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reaction of the chattanooga police department and other first responders who put a stop to this before it could have been worse. but, you know it points out the fact that we're all a community and we're all exposed. >> we're just a few moments away from getting a response from president obama in the oval office congressman, i want your reaction to what is unfolding on this horrible day in chattanooga chattanooga. >> it is a horrible day. it was confirmed that u.s. military bases were on force protection bravo. defined by the pentagon increased threat of terrorism. third highest level. isil has encouraged people to
you have to go through unbelievable procedures when something is at threat con bravo or force protection bravo when you have to go through the gates. it's difficult to get in. you can't have visitors. if you have visitors it takes them a long time to process personal information to get on these military cases, and it just makes it tough. it's unfortunate, but it's what we in the military call a condition of the battlefield. i command -- my last command was in europe and i left there in 2013 when i retired, and what's sad about overseas bases, the same rules are in effect and, in fact they've been at force protection bravo for the last 15 years even though the united states just went to it last week -- or last month, but what's interesting is you lose the connection with the good people in the local society, and they lose the connection with what the military is and what it does for the society. that's part of the unfortunate second order effect of some of these closures of bases and more increased security.
enforcement to keep tabs on. >> it really is an expansion of how the internet has been used frankly for several years now, both in recruitment and radicalization of young people to join terrorist groups. >> let's bring in anthony lemieux investigator for the study of terrorism and responses to terrorism and retired general. >> why raise the security level when they also say that there's no specific threat and time to it? >> let me fut in perspective. when i commanded force this is europe, we were continually at force protection bravo. what this means is you want more situational awareness, you want to practice some drills and security increases across bases. so what it means is you're going to have more i.d. card checks at
isis recruiters and last night the fbi director and the homeland security director held a secure conference call with local and state and law enforcement officials urging them to beef up their efforts to counter isis. alison and victor. >> thank you sun len. >> bravo is part of the force protection condition. a 5-tier threat level system overseen and decided by the department of defense. >> practically, what does bravo mean? what does it mean for military officials? >> jim sciutto will tell us. >> victor and alison, the new threat level is bravo. that's the middle threat in the scale increased and predictable threat of terrorism. delta tends to be when there's an actual attack under way. still, very rare in the u.s. it's a handful of times when we've seen it for u.s. military installations. twice in 2003, early 2003 and al qaeda threat again around the holidays.
violent homegrown extremists. the security level has now increased to bravo. signifying an increased and predictable threat of terrorism. u.s. bases have not been on this level since the 10th anniversary of 9/11. >> not only do you have to secure on the bases but on the post-it self-. this is going to be a big operation for the security forces of all of the services. >> the texas shooting is highlighting the threat from isis supporters hiding within the united states. >> groups like isil or al qaeda now are calling publicly for attacks in the west of people who they would have never recruited specifically. they have never trained. never each met. someone could decide on their own to answer that call with little or no notice. >> u.s. authorities are investigating hundreds of people in the u.s. who have some social media link to isis. a severe challenge for law
quite a concern for countries in the region and the united states. >> it's always been difficult to confirm the claims of launches because north korea notoriously is secretive. hopefully we'll learn more today. kathy novak, thank you so much. also this morning, the security threat level at u.s. military bases remains at bravo. that means an increased and predictable threat of terrorism. the pentagon raised security conditions after growing concerns of jihadist threats. jim sciutto has details. >> the u.s. military is raising the security level at every base across the country as concerns grow over the threat from isis. it was the shooting in texas on sunday that prompted the increased security measures. though the military says the step is not tied to a specific credible threat, saying we have the same concern about the potential threat posed by
now are calling publicly for attacks. in the west. of people who they have never recruited, specifically they have never trained. they've never even met. someone could decide on their own to answer that call with little or no notice. >> u.s. authorities are investigating hundreds of people in the u.s. who have some social media link to isis. a severe challenge for law enforcement to keep tabs on. >> it really is an expansion of how the internet has been used for several years now. both in recruitment and radicalization of young people to join terrorist groups. >> force protection bravo middle in the scale here increased and predictable threats of terrorism, below imminent threat oregon delta. it's only been a handful of times that we've had this level of security. once in february of 2003. not just for bases, that was also for other sites around the country following an al qaeda
the united states. what's your reaction when you hear the u.s. military raising that threat level from alpha to bravo? >> it was a very odd announcement wolf because on the one hand they say there is no specific plot or threat that they detect but there is this general concern. well then why make it public? it sort of raises anxiety without providing anything specific anyone can do. my guess is one of two things is possible. either there is some information that remains so classified that they don't want to reveal it more likely there is this concern about the on-line recruitment that isis is able to do and there may be some chatter on the internet there may be on-line followers, this is the crucial part about isis that is different from al qaeda. they have been very good at using social media and at being able to get their message out so that it can inspire people who may not be directed by isis but in some way take the -- become
but perhaps not credible. that indeed would have required a raising to the level of bravo. the force protection bravo. as a precaution apparently u.s. officials decided, u.s. military and defense officials decided to spread that raise to the bravo level throughout the entire u.s. military system in the u.s. alex. >> thanks for that update on that. as we told you at the end of the last hour there's an a plane crash in atlanta off the main highway, four people were occurred. ntsb holding a briefing. let's take a listen. >> we know where it is. >> there's nothing on there that will tell you anything that is wrong with the aircraft -- >> well there's a lot of information there that will tell me what happened with the aircraft but until i start looking at it i'm not going to be able to tell. >> how long did it take you to
supporters. >> the u.s. military is raising the security level at every base across the country. as concerns grow over the threat from isis. it was the shooting in texas on sunday that prompted the increased security measures. the military says this step is not tied to a specific credible threat. saying we have the same concern about the potential threat posed by violent home-grown extremists. the security level has increased to bravo, a ranking signifying an increased and predictable threat of terrorism. u.s. bases have not been at this level since the 10th anniversary of 9/11. >> not only do you have to secure the access to those bases, you have to ramp up security on the post itself. this is going to be a big operation for the security forces of all of the services. >> the texas shooting is highlighting the threat from isis supporters hiding within the united states. >> groups like isil or al qaeda