the pentagon closely, follow where the money goes. the other thing i'm interested in the point loren raised. how will the pentagon be changed as part of this innovation agenda? i'll be interested on thoughts from you about is funding being r reallocated, associated with this? sand that for institutions part of the core of the pentagon or are we seeing things that are being spun off outside of the pentagon. >> that's a great question. the key to understanding how to approach the problem is thinking in terms of portfolio. so we have to start by thinking of innovation as a broad overarching construct into which there's changes in stuff. even core organizational cultures, it takes decades. what are the concepts for utilizing the tools they have. whether they have human, individual individuals, whether they are hardware tools, then you have to think about the stuff. but the stuff portfolio a huge piece of our department of defense expenditure. something the congress and tax payer have a right to think we're -- right to know we're thinking

pentagon officials say the u.s.-led coalition airstrikes in iraq and syria have killed 10 isis leaders over the past month. u.s. army colonel steve warren claims some were linked to the november 13 paris attacks, which killed 130 people. the world health organization has declared guinea free of ebola, 42 days after the last person confirmed with the virus tested negative for the second time. ebola has killed more than 2500 people in guinea and left more than 6000 children orphaned. new details have emerged about how israel sought to undermine the iran nuclear deal and how how -- sought to stay ahead of the israeli efforts through intense nsa spying. the "wall street journal" reports that the nsa increased its surveillance of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the months leading up to the talks. the spying showed how netanyahu leaked details of the u.s.-iran negotiations, coordinated talking points with jewish-american groups, and lobbied u.s. lawmakers to oppose the deal. the nsa monitoring of netanyahu al

although it's been frustratingly slow for the pentagon. in recent weeks iraqi security forces have retaken some of the ground around ramadi, a key bridge, a key command center they have taken, and they have pinned in a lot of the fighters there in ramadi. and iraqi forces on the ground credit u.s. airstrikes for doing a lot of the heavy lifting there. the u.s. claims more than 350 isil fighters have been killed in ramadi in recent weeks, but still they have yet to move into the urban city center and retake the city. i think what we'll hear from the president once he comes out of his now two-plus hour meeting that this is--there has been progress. it's going to be slow. it continues to rely on forces on the ground. the u.s. is looking for new ways to put more pressure on isil. and that in syria i'm sure once again he'll say that the only lasting solution in syria is to find some political solution that does not include bashar al-assad as the leader of syria while continue to go enable some of those forces on the ground. since his last meeti

local forces on the ground that are worth supporting and worth working with and as they said at the pentagon they needed to get some special operators on the ground to look the commanders in the eye and find out which ones are effected and which ones are it. >> that has been the problem from the beginning if it's the free syrian army, whoever the moderate opposition is supposed to be and what you are describing has been a problem from the very beginning. [switching captioners] and as the president was speaking there court any we received breaking news on what you have been reporting on throughout the day. >> tony secretary of state john kerry just left the building while president obama was talking to go and the five veto powers at the u.n. security council agreed to a resolution that they are going to put through today to start peace talks in syria in january. now russia is at the table and iran and saudis at the table and also happening today was a list that was submitted and the jordan's had the list of who is on the so called terrorism list and who is off. as jamie talked about i.s.i.l.

jim miklaszewski of course covers the pentagon for us.what's your understanding of this session beyond the president's stated desire to come over to the pentagon, the department of defense, and show one team? >> well, u.s. military and defense officials, senior officials, tell us that don't expect anything new. there's nothing new on the table to talk about today, presumably. in fact, just last week in his appearance before the senate armed services committee, defense secretary ash carter, when asked do you have anything new in an effort to accelerate the coalition offensive against isis in iraq and syria, and his answer was if i had anything new, i would be doing it. so what they're going to do is get an update. it's a review of the bidding to see what else may be done. we do know there are small numbers of special operations forces now rotating in and out of syria, working with the kurds forces there primarily to improve the air strikes targeting of isis targets there in syria, but to better coordinate u.s. efforts with those on the gro

