Be in dangerous places, and, number two, that were doing the best we can to find out what happened. We have complete coverage beginning with pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr. Barbara, tell us more about what were learning about the capture of khatallah. Reporter good morning, kate. U. N. Ambassador Smith Samantha pour says khatallah may have been planning more attacks against americans, that being report by the reuters organization, but the u. S. Now has its hands on him. Ahmed Abu Khatallah was lured to a location south of benghazi, u. S. Officials from multiple agencies tell cnn. Army delta force commandos, fbi and intelligence agencies were watching and waiting for days. Khatallah, a key operative in ansar al sharia, the group played for the 2012 attack on the u. S. Compound in benghazi. Intelligence gleaned from local libyans helped draw khatallah to the location. U. S. Commandos captured him with no shots fired, no one getting hurt. A surprising feat, one former libyan official tells cnn, because khatallah usually surrounded himself with guards. U. S. Commandos whisked him to a navy ship in the mediterranean to begin undergoing questioning for his role in the attack and anything else he knows about terrorist activity. Officially the pentagon will say little. Im not going to get into specifics on the actual execution of the operation. Reporter president obama touted the capture. Its important for us to send a message to the world that when americans are attacked, no matter how long it takes, we will find those responsible and we will bring them to justice. Reporter some wonder why it took so long when journalists like cnns arwa damon were able to find and talk to call thia more than a year ago. We met with ahmed Abu Khatallah in public at the coffee shop of a wellknown hotel here in benghazi for around two hours. He seemed to be confident, his demeanor most certainly not that of a man who believed he would be detained or targeted any time soon. Reporter so how could cnn get to call thia and it took u. S. Commandos over a year to find him . In order to do this safely, effectively and efficiently, an nobody got hurt, by the way, that takes time to plan. It takes a lot of informationgathering, and we did this in a very stealthy way. Reporter so who were the commandos that got khatallah. They come from one of the most secretive organizations in the u. S. Military, a group called a joint special operations command, the same group, the same men that walked up to the taliban to get Bowe Bergdahl, some of the same group that went into laded wills compound. Chris in. Barbara, thank you very much. Very interesting reporting on how this actually went down. Lets get some more information here from Lieutenant Colonel rick francona, former military officer to the u. S. Consulate in baghdad. Good to have you with us this morning. Military and fbi working together. The first question, lets just deal with the obvious. Who is this man . When we sao khatallah, what do we know . Hes a Libyan National and grew up in the benghazi area and radicalized at a young age, spent ten years in this infamous abu salim prison, ten years, a long time to spent in this gadhafi jail. He was too radical even for gadhafi. What is the logical rationale for him being an insurgent of libyan proportion and maybe seeing the u. S. As an enemy. The u. S. Came into benghazi which he regarded as a backyard and when he saw that these were foreigners coming into his area and provided a target of opportunity. The british had already left and other western countries had already left. The United States was the only western power there, the only real target he could access easily. Best new information on where he is that they believe he may already be in u. S. Custody on a ship. Tell us about that. I think thats probably the most rational explanation because what you want to do is get ahold of this i go and get him out of there as fast as you can. Get him somewhere where you control everything. Of course, the best place to do that is on a u. S. Navy ship right off the coast. Uss new york is there, thats what were told. An amphibious ship with all the capabilities to hold anybody and also has about 500 marines on it. Two big questions, got a positive and negative here. Lets start with the positive. Whats happening on that ship . What can you do there in. Hes in u. S. Custody being interrogated. They will call it interviewed. Intelligence interview. Probably the fbi. They have a High Value Interrogation Group thats got everybody there. Intelligence people, special ops people and the fbi will take the lead and now this is a Law Enforcement issue. So this isnt about war or battlefield type tactics, this isnt waterboarding and torture. You believe this is more criminal case procedure. This will be done by the book and im sure it will all be videotaped done exactly as the fbi does everything else. They are building a case. This has to be presented to a u. S. Judge. So that degree of detail feeds in the other big question which ear hearing which is why did it take so long. If a reporter is able to meet and speak with him, why did it take you so long . The answer is arwa works did a great job in that interview, and i listened to it. You know, he was being condescending and full of himself. He controlled the environment. When you go in to get him, you have to control the environment. You have to have the intelligence, know where he is, who he is and what kind of are we celebrating