copies. they're sold out within minutes with another 2 million on the way. the editor says the message behind the issue featuring the prophet muhammad on the cover is they will stand strong. >> i think they want to see no matter what we'll continue. you can kill our colleagues, you can kill our friends, you won't kill the spirit of blasphemy. >> claiming credit al qaeda's yemen branch claims it organized the kouachi brothers' attack on "charlie hebdo," as france's president orders an aircraft carrier to join the u.s. ramping up its fight against isis. >> translator: it's a matter of time when dealing with terrorists. time is of the essence. and we are at risk. we are waging war against the terrorists. so we are putting forth our most sophisticated military capabilities. party planners.

chris christie sounds more like a candidate every day, joining mitt, jeb, rand and the rest of the gang. >> we knead to renew the spirit and the hopes of our state, of our country, and our people. ♪ good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. the verdict on "charlie hebdo" is in from the people of france. the first issue since the slaughter which defiantly features the prophet muhammad on its cover has already sold out its massive initial printing of 3 million copies. another 2 million copies are now being printed. just as isis releases a new propaganda video praising the paris attacks, urging followers to carry out more attacks in europe and the united states. nbc's ron allen is live in paris. ron, the response to "charlie

hebdo" to this first printing is enormous but also the response -- what is the response there to the claims of responsibility from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the al qaeda branch based in yemen? >> reporter: i don't think anyone is surprised by that. there had been indications of that earlier. of course it adds another dimension to all this because it suggests this operation, the operation that killed so many here last week were well planned, financed they seem sophisticated. that video that was released yesterday that shows the kouachi brothers leaving the scene of the magazine and then calmly getting into their car, reloading their weapons, and then taking on the police officer down that narrow street opening fire with what looked like a military operation. huge propaganda value for isis and for al qaeda. so i don't think people are surprised by that at all. the big story here today is this magazine.

it's 12 page and it's the most sought-after magazine in the world, arguably. it cost $4.50, and you just can't find it anywhere. i suspect that when they print 2 million more copies that those will go quickly as well. i'm not so sure it's about the content of the magazine as it is about the idea of the magazine and what it's come to symbolize and what it means to france and people here who support this idea of free speech and freedom of expression and liberty and that we will not be cowed by the terrorists. that's what this has come to symbolize. that's why, i think, so many people want it. st it's irreverent. it's satirical. it's very high brow. it's raunchy at times. it takes on the pope as well as islamic extremists. it's mostly about making fun of the terrorists, however. really mocking them. and of course saying that secularism is what this country needs, not religious extremism and that "charlie hebdo" will continue on with its mission come what may.

andrea? >> and all of the networks of the nbc news group have made the decision not to show it because we don't publish things that are as provocative as "charlie hebdo" is. that's an editorial decision. but the bottom line is it is being grabbed up because it is a symbol now of defiance by the french people and also defiant is president hollande. ordering increased military activity against isis in iraq and syria, joining the -- they've been part of the coalition, but ramping up the french military response. >> reporter: indeed yes. yesterday the parliament renewed its commitment to continue those air strikes with the united states against isis in iraq. today the president gave an annual speech to the military here aboard an aircraft carrier saying by the end of the day today, there will be some 10,500 troops on the streets. he expressed the nation's

gratitude for their service and talked about how unique an operation this is because the military will be acting alongside of regular police officers on city streets and how sensitive that is and how unique it is, how it's never happened here before. but the threat endures. it remains very real. people are still very much on edge. again, as al qaeda takes credit for this and as isis congratulates the attackers and all this continues to take on a global dimension, i think people here are becoming more and more aware of the fact if they weren't already, that this threat this homegrown terror threat is going to be with them for a while. there's no sign of security easing up any time soon. i think most people here are wondering, this is just a new normal. this is just the way it's going to be for a while. they're trying to get on with their lives. a lot of anxiety and things are very different here than they were a week or so ago. >> thank you, ron allen. the reaction within news rooms across europe in response to the "charlie hebdo" tragedy is to press on but fears are rippling across the continent since last

week's terror attacks. editor of a satirical magazine in germany similar in spirit to "charlie hebdo," joins me now from berlin. what is the reaction from germany? >> you know, since this happened, there's heavily armed police in front of all german newspapers, also our newspaper, as you said andrea. we're kind of a little bit similar to "charlie hebdo." we're founded out of the same spirit, the student movements in the '60s and '80s. yes, all newspapers are heavily protected right now. >> what about your team your staff and how you reassure them what concerns they may have about what they write? we always worry about self-censorship, which is another really difficult, challenging issue in response to these kinds of threats.

