brothers, cherif and said couachi, both in their 30s, warning that the two are considered armed and dangerous. one of the brothers has previously been tried on terrorism charges. a third suspect in the attack an 18-year-old, is under arrest after surrendering to police near the belgium border yesterday. and today paris remains on edge and in a virtual security lockdown, as you can imagine. this morning, a police officer was killed in paris in an incident that is being investigated by the counterintelligence unit. though at this point is not believed to be related to yesterday's attacks. and joining me now live from paris is nbc's ron allen. so ron, let's start off with this new video that's coming in of this town outside of paris. what more do we know regarding the incident there? >> reporter: well, this has been going on for some time tamron for several hours since earlier this morning. and it's perhaps the most significant police operation that we have seen during the day

as this manhunt continues in many parts of paris and the surrounding areas. that community is about an hour and a half or so 90 minutes or so, away from paris. and so it gives you some sense of the scale, the amount of territory that the police are trying to cover. and they've been getting calls throughout the day from residents, people who think they have seen something suspicious, and of course the police are tracking it down because they have really no idea where these two suspects may have gone. and what they may do. as you pointed out, we did have this incident earlier this morning of a policewoman who was involved investigating an accident somewhere -- >> i apologize, we appear to have lost our audio to ron. we will check back in with him hopefully very soon. but, again, some technical issue there. meanwhile, though, let me bring in former senior british officer now an international affairs correspondent, also outreach

manager at council on american islamic relations and staff writer at slate focusing on international affairs. mikey, let's start off with you. our report was interrupted, but right now there's a lot of activity about an hour outside of paris near what's believed to be the last sighting of these two individuals. what i am intrigued, again, about is that there appears to be a footprint, a terror footprint, related to at least one of these individuals. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. the two brothers that are on the run, said and cherif kouachi, cherif was convicted by the french authorities in 2008 after years of comepileing evidence against him. he was involved with six other people in a terror cell that was used to funnel jihadists from france into iraq. now, that was the time when zarqawi who was taken out by usairstrikes, but he was the head in iraq. what french authorities were establishing those connections and links to convict. cherif went to prison. so this guy is a known person a

known perpetrator to the french authorities. i think what's really interesting at the moment though, is when i was in the military when we were flying we were taught escape and evasion. with escape and evasion, when you're evading an enemy, you go to ground during the day and you move at night and you put as much distance as you can between wherever the incident happened and where you're trying to get to. for these guys to go in in broad daylight and to rob a gas station since the cleverest thing to do. when you look at the incident it looks very clinical and like they've trained and had operations. what they've done subsequently isn't that clever. >> we will talk a little later about the tsarnaev trial that's going on in boston. but if you recall in the early hours of that attack in boston the bombs, the strategic planning of it all and then the haphazard pattern that these two individuals in boston followed down to eventually one of them being cornered in a boat in the backyard. you think that these people have this played out, and they would have an exit strategy but that

seems not to be the case. >> yeah i mean there are a lot of parallels, people are trying to draw parallels between what happened in the boston bombing and what happened yesterday. what i would say is that the perpetrators yesterday have been doing this for ten years. they've either been to or were planning to go to iraq. there's an indication they may have had serious training and previous experience. the boston bombing wasn't that. it wasn't that planned. the boston bombing, i would say, is more akin to what happened in sydney. and we need to make sure that we distance the similarities when there are no similarities to be drawn in this case. what happened yesterday was methodical. it was calm. and it was well planned. >> let me bring you in on this point that mikey has made here in that at least one of these individuals has deep roots in terrorism including having been charged. and it brings the question of when and how do you monitor individuals? i know this was brought up in australia, for example, when we saw late last year this huge

sweep of individuals after a threat from isis some targeting civilians on the streets, and how you balance that with the concerns of people within the muslim community even including here in new york when there were concerns about special agents being used to infiltrate mosques in an attempt to keep an eye on individuals who may be a threat? >> absolutely. well, first of all, let me begin by thanking you for inviting me to appear on your show. we unequivocally condemn the attack yesterday that took so many innocent lives. there is absolutely no justification for this kind of attack. at the same time, we would like to caution that whatever resolution is implemented to make sure that the perpetrators are brought to justice. the american -- the muslim community in paris, in france, has to be part of that solution just like how we reiterate here in the united states that the muslim community here in the united states has to be a part of the solution. the authorities in paris, in france, have to make sure that they work with the muslim