the pentagon says this man, killed in a u.s. drone strike in syria christmas eve, had been in direct contact with this man, who was killed in a police raid in a paris suburb and was said to have been the leader of the cell that carried out the series of attacks. at least three of the 10 killed by u.s. drones and coalition jets were said to be connected with the paris attacks and planning additional attacks. >> these are individuals who are specifically working to strike the west. they want to strike in europe. they want to strike in our very own homeland. it's important that people understand that as long as those external attack planners are operating, the united states military will hunt them and we will kill them. >> the pentagon said that this month, coalition airstrikes based on u.s. intelligence this month targeted 10 separate isil operatives, killing two december 7, one on the eighth, oh two more on the ninth and five more on the 10th, 12, 26 and 27. >> we are striking at the head of this snake. we haven't severed the hea

and i have not heard the pentagon, they raised the level of their b.s.ffairs office almost weekly. i've never seen it this bad. >> yeah, and i think what you're seeing is a sort of public affairs dysfunctionality because remember, those f-15th were sent to incirlik to ramp up the air campaign, to increase a number of daily sorties from 8-10 to something over 20 sorties per day to exploit our new found intelligence advantage. well, the intelligence advantage if you don't know where the targets are and restricted by rules of engagement, doesn't matter how many aircraft have you on the ground. you lose the targets. >> they're the only thing available, and a strike fighter available to take on the targets. they were thrown out by the turkish government, were they not? >> well, let's face it, the turks aren't real happy with anybody these days. and their distemper with the united states and russia i think as well. lou: we don't care about their agita and heart burn. we're talking about lieutenant generals, a president, we're talking about ash carter, the defe

that's the pentagon briefing room. that's where president obama will speak shortly after meeting all morning along with officials this morning. that is the latest effort to calm the nation's fears over any potential attacks. meanwhile european leaders are meeting in belgium today focusing on ending the war in syria. that diplomatic effort coming ahead of a major u.n. meeting in new york later this week. >>> also leaders are meeting with secretary of state john kerry in paris. the meetings coming on the heels of stepped up airstrikes by the syrian government. >>> al jazeera reports. >> in this moment of sheer panic and desperation, talk of a truce is irrelevant, bloodied bodies clutter the floor of a temporary basement clinic. in this rebel stronghold outside of damascus, lifeless infants are checked for vital signs. on another table a doctor tries to save another child who has lost his legs. the streets of duma are littered with debris and shards of glass making it difficult to reach those in need. most of the victims

the pentagon, that's the best he can do at this point.u spend some time in that little town. here is a president who told the nation the waive we's going protect them from the islamic state in the wake of san bernardino is to take their guns. we find out today that one of those terrorists could have been stopped amid any one of three of the interviews she had if somebody in the homeland security had the temerity to ask her about her social media post. but that's a secret policy that you don't do that. you couldn't make up a scenario where a president would be more reviled for not taking care of the american people. >> i happen to be for gun control but that has nothing do with stopping terror. we need a freeze and all immigration for a few months until we get the system independent control. the points you are raising is exactly right. we don't know who's coming in and what kind of subterfuge is being used against us. lou: you used the word subterfuge which i think is apt as you always are with your terminology. for this administration to

jamie mcintyre is at the pentagon for the latest. >> the pentagon says effort to target and take out i.s.i.l. leaders is eroding i.s.i.l.'s effectiveness on the battlefield and sending a powerful psychological message - that there's no safe haven in iraq or syria. >> reporter: the u.s. says one of the i.s.i.l. leaders killed this month in syria was linked to the paris attacks last month that killed 130 people and for which i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility. the pentagon says this man, 27-year-old sharaf al-muradon killed in a drone strike in syria ciz eve had been in contact -- christmas eve had been in contact with this man. a man killed in a place raid in the suburb, and said to be the leader of the cell that carried out the attacks. three of the members were in some way connected to the paris attacks and were allegedly planning additional attacks. >> these are individuals specific working to strike the west. they want to strike in europe. they want to strike in our own homeland. it's important that people understand that as long as those external attack planners are operating the un

