secretary of state john kerry speaking in french directly to the french people from the state department. expressing solidarity with france and the principles of freedom and of freedom of the press. thank you for being part of this broadcast. tamron hall continue our coverage of the breaking news story out of france. a terrorist attack in the capital. [ speaking in french ] >> good morning. this is tamron hall. we are following breaking news. secretary john kerry addressing

the thoughts of many at this point regarding the breaking news out of paris where 12 people many journalists gunned down in broad daylight there. the secretary saying he agrees with a french who called the slain journalists among those who were killed today martyrs to liberty, freedom of expression, and he went on to say freedom of expression cannot be killed. we continue to follow the manhunt for the gunman who carried out that deadly terror attack in the heart of the french capital. itst still going on now five hours after the ram pain. 12 people as i mentioned are dead after what french president francois hollande called an act of exceptional bar barrism. it shows the gunmen as they carry out the mass shooting. at one point executing a man as he lies on the ground. france has raised the terror alert to the highest level and in the capital the search is on for the three gunmen who carried out this attack.

they are seen running to a getaway car and fleeing the scene as the shots ring out. they targeted the offices of charlie hebdo. it's a controversial magazine that publishes cartoons of the muslim prophet mohamed. president obama pledging u.s. assistance. and praises france for standing shoulder to shoulder with the u.s. in the fight against terrorists. joining me now is new york times reporter. rachel, are you there? >> hi i'm here. we heard from secretary kerry here. but i want to get an update on what is happening on the ground. what you're able to report right now as we enter, i believe it's five hours now since the again men went on their terror spree. >> right. i just walked over to near charlie hebdo's offices. there are people gathered on the

streets some pays their respects silently. some coming to gawk and see what is going on. some offering their views discussing what it means. there's a sense of unease in the city. there's a high security alert. the gunmen are at large. people are asked to keep a low pro file. >> paint the stage to your point of many not been to paris. give an idea of where it happened. what are the businesses. one report mentioned earlier today, for example this is a sale season in paris. you have many people who come to visit to take an opportunity to shop, for example. but this is a busy area. >> yeah. sure. i mean, i think that this is an area in the eastern part of paris. not far from the notre dame walking distance from there. there are tourists. there are always tourists in paris. what the gunmen did was barge into the office a newspaper that published cartoons mocking the

prophet mohamed. so obviously we don't know who the gunmen are, but the logic would indicate there's a connection between the nature of the paper and the attack. and, yes, people are walking around paris, but there is definitely a sense of higher alert. there are more police present on the transport system and the metro, but, you know, i think until they find the gunmen the city will be -- >> understandably so. let's talk about the history of the paper. to your point some of the controversies over the past years. what can you tell us regarding threats that have been directed at the cartoonists and the writers >>well in 2011 the officers were fire bombed. they did an issue that was guest edited by the prophet mohammed and joked they should change the name. it's a tradition of kind of make

making fun of religion. it's a long stranding tradition especially in france which means the absence of religion in certain elements of public life. obviously religion is alive and well in france of all kinds. and again it's -- there's this ugly dynamic that goes on where a couple terribly violent, horrible people do an act like this and then a lot of the muslims of france then feel like they are in a country where everyone becomes -- it's kind of like a minority of people did the terrible thing and islam phobia is on the rise. the cover of charlie hebdo was about a new novel by the french novelist that imagines a future in which a muslim becomes president of france in the year

2022 defeating the right wing candidate. and michelle was criticized in the press in recent days for inciting islam phobia. now the attack happens and it creates the huge brew ha-ha on every level. >> thank you very much. let me bring in former senior british officer and international affairs correspondent also with us. also with us is evan coleman and chair of the contemporary middle eastern studies at the london school of economics. evan, people wonder about the timing of this. we have a senior u.s. counter terrorism official telling us they have no confirmation of any claim on responsibility for the actions. we cannot confirm that isis or aqap is responsible. we don't have that. what we have is a history of this paper being targeted but as mentioned by rachel 2011 was when the officers were fire bombed. what do you make of the timing

