he served under nicholas sarkozy during his term in office. the former prime minister called for national unity. >> national unity is an absolutely fundamental first response in a situation of war like this, the best way of showing terrorists they will not bring a democratic society like ours to its knees. the act of national unity needs to be shown in supporting the government, interior minister, and the president. >> that was the former french prime minister speaking on the matter. the attack on charlie hebdo has raised concerns about a backlash against france' is muslim community. france is home to the largest muslim population and western european this morning unfortunately, there are several incidents to report on. we have had at least three mosques that have had incidents around the country. there has been one explosion one blast reported at a kebab restaurant near a mosque in eastern france. realty reported there. but it indicates that there are unfortunate, incidents of backlash, which is a concern of the government, the french governm

nicolas sarkozy has been speaking. we've had tweets this morning from marine le pen, talking about maybe a referendum to reinstitute the death penalty. the hardline on justice and law and order already beginning to manifest in the french political circles. we will bring you the headlines as they come in. let me bring you the other headlines we are watching as well. standard charter is said to be closing its individual equities business and will eliminate over 200 jobs. the bank aims to cut a further 2000 jobs as it looks for cost cuts of around $400 million this year. operations in equities, equity research, will come to an end. standard chartered shares had a rough 2014, falling the most in years. minutes from december's federal reserve open market committee meeting have revealed agreements amongst the committee that the u.s. economy will continue to grow and add jobs. some members have concerns that inflation could be consistently below their 2% target. the minutes confirmed janet yellen's statement that interest rat

sarkozy is thinking about running again in some form. the surprising -- the sarkozy that we know or schrock -- or c hirac, does he find himself in a different france? >> he will have to find himself in coalition with the parties. that changes things in france. >> they did not even figure on the map four years ago. and in greece, we've already seen what can happen. >> there is an amazing movement. again, 30%, that is coalition territory. that is no longer we march on the fringes. >> this is an economic metaphor isn't it? this is about the knock on effects of bad policy from your world. >> and it will prevent good policy from being implemented going forward. remember, in sweden a government almost fell two weeks ago because they could not agree on a budget because the extreme right party is now the minority in the country. week governments across europe are quantified it more and more difficult to do the right things. >> it will prevent good policy, but will it unwind from the good policy in the years before the crisis apoplexy -- before t

among them the former french president nicolas sarkozy, who told journalists this was not a time for politics, not a time to talk about any elections. it was a time for all people of france to come together. yesterday, he had said we will continue to write as we have always written, we will continue to live as we have always lived. but just look at all the main developments so far with this report from emily buchanan. >> reporter: france is still reeling from the bloodshed, and today, more shooting. this is the city of montrouge just south of the capital. the emergency services flocked here after a man wearing a flak jacket opened fire with an automatic rifle. a policewoman was killed and a street cleaner was seriously injured. the interior minister rushed to the scene, but cautioned against making links to wednesday's attack on the satirical magazine. the president francois hollande said the country had been struck in the heart and called the attack on "charlie hebdo" an act of exceptional barbarism. in a show of unity, nicolas sarkozy said it was an attack on democracy itself. >> t

today, the former wrench president, nicolas sarkozy was invited back to the eddie's a powerless -- today the former french president, nicolas sarkozy, was invited back to the elysees palace. >> this is a declaration of war on civilization, and the responsibility of civilization is to defend itself. >> candles and layers have been laid close to the offices of charlie hebdo. it will defy attackers next week publishing's special edition with a print run of one million copies. tonight, the eiffel tower dimmed its lights in tribute to those who had died. >> muslim leaders in france have condemned the killings in the strongest possible language. president hollande said freedom of speech had come under attack, but nothing would divide the nation and its ideals, and yet the attack on charlie hebdo has raised fears of a backlash against muslims in france, which has the largest muslim community in western europe. we have reports on the response among the muslim community. >> the word suburb is often loaded with negative association. in the minds of some wrench, these states can be breeding grounds

among them, of course the man he beat to win the presidency nicholas sarkozy, the former president of france. >> absolutely, nicholas sarkozy has been here this morning, the first time since leaving office in 2012. he set down with francois hollande for about 30 minutes and our. the speech that francois hollande made a thursday was all about unity, all about coming together. it was quite repeated. a short speech the people had to be united, they had to come together, and that was the way france could eat its enemies and vanquish the people attacking the republican values of the nation. -- could beat its enemies and vanquish the people attacking the republican values of the nation. also, the question whether the national front of marine le pen will be invited -- she has complained that she has not been invited -- to take part. it will start at around 3:00 p.m. and it will symbolically pass near the place where the attacks of place. the unp has said they do not think anyone should be excluded. but the socialist party said there was no place for the national front at this rally. we will

