this is "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. ahead this hour, u.s. president barack obama calls isis thugs and killers and vows to terror group are be destroyed. jimmy carter has some surprising news in his fight against brain cancer. u2 returns to paris paying tribute to the victims of the terror attacks. hello, great to have you with us. i'm john vause. "newsroom l.a." starts right now. u.s. president barack obama gave a rare oval office address a few hours ago, in part pep

talk, part lecture. tries to reassure americans about their safety at home and bolster their faith in their fight against isis. mr. obama called for stronger gun control and more cooperation from congress. he also detailed the current u.s. strategy. >> first, our military will continue to hunt down terrorist plotters in any country where it is necessary. second, we will continue to provide training and equipment to tens of thousands of iraqi and syrian forces fighting isil on the ground so that we take away their safe havens. third, we're working with friends and allies to stop isil's operations, to disrupt plots, cut off their financing, and prevent them from recruiting new fighters. fourth, with american leadership the international community has begun to establish a process and timeline to pursue cease-fires and a political resolution to the syrian war. >> for more on the president

speaks our senior political analyst ron brownstein. thanks for being with us. if you're sitting at home tonight and you tuned in to that national address because you couldn't miss it, and you were hoping to hear something new about what the u.s. is planning to do to fight isis you didn't hear it. >> you didn't. >> why was it so critical for mr. obama to make this address from the oval office? >> the events in san bernardino were very disturbing and required, i think, a presidential responsend also this being an oval office address gave him the biggest concentrated audience, the biggest audience to make a case for what he is doing. he said a lot of things americans find reasonable about playing into isis' hands by, for example, a demonizing american muslims or a full-scale ground assault. the problem is the underlying premise of the speech was that what we are doing is working. and i think most americans do not believe that. i think most experts do not believe that. it lacked the sense of urgency that many people tuning in would

have have beening looking for? >> terms of the presidential address the only bigger thing is the state of the union. >> yes. >> do most americans get what then they see the president talking from the oval office, they realize this is important? >> i don't think they quite see it perhaps as gradations that people in the white house do. but as i said, afteren event of this magnitude, the shootings in san bernardino, the wolf at the door moment that many americans have been fearing of someone radicalized in attacking a target that really isn't possible to defend in any kind of open society, i think it does require the president to come forward and say, look, we do recognize we have a challenge here, a threat here, and we have a plan to meet it. that is the case he wants to make. but again, i think people may be looking, are clearly looking for more than he has offered. >> you mentioned the issue to tolerance towards muslims and there did seem to be noticeable concern from the president about what is being said on the republican side of politics. let's listen to some of what the

president had to say about that. >> we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. that, too, is what groups like isil want. isil does not speak for islam. they are thugs and killers. p part of a cult of death and they account for a tiny fraction of more than a billion muslims around the world. >> this really to me was tolerance, tolerance, tolerance. >> yes. look, this is a deeply complicated problem because on the one hand you have to say the president is almost certainly right. repression breeds radicalization which could compound the problem that you are tempting to resovm. on the other hand, you have to be cognizant of the fact of where the problem is springing from. and the case in san bernardino of someone who is an american-born muslim-american, whether he was radicalized by the wife or his own was ultimately willing to pick up an

assault weapon and go into a party of people he worked with. the challenge of being clear eyed about what the danger is without overreacting in a way that expands and multiplies the danger is a very difficult thing to do in practice. that was probably one of the most effective parts of his speech, talking about it is not that simple. >> it's not that simple. we heard on the other side of the equation, beheard president president also tough on the muslim community as well. let's listen to this. >> if we're to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enlist muslim communities as some of our strongest allies rather than push them away through suspicion and hate. that does not mean denying the fact that an extremist ideology has spread within some muslim communities. there's a real problem that muslims must confront without excuse. >> a real problem they must confess without excuse. >> that was stronger language that i have heard from him and i think many people will feel that

