There is also a newspaper report saying that they believe this raid averted another Charlie Hebdo style attack in belgium. That is not confirmed at the moment. If it is confirmed that is quite a big deal. It is unclear if this is directly related to Charlie Hebdo attacks in paris and whether or not these suspects had dealings or interactions with attackers out there. That is not clear at the moment. We also know that there were no police officers, no authorities injured during this raid according to the belgium tv reports. This is a very fluid situation and all of this information could change. A little background about belgium only about 11 Million People. Per capita they have the most foreign fighters in iraq and syria at the moment believed to be about 150 people fighting in those foreign wars as we speak. Certainly a tense situation in that country. As you have said the raids and the tension bleeding over into all areas of europe right now. This is just another example. There is a News Conference that is supposed to begin in the next few minutes. You can see it right here on the screen. We will bring it to you once it starts. We hopefully will learn more about the details of this raid and just who was involved and who was arrested and what they believe they were able to avert. Thank you very much. Senior analyst at flash point global partners. Katie gave us a few details in belgium. We are talking about a potential raid that was targeting people who had just returned from syria. She talked about the high per capita number of belgiums fighting in iraq and syria. Do we know at this point if those that were targeted in this raid did have any ties to the attackers in paris . We cannot ascertain obviously any of the details for now. We know belgium has suffered from the rise of a number of radicals who travel to syria. We know there was the attack at the Jewish Museum in brussels by one who did travel to syria and spent well over a year in syria before he returned pretty much unnoticed. He received idea logical and technical training. He had the jihadist ideology and carried out his acts. It is the place where allegedly attackers purchased weapons. It has the border with france. There is a frenzy right now that we dont want the same attacks that took place in france to take place in belgium. Thus belgium Security Apparatus is top of their game right now. We are looking at a map of belgium. Are there other hot spots in europe where there are particularly large muslim communities from which foreign fighters are being drawn into the isis attacks in iraq and syria . Yes indeed. I think germany is ranked on the third in the European Countries where many have travelled to syria and iraq and joined isis and al qaedas links there. We know that there has been a number of european nationals from france belgium and germany but going all the way to chechnya and russia. Some from turkey. We have a bunch coming from Northern Europe and sweden and denmark. Europe has been flagged by the rise of radical elements there. Many have expressed views of violent jihad. We are seeing it actualizing in europe. Thank you very much. We will of course keep an eye on developments in belgium as you can see the press conference getting prepped and underway. We will bring you the latest as we learn it. Secretary of state john kerry has just arrived in paris where he is expected to meet with french president Francois Hollande tomorrow to offer washington support. Basically to share a big hug with paris and express the affection of the American People for france and for our friends there who have been through a terrible time. And one week after the city was a city under siege tensions remain high with police and judges cracking down thout the city. There have been at least 54 arrests since the attacks, 37 for socalled advocacy of terrorism. A new picture shows Grocery Store shooter preparing for his deadly assault. Joining me now is ron allen live in paris. What is the latest where you are . Reporter joy there may be a direct connection between the events happening in belgium or may not be. Here investigators are looking into a report that he was in belgium in recent months trying to buy weapons for the attack here presumably and met with an arms dealer who turned himself into authorities after the attacks happened here in paris. And to say that he had tried to do a deal with him. There are significant reports that the weapons used by the kouachi brothers were purchased somewhere in belgium whether during that transaction or some other time is unclear. There is an obvious link between here and there, connection between here and there. There are also reports that the kouachi brothers did buy weapons in belgium back in 2010 in connection with another possible plot to spring another radical who they had been associated with out of prison here in paris. A lot going on and belgium we know has a reputation of being something of a weapons bizarre. And, of course authorities here in paris and throughout europe are on very high alert looking for possible accomplices of the gun men who carried out those attacks here. We know, for example, that there are also reports that he and his girlfriend spent time in spain in the days before the attacks. We know she moved on from madrid to turkey and on to syria and was in syria when the attacks happened. We also know that the authorities are concerned about other people who might be associated because a driver or someone who took him to the Grocery Store that day seems to be unaccounted for. There is also a number