terror. u.k. prime minister david cameron visiting francois hollande. they visited the anticipate at the music hall where 89 people were killed. there was promise he and u.k. would fight alongside france against the terror group. that is include sharing of counterterrorism information. getting behind, so far have not done this, direct airstrikes against isis inside of syria. here is bit more what prime minister cameron had to say. united kingdom will do all in our power to support our ally and friend france to defeat this evil death cult. reporter: of course authorities here in paris are watching closely the terror raids up in brussels. the attacks here were plotted there. many of the attackers here came from there. of course as you mentioned, still very much on the run, so-calledth attacker, salah abdeslam.
i was struck by the f.b.i. director james comey saying we re tracking people in all 50 states. what was behind that statement? that, to me, that development yesterday, that sound bite from him was even more alarming than this new york trim story because the idea that this new york terrorism story because the idea that we are tracking individuals in all 50 states is not something that was known publicly that was discussed at the national level never mind by a senior u.s. government administration official. this is really new counterterrorism information and i think this is the director s way of standing up for the agency. i m going to go inside our viewers heads. they re saying wait a second, i saw the secretary of state say around the same time that we re safer than ever before and we re actually the terror threat is less. it might seem like more but it is less. at the same time the f.b.i. director announces 50 states, 50 investigations at least and three arrests yesterday. wh
investigation right now? the three main headlines, at least 12 dead, one of the worse mass shootings on a military base, and a short time ago one of the individual want net connection with the shooting had been identified and cleared. the white mail in his 40s wearing tan clothing, and also this afternoon, the fbi takes the helm of the manhunt. we re officially now transitioning to an fbi lead. so the fbi will lead the investigation. the entire investigation will be processed and handled as a unified process. the confirmation of the shooter s name, federal law enforcement sources telling fox earlier, they were standing by to run the game through the databases a homeland security and the counterterrorism information. so the fbi is in the lead. that means all of the assets of the feds are now in play. specifically the joint terrorism
make as a second point? i would always yield to chuck and henry, martin. gracious of you. i wouldn t if i were you, pete. go ahead. the other thing this paper makes clear is the government s position on what has perhaps been one of the most controversial aspects about the government s phone surveillance program. and that is the law requires that the intelligence communities can t gather this evidence unless they can show that it s relevant to an investigation. and what critics have said is how can it be relevant to gather every phone number ever dialed in the u.s.? how can that possibly be relevant to an investigation? this is what the justice department says. in essence it says it s relevant for two reasons, one, it s relevant because the government has reason to believe that a broad search of phone records will produce counterterrorism information. they know it to be true. it s happened before. it works they say. and secondly, when a broad collection is necessary to make it wor
heather: new fall out about new surveillance in new york city. eric holder says the justice department is reviewing the issue. f.b.i. official claims many muslim communities, they apparently less willing to come forward with counterterrorism information. we feel a sense of mistrust now. we re starting to see cooperation pulled back. people are concerned they are being followed. they can t trust law enforcement. heather: so let s bring in our power panel. judith miller, k.t. mcfarland and fox news analyst. lis wiehl.