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and i said buck sexton. how could an attack this big and complex come off really without enough warning to stop it? that goes first to you, buck. >> i think we will see there were warning signs and things that were missed. the french have capable intelligence and security services. they have some authorities that we in this country might think they have a tremendous amount of ability to do surveillance and things necessary to protect from this attack. but it's an open society and they have a large muslim population that terrorists are allowed to or able to hide among and engage in this kind of attack. i think they have spent a lot of time in france. if they were not born there spent years on the ground to get the weapons, the explosives that they have would require familiarity with being there. i don't think -- this isn't in any way tied to the flow of immigrants. i don't think you will find this is the case. this is a constant issue with terrorist, we have to be right 100% of the time. and that is just aski

. >> cnn political commentator buck sexton is joining us, he's a former counterterrorism analyst.uld people on the terror watch list be able to buy guns? what's your opinion? >> i think ben carson is correct here. you either believe in due process rights or you don't. people that would have their semd amendment rights which are on this list, you have no means or redress of finding why you're on the list. it's hard to get off the list. it's close to a million people on it. there are children as young as 9 or 10 years old who have been put on the terror watch list. there's no rhyme or reason to how somebody got on this thing in the first place. you either believe in due process and it's a constitutionally protected right or you do not. the federal government needs to do a better job of cleaning up this list. there are people bringing challenges about this notion in the first place. even with regards to fly iing. if you have not been charged with a crime, you cannot have rights taken away from you. i think carson is right and trump has ered. >> let me just say this. i was reading abo

let's talk about all of this with counterterrorism analyst buck sexton is with me.point, you have to go down a really long list before you get to china. you heard josh earnest laugh at the briefing at the white house. >> i think laughing is a little unfair. he wasn't saying that china is at war in syria. that wasn't what he was going for. >> that was the issue. >> he's clarified and walked it back. was it a stumble, sure. do we expect ben carson is going to be the most adept on foreign policy, no, we do not. it's not surprising. that would probably be untrue, but ben carson, nonetheless, is somebody who people are inspired by for a variety of reasons. his depth on foreign policy is not one of them, but that's something he can get up to speed on. and the reason the base liked him is his honesty, his character, the integrity he shows, his life story, and i think people are impressed by someone who has had tremendous success in something other than professional success and promoting themselves and raising money. that's part of this as well. he will be forgiven by those

and former navy seal, carl higby and buck sexton who is a former cia and navy seal. going to -- how is this going to affect the race? >> missouri? >> no, trump. >> we jumped from cia to seal. >> jihadi john. >> how is jihadi john going to affect the race? >> yeah. >> not very much at all. >> they will talk about foreign policy. but anyone who knows what the situation was going after hvts in iraq, someone will take his place. there will be another executioner tomorrow who is willing to do some of the same things. isis is in control of large swaths of territory. there are a few million people that are in what you have to call the islamic state. >>> put the video up of donald trump. this is the first day with secret service and he did something that caught him off guard. what do you think of this belt buckle thing? >> first of all, think about this, how lucky can trump get? that's a big story right there. he called one of his opponents a path logical liar, he stepped out in front of a crowd and said knife me and you get news of this drone attack. you know, trump has bee

and buck sexton who is former cia.this, paul, there are indications that point to isis. >> i think if you look at the indiscriminate nature of the violence, the fact they just opened up on restaurants that could be a point more toward isis than al qaeda. the reason for that is in 2013, the leader of al qaeda put out a new guideline for jihad saying that al qaeda shouldn't launch indiscriminate attacks because muslims could be killed in those attacks. when the "charlie hebdo" attacks were happening in paris, the two al qaeda recruits, the brothers -- it could point more to isis than al qaeda, the nature of the targeting this evening. the fact they had up to six explosive devices, suicide vests, all that points to an established terrorism outfit. you're not really looking at this point at a lone wolf style plot. we have never seen a lone wolf style like this. >> i think it is most likely the islamic state at this point. that's the best estimate you can have. as you look at this we're going to find there were networks of

i'm also joined by cnn pliolitil commentator buck sexton. he worked for the unit that produced the report i referred to. thank you for being here this morning. >> yes. can i please make one correction? >> yes. >> my last name is pronounced miefsky. >> i apologize for that. >> you govern a majority muslim city. are you afraid? >> actually, no. i'd like to make another correction. we have, as of our last election, which was a couple weeks ago, we elected a muslim majority council. whether the demographics of the city say we're a muslim majority city, i don't think we're there yet. we're probably somewhere in the 40% muslim for the city overall. but our city council that will take office in january will be a majority muslim council. >> so does that concern some of your citizens? >> you know, the issues, we're a small city. we're 23,000, 24,000, 2.2 square miles. the issues for most of our residents are, are we fix the streets? will the street lights -- the street light out in front of my house, can we get that fixed? they're local issues. there