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Refocused attention on the issue of terrorism. and the president condemned the attack and spoke out forcefully saying this should strengthen our resolve. he spoke out about a number of other issues but terrorism just cant -- is always somewhere near the top of the agenda and the president is saying that they -- he will pursue the killers anywhere. >> yeah. terrorism causes a ripple effect. ron allen, thank you so much from kuala lumpur. the ripple effects here in the united states, the backlas...

Isis is the up and coming young start -- upstart in the jihadi world and al qaeda is the main stay. they within these dispirit areas, they are carrying out attacks, and they do have a method -- an ability of jealousy. >> all right, malcolm nance, thank you so much this morning. i want to bring all of you up to date on the american killed in the mali terror attack. you heard gabe gutierrez reporting about her, but family members say 41-year-old anita datar from tacoma park, maryland, lived a li...

Say that they wouldnt have done that if they didnt think the threat is serious, real and concrete. now the prime minister fear theyd be a coordinated attack similar to paris. >> i know youre keeping a vigilant eye on things for us. meantime, joining me now, former intelligence officer malcolm nance. and malcolm, with a good morning to you, lets talk about belgium right here. the crisis alert level having been raised to level four in the capital of brussels that indicates a serious and immediat...

Right tape we had hoped to play, but lets get to philip bump, from "the washington post." and i loved the title of your article in "the washington post," the political responses to paris have little to do with what we know happened in paris. explain this. >> so we have two big fights emerge in washington, in the aftermath of the paris attacks. the first one about syrian refugees. the second one about enhanced encryption methodologies in order to protect data. the first being, you know, what -- d...

Thank you very much, bill neely. the attacks in paris and mali are raising new concerns about the possibility of an attack here. a video released by isis this week appeared to threaten new york, the citys police commissioner spoke to allay fears. >> do not be intimidated. thats what terrorists seek to do. they seek to intimidate. we will not be intimidated and we will not live in fear. >> commissioner bill bratton there. lets bring in don barilly, in charge of the joint terrorism task force. w...

31 past. welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." were back with up to the minute details in the aftermath of the terror attacks in paris. belgians capital of brussels is under the highest terror alert today. and heavily armed police and military are deployed throughout the city in a search for suspects in last weeks attacks. police in turkey detained three men in connection with the terrorist attacks and reuters reports at least one of the men may have been scouting possible target location...

Im sure that will be forthcoming. congress isnt in session so that slows things down a little bit. im sure well find that information shortly. >> based on what you do know and suspect that i know youre an expert in this and get briefed all the time. is it just a coincidence this mali terror attack at the radison blue hotel happened a week later than the paris terror attacks? is it coincidental or what? >> there are a lot of terror groups seeking for attention and to make a statement to the world...

Commander of al qaeda the islamic maghreb. thats al qaeda in the north. he carried out the gas raid which was a raid on the oil processing facility in south southeastern algeria which killed dozens and dozens of people including westerners, and he split from al qaedas aqim and created his own organization. hes still loyal to al qaeda, because his deputies split from him and pledged his loyalty to isis so its quite anybody you us will who carried out the attack. there was a hotel siege of similar...

Isis. now, parisians paid tribute those killed in last fridays attacks. they gathered at sites in which 130 people died and hundreds more were injured. french and other european officials discussed the tight upping -- tightened control. then in mali, at least 20 people including one american are dead in an attack on the radisson hotel in the nations capital of bamako. scores had been held hostage by two heavily armed attackers. the mali military reports both were killed in the siege. al qaeda af...

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