that is not -- worthy. >> look at kerry looking at him like huh? and the french president is like-- all right. so phase one did not necessarily go off according to plan. but certainly phase two will win french hearts and minds. >> secretary kerry brought james taylor to perform you've got a friend for the people of france to help ease tension ♪ you've got a friend ♪ ♪ (laughter) >> jon: are you traying to get news a war? is that what this is? james taylor singing "you've got a friend" a little on the nose don't you think? for god's sakes, kerry you couldn't fly the rembrandts over to do the friends theme or-- maybe do the schwomener. or maybe the zack attack. don't act like you don't know the zack attack. ♪ always be friends ♪ ♪ (laughter) >> jon: i don't know, man by the looks of that guy in the back, i think he's going to try and stab a dude. we'll be right back. at t-mobile you can hook up the whole family for $100 bucks. get 4 lines with unlimited talk and text and up to 10 gigabytes of 4g lte data. plus get the brand-new samsung galaxy note 4

john kerry, for your visit. it is a great honor for me to visit me, the mayor of all parisians. [ applause ] >> well madame mayor, thank you for that very very generous welcome and thank you for reminding us of the extraordinary history that does tie us together. what an honor for me to be here in this historic building which the mayor just talked about and shared some of the history. a moment ago in her office she showed me an historic photograph of the resistance members sitting there in her office in august of 1944, a reminder of the close historic, inescapable relationship between our countries. and i appreciate your very generous comments about all of our mayors. i know you have a warm relationship with them. and not only am i in an historic building, but i am with an historic mayor, because she is the first woman to serve in this office. >> thank you. >> and that is no small thing. >> thank you. >> so it's a privilege for me to be here with you. and i'm particularly honored to be with members of the law en

i think also john kerry secretary john kerry, his statement just minutes ago was as clear as you canet about the united states standing shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the people of france. i am sure right now we are using everything we can, whether it is intelligence or frantic experts or anything that the french people or government need the demonstration will provide a. >> there seems to be initial reluctance on the part of the white house although in a presidential white house statement put out at about 9:16 a.m., the president does refer to it as a terrorist attack and says that i directed my administration to provide any assistance needed to help to bring these terrorists to justice. what do you believe? >> there is a long history of this white house been very reluctant to talk about terrorism and to call something terrorism. this was not one of the worst offenses that this administration has had. they did start off talking about extremism and an act of violence. but they call the terrorism because it was so obviously terrorism. what they haven't done is call it islamic

and kerry was recorded of israel is in danger of become an apartheid state. >> kerry made one big mistake on the israeli/palestinian front and that's to believe he could achieve a settlement. his experts in the department and experts outside had said this is not going to be achievable in 2014. he didn't believe them. he had too much if you will faith in himself. >> kerry's other major negotiation, talks with iran failed from duce an accord ending in a second extension. >> when i hear that secretary of state kerry is flying some place to negotiate it sends a chill up my spine. >> veteran observers says what handicaps kerry the most, namely hillary clinton, the man they both served to let security council run foreign policy out of the white house. >> thank you, james. >>> in one part of the world a new year's celebration took a tragic turn. in china 36 revellers were killed when a packed crowd turned into a stampede in shanghai. 50 more were injured in the panic that started about half an hour after the new year began. the precise cause is under investigation. >>> also in asia two more bodi

or the actor kerry? kerry ran to get the towels. i can't tell you.y. >> that's a spoiler. >> jimmy: you were kidnapped, yes? >> yeah. >> jimmy: do we know who kidnapped you? >> i do. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: does america tonight know who kidnapped you? >> for those of you who have watched the show, you kind of know. >> jimmy: kind of? >> kind of. >> jimmy: i see. how can you kind of know? >> that's how it is in shanda land. kind of as in kind of being pregnant, no. you kind calf know. >> jimmy: you're still tweeting during the episode? will you be tweeting -- >> i guess we seem very nervous. we don't want to say things we're not supposed to say. i like my job and i don't want to get fired. >> jimmy: i think you're safe, i really do. >> after "game of thrones" i feel like nobody's safe on any show ever. >> jimmy: keep shanda away from those people. >> why are you watching that show, shanda, don't watch "game of thrones," it's terrible. >> jimmy: the way they treat their actors, preposterous. you live tweet during the show? >> every week. >> jimmy: have