>> that's a big topic. i invited one of the policeman today in our morning meeting, and we discussed that. are we already there that we don't write and print what we did before this awful terror attack? we withstand so far. our paper really has a tradition in also putting out satires very often. honestly, i have to say i think this, as the threat might go on this will be a big challenge for all journalists to keep up their spirit and their fight for the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. >> there are two other issues that need to be addressed. one is anti-muslim sentiment throughout europe, anti-immigration sentiment, the rise of the right wing in france. and anti-semitism, particularly in france. how do you -- of course this is an issue of concern throughout europe and particularly of course in germany. >> the problem is this is all intermingled now.

those people who are afraid of immigration, who are really right wingers who are afraid of -- who fight a really open society and use this terror attack for their own purposes. we've seen all european countries, italy, france great britain, sweden really a raise of right-wing populist parties. they use this fear of the people for their own purposes and this is also a big danger besides the danger of possible terror attacks. >> there's a quotation from your op-ed in "politico" where you wrote, for the last week i have seen my colleagues constantly gathering together and asking each other questions, like how do you feel do we have to worry, are you also afraid? in every meeting we discuss what this fear does to us and if it influences our way of reporting or our editorial board. is the freedom of speech already hurt by the strongest weapon terrorists have the weapon of fear? so far we resist but the coming

days and months will answer that question. it's obviously a matter of great courage on your part on the part of your team. you've had threats. how do you deal with this every day? >> you know we have many, many awful e-mails. we get now many more awful e-mails. they are threatening us. they write awful things. they say you will burn. really awful things. the thing we do in our news room we discuss it. we are not in the same danger as our colleagues are out there in war zones. i think we shouldn't overreact as well. we have to just see that this fear out in the world does something to everyone and also to journalists. i think the thing all journalists should do is discuss that very openly. we should be aware we are afraid and really challenge ourselves

maybe every day, maybe not only once a day, maybe within every meeting. are we already influenced by the fear or do we still stick to our true beliefs? i think this will be a big challenge for the next months, maybe years to come. >> there was an incident within hamburg in the last week. can you explain more about that? >> yes, there was an attack on a daily newspaper as well. so far it's not really clear, or at least the police don't really answer the question who exactly was behind that. no one was hurt. it happened during the night. they burned some paper. but this is a sign something might happen and the policeman this morning in our meeting said, you know, i can't promise that nothing will happen to you. you should be aware, open your eye, and just let us know if you see any suspicious people. the beauty of berlin really is it's such an open city.

now we see policemen standing everywhere. this is changing the whole feeling of the city and feeling in our news rooms as well. >> well, ines we thank you so much. we love berlin and all that you stand for. so thank you very much for being with us today. >> thank you. >> and we will be talking to israel's ambassador to the united states coming up. meanwhile, a judge in boston has deny the latest request to delay the trial of boston marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. his attorneys said extraordinary prejudice due to media coverage of the paris attacks was negatively impacting their case. tsarnaev's attorney said that coverage was drawing parallels between the paris and boston attacks, particularly because both attacks involved brothers. three people died in the 2013 boston marathon bombing. dzhokhar tsarnaev could face the death penalty if he is convicted. and up next a bizarre and frightening threat against the speaker of the house. details coming up. you're watching "andrea mitchell

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and welcome back. france has the largest jewish community in all of europe but many members of that community are feeling particularly fearful, threatened after last week's terror attacks on the jewish supermarket. what does the future hold for jews in france? i'm joined by israel's ambassador to the united states. >> good to be with you. >> we have been shocked by the events in paris and the attack on the jewish community. this comes after jews have been emigrating from france in record numbers this past year to israel. what do you perceive the situation right now? >> as you said, it's been

happening now for a few years. you've had attacks on jews in france. it's not something that's new. this is just another level of attack. three years ago, we had 1900 french jews that moves to israel. two years ago it was 3500. last year it was 7,000. this year we're expecting maybe 15,000. that's about 2.5% of the french population. in american terms, it would be about 150,000 american jews all of the sudden deciding oe inginge inging to come to israel. i think it was very important for the french president to speak out against it. i think it was important for him to go to that synagogue as he did following the attack and following that mass demonstration in solidarity that he stood in solidarity with the french-jewish community. but the community is very concerned. people should know that israel is a home for jews everywhere who are concerned for their safety. >> there was a very striking comment on our air two nights ago on "nbc nightly news" with

