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c-span: denny hastert, author of, speaker, what`s the granby roll? guest: the granby roll is a move in wrestling that you can score from the bottom. not many people do it. and it`s good in wrestling, it`s probably good in politics, too. if you can score when you`re on the bottom and keep winning, that`s what it`s all about. c-span: where does the name granby come from? guest: granby high school in norfolk, virginia. they were the instigator coach by the name of bill martin was instigated it and taught it. and it kind of passed through the east coast. i picked it up in the midwest, and it was one of our trademarks. c-span: when was the last time you were in a high school classroom, teaching? guest: probably was about a year or two ago. i try to go back to my district and talk in a classroom from time to time. actually, teaching as a teacher, the last time i did it was 1981 c-span: and what were you teaching? guest: i was teaching economics, history, governm ....
i m martha raddatz. there are fast-moving developments in the battle against i.s.i.s. including a breakthrough for the iraqi army against the terror group. the u.s. launches another round of air strikes and humanitarian drops. plus, new fears just 48 hours after the uk warned an attack there is highly likely. we re covering every angle. let s start off with abc senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas. good morning. reporter: good morning, martha. threat level severe. likelihood of a terror attack? high. that s the blunt british assessment. in great britain, signs of stepped up police principals. hard evidence that the islamic radicals are a direct threat to the uk, the u.s., indeed all of the west. this is not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home we can hope to ignore. reporter: according to u.s. intelligence, an estimated 12,000 foreign fighters center gone to syria. more than a hundred from america, but more than a thousand from europe. you r ....
and we re teaming up with facebook, tracking the stories you re turning into trends. time to reveal our first facebook find of the week. from abc news, this week with george stephanopoulos begins now. good morning. i m martha raddatz. there are fast-moving developments in the battle against isis. including a breakthrough for the iraqi army against the terror group. as the u.s. launches another round of air strikes and humanitarian drops. plus, new fears, just 48 hours after the uk warned an attack there is highly likely. we re covering every angle. let s start with pierre thomas. reporter: good morning, martha. threat level, severe. likelihood of a terror attack? high. that s the blunt british assessment. signs of stepped up police patrols. hard evidence that the islamic radicals are a direct threat to the uk, the u.s., indeed all of the west. this is not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home that we can hope to ignore. reporter: an estimated 12,0 ....
good morning. i m martha raddatz. there are fast-moving developments in the battle against isis. including a breakthrough for the iraqi army against the terror group. as the u.s. launches another round of air strikes and humanitarian drops. plus, new fears, just 48 hours after the uk warned an attack there is highly likely. we re covering every angle. let s start with pierre thomas. reporter: good morning, martha. threat level, severe. likelihood of a terror attack? high. that s the blunt british assessment. signs of stepped up police patrols. hard evidence that the islamic radicals are a direct threat to the uk, the u.s., indeed all of the west. this is not some foreign conflict thousands of miles from home that we can hope to ignore. reporter: an estimated 12,000 foreign fighters have gone to syria. more than 100 from america. but 1,000 from europe. you re not dealing just with isil. you re dealing with other al qaeda-linked franchises in syria and potential ....
probably good in politics, too. if you can score when you`re on the bottom and keep winning, that`s what it`s all about. c-span: where does the name granby come from? guest: granby high school in norfolk, virginia. they were the instigator coach by the name of bill martin was instigated it and taught it. and it kind of passed through the east coast. i picked it up in the midwest, and it was one of our trademarks. c-span: when was the last time you were in a high school classroom, teaching? guest: probably was about a year or two ago. i try to go back to my district and talk in a classroom from time to time. actually, teaching as a teacher the last time i did it was 1981 c-span: and what were you teaching? guest: i was teaching economics, history, government. i taught a business course over the years. i taught a speech course. and in a small high school you did everything. i even drove the school bus from time to time. c-span: where`s this picture from, the one ....