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Years old. navy petty officer second class randall smith. according to family members, he saw the gunman, warned people around him saving lives. lance corporal squire wells mother says he died doing what he loved. also receiving the purple heart, sergeant demantei chile, who was shot in the thigh. just a week later, he was back on duty. perspective now from phil mudd, a cnn counterterrorism analyst and peter bergen, author of the upcoming book. "united states and jihad." did it sir pruz you the ...

Times since the san bernardino shooting, since that terror act there but wanting to emphasize it as people get closer to the holidays, people on roads, going to airports, being in places where there may be big crowds. he made points against what have been concerns raised by presidential candidates about the refugee crisis. take a listen. >> any refugee coming to the united states, some of them victims of terrorism themselves, will continue to get the most intensive scrutiny of any arrival. they ...

Complex because of the mental illness and drug abuse. >> to figure out the intent of an individual particularly when there is a history of mental issues or substance abuse it has to be incredibly comp caughted. >> its not only intent but determining the mental state of the individual. in murder cases we say if someone commits an act of mass murder the judge will say is the person mentally competent to have committed the act or should they be committed to a mental institution. in terror cases whe...

Had bi-polar disease or substance abuse problems. we cant immediately discern whether it is a terror act. this is pretty simple if he has these problems how confident are you in knowing what his mind set is. >> what do you say to those who say this is political correctness or there is a political motivation to not label something as terrorism because it doesnt play into the administrations line that things are more under control than they may be? >> well, you know, i would just agree with everyt...

On in their lives personally as well that can also be complicating the issue. >> to that idea of political correctness when you were at the fbi or cia was that something you noticed or an issue? >> not really. the museum who are determining whether it is an act of terrorism were shielded. when i looked at this act and asked myself the question how would i consider this? a criminal act or a terror act it didnt occur that i might be judging this based on a political correctness standard. i said if...

A 2-1 difference. the millennial move could mean that low turn-out among millennials will make them among the largeest voting bloc, or the largest voting bloc. still ahead, new details in the san bernardino terror act. but first the cnbc mark wrap. >> downfalls 162. shares of chipotle sinking today, 80 students are ill and all report eating at a nearby restaurant. the stock has been down slightly after hours. morgan stanley is planning to cut 1,200 jobs, or about 2% of his global workforce. th...

And certainly pushes it more in the direction of a terror act. >> and pete, im just wondering, neither isis nor any organization that we know of has claimed responsibility directly since last wednesday, right? >> reporter: well, thats right, and it may be that theyre unaware that she has pledged support. you know, unfortunately, or however you look at it, unfortunately, lots of people around the world on facebook pages pledge support for isis. doesnt mean that isis is aware of them, probably isn...

At the team of the crash, the prime minister was not a part out convoy. he had been due to join the diplomats later on in the day at a hotel as the trip itinerary. >> this is a disaster for pakistan. this trip one of good bill to promote tourism. show off pakistans crown jewels, instead a dave tragedy at a time that pakistan is struggling to rehabilitate its image on the national stage. >> in australia, authorities have charged a 17-year-old with terrorism offenses. during this news conference, ...

Being overly cautious? we have the author of "the coming revolution" joining us. good evening sir. >> good evening. >> the white house has not connected this to terrorism. i dont know why. seems pretty evident but your thoughts on that. >> probably the white house or the administration have not connected this to isis, that is a terrorist organization but certainly this is jihadi terrorism terrorism. thats it today, greta, in washington and across the pond into europe. as long as an act is not co...

People they were talking to had actually become an fbi informant. thats really the bailiffs of this case right now. >> is there anything in the investigation so far and i realize the threat has just been unsealed and they were headed to isis. are they intent on anything in our homeland? >> yeah. the u.s. attorney andy lugar said today there is no indication whatsoever as you are aware and as you have reported al shabaab has made a video threat against the mall of america. ohio man come back and ...