meeting of the national security council where the president can bring together his subject matter experts on these issues to go over intelligence that they have about what might have brought this about in france but also getting an assessment of what s happening here. when i spoke to national security advisers last night, they said there was no indication of any threat against the united states. and we ve had no change in that from officials today. we expect a meeting like this is a chance for the president kelly, i m going to interrupt you. i m sorry to be rude. i want to take viewers to vienna. we ve seen secretary of state john kerry be seated, alongside russia s foreign minister, addressing the terror attacks in paris. take a listen. [ speaking foreign language ]
no, you just made it weird. after last night s awful attacks in paris, several american cities including new york and boston quickly increased police security and police presence in response. authorities said there were no specific threats to the u.s. but were acting out of an abundance of caution. in washington today, president obama will convene his national security council to review the latest intelligence on the paris attacks. joining us again is steve clemens from the atlantic. we were talking in the break, and i think some of the points you made were about the initial belief among terror watches that this had the hallmark of al qaeda and it s quickly forcing us, as we determine it to be most likely isis, to really reconsider a lot of the presumpti presumptions, a lot of the belief systems we had about isis and its capabilities. al qaeda was known for sink kronized attacks, great
groups like daish, to self-radicalized fighters living among us, their minds poisoned by daish s propaganda and lies. now, obviously, those of us who met in vienna today, the international support group on syria, do not agree on all the issues when it comes to syria. we still differ, obviously, on the issue of what happens with bashar al assad. but we are relying on the political process itself, led by syrians, which it will be going forward. and with syrians negotiating with syrians. that that can help to bring a close to this terrible chapter. we do agree on this. it is time for the bleeding in syria to stop. it is time to deprive the terrorists of any single kilometer in which to hide. it is time that we come together to help the syrian people embark on the difficult but
the government and the people of france need to respond. we re going to do whatever it takes to work with the french people and with nations around the world to bring these terrorists to justice and to go after any terrorist networks that go after our people. joining me now from the white house is nbc news correspondent kelly o donnell. kelly, we re hearing word the president s going to convene a meeting of some of his top advisers today. what more do you know? we expect he will bring together his national security council, the group that s able to help present the president the latest intelligence on the issues that pertain to isis and what s going on in france. was there any information the u.s. can offer to france that would be helpful at this time. basically bringing the minds together. this was not scheduled. so this was planned at the last minute in response to these attacks. we have seen the white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough
ra are clearly and inexorably in that category now. we agreed that the cease-fire would come into effect as soon as the representatives of the syrian government and opposition have taken initial steps towards the u.n.-supervitzed transition. the five permanent members of the security council pledged to support a security council resolution to empower a u.n. endorsed cease-fire monitoring mission. and in coordination with our talks today, u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon has ordered the u.n. to accelerate planning for the implementation of that cease-fire. and the group agreed the u.n. shall lead the effort in consultation with interested parties in order to determine its requirements and its modalities. we also pledged to take all possible measures to ensure that all parties, including those currently supported by nations represented here in vienna.