as the french president francois hollande just said the situation in syria has a lot to do with the summit on monday and the question of how to cope with the refugee situation, france and germany totally agree that we have to protect our external border, first of all to make it sure that the free movement within the european area can be maintained and that we step by step can step away from the border controls and secondly also because of the security concerns because we need to know who comes to europe and greece there has an important position as a country with an external border and also the sea or maritime border with turkey and therefore the summit on monday was certainly focused on the meeting with the turkish prime minister amed and we will certainly inform each other on the process of what is europe doing on a humanitarian basis and how will we implement the three years that have been set aside for turkey and secondly if we achieve it what do we still have to do in order to control the influx of refugees, the nato mission really has to start, they are still on the prefary stage and

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reporter: it's an embarrassing climb-down for president francois hollande dr. e put security at the forefront of his -- after he put security at the forefront of his policies. hollande: i have decided to close the constitutional debate. part of the opposition is hostile to any change to the constitution, and i deplore this attitude deeply. reporter: despite their initial support, it was not just the opposition that had opposed anti-terror moves. four months of fractious debate left deep divisions at the heart of the ruling socialist party, too, with a justice minister stepping down over the issue. angry -- agreed on in trying the current state of emergency in the constitution, but they were unable to come together on stripping french citizens of their -- convicted of terrorism of their nationality. leavingans balked at people stateless, with finger-pointing all-around. >> they created the conditions for failure. theid when i saw him that lay republican party was ready to strip citizenship for people with another nationality. reporter: france's state of emergency

this is french president francois hollande.aying that the man who was shot and captured just a few hours ago, salah abdeslam captured in molenbeek, was involved directly in preparing the paris attacks. france will, france will ask for extradition of abdeslam, and we should also tell you francois hollande is saying the french know there are links between the paris attackers and syria and isis. they have direct evidence. at least that is what francois hollande is saying. they want him back in paris to answer for the 130 people who were murdered back in november in three separate attacks. you see these shooters here, these police. they have in their possession europe's most-wanted man, who led the specific team. that guy right, there apparently led the specific team that tried to enter the french national soccer stadium. let's bring in zuhdi jasser, they want him back. they want him back in france, right, zuhdi? >> absolutely. this is major, not only because they're bringing closure to the fugitive. they got him alive. the intel t

host: francois hollande speaking earlier on. let's take you to some live pictures coming to us from havana, cuba. we can see air force one, the president's plane, on the runway, just about ready to take off. barack obama has wrapped up in historic visit to cuba -- an historic visit to cuba, the first time a sitting president has visited the communist nation in 88 years. the white house has been reacting to events today in brussels, of course, and is expected to announce new measures to tighten airport security in the u.s. president obama expressed his condolences to belgium during a conversation with the belgian prime minister, calling from havana as he wrapped up that visit. we have been following his visit. oforter: it is the last day president obama's three-day visit to the cuban capital. havana was, of course, overshadowed by what happened in brussels. there was a minute of silence on stop of barack obama's steps here on the cuban island. the baseball match between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team, where again,

francois hollande said that earlier. they are not trying to change the reality on the ground but they are trying to change the wording. genie: another important note is that in order to truly close the balkans route, the e.u. needs more cooperation from turkey. with turkey not only stopping migrants from leaving its borders but also welcoming some who it let back into her tell us more about that. turkish lot hinges on cooperation, and angela merkel has a lot of's -- a lot at stake. for turkey to stem the flow of migrants from turkey crossing into the you, and also to readmit migrants that the e.u. will excel -- that the e.u. will expel. the only problem with the plan is that it is pretty much exactly the plan that the e.u. and turkey already agreed to three months ago, and they signed an action plan in november of last year. for the moment, that plan has not been implemented or hardly been implemented. tois europe going to be able offer to turkey today something they were not able to offer three months ago? that is the b

i need to express the pleasure i have next to president francois hollande together our [ inaudible ] it was an extraordinary coincidence we were together at an e.u. summit to try and force commitments connected with the european project and the challenges with which we are confronted, and it is important that we could follow this operation -- to follow closely together the operation through the end of this afternoon. finally, and above all, i wish to thing my colleagues of the belgian government who have worked intensely and directly with their respected services. the minister of the interior, minister for foreign affairs, and not everyone is present, but those who the security forces all of their departments were able to work in unity, and i also want to express my thanks. that's just some of the information that i wanted to give to you, and now we will tin to the president of the french republican, francois hollande. ladies and gentlemen, prime minister, belgian prime minister has just confirmed salah abdeslam was arrested with two accomplices and formally identified. my thoughts g

