french experts on the middle east, french experts on french foreign-policy, french experts who can provide a unique insight into not just what is going on and what has happened in paris. french experts are not only of the unique insight into what is going on but the implications for what is going on for french society, french politics, french foreign-policy and how that fits into broader european and international efforts to address the challenges on this agenda. we have never quite done a program that featured only french experts. it is not the mark of prescient but a year of france at the washington institute in that while we match an outstanding expert in paris i will introduce in just a moment we have the great benefit of having to french experts here on our staff this year. one diplomat in residence through partnership with the french foreign ministry and the second, and outstanding french scholar of syria that we have been endeavoring to bring to washington for some time, a scholar on the alawites and we are delighted that we have such a scholar with us right now. let me introduce ou

the french president francois hollande has made it quite clear that any french citizen, 6,200 french nationals in bamako alone, he said that any french citizens anywhere in the world innocence active places must be really careful at this time. he's talked about having solidarity with the people of mali. obviously, a reference there to the crisis he's facing here at home after the devastating attack one week ago, and he is obviously right now trying to engage with his diplomats, with the french foreign minister as you heard there to try to assist. the word coming out is that any help required will be given, and they will try to assist mali in this crisis. of course, the french connections former colony of france, mali goes back a long time. in january, 2013, france deployed a large force there to draw the request of the mali government to try and repel insurgents to the north who had taken over half of the country. there was a peace deal in 2013 later on, but that only lasted three months and then a further peace deal, in fact this february, 2015, but that hasn't really held. all the

and the french invaded. the french invaded there, because they wanted to stop the marching of those groups. because if they could have taken that area they could also go to other countries. >> thank you very much. >>> mali's minister for security say that the security personnel have surrounded the hotel and are receiving assistance from the french and american embassies. >> translator: three strong attackers were able to storm the hotel. we have also surrounded the hotel. we are also receiving assistance from french and american ambassador dors. we know there are around 140 people in the hotel as of last night. but we can't give you the precise number of people who have managed to escape or have been freed. they are now being held in a gym nearby. two security forces have been injured during the operation. we call on everyone to be -- vigilant. >> ivan what is the latest? >> reporter: we know at least 80 hostages have been released, but there is still on ongoing hostage situation taking place. it is not clea

lots of french folks. discuss the developing situation at the radisson hotel in mali, matthew graham, fox news terrorism expert. good morning. >> good morning. gerri: tell us what is going on here and what do we need to do to better protect ourselves against attacks like the ones we're seeing in paris and now in mali? >> well there is a couple of things going on here on a couple of different levels. number one, obviously global jihad is alive and growing. so there is that issue. so as we approach our holiday travel season, around the world, there is just an exigency to stay aware and stay alert of what is going on. another aspect of this going on is, whatever metrics are being used to set our threat level internationally as no credible threat aren't filtering these types of attacks out. nicole: can you actually, that would be a great point to make. you should elaborate on that, matthew, because that is a great point. that there is no imminent attacks or we're not aware of any. we're seeing attacks all over

we even had the french president hollande calling on french citizens in the country to display the french flag in their windows, on their balconies. it is very much in one way an unfrench thing to do being so patriotic. >> absolutely. i can tell you this from first hand experience. as an american living in paris, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in the united states, there was a flag on every porch. you had new york city taxi drivers putting flags on their dash boards sending the message i'm an american. i'm not a terrorist. i'm an american. trying to hammer home that message. they were everywhere. in france you're right. francois hollande has called for the french to adorn their balconies and hang out the flags and, yes, you do see flags here and there but it's not an extremely ostentatious display of flag waving. as you said, the french are not into those patriotic, the fervor that involves ra ra flag waving of the kind we're more used to seeing in the united states. it is interesting because we call the tri color, right, the french flag, the french have a complicated history with t

however, french people all over the country have been asked to join in by hanging or flying french flags half mast from their windows. certainly here in paris if we look at some of the buildings around us, it's really quite impressive the extent to which the french flag is hanging from balconys, from railings and out of windows. of course, this is a national cancer mown jeep. however-- ceremony. each of the individual families will have been having their own private funerals and that is the reason why this special day of commemoration is taking place now, two weeks after the attacks. the officials needed time to identify all of those who killed, which was a large task, it took several days, but also to give families to arrange their own funerals for their loved ones before there was really time for the nation to gather together in the kind of commemoration that we're witnessing now >>> jacky, thank you very much. you're looking at live pictures coming to us. as jacky was just explaining there as the people of france focus in on the events of november 13, friday november 13, two weeks ago