brian williams from the leader of the french jewish community saying the years leading up to the holocaust that pessimists went to new york optimists went to auschwitz. >> and look the purpose of israel is to ensure that there's a refuge for jews everywhere. one question no one is asking themselves today, where are those french jews going to go? they have a right to go to israel. they're free to go to israel. we hope the jewish community, those jews who decide to stay in france, will be protected by that government. but everyone should know that any jew in the world who feels threatened will always have a home in israel. they won't have to allow and rely on others to defend them. in israel the jewish people defend themselves. >> there was a comment today by the iranian foreign minister in geneva waiting for a key meeting on the nuclear issue with john kerry. and he was asked about the cover with the prophet muhammad on the cover of the new issue of

"charlie hebdo." this is what he said. >> unless we learn to respect one another, it will be very difficult in a world of different views and different cultures and civilizations. we won't be able to engage in a serious dialogue if you start disrespecting each other's values and sanctitities. >> this is very complicated because any portrayal of the prophet muhammad is blasphemous, disrespectful to muslims around the world. and there is also the issue of freedom of the press, freedom of expression. >> i would hope that the foreign minister of iran would use the sound bite opportunity he had to speak out against the murder of these cartoonists and jews in france. that didn't happen. this same foreign minister of iran that's now talking about respecting others he laid a wreath last year at the grave of a man responsible for killing more americans than any other person besides osama bin laden over the last 50 years.

he's the man responsible for the murder of those 241 marines in lebanon. those are the values of the foreign minister of iran. so i don't expect him to be part of the solution. he's part of the problem. >> there's a new al qaeda claim of responsibility for the attack on "charlie hebdo" and a new isis video as well. reaction to that today? >> well i think we have to understand that this is a much broader struggle. the mistake would be to look at different organizations and different groups boka haram in nigeria, or isis or hamas or hezbollah or the shia militias to see them as all separate and all driven by local grievances. the truth is they're all part of a much broader fanaticism that we have to defend our civilization against. zrael israel, my country, stands on the front lines of this

fanaticism. we have to stand in solidarity as you saw in paris, against this and say nothing justifies terrorism. nothing justifies this violence. >> thank you so much. thank you, ambassador. >> thank you. >> and up next what could have been a big scare on the international space station and how it highlights the strange relationships in orbit. plus, chris christie makes his state of the state speech and it sounds a lot like a dry run for the state of the union. you're watching msnbc. nineteen years ago, we thought "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our angie's list app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ start the interview with a firm handshake. firm, but not too firm. make eye contact...smile.

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>> well seriously enough andrea, that it seems quite clear the goal of the authorities here was to make sure that he wasn't out on the street. he has a history of mental problems. he was interview by the police the capitol police while he was in a psychiatric ward of a hospital in ohio. they seem to be concerned that he might be released from the hospital, so they got these charges. he's now undergoing mental examination in a federal prison in massachusetts. so they could proceed with a court case or they could go down that track. but in any event, he told police that he worked at the country club in suburban cincinnati where he was, in fact a bartender. and he told them he thought john boehner was the devil, that he was responsible for ebola, that he heard voices coming out of his car radio saying that boehner was evil. and he also said he thought boehner had something to do with him getting fired, which boehner's office says is not the case. in any case they also

discovered that he had a handgun at home. the police confiscated that. his mother told the authorities according to court documents that she was worried about his behavior just before he got fired. and she took an assault weapon out of his house. so now he's urn the psychiatric examination, and we'll see what the results of that are. >> pete williams thanks so very much. and on another front, out in space earlier this morning, an alarm sounded on the international space station signaling a possible ammonia leak forcing american astronauts to move over to the russian side of the station for safety. nasa now thinks that was a false alarm. a space station manager gave an update on nasa tv a short time ago. >> we got the crew on the mass. they got to the russian segment. we checked the environment. since that time we have been sorting through this anomaly. >> nbc's tom costello joins me now with the latest. tom, explain what would be of concern with ammonia, a leak if

this had been a real instance and what happened when they tried to go back over to the american side of the space station? >> yeah so nasa is stressing that everybody on board the station is safe but out of an abundance of caution, all six crew members moved to the russian side of the station out of concern about this possible ammonia leak. now they're saying this appears to have been a bad sensor or sensors. this happened earlier this morning on space station when alarms went off on the american side. mission control said there was an increase in water pressure then an increase in cabin pressure. those two could be indicative of a possible ammonia leak, something that is very serious and if not controlled could, in fact, force them to abandon station. but they are not in any way considering that because they believe this was all simply a series of erroneous sensors. all crew members were told to don their oxygen masks. they moved over to the russian side where all the oxygen was normal. they took off their masks.