it was going strong. >> why did he go there? >> i think because of what we saw in san bernardino. i think that kind of crystalized the challenge and you cannot look away from it at the same time even as you acknowledge that, you know, overreacting or painting with too broad a brush could, again, expand and multiply the problem you are attempting to combat. >> one of the issues, too, that we saw in the president's speech, he did raise the issue of gun control. i just wonder how smart that was because i'm wondering if the critics of the president are going to roll their eyes and say, here we go. use this as an excuse to take away the guns. >> the gun issue is a stalemate in america. the points he made were entirely reasonable. i think for many people he's going -- >> opportunistic? >> i think relevant. the bigger challenge here is that most americans as we have said believe the obama approach has failed to combatting the terrorist threat. they also believe by the end of 2008 the george w. bush approach had failed, the iron fist had failed, now the velvet glove has failed. i think most americans are

uncertain whether leaders have a calibrated answer or whether indeed anyone in the wlrn world has an answer of what has been spreading. >> the current strategy isn't working. the military boots on the ground strategy isn't working. that's the issue. >> that's the challenge. >> we'll have more on the military tactics in a moment. appreciate your insights. let's tourn to cnn's military an list, rick francona has more on this from la quinta, in california. colonel, thank you for being with us. just talk about this response here that we've had from the republican. i don't want you to get into the politics of it all but this is what the republicans and the critics have been saying. they point out the current strategy has not been working. they said in part we will defeat isis but we cannot do so by continuing the current approach. the path laid out by president obama and supported by hillary clinton, there's the politics, have not worked and isis has only gained in strength. so colonel, my question for you is, is the current strategy working and is isis getting

stronger? which is it? >> i don't think the current strategy is working and continues to get stronger. one only has to look at where they're being expanded. we may have contained them a little bit in syria and iraq. look at the provinces they're setting up all over the region. as far away as north africa. we see them in subsahara in africa, afghanistan, pakistan, the cheer he we are not containing this organization and it continues to gain strength. although we've killed thousands of them, they're recruiting efforts continue. and as long as they appear to be successful and as we appear to be on the losing side they will continue to attract the recruits they need to fill their ranks. so i don't think that the president addressed that particular issue. he said we're going defeat them but he didn't tell us how. somebody in some time is going to have to put boots on the

ground. i understand it's not going to be us but we need to be dealing with that. >> one thing which i heard the other day from a former general who made the point that air power alone, essentially is what's happening to fight isis, air power alone is like casual sex. it's gratifying but no commitment. >> that was general haden, i used to work for him. >> yeah. is he right? >> air power is not going to do this alone. but you certainly cannot do this without air power. and in the meantime, it serves as some containment of isis. we can at least trynd cause -- make it very expense i for them to continue their operations. we can attack their financing. we can try and cut off their supply lines. in the end, it's going to require someone to go in there and defeat them on the ground. take the fight to them. they want it to be a western european or an american group that they can go in there and cause the war that they want. this apocalyptic vision of what they think the future should be. we can't let that happen. this is a sunni arab problem.

there has to be a sunni arab solution. >> with that in mind, the president did call out and mention the fact that there is greater support now from the french, british, and german government. he did not talk about any greater support from one single arab nation. the reason for that is? >> because the arabs do not want to get involved in this. and if we're going to do it, they'll sit back and let us do it. i applaud the british and the french and the germans forgetting more involved. but their role is more symbolic because the problem isn't more air power. the problem isn't more bombs. we have all the recognizance we need. the problem is the restricted rules of engagement. we have to get sunni arabs involved. the sunni arab gulf allies, egyptians, we're very supportive at the beginning. where are they now? they've all pulled back. >> yeah. absolutely. where are they now? in fact, they pulled right back. they're not involved it seems in

anyway. colonel, good to speak with you. >> sure thing, john. president obama assured mrns that the u.s. is working with the international allies to stop is isis. let's go to sarah live this hour in istanbul for the latest on the reaction. so, sarah, i just wonder if a country like turkey on the front lines of the battle against isis, do they -- were they being pleased with what the president said? is that what they were looking for? were they hope for more? >> i think it's really less about words now, john, and more about action. i mean, turkey finds itself in a difficult position as you might imagine. neighbors with syria. they have experienced their own terrible boughs with isis just in october. 100 people killed. the government said that isis was responsible. two suicide bombers there. along the border which is what started turkey's move in to attacking syria, 30 people killed from a suicide bomber on the border. and you know, really what

