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Harvesting that they participate in. how valuable will these documents be in further military operations? >> i think theyll be incredible valuable. thats the thing to remember, ultimately al qaeda in iraq fell apart in the first place because not only -- theyre uncapable of governor earning and govern in a way incredibly punitive to the population. the people who live under the rule for a day or two say we dont like this, we dont want these guys to be governor earning us, give them any kind of r...

This concern over terror around the new years holiday extents beyond europe. >> it does. the holidays a nervous time for authorities, people in the counterterror field and this is no exception, particularly as isis has shown its ability not to only to plan and orchestrate attacks abroad but inspire people to carry out their attacks on their own. all of this happening as the u.s. militarien creasingite pressure on isis and killing several senior isis leaders in iraq and syria. >> reporter: with n...

Attacks against the west. >> to facilitate the activities, your ability to conduct activities goes down. we havent receivsevered the he the snake yet. we have to be clear about that. >> reporter: they have helped secure a hydroelectric dam there isis grip, located near the eastern city, it chokes off a key supply group. but despite the battlefield losses, one retired general warns isis is growing as a worldwide threat. >> while they may not be doing ground military offenses, theyre still control...

Know all that much. the biographical details are sketchy, 27-year-old french national, apparently had been in touch with the paris attacks so-called mastermind abboud. according to cnns paul cruickshank, who did a very good report, witnesses during the massacre recount a gunman take a cell phone and calling souliman an alias. the pentagon said he was a high ranking or senior official. im skeptical of that claim. number one, his age 27, is a tender year to be that high up in the echelons of isis....

Lewinsky and other women involved in bill clintons past. we have analysts and newsmakers standing by to cover all of the news breaking. and ill be talking to the mayor of new york city about any potential new years eve terror threats in times square. but first i want to get to elise labott, she has the latest on the battle against isis in iraq. the terror group is still a threat in are a mramadi. this isnt over. >> and it comes on the announcement of ten isis leaders killed. we arent sure how se...

Each individual represents a vulnerable, phone, e-mail address, friend who talks about what they were doing, how they traveled. intelligence analysts pull together technical information theyll find the mode of operations if syria and target people as weve seen in the past week. second and final thing id say, isis, unlike al qaeda, does not have a lot of experience, not only running these operations but getting out of these operations with security practices. in this case, my guess they didnt kno...

The islamic state is attempting to target for recruitment. >> reporter: underscoring the homegrown dangers, a british couple both convicted today of preparing for acts of terrorism as investigators seized stockpiles of chemical and bomb making materials at one of their homes and this video, showing them testing an explosive device. >> its clear that radical and violent extremist ideology was motivated for these offenses. >> reporter: on the battlefield in syria, the coalition announced that air ...

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we are following breaking news. deadly flooding thats about to get much worse. the national weather service warning of potentially history ex-high water in missouri. mandatory evacuations under way. the governor called in the national guard. one levee along the mississippi river has been breached. following the terror threat around new years eve celebrations. arrest of two people accused of plotting an attack in historic belgian square. the plot appe...

Significant kill, the u.s. thinks, in terms of the direct links to paris attacks. >> one in ten of what the coalition are calling high-value targets, right? >> we dont know how high value they are. theyve been described as middle to upper echelon. today the collision tried to make a direct link to killings and effect its having. youve seen recent successes on the battlefield on the coalition and iraqi forces against isis. the coalition is saying theyre hampering their ability to be have command ...

Been a close encounter between a u.s. warship and an iranian rocket. last week the u.s. aircraft carrier the uss harry s. truman was in the strait of hormuz when they fired rockets about 1500 yards from the carrier. there was no direct communications between the u.s. and iranian navys. the carrier transited without any further incident and is now in the gulf launching air strikes against isis. u.s. military officials tell our jamie crawford the iranians didnt seem to be targeting any specific sh...