Take a listen. [ gunfire ] neighbors reporting loud explosions before sustained gunfire. After three men who Authorities Say were part of a cell with ties to isis opened fire immediately after cops swooped in. A dozen search warrants apparently being executed today to prevent what belgian authorities called imminent terrorist attacks on a grand scale. Reports suggest isis may have ordered those attacks as retaliation for air strikes in iraq and syria. But despite those plans being broken up, some disturbing new images from the group as they spread fear across the middle east. One of those images showing isis militants throwing a man from a building for the supposed crime of being gay. In another two men convicted of Armed Robbery are crucified before being executed in a public square. And a woman convicted of adultery literally stoned to death. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge is live in washington. All right, catherine, what are we learning about this takedown today in belgium . Shannon, its important to see these ongoing raids in belgium in the broader context of a terrorist network. The french ambassador to the u. S. Confirmed to fox news that the arms dealer who supplied weapons to Amedy Coulibaly the shooter in the kosher supermarket, had turned himself in. And theres no question based on my two decades of experience in this area that the french authorities are debriefing the arms dealer and going through his rolodex of buyers. Operatives start to talk, they start to move because they are fearful they will be identified. Theres heightened security and their plots may be disrupted. So when they move when they decide to kick things into high gear and move the plot forward, that is when they are the most exposed. And couple that with the fact that al qaeda in yemen and isis are calling for more attacks. So what youre seeing tonight in belgium is that authorities there and also in france are determined to roll up these operations as quickly as possible, shannon gl catherine, we showed some of those very disturbing images. Obviously part of the propaganda war here. What can you tell us about what were seeing in thoiz images today. These images were provided to fox news by the middle east tonight the new isis tape claims to show the enforcement of quranic punishment in northern iraq. The images purport to show as you mention the execution of two gay men apparently throwing them from the top of a building blindfolded, to their death. A similar execution took place just like this in december shannon. Catherine herridge live for us in washington. Thank you, catherine. Joining us now with reaction congressman peter king. Congressman, good to see you tonight. Thank you, shannon. What do you make of what were seeing play out in belgium today . Were hearing with somg of the suspects they have been just traveling in and out of syria. It seems to be a Common Thread were hearing in a number of these cases of alleged terrorism. Theres a mess in syria. We havent cleaned it up despite pledges from the white house. How critical is syria to what were seeing . Syrias really, you know, the key point of all this. Isis is operating out of syria and iraq. And i agree with you completely. Despite what the president said, weve had very little real impact on isis. Maybe five to 15 plane strikes every day theres no use of Ground Troops. And so yes, were damaging isis, but no significant damage. Still recruiting many people still coming in from europe, people come from the United States to fight and they have been trained and skilled. And what were seeing now in europe is what we really dreaded for the last year or so. And that was the foreign fighters trained in syria by isis going back to europe to carry out attacks. All right. The pentagon says we have slowed the momentum of isis in syria and iraq but a lot of people are asking whether theres been too much focus by the air coalitions in iraq. Because if you look at how much territory is influenced or held by isis when were talking about syria, its amazeing to see the progression over the last few months even since we started the air strikes. Its startling. Shannon, youre entirely correct. Certainly american air strikes are going to have some impact, but nowhere near the impact necessary to stop the movement by isis. Again, allies are focused in iraq. The u. S. Is also focusing on syria. But not enough. Once we rule out the use of Ground Troops that makes it much easier for isis to plan and maneuver. And those fighters being trained in syria were seeing now back in belgium. Its also not justice is, you have aqap, core al qaeda and other groups. Europe right now is really the hot bed that could easily come to the United States. And i think this is if todays attack on this cell and that cell was actually controlled by isis, this is really the first time weve seen a fully coordinated plan coming from isis. And thats a dramatic turning point. Congressman peter king, thank you for your time sir. Shannon, thank you. Joining us now with more, gary burtenson a retired cia field commander and author of jaw breaker, the attack on bin laden and al qaeda. Gary, i want to ask you, do you think there are similar trained or motivated socalled sleeper cells that would pledge allegiance to isis here in the u. S. Ready