this warning, according to general keane that we've now received from andrew parker, head of mi5 thatdinary. the head of the cia is here and he's trying to tell us something. there's a reason he's gone public with this. your thoughts on it. >> well megyn, past mi5 director including andrew parker the current one, rarely speak publicly maybe once a year, maybe not even once a year. so the fact he's come out now after an attack which in france which looks like it has connections back to yemen is important for several reasons. one, it's a statement that there's a major threat to the west. and it's also a statement, this goes back to your comments earlier, that this is more than just yemen. there's a bigger global issue here. because he was referring particularly to the khorosan groups, threats against the united states and across europe including in belgium. we are almost at an unprecedented position where we've got these smaller kinds of attacks in multiple areas of the globe. and part of it he's highlighting this is not going to stop any time in the future. >> you're a counterterrorism

andrew parker is warning al qaeda is planning a similar attack.ndonesian military will attempt to raise the tale of the crashed error asia jet. -- crashed errorair asia jet. divers checking on a possible ping from the vehicle. a total of 48 bodies have been recovered. china's producer price index fell from a year earlier on falling oil prices. that is the sharpest drop into lang years. -- into paying years. -- ionn two years. tesco's chief executive facing a setback to his turnaround strategy. they have cut the supermarket to below investment grade. this will probably increase pressure to raise capital quickly. >> let's return to france. provisions -- parisians -- determined to carry on with their lives and businesses after the shooting. let's get to hans nichols's come alive in paris. -- hans nichols, live in paris. >> is that determination of the french community we want to get at. thank you for joining us. we had a remarkable moment, the moment of silence. tell us how it is being perceived in the business community. >> most of the companies obs

. >> the head of british intelligence, andrew parker of mi5, has been sounding the alarm about this threat. he said al qaeda in syria has been planning mass casualty attacks and added this, "my sharpest concern as director general of mi5 is the growing gap between the increasingly challenging threat and the decreasing availability of capabilities to address it." does the u.s. share that concern? do we have what we need to defeat this threat? >> well, i certainly share the concern that he expressed about the continued viability and the threat capability that al qaeda and the arabian peninsula, especially isil growing poses to the united states. i do think that we have adequate resources to detect these kinds of threats to disrupt plots. but it will really entail a whole of government approach. it means that we have to have our intelligence community, we have to have the law enforcement community. we have our state and local counterparts, and we have to have american citizens be vigilant. we have that program of see something and say something. it will take the entirety of the american natio

in a rare speech andrew parker the director-general of mi5 said said: since 9/11 authorities continue to develop counterterrorism methods to thwart mass casualty attacks. armed conflict like iraq and syria, and disillusionment with the west incites violence. in april 2017 time warner cable and -- dzhokhar tsarnaev and tamerlan tsarnaev detonated pressure cookers. they had been published online in an al qaeda website. a radical cleric aligned with al qaeda, and the a.q.a.p. was killed by a u.s. drone strike. his writings live on available on the internet. this was the case in france last week with the suspect in the "charlie hebdo". cherif kouachi spoke by phone with a french tv news programme before being killed by police. >> translation: we are the defenders. i cherif kouachi was trained by al qaeda. i went to yemen and anwar financed me. >> reporter: the rise of the islamic state of iraq and levant known as i.s.i.l. has seen thousands of fighters from all over the globe flock to syria and iraq. as it changes, with western involvement, recruitment for the group is on the rise and gov

from the head of mi 5 britain's security agency speaking at london headquarters, director general andrew parker warned al qaeda terrorists in syria are planning mass casualties against the west like iconic landmarks like big ben. quote -- parker is referring to the growing number of seasoned al qaeda members in syria many with ties to osama bin laden known as the khorasan group. they include nasser it is deeply troubling to british and u.s. intelligence officials. >> it's a fundamental challenge for us but as a society, the freedom of speech the right of privacy is an inherent aspect of our society of our culture. and yet find not only private citizens engaged in lawful activity using those same structures. >> reporter: in exclusive interview with the fox business network, the nsa director said paris shows how radical ideology is driving lone wolf and small cell operations. >> i need to engage in behaviors that support these beliefs and i didn't need to use targeted violence or indiscriminate violence as a vehicle to help perpetuate this viewpoint of others. that's not a good development for us

andrew parker says more than 20 plots around the world have been directed or provoked by extremists inaise serious questions about whether the paris attack was isolated or part of something larger and more dangerous. nic robertson has more on that. >> reporter: "charlie hebdo" office, paris. 12 dead. ground zero for the latest islamic attack. but this latest attack just one of many in recent weeks across the globe, raising the question is this a world at war? this is when things get really bad. less than a month ago, i was stepping through the carnage of another radical islamist attack thousands of miles away. this time pakistan. 132, mostly muslim schoolchildren gunned down. cold blooded murder because their taliban killers said the children's parents were in the army. in the days before that australia, half a world away. a radical islamist takes early morning customers hostage in a chocolate shop. two people were kid, plus the gunman. that gunman claiming australia kills muslims in syria and iraq. each attack a different rational given. the reality is attacks are bread out of a redep