for a french news network. laura, what have you been able to learned? >> i just learned the reaction of the french president hollande, he was evacuated after the explosion outside the stadium. he went on tv midnight, and he had a meeting with his entire cabinet, and he declared something which has never been done in france in my memory, but i might be wrong. there's now a state of emergency in france. the french president has declared that all borders are closed. he came on tv and he said i don't want anyone to go outside of france. i don't want anyone to come to france at this moment, so at this moment there's a state of emergency in the country with the borders, which have been closed, which is in my again memory unprecedented. then the other thing the ongoing situation in paris. the police people want to understand precisely what happened outside the stadium. again it was a big soccer game. it was one of the most important soccer games of the season, with the french president inside the stadium. it was -- we

that is so important for french people. they want to come back out to show liberty still exists. >> security is part of it. you cannot be free if you are not safe. that's going to be the balance they have to strike. >> all right. coming up, we will talk about how the refugee crisis complicates all of this. particularly when some of the suspects had refugee status. stick around. "new day" from paris will be right back. who wants to try? before earning enough cash back from bank of america to stir up the holidays, before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store, even before they got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through, daniel, vandi, and sarah decided to use their bank americard cash rewards credit card to sweeten the holiday season. that's the spirit of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. ♪ everything kids touch during cold and flu season sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting product

the french president says it is isis. there were a number of attack sites, first, the soccer stadium, across town, gunmen mowed people down on the streets and then restaurants. the worst horror at the theater where terrorists ran into the rock concert with assault rifles blazing. they were coordinated attacks at multiple sites. again, 127 people dead. now, let's take a live picture of paris, past noon there, six hours ahead of us. you can see that the streets are clear with the exception of police and emergency vehicles. again, a heavy security presence, but in terms of those normally strolling sidewalks on noon on a saturday, many are inside. france is in a state of emergency, and nbc 10 george spencer is live in the digital oer operations center with an update. george? >> this has been changes overnight as french people wake up after their day, six hours ahead of us, following clearly coordinated attacks in multiple locations. on the ground, a series of explosions and shootings in an attack that was clearly coordinated.

you'll hear her description. >> brand new just in to fox news channel from french television, french television now quoting authorities as saying that inside the concert hall, the gunman previously described as someone with a pump-action shotgun, screamed presumably in french "this is for syria." as the attack was going down. and if true, this is not surprising. europe one radio is reporting. this is new to us on fox news channel, there has just been according to europe one radio, another attack. this is said to have happened at a shopping mall, europe one radio is reporting that first there was an attack in a restaurant or bar, then a second attack almost simultaneously. then the shooting and taking of hostages at the concert hall. and now, according to europe one radio, there has been a shooting at a mall. and i don't yet know the location. for a little bit of context. we, we can't be sure that this last one has happened. i say it for the following reason. during the attacks of 9/11, when traveling quickly to work down fifth avenue and passing st. peter's cathedral on the left and

including french forces involved. the scene or near to it, say at 9:30 local time, there was a beginning of the strike by security forces to take on the hostage takers. it appears this unfolded early in the morning according to witnesses around 7:00 a.m. in bamako. as gunmen, unverified, went into the hotel and started shooting. three dead, as i say, so far. the latest we have is from chinese state media. they managed to get hold of chinese national there. at least seven stuck in the hotel. who said they heard multiple gunshots around a room. more scattered gunshots ensued. they could not get a hold of the front desk. it was escalating quickly situation in the hotel. now we believe that the u.n. peacekeeping forces are also involved together with malian forces set up perimeter around the hotel as the situation unfolds. christine and john. >> we know, david, the hotel, we can show you where it is in the capital city, we can show you where it is relative to the u.s. embas embassy. the embassy telling americans to stay h

you'll hear her description. >> brand new just in to fox news channel from french television, french television now quoting authorities as saying that inside the concert hall, the gunman previously described as someone with a pump-action shotgun, screamed presumably in french "this is for syria." as the attack was going down. and if true, this is not surprising. europe one radio is reporting. this is new to us on fox news channel, there has just been according to europe one radio, another attack. this is said to have happened at a shopping mall, europe one radio is reporting that first there was an attack in a restaurant or bar, then a second attack almost simultaneously. then the shooting and taking of hostages at the concert hall. and now, according to europe one radio, there has been a shooting at a mall. and i don't yet know the location. for a little bit of context. we, we can't be sure that this last one has happened. i say it for the following reason. during the attacks of 9/11, when traveling quickly to work down fifth avenue and passing st. peter's cathedral on the left and