of the attack now? >> i think so you to put it in larger time line. it's not just the newspaper. there are several newspapers in europe that have been targeted because of the fact they have published cartoons. we've seen in one instance a somali national try using an ax to cut down the door of the cartoonists in denmark who was responsible for drawing some of the cartoons. so it's been kind of a long string of these incidents. in fact the leader of isis actually one point offered a reward in the millions of dollars for the killing of these cartoonists. so look again it could be isis, it could be aqap. all the groups talked about these individualities as target. there have been individuals in the united states chowho talked about these. trey stone and matt parker were threatened because they put mohamed in a bear suit. it's been a trend going on. i don't know you can say this is something that happened recently

or it's simply something that has been brewing now for the past five or six years. >> does it matter if these people are isis or part of some kind of al qaeda offshoot? whether they have a tight ortle are not. they are willing to carry out the acts of hate and terror. >> i think it's important for the intelligence community. the intelligence community have to piece together this jigsaw. the issue is threat to domestic freedoms. freedom of press, freedom of speech, democratic values. i think what is important here is how we go about making sure the people who go and live their lives and carry out the drooem freedoms. i would like to talk about the editor of charlie hebdo. he was a brave and courageous man. we talked about the fire bombing in 2011. he did not back down. you know, but this paper, this magazine wasn't just about mocking islam.

it was about judaism, catholicism even went after atheism. he was specific in embracing the components of left wing pluralism. >> that's a great point. for those who are not familiar with the magazine. it's easy to see a few headlines and believe with every issue the publication targeted islam and that was not the case. >> absolutely. it targets in a satirical way faith across the spectrum. given the fact that france is has such a huge muslim population, 5 million, the biggest in western europe. given there are known to be over a thousand jihadists that have gone from france to syria. given the saeblt -- this is something the intelligence community should have been weary of. particularly someone like stephan who wouldn't back down.

i'm interested to see what the intelligence communities have to say as it plays out. >> let me bring you in evan. we discovered so much over the internet when the attacks have happened. but again what mickey was saying how does one protect when there's a constant threat? >> there's a lot of ways the folks can strike soft targets. these are soft targets we knew about. the cartoonists in denmark and these folks in france have been under police protection now for years. not everyone gets singled out by the leader of isis for assassination and gets a million dollar bounty put on your head. these were relatively obvious targets. >> what do we know about the security of the building. they had security. they had police protection. they apparently had a combine combination lock on the inside. this is an urban area. it's paris. it's downtown paris. there's going to be a way in.

i think part of the problem is the only way you can stop the folks is trying to detect them ahead of time. there's two ways of doing that. they go abroad to a foreign training camp or zone try to look as they come back and try to stop them as they come back to revoke passports. there are some people who don't make it there. there are some people that obtain training and get back anyhow anyhow. >> to the point, professor, you have a situation where at least they're looking for three right now. if you have groups that are smaller doesn't that make it more difficult to detect as opposed to a larger cell as we refer to them as 9/11 and now the i have neck already we seem to use over and over are they lone wolfes or a couple of people? >> it is very difficult to really -- the so called lone wolf attacks have taken place in london australia, and france. it's, i mean this is the of the

future. point two, as you know two policeman were killed today. who were guarding the newspaper. basically they have the means and the ammunition and the weapons to kill not only the cartoonists and the journalists but the policeman guarding the newspaper. big point, by the way, to give your viewers a context to what is happening now in france and europe. what you have now is all out war between france and so called militants of al qaeda variety. france now is public enemy number one to this worldwide. bigger enanyemy than the united states. isis has basically gone as far as to put french militants who are fighting basically and call

on french militants to basically attack soft targets. this was just a few weeks ago. france is engaged and it is all out war between militants of al qaeda variety and france. the second point i want to highlight here. regardless of who has taken carried out the particular attack. it's essential to highlight we don't have perpetrators. we don't know the identity so far. what we need to understand is militants of al qaeda variety are trying to hijack islamist identity. they're trying to say we're the vanguard, the defenders in muslims. by attack this particular newspaper they're trying to sent a message loud and clear. basically speaking hijacking islam as simple as that. so is essential to it. muslims in france as you know, have no say. it was not in their name. yet several attacks on the last few weeks have taken place all over france. this is the latest savage attack

