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The twin cities of mali community to travel to syria and fight for isis. >> reporter: the fbi says he tried to help other men joint isis wishy is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. he is described as the ringleader of a young somali american group from the twin cities according to the federal affidavit he provided money for one of their passports and even tried to leave to join isis himself last year. his passport was first denied when he was...

Sorts by saying theyre muslim and this woman, just came from pakistan, and saudi arabia. and everybody is leaping to make conclusions. >> thats not leaping. >> it was leaping, its a methodical look at research. >> heres the thing that strikes me, i think the real danger is what theyre calling self-radicalization. im told that she somehow pledges -- >> she pledge aid legion is to isis and al-baghdadi. >> im jumping into -- >> an obvious hotbed of lies and despicable propaganda. >> this is what im...

They actually lived in this house or if it was just a bomb factory that they were using. pete williams talks about the inspiration that one may gain over the internet. we know for example this year there have been 56 individuals in the united states, the majority in new york and minnesota who have been arrested because of some type of isis connections. you are becoming somewhat of a hotbed in that particular area and it is not a quantum leap for someone in his particular case who we are told is ...

You had issues going on, and what im saying, im thinking the mind-set there was, okay, were going to push it up to the very end, but also this nation is a hotbed with this right now. im not saying that they were justified in what they were doing, but im looking at the time and trying to understand as a journalist why they would wait and why this was, when it first went out in the news, it was a story about 200 to 300 words. >> just to jump in, i think april makes a very understandable point, bec...

What im saying, im thinking the mind-set there was, okay, were going to push it up to the very end, but also this nation is a hotbed with this right now. im not saying that they were justified in what they were doing, but im looking at the time and trying to understand as a journalist why they would wait and why this was, when it first went out in the news, it was a story about 200 to 300 words. >> just to jump in, i think april makes a very understandable point, because of those public safety i...

But i also think about the time when this happened. october 2014. this was just months after ferguson, new york, north charleston, and, you know, some other places. so there was a climate in this nation that would not have allowed for this video to come out without there being unrest. we saw what happened in ferguson, we saw what happened in new york and in other places and baltimore. so this is a very interesting situation and you just have to wait -- >> thats interesting. do you think it was a...

Release this video. but i also think about the time when this happened. october 2014. this was just months after ferguson, new york, north charleston, and, you know, some other places. so there was a climate in this nation that would not have allowed for this video to come out without there being unrest. we saw what happened in ferguson, we saw what happened in new york and in other places and baltimore. so this is a very interesting situation and you just have to wait -- >> thats interesting. d...

In brussels, are confronting today. all of these men just in s.w.a.t. gear and camouflage, fatigues, its hard to accept if this would be the new normal and yet, mr. ambassador, when we were reporting in paris, we heard over and over again from experts that france has a problem with extremism but an even bigger problem is in belgium. how did belgium and brussels become such a hotbed of extremism? >> when you see the street pictures, that is simply the current problem we face and the problem is re...

Belgium has been this weak link in the war on terror. because, of course, this isnt the first time and youre seeing a sense of scrutiny in terms of what the officials are under and a fatigue, i would call it. and a lot of those who have been speaking here in belgium that really, it is time that the belgian authorities found a way to bring this to some kind of a close. >> can you talk a little bit about the significance of molenbeek, that suburb of brussels where salah abdelslam is from. its beco...

Its all turned normally busy brussels into a fortified ghost town. it was a saturday night like no other. >> it was very sad to see this city like that. its not brussels, not the way we are. >> reporter: but brussels is a hotbed of islamic extremism. this suburb one of many from where hundreds have left to fight for isis in syria. the raising of the citys christmas tree was a moment of hope in a tense weekend. they are clearly very concerned here about a repeat of paris, warning of several men, ...