the french consulate in sent every city is boosting security as well as french embassies and consulates in other parts of the world. there's no known threat to philadelphia or the u.s., but police are stepping up security to places like lincoln financial field where the eagles play on sunday. last night, we spoke with a bar owner in center city from france, just returning from a visit to his home country last weekend and spent last night checking on his friends and family. he was unaware of what happened until we spoke to him. he says he can't believe a large scale attack was carried out in paris. >> crime against humanity is going on too many times in too many places. >> homeland security experts say to expect higher levels of security around the airports and train stations in the coming days. the department has lines set up if you are concerned for a loved one in paris. three people died in the explosions outside the soccer stadium. inside, chaos. take a look, this video comes from a philadelphia man who was there. he says parents were on the ground trying to cover their children. eve

we do know that french -- the french president was in attendan at that soccer match. however, we don't have any word if any official was inside that theater or if any officials were inside that restaurant. so we don't know the connection to these three locations. and i'm sure officials there in paris are trying to figure that out right now. >> at the stadium people heard explosions, two of them. it was louder than the fans -- this was a huge soccer match. this was france against germany. the president was there. other dignitaries were there. people were cheering expecting a good robust competition. instead, it turned into this kind of chaos and madness on a friday night in paris. helicopters circling, police everywhere, people just trying going on. but we can say that it appears it's limited to these three locations a theater, stadium and the restaurant. and french police trying to now. an apparent hostage situation involving 100 people in paris right now. they have sadly had experience with this over the past year. with the charlie hebdo shooting in january in paris

the french authorities learned this week that abaaoud was not in syria, but on french soil. tips came from the morrow rock and security services. >> much of the focus the past 35 hours has been on the office of the apartments. particular attention has been paid to one of the females who was present there. ere is more about her. >> who is this person? this 26-year-old french woman was born in a paris suburb. her parents divorced, and she had a troubled childhood, spending time in foster families. she was active on social networks, posting pictures of r in a bath and posing without a head scarf. then six months ago she showed herself wearing a knee camp. she had move back to the suburb. her neighbors were surprised to see she had suddenly turned radical. most who knew her described her as a woman lost in life. >> she would say i don't practice. i don't do any of all that. i am still smoking and dandriging alcohol. i am doing all this because i will be going to syria. we thought she was joking. she has been changing her mind. one time she was a rapper, another a prostitute or a

the french military says all the targets were destroyed and all french planes they say returned safelytheir bases in the united arab emirates and jordan. also tonight a french official tells cnn that at least three of the terrorists involved in the attacks spent time in syria. an international manhunt is intensifying for a belgium-born french national who's suspected in the attacks. a source tells cnn salah abdeslam was stopped and questioned by police a few hours after the terror happened across paris but was not detained. we're told he was driving in the direction of the belgium border. also tonight, officials fear that other suspects or accomplices in the attacks may also be on the loose. meanwhile, panic erupting in paris earlier tonight. take a look at this remarkable video. a crowd gathered at a memorial at one of the attack sites suddenly that crowd got spooked. people desperately dashed to safety. it turned out to be a false alarm. two days after the massacre of at least 129 people, the fear of another attack right now in paris is raw and real. our senior international correspo

[speaking french] [speaking french] [speaking french] >> there's the american secretary of state speaking live and in french, in front of the american embassy there in paris. here in paris, john kerry signaling the lighting up there, the three colors of the french flag, in a show of solidarity. you heard him just then, perfect french, repeating what he had said just before in english. he did pend time -- spend time here as a child. a perfect representative to arrive here in paris. he was much criticized back in january for not coming in the days just after the charlie hebdo massacre. or indeed taking part in the march that followed. he was here this time. we join our washington correspondent now. phillip, no doubt when john kerry sits down with francois hollande, francois hollande will put to him what he announced in front of the joint session of parliament today, which is that he's going to ask the united states to get involved in an intensification of the fight against the islamic state group. what is the american response to that request likely to be? >> well, there are already slight

the french interior was met on sunday. strong words were exchanged about the situation here in brussels from the french to the bell junes to say can-- belgiums get a grip on this because people are dying. it is a major priority. it will continue for many days, but the focus at the moment is to hunt for salah abdeslam and any accomplices that he may have been working with >>> thank you paul brennan. french planes have been carrying out air strikes on i.s.i.l. they are describing the strikes as massive. david chater has the details. >> reporter: france has tape the war back to i.s.i.l. launching bombing raids against the self-declared capital of iraq. they flew over night from air bases in jordan and the gulf. the operation was described as a legitimate response to the black friday massacre in paris. >> translation: in we've done it in the past and again today because raqqa, as you know, is the center of the i.s.i.l. you saw the drama that happened in paris. >> reporter: the raids were against targets supplied and selected b

