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Forward with indycar because were with everybody xiao powering progress im Melanie Zanona in washington and this is cnn on your screen right now, you can see what weve been watching develop over the last hour or so, police have moved into Columbia University to move those propalestinian demonstrators out of the building that theyve occupied since last night, hundreds and hundreds of Law Enforcement. You can see have swarmed onto the campus or in the case of the screen, youre looking at right now...

I was not completely covered because it was a secure location in kabul and this was before the fall of the city. i think its fair to say that he agreed to meet with us because he had a very specific message that he wanted delivered. at the time, i dont think we quite understood the gravity of that message and the seriousness of it. but given what we now know about how closely u.s. intelligence has been tracking that threat, its clear that the isis-k danger is very real. we saw that yesterday in ...

He had a very specific message that he wanted delivered. at the time, i dont think we quite understood the gravity of that message and the seriousness of it. but given what we now know about how closely u.s. intelligence has been tracking that threat, its clear that the isis-k danger is very real. and we saw that yesterday in -- in such an ugly and brutal fashion. and the fear now becomes are we going to see more of it? terror analysts say, anderson, you know, he wouldnt be drawn on the subject ...

What youre asking. i feel as safe here as anywhere, if not safer. >> glad to hear that. noa bodner, thank you for your talking with us. in the meantime, let me bring in peter bergen, one of our terror analysts, national security analyst. peter, you have researched extensively terror networks. we dont, again, know if this is terror related. i want to make sure were clear about that. very early reports here. our understanding is there was some stabbing that occurred, that a person is in custody, a...

Behind and target set full of people that are innocent civilians. that would add up, the absence of weapons or gunfire, it may be they realize all you need is the vehicle looking very likely this was a jihadist attack given all of the indicators we have. >> i remember being in nice and talking to our terror analysts who are saying this is what isis was essentially saying to followers, this m.o. of using a car as a weapon, am i correct? >> oh, absolutely. as buck was saying, its easily accessible...

There white knuckled for two hours. it was riveting and comes out on january 15th. and coming up later in the broadcast, how you can help those guys if you are so inclined. we also have a big story of donald trump and bill clinton as they go head to head. it is now the hottest fight on this campaign trail. plus, did isis just full off a horrifying terror attack inside of israel? one of our top terror analysts was in tel aviv when this attack unfolded. he joins us tonight on what could be the...

Explosives, and a confusing sequence of actions. investigators are sifting through information to determine if the motive was indeed terror related and/or related to a workplace dispute. two of our terror analysts talked with don lemon earlier and made parallels between san bernardino and other recent shootings. >> with all the weapons and bombs they have, they could have killed a lot of people. this could have been far worse, which begs the question perhaps they were planning something at some ...

Bring in howard schmidt, cyber security, and laurie segall is here as well. laurie, new reporting isis is using some of these chat apps that are encrypted. things like telegram and maybe educate us on what that is, to communicate, and maybe perhaps even plot. we dont know they were direc y linked to paris but there was conversation what they were using. >> just hearing about telegram. an app that terror analysts tell me isis is broadcasting propaganda on and direct messages offering into encrypt...

Ramadan, launch more attacks, then this happens. we dont know that its connected, but we know thats been out there. >> but some terror analysts are saying that theres no real distinction between inspired by isis and being, you know acting directly under the leadership of isis. ron hosko was on seen hannitys program last night and said this. >> the fbi has been warning this sort of thing for weeks now, if not months. this threat is far different than the threat of al qaeda 10 or 12 years ago. if ...

Schools, and patrols the traffic? this is an area larger than many countries. isis has divided a territory into provinces. each of which has a governor. several new provinces have been created, virtually erasing the syria/iraq border. at the top of the government is the self-declared leader of isis al baghdadi. he has ten ministries or councils that maintain everything from health education and religious rulings to transportation and even environmental policy. despite its medieval send of justic...