he survived the terrorist attack on the pentagon. john found a way to manage his post traumatic stress disorder and now helping others do the same. >> i can exhale, go forward, exhale and stand. >> this looks like your typical yoga class. students focussing on their classes, the teacher providing instruction. this isn't just any class. john isn't just any instructor. welcome to noon yoga at the pent don. >> your lips sealed spreading energy. >> it was in the family. a long history of my father, grandfather and many in the army. >> a graduate after west point. john served in the army first in germany during the cold war and saudi arabia during the first gulf war. after nearly a decade in the field, john was stationed at the pentagon in washington d.c. >> you come in and turn on your computer and go to meetings, coordinating, working on projects. i would never guessed that something would happen there. >> on september 11th, 2001, john went to work like any other normal day. at 9:37 a.m. a hijacked passenger plane struck the side of the

pentagon is one of the top targets for international hackers. more on the story coming up.er to travel to cuba. a deal for international flights has been reached. first time in decades. let's get to the top story first. the central bank yesterday lifting key rate to a quarter 1% as widely expected. future rate increases will be gradual. we are looking another day of gains this morning.

what we got from the pentagon today was moran attempt at shoring up his legs on terror.re never really had been a real plan of. . there was pho change in strategy, there is no indication that there will be a change in -- a plan to win the war. >> many have walked away with me on the subject of isis strategy. >>> just more of the same tired rhetoric. why he just now is hitting icen a little about our commitment to the pho the president seems more concerned about sanding tough that happen he does by only preventing types of attacks. >> his problem is he's trying to convince us that we are actually he pervading. the chir of his own, chiefs of sta staff. we had her feinstein the -- second of defense. obama, you're your own secretary of defense. last week we had not contained isis. it's obviously expanded. we have beirut, we have isis establishing a colony in the city of libya. this is sort of an. . >>> and the other thing is when you have to resort to stacks stic sticks. it's reminiscent of the strategy of the vietnam war where we would announce the body counts. it was alway

i have not heard the pentagon. they raised the level of their bs in their public affairs office almost weekly. i've never seen it this bad. >> what you're seeing is a public affairs dysfunction alt. remember, those f-15's were sent to ramp up the air campaign, to increase the number of dalies sordies from eight to ten to 20 to exploit our new found intelligence advantage. if you don't know where the targets are and you're restricted by the rules of engagement, it doesn't how many aircraft you have on the ground you can't use them all because you don't have to targets. >> they're the only thing that we have available in a strike fighter that's available to take on those targets. they were thrown out by the turkish government, were they not? >> let's face it, the turks aren't really happy with anybody these days. they're distemper with the united states and with russia -- >> we don't care about their heartburn. what we care about is achieving -- who are these people? we're talking about lieutenant generals, we're tal

al jazeera jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon, and jamie. ten isil leaders are killed but all eyes are on the one. who was he? >> he was identified as a syrian-based isil leader who the pentagon says has a direct link to the paris attack cell leader. the pentagon claims that they killed him in december in an air strike christmas eve in syria, and they say at the time that they killed him, they believe he was actively planning additional attacks against the west. a pretty startling list released today i'm looking at the list of people killed. all in december, all by air strikes. one on december 7th, two on december 8th, two on december 9th. two on december 10th. ten leaders all together. which indicates by the way, del, that the u.s. has pretty good intelligence of where these people are, because they were not killed by forces on the ground. all were killed by u.s. air strikes. some by drones and some by manned aircraft. >> how big of a blow is this to isil? >> every time we get these reports that an isil leader has been killed, it seems that

