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Some of the thousands of foreign fighters it recruited back to their home country to carry out terrorist attacks. that is the word today from the chairman of the homeland security committee, michael mccaul. he says the feds have arrested at least 70 isis supporters over the past year. but he said the u.s. is still losing the struggle to stop americans from traveling to syria. the comments came during a house hearing today on the terrorist threat to the united states, and mike emanuels covering i...

Right now, with this instance happening in saint-denis, why did the mastermind would still be in paris. most times of terrorist attacks, the key organizationers, will be as far as away as they can, from the scene of the incident. that would lead us to believe this operation could have thwarted potentially another succession of attacks. >> or, by the same token, it would indicate the place was so sealed, these guys didnt dare move away and had to get a safehouse, almost in plain sight. >> absolut...

To take a look at this. we have two people who were terrorists who were dead one of which was a woman as anna just said who blue herself up outside. another terrorist allegedly shot by a sniper. the mastermind of it all abdelhamid abaaoud is inside. there was believed there was another one. i believe we have waleed phares on the phone. he is one of our terrorism experts. are you there? >> yes. >> they believed abaaoud was in syria pulling the springs and giving the directions from there. he is i...

Explosive used in their vest. >> we want to understand those vests as our officer rush in. we want to give them intelligence of what they might be up against. >> reporter: they were loaded with tatp. its a homemade explosive with a sinister nickname. "mother of satan," a name coined by terrorists because its sensitive to heat, volatile and can potentially cause extreme damage. experts say its also cheap with ingredients that are easy to come by. >> 90% of the stuff we have here, you dont need a ...

Clearly, we -- during the coming days and the inquiry well have to pursue the action that were carrying out in the fight against terrorism. id like to immediately give the floor to the -- to the prosecutor. id like to make a few observations. ive expressed myself more clearly in the second part of the afternoon. we need to understand that people could not go inside the building. this was within the judicial framework of friday night following the criminal terrorist attacks that took place in par...

City, their entire country is probably honeycombed with exactly these kind of networks. its not people actively plotting terrorist attacks. people tracking this sentiment and ideology. >> we saw similarly after "charlie hebdo" are the same sorts of things where we are reporting on police operations after the initial attack. >> yeah, absolutely. beyond the people who are directly linked to this, you have to keep in mind that the french intelligence service have a list that they call the s listing...

Attached to terrorist attacks. richard reid was picked up on a plane when he had an explosive material in his shoe, tatp. and also, investigators discovered that the homemade bombs discovered on a bus were tatp. and after plotting to bomb a new york subway, zazi got the ingredients that he needed at a colorado beauty supply store and lowes and walmart. >> you cant get the people monitored by what they purchase. >> reporter: seth jones says that since tatp ingredients are so readily available, bu...

>> and one of the other things were told is that officials believe that the bomb maker, the person who helped them construct the vests is also still at large. how important is a bomb maker for an operation like this? >> well, a technician is a specialist, so is rather precious. generally they try to keep them alive for the next time. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate it. paul, francois bernard. we are just learning some new information, the names of those rounded up in this mornings raid...

Messing with us, or if its something more strategic in terms of sort of commercial terrorism or going after us in terms of the economics of our airline and airline industry. >> but we just den know right now. one cannot be too cautious especially in this environment as you two have made perfectly clear. up next the hunt for a possible second suspect in the paris terrorist attacks. plus, details, more details on our breaking news involving two air france flights having to be diverted. believe it....

Of long discussions within the french government. they dont like to go there, usually, unless they have to, yes, they have raids striking in syria and elts where. now, we need to see if an evaluation of president obama and what is the next step? striking from the air is something that has to be done but what is the biggest question? >> its a big question. and of course, were seeing this video again, coming in to twitter. were trying to get more information about what is unfolding in this neighbo...