the people who recruit them isn't just in mollenbeck.t has to be international because you can't buy kalashnikovs here. >> high profile policy statements, paris has changed all that. but will the police response drive a further wedge between the residents and the authorities or will it bring new cooperation? paul brennan, al jazeera, mollenbeck brussels. >> emotions were high all across france today especially in both houses of parliament where president francois hollande delivered his historic address. he asked for increased power to go after i.s.i.l. and as al jazeera's neave barker tells us, hollande also ordered more air strikes against i.s.i.l. strongholds. >> members of both the upper and lower house he of parliament stood to sing the french national anthem. [♪ singing ] >> a rare moment in french politics, extraordinary times. addressing lawmakers, president francois hollande called on the country to unite during one of france's darkest hours. >> translator: the terrorists believe that free societies will be affected by horror but

their focus was number 47, rowe de la noir in the brussels neighborhood of mollenbeck.heir suspect, salah abeslam. the so-called 8th attacker. >> translator: i saw the police rushing in they put the barriers in place. i was wondering what's going on. then they pushed everyone away, they asked us not to go outside. >> reporter: this is the phrase of the most wanted man in europe right now, and police believe he is hiding in the mollenbeck district. officers barked orders through loud speakers, specialist units took up positions on rooftops overlooking the targeted address. explosive charges were also used to clear the premises but it was a false lead. news spread that the suspect had not been found. four hours after launching the raid the police began to withdraw, leaving behind a shock and bewilderment amongst mollenbeck residents. >> the word shock is too soft. i'm talking to you in the sense we have one foot in reality and the other in a sense, we are lost. in the next 48 hours when we maybe start to understand what is happening here, then i think we will say, wow. we

you people from tv make up that mollenbeck is like baghdad, molleenbeck is like inanyplace else. authorities also say some of the most high profile attacks in europe, last year and this, have had at least some link to mollenbeck. beneath the very windows of the apartments where two suicide bombers were from. if you look at the window of the apartment, their family has lit a candle. in another brussels neighborhood, mother of 4, salah ben ali, not only for victims but also parents whose sons became the assailants. a mother who cries, cries the same tears, whether it is a mother who committed the attacks or died in the attacks. these are the same tear drops of suffering. , she says. controversial are comments, yet her own 19-year-old son died in the war in syria two years ago. ben ali believes lack of integration, as well as the rise of certain types of preachers are to blame. if you live in a ghetto community where muslims stay among themselves, there is extremist salifaisst preachers. hypocrisy by western nations and their lack of action to stop syria's civil war are also squarel

we didn't need the attacks in paris to know we had jihadis in mollenbeck. we knew that. >> the dangers have been well publicized but the complaint is too little last pen done to effectively tackle the problem. >> translator: they are able to recruit these young people here because of the fragile cultural and economic situation people live in. but those who recruit them can't just be mollen be beck. molleenbeck. >> paris has changed all that. but will the police response drive a further wedge between the residents and the authorities or will it bring new cooperation? paul brennan, al jazeera, mollenbeck, brussels. >> britain is going to overhaul the aviation security. after what happened in paris. prime minister david cameron says his country has managed to twawrt several threats in the last few month. to thwart several threats in the past few months. >> more than double in five years. now efforts to defeat i.s.i.l. topped the agenda at that g-20 summit. it's finished, and in turkey, recep tayyip erdogan has held what he calls the resolute stance in the figh

in mollenbeck we met a shopkeeper that knew the alleged ringleader. >> the only change that was visible that he started to grow a beard. he would go out less. i knew him as a hard worker, until one day we heard he had left belgium. reporter: six days of mourning in france. lingering about what may still come to pass, and questions about how to save young men in places like mollenbeck from embracing the dark world of the islamic state. bbc news, brussels. joined byr more, i am the senior fellow of the foundation for the sense of democracy. it is good to see you. we're just hearing from that report, it is spreading from belgium to france. what is your assessment? >> it indicates there is a lot of guys involved in the plot, indicative of the role it played for isis. it'll most certainly goes up levels in the organization. he don't have that many operatives unless senior leadership is directing it. to get a lot of guys under the radar of western intelligence agencies. if years ago, people would have said it could not have been done. but look at the 2 interlocking cells that have come forwar

