this is vital forehandi for han citizens who were in syria or iraq.then seven counterterrorism acts adopted last 2014 instituted four major innovations. various french nationals suspected of wanting to joint active militant groups in the east, preventing nonresidents for presenting a threat to national security from entering or living in the country. finding the individual terrorist undertaking as an offense. and finally, legally blocking and removing websites and locating terrorism. those measures are being applied in an extremely firm way and approving efficient. in july 2015, we also had a major road on intelligence. our intelligence services have a more consistent framework in line with the new threats, the most recent technological dangers and developments national and international law. at the same time, we have strengthened our homeland security and interagency services by giving them addition al resource. last year i also created a specific terrorist prevention department that oversees monitoring of unidentified individuals and is enabling us

this is vital for handing down sentences against returnees who were in syria or in iraq. then a second counterterrorist act adopted last 2014 instituted four major innovations. french nationals suspected of wanting to join active terrorist groups in the middle east are barred from leaving french soil. forbidding non-resident foreigners from presenting a threat to national security, from entering or living in the country. finding the individual terrorist undertaking as an offense. finally, legally blocking and removing websites advocating or glorifying terrorism. those measures are being applied in an extremely firm way and are proving efficient. in july 2015, we also adopted a major law on intelligence. our intelligence services now have a modern and consistent legal framework in line with the new threats, the most recent technological changes in the developments of national and international law. at the same time, we strengthened our homeland security and intelligence services by giving them additional human and monetary resources. last june i also created a specific ter

ordinary greeks rallying to help. 65% of all arrivals are actually from syria or iraq. lot of them are children. it is something that the premier also understands. that is what he wants to pass on to europe. this is a refugee crisis and not a migrant crisis. anchor: a contingent of residents and workers from calais has come to paris today to ask the government to help salvage their town's reputation. the french port used to be known as a tourist gateway. it has put her the map in a way that is damaging their town's reputation. a new camp for migrants has opened just off the coast of northern france. near dunkirk. people who have been living rough along the coast. 200 he didn't wooden cabins plus toilets and showers. theas been opposed by government. it was built by doctors without borders. in conjunction with the local town hall. he called it a great day for human solidarity. earlier i got some reaction on this new camp. >> this situation is nowhere near its end. everyone is very much aware of what is going on in syria. misswe see in calais people from a broad selection

or two for admin errors. these happen. but our standard is that if a bomb falls in iraq or syria, it makes it to that press release. yesterday, i was under a different impression. i thought some of our special ops strikes were excluded from those releases. i have since done the research. turns out that, no, even the special ops strikes are included on those press releases. we don't single them out as having been conducted by special operations forces. but they are on those releases. to answer your question more cleanly, every bomb that is dropped is reported out on those strike releases, whether it's a high value individual or a bunker or a tactical unit or a chemical weapons facility. now, that gets us to the next part of this, which are is how specific are we on the description of the targets? so, for example, on a high value individual, often what you will see -- for example, the omar the chechen who we killed order we struck earlier. that was folded into one of the strike releases. it read a small tactical unit is what it said, in the vicinity. maybe it said something else. a small tactical unit. because that's

. >> 30,000 fighters from 100 different countries into iraq and syria, we know of 250 americans and about 5,000 or so from western countries. isis took over territory and declared a caliphate in june of 2014. isis owns territory in iraq and syria, about the size of indiana. and in addition, areas in libya and other ungoverned spaces they're trying to continue to expand to. >> isis all but erased the borders drawn up after world war i by diplomats. mark sykes and francois george. >> the thrust of the strategy is cutting off their heads. we have to cut off their head figuratively by the strength and leadership and territory in iraq and syria. >> up next, general dunford chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, joins us to lay out a path to victory and meet a brave man running an underground railroad to help save the innocent from isis terror. hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon... then quickly fell back to earth landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. luckily geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. they were able to get the roof repaired like

