hello. i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 7:00 p.m. in paris. 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem. 1:00 a.m. wednesday in jakarta. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, we have new video just in from the terrorist attacks in paris. it shows the killers who unleashed the attack that killed 12 people in the offices of the magazine "charlie hebdo." watch this? >> [ speaking foreign language ].

scene for us. give us some context, what are we seeing here? >> reporter: wolf riveting video all taking place just behind me on the street as it happened. from best we can tell, this is after the moment that the gunmen has stormed the offices and killed the editors and cartoonists at "charlie hebdo." you see them leaving, they come downstairs they calmly put -- rearm themselves change their ammunition there.

you can hear them shouting what appears to be "we have avenged the prophet muhammad." there's also a moment we're about to see here -- actually we've just seen where he raises his finger which is a symbol that can be something you'll hear before you're going to die, the equivalent of saying there is only one god and his prophet is muhammad phrases you would hear from muslims before they die, that finger in the air, a physical symbol of that. now you see this moment as the car drives down the street and this is where after you see this bit of the jumble in the video where it encounters that police car. you'll see the police car rapidly back up as the gunmen get out of the car again. this was the encounter where they opened fire on that police car, firing through the windshield. and then a few moments later, executed the policeman on the ground. you'll remember that video that we saw last week right in the wake of the attack when you saw the muslim policeman executed in effect on the ground even as he

becked for begged for his life. that's the encounter at the end. now you see them advancing away as they come up against that police car on a main street. this all happened in the row of streets just behind us here a few hundred yards away. appears to be the moments after that attack inside the office and before they ran into the policeman who confronted them as they left. here's him raising his finger in the air. you can hear him in french shouting "we have avenged the prophet muhammad." what strikes me wolf is just the amount of time they had here to calmly change the magazines on their weapons, taking new magazines out of those tan vests that they're wearing, reloading their weapons before calmly getting back into that car and driving away before they encounter the police again down the street. >> they seem to be very, very calm, indeed. jim sciutto, stand by. let's bring in some experts to

assess what we've just seen. joining us our global affairs analyst, lieutenant colonel james reese and terrorism analyst, paul cruickshank, bob baer and tom fuentes. tom, your reaction to what we just saw? >> it shows what we saw the other day in the earlier videos the complete calmness and poise of these shooters going about their business as if they do this every day, no excitement just reload the guns the sound of the bullet in the magazine getting locked back into the gun and handing each other the equipment they need get back in the car. then they encounter the police car, immediately get out and start shooting at it. we hear two caliber of gunfire, i think. i hear a smaller gun that might have been the police shooting first. but then you hear the louder sound of their assault rifles. and they clearly outgunned the police. >> paul before they got in the car, we hear them boldly making declarations in arabic right?

>> that's right. and indeed in french as well. that this is to avenge the prophet muhammad. obviously they regard the "charlie hebdo" cartoonists who have impinged the honor of the prophet muhammad by putting out all these cartoons. so they're clearly saying that this is in revenge. they want to publicize this. they see this as a sort of terror spectacular that the media are going to talk about. they want to get this message out very clearly to all the bystanders that they realize are around. >> and, bob, you see these terrorists in that black citronsitcitroen citroen. these guys clearly are not scared. >> exactly, wolf. first of all, look at the grouping on the windshield of that police car. these people have fired weapons before. they've been around them. they had just murdered ten people. they're not afraid.

and the fact that they were prepared for martyrdom is clear. it makes these people particularly dangerous, understanding weapons and ready to die, which make them a nightmare for all police forces. >> colonel reese, what's your analysis of what we've seen? >> wolf what i found interesting was the one brother that's driving is the one that has more training than the other. the one brother comes around and what happens is his weapon has jammed and probably jammed during the executions in the magazine. he comes over to his brother and asks him to clear the weapon. takes the magazine out. the brother reaches in removes the jam, then he goes back in takes the magazine out of his vest and reloads and they're ready to go again. so the guy driving is much better trained because of those issues is what i see. >> and, paul these two brothers said kouachi and cherif kouachi, 34 32 years old respectively they're making bold declarations there.

