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But compare the numbers. more people watched the democratic debate this past saturday than watched any of the republican debates in 2012. what? more people watched the democratic debate this past saturday than almost every other democratic debate in 2008. which was the barack obama-hillary clinton blockbuster year. there were 15 debates that year on the democratic side. the fourth highest debate that year was held on msnbc. it drew 7.77 million viewers. this saturday debate, this snoozer saturda...

Debate schedule in a haystack, and it is impossible to find this year. compared with the republicans this year the numbers of people watching the democratic debates are much smaller. but compared with previous years, even this years democratic debate numbers are ginormous. the republican numbers are break the scale but the democratic numbers are historically huge. republicans are into this election. but what do the huge debate ratings mean for whos likely to win the election? its hard to know. i...

Ya on the democratic side. the fourth highest debate that year was held on msnbc. it drew 7.77 million viewers. this saturday debate, this snoozer saturday night before christmas, beat that number. did i mention that was hillary versus barack? so yeah. the democrats have buried their debate schedule in a haystack, and it is impossible to find this year. compared with the republicans this year the numbers of people watching the democratic debates are much smaller. but compared with previous years...

Are right now the greatest danger. >> president said theres no specific and credible information about an attack on the u.s. homeland. the last time he said that was right after paris. the terror attacks in paris. we know what happened in san bernardino. should the president be saying that right now? do you agree with him? >> its probably true. we know the director said there are active investigations. were following close to a thousands individuals. we arrested a couple more individuals charged...

Twitter direct messaging kakts. if they really think this is someone who will kill on their behalf, they make another move. they move them from twitter direct messaging chrks we can get access to to a mobile messaging app thats ento end encrypted. at that moment, the needle that we have been searching a nationwide hay stack to find goes invisible to us. >> the paris attackers used other methods to cover their tracks including changing sim cards and try iing to avoid surveillance. coming up fro...

>> he for the first time, he may be feeling like this is actually possible and hes playing to the crowd here. >> yes. absolutely. the positions he put out there are still on the muslim ban, for example, where only jeb bush really challenged him. rubio and cruz disagreed but after so much kind of understanding that it was hard to find the need until that haystack of disagreement, trump represents a large roll of the dice for the party based on the things he said and the coalition that might away ...

We call metadata, which is literally what number called what number, what ip address contacted what ip address, is maybe among the most important intelligence tools you have because youre looking for needles in the haystack and you have to get the haystack in order to get the needles. whats happened is weve moved the haystack out of the custody of the government back into private hands. two things are critical -- >> the phone companies and technology companies. >> correct. two things critical, o...

Threat is dispersed, it is very hard to see. it is harder to see even than i have described. because one of the challenges we face, among many, in confronting this hydraheaded monster is if isil finds somebody online who is a live one, someone who might be willing to travel or kill in place, they will begin a twitter direct messaging contact. if they really think this is someone who will kill on their behalf, they make another move. they move them from twitter direct messaging which we can get a...

I dont envy them. theyre incredibly untenable position. looking basically not just for a needle in a haystack, a needle in a pile of needles. every single kid wear as knapsack or backpack in the school system. think about the math of it. its mind bog felling. this is unprecedented. unheard of and beyond rare and terrifying to the point of distraction. >> make a great point. this helicopter shot going along with what youre saying, scanning over all of these schools, all over los angeles, you thin...

Electronically, they use couriers or they just go silent. >> is it recoverable? can you fill those holes? >> if they dont communicate, no. >> that must keep you up at night. >> thats a concern. theres no question about it. coming up, finding the terrorists is like finding a needle in a haystack. >> trying to find the pattern in the noise is the real trick. the possibility of a flare swas almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, t...