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Taking all of the threats very seriously. while officials have said there is no indication of validity of the specificness of these threats, what weve seen is the acts of violence. and now were seeing in effect psychological warfare being waged by isis as they put out these threatening videos on the daily basis. so what i believe we need to do, one our most important job is of course keeping americans safe. two, its formulating a strategy both around how we go after the terrorists in terms of en...

Extremism and psychological warfare that frankly when we even show some of these videos is being waged upon all americans, but what we ought to get to as policymakers is how do we get to the root causes? how do we increase intelligence sharing? how do we make sure we look at these vulnerabilities like the visa waiver program not in a way that curtails travel between america, europe and the economic ties but puts an appropriate red flag if people have traveled into the war region. look at areas w...

Go through a series of screenings. if there are ways to improve that process, im absolutely believe we should improve the process, but we ought to let the law enforcement and intelligence professionals give us this guidance. not a series of actions that may or may not result in safety for americans. lets look at clear vulnerabilities as i mentioned before this visa waiver program. which we shouldnt throw out by the way. that is important to economic relations between us and europe. but we should...

From isis now is just as real and serious as that from our enemies then. is that a justification? >> i think most americans realize that with the benefit of history, that turning japanese americans for years during world war ii was not appropriate. i think we, as a member of the intelligence committee, who got briefed up yesterday and ill be there later today. we ought to deal with what the intelligence professionals and the law enforcement professionals recommend in terms of how we can improve ...

Pose. thats why the president has been working closely with allies to continue the effort to degrade and ultimately destroy that organization. >> josh, its chris cuomo in paris. thank you for joining us. no question that we are at a moment of reset right now. it is difficult to see where we are as a function of success, not only the vulnerabilities that were exposed here in paris but theres no question that isis still has not just one but several safe havens of operation regardless of whats goin...

Indefinitely, brian. >> its incumbent upon folks in your line of work, has been since 9/11, really, to think creatively. we hear the movie cliche to think like a criminal, put yourself in the mind of a terrorist. if i were going to attack a public event, for example, how would i do it? its kind of a perverse way of looking at the world but im guessing youve got to. >> yeah. you know, ive sat around with former colleagues many times when i was in the fbi and there is that kind of perverse way you...

Tourism industry. remember right up until a few days ago, they were saying it was not possible for a terrorist to put a bomb on a plane, sharm el sheikh airport. now the reality is there. theres got to be very hard explaining about the poor level of security that allowed this to take place. >> so where do we look going forward? what needs to change because of this information? >> in terms of the aviation industry chris, you really do have to look at all those airports worldwide where there can b...

About it or deal with it or in the they may slightly change the narrative. they go backwards. they start with the public relations and end up with the facts with what%.íhç one audited to do i think is by understanding the facts. develop a policy and tactics and change the tactics if you have to. >> there are a there are people who say they did not. -- they simply say he rejects it lets get to the united states though. obviously the isis has made threats to the homeland here and with the porous...

Giving came first with the strikes last night on raqqa. and then following the house arrest last night and the searches. the down sides to this are several. one is that it plays into the narrative of the extreme right, which we have seen throughout europe with the refugee crisis begin. ing last summer. politicians such as hungary, britain, france is leading a movement on the national front that gain. s momentum, especially with a crisis like this because it it plays into peoples vulnerabilities....

Security measures across western europe. the italian prime minister, along with officials in germany and the netherlands announced they would do more to prevent further attacks. and now theres extra security at large events. leaders of g-20 nations gather in turkey this weekend and france is due to host the next climate change conference in just two weeks. the french government says it will go ahead securely, despite the vulnerabilities so brutally exposed in paris. phil black, cnn, london. st...