french president francis hollande chaired a crisis meeting with ministers and his predecessor nicolas sarkozy who heads the main opposition party. let's go to jacky rowland, joining us from the place de la republique in paris, where thousands gathered to hold the vigil. you are there right now on this day of mourning. give us a sense of what the mood is like there? > you may be able to hear that the two minutes ended and people are clapping. it was subdued and emotional. people stood in a circle for two minutes, linking hands. standing in a circle it's importantly the statue is of the simple marial. the symbol of the french republic around the statue. around the statue freedom, equality, the three planks of french society. it is people celebrating solidarity unity and determination as they stood in remembrance of the 12 killed on wednesday. >> indeed this is an attack that shocked the country and reverberated around the world as well. earlier on we saw french president francis hollande there, also asking the two minutes of silence. he has had a security meeting as well with his cabinet. what

as former president nicolas sarkozy visited president hollande at the palace. it's a city standing unified in its horror. here a representative of the local muslim community comes to pay his respects. >> translator: during this week the most important thing is to think of the families. there will be a time for reflection, but what's important today is that there are families who have lost a loved one. >> it says here that perhaps it is still too early for analysis, that the pain is still too raw. hala gorani cnn, paris. >>> coming up more on the massive manhunt under way for the two suspects the two brothers in paris. we'll have a live report and a look at the mood right now as paris mourns. stay with us. your eyes really are unique. in fact, they depend on a unique set of nutrients. that's why there's ocuvite to help protect your eye health. as you age your eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite is a vitamin made just for your eyes from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. ocuvite has a unique formula that's just no

nicolas sarkozy, the former president who francis hollande defeated in elections in 2012. he is really putting his money where his mouth is inviting him along, making it clear that now is not the time for party politics almost for a unity government. sarcozy spoke after the meeting, calling the work that of a fanatic and supported the president's decision to use every tool at the disposal of the authorities to track down the gunmen. >> thank you. that's al jazeera's jacky rowland reporting from paris. people have started to gather ahead of a minute's silence, which is supposed to happen at 12 local time an hour or so in paris. let's speak to a security consultant, live with us from paris, and good to have you with us. we want to talk about the latest we know the investigation. sex, according to the police. two pictures are on the run. they were named after one of them left their i.d. in the vehicles they were in yesterday, wednesday. what does this suggest to you about the level of preparedness of this attack. how well organised was the attack? >> well it's surprising beca

the president has called on former president sarkozy to come to the palace. it's the first time he's back in the presidential palace since he left office in 2012. and basically the president is trying to show unity, basically trying to instill an idea of unity. the french are waking up this morning to some rather dramatic and stark headlines in the newspaper. here's the nationwide newspaper. it says freedom assassinated but they had trouble with what went on because they said they won't kill the freedom in france. and most unusually here's a sporting newspaper which normally does nothing but sports news it its headline said freedom 0, barbary, 12. the search for the two mothers, 32 and 34 years old, the police are searching in a number of different locations. they have a reason to suspect at least one of these brothers apparently according to press reports apparently left his id card in one of the cars that were used yesterday after the attack. and so police were able to track him down that way. at least that's the story that's circulating in the press this m

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inviting his open rival, nicolas sarkozy, leader of the opposition unp party, former french president defeat in elections in 2012 by francis hollande to attend the community cabinet meeting, demonstrating that this was a time for political forces to work together not a time for party politics the the message of unity and working together is something we can expect more and more. he will be stressing, seeking to emphasise what unites people in france than tearing them apart. the diverse society, a significant population of 5 million people here in france almost 10% of those are from north african descent. people the children of immigrants from north africa the grandchildren of immigrants from former french colonies in north africa it's a diverse operation. the president will try to emphasise the values of what people hold in common rather than the differences dividing the committee. it's significant at demonstrations ral yits and vigils that we have seen in paris and other cities and that different communities happened. we have seen old people, and all different minorities taking part

