Terrorists who grip this country in fear for three long days will never win. World leaders are here. Ranging from Benjamin Netanyahu the Prime Minister of israel to mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority, to british Prime Minister david cameron, and german chancellor angela merkel. I think were in an allout situation. France has declared war. On that square which you can see right there in the middle of your picture, are three statues of mythical women. That is what this country and the world is standing together to defend. What theyre obviously showing is that in the aftermath of what happened here over the past couple of days of the horrible terror attacks is france as a nation is not going to allow itself to be divided. They want to show unity and thats exactly what this rally is about. I was born as a muslim. I have traveled to show solidarity solidarity. I may disagree with you, but i will die defending your right. You might have noticed that in all of our coverage of those historic unity rallies here in paris, how many Obama Senior Administration officials, cabinet members, and top level u. S. Diplomats were there. The answer was zero. None. The highest placed american representative at those rallies today was the u. S. Ambassador to france. Samuel laurent, a french journalist bob baer is here again with me as well as shadi hamid, Brookings Institution fellow. I want to begin with you, if i can, samuel laurent. I spoke to a number of french today who noticed that american absence, senior american absence. I should note for our viewers the american attorney general was in france today, continues to be here for security meetings but did not go to the rally. Were the frnchench people disappointed by that . I would say clearly, yes, because if you remember after september 11th the president was the first, if i recall to come and visit that time the u. S. After this terrible this massive attack. Well actually in this circumstances on the other hand what we can say is the visit was extremely rushed for leaders and that we all know that the u. S. Is having very strict security and safety rules and that obviously i would say moving the u. S. President in this place, and its such a time would have been hazardous as much as it was for the others. So obviously this is something, maybe a political gesture, but then obviously we dont know. Apart from that in terms of security that also made sense. The jauk chirac visit after 9 11 i remember that and remember the french singing the u. S. National anthem in paris at that moment. Bob baer thats a question an issue raised by a number of people that the security demands for the u. S. President , it is true really greater than any is that in your view a reasonable justification . Samuel is partly right, but on the other hand security in a situation like this depends on the host government and that would be the french. You know keeping standoff convoys. The secret service is Close Protection but the real and True Protection is provided by the french and theyre clearly incapable of doing that. I think there was zero risk clearly to the president. I think its a huge mistake because the french are key partners in the socalled war on terror and they are crucial for the fight in africa against al qaeda. Theyre also very important in fighting isis in syria. So i think it was a serious mistake for the president or at least the Vice President not to show up. You know brianna, i asked a Senior State Department official about secretary of state john kerry. He has tremendous ties to france. Comes here often on his trips. They made the point that he had a previous commitment not only to attend but to be the lead speaker of an entrepreneurship summit in india. That was a reasonable explanation. They make the case thats a reasonable explanation from their end. I wonder what the voices are saying, well even from both sides of the aisle in the u. S. About this. Is there criticism in washington as well . I think theres some i think what youre seeing is happening at a time when there is some general criticism going on of president obama and his Foreign Policy and really having too light of a touch. Yes, you did have john kerry you have john kerry in india. He is meeting with the new leader through in india. Obviously this is a very key trade partner for the u. S. And this comes at a time when i think president obama wants to pivot away from the middle east and certainly he has to concentration on terrorism. Its a big issue. But hes also trying to concentrate, i think, economically more toward the east. So thats where his priority is. But i would say there are Real Security issues when the president travels. There is no doubt about that. There are threats against his life. Security is a major concern, but on the oathther hand jim, weve seen him travel to places where the host countries are far less questionable, i think, when it comes to being able to provide security. Something that comes to mind would be Nelson Mandelas funeral. Remember we saw even in that case there was a translator who wasnt really a translator and had some questionable Mental Health background and he was just within feet really of president obama. So there are concerns and yet, its a calculation that the white house makes constantly about whether the president needs to go places and do things in areas that are dangerous. Hes been to kabul to the president ial palace