this is a direct result of their losing territory in syria and iraq. former isis spy i interviewed two months ago told me that, as the caliphate seizes to expand it may remain but not expand they are going to a g ting to a other phase which goes back to the organiigins of isis. networks throughout europe and so on. it s an old news strategy i would call it. michael weiss, peter burgian, thank you. just ahead, donald trump says he s at war against his political opponents and claims he had no chase when he decided to bring up bill clinton s history of scandal. we ll hear trump ending the year on attack and go live to the flood zone in missouri where the governor got a call from president obama today. how long will this danger last? we do it for the ones who rise before it shines. the ones who labor for what they love.
their am missibition is to kill many as possible and get into the headlines. reporter: in beng angladesh,y banned parties after dark as they warned american citizens of a possible attack. and as it faces losses on the battle field in iraq and syria, officials are worried that isis will increase efforts to plan or inspire these global attacks in order to keep recruiting. you need to continue to project the idea they are winning and expanding which is why anxiety is unprecedented around the world and as they receive more threat information, more and more governments are raising those threat levels, brianna, fearing an attack is an almost certainty. elyce labott, thank you. i want to bring in peter and michael weiss a senior editor at the daily beast.
military jets buzzing that building very, very loud. and then nothing. absolute silence for quite a while and sources we were speaking to said that was very much in keeping with the kind of distraction activities that armed forces put into effect when they are trying to move special forces or trying to move troops in a way without, and assuming we are seeing s.w.a.t. forces in the u.s., trying to carry out operation while distracting the hostage takers. we didn t actually hear anything from that operation. we did spell it to see increase of activities, heavy weaponry. tank came past us. kenyan forces, trucks moving back and forth. and a statement by the kenyan police force that they believe this operation could soon be over. live in nairobi for us, thank you so much. earlier, cnn international peter burgian talked about the