using those joining the ranks, and the group s withdrawal marked first significant loss of territory, and with the forces depleted in the foreign troops, the defector said leadership had to rethink how to best make use of the loyalists from outside iraq and syria. they are now asking people to, quote, stay in their countries and fight there, kill citizens, blow up buildings, whatever they can do. just the last few weeks, we ve seen that plan in action. not just friday s attack in paris, but double suicide bombings climbed by isis killing dozens last week, devastating on a pro-kurdish rally last month, in which turkish officials linked to isis, and downing of a plane in egypt evidence suggests caused by a bomb planded ted by isis. we have author of the isis apocalyp apocalypse, and, will, the book is excellent. i learned a lot from it.
andrew slammed into south florida as a category-5. killing dozens of people, causing up to $30 billion in damage. at the time, the costliest storm in u.s. history. we ll be marking the ten tth anniversary of hurricane katrina later this week. i remember kerry sanders and i, different parts, kerry spent the night in a car under a bridge. that s what i remember. we ll be back. the the lincoln summerre. invitation is on.
without risk as this section of africa is still plagued by terrorist groups like al shabaab, which carried out the west gate mall massacre less than two years ago, killing dozens. senior white house officials say the strategy for combating that threat will be high on the president s agenda. obviously, we wouldn t be taking this trip if we thought that security conditions precluded us doing so. and i am so proud to be back home. reporter: he hasn t been back to kenya since 2006 when then senator obama stopped in his father barack obama sr. s hometown where he encountered long-lost relatives while getting in touch with his roots. this is obviously a wonderful event for me. reporter: he also journeyed to kenya as a young man, collecting stories that would become part of his memoir dreams from my father. that painful experience of being abandoned by his father is now a recurring theme in his efforts to mentor young men of color. i am a black man who grew up
establishment. that was nbc s kelly o donnell reporting. coming up right here on the rundown, some major developments in the killer james holmes. he is accused of killing dozens at the theater in aurora, colorado. first, for the second year in a row, roger federer was at the finals. and just like last year he lost. djokovic won. and serena williams captured the women s title, becoming the oldest woman to win a major tournament. the 33-year-old beat la russa in two sets to clinch her title. what an extraordinary accomplishment. ogress: that whether times are good or bad, people and their ideas will continue to move the world forward. as long as they have someone to believe
social media, including through the holy month of ramadan which doesn t end until july 17th. so federal officials are still calling for vigilance. they stress that these threats are not specific. instead isis is trying to inspire soen had called lone wolves to carry out attacks on their own. isis efforts to recruit on social media has become such a concern, there is actually a bill making its way through congress that would require social media sites like twitter and youtube to report videos and other content posted by suspected terrorists. now one top official tells me the bottom line about yesterday s celebrations show that, we re not going to stop being americans because there is a group that wants to do us harm. chuck? kristin very thorough. appreciate that report this morning. yes, we are all relieved. indeed. so while authorities here are still on that heightened state of alert overseas isis has dramatically proven it poses a big threat there well beyond iraq and syria