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Welcome back to "the lead." sticking with the politics lead now. an american president has a tremendous amount of power. at least once a week a life or death decision comes across his resolute desk, a military strike against a terrorist cell. a hostage rescue attempt. an iranian ship too close to a u.s. naval vessel in the strait of hormuz. the first week of the trump presidency does not provide much evidence that information and expertise from outside the presidents immediate circle are valued ...

Egypt, a nation [inaudible] the list. he was part of the new jersey terrorist cell. and they bombed the trade center 1993. he happened to be from egypt. the 11 hijackers had information from saudi arabia, also [inaudible] the list. theres a u.s. citizen from pakistan, pakistan pakistan is [inaudible] the list. the new york subway bombing plot, u.s. citizen from afghanistan. afghanistan. afghanistan is [inaudible] the list. the boston marathon bomber brothers were u.s. citizens born in chechnya a...

And he would attack those who told the truth. in his trump biography, "trump nation" author tim obrien wrote about the moguls fluid estimates of his own worth. trump sued obrien for libel accusing him of lowballing trumps wealth. trump lost. he then appealed. he lost again. >> he is very conscious and shrewd about the image he presents to the american people. and to american viewers. which is the notion that he is americas most rich business guy, can-do, adept deal maker. when you dig into the t...

Netanyahu when he said he was a supporter of isis. it surprised us because you dont hear about isis in israel, jerusalem or the west bank. as police pointed out, isis doesnt have a foothold here. its not something you hear about. israel has quietly cracked down on isis supporters. people spreading propaganda or trying to fight for isis in syria. but its not a major terrorist organization here. they dont have a foothold. and its not something you hear about very often. and thats why we need to ke...

Mean that -- as they go through this right now, trying to clear the building, they dont know whos on top of each other, potentially. remember those storylines coming out of bataclan and out of pulse, very ma cob, but that is what they have to go through right now, potentially. >> youre absolutely right. there are going to be piles of bodies. where they have fallen. you know, ive actually seen terrorist planning documents where the stampede effect was intended to be a victim-maker. you know, wher...

Knew beforehand? >> well, one of the things you have to concern yourself with, too, from not an intelligence standpoint, alisyn, but an operator standpoint. i was involved in an action in 2012 against a terrorist cell in frankfurt and what happens is you know the intelligence coming in. you see the operators. you may not have enough information yet to arrest them because they havent done anything wrong but the other thing is, as the chief operator you have to balance whether you strike and get a...

>> right. well, as we said in the last segment, theres going to be a lot of intelligence, a lot of law enforcement out tonight. as you read the criminal complaint against the alleged terrorist, it appears that he was handled in a very careful manner by someone who is believed to be a member of isis who is overseas. they call it an overseas individual. and this is the problem with the united states. it is very hard to infiltrate in a dedicated terrorist cell who is going to carry out an operation...

Anonymous witnesses. >> russia has insisted it hits only terrorist targets in syria. police in australia say two men are facing terrorism charges for plotting attacks on government targets including a navy base. joel boblobby reports. >> reporter: more arrests and detectives are providing more details about the sydney terrorist cell theyre slowly picking apart. there are two more suspects and another potential plot disrupted. 12 people have been charged over a host of alleged attacks since las...

Safety and that of your family? that person, not a career criminal, not the head of a terrorist cell, not even your run-of-the-mill thug. that person, a woman, who will do anything to get elected. now, i wasnt even going to do an opening statement this evening because its a holiday. for me, its christmas. im generally in the christmas spirit. but this week when hillary clinton laid out her comprehensive plan to bolster homeland security, i couldnt help myself. take a listen. >> because it is not...

Safety and that of your family? that person, not a career criminal, not the head of a terrorist cell, not even your run-of-the-mill thug. that person, a woman, who will do anything to get elected. now, i wasnt even going to do an opening statement this evening because its a holiday. for me, its christmas. im generally in the christmas spirit. but this week when hillary clinton laid out her comprehensive plan to bolster homeland security, i couldnt help myself. take a listen. >> because it is not...