community locally there to bring these perpetrators to justice. there has to be a sense of trust between the local community and between law enforcement in order for them to effectively be able to address the challenges that they're facing and eradicating these roots of extremism that exist within that community. >> is there any indication at this point as this manhunt continues that there is not a cooperation between authorities searching for these two people and leaders in the muslim community? >> at this time we don't have any information on this particularly, but we do know that there is a growing tide of islamophobia. there's a riding tide of islamophobia not only in france but all across europe. we've seen marches in germany where thousands of germans have protested against islam, what they deem as the islamization of germany. there were three attacks on mosques in sweden within the span of one week just last week where there were some attacks that were launched against mosques in sweden. and we see this growing

phenomenon all across europe. and what this is doing is it's alienating the muslim minority within each country and making them feel that they're not a part of that particular country's population alienating them. >> josh, let me bring you in. your latest headline "france was on edge of terrorism even before the charlie hedbo attack." you went on to write "france fighting isis is also one of the leading suppliers of foreign fighters to isis and other extremist groups." i think it did not come as a huge surprise yesterday when we learned the details that mikey just discussed as well about at least one of these individuals having deep ties to terrorism and training. >> yeah, well, that's true. but i think one thing that has to be emphasized is these attacks that we saw just before christmas, there were two incidents in which men drove cars into crowds. there was another with a man trying to stab three police officers in a police station in

central france where on a completely different scale than what we saw yesterday. these were individuals that authorities don't believe had any actual ties to terrorist groups. and what we saw yesterday, as your previous guest said was something much more methodical. clearly much more planned, and that's the reason that a lot of people are suspecting that these individuals actually may have had ties to outside terrorist groups unlike the perpetrators of the attacks we saw near the end of last year. >> yeah absolutely. in the case in australia, that individual even asked for a black flag to be brought in and there were questions over mental health issues. the incident mikey, in new york as well where the officers were brutally attacked by an individual here who had become a sympathizer online but had no real training. these people if this information is correct, are much deeper. so then what is the next concern not just in paris but beyond that? >> well what you're describing there, tamron is a very broad spectrum of the threat and that

starts with as you rightly point out, a lone wolf someone that doesn't necessarily have these deep ties someone that doesn't have training, someone that doesn't have experience someone that could be slightly mentally ill, someone that could have had a bad experience with police authorities. all the way up to jihadists who have very deep ties going to iraq, going to syria. let's not forget north africa boko haram. so it's hard for the intelligence communities to police all that. what is really important here is that we are building the technology all the time to listen in to conversations, to cctv, image intelligence, human intelligence is also absolutely critical in ameliorating this threat. it's building relationships with ebb manies of society who can report back when they think that there's something untoward. and i think human is going to be key moveing forward. >> ron, i think our connection is back with ron allen there. are you there? >> reporter: yes i'm here. how are you tamron? >> great. tell us a little bit about what's planned later today.

>> reporter: well we are in the plaza de republic and it's about 15 minutes' walk from where the attack took place down that direction. the crowd that's gathering behind me they've been here all day. it's getting larger now. there's another demonstration, vigil, whatever you want to call it planned for this evening. last night there were tens of thousands of people here. down there there are candles, flowers, people coming to pay their respects. there's a feeling of solidarity of coming together in this community. it's been a very somber day. it's been cloudy and rainy which has added to the mood. there's also still a lot of anxiety because there's so much uncertainty about what's next what these two suspects may do. and i also should point out that the authorities have said earlier today that there are a number of people who they are now -- who they now have under surveillance literally dozens of people. and they also say they have arrested as many as at one point, dozens but the number came down to a smaller number

later in the day of people who they essentially rounded up it sounds like to question. and the arrests are differently than in the united states. they're trying to reassure the public that they have this somewhat under control, although, of course it is an unprecedented situation in recent history here. but, again, at least one of the brothers, we know was known to authorities. there is a history here. there are literally hundreds of young men from this country who have gone to join the jihadi movements in iraq and syria. so this is -- while this is certainly a brazen and horrific attack, the phenomenon that the authorities are trying to deal with is not unknown to them. tamron? >> ron thank you very much. josh, thank you. we're going to continue of course, to follow the breaking news. we'll continue to look at the victims killed in the attack. and later i will talk live with the deputy mayor of paris as the city refuses to give in to terror. and while french officials search for the brothers accused of carrying out the attacks,

