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why 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record by a wide margin. >> tonight, the fate of the man authorities say organized the deadly attacks in paris is still not clear. police raided the suspected hideout today. two people were killed. their identities are not yet known. eight others were taken into custody. police say he is not among them. prosecutors say the raid in the paris suburb might have thwarted another attack. dana lewis has the latest from paris. french leaders have spoken of a war with those who carried out last friday's massacre. today, in the northern paris suburb of saint denis, it sounded like one.

>> tonight, the paris prosecutor said he believed the architect of the paris attacks was inside a third-floor apartment. >> he is suspected of carrying out a very great number of terrorist attacks and that in the interest of the islamic state. this witness was received on the 16th of november, and with great caution, we verified all of the data that the, particularly the bank accounts. >> 4:30 a.m., police failed when they tried to blow the door open. the door is reinforced and the gunmen inside are alerted. the gun battle is on. in the first .1 hour, 15 minutes, 5,000 rounds are fired. a female suicide bomber beliefs say french media blows herself

up with a suicide vest. a man is killed by police grenades and six more arrested. the owner of the apartment also detained. >> someone asked me to put up two people for three days, and i did them a favor. it's normal. i don't know where they came from. i don't know anything. if i would have known, do you think i would have done it? french thorlths s authoritis say it was the command cell. authori authority. on one of these attacks, smomens used, "west left. we have begun" was. that was found in a nearby trace bin. police trace it so where the battle erupted. approximately hal londonlande: ? >> we are at wear, a war against against a terrorist who has decided to declare war on us. >> the revelation that he was

back in rephrases is seen as a major security failure by the french. >> i gave an interview a few months ago. he explained he was part of a terrorist plot in the belgium. if this interview is true, that would mean that they would come back to europe. that would be a failure. >> reporter: hours after the gun battle, nervous parisians say they reluctantly accept a war is on. >> it's a very special war. we can say it is a kind of war, a new war. we have never -- we have never pictured. >> the paris prosecutor says salam was also not detained. he is one of the two brothers who carried out these attacks on friday. his brother blew himself up in a suicide bomb attack. after, salaam may have left the country. they are saying he is a

fugitive. the question is: is he still on the run? is the mastermind still on the run? it would appear that this is far from over right now. antonio? >> -- dana lewis in paris. new york police officials say they are aware of a new isil video that shovows more attacksd shows images of new york city. police say there is no specific threat to new york: it will includes herald square as well as a man zipping his zakt and building an explosive device. the nypd said it is working with the f.b.i. joint terrorism task force and additional law enforcement teams will help keep the city safe. earlier, i spoke with david kilkulam, a senior counter insurgency survivor to david petraeus in iraq and the key strategist in the bureau. he said it shows isil is expanding it's urban gurilla

guerilla war. >> it's a network of several cells across several countries in western europe and we have already seen even this afternoon another attempted attack on the paris business district being foiled by the french police. so, i think what we are looking at here is more of an urban guerilla campaign. >> one your books out of the mountains, you argue global conflicts are more likely to be fought in urban areas rather than the mount and of afghanistan or a pakistan. paris seems to support that that, so what would that mean? >> it does support it. i think the other examplethal that's relevant is one of the chapters in that book, i get into great detail about the attack in mumbai in november, 2008, when it attacks mumbai when you look at what was done in paris, the tactics and the equipment and the approach used were extraordinarily similar to

what we saw in mumbai. so, i think what we are dealing with is a more urbanized but a more atomized threat. in the book, when al-qaeda was planning the 9-11 attacks, that was the pre-cell phone area, certainly the presmartphone era in the developing world and before the significant penetration of internet or cable or television news. and what we are seeing now is an incredibly massive explosive of connectivity that's happened since that time which really enables a whole new approach top terrorism. that's what we are seeing from isis. >> isil is claiming it executed two captives, from norway and china. the group published pictures in its online magazine that and to show the hostages fataly shot. officials in norway are trying to confirm the execution. beijing say one was a chinese citizen and china has promised to bring those to justice, those

who are responsible for his murder. in brussels, today a peace rally was held in mulenbeck, the home to two of the suspected pairings attackers. more than 2,000 people attended a candlelight vimming ill to honor the vict ims. it took place under the window of the home of two of the paris attackers. their brother lit candle did on the balcony. residents in the largely muslim neighborhood say they want to show the world that molenback is not a breeding ground for violence. francois hollande say france will welcome refugees into the country despite the paris massacre. he said france will keep its commitment to take in 30,000 refuge edes over the income two years. hollande added france will remain a country of freedom. president obama is threatening to veto a republican bill aimed at adding a new level of scrutiny to syrian and iraqi refugees entering the u.s. the white house calls the legislation untenable. but as libby casey reports, house republicans still plan to

