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the belgian capital is shut down. there is no public transport , people will stay at home, they cannot get to work or school. the whole system constraint. it was the belgians can do is they at home and cook a nice dinner, and have a rather relaxing day in front of the tv more or less. but shopkeepers are already complaining, naturally. it means that the country will lose a lot of revenue from tourism. brent: the financial impact to consider. what above the general impact, especially when you say that people are left to guess what will happen and what is happening? how do people in brussels few this continuing terror alert? >> so far there are a lot of people who were understanding and said yes we think it is right, the government should do its utmost to protect us. others said they suspected this is an overreaction. some talk about hysteria. on the other hand, if you look at the haul that has been brought in, the rest of the 21 people have been arrested over this weekend and until today, and they have been let go. tha

there is a belgian connection in the paris terror attacks. at least two of the attackers lived in belgium, two rental -- sohave license plates ou the belgian connection is the focus of the investigation. at the moment the internal minister held a press conference, with is belgian counterpart, and said he will increase the population through the belgian intelligence -- have a listen. belgium and france are united in the fight against terrorism. is despicable attacks which had us on friday were prepared abroad, and a team of participants was mobilized on belgian territory, which could have benefited the investigation from help in france. at least seven people are being questioned as we speak in brussels. we don't know exactly how many people, how many accomplices the attackers had in france, and belgium, elsewhere. we know, however, that the interim minister was speaking on national french television tonight, confirming that they originated in syria and had a network based in belgium. that is how the investigates and is shaping across europe at

abdelhamid abaaoud, a belgian aqqa, one ofrn in r the official faces of belgian -- network. islamist , aorter: abdelhamid abaaoud belgian national, reported to have lived in syria, one of the faces of the islamic state group, listed in several investigations in france and belgium. >> he is a very well-known figure of jihad in belgium and even here in europe. abdelhamid abaaoud is known as - - from belgium. he was very present on social media since 2013. reporter: he is here in a belgian neighborhood that has become a hotbed for islamist terrorism. earlier this year, a belgian court sentenced him to 20 years in prison after trying him in absentia. he had also been accused of indoctrinating his younger brother, who traveled to syria in january, 2014. french investigators have linked him to the foiled paris train attacks this summer and a plot to kill belgian police officers. the french government says all 129 victims have now been identified. at least 350 people were also injured during those attacks. moving on, president francois hollande is using the occasion of a french new

again, a belgian man, 27 or 28 years old. and now we're learning that the united states may have had their eyes on this man, suspicions about him. let's get more on this from cnn justice reporter evan perez joining from us washington, and also here our terrorist analyst peter. evan, the department of homeland security, they knew about this guy. they talked about this guy. they'd even warned about this guy. >> that's right, john. the apparent link between the paris attacks and the earlier plots center on abdelhamid abaao abaaoud. a u.s. homeland security report earlier this year warned about abaaoud's plot that was broken up by police in january. police believe he was a ring leader in a foiled attack to attack verviers. french authorities believe he was involved in the plotting of the paris attacks. what police found in that raid in verviers in january looks a lot more ominous in hindsight of the paris attacks. they found weapons, precursor chemicals to make the explosive tatp. that's the same explosive that was used in the su

one has belgian citizenship. you can imagine this has now become a major policy issue for this current government of belgium. chris. >> ayman, i want to make sure i understand one of the first things you said. one of the raids today which was conducted at an apartment that was associated i guess with one of the people who blew themselves up outside stade de france, you're saying authorities knew about that person and had scheduled a raid before the attacks and just did it today? >> that is correct. the belgian prosecutor's office put out a statement saying that there was an open investigation into bilal hadfi. he is one of the individuals who blew himself up. that investigation has been ongoing for some time, ever since the authorities here have learned that he traveled to syria. so as we understand it, there was an ongoing investigation into his associates, into his network here in belgium that was opened now, as we understand it, for months. it was only after the attack -- and again, according to the belgian pr

he's in syria, a belgian national.ow the department of homeland security knew about him six months ago in may and sent out an alert, in effect, saying they were looking for this guy. they pinned one plot on him at that point, a plot in belgium that was thwarted to attack and kill police officers. there was a shootout involved. since then they tide him to other plots, including, you'll remember this the attack on the high-speed train thwarted by the three brave americans. abdel abaaoud behind that as well. sadly, in greater magnitude, the attacks in paris. it is telling, it speaks about how many leads they're trying to follow but also something that has to be analyzed now, how such a complex plot in the streets of paris where so many of the pieces and so many of the players were aware, authorities were aware of them before. several of the attackers and now we know the mastermind not just here in europe but also in the u.s. >> so troubling. jim, thank you. >> of course the understanding of the global war is informed by e

