now, under president -- we have a leader who was aggressively fighting the terror cells in the sinai and defending his quarters with libya as not afraid to call out the terrible perversion of his own face that is calling the violence. this past summer, i wrote a book, "a time for truth." this -- i profiled a speech president morsi gave this year at cairo university. it was a speech in which he called out directly the threat of radical islamic terrorists. it was a speech in which he called out fellow muslims to ,tand up against the perversion against the evil that is radical islamic terror. --r president morsi -- toent alfie c rather give a speech as a muslim leader was a demonstration of courage and resolve. it was remarkable. he was literally putting a bounty on his own head and did so with his eyes open and aware that the forces of evil he was standing up against do everything they could to murder him as a result. book, whatsed in the does it say when the president of egypt is more clear eyed, more candid, more direct and serious about defeating radical islamic terrorism, then the p

in 1967, after the six-day war, israel took control of the gaza strip, the sinai peninsula, the the westts and annexed east jerusalem. in 2003, israel began construction on a wall along the green line representing the israeli-palestinian border. the wall now stretches 450 miles. when completed, it will span 700 miles. 85% of it in palestinian territory. on one hand, there's no doubt that the number of suicide bombings fell drastically. on the other, there's this. you cross from jerusalem into the west bank also called judea, samaria, also called palestine. since 1967, half a million settlers have moved here, all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law. though in effect, it seems to make little difference. they're here and in ever-larger numbers. this is noam, one of our drivers from tel aviv who i asked about the graffiti on this house near the settlements. so what is price tagging? >> something happens in a settlement or some attack with jews. kids from the settlement would come and have a price tag for every activity. so they come to a village like t

israel is keeping a close watch on the sinai border. l 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. we value sticking with things. when something works, people stick with it. more people stick with humana medicare advantage. because we stick with them. humana medicare advantage. the plan people stick with. sometimes you gotta tobreak the rules., surface pro 4. 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. >>> 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 ami

in lebanese newspapers, he criticized the egyptian army's efforts to counter islamist groups in the sinai peninsula. in the past week photo journalist also known as shalkon appeared in court for the first time after 2.5 years in gaol, to hear that his trial was adjourned until february. he was arrested while covering clashes between egyptian supporters. >>> according to the new york based press freedom organization, the committee to protect journalists, the numbers of gaoled media workers doubled bars. >> spain's gag law which journalists say amounts to state censorship is put to the legal tist at the european court of human rights. known as the sparnish citizen security law, it went into effect six months ago. it regulates the right to protest. where they occur and threaten the media with fines of up to 30,000 euros, for publishing police officers. three parallel lawsuits were filed with the court in strasburg by journalists affiliated with the group. to defend those who defend. it is no coincidence that the case was taken to straws burg. all pledge said to repeal the law. the decision o

we're>> debris from flight 9268 was strewn across the sinai desert, but there was no evidence of terrorist action, or of illegal intervention causing the crash of the plane that killed all people on board last october. the plane lost contact with air control just 23 minutes after the passing en route to st. petersburg. egyptian officials have said on critical cockpit recordings, pointing to an explosion. and isis affiliate said this picture showed an explosives they smuggled onboard. now injection authorities say no such thing is expected. they do not believe it was a bomb that brought down the plane. egypt' tourism industry has been devastated. back> just in time for the holidays, rising concerns over one of the hottest gifts of the season. it prompted to major hoverboards from the shelves. recent reports of fires associated with the boards profited amazon to pull most of them from their website. they look what they're putting out a fire on one right thethe warehouse giant is asking for documentation from all sellers to prove that they are up to safety standards. they look for this label

we already have the bombing on the sinai peninsula a month and a half ago. russians, is this all about the western effort to push out the assad regime, or is it isiding disaster am a which it collapsing, refugee flows, and more terrorism. hasy: what happens to assad been a stumbling block. what did they agree to today? . we don't know. we know that john kerry said it is not all about assad must go. katty: the russians have gained something. . the russian military operation .as created a barrier the opposition has not been able to amount a full-scale military comparability that would push out a solid. if they wanted to work together, how do you wait the mights of something that be called something like success on the win on friday? andrew: this is the beginning of a long process. point, john kerry is working the best he can diplomatically. that only works when you have some threat that you will change on the ground military. -- militarily. john kerry does not have that. the u.s. has been reluctant to get involved militarily. katty: he tried this with the peace