with a little bit of hollywood romanticism to think we can go in and just get somebody . You have to go in and take someone against their will and try to do it without killing anybody, especially local civilians or local police. This could turn into a very ugly gun fight and they were able to pull it off with no shots fired. Is it you are position that cnn was able to find someone that the u. S. Didnt know where they were, but it was about how they had to get him and what kind of case they had to have set up before they did that created the delay . Yeah, exactly. They probably knew where he was a lot of the time. You have to build a profile of where hes going to be so you can predict where hes going to be. They actually lured him to a location. You need someone on the ground willing to do that. After 9 11 we lost all of our intelligence assets in the benghazi area. It took a long time to rebuild those. You cant just snatch them. You have to deep them. If you dont have the case then you can be in trouble . Thats where the fbi came in. They build cases. Well learn more about him as they start bringing him on a long slow ride. Hopefully they will get information from him on that trip. Certainly will have time. Keeping him on the ship, not flying, they will have a lot of time. Can they lawyer up, is he under arrest . As soon as he says can i go and they say no it might trigger rights. Kate, over to you. As we mentioned, benghazi attack occurred on Hillary Clintons watch as secretary of state. During cnns town hall clinton said that she was very pleased with the arrest, the capture of the suspected ring leader. Brianna keilar is watching that part of the story. You were there during the town hall. Talked about a lot of hard choices. What does she say about this . This was a fascinating part of the evening, kate, and this is why. In her new book which she is rolling out she is very clear that the way that she sees benghazi is isnt in a political light and she doesnt want to engage in a political fight on the backs of dead americans. Last night she toned it down saying theres still a lot we dont know and she says she is still looking for answers. Hillary clinton gave her first reaction to the capture of the mastermind of the attack in benghazi, ahmed Abu Khatallah, by u. S. Forces. Im very pleased. The United States has an unwavering commitment to bring to justice those who are responsible for attacks on americans, no matter where they are or how long it takes. Earlier on cnn the mother of one victim had demanded more answers. I totally relate to her as a mother or to any of the family members of the four americans who were killed that night. I can say why she and others are inconsolable. Reporter clinton took questions from cnn chief International CorrespondentChristiane Amanpour at the Washington Museum promoting her new book hard choices. Clinton was asked about Immigration Reform and the harsh reality. The hororf a father or mother going to work and being picked up and immediately whisked away and children coming home from school to an empty house and nobody can say where their mother or their father, is that is just not who we are as americans. Reporter she addressed the violence in iraq, the u. S. Withdrawal from afghanistan and the war in syria, highlighting policyrists between her and president obama. I recommended that we do more in the very beginning to support moderate opposition. Reporter but the buck stops with the president , and the president had very legitimate concerns. Reporter on tumbler one person asked for a more definitive Marriage Equality answer. My views have changed over time. It really became very clear to me that if were going to support marriage in our country, it should be available to everyone, regardless of who they love. Reporter on reinstating the assault weapons ban. We cannot let a minority of people, and thats what it is, it is a minority of people, hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people. Reporter and there was a little humor on marijuana. I didnt do it when i was young. Im not going to start now. Reporter and on the hard choice between being a grandmother or being president , clinton could not resist. There have been a lot of grandfathers who have done it. Reporter now a source at Simon Shuster talking about book sales, of course, because this is a book tour, all about rolling out her message as well. 100,000 books, we are told, that includes through retailers as well as ebooks. We expect today that Hillary Clintons new book will debut as number one on the New York Times bestseller list. The question, michaela is, how long will it stay there, long enough to justify the 14 million advance and to really show that americans are engaged in her message . Well have to see. Remains to be seen. Brianna, thanks so much for a look at that. Lets take a look at more of your head loins at 12 minutes past the hour. In a few hours time the House Foreign Affairs committee convenes a hearing on the swath of Army SergeantBowe Bergdahl for five senior taliban prisoners and for its implications for u. S. National security. Bergdahl is recovering at a Military Hospital in texas. His Reintegration Team is gradually exposing him to the Media Coverage that surrounds him. Breaking overnight, convicted rapist and murderer in georgia became the first extricaecuted weeks and another man, john winfield, was executed in missouri by, both by lethal injections which have been put on hold since a botched execution back in april. Gm