it was not originally on the president's schedule that he would make this statement from the roosevelt room in the white house, but within the last half hour or so, the president wants to make a statement to the american people as they get ready for the thanksgiving holiday weekend. later this afternoon, he is going to have a much different ceremony pardonning the turkes s on this thanksgiving eve and very, very different session that usually takes place at the rose garden at the white house. but this is going to be a serious statement on national security that the president is about to make. paul cruickshank, as we await the statement of the president, and it is fair that the world, because of the crisis with al qaeda and isis, the world is on edge. >> yes, the world is on edge within the national terrorism space, but really isis has been getting into plots in a much bigger way over the last year. i mean, we have seen a string the of terer errorist at --