and i think it should be more in the security field. all right. thank you, ambassador. president obama defending his counter terrorism strategy in a final national security speech. we ll look at his legacy and his advice for the trump administration when we come back.
they re so hard to track, because they have no footprint in the security field. evy, got to know you when you worked in secret service. president obama decided the color coded system did not work. maybe he was right, maybe he was wrong. there is a system in place, that the government whether they use colors or not, could warn the public. what should the government be doing right now? right now it appears it s sort of scattered news reports. we re saying this might happen, that might happen. this happened yesterday but the government is not giving us a united, unified here s what you should be thinking about. should they be telling us something specific? sometimes they don t know. because you have to understand that the chatter that s coming in, the noise that s coming in all the time. it s nonstop. so you re sitting there trying to figure out, this is what they re trying to do. the government s trying to figure out is this leng it? is this not legit? is this noise? what is it? ever
that you want to be around and you want to make sure you know your surroundings. be vigilant and aware. be aware of your surroundings. adam riess, thank you so much. i want to bring in michael. he former director of homeland security for new york state. thank you for joining us. good to be with you. after 9/11 we did so much in the country to beef up security, airports and government buildings but was it inevidentable that a major strike at soft targets, stadium, concert hall, calf faf was almost inevitable. after the mumbai attacks in india where you saw the use of active shooters and improvised explosive devices it set everyone in the security field on edge, could this happen here? and what do we do to train our front line officers? what is happening right now is in all of these targets, there are three reasons why you see the ramp up, first is deterrent. you want to make a hostile
be vigilant and aware. be aware of your surroundings. adam riess, thank you so much. i want to bring in michael. he former director of homeland security for new york state. thank you for joining us. good to be with you. after 9/11 we did so much in the country to beef up security, airports and government buildings but was it inevidentable that a major strike at soft targets, stadium, concert hall, calf faf was almost inevitable. after the mumbai attacks in india where you saw the use of active shooters and improvised explosive devices it set everyone in the security field on edge, could this happen here? and what do we do to train our front line officers? what is happening right now is in all of these targets, there are three reasons why you see the ramp up, first is deterrent. you want to make a hostile environment for anyone that would try to do something. not that what that there is a plot here but someone inspired, not trained but inspired to do
bags and packagings. i think we need to be a lot more aware and not as naive, to some of these things that could occur at the shopping mall. neil: i always think, even in the 9/11 attacks, it was no accident, but the bulk of it occurred in the financial capitol, here in new york, and you want to make financial statement as well. i can only shudder to think what the statement would be attacking a retail centers and the like. we have an attitude that s not top of the minds. it s airports, train stations, but not this. the reality, again, is that it could be. we in the law enforcement and security field, we consider shopping malls a soft target, and they re soft target because they are wide open to just about anybody. better security, increased security, and then i think the shoppers themselves have a role to play in this. they have to be more aware and let law enforcement know anytime that they see anything suspicious. neil: thank you very much. rod wheeler in the meantime, the