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Decided by everybody but the united states. russia, iran, turkey, and we are nowhere because american leadership has been withdrawn. and the implications of this aren't just the regional security picture in the middle east. it's the credibility of the united states ourselves. and the first order of business will be to restore u.s. credibility, not just with regard to the middle east, but globally. >> the first -- one of the first relationships that might need reorienting, is turkey. does turkey belong in nato? >> what we know is that they are not behaving in a way that's consistent with stabil...

It's believed that at some point he became cad ralized after having spent time in jail. remember this is an individual who had a string of convictions going all the way back to 1983 and he was well known by the domestic surveillance network although he had been investigated for extremist activity in the past, violent extremist activity he was not part of the current security picture so he's going to try to figure out who he was in contact with. there's a lot of reports that he might have been in contact with somebody just before the attack. that at present is one of the lines of investigation ...

In the belgian capital. meanwhile, here at home, new york police are boosting their presence ahead of tonight's celebrations in times square. and that's where we find nbc's sarah dallof this morning. so obviously big news around the world in terms of cancellations, and some very big european capitals. more than 1 million people expected to be where you're standing tonight, sarah. tell us about the security measures that are being taken by the nypd and other law enforcement agencies where you're standing. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, ayman. you know, officials do admit that this is a very d...

Into the holiday, they stale vigilant but enjoy themselves. there are a lot of counter terrorism officials working overtime to keep them safe. >> peter alexander at the white house, thank you so much. now to our colleague, tom costello at union station in washington, d.c., where homeland security jay johnson is about to speak to reporters. and tom, what do we expect to hear from the secretary? >> reporter: i think we're going to hear more of what president obama said a short time ago, and that's really calling on everybody across the country to remain vigilant but to go out to enjoy this thank...

We think they got hold of these grenades from arms dealers who are working in this city. some of the arms being brought in from eastern europe. there are so many questions here, brian. one of them, plainly, is what the security service here's and across europe were going to try to stop this. that story of them being able to escape paris is an increasing picture that they lost control of the security picture here. >> all right, keir sim mondamon reporting in belgium. all signs led to belgium in this investigation. let's go to paris. nbc's richard engel on the two forces taking to the air in thi...