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His body bullet ridden after the raids. He had to be identified by his prince, although its unknown whether Police Bullets or his apparentcousins suicide belt ultimately is the reason he was killed. We now have some incredible video of the suicide explosion and the frantic few seconds leading up to it. Police now searching the home of this female suicide bombers mother. Today more raids and more arrests in and around brussels, belgium. Most were tied to a suicide bomber who struck the soccer stadium here in paris. Parliament is one step closer to enacting an unprecedented threemonth state of emergency that would give police much broader power s s to go. After terrorist suspects. The nypd is a ls deploying more antiterrorism squad members throughout that city after newly released isis videos threatened attacks there as well as in france and rome. Joining us now is nic robertson. What more are you learn iing abt this raid yesterday morning and the death of this individual who some call a master mind . Reporter telephone wiretaps that have led police to this apartment are now beginning to understand why they were perhaps tapping those phones. It was moroccoen intelligence authorities that informed the french. They say hes back in europe and apparently on french territory. Thats when the french began the wiretaps and able to zero in on the apartment. We have also learned new details about his associates from the interior minister here in france. He describes him as a decisive player in those attacks on friday. Hes associate d with other knon jihadists in france and authorities here are going after those associates. It also says that he played a role in 4 of 6 foiled terror plots since spring this year. Were talking about the atrack on the train, where three Young Americans took him down. Were also talking about a gunman who shot himself in the leg. Police arrested him in april. The plan was for him to attack the church. More details emerging about him from the sbeinterior minister t police now knowing that its him able to process more of the information to get from that apartment potentially hard drives and cell phones backtrack his movements in. Advance of the attack on friday. Thank you so much. Were also e getting new information from cnns justice reporter evan perez. What are you learning about possible threats in italy . At this point the fbi has been sharing information on pretty much every bit of information it has with any european country that may be at risk for future attacks. And that is whats at work here with these warnings. The italians were provided information of possible threats, possible people who may be planning attacks there. And so as a result of that it, the italian authorities have taken action. They are now looking for people trying to make some arrests. This is all out of an abundance of caution. There was no specific information of a particular plot, but what this goes to show you is in the wake of what happened in paris, no information is too small to share among intelligence agencies or u. S. Law enforcement agencies to share with European Countries that are viewed as particularly at risk. We know that isis has expressed interest in striking rome and italy. E we know that the uk has increased its security levels as e well. Its more sharing of information to make sure that these terrorists do not carry out further attacks. In washington, d. C. Where you are, congress is debating this new bill about refugees imposing tougher vetting standards, blocking refugees from coming in some instances, the house of representatives just approved this legislation and now it goes to the senate and the president , who has said he will veto it. You have information about the fbi directors view of this legislation. What does he think of it . This is a really its a rather unusual situation. The director of the fbi jim comby doesnt often weigh in, but in this case he has expressed deep concerns about this legislation because he believes it would be impossible for him to personally sign off on every single individual refugee that is coming from syria and iraq. Thats what this legislation would require him to do and other National Security officials in the u. S. Government. He believes its impossible for him to 100 guarantee that these people are not going to be a security threat. He says that there is a very robust process in place. His agency, the fbi is working with the intelligence agencies, Homeland Security, to try to vet refugees to make sure theres a minimal as possible Security Risk but that the legislation that the house just passed raises this to a standard that he really just cannot meet. And raise the possibility that this legislation would actually make it harder for even people to travel on these waivers for any refugee to be able to be allowed into this country. Because its a standard that the fbi and he personally cannot meet. Evan perez, thank you so much. Joining me now, congressman seth molton of massachusetts who just voted against the bill. Whats your concern about this legislation . Why did you vote against it . Im concerned that it it really plays into the hands of isis to make it more difficult for refugees to come to the United States. If you think about how isis works, they are not just sending people over to try to conduct attacks on us. What they are doing is recruiting through the internet. And anything we do to further incite the Muslim Population to try to encourage support for isis is really just playing into their hands and is not in the best interest of our National Security. Anything that the United States might do to fight isis could be used and twisted for their recruiting purposes. The United States is bombing raqqa and syria and there are troops on the ground both in syria and iraq. That could be used against the United States in recruiting as well, couldnt it . Really, what isis is doing is pitting their values against our own. Its very different to be. Fighting them overseas and bombing them where they are killing innocent people versus changing our values here in america. The fact of the matter is that isis is very effective at recruiting through the internet, recruiting overseas, recruiting here on our home territory. So we have a war of values going on right here at home not just overseas. We have to uphold the American Values that have always made us strong and a beacon of hope. That illuminate the statue of liberty to people who are escaping oppression from across the globe. Anything we do to diminish those values will only be a propaganda tool. The fact of the matter is that bill doesnt change much. I dont have any confidence that it will significantly change the security vetting process to make it anymore secure. But i am confident that isis will be able to use it as a propaganda tool against us if the president doesnt veto it. You know that isis vowed in september that they would use the refugee crisis to embed and smuggle isis terrorists into europe. They said as much publicly in an interview. In addition, there is this report that one of the eight terrorists who struck here in paris six days ago got into this it country by embedding himself with Syrian Refugees. What can be done to make sure that does not happen in the United States . Well, had this is comparing apples to oranges. Because the process in europe is completely different than the process in the United States. In the United States it takes an average of 18 to 24 months for any refugee to come and be properly vetted and that refugee will not enter the country until they have been vetted. Thats