by a group. we don't know the identity. it seems to me an al qaeda group. >> picking up a little bit what the professor pointed out just to paint the landscape. france 10% muslim. most of disaffected unemployed were under employed ripe for recruitment. nevertheless as secretary kerry pointed out saying the journalists were martyrs and the people, in fact if they are acting under isis or al qaeda do not represent islam. >> yeah. i think you're picking up on that point, tamron. it's important we take a holistic approach. we're talking about a tactical counter. what is the intelligence community doing. it needs a holistic approach. it needs the french to stand up and condemn what has happened today. we need to address it regionally. we know that saudi arabia, we

know that the euea, jordan are involved in military activity in syria. we need people like saudi to stop exporting severe and austere elements of the sunni religion and stop exporting that worldwide. that doesn't seem to be addressed. it seems to be a reluctance to look saudi arabia in the eye and say we need to address but owe need to stop exporting the terrorism. >> and you talked about as well as any person on politics knows the complexities as addressing saudi arabia and also why you had arab nations to the end didn't want to admit they were assisting with the strikes in syria. >> yeah but at the same time we have to recognize something here. saudi arabia at this point, they don't control this. every one we know in the u.s. and europe is trying to condemn this. trying to prevent people from going to syria. these people are going.

isis is putting magazines where they call al qaeda losers. the facts the folks are condemning it doesn't mean much. the attacks are the work of lone actors. lone wolfes. small groups of people. the only way of stopping them is try to detect their activity ahead of time. those condemning this i don't know it's going to make a difference. >> we're going to go to a break. i think in the past evan we know people have said where the moderate muslims. why aren't they speaking up. it deserves recognition so that those who may be quick to paint with a broad brush this religion see there are those who are not extremists and who are calling it out as opposed just westernest or people who don't practice that faith. i think that's an important part that is sometimes is overlooked. >> it's always good to make the statements. again that's important to

understand the intelligent we're speaking to here. folks that carry out attacks like this they're not thinking rationally. they're not going to listen no matter what they're talking about. >> these are people willing to kill their own people. >> exactly. willing to kill other muslims as well as anybody else. >> i want to talk about -- how people become disenfrance fransfrance -- to go into the mosques to understand what they are preaching and trying to address the element. how do you prevent someone being disinfranchised. >> a quick break but we continue to follow the breaking news. the deadly paris terror attack. the intense manhunt in the fifth hour approaching the sixth hour. we'll get a live report from the white house, reaction from the president. here are more of the images that come in the past few hours.

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>> that was the scene in paris earlier this morning. a terror attack the magazine building. meetings have been going on at the morning at the white house and president obama released a statement condemning the attack. joining me now white house correspondent kristen welker. i want to update the audience. the u.n. secretary general released a statement as well like many others referring to this as a terrible terrorist attack. voicing his outrage over what he calls a despicable attack. he described it as

unjustifiable. we heard from john kerry. what can you tell us more from the white house? >> well, as you pointed out, there have been meetings going on here at the white house throughout the day as the administration continues to monitor the ongoing terrorist attack -- or the crisis in france. the fact attack happened hours ago. josh ernst saying it's not clear yet who is specifically is responsible for the attack. the administration is very aware of the fact that isis is trying to recruit sympathizers to its cause. the administration saying that france has stood shoulder to shoulder with the united states in the fight against isis including in its efforts to try to defund the terrorist organization. take a listen to what josh ernst had to say earlier today. >> we have received great cooperation from nations around the world including nations in the region. in trying to shut down the efforts of isil to raise funds. whether it's by taking hostages

and extorting rand inging ransoms or trying to sell oil on the black market. we've made progress on that. we put in place a sanctions regime trying to target the individuals and facilitate the transfer of funds. >> now as the president indicated, top officials here have been in contact with their french counter parts. at this point in time, no indication that president obama has spoken to french president francois hollande. i anticipate that would happen in the near future as the white house continues to monitor this situation. there is a u.s. embassy in paris, that hasn't been closed down. the threat level hasn't been increased here within the united states. president obama heads to detroit, michigan a little bit later on today where he's going talk about the comeback of the auto industry. he was going to talk about the strength of the economy. possibly preview his state of the union address a little bit. but clearly this tragedy in paris, france overtaken events here at the white house. those meetings are ongoing at

this hour about how the administration will continue to respond. >> thank you very much. quickly, i'm pointing out here this is something on our website the number of world leaders now responding russian president putin saying in part we condemn this cynical crime. we reaffirm our readyinessreadiness. president obama also already responding. british prime minister david cameron saying this house and this country stand united with the french people in our opposition to all forms of terrorism and we stand squarely for free speech and democracy. these people will never be able to take us off those values. german chancellor angela merkel. this is not just an act on the life of french citizens but it represents an attack on freedom of opinion and the press. those are some of the world leaders who already responded to the acts carried out a few hours

