and i ve talked to u.s. intelligence officials, counterterror officials, who have been watching this as well. is it possible that groups such as isis would use this flood of migrants to sneak more people in? but i should also note this, john. that even if that is true, the fact that people from isis, cisse supporters, isis veterans from syria, before this flood of migrants, were already returning to europe, because you have hundreds of europeans who have gone to fight there, and using their passports, have come back even before you had this migrant influx. and, in addition to that, what we know about this investigation, as you noted, just before, is that at least one of those who took part was french, was local, in effect. so someone who may not have had to come in from anywhere, but was radicalized here and took part in these attacks. it s a very complicated issue. it s extremely political sensitive, but it is an interesting development, for sure. and indeed, jim, it is what the int
kou ocuring constantly. when the president says that isis is contained in iraq, in syria, what does it matter if they re able to carry out an attack in paris that very same day that kills at a minimum, 128 people? well, because i think the base in syria is critically important. raqqa, the capital, is extremely important. the attempt at building a caliphate in that area has been critically important. so i think containing it there is one thing. but, john, again, we have said for many years, this is a global issue of terrorism. and isis has now become the new brand. people see it, the islamic extremists see it as what they want to connect with. so if it s taken outside the border of syria, which is currently happening in many places in europe, not just paris, it just shows that i think other people have to step up and take notice that this
response. i m john berman. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i want to bring you up to speed about what we know about this terror attack. developments just within the last few minutes. france under a state of emergency following six separate but connected terrorist attacks here. isis claiming responsibility in an online statement. so far, at least 128 people are dead. that number very likely to change. as many as 180 people were injured. that number, too, likely to clang. we re learning right now that at least two americans are among the injured. just a few minutes ago, we heard from u.s. secretary of state john kerry. this is what he said. i want to make sure that it is absolutely crystal clear that the united states stands with france and the rest of the world in our resolve to eliminate the scourge of violent extremist groups from the face of the earth. and make no mistake, that
the president, as you heard us reporting, told gma on abc that he felt isis was contained. what is your assessment of that statement and what do you believe has to happen in order for this not to happen again. i think he has said that they have been contained, but he was specifically talking about syria and iraq. and i think that statement s true. but you re going to see continued elements of isis or elements who claim they are a part of isis, or those who are doing their bidding all over the world. and this is not just going to happen in europe. it s going to happen in many other places, christiane. and i think you ve had the repeated theme of the closed borders and the open borders in europe and that s been in existence since about 1995. you know, when i was a young lieutenant over there, you had to show your passport at every single border between the nations. you could easily flow, now, between the eastern block and paris without anyone doing any checks. and that s where weapon
of border. that looks like these are the other that killed people in france charlie and also this terrible thing, jewish museum. so looks like a very organized team and very connected. what does it do for you inside? because not only do you have very real problems with a radicalization of a certain segment of the proposition and hundreds of your own citizens going to iraq to fight or rather to syria to fight for isis, and inside, you also have the rise of the extreme right, the national front, who are rising and rising in popularity. just explain to us how this complicates the dialogue, how it makes it more difficult. first of all, the national front, the extreme right, is ahead of a lot of election right now and you have elections in december. in december, so they are