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they got tips from the belgians.ere intercepts, but a cell phone found in a garbage can near one of the places at the site of the attacks here on friday. that tipped them off to the fact there was the apartment in saint-denis. the time they spent observing that apartment was short. about 24 hours. they understood they needed to move fast. that is why they are saying we believe that we might have thwarted something that could have been big as well. when you look at the amount of people involved. eight people in custody. two people killed. ten people in the cell. that is the same size of the cell operating here on friday night. >> any sense of the eight people in custody? the only thing we know is that abdelhamid abaaoud is not among them. >> the other thing is that also salah abdeslam, the man sought in the international warrant and the manhunt going on in france and belgium is not among those arrested either. we know that one of the people inside there and maybe the one who blew herself up is the cousin of abaaoud. o

was foiled by belgian authorities. he came from this neighborhood, this is the same neighborhood that two brothers, who have been implicated in the paris attacks, came from. i'm standing about 100 feet, christiane, from the home of this family, the sbdeslam family. a younger brother, salah, he is at large. he is wanted by french and belgian authorities. he was leaving paris in a car, driving in the direction of belgium. and interrogated by french authorities. the car he was driving in was found by belgian authorities here, afterwards. but he is, of course, very much still at large. and the belgian authorities are preparing for the worst case possibly scenario, as long as that man is at large. the belgian federal prosecutor told me, as long as that man is at large, they're worried about further acts of violence that he could carry out. their brother, mohammed, who was questioned here, who lives here, christiane, he -- >> i don't mean to interrupt. >> he made an appeal for his brother to turn himself in. >> that's right.

this was such a show of solidarity among the belgian people, that the belgian paper decided that they were -- they would dare to put the picture of a cat on the front of their website last night, which you can see, using that related to the story. they decided to honor that question by airing a picture of the cat. genie: it might seem incredibly irreverent to some of our viewers, but it is typical to that unique belgian sense of humor. there was that horrible attack in mali friday, which is also getting coverage in today's papers. >> is getting a little bit of coverage, not as much as the paris attacks, which were a week earlier, but there are stories emerging. testimony at one of the security , inds at the radisson says an article by "the telegraph," the british paper, that the gun man asked which floor the air france crew members were in, targeting the crew members. úÑ@ >> hello, i'm john cleese, and i do hope you will join me for an exciting new television series, a unique inquiry into human consciousness itself. now, you're about to see an extraordinary program, a studio conversa

the belgian policing to be struggling for it leads. they released the brother of abrahim abdeslam. >> we think of the victims and their families, but you also need to understand that we have a mother and that he is still her son. >> make no mistake, there are problems here. few jobs, few chances, and life removed from the high power and politics in brussels leave them prone to the militants. you say that you knew the brothers. what were they like? >> they were kids that grew up in the same neighborhood that i did. they have no future. they were not looking for jobs or training. but they were cool guys. they liked music, smoking, and girls, just normal guys. >> what is it about this specific area that accounts for a number of attackers and the number of different incidents having come from or spent time here? >> nothing you can easily keep a low profile here. there's a large muslim community and if someone wants to hide, this is a good neighborhood to do it. >> even the government admits it has made mistakes here, calling it a giant pro