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the victims of the terror attack at charlie hedbo. stefan was charlie hedbo's editorial director and already under police protection. he was in charge of several of its most controversial publications and said he was not afraid of retaliation. he was once quoted as saying "i have no kids no wife no car, no credit. it may seem pompous, but i'd rather die standing than live on my knees." he was just 47 rears old. jean cabut was 76 and the lead artist at "charlie hedbo." the magazine was sued by several muslim organizations for his cover cartoon featuring the prophet muhammad back in 2006. and bernard was a french economist and wrote a column for "charlie hedbo" under the pseudonym "uncle bernard." he was 68 years old. and 80-year-old george walinski was known for his takes on politics and sexuality. as police in paris search for two brothers wanted in the terror attacks, in boston the

trial is under way for one of the brothers suspected in the boston marathon bombings. the first phase of jury selection wrapped up yesterday as joedzhokhar tsarnaev's trial, jurors filled out questionnaires to help attorneys seat a jury. now the judge and attorneys from both sides will review those questions and begin to narrow down the pool next week. potential jurors will return to court to face individual questioning from the prosecution and defense. mike bellow joins us the assistant metro editor at "the boston globe." as i understand the decision was made not to release the questionnaire. what more can you tell us about that move? >> well this is going to be an intense time for both prosecutors, defense and the judge. everyone's going through these questionnaires. it's a 28-page questionnaire. it contains 100 questions, as you say. it's really for the next couple of days and into next week until january 15th, they're trying to figure out who can be impartial and which jurors they're going to call in for the voir dire to

try to determine who can make a fair decision on this case. they'll also be looking, these people, the jurors looked at the witness list. so they're trying to determine, do any of these jurors know people on the witness list? and that's probably one of the questions in that questionnaire. also anyone have any relationship to victims in the marathon bombing? that's probably also on the questionnaire. so it's very intense right now. but i think everyone's kind of on pins and needles waiting for this process to unfold. and really openings aren't going to take place till at least january 26th according to the judge. so they're being slow and deliberateive going through the lists. and the jurors are going to come in, i think, 20 at a time starting january 15th for the questioning. >> obviously there's no connection between the boston attack and what's happened in paris. nevertheless, you have people around the world including in boston watching the events play out. you have two brothers that are being hunted down right now in paris. that is eerie in itself because

this case in boston involved two individuals. i'm just curious, the folks that you've talked to in and around the city who last week were very open saying listen we just want this trial over including the mayor saying really the folks in boston just want this done. and you wake up yesterday to this frightening terror attack in paris. >> well certainly it's probably sent shockwaves to folks here. there was a vigil outside the french consulate last night. a number of people showed up to remember the victims in france. obviously, you have two brothers here one of them dead one being charged in connection with the boston marathon bombings and big questions about how these bombs were built and, you know what were they influenced by? did they get it online impact from various jihad websites how did they learn how to build this bomb, all kinds of questions and their motives and how it played out. so there are some similarities. and i think, you know it brings back some chilling memories for us here in boston. >> absolutely. well, thank you so much, mike for your insight.

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the largest had a magnitude of 3.6. those were followed by four more yesterday, all within a 13-hour span. >> well i always think it feels like a big truck hitting the building. it doesn't really feel like the ground moves. just, like the whole building kind of shifts. our houses are not earthquakeproof like they are in california. so i guess that's scary. >> you know it was just scary to know that they're getting stronger you know. to know that they're getting stronger. they're just not little earthquakes anymore. >> now, with those quakes there have now been more than 30 tremors in the region since early november. and while there's still no definitive cause, many are pointing to fracking as the culprit, specifically the wells used to dispose wastewater used in fracking. but energy companies operating in the area are denying a link to earthquakes and the wells. and joining me now is cliff froelich senior research scientist and the associate director of institute for geophysics at the university of texas. thank you so much for joining us.