here is more now from francois hollande. greeces hollande: it is that will take the largest portion of refugees, and we must help greece. to avoid the refugees arriving in greece, we need to work with turkey, so the plan is simple and difficult to put into place. working closely with turkey and to show our support for greece. that is france's position that we will present today. >> turkey is ready to be a member of the e.u. as well. and i hope this summit, which we will not focus on the regular migration but on the turkish accession process with the e.u. genie: there have been more migrant deaths at sea. another 25 drowned over the weekend, including three

ministere prime treating a photograph of himself alongside francois hollande saying that he was at that point receiving congratulations from the president of the united states. he says belgium and france stand united in the fight against terrorism. anhad congratulations from hidalgo congratulating this dirty forces for securing the arrest of salah abdeslam in the course of the operation from brussels. one of the quickest media organizations to confirm what was happening today, they first "arrete,"mply arrested, and followed by "injured and neutralized." ported airily infringe if somebody is described as neutralized, that tends to mean -- ordinarily in front of somebody has been a scrub is neutralized, that tends to mean they have been killed. i don't think they meant it in this way here because they said all along he was shot in the leg and then arrested and taken away in custody. treated, which purports to show the actual moment of salah abdeslam's arrest. not a great deal to see in that one but lots of dramatic images being shown on the internet because it is a residential area of bru

there will be a high-level meeting where francois hollande called in his interior minister, other security officials to assess what's going on in belgium and to figure out some responses necessary. as i said, when you're already under a state of emergency and you already have thousands of troops who might be on assignment overseas actually deployed on the streets of the cities, all over france, it's difficult to see where you can go from there french is as worried as the belgium that a series of coordinated attacks, at times within moments of each other that it's possible to carry out that operation at a time when someone has the i'm recollection that brussels is on the lock down and i was in brussels until saturday evening covering the arrest of salah-abdeslam and military presence the street was noticeable because clearly they were aware this is a sensitive time because according to the way that intelligence agencies understand these networks there -- when one cell goes down and one could perceive the arrest of salah-abdeslam being closed down another cell will automatically be activated

we also heard the french president francois hollande talking about other arrests being possible.said there will be other arrests, it as a very large network we're dealing with and he called for abdeslam to be extradited to france to face charges there. let's bring back in foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin in new york. ayman, they talked about the cooperation, about having a phone call with president obama as well. >> this was certainly a joint operation, if you will, in the sense that french officials were at least aware of it as it was taking place given the fact that the belgian prime minister was essentially briefing the french president as soon as the news broke that in fact salah abdeslam has been captured. it's very interesting to hear at the end of the initial answer by french president francois hollande who said he wants to see salah abdeslam extradited to france where he will be interrogated and face french justice for what he did. so that's going to be a very interesting development in the coming days to see how that process unfolds. keep in mind, he did reference o

how much of a defeat is there for francois hollande? >> it is a political reversal and it has really been a chapter of mishaps, not least francois hollande lost his justice minister over this, actually resigned on principal over this proposal so strip french nationality from dual nationals in terrorism cases. the ultimately, there wasn't enough sport within his own party, and the opposition was not willing to support it, either, so he has had to climb down. we have to remember, as well, sammy, the atmosphere in which these proposal also were first introduced. it was in the direct aftermath of november 13. there was a lot of rallying behind the president who saw his popularity ratings rise beyond anything they had seen since being elected. obviously in the cold light of day and so much later, these difficult political rivalries and other political considerations came into play, and so as we've seen, he's had to make this climb down. >> is this the end to other positions that have been floated? >> in many ways, this initiative to try to r