the belgians even brought in the cia back in january.ional dragnet had closed in, he had escaped and gone back to syria. so he's somebody that's got a lot of capability on how to move around undetected, slip through borders. this is a guy who was involved in gangsterism, in molenbeek. all three brothers were involved in gangsterism according to belgian counterterrorism officials. and so they learned these kinds of skills evading police, evading security services, forged documents, imaginative ways to get in and get out, anderson. >> it is interesting, and it bears repeating, i mean, a lot of these guys, it's not as if they're masterminds. a lot of them are basically petty crooks and criminals. they have long criminal records of petty crimes and low-level crimes before turning to jihad. >> well, that's absolutely right, but it's a skill set that's equipped them well for organizing these terrorism plots. and one of the things they find it really easy to get hold of are weapons, kalashnikovs. they have all the contacts they need from the da

the one key figure is a belgian. he was arrested along with the others in the turkish resort of antalya. and just to go back to something that claudio was saying, and i'm here in paris now, and i have come from the eiffel tower area, which is being patrolled by the troops, and heavily armed police. there is one thing that links paris and brussels, and two cities and two countries which have contributed a lot of fighters to the isis cause in iraq and syria. remember no country has contributed more isis fighters than belgian per head of population, a nd on the pure numbers, it is france. these are two countries who have a problem, if you like with the jihadi jihadis and the isis supporters in their own ranges. so far in the last five days france has carried out more than 800 raids on isis supporters in france. and nearly 200 guns seized and nearly 100 people have been ar r arrest ed. these are the countries that are really cracking down hard on the isis supporters inside of their borders. alex. >> okay. bi bill, i want

to rental cars with belgian plates were found.comes as world leaders 20.er for the g angie: thank you. joining us from the over and is professor greg barton, a terrorist -- counterterrorism expert. he will be continuing with us through this hour as well as the last. let us discuss the --damentalism hymie attacks behind the attacks. this is a situation where a lot of radicalized attackers came from. how much is a radicalization part of these attacks? if we could detect earlier radicalization, we could have a chance of preventing the attacks. in brussels, for a reason we do not understand, there's more radicalization than anywhere else in europe. higher level of radicalization, presumably the reason why france was chosen. we know the people planning the a, the footk in raqq soldiers they pick up are fired up by radicalization spewed is not about crazy ideals, it is about friendship circles. we've got to disrupt that process. angie: we learning that in istanbul, a terror plot was foiled on the same day of the attack. why were turkish

but the belgian security services work well.it is too easy for the french to blame a street my 20 years of service, we have never faced a situation like this. the emergency measures are very much justified. reporter: but are they enough to make belgium a more secure for this agreed -- for the foreseeable future? this woman represents the families of the missing gunmen and the presumed ringleader of the para back, but not the men themselves. >> it is action and reaction. link of no measure -- prevention so to do something before some the happens, not only do something after something happens. reporter: prevention -- that is what people in belgium and across europe are asking from the government, for a future that is safer, not just heavily guarded. tonight the u.s. state department has issued a worldwide travel alert. it is warning american citizens of possible risks due to increased terrorist threats. the alert has been issued until the end of february of next year , and our reports this evening from france that a suspicious obj

we are told it had belgian plates.uestion now is where is he and who has helped move him if he is not there? also to give you context, in that same part of paris t 18th district, plain clothed police officers were going door to door questioning people. this is all now coming together since that is the same area where they found this car that belonged to 26-year-old salah abz lan who is on the run right now. >> thank you. to the world of politics. senator cruz wailing against president obama calling his plan shameful and nothing short of lunacy. cruz sat down to defend his religious test for refugees. >> senator, president obama called you out. when he was speaking in turkey. and he said it was shameful for saying that there should be effectively a religious test for refugees, especially since you come from a family where there was political persecution. and you family benefitted from the policies of america allowing refugees in. >> well, you know, look, it is not surprising that president obama is attacking me personal

there was an individual phrfren identity who was living in belgian.l tonight was stopped for a traffic violation on another vehicle which was not the fiat vehicle, and not the polo vehicle. that is where they found two other people who also lived around the brussels area. i am emphasizing that i want to emphasize the excellence of the cooperation between the police and the judicial authorities. we are working with with the prosecutor's office, and the federal office of belgian also, and working with the national penal authorities and working to find the vehicle that was in front of the bataclan, and it was rented by this individual, and they found traces of the individual. there is an opening of specific investigation of the anti-terrorism squad, and the judicial authorities had set up a press release. the federal prosecutors office of belgium have a questioned the three individuals this morning. i am not going to talk about it more right now. to preserve the secrecy on the investigation that is happening right now in belgian. as far as the three indi

