sot: shawn henry, former assistant fbi director 1:05-1:10 "director comey from the fbi said there are investigations in all 50 states for jihadi inspired radicals." but that won't stop thehe celebration. sot: stacie varley / pennsylvania 1:12--1:16 "no, you can't worry about it all the time or you wouldn't go out and enjoy yourself." optimism ... tempered with vigilance ... as a new year approaches. audio outcue: "brian mooar, nbc news, washington." the state of missouri is in a state of disaster tonight as people continue to deal with historic flooding that's been going on since last weekend. bridges and highway overpasses are now under water in the town of valley park just outside of saint louis. 12 of 14 reported deaths related to teh flood were caused by high water sweeping away cars and other vehicles, according to state officials. governor jay nixon has declared a state of emergency and guard to help with evacuations. "this is going to be awhile, you dont have this much water over a place with population and business and a lot of public assets, and the water goes down it's not o

and now, joined by shawn henry, the former assistant director of the fbi and scrivens king.nd now, tell me, they are raising this kid like joey smith or joey whatever, but at the same time, they are plotting to blow up america, itself. what are the thoughts? >> well, i listened to the lawyers on the lead-in to the show, and she is regular housewife. well, regular housewives don't carry assault rifles and go day-to-day. >> and you doubt the testimony of the relatives? >> well, she is not a regular housewife, and she killed 14 people, and involved in the murder of americans. >> and you think that aggressiveness might be a available to people when they hang out to somebody, and you'd see it? >> you would think that they would. >> and when they are carrying an ar or something. >> yes, with the training i would imagine not only in the way she was engaged at the scene of the murder, but post when she was engaged with the law enforcement officers an engaged a firefight. my whole concern is what are we looking back in saudi arabia and pakistan and was she the one who came here to ra

sot: shawn henry, former assistant fbi director 1:05- 1:10 "director comey from the fbi said there are investigations in all 50 states for jihadi inspired radicals." but that won't stop the celebration. sot: stacie varley all the time or you uldn't go out and enjoy yourself." optimism ... tempered with vigilance ... as a new year approaches. (two second pause) audio outcue: "brian mooar, nbc news, washington." >> an ohio man has been arrested an ohio man has been arrested after he posted a facebook video of himself driving while drinking alcohol. the suspect is identified as 28-year old dustin rittgers. he posted a video of his behavior and one of his facebook friends saw it and tipped off authorities. dispatchers were able use motor vehicle records to identify his vehicle ... and a sharp-eyed officer eventually found it on the road near columbus. he was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle under the influence, following too closely, a marked lane violation and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. s/ zach scott/franklin "social media is one of those things t

joined by national security and cybersecurity analyst shawn henry, former assistant director of the fbi. you were hearing pete williams reporting. we know what -- i want to start with the question i asked pete, which is, the assumption is, he was somehow potentially radicalized because they know this he had some interactions with people being monitored what happen did it take to become monitored by the fbi? clearly, this gentleman had not crossed that threshold yet. >> yeah, i mean the fbi, their whole range of factors will determine if somebody can be monitored. you've got to prove to a court you've got reason to believe, an authorized reason or purpose to collect intelligence, believing they're involved in support of terrorism, they might be involved in some type of criminality depending on the type of authorized intercept that you'd be going after. that's oftentimes a high bar. but there are other people who will be monitored, not necessarily electronically but monitored via surveillance or they might be some other lower level of investigation, if there's a belief that they're tied t

for more we're joined by shawn henry, the executive assistant director of the fbi and national security analyst and terror project. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. shawn, what do you make of this? i don't know. i don't get it. they seem like they wanted to be an american couple. they had a kid. they are raising the kid like you know, joey smith or joey whatever. and i don't understand. at the same time they are planning a plot against america. >> i listened to the lawyers on the lead in to the show here and talking about you know, she is a regular house wife. regular house wives i know don't carry assault rifles and kill people. i'm concerned about -- >> you doubt the testimony of the relatives. >> well, she certainly is not a regular housewife. she was involved in a terrorist act this week. she killed 14 people or was involved in the killing, the murder of americans. >> you think that kind of aggressiveness might be available to people when they hang out with somebody. >> you would think that would be -- >> carrying ar whatever. >> there was some training i would imagine, the way she