kate. >> jim miklazewski at the pentagon, thanks. >>> immigration is one of the dominant issues of the republican race for president. now two rising candidates, senators ted cruz and marco rubio are locked in a heated feud and trading attacks as donald trump continues to lead with his hard line on immigration. we get more from hallie jackson. >> reporter: for donald trump, language he might like. russian from vladimir putin and poetry from jimmy kimmel. channelling dr. seuss. >> there are two kinds of people which one will you be, a loser like them or a winner -- >> like me. >> trump could be headed for a storybook ending. the race's leader for months. now facing fresh competition with ted cruz solidly in second place. but he's playing defense today after attacks from marco rubio over what to do million people living here illegally. rubio wants to of them citizens. cruz does not. support any legal that's more politically palatable to conservative now he's having to explain why he said this, proposing an amendment back in 2013. eligible for legal status. >> sounded like he wanted the bi

so this is a multi-part visit to the pentagon. the national counterterrorism center little later today. but it is all about reassuring the public and helping to build the morale of the people that are there. >> by having this rare visit to the pentagon and this showing that we are all watching, is that somehow an admission that perhaps the wording a ining in address from the president was not enough? >> i think that the president has heard some of the criticism about the policy and that there needs to be a stronger voice here domestically. certainly the people that i have spoken to, people who are in this fight, as well as people in the general public, they want to hear the strength and they want to be reassured. they want to know that there is a strategy that's being employed and that the american public is safe. so i think that this is part of that. again, coming up to the holiday season, this is the right time to do that and those men and women that are sacrificing every day, they may be missing their families over the holiday

the paper also reports that the pentagon spoke -- the pentagon spokesman declined to answer a question about whether or not carter had violated defense department e-mail policies. now, on to politics, fresh off his debate performance tuesday night, donald trump flew in to mesa, arizona for a campaign rally with thousands at an airport hangar. with less than seven weeks until iowa, trump talked about his campaign and said he could do without the support of jeb bush. >> everyone i go i have crowds like this. everywhere. everywhere. we have the biggest crowds by far. because there's a movement going on, folks. this isn't just like let's go and have a good time. somebody said oh, trump's a great entertainer. that's a lot of bull [ bleep ] i'll tell you. we have a message. we have a message. and the message is, we don't want to let other people take advantage of us. last night, so oh, i had jeb come at me. you know, low energy. no, i'm standing there and all of a sudden i hear this, you know, donald trump did -- you know, it's just like -- he -- he said it, just the way his pollster told hi

that series led to his 1st book blank check, the pentagon's black budget. he joined the new york times in the mid- 1990s covering national security issues. a bt was described as nukes, spooks, and kooks. during that time he co-authored a book about this by aldrich ames. he served as a foreign correspondent in mexico and traveled on assignment to a range of other garden spots like afghanistan, pakistan, kenya, the sudan, and a number of other places. his 3rd book came out in 2007 and won the national book award for nonfiction. not long after that he left the newspaper world. he is director of the nonfiction residency program at the kerry institute in new york which is about to open. it will be at princeton this fall teaching a course the tragedy of richard nixon revisits the spectacular fall of one of our most controversial and complicated presidents. drawing on documents declassified of the next seven or eight years he looks back at the vietnam war and the watergate scandal. the trauma to complex figure to the tumultuous years. no one who reads this book wi

he is going to the pentagon to discuss changing it now.but that will be covered less than arguments about gun control or even earlier today how the climate change deal is going to stop terrorism. what the media doesn't have to do is cover the mistakes, the lies, the absurdity of what the obama administration is promoting. this lallows them to push the democrat narrative about gun control. >> eric: do you think the media is doing that? >> i would outlaw guns, football, and boxing. but that is not just me. this is not about guns. it is about terrorism. one thing the media is not dealing with is a discussion we need to have in this country. if you post something on social media, should it be something the government can look at. if you put it on a billboard in the old days it would be something the government would look at. >> eric: there are reports they would not look at that. tashfeen malik is out there doing radical stuff and they are not looking at her facebook. >> my column in the washington times looks at the argument brought up by "th

a live look here at the pentagon briefing room. we expect to hear from the defense secretary in just a few moments. >>> again, we're live at the pentagon, waiting to hear from defense secretary ash carter. the associated press reporting that the ap has learned that defense secretary carter will order the military to open all combat jobs to women and is giving the armed services until january 1st to submit plans to make the historic change. carter's announcement expected today. it rebuffs arguments from the joint chiefs of staff chairman that the marine corps should be allowed to exclude women from certain front line combat jobs, citing studies that mixed gender units aren't as capable as male units. that official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. again, that from the associated press. we expect to hear from the defense secretary in a few moments. we're live on c-span 3. >>> the secretary is actually entering. come on in, that's okay. i'll just sit there. >> we've got a live shot.