they've been asking for for many years now from the united states is that we're calling a safety zone along the border, keeping militants from being able to cross into turkey. by that they really mean they would require a no-fly zone inside of syria, not far from the syrian/turkey border. and of course they have not seen that in the way that they would like to see it. and so they've been asking for that for quite some time for the last at least three years now as this war has continued on. but one thing that turkey is very clear about, john, is that any solution needs to address bashar al-assad, needs to deal with the fact that he is still in the country, still acting, as the president there which turkey sees as a mistake, as do many syrians. then he believes that without his dealing with assad himself, that syria and isis and the situation there is never going

to change, never going to get better. john? >> very quickly, sarah, what is the latest on the security there to the u.s. consulate in istanbul? >> we're expecting the u.s. consulate to open today with normal business hours. but over the weekend there was this warning and they had some information that there was a security threat against the consulate. they warned americans to stay away from the consulate. it is normally closed on the weekends anyway but we did notice increased security outside of the u.s. consulate here in istanbul. there was an attack this year back, i think in july, where two women, from a far leftist group in turkey started shooting at the consulate. no one was injured. they were telling americans to be more vigilantnd also to increase their own personal security. so some notes there but they're not saying exactly what the threat is, who the threat may

have come from. we're going to wait and see this morning to see if the consulate reopens here in i sdpan buin is scheduled. >> thank you for being with us, sarah. and we have one quick note here. in case you missed it earlier we will be replaying mr. obama's entire oval office statement at the bottom of the office, about 15 minutes from now. the candlelight vigil for one of the vick themes in california. mourners remembered robert adams, environmental health specialist but better known as the dad of 20-month-old daughter and loving husband. he was one of 14 people killed in last week's shooting rampage. and we are finding out more about the married couple that did carry out the shooting. senior law enforcement official says the husband syed farouk

looked into contacting terrorist groups overseas. at the very least both attackers were inspired by isis. as we report, investigators are looking at possible hints the couple may have dropped as they became more radical. >> reporter: farouk's father describes his son to reporters as a good kid, a quiet kid but growing more conservative and sharing an ideology with isis. >> will you speak with us for a minute? >> reporter: sigh yyed farook, speaking to reporters on and off, earlier saying that he was dedi vided from pack sanity. >> all pakistanis coming from major cities are liberated. >> he was going towards what? >> the conservation. >> reporter: he explains more in an extensive interview with "la

stampa." he said his son was shy, too conservative. and he became angry when he once saw his son buying a gun. then he said he shared the ideology of el baghdadi to create an islamic state and he was fixated on israel. a pakistan-based relative tells cnn the gunman started following a stricter interpretation of islam three to four years ago and the whole family was worried about the shift in his character. the relatives saying that change began before he met and married wife and fellow killer tashfeen malik. they would meet first over the internet. farook seeking a religious woman. investigators tell cnn malik under a different name, posted on facebook a pledge of allegiance to isis leader abu

bakr al baghdadi just before the massacre began. at the mosque where malik and farook were married in the u.s., they say they never saw her face. his father says he also never met her. a couple whose beliefs are slowly coming into sharper focus, unknown what sparked the mass murder in the first place. throughout the weekend there was no official news conference from the authorities expected to change tomorrow when the fbi holds their first news conference in three days. kyung lah, cnn, san bernardino. to england now. man accuse of stabbing two people at a london tube station in an act of terror is due in court tomorrow. he's charged with attempted murder. police say he seriously wounded one man before being subdued with a taser. detectives searched the home in east london on sunday and they're looking into reports he yelled, this is for syria, during the attack.

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welcome back. the u.s. justice department is set to announce an investigation into the chicago police department. the probe will focus on chicago police practices to determine if anyone's right had been vial latted. it's an expansion of an on going civil rights investigation into the death of mcdonald. the teenager shot 16 times by a chicago police officer. cnn obtained newly released police reports which contained dramatic discrepancies between the officer's accounts and which the dash cam video shows. former u.s. president jm my carter says his cancer is gone. this comes four months after the 91-year-old revealed his skin cancer had spraet. >> reporter: jimmy carter says