they're not trying to run away. they're declaring victory, if you will. >> declaring victory and one has to recall that al qaeda and other groups have been trying to hit the cartoonists in a big way for quite some time. ever since these cartoons were first published in the danish media in 2005 there have been a string of plots to try and attack publications linked to the cartoons notably in 2010 a plot by al qaeda central in pakistan to target a newspaper in copenhagen a swedish cell were recruited in that wanting to kill up to 200 journalists in that plot. they've calculated by doing that they'll get a lot of popularity in the global jihadist community, it will be good for fund-raising and recruits. and these images we're seeing right now are going to electrify these jihadists around the world, wolf. and unfortunately encourage more of these kinds of attacks. >> colonel reese, these two

terrorists seem better armed than the police officers there, right? >> yeah wolf, they are. the guns they're carrying it's a .308-caliber weapon. folks who hunt in the u.s., that's what they use. it's a big caliber weapon actually bigger than u.s. troops carry in iraq and afghanistan. it's very powerful. they make that right-hand turn that's what i believe they're going down then they stop again and kill that police officer on the side of the street. if you remember from the other video as the one -- they're pointing their fingers and saying the same thing they're saying now. it's a great video. >> bob baer why will this be so powerful as far as propaganda for the terrorists? >> this was an assassination which will have a great political influence. and it's not a random bombing. i think even the fanatics look at 9/11 or the tube bombing in london as just random slaughter.

but this is more of a war, the war they would like to bring to the west the fact that they used assault rifles the targets were very specific by name and the two police officers were among the victims for them looks like a righteous struggle which will encourage other, as paul said, jihadists around the world. but what do the police do about this? this is what worries me. colonel reese's forces could take on an assault like this. but the average policeman is not prepared to go to war in a major city. >> that's a good point. tom, what do you say about that? >> that's exactly true. we hear so much in this country about the militarization of our police. we've seen an encounter here where every encounter until the actual hostage situations the police were outgunned dramatically. you've seen pictures of the police on the street and the military on the street. even now you don't see the weaponry on the street. >> i want you guys to stand by. this is dramatic new video of what we've seen. we'll continue to follow the breaking news of the new video of the gunmen the two gunmen in

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we want to show you once again the new video just in from the terrorist attacks in paris. it shows the two killers who unleashed the attack that killed 12 people at the offices of the magazine "charlie hebdo." watch this. >> [ speaking foreign language ].

izen arrested in bulgaria had been in contact several times with cherif kouachi a week before the attacks in paris. the french citizen was arrested along the border between bulgaria and turkey. in jerusalem, a funeral ceremony was held for four of the victims of the attack at the kosher supermarket in paris. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a unified response to the terror attacks. the satirical magazine "charlie hebdo" went to press once again today despite new terror threats. this is the first new issue since the massacre at their offices. the magazine is printing 3 million copies up from the usual 60,000. the cover features a drawing of the prophet muhammad. here in the united states the tsa, the transportation security administration, is also stepping up screening efforts at

airports a response to a bomb-making article in an al qaeda magazine not necessarily a direct response to what happened the other day in france. joining us now, the wisconsin republican senator, ron johnson, he's the new chairman of the senate homeland security committee. senator, thanks very much for joining us. i know it's a busy time for you. i want to get your thoughts on that chilling video that we just saw. these guys are pretty cool going about this attack not only on the cartoonists and the editorial writers over at that magazine, which we don't see directly but then going ahead and attacking this police vehicle. >> definitely chilling. two individuals just slaughtered 12 human beings. they come out, cold-blooded killers, calm cool collected. they go about their business. that just shows you what we are up against. this evil this brutality, this barbarism. and we have to face that reality. >> you believe -- i assume you believe this could happen in the united states? >> absolutely.

we've seen people sympathetic, inspired by this growth. the war on terror is not over. islamic terrorists aren't on the run. it's a growing threat. it's metastasized. we saw it in ottawa, sydney, fort hood, texas. this threat is growing. unfortunately that is not the exception. the people like that are growing. >> but this doesn't look like those so-called lone wolfs. this looks like a well orchestrated, organized terror plot with sleeper cells and presumably accomplices still at large. >> they've been trained. it's our concern about the foreign fighters, going from the western world with passports, 600 british passports, 1,000 in france people with american passports -- >> how many? >> we don't know for sure. far fewer than in western europe. but it only takes two to cause that kind of disruption that kind of evil. >> and the decision now by the tsa to step up screening at major airports here in the

united states i'm sure you've been briefed on that. what's going on? >> well we are at a heightened state of alert. not only that we're trying to beef up protection at federal buildings. there's greater cooperation with intelligence services from around the world, which is really our first line of defense. we need a robust intelligence gathering capability if we're going to keep this nation safe. we have to balance that against civil liberties. but this is a moment in time that we've got to really face the reality of what we're dealing with here. >> and supposedly they're looking at the stepped-up security for a bomb that might not necessarily be easily detectable after this al qaeda in the arabian peninsula magazine published sort of a how-to, how to build a bomb that might be able to slip through a tsa security provision. >> it continues to be something that concerns us all. aviation security we've certainly hardened our defenses in terms of aviation security. but there are people trying to create new weapons and create new threats. >> that's happening all the time.