airport employee may have been responsible for that bomb that brought down the russian jet leaving the sinai. not in the united states. the tsa does not want to take any chances. they have already started those increased checks for airline and airport employees. reporting live in washington on capitol hill, edward lawrence, back to you. >>> a designated area for uber to park before it picks you up at the airport is costing you more money. there is a $4 airport surcharge every time you use uber, whether being dropped off or picked up at reagan national and dulles. a lot of travelers don't mind, the convenience is worth the extra charge. >> i'm not complaining. >> traditionalcomplained about privileges for uber and lyft drivers. >>> more than a thousand of you have shared this picture. this teenager from maryland has now been missing for more than a week. karen sandoval is 14 years ole. prince george's county police say she was last seen eight days ago in college park. you can head to the nbc washington app to get another look at her photo. >>> to decision 2016, one presidential candidate was

today, israel no longer controls the sinai peninsula but other areas it conconcerne conquered 7 remain sticking points. among the final sticking points, israeli settlements. hundreds of thousands of settlers moved into places like the west bank. undermining the state of palestinians settlement on their own. >> the u.s. and the international community refused to recognize those settlements as legitimate but for many in israel, settlements are a right. israel's political right wing is against giving up the west bank and golan heights citing their strategic importance as well as historic and religious importance, and settlements that lower their cost of living. since the oslo accords in 1973, the number of israeli settlers that have moved to the west bank, including east jerusalem has more than doubled to 547,000. yet any final peace agreement would almost certainly require israel to remove thousands of israeli settlers from their homes. meanwhile, the descrairl israeli government continues to approve new building in the occupied territories and that makes the prospect of removing settler

firm to help tighten security at its airports in response to the crashing of a russian airliner in the sinaitober. 1424 people onboard were killed. russia says a bomb brought down the plane. >> we entered into a contract with an independent third party, and genuine efforts by the civil aviation ministry, along with other competent authorities to maintain tight grip on security measures. >> now there's been a run on the banks in azerbaijan after the country's currency lost 30% have value. they blame falling oil prices. major retailers shut shop saying they'd have to respond to the move by raising prices immediately. >>> the security forces in burundi have been accused of carrying out dozen was extra judicial killings. amnesty international says the police and military were responsible for many deaths on one of the worst days have violence earlier in december. these 87 people were killed after three military bases were attacked by gunman. >> burkina faso's government issued an international arrest warrant for the former president for his alleged role in the murder of the ex-president in 1987.

. >> and, of course, the sinai peninsula is covered in babaganush. here was one guy at this event who had a more sophisticated take on the middle east situation. >> obama is the worst thing that ever happened to israel, the worst, the worst. >> the worst yes i cannot think of a single worse thing that has ever happened to israel. it's just been 65 years of tranquility over there. ( laughter ) >> trevor: oh, i guess we're back to trump. >> yeah, he is a blessing. >> trevor: so you talked about how the other candidates pandered to their jewish audience and i'm only imagining trump did the same. >> well, as my rabbi said about the book of exodus, it's a matter of interpretation. >> obama a-yi-yi. i'm a negotiator like you folks. you're negotiators. i would say 99.-- is there anybody that doesn't renegotiate deals in this room. i want to renegotiate-- this room, perhaps more than any room i've ever spoken. >> yeah, but have you seen "schindler's list!" >> trevor: wow! i bet the crowd was really offended at that. >> no, no, no. trump is a member of the tri

investigators say that they found no proof that a terror attack brought down that russian passenger jet over the sinai back in october. than crash of course keled all 224 people on-board. this despite an isis claim of responsibility, and russian report that a bomb did down that jet. the plane carrying mostly russian tourists crashed after the investigators aren't saying what they do think brought the plane down. >>> president obama expected to update americans on the fight against isis. he is at the pentagon right now meeting with members of his national security council and afterward, he will speak publicly about what he's learned. that's expected to happen in the next half hour. and when it does, we'll bring that tow yo in a special report. >>> also expunge next at noon, another shake-up in the presidential polls. the republicans now climbing toward the top pchl. >>> too hot to handle? the retailer putting the brakes on the hover boards. >>> what happened here that had lawmakers running out of the >>> let's talk politics in the making a strong showing in a head to head match-up with hillary clinton

