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I would like to bring in from paris, christopher dicky, an msnbc contributor and editor at "the daily beast." christopher, if youre looking here, the switch of the guard, the surroundings in the palace. chris, is it correct to say when it comes to the meeting or am i right here that donald trump on the world stage is the one that comes out with the most to gain or would you say its pretty equal? >> well, i dont think that pope francis has much to gain from this meeting but he does i think want t...

Made his way to belgium. those two manhunts that is on right now are the key developments today. we have seen now four names of those eight attackers identified. a lot of progress. francois hollande as i was saying adding to that by saying im going to add 5,000 heads to law enforcement as well as to the military. thats in addition here, brian, to the 1500 that they added after the "charlie hebdo" attacks in january. so it was a big day for the president. well see how the public reacts to that in...

That american viewers should look for between the french and the americans? >> well, i think one thing that you have to look for is the resilience of the french. they have been through a lot of terrorist experiences. people forget, but ive lived here since the late 1980s. and in the 80s, in the 90s there were lots of terrorist incidents. there were bombings. there were incidents that were very, very ugly indeed. the french always sprang back, they always came back. ic they have an enormous resil...

people dead, hundreds more injured. the suspected terrorists who escaped the attacks alive is still at large. the international manhunt is on now for this 26-year-old belgian. it ak late laided today with intense police raids around brussels in a neighborhood known as molenbeek. the family spoke to reporters today. man, a belgian national to the molenbeek area. known for his extremist connections and the mastermind of the paris terrorist attacks. the french interior minister said polic...

escaped the attacks alive is still at large. the international manhunt is on now for this 26-year-old belgian. it accolade today with intense police raids around brussels in a neighborhood known as molenbeek. the family spoke to reporters today. authorities identified this man, a belgian national to the molenbeek area. known for his extremist connections and the mastermind of the paris terrorist attacks. the french interior minister said police had arrested 23 people in 168 separate ...

flee for safety and through the rooftop. and now, frances president said that 106 were killed there in that attack, and 127 total people were killed in six separate attacks. frances president francois hollande spoke about it. >> it was an act of war, and in a situation of war the country must make adequate decision. it is an act of war that was committed by terrorist army, isis, an army of jihadist against france. >> and now, president obama will convene a meeting of the national secur...

22 people including 14 children died in government air strikes today in syria. its just one of the world hot spots were keeping an eye on at this hour. we have two very experienced journalists with us to give us a nice insight into this area. cnns fred planken is with us here in new york, and christopher dicky joins us from paris. the mideast editor of the paris bureau chief for the "daily beast." good to see you both, and, fred, were going to start with you. youve could be covered syria ey on t...

0 and it could possibly happen. then on friday, president obama leaves for hawaii spending both christmas and new years. one last thing it could be a very big day at the box office. the highly anticipated mothvie "anchor man 2" make its debut. thanks for joining us. im martin savidge. my colleague rosa florez takes it from here. rosa? >> martin, thank you so much. the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com youre in the "cnn newsroom." im rosa florez l...

Were influential. thats all superficial. we have to remember that a large vector of this deal is domestic politics, both in the united states and in iran. and if we think that we are going to project this much past six months from now when the real test will be, whether or not its actually going to work, i think were sadly mistaken without a great deal of work. we dont influence israel, saudi arabia, turkey, syria, anyone in the region as a result of this deal than without it. >> christopher, wa...

And in return, sanctions that took years to put in place are going to be eased. iran is going to receive billions of dollars worth of sanctions relief. >> one thing that nearly everyone can agree on is that the iran deal is a major moment in international affairs. joining me now to put this all in perspective is christopher dicky, nbc news special correspondent martin fletcher, who spent over 30 years covering the middle east, and retired colonel jack jacobs. thanks to all of you for being here....