entirely different in europe where they are just streaming across the borders. So the idea that isis could recruit someone tomorrow in syria and send that person across our borders through the refugee process to show up next week is false. Thats not how the process works. So i share your concern that europe needs to tighten its process. They ought to have a vetting process like we already have here in the United States thats been working so well since 1975. We have admitted 3 million refugees. What we need to do is uphold that process here in america and perhaps help the europeans adopt a similar system. Democratic congressman and u. S. Marine seth moulton, thank you for your time. Thank you. More on the death of the ring leader of the attacks in paris. Join iing me now is paul cruickshank, cnns terrorism analyst. Paul, before we get to whats happening in france, what are you hearing about the threats to italy . Im unclear where the intelligence comes from, but a high degree of concern about italy at the moment. Theres this video that came out threatening washington, d. C. New york yesterday and entitled paris then rome. They meant rome as being the United States. The roman empire against the muslims. Maybe u. S. Officials took that point literally to mean italy. Clearly theres concern across europe at this point. So right now, authorities are investigating any links between the master mind who was killed yesterday morning in that raid and any other possible jihadis or terrorists as well as those tied to other foiled attacks. How is that process going right now . There are two concerns. One of the concerns is that the top members in this attack still at large. We have been talking about one guy that has traveled into belgium. They havent got the bomb maker yet. Belgiums say they have little confidence that they have the bomb maker. They can equip suicide bombers with the vests. This is going to betray my ignorance, but how good is this bomb maker . We know of four suicide vests that have gone a off in france in the last week. Only one innocent person, thats one too many, but thats one innocent person killed and four people just killing themselves. How good are these vests . They work. They manage to blow up. They it didnt fail. So thits pretty tricky to make suicide vests. Its very unstable. If you hit it with a hammer, it goes off. Jolted in a car, it goes off. So they have the skills to make this. Maybe they werent in the right place to deploy them for maximum effect. They were hope iing to have thousands of people rushing up to blow themselves up. They werent able to do that so they decided to blow themselves up any way symbolically outside the stadium. But the other reason is they are training these people quick ly now in syria. One or two weeks training. They may not have had had the skills. They might be really stupid terrorists as well. I mean, this is the most spectacular attack against the west. I means the ones with the suicide vests. Heres the big concern. Theres a Wider Network behind this. There are half a dozen individuals, french and belgiums that moved up the hierarchy. They are involved together in had this plotting. One key figure amongst this group is fabien clain, a French National who is a master manipulator in brainwashing people. I have been told by european Security Officials they were work i working in tan come in all plots we have been talking about. Also the paris attacks. He claimed responsibility in that audio a day after the paris attacks. And in 2009 was involved in an aspirational plot. You talked about him many times before. Paul cruickshank, thank you so much. In the meantime, isis now warning its next target is new york city. And the most famous place on earth times square. It includes a suicide bomber zipping up his jacket and new york pushing back. Plus china now promising revenge after isis says it killed a chinese hostage. How this could change the war and chilling new video we have showing at the attack on a cafe. Youll see what happens when one of the gunman approaches a survivor at pointblank range. Youre watching cnns special live coverage. Im brooke baldwin, well be right back. . It works on his cough too. Cough it works on his cough too. Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. Lets end this. When a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill . And why stop what youre doing to find a bathroom . Cialis for daily use, is the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be Ready Anytime the moment is right. 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It is a mishmash of previously released video. Joining me now is the former director of the cia. Hes now the chairman for the foundation of defense of democracies. Welcome, thank you for joining me. Good to be with you. Such an important voice in all of this. Before we get to the spoint about new york, washington being potential targets and your read on that, i have to get to the news that we now know that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind of what happened on friday, that he was confirmed in the raid two days ago but the fact that he was still in france and not only that, he was still in paris. Well, one thing thats really interesting about these moves by the terrorists is that by being able to communicate by a million or so apps and the Encryption Technology also playstations have very good secure communications and to be able to communicate that way, they dont need to dpget together. They dont need to be a particular place and have meetings. So its a different situation than a lot of people were used to who flipped into these. I want to allude back to that point on encrypted communications. It seems that intel hasnt fully caught up and the bit about Edward Snowden revelations, you made strong statements on that, but with regard to this master mooind, under the nose of everyone here in paris, thats what i want you to react to. Are you surprised by that . We have had things like that in the past. We have had a hunt on for a murder in North Carolina and they were looking all over the world and it turned out he was about ten miles from his home. N a lot of people go to where they are familiar. Its especially easy if you dont have to meet people face to face and communicate through playstation. I dont know that theres any real reason for them to stay away from a place they are familiar with. They may know it better than other people who are after them. Lets go with this point of yours youre making about communications. This is really significant. We have been learning terrorists have been communicating by finding encrypted apps. On the cell phones its a treasuretrove. Within the treasuretrove is encrypted apps and they believe they knew to use encrypted communications because of the Edward Snowden revelations. What was it you said . I said that i thought he ought to be brought back to the United States and tried before a jury of his peers. If convicted of treason, which is the appropriate charge its still a capital crime. I would give him the death sentence and i would prefer to see him hanged by the neck until he was dead rather than electrocuted. Wow. I think the blood of a lot of these french young people is on his hands. Because of what he revealed. Because of what he turned loose. He turned loose not only material about procedural aspects of something. They turned loose, for example, some substantial material about the mexican Intelligence Service and Law Enforcement working together against human trafficking. So Edward Snowden is telling the traffickers how we try to capture them. What is his