we did this with rushdie. we took the heat. we love the counterattack, actually.we have been fighting this for a long time at harper's. we are not alone. but it is always a beleaguered minority that fights for freedom of expression, unfortunately and you hear in the responses to a lot of or by a lot of well-meaning people in the aftermath of this horrible horrible murder, these qualifications. well, we agree with the right to do it, but we disagree with the way it was done. as art is going to say, i think more articulately than i can later, the provocation itself is part of the discussion. if you can't have provocation you can't have an authentic discussion. the reason we publish the images was so art spiegelman could critique them in front of an audience to explicate them and to give people a chance to draw their own conclusions in an intelligent way. if you can't show the images, you can't have the critique. you can't have the discussion. i am a little uneasy with the response of some of my well-meaning liberal under colleagues were condemning the killings who w

mr salman rushdie, but i fight for his right to say what he wants to say. i believe that my religion is a peaceful religion we have to remember two of those that were massacred today, one, a police officer, akmed mourahad and a copy editor working at the "charlie hebdo"." we want to make sure a lot of extremists are not just killing non-muslims, but muslims as well. this is impacting us as well. >> you are saying your religion has been hijacked. >> there are people doing outrageous things in the way of muslim. the question i ask when others commit the atrocities is do we do that to other faith. the blaming of an entire faith for the acts of a few. i had someone saying you can't disaffiliate because yes say they believe in allah. they are christians k.k.k. they were limping people and they were christians a fixation and obsession with muslims to condemn all acts of terrorism and saying it represents all of islam is ridiculous and wears me out. it takes a toll. >> you talk about this personally, and i know you talked about it off air, maybe you haven't talked

and you'll recall solomon rushdi rushdie writes: >> reporter: also cartoonists around the world are saying freedom of expressions will prevail. this takes take up arms, and this one showing an attacker being squashed by freedom of expression. >> terrific stuff. ines, thank you. >>> the controversial danish newspaper that sparked violence stepped up it's security. it received backlash after cartoons making fun of prophet mohammed. two media outlets in spain evacuated their police station after receiving two suspicious packages. both were false alarms. david shuster joins us for power politics. >> among the republicans considering a presidential run the one with the most experience is lindsey graham, the air force veteran is a leading policy hawk and interventionist who speaks in a blunt style. he released this statement quote: condemnation of the attacks came from marco rubio senators warren. warren spoke at a summit about raising wages. >> for more than 30 years washington has far too often advanced policies that hammer america's middle class even harder. look at the choices that washingto

. >> 25 years ago, when salman rushdie had fatwa, and the danish cartoonist. everybody has been standing up for the satirical paper. apparently, there are some political figures who do not want to party like it's 1999. instead, they are ready to rumble. jeb bush reportedly said, "if somebody wants to run a campaign about 1990's nostalgia, it will not be very successful." now here is elizabeth warren from the left making reference first to bill clinton's line that the era of big government is over, then hillary clinton on a company in bentonville, arkansas. >> pretty much the whole republican party, and for going to be honest too many democrats, have talked about the evils of big government and called for deregulation. if you worked at walmart and you are paid so little that you still need food stamps to put groceries on the table, what does more money in stockholders pockets and an uptick in the gdp do for you? >> mark? my question is, are these early, meaningless shenanigans from the left and right, or is this some of the real threats, talking about hillary c

. >> and this one: >> you may remember that solomon rushdie was threatened.he wrote: >> still with us eric from the online magazine "slate." and katherine professor of french and frank phone studies. does charlie hebdo get to hide under the same umbrella with lemond and other more conventionally journalistic publications? does it get protected by those same freedoms of the press that we hold dear when, in fact some of the things they drew were pretty gamey. we won't show them. people can only imagine the cartoons but it's not just the prophet muhammad sitting down reading or talking with his friends. there are some pretty filthy kind of cartoons that were included in the pages meant to shock, meant to disrespect. must we stand with the principle that they get protected every bit as much as an exposÉ on a corrupt politician, let's say. >> well, i think they should. we do have strong and tight definitions of what permissible expression of freedom of speech are. they are directed towards violence. none of which i have seen that charlie hebdo was engaging in. yes

