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Just show you one of the headlines here this morning where they're asked this yup asks why was he not held longer? he could have been held longer. he was in detention, and he was released pending his deportation proceedings. because he didn't have a valid passport which arrived, by the way, yesterday. there's a fair amount of outrage about that. the government and authorities are waging a dragnet across germany and europe focusing on the links he had with groups and trying to recruit others who are waging in plotting attacks. we have an interview with his father talking about how he had a long...

Attacks against the united states of america and our allies. >> and out of belgium tonight, federal prosecutors announcing they've arrested two people, suspected of plotting attacks on several prominent sites in brussels during the new year's celebrations. excuse me. officials say a series of raids in brussels that begun on sunday turned up isis propaganda material, but no weaponry. that investigation is not tied to the terror attacks in paris. joining me now, nbc news military analyst, retired u.s. general, barry mccaffrey. always good to have you with us. >> good to be with you, erica. >> wh...

Off that position. that said, he does want to reassure the country, i think it's gotten through to him that his typically obama distanced, cool response to these things which that's just the way he is, has left some in the country feeling unsafe. they want the president to speak more directly to them, to show that he personally is on top of these things. it's a kind of atmosphere this white house has not always been good at managing. they are trying to get it better. >> ari melber, what about the privacy concerns, civil liberties concerns? hillary clinton came down more on the side of we have ...

Qae qaeda, isis and others are using dating websites around the globe to identify potential recruits, to pair recruits together, and this is the -- i think this is going to come out that this pair was put together for this particular purpose. and josh, just last week, the nsa lost its ability to collect met a data for cell phone records. investigators are trying to piece together if the people had ties to others who may be plotting attacks. what does this tell you about where our country is going in terms of the privacy versus security debate? >> it's a deebate we need to have. this bulk col...

And now french officials say he appears to have been involved in as many as six foiled terror attacks since the spring. a counterterrorism source tells cnn that abaaoud is believed to have spent time in syria working with a senior french figure in isis, fabien clain plotting attacks in france. clain's voice is heard in the isis video claiming responsibility for the paris massacre. and terror fears are now spreading tonight with a new isis video warning of attacks in rome prompting the u.s. embassy there to issue a warning. the same video threatens to burn down the white house in washington. we...