we heard from john kerry. what can you tell us more from the white house?ll, as you pointed out, there have been meetings going on here at the white house throughout the day as the administration continues to monitor the ongoing terrorist attack -- or the crisis in france. the fact attack happened hours ago. josh ernst saying it's not clear yet who is specifically is responsible for the attack. the administration is very aware of the fact that isis is trying to recruit sympathizers to its cause. the administration saying that france has stood shoulder to shoulder with the united states in the fight against isis including in its efforts to try to defund the terrorist organization. take a listen to what josh ernst had to say earlier today. >> we have received great cooperation from nations around the world including nations in the region. in trying to shut down the efforts of isil to raise funds. whether it's by taking hostages and extorting rand inging ransoms or trying to sell oil on the black market. we've made progress on that. we put in place a sanctions

lou: the mossad says kerry's statement is untrue. a statement released today reads, quote -- contrary to the report, the head of the mossad did not say he opposed sanctions on iran. the remarkable efficacy of the sanctions imposed on iran over the last few years in bringing iran to the negotiating table. senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker, present at the meeting and here he is further rebuking the kerry claims. >> some this weekend over the same issue, we have heard no one, no one say if congress were to weigh in on the final agreement, it would have anything it would in any way destabilize the negotiations. lou: the committee's former chairman, senator bob menendez took his criticism of president obama further. menendez accused the administration of doing iran's bidding. >> i have to be honest with you, the more i hear from the administration and its quotes the more it sounds like talking points that come straight out of teheran. lou: the white house now three weeks into the 114th congress and president obama has

where is john kerry? 40 world leaders.k about symbolism a million people marching behind 40 world leaders walking arm in arm saying we're going to combat islamic radicalism together and the u.s. is absent from that picture. how can we be absent from that statement of global unity against the people who attacked us on september 11th, 2001? >> these other world leaders what we've heard from canada, and david cameron, they don't seem to have a hard time constructing sentences to call this what they believe it is, mark. >> no. exactly. apparently the french don't. when this socialist prime minister of france is tougher on islamic radicalism than the american administration we have a problem. this administration won't call it islamic radicalism. they're having a summit on combatting violent extremist. we're not at war with violent ex extremism extremism. you've we're at war with islamic radicalism. you cannot defeat an enemy if you won't even name it. >> mark thank you very much we'll see you next time. >> the administration di

kerry warned against violence during the poll.he nigerian army has been battling suspected boka haram fighters in the northeastern borno state. the defense ministry spokesperson said on twitter that coordinated air and land operations are underway in the city of maiduguri. they say hundreds of thousands are facing gravedanger. evan let me ask you about the comments that john kerry has been making in nigh year i can't. here is what he is saying. : anyone who purpose traits violence will not be welcome in the united states. this is according to kerry. what more can you tell us about that? and who is he referring to here? >> well it sounds to me doreen that he is referring to to the main political parties in nigh year i can't. there has been election violence in therun-up to the pope that's due to take place on the 14th of february. last week president good luck jonathan's convoy was stoned by people as he went through towns and villages in the northeast on the campaign trail. in the south, his strong hold where he comes from the opp

