david chater has more from paris. >> the memories of the brutal attack all too raw. parisians lit candles in the place tha de la republic. the message: we are not afraid. >> translator: there's a lot of emotion for parisians like us. sadness and hatred. for those attacking us when we're quietly getting on with our lives. >> two week ago, a friend of mine said don't go to tunisia, it's the a risky. but i say it's the same here. if you let them rule you they've won. >> these men were cold hearted, professional killers, they were all armed with automatic weapo weapons, kalashnikov. they all had ball bearings f to maximize the carnage to extend the killing and maiming of those suicide vests. >> we can at this stage say it's very likely that there were three coordinated teams of terrorists who were responsible for this ba bar ba barbarity. >> the police say there were seven known attackers all dead they have positively identified one a french citizen who attacked the concert hall. he was on their extremist watch list but only been involved in petty crimes. his father and

davidcha chater is live. does it feel like the city is very much on edge? >> reporter: yes.a few moments before you joined me, the police had cleared the whole area of the plaza de republic. kept the people away from the candles, the candles you see burning behind me. we asked them why they were doing that. they said they are keeping their radio communications open. they understand what is going on in this city. they might have received a tipoff. we don't know. the people have now gone back, but this is the state of paris at the moment. there are lots of rumors circulating. police are still very aware of the security problem, especially here in the plaza de republic because there are so many of the world's cameras trained on that statue and on that vigil behind me. so, it comes in the wake of 168 raids throughout france. they collected in the north, the south, the west, and the east, they collected weapons, rocket launcher, and they arrested 23 people. so these measures are ongoing. there is still a fear that there are other cells of isil capable of operating maybe here in p

we will never allow these murderers to achieve their vile aims. >> okay, i guess we've lost david chaterparis, our thanks to him. member of the council on foreign relations his research focuses on how governments respond to terror attacks. he joins us vee skype from boston. max thanks for taking the time for us. >> sure. >> the french interior minister said the terrorists will never destroy france because it is france that will destroy them. french president francois hollande echoed that. how do you see these comments? >> these sorts of comments are rather predictable. when countries are attacked by terrorism in theory they might become more conciliatory. they might try appease the perpetrators in order to convince them not to inflict any more pain on the population. but that's really only in theory. in practice, when countries are targeted by terrorism, especially when the population is harmed, when civilians are attacked, governments tend to do the exact opposite by going on the offensive. by rallying around the flag. by granting greater freedom of action, to the executive. and very ty

david chater has the details. >> reporter: france has tape the war back to i.s.i.l. launching bombing raids against the self-declared capital of iraq. they flew over night from air bases in jordan and the gulf. the operation was described as a legitimate response to the black friday massacre in paris. >> translation: in we've done it in the past and again today because raqqa, as you know, is the center of the i.s.i.l. you saw the drama that happened in paris. >> reporter: the raids were against targets supplied and selected by u.s. intelligence. it has been revealed that iraq had warned france of an attack about to be launched last week and a team of 19 fighters had been trained in camps in raqqa to carry out the mission >> i think it is as much about french domestic politics as about being effective. the french have to send a signal to those forces in i.s.i.l. to try and turn the table back on them the way france was hit. i'm sure they were given good targets. from what i've read, u.s. intelligence has been coordinating with the french, but i think these are largely

david chater >>> still to come here we're in northern iraq where kurdish fighters are beginning to look to their next battle ground after pushing i.s.i.l. out of sinjar. plus. >> reporter: with cuba opening up more foreigners than ever before are running in this race. i will be running with them. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. >>> top stories here. france's prime minister said that more attacks are being prepared against france and other areas in europe. police have carried out about 150 raids across the country and french media has reported another attacker has been named, french national born in 1987. french police have released a picture of salah abdes

david chater has the details. >> reporter: france has taken the war back to i.s.i.l. launching an intense series of bombing raids on raqqa in syria. the sorties were flown over night from air bases in jordan and the gulf. the french minister said it was a proper response to the friday's events. >> translation: we've done it in the past and done it again today because raqqa is the center of i.s.i.l. so we can't be attacks - you saw what happened in paris, without being present and active. >> reporter: the raids were against targets applied and selected by u.s. intelligence. it has been revealed that iraq had warned france that an attack was about to be launched and that a team of 19 fighters had been trained in camps in raqqa to carry out the mission >> it's as much about french domestic palm particulars as about being affected. the french have to send a signal to those forces in i.s.i.l. to try and turn the tables back on them and hit them in their homeland. i'm sure they were given some pretty good targets. what from i've read u.s. intelligence have been coordinating

they warn people not to approach them, let's go live to david chater in paris. what is the mood of the manhunt and the french military air strikes in syria. >> reporter: the main focus is the one man, gunman that got away, appeared to be driving the gunmen, helping them with their attacks on the cafes near the place de la republique where i'm standing now, he was driving the car abandoned in the eastern suburbs of paris. now, he's been named as salah abdeslam, he's 26. police say he's dangerous and possibly armed, there has been a remarkable development. it's been revealed, according to some of the agencies. the reporting, that three men were driving on the motor way. and he was actually in that car. the police stopped them, according to the reports and wave them through. they managed to see him, but failed to understand he was the gunmen they were looking for. it appears another police mistake has been made. my colleague neave barker followed theents. >>> a moment of desperate panic, reports of gunshots send hundreds of people running for their lives. taking co