bernardino terror attacks including confirmation that this couple was plotting jihad well before the wife came to the united states. and new reports that this -- that the islamic state terror group is specifically trying to sneak people into the united states by having them pose as syrian refugees. contrary to president obama's claims that the refugees are basically just widows and orphans. with stories like that you would think republicans would have a good issue in their run for the white house in 2016. but instead the gop field seems to be spending most of its time defending against remarks made by donald trump. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital editor and dana perino is cohost of the five. thanks for joining us. so we will start with you dana. and we start with trump, trump, trump, trump, trump, trump, nothing short of massive intelligence failure in the united states. >> not holding their feet to the