>> 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 welcome. i'm rosemary church.

>> hi, everyone. i'm errol barnett. thanks for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." president barack obama gave an address from the oval office outlining his strategy for handling terrorism at home and isis abroad. >> he called for tightened gun control and more cooperation if congress. he also called for a relentless campaign against isis and promised that the united states will prevail. >> any americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure. but here is what i want you to know. the threat to prevent terrorism is real. we will destroy isil and any organization that try toes harm us. >> and a short time ago, i talked with cnn political analyst josh rogen and i pointed

out to him that president obama had not really delivered anything new. >> president obama had a tough task tonight in his speech to the nation from the oval office. he wanted to reassure americans that the u.s. government is on top of the problem, the threat of lone wolf attacks inspired by terrorist groups on the homeland like the attacks on san bernar did i no last week. that was a difficult thing to do because he didn't really have any new policy measures to announce. so he went through a litany of things that the u.s. government is doing to fight against the islamic state. he called on congress to do a number of things to increase the security of the homeland and them he called for an overall american resilience, vigilance and then he called on the muslim community to be self-aware and the u.s. pop ewe lass to be cognizant that muslims are not

the core problem. >> so you say his aim was to reassure the public. would he have achieved that? >> the problem is, by setting the oval office speech in prime time, he set expectations for the speech very high. as we see by the reactions already by members of congress, and presidential candidates alike, he doesn't seem to have met those expectations. so there's a call amongst the people and the poll numbers reflect this for the president to do more, both in the fight against isis and in the drive to keep the homeland safe. and because he didn't deliver actual plans to do more, his speech fell short of expectations. >> so let's just listen, too, to what mr. obama did say about what congress needs to do. let's listen. >> 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. >> so how will congress likely respond to that? >> what president obama is doing here is he's spreading the responsibility and, there ever, sharing the blame. there have been long been calls from both parties in congress for an authorization and the use of military forcelevel.

what about mr. obama call. he's given it a slightly new twist. he's calling for a ban on gun sales to people who have been deemed without adjudication. that seems to be the lowest common denominator. even so, congress is not likely to pass legislation to achieve that. so we can put this in things the president thinks will be helpful that in the end do not get done and do not solve the overall problem in the minds of his critics. how do we defeat the islamic

state and stop the problem before it gets to america's shores. >> josh rogen, thank you for sharing your perspective. >> anytime. and republicans were quick to respond to obama's speech. presidential candidate donald trump asking on twitter, is that all there is? and proclaiming the need for a new president. trump went on to criticize obama for what he didn't say in his address, the phrase radical islamic terrorists. >> and the republican national committee released this statement, quote, the path laid out by president obama and supported by hillary clinton has not worked and isis has only gained in strength. it goes on, the attacks in san bernardino should serve as a wake-up call that the way through victory is not through the status quo, but refocussing on efforts to defeat isis. almost every other presidential candidate released their own statements. >> and not surprisingly, they shared many of the same talking

points, that obama hasn't done the math to deal with isis that they, as president, would. there has been no response from hillary clinton or any other democratic candidates. >> and we are finding out more about the married couple that carried out wednesday's shooting in southern california. a senior law enforcement official says the husband, farook, looked into contacting terrorist groups overseas. at the very least, both prospect inspired by isis.

according to the cnn poll which was taken before the massacre in california last week, 68% say the u.s. is not aggressive enough in its response to isis. 26% say the response is about right. just 4% say it's been too aggressive. that mrai may explain why now a majority 53% are in favor of sending in ground troops to fight isis. >> and we will have more on president obama's speech addressing the threat of isis coming up. plus, how the fight against isis in syria may have led to this incident in london. plus, israel is on a mission to protect its border from isis. we will show you what they're doing to keep the terror group at bay. also coming up, living in fear in raqqua, syria. we'll meet a man who just made it out from the isis strong

hold. he describes the everyday horror of living with the grips of terrorists. stay with us.

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welcome back, everybody. u.s. president barack obama tried to bolster the resolve of the american public in a rare oval office address. >> during his 13-minute speech, mr. obama spoke about how he planned to keep america safe at home and defeat isis in iraq and in syria. >> our success won't depend on tough talk or abandoning our values or giving in to 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. >> mr. obama's message was, of course, directed to americans, but many people in syria are living under isis control. and we're learning some frightening new details about what life is like under isis rule from a man who just escaped with his family. >> he told us people are