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welcome back, everybody. you're watching "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. i'm john vause. president obama's speech a few hours ago was short but he used much more forceful language than he has in the past. it is now, the entire speech from the president. >> good evening. on wednesday, 14 americans were killed as they came together to celebrate the holidays. they were taken from family and friends who loved them deeply. they were white and black, latino and asian, immigrants,

and american born. moms and dads, daughters and sons. each of them served their fellow citizens, and all of them were part of our american family. tonight i want to talk with you about this tragedy, the broader threat of terrorism, and how we can keep our country safe. the fbi is still gathering the facts about what happened in san bernardino, but here's what we know. the victims were brutally murdered and injured by one of their co-workers and his wife. so far, we have no evidence that the killers were directed by a terrorist organization overseas or that they were part of a broader conspiracy here at home. but it is clear that the two of them had gone down the dark path of radicalization, embracing a perverted interpretation of islam that calls for war against america and the west. they had stockpiled assault

weapons, ammunition, and pipe bombs. so this was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people. our nation has been at war with terrorists since al qaeda killed nearly 3,000 americans on 9/11. in the process, we've hardened our defenses from airports, to financial centers, to other critical infrastructure. intelligence and law enforcement agencies have disrupted countless plots here and overseas and worked around the clock to keep us safe. our military and counterterrorism officials relentlessly pursued terrorist networks overseas disrupting safe havens in several different countries, killing osama bin laden, and decimating al qaeda's leadership. over the last few years, however, the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. as we've become better at preventing complex multifaceted attacks like 9/11, terrorists

turn to less complicated acts of violence like the mass shootings that are all too common in our society. it is this type of attack that we saw at ft. hood in 2009. in chattanooga earlier this year. and now in san bernardino. and as groups like isil grew stronger amist the chaos of war in iraq and syria and as the internet erases the distance between countries we see growing efforts by terrorists to poison the minds of people like the boston marathon bombers and the san bernardino killers. for seven years, i've confronted this evolving threat each and every morning in my intelligence briefing, and since the day i took this office, i have authorized u.s. forces to take out terrorists abroad precisely because i know how real the danger is. as commander in chief, i have no greater responsibility than the security of the american people. as a father to two young daughters who are are the most precious part of my life, i know that we see ourselves with

friends and co-workers at a holiday party like the one in san bernardino. i know we see our kids in the faces of the young people killed in paris. and i know that after so much war, many americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure. well, here's what i want you to know. the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. our success won't depend on tough talk or abandoning our values or giving into fear. that's what groups like isil are hoping for. instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart. resilient and relentless. and by drawing upon every aspect of american power. here's how. first, our military will

continue to hunt down terrorist plotters in any country where it is necessary. in iraq and syria, air strikes are taking out isil leaders. heavy weapons, oil tankers, infrastructure. since attacks in paris, our closest allies including france, germany, and the united kingdom, have ramped up their contributions to our military campaign which will help us accelerate our effort to destroy isil. second, we will continue to provide training and equipment to tens of thousands of iraqi and syrian forces fighting isil on the ground so that we take away their safe havens. in both countries, we're deploying special operations forces who can accelerate that offensive. we've stepped up this effort since the attacks in paris and will continue to invest more in approaches that are working on the ground. third, we're working with friends and allies to stop isil's operations to disrupt plots, cut off their financing, and prevent them from recruiting more fighters.

since the attacks in paris, we've serged intelligence sharing with our european allies. we're working with turkey to seal its border with syria and we are cooperating with muslim majority countries and with our muslim communities here at home to counter the vicious ideology that isil promotes online. fourth, with american leadership, the international community has begun to establish a process and timeline to pursue cease-fires and a political resolution to the syrian war. doing so will allow the syrian people and every country, including our allies but also countries like russia, to focus on the common goal of destroying isil. a group that threatens us all. this is our strategy to destroy isil. it is designed and supported by our military commanders and counterterrorism experts together with 65 countries that have joined an american-led coalition.

we constantly examine our strategy to determine within additional steps are needed to get the job done. that's why i've ordered the departments of state and homeland security to review the visa waiver program under which the female terrorist in san bernardino originally came to this country. and that's why i will urge high-tech and law enforcement leaders to make it harder for terrorists to use technology to escape from justice. now, here at home, we have to work together to address the challenge. there are several steps that congress should take right away. to begin with, congress should act to make sure no one on a no-fly list is able to buy a gun. what could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semiautomatic weapon?

