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WPVI This Week With George Stephanopoulos May 10, 2015

Good morning on this mothers day. Im martha raddatz. Great to have you with us. We start off with those dramatic new warnings from the fbi that hundreds maybe thousands of isis followers inside the u. S. Are being urged to kill americans. Military bases nationwide increasing security our exclusive live interview with the Homeland Security secretary just moments away. First the latest on these extraordinary warnings from pierre thomas. Reporter good morning, martha. In an urnl ent friday Conference Call the fbi director and Homeland Security secretary met with thousands of fishes across the country to warn them about a Media Campaign by isis thats reaching americans in every state. The meeting of top Law Enforcement officials came on the heels of sundays shootout in texas by two men believed to be isis supporters communicating with the group via social media. Police officers that were nearby saw what was happening and engaged the two men and shot and killed them there at the scene. Reporter fbi director told reporters he believes isis has a large social media following in the u. S. Numbering in the hundreds if not the thousands. Those followers every day are being urged to join the islamic state. Comey says told to kill kill kill wherever they are. In response to comeys concerns about isis use of social media, the u. S. Military is making security changes at bases across the country. Heres abcs matt gutman. This is the coast guard installation here in miami. Like all military installations worldwide, security is heightened. This wasnt just prompted by that fbi warning. This also has to do with isis supporters posting online the names, pictures, and addresses of 100 u. S. Service men and women. Reporter in a number of recent cases, the military has been a target right here at home. This spring a member of the Illinois National guard was charged with supporting isis and allegedly planning an attack on his fellow soldiers. In the last two years the fbi has stopped more than 50 americans trying to join isis or support the group overseas. They are shooting out into the either sphere thousands and thousands of messages a day. Reporter isis has been waging a secret war, a social media Media Campaign unlike anything u. S. Law enforcement has seen before. Their supporters mimic the popular grand theft audio video game celebrating mayhem as fun. Isis radicals use hiphop to lure recruits. This is p. R. Sensibilities and a marketing value. Reporter some in congress believe the u. S. Response to the isis social media enslaughter has been week. Look at their fancy means compared to what were not do doing. Reporter the fbi has hundreds of investigators of suspected home grown radicals many involving isis. Marchtha martha. With us Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson. Good morning mr. Secretary. Thanks for joining us. Good morning, martha. We have been talking about the isis social Media Campaign for well over a year and yet the urgency this week coming from the fbi was quite extraordinary. Well, let me begin with this. This weekend were celebrating the 70th anniversary of the defeat of nazi germany. Next week here in washington we celebrate National Police week in honor of our fallen heros in Law Enforcement. We encourage the public to attend these events. There were thousands of people in the National Mall last week celebrating. We want the public to be vigilant and be aware, but we encourage people to go to public events, sporting events but were very definitely in a new environment because of isils effective use of social media, the internet which has the ability to reach into the homeland and possibly inspire others. And so our government and our state and local Law Enforcement are having to do a number of things to address that which is why fbi director comey and i spend a lot of time these days talking to Police Chiefs sheriffs around the country. We did that in a video teleconference just on friday. Which was quite extraordinary in itself. You had really thousands of local Law Enforcement. Are home grown jihadists ready to strike here in the u. S. . We have these types of bulletins, video teleconferences on a regular basis. Director comey and i thought it would be appropriate that we personally participate. And your question reveals the new environment were in in that because of the use of the internet we could have little or no notice in advance of an independent actor attempting to strike. And so thats why Law Enforcement at the local level needs to be ever more vigilant and were constantly reminding them to do that. Is it current structure of Homeland Security the fbi, really prepared for this kind of threat or are we going back and saying look weve done it all right before well do the same thing now . Theres no command and control really on these home grown jihadists. There might be. Thats correct. Every event, every attempted event, is very definitely a lesson learned, but since 9 11 weve come a long way in our ability to interface with state and local Law Enforcement. Just on my watch in the last 16 months weve had to ramp up communications with state and local Law Enforcement because of the manner in which the global terrorist threat is evolving. The fbi and my Department Work every day together to get information out to Law Enforcement on the local level. Let me go back to some of these statements by director comey. Its like theyre saying kill