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New year's eve as times to attack. they have also been encouraging individuals to act as lone wolfs. that appears specifically in the most recent isis propaganda, too. they have lost their caliphate, so those that are idealogically aligned with the islamic state are now in a position where the best that they can manage, so to speak, would be an attack during the holidays. so we're at a heightened threat but we have the best intel and best law enforcement in the world. so i think we're going to be fine this holiday season. everybody has to stay vigilant hand keep their head hahn a swivel. >> it...

Evan can get deeper than me but the al qaeda people, that's not as strong as it used to be. seems like the web draws a lot of these mad dog, lone wolfs that drive this. >> what do we know about the a i sale la assailant at this point? >> he's canadian born and potentially linked to quebec. >> apprehended? >> yes. in custody. but not clear whether it's ties to jihadi groups or he's mentally ill. more questions. not answers. >> we don't know if he was taken into custody without incident or whether there was any kind of gunfight orring in like that? >> no reports of a gunfight, that's for sure. a...

Feel law enforcement on their trail. there's implications because could this have been more easily prevented. lone wolfs, it's easier to fly under the radar. they're not communicating with people. if he had been communicating with people on logistics or weapons, it's more questionable why at those modes of communications, there wasn't an opportunity to figure out what was going on ahead of time. also, as we know, it's where the scope of the investigation takes us. he traveled to germany, libya. investigators are arrested 14 people already. so they'll be questioning the people, looking at iphon...

That he may have been a threat but he didn't think he posed an imminent threat. there could have been red flags because this was not alone wolf. lone wolfs can fly under the radar. he didn't operate by himself. and the making of the bomb had to require some sort of orchestration in terms of purchasing the materials, putting this together. they're going to be looking for where this all was happening. in an apartment in manchester maybe or somewhere close by and how did they get -- how did he get the bomb in place that day and make it to the site and was anybody helping him. >> shepard: a lot of...

It's always about capabilities as well. we know that we have degraded the ability of al qaeda and isis to do operations overseas. the concern is always about those who are already here. and whether or not they decide to go and get in the game as it were. >> lone wolfs. >> lone wolfs, exactly. what we saw in chelsea, what we saw in san bernardino, what we saw in pulse nightclub, even the marathon bomber. so we know that "inspire" magazine says this is an excellent target, take it upon yourself do that. the only benefit is these guys don't normally have that type of training and their trade craf...