to another location to be interviewed. the fbi released a statement to suggest none of the threats were credible. they re now working to determine the origin. hanover stadium in germany was evacuated yesterday after police called it a concrete threat hours before an exhibition soccer match between germany and the netherlands. the majority of the crowd had not yet entered the 49,000 seat stadium before the match was called off and evacuation orders were given. no arrests were made. in london, a friendly match between england and france went on as scheduled. in a mark of solidarity during what is usually a bitter rivalry, the stadium was lit in the colors of the french flag
look like in the coming months? it s been an evolution on this. the fbi has been warning about this since may, about the possibility of terrorist suspects using these apps that you can download and put on your smartphone that provide end to end encryption. you send a text message it s encrypted until it s received and read by the party you sent it to. in the meantime, if the fbi comes and knocks on the door and what s app or in of these apps, we have a court order, we need to read what joe is sending, that company can t do anything because it s encrypted. it can t even read it. now, initially the fbi director sounded a big alarm and seemed to get some traction. the companies have been pushing back a little bit but the administration has backed off of a confrontational approach. it doesn t look like there s going to be any legislation right now. the administration isn t pushing it. now what you hear from the homeland security secretary, we re trying to talk to the companies and work t
a way? that s a question for europe more so than the u.s. they re now saying let s bring them here. what the u.s. is saying that we will continue this process. we are homeland, the fbi and our counter terrorism center all work together in these refugee camps in person face to face doing interviews, doing health checks and we won t let them in for 24 months so we repeatedly go back to these people. that s been the process. that is the process. that process has to be addressed because of this threat, obviously, people are getting into europe. the bigger problem is the visa waiver system, that s the problem. once they get into europe with a western passport, then they re not refugees and can get in. we re looking at the wrong problem. let s bring in nbc news white house correspondent chris jansing that s been covering the breaking news all night. reporter: i want to bring up
been toward in pointing out the fact face here. we had a lot of briefings from the state department and white house on how many interviews by homeland on fbi. they go into the refugee camps and it takes a minimum of 18 months and 24 months. that said, governors and political figures and maggie running for senate now. democratic governor is clearly shifting direction. we have senator cons here saying that we have to get the process figured out first. president hollande is speaking. let s listen in. mr. vice president. mayor of paris.
to leaving on this trip, the president met with his secretary of homeland security, director of the fbi and attorney general and all of them participated in the meeting and the president s first question was have we taken the steps we believe are necessary to both prevent attacks in eyes and foul up on on going investigations to make sure we are keeping tabs on those worried about and making sure we take steps to protect those involved in the homeland. this is a priority to the president of the united states. josh, i wanted to ask you specifically, what new steps the white house has authorized wefo the u.s. to take to assist france and also what new kinds of military action is the white house contemplating in the wake of these events? as the president announced at