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KGAN CBS Morning News November 18, 2015

Ththterror attacks, most of them under the age of 30. Youth, he said, in all its diversity. The violinist from algeria, studying music at the sorbonne. The frfrch advertising executive who oncecettended the university of north texas. The architect from germany. The romanians who immigrated to paris to find a better life and found each other. Tonight, france celebrates who they were and weeps for what they might have been. The search for the terrorists widened today, and Elizabeth Palmer is following the investigigion. Liz. Reporter scott, the police say that tonight theyre looking for a second man who got away. That would make him the ninth terrorist, and they say they spotted him inside a car on surveillance camera video very near the place where the clients of the restaurants and cafes were gunned down. First, a police robot moved in to examine this car abandoned on a paris street. Then an officer broke in, arching for links to the terrorists. Police are scouring europe for evidence that might lead them to Salah Abdeslam, the attacker who got away. But in brussels, his brother mohammed appealed to himim directly. My advice to him is to turn himself in to the police, he said, so justice can shed light on what happened. At this hotel in the paris suburbs, another p pce of the puzzle fell into place. Its where Salah Abdeslam and his coconspirators are believed to have spent the two days before the attacks. Police discovered it and dusted it for fingerprints on the weekend. When Salah Abdeslam reserved two rooms in this hotel, he did it with his own credit card and he used his own name, which suggests he wasnt the least bit concerned about leaving a trail for investigators. Knowing what they were about to do, he probably didnt think hed survive. And its unclear why he did. But incredibly, in the massacre, he called some friends to come and pick him up. They drove him back to belgium, where he vanished. The police have also asked for help in identifying this man, one of the suicide bombers at the football stadium who came to france on a false syrian passport with a fake name. The picture, though, is accurate, and so the police say mebodys got to know who he is. Elizabeth palmer, thank you, liz. In belgium, the hunt is focused on molenbeek, a suburb of brussels, there was a raid there tonight and allen pizzey is there. Reporter olice say the opererion tonight was not directly targeting anyone connected to the paris attacks. But its clear theyre intent on not letting anything slip through the net. They closed this bar for drug offenses three weeks ago, and now one of the owners, Salah Abdeslam, is the subject of an International Arrest warrant for the paris attacks. His older brother was a suicide bomber there. This woman, whonly agreed to talk if her identity and voice were heavily disguised, knew them well. There is no way i would have thought they were terrorists, she said. Quite the opposite. They ran a cafe where drugs were taken. They defended women who were dressed provocatively. How could they go from that to launching a terrorist attack . The suburb of molenbeek with its mix of languages and cultures, is opaque to outsiders, a place where strangererand police are viewewe with suspicion. It also has connections to many of the major terrorist attacks in europe. The gunmen in the Charlie Hebdo massacre are believed to have bought guns here. So is the man who attacked the belgium jewish museum. And a gunman who was stopped by three americans for murdering passengers on a highspeed train to paris lived here for a while. For the police, figuring out how and why molenbeek breeds extremists is as impmptant as tracking them down and in the case of ones who committed the paris massacres, perhaps even harder. Scott . Allen pizzey, in belgium, thank you, allen. Tonight, the u. Is working to put together a ailitary alliance with russia and france in the war on isis in its syrian homeland. Secretary of state john kerry told us he can foresee u. S. And ssian forces fighting alongside one another. Kerry visited french president Francois Hollande today. Hollande will meet in washington with president obama next week, and then with russian president putin. After meeting hollande today, kerry sat down with us. He calls isis by its arabic acronym, daesh. The basic strategy of destroying daeshs center, its core, which is what we did with al qaeda, is working, and al qaeda was diminished as an entity that had the ability to do w wt it did in 9 11 through the protracted effort in afghanistan and pakistan and elsewhere, in the arabian peninsula. And daesh sort of filled their void. We did that. Now we have to do it to daesh. We did that with an enormous land invasion of afghanistan. You know better than anyone that never in history has an air campaign accomplished the goals that you just set out in this interview. Correct, and theres no pretense here. President obama has never suggested. How do you root them out of syria . Which is exactly what is beginning to happen now as the syrian arabs, the kurds and others move and earn back