five groups received earlier on by francois hollande and the defense minister. they spoke after the meeting about what was said and their reaction to the capture. everybody was grateful for .he arrest the justice minister underlined the importance of suicide prevention so that salat of islam can face justice. not calling for vengeance but greater humanity. it is not enough to completely get rid of terror. host: chris has more details from the palace for us. a chance for francois hollande to offer reassurance that actions had been taken on the security front. a lot of questions over things like keeping tabs on people coming back from syria. .he level of coordination the problem is that they have to do it in time. his own prime minister says the risk of attack remains as high if not higher than before. frenchn security services say the number of people coming back from syria however, areps, not just interested in the security element of things. many of them concerned about hate speech. its existenceay -- they regard the attacks as a time for france to address some

we're expecting angela merkel to be turning up for a meeting with francois hollande. they will be turning up about refugees. paul, tell us more about what's to be expected from this meeting. >> reporter: there has been a frantic and very busy period of diplomatic activity here in france in the past couple of days. it continues today with president francois hollande greeting angela merkel. the e.u. turkey summit meeting is going to take place in brussels on monday, looking at ways to hopefully come up with comprehensive ways of addressing the refugee issue. as far as the meeting that is going to take place here in paris today, there's going to be a news conference at about 11.30 g.m. t where the two leaders will come together and tell us what they've come up with. essentially it seems that they're going to - the predictions are that they're going to try and form some bilateral common plan which they can agree on in advance and present to the e.u. turkey meeting on monday. i don't think it's any coincidence as well that the president met with the prime minister daichd c

in a news conference soon after the capture, the french president francois hollande welcomed the break through. >> translation: salah abdeslam has been arrested and has been formally identified. my thoughts go to the victims of the november 13 attacks in paris and st denis because salah abdeslam is directly linked to the proposings, organization and unfortunately the perpetration of the attacks. >> reporter: paris will be seeking the urgent extradition of salah abdeslam so that he can be questioned and ultimately face trial back in france. police attention had repeatedly been drawn to molembeek, the brussels suburb where a number of the suicide bombers of the paris attacks had lived. he may have evaded capture as early as tuesday because his fingerprints were found in another district of brussels. 130 people were killed in paris on 13 november when attackers with links to i.s.i.l. stormed cafÉs, a rock concert and a stadium. several of the attackers blew themselves up, including salah abdeslam's elder brother. salah abdeslam was driven back to brussels from paris hours later and became

the officials search for answers goes on >>> meanwhile french president francois hollande says the net warning responsible for the attacks in brussels and last year in paris is being wiped out. he is warning that other groups still threaten european cities. >> reporter: the day after the bathroom attic raid in a paris suburb and france is wondering how close it came to suffering another major attack. security forces moved in on thursday night to secure an apartment here. they found both explosives and weapons. >> translation: we know there are other networks because even though the one that carried out the attacks in paris and brussels is in the process of being wiped out with a number of its members arrested. there is still a tloot looming >> reporter: this is the suggestion expect. he was actually jailed in absentia last year by a belgium court being part of a network sending fighters to syria. many people in europe are wondering how such suspects can escape capture and carry on planning violent acts. as france was deploying hundreds of extra police after the brussels bombings, presi

in the end, francois hollande was not able to muster the political support for these proposals. we have to remember as well the atmosphere in which this constitutional reform was first raised, when it was first mentioned. it was in the aftermath of november 13. he was under a lot of pressure from politicians and the right wing republican party, the far right national front. a lot of criticism of the french security forces, intelligence agencies, why haven't they anticipated these attacks. this was his response, his way of trying to appeal so that five populace opinion. months later, we've seen there was not the support from the leftwing of his own party, his own justice minister actually resigned on principle because she would not support this idea and ultimately, when it came to it, the numbers just weren't there, not in the parliament, the national assembly nor the senate which is why we've seen this climb down from the penalty. >> a new political chapter that begun in myanmar. after 50 years of military rule, power has passed to a mainly civilian government. the country's new

he and his french counterpart, francois hollande, were following events closely. salah abdeslam had managed to evade police since november. prosecutors say he was a key player in the paris attacks. earlier this week, his fingerprints were found after police raided this house in brussels. he escaped out of a back window as another man fired at officers to keep them pinned down. police were on his trail and closing in. neighbors had no idea he had been in the house. >> i opened my door to pick up my son at school. i heard a lot of policemen yelling at me to go home. actually, the shooting just happened. the operation was happening just in front of me. i did not realize it. reporter: salah abdeslam has been taken for treatment for his wounds. police sources said no officers were injured in the operations today. after months of painstaking work, this was a success for belgian and french police. there are raised tensions, riot police brought in to deal with groups drawn by the presence of officers on the street here. anchor: for the latest, i spoke to gavin a short tim