the fact that two of the cars which were rented for the attacks on friday night were rented from a belgian car rental firm and the two people who rented the cars were french nationals living in brussels. there has been a little con plugs exactly abo-- confusion about these french brothers we have heard a lot about. the name with a photograph has been officially released by the police. there were reports earlier on "the washington post" newspaper citing french judicial sources mentioning the name of another surname. >> has not in any way officially been put out at the moment. as i said, there was the name of another brother cited in that newspaper article and that would appear to tie in with consistent reports that we have heard throughout the day that the belgian police and indeed the french police, as well, were looki looking for these two brothers, french nationals who have been years. >> jackie, we are now at the top of the newshour. let's just remind viewers just joining in now that we have crossed live to paris because crowds had been seen running out of plaza de republic screaming an

he's bitter about how the belgian state left him in the lurch.itri: of course, we asked for help by the authorities and by the police by youth organizations, and the answer was they couldn't do something because there was the freedom of organization, there was freedom of speech, there was freedom of religion. you know, they were laughing at me. they took me as a clown. you know what they said to me? it was not my business to know where is my son. i say, excuse me, i'm a father . >> the belgian state has come in for much criticism. for years, the country has been strongly divided, so belgium is finding it harder than most other european countries to integrate foreigners. that is what islam expert anne-clementine larroque says . anne-clementine: in the last 20 years, belgium has not forcefully fought against radical islam and now it's become a huge problem. that's also due to belgium's lack of unity. islamists have taken advantage of the lack of coordination between the flemish and walloon communities. >> the country's security forces are alarmed a

one belgian bank has told employees to work from home. intelligence chiefs and the prime minister will meet later on monday, until then the city can only watch and wait. paul brennan, al jazeera, brussels. >> well, in the last hour the belgian prime minister has said the alert remains at the highest level and will be reviewed later on monday. he says services will begin to reopen on monday. >> we want to do everything we can to return as quickly as possible to normal life. it was decided that schools will be reopened as of wednesday, with additional security measures around schools, and that the metro would be opened also, after wednesday, it's possible that the opening of the metro may be progressive. but everything may be done so we can open it as extensively as possible. >> neave barker is live for us outside the prime minister's office in brussels. so neeive, wha neave, what elsef this news conference? >> translator: >> reporter: well finally the irnlings request that we were waiting for, security levels will remain at the maximum her

the belgian connection, the links to brussels.in, that countries links to extremism. ,'m angie lau with rashad markets around the region are awayng as investors shy from risky assets. juliet has been following the markets. how bad is the damage? juliette: fortunately it is not quite the follow-up in the middle eastern markets when they opened. they were the first to react. as you can see, we are seeing failing across the region. japan's nikkei 225 when on the lunch break down by 1%. also hurt by weak economic data. ,,sewhere, we are seeing particularly, a lot of those terrorism stocks. the airlines under pressure, also a number of operators.

at cooperation between the two countries because the belgian connection is clearly there.at least seven people are in custody, being questioned at the moment in belgium. two cars had license plates from belgium. this is what we know so far. live fromoline conan paris. thanks for that. the attacks have led to increased security around the world. asia is no exception. securitylking to a expert from the australian defense force academy. he joins us now from canberra. professor, we are reminded of events that happened in australia just a year ago, where we had that standoff between andcalized terror suspects police. issueswe know that these have been addressed properly in asia? what more needs to be done? it varies from country to country, but in those countries with a large muslim population, there are hundreds of recruits that have left and gone to fight with isis or other groups in syria. because theyorry are radicalized and may return home. would-be events like paris, which happened in australia, where a cafÉ seat took place -- siege took place and individuals were killed

