the country on election day. according to multiple intelligence sources, u.s. officials are deeply concerned about and preparing f some sort of cyber chaos next week. an attack on critical infrastructure including the u.s. power grid is one of three worse case concerned. so we have cynthia mcfadden, we should point out that there is no reus thomas hock the integrity of the vote itself. joining me is our executive director and an author of defeating isis. malcolm, thank you for joining us. how probable is this? well, it is a question of who s the actor that would want to do that or paralyze the
six people today relating to a possible terror attack in brussels this evening. in addition to this, two other people who were arrested earlier in the week are still being detained. as you mentioned, paris also canceling their fireworks. it will be a very muted celebration in the french capital tonight with 11,000 police and military and other personnel patrolling that area. no fireworks display but they will be having some muted celebrations. across the continent as we get closer to the new year here, the threat of terror still high on people s minds but people are looking to have a celebration and hope there s nothing that happens, that all the security has been done to prevent any of these attacks from happening here. ayman? nbc s chapman bell live for us in london. let s bring in malcolm nance, msnbc contributor and executive director of the terror asymmetrics project, author of the book defeating isis. good to have you again this hour. lot of things to talk about.
it if fell in may. it s the capital of the anbar province, one of the major cities. on to mosul next. what is important, you know because you fougtd there, who took the city and who is going to hold the city. . is it shia militia or american forces? we re not sure of the makeup. isis doesn t want to be excuse me s, the residents don want to be held by shia forces. that won t work for the long-term. you have to have a local force from there willing to hold it. and do they have enough forces to hold ramadi and go to mosul. good news, don t want to underplay the importance of this news. but the question how does it tie into a larger network of defeating isis. they are putting out a 20-minute video, the first message in months. it s a chilling warning to the
prompted u.s. secretary of defense ash carter to claim that iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. now iraqi authorities say they are close to driving isis from ramadi once again. joining me now for more on the fight against isis is malcolm nance, executive director of the terror asymmetrics project and author of defeating isis. thank you for being here. start with this news. we are seeing the iraqi army make gains. could this be a turning point in the war against isis? it could be. i think that this is really important to understand that the iraqi army on the ground, the iraqi counterterrorism force and the iraqi special forces and iraqi armed forces, without shia militias are actually doing all the heavy fighting in ramadi. with u.s. air support. explain why that s so important, malcolmalcolm. it s important because we don t have to be on the ground and they are actually showing
at least three funerals so far and two more scheduled for today. while 90 miles away in california s coachella valley a mosque is firebombed shortly before afternoon prayers. we re peaceful people. reporter: launching a separate investigation in what appears to be a crime of prejudice and hate. marquez has not been named a suspect in this case. he has not been charged with any crimes. meanwhile, the search of this lake continues at day break. alex, back to you. gadi schwartz, thank you. let s bring in malcolm nance, executive director of the terror asymmetrics project and he s the book of defeating isis, who they are, and what they believe. so investigators in the san bernardino case, they re trying to determine where and when syed farook and tashfeen malik became radicalized. were they radicalized separately and then brought together by