I have lived in the city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. And now, bbc world news america. Katty this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. The california shooters went to target practice just days before the attack, and the fbi confirmed they had both been radicalized for some time. In response to the message, republican frontrunner donald trump announces he wants a total ban on muslims entering the United States. A date which will live in infamy. Katty 74 years ago, pearl harbor was attacked by japan. Tonight we hear the miraculous story of one survivor. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Today the fbi said the couple who carried out a deadly rampage in san bernardino, california five days ago had gone to target practice within days of the attack. According to officials, syed farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, had been radicalized for some time, but they are still trying to figure out where and by whom. President obama appeared in a primetime address last night to reassure a nation on edge. Nick bryant has more. In a rare primetime address, only the 30 is delivered from the oval office, barack obama explained that the Terror Threat in america had evolved into a new phase, from attacks like 9 11 to less complicated acts of violence like san bernardino. President obama the threat from terrorism is real but we will overcome it. And anydestroy isil other organization that tries to harm us. Our success will not depend on tough talk were abandooing or values or giving in to fear. That is what groups like isil are hoping for. Instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart. Resilient and relentless. Rather than outlining a new approach, the president defended his present course of action based on your strikes against the Islamic State in syria and iraq. U. S. Special forces working with local militias. In many ways, this speech was a plea for patients, national unity, and religious tolerance. President obama we cannot turn against one another by letting this fight be defined as a war between america and islam. That, too, is what groups like isil want. Isil does not speak for islam. They are thugs and killers. Nick outside the white house, a protest going for new gun control from echoing another of mr. Obamas themes. One thing the president tried to do last night was lengthy fight against terrorism with the need for further can control. He called upon congress to stop anyone on the nofly list from buying a gun, and also to make it harder to purchase the kind of power. Thisns that were used in powerful assault weapons that were used in san bernardino. A new picture has emerged of the killers, Tashfeen Malik and syed farook, showing the newly married couple arriving in america at chicago airport in july 2014. There is also a recording of the voice of the killer. Syed farook is not available. Nick they participated in target training in the lead up to the attack. The target practice in one occasion was done within days of this event. Nick back in washington, there is been criticism of what republicans complain is a lackluster response to the rise of Islamic State, and demands for a strategy that is more urgent and aggressive. Nick bryant, bbc news, washington. Katty late today, republican president ial frontrunner donald trump released a statement calling for a total and complete ban on muslims entering the United States. The responses have been pouring in from his fellow candidates as well, nick bryant joins us with more on that. One ecutives, from what exactly does donald trump want . Nick when this press release dropped into our box in our go many of us thought it was a parody, but it is for real. Donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the United States until our countries representatives can figure out what is going on. The spokesman has said that the proposed ban would apply to muslim immigrants trying to get into america and tourists, and donald trump goes on until we are able to determine this problem and the threat it poses to the country come we cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. His words. Katty donald trump is not an elected official, not even the republican candidate yet, and this does not come into any practical consequences of the moment. But is it legal, what he is proposing . Is it remotely possible . Nick many people with a is completely outrageous what he is proposing. One of the major muslim groups in america says that he has entering the realm of the fascists. He has been condemned by contenders from a fellow rivals in the race to the republican nomination. Chris christie, the governor of new jersey, says it is a ridiculous position that donald trump has staked out today. Jeb bush has said this is unhinged, that these proposals are not serious. Lindsey, senator from south carolina, says the domestic rhetoric, as he described it, poses a threat to American Forces in the field and their interpreters. People are saying there are serious consequences to what he has to say. Katty the white house says this is the american against the american bill of rights and it wants security grid does it hurt Donald Trumps prospects . Nick what is propelled him is not just his fame and riches, but some of the things he says about immigration, which are hardline. In his first speech after he announced his candidacy, he called mexicans rapists and criminals. He proposed that america build a wall on the border. Recently he has called for a registry of american muslims. The effect of these stamens has not been to damage him and literally. It has been to raise his full pnumbers that his poll numbers could has he got to raise his poll numbers. Has he gone too far . Or will it appeal to the sort of people weapon supporting his candidacy and have been electrified, quite rightly, by his hardline stance on immigratio electrified, quite frankly, by his hardline stance on immigration. In the fight against katty in the fight against Islamic State, the pentagon is denying accusations by the Syrian Government that an americanled coalition was responsible for a deadly airstrike on a syrian army base which killed three soldiers on sunday. As the fighting continues outside the country, so does the mounting humans are in crisis. The United Nations has appealed for 20 billion to fund relief operations next year. Our International Correspondent has been granted rare access to the south of damascus during a lull in the fighting there. Allies, in the back the water tankers getting through, just today, once a week. More than one third of the population has to rely on the u. N. Has five sons and more than 20 grand children. There was not enough water for all of us, she tells me. Food and fuel costs so much. Life is terrible, laments her husband. It is worth than death. It is what life can feel like here. R. T there are moments of chee at the local school, the children warm themselves up. Doubled. Ave thousands of families have fled to escape fighting in other places. Been one of the local ceasefire for the past few months that allows us to move through neighborhoods under government control into opposition areas. Water comes every few days by wereucket in this basement more than 200 people have taken shelter. Yes and here for 2. 