nmy. >>> plus, the french strike back using u.s. intelligence. >>> plus, the french strike b >>> for the third time in two attacked the isis strong hold of raqqa in syria. overnight, 10 planes dropped bombs. and they say it there were 128 new searches over night related to the terror attack investigation. good morning. >> reporter: as you said, since sunday, backed by u.s. intelligence, the french have been bombing targets in raqqa,ng which is the defacto capital of the state that isis as the carved out. they said they hit a command center, recruitment sent squar train -- center and a training center. now, although the french have always been a part of the u.s.-led coalition fighting isis, they've beefed up their air strikes since the fight on paris. and experts say these are largely symbolic and a coalition of troops need boots on the ground to really effect isis in syria and iraq. the u.s. central command announced announced that it has destroyed many isis fuel trucks. it's those sort of targets that are likely to hit isis the mos

in modern french history.en stormed a french restaurant killing at least 11. more people killed when gunmen stormed a french theater taking hostages. confirming twoal suicide attacks, one bombing near the paris stadium where a soccer match between france and germany was taking place. as we mentioned, the french president, francois hollande, was in attendance, but he was not injured. he was taken to safety. the -- the french president said he was taking the extraordinary step of closing his country's borders. the number we have so far putting the death toll at least at 45, an untold number injured in this violence, this wave of violence that took place on friday night in paris. back to you. mark.thank you, we do want to update you on headlines crossing from the associated press. there is automatic gunfire being heard from outside the paris concert hall where attackers are holding hostages. there are reports of 100 hostages being held in this concert hall. theing us live in d.c., aspen institute director and a f

i'm completely fed up with the way the french institution and the french media is treating the muslimty. chosen for them the spokesman or spokes woman and not pointing the great diversity that we have. >> the leaders of the mosques south of paris, where the attackers once had worships. >> translator: we're not in their heads. we don't know who they hang out with, who they walk with. that's for government, not us. >> what do you think the impact of last friday's events will be on that situation? >> the consequences will be disastrous as we have a government which accumulates failures. both in domestic politics and foreign policy. this government doesn't know how to communicate with the muslim community. >> and with dialogue and true inclusion comes more isolation. sheila macvicar, paris. >> people are beginning the healing process returning to their routines although sometimes with reluctance. adam rainey has that parity of the coverage. >> the sight of the city could still inspire post cards but maybe not mood. people are coming out more and more taking stock of their city and their r

the fbi is meeting with french law enforcement at this time. new york city police officials say that the nypd is stepping up security at all high- profile locations in the city as a precaution. the nypd officials said there is no current specific threats and that the decision to beef up security is out of an abundance of precaution. maurice, i'm communicating with a friend in paris tonight. his name is david peralta. he is from france. we have been friends through social media for some time. he has been communicating with me. he told me that he was listening with his heart beating out of his chest as the president of france, francois hollande addressed the nation tonight. he addressed the french people less than two hours after witnessing part of this terror attack. he said he was very proud that the french president was able to respond so quickly. david peralta telling me from paris that the french president declared a state of emergency and that is a measure taken by the government in the event of imminent danger in the country giving the gov

also, we're just seeing now that the french president hollande has canceled the french harticipation in that g-20 meeting in turkey that's scheduled for this weekend. a little bit earlier this evening, we spoke with stephen sanchez, who is a freelance reporter in paris. mr. sanchez, what did you see? what did you hear? >> reporter: well, i was about three blocks away from the soccer stadium when i heard one or two loud explosions. it may have been one and i may have been just hearing an echo, but what sounded like two loud explosions. i was walking out of a restaurant and i was getting ready to walk back to my hotel when i heard the explosion. i started walking in the direction that i thought the explosion had came from. i started walking that way when i saw just crowds of people trying to run out of the stadium as the police were getting there. >> pelley: what else did you see in those moments after the explosion? >> reporter: i saw the president of france. they were whisking him away. he was at the game, and he got out within, i'd say, maybe a minute or two. >> pelley: what about t

however, boston police are going to the french consulate. you can see that on your screen right now of they say they are just there out of an abundance of caution. again, no credible threat that anyone is any danger, in i safety concerns but they are there with extra officers just guarding the building and people inside and making sure everything is calm and stays again, ten minutes after 6:00 right now. seems lick a calm situation out here in the back bay. adam? >> anchor: looking at more news feeds and hearing that european radio is reporting that there are still active shots being fired whether, which seen that is we can't, we don't know. let's get back over to ryan schulteis to get any more up dates that we might have . >> anchor: adam, i want to talk you back to the stadium. the french national football stadium to when this explosion happened out there. we understand there were two explosions heard outside the stadium during this game the team was playing the germany at this time. let's take a listen to the moments where we heard those

