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Syria. >> reporter: from the killing of osama bin laden to the steady march of drone strikes which have taken out dozens of terrorist leaders, the 16 agencies which comprise the intelligence community can claim many successes which have saved countless lives. for roughly $70 billion tax dollars a year, they track down bad guys, disrupting terror plots and crippling crime rings. but there have been notable failures, too. for example, while intelligence forces knew about the rise of al qaeda well ...

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 ] >> ...

Before he leaves office, from executive orders on gun control to a plan for congress to help him shut down the terror detention facility at guantanamo, that is something he called an uphill battle. >> what did the president, jim, say about the san bernardino terror attack? >> he insisted that the nations law enforcement community is doing all it can to prevent so-called lone wolf terror attacks in the u.s. like the one in san bernardino and talked about the monitoring of messages on social media...

Unknown assailant holding a pistol calling for lone wolf terror attacks and, quote, assassination operations target americas wealthiest businessmen. its not the first time that founder bill gates has appeared on al qaeda hit list. the al qaeda affiliate said that if he and the other billionaires withdrew their money from u.s. banks they would be removed from the list. greta. >> whats the reaction from the pentagon, when you see these magazines for hits on america and. >> there is so much that we...

Happened here. they have not released a motive. i did talk to officer tates father and he says that he is broken. he had a very close relationship with his son and the one thing thats helping him at this point in time is knowing that his son was living his dream. his sons dream was to be a police officer. john christine. >> thanks rosa. our hearts go out to the families. his dream was to become a police officer. the mayors office says the fourth suspect cornelius clark was charged with obstructi...

>> good morning. >> and im reena ninan. im t.j. holmes. heres some of the stories we are following on "world news now." an ohio man was inspired by isis calls for lone wolf attacks if the u.s. four top secret service officials are following their chief out the door after a series of embarrassing security lapses. one of the worst the intruder who jumped the fence and actually made it inside the white house. josh mcnary, a backup linebacker for the indianapolis colts, has been charged with...

Which backs up, clearing the narrow street for the brothers getaway. hardly a well-thought-out escape plan. across the jihad world, the paris attacks are being used to encourage more attacks against europe and the u.s. french speaking isis followers posted this video urging others to attack now. there are so many alleged terror threats and plots monitored by western intelligence services that senior officials in europe are saying publicly and in this country privately that at some point someone ...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning on this very busy thursday. im reena ninan. >> hello to you all. im t.j. holmes temperature lets get right it to and start with the arrest in ohio. calls of isis for lone wolf terror attacks in the u.s. >> federal authorities say they stopped an attack on the capitol building tipped off by messages on twitter. abcs richard cantu has details. >> reporter: this is the man the fbi arrested. suspect christopher lee cornell, seen h...

Andrea tantaros, nationally syndicated radio host, make again mick r mccain and ceo for concerned veterans of america pete hegseth. >> i love your christmas dress today. harris: thank you. my day is made. lets get to news. president minutes from now will seek to reassure a jittery public after huddling with his top security advisors two weeks after the san bernardino attack. a new poll, finds more than 3/4 of americans, 77% have doubt about americas ability to prevent so-called lone wolf terror ...

Several agents came out and tackled him in the parking lot and took him down. >> im surprised they didnt kill him. >> the fbi focused on christopher lee cornell after a tip he was posting threats on twitter. it does not appear he had any formal backing from overseas terror groups. one of those terror groups says it chose the french satirical magazine. the kosher supermarket attack may have been a lone wolf attack. abcs brian ross sorts this out for us. >> reporter: as terrorists gloated over t...