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Keep people calm, have them go out and enjoy it. thats the idea. police officers want to go home, too. they are on their utmost security tomorrow night. >> of course. just yesterday we know authorities in sydney, australia arrested a man for making new years eve terror threats online. this comes after police in melbourne arrested five suspects who were planning attacks on christmas day. all of this stuff, these kind of threats that come in, there must be many that police get. how do you discern ...

Live from americas news headquarters, im patricia stark. australian police are thwarted a coordinated boehm plot. five people have been detained suspected of planning attacks in melbourne. police say the group is suspp(uq" of being inspired by asis and planned to carry out the attacks the a train station, square and cathedral. the threat has now been neutralized. a fire breaking out tonight if a high-rise building in new york city. the flames and smoke injuring 24 people. two people were criti...

Its interesting to note that just last month the state department put out a note warning u.s. tourists away from outdoor markets in this holiday season, pointing to credible information, that isis was planning attacks here. >> all right. max foster, stay with us. lets bring in cnn contributor michael weiss, terror analyst paul crookshank. paul, obviously this immediately conjures up pictures of the niece in a brutal attack last summer. in a magazine, isis called for more attacks like that, using...

Indications that isis leader al baghdadi is under perhaps more pressure than ever. u.s. officials say hes in deep, teach hiding. >> we also know that he hides with slaves and all sorts of terrible things. this guy is one of the most despicable weve ever seen. so were doing all we can to find and eliminate him. >> reporter: nearly all his deputies have been eliminated. three of his top lieutenants have been taken out in raqqah, syria. u.s. officials say they were responsible for planning attacks ...

>> right, so first of all the threat assessments, stock? he talks about what are the threats to the united states, what groups are planning attacks, what do we know about those attacks? then he should be getting briefed on what are u.s. operations abroad? were doing a lot of stuff all over the world, human operations, satellites, cyber operations. he should start to learn what that is. third of all its intercepted communications from world leaders. we have a lot of information on what other coun...

The macys parade this holiday and now this broader global concern. >> yeah. this is a statement put out by the state department warning american citizens traveling to europe concerned about a potential attack and saying theres no specific concern. theres no specific attack but they say they have credible information to lead them to believe that isis and al qaeda or their affiliates may be planning attacks throughout the holiday season in various parts of europe and worried about the soft targets...

That part of the world that wants to come here and kill us. martha: where would you put it. >> on the border with syria, i would create a no-fly zone. and the border of pakistan. when we had that we kept those places basically a lot more peaceful than they are today. when we had that we had them on the defense. when they are on defense, they cant plan attacks. its hard to be planning attacks on the internet when you are being shot at. which is why we were safe for 8 or 9 years under president bu...

And backpack. they have detained two isis suspects planning to attack new years eve celebrations in the capital of ankara. two men said to have carried out surveillance on potential targets and planning attacks in an area known for shopping centers and restaurants. one was to detonate at a mall. the other on a street packed with bars. turkey has been on high alert since the number of attacks in the country, most recently in october, when is 110 people were killed during a procureddish peace rall...

And backpack. they have detained two isis suspects planning to attack new years eve celebrations in the capital of ankara. two men said to have carried out surveillance on potential targets and planning attacks in an area known for shopping centers and restaurants. one was to detonate at a mall. the other on a street packed with bars. turkey has been on high alert since the number of attacks in the country, most recently in october, when is 110 people were killed during a procureddish peace rall...

Threat is evolving. weve been tracking this evolution. what what its showing us, isis is using gang recruitment techniques in order to say if you want to be part of our group, go out and do a massacre first, do an attack first, then well welcome you into our group. >> i want to read you something from slate magazine from joshua keating of slate magazine. the fact that isis is losing ground duoesnt mean the world s safer from terrorism. in fact, experience with hybrid terrorist rebel groups shows...