effort to prepare for a major imminent attack here at the capitol. that's why security has been stepped up so dramatically.

that is why they increased security. we do know that the jewish schools are closed today for security reasons. >> we can't even take comfort in the fact that this imminent threat was eded because this could be linked to something much larger. what do you know about the wider scope that this possibly could be connected to? >> erin definitely there is exchange of information between various authorities here across

europe. we did hear that german authority s authorities they say he had not been planning attacks personally but that shows that authorities are being extremely alert in trying to track down people who had been linked in some way to isis activity in syria out of concern that there could be something in europe. >> officials do seem on the ball.

ically mentioned france belgium germany and switzerland. the videos could not be independently verified for authenticity. >> funerals were held for victims on last week's atax. the clapping you heard there

ion there. she joins us live from paris. do you have any additional information or response to the possibly more than 20 terror cells operating in europe? >> good morning. yes, western intelligence in particular to belgium and possibly the netherlands. up to 180 people 120 to 180 people and these cells have been focusing on and striking aim to strike in france in belgium and in the netherlands. what we have seen overnight in belgium belgium. we heard sleeper cells had been

activated here. that's why we saw such a heightened security being stepped up about some 10,500 soldiers taking to the streets of france. as well as many, many jewish schools. that gives you a sense of just how worried they are in regards to any sort of threats but specifically in light of that video that you mentioned and also in light of aqap claiming responsibility for that attack. it has been a concern for a while here in france and in much of europe. it has been something that has been discussed at great lengths specifically because there have been such large number of

europeans going to fight a war. let me break down the numbers so you get a sense of how many we are talking about. there are some 3,000 europeans who have gone to fight in syria. some 500 of those have returned to europe. so 3,000 left 500 returned. 250 have gone to the uk. 200 returned to france and 70 to belgium. that helps paint a picture of what exactly you have to deal with. fear is simmering for months over concern for fighters coming back and what kind of work they have been doing and this is why we are seeing security being stepped up and specifically what we saw, and the weapons dealer that it caught yesterday in

france. >> a great wrap up on the security side of the situation. u.s. admitting that kerry-like officials should be there. >> the secretary of state john kerry reportedly said we have a lot to talk about. john kerry is also expected to meet later today. really shows support and a show of solidarity especially given the criticism from so many last

week that it wasn't a high level representative at the big ralliway. the only representative from the highest representative from the u.s. but, you know following that the french were very diplomatic basically saying it's understoodable that they could understand just how difficult it has been for president obama to be here. high security obviously a concern. of course we have heard from the u.s. government saying perhaps that they should have sent someone. so i think it's more of a ceremony ceremony yawl visit.

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of course there is excitement for the pope but he has been quite outspoken on a number of issues including climate change. people will be holding a massive mass on sunday. no stranger to strengthening and more frequent storms. there is a bit of balance to be played between a more progressive pope and a conservative catholic country.

omen can get access to contraception in a country where 20% of the population lives in poverty, below the poverty line surviving on less than $2 a day, these families are having multiple children it's very important. contraception is essential to bring these people out of poverty and that was one of the messages that pope francis delivered during his speech to the presidential pal has earlier today about the government's role, the church's role society's role in focusing on the poor and giving these people the social justice that they

deserve. he also focused on family and about preserving the family unit and that is the foundation of society. the other strong message was corruption. we make no secret of that. peak to expect out of this trip. >> we did a -- here in the philippines. and, you know they recently got married in the united states. they came to the philippines which is obviously where they live and they had a ceremony for the loved ones that couldn't

make it. ange. we speak to these political kmen tators in the country. unless the church changes with the people it is going to be left behind. it's going to become irrelevant. there is a real push that the church needs to evolve and include all within its congregation for the church to grow. yes it has a large population. more than 80 million catholics

are here. living their lives the way the church has tried to teach, i guess in the past. >> thanks. great to see you. in the meantime a tropical storm is in the area. it could impact the pope's visit. derek joins us to explain exactly how much. >> think about it. we have two massive gathering taking place in the philippines. both on saturday and on sunday as the pope hosts mass. and we do have an oncoming tropical storm. this is it actually. we stopped our forecast radar at the local time within the philippines.

t in tropical storm winds. quite a feat if you ask me. you can see the winds that we are anticipating across the region at the time of mass on saturday morning. it will be a significantly weaker storm as it impacts land

across the region. this is the region. we already have the other rain bands down. it's only going deteriorate from here. right through the mass as well. that is taking place at 10:00 local time. then we start to focus our attention on southern area. i hop that everybody can stay safe. >> just quickly do you think this storm has the potential to derail some of the pope's travel plans.