rushdie said i stand with charlie hebdo as we all must to defend art of satire which has always beenforce for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. >> an islam reformist, thank you both for joining me. it seem liberty is the issue here. is it a value shared by the east and west? all people share the view that liberty is more important than opposing blasphemy, even if you find it hurtful? >> i think the west has a lot more experience with liberty in it. it has gone through different phases. no doubt it has taken stronger roots in the west than certain parts of the muslim world, particularly the arab world where liberty across all spectrums of society, social political, individual liberty, hasn't taken as strong of a root. so i think there's that fundamental question as to whether or not the tolerance of some times of offensive cartoons and some types of offensive speech are tolerated. obviously, this is an abhorrent act, what happened in paris. you're right. there is a gap in the way the two societies appreciate and tolerate liberty as a whole. >>> i've read some poll

on its hit list, other activists who criticized radical islam including long time target salomon rushdie. in a statement he said, i stand with charlie hebdo as we all must, to defend the art of satire, which has always been a force for liberty and against tyranny, dishonesty and stupidity. there has been a spate of recent attacks. the gunmen in canada, the man with an axe in new york, the attack on a cafe in sydney. all inspired by islamic militants to take matters in their own hands. >> the more innocents killed in these attacks, the greater the impetus is for others to carry out similar attacks. >> reporter: this time targeting a magazine which radicals considered an affront to their intolerant ideology. and, brian, at least one of those three suspects, one of the two brothers, was a well-known islamic radical who'd actually been convicted in 2008 on terrorism charges. brian. >> richard engel, part of our coverage of this story tonight. richard, thanks. we want to bring in michael leiter former director of the national counterterrorism center under both presidents obama and bush. he do

that was proximate cause a novel that got this novelist rushdie on death row for some time. they'll find any excuse. the fact of the matter, they want domination. if you're passive they see that as a sign they're winning. yes, step up surveillance here. starting to get a little laxed because something big hadn't happened in a while. overseas cutting out of northern nigeria as a base like the al qaeda used to have in afghanistan. same in syria and iraq with isis and so we've got to stop this semipassive approach and realizes we've got a war on our hands and fight the war. >> you talk about semipassive approach, does it allow people journalists, of all types whether using satsatires, drawings editorial, investigative pieces like a decade ago to just subliminally pull their punches? >> you take care. you don't go blindly out any more than you go in a bad neighborhood. you take precautions and figure how do you get the story and create conditions where you can do it? and one of the things that the committee for protecting journalists and other doss is get the word out there. onc

list, and inspire magazine, the al-qaeda magazine, as was the editor of charlie hebdo, as is salman rushdie a quarter-century after he published “satanic verses.” what is it like for you to live knowing that you have to worry about this constant threat? >> well, i'm trying not to focus on it. i really put a lot of effort into doing exactly the same as i would have done without being on this list. because if i start to change the way i live my life and what i do and what i believe in, then i would hand those who would like to come after me a victory. and i don't want to do that. >> but some changes have happened, and certainly the cartoonist who, back when you published these in denmark westergaard, kurt westergaard he still lives today under round-the-clock protection. >> yes. and the challenge for him is the same as for me. you have to do what you want to do even though you have around-the-clock bodyguards and heavy security. >> let's go back a decade, when you were thinking about publishing these cartoons of the prophet muhammad. you had seen self-censorship happening throughout europe an

