deadliest here since september 11, 2001. there are hubs for the growth of terrorism, iraq, syria, yemen, libya, afghanistan are really the major hubs. we are seeing a the pattern of where groups go to build their terrorist network and to further launch terrorist attacks on the west. reporter: attacks have risen steadily since 2001 according to the university of maryland s global terrorism database. in 2012, the frequency of attacks increased substantially through 2015. as the islamic state expanded through iraq and syria. republicans charge the obama administration s military withdrawal from the middle east and restraint in deploying against the islamic state in syria and iraq have allowed terrorist organizations to flourish. the administration denies that. though acknowledges isis remains a danger. we knew even before we
know the details about some syrians because the country is falling apart. and it s impossible in many cases to check the records but here is the system. it starts with the u.n. the high commissioner for refugees decides who qualifies for refugee status. for those whose cases are referred to the u.s. for possible resettlementment, the department of homeland security interviews them. their names and fingerprints are checked against u.s. databases including terrorism database and syrian refugees get an extra collect on their backgrounds. the process takes about two years and the government says about half of those who seek refugee status end up getting it. mr. trump said tonight the u.s. needs to be certain that muslim americans report suspicious behavior when they see it and he offered this example of the deadly shooting rampage last december in san bernardino. we have to be sure that muslims come in and report when they see something going on, whether they see hatred going on, they ha
homeland security and the fbi director have said it s hard to know the details about some syrians because the country is falling apart. and it s impossible in many cases to check the records but here is the system. it starts with the u.n. the high commissioner for refugees decides who qualifies for refugee status. for those whose cases are referred to the u.s. for possible resettlementment, the department of homeland security interviews them. their names and fingerprints are checked against u.s. databases including terrorism database and syrian refugees get an extra collect on their backgrounds. the process takes about two years and the government says about half of those who seek refugee status end up getting it. mr. trump said tonight the u.s. needs to be certain that muslim americans report suspicious behavior when they see it and he offered this example of the deadly shooting rampage last december in san bernardino. we have to be sure that muslims come in and report when they see
for a visa to come here, why didn t the u.s. know that? comey said the fbi doesn t do that vetting, but he said, how would the government know this, in a sense? there s a separate question about what kind of interviews were done with her and her family. but in terms of the intelligence, he said they don t just listen in on every american s conversation with people overseas or online communications and that farook was not on any terrorism database. so they were not listening to him. he was not on the fbi s radar. let me back you up to enrique marquez. he knew in 2012 that farook wanted to do something. i assume now he s more than just a person of interest to the fbi. they haven t used that term yet. they say they re looking at him very closely. he s not been arrested, not been named a suspect. we ll see how this shakes out. these are early claims that have been made to the fbi in interviews. they ll have to see how much validity to attach to those
youssuf abdulazeez. officials say he lived in the nearby town of hickson, tennessee. he s the son of a chattanooga city employee. he s a natural citizen of kuwait. he graduated with a degree in electrical engineer. the tennessee valley authority confirmed this evening that he was an intern there in engineering about five years ago. officials confirmed to nbc news tonight that he was not on federal law enforcement radar for any reason before this attack today. they say he was not in any terrorism database he was not under fbi surveillance. as far as we know mohammed abdulazeez only run-in with law enforcement was an arrest earlier this year for dui, for driving under the influence. that was the source of the mug shot you ve seen all over the place today. well, investigators descended on the abdulazeez household this evening. we don t know why, but two women were seen being led away in handcuffs. we do not know why, we do not know who they are. we dongt know if they were taken