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Sciutto, cnn chief national security correspondent and phil mudd, former cia counter terrorism official. guys, great to have you. mary katherine, let's go through the big announcements today that we know. first let's talk about the attorney general, jeff sessions. the nominated attorney general jeff sessions. your thoughts? >> the thing that strikes me about all of these is they are on brand, they are not guys who are pushing back a bunch on donald trump. they are people who will be in his wheel house. but they are serious folks and people who are known on capitol hill. sessions for his part i...

Fourth. that was much larger. there are a number of military soldiers now being moved into the front as well. >> that was the scene earlier this morning. senior international correspondent picks up the story now from that same neighborhood in saint-denis. >> first let's talk about what we know about what went on. bring us up to date, just the latest information on exactly how many people now have been taken into custody in that raid. >> reporter: yeah anderson. these raids again about 4:30, 4:25 early in the morning. and there were explosions. there was gunfire going on. i was actually able to...

Is very unique in our life. we also will have election under a state of emergency. and that creates a lot of interrogation for us. >> we're told that a state of emergency will last at least three months. >> after christmas. >> to take you through the holidays, after christmas. you haven't had one since the north african war here in this country. is it justified? is it justified to extend even beyond that? first let's talk about the risk. france is uniquely vulnerable by geography, by population and by disposition. we know that isis has named france as a main target. why do you believe that the...

Kalashnikovs, explosives they've seemed to have made themselves, with al qaeda-linked groups, the french pinning this on isis and now we have this claim from isis. >> what about the facts that we know at this point that one of the attackers appears to be a french national and the fact that you heard francois hollande saying earlier today this was coordinated outside, but helped to be executed internally and the concern about the internal french involvement? >> enormously important comments and details. first let's talk about what we know about the suspects. the one we know we reported this ear...

Psychologists, law ebb enforcements officials and other experts, who are working to find out what makes the mostly white male perpetrators of mass murder snap and how to see the warnings signs. their work is the subject of a mother jones cover story. i'm joined by the editor. you've been doing sustained reporting for several years now on mass shootings. first let's talk about the distinctness of these two problems. there's a gun problem in america, a gun fatality problem, a gun violence problem, and then there is a mass shooting problem. how to think about that final category, which is numeric...