paris and brussels are still on high alert this evening. and so are many cities back here at home ahead of the holiday this week. out on the campaign trail, the fight against isis has become a make or break topic for the presidential candidates. also tonight, argentina jeanne shaheen will be on the show to talk about this country s heroin epidemic and her call for congress to pledge millions to save lives. but we start with the latest on the investigation into the paris terror attacks. chris jansing is in paris. keir simmons is in brussels. kelly o donnell is at the white house where the french president will meet with president obama tomorrow. and pete williams is in washington, tracking how cities across this country are reacting in the wake of new threats. let s get right to the latest developments, the paris prosecutor confirms today that an explosive belt without a detonator, has been found in a paris suburb. it was apparently found in a
with what kinds of changes are we talking about here? what kind of alterations or revisions were being made? well, steve, officials acknowledge there s an inspector general report from dod, investigation into the allegations that u.s. military officials down at cincom in florida, but nobody can tell us what those allegations are. one official who had privy to that information, look, that information is highly classified. nevertheless the charges are that some intel officials had cooked the books, had actually stacked the deck to make it appear that u.s. military operations were actually more effective against isis in iraq than was actually true. one of the issues that was cited
we ve been talking a lot about how the isis threat will impact the 2016 campaign. marco rubio s campaign is up with its first tv ad of the cycle and it s all about paris and the politics of fear. in what the campaign is calling a major nationwide cable buy, rubio doubles down on his clash of civilizations line from last week, saying, quote, either they win, or we do. what happened in paris could happen here. there is no middle ground. these aren t disgruntled or disempowered people, these are radical terrorists who want to kill us. we have more on rubio s rhetoric, including the very different ways that rubio and ben carson are now responding to donald trump s claim that arab americans cheered while watching
but at the same time, salah abdeslam, their key suspect, is still on the loose. he s one of a number of people they are trying to track. and that is why it appears they still have this very high state of alert. steve? keir simmons in brussels again there on the highest state of alert, thank you for that report. and let s turn now to the global effort against isis after meeting with british prime minister david cameron today. french president francois hollande is bound for washington tomorrow. that s where he will meet with president obama at the white house. the two leaders are expected to discuss measures to step up the pressure on isis. on the today show this morning, secretary of state john kerry expressed his assurance that a strategy is in place that will defeat the terror group. i believe isis is going to be defeated. isis is not ten feet tall. there is a united front and i am absolutely convinced that daesh will be defeated and there will be increased steps taken in orde
tankers. the air strikes follow a new york times report that claims the pentagon is expanding an investigation into officials at central command. the article finds that supervisors at centcom made changes to classified assessments regarding the war against isis. arg to the article, quote, supervisors were particularly eager to paint a more optimistic picture of america s role in the conflict than was warranted. here s what president obama said about the allegations. i don t know the details of this. what i do know is my expectation, which is the highest fidelity to facts, data, the truth. it s not as if i ve been receiving wonderfully rosy, glowing portraits of what s been happening in iraq and syria over the last year and a half. and joining us for more from the pentagon is nbc s jim miklaszewski. jim, maybe we could just start