can we view this as a reaction to the chemical attack and statement to the assad regime and nothing more? reporter: it depends on the administration how far it wants to take this. by far we don t mean an invasion, or full scale regime change, but there are measures that this administration had been talking about whether they extend the idea of safe zones inside syria. we know the turks would like that to happen the turkish government supporting this saying now it s time to talk about increasing the protection for civilians and we know the united states is very heavily involved on the ground now in syria to try to surround and eventually annihilate isis inside raqqah moving on to what it hopes to finish in mosul within you know a certain period of time to come. so that is their plan and that s what they re doing right now.
and that is why we need to get down there and isolate that city as fast we can go. reporter: there are specific buildings where they believe top isis operatives may be hiding. u.s. drones and communications intercepts are gathering intelligence on those targets, waiting to strike them when civilians are not there. the big unknown, will trump hand over the raqqah fight to russia and the syrian regime? if you pull completely out you watch focus drift away from defeating isis and recapturing raqqah and eliminating the terrorist threat that emanates from that city. reporter: so if you turn the raqqah fight, the isis fight in syria over to the russians there is a lot of concern at the pentagon they will not have the same focus about the danger there is and the threat that the u.s. believes isis inside raqqah poses to the united states. jim. barbara starr, thank you. just ahead a day after the death of carrie fisher. disturbing news about her mother
see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. following breaking news french authorities say a possible explosive vest has been found in a garbage can just outside paris. the vest reportedly contains the same type of explosives used in the paris attacks and may be linked to the missing suspect salah abdelsalam. our experts are back to discuss these late breaking developments. michael weiss, an isis video just released this weekend is the first time we re now seeing isis inside raqqah, their so-called capital, the caliphate since the french air strikes began. these renewed french air strikes, you say this is propaganda to pay closest attention to, why is it so important? wolf, these guys always like to turn their defeats into moral victories. i recall during the battle of fallujah in 2004 even though aqi, al qaeda in iraq, which was
happening now, breaking news. a suicide bomber vest found in a garbage can and a cell phone tracked to the location after the attacks. is europe s most wanted man a target for not carrying out his mission. a capital gripped by fear of an imminent attack. a flurry of raids and arrests and a travel restriction for u.s. military personnel and pentagon employees. how safe this is ally? worldwide alert, the state department issues a global caution to u.s. citizens warning of an increased threat from isis, al qaeda and other terror groups. how great is the threat to americans around the world? and truth or trump? donald trump says he saw thousands of people in new jersey cheering on 9/11, retweets of inaccurate crime statistic. tonight critics are calling out
it may be a long-term strategy, but phil, until recently most of their efforts were designed to expand their territory inside their so-called caliphate in syria and iraq. al qaeda and other groups they would try to strike against western targets, the u.s., the europeans, but now isis has really started to compete with them in that area as well. that s right. they re competing. there is a shift here that i see and that is in the past over the past year or two we ve seen passive encouragement. that is if you re an isis supporter in western europe, united states, is go do something. now what we ve seen change is active, we re going to create an isis organization directing plots overseas. to my mind that s pretty substantial. very substantial. i want all of you to standby. coming up we re following more of the breaking news. a major european capital now on lockdown as authorities hunt for terrorists amid what the belgium prime minister is calling a serious and imminent threat against