intent . Cia, fbi, what can the Intelligence Community how do they catch up to what these terrorists are able to pull off . One thing we need to do, we did this wrong 30 years ago when we figured out how to deal with the internet by federal law, we have the best collection of cyber people in the world at the National Security agency, far beyond anybody. But all they can do is work on protecting their own communications. They cant even under the rules protect the defense departments communications. Can the rules get rewritten . One would hope so. Id like to see them able to work with civilian authorities and help protect more than companies and individuals communications. But a lot of people are more worried about National Security agencies knowing what they are doing than about companies that watch what you buy on the internet and send you a new advertisement and know what your demographics are. So i dont know im not worried about nsa. I have worked with them on off and on for 30 years. We have Civil Liberties protections with our communications. We have the Foreign Surveillance act, we have congressional committees overseeing whats going on. Were the most overseen and overwatched Intelligence Services in the world by several orders of magnitude. And people are worried because i think people have told them wrongly about what nsa does. They are so worried they wont let Congress Wont let them o do what they do and get into a lot of the communications of terrorists. Thats a huge issue and we have seen it come full circle. Back here at home with all these governors coming forward and say we dont want refugees coming into our states saying one could come into our borders, do you think we are at risk . I know one very smart 4yearold, but he is even not smart enough to be a terrorist. I think orphans, there are some categories of people that already go to the head of the line. Rape victims, people with disabilities, there are people one can let in and screen relatively u easily. Then there are other people who have real documents, not many of them from that part of the world, but there are some. And i think we ought to look at those who can reasonably be. Screened and if they cant be, if they are a young man with a forged document or one that might be forged, let him go to the back of the line. Quickly, do you think how vulnerable are we with the threats in new york and d. C. . I think the thing that bothers me the most is the vulnerability of the electricity grid. Silicon valley several years ago, same day as the bombing in boston at the marathon, very disciplined terrorist attack took down a large number of transformers in the electric grid. They were just a few short of knocking out silicon valleys communications. Director of the cia and now chairman of the foundation for defense of democracy, thank you so much. Now to this breaking news into cnn. We have just learned six men suspected of belonging to an isis terror cell have been arrested in kuwait. This is according to the government there. The cell includes two kuwaitys, one egyptian, accused of e recruiting and funneling money to isis. More details as we get them. Coming up next, this new and chilling video of terrorists opening fire on this cafe in paris. See people scrambling, diving for their lives. Remarkable moment of what happened when a terrorists gun appears to jam. Youre watching cnn. Ugh. My sinuses are killing me. Yeah. Just wait til we hit ten thousand feet. 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You can see glass one does shattering as the gunman starts firing from outside. People running in to escape the bullets. Everyone do i having out of the way and hiding behind walls desperately looking for cover. The gunman showing no signs of mercy coming right up o to the edge of the cafe, aiming at a woman defenseless on the ground. But in one of the more miraculous moments, either the gun malfunctions or the gunman misfires and the woman gets up and runs away. From another angle, you can see two employees ducking behind the bar as bullets start flying. One o of them managing to flee down a flight of stairs as fear grips the cafe. The other helps a woman who ran inside. People seen tossing chairs and tables out of the way to find safety as the attacks continue. The glass and dust clouding the cameras view of the cafe. Terror rocking the city of paris bringing a lively friday night to deadening silence. The soccer stadium outside of paris also came under attack. Three suicide bombers set off explosives outside the stadium during fridays match between france and germany. They were trying to get inside. They killed one innocent person and themselves. One who was among the fans who were packed inside the stadium and thankfully survived. She joins us now from scottsdale, arizona. Thank you for joining us. Were glad youre okay. Tell us what you thought when the heard the bomb blasts. Im glad to be home safely. That night we were at the game cheering on the team where i was with my cousins cheering on the french team. And only 15 minutes into the beginning of the game we heard a loud boom. I thought it sounded like an explosion, but it never crossed my mind that there could be an explosion outside the stadium. Here i am in paris and a few minutes later we heard it again. And i turned to my cousins and i said, guys, thats really not right. That doesnt sound normal to me. But no one thought there was anything wrong. We continue d with the game. And only into the second half of the game did e we get messages from friends saying that there were explosions outside the stadium. They were checking to see. If we were okay and that there was shootings and hostage situation going on in the middle of paris. And how did you get out of the stadium . We finished the game. They didnt make any announcement. We assumed if we were inside and nothing was going on in there that we were safe inside. And so on our way out, we just walked and there was a bit of a panic outside when someone decided to light a piece of paper on fire and everyone began runnin, but we made it across the street and walked through to the metro safely. When did it hit you when did you realize that you were in a location that three suicide bombers had targeted and the situation could have been much worse than it ended up being . On our way to the metro, i was surrounded by my friends and we were in the tunnel. I noticed how much security there was out in the streets, how everybody was Holding People tightly and walking and quietly moving around. I noticed i thought to myself i had adrenaline rushing after we had ran. I thought, wow, those guys were trying to make it inside the stadium. This night would have been very different for me if that had happened. There was much more bloodshed going on throughout downtown paris at several restaurants. When did you find out about all of that horror . After we were on our way one of our other cousins home sent us a message updating us on whats going on. In the meantime, i was just trying to get messages to family in the states telling them im okay knowing if they saw any news knowing i was at the soccer stadium they would be worried. When we heard about whats going on in the hostage situation, we just wanted to stay indoors and watch the news until we knew everyone was okay. I have to ask you before you go. Youre a muslimamerican. Youre the daughter of syrian immigrants to the United States. Whats your view, whats your response to whatugees and stateg they dont want refugees to come into the United States . Im extremely disappoint ed. I wouldnt expect the governors to take such a hasty decision and