we know the belgian federal prosecutor is set to give a press conference in the next hour. raids across belgium right now. you'll remember that the attack here in paris nine days ago was partly orchestrated in belgium. you will also remember that salah abdeslam, the eighth attacker op the run, was last seen? th and stopped by police nine days ago on the road from paris to brussels. let's talk about this with cnn global affairs analyst, she is with us. also with me here is a french journalist, one of the first to arrive on the scene after the "charlie hebdo" attack. kimberly, your take on this, the fact that we have now a city for two nights, brussels has been on lockdown. we will hear in less than an hour's time from the federal prosecutor. >> you know, in this interim, they have been scanning every bit of technical communications out there, watching for movement, and trying to see who reaches out to who under this pressure cooker of surveillance. so the other problem is, they can't keep extending and extending this high state of alert and having every one stay indoors befo

host: speaking of the belgian link, and not more details coming in from the belgian side of this investigate -- a lot more details coming in from the belgian side of this investigation. men are beingre held on charges. they are not admitting to anything, but they have said that they went to france and to paris from belgium on the early morning of saturday to pick up area.abdeslam from the once again, this is an area that seems to crop up more and more in the investigation. apparently, salah abdeslam called these two men and asked .hem for a favor they picked him up around 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, saturday, the 14th of november, according to the lawyers of these men, and then they took them back to belgium around 9:00 a.m. they crosseden from the border into belgium. it's interesting to note that this vehicle was stopped by french police, but at the time, the police officers did not know how important salah abdeslam was to the investigation. as we were talking, we understand this is coming into reuters news agency, apparently the cell say that phone believed to have been used by a paris a

a police operation in the belgian capital ended with no arrests. please were searching for a suspect in the paris attacks, at least two of the culprits lived in brussels. >> french police arrested 23 people in overnight raised across front. weapons, computers and phones were seized. >> the french military launched airstrikes against isil pros ins syria. fighter jets targeted positions in the group's self declared capital of raqqa. >> efforts to defeat isil are topping the agenda at g-20 summit, speaking about the impact the war in syria is having on turkey. >> we've been observing that's been happening in syria from day one, the suffering, turkey has allowed 2.5 million refugees into its territory. we have not distinguished or discriminate when we did that, considering it our humanitarian duty. this is not something one country can cope with on its own. >> the g-20 summit has been taking place, the closing session has begun there. what are leaders coming up with? >> we've just had two statements issued, the communique about the global economy. that

officials in the belgian capital extending partial lockdown of the city. they closed the schools and closed the subway. 16 arrests. belgian prime minister warning officials have intelligence of attacks with weapons and explosives, maybe even in se several places at once. joining us now is correspondent frederik pleitgen. fred, it is eerie, the streets behind you. the christmas holiday season. do we know exactly what belgian authorities think might happen or do they have specific information? what do we know? >> reporter: they are speaking about a clear and imminent threat, christine. the terror level is at level four. they say there could be a paris-style attack, which would involve several people walking around the city and on a rampage with arms, possibly ak-47s and other weapons as well. there have been raids going on to try to find some of the people who would be plotting some of this. frankly, to cordoned off areas. we are in the main square. a military vehicle is behind me. that is just what is going on in the city here. this entire area was cordoned

one of the suspect is a 26-year-old belgian national.couting target site for the attacks on the french capital. >> also suspected attacker salah abdesalam of last spotted driving toward belgium. his current whereabouts unknown. >> belgium under the highest terror alert possible as officials warn civilians about a "serious and imminent threat." metro stations is been shut down as a precaution. officials asked people to avoid public gatherings. >>> isis apparently has another dangerous weapon this its arsenal. we're learning more about a powerful drug that the terror group is reportedly giving their troops it help them carry out historic attacks. it's an amphetamine that fighters say make them feel invincible on the battlefield. brian today has more about it. >> reporter: a captured isis militant named kareem tells cnn how he got his battlefield courage. >> translator: they gave us drugs, hallucinogenic pills that sent you into battle not caring whether you live or die. >> reporter: last year he was being held by militants in northern syri

