that on wednesday night when local police in san bernardino basically ran out of resources they had at their disposal an fbi-trained elite equipped tactical team ready to go, ready to handle it just a short drive away. law enforcement has a lot of capacity in this country. does law enforcement have the specific capabilities, the specific weapons and tactics that they need, particularly when it comes to preventing incidents like this, when it comes to stopping incidents like this before they happen, particularly when it seems like all the relevant contacts, all the relevant enlistment, these declarations of intent, they all now seem to happen online. joining us now is malcolm nance. he s a former u.s. counterterrorism and intelligence officer. now the executive director of the terror asymmetrics project. his next book is called defeating isis. malcolm, it s good to see you. thanks for being here.
interest to u.s. authorities. joining us now, malcolm nans, a former kouns terrorism officer and author of defeating isis who they are, how they fight, what they believe. also joining us from the vigil at san manuel stadium in san bernadino is nasam ali who knew syed farook. mr. ali, thank you very much for joining us to night. first of all, i want you to tell us where you are at that vigil tonight. how have you been received there by people at the vigil? honestly, i mean, i just came here about 15, 20 minutes ago. and everything is fine. i m being welcomed, you know? that s a good response. are you aware of any organized attempt to have muslims in the community attend this vigil tonight? or are people just coming on their own initiative.
nbc news is reporting tonight that according to authorities, syed farook had been in touch with persons of interest with people in the l.a. area who have jihadist views. he was also in con u communication with individuals overseas who are also persons of interest to u.s. authorities. joining us now, malcolm nans, a former kouns terrorism officer and author of defeating isis who they are, how they fight, what they believe. also joining us from the vigil at san manuel stadium in san bernadino is nasam ali who knew syed farook. mr. ali, thank you very much for joining us to night. first of all, i want you to tell us where you are at that vigil tonight. how have you been received there by people at the vigil? honestly, i mean, i just came here about 15, 20 minutes ago. and everything is fine.
you respond to active shooters, things that police may not think about. for example, if there is such a situation, keeping things clear so emergency vehicles can get in and out, making sure that whoever is there is going to respond and not wait for the larger tactical teams to arrive. certainly something that everybody will be thinking of as a lot of people have travel plans for tomorrow in light of the thanksgiving holiday coming up. pete williams, thank you very much. meantime, the paris prosecutor says they are looking for a third suspect in connection to the paris terror attacks. he was allegedly driving the car that was found abandoned in a paris neighborhood where one of the november 13th shootings happened. want to bring in malcolm nance, an intelligence consultant to the united states government and executive director of the terror asymmetrics project, working on a book titled defeating isis. this coming at the same time as the president and president hollande speaking to
information about who we thought was the female suicide bomber. the cousin of the mastermind in fact now officials are saying she did not blow herself up, it s hasna aitboulahcen. she communicated with police, she was asking them to come help me, help me, and then she had the conversation about he s not my boyfriend, he s not my boyfriend. the person who ran the raid said they believe that they were she was trying to get police to come in. so when that bomb exploded they would be closer and that she would take them down with her, chris. thank you so much, chris jansing. great work this week. i m joined by don berrely, a former special agent in charge of the new york joint terrorism task force. and an intelligence officer, author of defeating isis. here s how the director of the fbi yesterday assessed the threat to america.