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Launched an attack in paris from that place. >> sure. you were talking about how many belgians are raging jihad. weve got a graphic and it just shows you, puts it in perspective. belgium is for the most part, off the map. why sit, though, doctor, that so many people, particularly in this one neighborhood of brussels, why is it that they are -- why has that potentially become a hotbed for terrorists? >> well, because its a cauldron. its an incubator for ideas of separatism and identity against be...

Tense time here as the police continue to try to find whoever might have been connected to these attacks. >> keir, if you know, there was that eighth conspirator, at least one more person, could have been more, possibly driving the getaway car that was stopped actually by french authorities and then let go. may well have crossed over the border to belgium. >> reporter: yeah, thats right. thats salah abdeslam, the man i was just talking about, and he may be here. he may well have moved on from he...

Can. its important that france now, particularly in the next 24 to 72 hours, really starts to kick it in. >> why? >> first off, theyve been attacked. this is an extraordinary attack. this is the most significant attack from a terror attack on western soil since that spanish train bombing, if you recall several years ago. they had already been attacked back in january. >> they were also attacked but our guys were on that train. >> so france is getting a hotbed an extraordinary targeted. not just ...

This. that is a real concern. we already know it does extend beyond here because there are direct ties to belgium much the raids taking place in belgium tied to these attacks. one of the cars registered -- it had been rented in belgium. you know the web extends beyond here. >> when you talked to your sources and you discuss how this has expanded far beyond paris to brussels, et cetera, are they giving you any indication how much further they think it goes i know it was a rental car right around ...

Counterterrorism officials in recent weeks. they say that theyve never seen a bigger threat. theyre very worried. they just dont have the resources to monitor all these people, all the time, and they really felt that something like this was going to be inevitable. >> we also have our chief national security correspondent, jim sciutto, with us. jim, again, this raid in belgium, more of an arrest in germany that could be connected. any sense of why theyre only discussing this now? what they may ha...

National security correspondent jim sciutto as well as our diplomatic editor, nic robertson, both of whom are in paris. jim, what do we know about this raid in belgium? >> reporter: belgian police are telling cnn this raid is tied to the attacks here in paris. they havent said how they are tied, but there is a connection. at least one raid underway there. keep in mind there was a shoot-out in belgium a few mo h months ago. a similar situation, attack. belgium like france has a pipeline to and fr...

>> you were in the sinai just a few months ago. what can you tell us about the presence of extremists, of terrorists, of even isis affiliates in the sinai and their capabilities? >> well, there has been a terrorism presence there for quite some time. but it has become much more potent, much more numerous, the sophistication of the attacks largely on the egyptian military have been increasing in their intensity. and their scope. so there is a very substantial terrorism problem there. weve had an ...

Going through the gruesome task of trying to identity the bodies so they can be returned to their loved ones. >> you know this terrain well. when youre talking about where it crashed, give us some background on that area. we do know it is a hot spot for militant activity. what are investigators facing there? >> so when you look at this, there is a couple of things to take into consideration. first off, the northern part has been a hotbed of insurgency. hundreds of people have been killed. when y...

Country, france killed 43 people, mostly elderly. several passengers did survive. its the worst road accident in france since 1982. >> did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going none the hotbed of libya? thats a yes or no question. did you ever personally speak to ambassador stevens? we dont know the answer. did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in may in. >> yes, i believe i did. >> when was that. >> i dont recall. bill: susan brook was one of the many...

Apparently they introduced him at the event in washington and mispronounced his name. abby: a bad start. hillary clinton grilled on her communication or lack thereof after he was sent to libya. >> you never talked to him personally after may of 2012 when you swore him in as our ambassador. am i wrong? did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hotbed of libya?