before. Yes, it was a surprise. Yes, it took a lot of planning to pull that off. At the same time, its a calculation the white house makes and in this case they chose not to go and were hearing from Administration Officials that it was because he felt or they feel certainly, defenders at the white house and in the administration they feel he was able to pay respects at the French Embassy in the u. S. And also in his public statements about what happened in france. We spoke earlier to representative adam schiff the ranking democratic member on the house intelligence committee. Certainly briefed in issues of counterterror and risk but also a democrat. Heres what he had to say when i asked him about whether he thought this was a mistake. Fact. When you take advil you get relief right at the site of pain. Wherever it is. Advil stops pain right where it starts. Relief doesnt get any better than this. Advil. Huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yeah, Everybody Knows that. 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Including angela merkel, british Prime Minister, david cameron, and Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Marching inging through the paris streets to show their support. I talked about the administrations decision not to attend at a more senior level with democratic congressman adam schiff. I think its always desirable when you have a cataclysmic event like this to have the president or Vice President if possible or the secretary of state who i know is away in india. We did have the attorney general in paris as well as the deputy secretary of Homeland Security there to confer show our support. They were not part of the march, i dont think, but they were there meeting with french officials. The president called president hollande as well as visited the French Embassy. I think we certainly have shown solidarity solidarity. Would it have been desirable . Absolutely. Many other ways the United States has shown its deepest sympathy about what france is going through. It seems in moments like this that a physical presence does make a difference. Just that image of those leaders often, on other issues for instance the israeli Prime Minister palestinian president , locking arms so close to each other walking down the street. Are you saying it would have been desirable here to have for instance the american president or Vice President . Do you think the Administration Made a mistake . Look, i think its always desirable. Its not always practical given the nature of the president s responsibilities and the difficult in try to meet those all at the same time. Jim, im sure you could have said the same in terms of a personal visit to ottawa or to sydney. Regrettably regrettably, were seeing a proliferation of these attacks around the world. So desirable, yes. Is it necessary to show u. S. Solidarity . I think the french understand that we stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Lets talk about the threat to the u. S. Because you and i have talked about the concern among u. S. Intelligence and counterterror officials about lone wolf attacks in the u. S. , as well as a continuing desire from groups such as al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula which has a tie to the attackers here. Having a desire to attack americans and americans on u. S. Soil. Based on what you see and hear in your briefings, what is the level of concern about such attacks in the u. S. Today . Well i think theres a lot of concern about potential attacks in the u. S. And there has been for some time. We understand that we are vulnerable. Not only to lone wolves or those that may become radicalized overseas but to precisely the kind of armed assault that we saw in paris. Weve been very fortunate not to have endured Something Like that before although of course this does harkin back to the Boston Marathon bombing. There you had two brothers just like in france that at least one had traveled overseas and become radicalized. And through very simple devices, these were Pressure Cooker bombs. They were able to devastate boston and shut the city down during a massive manhunt. So some eery similarities and similar to jim, to this respect, the tsarnaev brothers in boston were known to our authorities just as the brothers in france were known to french authorities. The challenge is that there just arent the resources to keep everyone under watch. That is of deep concern. And those that left the surveillance of these two brothers in france undoubtedly went to surveil others that were of an even greater concern. So thats the challenge that we and the french and, indeed many of our allies around the world face. Did we learn something about the threat to the u. S. From these attacks that took place here in paris . One thing that struck me is you had the kouachi brothers who carried out the take on Charlie Hebdo, the magazine, talking about ties to al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. They said that to reporters and others. You had Amedy Coulibaly who took the people in the kosher market hostage who apparently recorded a video claiming allegiance to isis. Do we draw lines between these groups and whos influencing who and whos directing who more so than there are actually lines . Is it that young men like this might be radicalized by a number of groups and act on their own . Well, i think astthat is exactly right, jim. Theyre very hard to