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Began, they were describing the sounds of drones and fighter jets over the skies of raqqa and describing the sounds of the explosions heard. some of the targets these activists say that have been hit as a result of these french air strikes include a command center in raqqa as well as a training site used by isis. now, the news of the french air strikes not perhaps a surprise after seeing what france has been going through the last several days but at an interesting time. given the fact that not ...

Colors of the french flag. paris motto, meaning tossed by the waves but not sunk, was projected onto the tower. nbcs kelly cobiella joins us now from paris with the latest. good morning, kelly. >> good morning, shannon. secretary of state john kerry has just wrapped up a meeting with french president francois hollande. mr. kerry speaking briefly afterward, promising to support hollande, and people of france in their fight against the islamic state, without going into specifics about what that me...

Buy-in under the constitution of the united states. >> one question about what you just showed us and that is the start of these talks. the images, so badly fight each other what we are showing on one side of the screen, the kind of military exercises, and now what we are showing, that very typical long table with bottles of water and microphones and people sitting politely under flags. those two images are in conflict. why after the first hours of the talks would we learn today about this rampi...

Attention on what is the most substantial threat. and that they serve as a constructive partner. >> meanwhile, france continues its airstrikes against isis targets in both iraq and syria. the french military have confirmed that their jets have destroyed an isis command center just west of mosul. according to the french defense ministry the air assault was conducted jointly with the u.s. air force. france also conducted airstrikes late yesterday on raqqah, syria. the french military released this...

Our strategy in iraq and syria is not succeeding or not succeeding fast enough. we are playing a more long game when a disruptive strategy is required." basically the argument is maybe this strategy is correct but the speed with which its being implemented is whats wrong. do you buy that argument? >> well, i think he makes some very good points. look, if were going to confront isis, you know, clearly weve been through acts of war these last few weeks that make it very clear that they are a clear...

They were doing there, what they knew of the people that were in there, because now were talking about crimes on a national scale. >> and if its abdelhamid abaaoud he is someone who has been in their sights for a very long time, who has slipped away from them before. just in january there was a major raid in belgium, two of his colleagues were killed, but he wasnt there. talk about how complex on operation like this is. i mean, they have pulled off, just over the last 48 hours or so, 300 such ra...

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Middle east together into one fight against isis. and whether russia wants to be part of that, i think remains to be determined. i think they can bring a lot to the table. but this is a time when the world needs to unify against isis. >> now article 5 would commit those nations to sign on to it to military liggett involved at its core? >> nato represents the security of europe. europe is clearly a target of isis. we have just seen one of those countries, france being attacked by isis. i think it...

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We assume from what we are hearing that he was in civilian clothing, was not armed but nevertheless, pitched in and helped in the evacuation of the hotel. there was one other special operations soldier, an american, at the command center where mali security forces were putting together an assault operation. we have to emphasize here there were no u.s. military involved in the assault operation that eventually brought this hostage crisis to an end. its not clear even though six americans did evac...