it is no worse here than anyplace else, but you people from tv make that mollenbeck is bad. monlbacmollenbeck is just like e else. authorities also say, some of the most high profile attacks in europe last year an this, has had at least some link to mollenbeck. this vigil is taking place beneath the windows where two of the paris attackers, lived. mahmoud abdeslam blew himself up but his brother salah abdeslam is still on the run. urges people not for the victims of these attacks but also for parents whose sons became the assail apts. a mother who cries, cries the same tears whether it is a mother whose child committed the attacks or died in the attacks. these are the same tear drops of suffering, she says. controversial comments, yet her own 19-year-old son sabri died in the war in syria who years ago. ben ali believes lack of integration as well as the rise of certain types of preachers or the blame. if you live in a ghetto community where muslims stay among themselves there is no integration with other cultures and there are certain extremist preachers who impose ideas, s

, different parts in the country, in the capital, the focus has been on the historic section of mollenbeck, and reports in leige towards germany and charleois, 25 kilometers from the capital. about 27,000 in cash seized, last few hours, we've just also heard from the prosecutors office who have confirmed that 17 of those 21 people have now been released. three remain in custody, and three of those 21 have been charged with terror related offenses. we believe links directly to the paris attacks ten days ago. that's what the scene here in the belgian capital as we saw in that report, start of the working week it's far from an ordinary monday morning. many people have struggled to return to work, other people have just decide to stay at home altogether. the hit trow remains closed, schools and universities remain closed as well and the government has advised people to stay away from crowded locations. the question really now is, as we consider the implications of another week of maximum security in brussels to what extent this is really sustainable and to what extent people will really carry

one in the mollenbeck district in brussels, belgium. the other is in paris.n the french prosecutor talked about understanding there was a second wave, that should not be surprising. terror groups often plan a second wave. note out they discover that after the raid on the apartment -- and no doubt they discovered that after the raid on the apartment that killed the main attacker. they have discovered the contours of the plan. the interesting thing no one is talking about is that it is not so easy to successfully make all of these suicide vests that detonate successfully. there is a skilled bomb maker. they do not wear them themselves, they make them and put them on other people. what they are not talking about is that they must be concerned and have a high priority on finding the bomb maker. babita: that is part of what investigators are unraveling, to be a network operating on foreign soil in french and belgian. -- and belgium. how is that undetected for so long? states,e united post-9/11, we went back and understood the really it's not followed and informati

the security threat was raised after them in mollenbeck.ash of weapons -- cache of weapons was discovered. this witness wouldn't give his name but saw the search operation unfold. >> it began around 6:00 p.m. and went on until midnight. dozens of police came from all directions. they shut off all of the roads. i couldn't see much, but i saw them go in. they had a robot, too, in the corner cafe over there. >> the main focus of the massive security operation is this man who escaped capture after the paris attacks and is on the run, described as highly dangerous and believed to be hiding somewhere in brussels. despite the tight security and torrential rain, people are refusing to be afraid. >> i think that we have just learned to live with it we can't just stop living because of the security measures. >> if we blocked metros and public transportation, there must be a reason. we are a bit worried about everything that's going on. >> reporter: security forces have been under intention pressure. the public are seeing and feeling the effects. paul

raids here in brussels have focused on the notorious mollenbeck district as being the sight of raids over the last ten days. described by if belgian media as an incubator of jihaddism. further raids of town of leige, and in charleois, $25,000 were seized by officials there. we don't believe that any weapons were found but a very busy 24 hours for officials across the country. we also believe that 21 people were taken into custody, and have just learned in the last few minutes, from the belgian proprosecutors that 17 of the 21 have now been released, that three remain in custody for questioning and that at least one of those people arrested has been charged with belonging to a banned terrorist organization and of actually taking part in some kind of terrorist activity. we don't know much more about that as it currently stands, more on that of course when we have it. as for brussels, itself, a city on high alert, as we heard there from paul's report, the metro remains closed. schools and universities are closed, too. it's of course as people try to go back to work on a monday morning t