their capacity to be able to fight. They are currently full square in the fight to liberate r radi. Its a tough fight and theyve lost over 200 people and 1200 wounded, but theyre fighting and doing it. Thats exactly what the strategy is. It m m take a little longer. Its tougher. Who knows . But if we dont empower them to have the control over their communities, thewhen you leave, daesh will move right back in. And you wind up ininhis cycle. Thats not where we want to go, and i think the president s on the right track to be able to take out daesh in a methodical, systematic way, which is going to i irease through the help of the russians, the french are now upping their involvement, and thats all to the better in terms of speeding up the process of taking them out. After paris, the question becomes do we have time to wait for that strategy to work, before we see this kind of thing in the United States . We are doing Everything Possible within the framamork of Homeland Security, and what we worry about is that for terrorists, if youre willing to die you want to strap a suicide vest around yourselfnd you want to walk into a crowd and blow yourself up you can choose almost anywhere to go do that. And everybody ulse who is in Law Enforcement trying to prevent it has to get every single e ing right all the time, 24 7, 365. Thats a much tougher task. The cbs overnight news will be right back. 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Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on all cbs cares one day before the paris attacks, isis struck in lebanon, which is bursting with Syrian Refugees. Twin suicide bombingngin beirut killed 43 and wounded more than 200. The victims were mostly from the shiite branch of islam. Isis is the sunni branch. Holly williams is followinthis from t tkey. Holly, how significant was that attack in lebanon . Reporter scott, it was very significant. Lebanon has been a wartorn country, but this was the worst terror attack in the capital irut in many years, d it comes at a time when lebanon is especially fragile and the civil war raging just across the border in syria has played into those tensnsns, destabilizing on top of that, lebanon, which has a population of around four million people, has had an influx of over a million Syrian Refugees since the civil war began. Paris has demanded the worlds attention, but its been at the expense of coverage like the story in lebanon. Reporter well, scott, thats true. And theres been a lot of criticism on social media coming from inside lebanon and other middle Eastern Countries asking why there wasnt more coverage of the attack in beirut. And some people have said thth it was racist, that what the western media was effectively saying is that european lives matter more than arab lives. And, scott, there is one very important point which is sometimes forgotten but which we have madadbefore and its thisis isis has killed many more muslims than it has members of any other religious group, including christians. Holly williams in turkey for us tonight. Holly, thank youou isis has already claimed responsibility for blowing up the russian jetliner over egypt. Well, today, the russians confirmed it was a bomb with a force equivalent to about two pounds of t. N. T. Thahabrought the plane down. 224 were killed, mostly vacationing families. In retaliation today, russia fired cruise missiles from ships in the mediterraneanannd dropped bombs from planes on isis targets in syria. Major American Cities have been tightening security, and here is our Homeland Security rrespondent jeff pegues. Reporter around pennsylvania avenue in washington, its not just the white house that is a potential terrorist target. Its also the restaurants, coffee shops, and publbl squares. The area has tight security, but even at midday, we didnt see any police presence. Former assistant f. B. I. Director ron hosko. There are simply not enough popoce, Law Enforcement t duty, off duty, hired security to cover every potential Gathering Spot where americans enjoy their liberty. Reporter in los angeles, depupu police chief Michael Downing says since the paris attacks, the l. A. P. D. Has increased patrols and is working with the community to step up awareness ound soft targets. There are 45,000 private security guards in the Los Angeles Area alone. Theres 10,000 l. A. P. D. When you combine that with Community Members that are interested as well, we have some good leverage. Reporter but Law Enforcement Officials Say the best way to stop a Suicide Attack is having the right intelligence, and once an attack is under way, cutting down on the Response Time is key. That involves active Shooter Training developed after the Columbine School massacre. Move in and immediately neutralize the threat. T hosko says even a huge show is that going to stop a determined terrorist who sees only one thing jihad and martyrdom and mass carnage . I dont know that its been known to stop that. Reporter it is not just los angeles thats relying on private security guards. Scott, we also spoke with philadelphias Police Commissioner who says they are as well. Jeff pegues reporting. Jeff, thank you. Today, the