trying to resolve it is multi fold in here in paris today because we have angela merkel and francois hollande and had a telephone conversation with russian vladimir putin in the last hour-and-a-half, there is going to be a news conference as i say in about 20 minutes or so where they will give their assessment of not just the refugee crisis but also the syrian situation and of course as the european union summit due to take place on monday in brussels so a degree of ministerial level meetings and bilateral leadership meetings all leading to this monday meeting which will involve european leaders and turkey. you can see that there is a kind of snowball effect trying to form in the hope that they can actually come to some kind of concrete, constructive policy that will actually make some kind of definitive difference on the ground in syria. >> certainly, paul, thank you for that update, paul brennan speaking to us from paris. well the flurry of diplomacy comes as thousands of people gather at the greece-macedonia border, refugees blocked a rail way line of macedonia's refusal to let them in and

from his lawyer that he was going to try to fight extradition, we know the french president francois hollande wanted him extradited to paris to stand trial. but there was some push back from his lawyers suggesting that "a," salah abdeslam as we mentioned was cooperating with authorities but was going to fight extradition. do we have any information as to whether or not he had been interrogated, had been questioned by belgium counterterrorism officials, had he been cooperating? >> well his lawyer said he had been cooperating and investigators have said that he had told them a number of things including about his involvement in the paris attacks, that he had planned to blow himself up alongside -- along with the other nine attackers. but that he changed his mind. that's as much as we know. what he had told them about the activities of other militants in the city and what they might be planning we don't know. but it seems fairly clear that the authorities were not aware of this particular threat before it happened this morning. >> all right. i'm going to ask you to stay with us on the phone and

francois hollande left the summit saying he would speak a little bit later.he belgian prime minister swiftly left the summit a little bit earlier today. people were wondering why he left so fast. now we know why. >> indeed. for the moment, natasha, thank you. now let's go to jacky rowland in paris. jacky any official reaction from france to this at this point? >> reporter: well there has been confirmation from the french police as well of the apprehension of saleh abdeslam. there was a joint operation on tuesday on a different neighborhood. and we discovered only a few hours ago today, friday that dna and a fingerprint has been found on the premise of that flat. we know one person was killed on tuesday, and that two people escaped, and belgian media are saying it's believed that one of those who escaped from that raid on tuesday was perhaps saleh abdeslam. he was of course europe's most wanted fugitive. >> jacky just remind us what was his role or what is he meant to have done as part of those attacks in paris. >> reporter: he was driving one of the three veh

and to quote from the french president francois hollande, however the president francois hollande, he said there's a relation between the raid and what's happened in paris in november. but again, he refused to confirm of salah abdeslam. >> what's happening on the ground at this moment, laura is saying the raid is still under way. let me go back to eamon. eamon, tell us more about moleenbeck. >> reporter: we had a chance at the time when we were in brussels and speaking to several and three brothers andrea mitchell he is still living in molenbeck. he made an appeal to turn himself in. his brother was believed to have been involved in the paris attacks, but did not go through or believe to have been at some point in the operation, decided to change his mind and escape or flee or may have been involved in the shootings, but did not blow himself up. after the night of those attacks on november 13th, there was a suicide vest that was found that had explosives in it. they thought that may have been his. he was supposed to go through with that operation and did not go so. he ultimately left

french president francois hollande says prosecutors will "urgently" request the extradition of salah abdeslam, suspected of involvement in the terror attacks in paris last year. at a news conference friday afternoon, hollande thanked belgian authorities and praised the two countries' joint counter- terrorism efforts. president francois holland/france/rtl "the cooperation between france and belgium since these attempts, but even before these attempts, has always been intense and important" --nats gunshots-- abdeslam was taken into custody friday -- along with four others -- during a morning raid in brussels. authorities believe last november, he drove three conspirators to -- one of the attack sites in paris. officials also think abdeslam was wearing a suicide belt...that was never detonated ... and was found on a street after the attacks abdeslam has been in hiding ever since the bloodshed in paris. investigators got a break on tuesday, when his fingerprints were found in another raid in brussels. paul cruickshank/security analyst "what we've seen now is this lucky break in the inves