terrified and things are only getting worse as the terror group cracks down even harder. ian lee has this exclusive report. >> it is the biggest target in the war against isis. the syrian city of raqqua, the capital of the so-called islamic state, despite constant bombardment, isis lures followers by painting its land as a paradise. suleyman, not his real name, fled raqqua in recent days with his family. >> if it was a paradise, we wouldn't try to leave. life is very difficult. most of the doctors have left. you can count the number of doctors on one hand. and they only service isis. every day, hundreds gary for free food handouts. it's not a lot. you stand there being humiliated trying to get something to eat. >> how would you describe the

islamic state? >> translator: scary. it's a scary state by the literal meaning of the word. they came with their laws, pretend to go teach us honesty, but they taught us how to lie. >> have your kids gone to school in raqqua? >> translator: they went for a week, but then refused to go. there is no education. 5 to 11-year-old kids are in the same class. teachers don't show up and older kids harass them. >> following french air strikes, isis cracked down on internet usage. fearing their targets might be revealed. now, paranoia grips raqqua. >> how has isis controlled the internet? >> they are afraid that their members will try to communicate with foreign intelligence. we've seen a lot of people who have been beheaded and killed,

accused of being spies. >> are the air strike necessary raqqua being effective? >> translator: realistically, no. there's little impact because most areas are empty or isis evacuated before the strikes. >> the u.s.-led coalition hopes kurdish fighters and their allies spacing around raqqua will take the city, but suleyman would not use the word "liberate." >> would the locals in isis choose isis or the kurds? >> translator: i don't have an answer. it's difficult because the kurds forced the arabs to flee. that's a difficult question. i don't have an answer. >> do you see isis as being strong? >> translator: in reality, yes, they are strong. they have trained soldiers and aspiring suicide bombers. they have members who came just for the sake of being killed. they are strong.

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mr. obama called for tighter gun lawes and a relentless campaign against isis abroad. he also warned against discrimination at home and said the u.s. needs to seek cooperation from muslim countries. >> with if we're to succeed in defeating terrorism, we must enb list muslim communities as some of our strongest allies, rather than push them away through suspicion and hate. that did 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. >> well, the uk is also fighting terrorism on their home front. police have named the suspect in saturday's knife attack at a lobbed tube station. >> that's right. 29-year-old mujadin maya is expected in court monday. investigators say the attack was

an act of terror and they're looking into witness reports. the attacker mentioned syria during his arrest. >> told me as soon as i got there, this guy split the other guy's throat, see a guy huddled on the florida behind the barrieres and a guy brandishing the knife. it was a small blade, about 3 inches long and he's screaming, go on and run, run, when i got back to the station. then they took him out of the station and as they walked him past everyone, he's within an arm's reach of me, i just hear him say this is for syria. >> now, the one small silver lining here is that the attack with one hashtag really went viral on social media. >> drop it. drop you, you fool. >> okay.

you might not have heard that, but in actual fact, a shocked bystander was yelling there saying you ain't no muslim brov, or brother, at the suspect. now, what he said is receiving a big outpouring of support online. people have been tweeting the hashtag you ain't no muslim bruv to condemn the attacker and attempts to spread violence and fear and underlining he does not represent the muslim faith. >> and it really resinates at a time when there is so much islamaphobia in the wake of these attacks. we want to show you a sampling of what we've seen in the wake of this hashtag. if you are a terrorist one aren't a muslim, a christian, a hindu or a buddhist. no religion promotes violence. that's really something more universal. another person here writing, stop embarrassing islam with your disgusting acts because you ain't no muslim bruv. and that one added another

hashtag, united against extremism. and here, anyone, quote win love this hashtag you ain't no muslim bruv. it shows that people are finally understanding that islam and terrorism do not go hand in hand. >> i think it's a message that we're going to hear more of in the days ahead and we're going to see that continue to go viral and more people will be reporting on there and there will be more of a reaction out this in the community to say enough is enough. >> and the point when something goes viral is it is resinating and continue to retweet. >> let's take a short break here. israel is keeping a close watch on the sinai border. we will take ow patrol with the country's defense forces to see how they're preparing for possible threats. and take a look at this. u2 return toes paris after the deadly terrorist attacks. their tribute after this short break.

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a warm welcome back tour viewers in the states and those of you watching around the world. we're 30 minutes in to our two-hour block. i'm errol barnett. >> and i'm rosemary church. u.s. president barack obama is calling for cooperation and resolve in the fight against isis. he delivered an oval office address meant to reassure americans amid worries about terrorism at home and doubts about combatting isis abroad. >> early results have france's far right national front party out to a big start after the first round of regional elections on sunday. they're currently leading in six out of 13 regions. final results will be determined

by the second round of voting december 13th. in venezuela, the opposition party has won a majority in the country's national assembly. election officials say the opposition has taken 99 seats to just 46 for the ruling party. president nicholas madoro announced on tv that he's accepted the loss. his party's first defeat in 17 years. s as we've been mentioning, u.s. president obama is talking tough about the isis threat. >> in a rare oval office speech sunday night, he vowed to destroy the terror group. it was his strongest public condemnation yet on the threat posed by the militants. >> mr. obama said he'll be relentless in his efforts. >> lieutenant general mark hurtling joins us now from orlando to talk about the president's speech. general, thanks so much for your time. so we're hearing a new tone in the president's rhetoric on isis.