they were told, okay it appears okay on the american side you can go back over. they went back over, and guess what? the alarms went off again. they put on the masks again, went back to the russian side closed the air hatch again. now they're waiting as nasa troubleshoots this whole thing. but nasa really does believe this was a series of false alarms, both houston mission control and moscow mission control are troubleshooting the problem. but this really is specific to the american side because the russians don't use, in fact ammonia to help cool the entire station. so again the headline is they believe it was a series of anomalous errors sensors rather, they believe that everybody on board is safe and they hope that they will be able to move back over to the american side by the time they go to bed. by the way, they operate on gmt in space. they're not on american time not on russian time. they're on gmt time. back to you. >> and tom, i know you've talked to astronauts, you're familiar with the community. the relationship which would be so surprising to many of us down

here, the relationship between the russians and the americans is very close up there. >> yeah i've had several conversations. in fact, i was just down in houston on sunday talking to astronauts. i asked them specifically, you know, we've got this cold war percolating again between the russians and the americans, and the astronauts said that's on the ground. that has nothing to do with how we talk to each other and interface in space because quite literally, we rely on each other to save our lives. if one of us has a medical issue, if one of us has a problem on a space walk we only have each other. at the moment there are two americans, three russians and one italian astronaut. what they've all told me is we don't even talk politics. we don't talk about vladimir putin and president obama. we are focused solely on being on an outpost for humanity some 230 miles above the earth. >> remarkable. thank you very much tom costello. well, it is considered the

longest and most difficult rock climb in the world. just a few hours from now two climbers are set to make history. you're looking at live pictures now of the dawn wall the 3,000-foot-tall granite wall of yosemite's el capitan, where two friends are inching closer to being first to ever free climb to the top. they've been inching upward with no tools or assistance other than their own hands and feet. the ropes you see are for safety, not to help pull them up. joining me now by phone is nbcnews.com reporter jim who spent the last few hours hiking up the other side. what can you see from your vantage point? >> from where i'm standing, it is a stunningly beautiful day. i'm looking over the edge into yosemite valley. from my perspective, there's no sign of the climbers but what they're doing here is really, really an epic feat.

tommy caldwell and kevin jorger son are two of the best climbers on want planet. this is probably the most difficult climb they've ever done. so if they can pull this off and if they summit today, as we think is going to happen they'll be setting a new high standard in big wall free climbing. >> and just from looking at the pictures but from your perspective, being experienced in that area this is very very dangerous. >> you know, actually it's not a super dangerous climb. they have ropes to protect them from falls. and they have been falling repeatedly on the route. and we spoke with family members of the climbers. they specifically said that they -- that it's important that the public knows that what they're doing is not necessarily death defying so much as it is just very very difficult.

>> and what we're told is that in approximately 2 1/2 hours they might summit. is that realistic given the conditions today? >> well the conditions couldn't be better for climbing. i mean the sun is hitting the wall. it's just the absolute perfect temperature where it's warm enough so their fingers aren't frozen, but it's cool enough so they're not sweating so much that they can -- you know, they still get a good grip on rock. so i think conditions are absolutely perfect for a summit. if they think they can make it today, i think today is as good as any. i believe it's going to happen. >> and jim, how do they train for something like this? >> you know it's more than just training. for these guys rock climbing is their life. this what they do. they live and breathe rock climbing. i mean they are, you know, so different than you and i. the strength they have in their fingers and their arms is beyond

what we could comprehend. and their tolerance for pain is also far beyond that of your average person. so, you know these guys have spent months and months and months on big walls. they've been planning this particular climb for i believe about eight years. so it's more than just training. it's their life. >> jim, i know you're with a group of reporters and photographers waiting at the summit. we're looking now up and there are also still pictures of them at different vantage points. we see pictures of you guys now. i'm also trying to figure out where they're taking these live pictures from. that camera crew is obviously in a very perilous platform. but as we watch these pictures overnight i saw pictures there were canvas tents they erect. just briefly explain how they get through the nights. >> yeah so they have what is called porter ledges which is

