Times, the smash and grab jewelry heist, but people who heard it think its gunshots. They react, running for their lives. Thats one of the reasons why the president knew that this country needed to hear something about the war on terror. That takes us to our top story on a monday morning. President obamas address from the oval office to a nation yes, on edge in the wake of the shootings in San Bernardino and the other terror attacks around the world. The president saying that they highlight a new phase in the Terror Threat facing the United States. We have complete coverage, including swift reaction from the republican president ial field, but first nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Hes at the white house. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. A majority of americans are dissatisfied with this president s handling of terrorism, but there he was, president obama, trying to reassure anxious shusamericans and, against isis, promising to destroy the terrorist group, arguing the u. S. Will prevail by being in his words strong and smart, resilient and relentless. Just days after the massacre in San Bernardino, a fullscale declaration in primetime from president obama. This was an act of terrorism, designed to kill innocent people. Reporter president said theres no evidence of terroristic activity from overseas. Instead they had been directed by a terrorist group overseas. Instead, arguing they had gone down what he called the dark path of radicalization, embracing a perverted version of islam. Isil does not speak for islam. They are thugs and killers, part of a cult of death. Reporter comparing last weeks attack to Mass Shootings at ft. Hood and in chattanooga, the president argued that the terrorist threat has evolved into a new phase. I know that after so much war Many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure. Reporter in only his Third Oval Office address in seven years, mr. Obama, who faces growing criticism that his campaign to defeat isis is failing, vowed the u. S. Will hunt down anyone plotting the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. Reporter noticeably absent any major shift in strategy, the president calling on congress to ban assault weapons and to bar anyone on a nofly list from being able to buy a gun. What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terror suspect to buy a semiautomatic weapon . This is a matter of National Security. Reporter while insisting he identifies with americans fears, the president said the west is not at war against islam, cautioning americans not to single out muslims. It is the responsibility of all americans, of every faith, to reject discrimination, because when we travel down that road we lose. Reporter and a Senior Administration official tried to punctuate progress being made against isis citing steppedup air strikes that have destroyed at least 116 oil tankers since paris, but the lack of any new policy announcements last night really says as much about the president s confidence in the does about his sense that there really arent any better alternatives. Matt and savannah . Peter alexander at the white house. Peter, thank you. Before the president even finished that speech some of the republican president ial candidates were weighing in. Nbcs Andrea Mitchell is here with that piece of the story. Andrea, good morning. Good morning, savannah. Well, not surprisingly it didnt long at all for the republican candidates to pan the president s speech. Donald trump was first out of the box on twitter. And may god bless the United States of america. Reporter it took only 90 skolkd seconds after president obama finished speaking for donald trump to tweet is that all there is. We need a new president , fast later trump tweeted, well, obama refused to say, he just cant say it, that we are at war with radical islamic terrorists, though thats a phrase george w. Bush also refused to use. Marco rubio on fox. People are scared not just because of these attacks but because the growing sense that we have a president thats completely overwhelmed by them. Republican candidates issued statements. Ted cruz. If i am elected president , i will direct the department of defense to destroy isis. Ben carson called it strange that it took four days from the attack to respond. And even more strange that somehow the attack on our soil is proof that his policies are working. Since the San Bernardino massacre, the republican criticism has been fierce. We have a situation in our country where we have a president who is out of control. Hes out of control. Reporter even Hillary Clinton is sounding alarms. I know that americans are anxious and fearful, and we have reason to be. The threat is real. The need for action is urgent. The white house wanted to reassure a jittery nation, but in the middle of a political campaign, that is a tall order, especially as terrorism becomes a major concern increasingly for all right, andrea. Stand by there. We want to bring into this conversation mark halperin, managing editor with bloomberg politics. President dont do this often, go into the oval office and address in primetime. This president hasnt done it since 2010. These are moments of importance and crisis. Because of that, are you surprised in this speech that he didnt offer anything new in terms of strategy or policy, that it was basically stay the course . Im surprised by that. Im also surprise that had he didnt do a good enough job or