quickly decide to label everyone that is syrian or muslim as linked to these incidents considering the fact that many of the people involved in what happened friday evening in paris were actually european born and raised. So it wasnt that they had all come across as refugees. There are so many people coming to the United States who were fleeing those terrorists in syria in the middle east. They are coming here to start a new life and be safe and to be pointed at and told they are the problem, that its their fault is very upsetting. I really urge anyone who has doubts about Syrian Refugees to take a moment, meet with one of those families and ask them their story. Im sure if you were to hear what they have been through, you wouldnt think that they were a threat to you. Dena, thank you so much. Were so dplad youre say. Incredible, thank you so much to both of you. Come iing up next, a bomb expert telling cnn the suicide vests these terrorists used were not at all sophisticated devices, but they were full proof. Thats next. They think that its sad. I think its important for everyone to know that there is so much more to memory support than the stigmas you hearabout. That these residents still have lives and their lives still matter and that they are still living their lives. That theyre not locked away and that they still have a lot to live for, you know, that they have people that care about them and they have people that love them and i love them, so their lives still matter. That is what i do this for. Jake reese, day to feel alive jake reese, day to feel alive jake reese, day to feel alive were only human. We are so devoted. 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Just another day at norfolk southern. Im jake tapper live in paris. This is cnns special live coverage in paris. Now to the suicide vests that the terrorists are known to use. A a bomb expert telling cnn that those explosive vets are not sophisticated and may have something in common with the bombs used in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack. Cnn National Correspondent Deborah Feyerick talked with this expert. What did he have to say . He was saying that based on an analysis of the green grascr from the video that it has bbs or ball bearings. Thats the shrapnel that rips through flesh and really takes a number of people out. Its intended to cause maximum casualties. Another thing this expert told me is these are not sophisticated in the sense you can detonate them, but they are made so they are full proof. So if a suicide bomber were to change their mind, if theres somebody close by, those belts could be detonated remotely. So theres no chance of them walking away assuming there is a second person who is there and willing to do that in case the bomber gets cold feet. I just got off the phone with a terrorism expert. We were talking about are we going to see more and this terrorism expert told me that this is a huge escalation right now. The momentum is on isiss side. You saw the metrojet liner and the attacks in beirut and now the attacks in paris. Essentially, when that expert told me is is that isis was going to provoke and provoke and provoke because what they want is launch these attacks to get their end goal which is to have boots on the ground in syria because they want that end of days war. The magazine where they showed the bomb used to bring down the metrojet liner, its one of two posts that is the end of day sign posts. They are doing this it to create sort of a prophesy to fulfill a prophesy. Very terrifying. Thats what Law Enforcement not only in the United States but in europe is up against. Thank you so much. Next door in belgium, police are launching a new wave of attacks. Nine people have been taken into custody. Drew griffin is in brussels. Nine locations raided, most of them in the predawn hours. Mostly around belgium in the area u. Most of these locations were raided because of one man who is one of the suicide bombers. He blew himself up with one of the vests that Deborah Feyerick was talking about. What is really interesting is he had been a subject of an investigation by Belgium Police for months. They began investigating him in early 2015 when reportedly, they believe, he had gone to syria to fight for isis. What is scary is they had no idea, just like the others, that he had come back. They had admitted that today. And again today despite all these raids and all those arrests, still no sign of the eighth suspect, who still remains on the loose. Drew griffin, thank you so much. This just into cnn. We are learning that an 18yearold american from boston was killed today during a terrorist attack in the west bank. Several other americans are reported injured in this terrorist attack. They have condemned the attack saying it remains concerned about the situation and tensions in the middle east and urging all sides to deescalate tensi tensions. Back to you in new york, brooke. This grieving husband who lost his wife to the terrorist attack last friday says he will not give in to hating the terrorists for the sake of their 17monthold son. Cnn spoke with him. Do not miss this interview, next. This is brad. His day of coaching begins with knee pain, when. Hey brad, wanna trade the all day relief of two aleve for six tylenol . Whats the catch . Theres no catch. You want me to give up my two aleve for six tylenol . No. For my knee pain, nothing beats my aleve. Suffering from ringing in their ears, theres no such thing as quiet time. 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[ speaking in french ] the other thing that you said is we are only two, my son and me, but we are stronger than all the armies of the world, which i thought was so beautiful. We stand free. We stand with the taste of life. We stand with happiness. We play games with my son. We stand. Your son is only 17 months. Yes. He still doesnt understand. But he feels everything. We talk about it and then he cried. But he was crying because he missed his mother. So i took my phone and put some music that he was listening with his mother and we look at photos and hed show me this is my mother. And then he cried and we cried together. We dont pretend that were not sad, devastated, no, we are, but we stand. Since friday night, day after day, i will stand. Romantic moments can happen spontaneously, so why pause to take a pill . And why stop what youre doing to find a bathroom . With cialis for daily use, you dont have to plan around either. 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But whats next . For all binge watchers. Movie geeks. Sports freaks. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Here we are top of the hour, im brooke baldwin, youre watching cnns special live coverage in the wake of the attacks in paris and the through threats against western targets. And im chris cuomo live in paris. Two big developments from here. The planner of the paris attacks is dead. His body took time to identify because according to authorities it was bullet ridden after yesterdays military style raids he had to be identified by fingerprints. What killed him is unknown. Police say he may have been detonate detonated by his cousin or just shot up in the fire fight. One thing is for sure. He is dead. We now have vid e owe of the suicide explosion and a frantic few seconds leading up to it. Here it is. Police searching a home of the female suicide bombers mother. The attacks were in the west bank. Others injured during the attacks as more information coming in about those. Well deliver those to you. A report of more raids and arrests in and around brussels. Most were tied to a suicide bomber who struck the soccer stadium. Here in Paris Parliament is one step closer to enacting an unprecedented threemonth state of emergency. Thats actable for broader powers to go after terror suspects as vigorously as they are right now. Back in the u. S. , the nypd deploying more antisquad members throughout the city because of newly released videos that threaten attacks in new york city as well as in france and rome. Lets get the reporting in the situation. We have atika shubert. What are you learning about the new round of raids and information coming out of them . Reporter we know that there have been searches of the mother of the suicide bomb er in that apartment. They will be talking to family members to find out where exactly she had been and who she was talking to. There was also raids in where two brothers that carried out the Charlie Hebdo attacks came from. They are trying to make the connections and links between other who is have been involved in various attacks. French authorities said Abdelhamid Abaaoud was involved in six different plot this is year alone. It goes to show what a threat he was. So they are trying to figure out whether there were other plots in motion and the way to find these out is investigations. In that raid, that is right by the belgium border. Thats where they believe one of the suspects has cross ed into. Thank you very much. Well check back in a bit. A beautiful. Image of the eiffel tower. Its a unifying symbol. Lets get perspective on everything that has happened means. Especially this huge headline that the man responsible for planning those friday attacks in paris is now e dead. We have a form r french commander and head of a Security Company joins us now. Thank you for being with us. Youre very familiar with how this specific operation went down. How much of a fire fight was it . How much were french authorities up against with this terror team . It was a terrible assault yesterday morning. They were heavily aquipped. Well have much more swat teams because bringing with them the s. W. A. T. Team they use the belt but also that the bad guys were trying to make it out of the Apartment Building to take them on head to head. It was heavy fire. 5,000 rounds. They didnt want them to exceed. Because the last few days about what they can in the future. Paul cruickshank, are you ready to go . He learned about the actual assault that they are train ed and not just hiding when the police come. They want to get out into the open street and literally take them on as opposeding forces. Whats that distinction . This is the syrian coming and we are seeing that heavy weapons. The weapons they are using to kill people in syria and iraq and are bringing them to our shores. Syria is on the doorstep of europe. And its become intolerable for european nations to have a threat on their borders. This is a big wakeup call to do more in the fight against isis. When you look at a country like the uk, its not even launching strikes in syria. Despite the unprecedented threat. Wakeup call for the United States to do more, an opportunity for the western world to work with the russians now to take out this group. I think this opportunity has to be seized or were going to have more days like friday. Whats the significant of taking out this man who is called the planner of these attacks . Do they believe he was central to other offenses that may have happened here or is this just another part of what he calls the heads. You cut one off and heres another one. You have to cut the heads off or theyre going to come at you. This is the guy that they claimed responsibility for this attack in an isis audio tape. We have a picture of him on the screen at any moment now so viewers can see picture of a french standing radical. He was a master manipulator. Hes playing a senior role with isis. Hes working with this to recruit youngsters coming into the organization and sending them back here to europe. Before he traveled to syria, he was involved in an aspirational plot. He clearly would have remembered this target and it may be that he decided to go after it again. Apparently beyond the reach of the western security agencies, they are going to be trying to target him. Thats why were showing the pictures. Its hopefully somebody may identify him if hes here in france. As has happened with the planner nape saw him on the street. That is also part of the story u. You have a poor Muslim Population. You say areas like that less likely to call authorities and say someone or something is going on. Why . Its an image about whats going on. Because maybe secretly even if its dramatic, maybe 20 which are radical. Somehow sympathetic. Maybe sympathetic. Its like a population was going on here. Theres an issue and world about whats going on and thats why its so difficult for us to get information. Its so difficult for us to infiltrate. Its a great point. I have been told that the french were really good at getting informants in the 90s. With these local jihadi, difficult to kind of get. People to go. Over to the other side because its a visceral hate red of Foreign Policy and its become more difficult to recruit informants. This guy who planned what happened here friday is now gone. Who comes next, what happens next is unknown. This is a big day for the french authorities. Paul cruickshank, thank you very much. Coming up on the show, italy is now on alert. Why . A warning there involving some of italys most treasured monuments including st. Peters basilic basilica. 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You have been tracking the evolution or lack of it in terms of the fight against isis. Whats the status now . They have been reporting explosions and airstrikes inside the city. Dont know the number at this stage. Last night the first casualties were reported. Saying either six or seven with an oil tanker. A fuel truck was hit by. An explosion. We dont know what who is behind each bomb dropped. Russians talked about hitting fuel tanks. Its not clear if they are related to casualties at all. From eyewitnesss, even tens of kilometers away from raqqah in the middle of the afternoon hearing over 20minute period was a about 20 lengthy rumbles. Thats how intense the airstrikes are. You can hear them from tens of kilometers away. The question now is what for the civilians inside their city they have been prevenned from isis. Fears that the target list has been so multiple in the past days that it must have meant some areas of so much of it is revengeance. Report that they have fled towards mosul. Thats also been denied by others inside that city. A very complex picture and one that must surely be terrifying for those between french and russian airplanes in the skies above. Youre making the right point. Its easy for us to see this as just progress, as just the needed action to take out isis. Youre right, there are all these people trapped in the middle. Whats your sense in syria of just how dire the humanitarian situation is becoming . It was dire two years ago. Its beyond explanation and hard to explain to people the level of different threats and horror inflicted on people just in daily life. Those inside raqqah have been through the fight between moderate levels and the regime. Then isis swept in. Then brutalized them. Now they are seeing a variety of Different Air forces pound them from the skies. We dont have a report of broader casualty, but thats just one pocket of where isis has been. Were not talking about what the russian airstrikes have been doing. They have also reported many civilian who is simply been unable to flee in the past month because the