an aluminum frame nylon tent. they haul everything up with them. again, they've been on the wall for 19 days. they started two days past chris mas. with them they have their sleeping bags stoves water, food. absolutely everything they need. head lamps, even cell phones. they have connectivity from the wall. in this case since it is such a long duration climb, they are getting help. they do have support people helping haul the gear up the wall for them. but the climb itselfer this they are doing completely on their own and without any aid of any gear. that's why it's called free climbing. but as far as their living conditions, yeah they spent every night on the wall. they sleep in a sleeping bag hanging off the side of el cap. it's really a spectacular thing to see. >> jim seida, phenomenal. thank you so very much. eyewitness accounts.

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against it. this amendment specifically would repeal daca. that's the order that president obama put forward in 2012 which allows the children of undocumented immigrants who came to the country through no fault of their own to stay here. they moved here in the republican house to repeal that. that's very far to the right for a lot of republicans. you saw that reflected in the vote with 26 republicans voting against it. that's also a problematic vote in the presidential circles. it's also a problematic vote for republicans that come from blue states in the senate who are up for re-election in 2016. it also shows us, andrea albeit small, there is a small faction of house republicans that are perhaps a little turned off by how far right the leadership allowed this bill on funding the department of homeland security to go. small group but they could be significant as we know. this leadership team has often had trouble getting to 218. this block of mored moderate members could make their voices

heard in the future. >> there was also a vote on dodd-frank today. >> yeah that's a vote that just occurred, actually. just happened. they were getting on their buses right now in order to go to the retreat in hershey, p.a. you're seeing all these things that have been vetoed effectively by the white house. the white house threatening the veto threat. but the republicans coming in here showing they're in charge. you're basically seeing andrea john boehner allowing these more conservative proposals to go through, albeit the dodd-frank one is not as controversial in the republican circles as the immigration one to basically say, hey, house conservative groups get angry at mitch mcconnell this time. we're showing limitations of what republicans can do when they come both chambers. >> luke russert.

thank you. and in politics meanwhile, we can't stop watching what is happening in the republican party on the presidential races where it feels like just about everyone who's ever thought about becoming president is suddenly stirring. new jersey governor chris christie could have a pac set up by the end of the month. yesterday his state of the state address sounded more like a presidential campaign speech or even a state of the union. here's christie describing anxiety across america. >> i saw it on the streets of chicago and felt it in the suburbs of maryland. i heard it from farmers in kansas and from teachers in colorado. i felt it from veterans in maine and from workers in arkansas. >> this all follows a lot of activity from both jeb bush and mitt romney considering runs. and it would put christie in the middle of a very crowded field of potential candidates drawing early buzz. joining me for the daily fix, msnbc contributor chris.

you've been following this cloesly, as has ruth. looks like everybody is jumping in. this is the race people want to be in. >> look, we knew in a double open primary in that you have no incumbent on either side the sitting vice president at least not running yet, so we knew this was going to be a big field. i've been on your show many times. if you asked me a month ago is jeb bush running, i would say my guess is he's probably leaning against it. if you asked me six weeks ago, is mitt romney running? i probably would have had a good laugh, to be honest. there was no indication at all from romney world that he was at all interested. to the extent anyone mentioned it, they quickly beat that idea back down. everyone i talked to in that orbit essentially says yes, this is a real thing, and they are all surprised at how quickly

it's all moving. it went essentially from zero to 60. if he does run, it does change the calculus for christie marco rubio, a scott walker john kasich in ohio. the field becomes -- there's a lot less room in a field that has jeb bush and mitt romney in it. >> and ruth when mitt romney was asked last year whether he was considering another run, he said, no no no no no no no, no. 11 nos. we counted. >> yes, however, there's a great old line that there's only one known cure for presidential ambitions, and that's embalming fluid. and this you know, is the latest example of that. once you've got the bug and it's a family bug in romney's case his father ran for president, it's really hard to give it up when you're looking and you're thinking maybe there's a path for me. >> even some of their friends

