deborah feyerick explains. >> reporter: it appears she was ready to die for isis.ide bomber detonating explosives killing herself during a police raid that killed one other. the woman to be identified through dna is believed to be the cousin of paris attack ringleader abdelhamid abaqoud. though far fewer number, female suicide bombers are no less lethal in the quest. >> could be this is, that the organization sees them as a very useful tool because of their femininity. >> reporter: in january 2002 palestinian refugee detonated a 22-pound backpack in the center of jerusalem killing one and injuring 140. one of the youngest known suicide bombers also a palestinian refugee was an 18-year-old girl who strapped on a suicide belt, pushed past a security guard and blew herself up inside a supermarket killing the guard and israeli teenage girl. >> when we often think about female suicide bombers, we think of black widows. these are the widows of chechen fighters. >> reporter: in russia chechen women blew themselves up, the 2002 siege of a moscow theater in which female att

deborah feyerick tells us how n- y-c is responding to these threats. > >deborah: the show a video implying a suicide bomb >>:they have additional training in explosives detection and hostile surveillance as or as radiological detection >> reporter :police departments across the country are working with fbi and said that there is no credible threat right now and it is the unknown threat that the u.s. is working to try and prevent >>:we're working round-the-clock to make sure that these things do not happen >> reporter :it triggered increased security in the subway system and wednesday they were seeking four men seen at the pentagon station and they were interviewed and cleared for release >>:it doesn't matter where they're from or how credible may seem to be we take it as credible and look into it >> reporter :isis has threatened attacks in multiple cities another image of this square has raised concerns as well which is the ending point of the six giving parade--thanksgiving day parade with millions of tourists flocking to manhattan for the event, police understand that there is no room fo

cnn's deborah feyerick following this story for us. and deborah, this would be a strange ending to a really mysterious story. >> reporter: yeah, and it is very strange, indeed. there was a lot of confusion as to why the coroner initially would not rule this a straight-out homicide, especially since police officers -- >> deb, we're going to cut you off right now. the news conference actually just started. let's go to fox lake. >> i'm detective christopher covelli, c-o-v-e-l-l-i for the major crime task force. i'm joined today by commander of the lake county major crime task force, chief george filenko and lake county coroner dr. thomas rutt. two months have passed since the death of lieutenant. since day one of this incident, investigators have tirelessly worked day and night, diligently searching for answers. this investigative team included members of the lake county major crime task force as well as our federal partners, the fbi, the atf, secret service, homeland security, and the u.s. marshals service. this was an extraordinarily com

first, let's start with our deborah feyerick.ore about this bill and what the reaction has been to it. >> well, the interesting thing is this is a bill that would essentially ban people who are on the terror watch list from acquiring any sort of a firearm. according to a report back in march, the government accountability office essentially found that 91% of those who did apply were able to purchase a gun. that's more than 2,000 guns sold to people who are on the terror watch list. the point that is being argued is that people are put on those lists and they don't know why. they spend years and thousands of dollars on lawyers trying to get themselves off that list and are unable to. the government doesn't have to provide them a reason why their names do appear on those. this is all part of the debate in terms of who's on those lists, do they merit being on those lists and if so, should they be able to buy a gun or not? so, senator schumer, senator dianne feinstein, they're all trying to limit the availability of any sort of firea

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our national correspondent deborah feyerick. the city is about to go into full holiday mode, thanksgiving next week, the big parade. people are going to be traveling, flying. how are officials reacting in new york city, first all, to this video? >> it's interesting because it's not only the thanksgiving day parade, it's also the christmas tree lighting, the holiday windows that tourists, millions of them, will come to see. clearly, this is going to be a very busy six weeks for law enforcement. new york officials are really acting very defiantly. they're saying, we've got police, they are doing their job. we're working with federal law enforcement. we've got tactical teams out. but they're also telling people do what you normally do but just be a little bit more vigilant. they're basically saying complacency is not just an option anymore. take a listen to what bratton said. >> we cannot be intimidated. that's what terrorists seek to do. they seek to create fear. they seek to intimidate. we will not be intimidated and we will not

deborah feyerick takes us through the early morning hours of that day. the video is tough to watch. it is graphic and it is without question not for children. >> reporter: 46-year-old lambert was allegedly acting strange when south boston, virginia, police decided to get him checked out at a local emergency room. >> we're not locking you up. what we're doing here is, we're going to take you to the emergency room. we're gonna get you looked at, make sure you're good to go. >> reporter: during the ride, police video shows lambert becomes increasingly agitated. as the squad car pulls into the e.r. >> don't kick your window. don't kick your window. quit kicking the window. quit kicking the window. calm down. calm down. >> reporter: lambert, his hands catched behind his back, kicks out the window and sprints towards the emergency room, ramming the sliding doors. three officers draw their tasers and appear to make contact. lambert falls forward. >> get on your belly. >> reporter: instead of having him evaluated by doctors, the police put him back in the squad car. and when he fails to sit

