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Circulated by police forces. he is a tunis national, anis amri. his papers were in the truck used to carry out an attack on a berlin christmas market. and they say he could be armed and dangerous. authorities say he had known linked to radical islamist groups. saying he entered in july of 2015 and claimed asylum. >> in july 2015, his asylum application was rejected. the man couldn't be departed as he didn't have valid identification papers. the process for issuing replacement papers was started in august. at first, tunisia denied this person was their national. >> reporter: also released today...

Was capable of being able to move around. he was obviously arrested in italy and ended up in germany. for whatever reason, the policies regarding counter terrorism in europe are still pretty tame. everyone needs to grow up in europe regarding the terror threat. it is no more mr. nice guy. with immigration and merkel, politics have to be weeded out and the policies and law enforcement routines need to reflect a modern threat. that needs to be upgraded. >> a new reality. >> yeah, it's a whole new framing of just the way it's looked at. >> on the other hand, does it sit easily with you it is this...

They are more certain than ever that anis amri is the one who drove a tractor-trailer into the christmas market now behind me about 72 hours ago. they're more certain because of these fingerprints they found inside the cab of this truck. as you remember, the really damning evidence against amri before was that police simply found identification papers near the truck that had his name on it and showed that he was at the scene of the crime. so now they're even more certain. but this is all coming as this dragnet expands. german police have been searching in hospitals, they've been searching in b...

Identification papers of a tunisian. they have dna from truck. why aren't they releasing his name. what now? how do they try to find one person in a european manhunt? >> first thing they are going to do is look at public information, for example where he lived, his apartments, go talk to anybody who lived with him or around him. if they have a name you can presume they have the potential to go to communications companies and determine if he has a cell phone. he has a cell phone that thing is like a noose around his neck. who did he talk, to who did he text, his contact list. every one of those...

With another arrest. he was arrested and then released for forging a document. he's also under covert surveillance for months under a terror watch, but incredibly, he managed to go undercover for the past couple of weeks, leading up to this attack webb, and then he committed this attack. incredible stuff. >> incredible. obviously a lot of finger pointing. any politicians taking heat at the moment and why? >> reporter: politicians and authorities, elizabeth. first the police, they remembered they actually arrested one other person, and then released that person. and the only came up with this l...