the belgian capital is now in its third day of a lockdown., stores, and the subway system are all closed today. nato's headquarters is feeling the effect of heightened security in belgium following the terror attacks in paris. some alliance staff members are being asked to work from home and external visits and visiting groups have been canceled. on saturday, belgian authorities raised the alert level in the brussels region to the maximum level. british prime minister david cameron wants that u.k. to join the fight against the islamic state in syria. p met with the french president in paris today. right to takely decisive action to stop terrorists when they are threatening the lives of innocent citizens. the united kingdom will do all in our power to support our friend and ally, france, to matt: this evil. he will meet with president obama at the white house on tuesday. an islamic militant groups is only 2 gunman carried out the attack last friday on a hotel in mali. a statement was received claiming responsibility for the attack. it identifi

the belgian authorities say the threat is against public gatherings. they are shutting down things were a lot of people would come together. it is not against the airport or against the train. those things remain open and operating fairly normally. getting from the airport to downtown maybe a little difficult without the metro, but you can take a taxi. for the finance ministers, they the terrorism in that the are talking about the cost of it, talking about the budgets for next year. the cost of the security. france, in particular, has said it will increase to radically its spending on security in the wake of these attacks. they will have to take this into account when they did the budgets. the european authorities have already said that they know what is happening in france, that they see what is going on, and that there is room for flexibility within the rules. thank you for the update. david owens, chief european economist at jefferies, is with us. move -- does this we will see increasing budget. that will be the central story in a certain right. obv

so the belgian police are still clearly very active, as they were over the weekend, working in tandem with their french colleagues. clarify, how many of the suspects are known or thought to have links to belgium? them emerged, this molenbeek neighborhood in particular, the french media, over the three brothers. slam -- abl at the islam salah, and his brother thought to have blown himself up outside the bataclan. a third brother as well. this is not the first time this neighborhood has been at the center of terrorism cases. a slew of cases have involved people who have lived here or moved through the neighborhood over the last two years, so cases on both french and belgian soil. at times like this, inhabitants feel they are being stigmatized for the actions of a tiny minority, but in terms of the law and for -- of the law and order, the belgian government is saying that for too long it has been lax and it is no coincidence that these attackers have come from this neighborhood as a result of what they say lax policyhas been in the last decade or so, promising crucially more resources to

to secure passage for the belgians into syria.can you explain to us what the mood on the street is like today? gentleman we're still a little more than a week after these attacks abdomen although people around the world has seen pictures-- and although people around the world has seen pictures from paris, people are still dealing with a lot of raw emotions. there's vigils like this all across this neighborhood just behind me going for, perhaps, another mile behind me where people visit the sites. they talk with friends, with family. they light candles. there is also a defiance and conversations about, perhaps, what could have been done better by the government and what the government should do now. take a look at this report. >> translation: united in grief and celebration. people continue to pay their respects at more than half dozen vigils looking for community and support and solidarity. this sign says we are united. just around the corner signs of a new reality, constant surveillance, relief for some, concern for those who pri

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there was a belgian resident found dead oud the stadium.ide one of the restaurants. and also that car that was found outside the bataclan was rented in belgium. this same district, molenbeek by the way is where that cell that was thwarted in january were based who were plotting a major terrorist attack, they think probably in belgium in january involving the same explosives, tatp as were found on the dead suicide bombers here in paris, christiane. it's starting to become clearer and clearer that this has a significant belgian footprint. >> tim, when you look at an operation like this, how much planning, how long does it take to plan something like this and potentially how many people would be involved beyond the seven attackers that we know of who have been killed? >> anderson, i would say it's exponentially larger than the group we know of. the 9/11 plot, it took five years for al qaeda to plan that, to bring the individuals together, get the financing, material they needed in order to conduct that attack. this is obviously a much less sop

i've been told that by belgian officials. were in jail together, at least one brother was in jail for some time for robbery. in jail, the message that goes out to these youngsters that are going into jail, is that you can atone for your past behavior, it's redemption if you join our cause. they also give them an explanation for why they were getting involved in all this kind of thing and also alcohol and drugs and girls and all that. you are corrupted by the infidel west, we can offer you paradise. they want all the rewards they're told about in heaven. they really believe this. i mean -- >> also, many people could be psychopaths and just want to kill people. and this gives them a justification for doing that. >> abdelhamid abaaoud had sadistic kind of tendencies, who brutalalized people, drug corpses behind his car. there are things that are too horrific to describe on air. there's this video we have, cnn has this video, where he's behind some sandbags in 2014 in syria, joining a battle. you can hear him talk about how he ge