>> it's a pleasure to be here. >> "daily beast's" james joiner writes did the 26 earthquakes. he said the smoking gun is fracking located thousands of feet below the ground, these wells hold millions of gallons of chemically tainted h2o, and science has proven that the pressure and liquid combination can combine to lubricate fault lines, and that may well be what is happening in the barnett shale region around yes, dallas and irving. what do you say to at least those who believe that everything or all lanes point to fracking? >> well it's probably not the fracking that is when you make a well you drill a well then you frac the well and then you start producing gas and oil. and sometimes water comes with it. and then you have to get rid of the water. and the record shows that earthquakes caused by the actual fracking are a very very rare and tend to be small, usually too small to feel. but the disposal of that salty

wastewater that comes up in some cases has apparently caused earthquakes. >> so when you look at for example, something, again, that i've read from art mcgarr, with the u.s. geological survey and looked at these earthquakes and whether or not this fluid stored in fracking disposal wells affects the strength of the earthquakes, he said in part i think that we're at a point when if you tell me that you want to inject a certain amount of wastewater, for example, a million cubic meters for particular activity i can tell you that the maximum magnitude is going to be 5 on the richter scale or less. i emphasize or less. he went on to say with time as an injection activity continues, so will the seismic hazard as measured by the maximum magnitude. i mean just looking at the numbers and hearing in the last 12 earthquakes in 2 days what do you believe is the most important analysis or questions that need to be asked at this point? >> well see, art mcgarr is a

friend of mine and he's a good scientist, but his work is somewhat controversyial. >> mm-hmm. >> one question for the irving earthquakes is they really haven't been studied carefully. we don't even know exactly where they are or what depth they are. and there's not that many wells, is my understanding. there are other earthquakes in texas and oklahoma however, that have been studied carefully, and they're certainly close to wells that have disposing of fluids. but the irving earthquakes, the case -- the jury is still out. >> you believe the jury is still out at this point. as noted in one of the articles as well, this cluster of quakes is taking place almost directly beneath the exxon mobil world headquarters, which is located in irving. as i pointed out, there have been similar quakes in oklahoma and ohio. 77 last march. and researchers believe they've linked those, though to fracking. i know like with anything especially as it relates to something as controversial as fracking, you will have individuals on both sides.

but certainly the number of quakes that we're seeing in this region, is that a wake-up call of a more serious conversation and more serious research? >> well yeah there wasn't a lot of research on this recently until the earthquakes happened in dallas-ft. worth in 2008. since then there's been an enormous number of scientists that have been looking athe this problem. so i suspect in the next few years we'll understand this phenomenon a lot better. again, the irving earthquakes, whether they're natural or related to human activity is still open to question. >> well thank you so much for joining us cliff. we greatly appreciate it. we'll be talking much more about it as the people in those states are greatly concerned and obviously people outside of it who have concerns about fracking and potential issues related to that. thank you so much for your time. greatly appreciate it. back to today's breaking news. right now the manhunt is under way for two suspects behind the deadly paris abeing thats. up next i'll talk live with the deputy mayor of paris. also ahead, a 17-year-old

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services, and it's feared they could carry out another attack. cherif was convicted for his involvement in the terror recruiting network. in 2010 he was implicated but was never formally charged. his brother also mentioned in the police report for the incident but also was not charged. earlier today, paris, france president francois hollande led a nationwide minute of silence to remember the victims of the attacks. and hundreds more gathered in the rain outside of notre dame cathedral to mourn for those killed. joining me by phone, patrick klugman, deputy mayor of paris. deputy mayor, thank you so much for joining us, sir. >> you're welcome. >> first, what can you tell me about this raid just outside of paris? we're told right now there are armored vehicles and helicopters, and they've been there for some hours now. what can you tell us? >> well i have not very much to