now we see secretary kerry. he came with this warning for president goodluck jonathan who has been ineffective in fighting boko haram and his opponent bahari. he has basically said future help from the u.s. is dependent on the elections. what do those threats really mean do you think the u.s. under these circumstances will actually pull military aid? >> well now again, we have to go back to the point that there is very little military aid to start with right now. with respect to the revocation of u.s. visas for those who advocate or foment violence, that indeed can be done. and i would expect that it will be done. with respect to the quality of the upcoming elections, that are to take place on february 14th, there are a great many challenges. there are practical questions. for example, the distribution of voter cards. a significant percentage of them have yet to be distributed. or how do the internally displaced persons in northern nigeria who may number some 2 million, how are they going to be able to vote? or,

that's what secretary kerry is saying.rbate the conditions that can exacerbate terrorism. >> when you go to sleep at night, are you more worried about the long-term impact of climate change or the short-term threat of terror? >> well, president obama has done a great job of protecting us here at home. so i'm more concerned about the long-term impact of climate change in part because it will exacerbate terrorism according to the pentagon and the cia and the last secretaries of defense and ronald reagan and dozens and dozens of other military leaders. >> do you think president obama made a mistake by not having a senior official at the paris rally yesterday? >> there was a senior official. our ambassador of france was there. it is important trying to address the short-term immediate threat through our intelligence network and as importantly the long-term threat posed by climate change to exacerbate the poverty, famine sea level rise and instability that are breeding grounds for terrorism. >>> neil is back tomorrow and you ca

what did secretary kerry hear about that? it yesterday with the iranian foreign minister, with their delegation. as i think the post own editors have said we hope this is an opportunity for the iranian judicial system to move forward and eventually for jason to get to come home to be with his family. we also of course hope the iranians will release the other americans that are detained in iran. we raise it every time we meet with them. it's the only issue we talk about besides the nuclear issue with these talks and hopefully jason can return home soon. >> an enormous opening has been announced by treasury and state and commerce the regulations are being issued as of tomorrow travel will be possible under those 12 categories and not tourism per se but you won't need a specific license if you're a cultural group or journalists. flights will be available, not just commercial flights. it's an opening that has been 50, 60 years in the making with credit banking and the rest the internet if the cubans allow it. when do you think se

secretary kerry's going to paris on thursday to do so in person. i don't think american leadership in the world is defined by any one march regardless of how important the march is i think if you think it is tharks that's really taking a limited view of american leadership. >> all right. thank you as always. >> thanks, martha. >>> coming up next, breaking news on the possible return of mitt romney. chris stirewalt is up next. and then the new film "american sniper" not only tells the story of navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle but the story of his wife and his family and their side of the war. live in moments. you don't want to miss this. >> the thing that -- are all the guys i couldn't see. >> oh, my god! >> i'm ready to come home. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works f

john kerry has made it clear that they regret their decision not to send -- but at least john kerry, there was a sense that a top official was missing here. clearly trying to make up for something there. because he is a french speaking man, he has had kind words. he will be back and will be wanting to give a hug to the city as it needs it. they are burying one of the cartoonists who was killed a week ago. he was a cartoonist to have been killed. we have been hearing from francois hollande speaking at the arab institute, making the case that france was not beaten by what has happened, but rather it was in this series of events that it would week strength. >> these tragedies and these ordeals can have two consequences for the people. they can lay them low humiliate, subdue them, or awaken them and that list them to shout their message louder. >> this message has been along the lines of what francois hollande has said. if western civilization, french society was an empty shell that people could project what they like, this killing, the tragedy that kicked off the events a week ago will

it's a high priority of the president and secretary kerry. i convene and my team convenes weekly to review threats to our personnel overseas, to make sure that we are doing everything we can to protect our diplomats, intelligence, aid workers, military personnel who serve so bravely overseas and it's a top priority we have when we're talking about our personnel who serve overseas. >> and finally, do you anticipate any steps with congress. there was a suggestion from one of the congressional leaders on the republican side, john barrasso earlier to me that this would be another reason to go up against the president's immigration initiative because it would cost $40 million that homeland security should instead be spending on counterterrorism. is this going to become a partisan effort? >> i hope not. because in the national security space and the counterterrorism and homeland security space, i think that is an issue of particular import that we take a bipartisan approach because i think we all share the view the safety of our personnel, whether