Republican Leaders of the house and senate called on the president to stop accepting Syrian Refugees. We have moreren that from our Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. It strikes me that we need to pause or a moratorium. Reporter its no longer just the republican rank and filele Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell and House Speaker paul ryan both called for a halt today to the Refugee Program. This is a moment where its better to be safe than to be sorry. Reporter but the administration isnt wavering from its plan to let in 10,000 syrians over the next year. White house officials insisted today oneonone interviews are conducted with each potential refugee, something that didnt happen when the refugees arrived in europe earlier this year. Officials add that just 2 of the 2,300 syrians let in so far are single males of combatatge. Frankly, there are probably greater risks with passport holding europeans. Reporter adam schiff is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. Whats wrong with taking a brief pause to make sure that the Refugee Program is as safe as possible . A refugee who is trying to come and find solace here in the ited states now, its still going to be a year and a half before they get through the process. So adding further delay to that i dont think makes sense. Reporter but 27 of the nations governors now say theyll try to deny refugees resettlement assistance. Robert bentley is alabamas were not going to allow them into the state of alabama. Reporter white house officials are holding a Conference Call with governors tonight while the f. B. I. Director briefs members of congress here on capitol hill. It is a full court press from an administration, scsct, that has been crititized abroad for not taking in more refugees. Nancy cordes on the story in washington. Nancy, thank you. Theres also breaking news tonight in the president ial race. Republican bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana, is dropping out. Jindal never got out of Single Digits in the polls. Still ahead, the hunt for jsis in iraq. 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Charlie dagata went along as kurdish troops huntetefor isis sleeper cells in northern iraq. Reporter on the outskirts of kirkuk, the antiterror squad hoped to find four isis suspects. Theyve been under surveillance for a while. They are considered dangerous, and they dont know what to expect once they get there. The men spread out and surrounded the house. Gate, weapons drawn. But its not until the next house that they nabbed the first susuect, but he was alone. And the only information he would give them was his name. General sadar qadir told us the men are suspected of being among the gunmen who massacred as much as 1,700 army recruits when isis overran a military base in tikrit last year. Now theyre believed to be part of an isis sleeper cell plotting to attack civilian areas. The next location was a warehouse. Men were ordered to face the wall and squat on the ground. Back at the base, the general told us the tragic events in paris just showed that isis is a global enemy. Its very sad, he said. But there have been days where seven car bombs went off in kirkuk, and hundreds were killed, just like france. And although they captured two isis suspects overnight, tre are now two more on the run. These squads are out there day and night, scott, and the general told us because it is the aim of the terrorists to kill civilians, they pose a greater threat than the isis militants hihiforces face on the battlefield. Charlie dagata on the battlefield in northern iraq. Charlie, thank you. Will be ght back. Back home, storms are heading g st tonight through arkansas, louisiana, and mississippi. The system spun off tornadoes yesterday, four in the texas panhandle. As many as ten in kansas where a number of homes were destroyed. And a fierce snowstorm dumped mo than a foot of snowown kansas and colorado. There was a bomb scare at a soccer stadium in germany today. Turned out to be a false alarm, bubuthe match between germany and the netherlands was canceled. Soccer was played in london as two rivals stood together. Heres mark phillips. Viva la france reporter when is a game more than a game . When the visiting teams anthem is the theme song of the night. When the National Stadium of england is decorated in the colors and slogan of the old sporting enemy, france. When the game comes just four days after suicide bombers tried to blow themselves up in the crowd during another game in paris. But had to settle for detonating outside when they couldnt get in. When two members of the french team were directly affected by the attacks, lassana diaras cousin was killed. Antoine griezmanns sister escaped from the Bataclan Hall massacre. When the heaviest security anybody can remember is set up around the stadium. It was the french who said they wanted this game to go ahead. The english not only agreed. They turned it into an exercise in solidarity. We here to support england, were here to support frce. Were here to say yes to peace and no to terror. 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