at the moment we only have two vehicles with belgian plates. the volkswagen polo and a seat which was used at the site of the other attack. that third people police are not yet confirmed. given the broader planning stage seems to have been from here in the moneighborhood. >> there was another vehicle being driven by three people that was found -- that was stopped, pulled over as they were going back to belgium. is that correct? >> reporter: yes. and that was the -- that was the man who was believed to have been driving the volkswagen polo initial aat that attack. the two others who were with him who are belgian residents but french nationals, bringing it back to this nibd neighborhood here. what we've been hearing from people is this is something that's been going on for so long that almost now for a lot of them, as afraid of they are a the police scrutiny -- and standing here, it's been sirens and police officers, even though the actual house entrance phase of this operation seems to have been stalled for now. but for so many of them, they wel

authorities and belgian have arrested a suspect in the terrorist attack. 26-year-old belgian born french national is accused of renting a volkswagen that brought the terrace to the concert hall as well as being the person who actually fired the weapons that killed the people inside the restaurant in paris. the belgian border on saturday but he was released. it it is unclear why. he was picked up overnight it in a massive raid. it is the exact same believed to be from. the man who is the mastermind of the attack. unknown extremists in several thwarted attacks on a paris he is believed to be in or on his way to syria to rejoin isis. turkish officials say they had him in 2014 and notified the french but had no response. >> this is just the beginning of the pitiless response that was promised in the wake of heinous terror attacks that claimed the lives of 129 people. france promised revenge. overnight the offensive began. french fighter jets pounded isis targets and rocket, syria. aircraft strapped 20 bombs, to destroy joe hottie training camp, ammunition dump and command center. isis claime

some belgians took a lighter approach. reports. >> reporter: with brussels under lockdown authorities warned the public not to share any information about the terror raids, fearing it may tip off the suspects. the response by many people was perfect. confuse them. a sense of humor overtook a sense of fear. some defiant, yet whimsy. using the hash tag brussels lockdown, twitter was overrun with cats. the occasional dog, but mostly cats. this tweet certainly did not let the cat out of the bag or give away any legitimate intelligence about police movements. you can't keep hiding. day 12, they still think i'm a husky. here, we see the feline version of the brussels lockdown crisis center. one wrote, residents told to stay away from windows. not sure they got the message. hiding in a suitcase, this cat asked, is it safe to come out yet? while some cats to the skies others took to the roofs. even the media got involved, feline fever at its best. some warned, they're getting close, stay low and don't panic. followed by, they got

abdelhamid abaaoud, a 27-year- old belgian national, is believed to be in syria.s also been tied to an earlier train attack in france that several americans helped thwart. now, a french police union is calling for molenbeek to come under e.u. security control. they say the belgian government has ceded the area to the islamic state control. >> woodruff: joining us to discuss the attacks and aftermath and reaction is malcom brabant. hari sreenivasan is with us in paris and chief foreign affairs covenant margaret warner joins us here in washington. there is a state of war in france. you're on the streets, memorials are behind you. what is the sense of the mood there? is it resolve? is it fright? >> it is a bit of both. there is a serious sense of grief but there is a tremendous undercurrent of anger you can hear in people here. they're a little confused about what to do. you can't take out the heart of france which has the nature to take people in, the refugees in and at the same time you feel some part of that heart was cut out with this horrible attack, so people a

media reports citing belgian authorities there's seven raids going on in belgium right now. they're going after people they think were related to the attacks in paris last friday. you're talking about a country that has seen at least 350 plus of its citizens traveling to syria over the last couple of years with the islamic state. when you're talking about belgium this say country as well that's seen a great deal of activity on the black market when it comes to movement of weapons and we understand that the charlie hebdo attackers got theirs from belgium. there's questions about how much they want to do going forward. they say they want to do more and go after the radicals they know of as well and for intelligence officials and sources i have been speaking to over the last couple of days it seals like about time they started going after these folks. the ones we have seen over the last couple of hours here in belgium it will be interesting going forward if they're able to clean information from the raids because at this point what we know of, in that country it's very, very di