5 years. Seven children, one room, no money. Even plastic bowls have to be stitched together. To this getting worse. Every day is worse than yesterday. Last month, that was better. And people are still living leaving. Half of families living here have already left for europe. Those who are left are completely dependent on it like this. Syria has long been called the humanitarian test of our time. The test just keeps getting harder. And no one can say when it will ever end. Tomorrow a school day, not a hot day, cold day, no meal day. They are getting more and more worried about the future. Syrias every year crisis to mans more aid money than the last. Katty those are the real victims of the syrian war. Aging has issued its first ever red alert for pollution beijing has issued its first ever read a look for pollution, warning that the city will be shredded and heavy smog the next few days. It is the first time the government has used the system. All schools will be closed, traffic restricted, outdoor construction work must stop. Three consecutive days of severe smog. U. S. Department of justice will investigate the Chicago PoliceDepartment Following protests over its handling of the case this year in which a black teenager was shot dead by white police officer. In a separate incident, different Chicago Policeman will not be charged for shooting a 25 or old black man could in that case, Authorities Say the suspect was on with a gun and pointed it at the officers before he was killed. Venezuela has joined argentina in ousting its leftwing , 16 years after hugo chavez introduced socialism to the country. This weekend the opposition took control of the national some wicked venezuela the national assembly. Opposition won the first major shift in power since hugo chavez rose to power 17 years ago and kicked off the countrys socialist period. Plummeting oil prices took their toll and president maduro recognized the results. Reporter the last 17 years, hugo chavez looked after and looked over venezuela. The bag open democratic socialist ideology that bore his name prevailed radical but open democratic socialist ideology that for his name prevailed. Last night it came crashing down. A coalition of centrist and rightwing parties crushed the socialists in congressional elections. With enough of a majority to eventually overturned key legislation from the chavez era. The country is desperate for change to get us out of this economic crisis and an appalling cycle of violence, said the victorious opposition leader, Henrique Capriles but solving venezuela. s many problems is no quick fix. The long lines were back again goods, food and medicines, all in short supply. What is have to produce documentary proof they have given birth before being allowed to buy mothers have to produce documentary proof that they have given birth before being allowed to buy nappies. When the price was high, the socialists spent profits on pet programs. The price crashed to less than 40 a barrel and rented correction took its toll rampant corruption took its toll. They base everything on oil revenues. They didnt care much about national industry, national production. And they started to import everything from abroad. Even our food is imported from abroad. Reporter exacerbating things, the venezuelan government created a state of emergency along its borders, forcing thousands of Migrant Workers to flee. Shab chavezs successor, nichols maduro, is still president. He nevertheless found the revolution will continue to venezuela will always be associated with chavez, but it is a leader say whether this is the demise of an ideology that is inspired socialists around the world but has deeply divided our country and a continent. Katty a time of political change in venezuela. You are watching bbc world news america. Still, the program, is americas power grid vulnerable to attack . We speak to another who warns that the threat of a blackout may greater than you think. As the paris climate talks wind down, roger harrigan sat down with epa administrator gina mccarthy. They talked about the viability president obamas Clean Energy Act if a republican becomes the next american president. Vast majority of people in the United States want climate action, they want leadership, they want the epas clean power plant to be strong and in play, and they want a national an international agreement. The dynamics are changing among the people and that dynamic will he felt among their representatives. Climate change is still politically contenders in the u. S. , and all the front runners for the republican nomination have said they will scrap the president s Climate Change policies if they were to be elected. Gina mccarthy first of all, on issues like the clean power plant, we are baking that into the system. This is not a policy debate. This is not a rule that is finalized. No matter what signals Congress Wants to send. Importantly, every state is actively going to be submitting their plans. They are working on them now, and the major utilities know that in the u. S. , the Energy System is transitioning to low carbon. That is what is marketable. Going to be the system forever. It is lowering the amount it is generating in terms of electricity. They cannot compete against renewables. Energy Efficiency Works and pays off. We are following what the American People want, and the president needs to be beholden to the American People. We know that that the campaigns change dramatically when someone sits in the presidency asked to account for the Public Health and wellbeing of citizens, which includes the stability of our planet as well as economic growth. Katty now, we have all had the power go out from time to time but imagine if a blackout lasted weeks or even months and stretched over large parts of