his home in bahrain. so, let s get right to abc s chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz with us live tonight. martha, what have you learned? reporter: well, david, this was such a shock, not only for his family, but for the 20,000 forces he has commanded since may. this is one of the most critical positions in the navy, in the persian gulf region, where u.s. sailors have faced off with iranian revolutionary guard boats, weapons smugglers and pirates. admiral stearney was a decorated f-18 pilot, a former top gun instructor with more than 1,000 carrier landings. he had also served in afghanistan. but despite what appeared to be a stellar career, sources who know stearney tell abc this was an apparent suicide with no warning, and for now, david, no explanation. all right, martha raddatz in our washington bureau across town. martha, thank you. also tonight, here in the nation s capital, as robert mueller keeps his next move under wraps, president trump is
of federal border control agent brian terry. terry was killed in a fire fight, revealed the botched fast and furious operation where federal agents allowed criminals to buy guns for weapons smugglers. he s the first person involved in the killing to go to prison in the u.s. two additional suspects are being held in mexico. two others, apparently, are still on the run. terry s sister or talked about that verdict yesterday. like i said, after today i didn t want to see his face anywhere, i just wanted to let him know i meant what i said. [inaudible] i m still a little overwhelmed. but we re happy. bill: michael warren s a staff writer at the weekly standard. good morning to you. good morning, bill. bill: a step toward justice or only partially? it s a partial step toward justice. as you mentioned, there are two of the people who were involved in this of the drug cartel members involved with this who are still at large, two are in mexican custody, so there s a
then just, like, let them roll and tire themselves out. brian: what do you say to people joey, what do you say to people who say you re a hero? you re not a hero. he s just a hard work young kid trying to make a buck. brian: you pay well, joe? no. [ laughter ] brian: all right. there is a future catch in your hand. joey and joe, thanks so much for joining us and talking about your joey brian: go ahead. jody got the bigger of the deal today. brian: all right. thanks a lot. we brought ali and ali with us. brian: they look nice. get rid of them before they get too big, all right? thanks. absolutely. brian: have a good day. coming up straight ahead, you know the nypd policy, a judge just ruled against stop and frisk? guess what? some of the country s biggest weapons smugglers busted saying they were afraid of it.
sync with the united states and issue it, which is a very important point. it has to stay out of it. this is an internal egyptian issue and let egyptians decide their own future. what is israel seeing from this vantage point? this is what official israel is interested in. security mostly and fighting terror. egyptians from their own prospect tufs and interests, decided to take control of the situation on the gaza border and not allow smugglers, weapons smugglers and hamas fighters to go into egypt from gaza. that is the chief secure of israel, security. they have had a good relationship with general cici, who removed morsi from power.
provides easy access to the middle east and to africa, and it s also a state that has over the years a reputation, well earned, for torting terrorist groups supports terrorist groups. it s on the state sponsor or terror list for the u.s., it gave shelter to osama bin laden in the late 80s, early 1990s. and it s a state that s been willing in the past to iranian weapons smugglers and manufacturers. jenna: according to your research, though, what iran s doing is creating a web, if you will, of different networks in africa, and using sudan really as a launch pad, if you will, or the central area? why are they doing this? why are they turning towards africa? well, several reasons. africa, with its 54 independent countries, is the largest single bloc at the united nations and other international bodies which iran needs for political cover for its human rights abuses as well as its nuclear proliferation. secondly, it s strategically