richard engle, the other remaining question is whether there will be more incidents. as horrific as the original charlie hebdo incident was, it was a shock when the police woman was kill and the get away took hostages at the print shop and the grocery store. french authorities do not know how many cells there and how many connections the brothers have. >> no. they thought it would be over quickly and the day after the attack on the magazine a police woman was killed. authorities claimed it was not related. that it was a separate incident all together. they were back tracking from that statement and police are mobilizing in this area but i can tell you the situation here is calmer than the one in paris. chapman bell was describing a short while ago. french authorities don't know how widespread this is. they thought it was over and the shooting of the police woman and we had this multiple hostage taking one by the airport where i am now and the other in paris. the french are still looking for a fourth suspect. a woman. the wife of the man apparently killed in the super

. >> richard engle has new information about the two men in captivity. >>> talk more text less. why the pope is ordering the faith to feel put down that ce >>> and we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going right here first at 4. when you've got something to share, you need upload speed. and only verizon fios gives you upload speeds... ...as fast as your download speeds. and the fastest wi-fi available from any provider. period. so join the millions who get the difference fios makes... ...and see how sweet it is. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> japan says it is still trying to secure the release of two of its citizens held hostage by isis. >> the ransom deadline has expired but there has been no word on their fate. nbc's richard engle has our report. >> reporter: the militant group isis had threatened to kill two japanese hostages within 72 hours unless japan paid $200 million for the group. that deadline has now from isis. in the past we have seen cases where isis has allowed deadlines to expire. however, unfo

joining us now is richard engle. nice to see you. >> absolutely. >> i want to ask you, first, about some late breaking reports tonight. reports from french police that they're actively looking for another potential accomplice. french police saying someone dropped him off at a kosher grocery store he attacked. dropped him off and left. do you know anything about that reporting? >> i know the french sports long believed that he had at least another accomplice that was with him at the time of the attack and after the attack. someone that filmed his video, his last testimonial. they were clearly looking for his wife, and we have been struggling with this term wife, common law wife, it appears they were married in an islamic ceremony, but never got an official french ceremony which is the only one recognized in paris, so i leave it up to you, wife, common law wife, but that was the relationship. french authorities believe there may be another suspect. they are also investigating the lingt to the arms dealer in belgium. th

richard engle has this story. >> reporter: there have been angry demonstrations in north africa mali niger, also in turkey, in pakistan with people coming out into the streets and saying they are not charlie, they are against this international slogan in support of the french satirical magazine. in the muslim world, people see that slogan, which was championed by hollywood and by many in the west as it stands for freedom of expression. in this part of the world, the expression "i am charlie" is seen as "i am with those who continue to deride and insult the muslim prophet muhammad." the "charlie hebdo" magazine, which was attacked in paris by gunmen continues to print cartoons that are demeaning to muslims, and here in the muslim world, while many people were outraged by the attacks in paris, they are not in support of this movement to embrace "charlie hebdo" magazine and make it a symbol for free expression. richard engle, nbc news istanbul. >>> right now president obama and his team are putting the final touches on his state of the union address. white house photographer pete souza

what richard engle's point that he made in terms of the trigger action, what was the trigger action and what fascinates me is in these situations -- >> go back to chapman. what are you saying? what's happening? >> the police are rushing down the street now. more police have come from another position and they are all running down and again all focussing on this one area. seems to be a vehicle. the situation is really tense at the moment. more and more police keep entering this corner about a block away from us on the street and surrounding a cluster of vehicles. >> to your point -- >> you can see the cluster of emergency services that have gone in but what's important to note is that if you were to draw the camera back to look at a half a mile radius square the security forces when you get a situation like this come up with a grg, a grid reference graphic. a detailed map of the area and put check points on the potential exit area where is if it goes hot and they do the assault and one of the hostages or the perpetrators gets away they will be able to track it through a simple system. th

joining me now, richard engle. do we know about these three individuals who died today? their connections to each other and their paths of radicalization, as it were. >> well by this stage, we know quite a bit. particularly about the two brothers. they were well-known for quite a long time. cherif was originally arrested in france. he was trying to go to iraq to join up with the armu zuba apali group which, then was linked to al-qaida. it was one of the most brutal groups killing other sunnis who opposed him. he never made it to iraq. he was arrested spent time in prison and was originally sentenced to three years. but this was someone who had already been in and out of french jails. the two brothers were imgrant sons, first generation born in paris. their parents both died when they were young and they were raised in northern france in foster care. when they became adults, they moved to paris, had odd jobs. their lawyer said they would spend times using drugs, they were involved in petty crime until they found a c

we go now live to richard engle who is on the ground live in paris. >> yes, there is hundreds of thousands of people in this area. we just returned to this position where we are now, we have been walking around and i can tell you we almost didn't make it back here. it took us about an hour to go just a few blocks because you see the large crowds where i am now, but in the next square and the next square it is the same scene. i think it is possible they're going to get a million people here. the slogans, we are charlie, je suis charlie, or i am charlie. they're holding up pens and pencils as a symbol of free speech. they're also shouting liberty, also a theme behind this march. it is france's response to that wave of attacks that started at the satirical newspaper and then the hostage attacks. >> thank you to richard engle in paris, france. >> this week at rallies and vigils across france and the world, they're carrying the signs that say je suis charlie, or i am charlie. two gunmen stormed into the magazine's offices and kills 12 people there. in the wake of those brutal murders, many have