and then he will meet with former president nicolas sarkozy. it's going to be a very delicate operation for him in the aftermath of this attack to see how he responds politically and what he puts in place. how delicate an issue do you think that is for hollande? how dangerous is it for him politically? >> well for the moment it would be of course cynical to say so but what happened yesterday, the tragedy of yesterday is a plus for president hollande. he appeared on french television as presidential. he was calm he was determined. he called on the frenchmen to be united and determined in not giving in to any sign of weakness. so for the moment, he is the strong man in charge. and of course all will depend on the rapidity of the action of the police. i mean will the terrorists be quickly neutralized in the coming hours, if not in the coming days? the french need to be reassured, to be convinced that their state is both strong and efficient in the fight against terrorism. >> certainly. and of course at this point, now these two main suspects these

we're talking about nicholas sarkozy. kerry is on the front page. -- he is on the front page. it is going to get heated in the next couple of months and years. the harrises -- he has his eye on the next presidential election. the french president has had a terrible year, 2014. he spent a lot of time with a record low in opinion polls and broke up with the former first lady. she got her sweet revenge with a book. it sold 570,000 copies in france. it was the 2014 bestseller in france has been translated into dozens of languages. you can sear on the cover of "match." she made a lot of money with the book. >>

the guy that took the hostages, not only was he known but he met president sarkozy. when they were trying to help these people, look what they have got. >> it says there are agendas in place that are not effective in fighting this. politics is like being in professional football. their job is to get reejected and main tan civility in a country so there is not chaos. we have to start having effective leaders, not politicians. that's the case. you have to have effective leadership in order to get these things done. >> jonathan gilliam, thank you so much. >>> new developments in the investigation. a top intelligence official sounding the alarm on new terror plots from al qaeda, the details on that straight ahead. you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer

former president nicholas sarkozy has been widely visible but some have accused him of courting voters by linking terrorism to immigration. take a listen. >> the immigration issue and concerns over islam have been voiced. the question is not wanting islam in france, but rather french islam. if we can ask these questions calmly, we can best address everyone. i will be in touch with organizations to see what they can do. including representatives because they have their part to play. >> our guest tells us more about how the french political climate is deeply divided, despite sunday's show of unity. >> i wish i could believe it was a real turning point, that this would make france a more unified country, but i am not confident it will. the friends are very good at rushing to the defense of the population when threatened, but when that moment passes all of the old divisions -- political social economic -- are likely, i'm afraid, to return. i was minded -- reminded of 22 win one and a half million people took to the streets in protest. that was supposed to be a moment that would change fran

then sarkozy of france was insulting to him. the high ranking official making the remark about chicken something just last fall. it so so ugly. >> and i think it gets in the way of what is most important relationship in the middle east. after all, of all the countries in the middle east, who are are our allies, every one except israel, you can go to sleep at night and wake up in the morning and discover that the regime is changing and became an enemy. that's exactly what happened this week with yemen. that will never happen with israel. it's our only ally, only democracy and you cannot treat it like that. >> one other quick question. three committees are creating a new healthcare bill? >> i think it's an important -- this is sort of the most important news out of that interview that bret did with the speaker the republicans are determined in the house to come out with alternative to obamacare which is important and been a question of what it's going to be and the speaker said that the three committee heads with jurkz will come o

but i did notice that nicholas sarkozy on the right is definitely moving forward with a more muscular language, and even beyond that is marine la pen, the leader of the national front, the even further right. i think what we'll have to see is what comes up in the response. it seems that there is a moment of national unity coming on right now with everyone agreeing that this is a deplorable act. i don't know whether hollande is capable of making something of this or not. >> to be continued. katherine, eric, and karen thank you very much. that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." thanks for being with us. join us again next time in washington. i'm ray suarez. >> coming up at 6:00 p.m. eastern on al jazeera america we'll have all the latest on the deadly attack on a french magazine including a look at some of the social and cultural issues that may have influenced the gunmen. also the head of the fbi said that he isn't sure about much, but he is sure that north korea was behind the cyberattack on sony and today he talked about some of that evidence. and a break in the

but i did notice that nicholas sarkozy on the right is definitely moving forward with a more muscular language, and even beyond that is marine la pen the leader of the national front, the even further right. i think what we'll have to see is what comes up in the response. it seems that there is a moment of national unity coming on right now with everyone agreeing that this is a deplorable act. i don't know whether hollande is capable of making something of this or not. >> to be continued. katherine, eric, and karen thank you very much. that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." thanks for being with us. join us again next time in washington. i'm ray suarez. >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> a very warm welcome to the news hour. our top stories from doha. a huge search is underway in northern france for the two brothers accused of the charlie hebdo attack. >>> paris stops for a minute of silence to honor the dead. >>> suffering through the storm, how syrians are now facing a battle against the elements. >>>

but i did notice that nicholas sarkozy on the right is definitely moving forward with a more muscular language, and even beyond that is marine la pen the leader of the national front, the even further right. i think what we'll have to see is what comes up in the response. it seems that there is a moment of national unity coming on right now with everyone agreeing that this is a deplorable act. i don't know whether hollande is capable of making something of this or not. >> to be continued. katherine, eric, and karen thank you very much. that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." thanks for being with us. join us again next time in washington. i'm ray suarez.