noting that the fight has now entered a new chapter. let's quickly listen to how the president described it. >> the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. as we've become better at preventing complex, multi faceted 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 b bernardino. and it's groups like isil who are stronger amid the chaos of war in iraq and syria and we see growing efforts by terrorist toes poison the minds of people like the boston marathon bomb ers and the san bernardino killers. >> how do you stop any terror

network from poisoning minds? that almost sounds impossible. >> it is. and this has been the key since the beginning of this fight. it has to do with ideology of a select few and it's extremely challenging and i was glad to hear the president say that. as a military guy, truthfully, we always look for how the enemy is adapting and that's been obvious over the last several years that, in fact, isis is adapting. it's taken from a fight in syria and iraq into these kinds of overseas and internal attacks, trying to generate more support from other organizations which were freelancers prior to this as well as the homegrown terrorist and the individual who is just inspired via online communication. >> jim acosta tells us the president will be hosting a summit december 17th aimed at dismantling the networks that

support isis. many of its oil fields have been hit by air strikes. what can be done, what can be come mrirnd, exactly, at this summit? >> in my fight against terrorists in the past, that's a critical factor. and it was interesting to me to read an article in the "new york times" just the other day indicating that isis is paying their fighters $300 a month versus $400 a month which they had previously. that tells me that they are having a great deal of challenge with run ago government, which is what they're attempting to do. paying their fighters, generating taxes, finding some kind of financial outlet. so that is the critical piece. if you take away the money from these organizations, they not only don't have the ability to fund their fighters, but they don't have the ability to buy weapons, do the interpret sweeps, do the kinds of things you're talking about with buying airline tickets and different types of explosive devices and different weapons.

a critical piece, it's one of the elements of the strategy that the president outlined and affecting their financial network is probably, in my view, the most important element of this, other than changing the ideology of those who might become believers. >> so perhaps we're starting to see that aspect of this having an impact. what is the status of the u.s. training of forces in iraq when compared to the minimal effort in syria? both have been criticized and they're not equal to each other. so where does that stand today? >> no, we -- watching that very closely, errol, what i'd suggest is if you look deeply into the training mission that's going on inside of iraq, it is actually producing some results. several thousand fighters have been contributed to the force. they are, in fact, conducting operations in anbar province. you'll see some of those fighters in brigade size forces helping to take over some of the areas that isis controlled in

anbar province in and around ramadi. so that is having an effect. the same things are going on with some of the smaller forces that are going north. so in iraq, the training equipped mission is, in fact, making a difference. certainly very different in syria. it's not having quite the effect that the government would like it to have that mr. obama is part of this strategy hopes to see. but there has even been some successor there to generate the intelligence which will allow more fighting for intelligence, more targeting and more strikes against some of the key operational targets in that country. >> well, as you mentioned at the beginning of our conversation, the enemy is adapting, so the strategy against it must adapt, as well. lieutenant general mark hurtling, thanks for joining us from orlando. >> it's a pleasure. thank you. and president obama assured americans that the u.s. is

working with its international allies to stop isis and he mentioned turkey specifically. we want to bring in cnn's sara seidner live from istanbul right now. let's get a gauge on international reaction to the president's speech, particularly there in turkey. what's being said? >> there hasn't been much reaction at all to the speech. however, what turkey has been saying for a very long time -- and we noticed that president obama did mention the syrian turkish border and trying to secure the border in turkey -- the turks have been asking for a very long time to have what they call a safety zone along their border with syria. and, really, what that would entail, rosemary, is having a no fly zone inside of turkey beyond the turkish -- just beyond the turkish boarder with syria. and they've been asking for that for the past four years now, really wanting to have that firepower there to stop mill at that points from being able to

get close enough to even try to attempt to come into this country and reek havoc. as you know, that has already happened in october. more than a hundred people were killed in the capital, two suicide bombers that turkey has said were isis militants and along the border earlier than that, earlier this year, there was an incident that ended up leaving 30 people dead from a suicide bomber. there is a huge concern, as you might imagine, about isis itself and any other jihadists that happen to be roaming around in syria looking to do damage to turkey and beyond. so there is a great deal of desire for less talk and more action. iraq said we do appreciate the help and we are okay with having exploratory troops in the area, special forces, for example. but they do not want combat

