the continent of africa. this month chairman of the homeland security terrorism along with jackie spear urged the secretary of state to designate it as a foreign terrorist organization. with al qaeda affiliates stretching from yemen to somalia, north africa and possibly extending cooperation to nigeria. he says national security interests are at stake. nigeria represents an area of great concern because of the large amount of oil that is generated from that region to the united states markets. the attack on the u.n. compound was a significant departure which was used small arms to hit regional targets to establish islamic state calafate. american intelligence officials. we have been talking about areas like al think back in somalia for some time. countries like nigeria are also countries that we need to look at. senior defense officials say
the continent of africa. this month chairman of the homeland security terrorism along with jackie spear urged the secretary of state to designate it as a foreign terrorist organization. with al qaeda affiliates stretching from yemen to somalia, north africa and possibly extending cooperation to nigeria. he says national security interests are at stake. nigeria represents an area of great concern because of the large amount of oil that is generated from that region to the united states markets. the attack on the u.n. compound was a significant departure which was used small arms to hit regional targets to establish islamic state calafate. american intelligence officials. we have been talking about areas like al think back in somalia for some time. countries like nigeria are also countries that we need to look at. senior defense officials say
yemen recently met with a somali terror suspect who is now in united states custody. catherine herridge works intelligence for us. live in d.c. tonight. what do we know about the meeting, catherine? the terror suspect is described by u.s. officials as a senior commander with the al-qaeda franchise in somalia. he was in yemen for one year where he met with anwar al-awlaki. al-qaeda s franchises in yemen and somalia are planning a merger. u.s. officials say this is more evidence that al-awlaki has become one of the group s major players. shep? shepard: we information about one american who tried to make the trip from yemen to
and forth it play out in madison for the past week or so. but a little bit later this morning, we are going to give you a different scene. a scenario where we re going to have a superintendent sitting downright next to the head of the teachers union in his district and they were able to work out a deal. and teachers there said no, we are not going to take our pay raise. we ll see what worked for them and see if it would work in other places. a u.s. navy warship and helicopter are trailing an american yacht in the indian ocean. officials say somali pirates seized the quest on friday. and onboard are four americans. the yacht s owners jeanne and scott adam from california. it appears the yacht is headed towards land and making its way from yemen to somalia. they were part of a world tour sailing group. but they chose to split from the group three days before the hijacking.
pirates on friday. pirates hijacked the yacht and are getting close to the coast of somalia. the owners, jeanne and scott adam were traveling with a sailing group and split off only three days before the hijacking, they said they wanted to take a different route. but those two are aboard with two other americans. lawmakers have less than two weeks to hammer out a budget agreement if they want to avoid a government shutdown. adding to the problems, congress is off this week. so they technically have four days once they get back. over the weekend, house republicans passed a short-term resolution that would cut spending by $61 billion. but senate democrats say those cuts have no chance of passing. also the midwest dealing with ice and snow after a weekend storm. there were hundreds of flights canceled. mainly in michigan, minnesota, and wisconsin. you can see the scene on many roads out there. they re being urged to stay off the roads if you can because they are covered in ice right a