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Just a couple inches there. heavy snow across northern new york and northern new england. a white christmas for some. >> well keep tracking that storm. rob x thanks so much. now to the other big story were following tonight. the alleged christmas terror plot in san francisco. the fbi arresting a former marine recruit accused of planning to attack fishermans wharf on christmas day. authorities say he was inspired by isis and the deadly halloween attack here in new york. abcs senior justice corr...

Attacks on western cities around christmas. >> those vehicle attack attackse something that the authorities are aware of. a california man is facing life in prison after getting caught with marijuana in indonesia. his family hoping the white house will intervene. william has more. >> 32-year-old christian beasley is not in th the u.s. but in ba. >.lawyers say no country is obligated to honor a medical prescription from another. >> weve got five months, the defense has presented nothing, even t...

The hospital, where police are yet to formally interview him. theyre still looking for a motive for this latest vehicle attack. david? >> james longman tonight. james, thank you. this evening, the u.s. has been denounced by most nations in the world for the decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and to move the u.s. embassy there. the u.n. general assembly voting on a resolution after threatening words from u.s. ambassador nikki haley ahead of that vote. >> this vote will make a di...

Police are due to start interviewing this guy any moment now. >> horrifying. its not the first time weve seen this type of attack. >> its not. weve seen these types of attacks around the world. the one that were familiar with came in october when a man drove a truck down a new york city bike path killing eight. london has had two similar attacks this year. both linked to islamic extremism. in april, five people were killed in a shopping street in stockholm, sweden. last december, of course, righ...

London has seen two similar attacks this year, both linked to islamic extremism. in april five people were killed on a shopping street in stockholm, sweden. and last december 12 people died in a vehicle attack on a christmas market in berlin, germany. the deadliest of all these attacks came in july 2016 when a man drove a huge truck into a crowd in nice, france killing 86 people. as you can imagine, leah, police forces across america and around the world are on alert for more of these kind of at...

>> there have been several similar incidents around the world related to terrorism. in october a man drove a truck down a new york city bike path killing eight people. london has seen two similar attacks this year, both linked to islamic extremism. in april five people were killed on a shopping street in stockholm, sweden. last december 12 people died in a vehicle attack on a christmas market in berlin, germany. the most deadly of all these attacks came in july 2016 when a man drove a huge truck...

That guy, maybe we dont have much to worry about. the reality is, that has nothing to do with the structured groups that do have operational training and trade craft, the islamic state and al-quaida, they are still actively plotting against united states. also note a concern that comes up against a failed suicide bombing, i dont hear enough people referring to it that way, that now terrorists may see that including lone wolf jihadists and say im going to do a vehicle attack or a knife attack or ...

>> we understand we are dealing with the challenging world. the amount of resources and personnel has increased each year to make us safer. >> shannon: we understand there are sanitation trucks filled with sand. sharpshooters on roofs, heavily armed police officers. officers on every block. they have portable detectors they can use. what is the mood? its a holiday, festive season but authorities have a huge job. >> in the case of new york, the nypd counterterrorism division and intelligence divi...

Try to beat things up. heres what he said. >> we understand we are dealing with the challenging world. the amount of resources and personnel has increased each year to make us safer. >> shannon: we understand there are sanitation trucks filled with sand. sharpshooters on roofs, heavily armed police officers. officers on every block. they have portable detectors they can use. what is the mood? its a holiday, festive season but authorities have a huge job. >> in the case of new york, the nypd coun...

Safeguard domestic security as best as they can, although, of course, theres never going to be 100% success rate. heather: vatican has not comment on latest threat. in 2015 approximately for the christmas eve service over 10,000 people attended, so its a difficult situation to keep secure. >> well, yeah, absolutely. as you are seen in recent attacks, we saw in new york as well, if the terrorist acquires a vehicle and the law enforcement intelligence havent got wind of the plan which is very ofte...