. >> the respect for religion, as authors, and rushed the -- as salman rushdie wrote today, is that codeear of religion? >> no, i do not think so. jane is absolutely correct. our hearts go out to those who are the families of the victims and the injured. we have to go back 13 years to the 9/11 attacks in our country. we see that there is its recruitment of young people based on this idea that no one can speak out, that they have to reduce the ability to be analytical someone who looks at life and we celebrate democracy and the freedom of expression is really important. what policymakers need to think about is how do we stop the recruitment of young boys and girls removing this direction that is appealing to the extremist? that is where our focus really needs to be on. >> what are the economic consequences out an attack like today's, especially in a city like paris which is one of the world fell most popular tourist destinations? >> you have major sales in paris and you are on your highest possible terrorist alert, with three men on the loose, it will be devastating in the near term. i do

history of this goes back, i would take it back to 1989, the fata issued by iran to go after salmon rushdie that sparked mass violence in europe. and fast forward to the last decade, there was the killing and stabbing of a film makeener the netherlands and multiple attacks on this danish publication on juliannes post for their cartoons of the prophet mohammed. we have seen an attempt by jihaddist to quell free speech in europe for sometime. that stands out to me because of how professional it was. they are well trained people and not the kind of guys that did a little bit of work in the paint ball realm. they are hardened and trained. >> certainly sound dangerous. >> there's been a series was smaller attacks that authorities in france have not linked altogether. but had some raising eyebrows about whether or not they were motivated by radical islam over the last several weeks. a security analyst came on our show who say the french are guilty of jihad denial and went on to say this. >> they are trying to narrow down the definition of what qualifies to terrorism. are you a member of a terrori

and rushdie after he published his book. what is it like for you to have threat. >> i try not to think about it. i put effort into doing exactly the same as i have done without being on the list. if i start to change, then i would hand those that would like to come after me a victory. i don't want to do that. >> let's go back a decade when you thought about publishing the cartoons of prophet muhammad. you wrote: so you asked that question. was there self-censorship. would there be this violence. you didn't expect that you would see the kind of violence that killed hundreds of people? >> of course not. >> even experts on islam were telling me in the fall of 2005, that this would never turn into an international scandal. it is a rationalisation of the fact, to say, you know, you - you should have known. >> there were people in denmark who were concerned and worried that you were making the country a target back then. >> even now things have changed, there's a different attitude to all this. >> absolutely. this week. a poll was

and solomon rushdie wrote: . >> colorado's pot industry has been a money maker for the state but why some are whiching questioning legalization. >> many opened their iconic yellow umbrellas. they're against china choosing the candidates for 2017's election. sara clark reports. >> reporter: the blockade may be over but the tent still stands outside of the government building. a small group has deified police demands to leave hoping to keep the campaign for electoral reform alive. >> i want the government to listen to us, not only they decide policies. >> but the hong kong government is refusing to compromise even though it has launched a second round of consultation of how the city leader will be elected. they insist they'll stick with beijing's plan of which candidates will run for the election. >> if we want to implement universal suffrage, we have to follow the baseball law because hong kong is a lawful society and we have to follow the decision made by the standing committee. >> that statement was echoed in a report submitted to beijing this week even though the hong kong governme

salman rushdie. 1988 he publishes the satanic versus, a book highly critical of islam.otests erupt. book stores in the u.s. and britain and a newspaper are bombed. iran's ayatollah khomeini orders a fatwa. >> i think in many cases, some people may think because nobody has killed me, there isn't anybody trying to kill me. that's not true. i wish it were. >> reporter: 2004 the dutch filmmaker produces submission, a movie which criticizes the treatment of women in islam. a few months later he was shot to death. stabbed and nearly decapitated in amsterdam. his killer a 26-year-old dutch moroccan islamist is serving life in prison. kurt westerguard the danish cartoonist draws an image of muhammad with a bomb in his turbin. danish embassies are set ablaze. he receives numerous death threats. eventually a man wielding an axe breaks into his home but he survives the attack. lars vilks. 2007 the swedish artist makes a series of drawings depicting muhammad as a dog. protests erupt. he receives death threats and there's an offer of $150,000 for his assassination. in 2009 a plot to