forces, they do not want boots on the ground in iraq saying we don't need that. so you're going to get differing views from differing countries depending on what their situation is and what government is leading that. but certainly turkey wants help securing its boarders and having a border with syria and so many refugees coming over. they want to keep the jihadists out. >> and just give us an idea how they think that safety zone might work. the safety zone that you mentioned, how do they see that working? >> it's interesting because the details of that have not been revealed to the public, really. exactly how that would work, certainly it would require a no fly zone, which does not exist at this point in time. but how that works, how far from the border are they talking or how close to the border are they

talking? those details have not been revealed, but they've certainly been asking for that. and i'm sure having conversations with the united states about what it is willing to do and what the coalition might be willing to do. and as you mentioned, turkey is also very clear that any solution in syria needs to deal with president bashar al assad, whether he's part of a government and then removed eventually as the transition happens. but certainly, they do not want him to stay in syria as the leader there. rosemary. >> indeed. sara recording there live from istanbul in turkey and watching for reaction there. >> israel's sinai border stretches through the area and most of it is under threat from isis. >> how are israeli forces

keeping an eye on this territ y territory? >> the siren blairs overhead. a patrol box swings around. the target on this training exercise. here we're intercepting a fast moving boat. our target behind us and to our right is also moving fast on the water and that's the threats they're training to deal with here. >> the israeli navy gives itself less than one minute to find and top an incoming threat. nearby, the uss san antonio, a reminder of the global strategic importance of the red sea. >> part of the reason the area is so sensitive here is because there are four countries opinion a few miles from here. there's israel, jordan, saudi arabia essentially behind me and to my right. here behind me and month to my left, you see egypt.

>> we're do i think doing exercises to make sure we're ready. >> more than 125 miles long. >> this road here, and you have a good sense of it right here, gives you an b idea of terrain at the sinai end of the desert. it's hills and valleys among these start rourkes and sand here. >> regular army patrols run alonged the barbed wire fence between egypt's border road and their security stations less than a mile away. the area parsley populated on both sides. we drive up to a look out, peering over the barren desert across egypt and israel.

>> and what we see in front of us over there is the new fence. >> a border fence that first built to keep ow migrant sess now meant to hold back smuggleres and a terrorist threat, most recently isis sinai. >> we know what's out there and that's what it is. we have to guard against it. >> egypt has been struggling. they have been succeeded in destroying nearly all the smuggling tunnels, forcing the smugglers to look further south. smootheling has become more lucrative and more dangerous. >> we have seen definitely an increase in these very violent attempts to cross into the israeli border. >> as the threat evolves along the sinai border, so does israel aes military, keeping watching against an enemy that remains, for the most part, unseen. cnn, southern israel. >> stranded in the cold, migrants are being forced to wait at the greek macedonia

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the internet climate summit continues for a second week in paris. they said every effort should be made to minimize the impact of climate change. pope francis says he continues to follow the work of the conference closely. >> and from the vatican, the pope remotely took part in the lighting of the christmas tree, a nativity scene at the st. francis basilica. this year, both are being dedicated to migrantes and refugees. >> thousands of those migrantes and refugees were stranded at the greek/macedonian border over the weekend in miserable weather conditions after protests blocked crossings. the border has since reopened, but the selective entry process has left dozens trapped. >> for more on this, we're

joined before i adika shoe better on the other side of the border. she's on the phone with us. these heightened tensions on friday stopped the flow of people into grooe greece. tell us what's happening there. >> the border is open, but only to those who can prove that they're coming from iraq, syria or afghanistan. so while hundreds of those refugees are getting through, what we're finding is that hundreds more asylum seekers mostly from iraq, pakistan and morocco are finding themselves on the other side of the border. the authorities are trying to convince a lot of those left behind to come back to other towns in greece where they can be put up in the refugee

shelters while they're claims are being processed. but as you can mamg, a lot of those who are left behind here, they don't want to move. they insist they want to be able to cross the border. so some of them are still camped out here waiting, but those numbers are start to go xhinish. so they're saying it's not worth it for me to camp out here in the cold. i'm either going to take my chances going back another route or going back to athens. even some we've spoke to are going back home. what we've seen here at the moment is while some areable to get through, others are going to have alternative routes or are making a u-turn and going back altogether. >> for years, greece has been struggling with its own financial struggles. so this year's 600,000 migrants and refugees crossing into the country are are v strained the government further. i'm wondering how far the eu is

willing to go to help greece fund this. >> the eu has promised funds to help with the reception centers for refugees coming across particularly from syria to turkey and lastly greece. but that's only just started and it's difficult to assess how well that's working at this point. the other thing that they've been doing is promising more of the border patrols, which is the eu border organization is now deployed not only along the cost line of greece to help the refugees coming across by boat, but here inland between boarders of greece and macedonia to convince many here to go back to athens or to find another way to process their application. so these are some of the measures. but the fact is, the numbers