and now, joined by shawn henry, the assistant director of the fbi, and skrichbs king -- scrivens kingpart of the project. and now, tell me, they are raising this kid like joey smith or joey whatever, but at the same time, they are plotting to blow up america, itself. what are the thoughts? >> well, i listened to the lawyers on the lead-in to the show, and she is regular housewi housewife. well, regular housewives don't carry assault rifles and go day-to-day. >> and you doubt the testimony of the relatives? >> well, she is not a regular housewife, and she killed 14 people, and involved in the m d murder of americans. >> and you think that aggressiveness might be a available to people when they hang out to somebody, and you'd see it? >> you would think that they would. >> and when they are carrying an ar or something. >> yes, with the training i would imagine not only in the way she was engaged at the scene of the murder, but post when she was engaged with the law enforcement officers an engaged a firefight. my whole concern is what are we looking back in saudi ar rabia d pakistan and w

. >> let's go back to shawn henry formerly with the fbi who is joining us here in new york. shawn, we were talking to that father, his daughter has been moved from one building to the next. describe to you if you can, this process of trying to secure a facility of that size. >> i think there's two points here, lester. one is you want to make sure that everybody is safe. and you want to make sure there's not any active threat. very methodical search that's slow, it's very tedious. it's got to be done. the second piece, of course, is when you've got everybody secured, you've got the victims that appear to be safe, you want to collect intelligence. you want to start learning what they saw, what they heard. you want to start looking at videotapes that might be in the buildings or out on the street and surrounding building because wuf are the -- you've got to start piecing this together so you can identify who these people are. law enforcement's top priority is going to be stopping people from any other attacks where they might hurt any other american citizens, lester. taken to sa

intelligence picks up that a ballgame might be targeted says a former assistant fbi director sot: shawn henry, fmr. fbi :28-:36 "and it might actually encourage people who wouldn't ordinarily come forward to say: you know i heard something about sporting events and here's something at a sporting event thats unusual" but johnson today did not detail his new alert system. much like president obama, last night ... sot: president obama :43-:46"we will destroy isil and tries to harm us." looking at tasfeen malik, this new photo out today of her and her u-s born husband sayed farook ... sot: rand paul presidential candidate :53-:58 "really we shouldn't have let this woman in from saudi arabia or pakistan. we need to have some limits on who comes to visit us." ted cruz called the president misguided sot: ted cruz presidential candidate 1:02- 1:07"they are not focused on islamic radical terrorist, obama will not use the words radical islamic terrorist" because...said top aides again today... mr obama wants it clear the u-s is not at war with islam. as for an amber alert style specific terrorism alert

let's turn to shawn henry, former assistant director to the fbi. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. >> strikes me that the fbi has been so careful in the first few days of the investigation and not try to go too far out on a limb and yesterday we heard the l.a. special agent in charge saying these two were radicalized for some time, reading between the lines. do you think that suggests they have a lot more evidence than we know about? >> yeah, savannah, in my experience they found something very specific, whether through the exploitedation of the media, perhaps during their search warrant, when they executed on the house, they found some documentation. we know they have interviewed hundreds of people and perhaps they have spoken to somebody who has provided specific information indicating they have been radicalized. thatted aments portrayal by dave bowdich and the fbi saying they know something very specific. >> and shawn, they are not coming up with any evidence that suggests anything in terms of planning or coordination of this attac