there are some bombing the french and germany is doing nothing, essentially, in syria or iraq to contain isis. unless you go to the source of this problem, you're never really going to get your arms around it. >> well, that's true but i think this comes back to president obama because i think that the u.s. is the natural leader for this. and he has not exerted that kind of leadership and if you're not a believable, you know, leader in a crisis like this, you're not going to get people behind you. there's too much political risk domestically. >> let me read something, bill, from jeffrey goldberg's article in "the atlantic" summing up president obama's thinking, exhaustive reporting here. "he has never believed that terrorism poses a threat to america kmen sure rate with the fear it generates. even during the period in 2014 when isis was executing its american captives in syria, his emotions were in check. valley jarrett, oem's closest adviser, told him people were worried that the group would soon take its beheading campaign to the u.s." that's from a general supporter of the president. >

it's just like in the long term we have no plans for syria or iraq. >> let's talk about plans for syriahiding somewhere within syria or iraq. we don't know. what we do know is his troops for lack of a better term are priding training for bomb makers and inspiring acts of terror in europe and sometimes the united states. secretary carter told me sometimes we see the communication between isis terrorists in the field of battle and terrorists in training, i guess, who are living in europe and want to get inspiration or training from al baghdadi. so how tapped in are we when it comes to intelligence in this area? >> i don't think we're very good, carol. they've learned, they've read snowden. and even going back to 2004 and 2005, they watched now the military and the cia crushed zarqawi, al qaeda in air strike. th -- iraq. they changed their tactics. the same they were fighting in iraq moved to syria and are now in the islamic state. they know what they're doing. they can stay off the air. we're not going to get a heads up for the next attack in europe. they know how to use encryption and ho

they raise concerns over the number of young belgians who have traveled to syria or iraq to join the islamic state group. they've beefed up security at airports, metros and borders. world leaders have vowed to cooperate. french president holland was quick to react. >> translator: the attacks took place in belgium, but the target was europe. the whole world is concerned. we need to realize the extent and gravity of this terrorist threat. >> u.s. president barack obama referred to the attacks during his speech in cuba. >> we must be together, regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism. we can and we will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world. >> japan's prime minister shinzo abe has expressed shock and in dig nation at the loss of many lives. >> terrorism must not be tolerated under any circumstances. we must cooperate with the international community in responding to terrorism. >> abe says his country shares values and the rest of the european union and expressed solidarity with the people there. >

even if we were to kill all of them in syria or iraq, there would still be hundreds, maybe thousands of them in europe. i don't know how we get rid of them. that cancer has already metastasized and is in the world bloodstream. i don't think you can get rid of them by killing as many of them as possible in the middle east, although i certainly am for that. the amount we're spending is pennies compared to the product and wealth of this country. how do we get at this answer? you cannot spend a cancer to death. >> the way to kill the cancer is philosophical reform recall spork the moderate muslims who can reform from within. >> the moderate muslims are being slaughtered all over the middle east. i'm not sure what role they're going to play without american might behind them. i've got to disagree a little bit with ben in the sense that no, there's not a tokyo orber lynor berlin. but there is a raqqah. it's going to take will and money to get this done. >> i don't agree, you've already made the case, charles, that you said we're spending $11 million a day. that's a lot of money. this is an

we believe look to the future autonomous whatever demography,rals you like in syria or in iraq or other countries, this might be a kind of allow stability. enjoy the autonomy in iraq and syria, we believe they should enjoy autonomy, the decision whether to be an infeint state or not should be considered regarding other considerations of -- in the region, internal consideration, external consideration, this is the way to bring about stability for the region. hat's why we do support. mr. miller: back here on my left. >> eric rosenman from the committee on accuracy on the middle east reporting in america. given the lack of reconciliation on the palestinian side you mention from years back and the current manipulation of the al aqsa issue in terms of incitement, why doesn't israel, to the best of its ability, close down the mechanisms by which that's conveyed, palestinian tv, newspapers, disrupt social networks and so on? >> first of all, we do close but you know in the time of information, they can escape, they can overcome it, just last weekend we closed certain media assets, they found a