that we're seeing coming in a day, the numbers are tremendous. they've declined slightly because of the weather, now in winter it's a much more dangerous journey, but nobody is expecting the number of refugees to stop coming completely. so this is an issue, the eu, greece and all the other member states are going to have to face. >> she'll be filing a report on this throughout the day. atika, thanks. the united kingdom is bracing for even more rain and strong winds after severe flooding inundated the region over the weekend. the british prime minister is coordinating a response to the flooding called by storm desmond. at least 40,000 homes were left without power in britain's cumbia region. >> the british army has been

deployed to help those in need. there are doesz of severe flood warnings still in effect in northwest england and in wales. >> and there could be more trouble ahead. pedram joins us now with more. >> it is being described as a one in a 100-year event. we know unfortunately this same area was hit back in 2009. so certainly happening more frequently with the heavy rainfall coming down. anytime you get above seven meters, this one one coming out of an area, coming in with nearly 7 1/2 meters of water level accumulations over this region on the river gauge observation. notice the conditions are improving over the next few

days. you drop to high risk, we have about 50 flood warnings in place right now. but still, some wet weather coming into this region over the next couple of days. take a look at this perspective. this is a 7,000 kilometer stretch of moisture stretching out from the caribbean towards the united kingdom. on the western side of it, it is raining into southern areas of the united states. in miami in particular, there's a frontal boundary that's been stuck in place. rainfall totals staggering over this region. so it shows you the connection of weather from one part of the world to another part of the world. but in miami in particular, 8 inches, almost 9 inches kamg came down. in the month of december, they've picked up over one foot of rainfall in the first several days of the month.

>> pedram, thanks very much. >> thank you. and the show goes on for you, too. nearly a month after the terror attacks in paris. >> sunday night, the concert was played almost two weeks after the deadly bombings in the capital. >> they also paid tribute to the victims who died. lead singer bono and guitarist "the edge" talked to cnn. >> we think of music as the sound of freedom. we think rock and roll has a role to play. i think it's not just symbolic, we're starting the process of resistance, as it were, and defiance against this movement.

u2 has another appearance on monday. >> and that resistance and defiance is what we see in paris, across the globe, we're seeing it in all areas p.m. people saying enough is enough, we're going to stand up and we're not going to be terrorized. you can always follow us on social media anytime. more "cnn newsroom" after a very quick break. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. stay with us to hear the entire address from president obama and catch up on the top stories from around the world. back in a moment. a new screen for new perspectives. a new pen for new masterpieces. new speakers for a new sound. we reinvented the surface pro. so you can reinvent everything else.

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the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. we will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. >> four days after the san bernardino massacre, the u.s. president tries to reassure americans that are war against terrorist extremist will be won. >> this hour, we'll bring you barack obama's prime time address to the nation in its entirety. >> and we'll get expert analysis on whether his words and his actions can persuade an increasingly skeptical public. >> a big welcome to our viewers in the state and those of you watching from around the world.

>> thanks for joining us. this is "cnn newsroom." the u.s. president made a call for action and an appeal for resolve. >> in a rare oval office address sunday night, mr. obama addressed growing doubts among americans, questions about security following the massacre in california and the ongoing fight against isis. >> the president acknowledged those worries, but pledged that the united states wiultimately prevail at home and abroad. >> 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. >> and a short time ago, i spoke with cnn analyst josh rogen and i put to him that president obama hadn't delivered anything new. >> well, president obama had a tough task tonight in his speech to the nation from the oval office. he wanted to reassure americans that the u.s. government is on top of the problem, the threat of lone wolf attacks inspired by terrorist groups on the homeland like the attacks we saw in san bernardino a week ago. that was a difficult thing to do because he didn't have any new policy measures to announce. so he went through a litany of things the u.s. government is doing the fight against the islamic state. oh called on congress to do a number of things to increase the security of the homeland and

then called for an overall american resilience, vigilance, and he called on the muslim community to be self-aware and the u.s. pop ewe lass to be aware that muslims were not the core problem. >> so you say his aim was to reassure the public. would he have achieved that? >> the problem is, by setting an oval office speech in prime time, he set expectations for this speech very high. as we see by the reactions already by members of congress and for presidential candidates alike, he doesn't seem to have met those expectations. so there is a call amongst the people for the president to do more, both in the drive against isis and to keep the homeland safe. and because he didn't deliver plans to do more, his speech fell short of expectations. >> so let's listen for a moment to what mr. oh bam in ma did say