involved, like that was the case when the egyptian affiliate first took out that russian airline over the sinait in this case it does seem like there was some sort of an isis link, though it is probably just inspirational. i do not believe that the islamic state in any way directed this attack, or provided the material capabilities to the perpetrators. i think they were amassed locally. >> right. we'll get back to you later on, but thanks very much for giving us your initial thoughts. we're awaiting a press conference in san bernardino, california from the fbi. as max was saying there have been a number of claims which we are treating with caution. isles saying its operatives were behind the attack in san bernardino. the fbi has been investigating this as a potential act of terrorism, but crucial to mention they have not drawn any firm conclusions at this point. and this violence could have been related to the workplace, it might be been idealogical, but we don't know with any firm certainty. >>> meanwhile germany is the latest nation to take on a role against the battle againsts aisle in syria

he is fighting isis in the sinai, we should embrace him, support his military efforts and his effortso reform islam. stand with our allies and by the way i'll get to israel which i think if not the certainly one of the strongest allies this country ever had. the third thing is we have to destroy radical islam. it is that simple. you heard early talk about the fact that i was governor on september 11th. well i'll tell you i learned a lesson that day that i thought all americans had learned and no one would ever forget. think back, al qaeda was isolated. they were in afghanistan. they didn't have territory they controlled. they didn't have mass media, social media capability. they didn't have hundred of millions of dollars. they didn't have sophisticated weapons. all they had was box cutters. they didn't have thousands of westerners with passports. yet they were able to carry out the most barbaric and horrible attacks on american soil ever. look at isis today. they control territory. hundreds of millions of dollars, sophisticated weapons, social media capability that we see in action al

supposed explosive device that was found onboard the russian passenger jet that was brought down over the sinai peninsula? that was in a soft drink again. >> well said, martin. that's exactly what we're talking about. bombes are much more smaller now and terrorists have become much more smarter. we are talking about smart terrorists with smart bomb that is we need to lock at how we're detecting these devices post 9/11 in this new beginning of the millennial age of terrorism and criminal activities that that could happen on the aircraft. we cannot have anything exploding on an aircraft, absolutely, because that is a breach of aviation safety. we need to look very very closely as how we're doing airport screening and how we deal with luggage. i said before on al jazeera that we may need to begin to look a little more on a military scale operation the way we look at aircraft right now. >> sorry to jump in. thank you very much for getting your thoughts on this story which is still developing. thank you. >>> the youngest convict in the gang rape and murder in india is being reportedly released and m

that is wrong, he is fighting isis in the sinai, we we should embrace him, support his military efforts, and his efforts to reform islam. stand with our allies. by the by the way i will get to israel. which is naturally the strongest allies as countries had. the third thing is we have to destroy radical islam. it is that simple. you heard earl talk about the fact that i was governor on september eleventh. will i tell tell you, i learned a lesson that day, i thought all americans had learned and no one would ever forget. think back, al qaeda was isolated, they were in afghanistan, they do not have territory they control. they did not have mass media, social media capability. they do not have hundreds of millions of dollars, they did not have sophisticated weapons. all they weapons. all they had were box cutters. they do not have thousands of westerners with passports, yet they were able to carry out one of the most barbaric and horrible attacks on american soil ever. look at isis today. they control territory, hundreds of million's of dollars of sophisticated weapons, social media capabi

international response to the terrorist attacks in paris and elsewhere, by root, ankara, russian airliner in the sinai front and center in all of the discussions i had with global leaders at the g20, at aipac and east asia summit. all of the leaders agree that the fight against terrorism is a major priority in global national security. we all reiterate our resolve to work together to defeat terrorism through increased international cooperation, including tackling the financing channels of terrorism, including tackling the messaging challenge where, despite the iso group in particular, offering what is a barbaric, i take -- isil -- version of islam, one that the things islam and blessings of god, despite that they been very skillful users of online platforms including social med media. and we are going to collaborate further into how we combat that and a new counter messaging centers being established in malaysia to do that. but isil must be defeated and must be defeated in the field. australia has the second largest foreign military contribution of coalition partners to battle against isil. more than