secretary of state john kerry say progress has been made but coalition forces still have a long way to >> this effort will take time. it will require focus, but we will succeed. tomorrow i will travel to davos switzerland, and i think the prime minister is going today, and at that time i'll speak in greater detail about our global efforts, global efforts that are necessary to prevent and combat violent extremism. but for now let me just underscore this. this is a huge task with no shortcuts. >> the iraqi prime minister welcomed the extra support in his push against isil which he referred to using the arabic term daesh. >> i am very glad i have heard of a lot of commitment in this fight against daesh. this is quite important for the iraqi people and very important for our military. we have -- in the last month, i have seen an increase in the air campaign against daesh positions in terms of numbers, and effectiveness. many countries take part in this program, and in this campaign and reconnaissance, and the actual bombing of daesh targets. >> let's bring in simon mcgregor-wood who was at

is that how secretary kerry feels? >> well, secretary kerry spoke to this a bit last week. there's no question that he goes over and above the call of duty as it relates to our relationship with israel. he's made dozens of calls if not more on their behalf in the past couple of weeks. and certainly i think he felt as we all did the way this process went down bordered on the bizarre. >> i had charles krauthammer on the program friday and he called that response petulent speaking for how israel iran truly poses an existential threat and of course benjamin netanyahu is going to want to make the case to anybody he can in america but in particular to people's representatives. can you understand that point of view? >> you're right, megyn. and the fact is prime minister netanyahu has come and spoken to congress many, many times. we welcome that. but this was -- the process was a little odd. >> let's talk about this. reports today about this al qaeda terrorist who was released from federal prison in the united states, almari is his name he was sent over here by kalid kalid kalid sh

. >> kerry writes the absence of u.s. officials in paris makes us look bad in the eyes of the world. thanks for watching. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> hi everyone. today is monday the 12th of january 2015. i'm anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. america on alert. isis militants calling for lone wolf attacks here in the united states, threats against our police officers and the homeland. >> this morning we are learning new details about one of the killers behind the newspaper massacre. his connection to the underwear bomber. they lived across the hall from each other. the chilling terror ties ahead. >> more than 40 world leaders packed the streets of france rallying against terror. so where was the president? where was president obama? where was joe biden? where was john kerry? where was eric holder? those are some of the questions the america media and world media is asking today. you let the world down, mr. president, that according to "the new york daily news." i want to get your opinion because "fox

we are delighted secretary kerry is there now. >> kerry should have called me first.ons than a wimpy warbler. here is the unintended joke of taylor's lyrics. just call out my name and you know wherever i am i will come running. no, no no. that should be just call out my name and you know wherever i am i will come running in a week or so. so america once a great country led by great men is now a divided collective led by camp counselors instead of a show of force we have show business because they are like buds. in my opinion there is one response to this. ♪ i gave my love story that has no end ♪ >> sorry. >> i ask people which song they should have picked but first i know it is kind of petty to go off on this but they make it easy. this is embarrassing. >> it reminded me of another time where john kerry made a decision that was symbolic and defined an entire campaign in the summer of 2004. president bush out chopping brush in texas and john kerry was wind surfing. it was great. a better gift would have been to hand over to the french the cordinants. >> could it have b

bill: john kerry has arrived in pakistan today. he says he will be in paris later in the week dismissing criticism calling it it quibbling. there is no obama there was no joe biden or john kerry. byron work from the "washington examiner," good morning to you. what does our absence suggest? >> i think the absence of either the vice president through the secretary of state or the attorney general eric holder who was in paris but didn't go would suggest this is not super top priority for the obama white house. the white house deemphasized the idea of a war on terror. it does not refer to islamic jihad, it talks about violent extremism. the white house announced it was going to hold a summit on terrorism and they are going to invite social service providers to discuss this issue. bill: this issue pulled in the coalition you truly wants. think -- you truly want. benjamin netanyahu is there ma mahmoud abbas. , the leaders of turkey. there is your coalition. >> the president did not go to london after the attack that killed 52 people. on