joining us now is richard engle. thank you for being with us in the middle of the night. what do we know about the investigation, police looking for six suspects now. >> those, that information is coming from leaks, there is two reports that say they're looking for six suspects and one of those was seen driving her mini cooper around paris somewhere, but when we contacted the official spokesperson for the office here in paris, they will not comment at all. france is treating this like an ongoing investigation. they're clearly looking for people over the last 24 hours they have deployed 10,000 troops and police officers nationwide, about half of them in front of jewish schools, the 700 that are in this country. france is worried this is an ongoing plot. that is why it is cone. the biggest deployment forces since world war two. >> richard, in terms of those troops and police being deployed, as you say, specifically the bulk of them to guard jewish schools and facilities, do we have any reason to believe they have specificity in their fears about this? that they believe jewi

let's get to nbc's chief correspondent richard engle. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. heavily armed security forces have been deployed in front of national monuments and jewish schools as part of forces that are being deployed nationwide over the next 24 hours to look for suspects and try to prevent any attacks. asted suspect in the paris attack, hayat boumeddiene who traveled from paris to istanbul and then crossed into syria where presumably she will have protection from isis the radical group her common-law husband swore allegiance to. an isis video from last fall resurfaced in the wake of the attacks in france calling for sympathizers in the west to rise up and attack. he shot a police woman and took hostages at a kosher market on thursday killing four. the lives of all 17 victims were celebrated in the largest public gathering in the history of modern france yesterday. people marched nationwide. in paris they gathered with the iconic statue to the founding ideals of the french republic. liberty, equality and fr

richard engle has more from paris. >> reporter: the two suspects in yesterday's attack are still at large. they have been identified by french police. they have circulated their pictures nationwide. as long as they are at large, still considered armed and dangerous, the city paris, and the country are tense. there's an intense security presence here in paris with police deployed protecting schools, protecting synagogues, protecting national monuments. protecting mosques, because there is a concern that there could be revenge attacks against the muslim community. we don't know at this stage where these two suspects where the two brothers are. there are many rumors. at one stage they were believes to have been spotted at a gas station north of paris. if they were there, they are not there now. >>> the pope is asking for prayers for the victims of the terror attack. the pontiff celebrated a mass in their honor at the vatican this morning. he blasted what he called human cruelty. he sent a tweet from his handle. it said #prayersforparis. we will continue to update you. >>> north korea is crit

i don't know if you caught this, nbc correspondent richard engle was reporting live from istanbul.t sounded like the president was outlining a world wishes we were all living in. he says the president has said that our military power is stopping isis's advance. engle said that just is not the case according to military officials i've spoken to. so i mean there is criticism, particularly on the foreign policy front, because our reality is what it is. you can't change that with one speech the is interesting the prism through which that was funneled at that speech last night. >> isn't, kennedy that the problem? that is when president obama gets a lot of his criticism? when he tries to address tough topics people go, you are living in a fantasy land, speaking of isis being jv originally. quon if he it read his briefings. he doesn't seem to grasp when it comes to foreign policy. that was pretty much showcased. >> it doesn't make him a weaker president or loser necessarily if he admits the global is pretty hot right now and there are tough spots we'll have pretty tough time manipulating

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syria to fight and now they are saying stay where you are and carry out of the attack there and richard engle spoke to this on the "today" show take a listen. >> in the message for the last year or so isis has been putting out a call. come and join us and join the caliphate and now the message has changed. don't come and join the caliphate, stay home and arm yourself and go out on the attack. and they are staying that in the u.s. by the way. >> david, what do you make in the strategy and what he said in the end, they are urging people to attack here in the u.s. should we be on high alert like europe is? >> so isis' change in messaging is meant to heighten the sense of anxiety throughout the west that extremists will take action as they did in paris. my own guess is that this is not entirely a straightforward message and the recruiters are still trying to find people who can be funneled to syria and to iraq. but it is meant to maximize the terror, to maximize the panic. and they are also piggy backing on a theme that was pioneered by the al qaeda operatives the preacher al-awlaki who was in ye

nbc's richard engle is live on the scene. what are you learning about the search for hayat boumediene? >> reporter: the latest we have is coming from the french newspaper, and it reported in a bulletin that hayat is not in france. left the country. wasn't in the supermarket. wasn't in france during the time of the attack. actually traveled, left the country about two weeks ago, went first to spain, then from spain, traveled to turkey, and then from turkey, crossed the border into syria. supposedly to join up with isis. we have spoken to turkey authorities. she was not, we are told, on the flight manifest under her real name, anyway, from spain to madrid. it is possible from spain to istanbul. it is possible she flew under a false name. turkish officials say the woman was not on the official flight list. other government officials say they don't have very much information about her crossing into turkey. so it is possible that this article is correct, and we haven't managed to confirm it.i corroborating the report. we have been