all 220 four people on board were killed when the plane went down in the sinai. . a big defeat for france's far right national france party. the leader helps to build on historic election results. instead, the party failed to win any regional semis and yesterday's run off. they want tougher immigration policies and france and want to leave the euro area. japan, and germany are among the 18 nations who will work together to build national carbon markets. this according to a new zealand government. those markets are designed to speed the pace of emission reductions called for under the new climate change agreement. it allows patients to cooperate pledges on limiting emissions. a cold wave is likely to clear up the smog. authorities issued the lowest level alert over the weekend. last week, for the first time, beijing issued its most severe smog warning. factory production was limited, so was driving. top democrat in new york who want to bar known or suspected terrorists from buying guns. andrew cuomo is behind the effort. he wants to add the governments terror watch l

and then of course in recent weeks we've seen the isil affiliate in the sinai take down the russian aircraftwell as attacks in beirut, lebanon and elsewhere. paris was obviously a particularly shocking and multi-faceted attack. but i think it's in line with what we have seen to be isil's capability that is growing to project violence outside of the iraq and syria theaters. >> is it fair to say that the president and you, the administration, underestimated isis when calling it a jv team? >> i think, look, we have been on top of the threat since the summer of 2014 when isil made a significant move to take territory in iraq. from that point on, we have acted militarily, but not just militarily. we built diplomatically a coalition of 65 countries. we worked to cut off isil's source of revenue and financing through an active counter financing campaign and now trying to take out their oil production and distribution network. we've tried to counter the flow of foreign fighters into syria and iraq and we've done that in partnership with dozens of countries. >> on those two fronts, would you say you'

from time to time we have had terrorist attacks and just recently a russian civilian was bombed in the sinai peninsula. it is impossible to defeat international terrorism alone especially when borders are open and the world is witnessing a mass movement of population from country to country. the situation where terrace received financial support we haven't resulted the issue in afghanistan, and countries in the middle east like iraq, libya, syria are now areas of anarchy posing a threat to the world and we know why that is happening. we have decided to change the regimes in those countries and they got us into this mess, they destroyed and then they distance themselves away from the situation. it's an opening for terrorists and extremists. they pose a special threat, many many people from russia and others countries that have money and weapons, they build up their forces and soon they will come to russia as well and will continue with their terrace here. we have to be prepared and we have to eliminate them before they get here. this is why we made a decision decision to launch this military

. >>> no evidence that foul play brought down a russian jet over the sinai. airliner crashed on october 31st. this initial egyptian report contradicts the russian investigator's findings. it found evidence of a explosive at the site. on board object brought down the jet. peace talks in switzerland. and mahmoud abbas tries to justify recent attacks on israelis. >> the war if yemen is th in yes of this day's in focus segment. both sides had agreed with a week long ceasefire to coincide with negotiation is. that was supposed to take place five hours ago. but it was postponed until 4:00 a.m. eastern time. zeina khodr reports from geneva. >> it is a show of force just before the warring sides talk peace. the yemen government and its government and the saudi led coalition have deployed forces close to sanaa. that's where heughtd rebels and theihouthi rebels andtheir alli. pressuring the houthis and their allies to make concessions in switzerland but the people are not convinced they will be. >> it is unacceptable it's treason. >> reporter: the conflict is now in its

has found no indication yet of debris from flight 9268 was strewn across the sinai. but there is no evidence morning. no evidence even of 'illegal intervention' causing the crash of the russian passenger plane that killed all 224 people on board last october. russia and western likely brought down by a bomb. the plane, operated by metrojet, lost contact with air control just 23 minutes after departing from sharm el sheik en route to st petersburg. and previously, egyptian authorities have said they were while last month, an isis affiliate said this picture showed the crude homemade explosive made from a soda can it claimed to have smuggled on board. now the head of the egyptian committee investigating the crash claims no criminal action is suspected. the egyptians are not saying what they think did bring down the plane... if not a bomb. "privately, british security officials tell me they are convinced it was a bomb. britain was the first to reach that conclusion since then the plane going down has been largely viewed as what has russia's airstrikes in syria... a woman

