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It's interesting to note that just last month the state department put out a note warning u.s. tourists away from outdoor markets in this holiday season, pointing to credible information, that isis was planning attacks here. >> all right. max foster, stay with us. let's bring in cnn contributor michael weiss, terror analyst paul crookshank. paul, obviously this immediately conjures up pictures of the niece in a brutal attack last summer. in a magazine, isis called for more attacks like that, using trucks to drive into crowds. at this point do we know of anybody claiming responsibility for this...

Campus in columbus trying to take out students with his car and then a butcher's knife. i have paul cruickshank with us now, a cnn terror analyst and brynn gingras is in columbus, but, paul, i wanted to talk to you first and foremost. the last time i laid eyes on you is when we were standing in nice and talking about isis' call to use cars as weapons but it doesn't appear this young man was at all in contact with any terror groups. so what's your interpretation of this? >> that's right, brooke, no evidence at all that he was in contact with any terror group including isis. isis just put out th...

Worse, according to these officials, at least for the time being. they're estimated 350 isis fighters still inside the city but they're deeply embedded. most of the city is booby trapped and they're surrounded by civilians making air strikes difficult to take out the enemy forces. so they're confident that ramadi will eventually fall back into the hands of the iraqis. but they don't believe it's going to happen anytime soon. >> jim miklaszewski this morning, thank you. i want to bring in a director with flashpoint and msnbc terror analyst. give us a sense as you look back on 2015, how has the ...

How was this device brought on board and who put it there. all the items that made up this device are relatively innocuous on their own, but when fixed together could look suspicious and potentially dangerous. kenyan officials say they're questioning four people from the flight. one terror analyst told cnn that for someone whose agenda it is to terrorize, a hoax like this could have almost the same effect as the real thing. but without much of the risk. robyn kriel, cnn, london. >> thanks so much, robyn. ahead, a second baltimore plif is set to go on trial in about two weeks from now for the...

District. >> i want to bring in peter bergen. i don't want to make too much of this because we really don't know what's happening right now so i want to be careful in what we say. there's an unspecified threat. we don't know what it is. the superintendent said it involves many, many schools. out of an abundance of caution he was going to close down the entire los angeles school district, including 640,000 students who will stay home for the day. peter, as you step back, as a terror analyst, put this in perspective for us. >> we don't know. tom makes a very good point. let's assume for a minute...