it's only the second public speech given by mi5's director general, andrew parker. group of core al qaeda terrorists in syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the west. their goal, we went on so say, cause large scale loss of life often by attacking transport systems or iconic tarrings in the u.s. senior u.s. intelligence officials said parker was referring to a group in northern syria, a former head of the defense intelligence agency says that parker's remarks jive with u.s. intelligence warnings. i it's been no secret al qaeda has been attempting mass casualty attacks targeting iconic -- >> there's breaking news now. this just in in the last 15 seconds. with a cairo dateline from "associated press," member of al qaeda's branch in yemen said the group directed the attack on the french magazine. jennifer griffin, this was one of the big questions we have had over the past couple of days. were these terrorists inspired by al qaeda in yemen or otherwise or were they directed by al qaeda in yemen. a member of al qaeda's branch in yemen says that al qaeda's bra

. >> andrew parker warned about mass casualty plots now being planned throughout europe. this is a man who rarely speaks publicly and issues this kind of warning. this has to get the president's attention when david cameron and he meet in washington on thursday. >> that's what happens when the united states is trying to lead from behind. the war needs leadership and targets and we have to understand the nature of the threat and trying to fool ourselves by playing with words is not going to help. >> we're going to close guantanamo. that's the president's goal objective. to terrorist groups they think they won the battle. they think they win when news media across the world is dominating a million people marching in france, they think they have won the battle and maybe they have. long-term this is a long-term battle and we have to do whatever it takes intelligence wise and military wise and police wise to stop it. >> a short break and what the panel should be doing now. our panel will return with their thoughts on the keystone pipeline and more as we continue our conversati

andrew parker says more than 20 plots around the world have been directed or provoked by extremists intober of 2013. he made a rare public appearance to make that statement. but his comments raise questions about whether the paris attack was isolated or part of something much larger. nic robertson has more on that for you. >> reporter: paris -- ground zero for the latest islamic terror attack. on the surface, it appears this is retribution for pictures of islam's prophet mohammed. but is it part of something larger? the latest battle by islamic extremists, dedicated to the destruction of western values. it's the biggest radical islamist attack in europe in ten years. but one of many in recent weeks across the globe. >> this is when things get really bad. >> less than a month ago, i was stepping through the carnage of another radical islamist attack thousands of miles away. this time pakistan. 132 mostly muslim schoolchildren gunned down cold blooded murder because their taliban islamist killers said their children's parents were in the army. in the days before that australia, half a wo

direct general andrew parker warning al qaeda in syria is planning mass casualty attacks on british soil including transit systems or iconic landmarks like big ben. parker did not link this new credible threat information to the massacre in paris sean. >> all right, catherine herridge in washington tonight. catherine, as always thank you. and yesterday's attack on the offices of charlie hebdo was not the first. the satirical newspaper magazine has been threatened for many years. ainsley is at the big board with background. >> charlie hebdo has poked fun at religion government and authority figures since it was created back in 1970. but the outrage from muslims began in 2006 when the paper ri printed pictures from the prophet muhammad. in november 2011 headquarters were firebombed after its cover featured another cartoon of muhammad. the building was since then protected by riot police. and the french government did ask the paper to stop publishing images that offended muslims, but they went ahead with them anyway. in 2012 after again printing cartoons of muhammad the paper was criticized

, so i said some days ago after paris that i thought that it's serious when you listen to what andrew parker said. we have to take it very seriously. it's not someone who talks very often to the media. so if he says so we have to take it seriously. i think there is still risk. and that's why we have to be vigilant and mobilize all the means we have. mainly member states but the eu can help. >> how good is the intelligence on those european citizens traveling to syria and coming back? i mean clearly the intelligence agencies can't follow everyone, can they? >> no true. when it comes to monitoring the returnees, it's a challenge, because you can't monitor someone 24/7 you have to mobilize between 20 and 30 members of the service, which is not feasible. but since some time but mainly the last two years, the secretary services together but especially a group of 9 to 12 member states are really very mobilized. and they share all the intelligence they have. the question is can we optimize that even further, and that will be one of the points i think dispersed in 29 of january and the government on

talked about yesterday, it's like the war on drugs, they're comparing it to, also we heard from andrew parker, the director of the british intelligence agency mi5 saying these attacks are harder to detect, that they're happening with very short planning and so all of these people are coming together from western nations to try to figure out a way that they can share intelligence better, they're brainstorming today on how they can prevent future attacks. on that note, we also heard from the white house early this morning back in september, the white house announced that they would be holding a summit on countering violent extremism. they were going to originally hold that summit in october, but then it got pushed off, and this morning, they announced that meeting will be happening on february 18th, and i want to read part of the announcement to you. the white house says "our partners around the world are actively implementing programs to prevent violent extremism and foreign terrorist fighter recruitment. the summit will include representatives from a number of partner nations focusing on the

