authorities, but traveled to syria just last year, was able to slip back into europe. authorities say this is a major concern, obviously. how does he get back in? that s absolutely right, poppy. and we ve seen that with a majority of the people involved in this conspiracy that they traveled to syria at some point, that they linked up with isis at some point. they got training at some point. they had some experience of fighting at some point. so these are trained killers who are coming back to europe. and in fact, more than 1500 extremists who have spent time in syria and iraq have come back to europe, according to european counterterrorism officials. and they re trying in genius ways to get back. some of them on the radar screen. so they re exploiting the refugee processing system, using fake passports to pretend that they re refugees. some are just trying to slip through the border and sort of places like albania and greece, not a particularly well-policed border. other people are u
i would not chalk this up to anything other than speed of the moment, the fog of the investigation, and the aftermath of the terrorist attack. he s still on the loose right now. are they getting closer, paul to finding this guy? hours later that they figured out he was involved and of course they alerted belgian authorities, the rest of the people pick him up in paris, but by that time he had gone. they are have arrested the guy that picked him up when he got to brussels. i think that means the net is closing in on salah abdeslam. they re starting to get closer and closer. stan bip more on the man stunt, manhunt continues and the fears in the united states intense as well. counterterrorism officials worry the brutal propaganda playing a huge role in recruiting follower in the u.s., indeed around the world. analysts saying the latest video from the terror group reaches a new level of sophistication. plus this about to take you inside the
dozens of people every moment of their day and really know what they are doing? i don t have 100% confidence on that and i don t think the fbi director does as well. it s a difficult task, as you know. do we have the amount of assets that we need? i will say, if you think about what we ve endured in this country since 9/11, we ve done pretty well because there are many attacks that have been stopped, even as i m sitting here in cincinnati, ohio, we caught a guy who was about to make an attack and he was radicalized online. and let me ask you this, congressman. a new poll finds 81% of americans are registered i m sorry, of registered voters, believe a terrorist attack with large casualties is likely in the united states in the near future. you ve been briefed. do those numbers match what you ve been hearing from counterterrorism officials? i don t have that same high level of the opinion that the american people are getting but
program and growing concerns that some of the attackers could have slipped through the u.s. watch list and screening system if they had tried. no evidence that they did, but if they had tried, we re now understanding that they might have been able to get to the united states and our justice correspondent, pamela brown, joining me now. what do you know about that? what does it mean, they could have gotten into the u.s.? well, anderson, we ve been speaking to law enforcement officials, intelligence officials, counterterrorism officials, and we learned there is growing concern as more becomes known as paris attackers, various list and other measures may not have been enough to stop some of them from traveling to the u.s. now, we learned at least one of them had a clean enough background he would have entered the u.s. in the visa waiver program and did not raise red flags. four attackers on the broad watch list of known or suspected terrorist suspected called tide, and one was on the no
reporter: and clarkston is a town that counts them. so the voices in that piece were largely positive. there are some critics. mostly, though, they ve either moved away or died off. it s an older generation. the new leadership is progressive, it s younger, and they welcome all sorts of refugees from all over the world, fred. so what is the process? so you re overseas, you re a refugee, you know that you are being transported somewhere. qulou learn about clarkson. do you request that? no, as a refugee, you can say, hey, i want to go to the united states. the u.n. rc commission for refugees identifies the country that the refugee should go to, based on whether or not they have family there. and it s a long and arduous process, especially if you re coming to the united states. the vetting is by agencies. the department of defense, state department, you have counterterrorism officials as well interviews these refugees. they check out their refugee bona fides, and it could take up t