pose. that s why the president has been working closely with allies to continue the effort to degrade and ultimately destroy that organization. josh, it s chris cuomo in paris. thank you for joining us. no question that we are at a moment of reset right now. it is difficult to see where we are as a function of success, not only the vulnerabilities that were exposed here in paris but there s no question that isis still has not just one but several safe havens of operation regardless of what s going on in certain parts of the ground between syria and iraq. and it raises the question of how are you going to do more? because it s obviously needed. there are big gaps in intel. we re hearing from the u.s. side that they knew about the man who s now seen as a planner here. they knew about other people involved in this attack. that wasn t translated. we saw with the egyptian plane that they can do it in the air. we saw here they can do it on the ground. this is not about the success up to th
philippines. josh, thanks so much for being with us. can you tell us what the president was told about this unfolding operation that we just watched happen? and was this believed by the white house to be a second wave of attacks that was just thwarted? well, alisyn, i can tell you, the president as he has gone about his day has been brief and updated on the law enforcement operation that has been under way in paris for much of the night there in paris. this is obviously a french operation. this is a french law enforcement operation. and they re carrying it out. the united states has pledged our support, both in terms of expertise and intelligence that we can share with them. so the results of this operation, we ll let the french discuss. this is certainly something the president is keeping close tabs on. josh, it feels like something changed on friday. it feels as though with the attacks in paris on friday that the strategy against isis or at
well, chris, again, i think the president has been fight clear about the fact, first of all, that we re fight aware of the extremist threat that existed inside the sinai peninsula for fight some time. for years, the faa has had certain flight restrictions in place in the sinai, the state department over the course of the last year has given repeated travel warnings, warning people of the risk of traveling in the sinai peninsula. that is an indication that we have taken precautions against the extremist threat that exists inside sinai peninsula. when it comes to this extremist threat in other parts of the world, just last week, the united states carried out an operation against an isil leader inside of libya. we re still assessing the results of that operation. we re able to take the targeted strike against the leader of isil inside of libya, because of the intensive, intelligence operation that s been under way inside of libya. because of efforts to coordinate with local officials on
feel lighter and more energized. ultimate flora. more power to your gut. we are following a lost breaking news at this hour. a new terror plot in paris foiled and we re told just in the nick of time. a major police raid in nearby saint-denis taking out two terror suspects. cnn being told they were moments away from executing a new operation. this was launched after intelligence suggested that the mastermind of friday s attacks could be at this location, but his fate at this hour is unclear. seven people are under arrest in connection with this new raid. joining me to talk about all of this is our cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem. thank you for being here. good morning. authorities believe they stopped a second wave that was cued up and ready to go. what s to stop us from thinking there s a third wave now cued up somewhere in paris ready to go?
a big police operation in saint-denis. this community outside paris. they were working on actionable intelligence after surveillance and very quick police work to the site of two apartments where inside they found a second terror team, equal or greater in size, firepower and explosive capabilities than that which did the attacks here this past friday. inside, a female terrorist detonated something, whether it was by accident or on purpose, maybe a suicide vest or smaller explosive device. she died. a second terrorist, it is reported, was taken out. several taken into custody. several police officers hurt. it culminated in a bizarre moment where police officers at the door of a church in saint-denis wound up bashing a hole through, obviously wanting to discover something or someone inside. another big head line, a motivation for this massive operation was information that the alleged planner of these attacks may have been not in syria as was previously thought, but right here outside pa