to western europe for family unification because they are escaping military recruitment back in syria or iraq or because of education purposes will not be allowed in. you must say you are fleeing war, that is the only thing that will make you go through if you are eligible. so it's certainly a very difficult situation for the people here for understand and we didn't hear in the press conference what would happen to these 30,000 refugees who are not only in this camp but all over greece at the moment and the island in athens and about 12000 of them just here, that is something they want to know as much as possible, specifically that many will tell you that they have paid everything they have to reach this point and the choice of going back is not a choice for them even if it's going back to turkey, there are a lot of syrian kurds here who tell you they don't want to stay in turkey because they have problems as kurds being in turkey so really it is a very complex situation and every group of people, every family has its own specific circumstances and that something is a huge challenge to sift t

while refugees from syria or iraq are in proper camps, those from other countries are being forced to live in makeshift shelters. many european governments consider them to be economic rye grants and not refugees. >> reporter:-- migrants and not refugees. >> reporter: here greece has been holding a giant holding pen for refugees. other countries are up in a camp set up by volunteers from across the globe. a place here is the only welcome they have received and, perhaps, the warmest they will get >> some people are facing the big problem. they are not exactly taking just like that. what is going on? i have no idea. it's a crucial time for me. i have never, ever faced this situation in my life history. >> reporter: those here are mainly from afghanistan, pakistan and morocco. the e.u. can considers them economic migrants and therefore unqualified for refugee status. the number of people here rises every day. it's a limbo for hundreds. they cannot go any further. the border is closed to them. every day the volunteers struggle to give them the most basic of humanitarian assistance to the

in your view, do you think it away astants as far syria or iraq that had a real hand in the planning and coordination of those attacks, what do you think it was merely inspiration from thousands of kilometers away that led to the attacks? , that is a good question, and it is difficult to know for certain at this one. abaoud, killed in the raid in the attack after paris, bragged about it online. the isis magazine used his bragging and comments in an article. it is hard to say. you could be connected and may be three levels of separation for any one of them to a high-ranking member of isis. if you don't know who your second degree of separation is, you are never going to know who the third degree is. it is very common that they -- they can do an attack and isis was just incredible -- credit for it. man now that we know this was helped and they had to be feeding him the aces level of assistance from that is going to help the authorities, isn't it, to join the dots and build up a picture of who else is involved. do you think that could prevent other tax? - attacks? said, youh, like i wil

was saying today, targeting and continuing the fight against isis at its core, root them out in syria or iraq or wherever, because they are everywhere, there's sleeper cells everywhere, they're fanning out hundreds of these guys in europe, that now this is beyond getting them in a single area? >> i think -- again i was very disappointed in the president's brief statement about the attack. the first place you need to strike is the sanctuary arenas, there are areas in syria and iraq. we know for a fact that -- again, if we eliminated assad some time ago and kept some troops in iraq and if the president would have represeact previous presidents have done, you eliminate the training grounds, it becomes much more difficult for them to operate. i truly believe that we are going to deal with this radical islamists as a permanent condition of the world and we have to accept that, but do you have to go about it much more aggressively to root out the sanctuaries and to deal with so many aspects in dealing with these terrorist groups and the notion that, well, they're everywhere and we can't do too much

more than 200 have tried to join or fight with syria or iraq. >>> and police in belgium saying they may be on the trail of the surviving terrorist from the paris attacks. the shots were fired during a raid. investigators finding his fingerprint at the scene and been target of man hunt. coming up next on 7 news at noon, we continue to follow breaking news out of tampa. they're trying to determine the fate of the pilot and if there were any passengers onboard. >>> and certain people abusing federal law? some say it's going too farful hear what we learned in our special assignment report, disability deception. >>> and spring officially starts sunday at 12:30 in the morning, south florida. what does this ultra weekend have in store? after the break. >>> welcome back, everyone. president obama is not the only one headed to cuba. phillip levine is headed there ahead of president's historic trip. >> it's a chance too investigate and reach out to cue pa and give them hope as much as we possibly can. >> reporter: with that, he will be the first to visit cuba since normalizing business relations.