in order to delmon straight that he invited his old rival and opposition leader nicholas sarkozy, the man elon defeated in the election. the man who was president before sitting in on sensitive meetings with heads of intelligence and security agencies so clearly politicians seeking to demonstrate that now is not a time for party politics or scoring political points, but working together to battle this very serious threat, which continues to be out there and be a matter of great concern for people all over the country. >> indeed, the terror alert in france is at its highest at the moment. >> let's get more on this from a historian-journalist mr. stanley, that you can for being with us. we know these attacks come at a time when europe is undergoing an internal debate over islamization of the continent shall we say and you say in a recent article that europe obviously has a terrorist problem. that it sincerely does not have a muslim problem. just explain to us your stance. >> i think it's very significant that one of the policemen killed in the attack upon charlie hebdo was himself a mus

in a show of unity, his long-standing political opponent nicolas sarkozy said it was an attack on democracy itself. >> translator: civilized people irrespective of their beliefs, should unite in the face of this barbarism, this fanatical barbarism. this is a war that has been declared against civilization, and the responsibility of the civilization is to defend itself and that's what we have decided to do. >> reporter: france is on its highest level of alert and a massive security operation has been under way all night. this was in the early hours where police commandos raided a building. one of the suspects hamyd mourad is believed to be from here. he has now surrendered at a police station. but two other suspects the brothers cherif and said kouachi, are still armed and dangerous. this is cherif from a news report ten years ago. the brothers have been seen in a car with registration plates masked. police fear they may now be heading back into paris, possibly determined to die in another bloody attack. >> translator: these individuals were known to the intelligence services, and because th

the administration of franÇois hollande is different from sarkozy, but the the number now 63% are now compatible with the french society. in a sense the french society is a secular society. the problem that the french population had with islam is maybe it was the only religion that was finding difficulty in adapting with a secure system, which is not showing belonging to any specific religion in school whether it's a cross or veil you're not supposed to wear it whether in primary school or high school. same for governmental buildings. therefore, the hatred and the frustration towards fundamentalism has been concentrated to islam. that's a problem we've seen over the last couple of decades. now that you have the muslim authorities in france abdicate ing those actions from last week showing that the values of the republic, of the people, are above the concerns of secularism is a huge step forward. maybe showing in the front line the new figures of those who advocate for legal way or more private way to practice their religion by satisfying and respecting the values of the society. >> re

the israeli leader netanyahu, the french prime minister and the former president of france nicholas sarkozy and what's going on inside is really designed to dim symbolize the show of unity that the israeli leaders expressed with the jewish community and that the french leader has talked about. on friday the supermarket hit at the heart of the jewish community who felt under attack who felt there has been rising anti-semitism in france and the french leader wanted to come out here this evening and show solidarity with french jews living in this country. also theisitsi leader had prior to the gathering that's going on now spoke about the need for the jewish community with other communities within the country. he wanted to show solidarity. he talked about welcoming any french jews who wanted to move to israel welcoming them with open arms. we are expecting the french leader and theisitsi prime minister to address those inside to talk about those important issues of unity and sticking together despite the terrible violence that we saw last week . >> so yvonne the french president now with benja

they need to work -- this is what president sarkozy tried to do in the beginning. they need to work with leaders in these no-go zones where the firmament of jihadism is created and there will be a renewal of leadership in these communities. only reform, only revolution within the arab community, west african and others, the way it was happening in egypt. tunisia, many of these french immigrants are coming from tunisia. a change is coming. that should follow into france. >> dr. ferris i want to ask you, too about these no-go zones. a lot of people prior to this week had not heard about this. we're familiar with some of these neighborhoods and areas in which authorities in different places across europe and elsewhere have said we will allow these communities to operate as they wish under the standards and laws and their own tenets of their specific beliefs in some of these cases and allowing those to operate autonomously outside the reach of the government. it sounds hard to believe for people who before this week didn't know about that. >> yeah. that's the shocking