of other leads that authorities are trying to pin down. Again, yes, it is a dense web. Authorities are trying to unravel it. It may have a deep connection to belgium we are finding out tonight. Thank you very much. Lets go back. We are now looking at live vird video, amateur video showing the raid that took place in belgium. This is amateur video taken of that raid where in reportedly two people were killed, none of them police or authorities. If you are there lets talk a little bit about the belgium connection. Ron allen reporting that belgium is sort of a weapon [ inaudible ] what do you make of the few more tidbits of information that we are getting about the belgium connection . We know there was a weapon exchange. The alleged dealer, if you will the weapons dealer handed himself into authorities reported in the last 48 hours. He might have maybe some tips that maybe lead authorities to the capture of other cell members that he may have sold weapons to. We cannot ascertain the connection between the attacks in belgium. Some of the france attackers have travelled to belgium and dealt with belgium weapons dealer it makes the problem that much more complex. We dont know where these weapons have landed. We dont know how many actual jihaddists from the cell or other cells, many of its members are still on the loose. They are still at large. We have no idea how many members of this cell are on the loose. And how strong is the intel and the intelligence sharing between eu nations when it comes to terrorism and comes to antiterrorism activity . We see it is now spreading. The raids are spreading from country to country. How sophisticated is the intelligence . They seem to be very small numbers of people who are acting essentially on their own. I believe ever since the war in syria was ignited i think european nations had began paying more attention to the jihaddy problems they are facing in their own communities or the fact that many nationals travel to these zones. I think that creates somewhat of an environment for Cooperation Among the european nations to share intelligence and have some sort of coordinated intelligence gathering regarding european nationals specifically because they have european pass ports and are able to travel between the countries with loose or almost no scrutiny. As we look at amateur video of the raid in belgium in the city in eastern belgium where two people were killed in an antiterror raid there. As we continue to look at that video, how credible are the claims of responsibility that we hear coming out . Or is it more opportunistic . Is there evidence that there was formal coordination between the kouachi brothers and mr. Coulibaly . There is no proof that would lead us to believe that al qaeda put the hit recently but we know that at least one of the kouachi brothers has travelled to syria or travelled to yemen in 2011 likely met with allaki. The mere fact that they claimed responsibility for the credit at least tells us that the group had somewhat of a prior college to this even if it was years ago and perhaps capitalized on the mere fact that the obviously there are two drivers that are still unaccounted for, whoever was driving to the attack that took place on Charlie Hebdo. Those people still unaccounted for as well as one of the most wanted people clearly in europe. Hang on for me. I want to bring katie tur back in. We are looking at amateur video of the raid that took place in eastern belgium. A fairly public operation it does seem especially since an amateur was able to capture it on video. It seems like it was in a neighborhood neighborhood. I am reading reports that the police came in before the attack and said to get inside and to take cover. There was a warning before this happened and a little bit of video out of belgium tv that appeared to show the apartment still on fire the one that i guess was the subject of the raid. We are also hearing that the antibomb Disposal Unit is there on site trying to secure the location. Its unclear if the explosion was detonated by the people inside that building or if the explosions were started by the police. We know witnesses said they heard one very big explosion followed by a rapid succession of gun fire like machine guns going off and then more explosions, two or three to four more explosions after that. Rbtf the main belgium tv unit said there are two dead one seriously injured. We had reports earlier that three were dead. Right now we are going with two dead and one seriously injured and potentially a number of others that were arrested in this raid. These people inside this building we are told we believe that they were under surveillance because they had just returned from syria. Now, this raid was part of a number of other raids that were going on in belgium at the same time, a number of other people that they were monitoring that had just come back from syria and iraq. We know that belgium is a pretty small country. Per capita they have the most foreign fighters that go off to fight in the wars in syria and iraq about 150 people as of now. There was also an arms dealer that was arrested. The lawyer just told belgium tv that after he saw what happened at paris seeing the photos of coulibaly he started a panic. This arms dealer is apparently allegedly the person who sold the arms to coulibaly, the man in the supermarket attack in paris. According to his lawyer he turned himself in and wanted to be in Police Custody rather than be sought out by the cops. We believe he bought the weapons for about 8,000 euros which enabled him to