the men qualify for purple heart because investigators found gunman mohammed abdulaziz. >> e-mail threat was made against the district. it turned out to be a hoax. some say the school system overreacted. california superintendent of school says the closure could close the district up to $50 million in state funding because of a drop in attendance. >>> the fbi tonight is trying to deflect criticism that it could have caught the san bernardino killers before their rampage. the agency's director said that farook and malik expressed their intention he online and should then have been flagged are just not true. >> those communications are direct private messages. so far, we have found no evidence of posting on social media by either of them at that pert of time and thereafter reflecting their commitment to jihad or to martyr done. >> malik apparently passed three background checks before being allowed to join farook in the u.s. >>> president will meet with family members of the 14th people killed in the december 2nd attack. after he will travel to hawaii to spend the holiday with his hs famil

mohammed abdulaziz was inspired by terrace. asian stocks are up. the u.s. federal reserve raised interest rates for the first u.s. stock futures are higher right now but the dow rallied yesterday jumping 224 points. commercial flights are cube or are one step closer to taking off. the u.s. and cuba have reached an understanding on restoring regular flights here that service expected to start in the next few months. this is the biggest business deal struck so far as the countries try to normalize relations. right now american and cuban travelers must fly on charter flights. uber may be getting a boost from facebook. the companies are teaming up to allow users to book a ride through facebook' s messenger app. it also allows payment information to be saved for uber users. emily: a check of the trending stories on the eye. a christian college professor is suspended for a comment about christians and muslims. students held a protest at wheaton college to reinstate she recently said that christians and muslims worship the same god started wearing a headscarf. and

for the first time, the fbi called another attack on american soil terrorism: the murder by mohammed abdulaziz of four marines and sailor at military chattanooga, tennessee in july. "to my mind there's no doubt the chattanooga killer was inspired, motivated by a foreign terrorist organization propaganda."directo r comey and homeland security secretary jeh johnson both spoke today of the fear americans currently feel, but assured the nation the country is safe. secretary johnson announced an update to the country's terrorism advisory system with a third level called a "bulletin"... ... aimed at describing current threat trends to the public. "we want to put in one place for the public to see what we are seeing concerning the homeland and what we are doing about it and what the public can do about it." president obama is set to visit san bernardino friday to meet privately with families of victims of the terror attack just released surveillance video showing a plane landing and skidding off the runway at nashville international airport tuesday night. southwest airlines flight 31 was traveling fr

you recall earlier this year, a man by the name of mohamed abdulaziz killed five people at a couple militaryitment centers. and he said that that has now been determined to be a terrorist attack that was inspired by foreign terrorist propaganda. we know from talking to sources that the attacker there was being inspired by anwar al awlaki, the yemeni cleric who was killed in a u.s. drone attack. this is obviously now at the top of everybody's mind going into the christmas season, the holiday season. the concern about terrorism. john and kate? >> all right. evan perez for us in new york. obviously some news made there. the direct messaging between the san bernardino terrorists, very interesting because the idea that social media, that something had been missed, did come up here in the debates last night. thank you, evan. >> a big part of the conversation and what to do about that going forward for sure. >>> also coming up for us, a lot more ahead. the road to the republican presidential nomination just got a little bit shorter after last night. the first votes in the nation, iowa caucuses, the