kerry expressed solidarity with japan over the hostage taking. he praised japan's efforts for peace and stability in the middle east. kishida expressed his appreciation to u.s. president barack obama and kerry for working with japan on the hostage situation. kishida and kerry also agreed to never back down to terrorism. they pledged to work together for global peace and stability. u.s. military officials say international coalition forces have taken control of about 90% of any al arab in northern syria. the city known to its kurdish residents as kobani and held by islamic state militants.the city known to its kurdish residents as kobani and held by islamic state militants.syria. the city known to its kurdish residents as kobani and held by islamic state militants. officials say taking ayn al arab means they have failed to achieve a strategic goal. the battle began four months ago but officials say the fight isn't over. u.s. forces have intensified air strikes in cooperation with kurdish fighters on the ground. ayn al arab has been seen as a test

secretary of state john kerry is addressing people there. it looks as if this is a moment of silence being held at city hall in the center of paris. [moment of silence] >> [speaking french] >> [introductions in french] >> representatives of the civil authorities, police, ladies and gentlemen, parisiens, i am particularly moved to welcome today with you here today in this historic building the city hall, the secretary of state of the united states, john kerry, a friend who has come with a message of affection, support, solidarity. i am very grateful to him. i wanted this short meeting to reflect paris, to reflect what we are. i want to men and women who are working every day who have responsibilities in the voluntary sector, political responsibilities, who look after our children in our school day living in line with our values. i would like to thank and pay tribute to all of the families of the victims of these assassinations, of these terrorist acts, which shook us, have shaken our city and country, and the world as a whole. i would also li

secretary of state john kerry we expect to speak moments away. we'll take you there live.arly had experience. now we know clearly they had a plan to get away after murdering 12. more breaking news. top of the hour here on "america's newsroom" and the fox news channel. >> by the three gunmen. americans drink 48 billion bottles of water every year. that's enough plastic bottles to stretch around the earth 230 times. each brita filter can replace 300 of those. clean. clear. brita water. nothing is better. martha: breaking news coverage here this morning as paris is on lockdown at this hour. manhunt is underway for three terrorist who is got away in a car after a brutal, horrific attack that left 12 people who showed up for work in their office this morning at a newspaper and are now dead. this is the deadliest attack we've seen in france in two decades. [shouting] [gunfire] martha: you can hear terrified voices and rumblings of these people. they're on a rooftop looking down. they obviously escaped up to the rooftop when they heard the gunfire and shot that video of a masked

the united states secretary of state john kerry has now arrived in nigeria. he's there for talks ahead of the country's presidential elections in less than three weeks and will meet with the main contenders, president goodluck jonathan, as well as the former military leader. in the capitol we'll talk about kerry's visit in a moment, but tell us what's going on out there in the town. >> just over an hour ago, we were able to speak to one eyewitness on the ground in the city. a member of the civilian joint task force. those are ordinary nigerians supporting the lil father in the fight against boko haram. the last update that is at least 20 soldiers were killed. he saw this firefight with boko haram taking place himself. earlier, the same source said civilians had been killed. he counted at least 10 bodies, including children, said about 300 to 400 boko haram fighters had tornado the city and that fighting was ongoing in some places. there was also very well abrasion and job reaction from the military in certain areas where they repelled attacks by the group. th

