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The spiritual leader. he knew the players. >> every thursday night, he would have a gathering at his home. >> these thursday night meetings were not just core cell members, like biker gangs that hang arounds. they would come and mohammed hammoud would appreciate to them. >> he was almost a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde personality. >> he was a low-key polite on one hand. at the meetings he would get fired up he would be the motivational speaker. >> he would show speeches by hezbollah leadership, videos of hezbollah operations overseas. >> and they would cheer as these attacks were depicted on their ...

>> he was network. he knew the players. >> every thursday night, he would have a gathering at his home. >> these thursday night meetings were not just core cell members, like bierk gangsed that hang arounds. they would come and mohammed hamoud would practice etch to them. >> he was almost a dr. jekyll and mr. hyde personality. >> he was a low key polite on one hand. at the meetings he would get fired up and be the motivational speaker. >> he would show speeches by hezbollah leadership, videos of hezbollah operations overseas. >> and they would cheer as these attacks were depicted on their prop...

Cell members may have had. most notably the ringleader of this, spanish authorities think they have some tied to the madrid 2004 train bombings by sharing a prison cell with individuals sharing time for that. thinking is a spur of radicalization for all of this group. so who is he in contact with? they will be looking very closely at that. >> shannon: my understanding is he was one of the people killed the night before the attacks. many authorities say they were hoarding gas canisters and could be planning something very destructive with multiple events and attacks. but because of that explosi...

Are there any other cell members out there plotting to do additional attacks. obviously those are the concerns at this hour. >> our contributing reporter. our thanks to jonathan dienst here at our nbc news headquarters in new york. shawn henry, quick question. has anything been done to change the fact that what people often worry about most is a single individual whose determined, who is weaponized in their ability to bring about a death toll like this. >> well, that's certainly from a law enforcement perspective the most difficult thing to prevent. when we've had success, nypd, the fbi, joint...

Really expensive suits, get the female cousin to buy them and blend in in the up scale district of paris for maximum surprise before the attacks. and actually, if you look back at a plot that abaaoud was organizing in january in belgium in that plot, this isis cell members bought police uniforms to gain access to sensitive sites potentially. you have isis plotters dressing the part for terrorism for maximum surprise. of you obviously that would be very, very traumatic for somebody in business attire blew themselves up. >> french and belgium authorities are not on the same page whether or not s...