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We should make note, turkey has been really in the hot spot in terms of terrorist attacks over the past 18 months or so, particularly the past month. four attacks in the past month alone. two of those were carried out by kurdish militants. this one, however, does have the hallmarks of an isis-style attack. perhaps not guided by isis, not orchestrated by isis but it is that sort of attack on a soft target, unarmed civilians, a place whereesterners frequent. of course, a party. we have seen thipat...

Business of trying to decide who committed this really terrible attack. theres so many fingers to be pointed here. one thing is istanbul has -- turkey as a whole has so many enemies. its not just islamic state theyre fighting in neighboring turkey. theres also a stubborn decades-long kurd irk insurrection to the east and theyve been known to launch their own terrorist attacks. islamic state has repeatedly battered istanbul and greater turkey for the last several years, and then theres even a lef...

Opposed this, thats exactly right. bringing syrian refugees into this country at this moment i believe is the height of irresponsibility. we have the fbi director james comey also a national intelligence director james clapper both testifying that we have no ability to properly vet syrian refugees. theres a very simple reason why, we dont have intelligence on the ground to tell us exactly who they are. in this era of terrorist attacks here on u.s. soil and europe weve seen in europe with their r...

Times square new york city new years eve just party here, theres never been security like what weve seen this year. so far what were seeing is 7,000-plus police officers, plane clothes and in uniform. they have brought bomb sniffing dogs and we have counterterrorism units. the special crc or critical response command units were created in new york city after the paris attacks. they have heavy weapons and on call 24 hours a day to respond to potential terrorist attacks. manhole covers for a 20-bl...

>> hmm. uh-huh. if youre heading out to one of these celebrations, is there anything different that you need to do this year in light of terror attacks over the past year than you would do any year in staying safe? >> well, absolutely. the public has a big role in public safety. and first of all, help the process. dont hinder the process. dont show up with backpacks or things that could conceal weapons. dont make jokes or comments about, oh, possible terrorist attacks. theyll be uniformed office...

Closing and expelled nearly three dozen russians claiming they were spies, part of the payback for russias cyberattacks and meddling in the presidential election. were also keep ourg eyes on the extraordinary security setting up around new yorks times square where millions are expected to celebrate the start of the new year. cities around the world are beefing up security to head off any terrorist attacks. our kor responsibility debits, analysts, and guests have full coverage of the days top sto...

Ready, they started getting ready actually when the ball dropped this time last year. this is a whole year process that they continue to just build upon as they get new information from things happening overseas and here in the u.s. as well. according to the nypd. some of the new things they talked about today, things that weve never seen going into the protection of times square this year. 65 sam trucks. of course thats going to ring a bell to you because we saw these vehicles that committed th...

Failure to find a compromise with palestinians. israels prime minister fired back, calling the speech a biased attack against his nation. secretary kerry did not reserve all his criticism for israel, admitting palestinian officials share blame for tension between the two sides as well. >> in the most recent wave of palestinian violence has included hundreds of terrorist attacks in the past year, including stabbings, shootings, vehicular attacks and bombings. many by individuals who have been rad...

Because they consider jerusalem annexed, and they build in and around jerusalem and they continued. they said they had already given up hundreds and thousands of permits and they couldnt renege on these permits so if you look at the facts you will see in the so-called ten months of freeze, they built even more than they did before that. so that -- >> doctor -- the israelis -- >> the israeli deception. lets look at the facts. >> you say the israelis should not be building these settlements. >> ye...

So getting to the bottom of lone wolf attacks and how to prevent them no one has figured out who to do that. the terror is spreading. this is something the trump administration has got to get a handle on. we are seeing the terrorist attacks spread. >> the christmas market massacre in berlin 12 people killed with a truck. >> thank you. >> the time now is about half past the top of the hour. the president elect speaking of donald trump is he putting our veterans first? oo make something great fo...