as you can imagine, top of mind for egyptian officials was terrorism in the sinai, and the terrible downing of the russian airliner, which had recently taken place. anden visited romania met with a senior military officials, who were deeply concerned, not so much about daesh and the air war, but rather about recent russian activity in the crimea and black sea. you remember what i said? where you stand depends on where you sit. i met withcco -- military leaders and heard about contribution to the fight. finally, it was on to student stugart. throughout the whole trip, have the opportunity to see men of all ranks doing everything from advising, gathering, organizing intelligence, coordinating the movement of supplies and equipment, and also flying in combat. my first take away from this trip, and the first point that i , all of that everyone these partner nations, with whom i met, they want more engagement with the united states. there are processes, and we have to look at ways to speed it up. throughout the trip, i had 15 different bilateral meetings, and heard request for more trainings, ex

the sinai peninsula, paris, san bernardino, so this is something that we have to make sure that we stayvigilant about. the president demanding that from his team, and that's what we will continue to do. would you say people are mischaracterizing the president's posture when they say he is not making any changes? >> i think we are making changes every day. i will tell you what we are doing. we are applying lessons learned all the time, making sure that when we see soft spots we hit them and hit them hard. isilill make sure the hears from us. mark: a lot of people on capitol hill respect you. every day i hear republicans criticize, criticize. i don't get the sense that you all reach out very much. do you have republicans appear to meet with the president. do you ever say, give us your best ideas? >> we reach out all the time. orill not name names anything like that, because given this climate, i would get him in trouble. we look for the good ideas and talk to these guys all the time. mark: doesn't it bother you and the president that at a time of war, this intense need to come together as

we also see them in the sinai. >> one thing i find interesting, the amount of am munition. that that's thousands and show thousands of dollars of ammuniti ammunition. how can they keep this secret from anyone around them? >> that's surprising to me. my gut feeling -- and again, as we say, let the law enforcement leads take you where you should go, not speculation, but if i had to guess, if someone said what's going on here? it seems to me they got radicalized, perhaps self-radicalized or with some peers. but they don't strike me as overly professional. >> right. >> they look like they kind of half planned and half executed. this could have been a lot worse. and the bombs could have been used in different attacks. it just seems to me if it is ideological, indirectly influenced by these extremists. and not directly. they're usually more professional. >> thank you for coming and talking to us about this. we appreciate your insights and your expertise. >> thank you so much for having me. >> the former fbi special agent bobby chicon. thank you for being with us. there's so much

: brand new developments in the investigation into the deadly crash of the russian airliner over the sinaipeninsu peninsula. investigators say so far they have found no evidence of terrorism. this israeli-palestine confli conflict -- this conflicts with officials who say an unexplained explosion brought down the flight killing all 224 people on board. isis claimed responsibility for planting an explosive device in a soda can on the plane. but the investigative team hasn't found anything that indicates terrorism. it goes without a doubt saying it hurt the travel industry in egypt and this is leading to an assessment of the government there. >> eric: reports of tornados in east texas spawned by powerful thunderstorms. the strong winds blowing dozens of empty rail cars off an overpass. 50 peoples were damaged. our meteorologist is here live in the fox center. what is the rest of the day like for the folks in the mid section? they had a tough going this weekend. >> they really had tough conditions over the weekend. not only to do with tornados across parts of texas but on the cold side of the

authorities in egypt say they have found no evidence of any foul play that brought down a russian jet over the sinai4 on board were killed when the airliner jet crashed. the initial egyptian report contradicts the russian investigator's findings. the kremlin believes a homemade bomb brought the plane down and isil claimed responsibility. >>> police in southern california are investigating vandalism at two mosques as hate crimes. the word jesus was spray painted on a fence, and a plastic replica of a hand grenade was left in the driveway of another mosque. >>> in baltimore, juries got the case in the freddie gray case after two weeks after testimony against police officer william porter. john we saw strong closing arguments today from prosecutors and defense lawyers. >> reporter: we certainly did, bisi. good evening to you from baltimore. the aim of the prosecution's closing arguments was to show that officer william porter lied on the stands that there were inci inconsistencies between what he told police and what he said in the court last week. they also set the jury a test, what would a reasonable

including armed assaults in paris and san bernardino and the downing of a russian passenger jet over the sinai. >> he doesn't really make any references to the current condition of the so-called islamic state either in syria or in iraq. he is simply responding to those things he regards as threats. >> reporter: the message comes amid a rough week for isis on the battlefield as iraqi ground forces backed by coalition air strikes reclaim much of the western iraqi city of ramadi from isis fighters who have held it since may. iraqi security forces claiming victory on sunday after taking full control of a key central government compound. u.s. military officials however are more cautious. >> inside the city center there remain some neighborhoods that have not yet been cleared. there is a real threat for unexploded ordinance, mind fields, booby-trapped houses, there's still a lot of danger inside of ramadi. >> following the victory in ramadi we heard today from the iraqi prime minister saying mosul is next, that they will rest mosul back from isis control as well. but i'll tell you, brianna, mosul is