>> reporter: well, one thing that struck me last week, president francois hollande they had realized the police suddenly realized they had a bigger task on their hand to roll it up. it's tempting to assume that the heat is on and either this is a revenge or last ditch attempt to show chaos and known to be vulnerable and known to be a cell of terrorists. >> what do you make of this being so close to the arrest of the head terrorist? >> i'm suggesting like everybody, if this bomb-maker, the man identified yesterday as the man who made the bomb for the paris attacks is still in operation, then the terrorist ready to use. perhaps this was triggered because of the arrest. there will be massive police hunts. maybe this is them saying we're going to have one more atrocity before we shut down. >> the europe train service provider there, european train service provider has tweeted out that traffic is deeply disrupted in belgium at the moment. we advise our customers to postpone their adjourn pip in no trains are currently running to or from brussels mid ya, which i guess is the main station t

a short while ago, we heard from the french president francois hollande. he made this statement. >> the most vital unity is at the knoll level. we must be in a state of cohesion and solidarity. today it is with belgium. we are all involved and must deal with the subject because without security, there will be no economic development and we must assure all means go into france and all of europe. >>> we have martin reardon here with us here on set, from the security group and former f.b.i. agent. the house to house searches are now going on in brussels. we talked about the investigation getting underway at the airport, but it's going to be city wide, if not nationwide. >> well, depending where we're at, this could be the result of the initial investigation. there may have been something found or witnessed information at one of the two crime scenes that led them to certain houses to check or there could have been a cell that they're already looking at, now they suspect that cell may have been involved, so what they are doing is searches there. >> we looked at

also francois hollande brought that up at the press conference, saying he expects that too for belgian authorities to work on that extradition, to see abdeslam come back to france. do you know how much has been in the works in terms of the synergy created by the joint efforts between belgian authorities and french authorities, to capture him? >> yeah, it has been for a long time since the attacks, but specifically, this week, there was a red area this week involving the french police and also seven terrorists, one to belgium, and they were convinced that they were going to find abdeslam. according to our sources, on tuesday, during a raid, one man was killed and then there was the brother of abdeslam. his name was brahim abdeslam. and he was part of the terrorist attacks. behind him was one of the terrorist s who was firing on people inside a restaurant. it took a lot of time for the french authorities to issue -- to resolve legal issues, for the abdeslam family to bring back in belgium the body. and on tuesday, according to our sources, it was before the raids today. because the polic

in the paris attacks. >> as part of the process, then, extracting that information, president franÇois hollandexpects them to be extradited as soon as possible? this is obviously very important for the french, the attacks happened in france, president holland said in that news conference expects the legal authorities to start the formal procedure to extradite salam and shatterly afterwards we heard from lawyers representing the families of the victims that they're demanding his extradition to france in order to stand trial. >> thank you for leaving us all the late nest brussels. jacky was getting more information on salah abdel. salam. he has been on the run since the paris attacks november 13th. he and two other men were stopped in a vehicle near the belgium border just hours after the attacks, but were allowed to go on their way. he rented a car after 89 people had been killed. and he rented another car and reserved two hotel rooms outside of paris before the attacks. his brother abraham was one who died after blowing himself up. i'm joined by the terrorism and security analyst and former off

angela merkel and french president francois hollande have been court needing strategy ahead of monday's crucial eu summit on migration. the former brazilian president the silva has left police offices after questioning of a sweeping corruption investigation. renovations at luxury properties used by silva and his family. >> he is both loved and loathed in brazil. poverty and inequality decreased with the economy booming. i worked and can't even afford a bicycle. to his critics, he's just another corrupt politician. he should have been detained a long time ago. if this was in the united states, he would be detained and investigated already. his close ties to current president threatened her already fragile government. several other members of their workers party have been implicated in operation carwash. she herself with the country in a deep recession, the popularity is at an all-time low. but to some of her supporters, the real criminals are the investigators themselves. what is happening here is a coup attempt against the government. this is what we are protesting against today. >> lul

and i would now like to hand over to the president of france, francois hollande.gian prime minister michel has confirmed, salah abdeslam was arrested with two accomplices and he was formally identified today. i think of the victims right now of the attacks of the 13th of november of paris and in saint-denis. because salah abdeslam is directly linked to the organization and preparation of and, sadly, the perpetration of this terrible attack. i think also of the families who will have been waiting for this arrest and all of those from near or from far who have been able to, who participated in this terrible act. i want to congratulate the prime minister and the belgian government for the various undertakings and work they've been doing and, in particular, congratulation the intervention of all the special units. the role of the security and intelligence services. and also -- also the justice department who oversaw the whole action. the cooperation between france and belgium since these attacks, but even before these attempts, has always been intense and important. h