categorize or pigeon hole. If you look at the broader context of whats happened in olt ottawa recently, australia london before that you see there are a variety of affiliation affiliations some with aqap some with isis potentially, some purely homegrown. Some that may have acted on instructions. Others that may have just been inspired to do so by online propaganda. And, you know you see this you know Broad Spectrum of potential vulnerabilities, and we have to try to address them all. Thats an enormous challenge, and as you no doubt have seen the president is going to be holding another summit on this topic in terms of our focus on our homeland to try to bring about a greater collaborative effort to protect the country, to work with Community Leaders and religious leaders. These are some of the steps in addition to having intelligence capabilities that are necessary to protect the country. Well certainly a great deal of nervousness here and in the u. S. As well. Representative adam schiff, thanks for joining us. I know well continue this conversation going forward. Thanks, jim. Antisemitic violence has soared in the last year here in france. Well discuss possible reasons why and what can be done about it right after this break. With tmobile and iphone 6 you can make wifi calls beyond the reach of cellular networks. Hey brandon whats up . So you can talk from down here. Smile for grandma or text pictures from up here. Ok, there we go, should we send a photo . You can even make calls, way over here. Talk and text over wifi, with wifi calling on iphone 6. Only from tmobile. Now get iphone 6 for 0 down. And welcome back. Im jim sciutto in paris tonight. There has been a staggering increase in antisimitic violence in france. Just over the last year. An official with an affiliate of the European JewishCongress Tells cnn that violence against jews rose 91 from 2013 to 2014. Officials also say twice as many french jews moved to israel during that same time period to escape that antisemitism and a climb of intolerance. Earlier i spoke with Vice President of the french union of jewish students as well as cnn Global Affairs analyst bobby ghosh. I know that theres a lot of jewish french that the number of increased this year but i think that today the issue is that we have to about the french jews that will stay in france because theres a lot of jews that will stay here and we think that the issue is to talk about them. Some people want to leave. This is their choice. Right. But this is a a majority are in france and want to live in france. They love this country and they want to stay here. Right. We saw an enormous turnout today in todays rally among the French Jewish Community. Bobby, i wonder if i could ask you, are you aware of anything specific that has happened that has caused this really remarkable upswing in violence against french jews even before these attacks this week just over the course of the last year . Well there are two things that are taking place simultaneously that sort of inform and certainly the rise of the extreme right and the party which has opened the xenophobic and freektsquently been accused of antisemitic. As we learned from the events this week the rise of islamic radicalism. Theres also a strong strain of antisemitism there. So youve got this coming from two different sides of the political and religious spectrum. So the question is what is mainstream france doing to make young jewish people or jewish people in general feel protected and to prevent this kind of an exodus . And i wonder if noam has a thought on that. How does he feel caught between the two extremisms . Does he feel the french state is doing enough . Its a good question for you. Are you getting the protection the French Jewish Community needs . Yeah. So we met with Francois Hollande this morning. He said we make more security for our jewish people but there is a lot of security following them. The french Protection Movement in france. There is the police. And we have a lot of protection. So noi think this protection will be increased because of the war against terrorism. The far right. I think there is a lot of danger for jewish but for french people too. Because we have saw that and its very very sad that not only the jewish were targets. Were targets by these jihadists. They are Charlie Hebdo, they are policemen. This is france that was a target. Right. It is france that is a target. Not just muslims, et cetera. Noam thanks so much. Good to hear that expression of confidence and commitment to staying in france. Good to have you on noam. Bobby ghosh, great to have you as well. In the wake of these attacks in france the group isis making new threats to the west including the u. S. Well have more on that right after this. Hiring new employees can be tough. But it doesnt have to be. Because now you can post to over 50 of the top job boards with just one click with ziprecruiter. Find candidates in any industry, nationwide. Just post once and watch your qualified candidates roll in to ziprecruiters easy to use interface. Find out today why ziprecruiter has been used by over 250,000 businesses. They even offer a 100 satisfaction guarantee. And right now, you can try ziprecruiter, for free. Go to ziprecruiter. Com free50 we just learned hackers are taking claim in response to the massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine. Members of the Group Anonymous say they targeted a french jihad