chief mary bar rah is back on capitol hill to testify about the faulty ignition switch. Gm knew of the problem for over a decade before issuing a recall in february. The automaker recalled some 20 million vehicles in 2014 alone. Dramatic crash caught on cameras on a kansas highway. Holy [ bleep ] . End over end, suv going up and over in the air. The person shooting the video noticed the jeep kind of driving erratically and called police. The suv driver was the only one hurt in that crash, and whats remarkable is injuries are not considered lifethreatening. Do they think was the other car moving. No, on the side of the road. Do you think he tried to jump it like a ramp . Police are investigating right now to determine if the driver was somehow impaired. Right, right. If they didnt see the car. If there was some sort of impairment. It looks like it was trawling some sort of trailer and had a ramp behind it and was certainly on the shoulder. Right. So that car veered over on it. Thats why they are looking into the state of the driver. Unbelievable. Yeah, kind of crazy. Speaking of kind of crazy, the dangerous weather hitting the midwest and it hit again overnight. Twisters and funnel clouds spotted a day after twin tornadoes devastated parts of nebraska. This morning devastating downpours and floods are threatening people in the region. Gone from bad to worse. Indra petersons reporting live from the area. Reporter a lot of damage here is in a field. You can actually see trees completely snapped in half and the bark completely stripped off of them but even a lot of Farm Equipment flipped over. Out in the distance, hard to see, but we have a tractor that looks like its thrown in the tree. Preliminary reports those that this was an ef3 tornado and that was an ef4 tornado and the concern on everyones mind this morning is that more Severe Weather has affected these areas again today. Residents of nebraska hit by another round of wicked weather. Yeah, i turned around. Reporter Storm Chasers capturing one of three possible tornadoes ripping through Cherry County nebraska and dropping tennis ballsized hail on the ground below. Another immense twister caught on the ground in coleridge and the sound of the wind deafening. Oh, gosh. Reporter one day after twin tornadoes, massive and both violent, ripped through the state. Ripping up a whole town. Reporter obliterating practically everything in its path. This powerful storm system reached beyond nebraska. Harsh thunderstorms spawned several twisters that pummeled wisconsin in corona and platteville. Major flooding leaving parts of iowa underwater with roads and homes completely submerged. It was the same sight across parts of minnesota and south dakota. Heavy rainfall caused substantial flooding in rivers and lakes, damaging homes, cars and businesses. We tried to get things as hoyas we could, but when the water came, it came fast. First there was an inch and all of a sudden there was a foot and then waist deep. Reporter many houses surrounded by sandbags up to four feet high and residents able to reach their house only by boat. No matter what happens here we still have each other and no matter what we lose well still be together. Reporter the last thing anyone wants to hear is that more Severe Weather is expected today. Unfortunately, thats the case, storm system stretching from montana all the way to the northeast. That means 66 Million People today are under the gun for Severe Weather. You can see all the instability out there, even right now. Even the northeast seeing some of the light showers and thats only one part of the equation that weather will be out there and also a threat for a heat advisory in philadelphia. Feeling what im feeling out here right now. Hot muggy weather in philadelphia looking for weather that is up in the 90s. As residents in pilger are trying to return home today with volunteers and the threat that another storm could impact the region today is the last thing they want to hear. Exactly right. Indra, thanks so much for that. 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Politicians are pointing fingers and revising the history of how we got there in iraq, but at least the president will meet with congressional leaders today to figure out what to do about the raging violence there. This morning the sunni militant group isis 13 miles from baghdad attacking the city of baqubah. Now they are finally getting resistance from Iraqi Military and tribal fires who are insistent on taking a stand. Will that change the fate of the country . Starting with senior International CorrespondentNic Robertson in baghdad. Nic, whats the latest . Reporter the fighting still goes on. We understand in baqubah last night that the state media was saying that the government still controls various parts of that. That said, we cannot independently independently. In the morning. The isis militants had killed 44 prisoners by throwing grenades at them. That turned out to be government propaganda but it was in fact Government Security forces of police who shot the prisoners and isis was trying to get in to release them. It was the shiia guards killing the sunni prisoners. Theres also reports of gun battles goes on around the oil refinery. Iraqs Largest Oil Refinery that produces 40 of the gasoline used by cars in this country. A very significant piece of infrastructure. Were expecting a statement by Prime Minister nuri al maliki, his weekly address. People will be looking to see if he will make any politic