[ moment of silence ] [ moment of silence ] were showing you pictures from around europe, obviously there is a very heavy silence that is being observed in respect of what happened here during the paris attacks and also a reality of the future that we all share, united in the war against terror as well. Weve showed you president holla hollande. Theres been singing of the National Moment coming out of this silence. There are concerns facing the french president. Hell be speaking later today to address what happened overnight both at home and abroad with french capabilities. Hes facing questions of what will this mean . What happened here now. Hes been using very specific language, that this is an act of war against france, that its not just political hyperbole. It enforces and allows a state of emergency that we are told will last at least three months to get them through the holidays. Now you can hear everyone clapping after the moment of silence. Theres something so poignant about the
Least to avoid large crowds. We are also learning about arrests made in connection to last weeks attacks in paris, that killed 130 people. Police in turkey today arresting three men, including one suspected of scouting potentially the target sites for the paris attacks. A fourth suspect was also picked up in the molenbeek neighborhood of brussels. Police seizing weapons from his home. Cnn Senior International correspondent nima elbagir is live for us in brussels this evening. It is astonishing, nima, when you look at what were seeing in brussels right now, the fact that this city is on high alert, the fact that this city is basically shut down. Reporter and that the raids continue. The searches continue, just this evening, poppy, weve seen reinforcements coming into brussels town center. Police searching we saw them using flashlights to look all the passing vehicles, including transit, buses, taxis, they are clearly looking for someone. A few moments ago, sirens were just passing behin
attacks, because i think the europeans, a couple more of these are going to be completely fed up and governments will start to change. stephan, for you, seeing the reaction, you were here after charlie hebdo and now, seeing the reaction of the french people in the wake of two of these horrific attacks in ten months, what has changed? the big difference, generally, is the attacks on charlie hebdo and also on the supermarket, they targeted ideas or ideologies like a religion or a magazine. these attacks were completely different, because they targeted just random people, without any distinction of age, of craslass. yes, does that scare people more? yes, i think parisians realize, even having a cup of coffee is dangerous. now all the bars and restaurants are closed in the heart of europe. it s very difficult to comprehend what s going on there. absolutely. bob baer, to you. i do want to ask you about what we heard from the prime minister
to syria, when they go to iraq. they re with others from other countries, like-minded members of isis. so they have their networks. they have their trusted people and come here and know where they can go to hide. and that s seems like what s happened to him right now. and hugely important to get him as fast as possible. and he has to have some kind of help, because how could he evade the best intelligence in the world right now. nic robertson, thank you so much, live for me in a very windy paris this evening, i should say. let s go straight to former cia operative and cnn security and intelligence analyst, bob baer, also with us, cnn contributor and a journalist himself, stephan devry. bob, let me begin with you, building on what nima said, last night brussels declared the highest threat level. people have to way away from airports, anywhere crowded. basically, this is a city on lockdown where the train, the me metro station, is not even running. and this is a city where you have the
of france, manuel valls, because he came out and he warned of the possibility of isis having chemical weapons. do you think that s possible? i think it s almost certain that they do have them. there s been credible reports coming out of syria that isis is using chemical, you know, chlorine, for instance, against the syrian army. and the ability to get chlorine and use it in europe is a possibility. and i don t think they could kill a lot of people with it, but the sheer terror factor of it would be enough for isis goals. bob baer, thank you very much. stephan, thank you. i appreciate you being with mep we are going to take a quick break. we are back live with our continuing coverage from paris right after this.