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Heard. >> the question being asked and you raised it, david raised it a minute ago, why didn't the u.s. attack those fuel tanker trucks much earlier. the explanation we get and as a matter of fact the operation backs it up is that one of the concerns was that those were innocent civilians driving those trucks. afterall, if you're not going to drive a truck for isis, you're going to wipe your head off. what choice do you have? there were 116 trucks and what they did is dropped pamphlets, fliers down that essentially said we're about to destroy the trucks. run now or you'll die and they did and ...

The inhabitants of paris and to the surrounding areas to stay indoors and that is still in place at this point. and it was during the whole situation that was happening in paris during the raid, on the bataclan, a club at the time as well, and this is a gigantic area where people have been told it's better for you to stay indoors. it it is 12,000 square kilometers, all of the areas, that is a 4,500 square miles where people have been told to be as safe as possible because afterall, the situation is not officially over. as you have reported, it seems like all of the alleged assail lanlts have d...

Happy you're safe. >> thank you, chris. >> all right. let's now go to phil crowder, he's a washington correspondent for france 24, and phillip, what is the latest reporting from paris? >> well, most of the reporting i'm hearing is actually eyewitness accounts from my friends because i've obviously had to get in touch with all of my friends in paris and make they are safe. so far the news is good, of course, i don't know at this point who might have gone to this concert. it's also possible that somebody might have done. that is how we're trying to find out, but everybody is okay at this point. ...

Something that anybody would say is possible. i wouldn't go as far as chris saying i could picture him elected as president. a lot of voters have a say in that. one can only imagine what they are like with most democrats. >> but one of the points that byron makes is the juliany analogy doesn't hold water. he was ahead for a while, but he was never polling ahead in the way that trump has been consistently. so do you see greater staying power than trump's numbers than we've seen in the past? >> i do. i think the question is whether when people begin to fall by the wayside, which hasn't really ha...

To be encouraging to donald trump to get into the republican field of presidential candidates? >> well, interesting relationship. we think of them as politician versus businessman, at the same time though, clinton looks upon trump as a donor, afterall, he gave quite a bit a money to the clinton foundation. they have collegial relationship, very similar to that between daughters and politicians, office holders, bill clinton analyst that he is loves to give advice. it doesn't take long to guess why bill clinton would be delighted to have donald trump in the race over on the republican side. but ...