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Much. i want to bring in republican congressman will herd from texas, a key member on the house homeland security committee. also in his earlier career, spent nine years as a clandestine officer in the cia. congressman, are you confident that everything is being done right now to prevent what happened in paris from happening in a major city in the united states? >> you know, wolf, i am confident. you know, one of the things if you would have asked me when i was in the cia, i was in the cia when ...

Raqqa. raqqa is the defacto capital of the islamic state in iraq and syria. it will be interesting to see what comes out of these operations in the coming hours. harry, back to you. >> thank you. the manhunt for one suspect highly sought by police, this man, 26-year-old abdeslam salah has crossed the border from france in to belgium. we get more from our reporter. >> reporter: the manhunt for abdeslam salah has led detectives to belgium tonight. we just crossed the border from france, where th...

Into custody to see that nothing goes wrong, wolf. >> yeah, the french government clearly mobilized. fred, stand by. as a worldwide manhunt under way for a belgium-born french national suspected to be involved in the attacks, brian todd is getting more information on the suspect. what can you tell us? >> wolf, tonight, we know his name is salah abdeslam, 26 years olds, belgium-born french national. its not clear exactly what role he had in the attacks but hes one of three brothers tied to the pa...

The entire international community should unite efforts. the white house is eager to show mr. obama on the move against isis after the president said days before the paris attacks that the terror group had been contained. an assessment the administration defends. >> what weve been able to do is stop that advance and reclaim territory, going on the offense with our partners on the ground. >> reporter: there are also new questions about the syrian refugee crisis after french officials determined o...

Of the moderate arab states right now. i think its significant, for example, that these french fighter jets took off from bases in jordan and the united arab emirates. heres the question. how do you get all of these moderate arab states more directly involved in fighting isis? >> look, i think this is about muslims and muslim majority countries as well as states in which muslims live as minorities. you cant lock at this as if we just checked down a list of the nations that have the most muslims ...

Especially from the fbi, that they simply cannot cover everybody in this country, theres so many people, you know, people they cant -- they just cant follow. they cant keep track of them all. and it worries them. >> speaking of the fbi, art, james comey, himself, director of the fbi has told me one of his biggest fears if not his biggest fear that these isis terrorists, theyre using very sophisticated encrypted communications technology to avoid being monitored. thats a huge problem right now, i...

In just a few hours french president francois hollande will address the french congress. im joined by the white house and correspondent for france 24, an international news channel based in paris. good evening. >> good evening. >> can we talk a little bit about, as youve been in contact with your colleagues and friends in paris and in france and as youre watching the pictures unfold in the last 48 hours, your own thoughts and feelings. >> well the first thoughts would have to be with one of my f...

He was among those who died in the attacks. he was a camera technician at france 24. so thats a news room that is in mourning much like the rest of france. france is now finished its first of three official days of mourning. will go into four more. and on the second day, that is when the french president will be addressing parliament for the very first time. were expecting him to talk about national unity. of course those who i know and of course you wanted to hear my personal experiences of who...

The same time it is not possible to not be enraged, fearful and frustrated after what happened in paris and beirut. >> quick question, late today in the "washington post" they posted an op-ed from mitt romney responding to the paris attacks saying in part -- the president was right when he called the islamic state a cancer but it is a cancer that has metastasized on his watch. paris is proof. is this somebody who is setting himself up? does it sound to you like, for the republican establishment ...

The consistent is weary and ware of war after war since the september 11th attacks and at the same time it is not possible to not be enraged, fearful and frustrated after what happened in paris and beirut. >> quick question, late today in the "washington post" they posted an op-ed from mitt romney responding to the paris attacks saying in part -- the president was right when he called the islamic state a cancer but it is a cancer that has metastasized on his watch. paris is proof. is this somebo...