and so it's a big concern that they were able to stay so quiet. >> deborah feyerick, thank you very much now to my national security commentator and chairman on the house select committee mike rogers and presidential historian douglas brinkley. the president is standing firm and defiant in the calls -- certainly in this country, people were talking to on the streets say they are open to ground troops and they want ground troops. the president of the united states says that doesn't make sense. he has the right strategy, there is no better option. >> our arab league is not aware of this option. it concerns me a lot. he's very good at the strong end argument. if you're not for what i'm doing, you're for massive troop invasion in syria. there are so many options other than that and it's disappointing that he would go there. if he get a robust arab league coalition and we use the same tactics that we did to decapital al qaeda elements in the tribal areas of pakistan, going after their command and control, going after their logistic systems, that might mean you have combat service troops helpi

cnn's deborah feyerick is live for us in new york city.s on high alert of course especially during the holidays. how is new york responding and preparing? >> well, they're really taking a look at everything. you know, people understand that there will be millions of tourists who are coming to the big apple because of the thanksgiving day parade, the christmas tree lighting, the ball drop. so police are taking no chances. it's something really that the fbi director said that it is better to alert police if you see something and be wrong than to do nothing and have your suspicions basically come to fruition. so they're really urging everybody to keep their eyes open. tonight new york city is responding to a direct threat from isis, a propaganda video implying a suicide bomb. >> the people of new york city will not be intimidated. >> reporter: the nypd deploying counterterror tactical teams to cover a range of potential threats. >> they have additional training in explosive trace detection, hostile surveillance. >> reporter: police department

deborah feyerick is joining us. what did your sources tell us?porter: i showed those pictures to an expert who broke it down with me. with a picture that we are showing, that's the inside of a suicide belt and in the video there are obviously many more pictures that are there. you see the man wrapping up that device but analyzing it, it's a detonat detonator cord linked to explosives. there are bee bees that have been compacted and what that means, according to this bomb expert, clearly this is a device that will not only kill the person that detonates it but because of the bbs inside, the shrapnel effect, it will injure many near it. it's a big threat to new york and the fact that they are showing their methodology, that they plan to do this by a suicide bomb, this is only a threat. the police department has tamped down on it saying we have been a target, we will always be a target so we have to be prepared for that. but clearly they are taking this very seriously because of the season, because of the holidays and the number of crowds and touris

deborah feyerick for us on the phone. of course, another question with all these countries talking right now, with this level about what just happened, perhaps they feed to talk more about how they spot it and keep it from happening in the future. paul cruickshank, our terrorism analyst joins us by phone right now. paul, you've got great sources in all of these countries, including belgium. what do you think is happening right now with these raids in belgium now, believed to be connected with the six terrorist attacks here yesterday? >> reporter: this new information is very significant, indeed. the mulllandbeck district of brussels was the home of several of those plotters in january in a safe house in eastern belgium. there was a major gunfight between them and belgium commandos. authorities telling me they were involved in a major plot in belgium. they had explosives and kalashnikovs and they were directed to do this by the senior leadership of isis in syria and iraq. this brings up the possibility of a connection to t

i want to bring in cnn's deborah feyerick. deborah, do headquarters police departments throughout the country see the isis threat as legitimate? >> well, you know, what they know is isis tends to put out these videos, sort of aspirational videos, but there's always the risk they could go from aspirational to operational. that's really what they're protecting against. so there is an increased awareness. it doesn't mean that the threat level has gone up. what it does mean is there's a hypersensitivity to anything that might appear out of the normal. in its latest video isis continues its threats against the west setting its sights squarely on the united states. >> translator: we will strike america and its stronghold, washington. >> cia chief john brennan today warned the terror group now has a lethal external operations agenda. and what happened in paris will likely be attempted elsewhere. >> so i would anticipate that this is not the only operation that isil has in the pipeline. >> following the attacks in paris, police departm

he blew himself up with one of the vests that deborah feyerick was talking about.lly interesting is he had been a subject of an investigation by belgium police for months. they began investigating him in early 2015 when reportedly, they believe, he had gone to syria to fight for isis. what is scary is they had no idea, just like the others, that he had come back. they had admitted that today. and again today despite all these raids and all those arrests, still no sign of the eighth suspect, who still remains on the loose. >> drew griffin, thank you so much. this just into cnn. we are learning that an 18-year-old american from boston was killed today during a terrorist attack in the west bank. several other americans are reported injured in this terrorist attack. they have condemned the attack saying it remains concerned about the situation and tensions in the middle east and urging all sides to deescalate tensi tensions. back to you in new york, brooke. >> this grieving husband who lost his wife to the terrorist attack last friday says he will not give in to hating