in october 2015, some 1,770 french citizens were inside syria or iraq, on their way there or returning home. that's higher than any other european country. last year isil sympathizers took their fight to the streets of paris, carrying out deadly attacks. sort offers noted a common factor. many of the killers developed hard-line views while in prison. throwing the spotlight on a programme tested in prison. law-makers are paying attention to the place of religion and sales. >> it's important. it's the first prison to have areas reserved for radicalized detainees, that's the starting point for other prisons that introduced this type of area. >> this a person is visiting friends to assess how successful the trial has been. there's 42 prisoners identified as radical according to the authorities. >> it's getting mixed reviews. the prison officer's union says the government needs to provide money and staff for a programme to work. the plan could be counterproduct tiff. >> i find it dangers. what needs to be understood is it's awaiting trial. >> reporter: for others, the issue is a lack of rel

there are some bombing the french and germany is doing nothing, essentially, in syria or iraq to contain source of this problem, you're never really going to get your arms around it. >> well, that's true but i think this comes back to president obama because i think that the u.s. is the natural leader for this. and he has not exerted that kind of leadership and if you're not a believable, you know, leader in a crisis like this, you're not going to get people behind you. there's too much political risk domestically. >> let me read something, bill, from jeffrey goldberg's article in "the atlantic" summing up president obama's thinking, exhaustive reporting here. "he has never believed that terrorism poses a threat to america kmen sure rate with the fear it generates. even during the period in 2014 when isis was executing its american captives in syria, his emotions were in check. valley jarrett, oem's closest adviser, told him people were worried that the group would soon take its beheading campaign to the u.s." that's from a general supporter of the president. >> the points of difference

fighters on the ground were willing to go after isis but we will not send american combat troops to syria or iraqieve that is the right approach. i want to say a particular word to all of the muslims that are here. and you might hear or see this wherever they live in michigan were beyond. -- or beyond. i will do everything i can to keep america safe and i know that among the most important people to help us do that are muslim american friends and neighbors. [applause] hillary clinton: when you hear the kind of bigotry and bluster coming from the republican side, not only making very intimidating marks about american muslims, but also preventing them from coming into our country. insulting one of the great religions in the world, this is not only offensive and shameful that is dangerous. and it's also counterproductive because i know how hard it is to put coalitions together. i put a coalition together that imposed sanctions on iran, that led to negotiations. if we are going to go after terrorists networks like isis, we need to build a coalition with muslim nations. imagine someone running for pre

they have the look and languages and know how to work with people who are not trained in syria or iraq. and help them augment the operations in the west. we'll see those efforts to move those individuals here in the united states for the same purposes. that is scary concepts. >> in all 50 states, that is scary stuff. court decision in the hillary clinton private e-mail probe. how it could keep record of the e-mails and disappointing news ahead for the next job's report. and why one american company is slashing its work force. [alarm beeps] ♪ ♪ the intelligent, all-new audi a4 is here. ♪ ♪ ain't got time to make no apologies...♪ everhas a number.olicy but not every insurance company understands the life behind it. for those who've served and the families that have supported them, we offer our best service in return. usaa. we know what it means to serve. get an insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. >> welcome back. new marquette, wisconsin poll shows ted cruz leading donald trump by ten points. trump at 30.fou and kasich at 21.4. and with less than a week

peace will not be in syria or iraq for that matter, if the shia and the sunnies have their own anonymou autonomous region. in iraq you had a majority shia being oppressed by a minority, sunni saddam hussein. once you take that out of syria, iraq it's just chaos. you have to separate them, like we separated yugoslavia, i was there in the '90s as a navy officer, there's peace because we killed the leaders and imprisoned them and made them seven different countries. the same should be in syria and iraq. >> the general argued that same last week, you would have these three states an alawite shia and sunni area, is there any way turkey would be open to any kind of partition like that that would establish an independent kurdish land? >> well turkey wouldn't be for that but right now if you look at what's going on in syria and iraq, the kurds already have their own area there. turkey is a little different story, the pkk the terrorist group that are part of the kurds, over the decades with turkey they wouldn't want to have the kurds have their own land in turkey but wouldn't be so much against