about what congress needs to do. let's listen. >> if congress believes, as i do, that we are at war with isil, it should go ahead and vote to authorization 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. >> josh, how will congress likely respond to that call? >> well, what president obama is doing here is he's spreading the responsibility and, therefore, sharing the blame. there have long been calles from both parties in congress for an authorization of the use of military force and the fight against isil. the administration has, at times, worked with congress to achieve that. but none of that is likely to happen anytime soon. and the bottom line here is that there is no call, really, in the administration for this authorization because they have argued -- although not

tonight -- that they have the authorities to fight the war the way they wish. so this is part of the political argument. they're definitely would be support if one could be drafted that would please republicans and democrats alike. but overall, the threat to the system does not depend on this. nevertheless, it might be a good step to show unity on a political level. >> and what about mr. obama's call for tougher gun control is in the wake of the california shooting? how likely is it that there will be changes in the current system? >> the president has repeatedly called for gun control can legislation. now he's given it a slightly new twist. he's calling for a ban on gun sales to people who are on the no fly list. these are thousands of americans who have been deemed without a real adjudication to be suspected of some ties to terrorism. that seems to be the lowest common denominator. even so, congress is not likely

to pass any legislation to achieve that. so we could put this, again, in the category of things that the president thinks would be helpful, but in the end, will not get done and do not solve the overall problem which is in the minds of his critics, how do we defeat the islamic state and, therefore, stop the problem brit gets to america's shores? >> josh rogen, thank you for sharing your perspective with us. we appreciate it. >> anytime. republicans were quick to respond to obama's speech. presidential candidate done al trump asking on twitter, is that all there is? and proclaiming the need for a new president. trump went on to rip obama for what he didn't say in his address. the phrase "radical islamic terrorists." >> the republican national committee, meantime, released the following statement. quote, the path laid out by president obama and supported by hillary clinton has not worked. and isis has only gained in strength. the attacks in san bernardino should serve as a wake-up call for obama and clinton, that the

way to victory is not through the status quo, but refocusing our efforts to defeat isis, end quote. other republican hopefuls released their own statement. >> they all shared many of the same talking points that obama has not done enough to combat isis and that they as president would. there has been no response yet from hillary clinton or any of the other democratic candidates. >> president obama assured americans that the u.s. is working with its international allies to stop isis, and he mentioned turkey specifically. we want to bring in sara now. she joins us live from istanbul this morning. sara, turkey itself has suffered from multiple attacks from isis militants, killing large numbers of people. so what does it want in order to prevent that in the woox w weeks and years ahead? >> yeah. you know, really, what it wants is to have its borders secure.

president obama did talk the about syria and turkish bohrer, but turkey wants more. basically what turkey wants is what they call a safety zone between the syrian and turkish border. we don't know exactly how big that would be. but a zone safe for refugees and jihadists. but that would require a no fly zone inside of syria. don't know how far that would be from the turkish border, but that is what turkey has been asking for for quite some time now, several years now. and they haven't seen the result of that yet. the united states talking about the fact that it's helping secure syria's boarders is very different from it doing something like a no fly zone with the coalition. but that is what turkey wants. the details have not been revealed. how exactly that would work, where exactly that no fly zone

would be, on or about it would be on the syrian side of the border has not been given on you out, that information, to the public. and so it's a bit murky as to exactly what the details would be about. but turkey certainly suffering more than most when it comes to dealing with what is happening in syria from the number of refugees that are coming and from attacks from jihadists, the last two atalks happening in october in the capital. they have linked those attacks to isis, to suicide bombers killing more than 100 people. >> and what's the latest on the u.s. consulate in istanbul and the apparent security threat that it was and i understand is facing? >> yeah. you know, over the weekend, there was a message sent out to americans on the consulate's website saying that they should stay away from the consulate compound here in istanbul, the most popular city in turkey.

and basically what they told americans to do is to be vej land and to beef up their own personal security. there was more security outside the consulate this weekend. we noticed that there were dates put up across the road so you couldn't really access the compound. there were several police vehicles sitting there that weren't normally there. but the consulate is allegation closed on the weekends. so that is a bit of an odd decision to say stay away from the consulate when normally people would not be going. but as we know right now, the consulate is expected to open today with business hours as normal and we're checking on that situation as we speak. now, we are learning more about the married couple that carried out wednesday's shooting in southern california.

