doesn't exist but just that it's greater in other parts of the world like somalia or yemen, syria or iraq. do you disagree? >> well, i think the sahel region in africa is a big region. china is a big focus. i was with the british prime minister today talking about the agreement with australia that you talked about with france. to get nuclear submarines. and to the south china sea. but let's be honest. you have the taliban. it's the taliban five, the prime minister, president, a guy who harbored bin laden. haqqani network is the number two guy in this administration. and they never cut their ties with al qaeda. it rivals the numbers pre-9/11. the difference is now they've inherited a cache of weapons and cash. and it makes it a very dangerous situation. look, when i chaired homeland, we had threat briefings every month. external operations from isis and the caliphate.