the United States. The results would be catastrophic. Americas power grid may be more vulnerable to Cyber Attacks than you think. That is the warning from that one broadcaster ted koppel. Out. New book, lights i spoke to him about the threat and the possible consequences. Ted koppel, paint a picture of how disastrous it would be for the United States if the electric grid was hit. Grids, only have three and the one that is servicing us right now covers everything from the east coast west past chicago. If the electric power were knocked out, you are talking about tens of millions of people without electricity over weeks, maybe months. Katty that also means water ted no heat, no light, no refrigeration, no ability to pour water out of your cap, ability to flush the toilet. Imagine what this means in a city the size of new york. 8 Million People with no capacity to get rid of human waste. After three or four days, it becomes a monumental crisis. Katty as we saw with new orleans after katrina. In terms of the scale of severity, you would put this up with the terrorist attacks that we have seen in france recently ted far worse. This would be president hollande of france described what happened in paris as an act of war. Foreign power or terrorist group could knock out one of our electric power grids, no question about it, that is as much an active for as quite simply a nuclear attack. Katty how prepared are we for this possibility . Ted we are not, we are not. For some or, what people dont understand is the internet was never designed to be defended. It is designed so people can communicate without worrying about the thing going down. Defendants in that wasnt designed to be defended is essentially in a possibility essentially an impossibility. Katty presumably the electric copies are looking at this. Trying very hard, but some of them are big and wealthy and well defended. Some of them are small and not so wealthy and not at all defended, and they are all interconnected. Katty how would it actually happen . What would a terrorist have to do . Ted for example, the russians and the chinese have been penetrating our electric power sod for years, mapping it that they know what to do and how to do it. We parenthetically have been doing exactly the same things that the russians and the chinese. There is some sort of balance there. The iranians might. The North Koreans might. Isis, if it got the capability, with a couple billion dollars, which they have, can bite an awful lot of expertise. If they wanted to inflict great harm on the United States and they do, and get the capability, and they will, it is going to be katty you describe in the book of the department of Common Securities not sufficiently prepared for this. Department of Homeland Security is not sufficiently prepared for this, you mentioned the electric minis that electric companies. Ted i spent three days out in salt lake city. That is where the headquarters of the lds church are. Prepare for bad times. They have supplies that would probably last the mormon population of 6 million in this country, up to a year. The rest of us, not so sure. Katty ted koppel, thanks for coming in. Ted thank you, katty. Katty terrifying prospect. Now, a date which will live in infamy. That is how president Franken Roosevelt described the attack on pearl harbor, which took place 74 years ago today. This applies assault on the Japanese Naval surprise assault by the japanese on the naval base in hawaii prodded the United States to go to war. One of those at pearl harbor that they really spoke to a bbc program about the harrowing experience. December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. The day of pearl harbor, i , on my way told church that morning. War, andwe are at started heading for the Pearl Harbor Navy base. Oh, god,ay around, they were so close. The landing gear touching the top of the palm trees. Everywhere you looked, explosions going on. I said im heading for the arizona, closest my barracks. I had to grab the railing. But the time i got out of, my shoe soles were smoking. There were five bodies all burned out. Pretty soon i heard i looked countryguy over by the the gun turret. St. Peter called him home. That is the way it went all day long. Arizona, as i the was on the way down, that is when the japanese pilots spotted bomb bay doors opened up and saw the bomb coming toward me and i said adolf, this is it. I really did say that. In theb came and it went concrete and the big chunks and propellers and wings and landing gear, landing on top of everything, and all i got was with all the explosions and death going on everywhere, and me being a total safety, that is unheard of. After 19 close calls, im still alive. I have to have a Guardian Angel here. No other way. Youjust one of those things know that happen. Date 19 years old on the the japanese attacked pearl harbor. Extraordinary story and memory could that brings the program to a close. You can find much more on todays news on our website, all the latest from San Bernadino pit if you would like to reach me and most of the bbc team, you can find us on twitter. From all of us here, thanks for watching. See you back here tomorrow. Make sense of International News at bbc. Com news. Funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newmans own foundation, giving all profits from newmans own to charity and pursuing the common good, kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs, and hong kong tourism board. Want to know hong kongs most romantic spots . I will show you. I love heading to repulse bay for an evening stroll. Its a perfect, stunning backdrop for making romantic moments utterly unforgettable. I have lived in the city for years, but hong kong still makes me fall in love with it time and again. Bbc world news was presented by kcet, los angeles. Captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc ifill good evening. Im gwen ifill. Judy woodruff is away. On the newshour tonight the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. We will destroy isil and any other organization that tries to harm us. Ifill president obamas effort to reassure a nation worried about terrorism. We get reaction to his prime Time Oval Office address. Also ahead Chicago Police under investigation for civil rights violations, as dashcam video is released of another officer involved shooting. And, its politics monday. The 2016 candidates weigh in on terrorism and the president. Plus, beijing issues its first red alert for smog. How one group is trying to clear the air