is the department of homeland security that protects airports and so much of the united states prepared for this right now? do they need more funds, more people? what's your analysis? >> well fortunately i think we've got a very good secretary of homeland security jeh johnson, trying to organize that department. it's a department that's been in trouble. it has not been staffed properly. it's somewhat demoralized. one of the commitments i made to the secretary is i want to do everything i can to help him succeed in his mission to keep this nation safe. >> they run out of money by the end of february unless you decide to appropriate some money for them the department of homeland security. >> the security function of the department will continue no matter what happens in this dysfunctional place. >> what's going to happen? >> i can't tell you. >> right now, it's linked to the president's executive decisions. >> it's one of the reasons why so many of us warned president obama, please give us a chance work with the new congress i want to solve the immigration problem. i want to keep this nation safe. under my chairmanship the mission of our committee is going to be to enhance the economic and the security of

america. >> senator, can you assure the american people right now, the department of homeland security will continue to have the funds to protect americans? >> yes, that's going to happen regardless of what happens here. >> they shouldn't worry about -- >> last shutdown only 13% of dhs employees were furloughed. it's a national security imperative deemed essential services no matter what happens, we'll keep this nation as safe as possible. >> how good is intelligence right now? are you confident that the u.s. knows what's going on? >> well the problem -- i heard another intelligence expert say that we've always been trying to find the needle in the haystack. the problem is there are more needles and the haystack is growing. it's a huge problem. we have to be accurate 100% of the time. they only have to succeed one time. >> you have confidence in the homeland security and the secretary, jeh johnson. what about the intelligence community? >> we have a number of different agencies. we have a number of different data centers and what we need to

make sure is we haven't created those stovepipes that that information is flowing between the different agencies and trying to keep this nation safe. i'm dedicated to making sure that's happening. >> the whole notion in paris, for example, the accomplice, the woman, hayat boumeddiene, early in january, she apparently leaves france, goes to turkey a nato ally and then manages to not only go to turkey but winds up supposedly right now in syria. how does that happen? she was on a most wanted list. she was being watched. >> here's the conundrum. what do you do with the not guilty yet? what do you do with that? we have protections. there's due process. so until people commit a crime, what do you do with people without totally violating civil liberties? if we really want to solve this problem, going in a little bit different direction, we have to understand what is inspiring them. it's been the growth of isis. first we had al qaeda. now isis. we really do need to accomplish president obama's stated goal degrade and defeat isis, the sooner the better.

as long as they're not losing they're perceived as winning and will continue to inspire this time of home-grown activity. >> was the paris attack isis or aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, or something else? >> it's a combination. obviously they are trained apparently in yemen. but what finally inspired them? did they get orders from yemen or did they just take a look at what's happening with the growth of isis? the success that isis is basically having in not losing? that's why it's important that we defeat isis. >> you're the new chairman of the senate homeland security committee. priority number one in the immediate days and weeks ahead for you is? >> i want to make sure the agencies are talking to each other. but we have to secure our border. we have to secure the border not only to solve the immigration problem but as an imperative for public safety ebola, tuberculosis. that's one concrete action. the american people totally support that. let's once and far all secure our border take a look at our immigration laws.

that's one of the problems happening in france. their immigration laws have been liberal and people have not fully embraced the culture of france. and they're separate and it creates these types of situations. >> senator ron johnson, good luck with the new chairmanship. >> thanks. >> appreciate it very much. up next more on this new video that's just coming in to cnn. we're going to assess what's going on. when it comes to good nutrition...i'm no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. she's a dietitian. and back when i wasn't eating right, she got me drinking boost. it's got a great taste and it helps give me the nutrition i was missing. helping me stay more like me. [ female announcer ] boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. all with a delicious taste. grandpa! [ female announcer ] stay strong, stay active with boost. (son) oh no... can you fix it, dad? yeah, i can fix that.

