knowing that the most powerful country in the worked has their back and standing with them. reporter: on the sticky issue is if president hollande can heel the issues between the united states and russia. one of the issues is syrian president bashar al assad. the united states says he has to go. russia has accused of propping him up. a worldwide travel alert as the fbi issues a warning to u.s. enforcement. the travel alert warns that isis and al qaeda continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. it urges americans to use vigilance. the fbi warning is advising officers to be aware of surveillance of soft targets.
and russia. this russian airplane will make that a lot more difficult and battle against isis. the big winner of this is isis as it will make it more difficult for some sort of unified coalition to go after isis. cnn s ian lee, thank you. complicated situation making it more complicated. more breaking news. a worldwide travel alert as the fbi issues warning to u.s. law enforcement. groups like isis and al qaeda quote continue to plan terrorists attacks in multiple regions. the fbi warning also reveals new information on the paris attacks advising u.s. officers to watch out for suspicious people during surveillance on soft targets.
push for and a real big test for the french pq this week. he goes to washington tomorrow, then hosts the german chancellor here on wednesday and goes off to moscow. so far it s been russia s vladimir putin who has been talking toughest. he says the fight to islamic state needs to be raised to a new level. so we will see what kind of coalition the french president can build this week. greta, back to you. steve, thank you. this is a fox news alert. the u.s. state department issuing a worldwide travel alert for all u.s. citizens. fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen is live at the white house. james? greta, good evening, in issuing this worldwide travel alert, the state department cited what it called, quote, current information that indicates terrorist groups like isis, al qaeda and boca ha realm all named in the alert are all planning new attacks in region of the world and state cautioned american travelers abroad to avoid large crowds or crowded places. this alert
welcome back to the lead. i m john berman, in for jake tapper. the national lead, new worldwide travel alert from the state department with concerns over the possibility of a paris-style attack. americans are being warned to be on the lookout for suspicious activity, especially as they crowd airport terminals and train stations for holiday travel this week. cnn s rene marsh joins me now. is this related to a specific terror threat? when you look at the big picture, a rush be passenger plane blown out of the sky, attacks in beirut, paris, mali. absolutely, increased terror activity triggered the new state department travel alert, happening as millions of americans are traveling for the holiday season. they are being told to remain on alert and avoid large crowds we ve seen this alert issued for a specific region. but what s different here is this is a worldwide alert. meaning, there s a potential for an attack wherever you travel. it is important to note, though,
handle on it. our longest ally, the french and the americans today at the white house. martha: this attitude it s more difficult for europe. europe is under a bigger threat. i wonder how long that lasts. how long our distance from that posture lasts. the president seems to be fairly assured that presents a front that we are in a situation here. because of the way people of different nationalities are treated. yet you contrast that with the security threat that we have been made aware of today, that we are under a worldwide travel alert. when you have read the language of that worldwide travel alert it s clear the people involved in that are isis, boko haram, and al qaeda. war and terror, hollande says he s clearly in one. but are we?