that number has not been confirmed by french authorities. in fact, the french police number is slightly lower at 35 dead. but still, extraordinary and sad numbers here, lester. including that hostage situation which is still ongoing at the paris theater. the badaclan where an american rock band was playing tonight. we don't have a clear number on how many gunmen may be inside or how many hostages may be held. we have numbers anywhere from 60 to 100 inside that theater. and others who were killed in the initial attack, reports of at least 15 killed in the initial attack on that theater. so once again, lester, the details are changing almost by the moment. still no firm information on the now in central paris. lester? >> and this, of course, follows the trauma of last january, the attack of the offices of "charlie hebdo" newspaper and the terror that followed there. this city, paris, no stranger to this kind of terror. but certainly never, in recent history, on this scale. no one is officially connecting the dots, but let's put it in perspecti

and the french president. so as we discussed earlier, these, these attacks, in advance of hitting the stadium, this is an effort to draw resources and manpower away from the primary target. secondly, they told me that the level of coordination and the resources again preliminary, but this would take significant premeditation. weeks, if not months and they did not believe at this time that it was connected to the air strike that took out jihadi john in raqqa, syria. so that's where it stands. premeditated, coordinated, significant resources. a planning probably weeks or months. and that it was not connected to the recent strike, what we believe to be the successful strike of jihadi john. separately i've just gotten off the phone with the homeland security official who confirms that secretary johnson has been getting briefings continuously since this event unfolded. and what they're saying for the time being is they see no direct threat to the u.s. but quite frankly, having covered this area now for 14 years, i

listen. >> [speaking french] >> no french translation there.have just gotten new information. new information has just come to us from french authorities. four assailants have been killed. the authorities have now -- that four assailants have been killed not that they have killed them but that four are dead. we know three of them were at the concert hall and it's our belief that another one had been killed at one of the restaurants. but a total of four aizí09qm dead in paris this hour. greg, a reporter from bloomberg based in paris. he is on the streets near where the theater is and he has been out there for more than an hour. i know you covered charlie hebdo. what you can tell us about what's happening there now? >> well, i wish i could tell you more but the police are keeping us quite far away from the theater. so i have never gone inside theater i have never seen this much police activity in paris before. hundreds of police cars screaming, going in every direction. and all the avenues are just lined up with emergency vehicles one after anoth

are they french? people in paris do not forget that the attackers against "charlie hebdo" and against the hyper market where there were a lot of jewish people were committed by french citizens. so a lot of people at this moment in paris would like to know the attackers tonight, were they french citizens. and it's a very important to follow up this story in the days ahead. >> laura, thank you very much for that accounting as laura continues to call home. home can mean friends of hers in france and home can be her newsroom where she has learned a lot about what went into this perversely coordinated series of terrorist attacks tonight in paris. we're talking about a death toll of over 120. that's certainly what we're seeing from the french cable television networks. we're seeing ambulances just lined up door to door, some of them unable to take away any living victims, and instead are taking people to the morgue tonight in paris. andrea mitchell continues to watch this with us. this is the largest crime

and the french president is meeting with secretary kerry. the french president also sending their aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean to take fight in that fight against isis and extending the state of emergency in this country to three months and in paris, day two of back to work, the flag still flying at half staff. waiting for official word. shannon. >> thank you for that report from paris. >>> and as international powers map out a strategy half way around the world, there with new worries at home. a video that threatens washington d.c. >> reporter: new isis video says america is next. the terrorists says as we struck france in the center of paris, we will strike america at its center in washington. is it real or propaganda? a planned mission now focusing on isis. the u.s. is stepping up air strikes in syria and even now with isis showing it can strike terror in the heart of europe, president obama mapping out his game plan. terrible and sickening setback. and as we greave with our friends, we can't lose sight that there have be

that's what the french government say. that's why they're focusing in the north of france towards the border. also a raid where apparently three arrests were made there in taleuse. 200 police were on the scene. snipers also were seen taking up positions. it is of course no stranger to situations like we saw on friday. back in 2012 it was i city that produced a person who targeted a jewish school and killed several french muslim soldiers. also here in paris in the suburb of bobinee in the north-east. raids began soon after midnight and doors were smashed down. all of this, of course, as the french government continues its air strikes on the de facto capital of i.s.i.l. raqqa in syria >>> we're hearing that the prime minister has just been warning the country that they are preparing for attacks in days or weeks. so you can understand why so many people are getting spooked at the moment. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. it's monday morning, of course, here in paris. people are trying to get back to normal, but an awful l

