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Rise? according to the annual global terrorism index published by the institute of economics and peace this week, the answer is yes. 32,658 people were killed by terrorist attacks in 2014. that is up 80% from the previous year. but let's unpack the numbers. 78% of terror events occurred in just five countries -- iraq, nigeria, afghanistan, pakistan, and syria. most of those are war zones. now, boko haram and isis were responsible for more than half of all deaths atributed to terror groups, and boko haram was the deadliest terror group in the world, killing 6,644 people last year. overall, the ...

Aggressively pushing that message right now. and again, they're aggressively pushing it to beth the american as well as the french public. >> nbc news terrorism analyst evan kohlmann. evan, good to see you. >> thank you. coming up, we'll have more from paris. the death toll has climbed even higher, and reports the ringleader of the attacks was seen at a nearby train station at a metro stop just as the siege began. plus, two major attacks on two continents. what is the u.s. response to these worldwide terror events? the house has had one response. they passed a bill intensifying background ...

On. we know they finally did kind of admit that this bulk collection didn't disrupt 50 terror events. there was one case involving a person giving a few thousand dollars to al shabab where maybe they would have found it harder to track that guy down without this program. but i don't know if that's enough of a track record to justify keeping millions of people's phone records for five years. >> so is your opposition to this about the efficacy of the program if it were more efficient, then would you be more comfortable with it? or are you really focused on, this is not what america's supposed to...

Trap doors there. of those 50 threats mentioned by nsa director keith alexander, fbi director shaun joyce listed four terror events that he claims were disrupted by the collection of phone records or by monitoring foreign online activity. one r one, najibullah zazi's plan fwom new york subway thwarted in 2009. two, a plot to bomb the new york stock exchange voichbled khalid ouazani who was in the u.s. who they found out through an online communication with a known extremist in yemen. he pleaded guilty to providing financial assistance in 2010. for his part ouazzani said he had nothing to do 'd...

Brunswick, georgia, they use blank ammunition but real acto actors. >> we can't simulate behavior, have you to use people to simulate behavior. >> reporter: 60,000 federal agents a year come to the 1600-acre site complete with mock airplanes, bars and a test track. the important thing if performing a pit ma few sre a pit maneuver is location. terror events from the past like a saran gas subway attack are rehearsayed besides potential future attacks like improvised explosive devices. >> we are prepared domestically for any type of treat and we will be able too defeat that threat should it occur...