could any of them have travelled to the u.s. what we are learning from talking to counterterrorism officials is that at least one of the paris attackers had a clean enough background he would not have raised any flags and got into the u.s. pretty easily. one of the officials we spoke to said at least three of them would have likely gained entry into the u.s. if they had tried. there is no indication that any of them travelled here at this point in the investigation. we ve learned that four of the attackers were in this broad terror day they base and that at least one of them was on the no-fly list. but there is agree it concern among the law enforcement community in the united states that some of them could have slipped through. and also there is disagreement as well, some intelligence officials we have spoken to said we had enough intelligence that would have prevented these attackers from getting into the
counter-terrorism official cold me just a little while ago that information came into 47 and belgium investigators. they re developing this information and that s suggested that there were some priority targets at this residence in sontene, including possibly and i must stret stress possibly, abdelhamid abaaoud, a hypothesis. when the french police went in, they did not know for sure he was there. that is the extent of the information, cnn has confirmed through one of the top investigators in belgium. this has been a sleepless night for counterterrorism officials in belgium, in france, major developments here. the concern is that there could be more ways that will come down the pipeline. it s not a case of specific intelligence pointing to that.
us. a lot of breaking news, here in the united states, two planes diverted. breaking news of a situation on the investigation and now the breaking news in sontene a northern suburb of paris you saw the video there and you heard from a gentleman that live there saying that he heard it started about afternoon hour ago. i. to bring in cnn s michael weiss. michael. this is what happens when there is a terror investigation. you had raids on certain neighborhoods and that s as a result of what s happened. this is what s going on. look. you are going to see, not a nationwide dragnet. a continental one. this goes well beyond france. this is extending into belgium, possibly into germany. there will be a lot of coordination between and amongst itself counterterrorism officials. the united states is probably going to be sharing whatever it
they think he was the mastermind of. paris, brussels, that was the train attack thwarted by the three brave americans, plus others. there was a planned attack on a church also in paris. he s been his name has popped up in various different investigations. i don t think the authorities were clear until last friday that he was some sort of a leader. he was certainly his name was in the air if you like among counterterrorism officials in europe. now they have a better sense of his importance to all of us. let s look at the scope of where he has been, obviously all throughout the middle east and europe. bobby, does it surprise you that they would be looking for him in paris? would he be in paris this week? or would he be in syria? it s interesting. it kind of depends on whether there were second wave or third wave attacks planned. if there was going to be one attack, his instinct would to be get out of there as soon as
belgium, this isis plot in belgium, he was actually coordinating the cell from greece. and they actually managed to get on to his cell phone, but they weren t able to locate him in greece. the belgians even brought in the cia back in january. by the time the international dragnet had closed in, he had escaped and gone back to syria. so he s somebody that s got a lot of capability on how to move around undetected, slip through borders. this is a guy who was involved in gangsterism, in molenbeek. all three brothers were involved in gangsterism according to belgian counterterrorism officials. and so they learned these kinds of skills evading police, evading security services, forged documents, imaginative ways to get in and get out, anderson. it is interesting, and it bears repeating, i mean, a lot of these guys, it s not as if