dix cater and after 17 months, there is growing agreement that obama should no longer remain a bystander. we can stand by for so long, but the washington post had a headline this past week, richard, about a growing anger in syria against the united states. the syrians believing that we re just standing by letting them get slaughtered. i m not surprised that you had we don t have easy options here. i think there s an argument for arming the syrians more than we are. the more arms you pour in to get rid of assad the more arms running around the country after assad that exacerbate the aftermath problem. how strong is al qaeda s presence right now? it s not strong yet but these situations are a magnet and what s happening is these guys are beginning to come in, i wouldn t say at the moment it s in any way dominant or anything. war game this, to push assad out? enormous sectarian problems, reprisals, revenge killings in the country and whether the
woman i ve been married to for a long time, and you need to understand me as a full person by seeing my family and my wife. we are seeing new ad s out that show the romney family and all their multi-child glory. but, ryan, we think we have you here still back in washington. i m here. we have not mentioned the angry attack muffin in the room, which is to say newt gingrich who did bring up the mason/dix you brought up georgia. it s a poll showing newt beginning receipt at 38%, mitt romney at at 24%, and santorum at 22%. and this morning gingrich said he would carry georgia by three or four times as romney carried michigan. and newt have to win georgia to say in the race? i m tempted to saying it. on the other hand the game for the other guy s that are not
communications between that army major and al awlaki in the months before the shooting. officials believe nadal hassen attended some of awlaki s sermons. faisal shazad told officials that awlaki was the one who inspired his actions. the six men arrested for plotting to attract ft. dix in new jersey in 2005 were allegedly found to be in possession of one of awlaki s sermons. they were also reportedly recorded discussing the importance of awlaki s call for jihad against america. in october 2010, awlaki allegedly supervised a plot to blow up two american cargo planes to detonate ink cartridges. a british airlines worker who awlaki was believed to be in contact with was arrested and convicted of trying to get a bomb onboard a plane at london s heathrow airport. a seattle man arrested in june of this year in a plot to attack a military processing center in
he was an adviser. so he assisted with recruiting westerners, okay, but he was not a military official. he s not a bomb maker. unfortunately, as far as al qaeda and yemen goes, they have pretty much the same military capabilities today as they did yesterday. it s more of a long-term thing. it may be more difficult for them wait a minute, let s get this thing straight. is he operations or is he propaganda? look, he s to a small disagree operations, to a large degree, propaganda. this is somebody who is known as the godfather of homegrown terrorism, of contemporary, homegrown terrorism. he s far more valuable in terms of recruiting lone wolves and homegrown extremists than he is as a military official within or in support of aqap. so basically al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, this guy goes, gets on the air, gets on the internet, and stirs up people who may possibly be leaning against u.s. policy in the mideast, turns them into radicals. they see him as a rock star. the guy s
radicals. they see him as a rock star. the guy s out in ft. dix in new jersey, they were listening to anwar al awlaki on their car stereo system while they were pointing out various targets and saying, this the guy, this guy knows how to do it. we need to follow exactly what this guy is telling us to do. looks like an enemy in the field today. today, the president said that the death of awlaki was a significant milestone in the broader effort to defeat al qaeda and its affiliates. let s watch the president. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. but make no mistake. this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. working with yemen and our other allies and partners, we will be determined, we will be deliberate, we will be relentless, we will be resolute in our commitment to destroy terrorist networks that aim to kill americans. let me go to richard wolffe.