mollenbeck is a few minutes drive in here, but all the police activity has been there, and we have seenance since last saturday, but it's surreal to see them right in the middle of brussels. >> right, to the point of the gentleman you interviewed there. he's none too pleased about it. but safety first. thank you, claudio lavanga. >>> let's go to paris for more on the attacks -- or the arrests made in turkey in connection with the paris attacks. bill neely, welcome to you and what have investigators learned on that front? >> reporter: yes, good morning, alex. just like brussels there are police and troops on the streets of paris as well. as you say, three people detained in turkey this morning. here in france, the investigation on the crackdown on isis supporters is intensifying. more than 800 raids so far in the past week, nearly 200 guns seized. nearly 100 people arrested. but as we have discovered from claudio's report in brussels, it's not just french police who are involved in this. the net trying to capture isis supporters and isis members, that net is widening right across europe.

here in brussels since late last night is exactly what i got when i was in the region of brussels, mollenbeck. people are saying, look, we're okay. this is a bit of an overreaction. for all the criticism they've had for not doing as much in security and surveillance, they're now being criticized for overreaction and fear mongering among the population? >> what about the economic toll? i know brussels is quite a destination for travelers. we know shares are trading. is the country increasingly concerned about the longer lasting effects of the shutdown? >> reporter: well, it's difficult to say, isn't it, because we don't know how quickly they can lock down this broader threat. it's not just about this individual chasing here that's believed to still be at large in brussels. there's a christmas market. we don't know. we had shops in the center of brussels closing midday. bars and restaurants were being locked down at 6:00 p.m. that's clearly not only going to have an impact on confidence but it will have an impact on consumer behavior. the question is how much longer will this lockdown period go

many of the investigations so far point to the nexus of that cell booelg being the subof mollenbeck here where the two brothers and the leader of the attack, abdulhamid abaaoud grew up here. we knew the arrow would be pointing here, but they're now point to go other towns and city necessary belgium. that is what this terror alert has been about. it is very much a serious and imminent threat and it's about having the opportunity to comb through those neighborhoods and find out really how deed about this plot go? how wide did this net in terms of the support network go out, don. >> so this brussels alert, maximum terror threat there. what is life like for people who are under these lockdown conditions, nima? >> well, we have had people coming out today during the day. saturday was, i think, the most difficult day because it was -- there was such a state of shock. we were in the central shopping district when some of the shops that had opened, in spite of the terror threat level were unceremoniously asked and you had this sense of contained management and police managing people's fears. but

in brussels, there are six raids taking place in mollenbeck, at the home of one of the associates ofhe suicide bomber that blew themselves appear. the fbi had warned that rome was the site of a potential attack. you, so much.k hans nichols with the latest from paris. a lift off from the fed in december looks increasingly likely. if we look at what we heard last night, the minutes from the october meeting, most members have turned hawkish. let's bring in our guest host. the blackstone vice-chairman, john studzinski. you are one of the greatest thinkers in the economics of things. commenting to me about the terror attacks. first, there needs to be a realization that this is something we will have to deal with in the longer-term. the threat or -- attacks or the threat of attacks. mr. studzinski: there are interesting discussions we are starting to have. what is happening today is different than the last attacks on charlie hebdo. that was targeted at the media and the french police. this attack is more about attacking western civilization, a way of life, the symbolism of the way of life

at least seven people in custody after those raids in the mollenbeck district of brussels.t with information that at least two of the attackers apparently were residents of belgium, french nationals living in belgium. then of course you also have the connection to one of the vehicles that was apparently used in the attacks on friday. a black vw polo that was also rented by a french national in brussels, then driven over here to paris, and then later found at the scene of the bataclan attack that of course killed so many people. you have one of the apparent attackers who came back from paris who was apprehended by the authorities as he was going back to belgium, who is now in custody, apparently the man who rented that black vw polo. so certainly it appears as though there is a very clear link to belgium, that the belgian authorities are also tacking about. also we have to keep in mind that sala abdeslam was born in belgium even though he is a french national. so it seems that area around brussels, the molenbeek area, which for a long time has been known to be an area of rad