. >> shawn henry, thank you so much, shawn. >> this latest attack is also having a big impact on the race for the white house. candidates from both sides are wasting no time weighing in on the massacre and who can keep america safe. ron allen is at the white house. good morning to you. >> reporter: word that the fbi is treating the san bernardino attack as terrorism has intensified republican criticism of president obama, who they claim has been weak fighting extremism abroad and here at home, as talking tough about being strong keeps pushing donald trump further ahead of the pack. >> wow! >> reporter: donald trump with an enthusiastic crowd, explaining how he would deal with the threat of terrorism. >> if the people in paris, or the people in california -- if you had a couple of folks in there with guns, and that knew how to use them, and they were in that room, you wouldn't have dead people. other guys. >> reporter: at this iowa gun owners rights event, ted cruz blasting away. >> we will not defeat radical islamic terrorism, so long as the president is unwilling to utter the words

shawn henry served as assistant director of the fbi. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> heard of the arrests in brussels and ankara, turkey this morning is this something isis is directing? are you seeing that in the social media and the propaganda, doing is on the new year's eve celebrations. >> that's right, savannah. there are freedom fighters, people that are looking and directed by isis and then there from a law enforcement largest concern. those that might be flying under the radar, undetected who are inspired because they are online, social media, et cetera and then get this call to arms to fight where you stand. >> shawn, let's zoom in here, of course, times square, mayor de blasio said on tuesday they are taking more extensive is law enforcement specifically changing the way that they are going to keep us safe on thursday night in lieu of the recent attacks? >> there certainly will be a lot more resources deployed here. new york city police department greatest most prepared police department anywhere in the world. there w

muslims to help us, but how do you get that trust and that relationship if you don't embrace them as shawn henry said earlier. know who is in our communities and we embrace people all around ears and what's going upon in their neighborhood. >> what's interesting for people to note that remark got a standing ovation at that rally as if to say just because something gets a standing ovation that it is something that deserves this kind of attention it, and what i mean by that is there were segregationists, we know that in this country, people who didn't .. ng to be people who support not something that's just not popular but dick cheney even said in this case not american, not in line with our values, so just because you have some people in a rally who stand up and applaud it. >> right. >> that does not mean that it's in line with the values of this country. >> no, no. >> the only reason i point that out is to say this is appalling and who would ever support this. people who support donald trump do like what he says. >> i'm not speaking of you. in general. >> this is bold and this is brash, i'm with

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. >> let's go back to shawn henry formerly with the fbi who is joining us here in new york. shawn, we were talking to that father, his daughter has been moved from one building to the next. describe to you if you can, this process of trying to secure a facility of that size. >> i think there's two points here, lester. one is you want to make sure that everybody is safe. and you want to make sure there's not any active threat. by going room to room, doing a very methodical search that's slow, it's very tedious. it's got to be done. the second piece, of course, is when you've got everybody secured, you've got the victims that appear to be safe, you want to collect intelligence. you want to start learning what they saw, what they heard. you want to start looking at videotapes that might be in the buildings or out on the street and surrounding building because wuf are the -- you've got to start piecing this together so you can identify who these people are. law enforcement's top priority is going to be stopping people from any other attacks where they might hurt any other america

shawn henry, former fbi executive assistant and president of proud strike services is joining me. thank you for joining us. according to reports from pete williams and others, these two attempted to destroy evidence of communications, cell phones, computers. and yet, tashfeen malik reportedly posted a statement, a pledge to isis on the phone. compare that also to the fact that they walked into that conference room with masks on, one would assume to conceal their identities. so, you have two lines here, two people on one hand want to conceal the identity. on the other hand, they want, according to this information, if it is accurate, people to know why they're doing this. >> yeah, tamron. so, there's a couple different things. i mean, concealing their identity, obviously, people there were able to identify who they were because they had been a co-worker with farook. letting them know publicly that they were associated with isis provides for legitimacy and the credibility and helps to perhaps inspire others and to let law enforcement know this is exactly why it happened. in terms of