investigators are looking at possible hints the couple may have dropped as they grew more radical. farook's father describes his son as sharing an ideology with isis. sayeed farook, father of sayeed farook has been speaking to reporters on and off earlier saying he and his son were divided on ideology. all pakistanis coming from major cities are liberal people. he was going toward conservation. >> farook explains more in an extensive interview with italian newspaper listapa. he says his son was shy, too conservative, and the father

became angry when he once saw his son bought a gun. teller farook said about his son's beliefs, he shares the belief to create an islamic state and he was fixated on israel. relatives say change began before he met and married wife and fellow killer malik. they would meet first over the internet, farook seek ago religious woman. friends say they eventually met in person in saudi arabia. malik entered the u.s. last year on a fiancee visa. malik posted a facebook a pledge to an isis leader just before the massacre began. at the mosque where they were

married in the u.s., members say they never saw her face. farook's 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. cnn, san bernardino. and the united kingdom is fighting terrorism on their home front. a 29-year-old accused of stabbing was due in court. >> senior international correspondent fred pik can an is

live in london with the latest on the investigation. fred, what more are we learning about this attacker and what perhaps inspired him? >> what inspired him is really the big question at this point in time. as you've just said, the police here are treating this as a terrorism related incident. however, the charge that he faces, he's 29 years old, is going to be that of attempted murder. there was one prn who was seriously wounded in this attack. there was another person who was lightly wounded in the attack. one woman apparently was threatened by him on the video that we have been seeing that the incident was taken by many people with cell phone cameras. the big question that the authorities here are now asking is was there some sort of wider network behind all of this or was this someone who was simply acting on his own? was this a spur of the moment attack that happened? that, of course, is something that the authorities are going to try and find out. and, of course, this indictment is going to be at his appearance and the court is going to be one first step in that process that

no doubt is going to take a fair amount of time. but it certainly was an incident that did shock many people. i was traveling on that same subway line when that incident happened and it shut down large parts of that line and led to long waiting hours as people waited to see what happened and the news started slowly trickling in. let's listen to another part of this same story. >> drop it. drop you, you fool. >> a little difficult to hear, but for those of you who perhaps didn't catch it, he actually said you ain't no muslim, bruv, or brother, and that same has become a hashtag on twitter, clearly resinate, so many people across the globe.

let's talk about the reaction to those words and the sentiment, basically he's not representing the muslim faith. >> well, he's -- there's two elements to it, i think, rosemary. on the run happened, it's saying you don't represent the muslim fais faith and that bystander said this several times, you ain't no muslim, bruv. this hashtag has gone viral for a second reason, i think, as well. and that is that it showed the londoners basically standing up to terror and keeping calm and carrying on in the best sort of london and british manner. people have not gotten out of their regular trough. people are continuing with their daily lives and are not letting this affect them in the way some people fear it would. we have to keep in mind, the government is on high alert.

which means the terrorist attack on this city is highly likely. there have been terrorist attacks on this city in the past. this country has just expanded its bombing campaign in syria to attack islamist state targets there. so certainly, it comes at a time of heightened tensions, but this hashtag in so many ways shows that londoners will not be brought out of their -- by this attack that happened. >> we're seeing that defiance, not only in london, but in paris and across the globe. >> president obama took on a more forceful tone than usually in his oval office address. >> coming up, you will see his complete speech. plus, historic flooding in the uk is prompting an emergency government meeting in britain. we'll bring you the latest on relief efforts under way. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine,

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under way in southern india. relief efts are under way to rescue many who have been stranded on rooftops. critics say the government has been slow to take action. >> flooding inunday dated parts of the uk over the weekend. the british prime minister is holding an emergency meeting this hour to coordinate the response to the flooding caused by storm desmond. at least 40,000 homes are without power and the british army has been deployed to help those in need. there are dozens of severe flood warnings still in effect in northwest england and in wales. we want to get the latest on this wet start to december. >> we're joined now from the international weather center from the details. it is tough for britain because it is not used to dealing with

this sort of weather. >> yeah. they see plenty of west weather, but now we're talking about 200% of normal in the first six to seven days of the month. so pretty incredible rainfall amounts. the northern tier of the country gets in on the warnings, the watches, in places where 50 specific flood warnings that are in place, 92 of them have been allowed to expire. look at the forecast. that's an improving one because the high risk zone drops, the medium risk zone exits the picture come monday afternoon/evening and tuesday with limited areas of flooding potential in place. but still rainfall to tell but as we have another storm system cruising in here, certainly nothing compared to what we saw in the past several days. that's why you see the river gauges that reached historic values getting up over 700

meters in the last 24 to 46 hours. a moisture stretches out of the caribbean. some 7,000 spreading into the uk. that's why we saw some of the flooding take place across florida. and we'll leave you quickly with this. we're getting some information coming out of the usgs with a 7.2 quake that occurred just moments ago outside of tijikastan. it is a sparsely populated, shaking felt as far away as delhi. but about 500 or so kilometers north of kabul. the mountains absorb much of the shaking energy, which is always good news. >> we appreciate you keeping an eye on that. thanks very much. president obama spoke out on terror and domestic safety sunday night from the oval office. in case you missed it, we will replay the president's speech in its entirety, next. >> and we'll hear from a cnn intelligence and security