say about your latest observation because the inquiry is moving fast. there's been several operations since this morning. so there were several already since last night, but we are seeking two men that are still on the loose and effectively very, very, of course, dangerous. but the inquiry is moving fast. what i can tell you that these are very special moments here in paris, and it's our 9/11, and that's really the feeling we have here that we are living now our own nationwide 9/11. we are facing terror and we

want to end this. so they are gathering all over the french territory, specifically in paris. there will be another one tonight with the mayor of paris and tomorrow a special section of paris to honor the newspaper, to dedicate protection to the newspaper. so we go on. and next wednesday, there will be a special issue of "charlie hedbo" with 1 million copies that will be cast all over france. so some very special moments that we are facing. we are raising up all the level of securities of all public spaces of public buildings.

the army's patrolling in the streets together with the police and air force. the schools are under protection. so it's a very very special moment. and of course now, after the gang that committed this awful act of terror yesterday. >> and as you pointed out, there has been in the midst of the heightened security and the incredible grief a show of solidarity from people throughout paris and those who have traveled in to rally and show support for the journalists, for the writers, and for the freedom of expression there. we are looking at pictures right now of the many thousands, some 35,000, who showed up and are asked to now show up for another rally on sunday. >> yes. there has been a very important gathering yesterday night. you're showing now the pictures.

there will be a very very important one on sunday. maybe one of the largest demonstrations ever known in france. it's going to be very very important. we are very grateful for the support we have received from all over the world, all over the world, and of course from the u.s. it's not a surprise that it's big support. and you know the speech given by secretary of state kerry in french was really appreciated by every french citizen. it's a very big mark of friendship that he gave to us. so we already knew that we were standing close to the united states fighting terror. the french army is fighting with the united states army around the world, terrorist groups but now it's a new era as world

cities are facing terrorists. >> well patrick klugman, paris deputy mayor, thank you so very much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you. and here back at home the obama administration is pledging to help france track down the terrorists. and joining me now is democratic congressman sheila jackson lee of texas, of course, a member of the homeland security committee and was briefed on the situation yesterday. congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you so very much. that was a very moving interview, and i offer my deepest sympathy to the people of france for the 11 injured, 12 dead including 2 police persons, and yes, tamron we are committed to working with france and using our resources to ensure that these individuals are brought to justice. >> with the conversation over surveillance obviously has thousand come up again in wake of learning that at least one of these individuals in france had some ties and perhaps even some

training with al qaeda, michael hayden was on the "today" show the former nsa director saying that this type of incident and perhaps others that we might see where there is a fingerprint, a terror footprint, if you will is proof of -- is proof of the necessity of the nsa and some of the surveillance that many might disagree with? >> well let me just say that i am well aware that we are in a new time and we cannot fight wars as we did in the revolutionary war. we need sophisticated tools. we need better intelligence. and we need some of the resources that would allow us to penetrate some of these cells or individual actions. but the one thing we made a commitment to, tamron after 9/11, is that we would not allow the terrorists to terrorize us.

i, frankly, believe that we cannot use an excuse that these are franchise terrorists, and how could we possibly know what they're doing? i don't want to use that excuse anymore on behalf of the american people. in fact, in fighting global terrorism. so we have to be able to frame a pathway forward with our international allies as to how we weed out the likes of those who did that devastating deed yesterday. but i wouldn't say that we need to pull back on the concepts of torture that we oppose. we can define and design a sophisticated, penetrating, vetting out of these individuals because of the vast utilization of the internet conversation dialogue, family members, neighborhoods. we just need to in essence, enhance our investigatory assets and realize that we can't sit down on the job. we've got to be constant and vigilant to find and weed out

individual franchise terrorists like these young men were as well as those in australia and as well as those in canada. >> let me play in his own words, what michael hayden said. it was on "morning joe" regarding the private collection of private information being collected by the nsa. let me get one more response from you. let's play it. >> that metadata doesn't look all that scary this morning, and i wouldn't be surprised if the french services pick up cell phones associated with the attack and ask the americans, where have you seen these phones active globally? and so we're going to have to continue to struggle with that balance between keeping ourselves safe and keeping our privacy protected. >> and you've already responded in great detail there, but i mean, i'm sure you understand at least some of that sentiment that people who don't want their personal information horded in by the nsa but also want to protect us from incidents like we're watching in paris.

