at 19 of a terrorist attack plot, stock exchange here, placed under high profile sites to cause damage, foiled, and when jailed at the time, the judge said that khan was a significant threat going forward to the british public and shouldn t be released until such time as he had been assessed individually to see it was plausible to let him out. a year later an appeal was won by khan. that was quashed. a new one was put into place with a fixed term. that s why he was able to come out early having served less than seven years of a 16-year sentence. he was put into rehabltation, that was part of the reason he was here on friday and was wearing an electronic tag. yes, he was known to the intelligence services, it was a matter of public record. and also he was being monitored. hence the reason the most senior
communicating in a way there. all right. thanks so much. now to new year s eve terror fears. the city of brussels is on alert after the arrest of two people linked to an alleged plot to arrest get high profile sites on thursday night during holiday celebrations. well, tonight new york city is ramping up its security before more than a million people gather in time s scare to ring in the new year as they always do. miguel marquez is in new york for us. miguel, tell us about these security preparations that are under way. reporter: it s massive security operations for a massive party across the city. there will be tens of thousands of events, parties all across the city. what used to be just a fun time is now considered a soft target after the paris attacks and san bernardino. so the new york city police force very he awaaware of that. they say they will have everything thrown at this, everything from bomb sniffing dogs, chemical detectors, raid
at 5 or 6, do not leave them with an internet device anywhere in the house unless you can see them. you re not going to leave them online on the swings, do not leave them in your home alone. even if your child is in the same room, you have to look in every now and then. make sure. be involved so you don t feel like you re being a helicopter parent. like my kids when it s too quiet, my kids are in the closet looking at something are they shouldn t. look in the closet. thanks so much. another scary situation to think of. someone hacking into your computer system. we ll tell you about one group that hits some high profile sites as well.
responsible. afghan police say at least seven taliban fighters were involved in a series of attacks targeting the american embassy, nato headquarters, and other high profile sites. dom anyone di-natale streaming live from kabul, dominic. reporter: the seige still seems to be underway, meg. across the road is a hotel under construction that some are believed to have escaped to. the police chief in kabul says his men are having to go floor by floor, because it s a construction site, it s literally an inch by inch as they work their way around the complex. we heard gunfire a short while ago and a big explosion. that would be the 11th explosion we ve heard from around the embassy. today, the seige has been going on for at least eight hours. the afghan police on the ground, trying to bring it under control, the army involved as well. the nato forces led by the americans have actually had
and a big rig out of control leads to a deadly wreck. it is all happening now . jenna: breaking development in the deadly manchester terror bombing. there are growing fears another attack is imminent and they are now investigating a terror network. welcome to the second hour of happening now . i am jenna lee. leland: i am leland vitter in for jon scott. british police are now carrying out raids across the city of manchester and arrested a fifth suspect in the bombing. all of the meantime, military personnel were deployed to high profile sites in great britain as the prime minister raises the terror level to the highest level. we are learning more about the 22-year-old man identified as