the pentagon thought he was a courier, trainer for al-qaeda. they now believe he was just a low level fighter. he is still held at the military prison. >> the organization human rights watch is demanding a criminal probe into the c.i.a.'s treatment of suspects. as al jazeera's lisa stark reports, the group wants the obama administration to investigate two dozen former u.s. officials. >> this is too serious a crime to ignore, too grave to ignore. >> laura pitter is the author of the human rights report. it's clear where she stands, that the bush administration sanctioned and put in place after the 9/11 attacks. >> the state sanctioned global program whereby men were abducted from all over the world, put in secret detention and tortured. >> the practices detailed in a heavily edited congressional report released a year ago included waterboarding, sleep deprivation, isolation, exposure to extreme temperatures. >> the c.i.a. program was far more brutal than people were led to believe. >> california senator dianne feinstein fought to make the report

he made a comment after meeting with military at the pentagon.t decided to hold the meeting today? >> first of all, the secretary of defense was already slated to go to the middle east. that was pre-planned. the reason the president came to the pentagon to meet with 35 members of his national security team is he is starting to get the white house staff. he wanted to hear from his military chiefs directly. november saw more airstrikes against isis than any other month. the president says isis lost 40% of their populated areas in iraq. that's a new figure we hadn't heard before. isis leaders that the military has killed in the past year. >> since this spring we removed one of their top leaders. isil second in command, a top online recruiter, another one who brutally murdered americans and others, and the finance chief, senior extortionist, and weapons trafficker. >> his message to other isis leaders was, quote, you are next. the president said the 50 special forces he ordered to syria in october are on the group in syria trying to find a partner. >

jamie mcintyre has more from the pentagon. >> antonio. after a more than two hour meeting in the briefing room. president obama essentially said read my lips - no new strategy. trust me, the old one is working. >> president barack obama's motorcade left the white house house for a strort trip. clarifying the commander in chief to the headquarters of the troops he commands. the meeting of the military and homeland security team was intended to show that defeating i.s.i.l. remains among the president's top priorities. afterwards in the pentagon briefing room obama talked tough but took no questions. >> as we squeeze the heart, we'll make is harder for i.s.i.l. to pump the terror and propaganda to the world. >> president obama offered no plans, but a promise to pursue the current strategy with vigor. >> i offer new actions to intensify the war. the actions are well under way. >> it's similar to what the president said the last time he visited the pentagon during the summer. >> indeed, we are intensifying efforts against the base in syria. ou

the pentagon will deploy specialized force to iraq the quick and authorized to launch attacks with or without the help of local troops. unilateral operations is the buzzword. a first for the u.s. in this conflict. germany is now joining the military campaign against the islamic state. they said yesterday to sending troops, aircraft, and a warship. is there a winning strategy in all of this? we begin with all of this report. reporter: the aim is to provide reconnaissance. the mandate will include up to 1200 soldiers. specially equipped nato airplanes to investigate targets. a frigate to protect the aircraft and germany will provide air to air refueling capacities. the mutual defense tools form the legal basis for the operation. the mandate will be decided for one year as is usually the case. experts warn against underestimating the likely duration of the mission. troops from the west were deployed there for 15 years. in this case, they expected it to go on for longer. they say the government has no clear strategy. opposition members of parliament feel under pressure to decide at short

