Not there yet. Ive directed secretary hagel and our joint chiefs of staff to prepare a range of options. Reporter another address by the president. There have been many lately, but it was these words regarding syria that many were not expecting. I dont want to put the cart before the horse. We dont have a strategy yet. Reporter his critics quick to pounce. The Republican Party tweeting whats the obama strategy . To have no strategy. Ukraine, isis, russia. But the white house was equally quick to explain. The president was asked a specific question about what approach he was going to pursue when it came to possible military action in syria against isil. That was a specific question asked, and the president was explicit that hes still waiting for plans being developed by the pentagon. The president has been very clear for months about what our comprehensive strategy is for confronting the isil threat in iraq. Reporter that is true, very clear and very careful. Some say to the point of be
Statement, first the fact that Brian Williams is taking himself off the anchor chair, not told by anyone to do so but also he said when i come back i will regain your trust. This is all the Television News industry is talking about right now, as you can imagine, poppy. One thing i keep getting pointed to is that quote, several days. Now a clock has started and now people like me and people like the executives at other networks are going to be asking how many more days how many more weeks until Brian Williams is back . It will create more pressure on nbc to get to this quickly because frankly every day Brian Williams is on the air is a better day. Every day hes off the air is a worse day. What do you think we might see in terms of an external investigation . Its one thing to investigate it internally but will we see an external body come in here . Doesnt seem like nbc has plans for that although theres a lot of external investigation going on by other news divisions. Its not just cnn th
French cities. Throughout europe, authorities are trying to track down one terror attack suspect who remains at large this hour as well as others who may have been involved in the paris attacks. One of the cities targeted in toulou toulouse. Meanwhile, an International Manhunt is on for belgium born French National Salah Abdeslam. A source close to the investigation tells cnn French Police questioned abdeslam a few hours after the attacks but then left him go. Now, they suspect he was involved in the terror plot. Lets bring in fred flight gwen for the latest on the antiterror raids joining us live from paris. Fred, if you can start with the paris raids and what weve learned about them. Of course they are going on throughout various parts of france. If that one in toulouse is indeed a very important one. The french authorities are saying they are not directly linked to the terror attacks that happened here on friday. However, we do have to keep in mind at this point in time after those
ISIS terrorists have been seen stringing up blindfolded prisoners, savagely beating them with sticks and forcing them to stumble through the corridors of their headquarters in Syria.