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>> dana, talk a little about the administration. why havent they changed, theyre steadfast on our strategy is what it is and its working. at some point wouldnt you think theyd retool that strategy? >> yes, i would think so. but apparently theyre not going to. and i think that one of the things, if as a citizen of the western world thats invested a lot of money, its not just american citizens that have been invested in improving our intelligence and police cooperation, but that is true across eur...

String of attacks against europe. they suspect the mastermind abdelhamid abaaoud being connected to a whole series of plots against france and belgium and you go about that in general. we have been talking about it from her cell phone in greece in that attempt and a profile source. a plot by an algerian student here in paris, who meets with french isis fighters in turkey. they direct them to come back. he goes, abaaoud is also suspected to have a link in that plot. then the train attack by those...

They think he was the mastermind of. paris, brussels, that was the train attack thwarted by the three brave americans, plus others. >> there was a planned attack on a church also in paris. hes been -- his name has popped up in various different investigations. i dont think the authorities were clear until last friday that he was some sort of a leader. he was certainly -- his name was in the air if you like among counterterrorism officials in europe. now they have a better sense of his importance...

Theres new urgency for diplo t diplomatic talks on syria. at the center of the work is u.s. ambassador to france jane hartley. ambassador hartley has been in france since last fall and marched with the french after the "charlie hebdo" massacre and welcomed the american heroes stopping the train attack this summer and this week shes been the face of the u.s. in public mourning and in private talks. i spoke with the ambassador today in an exclusive interview about how to stop isis and keep europe ...

A case like this is can they go back to where these people were calling two years ago, three years ago when they were going back and forth to syria, when they came back and started doing these plots. this is the third major attack in france in less than ten months and the worst of all would have been the train attack. >> so paul, why is brussels, why is belgium a hot bed for the source of these terrorists who did this damage, this horrible massacre in paris? >> the root of the problem, wolf, is ...

600 who have come back. weve seen several cases in europe over the course of this year where people were known in one shape, form or the other to authorities but they still managed to sort of try to carry out attacks or carry out attacks. we saw that with the french isis fighter who carried out an attack on a museum in belgium in 2014 and the train attack a few months ago in the summer. he was also known to authorities but managed to get back in to europe to launch that attempted attack. >> so j...

After the attack as opposed to the day before the attack. what do we know about him? >> he is clearly a ring leader in belgium. he contributed to the recruitment and travel of several hundreds of belgiums to syria. we know he was heading a training camp inside raqqah that was targeted by the french airplanes in october. he tried to kill him in october already. and we know he was in contact with most of the plots that were uncovered, carried out in europe including a plot in brussels. >> and incl...

We saw earlier at the beginning of this "charlie hebdo." and also the train attack just over the summer. and of course, there was also beefed up security of presence because the climate talks that are scheduled in the next month or so. i mean, this is a country that has been vigilant when it comes to security. i mean, what could be done to keep the citizens safe? >> its very difficult because in all european countries, but in france in particular, the scale is vast. you have seen over 1,500 peop...

What an incredible story. right now police asking for help in finding two suspects in the stabbing of u.s. military veteran spencer stone. now, one of the heroes -- take a very close look at this video. one of the heroes who helped take down the gunman is that train attack in europe. he is the hero that in fact stopped a gunman from boarding that train and massacring several. plus el chapo reportedly hurt after the fugitive drug lord has a close call with a mexican marine. plus hear from the m...

Would agree with? and would operate alongside? >> at this point, it doesnt appear that is going to happen. one of the key elements is the fact that the united states policy is to have assad out of the picture. the president of syria and the russians want to keep him in the picture. at least at this point until theres something that potentially could take over so i dont see a meeting of the minds at all. the rhetoric is strong on both sides. >> jill dougherty, thank you for the analysis, as alway...