six people today relating to a possible terror attack in brussels this evening. in addition to this, two other people who were arrested earlier in the week are still being detained. as you mentioned, paris also canceling their fireworks. it will be a very muted celebration in the french capital tonight with 11,000 police and military and other personnel patrolling that area. no fireworks display but they will be having some muted celebrations. across the continent as we get closer to the new year here, the threat of terror still high on people's minds but people are looking to have a celebration and hope there's nothing that happens, that all the security has been done to prevent any of these attacks from happening here. ayman? >> nbc's chapman bell live for us in london. let's bring in malcolm nance, msnbc contributor and executive director of the terror asymmetrics project, author of the book "defeating isis." good to have you again this hour. lot of things to talk about.