agencies and is now free back in the u.s. warren christopher clark is back in the u.s., too, facing charges of providing material support to isis. if convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a quarter million-dollar fine. zayed abdul hamid remains in kurdish custody. trinidad has no plans to repatriate him any time soon. and hoda and her son have been moved to another detention camp in northern syria for their own safety as they await their fate. the islamic state was defeated, but president trump s withdrawal of u.s. forces from northern syria has left their kurdish allies abandoned and betrayed. the kurds are now fighting for their survival, less able to guard isis prisoners. and in the chaos, there have been prison breaks and hundreds of isis members are once again
sensitive situation, so we want to be careful about what we say. some extraordinary details have already been leaked out to a number of publications. the new york times reports the bomb itself was sewn into underwear so that it would have been difficult to detect even in a patdown and undoubtedly could have brought down a plane, according to a senior american official. congressman peter king of new york is chairman of the house security committee. again, there s a lot that cannot be discussed. so we re leaving it up to the experts to tell us what they can. congressman king joins us now. congressman king, the would be bomber is actually a double agent. what can you tell us about it and about him? i really can t tell you much at all. i ve been briefed on this, and as far as i know, this hasn t been any way declassified by the cia and the administration. it s really to me unfortunate this has gotten out. this could really interfere with operations overseas. i can t comment o
everyone suspects he ultimately approved for, it would provide the grounds for the u.s. to go in and get him as a fugitive from justice. we re not there yet, but it is one scenario for getting rid of him. with so many scenarios, evan, for getting rid of moammar gadhafi, let s talk about the rebels and possible connections to al qaeda. let me play for you something that secretary gates had to zayed. one of the things that gadhafi is doing, though, is in his information, operations, he is trying to gen up the narrative that the opposition is, in fact, led by al qaeda. he s using this in his own propaganda. certainly, if not led by al qaeda, that they have infiltrated the rebels. the question is to what extent? it s a question a lot of members of congress had. what can you tell us? there s a lot of misinformation out there. there s no doubt, as has been said previously, there are
than others. some days it s like they ve left it out overnight. but sources from both parties zayed was the most tense meeting yet, with the big sparks coming from president obama and house majority leader eric cantor. there was a push for the short term increase to the debt limit. the president refused to agree to that. the president said, i have reached the point where i say enough. would ronald reagan be sitting here? i ve reached my limit. this may bring my presidency down, but i will not yield on this. that a quote from the president as characterized by a republican aide. aides say cantor interrupted the president three different times during the meeting, and the president finally said, don t call my bluff. i m going to the american people on this. speaking to reporters after the meeting, cantor said the president lost his temper and abruptly walked off. eric cantor accusing the president of storming out of the meeting. but democratic officials dispute