of assaults on journalists and artists who have lamb poonldlampooned islam islam l author salman rushdie spent years in seclusion. cartoons showing jesus fighting stlawfersfightingsanta claus and frosty the snowman. but after they lamb panda on south park they received death threats. the lampoons are censored on comedy central and not available online. in 1979, theo van gogh was threatsenned. the public public works of 12 cartoons, sparked protests around the world and plots to kill at least one of the cartoonists. a similar round of protests and death threats came in 2007, after a swedish newspaper published cartoons of muhammed by lars vilkes who still lives under police protection. and in 2012, a crude amateur film made in california called innocence of muslims depicting the prophet as a fake led to arrests of muslims around the world. in a number of countries where islam is the dominant or official religion, insults against them are crimes, some cases punishable by death. some sayings attributed to him prohibit make images of human figures, and some muslim sects don't tolerate images

those are the words from salman rushdie. >> france said thanks but no thanks we'll deal with it. and we heard from campbell the former lib dem leader condemning this attack. concerns must be raised for the safety of the media outlets like sky news here in the u.k. >> yeah. so -- martha: back here now terrible, that they were not able to catch these guys, went into a subway, jumped into another car. obviously a frantic search underway to potentially catch three gun men involved in this. just a side note in our urgent que who is covering, dni director clapper is talking about cybersecurity and interestingly made no mention of this attack in paris but we continue to look for information coming out of the u.s. government and reaction to all of this. secretary of state john kerry we expect to speak moments away. we'll take you there live. bill: martha, we pointed out these gunmen clearly 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 newsr

but it begins with ayatollah khomeini, but an actual regimes, in fact shiite and not sunni and the rushdieent after translators, publishers all over the world and kill them. this was the first serious attack freedom of speech in the west. there was tremendous cowardice in the west as a response. now it's that as it that as it at this sized. everybody is involved with this. the same regime is the one in which we are now engaged and looking for some type of detente when they are the inventors of the attack on freedom of speech at the point of a gun and enforcing these rules on the west according to their twisted sensibilities. we are not blurring or restricting the magazine's views about the prophet mohammed. we put them in various stories. it is interesting to just see that back and forth between how this is different. >> yeah. it is. i think to go back to the policy point that charles was making. i think, you know, we have been in a sense having this policy debate over the course of the obama administration. we had it in the bush administration. it's important to be clear about what the un

it is easy after the fact to say we are all for free speech but during -- salman rushdie was a lonely guy after the ayatollah many -- khomeini issued a fatwa . it is easy to say i am charlie, but it is not so easy to do in fact in day-to-day life. >> "do you know who else is not charlie? barack obama is not charlie. the future must not belong to those who slander the profit it -- of islam but we must also condemned the hate we see in images of jesus christ that are destroyed." you said you west the president did not say this. >> -- you wished the president did not say this. >> holocaust denial is not an opinion. the holocaust did happen and so did tonight -- to deny it is to deny a historical reality. they might be offensive to various adherents of various religions but it is our sacred principle that you get to say that. modernity came about and freedom comes about because of our ability, our legal ability to satire, to issue satire, to mock leadership, to mock ideas including powerful ideas, religious and political ideas. i think it is the role of the american president to say i und

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it is 35 years since when iran went to war against rushdie. and now we are seeing the harshest expressions of this ideology of hatred. and in the united states, i felt for a long time that president obama was not being strong enough in syria. when there was all the talk of singles or doubles, we do not have a strategy for isis when he was in asia, i did not feel the commitment to the defense of japan was clear. >> today you do? >> i feel the president as a -- has had a good run recently with cuba. i believe he is serious about trying to do a deal with iran which i think would be a good thing, if it is a deal that make sure that -- >> saudi arabia does not think so. >> nevertheless, the saudi's are going to have to get used to the fact that the iranian nuclear program cannot be dismantled. the best and you can do is lock it in a corner, reduce the number of centrifuges, make sure it is only for a civilian program. >> if they believe that the iranians have a nuclear capability, proximate or back, how long you think it will take them? >> just a f