to attack . Clearly. We are at war with isis. They will attack the europeans and the United States in dynamic ways. We have got to be aggressive. The longer we wait, shannon to put these guys down the longer we wait to assemble a coalition of Ground Forces to destroy isis the more likely there will be catastrophic attacks on the europeans and the United States. These guys are ready for war. And its just a matter of time. Its not if its going to be then. What do we do then . I mean, its terrifying to think about, but a lot of people ask questions about organizations here in the u. S. That may be encouraging and trying to leverage dissatisfaction with Economic Opportunities and other issues that we see in europe as well. We need all elements of u. S. Power. That means the armed forces of the United States, intelligence community, Public AffairsLaw Enforcement. Look, we are in a battle of civilizations. You know, if you look at the jihadists we had 10, 12 years ago, its ten times that number now. They have declared war on us. They are growing as you stated earlier and correctly. They are seizing more territory. They are increasing in numbers. They are increasing in numbers in places like nigeria where you have boko haram killing 2,000 people it looks like up country. This battle with jihadists is on. And they will be attacking us. The one thing thats interesting is there was a statement they were talking about plans for attacks on police stations. You need to keep attention to that. We saw it in iraq, afghanistan and other places. United states, the homeland needs to be prepared and starting to prepare because eventually they will do attacks on us. Do you think that were asleep here in the u. S. . Oh yes. Its not like we havent had disastrous things like we had the tragedy of 9 11. But theres been sort of a lull in any major attack on u. S. Soil there have been these lone wolves wolves, the underwear bomber and other people, the administration cant even agree to call this radical islamic extremists. We cant even agree on the language to use. The National Security i said when you look at cia and fbi and theyre doing their best to run sources and do penetrations and doing intercepts with nsa, all of this, but youre not going to get it all all the time. And eventually well miss something. And eventually theyll slip something through. Look, we have an open border. I keep going back to that. Close the southern border. These people will walk across in large numbers and kill large numbers of people or well wind up giving amnesty to a bunch of people that are here that are purportedly dreamers. Please. Yeah. Plenty of folks worry completely irresponsible. Plenty of folks worry about the northern border and people coming through canada as well. Gary, thank you so much, sir. Pleasure to be with you. Just hours before the raids overseas the administration decided to put five terror suspects back on the streets including a couple of them with close ties to osama bin laden. Up next, were going to show you how the white house responded to this. How could the president release five gitmo detainees originally from yemen literally a week after terrorists with ties to yemen, at least one of them trained by al qaeda in yemen, killed at least a dozen people in paris . 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For the first time in years americans say defending the United States against terrorism is their top priority for the president and congress. Terrorism beating out the economy and jobs. And that news comes on the same day the Obama Administration takes serious heat for releasing five more terror detainees from Guantanamo Bay. One trained at al qaeda camp, one fought in osama bin ladens brigade. One considered to be a high security risk. Another a veteran jihadist who may have been osama bin ladens bodyguard. Last, also suspected to be a member of al qaeda. Ed henry asked why . The public is clearly getting more concerned about terror while president obama has focused the entire runup to next weeks state of the Union Address on the economy. New tonight he did have a working dinner with a key ally british Prime Minister david cameron. Theyll have a joint News Conference here tomorrow. Theyll be heavily focused on the terror threat. The president under heavy pressure from republicans after releasing those five more gitmo detainees all from yemen just one week after we learned that terrorists in paris had direct ties to yemen. Now, josh earnest insisted republican claims that 30 of these gitmo detainees wind up back on the battlefield. But i pressed him on the fact that the white house claims its only 6 that goes back to the battlefield. I said is that good enough . Listen. You got to be out of your mind to let killers go at a time in which killerspeople are being killed and attacked. What is going on in the white house . This may be the craziest thing isnt that still a problem . 