>> well tamron i was one of the lead co-sponsors or sponsors of preventing a, if you will back impact on americans in their conversations with foreigners in terms of those foreigners being suspicious. but i do accept what michael hayden said is that we have to strike a balance. we are in a different kind of war, and i want to safeguard the american people and the international community. i think we can do so and as he said right now there will be dialogue between french intelligence and u.s. intelligence and i'm sure they will be penetrating some of those conversations, says but lease let's look at this, these are perpetrators who have already done a devastating deed but more importantly, if it deals with those who have intent then we have some lax and some latitude, if you will on making sure that we prevent the terrorist acts but we don't want innocent americans to be entrapped by laws that we place when they are making

conversations that are innocent conversations that happen to be dealing with individuals who may have different thoughts than what we have. we can find the balance. but what i will say is we can make no excuses that we cannot penetrate these random terrorist acts before they occur. we've got to turn a sophisticated direction to do that and to stop them. >> and just quickly here we just got in breaking news that senator barbara boxer, democrat of california, has announced that she won't run for re-election in 2016. she made the announcement on a video posted online. your reaction? >> i love barbara boxer. it is going to be an enormous loss. what a litany of legacy legislative actions, what a friend to women, what a friend to the environment, and to progressive causes. she was a house member. i had the opportunity of seeing her work in the house. then she went on to be an enormous contributor to the united states senate. but really to america. i want to thank her for her service, and we will miss her. maybe i can convince her not to retire.

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routine that centered on safe topics. cosby joked about family kids wives and the bitter weather that had him wearing a fur-lined hat he got for christmas from his kids. he was in his element with no disruptions inside the theater but ticketholders had to weave through protesters to get to the doors last night. >> you're going to support rapists in our community, too? >> reporter: deirdre healey drove an hour and a half to join the protests. >> i'm into forgiveness, but he has to take ownership and responsibility for his behavior and his behavior is totally, totally disgusting. >> reporter: some couples chose to attend even if they were uncomfortable. >> they're $100 tickets. i didn't want to throw them away. >> reporter: while others said they remain fans. >> he hasn't been charged. he hasn't been convicted or anything yet, but i really hope it's not true. but i don't know whether it is. >> reporter: cosby performed for nearly two hours writing to fans afterward, "i would like to personally thank you for giving me the opportunity to bring laughter back into your lives."

>> for more than 30 years, i've been sickened by what he did to me. >> reporter: in los angeles wednesday, three new women who had never spoken publicly three new women who never spoke publicly accused cosby of drugging and assaulting them. those claims have not been substantiated. >> he betrayed my trust and took advantage of me. >> their attorney criticized felicia rashad for saying people should forget these women. >> you should be supporting these women. >> rashad telling abc news -- >> that was a misquote. that is not what i said. what i said is this is not about the women. this is about something else. this is about the obliteration of legacy. what can i say to these women whom i don't know? what can i say to things that you are hearing when i am telling you what i have seen. what i saw was fun.

never anything inappropriate this was the first time i was hearing anything like that. i can't speak to those things and don't want to. >> bill cosby has not been charged with any crime. they denied the accusations and had no response to the three new women coming forward. he himself said he had a wonderful time and goes on tonight to a bigger town. it's london o teario where there may be bigger crowds of protesters. >> we should note the reporter who interviewed posted an apology saying i did not misquote, but she did not mean for it to be taken the way it was and i should have punctuated. there was never the meaning in forget those women to forget or dismiss them. she meant those women aside as in she is not talking about that she is talking about cosby's legacy being destroyed. it is a conversation that got twisted. we'll be right back with gut

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against terrorism. >> france stood still for a moment of silence and beginning a national day of mourning. good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. we are following the latest breaking news. two suspects linked to the mass shooting. the brothers continue in a town more than 40 miles northeast of paris. right now there is a major police presence, a massing of police and helicopters in the area. law enforcement moving to the town hours after attackers with automatic weapons robbeded a gas station 15 minutes to the east. they stole fuel and food before making their get away. not known whether they are connected. more deadly violence in a sout