michelle, going to deliver the statement at the news conference later today where there could be a good deal of news. reporter: well, yeah. he will face questions and there are so many questions surrounding this and what the response will be following the paris attacks. what is the u.s. strategy going to look like? we are going to hear him respond to those questions. whether or not there are any changes or anything to announce, that is what we are waiting to see. we know the president will talk about the bombardment of raqqah overnight by france. the white house is telling us this morning the past two days, the u.s. has worked closely with france to develop those targets. the u.s. has been leading the air strikes over syria for the last year. more than a year. has that kind of intelligence developed. although the french have been participating for some time, they were one of the first countries to jump in with the u.s. to conduct strikes, they
learn about what was hit inside raqqah, but symbolic move here by france which may have had impact against isis. thanks to nick paton walsh in erbil. fighter jets hitting inside areas in raqqah. we are awaiting new word and information on the raids and investigation overnight here in paris. while that is going on, president obama is meeting with world leaders in turkey. the g-20 summit right now. the discussion was about a number of issues, but now very much focused on battling isis. our live team coverage continues next.
conference. ivan watson in brussels right now. it is worth noting very little distinction between brussels and paris. you can move back and forth across the border at will. much like you can across state borders in the u.s. now there were other major news overnight. france retaliating against isis. what they are calling a major bombardment against the effective capital of the isis cal caliphate raqqah. obviously we are waiting for confirmation from western intelligence sources. it all comes two days. the raids two days after the attacks in paris. officials say the targets were weapons compounds and ammunition dump and command center. the targets were destroyed, but isis says no. hopefully the truth will come out in the next few days. now our senior international
operating in belgium and molenbeek are not cooperating well enough. there is the fact that the major arms manufacturer in belgium. there are believed to have been groups taking advantage of the police forces to smuggle weapons and also hide from the law. these are all questions that will need to be asked, especially when you again come to that issue. why is it that this city, the capital of the european union, again and again comes up as a recruiting ground for international terrorism and violent jihadi activists. john. one of the key questions, ivan, one of the key questions of the world community. ivan watson, thank you so much. one other element, the french launching retaliatory raids in raqqah. air raids over fight hitting more than 20 targets with u.s.
national security advisor yesterday. talking about how the paris attacks do indeed demand in his words more urgency and resources from the international community on isis. we know the u.s. has done the lion s share of the air strikes. there are more than 60 countries in the coalition. the u.s. is talking about using two key words. redoubling and intensifying the effort against isis. not just on the part of the u.s., but obviously france is doing that right now in raqqah. the u.s. from the start wanted everyone in the coalition to contribute more. it seems now is going to be the time. what does that mean for the u.s. response? we have been told by the administration is expect to see in coming days more air strikes. we don t know exactly what the scope of that will be, but also more targeting of leadership. we have seen the indication do that in the last few weeks. a few key leaders killed on the