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the terror attack in the heart of paris. 12 people killed. more wounded when hooded gunmen stormed the office of a magazine. it happened around 11: 30 a.m. there. two attackers opened fire with assault rifles and exchanged gunfire with the people on the streets outside. police say that are looking for three suspects. witnesses say the gunman shouted god is great in arabic. the magazine repeatedly had been targeted for publishing caricatures of the prophet mohamed. ayman mohyeldin joins us live. i looked at a couple of articles, for example, slate as

an article. they go on to say the french publication has taken great pride in not giving in after being threatened repeatedly for some of its satire. >> yeah. it's a publication that was not shy in terms of its provocative cartoons. it certainly was an equal discriminator among the religious groups. it mocked certain aspects of all religions, it had caricatures of the prophet in 2011 as you mentioned it was attacked in a bombing fire bomb that was targeted it when it was, you know named the prophet mohamed as the guest editor for the particular issue. it had all kinds of provocative caricatures in the past that depicted other religion. it mocked french politicians. it had earned this kind of reputation among french society for being a provocative is a

newspaper but one that the french had become proud of because the fact it was targeted. it boiled down to an issue particularly in a big picture context of a freedom of speech, freedom of expression. that's why it's taking more of a political meaning not just the horrible and terrible attacks that happened today. >> as pointed out earlier, no one claimed responsibility. u.s. sources told nbc news they have no conformations whether isis or an al qaeda offshoot was involved. it was a matter of putting together the pieces. we have witnesses at the scene who say the gunman referred to allah as they were leaving the scene there. but given the hatred and some of the feelings directed at this particular magazine this could -- anyone could be responsible down to just a couple of people who are feeding off one another to carry out the act. >> i think it's a good point, tamron. more importantly you'll have a lot of people try to claim responsibility for it.

if not necessarily officially claim responsibility celebrate what happened today. these are the extremist groups whether it be al qaeda, whether it be isis or other groups. what the underlying problem here is going to be or the challenge rather is going to be whether authorities can determine an operational link between these groups and what happened on the ground. i think the challenge is going to be for the authorities over the course next several hours and days is try to piece together who the individuals are. given the fact these attackers are still at large, i think that's going to be very difficult for them. they're following, obviously, the online chatters. there's a lot of noise on the online forum who is claiming responsibility. i would approach it with a tremendous amount of caution. i don't necessarily think it's going to have a lot of legs to it. >> and just thinking back to the soldier in london who was, you know barbarically murdered in the streets there. we've seen images in other parts

of the world including, of course australia. we've heard threats from isis that it would carry out some of these actions on the street. we don't know who is responsible but looking at these images let's talk about the muslim community in paris and some of the political controversies that have taken place over the past few years. >> well it's certainly one of the largest populations in all of europe within the population of france anywhere from 8 to 10%. many of the muslim community there dissents of immigrants. many immigrants themselves. historically there are societyial problems french at large. they don't have the immigration success that other countries have had. it's a diverse country there isn't the same kind of assimilation and integration among the communities. that created a system in which there are lots of young disenfranchised youth. a lot have become in the past a couple of months particularly with the rise of isis recruited by ice sis and other militant

groups. i think that's a major concern for the society as large. how to tackle the underlying problem. how to tackle underlying grievance of these communities. >> thank you very much ayman. we'll continue to follow the breaking news of the deadly terror attack. we have word some 22,000 online committing to attend a rally against hatred. this is set to take place today in paris. already a response from those who do not want to be divided by the violence that played out. we'll get more details from former cia counter terrorism analyst and former atf agent.