bill: the head of mi5 is a fellow bit name of andrew parker. he was talking this week with select group of royal united services at the london headquarters. what he said was this, senator. quote, we know for example that a group of core al qaeda terrorists in syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the west. perhaps that is in france. maybe that is in britain. perhaps that is here, senator. >> that's exactly right and i think our intelligence community sees this as an opportunity to seize on additional data that we get from the french and we get from these three suspects that are currently in a who is stabling situation. and potentially see if that connects to anywhere in western europe and into the united states. bill this is a classic operation for the intelligence community. we start with a little bit of data, a little bit of information. it extend as far as we might possibly do it. let me just say. this is the reason that keeping data for a number of years is important. the alleged trip for said to yemen was in 2011 and, i think it'

though the comments that the director general of mi-5 andrew parker made last night where he said actually that terrorists are gaining on us in terms of our existing capabilities, they are very chilling. >> yeah very interesting. one source was telling me here just the other day that since the arab spring they lost a lot of their intelligence here in france. they had governments from the arab world who were helping them here inside france because of course, a lot of people go back and forth to north africa and to the middle east and live here in paris. but that sort of intelligence they lost. and they've been in catch-up mode. thank you very much for joining us. really interesting comments from you this morning. let's go back to dammartin. we're still watching this situation at the printing press, where these two brothers are still holed up. we've heard in the last few minutes that perhaps the hostage taker is a woman. we can hear from a resident that lives about 500 meters from that building. >> translator: we are shut inside and we can't go out. there's a helicopter flying over the town.

at a time when yesterday the head of mi-5 in the united kingdom andrew parker, gave a speech in which he warns a group of core al qaeda terrorists in syria is planning what he described a mass casualty attack or plural, mass casualty attacks in the west. faced with that sort of intelligence from mi 5 and that suspicion do you to one extent chaus chase your tail on bits and bobs of information related to lone wolves? do you have to triage in favor of the mass casualty attacks. >> that is a very astute observation. you have to triage the information. and there is a difference between a terror threat when you know there are a group of individuals who are think aing about doing something. this is chatter and intent. it's one thing to talk about it, do you have to capability to do it. and does the intelligence counterterrorism community have specific credible corroborated information that points to it? because if you don't have that, then this is really -- this is not a science it is an art. it is a judgment call. then we know these individuals are potentially going to go operational but d

that is what we heard from the director general of security service in great britain, andrew parker.e attacks are really hard to detect. they have to find a new way to gather intelligence and come together so that they can combat them. now also, jake, i also want to tell that you we just got word from the white house that they will be hosting on february 18th a summit on countering violence extremism. i want to read part of the statement that we got from the white house this morning just moments ago. it says "our partners around the world are actively implementing programs to prevent extremism and foreign terrorists fighter recruitment. the summit will include representatives from a number of partner nations focusing on community engagement and the role of the private sector and tech community." back in september, the white house announced they would be holding the summit but they didn't say when and it has sort of gone under the radar for the last few months and they just announced this half an hour ago. so obviously it's taking on new urgency here in washington, jake. >> all right.

as i say, andrew parker suggested that even britain is susceptible to what he called a mass casualtyd other countries in the west. the security trend so to try also to get more access to what prime minister cameron has called for the dark poerns of the internet. all of this requires civilian privacy with the need for security. it's also political. plus as you were talking ab why belgium, why this and the other? there has to be by these countries, a lot of society is defunkt as well. >> that there is a lot of radicalization in jails and other such places. that's something that governments are going to have to deal with as well as the security issue. >> thank you very much for the insight. remember,al sen, obviously, we are talking about something going on abroad, but the united states every bit as concerned of water happening in europe over what could be happening here. >> absolutely. suspect alarming going on at home to tell you about. the fbi and secret service are investigating a drive-by shooting by vice president biden's home if delaware. multiple gunshots outside the secret serv

during a rare public speech thursday night, mi-5 leader andrew parker said there will be more terroristlso says, quote, authorities believe there is an increased likelihood of reprisal attacks against the u.s. western and coalition interests throughout the world, especially in the middle east, north america, europe and asia, unquote. let's bring in clint voss, he's with the foreign policy research institute. that warning seems so broad. i guess they left out antarctica, but i don't necessarily see the point of it. can you shed some light on why the u.s. state department -- i'm not asking you to justify -- you didn't issue it, but why would the state department issue that? >> i think they probably feel they are required to issue some sort of warning just based on what has happened. but what i think is also illustrates, how long we know about any pending attacks that are out there. it basically said somewhere in the world something bad can happen. that's really not much of an warning that you take any action from. so they're really just trying to cover their bases and probably feel they'r

also the guy who run ares mi i 5 the great britain security apparatus andrew parker, he said this, weous level of threat that is complex to combat and unlikely to abade for some time. my sharpest concern for general of mi-a is the growing gap between the increasing challenging threat and the decreasing availability of capabilities to deal with this. he also said, quote: a group of qaeda terrorists in syria is planning mass casualty attacks against the west. and we all know that it's really hard to hijack airplanes and fly them into buildings. but we have learned this week is that it is really easy for somebody to get a gun and go into a soft target, a building, and kill people. if it happened there in france and look how it traumatized the world. just imagine if al qaeda or isis would were to send people to a dozen malls in the west. just imagine, people would stop shopping. is that what they have got in mind? don't know. but sounds like something is brewing. >> parker said the dark police and those who wish to harm us can plot to kill us. those written creasing. brian, you spotted th