somalia. on the phone with me now is our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. barbara, tell us what you found out? good evening, miguel. a u.s. military official is confirming the u.s. military did conduct an air strike in southern somalia today. what they will not say is who was the target and whether they got that target. all the official will say is that they were going after a senior militant leader believed to have ties to al qaeda and al shabaab, the al qaeda affiliate, if you will, in somalia. it was someone they say they were they wanted to get and that they had good reason to go after this person. it s probably going to take them some time to confirm whether or not they got the target they were going after. very difficult to get in there, get the identification. a lot of rumors floating around