the pentagon denies there were any intentional delays.e white house is denying any tension with the pentagon. where does that leave us? >> well, obviously, in this country, we have civilian control of the military. and in theory, the pentagon is supposed to take orders from the civilian commander in chief. so most of the time i'm sure it works that way. but as someone who worked in the white house for president clinton, i know that there is always a bit of tension between the military and the civilian leaders. so i suspect that there was some tension around this. this has obviously been a very complicated issue for president obama and for president bush before him. >> and pete, last count i've seen 107 remain. i think that's a pretty reliable number there. but the president, you know, from day one has made this a goal, that he is going to shut down guantanamo bay. he has even talked about in his press conference, if i have to take executive action, i maybe could do that to bring people to the u.s. every state he visited, the congressional

the pentagon announcing u.s. will be deploying more special operations forces to syria and an expeditionary force to iraq that will conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence, capture isil leaders. will that be enough to disman e dismantle, defeat, destroy isis? >> i think the first thing that we all have to sort of take a step back and really understand what is the long term, strategy ex-objective that the president's trying to achieve, and i completely endorse what this step is because i know, to a degree, what it is that they're talking about doing. and i think that this is action on the battlefield that will be necessary, but i think there has to be a longer-term strategic campaign plan that has to be laid out if we're going to achieve what the president wants to achieve, destruction of isis. >> what i'm hearing is you don't think this is long term enough. >> no. >> what's needed, then, you think? >> i do believe there has to be some type of arab nato-like structure formed. there has to be recognition

this is the pentagon briefing room.l go straight to it. sandra: the stage is set forth final republican debate of 2015. donald trump will be front and center. ben carson will be on his right and ted cruz on his left. this comes as a new national poll shows trump with his largest lead yet, 41%. this just in. and cruz coming in a distant second with 14%. trump isn't back away for his call on a ban on muslims. >> they are sick people. there is a sickness going on. there is a group of people that is very sick. and we have to figure out the answers. and the muslims can help us figure out the answer. we need help. we have to have people turn opt i are people in. once they are radicalized, it's too late. sandra: your reaction to donald trump. you watched it in its entirety. donald trump exposing himself further. judge rsh he has the ability when he gives an interview to make interview the subject of news. it doesn't cost him a anyone and he stays on the tip of the tongue who talk about it. sandra: he's only going up in the pol

first, you know, pentagon briefings always start with an intelligence summary.hat's going on. and then this is how we're addressing it. now he's taking it even one step further and gone to the national counterterrorism center. tom and i are familiar with that building. we've been there multiple times in our activity duties lead. it is ph.d. level work to try and do the very best you can to prevent terrorism anywhere. i'm surprised the number's as high as it is too. just as soon as you think you've done away with any kind of attack, something is going to happen. and it's going to happen in the most bizarre place. a marathon, you know, ft. hood, a small community in california. none of those would have been predicted before they happened. >> jim sciutto, the second part of the president's strategy, in his words, prevent terrorists from getting into the united states. there's enormous fear right now a tourist could come in, a refugee could come in and commit an act of terror. >> specific focus on the visa waiver program because this applies to a lot of european cou

the pentagon is in high year to finish the 2017 budget request. is the last to be submitted to congress in february. ash carter got into an unususuay public spat with the navy accusing the service of defying budget guidance and spending too much on ships and shortchangi rcraft weapons and other upgrades. carter ordered the navy to cut back on thships, aolitically sensitive ise on the hill where he is s also an hot water with lawmars for usising hs private e-mail account for ofofficial business. carter has admitted he made a miake. but insiders worry it will handicap his ambitioious agenda for his last year in office. here to reflect on 2015 and tell us what to expect over the next 12 months are mackenzie england, thompson,son, loren and leo shane. welcome. mckenzie, let me start with you. i remember being here last year and saying what we should expect from ash carter inin the next year. let's recap. yearoes ash carter's first in office shape up, what are his priorities for 2016, and does the e-mail issue hamper that? >> he has been an ambitious s