knows where other leadership people are or where key supply depots are or who is facilitating the foreign fighter flow into iraq or syria and that then gives you your next set of targets that these jsoc soldiers, that means seel sol seal sol year soldiers find. gives you three or nine. >> the ransom income is down, the oil smuggling operation is down, the price of oil obviously is down so they were already selling it at a discount. there also it sounds like their recruitment numbers are down. are the two related? >> well, they're related. they have a very serious financing problem now. they were getting their money from essentially two place, they were selling oil and they were pillaging the land they held, they would call it taxing but simply stealing the goods that were in mosul, that were in raqqa, in ramadi and tikrit. the places they still hold like mosul there's not very much left to steal so they're really running out of money in a sears serious way. which makes them run out of fighters which is a serious deal. >> trying to cult off all external sources of funding, we know people in qatar in kuwait, in saudi arab

. >> is this solution going to require tens of thousands of american troops on the ground in syria or iraq? >> my recession is it's going to require forces on ground for assessable. >> we hear him say the long term solution is forces on the ground. is that a change in trat ji? >> no and he's been advocating this since he became chairman. heather, what he's talking about is not putting the second airborne division on the ground, it's talking about putting indigenous forces. i would used regional but it's the same thing. egyptians and turks. they can actually pacify what today is a hot bed of terrorism. syria cannot be taken by special operators. it can't be taken by air strikes. syria is going to be occupied by friendly forces and that's where we got to go get them. there's soonnies who want to work with the united states. they don't want to necessarily work with the baghdad government because they don't trust it. our role is to provide advice, training, support and the kinds of things that the general pointed out we're unique at. that's conducting special operations with support overhead b

in october 2015, some 1770 french citizens were either inside syria or iraq on their way there or returning home. that's higher than any other european country. last year i.s.i.l. sympathizers took their fight to the streets of paris carrying out the bloodiest attacks on france in decades. observers quickly noted a common factor, many of the killers appear to have developed their hard line views while in prison. that's thrown spotlight on a trial program being tested in five prisons. lawmakers are paying closer attention to the place of religion in jails. >> translator: it's important because it's the first prison to have areas reserved for radicalized detainees. that's been the starting point for the other prisons that have also introduced this type of area. >> francois is visiting to see how successful the program has been so far. there are 42 identified as radical according to the authorities in the prison and kent away from other inmates but getting mixed reviews according to other prisoners. so you don't think it's a good idea? >> translator: no, we are all human beings after all. >> a

that's not the case in syria or iraq. and other countries, so so this kind of understanding of our unique situation in which like manipulated by false propaganda and learned so forth. we should over come it. otherwise, israel will be delegd dele -- sanctions, all these kind of weapons as alternative ready to conventional type weapons, nonconventional type weapons. it's news weapons is the result of our success to deal is the conventional type of warfare. so we need this kind of understanding. we do need this kind of, at least, moral support and that's what i'm asking here in washington. thank you. [ applause ] >> i was going to ask you please join me in thanking the minister for incredibly insightful and fascinating presentation. but, thank you again. >> thank you. >> thank you for everybody. >> thank you for coming. [ applause ] >> thank you. >>> president obama announced his pick to fill justice's seat on theup