vote on the meds you're tomorrow. >> reporter: the u.s. should move to indefinitely sus spend resettling syrian refugees here. >> ramped up tension to capitol hill over the syrian refugee program. >> the records simply do not exist in a war higher torn syria to properly vet individuals with. >> president obama traveling in the fiphilippines defended the program and said stoking fears could help isil recruit followers. >> we are not well-served when, in response to a terrorist attack, we descend in to fear and panic. >> presidential candidate senator ted cruz took the criticism personally? >> i would encourage you, mr. president, insult me to my face. cruz said it's lunacy to welcome syrian refugees into the country? >> i think that's quite rich that he chose to do -- make both of those insults on foreign soil while he was abroad, attacking me and attacking everyone else

in this country who believes we should not be bringing in tens of thousands of syrian muslim recommend each eagles. >> cruz is among the ranks of republicans who say syrian christians should be let into the united states, not muslims. but house speaker paul ryan says religious screening isn't part of the republican bill hitting the floor thursday. >> we will not have a religious test. only a security test. >> the house bill would stop the syrian refugee program until its trac tracks. 4 million are registered with united nations. the process takes 18 to 24 months. ryan says it should be tougher. the house bill says the f.b.i. director must certify that a refugee has undergone a background investigation and is not a threat to the u.s. then the heads of the fbi and homeland security and the director of national intelligence must unanimously certify to congress that the

person is not a threat. home land security must report to congress on the program monthly and it's inspector general must review all certifications annually. but the top democrat on the house homeland security committee says that the vetting process is already rigorous. >> we would not lose sight of the fact that three-quarters. refugee population are women and children. >> the house plans to vote on the republican bill thursday before leaving washington for a 10-day thanksgiving break. libby casey, al jazeera. washington. police may it hon did youhas have detained 5 syrian nationals with stolen greek passports taken into custody after arriving from costa rica. the stolen passports had been allottederred with new photos of the syrians replacing the original ones. authorities say so far none of the men detained are connected to the paris attacks. isil is backing up its claim it brought down an russian airliner killing all 224 people on board.

the group has released add photo of what it says was the bomb. lisa stark has more or what experts are saying about this latest development? >> this looks like an ordinary soda can. according to the isil online magazine, it is the bomb that brought down the russian jetliner in the sinai last month. smuggled on board in a loophole, there is no independent confirmation. a group affiliated with isil had previously claimed it downed the jet in retaliation for russian air strikes in syria. just this week, moss co said it believed an explosive device did bring down the plane and president's vladimir putin vowed to find those responsible. >> we will find them in any place on earth and punish them. >> here in washington, lawmakers emerged from a closed intelligence briefing to say the alleged soda can bomb was discussed. >> questions about the type of

explosive device that was utilized, is it the type that would have been detected, if you will, going to our own systems here. >> since 9-11, there have been two improvised explosive devices smuggled on planes by the u.s., both by passengers, she bomber richard reed and underwear bomber. both devices failed to deton ate. tragedy in the sania has revived security about foreign airports. if a bomb like this was smuggled on board, it may likely have been the work of an insider, an aviation xwooef who could side step security. tim clemente said there are ways to reduce the risk. >> leave no one alone. break up customary teams. if you have a 5-person too that normally woks together doing baggage handling at a particular airport, break that team up, take people from other teams so

there can't be any kind of a cell structure that remains intact. >> airport workers in the u.s. are continuously checked against the terrorist watch list. they go through criminal checks before being hired every 2 years. they are also subject to random inspections, but most do not go through security checkpoints like passengers do. planes, though, remain tempting targets, and experts say the russian crash only underscores that. >> the fact that they succeeded in this one is going to embolden them, isis, al-qaeda groups to try again and try and try again. >> home land security jeh johnson said in the days after the russian crash, he did order extra screening for items that are put on board planes. that was at airports in that region, airports from which planes fliep directly into the united statesy directly into th united states. antonio? >> lisa stark in washington. isil killed thousands of people last year, but boca haram killed

more. more on the nigerian group and its deadly mentality.

>> nigerian officials say boca haram is suspected in two suicide bombers killing 15 people at a market in the largest city kano. police say one of the bombers was 11 years old. the other was 18. the attack comes a day after a

blast killed more than 30 people in the eastern city of yolo. a study by the itstitute of economics and peace found boko haram is the ldeadliest terror organization in the world. isil is believed to have killed 6,073 people. boko haram killed 600 more. nigeria saw a 300% increase in deaths due to terrorism from 2013 to 2014, more than 7500 people killed. according to this year's global terrorism index, iraq and afghanistan are the two countries most affected by terrorism. fire ye is third and syria. in 2013, nigeria was the 5th country on the lits of most terrorist deaths. in 2014, nigeria was second behind iraq. imra woods joins us from the it'stitute for policy studies. her work focuses on foreign policy related to the africans

contine continent. good to have you with us. this global terrorism index confirms what people who follow africa has known, that boko haram has been the world's most murderous group. it has caused tremendous upheaval until nigeria, chad and cameroon. >> good to be on with you but what this report actually reminds us is that as a global community, we are talk be these questions of terrorism and extremism in probably the wrong way because what we see are escalating numbers of deaths. clearly if you look at the report, from 2013 to 2014, the numbers have gone up remarkably. not only with isil but also with boko haram. what we are doing, as a global community, is essentially fighting a war against terror when we should be addressing the root causes of this extremism, and until we are able to actually deal with issues of political economic exclusion,

