lot of good forensics. it s the soft targets you don t expect it where you become that much more vulnerable. you agree, paul? absolutely. and this is the isis playbook they can get automatic weapons and there is concern that these terrorists can get weapons quite easily in the united states and very powerful weapons at that and concern that isis could send over some european extremists it s recruiting and training in syria and iraq and the evidence from this paris suggests some attackers could have got to the united states. i think isis can get a plot through against america. guys, stand by. we re getting more information on the suicide vest found in the paris suburb. we ll take a quick break. more of the news right after this. automated voice: to file a claim, please state your name. carnie wilson. thank you. can you hold on? hold on for one more day really? hey, i know there s pain. why do you lock yourself up in these chains?
soil. reporter: attacks outside syria and iraq perhaps ordered or inspired by isis include paris, beirut and possibly the downing of their mission airliner in sinai u.s. officials say. the french sending their own response, the aircraft carrier charles degal launched its first air strikes against isis targets. isis released a video showing what it says is damage inside raqqah. cnn cannot independently verify the images. defense secretary ash carter is to meet with french counter parts tuesday. in the wake of the paris attacks, the pentagon is hoping allies will increase efforts in syria all in an effort to break isis grip on raqqah. the u.s. will press for france and britain to send special forces to join with u.s. commandos due to a rise in
within 20 miles. they have a substantial trench network, an out post close by and a lot of open ground between them and the outskirts of raqqah but a lot of coalition air support. in fact, just 24 hours ago in the very place we were, the place you re seeing now, there were a bid by isis to attack them and four coalition air strikes hit the town but those kurdish fighters there high in moral. one said he wanted to avenge upon isis for what p haened hap isis and american troops there feeling they have a duty of humanity to get rid of isis but their weapons are very light. one of the fighters there actually carrying one that used to belong to his friend that died eight months ago that fought. they don t necessarily have the numbers, either. they seem to be being boosted by some sunni arab fighters, syrians, too, known as the syrian democratic forces and a
leaders are well aware they are making some changes to their own security. isis leader abby backer al baghdadi is believed to be in raqqah but the u.s. has intelligence showing some isis leaders are trying to get out of raqqah, cnn has learned. leaders moving their operations to safer locations outside the city. it shows the effect that our air strikes and the pressure that we re putting on isil is having. reporter: the hunt is on for bagadadi and including this man, an isis commander the u.s. believes may be directing attacks outside syria and iraq. i think they have become more decentralized outside of syria and iraq because they know they are getting beat in those two countries. they have given the word, conducted attacks on your local
allowed isis to sweep into iraq and afghanistan prior to 9/11 that allowed the establishment of training camps used against us in the 9/11 attacks. so we ve got to have that piece of the plan in place. it doesn t mean there is not a role for the military. a lot of these isis thugs need to be killed. dropping bombs and at some point perhaps sending in advisory troops is needed but we ve got to have a serious long term strategy, plan if we re ever going to see this through. by the way, we have to talk about things like social media. isis is recruiting people around the globe including right here in america using the internet, using social media and i don t think we re meeting that threat, either. we certainly aren t. there are reports that a third paris attacker may have entered france as a refugee. it s interesting you brought your iraqi translator back home from iraq. do you think the u.s. has a good