our staff really don't understand the business process and work diligently to convey to both henry and shawn during those testing sections what their finding is issues i don't want to can go grizzly and characterize as defects they're not able to conform to our business needs that's where. >> in fact, i said at the last commission meeting he was total clear. >> knew what you were doing when what we heard from the grand jury representative the original scope of work was not where there should have been there were disagreements i was referring to not in any way to you're showing ability to know what is going on you know, i know you got it but i want a commitment that fundamental issue will be addressed i don't see how it had been addressed without our input and the input of our staff if it is not i don't want to leave it to the third party vendors you know to have a say that is about staff i think. >> i fully expect when the third party is selected embedded in the process is sitting down with the staff individually the subject matter experts made up of permit issuance and inspection, etc. so a

. >> shawn henry, always good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> when it comes to presidential politicsat's straight aheadon msnbc. e) i just zazzied you. (phone vibrates) look at it! (friends giggle) i can do dogs, hamsters, guinea pigs... you name it. i'm going to transform the way the world works. (proudly) i programmed that hat. and i can do casaba melons. i'll be helping turbines power cities. i put a turbine on a cat. (friends ooh and ahh) i can make hospitals run more efficiently... this isn't a competition! >>> welcome back. a new national poll show s a troubling trend for -- rubio his flipped his numbers for clinton. senator marco rubio's recent editorial board meeting doesn't appear to have gone very well. erik eisle said it was like somebody wound him up and pushed play. phillip, nice to see you this morning. is that criticism fair? is it accurate? >> according to a report from the "washington post," it is accurate. there's a lot of emphasis placed on the retail aspect. you can look at how often you see people out in the field. i think that what marco rubio needs to worry abo

with me now is kimberly dover, paul cruickshank and shawn henry is back with us. kimberly, to you.d at this point there's no evidence of a global interconnected plot tied to this. but they also said that they are speaking closely with all of their foreign contacts. . that's the way he put it to build a puckture and time line of this couple. your intelligence sources telling you something krcritica this week for about how isis is not contained and this it all fits in. >> absolutely, the white house commissioned an intelligence report that concluded that isis is going to continue likely to grow for the next couple years in scope and influence. it's in about a dozen countries now and their analysis was that unless its territory is reduced in iraq and syria, it will be continue to be so popular that it will draw more followers like the couple in california. >> it's about physical containment in syria and iraq tied to inspiration abroad, even if that radicalization is completely online like was alluded to potentially by the fbi assistant director just now? >> it's about denting isis's p

. >> thank you, shawn henry. >>> the other developing story at this hour is the moving weather systemsing blizzard warnings and flight delays for you travelers. bonnie schneider has more on that and plus some life threatening flash floods. >> well, yes, alex, what a dynamic day in weather. we have a tornado watch issued for fort smith and dallas because severe weather is is going to be ramping up throughout the afternoon. i have been watching the storms in southern illinois and kentuc kentucky, and they have been going through the same area, and we call it training, and wh wep g -- and when we get that, we will get flooding. the severe threat from dallas to del rio, and looking at the flood risk as well. tornadoes are possible, and that is why the watch is issued n. dallas, we run the risk of urban flooding, because we have seen so much rain so far for the fall, and expect more to come. and this is the phenomenal when you look at this, because we will be measuring the water by the foot in eastern oklahoma, so it is a serious, dangerous situation, and i can't emphasize that enough. in

our staff really don't understand the business process and work diligently to convey to both henry and shawn during those testing sections what their finding is issues i don't want to can go grizzly and characterize as defects they're not able to conform to our business needs that's where. >> in fact, i said at the last commission meeting he was total clear. >> knew what you were doing when what we heard from the grand jury representative the original scope of work was not where there should have been there were disagreements i was referring to not in any way to you're showing ability to know what is going on you know, i know you got it but i want a commitment that fundamental issue will be addressed i don't see how it had been addressed without our input and the input of our staff if it is not i don't want to leave it to the third party vendors you know to have a say that is about staff i think. >> i fully expect when the third party is selected embedded in the process is sitting down with the staff individually the subject matter experts made up of permit issuance and inspection, etc. so a

