things that need to be happening. you know the president, our president said the other day that the fight was now contained in syria and iraq with isis. and those of us in the military understood what that meant, that mant that they have not had the freedom of movement that they did have earlier in the year. that the maneuver forces of isis have seemed to be contained a little bit and constrained from offensive maneuvernd they ve gone more on the defensive. the very fact that isis is conducting operations in lebanon, in sinai, and in france now, gives an indication that they might be shifting some of their focus on external targets as well as trying to establish the caliphate within syria and iraq. cnn s senior international correspondent ivan watson is standing by live in brussels with the latest from there. ivan, there have been several raids carried out in belgium, particularly a suburb named m e
warrant for salah and abdesalam. french police questioned him a few hours after the attacks and released him. we touched on that with our fred pleitgen but our cnn international correspondent ivan watson is in brussels with more on this angle of the story. tell us a little more about this suspect. the fact french authorities had him in custody, released him. what happened there? clearly there was some sort of failure in gathering enough information to keep him in custody. that s right. well, apparently, hala, the french authorities did not have salah abdeslam on any watch list to speak of but in the aftermath of the attacks the belgian prosecutor s office tells cnn that they are focusing a lot of their investigations on salah ab dechltslam and two of his
a kurdish refugee seeking safety from war say he may never take his son to another match. he tells us, when my son realized the ebbs tent of what happened he told me, don t ever bring me to a game again. so, no, i don t think we can go. the blood can be washed away but the fear that this may happen again cannot. atika shubert, cnn, paris. maddening having to explain that to your children. yes. meanwhile, people coming together for a special sunday mass. this is the famed notre dame cathedral. they were there to reform the fallen. we ll have more from paris when we return. whatever you re doing, plan well and enjoy life.
refugee crisis after french officials determined that one of the paris bombers posed as migrant fleeing the country. the obama administration says those refugees must still be vetted and welcomed. jim acosta, cnn, antalya, turkey. german chancellor angela merkel will speak in about an hour and a half from now. we will have it for you live when it happens. earlier we spoke with josh rogan about the meeting on the sidelines between barack obama and his russian counterpart vladimir putin. rogan is a cnn political analyst and columnist for bloomberg view. reporter: in the wake of the paris attacks there is a new pressure on all sides to push forward for a political agreement that can lead to a peace process to solve the syrian civil war. there is a recognition that unless something is done to move past the violence, there will always be enough strife that will get that will leave an opportunity for isis to recruit,
now, a u.s. official tells cnn that the u.s. and its allies will share access to some of their most sensitive intelligence on isis in syria. with france in the wake of the paris attack. new details are surfacing at one of the gunmen at the site of the deadliest paris attack. also, the city of light tries to look past all the darkness. what the attacks mean for france going forward. there s more than one route to the top. the 2016 lexus ls and the new lx. each offering leading-edge comfort,