kerry says the iraq ground troops have taken 270 square miles of territory.ime an internal pentagon report of 6,000 of the terror group top command killed. i want to bring in atika shubert in london. atika, trying to gauge the success of the u.s. and allies had. the idea of a body count still remains to be seen. >> reporter: secretary kerry saying thousands have been killed. mentioning the terror strikes and gaining terrorist back from isis. having said that you cannot gain ground without boots on the ground. with that they need to train and equipped more forces to fight isis. specifically iraqi forces and syrian opposition forces. secretary of state john kerry met with the prime minister yesterday and spoke about the coalition group about how equipment and training can be given to troops specifically more weapons. this is what iraq forces need most said the prime minister. he said the syrian opposition forces will start training in the spring in countries neighboring to syria and iraq. so there does seem to be the ramping up of effort and progress has been m

what is john kerry seek to go do on this trip?rter: as you acknowledge the white house has acknowledged a diplomatic shortcut having only the u.s. ambassador to attends the rally when other countries sent presidents, prime ministers or rings john kerry said he won't be making apologies but showing on scare at this. we have heard from the u.s. em embassy that an additional stop has been add today his visit. he will go to the scene of the shooting outside the kosher supermarket in the east of paris in addition to his other engagements. >> and jackie, what do we know about new security measures in france in the wake of the attackses? >> reporter: the first thing i should tell that you that there have also been more arrests here in paris. we have heard about the shootout and the arrests arrests in belgium and breaking news as well about being people detained in berlin. french police detained approximately 10 to 12. we don't have an exact figure of suspects during the night in and around the paris area, people who are now being questio

did president obama not think it was important enough for him how about kerry. and how about attorney general eric holder? he was in paris and he decided to go home and skip the march. it wasn't because he the attorney general had to catch a flight. he was on a private plane, an air force plane financed by you the taxpayers. why couldn't he stick around? so are you furious? former congressman allen west is "on the record" next. plus dramatic new video boy falls from ski lift two stories down. what happened next? more of th you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. like, literally ran into him. [rambling]. this story had 30 minutes left... u

is that how secretary kerry feels? >> well, secretary kerry spoke to this a bit last week.here's no question that he goes over and above the call of duty as it relates to our relationship with israel. he's made dozens of calls if not more on their behalf in the past couple of weeks. and certainly i think he felt as we all did the way this process went down bordered on the bizarre. >> i had charles krauthammer on the program friday and he called that response petulent speaking for how israel iran truly poses an existential threat and of course benjamin netanyahu is going to want to make the case to anybody he can in america but in particular to people's representatives. can you understand that point of view? >> you're right, megyn. and the fact is prime minister netanyahu has come and spoken to congress many, many times. we welcome that. but this was -- the process was a little odd. >> let's talk about this. reports today about this al qaeda terrorist who was released from federal prison in the united states, almari is his name he was sent over here by kalid kalid kalid shei

within we're waiting for a statement from john kerry.ssive manhunt under way right now. very sophisticated operation at the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. these journalists were killed along with police officers and others in france. we know there's an emergency meeting under way at the palace the french president, hollande-he's convened this emergency cabinet meeting with the justice minister, the foreign minister other cabinet members, they are considering next steps. in the meantime, the first immediate step is to find these three terrorists. the vehicle that they escaped in apparently has been recovered but it was empty and they're looking now for these three terrorists and potentially other accomplices if in fact there are other accomplices. there's the vehicle in which they escaped. christiane am pure amman -- give us your analysis. >> shock waves through our profession shock wave us there journalistic profession particularly in the free democracies where freedom is a right, even freedom to satirize. this has been at risk. obvio

kerry will be speaking about an hour from now from here in paris.back to the ongoing terror operation. not to mention the terror concerns across europe. joining me to talk about this is terrorism expert is fabrice mangier. i want to talk about the terror cells and raids. some of the things found, ak-47s and ammunition and explosives and walkie talkies and police uniforms. a lot of materials involved there indicating that they were planning an attack. >> that's clear. when you start to have police uniforms, that means they want to target police station or you want to use police uniform just to enter some security perimeter to bypass police officials. they were planning to target police station or police in belgium. >> you told me the people you talked to here in france are very concerned about just that thing. police here in france feel like they are targets. >> yes, of course. as we have seen last we're, they were targeting soldier. all military forces, police forces everything which represents their forces would be targeted today. >> we learned as