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the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. we want to show you once again the new video just in from the terrorist attack in paris. it shows the killers, the two terrorists who unleashed the attack that killed 12 people at the offices of the magazine "charlie hebdo." this is the raw, unedited video, watch this. >> [ speaking foreign language ].

o bring in hala gorani who's in paris for us. hala you speak french. you've lived in paris for many

years. you understood what they were saying. the first people speaking were the two terrorists, sayyidid and cherif kouachi, making some sort of declaration. and then we hear people near the camera that's rolling on this video. tell us what they were all saying. >> reporter: the people rolling are saying this is what france has become, something to that effect. i'd have to listen again carefully. as far as the brothers one of them raises his finger up in the air and says we have avenged the prophet muhammad we have avenged the prophet muhammad several times. then he makes some sort of reference to yemen there. but unclear, it's from far away. but i think i can say with confidence the first three or four sentences are one of the kouachi brothers masked there, full body armor, all dressed in black saying, we've avenged the prophet muhammad. what's striking to me is how calm and collected they are. they've just killed murdered 11

people at the "charlie hebdo" offices. they get back in their car, come out, rearrange their weapons, reload. driving down a side street they come face to face with a police car. we hear single shots coming presumably from the pistols of the police officers and then we hear a burst of automatic gunfire, presumably coming from the kouachi brothers. as far as the time line is concerned, as all this develops the police officer who was then shot execution-style, murdered on the street that happened later because that happened on the bigger boulevard. they only reached that point after having been confronted with the police vehicle you see in this new video. it gives us a clearer picture of their demeanor of their behavior of how calm they were. frankly, it's very chilling after the murder of 11 people at "charlie hebdo." >> and they were not deterred at all by that police car. if anyone was deterred it was the driver of the police vehicle who went in reverse, just started to back up because

clearly that police officer was outgunned by these two terrorists. >> reporter: yeah absolutely. and we saw video of the windshield of that police car in the immediate aftermath of the attack on january 7th, last wednesday. it was absolutely riddled with high-caliber bullets and one can presume the police officers did not have the kind of weaponry they felt they needed to confront these guys. now, the ahmed merabet, the police officer that was killed by the kouachi brothers he shot at the car they were riding in. and they took the time to get out of the car, calmly walk up to him. there was an exchange of words there, and pointed their high-powered rifle at his head and killed him then. >> brutally indeed. hala, we'll get back to you. we have a panel of experts going through frame by frame by frame of this new video. stay with us. more on the breaking news right after this. alright, so this tylenol arthritis lasts 8 hours but aleve can last 12 hours. and aleve is proven to

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[ speaking foreign language ]. >> this is the new video that has just come in. you hear these two terrorists said kouachi, cherif kouachi, 34 and 32-year-olds respectively declaring, and i'll translate, we have avenged the prophet

muhammad we have avenged the prophet muhammad we have avenged the prophet muhammad. then there's something indistinct we can't determine what exactly they're saying. but it concludes with the words, chilling words, al qaeda yemen. we're watching this video. let's bring in our experts once again. joining us our global affairs analyst, lieutenant colonel jamie reese paul cruickshank and bob baer. when he raises his hand that was a deliberate signal in your mind right, paul? >> i think that's clearly a deliberate signal. we've seen that a lot from isis fighters in video. this is now a signal which is very popular amongst jihadists. all around the world. it's their version of the victory signal we're going to be number one, but also the oneness of god and also that there's just one legitimate ideology it's ours and every other world view needs to be

fought wolf. >> what's your analysis, bob baer of how powerful this video will be? you know that the terrorists are going to use it for propaganda purposes. >> well, exactly, wolf. they are making this attack in central paris a military-style attack they were almost doomed right from the beginning to be caught and shot down by the police. so the whole idea of martyrdom is going to be a big boon for this movement. the fact that the target was so precise and their ability to use weapons -- remember in the past paris has been hit by terrorism over the years. in the '80s hezbollah hit them with common explosions methyl nitrate. but this is much more of an aggressive organized, deliberate attack which ishas so badly shaken france who is used to terrorism, but nothing like

