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Ground troops in to syria to kill isis? >> the problem is, in a sense, that isis is dreaming to fight western soldiers so they could, you know, they have a thing about crusaders. so i think it would be totally counterproductive. we need to find ground forces to fight isis. >> who are those ground forces? air power alone, people say thats not going to did it. >> of course, you dont win a war through air strikes. the countries of the region, you know, who have a strong interest in to defeating isi...

To share with others to possibly prevent an attack. with isis now threatening to strike the united states -- >> translator: we will strike america and its strong hold. >> reporter: police are making sure all threats are run to ground. >> my philosophy is, no matter the level of credibility, we have to act as if every one of them is credible because the first time you take those things for granted, it could be a mistake. >> reporter: u.s. officials are analyzing the attacks in minute detail. the ...

That they left so little of a trace that investigators were having a hard time figuring out where theyve been. >> now that they have multiple cell phones that might help in this investigation, evan, thanks very much and joining us now is james rich of idaho, a member of the foreign relations committee. thank you, senator, for joining us. we have a lot to discuss. lets go through several of the late-breaking developments. first of all, the german media reporting that france actually alerted polic...

Is the was they specifically mention washington, d.c., do you take that threat seriously? >> we do. we take all threats seriously. of course this isnt the first time that isil boasted by trying to attack us here in the united states. were taking it seriously. the department of homeland security is batting up the hatches, intelligence community is on the case as director brennan suggested. we dont have any credible threat streams at moment that suggest theres an attack eminent anywhere in the uni...

Mean a lot because theres a lot floating around on the internet. the timing is trouble because it comes on the heels of not just the paris attack but if you step back and think that in the last three weeks, isis has killed over 500 people and they have attacked the air transportation system and were successful. they used ieds in lebanon. they were successful. and now they hit the soft targets, which are very, very vulnerable in paris and if you put all three of those together, that is pretty imp...

Cnn has learned that paris investigators have recovered a phone linked to one of the terrorists containing a message sent before the attacks began. were also learning how isis operatives kept communications secret. and elusive killer, a hunt for the man planning multiple attacks and conspiracies across europe. is this the new face of terror? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn brea...

We know hes a belgium-based operative. we think hes now in syria. he has ties back to plots that were disrupted back in january. and hes been on our radar screen for a while. though we didnt have direct and specific evidence of the plot evidence pointing to his involvement is not surprising. >> have you tried to capture or kill him in recent months? >> hes on the list of folks wed like to get. im not going to classified operations. but certainly hes on our list. >> you believe he was the masterm...

Raided a place and inside weapons, fake documents and precursor chemicals to make tatp. authorities in europe and the u.s. are looking at similarities in both plots, attempting to gain additional intelligence to possibly stop another attack from happening. and wolf, in may, dhs issued an intelligence assessment that said that isis does have the capability to carry out attacks in the west that clearly has now been elevated. a lot of people shaken by the fact that this cell was on no ones radar be...

Foreign policy. in the pbs interview though just a few minutes ago, the candidate himself admitted he does have a learning curve when it comes to foreign policy. i think weve seen that in presidential debates and recently as last sunday when pressed by chris wallace of fox news to name an ally he would consult immediately and first as part of a coalition to fight isis. he didnt give a name. >> clearly in the aftermath of whats going on now, the paris attacks, isis assaults, national security is ...

Syria? >> its quite a challenge. so i think the first thing we have to do is to have a political transition in syria. so we have to put an end to the civil war. and after that, this new syria, this newly formed syria could fight isis. >> does president hollande want to be a leader in this fight? hes coming to washington and then going to moscow. does he want to be the leader in this new war? >> i dont know that he wants to be the leader. but because of our geography, we are at the front of the f...