Alert issued after communications among senior alqaeda operatives intercepted indicating plans for a major attack were underway and calling into the question in the narrative the group is on the run. Columnist Brett Stephens and Matt Cominski join me with more. On friday the u. S. Closed the consulate in pakistan which ive been to which is the safest part of pakistan. Are we watching the comeback of alqaeda . We have been watching it for a month but now we have noticed. This last week is one, the alqaeda core, central pakistan led by ayman alzawahri and he is active. Number two, we have seen that the alqaeda affiliates, after alqaeda in pakistan they moved to yemen and moved to north africa and moved to syria. But syria and yemen has been the most dangerous one. Paul this is the source . Exactly. He named this afal yacht as number two that prompted the alert over the week. Paul what makes them dangerous. A lot of people say dont worry about this, these are local franchises. They are re
Simulation Trading Center at ft. Hood are preparing to deploy to west africa. Texas governor rick perry was there today. When you signed up to serve the United States army, this may not have been the role that you saw yourself play in. Its the events that happen in life that you dont see coming. That really, really distinguishes and characterizes who you are. Extra screenings at five u. S. Airports starts saturday. In the uk also beefing up its checks. Luke russert is outside one of those airports. Theres a lot of people traveling from west africa, 1 in 5, in fact, have malaria which causes fevers. There are going to be a lot of false positives. Its really meant to try and prove a sense of calm amongst the public. And similar precautions are already happening at u. S. Ports on all ships that visited west africa within the last five ports. The initial screening will be conducted by medically trained coast guard personnel for the first couple of days at this more active screening is in p
Against the Republican Party, against its preferred candidates and policies. The party on a whole. No surprise reconciliation would take some time. But for Republican Leaders who thought trump would be moving closer towards them, they have a major problem. Im going to do what i have to do. I have millions of people that voted for me. Reporter donald trump, upping the ante in his battle with the gop. Escalating tensions with House Speaker paul ryan. I will give you a very solid answer, if that happens, about one minute after that happens. Okay . Reporter trump, suggesting that if the nations highestranking republican doesnt endorse him, the presumptive nominee may try to remove ryan as chairman of the Republican National convention. Id like to have his support. If he doesnt want to support me thats fine and we have to go about it. Reporter former Vice President ial nominee and trump top supporter sarah palin going further, pledging to help defeat ryan in the race for his wisconsin seat.
The political storm picking up strength. We have republicans in this hour as they call on their president ial nominee to step aside following the comments he made about Sexual Assault. The other storm a serious one for many across the eastern seaboard. Hurricane matthew did make landfall in South Carolina and left a trail of destruction up the southeastern coast. We updates on the areas feeling the effects we begin with Donald Trumps president ial campaign in what is clearly i think objectively the greatest crisis its ever faced. Trump vows today to stay in the race. The fact that he has to talk about that in october shows you how dire it is. Just last hour, this was the scene outside of trump tower in midtown manhattan, came out to greet supporters who came to gather in an impromptu rally of support. In the upper echelons of the gop, we can tell you there are calls coming up and down for trump to step aside, publicly and privately. All of this of course after that infamous audio leake
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