regime has been advancing there. Frankly, every month you cover this conflict, some new. Unimaginable horror, be it here in sear yo or the west, lose making you imagine quite where else this conflict could go next. Nick paton walsh, thank you very much pup please be safe and thank you for bringing us the reporting. We have more breaking news to tell you about out of paris. Were learning an 18yearold student from boston was killed today during a terror attack in the west banks. Several other americans are reported injured. For more on this, orrin. The one were talking about here was about 50 kilometers south of jerusalem. Police say a driver opened fire in a line of traffic and then when he was stopped ran his car into pedestrians. Three people were killed there first. The 18yearold american student was killed there. So three victims here in this terror attack that happened here fairly late this afternoon in the west bank. But earlier today there was another attack in tel aviv. That was a stab ibing attack. Its a city thats been relatively isolated from this wave of violence that we have seen here in israel and the west bank. Two israelis were stabbed and killed. After what has been a few days of quiet, it has become innocent victims killed since almost the beginning of the violence in october. So again, that 18yearold student was killed in a west bank attack and also the israeli and palestinian killed. Orrin lieberman, sobering news, thank you for bringing it to us. Now we also have information about a new raid in the fight against isis under way right now in connection to the intel ga gathered after the paris terror attacks here last friday. Exclusive suicide vests, gunshots, changing the complexion of french and belgium society. 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You really want to study the building and make sure you know exactly all the entrances, exits, everything covered. Really without getting sbo detail, its all about violence of action. You want to be very quick, swift and catch these guys by surprise. So we are hearing reports of the initial explosions and stun grenades. What does that do . You crack a door and it throw in the grenade and it produces a flash of light and stuns the room. They are flash blinded. The assault team enters the room and takes it over. They are also using dogs. But the big thing is to take them by surprise and that violence of action that does that. The fact that they killed this mastermind, ring leader, whatever you want to call him, in the raid is incredibly significant. What do you make of the fact its been almost a week since friday and he hadnt even left paris. I think that shows you how good the french are in really containing the area. We know now that the french is also getting help by the special units in germany. Those guys are incredible. It just shows you how well they can contain the situation. He was still in france. Heres what were getting. I found this interesting from spain. This it ring leader tried to recruit Spanish Citizens to join isis to go to syria using social media. Specifically wanted women. Why . The women thing, it comes down to manipulation and this guy is obviously very sick in the head. He recruited his own 13yearold brother back in 2013 to go fight over in syria. What were really dealing with here is this radical ideology that we need to develop a real sound strategy to beat them. Were good at killing bad guys, but we need to fundamentally understand that were up against this ideology that can be adopted anywhere in the world. What about china . Isis is now claiming they killed a norwegian and chinese hostage and china is now saying revenge, revenge. What role could china play . How might the war change . I think the opportunity with this attack in paris is for us to really reach out and build a coalition. Really unite against this radical ideology thats spreading across the world. Theres opportunities with russia and china to really say, look, this is affecting us on a global scale. And theres economies and innocent people involved and its really affecting us all. I think china can be a very good partner in the fight against isis and radicalism as a whole. Brandon webb, thank you as always for your service. Incredible sources on the story if you want more. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Any minute now, we are expecting a briefing from the director of the fbi, who according to sources is concerned by the demands of lawmakers with regard to refugees, whether or not they should or should not be allowed in the United States. Also Surveillance Video of one of the targeted cafes. See how people reacted when the bullets began to fly. Hi, tom. 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This is the reality of the threat that the world is now uniting against. Take a look. You can see glass windows shattering as the gunman starts firing from outside. People running in to escape the bullets. Everyone diving out of the way and hiding behind walls looking for cover. The gunman showing no signs of mercy coming right up to the edge of the cafe, ageing at a woman defenseless on the ground. But in one of the more miraculous moments, either the gun malfunctions or the gunman misfires and the woman gets up and runs away. From another angle, you can see two employees ducking behind the bar as bullets start flying. One of them managing to flee down a flight of stairs a as fear grips the cafe. The other helps a woman who had had run inside. People seen tossing sharing and tables to find safety as the attacks continue. The glass and dust clouding the come ras view of the cafe. Terror rocking the city of paris bringing a lively friday night to deadening silence. Remember all those sparks, all that activity you see on the video, thats the gunfire. Those are the shells that are making that mark, making that disruption in what youre watching and no one in that cafe at this point was killed or seriously hurt, which is just amazing. Lets bring in nic robertson, hes in. The paris bureau. We have significant head lines today. This planner of fridays paris attacks now dead. Take us through the news. Yeah, we have now from the Prosecutors Office confirming that this was Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed by dna analysis. What we learned is that he had multiple impacts on his body. This is one of the reasons it took french prosecutors so long au long with Police Forensic teams to figure out precisely who they had got. We are also learning some startling e details that will be deeply troubling for Security Officials here. Number one, you have the fact that the french only learned about Abdelhamid Abaaouds presence in france two days before the raid. They got a tip from intelligence officials. Hes a belgium city but moroc moroccoen descent. The wiretaps lead them to the apartments. So we have an intelligence tip off that is not in syria, as they believe. It snuck back into europe. E we also have from french officials they are now saying that he was Close Friends with a known jihadist here in france. They are also saying something disturb hearing. This man played a decisive role in the attack, but also in four out of six attempted attacks that were thwarted here in france since spring alone. That tells you the nature of the isis threat and the nature of this man involved in it as well. Thank you very much for taking us through the headlines. Well head back to new york for now. We are waiting for a briefing from the fbi director and u. S. Attorney general loretta lynch. So standby for that. But first, isis is making more threats in new ly released videos