fired a cartoonist, maurice sinet, at one point, because he drew something that was critical of nicolas sarkozy, then the french president's son, who was getting married to a jewish woman. and this was deemed to be antisemitic. so is there a double standard, where this guy gets fired for that but then has no problem publishing cartoons that are seen as making fun of the prophet muhammad? >> there is a double standard, and i think that is a problem. though i will say this _ i do not think that mocking a religious doctrine is the same as mocking the memory of 6 million people who were killed during the second world war. france does have hate speech laws, and among them, holocaust denial is a criminal offense. >> right. >> and i have for a long time spoken out against those laws. i do think that we have to get rid of hate speech laws in europe. and it's given some muslims a reason for accusing france of exercising double standards, because on the one hand, how is it possible that charlie hebdo can do what they are doing being taken to court and acquitted, and then you have a french comedian who is

>> earlier the french president held a crisis meeting with his cabinet and former president nicolas sarkozy >>> well, the sadness and shock in france has been echoed around the world. >> reporter: fro across the globe came one voice. france - you are not alone. vigils held in cities near and far from the america's asia. with condolences, condemnation. >> those who carry out senseless attacks. we will stand with the people of france. >> the attack at this time is an act of terror against the news organization, and the freedom to report. this is unforgiveable. for reasons we cannot forgive such cowardly attacks and condemn them. >> obviously this is a horrific atrocity, absolute atrocity. this. >> in major european companies, they were quick to show solidarity. >> and we stand united with the french people against terrorism and this threat to our value, the rule of law, democracy, and it's essential that we defend those values today and day. >> reporter: muslim nationsar spoking out, posting this message saying: nations. >> it was a horrendous unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime. it was also

we saw the former president nicolas sarkozy leave a few minutes ago. hollande is still there. benjamin netanyahu is still there perhaps to say a few words. if you're wondering what the loud music is behind me well it's an entire marching band that just made it here with a very large brass section. so if i'm speaking at a higher volume than you're used to hearing me that is the reason why. the crowd has thinned here. but there is still, as you can see, a party atmosphere. people those who stayed behind finished their sunday evening with some color and some music and having a good time. all right. french president francois hollande is making his way out of the grand synagogue in paris. he won't be there in the synagogue when the israeli prime minister makes his remarks. that wasn't expected however, so that's not unusual. we'll be right back here on cnn with a lot more as we continue our coverage coming to us from the synagogue in paris. just to bring you up to date with more on what we know from paris. it appears as though this may have been the largest march in modern french h

we understand he has met with the former french me mere nicolas sarkozy moments ago. of course vigilance is key. we understand understand that in terms of what's going on elsewhere in france wheelchair heard records there has been a bomb in the eastern part of france and that was possibly near a mosque. we're working to confirm more details on that story and we'll bring that to you as soon as we have them. >> thank you for giving us the details, hadley gamble. >>> u.s. president barack obama has joined leaders around the world condemning the paris shooting as an assault on freedom and western values. listen in. >> the one thing i'm very confident about is the values we share with the french people a believe, a universal belief in freedom of expression is something that can't be silenced because of the senseless violence of a few. >> let's talk more about security and the opportunity to ramp up on defense with tony fratto prosecutinging director. the recent attack on paris do you think this will result in the u.s. as well as the european union to proor "advertise secur

nicolas sarkozy. dominique strauss-kahn and many others. the catholic church has sued charlie hebdo 14 times and lost every time. the counsel of muslims in france tried unsuccessfully to stop the reprinting of danish cartoons of the prophet muhammad. a bomb attack wrecked the paper's offices in 2011. this followed threats of violence over one edition where they changed the title to "charia hebdo." the following title was love is stronger than hate, but was still provocative. >> a very irreverent approach, to put it mildly. western democracies hold freedom of expression to be an absolutely central pillar of our societies. but at least in germany, there is also, as a very, very central value the idea of the respect for human dignity. have we got the right balance between those two values? >> well, i think it is difficult to talk about values without take into account the social realities in a given country. it is these social realities that really define the way in which groups interact with each other. as a result of the ongoing to crisis in

nicolas sarkozy the individual winner, even went on to say that even though he had been half savagely characterized by caricatures, he wanted more caricatures rather than too few. >> in paris and other places, some news organizations have made the decision not to--not to show the cover on television screens, and i'm wondering and i've been wondering since this all happened are we going to get to this place where we can either fall back in what we generally say in news rooms saying this is an editorial choice and when does that editorial choice really become self censorship. that's a line. that's a line. >> yes. >> and each news organization is having to find that line. >> anybody in any media has to deal with it, the news media britain media even in academic you have to be concerned about it on occasion. interestingly enough i think actually the--now dead former editor charb addressed this issue say look, if the french government or people want to censor us saying french muslims have no sense of humor then they're making themselves second class citizens. not us. we should be free to t