the belgian government met to discuss their national terror threat level. they chose to keep brussels on the highest state of alert...as it has been all weekend. michel says: "we are fearing a similar attack to that which took place in paris, says: "we are fearing a similar attack to that which took place in paris, involving several individuals, who might launch an attack on several different locations at the same time." on monday-- schools, the subway system and many restaurants and businesses will remain shut down. meantime, the investigation into the attacks on paris continues. french police putting out this photo of a man they say took part in the attacks. they hoping the public will help identify him. all of this as president obama issued this warning to isis sunday. potus says: we will hunt down their leadership, we will dismantle their networks and their supply lines and we will ultimately destroy them. even as a growing coalition effort to target isis with airstrikes is ongoing...president obama's strategy continues to be questioned - even from memb

the two men that picked him up, they have been in belgian custody ever since then.the meantime, and it's important to note that one of his brothers was in paris and was one of the attackers. and killed himself, blew himself up amidst all the carnage on that day. there is a third brother who was not part of the attack. he is in belgium. and he's been speaking out to the media. he is not in police custody. he's made a fresh appeal for his brother to please turn himself in. he has speculated that maybe his brother effectively got cold feet and didn't follow through on the paris attack. and he also made another statement saying he would please like to see his 26-year-old brother in jail, turning himself into authorities, rather than end up in a graveyard. >> still mysterious as to how these brothers would end up, one and two others would go in such different directions. thank you so much. >>> we want to take a moment now to show you a really unique look at the memorials for the terror victims in paris. this is a 360-degree view of the place de le republique. if you go o

belgian authorities are very keenly aware of that. we've had the justice minister only today talking to cnn and he admits that they really haven't been able to keep the kind of focus and attention on these they should have been. these jihadis are moving to syria and moving back in. while they're aware they're going to fight in syria, there's not enough awareness when they move back into belgium or france. the investigation is ongoing. there isn't a sense yet how deep this network extends, but everything we're hearing, kate, brings the story back here to molenbeek and brussels. >> nima, as they look into the backgrounds of these men involved, there's also the most immediate and urgent focus right now in belgium of trying to find, locate, track down, bring in this eighth attacker. obviously, that did not happen this morning when special ops tried to get him. but do they have a sense that he's even still in belgium? do you know how far this has gone yet in trying to pin him in? >> reporter: what we're hearing from the prosecutor's office

attackshat the paris ordered from that country and launched from belgian. jets struck places in the city of raqqa. >> in a situation where we are attacked by the islamic state, it is quite correct that we respond. we have done so in the past and we have done so again today because raqqa is the headquarters of the islamic state. yvonne: the leaders of america on russia talked one to hour -- forn over an hour at the g-20 summit. let's get the latest on the markets. implications of a knee-jerk reaction from investors, bailing out of risky assets like equities. not that surprising, but what we are seeing is risk-off appetite. we have seen equities start the trading week in a negative tone. the hang seng index one of the worst performers. it has been hit by some changes in marginal lending rules. spi indexbe index -- ko down. economic data out of japan weighing on the nikkei 225. adding to that dismal town we already had in the region. the asx 200 has half an hour to go, looking like it will close by more than half of 1%. the picture on the asia-pacific benchmar

the international manhunt is on now for this 26-year-old belgian. it accolade today with intense police raids around brussels in a neighborhood known as molenbeek. the family spoke to reporters today. >>> authorities identified this man, a belgian national to the molenbeek area. known for his extremist connections and the mastermind of the paris terrorist attacks. the french interior minister said police had arrested 23 people in 168 separate raids in cities across that country starting early today. they are warning this is just the beginning. the islamic state released a chilling propaganda video today. it threatens that any country that attacks it will suffer the same fate as we just seen in paris. specifically it named the united states as a target, saying it would hit america, quote, in its cell, in washington. we ant to go to our justice correspondent pete williams in washington. pete, earlier tonight in your reporting we were talking about the good guys catching up to and catching the bad guys. mistaken that you reported isis has something app