explaining we need to adapt the french constitution. it only deals with when the country is in a crisis, when the president can halt the power, including the legislatures -- and have all the power, including the legislative ones. has beenh constitution elaborated in 1958, at the time of general de gaulle. strong executive power. and he was a general. what is extremely surprising is, normally, someone which is a hollandefrancois should not be very comfortable and at ease in reinforcing the [indiscernible] normally, the left is in favor more -- to make the french constitution more democratic. it is not at all what francois hollande is announcing. anchor: and that combined with a very hawkish foreign policy -- this is a socialist president. >> it is a socialist president. the left is not going to be fully ok with what hollande is announcing. it could be temporary. but to put that in the constitution, maybe it will deteriorate in a few days when the national unity is over. anchor: we have to leave it there. as we were just referring to, the

up to 1000 french nationals have fought in a rock house. -- up to 1000 french nationals have fought in iraq. we will have more coming up at 6:30 p.m. now, to news close to home. the mayor in china on an economic mission is facing political hit at home over a political action committee formed to promote. she said she agrees with the decision to dismantle the pack which has raised big money to support her agenda. >> the committee took its name from the successful mayor campaign. the fresh start pack quickly raised more than $300,000 with a goal of $1 million by the end of the year. the goal was to further the agenda and elect allies to the council. >> the idea you could exploit a loophole and get all of this money and try to use it -- laying on people doing business with the government but try to use it to control the votes of the council. that is so pernicious. >> the mayor in china to raise money from investors for washington projects agreed by phone it is time to shut the pack down. >> while i am grateful for the support i do agree that the fresh pack has become a problem. >> returnin

the french president rush to an emergency meeting with french firms. soon after, the president spoke to his nation . >>> what the terrorists want is to make us afraid to seize us with fear and it is something to be afraid of, but faced with this fear there is a nation that defends itself and mobilizes itself in which ones again will be able to overcome the terrorists . >> anchor: back at the stayed stayedall, fans were in lock down event we'll valk witted section by section. finances waiting on the field for their urn to leave calling on their cell phones to find out what was going on. many were confused and uncertain huddling together. finally allowed to leave, fans rushed for the exits. >> anchor: while many fans were leaving the stadium they learned what was happening all around the french capitol and some in the crowd broke into song singing the french national an them. news today in new england. >> anchor: well, some of the fans left the stadium in a bit less of a panic of they banded together sinning again as dan mentioned the french national ant

french president is calling what happened in the french capital quote an act of war.ng in a manager of a global firm to get a look at what can have many fears that french citizens might travel abroad, become radicalized with weapons training in iraq or syria and come back here. do you think that's the first avenue for investigators to look into at this stage? >> actually, there are a couple. what's been very interesting is in the past few weeks, french investigator said the "charlie hebdo" attack, the supermarket store, where remotely controlled from the jihadist in syria. so you are correct. they have been looking at returning jihadists. but you have to remember, since september of last year, islamic state time and time again in different videos and audio tapes, made the case for a westerner not to come to syria and iraq any longer, to attack the homeland. that's one thing the islamic state has also advised the operatives or followerrings, if you will, in europe to basically travel to another country and attack this country rather than attacking their own homeland be

a french national on the run. french authorities said do not approach him. they believe he is dangerous. he is 26 years old. two of his brother, one killed in the attacks in paris, an apparent suicide bomber. another brother arrested here in brussels. now there are a lot of cateind r indicators that suspected militants were planning here friday night. for example, authorities say two of the cars suspected of being used by the attackers in paris were rented here around brussels last week. the person that rented the cars was believed to have been moving from france toward belgium over the course of the weekend. the car that individual was driving was later found in that neighborhood of molenbeek. that name comes up not only in this terror investigation, but previous ones. a big neighborhood of brussels with a big immigrant and muslim community and recruiting militants to go and fight syria. belgium has a population of 11 million people. it has the dubious distinction of having more recruits per c capita that have gone to fight in syria and in the ranks of the

>> for sure, it's french. there was one french.ne french, sun syrian, one egyptian, for the time being. >> for sure or is this just the -- >> the passports, they found a syrian and egyptian passport -- >> passport. but the french is absolutely french, because we find his fingerprints on our databases. so there is no way that he's not french. >> all right, so you are head of this investigative committee into jihadism and radicalization. do you have -- i mean, are you able to have the tools to stop the radicalization? the british intelligence have made incredibly, you know, scary comments about how it's almost impossible these days to stop it, because of online. >> not online, and then because the situation is not clear, you know? it's almost, also impossible, as i told you before, because of the borders. and then we have 700 people under the radicalization, which is a lot. you cannot put a policeman behind everybody, because we don't have the financial -- >> one of them, apparently, was known to the police. this french was known to