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it is easy after the fact to say we are all for free speech but during -- salman rushdie was a lonelyuy after the ayatollah khomeini issued a fatwa. we have people all across the world hiding from islamic radicals for expressing their opinions. it is easy to say i am charlie but it is not so easy to do in fact in day-to-day life. >> this is what else he said -- you said, "do you know who else is not charlie? barack obama is not charlie. the future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of islam, but to be credible we must also condemn the hate we see in images of jesus christ that are destroyed." you said you wished the president did not say this. >> one was the conflation. church desecration is an active vandalism. not a speech issue. holocaust denial is not an opinion. the holocaust did happen and so to deny it is to deny a historical reality. tuesday islam or christianity or judaism is full of nonsense is an opinion. it might be offensive, but nonetheless is our sacred principle that you get to say that. modernity came about and freedom comes about because of our ability,

the biggest target in the world that we basically seen since salman rushdie was "charlie hebdo." they have been thumbing their nose at all kinds of targets. melissa: everyone. >> not just islamists out there. so, that is what we should understand this but at the same time there is also an increase of "allahu akbar!" kind of violence spore raddic sort of lone wolf violence happening in france and a legitimate concern among a lot of western governments especially in immigration-rich countries like france some of these people are being trained and come back. >> you know what "the new york times" is wore i had about? a backlash against muslims. that's what they're writing about on the front page today. the biggest danger dangerous moment for european society its. not because europeans are being slaughtered by jihadists but there will aback lash. since 2001 we keep hearing about a backlash. that is what "the new york times" is worried about. >> what is the appropriate possible policy response to? this has to be open borders policy which europe adopted in ways much greater than the u.s

the list includes author salman rushdie who has been under death threats for decades now, the koran burning crazy pastor guy in florida was there, but mostly people involved in drawing and publishing cartoons that depicted the prophet mohammed. you remember that scandal that started in some scandinavian papers, danish and swedish cartoonists who created those, editors who have published them, those who have republished them, they're all on the list. one of the people on the al qaeda hit list that was published in inspire magazine last spring is the editor of "charlie hebdo" who was one of the 12 people killed today in the assault on their offices in paris. and we'll know more, if and when french authorities capture the suspects in this case. again, the breaking news reporting right at the top of this hour from pete williams is that the younger suspect in this case, the 18-year-old, may have turned himself into french authorities but french authorities have released a wanted poster with photographs and names of what were considered to be the two older suspects in this attack, the two suspect

some in rushdi. 1988 publishes satanic verses highly critical of islam. protests erupt. in the u.s.in, bookstores are bombed. iran's aye toe la orders muslims to kill rushti. >> it's not theoretical. maybe because nobody killed me nobody will. but that's not true i wish it were. >> reporter: a few months after, shot to death, stabbed and nearly decapitated. the killer, a dutch islamist. and the danish cartoonist draws a picture with a bomb in his turban. muslims across the world are outraged danish embassies are set ablaze. westerguard receives numerous death threats. eventually a man wielding an ax breaks into his home but survives the attack. lars wicks. sketches a series of drawings depicting the prophet mohammed as a dog. he receives death threats and al qaeda affiliate offers $150,000 for his assassination. in 2009 a plot to murder vilks stopped. plotters three americans. one a woman named colleen larobs dubbed jihad jane. in 2011, satirical magazine charlie hebdo publishes and names him editor in chief for the next issue. their offices are fire bombed but no one is hurt. >> on

. >> along with salman rushdie and people they have been after for years. >> and one of those was in inspire magazine's first issue that included names of other cartoonist danish cartoonists who featured prophet muhammad. >> what do you make of what you have seen on the video, of the way they handled the weapons, the weapons they were using, how would you obtain weapons like that in paris? >> right. i think it would be difficult to get them just normally in paris. looking at the kalashnikovs and, you know the tactical vests. the desert tan and ammo vests that one of the actors was wearing. i think the way they acted, lawrence, looked to me like one or both had been in a conflict area. you know, they carried these rifles comfortably. not highly trained military like of a western nation. they weren't that kind of people. they didn't move like that. but they moved as people that had been in conflict before. they weren't scared away by police officers who came on bicycles or in vehicles. they knew they were going to win that fight with their rifles. but they're bumbling as well. they wen