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and a warm welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. president obama's speech sunday night was short, but he used more forceful language than he has in the past. >> yeah. and we want to run that address for you now in its entirety. here it is. >> 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 thosands 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. prosecuting spugss yubt there approximately the cue

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poib. u.s. president obama is talking tough about the isis threat. >> in a rare oval office speech sunday night, he vowed to destroy the terror group, but what exactly is his strategy and will it work? cnn national security analyst bob bear joins us now to talk more about the military ramifications of president

obama's speech. he's also a former cia operative. bob, thanks for being with us. now, in his speech, mr. obama reiterated that a ground war against isis was not the answer and, instead, he would continue with the current strategy of air strikes, special forces and using local fighters to achieve victory over isis. will that work? >> no, it's not going to work. i agree with him, ground forces are invisible. we cannot get in another war in the middle east. it's already messy enough. more foreign troops is not going to help anything. but on the other hand, we have been bombing kaud and now isis today since october 20 on 01 and it hasn't seemed to make any difference at all. 90 out of 100 victims have nothing to do with terrorist

groups. continuing along this line, it's not going reassuring for the american people and second of all, it won't get us anywhere. >> so what is the solution? he's saying we will destroy isis. how will that be done? is it possible? >> one of the problems is, no one has looked at the fact that this female shooter, where she was radicalized. it's clear it was in saudi arabia and pakistan. every piece of evidence tells us today the educational systems in those countries is radicalizing a whole new generation. this woman may have nothing to do with the islamic state or any of these groups, but the point is, she believes that absolutely r islam is at war with the west.

if people start signing off on the ideology, beer going to have more terrorism. >> president obama's purpose in addressing the people was to assure the public, but that doesn't appear to have been achieved here. what can be done? is there a solution to the new wave of lone wolf attacks? is there anything you can see to the american people and to people right across the globe, you're going to be okay? >> well, i don't think we're going do to be okay. he's made sure mistakes calling the islamic state the jv of terrorism and on the day paris was attacked he said it was contained and last week he said there's no credible threat. he hit the nail on the head. yes, there was no chrisble threat, but this home grown terrorism, these people, this self-conversion or wherever they get their ideology, visiting the middle east, he didn't come up with a solution for it. and that scares americans.

and the 350e78 who don't understand the middle east is talking about acquiring weapons to defend themselves. as you know as well as i do, this is not going to help anything, more guns. but the point is, americans are scared. they think this is spreading and they think their neighbors could kill them. and i really do worry about the united states turning against muslims in this country. that would be an absolute catastrophe as the president said it would be. but i'm not sure exactly how you stop it. but all i can say is we cannot continue doing what we're doing now. we have to come to a political solution in the middle east, which would involve, among other things, changing boarders in syria and iraq. we cannot bomb sunni arabs indefinitely and not expect them to hit us in return.

>> restricting access to guns, that's not going to happen, is it? >> plus, the guns are not going to make any difference. if you had been in that auditorium and pulled out your side arm, you would have been the first to be shot. these people were clearly prepared to kill anybody who resisted. but it's just a symptom of how scared americans are. they don't tund conflicts in the middle east. and the whole idea of them arming themselves, and i was approached by the police in san bernardino saying, what do we do? i said if you're going to change your war, change your vests. you need ceramic plates. you can't have the stuff they wear now. that's the kind of mentality that is coursing through the american body politics, which scares me and i don't think the president president's speech will have reassured americans. >> it is chilling.

we do appreciate you joining us, always. thank you. >> thank you. still to come, rob band u2 goes back to paris after the deadly attacks that forced them to cancel their shows. see how they pay tribute to the victims, next.

♪ >> rock band u2 has returned to paris to honor the victims of the terror attacks. >> two of their concerts were postponed following the deadly shootings and bombings in the french capital during sunday's concert lead singer bono told the crowd, we are all parisians. >> if you love liberty, then paris is your hometown. we have a 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. >> incredible message this. and talked hs about the defiance of the parisians and we're seeing that throughout the world. >> and that being the pojt, they projected images of the victims. they did the same thing, as well, after the 9/11 attacks at madison square garden. >> and thanks for watching cnn. that's it for us. remember to connect with us on social media anytime we want to hear from you. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett.

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president obama's oval office address. how he plans to defeat isis. overnight, new responses from congress and presidential candidates and the world. and what we are now learning about attackers pasts and loyalties. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. president obama is trying to assure the public he