DNA Tests to Ensure Master Bomb Maker Killed in Yemen.
BALDWIN: Authorities in Yemen are today beginning to acknowledge they may have a huge prize after reaching operations against al Qaeda. They are now, as we were initially reporting yesterday, carrying out those DNA tests to determine if this man is among the dead from that drone strike. His name, Ibrahim al-al-Asiri. He's the bomb maker possibly responsible for building those underwear bombs. Remember those used in Detroit in 2009 on that plane, among other bombs? Joining me now, Mohammed Jamjoom. Mohammed, we know this man has been in hiding for quite a while. This would be huge if they got him.</s>MOHAMMED JAMJOOM, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, no two ways about it, Brooke. It would be absolutely massive. Ibrahim al-Asiri is perhaps the most-wanted man in Yemen. The most high-value AQAP target in that country, which is full of high-value AQAP targets. You look at the list of plots that have been hatched in Yemen the past few years that have had such an impact in the region and around the world, like you mentioned, the underwear bombing plot, or the cartridge bomb plot, or even the plot to assassinate the interior minister of Saudi Arabia, Yemen's neighbor to the north, all of those plots have Ibrahim's fingerprints all over them. If he were to have been killed, that would be huge for Yemen's government, for America's counterterrorism efforts. That all being said, though, even though Yemeni officials I'm speaking with today are more confident and questioning publicly that perhaps they did get him, it's still going to take some time to really make sure that these DNA tests are thorough, and that this is the guy. What we know now is that there was a fire fight that ensued a couple of nights ago and that they got some militants. Some of them were Saudi. They believe they were high targets. They believe perhaps they've got him and now they're trying to confirm it for sure -- Brooke?</s>BALDWIN: Now waiting for that confirmation. Mohammed Jamjoom in Washington, D.C., for us. Mohammed, thank you.