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Interesting details. >> one of the things of the security for president has changed. the man who used to be the head of northern command, general genes, he tells us how the environment has changed. >> since 9/11 we have seen the change in the number of threats and sophistication of threats that dod has increased its participation. >> so it really has changed in the intervening years. there is a massive military presence along with the secret service and protecting any president and true for pres...

Would be the one who is go after him. they are an elite force trained by the united states, trained by. the northern command. heavily armed, used to many fire fights. they will go in there very hard and in some ways its lucky for chapo that hes stul alive. maybe five people died. hes lucky he survived that shootout. >> are you surprised that after this massive escape that he made headlines last summer that he would go right back home? >> im not surprised because these drug lords time after time ...

Surfaces in the arctic sailors chip ice off the "uss sea wolf" after spending two months below the ice cap. u.s. commander says american forces are demonstrating they can operate a subanywhere on earth, but analysts say in the arctic americas fallen way behind the russians. >> the united states is lagging militarily while overall numbers of capability are larger the russians have much more effective sea-going and military capability in the region because they live there. >> reporter: u.s. offici...

Facilities that the marines and the navy have all across the country, they have 123 of these somewhat soft targets. they are support operation centers. if you look at the aerial footage you can see that this was an artillery unit. they had had military hardware there and yet they had no guards there. they werent armed. so the four marines who were killed they were outside in what looked like a parking lot where some of this military hardware was. whats confusing to us here at the pentagon is tha...

Military sources tell fox news this is part of an aggressive pattern that is increasing by the russians. this probably isnt surprising many who have been watching. the head of the northern command said the russians have been flexing their air power muscle. >> the russians have developed a far more capable military than the quantitative very large military that the soviet union has. at the same time they are messaging us. they are a global power and tellling us that. >> reporter: the russians hav...

Spotlight. the d.c. blackout. u.s. officials claim russia has the white house and the state department. then awe frefshlg tv station hacks taken over by isis. u.s. aerospace command planning to move to an underground bunker for protection from an electromagnetic pulse attack. bev been talking about the vulnerability of the grid, and it looks like its already happening. former united states -- good evening, tony. what is the military doing to prepare for a possible cyber or emp attack? >> well, w...

Threats. iranians are in the path of weapons, and have you to have something that can sustain a nuclear attack, and also something called spiders. a program that northern command has actually shepherded and created to not only harden the power grid for dod and leave the pieces they control. actually, create the ability of the bases -- the military bases all throughout the nation to become essentially islands of resilience. >> but, tony, let me ask you a question. >> weve been talking about this ...

Week? >> no, i dont have any regrets at all. i stand by the letter. and i think it is interesting that we have had so much talk about process, just like we had talked about process with prime minister netanyahus speech rather than dealing with the substance. and, you know, i was struck by what i think i heard admiral mullen say. he said he fears iran more than he fears the islamic state. and he has reason to say that. i mean, this is the country that were negotiating with on this agreement. they...

A u.s. navy admiral is sounding the alarm warning that america may not be able to defend itself against russia. that country continues to step up its military activity and develop long range armed missiles. our senior washington correspondent joe johns is following that story for us this morning. >> a disturbing picture of russian military assertiveness not seen since the cold war. the admiral who heads up northern command says russia has been investing in new capabilities that make the u.s. and...

Creature out of arabian knights, who many see as the successor to osama bin laden. born in algeria, he is the incarnation of anti-ka colonialism and he understands the american medias fascination with romantic figures. he was back in the news. an associated press arent discovered correspondence with his al qaeda bosses in a pile of trash left behind in timbuktu. among the finds? a 10-page letter dated october 32012. and signed by the 14 members of a tope al qaeda council. two months after it was...