and the downing of a russian passenger jet over the sinai. >> he doesn't really make any references to the current condition of the so-called islamic state, either in syria or in iraq. >> reporter: the message comes amid a rough week for isis on the battlefield. as iraqi ground forces backed by coalition air strikes reclaim much of the western iraqi city of ramadi from isis fighters who have held it since may. iraqi security forces claiming victory on sunday after taking full control of the key central government compound. u.s. military officials, however, are more cautious. >> inside the city center remain some neighborhoods that have not yet been cleared. there's a threat for mine fields and booby-trapped houses. >> reporter: with the gains in ramadi, the prime minister said today that mosul will be next but when you speak to u.s. officials and former commanders, they say there's a lot of isis-controlled territory between iraqi forces and iraq's second largest city. it's much further from the strong hold of baghdad and it's five times the size of ramadi, a much bigger task. no offici

undermine american interests, destroy the egyptian economy and allow jihadists to flow from libya into the sinai while the second uprising in the summer of 2013 would not be the ideal way to change government we should all shudder to think what could have happened in egypt had morsi seeing out his term. we might well face the prospect of egypt on the brink of failure unwilling or unable to protect israel's border from the radical islamic that morsi had unleashed. now under president al-sisi we have a leader aggressively fighting the terrorist in the signing in defending his border with libya and who is not afraid to call out the terrible perversion of his own cause of violence. this past summer wrote a book entitled a time for church. it not look high-profile a speech person morsi gave on january 1 of this year at cairo university. it was a speech in which he called out directly the threat of radical islamic terrorists. it was a speech in which he called a fellow muslims to stand up against the provision, gives the evil that is radical islamic terrorism. for president morsi and president al-sisi

. >> there are reports that isil is now targeting israel and that groups in the sinai are now pledging allegiance to the islamic tate. how real is that threat and can the u.s. and israel afford to be at adds when isil is knocking on the back doors of both countries? >> isis has now those in the sinai province threatening to attack israel. it had attacked israel and israel tourists in sinai many times before. we just heard a new statement from abu bakr al-baghdadi threatening to strike israel. we had seen that al-qaeda in the past 15 years was quite hesitant before attacking israel, because israel is so trained to counter terrorism. what i think would happen is that if they would do anything either from the southern border or the northern border of israel, israel would pay less respect to the sovereignty of egypt or lebanon or sir yes and react aggressively to demonstrate to isis that it would not tolerate any kind of terroristic activity against its citizens. >> thank you very much. >>> all this week, we are looking back at the important stories of 2015 and one is the deal to curb iran

especially because of what just happened with the airliner but also concerns about terrorism in the sinai desert and the western portion of the country near libya. you look at the tough issues that president obama has to deal with as president but then you look at a guy like assisi in egypt right now and the issues they're they are dealing with are just unbelievably difficult. they have moved through a three-step process now that wherever it takes them who knows. you look at libya which is not really a country at present. you look at iraq where a body just isn't doing those things that we thought he should or would do. serious not really a country so the answer to your question is that we need strong state structures for governance to occur. otherwise you end up with vacuums that end up being breeding grounds for the kinds of things we saw take place in paris and yet obviously in these countries we either haven't had the leadership, the will or the support to make that happen. so making sure over the longer haul we do those things necessary to ensure that these structures can function in

as you can imagine top of mind for egyptian officials was terrorism in the sinai and the terrible, terrible downing of the russian airliner, which had recently taken place. i then visited romania and met with their senior military leaders who were deeply concerned not so much about daesh and the air war, but rather about recent russian activity in the crimea and in the black sea. where you stand depends on where you sit. morocco, i met with military leaders and heard about their contribution to the fight in yemen. and finally it was on to the home of afrcom to talk to our commanders there. i had the opportunity to see our airmen of all ranks serving our nation, doing everything from advising foreign militaries to gathering and analyzing intelligence, coordinating the movement of supplies and equipment, and even flying in combat. so my first key takeaway from this trip and the first point that i made when i returned to secretary carter was that everyone, all of these partner nations with whom i met, they want more engagement with the united states and there's processes to deliver that engage