monitor them, buying weapons, moving weapons, buying explosives, moving explosives, traffic to syria or iraq and come back or go online. these are indicators for agencies to go after them. before that, we have no monitor of them. this is why when we dismantle one cell, it takes so much time and effort and we should think of the next cell and where is this going to transform itself into an operational one. not easy. >> we know that you go back to madrid bombing, that's where it was masterminded from. two times as dense the population. they have more terrorists leaving this neighborhood to fight on behalf of isis in syria than anywhere else in europe. there can't be a concentrated police effort on this to watch and be prepared? it seems like we know where they live. is it just political correctness run amuck? >> it is political correctness at one level but it's also the objection by forces within government to actually penetrate. if you penetrate and create those networks that go inside these neighborhoods and basically be the one to indicate to law enforcement authorities that this is happeni

it's more likely it was conceived and directed from operatives there in belgium or by isis officials actually in iraq or in syria of the paris attacks, isis did release videos that were made of the paris attackers beheading hostages in i believe it was syria or iraq. i can't remember for sure. >> right. and the conspicuous absence in that propaganda was of salah abdeslam, the tenth attacker who either, i mean at the time we all thought maybe he chickened out or perhaps his suicide belt just didn't detonate so he kind of repaired back to his isis network inside europe but there was also an accusation he could have been in ill odor with isis because he failed to fulfill his martyrdom duties or you recall, anderson, reports after the paris attacks, "sunday times" european news outlets were reporting salah abdeslam was seen frequenting a gay district in brussels, might have been a closet homosexual and could have completely exposed him to isis. this seems to be mythology. it's very, very clear he was still on active isis operative. as paul and others have pointed out, he was equipped with a kalashnikov when they rai

they were not coming from syria or iraq. y were people who were -- this is something -- most people were born in paris or belgium. >> paris don't hate us because we are not nice to them. they are going to take advantage of any program we have to exploit our weaknesses and to bring foreign fighters into this nation to have terrorist attacks against this country. >> we have got to leave it there. thanks. >> thanks. >> is bernie about to get burned. we're talking about the super delegates. we're going to report and you're going to decide. we actively manh expertise and conviction. so you can invest with more certainty. mfs. that's the power of active management. try align for a non-stop,ive sweet-treat-goodness hold-onto-your-tiara, kind-of-day. live 24/7 with 24/7 digestive support. try align, the undisputed #1 ge recommended probiotic. >>> crock the vote. that's the cover of today's new york daily news. several new york super delegates are planning to support hillary clinton even if she loses the primary to bernie sanders. ed

in october 2015, some 1,770 french citizens were inside syria or iraq on their way home -- way thereme. last year isil sympathizers took their fight to the streets of paris, carrying out the bloodiest attacks on france in decades. observers noted a common factor. many of the killers appeared to have developed their hard line views while in prison. in that shined the spotlight on a program in the prisons. >> translator: it's important because it is the first prison to have areas reserved for radicalized detainees. that's been a starting point for other prisons. >> reporter: this person is visiting a friend to see how successful the trial has been so far. there are 42 prisoners who have been identified as radical, and kept away from other inmates, but it's getting mixed reviews, including from fellow prisoners. >> translator: so you don't think it's a good idea? >> translator: no, we are all human beings after all. >> reporter: and the prison office's union, say the government needs to provide more money and staff for any plan to work. the plan, they say could even be counterproductive

for handing down sentences against returnees who were in syria or in iraq. counterterrorism at adopted in 2014 institute four major innovations. french nationals suspected of joining active terrorist groups in the middle east, preventing them from leaving french soil, forbidding -- for presenting a threat from entering or leaving the country. finding the individual terrorists -- as an offense. and finally removing websites and locating -- terrorism. those measures are being applied in that extremely firm way and are proving efficient. in july 2015, we also adapted a inter-agent. our intelligence services now have a modern and consistent framework in line with the new threats, the most recent technological and developments in national and international operate at the same time, we have strengthened our homeland security and intelligence services by giving them additional -- last june i also created a specific terrorist prevention department that has overseen the monitoring of identified individuals and is and they blame us to establish and update a system tha