they are threatening attacks here in the United States, italy, france and beyond. Jonathan gill yan is here with me now. I guess, first things first. Bringing it back home with these videos, you see the yell e low cabs and the statue of liberty and these places around new york and washington, how vulnerable are we . How concerned are you . What concerns me, im concerned in this particular time because we have been waiting for isis to actually come out and do their own attacks. Not just somebody who was inspired, not somebody who was a lone wolf or home grown operative. This family tree of the people that carried out this attack goes straight back into syria and isis and thats where they got their training and e we think thats where the possible instruction for this came down. So if thats the fact, now we have to start looking at these threats seriously. As people were were e getting arrested in different locations and theres a lot of rumors about people getting arrest ed here or there. Nothing necessarily. It does lead one to question, but we dont know. Heres the thing. Where were seeing these things happen are exactly where experts have been predicting that they will try to enter into the United States and attack techniques and procedures used to manipulate in order to get in. Those are the things that are scaring me. But what set mess at ease a little bit is the fact that in the United States at least versus other countries, logistically its just harder to carry an attack out here. But what we see with what happened in france, that wasnt anything that was and carrying an attack out on a soft target any day. Stay with me. Id love to have you join in as soon as we see this joint news conference. So thats happening shortly in washington. Coming up next, torn between two states. 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Law books yet, but one syrian family is already being impacted by the fact that one paris attacker, investigators say, may have posed as a refugee to enter the country. A married couple and their 5yearold son were headed to indiana. It took them three years of vet ing and waiting to get there. But then the state of indiana sent them notice that the Placement Program there had been suspended. Not just for them, but also for another family expected in indiana just next month. So the state of connecticut jumped in. The democratic governor met with them yesterday. Heres what he had to say. I told them that people in the United States are generous and good people, but sometimes things happen elsewhere that cause people to forget about their generosity. It must be said that he is in the minority of governors. An overwhelming majority of them have come forward asking can the president to suspend the program saying they dont want Syrian Refugees in their state. Specifically, one o of those governors is mike pence. Governor, you join us now. Thank you for having this conversation. A lot of ugly politics surrounding this. The Washington Post in an editorial nominated you for a profile award for turning away this family. I say we have a legit discussion about the law, the policy, the facts that are driving your decision. Make the case. Well, chris, first off, our hearts go out to our allies and friends in france in the wake of last weeks terrorist attack in that nation. Every hoosier has them in our prayers. But with the revelation that one of the attackers in paris had come in to europe as a syrian refugee and in the wake of the fact that the director of the fbi testified a month ago that we have significant gaps in our ability to confirm the identity and intentions of people coming into this country as governor, im sorry to cut you off. And suspend this program in the hoosier state. I dont want to cut you off. I want to have this discussion. The man we were talking about right now, the fbi director as well as the attorney general are supposed to be making a statement. E we just got word they are giving it now. Stay with meso we can have this conversation. Are you okay with that . You bet. To reaffirm our partnership in the fight of course, our highest priority is and will remain the security of our homeland and the safety of all americans. At the department of justice we are operating around the clock as we have since 9 11 and even before to uncover and disrupt any plot that takes aim at our people, our infrastructure and our way of life. We take all threats seriously. Were acting aggressively to diffuse threats as they emerge. And we are vigorously investigating and prosecuting those who seek to harm the american people. In fact, since 2013 we have charged more than 70 individuals for conduct related to foreign fighter interest and home grown violent extremism. And we continue to take robust actions to monitor and to thwart potential extremist activity. Now, the department of justice and the fbi are working closely with the department of Homeland Security with the broader Intelligence Community and our partners around the world in all of these efforts. And were bringing every resource in the service of our mission. I think its important to note that as we do this work we are guided obviously by our commitment to the protection of the american people, but also by our commitment to the protection of our American Values which include the timeless principles of inclusivity and freedom that have always made this country great. We need to say we will not let our actions be overtaken by fear. We will not allow merchants of violence to rob us of our most precious ideals. Our values are not secondary considerations in the fight against terror. They are central to the work that we do. And they are essential to the nation that we protect. They are also the reason that we are a target and they are what terrorists want most to seek to have us abandon. They want us to live in fear, and we refuse. They want us to change who we are and what makes us quintessentially american, and that we will never do. And now ill turn the microphone over to the director of the fbi jim comey for a few remarks as well. Thank you, madame attorney general. Id like folks to know three things. How we think about the threat, what were doing about it and what you should do as a citizen in this great country of ours. First the threat. We are not aware of any credible threat here of a paristype attack. And we have seen no connection at all between the paris attackers and the United States. Isil and its supporters put out all kinds of propaganda like videos and magazines, but that is not credible intelligence. Of course we investigate all of those propaganda threats. But instead the threat here focuses primarily on troubled souls in america who are being inspired or enabled online to do something violent for isil. We have stopped a lot of those people this year, especially leading up to july 4th. And there are others we worry about and we cover all across the country using all of our lawful tools. So thats how we think about the threat. Second, what are we doing about the threat . The taxpayers of this country have invested a lot of their money in building a National Counterterrorism capability since 9 11. And that has built something very strong. We are not perfect, but we are good. And starting minutes after the paris attacks on friday we did four things. First, we began looking for connections between paris and here. Second, we made sure that we were tightly connected with our state and local partners, that they knew everything we knew and that they were as energized as we are. Third, we began covering every tip and every lead immediately. And we have continued that to this