the gross inequality happening in particularly until northern nigeria that fueled the tensions in the northern part of the country until the last five decades, until we get as that's right root causes of the crises, we will continue to the respond in ways that escalate the problems with increased drones, with increased military operations, intelligence operatives in the region, we are actually adding fuel to the fire, creating even more of a breeding ground for extremists than we already have. >> do you disagree, then, that any of these efforts have been successful? within the past week finigeria' president said boko haram was close to defeat. but a slew of attacks have followed. and he swept into power this year because people believed he would succeed in defeating boko har haram. has he failed? >> the reality is that there is no military solution to this e

it is additional human loss loss of life that is a result when we are respond with greater droeningz, with greater military attacks. if we look in finigeria. if you look at am nesty international, as culpable. what will we need as a human community not only in nigeria but in syria and afghanistan is really to look at those root causes. >> i understand that. in the meantime, doesn't something need to be done to try to, you know, defeat these guys and to stop them from killing people? >> this is the war of hearts and minds. so, the best way to defeat them is to tackle issues of inequality. tackle these core issues. young people without jobs, without a sense of hope for the future. it is the creating opportunities where people are able to have

dig of anified lives. it is dealing with issues through the rule of law, not through greater drones and through greater military attacks. >> right. the problem with the rule of law >> that's going to address this in thelom long-term. >> the problem with the rule of law, as you said is not just is it all levels including the government. having ordered the arrest of his predesesor security advise orders for allegedly fraudulently dealing with $2,000,000,000 that should office have been used for war planes. he said corruption is badly h p hampering nigeria's efforts on all levels? >> if you look at all of the current trees, whether it's nigeria, afghanistan, iraq, corruption is an issue. beyond corruption, there are these questions of how do people restore a sense of dignity in their lives, control over their destiny? it is understanding that we have to think about particularly young people give them opportunities to have decent lives, decent futures in order

to actually stem the tied of these recruits. it will is a disastrous counterterrorism program not only from the u.s. and europe but overall. the results have not worked. so we've got to, as a global community, tackle this will in a way that brings greater attack to those inequalities in a way that brings lasting peace and true security for all. >> imra woods, thank you for joining us. a new u.n. assessment of iran's nuclear commitment. the record says iran is cutting back on some nuclear technology hand and has reduced the number of centrifuges that can be used to enrich uranium. >> they asay they are keeping machines on standby and those could be restarted at short notice. global temperatures last month were so high, signits don't yet

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wants to kill 1,000 bison this winter, to keep them from prevent them from infecting state state's cattle disease with brusilosis carried by bison. officials will discuss the proposal tomorrow. the last time this many bison were killed was eight years ago. 2015 is on pace to be the warmest year ever recorded. the u.s. government reports record high temperatures for eight out of 10 months this year. al jazeera science and technology correspondent jacob ward has more from san francis francisco. >> reporter: october was an astounding month, a record-breaking month in the midst of a record-breaking year. the national oceanic and add moss fearic association said october of 2015 was literally the hottest october on record in 136 years of recordkeeping. it was nearly a full degree celsius above the 20th century

average. >> october makes it just an astoundingly warm year. record temperatures were recorded literally in every part of the globe. when you look at just the land, alone, that temperature we were talking about was a combination of both surface and ocean temperatures, when you look at just the land alone, suddenly you are talking about incredible heat, warmth in places like southern and western australia, across asia, across parts of western north america. we are literally seeing something very, very new here this is all coming on the heels of all kind of other new discoveries. it really seems that as things are changing so rapidly here, antonio, we may not have the measurements that we need to really understand what's coming next. already, we have seen news, for instance, that snowfall and snow melt may be disappearing at a faster rate than we expected and how did swaths, bill you don't know of people are relying on snow melt for the kind of water that rainfall, itself, cannot provide. >> includes places like certain

i can't, the ghanges, basically all of california. >> kind of new information come bind with this revolution that october is this extraordinary departure from the average, literally, again, the hottest october we've seen in 136 years of recordkeeping. it goes to show we are seeing climate change happening in a drastic fashion right here before our eyes. >> jacob ward in san francisco. the secretary of state of georgia is being sued for releasing the private data of 6 million people to media and political parties. two women filed the complaint today. the government office sent their social security numbers, birth dates and driver's license details to 12 different organizations. the information was supposed to be stripped out of a generic file but it was accidentally left in. officials are chocking it up to a clerical error. it could be one of the largest data breaches ever by a u.s. state. i am antonio mora. for the latest news anytime head

over to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is up next with "inside story." have a great night. >> it is the policy of the united states government to allow refugees fleeing the fighting in syria to resettle in america, but we have a federal system. and a majority of state leaders say that may be your policy, but we don't want them here, not in our state. nearly all of the governors, all of the republicans, are saying that they among the hidden masses are terrorists, making their way to the u.s. and ready to strike.