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the same al-qaeda hit list and inspire magazine as was the editor of charlie hebdo as is salomon rushdie. what is it like worrying about this constant threat? >> i try not to if he can cuss on it and i put a lot of effort into doing exactly the same as i would have done without being on this list, because if i start to change the way i live my life and what i do and what i believe in then i would hand those who would like to come after me a victory, and i don't want to do that. >> let's go back a decade when you were thinking about publishing these cartoons of the prophet mohammed. you wrote in your new book, i have become a figure many love to hate. some would like to see me dead. i do not see conflict or its own sake but have been branded as a careless trouble maker who pays no heed to the consequences of your actions. you ask yourself the question, was there censorship, would there be this kind of violence. you didn't expect to see the kind of violence that would kill hundreds of people? >> of course not. even experts on islam were telling me that this would never turn into an interna

. >> reporter: by the way, rushdie claims iran's send him notes reminding him of their vow to kill them there's fame news case involving holiday hustler "magazine. >> jerry fall well was shown in a bad way and the sued for damages. the supreme court ruled against jerry falwell saying apairedy of a public fig is protected under the first amendment, justice william wren quest wrote, quote despite their caustic nature from the early cartoons portraying orange county. >> as an ass, dune to -- down to today, from the viewpoint of putt, it is clear our political discourse would have been considerably poorer without them. and falwell and friend ended up becoming pretty close friends. >> there's that. trace gallagher, thank you. me man facing charges for killing his hedge fund founding father, may still have his dad's inheritance money coming his way. dad cut off his rent money and dad lowered his allowance this 30-year-old man and the 30-year-old man is charged with killing dad. but there's inheritance from dad to 30-year-old son. might he get it? he might. that's coming up. well, a mortgage s

the list includes author salman rushdie who has been under death threats for decades now, the koran burning crazy pastor guy in florida was there, but mostly people involved in drawing and publishing cartoons that depicted the prophet mohammed. you remember that scandal that started in some scandinavian papers danish and swedish cartoonists who created those, editors who have published them those who have republished them they're all on the list. one of the people on the al qaeda hit list that was published in inspire magazine last spring is the editor of "charlie hebdo" who was one of the 12 people killed today in the assault on their offices in paris. and we'll know more if and when french authorities capture the suspects in this case. again, the breaking news reporting right at the top of this hour from pete williams is that the younger suspect in this case, the 18-year-old, may have turned himself into french authorities but french authorities have released a wanted poster with photographs and names of what were considered to be the two older suspects in this attack the two suspects who

gerri: i want to read a quote from salman rushdie the author, he has been through this.e took himself underground after his life was threatened by terrorists. he says this today religion medieval form of unreason when combined with modern weaponry become as real threat to our freedoms. this religious totalitarian system caused by deadly 3utation in the heart of islam and we see tragic consequences in paris today. i stand with the magazine newspaper that we've discussed as we all must to defend the art of satire which is always a force of liberty against tyranny, dishonty and stupidity. what do you make of that? >> the president of egypt came out on new year's day, he wasn't pussyfooting around and called it what it is. he went to the religious community of egypt, you imams you have to own this the world is looking at us and looking at islam and radical jihad and putting them all together. it is up to us up to muslims to self-correct and tell the story that is a different story. because otherwise the world looks at that and -- gerri: that's islam. >> that's islam. and tha