deborah feyerick is here with more on the security angle in this city. >> it's fair to say, the air ofople understand they need to be on alert. there's no credible threat but a presumed threat. the stakes are different now that you have multiple active shooters, possibly the threat they may have suicide bombs on them. that is what law enforcement is dealing with today. the nypd conducted a drill over the weekend, something they had been planning for more than a year. they had tactical teams going into the subway, with assault rifles long guns. speed is critical when you have an active shooter situation. they have minutes to respond in order to minimize any potential damage. you see the tactical teams. they move toward the sound of the gunfire. they want to neutralize the threat. that is their goal. and you've got to keep in mind, with what we saw in paris, there could be multiple incidents. it could be happening at the same time, different locations. so, that's the new mind set of the nypd as they mobilize these specific teams. you're going to see a heavier presence during the thanksgi

let's bring in our national correspondent deborah feyerick. clearly study the paris attacks more closely. >> yes. they want to see what they missed. in hindsight, certain clues become much more important than they were before paris happened. for example, a man stopped in germany almost a week before the attacks with eight kalashnikovs. investigators are looking at what information they have and what information that they need to share with others to possibly prevent an attack. with isis now threatening to strike the united states -- >> translator: we will strike america and its strong hold. >> reporter: police are making sure all threats are run to ground. >> my philosophy is, no matter the level of credibility, we have to act as if every one of them is credible because the first time you take those things for granted, it could be a mistake. >> reporter: u.s. officials are analyzing the attacks in minute detail. the fbi dispatching special agents to help the french in any way that they can but also to identify any intelligence that could fores

cnn's deborah feyerick following this story for us.ending to a really mysterious story. >> reporter: yeah, and it is very strange, indeed. there was a lot of confusion as to why the coroner initially

>> deborah feyerick in new york for us. thanks very much.nt to go back to jim sciutto in paris. i understand you're getting information about the massive manhunt and the terrorist that may be on the loose. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. you're well aware how intense this manhunt is now. we got new information extended for the alleged eighth attacker, a missing terrorist from the friday attacks, name salah abdeslam. the subject of the international arrest warrant. the search is extended to the netherlands. why? because he has associations there in the past and it's just yet one more reminder of how easy it can be to move around europe. the distances here are short. the borders effectively open. it's visa free travel from country to country and remember, salah abdeslam was stopped by police just hours after the attacks in paris. they did not at the time know he was involved in the attacks. stopped on his way going from france to belgium. now you have this manhunt being extended onto the netherlands, just giving you a sense of the scope. one

let's talk about all of that former counterterrorism analyst and deborah feyerick.b, when many people woke up this morning, did the central focus on paris. quickly, this afternoon, escalated to brussels, suburbs, because of a rental car that was found near the scene of one of the attacks yesterday. tell us what led police to brussels. >> well, that could be a critical piece of the information for investigators. what we dough no, there were two cars found at the scene of the attacks. one was a black saat, the other a black polo, both registered in belgium, both used in the terror attacks. the black vw polo at conkecert hall. his dna inside the vehicle. the french prosecutors went, according to the french prosecutor, belgium authorities conducted raids on several homes in that brussels suburbs in one of the homes was identified as connected directly to the attacks. now, the man, french national, he was stopped early this morning at the belgium border trying to leave with two other men. we know about the french national, he had a criminal record, radicalized in 2010. t

deborah feyerick is covering the story. >> isis released a web video in which they said they will attack the united states and go after the american stronghold which is washington d.c. and a great concern to all authorities including the cia chief is that this attack clearly took months to plan and yet, it sell went undetected and u.s. intelligence is going back over the known intelligence. that's the whole thing. you can only fight what you know. when you don't know it becomes more difficult. they are looking at watch lists. these men are not on watch lists. they are looking at all signal intelligence and can find no traceable communication. these people, some of them were unknown including the brother you talked about, anderson of the one of the suicide bombers. the brother stopped on the road questioned by police but they left him go even though he was leaving france on route to belgium hours after the attack. they let him go because they had no criminal record and that is the big concern that somebody who effectively has no identity can simply slip into the united states and carry ou