if you could tell us more about the significance of john kerry's visit. >> it's hugely significant. it's a public display. >> if you like of washington's concern about a peaceful election a freely a fair election a credible election and those were the words being used by kerry as he met the main presidential candidates the incumbent president gluck jonathan and the main opposition leader mohammed dubuhari. he said it was important for faith to be restored. those were his words. the public's faith in the nigerian government and the international community's faith. he warned politicians who are inciting violence or propagating hate speech that they would be banned from visiting the u.s. he also talked about the need for nigh year i can't as africa's most populous nation and most economically rich nation the biggest economy in africa, to set a new standard in its democracy. politically this is coming against the bagdrop of the violence we will get in to but also remember the fact that to many people peace here is so significant because of the fact it's such a key player in the region.

secretary kerry condemned the attacks and promised u.s.port. >> the united states condemns these attacks which have escalated in recent weeks. and we extend our deepest condolences to the thousands of families that have been impacted and deeply regret the toll that this violence has taken on the nigerian people. we will absolutely continue to support the nigerian military in its fight against boko haram. >> joining me live via skype, associated press nigeria bureau chief michelle fall with us from senegal. thank you for joining us michelle. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> let's talk about the significance of secretary kerry's visit. they're saying more u.s. support in the battle against boko haram, if the elections happen peacefully and democratically. >> i think secretary kerry's visit is a rare one by a high level american official is indication of concern that these elections might go another way. he also issued a threat. he said that anyone found guilty of inciting or instigateing post election violence will not be able to visit the un

and john kerry said the u.s.ost a friend and many are losing a revered leader. >> but should we agree with that. some say he was a tyrant king. it is not often that an unelected leader that beheads people for sorcery wins such glowing praise from american officials. and a twitter about the british reaction to his death. has the world gone mad? the flag at half mast because of the death of this leader. >>> and deflate gate on your mind. with several topics including yesterday's giggle-worthy response from tom brady. >> you go through that process of breaking the balls and getting comfortable with them. i choose the balls that i want. i like them the way i like them. everybody has a presence. some guys like them round and some guys like them thin. and some guys like them tacky or some like them brand new. some like old bees. >> did you tee-hee about that? i did. and here it is, tom brady reminds us we are still in middle school. really? >>> and now to the miss universe costume contest. in addition to miss usa behin

john kerry has obviously been very well-informed.bring in the processor in contemporary history in the middle east. you were talk about capacity and how they are going to contain isil, and what do you think the aim of in meeting, ultimately was? >> this meeting came after nearly seven months of forming that coalition, basically july 2014. and therefore, it was basically a focus on -- on iraq in particular. and the threat of the islamic state. of course the context was what happened to iraq and losing part of the western -- western -- i would say provinces of iraq; that they were basically -- the government of iraq was shaken strongly by what isil did. but what happened after that is more important, because basically, the focus was on iraq the solution came maliki should leave, maliki left. they wanted a prime minister who can bring iraqis together. the concern was over iraq -- iraqi politics and over you know, who is running iraq. they want iraqis to be together sunnis shia and kurds. but after a few months the heat actually rived to

senator kerry -- connect kerry also mentioned that in his speech that there should be no distinction.hat looking ahead to the u.s. pullout from afghanistan. that the u.s. is not leading the region, but it's role will change in the region it will stay committed to helping pakistan in its counter terrorism efforts. >> we know that the statements go a long way to try to control the narrative, but the fact of the matter,the relationship between the united states and pakistan has been fraught since the killing of osama bin laden, the issue of information sharing, and the like. do you get the sense that that's a relationship that's improving or at the very least that that's what this trip is about? >> you know there has been a rocky relationship between the u.s. and pakistan dating back from post 9/11. we've seen after this attack, there has been a huge amount of outpouring of support, and it looks like the u.s. is pleased with the efforts that pakistan is showing, that it's making to crackdown on extremists there, supportive of high level talks, visits between top level officials in afghan