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close at hand but no help on the long painful trip up. they began their climb december 27th resting and sleeping at night in hanging cots. supporters cheering them from below. the gruelling struggle paid off when they finally reached the summit as the cheering crowd below cheered in the excitement. a dream come true for the two men. >> takes a lot of hard work to make it happen. there are elements of team work that tommy and i have forged. i hope that everyone who has been following along can find their own dawn wall. >> the pair got a shout out from president of the united states saying the men remind us that anything is possible.

triumph more than 900 meters of pain and perseverance high. cnn. >> i love that. it goes to show if you continue to push and try you can achieve the, you know unachievable. or what we thought was unachievable. now they have written their names into the history books. what's next? jorgenson says he plans to dial it back a bit now. >> i'm looking forward to stress-free, pure fun climbing. this was an emotional roller coaster and i feel a lot lighter now that we're back down on the ground. i'm looking forward to doing some light duty bouldering or deep water soloing. something a little more mellow and fun until the next inspiration for a project strikes. >> that's okay. mellow is cool. you can find cnn's interview

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>> staying with our top story, the rain was just one of several anti-terror operations carried out by belgium authorities. here are more details. heavily armed police and unsuspecting militants in a small town. >> troy: the group was about to carry out major terror attacks. >> the militants were jihadists with automatic rifles. two were killed in the raid a third arrested at a nearby train station. >> an eyewitness described the scene.

belgium officials called the group a operational cell. recently returned cnn has learned the group may have been instructed by isis to carry out the attacks. said to have been in the planning for weeks and before the deadly attack. no direct connection has been made between these actions and the paris attacks. >> now the paris attacks are renewing concerns about the illegal gun trade in france and how easy it is for criminals to become heavily armed.

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>> welcome back. terrorists stormed the village his story. you can say finally good luck jonathan showing that he is invested in helping the people in the north visiting victims. what did he see and what did they tell him? >> better late than never right?

the more cynical viewers might think this is a political view. where he has had a terrible insurgency and it has borne the brunt of the violence. we have wounded soldiers. yesterday was armed forces rem brens day. it was a surprise visit but it was clearly carefully plans to coincide with that. when he spoke to the refugees he said that all of us all nigerians were concerned about the excesses of boko haram. let's take a listen to what he said. >> the president traumatized.

feel very burdened. let me reassure all nigerians that the government is working very hard. >> now nick robertson also spoke to some soldiers on armed forces rem remembrance day. moral is incredibly low as they try to take on boko haram. the nigerian military has responded saying they are fully committed to tackling boko haram so we shall see whether that actually holds true over the next weeks and months. >> and the fact of the matter is even though it is better late than never, a pledge is one

thing. a plan is another. i mean this is a large military. we have a story coming up about some of the complaints that some of the soldiers have. but this insurgency has been going on for years. it gets worse each and every year. it almost goes to show the size of the fight that the military and president are really up against. >> the battle that they're up against is huge. no doubt about it. the weapons that have trickled down especially after the dissent grags of libya has gal voe nized them. the fact that they have made significant gains seems to have galvanized them also. now they seem to be taking over huge chunks of territory.

the army is managing to hold on to the provential capitals. but it is a very, very hard battle and until they sort out the problems of corruption within the military among the leadership and until they get the gear to the soldier s oldier who has been in the front line of the battle we have been chasing him all day and we're still trying to catch up with him.

eventually we meet hidden in a tiny store he dares only spend a few minutes with us once he is not authorized to talk. his telling a side of the war we never hear. what it's like to be a soldier fighting boko haram. >> we are not issued, we buy the kits ourself. >> you have to buy it yourself? >> yes. >> that's incredible. >> his base is just outside of this town barely three hours' drive northeast of the capital it's where the mostly muslim north meets the mostly christian south. a twine suicide bombing killed 12 people right here there are thousands of troops stationed in this town and there are many more stories like the soldiers'

we're talking to. >> so this is what they gave you after your injury recommending for treatment? >> another soldier shows me his medical papers. he too, is not authorized to speak to us. his unit was outgunned. boko haram with bigger longer range weapons, more men and more ammunition. his comrades fled leaving him behind. >> we don't have the equipment to fight boko haram, yeah. >> three scary days alone on the run before reaching his base. his moral, rock bottom. things were about to get worse. >> the army won't pay for your drugs even though you got your injury fighting boko haram? >> they will not. >> we asked a senior official

about these shortcomings and he said they would look into it. >> why don't the generals see this moral problem and think about giving you better weapons to win the fight? >> corruption. >> how can you go on being a soldier in that environment? ave fun. >> finally. >> it's looking a lot more promising. are you a snow border or skier? >> border.

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>> welcome back. the images are disturbing. a little girl slapped to the ground police say by her teacher. it is difficult to watch but it's part of a larger investigation in south korea. r slaps her so hard that she flies to the ground. staying still for a couple of seconds the girl then picks up her spoon.

other children seen in this video watch motionless. the teacher was questioned by police and detained thursday. they fear there th is not an isolated case at this nursery. since the investigation started monday they have found four more credible reports of violence. mothers are taking turn standing vigil with a sign saying no to violence against children no to child abuse. this mother says i don't send my child to nursery but this isn't someone else's problem, we all have to fight together. neither the teacher nor head have been officially identified but horrified citizens have outed them online publishing their names, homes and mobile

telephone numbers. not surprisingly their phones have been shut off. a teacher was reported to throw a child on to the ground for not taking a nap. that incident is still under investigation. >> two cases have some parents worried. less than 3% of all child abuse cases happened in nurseries in 2013 but shock and outrage online is growing with some asking how many more cases have gone unreported.

at the fringe who are fanatics and prepared to kill. sit a larger group of people who subscribe to many ideas. i think it's very dangerous because it can divert us from looking at that central question if we believe that by different programs on unemployment or social regeneration you will deal with this problem.

ted out. but part of that idealogical comes from a desire of people to separate themselves out from a social culture that they don't share. >> again, that was former british prime minister tony blair speaking. he met with cnn ahead of president obama's meeting with david cameron. natalie allen joins us. stay with us on the world's biggest stories.

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