when you're talking about isis-trained folks who have come from syria or iraq to attack europe, but therehousands of others who are willing to take up arms. you know, folks like sayed farook in san bernardino and the chattanooga attack, garland, texas. things we've seen in america as well. it's a major problem for us. beyond just a military solution. we have to attack and destroy isis where they are in their so-called caliphate in iraq and syria. we also have to take on this ideology that spawns radical islam and the terror they bring. >> colonel north, are you satisfied we have a handle on who's coming into this country and current administration understands the potential magnitude of the threat from isis? >> not at all. in fact, tucker, i broadcast the seven rules for success in dealing with terrorist organizations that were drafted back when i was the coordinator for counterterrorism. one of them is, by the way, don't brag about your successes. and, of course, in brussels, all they did was talk about they've got salah abdeslam and he's talking. they told everybody that. and of course,

he couldn't go to syria or iraq and join the community of isis fighters again. he had to go back to the place that he knew and perhaps it shouldn't have taken four months, but it did and finding individuals is actually hard even if you think you know where to look. >> what does this tell us about this man without a country and what does it do to break -- does it hurt isis to have this whole sbrarsment. >> eight attackers carried out their plan and carried over 130 people. if isis directed this attack, it was a major success in the heart of france in a major western country that is part of the kol lish to combat iraq and syria. i think isis will be pretty silent and they will not mention him unless some isis supporters talked about him in the sense of he was captured and now he has to suffer jail after helping his brothers or come rads in actuarialer. >> let's talk about intelligence gathering. what you be squeeze out of a guy who has nowhere to go? does that allow the authorities to get information out of him about the net working of this terror group. >> it pro

british and german and those type of passports and many of them have no history of fighting in syria or iraq. they're not the foreign fighters we heard a lot about. they're just criminals recruited off the street, closing up boarders is not going to help with that kind of search and that's where the politics and the security sort of get blurred together and not necessarily helpful ways. >> peter, thanks, our best to you and your family this evening. >> thank you. >> thanks for joining us. the brussels bureau chief for the financial times. several of the candidates in the race for the white house are weighing in on the brussels attacks today ahead of tonight's primaries. john is in washington now with the latest on that story. >> you know the brussels attacks have transformed the messages of political leaders in the united states and around the world. it first transformed president obama's remarks to the cuban people today in havana. >> the thoughts and prayers of the american people are with the people of belgium. we stand in solidarity with them in condemning these outrageous attacks agains

that doesn't mean we'll necessarily kill anybody on the isis side of syria or iraq right now but it certainly means it could help us unraveling potential cells and affiliates here in europe and united states. deirdre: even as journalist, colonel, i understand it would probably better to mi 6 and cia let the governments protect us, more quietly in any case. thankthank you, lieutenant colol bill cowan with me there. >> thank you. deirdre: senator rubio says he regret as joke he made about donald trump. former presidential candidate governor mike huckabee is my next guest. why he is talking about the tone of the racer and why it is very difficult to beat donald trump at his own game. >>> at last night's debate hillary clinton refused to answer whether or not she would drop out of the race if she is indicted. some say she will never make it to the ballot. our legal expert weighs. >> assuming she is al to run, assuming she is not arrested for the email situation -- [cheering] -- which is zoo terrible, which is so terrible. at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like vac

officials, no more combat troops inside syria or iraq that's not part of the game plan right now to defeat isis but special operations forces are being deployed on active missions inside syria at least. what is the u.s. separation against isis actually entail right now? we know american soldiers are at risk. >> yeah, there are two things taking place. the first is targeting individuals and groups of individuals who belong to isis on the ground with precision-guided munitions. in addition to the training areas and any ammunition dumps they might find. secondly, as you are suggesting conducting operations on the ground, raids in order to kill or capture isis leaders. those have all been successful. it's interesting to note that it's not only syria where we're chasing isis, we've increased the footprint in afghanistan where we were supposed to be out last december, plussing up with special operations forces to do what? to chase after isis who is spreading to other countries in the middle east. >> yeah, as well as libya and now we know the u.s. is increasingly get involved in that country. let