kerry will address this issue. i should point out in his statement, president obama noted that we are in touch with french officials and i have directed by administration to provide any assistance needed to help bring these terrorists to justice. >> we know the terror alert in paris has been raised to its highest level. there is still a great deal that we don't know about the circumstances around this attack but can you tell us about protocol procedure that might be undertaken by the pentagon, the white house in a situation where you have terror alert in a european capitol being raised to its highest level? >> in fact right there in paris, the american embassy, the u.s. embassy in paris is operating with business as usual type of status today. continuing to allow people to go in and out on official business. so there hasn't been any marked change there. there's no lockdown in this city certainly. although the department of homeland security again has said that it will monitor and adjust the level of threat and -- a

not send kerry or biden. in other words, whoever in the staff decided not to take it to the president, why didn't they take it to it -- i mean get somebody -- somebody at the state department -- somebody at the state department should have said we need to be there. >> after the president made that stupid jay vee comment about isis in january of last year. and after he went and he was sort of, you know, caught smiling after the -- he needs to -- i know he is serious about terrorism. he needs to send a little better message and second the second in command. he needed to thereby front and center and represent us. >> one of the things that i think was great about those pictures was for the terrorists for the rest of the world to see what they had caused to happen. >> agreed. >> that all those people being there. i'm not sure it wouldn't have been a bad thing to have it be be secretary of state kerry. not to make this. >> difference with kerry though? >> obama changes that event. the fact is, they didn't even thin

and secretary kerry was himself traveling on important business. the question has been raised since eric holder was already there, make the rounds of morning shows, why he wasn't there as a recognizable face of this administration. the united states was represented by the u.s. ambassador to france and the assistant secretary of state, victoria nuland. so that's the response from the white house. but we've got a briefing coming up it will be interesting to hear what's said there. >> kris what can you tell about secretary kerry's unannounced visit to pakistan happening now? >> reporter: that was an unannounced visit. something we learned about yesterday. when they go to high priority areas like that we actually -- it doesn't get reported until he lands. this has been a very intense period of diplomacy for him throughout that region and again, he will be going to france talking about the security concerns the same kind of security concerns throughout the region that will then be addressed in the summit that you mentioned that's going to be happening h

secretary of state john kerry has just come to this location. he is now leaving. we'll talk about that in a bit. a raid in the city of verviers. belgium officials say that was one of several raids. in this raid foiled a major attack. authorities will not say, they do not confirm any link with the raids in belgium and what happened here last week the attacks in paris. the paris attacks did lead to information that perhaps sped up the timing of the anti-terror operation in belgium. i want to get the latest from belgium. journalist chris burnes joins us. chris, what's the latest. >> reporter: john you can see over my shoulder how officials have been reacting to this. they accepted up security measures here. here is a newspaper that says the jihadists were targeting the police. that is what the police said. they moved in on those men in verviers. they were because of the police wire taps planning to attack police. a newspaper here saying quoting judicial officials that there were terrorists planning to kidnap somebody here and behead them. we hope to get more details

but no obama, no biden, no john kerry.is afternoon white house press secretary josh earnest responded. >> i think it is fair to say we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there. that said there is no doubt that the american people and this administration stand four square behind our allies in france as they face down this threat. >> we have a live report from the white house coming up. but first let's head to nbc's ron allen at le republique square. it is not common to see military deployed in the streets of paris. what is the reaction there? >> reporter: i think it is a beginning of a period of soul searching and hard questions for the french people. you can see in paris there are still people out here at this memorial paying respects and homage here to celebrate and mourn. a mix of emotions at the monument for the victims, the 17 frenchmen who were lost in the attacks of the past few days. there are discussions here now about what are the limits of security and surveillance for the public. the similar de