richard engle has the latest for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. we have seen so many videos by now. first american journalists and then british aide workers and now two japanese hostages that are being held by isis in that familiar orange jump suit. the same person who has been all of the other videos a man speaking in a british accent holding a knife said he will kill these two japanese hostages unless japan pays $200 million in the next 72 hours. the way they came up with that enormous figure according to the kidnappers japan pledged $200 million in the fight against isis in fact to japan's prime minister who made that pledge this weekend. the members say unless they pay that money to them they will kill these two japanese hostages. one is a free lance journalist last seen in october around the time of kobani. the other man had a security company, but he has been described as something of a lot of soul who went into syria in an attempt to change his life. >> sad, sad story. richard engle, keep us posted. >> president obama will touch on terror a

richard engle is nbc's chief correspondent. richard, good morning to you. normally in the past we have heard from isis -- >> good morning. >> unfortunately seeing video of what they've carried out. is it unusual that we're hearing nothing this morning? >> reporter: it is not that unusual. in fact isis has always made good on its threats in the past. but its timing has not always been very specific. in fact with the american journalist steven sokolov there were numerous deadlines that were never met and ultimately he was killed. what we've seen with these two japanese hostages is that the kidnappers made an outrageous demand. they asked for $200 million and said they want to be paid within 72 hours. that's impossible almost under any circumstances, especially when japan has made it clear that it has no intention of honoring this demand. we're learning a little bit more about the two hostages themselves. one of the two japanese was a self-styled security consultant. he decided to go to syria to find a job, to change his life. he'd had a divorce in japan. he'd

we go now live to richard engle who is on the ground live in paris. >> yes, there is hundreds of thousands where we are now, we have been walking around and i can tell you we almost didn't make it back here. it took us about an hour to go just a few blocks because you see the large crowds where i am now, but in the next square and

joining us from istanbul richard engle in davos. i feel a little more worthy of tossing to richard now that i'm international as well. good morning richard. >> good to talk to you. i hope you're enjoying davos. >> very much although it's cold today. >> so yes obviously the big story right now is the transition that is underway in saudi arabia with the new king king salman and the burial of king abdullah which is supposed to take place in about an hour. burials are very quick and usually within hours of the king's death. he's buried in a simple grave marked with a stone. not an elaborate procedure at all which is in adherence with the religious traditions. they are expressing continuity. they're not expecting major changes in policy. oil policy security policy. the new king is well-known. he was governor for about 50 years. he himself is 89 years old. so this is not like we're getting an unknown quantity to come uproot saudi society. they're talking about managing this transition and making it as smooth as possible and for a lot day-t

i want to turn to richard engle. we are hearing about all of these raids and terror crack downs across europe. is there a renewed sense of urgency? are they having a wake up call in europe? >> reporter: seems like that is what we are absolutely seeing. in the wake of the terror attacks. usual eastern official who is returned from syria are dragging in their nets. we are seeing a crack down in paris. the one in belgium. also a crack down in germany. we will see more european countries going after the cells that they have been watching and have decided now it's just too dangerous to leave them on the streets. >>> you hearing anything about the terrorist groups weather isis or al qaeda in yemen say going for it this is the time we want to see the mass casualty attacks across europe? >> reporter: that is specifically what they are saying. that after paris now is the time to mobilize. i think with isis there is a strategic shift in the messaging. for the last year or so isis has been saying come join us and now the messag

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engle is in paris. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the investigation here is under way. security officials are trying to determine the exact relationship between last week's attackers and the funerals for the victims have begun. they died in a hail of bullets in france last week but today they were laid to rest in the holyland. the bodies of four jewish hostages murdered in a kosher grocery on friday arrived in israel overnight. their funerals attended by thousands including the israeli prime minister. simultaneous in paris there was a service for three police officers posthumously awarded france's highest honor. this is an emotional time in france. the white house admits they should have sent a more senior representative to show solidarity. >> we should have sent someone with a higher profile. >> the wife of the man who murdered the four hostages is confirmed to be far beyond the reach of justice. the security camera footage shows her and a male companion arriving in turkey more than te

nbc's richard engle has our story. >> reporter: we've seen videos just like this in the past from isis with american journalists and british aid workers. they all ended tragically. now we're seeing it with two japanese hostages. in the same video this time we are seeing the two japanese hostages on their knees dressed in the orange jump suits and the english-speaking beheader, who has beheaded himself other hostages in previous videos, is demanding that japan pay $200 million $100 million for each of the hostages, within the next 72 hours or he says the knife he is holding will become japan's nightmare. japan has obviously come out and condemned this video. it says it is doing everything it can to free the hostages. it has not specifically said if it will or will not pay that enormous amount. >> isis has made northeast $130 million, $140 million since 2008 in ransoms. >> reporter: these two hostage one of them is a freelance journalist who was last seen when he was in the serea syrian town a few months ago. the other man had a security company but he went into syria. there have been re