. >> the stakes are incredibly high for francois hollande.resh data on jobless figures is expected to be released later today. the goal is to give more flexibility in making the easier for companies to hire and fire workers and to a debt more to thatconomic conditions they are facing. there are public protests, which have forced the government to back down on some of the key proposals. the government may have a tough time pushing the law through government. we take a look at the essential arguments. >> the battle continues. there were weeks of protests i students and worker unions. it is still far from satisfying everyone. now the businesses to try to create jobs has been lost. they accuse the government of backtracking on several sticking points. the cap will only serve as a reference point and it will be up to judges to decide whether or not to apply it. holding referendums was also put on hold. if businesses are not happy with the changes, neither are labor unions. bey feel it needs to rewritten. the governments may also face resistance. t

along french president francois hollande and countries along the way that helped including the united states. >> translator: hollande'hollande and i spoke with obama who gave us his encouragement and support in our quest against all forms of terrorism. obama asked me to thank tall security forces in our country. >> reporter: the arrest of salah abdeslam came days after the firmts othe fingerprints ofm were fown i found in an apartme. >> significant capabilities and resources and we have used them to assist the french and the bellians abelgians. >> driver of the three bombers who blew them sestles up after attacking a french stadium. brett mcgurk, president obama's envoy, tweeted: in europe, too, there's a sense that this is not over yet. >> translator: we recognize that this is an important step but not a definitive conclusion. there have been arrests and there will be others because this network is large in belgium, france and elsewhere. until we have stopped all those who participated and financed and helped this terrorist network, that committed these acts of war on november 13th,

french president francois hollande has criticized the syrian president for calling parliamentary electionsa truce in fighting. the u.n. ha a sharp rise in sexl abuse during missions. >>> other stories we are following. police in turkey have stormed the offices of an opposition newspaper which was put under state control on friday. tear gas and water cannon were also fired at crowds gathered outside the offices of the newspaper in istanbul. the opposition paper is a vocal critic of president erdogan. turkish court appointed trustee to his take over the management of it and its english language title without any prior warning. >>> now, donald trump has decided not attend the prominent conservative political action conference in weekend in yet another sign the republican race for the white house was turned ugly. trump who is now considered the front runner for the gnome nation is branded a fraud and phone i in the latest tv debate on fox news and time is running out for the party establishment to stop him from winning. >> reporter: fewer people on stage, more at and insult, donald trump put o

french president francois hollande was in brussels. he said more people were involved in the paris attack than previously thought. >>> we're hearing more from an erican defector from isis in battlefield. virginia native. he said he doesn't share the message for anybody who may be group. >> the american people is the -- the life in mosul is really bad. the people were controlling religion. >> he traveled through turkey and linked up with isis in syria and was transferred to mosul. he is still being held by kurdish forces. what we're learning about that isis fighter. >>> a stray bullet fires from a rooftop in queens hit a car with ankids inside. investigators are out here searching this housing complex behind me. they say st ebody fired from the rooftop there, hitting several cars, including one with two children in the back seat. this woman was behind the wheel. also her one-year-old granddaughter and her four month old cousin in the back seat. a stray bullet just missing them. she was turning left when police say someone fired several

because french president francois hollande once to create more jobs during his tenure. now he's pushing back on labor reform, but that led to protest and it left a number of places shut down in schools closed. >> protests against labor market reforms in france turned violent. and paris police arrested demonstrators. unions called for a strike, planning protests nationwide. those hoping to continue life as normal spent the morning rush hour waiting. >> we have to work. we have no choice. reporter: the aim of the changes is to make it easier for firms to fire employees when times are tough. the government hopes it will give companies the flexibility to hire when times are good and drive down the stepper and 10% unemployment rate. >> concerning the protests, i want to make a few things clear. there are some people protesting against the railway reform, for example. there are many different causes for protest. there is exasperation. reporter: the strikes have not thought public life in france entirely to a stanandstill but the impact is wide-ranging. tourists visiting the e