jim miklaszewski, nbc news, the pentagon. >>> many americans are on edge following the recent attacks in paris and san bernardino. in our brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, 40% say the federal government's top priority is national security and terrorism. that number has more than doubled since april, and 29% say they're worried that they, or a loved one, a terror attack. but today, for the second time in just over a week, president obama argued that his strategy against isis is working. this time he made those comments in a rare appearance at the pentagon. >> last month in november we dropped more bombs on isil targets than any other month since this campaign started. the point is isil leaders cannot hide and our next message to them is simple, you are next. >> the president was at the pentagon for a meeting with his national security council. on thursday he will also visit the national counterterrorism center before traveling to hawaii on friday for christmas vacation. >>> let's turn now to the missed signs in the san bernardino terror attack. as of now, screeners do not

jeff: it happened just after 3:00 today at pentagon city mall. the driver was trying to leave the parking garage when he had trouble paying. toasked the car behind him back up so he could deal with it. in argument ensued, and that is when the driver of the other car, identified as 21-year-old reginald carol of the district, took out his gun from the trunk and fired a warning shot into the air. and arlington911, police soon spotted the suspect's car as it fled towards the district. the passenger, calvin, also 21, tossed the gun out of the car on 395 north by the gw parkway. then crossed the 14th street bridge, went through the third street tunnel, and abandon their white sedan on 395 north near mass avenue, taking off on foot. closedon and d.c. police in fast, taking the two men into custody. >> an isolated incident, but in the holidays tempers may be agitated. >> people tend to react differently, sometimes more extreme than others. >> i don't understand why. jeff: both suspects, reginald carol and calvin, are facing multiple charges related to th

>> that's not the pentagon's responsibility. that's why we created after the attacks of 9/11 the department of homeland security, which we spent $600 billion on since 9/11 to deal with that. and you know we know that the fbi has been tracking something like 900 people. president didn't get into it today. i think he did in the previous speech he gave that jamie referred to earlier. but the fact of the matter is, you can't buy perfect security. you'll always have people inspired by all kinds of reasons to do horrible things. in the run up to the thing you saw sandy hook. , more people died there than in san bernardino. so the idea that you can be perfectly secure, no, not the pentagon's job. it's the intelligence community working with homeland security to make sure that these loafn ln wolfs or a coordinated attack can't occur. >> you and i have spent decades in the media. those of us in the media always want to know what the united states is going to do in reaction to something. in the pentagon one of the major elements you try t

the pentagon told a different story. showing in green parts of ramadi that have been secured, and indicating a quarter of the city needs to be cleared of remnants of i.s.i.l. fighters. >>> police in belgium announced that they charge said two people with planning an attack in bruces. the suspect allegedly targetting landmarks. they were apprehended after a series of raids that took place on sunday and monday. the plot involved a series of attacks similar to those carried out. >> and a husband and wife interested in joining i.s.i.l. with a large-scale bombing in london. they wanted to mark the 10th anniversary of the july 7th, 2005, attacks on the transit system. they used twitter to ask for advice on whether to attack a shopping center >>> the taliban breakaway group is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing in north-western pakistan. the attack happened in madan. 26 people have been killed there, dozens hurt. police say the bombing happened outside the regional office of a government agency that issued identity c

what we got from the pentagon today was moran attempt at shoring up his legs on terror.had been a real plan of. . there was pho change in strategy, there is no indication that there will be a change in -- a plan to win the war. >> many have walked away with me on the subject of isis strategy. >>> just more of the same tired rhetoric. why he just now is hitting icen a little about our commitment to the pho the president seems more concerned about sanding tough that happen he does by only preventing types of attacks. >> his problem is he's trying to convince us that we are actually he pervading. the chir of his own, chiefs of sta staff. we had her feinstein the -- second of defense. obama, you're your own secretary of defense. last week we had not contained isis. it's obviously expanded. we have beirut, we have isis establishing a colony in the city of libya. this is sort of an. . >>> and the other thing is when you have to resort to stacks stic sticks. it's reminiscent of the strategy of the vietnam war where we would announce the body counts. it was always lopsided, and