. >> shawn henry of the fbi formally, thank you for being with us. with that, this being the friday before christmas, not normally a busy news day, this is the exception. we have no shortage of news to cover. kate snow is here for that. kate? >> great to see you, brian. we have been watching the president's year-end news coverage with brian and moving forward. we have a lot of other news this afternoon. we'll be getting to that, as well. including democratic politics in light of a debate tomorrow night. the president, though, covering a lot of ground from the battle against isis to guantanamo bay to surveillance of social media and working with congress. he started that press conference in case you missed it with some opening remarks that sounded incredibly optimistic. >> since taking this office i have never been more optimistic about a year ahead than i am right now and in 2016 i'm going to leave it out all on the field. >> going to leave it all over the field. >> reporter: let's go to the briefing room where senior correspondent chris jansing has

. >> fbi director shawn henry. a will t a lot of questions here.hat they had more planned than what they carried out on that day? >> willie, i don't think any investigator anywhere worth their salt can look at what they had in their apartment, in their vehicle, those number of rounds, the high capacity weapons, the explosion of devices and say anything other than that. they had enough to really -- for multiple attacks in multiple places. so this is something the fbi is looking at this as a terrorist event. they have not apparently made direct correlation to jihge jih radicalization but this is what they are looking at. >> law enforcement has been careful up to this point to not call this a terrorist event. at what point in their eyes does it become a terrorist event in what are they looking for specifically? >> it all comes done to motivation and they're looking for a drkt coral's are either to somebody drbting them from international from syria, pakistan, the middle east, some direct connection where they're being given guidance and plans or they'

john heilemann, the president of the council on foreign relations, richard haas, richard engal and shawn henrypower," john meacham. a lot to talk about with willie, joe and me. >> what did you think about the speech last night? >> i thought it was a reaffirmation of what we're already doing to an extent. it's really hard to do that in an election season. >> did you hear anything new last night? >> not on the foreign policy side. that was basically stay the course. what was different i thought was the domestic focus, some of the things that congress needs to consider doing and certain things the american people need to do and avoid doing. >> richard engel, it sounds like on the foreign policy front the president reiterated what isn't working now. >> he laid out a four-point plan. he talked about staying a course that we've already been on that hasn't been working and he laid out these four points. one, hunt down the plotters of terror wherever necessary and that is happening. there have been drone strikes and aggressive raids around the world. point one, it is happening and there's almost no wa

shawn henry, thank you very much. matt, back to you. >> harrowing stories of survival are beginning to emerge this morning. this woman, she was seen being treated at the scene, was shot three times. her husband joined us earlier after spending a long night with his wife at the hospital. i started the conversation by asking how she was doing. >> she's doing remarkably well. >> she was shot three times? >> yes. she got shot on the right arm, went through this arm and went out and one here and one past the abdomen but just barely, didn't go inside. >> i know there was talk for a few hours yesterday that she might need surgery. is there a possibility she won't need that? >> possibility she won't need that. only the bullet fragments are inside her body. >> you were out of town. you flew back in to be by her side at the hospital. when you got there, what did she describe? >> we become very emotional and it's like thanks god that she survived with this kind of situation. and my kids, they are reunited with her. still we have

henry. no. 2, from stanford the all purpose phenom christian mccaffrey and 3 the leader of the no. 1 team in the nation shawnnry thought to be the favorite and end the streak of 5 state quarterback to win the award. he put up big numbers with clemson and he won the acc titles game but nobody was more important to their team than mccaffrey he broke the record for all purpose yards in a season with 4 61 yards against usc in the pack 12 title game giving him 3496 yards on the season. averaging a nation best 2 68 yard per game. he looks forward to the first ever trip to new york. >> any football player i think want to do is want to be in that conversation and want to win it. so looking back, i remember watching mark's speech and it was such a cool thing to realize that's the best florida i are in the country and watching him on the tv and the guys in the years past is a cool thing. eat a huge honor. big thing for me is he's really special. you watch him objectively and look at what he has done objectively, you cap make an argument that this was one of the if not the best single season of any skilled position in