go back into paris pretty much unnoticed by authorities. Anything over 10,000 euros you get stopped and checked. He was able to fly under the radar. We are getting a little bit of amateur video. It is a pretty scary situation for the residents in the area at the time hearing the gun fire and the explosions obviously already on alert and feeling tense considering what had just happened in paris. You can see the fire in this video, as well, certainly a scary situation. We are hoping to get a little more concrete information in the next few minutes once the News Conference starts in belgium, get concrete facts of how many were targeted and how many are dead. And just how many people have been arrested. So far still not that much concrete facts at the moment just what we are hearing from belgium tv. We want to stress that this is a fluid situation and these facts are definitely subject to change in the next few hours. Thanks very much. Stay with us. I want to go back very quickly to lathe. As we are getting more details i want to stipulate that the video you are seeing now is the amateur video in which you can hear the sounds of the raid. It is night video, very dark video that has not been verified by nbc news. The other video earlier is of the scene after the raids took place. Im wondering if you are hearing any chatter so far on these networks that your organization does monitor of the extremist groups and whether they are in preparation for more scrutiny by authorities and whether these kinds of raids cause these networks to scatter their operations to change what they are doing or if it is seen as a hazard of what they are doing. The details began unraveling approximately an hour ago. Jihaddists began taking to social media and in many different ways celebrating what is going on in belgium. They are not presenting information about identities or the whereabouts or kind of expressing insider knowledge about this plot. However, they are celebrating and being jubilant about this attack. They believe that this is going to continue in europe and will continue into more european nations specifically those who are allied with the u. S. Led coalition that is targeting syria and iraq sites of islamic state. I dont know if you know this information but i am curious about this arms dealer who turned himself in wanted to tell authorities what his contacts had been. If you can explain a little bit about the difference in the way arms are traded bought and sold in europe. Gun laws are much, much stricter. My understanding is it is not easy to get your hands on the kinds of weapons that coulibaly had. Weapons specifically high caliber rifles are extremely rare and very difficult to find. In western europe they are much more difficult to obtain than eastern europe. In regions that are much closer to russia and a little bit of the lawless areas of chechnya these weapons are much easier to obtain from that part of the world than in western europe. It is really a head scratcher to really think about how they were able to obtain such high caliber weapons without appearing on the radar of the authorities. Hang on and stay with us. We have katie standing by in london as we continue to follow news of antiterrorism raid in belgium in the town of verviers in eastern belgium. Like, literally ran into him. [rambling]. This story had 30 minutes left. Until kim realized that Stouffers Mac and cheese is made with real cheddar aged to perfection for 6 long months. When you start with the best cheddar, you get the best mac and cheese. So, what about jessica . What about her . Stouffers. 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They are starting in dutch. We are waiting to see if they switch to french so we can bring you a translation of what is being said. They are discussing the police raid that took place in the city of verviers in which two people were killed and several arrested, part of the antiterrorism sweeps that are sweeping outside of paris where, of course, the Charlie Hebdo attacks have been the focus of the worlds attention over the last two weeks. Now you are looking at amateur video which you can see on the left side of your screen amateur video taken of those raids. If we brought the audio back you can hear the sound of gun shots on those cameras. That a amateur video. As we wait for this press conference to switch into french lets go back to katie. Any new information on that person that was potentially injured in the raid . We dont have anything new right now. We are waiting for confirmation of cold hard facts essentially from this News Conference. I know we are waiting for them to switch to french so we can translate it a little more easily. We know the main belgium tv station in the country is reporting two dead and one seriously injured. There were earlier reports that three people were dead but at least two dead as of now and one seriously injured. This was part of a raid on an alleged terrorist cell in the town of verviers. It was part of a number of raids that were going on across the country at the same time. This is the one that seemed to end in violence and gun fire and explosions. Witnesses say they heard one very large explosion followed by rapid succession of gun fire. You can hear it in this amateur video, machine gun fire and then explosions. It is not clear if the explosions were detonated by people inside the building or by police or started by police. It is not clear at the moment right now. You can see the apartment or the home that was being raided was still on fire for quite some time. We are