moment. And last, we have made that our over 100 joint Terrorism Task forces are focused intensely on our investigations and in fact that they have taken them up a notch. That is very hard work. But we are very fortunate to have the help of our state and local partners around the country. Together we are watching people of concern using all of our lawful tools. We will keep watching them and if we see something, well work to disrupt it. Thats what were doing about it. Last, what should you people of the United States do in response to this threat . The most important thing i think is do not let fear become disabling. That is what the terrorists want. They want you to imagine them in the shadows. They want you to imagine them as something greater than they are. Instead, we hope that you will turn fear into healthy awareness of whats around you. If you see something that gives you a bad feeling, tell somebody in Law Enforcement. Since september 11th we have really worked to get ourselves organized in such a way that if you walk up and tell any Police Officer in this country or any Deputy Sheriff in this country that you saw something, didnt seem right, you heard something that didnt seem right or you read something online that seemed off, that information will get to the right people immediately. You can count on it. And we will check it out. If its nothing, no harm done. But if it was something, great harm may be avoided. But counterterrorism is what you pay us to do. Tell us what you saw and then go on living your lives, living your life while we do our work. That is channelling fear into something healthy, which is awareness of your surroundings and not something disabling. Thats what we hope you will do. Thank you, madame attorney general. Thank you, mr. Director. Thank you all. All right. We just heard from the fbi director there and the attorney general about what theyre doing in the fight for terror right now and what about community awareness. So lets get back to indiana governor mike pence. Im sorry to cut you off, governor, but obviously we wanted to get the news out of that. You were making the case of why you needed to turn away in the interest of the state of the people of indiana this syrian family and probably two syrian families. Please, make the case. Well, chris, what we determined was after director comey testified before Congress Last month that there were significant gaps in our ability to determine the identity or intention of individuals seeking entry of this country through the syrian Refugee Program, now that we know a syrian refugee was involved in the attacks in paris, i just determine as governor of state of indiana it would be appropriate for us to suspend any further resettlement of Syrian Refugees in the state of indiana unless and until we could bring about the kind of changes that would give us the absolute assurance that no one being settled in our state was a threat to our people. As governor of the state of indiana i have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of my state. And youve seen a bipartisan growing chorus from the congress to state houses around the country that have agreed with us in that. And let me say im certainly encouraged by the leadership that the fbi director and the attorney general expressed today. None of which changes the fact that the director said, and jeh johnson of Homeland Security, have said that there are serious gaps in the kind of information that we currently have under the current program. Thats why i think the lge bipartisan majority that voted today in the congress to pause this program and Work Together to establish the kind of safeguards that would ensure we could go forward with a Refugee Program without jeopardizing the security of our nation was the right course of action. Governor, i understand what youre saying with whats going on with the master nations of how close we can get to 100 guarantee with the vetting process, but why did this family maybe too have to pay the price of your uncertainty . They have been vetted for three years this family. They were found to not have any significant threat, obviously, which is why they were being admitted. The guy was a shopkeeper. Theyve got a little baby. This family did not have any earmarks of that. Why make them pay the price for your uncertainty . What fact can you point to . What do you know about these people to justify extending their distress . Well, chris, let me just say indiana has a long tradition of opening our arms and our hearts and our homes to refugees from around the world. And my heart goes out to this family and other families whove been caught up in the humanitarian crisis of the Syrian Regime of the isis violence and all thats happening in that part of the world. I think as congress reconsiders and i hope the administration reconsiders their policy here and establishes safeguards in this program will also look for ways that we can provide additional aid to refugees affected here. But look, at the end of the day when you see a syrian refugee involved in a terrorist attack in paris, someone who gained access to the European Union under this program, and we have the leadership of our Homeland Security and our fbi saying that we have serious gaps, i think it was altogether fitting that republicans and democrats in the congress of the United States today voted overwhelmingly to pause this program. Our decision in indiana was not to end our long and historic commitment to resettlement and compassion to refugees from syria. It just simply as congress did today we said its time for us to take a pause to Work Together to set all the political rhetoric aside, chris, and find a way that we can improve the screening so that we can ensure the safety and security of our people. Our hearts break for the people of paris. Our hearts break for the people of france. But as governor of the state of indiana, and as you can see governors all across the United States, my responsibility is to see to the safety and security of my people. And unless and until we have the absolute assurance that steps have been taken to determine the background, the identity and the intentions of people that are coming in as Syrian Refugees well keep that policy in indiana in place. Well, one more pushback on what you do know here. Because you keep using this expression of, you know, your hearts are open to them. And i understand that. Theres no question that hoosier compassion is known far and wide. But heres what you know on the facts of it. Thank you, chris. One, there is a lot of vetting. Theres more for these refugees than most groups of immigration into the United States. You know that. Its done first by the High Commission on human rights. They do it. It takes a long time. Then it comes to the United States. It takes a long time. We see that with this family its taken three years. And we also know that while its about your heart, its hard to reconcile that with what just happened with this family because there are in no way evidence of the threat that we saw here if paris. They have been vetted for years and theres no proof of that. Now as a result of what they did they got lucky in being able to go to kentucky. But what about this other family . I just dont understand how you reconcile compassion with what just happened with these families, gov. Oh, governor mike pence. I think his coms went out. Well try to get the governor back on. And obviously this is going to be a continuing issue with what happened in the congress today. So im going to hand it over to jake tapper now for more cnns continuing coverage. Jake, you know this issue very