cherif kouachi was a petty criminal and aspiring rapper. the son of algerian immigrants, he'd grown up in an orphanage after his parents died. when he was 21, kouachi was radicalized by the u.s. invasion of iraq and joined the extremists of the buttes- chaumont gang. they were plotting to go to iraq and kill americans. >> (translated): it was a small group of people, young men, not particularly religious. most of them criminals, drug dealers, robbers. they were seduced by talk of supporting the muslim community. >> narrator: louis caprioli was then the counterterror chief of french domestic intelligence. rotella first met him while reporting on the buttes-chaumont gang. >> (translated): french domestic intelligence and the police were watching that group. in january 2005, the authorities began to dismantle the network. cherif kouachi was arrested as he was about to board a plane to go to iraq and fight. >> narrator: kouachi was sent to fleury-mérogis prison to await trial. while he was locked up, his extremist connections only deepened. the

other countries the united states is set to decide next week on whether it wants to continue with cherif exemptions on still an aluminum for the european producers and it looks like the europeans are not particularly holding their breath they will be exempt for much longer do you expect that to change anything in terms of the global trade balance because you know that both the e.u. and the united states more often than not tended to be on the one side when it comes to trade negotiations you mentioned trade blocks before while the developed countries used to be a powerful trade blog do you expect that trade block to you if not to fall apart down the police to be a little bit more fractured than it is right now if the united states indeed withdraws doss. tariff exemptions from the european producers well you're a strict policy at the moment as is a mess because from press created confusion on several fronts it's created confusion in terms of its of america's allies for by refusing to permanently exempt the european union japan canada from steel and aluminum tariffs he has threatened to imp

>> i should actually start off to say that imam talit cherif, the resident imam of the nation's mosque, the oldest mosque built by indigenous muslims in the united states and washington his sister passed away so he couldn't be here. the statistics are changing. in 2011 the pugh data poll, 2015, it showed that african-american muslims were roughly around 33% south asian muslims are roughly about 28%. arab muslims obviously continue to be less than those numbers as well. i think quite frankly now in african-americans the numbers are probably maybe a little less in light of probably immigration issues or immigration of individuals coming from different countries and so it may be a little less than that, but it's right around that at the present time. >> i mean, am i right in thinking that when americans think of muslims they think of arab americans or south asian americans, they tend to think of that, is that correct? >> absolutely. i mean, listen, i think that there is a slow -- if we had to be honest -- there is a slow erasure of african-american islam. if you look at the pundits on tv,