intelligence sharing network whereby all countries would be made aware when anyone who traveled to syria or iraq or taken part in isis activity outside of the european union was coming back into the continent. so far, that does not seem to have worked, john. >> let's talk about paris. there was that man arrested yesterday in france. said to be in the advanced stages of planning an attack. what do you know about that? >> that's right. so they arrested him yesterday morning after a tip-off. they said this was part of an investigation they've been working on for weeks. they said this was evidence of european cooperation. clearly they really want to strike that note and show there is information sharing here. after the arrest, that led them to these raids overnight in the paris suburb of argenteuil. the explosives, tatp, our viewers used to hearing that acronym because this seems to be the explosive of choice for is operatives here in europe. we're still waiting to hear more about what the nexus was, how these all relate together. certainly this is spreading across the european union. >> some common

he couldn't go to syria or iraq, and join the community of isis fighters again.e had to go back to the place that he knew. and perhaps, it shouldn't have taken four months, but it did, and finding individuals is actually hard, even if you think you know where to cook. >> what does this tell us about a man without a country and what does it do? does it hurt isis to have them barsment who was supposed to be a suicide killer. >> i don't think it will be an embarrassment. eight of the attackers carried out their plan, killed over 130 people. in the grand scheme of things, if isis indeed orchestrated and directed the attack, it was a pretty major success in the heart of france in a western country that is part of the coalition to combat iraq and syria. but i think that isis will be pretty silent and they will not mention him in my opinion, if you ask me, unless some isis supporters talk about him in the sense of lionizing, after helping his brothers or comrades in action earlier. >> let's talk about intelligence gathering. back to you, richard. what can you squeeze ou

what happens in syria or iraq or wherever we have the so-called -- will inevitably affect our country and so those three angles are able to put it in context. >> so what can i say in terms of -- what can the community say in terms of addressing these issues on its part. what can community leaders, imams and other leaders like yourself do to address these issues as the government? >> what we need to do is have strong connection with the governments. today the government is mostly working on security and assuring people that they are safe, which is true. we have to make sure that people feel safe in this country. but at the same time the government has to start a single track, which is collaborate with community leaders. make sure we have bridges with persons who can be relaying inside the society, inside the communities and to implement programs. those programs should be an empowering program and make sure that people have good vision of what they will be and what they want to be. in short term we won't see the results. we have to work for the next generation. >> it's going to be a lon

isis and other extremist groups whether they were sunnis or shiites or other ennecessities did not exist in iraq or syria before the u.s. intervention. so definitely speaking about what happened 15 years ago has to do with the reality now. now regarding the percentage of control, these are numbers that might -- might be indications of change of policy, but sometimes they are also numbers that can be -- you know, used to justify or try to -- to give fake victories. so the increase of -- of percentage of control that is going on now is mostly in empty areas between large cities. it's control of desert. it might increase. it might decrease. we're not talking about this. we're talking about a national identity issue. we're talking about sectarianism, and these things will be not be tweaked by a few percentage points inside of syria and iraq. >> we'll have to leave it there, sir. thank you for joining us on the news hour. >> thank you. >>> thousands of iraqis rallying in baghdad today to urge the prime minister to work more boldly to combat corruption. the prime minister has promised a cabinet reshuffle that

possible that you have citizens of those countries receiving training either in those countries or in syria or iraqthat's a possibility. there are a large number of citizens of almost every european country in the former -- or in the west and in the former war saw pact nations. >> let me move on and play this little clip. this is the president of the united states. he had very tough words for senator cruz today. i want to play this clip for you. >> as far as the notion of having surveillance of neighborhoods where muslims are present, i just left a country that engages in that kind of neighborhood surveillance. which, by the way, the father of senator cruz escaped for america. >> the point being that cruz has proposed law enforcement patrolling what he described as muslim neighborhoods. the president says that's a bad idea. you say? >> senator cruz can speak for himself. i will say here in the united states, we've always done a better job of integrating immigrants from all around the world, including immigrants from muslim lands. we have a high degree of cooperation assistance with our muslim citiz