this is a matter of national security. we also need to make it harder for people to buy powerful assault weapons like the ones that were used in san bernardino. i know there are some who reject any gun safety measures, but the fact is that our intelligence and law enforcement agencies, no matter how effective they are, cannot identify every would-be mass shooter, whether that individual was motivated by isil or some other hateful ideology. what we can do and must do is make it harder for them to kill. next, we should put in place stronger screening for those who come to america without a visa so that we can take a hard look at whether they've traveled to war zones. and we're working with members of both parties in congress to do exactly that. finally, if congress believes, as i do, that we are at war with isil, it should go ahead and vote to authorize the continued use of military force against these terrorists. for over a year, i have ordered our military to take thousands of air strikes against isil targets. i think it's time for congress to vote to demonstrate that the american people are united and committed to this fight.

my fellow americans, these are the steps that we can take together to defeat the terrorist threat. let me now say a word about what we should not do. we should not be drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in iraq or syria. that's what groups like isil want. they know they can't defeat us on the battlefield. isil fighters were part of the insurgency that we faced in iraq, but they also know that if we occupy foreign lands, they can maintain insurgencies for years, killing thousands of our troops and draining our resources, and using our presence to draw new recruits. the strategy that we are using now, air strikes, special forces, and working with local forces who are fighting to regain control of their own country, that is how we'll achieve a more sustainable

victory, and it won't require us sending a new generation of americans overseas to fight and die for another decade on foreign soil. here's what else we cannot do. we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. that, too, is what groups like isil want. isil does not speak for islam. they are thugs and killers. part of a cult of death. and they account for a tiny fraction of a more than a billion muslims around the world, including millions of patriotic muslim-americans who reject their hateful ideology. moreover, the vast majority of terrorist victims around the world are muslim. if we're to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enlist muslim communities as some of our strongest allies rather than

push them away through suspicion and hate. that does not mean denying the fact that an extremist ideology has spread within some muslim communities. it's a real problem that muslims must confront without excuse. muslim leaders here and around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like isil and al qaeda promote. to speak out against not just acts of violence, but also those interpretations of islam that are incompatible with the values of religious tolerance, mutual respect, and human dignity. but just as it is the responsibility of muslims around the world to root out misguided ideas that lead to radicalization, it is the responsibility of all americans, of every faith, to reject discrimination. it is our responsibility to reject religious tests on who we admit into this country. it's our responsibility to

reject proposals that muslim-americans should somehow be treated differently. because when we travel down that road, we lose. that kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like isil. muslim-americans are our friends and our neighbors. our co-workers. our sports heroes. and, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. we have to remember that. my fellow americans, i am confident we will succeed in this mission because we are on the right side of history. we were founded upon a belief in human dignity that no matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or what religion you practice, you are equal in the eyes of god and equal in the eyes of the law. even in this political season,

even as we properly debate what steps i and future presidents must take to keep our country safe. let's make sure we never forget what makes us exceptional. let's not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear. that we have always met challenges, whether war or depression, natural disasters or terrorist attacks, by coming together around our common ideals as one nation and one people. so long as we stay true to that tradition, i have no doubt that america will prevail. thank you. god bless you. and may god bless the united states of america. >> the u.s. president there delivering his third national address from the oval office. and we will have reaction to mr. obama's speech with our chief u.s. correspondent john king after a short break.

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americans are asking whether we are confronted by a conditioner is that has no immediate cure. well, here's what i want you to know. the threat from terrorism is real but we will overcome it. we will destroy isi will and an other organization that tries to harm us. >> the president there during his televised address to the nation from the oval office. and for more on that speech, cnn's chief national correspondent john king joins us now from washington. john, it was remarkable to hear the president talk about the terrorism threat as being like a cancer with no immediate cure. i know it's a rhetorical question but this is an incredible shift in tone compared to what he said in the past. >> it is. john, the president of the united states realizing this is a critical moment in the war against isis but also a critical moment for him as commander in chief. if you look at the polling,