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. >> to french president francois hollande. said, the whole world is concerned. the attacks striking in the heart of brussels just days after that dramatic raid on friday. police arrested suspected bomber salah abdeslam. of retribution realized today. the re also learning more about the types of injuries people have suffered in the attacks. at least one of the bombs detonated at the airport contained nails. they are dealing with fractures and deep cuts caused by flying glass and nails. autria: this comes days after belgian officials arrested the lone surviving suspect of the paris terror attacks. scott thuman has spent time in belgium and paris and joins us from the newsroom with the latest. these attacks seem to be in retaliation. many people thought that after the arrest of salah abdeslam that there would be some sort of retaliatory act. there are multiple cells in the region. perhaps because they felt pressured that they were going to be rounded up. we heard from president hollande that he said we believe there are more people involved in the paris attacks. so

to french president francois hollande, who said the whole world is concerned. >> the attacks days after the dramatic raid friday, police arresting salah abdeslam. the terror threat level raised to the highest level meaning the threat of another attack is serious and imminent. >> airlines around the world are making changes, canceling or delaying or diverting flights into belgium. eyewitness news reporter mark becker explains passengers are still uneasy in the wake of these attacks. mark. >> reporter: yeah, i think, stephany, it is hard not to be after something like that because it is an airport and one brussels this morning, 2 bombs going off and it was outside the security area. they did have a briefing here this morning, but it was to talk about spring break, whimp will be in-- which will be in full bloom and they did not take specific questions about security response to what happened in brussels early this morning. but it is certainly on the minds of many here. we have seen a good deal of security, in fact, around and outside of the tsa check points and it is hard to say it is more

and president francois hollande says he expects it is extradition to take place as quickly as possible. they discovered the fugitive's fingerprints in an apartment earlier this week. so there was a joint press conference. what have they been saying? >> there were congratulations from the french president towards the belgian prime minister and those stressing the close cooperation the two securities services of had since the attacks in november in paris, so this was sort of a victory, a sort of celebration. the french president said also this was not over, he was not finished, and there were more arrests to come. what we have seen today, the security forces finally managed to lift some corners of this vast network of terrorists behind these attacks. anchor: you were there during this operation. roll out the sequence of events? reporter: there was a sequence of anti-terror operations and one of them, the police obviously having had a tip found salah abdeslam while he was walking in the street, as incredible as it sounds. and then they were running after him. there was a second man. the s

there was symbolism in francois holland and david cameron starting their summit with a reef laying. sermonials complete, gender dominated. an arrangement threatened by the british referendum. >> i don't want to scare you, i want to tell the truth. there'll be consequences in many areas, on a single market on financial thread. i don't want to any you a catastrophic scenario. there'll be consequences. there was progress that unaccompanied children could join relatives. most refugees stay on french soil. >> we'll invest 17 million in infrastructure in calla to assist the work of the interench poll ice. we will found joint work to return migrants not in need of protection to their home countries, the challenge is in the eastern mediterranean, where we need to dissituate people embarking on a journey. yeerns teams flattened a large area. it has been a symbol of the refugee crisis. the presence sends a powerful messa message for those hoping to reach the u.k. there are questions whether throwing money at the problem is the solution. with refugees crossing to the u.k. it's not a money issu

french president francois hollande and his german counterpart spoke after meeting in paris. they pledged to reinstate the schengen zone. thatalso want to assure refugees stay in the region. kim jong-un escalates his military rhetoric

as president francois hollande said, "the war against terrorism in europe must be fought especially using intelligence." to do that, though, richard walton, former counter-terrorism chief for scotland yard, says europe's security agencies have to share information better. >> there's more to be done about the join-up between intelligence agencies across europe where the borders are more porous, there is more availability of firearms, and where sometimes communities is not as good as it could be. >> reporter: after six terrorist attacks on european soil since the beginning of last year alone, there's never been such pressure to get it right. the u.k. has publicly been very supportive of belgium today, after all, it's a close neighbor, just a couple hours away by train, scott, but the government did warn britons not to travel there in the near future unless they had the most pressing kind of business. >> pelley: liz palmer, thanks. until january cbs news consultant richard walton was the head of counter-terrorism for the london metropolitan police. richard, let me ask you, what did you learn