this. >> cog nell reese, these two terrorists said and cherif kouachi, they don't look like they're just random inspired guys. they looked pretty sophisticated, pretty well-trained. >> yeah, they do. they've got very good weapons skills like i said before. one of them definitely has more training than the other. but they're very calm. they've got good weapons skills. they know how to aim and shoot and hit what they're aiming at. for me what it shows isis or aqap or whoever claims this it will show two islamic jihadists are taking on the mighty french. in this part of the video, they won. >> yeah, the french are retreating these guys moving full speed ahead. paul, the new issue of the magazine "charlie hebdo" hits the newsstands tomorrow a week after 12 of their people were

brult brutally murdered. give us your analyst, 3 million copied distributed, not the usual 60,000 or 40,000. 3 million are going to be distributed. give us your analysis of what's going on here. >> from a security point of view clearly the jihadis are going to react by making the argument that this is a provocation, that there need to be more attacks. so they'll use this to try to recruit people to launch more attacks in the future from that point of view. this is a grave insult against their prophet. there's a lot of anger in the muslim world. for some time they've been calculated that by launching attacks, they can tap into that anger and get more funding, more recruitment. so in a way going after these cartoonists is quite opportunistic from these jihadi groups. but if it is indeed al qaeda in yemen behind this and these

brothers are shouting that at a very critical moment that it's al qaeda in yemen, i think al qaeda in yemen's stature is going to grow further in the global jihadist community. that's very worrying because this group has one key priority and that's launching attacks against the united states. we've seen it try and attack u.s. aviation in the past. and i think the fear is they'll try to do that again in the future. they're building more and more sophisticated bomb devices to try and get on aircraft wolf. >> this new video, we hear them saying several times, we have avenged the prophet muhammad and then they say at the end, something about al qaeda in yemen. all of you, stand by. much more on the breaking news right after this. [ male announcer ] it's a warning. a wake-up call. but it's not happening out there. it's happening in here. [ sirens wailing ] inside of you. even if you're treating your crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, an occasional flare may be a sign of damaging inflammation. learn more about the role damaging inflammation

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to learn more or support the cause, go to huntsmancancer.org. ♪ ♪ back with us, retired lieutenant colonel james reese and the former cia operative bob baer. france is deploying about 10,000 troops as a security measure. a lot of them going to various jewish schools, other institutions sensitive sites to protect them. this could be an effective deterrent. but at some point these troops are probably going to be pulled back, right? >> absolutely, wolf. they have to do this right now. the populace needs to see this to understand the french government is there to protect them. but sooner or later, some will make another threat assessment and started to stand down those troops. >> what happens then? >> then we're back to what is the new normal?

they'll be looking at an assessment to see where they might need to plus up some security where they need to adjust some things. but it will not be the normal that was from last week. there will be a new normal. you'll probably see -- the french people will see more security services on the street whether they like it or not. >> french police bob, have been warned that sleeper creels have been activated in france. how real do you assess that threat is? >> i think it's probably real the fact that they arrested this frenchman in bulgaria. they clearly suspect he was part of a larger cell. hayat boumeddiene was clearly part of that cell. but how big is it? right now as they usually do they're going through the meta data and may be able to identify once the crime was committed how big this cell was. but if there are cells they're

probably separate from each other, they don't communicate, they're isolated. the french this has been a huge shock for them. i don't think in the -- they didn't know this was coming their way. the french don't like putting troops in paris at all. where do they go next? a second attack would have absolute disastrous consequences on the french body politic. >> and it's easy to go from france to turkey or bulgaria and then wind up let's say, in syria or iraq. it's not that complicated, is it? >> no, it's not. you can drive, you can fly, you can catch the rail. it's -- that's the beauty of europe. but at the same time when you start getting close to places like syria that are literally -- we'd call those safe havens that's where i believe we need to tighten and close the borders to not allow people in and out. >> james reese, bob baer, guys,

thanks very much. up next a u.s. senator, son of cuban immigrants marco rubio tells me what he thinks about president obama's cuba deal my 101 sitdown with the republican from florida is next.

