from a greek island to syria. all of that is possible and there s very little control over those borders. reporter: still, it would be an alarming escape friday europe s most wanted man. last known whereabouts were in belgium where security officials have carried out dozens of raids in search of him and other suspected plotters. the chairman of the house homeland security committee says authorities are getting closer. i do think they re closing in on him. that s a good news. there are many involved with this plot is very sophisticated plot and external operation that we ve seen from isis. reporter: investigators are now piecing together the terrorist movements before the november 13th attacks. french police say abdeslam bought ten detonators and batteries from a fireworks shop. the store manager alerting authorities after police publicized his arrest warrant. we re dealing a trail that s gone cold. here looking for any kind of clue, people that he met, anybody who has possibly
neighborhood. translator: my client doesn t know how long salah stayed. actually he doesn t know if salah stayed here. maybe he went somewhere else afterwards. my client doesn t know. reporter: sources close to the investigation now reveal more details about abdeslam s alleged role. in september they say he s seen in paris. in october he purchased ten detonators at a fireworks store in the french capital. two days later, he rented a car. police say abdeslam drove the car to the soccer stadium to drop off bombers before abandoning it in a pedestrian cause walk near the sight of one of the attacks. later, traces cellphone, days after in the same neighborhood they find discarded suicide vest. 130 people are killed by seven terrorists who shoot them and detonate bombs on the night of november 13th. by morning the only living suspect is gone.
in brussels. his childhood friend meets him at the metro station. they say they go on to a cafe and at some point abdeslam tells his pal how his brother has killed people in paris and blown himself up. the men drive several minutes until the suspect gets out in brussels. translator: my client doesn t know how long salah stayed here. maybe he went somewhere else afterwards. my client doesn t know. reporter: sources close to the investigation now reveal more details about abdeslam s role. in september he s seen in paris. in october he purchases ten detonators at a fireworks store north of the french capital. two days before the attacks, he s caught on a gas station camera in a car used to carry out the plans. police say abdeslam drove the car to the soccer stadium to drop off bombers before abandoning it in a pedestrian crosswalk near the site of one of the attacks.
it s got significant capabilities that will enhance russia s ability to not only defend its air assets but also it will serve russia s interests by protecting syrian airspace or at least the airspace that basher al-assad controls. reporter: the administration in western syria, the missile has the capability of track and shoot at airplanes all the way to the air base in turkey, u.s. officials say. but for now, the u.s. is counting on the fact russia has no intention of attacking u.s. warplanes. the pentagon believes that from latakia air base, in fact, the russian radars would have a hard time reaching over a mountain range just to the east and locking on to u.s. aircraft. still, u.s. warplanes could be at the risk of an accidental shootdown as they fly over turkey. they re going to have to alter their tactics, their
abdeslam. one how we have been seeing him and another wearing a wig and thick framed glasses. french deny they re the source of the picture. investigators say the terrorist was the driver for one of the three groups of attackers in paris and say his older brother was one of the suicide bombers s and he blew himself up but didn t kill anybody else. police say abdeslam lived in brussels and had friend pick him up after the attacks and bring him home to belgium. steve harry again has the news live from the eiffel tower. reporter: another night of hunting for french police. more than 180 raids carried out. 71 weapons found. police announcing the discovery of a third body in that site just north of paris where we saw that seven-hour battle between suspected terrorists and police military on the outside. right now, forensic experts are trying to identify the third