the german chancellor angela merkel is due to arrive for a meeting with the french president francois hollande. the migrant crisis is expected to feature prominently on the agenda ahead of this weekend's eu summit. >> and meantime, eu council president says the union is closing to reaching a breakthrough deal with turkey over migration. the agreement would see all non-syrian migrants reaching greece returned to turkey. now, it signals the bloc taking a stronger stance on the flow of people moving into europe. speaking in london, the german finance minister said much more money needs to be spent on the issue. but he did warn greece against using the crisis as an excuse not to meet its bailout obligations. >> take a look at some of the data incidentally and some of the writings that human rights watch has put out as to whether or not this is an unfair request by europe given the amounts of people arriving in europe that really need a new home. also, it's not just syria. what happens if you're from iraq? what happens if you're from afghanistan? the top three places where refugees flee from. anywa

dailies from all sides of the political spectrum are underlining that francois hollande not able to push through that marky reform. theirid not dedicate entire front page to him. >> they would rather not give him that honor. the front pages dedicated to the greve, the strike in france. have schools, hospitals and public transport, airports not fully staffed and it's about camarie. she is the labor minister and wants to make the job market more flexible. many french people are not happy about this. they are calling for frenchmen to get out in the street and protest. it is pouring with rain in paris. that might affect how many people decide to go down to the streets. >> it could undermine the trade union efforts. they are hoping for one million people. we will see. you have also been reading the international press. let's look at what's happening in brazil because the brazilian president is fighting for her political survival at the moment. >> she really is, president rousseff is in hot water facing impeachment proceedings. she is accused of manipulating finances to try to cover up how bad

french president francois hollande says that it shows that authorities are winning the war against cells responsible for recent attacks, but warned that europe must not let down its guard. >> even though the network that carried out the attacks in brussels and paris is being wiped out in many of its members arrested, there is still a threat looming. reporter: on friday, u.s. secretary of state john kerry traveled to brussels in a show of solidarity. he said that the united states sounds -- stands shoulder to shoulder with europe. and he do parallels to the 9/11 attacks. secretary kerry: voices all across europe declared -- [speaking french] reporter: the belgian capital in morning, but also defiant. beethoven's "ode to joy" was played in a musical tribute to those who lost their lives. phil: let's take you to brussels in our correspondent barbara. we have had several arrest's over the last 24 hours. what are the links? reporter: we see two groups of people. one group arrested last night are connected, so the police says, to be brussels bombings on tuesday. these people are identified, bu

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francois hollande has warned that there will be consequences for border arrangements if britain voteso leave the european union. he met with david cameron on thursday. the two leaders also discussed the need to find an urgent solution for unaccompanied children and more than 300 minors in the port city of calais where the police are dismantling the camp noun as the jungle. a ukrainian pilot accused of killing her journalists says she will go on hunger strike. she has been held in russia since her capture in 2014 and is protesting what she claims is an unfair trial. they say she provided the ukrainian army with information that killed the journalists and several other civilians. prosecutors on wednesday asked the court to sentence her to 23 years in prison. a ground-breaking discovery into the genetic make up of cancer tumors could allow scientists to explore new ways to fight the disease. it could open the way for more powerful treatments by harnessing the patient's own immune systems. the discovery was made by an international team of scientists from harvard, massachusetts institute

. >>> david cameron has been holding talks with the french president francois hollande. >> we will investn additional 17 million pounds in priority security infrastructure in calais to assist the work of the french police. the money will go towards efforts to move people to facilities elsewhere in france, and we will fund joint work to return migrants not in need of protection to their home countries. the real challenge is in the eastern mediterranean, where we need to break the business model of the criminal smugglers, and dissuade people from embarking on a perilous journey in search of a new life in europe. ♪ >>> well in a sense this is related to everything you have heard so far in the program. but in syria itself, electricity is slowly being restored to parts of the country, after state media reported there had been a nationwide blackout. authorities say full power is going to be back by midnight. but the cause of the blackout is not known yet. [ explosion ] >> this video purports so show russian air strikes just days after cessation of hostilities agreement has gone into effect. all