welcome back. he's a potential presidential candidate for 2016 but senator marco rubio's stance on immigration could be a potential sticking point among some conservatives and republicans. in 2013 he sponsored -- co-sponsored the failed bill. but as he told me in an interview, he now sees a different way forward. let's talk about immigration. a sensitive issue. do you regret having supported comprehensive immigration reform? >> i don't, because first i think immigration needs to be dealt with. and second of all, because we learned a tremendous amount. primarily, we learned that you're in the going to reform immigration law in america with

everything all in one big bill. i think that's true for multiple topics. that's especially true when it comes to immigration. let me give you an example. when we put our bill forward, it was based on ideas i had heard from people on both sides of the aisle, including the conservative movement. many of whom understand that eventually we're going to have to realistically deal with the fact we have 10 to 12 million people who are illegally here and are going to be here for the rest of their lives. and they're open to dealing with that in a responsible way. but only if they believe that illegal immigration is under control and the fundamental argument that was made against the bill was they'll go ahead and do the legalization, but they'll never do the enforcement. we tried to do it all in one big bill. i advocated for it. the support isn't there, and there's less support for that approach today than there was even two years ago when we did it. so what i want to do is get a result and i believe, gone through the experience i went through, which i never would have learned about this had i not tried it i believe the only way we're going to deal with

immigration in this country is through a sequence of bills that build upon one another. step one is put in place ways to enforce our immigration laws. step two is modernize our legal immigration system towards a merit-based system. step three is to realistically and reasonably deal with those who are here illegal. >> with a pathway to citizenship? >> i think it should. some people disagree. >> they call it amnesty. >> well, you know amnesty is a term that should be used to describe the forgiveness of something. you have to be on a non-immigrant status for a decade or longer. thereafter the only thing you have the right to do is apply for a green ward like anybody else would apply. once you have a green card under existing law, in three to five years, depending on whether you got through marriage or work you would be able to apply for citizenship. now, i don't think it's wise to have 12 million people who are forever in this country who feel american but are permanently barred from becoming citizens. other people think that should be the price of having violated our laws in the first place.

we can debate that. but we have to deal with that issue realistically, and we can't until illegal immigration is under control first. >> you don't like what the president did with his executive order. >> i don't, because number one i think it's unconstitutional. if the president tomorrow decided to cut corporate taxes in half, you know or cut them to 15% by executive order, i would support the idea but i would not support how he did it. i don't think he has the authority to do that. the same is true with this. i think what he did, he doesn't have the authority to do. i think it undermines our ability to achieve the sequential process i've outlined. i think it makes people even more reluctant to cooperate. >> because you know the department of homeland security runs out of money by the end of february because of this specific issue, what the president has done. that would be a disaster. if the department of homeland security has no money. >> i would be in favor of doing anything possible to stop that program from going into effect -- >> which program? executive order? >> executive order. short of something that would be traumatic for the country or put the nation in danger.

i think we should explore every option available to us to prevent the action from moving forward. >> but fund the department of homeland security. >> i would support everything short of doing anything disastrous for the country or that would place us art a national security risk. >> so it's a bad idea to link the president's executive order with the funding of the department of homeland security? >> it's not that it's a bad idea. i could support that. but if there's going to be a veto threat as i'm sure there will be, the consequence of that is we can't secure our nation. that would be a problem for a lot of people me included. if there's a way to do it that overcomes that obstacle, i would be all for it. >> senator rubio has a new book out today entitled "american dreams." there you see the book jacket. you can see more of the interview coming up later today on cnn's "the situation room." we'll talk about the global terror threat and a whole lot more. plus tomorrow here at this time we'll have more of the interview. he has some strong words about president obama's efforts to try to normalize relations with

cuba. he's not happy about that. the faces are the same but some of the titles are different. just a little while ago president obama met with republican and democratic lawmakers. it's the first time he sat down with republican senator mitch mcconnell in his new post as the senate majority leader and democratic senator harry reid who was demoted. while both sides are at odds over issues like immigration, the keystone pipeline among so many others the president did say there was one thing they could all agree on. >> i've got a state of the union next week. one of the things we're going to be talking about is cyber security. with the sony attacks that took place w place, with the twitter account that was hacked by islamist jihadist sympathizers yesterday, it goes to show how much more work we need to do both public and private sector to strength our cyber security to make sure that family's bank accounts are

safe to make sure our public infrastructure is safe. i've talked to the speaker as well as mitch mcconnell about this. i think this is an area where we can work hard together get some legislation done and make sure that we are much more effective at protecting the american people from these kinds of cyber attacks. >> all right. let's see how that works out. that's it for me. i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." for our viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin will start right after this quick break.

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standing by live at this hour with cnn's special live coverage on the man hunt for terrorists in france. let me begin with something. we have this new video into cnn. this was video that was taken in the moments after those kouachi brothers opened fire in the magazine offices of "charlie hebdo." calmly returning to their getaway car. you've seen that part of course after murdering staff at the satirical magazine. but this is another look. here you go. [ speaking foreign language ]