french nationals. one of them, authorities say, was one of the suspected suicide bombers in the paris attacks. brahim abdeslam. his brother, salah abdeslam, is the focus of the international manhunt. authorities believe he may have helped rent two of the cars used in the attacks. he may have actually been one of the eighth attackers. he is on the run. nobody knows where he is right now. a third brother, almuhamed. he was detained by authorities and released because there was not enough evidence against him. he came out and spoke in defense of his brothers. take a listen. >> translator: you also need to understand that in spite of the tragedy, my parents are in shock. we do to the realize what has happened. my family and i are affected by what happened. we found out by tv just like many of you. we did not think for a moment that one of our brothers was releaded to the attacks. >> reporter: the french president said the series of attacks was planned and organized here in belgium. it is not the first time

and they hold that french passport.ability to transitgk continent if they so choose. 30 years ago, there was a huge effort across this continent to break down the borders. they did it for commerce and they did it for business and they wanted to make sure that people could travel without using a passport. and people could travel almost visa-free. well, now they have that throughout the and that is becoming a significant issue about concern and freedom of passage for those that want to do harm. it's going to be a very important story in this debate as we go forward, dana. >> a question for you about the 160 raids that took place overnight do they have any prior of the intel. could any of those raids been done prior to the attacks? that's a great question and frankly the french investigators have not revealed that answer as of now. one must assume if they have surveillance on what they would consider a hot suspect or a hot possibility that they have been watching it for some time. the french president also is making a lot

. >> french.y that isis is working now the they do have two fet. one is very -- very well -- put on the tribes in iraq and syria. that the main parts, main core of isis. but they also have another part of it which are all coming from all countries. and wanting to fight back to us. and -- of course, whose rings have been animated and organized by people like jihadi john. french guys. belgium guys. coming from here. recruiting. work ing on the internet. trying to select young guys. turkish border. >> are you surprised. you probably aren't surprised given what you said. that five, six of these terrorists who have been killed, are french. had gone over to syria for fighting and training. >> of course.an issue. the intelligence community. community service knows that roughly 3,000 young french people are deeply involved into that terror ring. 500 of them are still fighting over there. 300 came back. that is a huge number. not compared to the french, but a huge number in itself. that's why it is some ti

french forces dropped 20 bombs on an i.s.i.l. town in syria, the french town promised vengeance. suspect questioned by police hours after the attack, but let go. the french interior calling for an emergency summit to speed up security measures. joining us now is faisal, co-director of the liberty and at new york university center for justice. >> joining her is graham wood. you wrote an centring article some months ago. what does i.s.i.s. want. let start with that. must in a nutshell, what are they trying to achieve, and what do they do with the latest attack in paris. there's tension between what they are trying to achieve and mare goal. they are trying to create a state with the only proper muslim government. >> the caliphate. >> the caliphate which they believe all the muslims should go to and serve. by attacking paris, it's the hallmark of a previous organization, hallmark al qaeda. it's not clear that foreign attacks will help them create a durable state. >> is there a question about whether i.s.i.l.'s leadership planned and authorized the attack or is there a group influence

it's intention to french identity.re are challenges, the attacks on friday, earlier this year, they challenge that tolerance. france has serious issues that is has to deal with, most of the muslims in the country consider themselves not very religious, or only some what. france has the largest numbers of foreign fighters to join up with the islamic state group in syria. that is a problem. the interior minister said that he was going to crack down on what he called hate-preaching mosques. in a way that is it peculiar for the interior minister to have said. mosques in france are regulated by the state. the state has a role to play, in terms of what is preached, what is said. so the kind of mosques are key, those that are outside the system. and which are in a way, hidden away. those that meet in groups talk about in all radical ideas. there are big challenges in france. so one of the things i heard is the need for greater discussion and greater inclusion. and those discussions did not take place. >> sheila macvicar live

it took 25 minutes on the french sites to appear that there had been a french bomb and one person was injured. >> does anybody even get nervous? was there any idea that the match might stop? >> i think the authorities thought it would be a disaster to release 80,000 people on to the streets which were known to be dangerous, known to be attackers on the streets outside the stadium. my real fear is with hindsight. i think the attackers didn't want to explode the bombs 20 minutes into the game whether people were safely into the stadium. they wanted to attack the crowd arriving at the stadium. that is my presumption. there were three around the stade de france. >> that is interesting. we were talking and listening to other theories that they may have not known that president hollande was there and that there was an extra ring of steel to protect him. they may have been thwarted by that. >> it could have been even worse. >> it could have been a lot worse. what happens at the stade de france, like at many stadiums, in the last 20 minutes, everyone arrives. they pile out of the train, and y