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that was placed on the website. we have an update on the breaking news on the manhunt for at least three suspects that attacked the magazine in paris leaving 12 dead. here is what we know at this point. nbc has learned three suspects converged on the charlie hebdo building early this morning and two mass gunmen got out of the car and began firing. two police officers who had already begun guarding the building returned fire. they were killed. ten journalists were also inside. they were killed. video shows the gunmen getting into a car and speeding away. no group has taken responsibility for the attack. but the magazine, as we mentioned throughout the hour has been involved in controversies over the past few years regarding the prophet mohamed. it was bombed in 2011 after publishing a cartoon character cur of the prophet. it was the tweet of a cartoon of an isis leader.

the nypd said as a precaution it is ramping up inging inging patrol in the city. john kerry spoke about the incident a half hour ago. >> i would like to say directly to the people of paris and all of france that each and every american stands with you today not just in horror or in anger or in outrage for this vicious act of violence but we stand with you in solidarity. >> i would like to bring in retired atf special agent in charge jim kavanaugh and karen de jonge. thank you for joining us. how this incident was played out. there are reports originally that the gunmen went to a wrong

building. we're sorting out things but never the less the boldness of it knowing that the building had some security give the history and also knowing you're looking at broad daylight in the heart of paris. >> right. remember this is actually a very professional attack. you had at least two shooters and one get away driver. you had at least two -- and ammunition. they had an exit plan. they were able to go in, kill the police officers guarding the building, kill the journalist and get away. remember this is a congested city full of narrow streets. chances are they ditched their car and blended in. this is a very professional job done by people who knew what they were doing. >> with that karen, when you look at how strategic they steam operate in this video, one would wonder more than three individuals that we see in the video and if perhaps officials

in paris have been tracking. we don't know the details right now. >> well i think that's what they're trying to figure out. the u.s. counter terrorism people obviously are looking at this with great interest. they have a lot of confidence in the french security forces. i think that their conclusions are still awaiting some kind of sense of who this was. whether these were -- there are a lot of possibilities. whether these are people who returned from iraq and syria. why whether they were lone wolfes inside france or cells set up by al qaeda or isis or anyone of a number of other groups. but it's clearly something that was well organized. >> yeah and, jim, let me bring you in. when you look at the video what strikes you give your experience particularly with the atf and being a hostage negotiator too. these people they were not going into negotiate as pointed out.

they came in with a mission to kill. >> right. exactly, tamron. to the point which i agree with. they're not suicide actors either. they had a get away plan and got away. it shouldn't be lost. it wouldn't be lost on the police commanders. what you see is planning preparation, deliberateness targeting, ruthlessness familiarity with weapons, the way they're moving the way they're gloved the way they're acting and escaping. all gives you a will believe the of picture what the little wolf pack is. is it a connected wolf pack or is it an inspired wolf pack? and, you know, we talk a lot about isis but france has a great history in northern africa and west africa as well. it could be connections anywhere. so that's what the police have to ferret out. they have to ferret out where the guys are right now. where are they can so they can apprehend them. >> absolutely.

and going back to some of the history with this paper and the security at the building and knowing that they were potential threats, quite naturally we think about australia and canada and the other incident. we look at our own national security here and places that could certainly and easily be a target. >> absolutely. and remember that places let's say in australia or in canada or some of the attacks against police officers here in the united states these are all individuals. this, on the other hand was a professional job. let's put it this way. i've never bought a firearm in france but to get two cops and the ammunition to go with it requires a fair amount of preparation and knowledge of certain black market operations. and so for them to operate and strike and get away when the french security services are topnotch. the fact they're still out there shows a level of dedication and

professionalism that we often don't see from the quote, unquote loan wolfes. >> does it lend you to not the conclusion but certainly the possible belief this is not just about three people. >> absolutely. this might be connected to another terrorist organization. this might have other political implications. we don't know yet and it's hard to speculate whether it's isis al qaeda groups in north africa aq in yemen. it's too early to tell. >> what do we know regarding the fact they didn't commit suicide. they went in to this building a mission taking out certain lives and then leaving. there was not, for example, going back to london when that soldier was massacred by those individuals. they stood in the streets recording it. wanting the world to see the disgusting and deplorable images.

