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31 past. welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." we're back with up to the minute details in the aftermath of the terror attacks in paris. belgian's capital of brussels is under the highest terror alert today. and heavily armed police and military are deployed throughout the city in a search for suspects in last week's attacks. police in turkey detained three men in connection with the terrorist attacks and reuters reports at least one of the men may have been scouting possible target locations for isis. so for more on the threat in belgium, let's bring back claudio lavanga. what new in...

I'm sure that will be forthcoming. congress isn't in session so that slows things down a little bit. i'm sure we'll find that information shortly. >> based on what you do know and suspect that i know you're an expert in this and get briefed all the time. is it just a coincidence this mali terror attack at the radison blue hotel happened a week later than the paris terror attacks? is it coincidental or what? >> there are a lot of terror groups seeking for attention and to make a statement to the world but reminds us we live in a dangerous and chaotic time and becoming more so. i think america h...

Commander of al qaeda the islamic maghreb. that's al qaeda in the north. he carried out the gas raid which was a raid on the oil processing facility in south southeastern algeria which killed dozens and dozens of people including westerners, and he split from al qaeda's aqim and created his own organization. he's still loyal to al qaeda, because his deputies split from him and pledged his loyalty to isis so it's quite anybody you us will who carried out the attack. there was a hotel siege of similar characteristic last august which killed five u.n. workers. so for the most part they're in riva...

Isis. now, parisians paid tribute those killed in last friday's attacks. they gathered at sites in which 130 people died and hundreds more were injured. french and other european officials discussed the tight upping -- tightened control. then in mali, at least 20 people including one american are dead in an attack on the radisson hotel in the nation's capital of bamako. scores had been held hostage by two heavily armed attackers. the mali military reports both were killed in the siege. al qaeda affiliated terrorist group has claimed responsibility for attack. president obama in the southeast a...

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