maybe any job of reaching out to republicans. This is a time when we need national unity. Were in the middle of a president ial campaign, hes leaving office in a little over a year. Reaction from republicans, as andrea said, uniformly bad, not just the president ial candidates by the capitol hill leaders. I think nothing new and no sense of bipartisanship, not good for the country. Mark, the white house will be quick to say this is not a speech that is for the political class. Its not for you. Its not for us sitting at the table. Its for regular americans who might just be tuning into this issue. The problem with that, as i see it, number one, it acknowledges that they need reassurance, that gotten it, and, number two, they dont know what our strategy is. They need to know what the strategy is. Again, i think americans look responsibility of washington, to protect the country, to protect american interests abroad, and when the president comes out and gives a speech and then it becomes just politics, it becomes for the chattering class, i think thats a failure of leadership of both parties, but the president s got the primary responsibility now, and you would like a world, like after 9 11, where the president addresses the country and says the were in crisis and republicans say well put and work with him. Thats not what were seeing. Using the president s own words, early in the speech americans see the threat of terrorism as a cancer with no immediate cure. Based on what you heard from the president last night should americans feel like at least there is a cure down the road . No, and i thought that was actually a bad metaphor to use because people think of cancer in one way, and what he needed to project, as mark was saying, fact, with no new strategy to announce, having elevated this to a sunday night primetime speech from the oval office, which is, you know, incredibly rarified air. Rarified air, as you point out, and to not have a new strategy, to not explain new military options or new political options or to embrace some sort of unifying vision really is a problem. Our new poll is indicating that there are real concerns about terrorism, and there is a partisan divide on this, but so many people are now after paris and after, of course, San Bernardino, bringing it home. He needs to speak after paris. Its too wrong for him not to try to correct the imagery of jayvee the press conference doesnt convey that sense of it. He needed to address the nation sooner, his own critics of his came to this position last night because of democrats as well as republicans but primarily democrats in the leadership who are up for senate seats saying youve got to deal with this. The country is really scared. This isnt a businessasusual moment. Right. And too much of what hes done, including last night, using the oval office, was business as usual. A repeating basically what he thinks the right policy is with nothing new and no sense of your jen see, which is what a lot of americans are feeling. Mark halperin and Andrea Mitchell, good to have you both. Thank you. More now on the investigation into the San Bernardino rampage. As authorities interview family and friends of the gunman syed farooks father who is now speaking out. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in San Bernardino. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. The fbi is still processing crime scenes. They are looking for evidence overseas and here at home, this as investigators question the gunmans mother, and we hear from his father for the first time. His massacre claimed 14 lives and left 21 wounded by syed farook is described by his father as a mommas boy born and raised in the u. S. Newspapers syed farook sr. Says his son became obsessed against israel and shared isis leader al baghdadis ideology to create an islamic state. We have at least 20 victims. Reporter farook with his wife Tashfeen Malik carried out the deadliest act of terror in the u. S. Since 9 11. At their home they raised their 6monthold daughter with farooks mother, the house of bomb factory stockpiled with explosives and ammo. The fbi also raided the home of syed farooks childhood friend enrique marquez, agents blowing up a garage door and hauling away evidence and was unable to interview marquez because Officials Say he sought Mental Health treatment after the massacre. Marquez bought the Assault Rifles used in the shooting three to four years ago that were later acquired by farook. Seemed like normal everyday americans. Reporter every day in San Bernardino they pray for the bury the dead. Sierra claiborne was 27. She will always be her daddys little girl. I give god all the glory for my daughters short time here, for her short time here. We werent ready for this. Reporter after spending several hours interviewing farook, the shooters mother, they will also likely question her several more times, were told, by fbi officials. Meantime, matt, we should also say this Investigation Continues here and abroad as they look for more clues about this case going anywhere they can to find more evidence. Matt and savannah . Miguel almaguer out in california this morning. Miguel, thank you. It also stretched out over to pakistan where tash feek malik attended college. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Tashfeen malik is a mystery to her family and to authorities here, all of whom are trying to work out why a young mother would end her life and the lives of so many others the way she did. Tashfeen maliks former home is locked. Her family, including her father gulzar malik, have fled, but not not before pakistani officials questioned them about ties to extremists. At the college where she studied pharmacy for five years they insist she was not radicalized there. The radical approach or radicalminded culture, its not like that. Reporter she was a deeply religious and private woman, destroying any photographs that showed her without a veil. Never revealing her face to men in pakistan. Investigators here have little there is no link says its interior minister, between her and extremists in pakistan. At the countrys most radical mosque, clerics denied any link to her. Some women students from this mosque pledged allegiance to isis last year. Tashfeen malik wasnt among them, but she was close to some hardline students in pakistan, and she, too, declared her loyalty to isis just before the massacre. Her friend say she was devoutly muslim but no supporter of islamist violence. They are shocked. Anyone who knows her cant expect that she can do such things. Reporter and she stressed malik grew up in conservative saudi arabia. Saudi authorities, too, are looking into her. Its not clear whether she radicalized her husband or vice versa. What shid she did, though, was very deliberate. And its clear from survivors of the mass killing that she took a full and active part in it, and say police she fired at them later. What no one knows is where she learned to use and fire a weapon with such deadly force. Matt . All right. A key part of this investigation. Bill neely thank you. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams is working the investigation from washington. Pete, what has the fbi been able to learn . Reporter matt, good morning. The president spoke mostly about isis sunday night, but the Justice Department and the fbi say they cant be sure what the source of radicalization actually was. Attorney general Loretta Lynch said sunday that investigators dont yet know which terror groups propaganda the couple was following. Even though Tashfeen Malik posted a statement of support for isis to facebook around the time of the attack. Members of her family in pakistan have told american reporters that before she came to the u. S. She was putting up projihadist comments on social media. Officials say they see no indication yet that once she was were in direct contact with any terrorists overseas, and investigators say theres no sign the couple was part of a larger terror cell or that anybody else was involved. So the fbi hopes the answers to those questions will be found on the computer hard drives and the cell phones the couple left behind, but agents say farook and malik smashed those devices. They say they are trying to extract whats on them but thats taking much longer than it usually does, although they say this morning they are having some success. So far Officials Say their conclusion that the couple was radicalized it based on the things they left behind, the guns, the bombs, the way they tried to cover their tracks and the extensive preparation, but what the fbi wants to know is what they were thinking, and those answers, they hope, are on those devices. Matt . All right. Pete williams in washington. Pete, thank you very much. Well shift gears and take a dylan is in for al. What are we looking at . The Pacific Northwest cannot catch a break. Every single day theres been a major weather system, the typical el nino pattern, all this moisture streaming in off the pacific and eve been seeing round and round of heavy rain. Jet stream in the upper levels of the atmosphere moving at 200 Miles Per Hour and all of these storms get wrapped up in it and make their way on shore. On thursday well see the Pacific Northwest get slammed with heavy rain and gusting winds. Winds have already gusted up to 60 near 80 Miles Per Hour, and as we go through the day today, well seat heaviest rain across southwestern oregon and on tuesday it moves back into northwestern washington state. We will see some mountain snow but mainly above 6,000 feet. Its really the rain thats our Biggest Issue where we could see another 5 to up to 7 to 9 inches of rain. This could lead to some minor flooding in the river. This part of the country can handle all that rain, and, of course, this is very good news when you talk about mountain snow. 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All right. Dylan, thanks very much. Coming up, we are going to get into that story we told you about at the beginning of our show. A jewelry heist causes chaos at a mall near San Bernardino. The panicked moments as shoppers mistook the sounds of shattering glass for gunfire. And then firearms flying off store shelves as americas gun debate rages on in the wake of last weeks attack. Well look into it. But, first, this is today on nbc. Last weeks attack. Well look into it. Nbc. Coming up, it is being called the holy grail of shipwrecks. An inside look at what the could be the biggest sunken treasure ever found worth billions. And one on one with adele. What the superstar is revealing to us about the real meaning of that song hello after your local news. Shouldnt. People you should. Shouldnt. Janice should. Shouldnt. Yes. Should. No way. Should. No. Definitely not. Ha ha, nay. You shouldnt give underwear to everybody. But for those you do, give them fruit of the loom. 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