. >> especially in the wake of the downing of that russian jetliner in the sinai peninsula. re all pasmpgers passengers on the flight. do we know anything about their back grounds? >> not at this stage. and the authorities have said because this device didn't contain any exploisives that there wasn't any security breach or issue at the airline. excuse me, a very popular tourist destination, because it wouldn't have been picked up by the scanners but they're tightening security just in case and it's unclear whether it was already there, or if it was brought on the plane or whether the -- many of the passengers he been taken back to paris. but it was clear the kenyan authorities were very quick to get on that plane, to take the device off it and investigate it. but it seems as this stage it was some kind of terrible joke or a way to sew terror on purpose. unclear at this stage, pamela. >> certainly did. that david mckenzie, thank you very much. >>> coming up right here in "newsroom," the city of detroit is coming back from the brink. >> we're actually building everything here,

following the appalling attacks in sinai, beirut, ankara and paris, this council unanimously decided adopt resolution 2249 which calls on all countries to use all necessary means to combat daesh. the u.k. responded to this resolution by extending the airstrikes we were already carrying out in iraq against daesh into syria. in this regard, it is vital that all countries that claim to be fighting daesh do what they say rather than directing the bulk of their attacks against non-extremist opposition groups. there is clear evidence over the last weeks that the weakening of such groups has created opportunities for the expansion of daesh in certain areas, the very opposite of the stated objective. mr. president, as well as focusing on the immediate threats, we must also prepare for the future in syria. we must reaffirm our commitment to assist in the postconflict reconstruction of the country. next february, in close partnership with germany, norway, kuwait and the united nations, the u.k. will cohost a conference in london on humanitarian support for syria including a focus on civilian p

that is the story of bringing down of the russian airliner over the sinai. lie rose: stephen boko haram and a group like that which is large in number are saying we are united with isis. whether the report to them or sort of look to them for leadership, they do say we have united appeal. what they believe in, we believe in. mike: and boko haram is a group i worry deeply about. charlie rose: because? mike: because they are large. they controlled territory in northern nigeria. they are every bit as brutal as isis and they were as brutal as isis before isis existed. in terms of the kind of attack they conducted. i worry most about them because if they wanted to engage in terrorism outside of nigeria and the geographic area around it, if they wanted to do that, the nigerian dias brought -- diaspora around the world is so large that they could blend in and take advantage. if they ever wanted to develop an external attack capability, that would help them do that. charlie rose: what is your assessment of our intelligence capabilities? on one hand we did not see pari

the sinai became more disrupted and as people associated with isis apparently moved in there, they have the border, sealed it, produced a fence, i believe, in the golan, they've been very concerned with three kinds of activities taking place. one the import of modern equipment, perhaps russian, on behalf of those opposed to president assad and they have bomb that had on several occasions. the second is perhaps a more difficult question, the presence of iran around people who are supporting president assad and who may well be moving into the golan, and recently, an important golan attack took place in which a very senior iranian leader was dealt with. finally, there have been shooting possible in and around parts of golan against and for moderate rebels as we call them against president assad which has drifted over on oh the israeli side and the israelis have taken action to try and stop that. it is this imported equipment to support assad that brothers them. there's the question of an iranian led presence and the indeed the slop over from isis that have been very much on their minds and

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been an airport employee responsible for a bomb that got on to a plane, a russian plane going from the sinai to russia and now, again, that was outside the united states. still, the tsa inside the united states is taking no chances. and those increased random searches have already started. reporting live here at washington, on capitol hill, edward lawrence. back to you. >>> 5:33. designated area for uber to pick up -- to park before it picks you up at the airport is costing you more money. now a $4 airport surcharge every time you use one of those ride sharing services. that's whether you're being dropped off or picked up at reagan national and dulles. travelers say they don't mind t the convenience they say is worth the extra charge. >> all our luggage fit, the seats are nice and big, so i'm not complaining. >> traditional cab companies complained about the new privileges. the airport authority says if it works for customers, it works for them. >>> more than 1,000 of you have shared this picture on our nbc washington facebook page or by retweeting it. this teenager from maryland has been mi