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>> we can did what we had to do to prevent another attack. >> i will be joined by former vice president dick cheney. and could drones be used in the future this the same way that terrorist attacks are p being used today. >> we will be seeing them used in many ways. and as a young black man, it is over time. >> why is there such distrust between police and african-americans. >> the belief that there is not going to be distrust is to deny humanity. >> i am joined by former adviser to the presi...

The threat that they wanted to publicly behead someone inside of australia. we know australia are involved in the military actions in iraq and syria against isis as well. did you get the feeling people on the streets were worried about potential terrorist attacks? did this catch everyone off-guard here as were just a week away from christmas? >> i have to say i dont think this has caught anyone unawares. this is something we felt was a long time in coming. the prime minister, tony abbott, had up...

>> you can expect a very close working relationship. when an event like this kicks off, besides right next to the safety of the hostages and ending it successfully and safely is a deep dive, a full-court press to find out about his associates, you have to id him, his co-workers, family members, to try to determine or rule out that there are co-conspirators of other plots afoot. so the australians have a terrific capability in that regard. but its always working with the closest allies. farther d...

Know, in the past couple years we thought of terrorist attacks as sudden, an explosion or theyll capture someone and behead him. but this is being drawn out. in some ways, the fact that its drawn out and sighieeing it plat over a long period of time is more dangerous than a sudden explosion. >> justin hastings, we talked with you earlier, we appreciate you talking with us again out of hawaii. >> we should mention hes with the university of sydney. so he has an understanding of the current terror...

So so this came to a sad end. tell us what the past 16 hours have been like. >> i spent the day at martin place just before the cafe. it was early calm despite the situation. people were gathered around almost like watching a spectacle rather than treating it as a hostage crisis. i spoke to a few residents who were evacuated due to the situation and i got the sense that this is just something australians arent programmed to respond to. theyre removed from terrorist attacks and so it was very sur...

Telling isis supporters that it was their religious obligation to launch these attacks. since then, weve seen a numberer be of plots. two fatal terrorist attacks in canada, then an attempted hatchet attack in new york as well. there have been plots in the europe and uk, john. so a new model of terrorism worrying law enforcement officials because its so difficult to detect. >> lets drill down on that further. you dont think of australia is having to deal with these kinds of threats but as you men...

>> it could be difficult because shots fired in an enclosed structure could ricochet around. maybe goes into a body, maybe hits a bone. they should be able to match up whether it was a gun -- who it was fired by. but we dont know that. that will be difficult to determine right now. >> paul, even if there was no direct link to isis, these kinds of lone wolf attacks, this is precisely what isis likes, right? >> wolf, thats absolutely right. back in september, there was a fatwa issued calling for t...

Intel, we saved lives and the info did lead to bin laden, believe it or not. and then pinch me, i must have been dreaming, this administration c.i.a. director defended the bush administration. >> the previous administration faced agonizing choices about how to pursue al qaeda and prevent additional terrorist attacks against our country while facing fears of further attacks and carrying out the responsibility to prevent more catastrophic loss of life. there were no easy answers. and whatever your...

Hillary clinton or whoever the democratic nominee is, what would you do in this situation? how would you handle it? the backdrop could be more isis. >> are at backdrop could be more terrorist attacks. what happens, let me ask this. god forbid it does happen, what if there is another terrorist attack? and somehow it is because jihadists were sharpening their blades thinking, lets go get americans because look how terrible they are. where does that blame lie? martha: well see. kt, thank you very m...

Cant beat undercover boss either. >> you look like that guy. >> the guys at the c.i.a. are undercover and so its extraordinary that the top guy at the c.i.a. came out yesterday, william brennan, first time they ever had a live press conference and what he said, among other things, is that despite what the senate democrat report says on interrogation techniques, they did work. we did get good stuff and it did lead to bin laden. here he is defending the bush administration. listen. >> the previous...