deborah feyerick is "outfront." >> reporter: if british and u.s.officials are correct, then isis or an isis affiliate will have achieved with al qaeda has been trying to do since 9/11, blow up a commercial passenger plane. >> this will be the most significant attack since 9/11. >> reporter: an explosive device may have been hidden inside luggage and someone working at the airport may have helped get it past security. unlike the highly sophisticated explosives used by al qaeda. authorities believe isis used a more conventional device. a source telling cnn it may have included a barometric pressure switch set to go off at a certain altitude. al qaeda has targeted u.s. passenger planes at least four times since 9/11. the first was shoe bomber richard reed in 2001. a plot by british extremists in water bottles was destroyed in 2006. in christmas 2009, the underwear bomber as this plane was landing in detroit. a year later, p.e.t.n. explosives discovered in two printer toner cartridges on ups and fedex plains. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula ibrahim a

let's get right to cnn national security correspondent deborah feyerick.ier today, said that more attacks are likely, quote/unquote, in the pipeline. do you know, do your sources know, of any current, credible threats from isis against the united states homeland? >> well you, know, right now the great fear is, obviously, isis is aspiring to hit the united states. and the director of the cia, john brennan, alluded to the fact there are multiple plots that might be in the pipe line. what's of such concern what happened. paris took not weeks but months to plan. so the discovery, as you mentioned earlier, the cell phone could have even the smallest clues that could help officials here in the united states identify some sort of a plot. >> reporter: with isis now threatening to strike the united states -- >> we will strike america and its stronghold, washington. >> reporter: -- the police chief is making sure all threats are run to ground. >> my philosophy is, no matter the level of credibility, we have to act as if yef one is credible the first time you take th

i want to go now to deborah feyerick here in new york as the rest of the world responds to this, alerts rising everywhere, including here in the united states. deb, what do you know? >> well, what we know is here in the new york city, nypd is deploying many of it is resources from counterterrorism scenes. this is not because of any intelligence threats against the u.s. but obviously police are responding to what is going on in paris. i can tell you, this is law enforcement's greatest fear. this coordinated chaos, simultaneous attacks, hitting soft targets. this is what police have been warning about since september 11th, these soft target attacks. think about it. they hit a sports stadium, a theater, a restaurant, a shopping area. all almost impossible to protect and to guard against and so they knew where they were going. the mayor, the deputy mayor very emotional, as you spoke to him, erin, basically saying, look, these attacks right now, they are contained but you could hear him choke up when he said, we don't know if these attacks could begin tomorrow. and that's what is so terrifyi

. >> deborah feyerick reporting.to paul and mike rogers and national correspondent for france 24 phillip. my condolences to even at france 24. one of your colleagues were killed just going to a rock concert, right? >> yes, thank you very much a. camera technician at france 24. he had a 6-year-old son and went to that concert at the bataclan and didn't make it out. they are in mourning like all of france. >> you hear these stories, 129 people killed so far. you hear story after story. it's so heartbreaking. what can you tell us about the reports that this specific operation and the cia director john brennan seem to suggest it had been planned for months, it was a complex operation including a lot of phone conversations or whatever. >> well, it means that some of these suspects or attackers or alleged attackers were based in france or a lot of indications are turning us toward belgium. that is more likely to be the place where these cells were operating and able to plan all of this. after all, belgium has coal across s

cnn's deborah feyerick joins us with more.earned. >> hundreds of police officers swarmed that area to catch what they believed were three killers on loose. perhaps this wasn't a murder but something very different. that's because lieutenant joe gliniewicz was shot two times with his own gun and no signs of a struggle. breaking overnight, a bombshell development in the shooting death of fox lake police lieutenant joe gliniewicz, killed in early september. this morning, illinois law enforcement officials expected to announce they believe the 52-year-old officer committed suicide. dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. this, a departure from the initial theory that the army veteran and father of four was gunned down by at least one of three male suspects after he chased them on foot. >> this is lieutenant glynn witsz's radio call from that fateful day. minutes later he requests backup, before radio communication drops off. the backup team later finding his body 50 yards from his squad car. authorities say the 30-year veteran

deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> now even in the united states, a few refugees from syria have arrived made it clear they want no syrians in their states. >> the states highlighted in red say they are opposed to accepting refugees from syria and it's a large, large number. we also listed the states where they say they will accept syrian refugees. and there are still a number of states as well who say they're not yet committed one way or the other. this has become a very hot political issue with virtually every presidential candidate now weighing in. >> bringing people into this country from that area of the world, i think is a huge mistake. >> you can't pick up the phone and call syria. and that is one of the reasons why i've said we don't need to take more refugees, it's not that we don't want to, we can't. >> it is lunacy to bring refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder americans. >> president obama denounced some republican suggestions for what amounts to a religious test. jeb bush, for instance, says the united states should accept christian refugees only.