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Refocused attention on the issue of terrorism. and the president condemned the attack and spoke out forcefully saying this should strengthen our resolve. he spoke out about a number of other issues but terrorism just can t is always somewhere near the top of the agenda and the president is saying that they he will pursue the killers anywhere. yeah. terrorism causes a ripple effect. ron allen, thank you so much from kuala lumpur. the ripple effects here in the united states, the backlash after donald trump calls for a database to track muslims in this country. if you have high blood pressure like i do, many cold medicines may raise your blood pressure. that s why there s coricidin® hbp. it relieves cold symptoms without raising blood pressure. ....
Isis is the up and coming young start upstart in the jihadi world and al qaeda is the main stay. they within these dispirit areas, they are carrying out attacks, and they do have a method an ability of jealousy. all right, malcolm nance, thank you so much this morning. i want to bring all of you up to date on the american killed in the mali terror attack. you heard gabe gutierrez reporting about her, but family members say 41-year-old anita datar from tacoma park, maryland, lived a life devoted to others. she was killed at the radisson blu hotel in mali s capital. president obama is in malaysia today at a summit with the association of southeast nations but even overseas he can t escape weighing in on the refugee controversy brewing here at home. as long as i m president we re going to keep on stepping up and making sure that america ....
Jihadist organization linked to al qaeda. nbc news can t verify that claim. but the group has attacked westerners in mali before. and has fought the french backed government of the country, which is a former french colony. northern mali has been unstable since a military coup in 2012. a military intervention drove back the his islamic extremists but they have extended further south this year. again, alex, at least 20 people were killed in the latest attack, 19 civilians. and one soldier. and the associated press reports that security forces are searching for at least three other suspects in connection with the attack. pretty chilling details from survivors, more of which are likely to come. thank you. joining me now from brussels for more on the terror alert there, claudio lavanga. do you see a greater police presence in that city? alex, indeed, yes, you do i ....
Say that they wouldn t have done that if they didn t think the threat is serious, real and concrete. now the prime minister fear they d be a coordinated attack similar to paris. i know you re keeping a vigilant eye on things for us. meantime, joining me now, former intelligence officer malcolm nance. and malcolm, with a good morning to you, let s talk about belgium right here. the crisis alert level having been raised to level four in the capital of brussels that indicates a serious and immediate threat. so what does that tell you about the intelligence they have been receiving? well, this is extraordinary what s going on in belgium right now. for the size of the country, which is an extremely small country, in europe, it tells me that they have gained some very accurate intelligence and have decided to act on it now. and they re going apparently with the cooperation of the french, the other members of the european union and interpol and they have decided they re going to pull ....
Right tape we had hoped to play, but let s get to philip bump, from the washington post. and i loved the title of your article in the washington post, the political responses to paris have little to do with what we know happened in paris. explain this. so we have two big fights emerge in washington, in the aftermath of the paris attacks. the first one about syrian refugees. the second one about enhanced encryption methodologies in order to protect data. the first being, you know, what did people come through the refugee stream to commit the attacks and the second, did they use encryption to communicate during the attacks and there s no word that they re european union nationals and second of all used normal text messages. so it s interesting to see mow in the aftermath of the attack people who wanted to move forward an agenda seized upon the attack despite there not ....