two-thirds of the american people don't think the president has a clear plan. they don't think he has an efficient strategy to defeat isis. the president is trying to say i know you're worried about this, these people were mowed down at a holiday party. i know you're worried and some of you are worried it's a cancer that we cannot cure. instant criticism after was that we didn't get a lot new from the president of the united states. it will be fascinating to see if he can rally the support of the american people because he certainly did not satisfy any of his republican critics. >> all of this happening during the presidential campaign and republicans who are running for president, they've been very outspoken about not just how they would deal with members of the muslim community within the united states but also very controversial in how they would deal with isis and really the president saying, that kind of tough talk just isn't going to work. >> the president actually saying at one point, john, he thought some of that tough talk could actually help isis.

if you blame islam, if you divide muslims in the united states from other americans that you might help isis. but i think you touch on an important point. the president is not doing this just in the wake of terrorist attacks. he's doing this at a key moment in his own presidency. he's a second-term president. about a year left in office. look at george w. bush when the unpopularity of the iraq war was so high. george w. bush could not convince the american people to rally and come to his side. i think we have a question about whether this approximately can do the same thing. can they convince the american people to rally with him or turn the page, we're already in the election for a new president. the president was trying to strike a 2ke8 kate balance at one point saying, yes, there's no denying that muslim communities in the united states there are some people radicalizing and the muslim community, their family members, they're must turn them in. then the president was saying we can't cast dispersions on everybody. contrast that to what we hear in

the donald trump, who says i would round up the syrian refugees and throw them out. we need a database to track muslims. monitor the mosques. the president is trying to make a balanced argument at a time when many americans are hearing much more stark and alarming rhetoric from politicians. >> with that in mind, john, how concerned is the white house right now about the backlash against all the retribution towards the muslim community? we did in fact hear the president talk very much tougher than he has in the past when it comes to the responsibilities within the muslim community as well. >> that was very significant. his rhetoric was that you cannot deny it. but then he tried to say, but we can't make that a blanket indictment of the entire muslim community. again, that's a difficult challenge. what. the fbi sources or intelligent sources will tell you is how desperate and san bernardino is a glowing example of how desperate they are, especially in a free associatesociety and

social media can be encrypted and aggressive american surveillance program is not enough to detect them that you need help from within the community. if you have more discrimination and more of backlash and resentment in the muslim community will you get the corporation the law enforcement is wanting. the rhetoric was tougher but also trying to have some balance. the question is can he sell that to the american people in a very heated political environment and in an environment where frank lu you see the american people are scared. they're worried. they don't think their government is doing enough. can the president tell them, trust me. i think it's a defining question. >> we will find out, i guess, in the coming days and weeks factually what impact the president's speech has had. john, as always, good to speak with you. thank you. >> thank you, john. the show goes on for rock band u2. after the paris attacks their tribute to the victims is just ahead. to do great things,

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u2 is back in paris to play concerts canceled after the terror attacks. ♪

sunday night the band paid tribute to those who died in the shootings and bombings. during the concert leader singer bono told the crowd, we are all parisians. >> if you love libertying then paris is your hometown. we have few words to speak to the loss that you are feeling in this city tonight. even if we think we know a little something about grief, i guess grief is like a wound that never fully closes. >> before the show lead singer bono and guitarist the edge talked to cnn in an exclusive interview. >> we were very determined to get back there as quick as we can. paris is a very romantic city.

and you know, the essence of romance is defiance. and defiant joy we think is the mark of our band and of rock 'n roll. they're a death cult, we're a life cult. >> we think of music as the sound of freedom. we think that rock 'n roll has a part to play and so going back to paris to us is not just symbolic. i think we're actually starting the process of resistance as it were and defiance against this movement. >> u2 has a second show in paris on monday. and eagles of death metal could make an appearance. that's the band which was playing at the bataclan concert hall when gunmenned fire. you've been watching "cnn newsroom" live from los angeles. i'm john vause. after a short break we'll head over to rosemary church at the cnn world headquarters in atlanta. ♪

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>> no immediate cure. >> in the wake of the san bernardino shooting, the president addresses the nation in the face of the terrorism. >> and major global hubs like london after another loan wolf attack. >> and it's a threat that's as potent as ever. a source in syria as millions try to escape the grips of extremism. hello and