>> largely french. i'm sure there's a couple of american tourists that would be in town for an event and see it. but i believe it's mostly french. >> okay, well, thank you for we're glad your brother and his band mates are okay. back to brian ross, when you hear about 1,500 people in a concert hall, an american band, francois hollande at the game. so much planning. >> and invesgators are looking at who had the ability to pull together seven or eight or more terrorists, with guns and grenades and explosive devices. this was thought out. anand whether the big game bebetween france and germany or the concert was the trigger, but clearly, they picked their spots very well. and think about, how many concerts are in this country? >> they all can be protected. >> and martha, this campaign than a year. the united states has stepped up air attacks. you have seen the military, kurds joining it. the president approving 50 special operations on the ground in syria. >> and that was one of the concerns in afghanistan

picked by the french based on intelligence newly shared by the u.s. >> translator: speaking to the frenchliament french president francois hollande promised to keep up the stepped up strikes. the ship charles de gaulle will triple the air strikes. >>> that's not saying much. as of last week the coalition conducted just over 2800 strikes in syria, of which more than 2600 were u.s., and just 146 were by other countries. of which, only a handful were french. the french bombardment of raqqa was only one of seafn tacks by coalition aircraft on sunday including one in abu kamal, where u.s. a-tens and ac 130 gun ships destroyed 160 fuel trucks. it was a bid to cut into i.s.i.l.'s black market oil revenues estimated at $1 million a day. in washington, cia director john brennan warned that the paris attacks were not in his words a one off event. >> i would anticipate this is not the only operation that i.s.i.l. has in the pipeline and security intelligence services right now in europe and other places are working feverishly to see what they can do in temps of uncovering it. >> as if to uncover the

and now you've got the french troops in, joining french police in operations to try to save, to put an end to the terror and try to save as many hostages and civilians that are out there. again, reports of bodies in the streets of paris after this terror attack. >> the implications here are for much more than france. the implications here are going to involve other countries in europe. france already has declared their borders closed. other countries will have to be worrying very seriously about whether they have similar sleeper cells ready to go into action around europe. and elsewhere around the globe as well. the implications -- the impact of this is going to be realized in the days ahead. you'll recall on 9/11. we stopped all air traffic, as i recall, for about a week, shut down air traffic globally because of those attacks. we shut down manhattan completely. you couldn't get in or out of manhattan. until we got a full picture of what the threat really was. only then did life begin to return to normal. so this is just the beginning of a very, very difficult number of days ahead for

pictures ofng at french jets -- of french jets took part in raids. part in that rate.o targets were hit. we understand the targeting of those jets were held down by u.s. intelligence for the u.s. and french authorities working hand-in-hand to provide targeting information for the jets as they flew into northern syria. , thettacks are the night attacks in syria, are part and parcel of the agenda of the g 20. that is a story that is being closely followed. the political reaction to the story is front and center. that meeting between president and obama -- president putin and obama hugely significant. fran, manus, back to you. francine: you are falling on the development quickly. a understand there might be link. in terms of the assailant, police have identified five of the dead attackers. there is a manhunt. do we know anymore? ? we do not at this stage. if you look at what is happening do not at this stage. if you look at what is happening -- the first terrorist that was identified was identified by one of his severed digits. it is time-consuming. one of the terrorists

french media is also reporting that this might be connected to french involvement in syria. there had been apparently a high security alert. i'm not sure if that's being reported there yet. >> thank you. we are trying to follow the latest intelligence. somebody there who is on the ground by one of those restaurants, where the shootings took place on the right bank. let's bring in scott stewart, vice president of tactical analysis, scott. what's your analysis here? >> hi, kelly. well so far what we're looking at, focusing on the how. everything locks like it's been fairly simple attacks, obviously we have multiple attackers. but there's really nothing overly sophisticated so far. it's within the capabilities of any realm -- any number of entities. this could be an organized group, you know, like the islamic state or al qaeda or it could be grass roots supporters of either organization or perhaps both. like we saw, you know, in january in paris. where we had al qaeda in the arabian peninsula attackers at "charlie hebdo" and then we had the islamic state supporter at the kosher

let's listen. [ speaking french ] well, the secretary of state obviously speaking in french at the momentwe have a translator at the ready. and i believe that the interpreter will now work to give us english translation now. [ speaking french ] i'm led to believe that the secretary of state will speak in french only briefly and that he will speak the entirety of his address in english following this, i'm told it will be quick. while he's speaking in french, and he will translate this himself, i'm told, for english in just a moment. but we have just gotten this word while our correspondent was speaking that the islamic state leader has been struck or at least the united states has carried out an airstrike in libya against the islamic state leader. i do not know the outcome of that. but i can tell you that we're expecting the secretary of state to speak on that matter in just a moment. secretary of state has just said, in french, if we could turn up the nats just a little bit that it's an attack on all humanity. let's continue to listen to the secretary of state. [ speaking french ] >> tran