it s symbolic to them. the holidays is when they would get the most propaganda value. that s important. gun laws, too. guns fall into the wrong hands. we know groups like isis like to capitalize on a lone shooter, for example. they would likely claim something like that at their own if there were leanings by that individual. it s a combination of things. one last point, we heard a lot since the paris attacks about how in the united states we are somewhat more protected system lay due to geography. has that been overstated? no. i don t believe it s overstated at all. isis managed ideology to push their front over the atlantic ocean. if you do an analysis of every mission they tried to carry out in the last quarter century, the
only successful one was the one they infiltrated professionals into the united states and did it with box cutters. all the rest managed to fail, suicide bombers on aircraft. so their ability to project power across the atlantic is difficult, which is why they would rather inspire an american to carry out a single man or double man attack using resources that could be found in this country. again, they called for that for al qaeda for over ten years and isis recently. thank you. still to come on msnbc live, much more from paris including the search for a would-be suicide bomber. will the discovery of a suicide beltd near paris today help investigators find his trail? . the republican race for 2016 heating up. who is surging and slipping. a former benghazi investigator sues congressman
want to bring in chris jansing who is in paris following these new developments in the investigation into the attacks, including explosive belt found south of paris earlier today. good evening again. good evening, erica. i want to bring everybody up-to-speed on the news we have been following over the last several hours. in montrouge, a cell phone was also found. investigators are looking to determine whether the vest was connected to the attacks in paris. it is similar to the ones used on november 13th. the area is back and reopened. earlier in paris, french president francois hollande and british prime minister cameron visited a memorial. the two leaders vowed to increase cooperation in their fight against terrorism.
straight day. residents ordered by authorities to shelter in place. is there a push for things to start returning to some normalcy. belgian prime minister said while threats remain, the transportation system and schools in brussels will reopen wednesday. police conducted nearly 30 raids across the country. 21 people taken into custody. one charged with participating in the paris attacks. the international manhunt continues for salah abdeslam. his brother is urging him to turn himself in. translator: i want to tell him we are not afraid. that is partly why i m talking to the press. we would like salah to hand himself in. what does he have to lose? why would he turns himself in? translator: that he can give us the answers we are waiting for, we, his family, but also the families of the victims.
responsibility for the attacks in paris. they think it s an important piece of development and they are are listening inside investigators unit to determine who claimed responsibility for the attacks. and if it is the body found. it is important to determine if salah, the guy who attacked the restaurant in paris and still at-large, as we heard his brother, they want to know if salah was questioned by police in the north of france. on his way to belgium after the attacks. people are reporting that. investigators believe that, yes, he was questioned at one point on his way to belgium on