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Going to arrest them and question them. >> this attack was done with three separate teams. it was very coordinated all within the space of about a half hour. that suggests there's actually probably dozens of people involved in some kind of sleeper cell or network scattered throughout france and also in belgium. so a nationwide raid of this sort, this is the least that they could be doing, frankly. >> is this part of a, just the beginning, juliette, based on what you suspect of much wider sweeps going all over the country, not just in a few cities? >> absolutely, and it's not even just france. ...

Those were performances of the french national anthem. welcome back to morning joe. back with us, we have the new york times and joining the conversation editor of the weekly standard, bill crystal. president and ceo of the aspen institute and in washington and nbc correspond nt and host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. the hunt the under way for the members of the sleeper cell that struck paris on friday. we are learning of dozens of new anti terror raids in france and belgium. the identity of two more of the ata attackers and that one suspect in friday's deadly assault slipp slip...

"storm" promising more carnage. evan perez joins us now. evan, what are your sources telling you about isis' involvement as to isis core lead thing opposed to it being locally inspired? >> reporter: they have no reason to doubt what the french are saying, which is that this was an isis operation. now, the question that is still hanging in the air is whether or not this was something that was directed from raqqa, whether isis headquarters, or whether this is something that they simply set the ball rolling and had these guys who were essentially a sleeper cell sitting in france that was going to...

Actually be accomplished, catherine? reporter: thanks, general knee. 50 detainees are on deit tension not enough evidence to prosecute them in court but enough to that they remain a threat to u.s. national security. we've been there more an any other broadcast networks. the detention prisoners are healed in medium security cams. for the administration there is a precedent a al qaeda sleeper cell agent was arrested and held in navy bringing in south carolina after 9/11. his team of lawyers successfully argued that the bush administration didn't have authority to hold him without trial. he won a...

Likelihoods, is this about you having a sleeper cell down there or are they targeting this individual and what may have poisoned his mind? >> yeah i honestly don't think that they know that answer yet, and they're committed to doing everything they can to try to figure that out. . as a nonlaw enforcement person who somebody involved as a mayor and a governor i have been very impress sod their tactical approach to finding the answers to these questions. >> does this open your eyes in terms of what is a potential threat and what is potentially threatened and in terms of what you may want to chan...