kill, kill all day long. There is nothing different between inspired and directed. If you cant travel theyre saying kill where you are. Are you as concerned as director comey . Would you say this is the urgency that we should be concerned about . Kill kill kill. Were very definitely in a new phase in the global terrorist threat where the socalled lone wolf could strike at any moment, which is why the fbi in my judgment has done an excellent job of getting to those who are attempting to travel to syria, who commit overt facts in furtherance of terrorism. It is a new environment, but we are not discouraging americans from doing the things that they do on a a daily basis in our society. Weve had a strategy for countering violent extremism for about three years now. Is one of the problems it hasnt really been implemented . I would disagree with that. Since ive been secretary i have personally participated in engagements with Community Leaders in the Islamic Community and elsewhere. Ive been to new york with Deputy Commissioner miller who i know is coming on boston minneapolis, chicago, los angeles and other places where i personally meet with Community Leaders about countering violent extreme im in their communities. That has to be part of our efforts in this new phase. And are the local communities doing enough . The local communities, it varies. Some are very tight knit. Some do a very good job of knowing whats happening in their neighborhoods, in their communities. Others are still a work in progress but just in the last year im seeing progress. We see Success Stories in Law Enforcement reports but theres more we need to do very clearly. What about the social Media Campaign. You look at their social Media Campaign and it is really quite extraordinary. Senator cory booker said our efforts are laughable. Well i would disagree with that but its important to remember that a lot of the counter narrative needs to come from within the community. And so when i meet with Community Leaders, im asking them what are we do to counter this narrative . It is slick, it is effective, but we need to get the message out. And thats not necessarily a government objective, a government mission. That has to come from within the community. It has to come from islamic leaders who, frankly, can talk the language better than the federal government can. And so when i meet with Community Leaders, islamic leaders, its one of the things that we urge them to do. Some have begun it. Weve seen progress but theres a lot more to be done. Specifically on the military if you will was there a specifically threat or is it what pierre mentioned . Its pretty much selfevident. Isil other groups have called for attacks on government installations, military installations, which is why we have ramped up our federal protective service at federal buildings around the country and why the military the department of defense, is taking action itself. These are prudent steps. These are prudent, cautious steps in a time when the public and Law Enforcement and our government needs to be vigilant and needs to be aware. Thank you very much for joining us secretary johnson. Now lets bring in john miller Deputy Commissioner of intelligence for the new York City Police department. He interviewed Osama Bin Laden in 1998. And retired general peter core ellie served in iraq when nidal hasan opened fire in ft. Hood in 2009 killing 13 people. John miller your reaction to what secretary johnson just said. Are we doing enough . I think were doing enough and doing all we can. Martha one of the issues in the post 9 11 world is when youre on high alert, 100 of the time after a while youre never really on high alert. So when they turn up the warnings a little bit, its usually because the traffic and the calls for violence have been turned up at the same time and we usually get a pretty good result from that which is people are more aware and people do step forward and give us any observation that concerns them. John recently you said if this is going to succeed it needs to move with speed, needs loud voices and communication savvy. It needs to have what isis has and it needs all that now. Do we have all that now . We dont have all that and i have to say, i sat in a room with secretary johnson in new york city this week with some of our key Muslim Community partners, and they brought with them an agenda which has its points about concerns about surveillance and investigations and so on. They had a long list of things they wanted us to stop. What wasnt really on the table and i think what the secretary is going for and i think what ive been calling for with our Community Leaders is while we understand there are some things that theyre concerned and need to stop there are some things that were concerned need to start and thats those Community Leaders are not as engaged in the counter message as we would hope. Cory booker may say the government effort is pathetic. I like cory a lot, but this cant be a government effort. If the government effort thats countering a call for violence thats clothed in religion is coming from the government its already poisoned. This needs to come from credible voices in the community. Whats isis using . Theyre using apple computers, directors final cut software the same stuff that every other 19 and 22yearold who has creativity can use to send out powerful messages and we need to see those counter messages coming now. John i want to move to general core ellie on this. You spent a lot of time at ft. Hood and were vice