here they know cameras are wherever around that area. they go in and don't commit suicide. they go off somewhere and that makes you wonder to a support system. how do you get out of paris if they are able to at all. >> it's very difficult but remember not every terrorist organization utilizes suicide attacks. who knows who the people really are. but these guys say they are professionals. they're not guys who want to make a one-way trip to the magazine. they want to hit this thing and they want to get away. maybe to strike again, maybe to exfiltrate themselves out of paris or france. they're not suicide attackers which are often the lowest hanging fruit in the terrorist world. >> we talked about focus on the magazine. as one of our guests on earlier talked about france's involvement in malmali. >> some of the statements that come out from various jihadi groups congratulating the

attackers mentioned that france's activities not only in africa on a military level but also in iraq where france is part of the coalition that is striking. so i think france has been in the forefront of military action. they've been the first ones in many cases to stand up with the united states and say they will move forward. >> all right. this is again, heartbreaking news that we're reporting 12 journalists killed this morning in paris. we will have more on what happened there. 12 virtualindividuals most journalists. 10 journalists and two police officers. we'll keep following the breaking news of the deadly terror attacks and get new reaction from washington, d.c., and around this country how security may or may not be changed as a result of some landmarks. we're awaiting the french prosecutor to hold a news conference. we'll bring it live.

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welcome back. we continue to follow the breaking news this morning. officials in the united states are closely monitoring the situation as you can imagine in paris. it includes the new york police department when stepped up security at the french consulate here. the french mission to the u.n. and other landmarks. so far there have been no specific threats there. we also continue to wait for a news conference out of paris where we should hear more regarding the reaction and, this heightened level of security there as well. so there are a lot of moving parts. i want to take you to our own craig melvin. he's outside the french mission here in new york. what did you tell us regarding security there? >> tamron good morning. i can tell you that right now there's no visible stepped up security here. as you indicated the french mission. i was able to get inside a short time ago. managed to get a secretary with

a french mission on the phone and all she would say is they're very, very sad. but again no visible stepped up police presence. the police commissioner here in new york city, william bratton did say a short time ago at a news conference that they were on a heightened alert, but they would not be redeploying any additional resources. he said the situation was concerning in paris. they have in place necessary resources that would be redeployed if necessary. he went on to say they have no information regarding direct threats to any groups organizations here in new york city. tamron heightened alert but no visible presence here at the mission. >> all right.

thank you very much. new york city has the most sophisticated counter terrorism capability in the u.s. they are standing contingency plans in place base order any unfolding situation in the world. we continue to follow the developments and these are live pictures. 5:51 p.m. out of paris. not a lot of activity at least from that van teenage point. as you know from watching the coverage from earlier this morning there is an extensive manhunt taking place right now for at least three people. we can show the video that captures much of this playing out where individuals dressed in black heavily armed stormed into the building housing this magazine the satire magazine had that had been the focus of so much hate from those who disagree with what secretary of state john kerry and many others have described as a freedom of press, freedom of speech there.

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welcome back. we continue to follow breaking news. just an update. we have been told that later in the morning, the president and vice president will meet with secretary of state john kerry in the oval office. obviously, secretary of state starting out, kerry starting out this hour with remarks regarding the massacre in paris, the act of terrorism, saying that the united states stands with the french government and the french people. we will continue to follow the latest, but right now, we know the president, vice president, as well will meet with secretary of state john kerry, and we'll bring that latest development to you. my colleague andrea mitchell will take over the coverage from

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breaking news right now on andrea mitchell reports, terror strikes at the heart of paris. masked gunman todayed today killing at least a dozen people in the newsroom of a magazine shouting in arabic god is great. president obama and vice president biden will be meeting with secretary of state john kerry at this hour. moments ago, secretary kerry at the state department spoke in solidarity with the people of france. >> brave and decent people around the world will never give in to the intimidation and the terror. [ speaking french ] >> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell reporting from new york.

joining me now live in paris, christopher dickey foreign editor for "the daily beast." as you've been reporting all day and you've worked in paris for so many years. this is a disastrous terror attack. at journalism at the french people, at the heart of paris. chris dickey i hope you can hear me. we see you in paris. i'm not sure that chris dickey is hearing us right now from paris. pete williams in our newsroom in washington while we reestablish our connection with paris. pete what does homeland security know? what is the fbi doing at this moment? >> well, most of the u.s. authorities are in touch with their counterparts in paris and in france. but they don't know much more than than is being publicly reported, quite candidly andrea. in terms of what happened and who is responsible. that is a big question. the