new mexico state university. he grew up in yes, ma amen and returned to the u.s. for reject and that photo youee s on the right is from 1997 when this so-called holy man was pked up by san diego cops for soliciting prostitutes. the khi herel- is al-awlaki has become the face of what we ll call this next wave of al-qaeda, the virtual jihaddists who recruit on-line and u.s. officials have told me consistakently that they believe al-awlaki has taken on a more operational role within al-qaeda and his trump card over all of the others is that he is an american citizen he speaks very effectively and directly to these western recruits. jamie: katherine, thank you so much. you reel wcome. rick: looking ahead to the midterm elections now and there are some polls that are suggesting the gop willetake the house in november, whi ans president obamaould soon