it doesn't prevent the people to for answers is samia maktuf, a lawyer who represents the families of the victims of terror in france. >> they don't want to see another mother crying because the son is not here anymore. >> reporter: with her hand-drawn chart showing the connections between terror attacks in multiple countries. she brings to mind the same dogged determination of homeland's obsessive cia agent carrie matheson. >> we have to figure out >> they were well known by the police and the intelligence but they were failure acting. there is lack of sharing information. >> stove pipe. >> yes. that's the problem. >> reporter: that's why now the french government has taken unprecedented steps to improve its intelligence efforts. a state of emergency declared after the november attacks has been extended to last more than a year. the french military has been coalition air strikes have been winning the conventional war against isis in the middle east, this week killing isis number two, abu mohammad al adnani. isis fighters are now moving beyond the borders to carry out attacks in the w