and past aides say that anne romney is now more inclined and more aggressive about wanting him to run again than mitt romney himself or possibly the sons. we've had reaction from a number of other possible competitors to the idea of a third mitt romney run. >> you know i admire governor romney. i think he's a great businessman. he's a good person, a very generous person but i think he's had his chance. i think it's time for fresh blood. >> i just think that he would be viable, and i think he's a very outstanding person. >> it's a very open process. may the best person win. >> and there's this from "the wall street journal." the question the former massachusetts governor, note that, will have to answer is why he would be a better candidate then he was in 2012. is it hard to see what advantages mr. romney brings that the many potential first-time candidates who have succeeded as governors do not? >> that's a really interesting question. i think that's the central question for mitt romney. can he run a better campaign this time around than he ran

last time when a lot of people looked at the situation and thought it was his to lose and so he did. >> chris and ruth boy, what a year. thank you both very much. >> going to be fun. >> two years. we're just starting. a big discovery in search for the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. the fuselage has now been located. singapore's defense minister posted pictures on his facebook page taken by an underwater robot. he said that the words painted on the side of the wreckage confirm it is the plane. the airasia flight that crashed late last month as it flew from indonesia to singapore with 162 people on board. only 50 bodies have been found so far. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports," only on msnbc.

"charlie hebdo" has come roaring back bun week after the massacre at its paris headquarters. all 3 million copies of its initial print run sold out

almost immediately today with people lining up before daybreak to buy the magazine. a clear sign of support and solidarity from the people of france. a pulitzer prize winning cartoonist joins me now. tom, we've been talking about freedom of the press. this is a sure sign that in france and europe people are standing shoulder to shoulder with "charlie hebdo." >> well, it certainly was a very strong instance of support. i think you have to acknowledge that there are still differences of opinion in france and around the world, but the support was unmistakable. >> the fact is that "charlie hebdo" is provocative in a way that it's difficult to even compare it to anything in america. it's really offensive at times. there are things that we could never put on our air because it's pornographic, let's say.

so what we're talking about here is the freedom to publish and the freedom from violence because there is never an excuse for a violent attack such as took place last week. >> right. and the message on cover was pretty unmistakable in that regard, in that it said in the most graphic way, literally, that they had not been intimidated by the violence. >> you had a cartoon in "the washington post" in the paper and online last week in response, which we had shown before. we see it there. but the pen will endure. your thoughts as a cartoonist and as a strong voice, very opinionated, proudly opinionated voice as an editorial cartoonist, for how artists have to respond to this. >> well as i said before and as i said several times last week

the main overriding issue is the principle of freedom of expression. that's where cartoonists and journalists have to begin the conversation. the conversation doesn't always end exactly right there. it's a complicated subject, and there's a lot to talk about. but that's where the discussion has to begin. that's the most important principle that needs to be emphasized. >> what is the conversation now among the editorial cartoonists? i know you're a pretty closely knit band of equal opportunity offenders. you deal with all of the stresses that journalists deal with. you have your publishers at one hand, the public at the other. but this is a completely different dynamic. >> well i think the discussion is or ought to be what it was before and will be going forward. you know it's not simply about your right to say anything. it's about what is the smart, wise useful thing to say is also part of the conversation.

>> and in that regard visuals of the prophet muhammad since the danish publications it's been a very controversial issue for journalists everywhere. >> yeah, and i don't think that's a simple answer -- i mean a simple question to resolve by just waving your hand about freedom of expression. i mean when you get into areas of race and religion, this is something you have to think about very carefully. even if you assert the right of yourself or someone else to draw or write what they please that doesn't insulate them from debate about the wisdom of it. >> are you at all surprised by 3 million copies selling out and a second run of another 2 million now being printed? >> i think it's -- overall, i think it's just an extremely heartwarming expression of support for the principle of

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2 million more on the way. we're going to have in a few minutes my exclusive from inside the offices of that shell-shocked team that put together the issue. we'll keep you posted on that. but we're also following international news right now. new security updates and a new link to major terrorist organizations on an international front. aqap al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, claiming formal responsibility for the attacks here in paris. the leader of the yemeni branch saying they laid the plan and financed the operation. isis also released a new video in which they praised the attacks. a new hybrid of multiple terror groups here involved in the story at this point. i want to turn to our nbcnews.com reporter who's been following the updates on the security front. good to have you on the show first of all. second of all, why did it take so long for any group to claim responsibility here? >> ronan, there was a video released last week from