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Ramadi, the u.s. forces spent a lot of time equipping. before taking off, president obama said the u.s. continues to increase its support in the fight against isis. >> isil has already lost 40% of the populated areas its lost in iraq and in syria. as we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will hit isil harder than ever, taking out their leaders, their commanders, and their forces. were stepping up our support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. >> iraqs prime minister vowed onc...

Coalition in the mission to destroy isil. isil has lost 40% of the populated areas that once controlled in iraq, and it is losing territory in syria. our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever taking out the leaders and the commanders and their forces. we are stepping up the support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. >> and nbcs kelly odonnell is in honolulu hawaii for us, and covering the presidents trip there. and good day to you there, and what is the readout ...

Lockup. kyung lah, cnn, los angeles. mr. obama mentioned the attack when he spoke earlier on friday at his final news conference of the year. as he tried assure americans that he will be an active president during his final year, concerns over terrorism became front and center. heres senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: just before leaving the white house for the holidays and hawaii, president obama had a spring in his step and a record he wanted to out to. [ gunfire ] >> ...

Ever taking out their leaders, their commanders and their forces. were stepping up our support for prart nartners on the groun they push isil back. >> reporter: the president again insisted the nations law enforcement community is doing all it can to prevent so-called lone terror attacks in the u.s. like the one in san bernardino including the monitoring of messages on social media. >> our law enforcement and intelligence professionals are constantly monitoring public posts. and that is part of ...

Were stepping up our support for our partners on the ground as they push isil back. >> reporter: president insisted the nations law enforcements community is doing all it can to prevent lone wolf terror attacks in the u.s. like the one in san bernardino including the monitoring of messages on social media. >> our law enforcement and intelligence professionals are constantly monitoring public posts. that is part of the visa review process. >> reporter: on isis the president said he will insist on...

Ive had a lot to say about that this week. let me reiterate. the united states has led. isil lost about 40% of the areas controlled in iraq and losing territory in syria. as we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever. taking out their leaders, hair commanders and their forces. were stepping up the support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. our men and women in uniform are carrying out their mission with a trademark professionalism and cou...

Lead a global coalition in our mission to e destroy isil. isil lost 40% of the populated areas of once controlled in iraq and its losing territory in syria. . as we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever taking out their leaders, their commanders and their forces. were stepping up our support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. our men and women in uniform are carrying out their mission with a trademark professionalism and courage and thi...

Specific enough to act in advance. the president also emphasized that the number of air strikes is up suggesting progress in the fight against isis. >> were hitting isil harder than ever in syria and iraq. we are taking out the leaders. our partners on the ground are fighting to push isil back and isil has been losing territory. >> the number of air strikes is a meaning less measurement. whats more important or meaningful is an adversary resilience. we know the analysts were pressured to change ...

Terrorism. including lone actors and small groups of terrorists. like those in san bernardino. because they are smaller, often self-initiating, self-motivating, their harder to detect. and that makes it harder to prevent. but just as the threat evolves, so do we. were constantly adapting, constantly improving, upping our game, getting better. today, the mission to protect our homeland goes on, on their main fronts. first, were going after terrorists over there where they plot and plan and spew t...

Committed, they can work in coordinate with our airpower they can push isil back. the secretary of state is in vienna right now, the iranians will they have to agree to everything you agreed at lusanne in order to reach an agreement? >> yes. theres a lot of speculation about our position. we had a framework there, the president has been clear about his bottom lines. there must be the necessary inspections and transparency to verify that agreement. if we cant reach those bottom lines, there won...