Suspected mastermind is a 27yearold pell jan man linked to previous thwarted terror attacks in paris, and an International Manhunt is now under way for possible accomplice accomplices, among them a 26yearolol brother of one of f the gunmnm who apparently rented a car used by the other attackers. And just two days after frances president called this an act of war, france launched air strikes in racca. Were told they were carried out in coordination with the u. S. Forces. All of this is covered for you this morning from across europe toresident obama overseas right now. Well also talk to former republic president ial nominee mitt romney who is urging the Obama Administration to step up its strategy against isis. I want to start here in paris with nbcs chief global correspondent bill neely. Good morning, good to see you. Reporter good morning, savannah. As you were saying, theres a this morning, not least because the french Prime Minister is warning more attacks and the mastermind behind
Silence standing at the sorbonne standing in a moment of silence, more moving than any words. Thats right. Not only a moment of silence, you think theres a kwai tote this city right now. Yes, people are going back to work, but there is something different. Theres a feeling in the air of something thats changed, but also, matt, i would say a resilience, a feeling among the preeshiens and larger people while so much was shouted on friday night, that the way of life and thing they treasure here can never be attacked and i really feel that sense of defiance from people after their moments of grief which they are still experiencing. They want to say to the world were here and were not going to change. Were here at the place de la republique, a Meeting Place for hundreds of years, just down the street from the bataclan theater where the massacre unfolded and where they gathered after the attacks in january after Charlie Hebdo and so much worse has mentioned. You mentioned Charlie Hebdo, the
With jerome of afc. Mr. President , 129 people were killed friday night. Isil gained responsibility for the massacre sending the message. Equation on security change. Keep in mind what we have to do. We have a military strategy that involves putting enormous pressure on isil through air strikes that has put assistance and training on the ground with iraqi forces and were now working are Syrian Forces as well to squeeze isil and cut off supply lines. Weve been working to reduce their financing capabilities, the oil that theyre trying to ship outside. Were taking strikes against high value targets including most recently against the individual who was on the video executing civilians who had already been captured as well as libya. Its not just iraq and syria. So on the military front we are continuing to accelerate what we do as we find additional partners on the ground that are effective we work with them more closely. Ive already authorized Additional Special forces on the ground so we
With that, im going to take some questions and ill begin with jerome of afc. Mr. President , 129 people were killed friday night. Isil gained responsibility for the massacre sending the message. Equation on security change. Keep in mind what we have to do. We have a military strategy that invo es putting enormous strikes that has put assistance and training on the ground with iraqi forces and were now working are Syrian Forces as il and cut off supply lines. Weve been working to reduce their financing capabilities, the oil that theyre trying to ip outside. Were taking strikes against high value targets including most recently against the individual who was on the video executing civilians who had already been captured as well as libya. Its not just iraq and syria. So on the military front we are continuing to accelerate what we do as we find additional partners on the ground that are effective we work with them more closely. Ive already authorized ground so were going to be able to imp
Yes, people are going back to work, but there is something different. Theres a feeling in the air of something thats changed, but also, matt, i would say a resilience, a feeling among the preeshiens and larger people while so much was shouted on friday night, that the way of life and thing they treasure here can never be attacked and i really feel that sense of defiance from people after their moments of grief which they are still experiencing. They want to say to the world were here and were not going to change. Were here at the place de la republique, a Meeting Place for hundreds of years, just down the street from the bataclan theater where the massacre unfolded and where they gathered after the attacks in january after Charlie Hebdo and so much worse has mentioned. You mentioned Charlie Hebdo, the people of france have been through this before. Lets get to the overnight developments. As we mentioned, french officials now believe the suspected mastermind is a 27yearold pell jan man