place here fop discus the threat of isis and what it poses to the united states, i'm joined by michael leiterserved as the director of the national counterterrorism center under presidents bush and bam and from texas congressman michael mccaul, chairman of the house homeland security committee. just two months ago put out a report, a bipartisan report called combatting trivet and foreign fighter travel. congressman, thanks very much. michael leiter, let me start with you. we thought only al qaeda was capable of some sort of reach. what did the intelligence committee that you are a member of consistently underestimate about isis? >> it's not actually clear to me on a strategic level the intelligence community did get this wrong. i think there had been a lot of weren'tings, again strategically, that isis just wasn't going to stay in its caliphate in syria and iraq. i think tactically the intelligence community of france and the u.s. clearly missed this attack and the attack in egypt. but i think people who have been watching terrorism for a long time knew isis was never going to be satisfied st

as michael leiter was saying, they're looking as intercepts, did they miss a threat. homeland security is saying there's no direct threat that he know of to the american homeland. i have to tell you, i have never seen a situation where american intelligence is as flummoxed as they are now. 25 minutes after 9/11 they were saying this is al qaeda, osama bin laden. now there's a new capacity, and also with the beirut bombings, they don't know if al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda centering or isis is the predominant threat for this kind of coordinated attack. >> michael leiter, if you were mayor of new york city or police commissioner, what would you do right for you on a night like tonight? >>. >> brian, the one piece of good news is it would all be precautionary, but the other people of good any, bill bratton is as experienced as we have. what he will do is he will activate some of their counter-terrorism units who are relatively heavily very agile. they'll probably go to penn state, times square. they sently want that presence, to put people at ease, and also

to discuss the threat of isis and what it poses to the united states i am joined by michael leiter whopresidents bush and obama. from texas, republican congressman michael mccall, he's of course, chairman of the house homeland security committee and just two months output out a bipartisan report called combatting terrorist and foreign fighter travel. congressman, thanks very much. michael leiter, let me start with you. we thought only al qaeda was capable of some sort of global reach. what did the intelligence community that you were a member of consistently underestimate about isis. >> it's not clear to me that on the strategic level that they did get this wrong. there have been a lot of warnings that isis wasn't just going to stay in its caliphate in syria and iraq. the tactical community clearly missed this attack and they clearly missed the attack in egypt and i think people that have been watching terrorism for a long time knew that isis was never going to be satisfied staying. >> how do you explain the obama administration's policy here? >> i think that's where we have the real d

this completely quiet off the radar 01 paris scene tonight, washington is worried ncdc15bp0298 michael leiter (framerate 29.97) 19;34;01;29the undetected sophisticated nature of the attacks in paris really will give us counter terrorism officials pause :08 as freedom tower in new york stands lit in solidarity in the colors of france the focus in paris and here in washington had been on small attacks by a diehard or two. this changes everything. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. security ramping up here in the states as well -- incluidng extra personel at capitol hill and in new york city. we will continue to bring you all the details here and on our website at kwwl dot com. also tonight -- a fiery crash involving multiple semis on the interstate. take a look at the scene here in indianapolis. our nbc affiliate w-t-h-r in indianpolis reporting multiple people were injured. one of the semis involved was hauling coal -- and caught fire. no word on the extent of the injuries at this time. new at ten -- a local fire department has a problem on their hands, one they say is getting worse i

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