eric: he is tied for first in other finalists are alabama's derrick henry, stanford's christian mccaffrey, clemson quarterback to shawn watson -- to shawn watson, and obama quarterback baker mayfield. the last two winters went on to win the heisman. now wa has a shot to raise one more trophy. saturday will be the fifth ever big ten title game. michigan state has been to three. iowa is making its first trip. don't aspect -- expect any big game jitters from the hawks. >> we have played a lot of big games historically. what it really gets down to is it's another game. it's important but it is another game. >> you can't get too excited or get too big of a head. don't get caught up in the light and glamour about being in a championship. it's just the next game on your schedule. but we have something to prove right now. eric: saturday's game against michigan state kicks up at 7:17 p.m. on fox. elizabeth: leading up to the game, we will have a preview special on kcci. andy garman will be live in indianapolis as they get ready to take on michigan state. hear from fans, players, and coach kirk ferentz. join us for the hour-lon

all rightth running back henry thought to be a favorite tone the strength of 5 straight quarterback to win the award. shawn watson had big numbers with effective touch downs whipping the telingts game but nobody more important to the team than mccaffrey he broke 27-year-old record all purpose yard in the season, 4 61 yards against them and nation best 2 68 yards per game. >> any football player i think wants to do is want to be in that conversation and wants to win it. so you know looking back i remember watching mark smear and watching his speech and you know it was such a cool they think to realize that's the best player in the country and watching him on the tv and the guys in the years past is cool they think. it's a huge honest e-winner will be anoneed on saturday. meanwhile forty-niner running back hyde inactive the past 5 games and 6 week if you include the by. stress fracture in the left foot is the issue. coach was asked today if hyde would play again this season. >> honestly? i don't know if carlos will play this year or not. whatever is best for carlos. >>reporter: that was this morning. tonight

all rightth running back henry thought to be a favorite tone the strength of 5 straight quarterback to win the award. shawn watson had big numbers with effective touch downs whipping the telingts game but nobody more important to the team than mccaffrey he broke 27-year-old record all purpose yard in the season, 4 61 yards against them and nation best 2 68 yards per game. >> any football player i think wants to do is want to be in that conversation and wants to win it. so you know looking back i remember watching mark smear and watching his speech and you know it was such a cool they think to realize that's the best player in the country and watching him on the tv and the guys in the years past is a cool they think. it's a huge honest e-winner will be anoneed on saturday. meanwhile forty-niner running back hyde inactive the past 5 games and 6 week if you include the by. stress fracture in the left foot is the issue. coach was asked today if hyde would play again this season. >> honestly? i don't know if carlos will play this year or not. whatever is best for carlos. >>reporter: that was this morning. tonig

henry may be clear front runner for heisman trophy. >> last night alabama quarterback running the the maxwell award. he beat out clemson quarterback shawn watson and christian mccarry. it goes out to the most outstanding player in college football. three players are finalist for heisman which will be given out tomorrow. henry also took home this years doke walker award which is given to the best running back. >>> i want to go back to chip kelly, and lesean is back in town. yesterday for first time we finally hear lesean is so angry. >> we didn't hear that a long time ago. >> a long time ago, right. >> media, like my bad, i'm so sorry, i don't know what is happening here, he got traded. >> we all can understand it. >> you don't know it is coming and then you get a even if call. >> yes. >> chip says he was on his way to an event. you understand bad blood that is now between them. >> taylor swift needs to write a song bit. >> but because he was so quiet right after it is like now, this is what you have. >> it is just too late. >> i have explained, my husband is a big buffalo bills fan. i'm going to the game on sunday. buffalo bills people