6 of these detainees could kill people in paris or washington. It is. And its certainly why this administration continues to pursue a very aggressive counterterrorism strategy. Earnest added that keeping the prison open may not be safe because its used as a recruiting tool by the terrorists. But note that four of these latest detainees are going to oman which borders yemen so they could wind up right back with al qaeda. Shannon. Uhhuh. Our ed henry reporting from the white house for for lets bring in pete hegsheth also a fox news contributor, and chris stirewalt, our fox news digital politics editor. Gentlemen, welcome to you both. Howdy. Chris im going to start with you in washington. The political fallout the president doesnt have to face another election is he feeling his oats after the midterm whomping . The timing of this one is very telling because look, this is a moment where our allies, our western allies especially are reeling from a brazen attack by yemeni trained islamist militants. We saw the news out of belgium today. This is a problem where releasing yemeni republicans just yesterday said by the way were not going to let you release anybody from guantanamo. I would hazard this has more to do with what the republicans did than anything about National Security. The deal is the president s trying to make a point. Hes trying to tell the congress you wont back me down ill back you down even if it means antagonizing not just our european allies but also as our poll shows us voters at home. Well, i want to play a little bit more of ed henrys interaction today with josh earnest at the White House Briefing and asked specifically about this. Ill bet pete to react. How could the president release five detainees originally from yemen literally a week after terrorists trained in yemen killed at least a dozen people in paris. How can the president release five more gitmo detainees originally from because theres a unanimous recommendation from his National Security team that steps could be put in place to ensure these individuals are transferred that we can significantly mitigate any threat they have pete, you served as a guard at gitmo. Earnest says there was a unanimous decision they feel good about whats in place they can keep up with these guys or mitigate any damage they could do. Is that good enough for you . He doesnt know that. And no its not good enough for me. Chris stirewalt said its not hip, hes right. Its not hip. Its downright stupid. And they know it, but theyre committed to shutting this down regardless. Thats what theyre focussed on at this moment. Just happens to be a week after or shortly a week after an attack where yemeni terrorists attacked in paris. Thats right next door to oman. Previous detainees have been free to go when they get home. And you read the dossier this is a starting five that any nba jihad team would want. He hunted these guys down and now they are released. And the signal that this sends couldnt be any worse than this particular moment. A recent fox news poll asked whether the president is unilaterally releasing, 54 think the president is going too far. 37 say no. So, chris you know, why then . Well, lets flash back just a minute to last summer when the president was aside from wanting to go on vacation the president had a broad domestic agenda he wanted to talk about and leading up to the midterm elections et cetera et cetera et cetera and islamic militants changed the discussion. They blew away any notion that democrats and the president were going to be able to litigate the election on their issues and instead Foreign Policy came crashing into the side of the discussion. The same thing as having a microcosm of that is happening right now as the president is out on the campaign trail campaigning for more spending, higher taxes, his usual retinue of domestic policy descriptions he wants to talk about that stuff. Guess what, if you are afraid that islamists will strike in your town, in your life, that your family could be at risk you dont care much about internet regulations because you just want the president to do his first job which is to protect the country. Pete, i just want to state today earnest also said for the White House Briefing that Guantanamo Bay inspires violent acts around the world. Absent that maybe these people wouldnt be as provoked. The white house has brought in this leftist and islamic notion that its our fault that we invite this that Guantanamo Bay is the reason this happened. Guantanamo bay didnt exist, they dont care whats happening in the world right now. The enemy gets a vote. You dont get to decide what you talk about all the time. The enemy will dictate some of these terms and you have to react to it. I would say to the folks in the house and Senate Leadership now is the time to step up and confront what this president is doing weakening this nation in our National Security. Call him out restrict releases from Guantanamo Bay. Pete, chris, thank you very much. Also, on the defense after a letter from a justretired fbi agent calls him out. Up next the kelly file exclusive, the man who saved lone survivor marcus latrel is pleading for america to help. Translator he says that taliban came to me at first and told me, hey, give us this soldier, we will go about our way once you hand him over. I told them this is our culture that hes in my hohouse no staples has everything you need for an attentiongrabbing presentation. Brochures, business cards and banners all at low prices. Still need to grab your clients attention . [air horn honks] staples has that stuff too. How much . Make onbudget happen. Make presentations happen. Staples. Make more happen. No super