be combated verbally and with cartoons, etc., but this sort of killing, which started with salman rushdie'seck some to and doesn't do the islamic religion as a whole any favors. there is quite an ugly atmosphere of islamophobia in parts of europe. we had big demonstrations in your many by islamophobies. the well-known french right-wing novelist will back has just published a new novel in which the central fact is a 2020, france will have a muslim president. from the other side, the publisher of the french investigative online magazine media, has written a book attacking and announcing islamophobia very strongly. it is an ugly atmosphere of parts of europe, and this will play into it. and it just creates -- >> tariq, what has been the response of government leaders in france, germany, and britain to this rise of anti-immigrant and anti-muslim sentiment across the continent? >> well, the german chancellor angela merkel, to her credit, two days ago denounced these demonstrations and said targeting ethnic minorities is unacceptable. she met, of course, in germany. but to this normally regarded

salmon rushdie drew death threats after leaders labeled his 1998 novel blasphemous. he spoke about the attack during the speech at the university of vermont last night. he defended free speech as something that should be absolute. >> you can dislike charlie hebdo. not all the drawings are funny. the fact that you dislike them has got nothing to do with their right to speak. the fact that you dislike them certainly doesn't, in any way, excuse the murder. >> "charlie hebdo" published cartoons about the prophet muhammad which many consider sacrilegious. the gunmen reportedly were trying to avenge muhammad. >>> josh mcnair is facing rape charges. prosecutores say he attacked a woman inside his apartment in december. mcnairy turneded himself in last night. his attorney said the player denies the allegations. colts issued a statement saying they're aware of the allegations and are still gathering details. >>> and this afternoon, president obama will join senate democrats during a private strategy retreat. the party is grappling with new status in the senate minority after

. >>> last night, solomon rushdie gave a speech at the university of vermont where he said this. >> theoment somebody says yes, i believe in free speech but -- i stop listening. [ applause ] i believe in free speech but people should behave themselves. i believe in free speech but we shouldn't upset anybody. i believe in free speech but let's not go too far. the point is the moment you limit free speech, it's not free speech. >> up next belgium police in a shootout with a suspected terror cell. [ kevin ] this is connolly cameron, zach, and clementine. we have a serious hairball issue. we clean it up, turn around and there it is again. it's scary. little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table underneath my work desk we've got enough to knit a sweater. [ doorbell rings ] zach, what is that? the swiffer sweeper. the swiffer dusters. it's some sort of magic cloth that sucks in all the dog hair. it's quick and easy. pretty amazing that it picked it all up. i would totally take on another dog. [ kevin ] really? ♪ ♪ >>> the threat level has been raised in belgium tonight afte

salmon rushdi more than ten years ago there's this theory of shooting writers and cartoonists down.g by still with flowers this morning during the moment of silence, there was a huge crowd here. people started to applaud, they brought candles, they brought their own as i say notes and signs saying this is war and we will not surrender. >> there is that feeling of being in the midst of something greater than just this incident. it is truly something that has changed france. casian amanpour thank you. >>> still to come cartoonists go online in support of their fallen colleagues it comes as a writer for charlie"charlie hebdo" announces it will soon be back in the hands of its readers. they'll print a million copies come out next. we'll tell you more after the break. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee financial noise financial noise financial noise financial noise >>> welcome pack. we are live in paris, a few blocks from the offices of "charlie hebdo," that were attacked yesterday. the area is still cordonned off by law enforcement. there's a makeshift memorial a few feet from where i'm standing. hundreds

. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> last night, salman rushdie gave a speech at the universitywhere he said this. >> the moment somebody says, yes, i believe in free speech but -- i stop listening. [ applause ] i believe in free speech but people should behave themselves. i believe in free speech but we shouldn't upset anybody. i believe in free speech but let's not go too far. the point is the moment you limit free speech, it's not free speech. >> up next, belgium police in a shootout with a suspected terror cell. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda. >>> the threat level has been raised in belgium tonight after police killed two gunmen and injured another in a shootout during a raid on suspected terrorist cell. that raid is part of a series of searches by authorities for extremists who are believed to have traveled to syria. sources tell nbc news that these terroris