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Special. welcome back. our "kelly file" special continues now with a story of dr. qanta ahmed. like ayaan hirsi ali and dr. jasser she once sat with a terror expert to view jihadist videos of decapitation. what she calls a pivotal experience. well speak with her in a moment. first, more on her story. dr. qanta ahmed was born in london raised in the islamic faith. >> im the granddaughter of muslims born in india. >> she earned her medical degree at the university of nottingham took a job practi...

This is a bold attempt by islamists to shut down critical scrutiny of them. islam is robust. its a faith that consisted for 14 centuries. it can withstand criticism, it can withstand all kinds of slander. it can withstand cartoons being drawn about it. but islamism is fragile. you scrutinize it and it crumbles. so islamism is a useful word and yes i combat it. it does inspire decapitations that were so rare i needed to see them with a terror expert five years ago. now theyre everyday common mace...

That were so rare i needed to see them with a terror expert five years ago. now theyre everyday common mace on twitter if you want to look at what islamic state is doing. >> at what point does being a follower of islam, convert, you know transfer over into islamsism? >> a great question. ayaan explained it very clearly. the inability to think critically. and a basic tool is to be able to decide what is moral and what is consistent with the large overarching ideals of islam? you take out critical...

Havent been notified and as well are on alert. sounds like explosives may be part of the scenario. if that is the case atf will probably be on the scene sometime soon. >> i am going to ask you to sit by. i want to bring in a terror expert now. you are with us? >> i am. >> you probably heard rod wheeler saying now this is probably broadened out to the point where you have multiple agencies. we arent ready to label this anything because they havent told us. do you treat this a certain way? >> you ...

Police moved in to try to determine if an incendiary device was in that car. as bill daley, the former fbi investigator pam geller the organizer tonight of the event, as well as a terror expert have determined this is the new normal. this is what we are experiencing in america. but we still have the right to defend our freedom of speech. and as we saw this evening, or heard this evening, inside that venue, when they learned that an officer was down what those people did was waved the american fl...

Eye on the ball with people who may be involved in these sorts of attacks. you dont know until the attack happens thenned you zero in on the kinds of accounts. in this case right now we are looking at a couple of individuals who tweeted out something before the attack took place. that has to get law enforcement involved this ef to take a look at who the people were figure out where they were based and perhaps by tomorrow we will have a better sense. >> this is something we can all do on our own....

Laura ingall is live with the story. >> reporter: all three of these women are off the streets and in the philadelphia case offline, away from their alleged terror plotting schemes. one terror expert i spoke with this morning says while the number of these female arrests are few it illustrating the impact the islamic state is having on followers in the u.s. the criminal complaint alleges that 30-year-old keonna thomas did online research on indirect travel routes to turkey which is a common tran...

Includes footage of his controversial address to congress. and claiming hes the best person to stand up for israel. >> with the security of israel existence of israel requires me prime minister, to take a stance that is put forward by the president of the united states, thats who im here for. thats what the leader of israel has to do. they cant stand up for a second. they wont stand up for a millisecond. they have zero leadership. they believe that the only thing they have to do is say yes -- sa...

Hostages died in the ba badge of gun fire when police storm the cafe after a 16-hour stand-off. the self-professed radical cleric had a long rap sheet, including 40 sexual assault charges and was accused of assisting a woman to kill his ex-wife. he said he was inspired by isis also wrote hateful jihaddist letters to families of soldiers killed in afghanistan. earlier on "fox & friends," terror expert weighed in on the new fears extremism is posing to the homeland. >> its a symbol of how terroris...

Of the year. florida georgia line winning group duo of the year. artist of the year going to jason aldean. those are your headlines. >> crazy with people ripping their clothes off. >> im sure there is a country song we can make up. >> i think thats how you should enter right here in the morning. >> all right. coming up, investigators say the sydney hostage taker operated as a lone wolf. are we next here in the united states? a terror expert weighs in. >> the battle over private versus public. a ...