chief of staff at the army at the time of the massacre at ft. Hood. What will this raised alert level really accomplish . Well of course it will be tougher to get on posts. It will take a little extra time. Ft. Hood is a large, large land mass and its really difficult to do the kind of security when you have 40,000 soldiers. I would worry about some of the off post establishments. As you know martha they are chalk full of soldiers on a saturday or sunday night. And thats got to be of concern also. But this will in fact get everybody looking a little bit harder asking questions, and making it a little bit tougher to get on post every single day. And when you look at this general, which is virtually a target list that isis put out even though it was probably gleaned from social media, does the military especially the families down there, get nervous about this . I think everybody gets a little nervous but i think youve also got to remember that those kind of lists are available just about anywhere. They publish them yes, but military service is not something that one keeps secret. Its available just about anyplace so i think you have to put it into perspective. But any time you have a directed threat like that it does make people much, much more concerned. Okay thanks very much general core ellie and john miller for joining us. Up next crime and punishment the nfl expected to weigh in on tom brady imminently. Will he be the highest profile player ever suspended by the nfl . Plus why it could be a big week for 2016 republicans. The new candidates who might reshape the race. Back in just two minutes. They call it planning for retirement because getting there requires exactly that. A plan for what you want your future to look like. For more than 145 years, pacific life has been providing solutions to help individuals like you achieve longterm financial security. Bring your vision for the future to life with pacific life. Talk to a Financial Advisor to help build and protect your retirement income. Pacific life. The power to help you succeed. They need to sus sent tom brady for a year one day for the deflation,. 364 days for everything else. Once just once i would be like to be able to stand up and give some low clap applause to a cheater who says yeah you caught me a left a trail a mile wide. Im honored that you recognized my cheating skill by only saying it was more probable than not that i knew about the cheating. I would stand and applaud that. Keith ownleman coming down hard on tom brady for deflategate but is the patriots star quarterback really going to get sidelined for a season . With the nfl expected to make an announcement about bradys fate imminently lets bring in espn analyst jesse palmer and usa today columnist christine brennan. Christine, this is obviously very different from things weve been discussing the serious personal issues like ray rice but this does go to the integrity of the game so what should they do here . I think that the nfl will suspend tom brady. It could be as little as two games, it could be four. I dont see it being season long. I just dont see that. Maybe six, but somewhere in that two to six range, thats what i see. He could actually appeal and maybe it would end up being four down to two games Something Like that. I think there will be fines for the patriots maybe a fine for tom brady. And i also think there could be a draft choice or two taken away from the patriots. The nfl is not pleased, not only with of course the cheating but also the lack of cooperation from not only tom brady but also the patriots. Jamie, would that go far enough, or do you think that goes too far . Jesse, sorry. Jesse, can you hear me . I heard jamie and i wasnt sure. Its an interesting predicament. Obviously i think the nfl is going to come down with some sort of punishment in this. I think the new England Patriots will get fined. I actually expect that to be a hefty fine considering they may be viewed as repeat offenders. 2007 they were found guilty of stealing signals from the new york jets. They could lose draft picks. When you read the wells investigation in that report theres nothing con conclusive. They say tom brady had some general awareness that there was wrongdoing going on. Its a slippery slope if the nfl starts handing down fines sus suspensions without concrete evidence. Weve seen Domestic Abuse and there were video evidence. When people fail ped tests theres urine tests and blood tests but theres nothing con conclusive in this so far. The nfl needs to be careful when it comes to fines and sus suspensions. You were a quarterback. Can you imagine an equipment manager doing anything to footballs without you knowing it . Not without me knowing it. People do need to understand that the manipulation of footballs is widespread throughout the nfl. Quarterbacks are so particular with the footballs they play with. Some like them more inflated some like them less inflated. But people have to understand on game day both teams dont play with the same football. Theyre afforded the opportunity to bring their own footballs. Therefore equipment staffs each week are doctoring their football based on what the quarterback prefers. Christine, if this wasnt tom brady would the nfl have already decided on this . Actually either way i dont think that matters but i think hes going to be suspended. I think the nfl cares very much about this integrity issue and any player but certainly he is as high profile as they come. 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