the question is since that time, which was 2008, president sarkozy at that time wanted to triple the number of cameras being used in france, closed circuit tv cameras. i'm not sure how far they've gotten on that, but we do know there were a limited number available to police and investigators at that time. since that time there have been a number of reasons for them to increase the numbers. the question is have they done it, and have they made use of them and of what use will it be based on this particular situation today because a lot of--a lot of activity took lace out in the street today. as i mentioned they were not in any hurry to leave the scene because they knew the car that drives away from the scene fast is the first car that cops would go after. they carjacked another vehicle so there should be quite a bit of information available for any closed circuit tv cameras. >> let's hope so. the suspects are still at large. what's next on the investigation. i'm thinking that the suspects have planned this thing to the extent where they've got a cover house, a safe house or something

in 2009 he was invited to the french presidential palace as part of a panel meeting with president sarkozy to talk about youth unemployment. he worked at a coca-cola plant and met the girl that became his wife. they were nonetheless surprised at terrorist connections. >> translator: we were shocked. it's hard to believe. it's unreal. >> reporter: one person less surprised is a social worker who worked with him as a young man taking him to disneyland paris. after not seeing coulibaly after 15 years, he showed up in his office last spring after getting out of prison. >> he's lost. he needs people to remind him that that can be done that can't be done. when someone is involved with manipulating people you can use him for anything. >> reporter: they told cnn it's wrong to imply they are nothing but breeding grounds for terrorists. many work their way into mainstream society like the mayor himself. he adds the large families unemployment lack of police decaying infrastructure provide a fertile environment for it. in the case of amedy coulibaly. jim bittermann cnn, france. >> intelligence agenci

basically a list of french political personalities from the right wing party, prime minister's from sarkozy's former government and the socialist party as well. side-by-side, shoulder to shoulder in the center of paris. obviously time and time again, hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of the french capital this sunday. we will turn to our reporter who is watching it unfold. that is the place where the rally started. this is starting to empty now that the unity march is underway? >> not really, there are so many people here. it is impossible for anybody to move really. , very little movement. the international leaders, the republican march in paris seem to have made way to the -- the town hall. we will hear very little movement around me. people seem to be moving a given around right in the heart of paris and all are leaving the avenue still, it is extremely difficult and the atmosphere especially here and there are reports of a different route taken around the -- northeast of paris. it seems there are some people who decided to go into different directions simultaneously because t

we heard it from the president and the opposition leader nicolas sarkozy, the idea that no stone is left unturned no lead is not being followed and every single resource and force available is being used put on the case. security forces intelligence agencies and the general public as well. at the same time officials have been stressing that they are not going to be giving a blow by blow act of the investigation. it's important that a lot of it will be kept under the radar. partly to ensure security of the public, but also as well not to compromise the investigation, because we are talking about a manhunt. two people understood to be heavily armed, who have killed 12 people 10 of them civilians, two police officers. these people are dangerous. so the task of trying to catch the suspects is very much the top priority of the authorities, of the security forses at the moment. >> yes. that was definitely the message from bernard cazeneuve, the interior minister. we heard from him a few minutes ago. jacky rowland, thank you for bringing us up to date on what is happening in paris. the next edi

those events are the result of siding with the sarkozy administration of national identity hoping it will actually, you know, put, you know, the actual result was the opposite making la nationale platform a mainstream platform. the idea is to be able to counteract and have a balance with other values which are the opposite for what they stand for, you know, social ascension, participation of democracy, values of freedom, equality exactly the values trying to claim their own but enough. i think there actually might be today, we have seen maybe the first step of a new page opening, now the french are seeking and it may be marching together. hopefully it will not be just short-sighted like the french that won, black or white, the arabs and hopefully this will be. >> this will last for a long time remi good to speak with you. thank you very much indeed for that. the solidarity walk in paris includes more than 40 world leaders marching with francois hollande. here is phil lavelle with more on some of the big names. >> reporter: the sense of defiance against the attacks in paris is obvious

nicolas sarkozy banning headscarf, traditional muslim garb. france knows it has a problem. i know we got to go. this is unique because this is the first time of a military assault of this kind happened on a soft target. we've seen lone wolf attacks. this is military trial. they were trained on a very soft target, the question becomes we'll address this later in the show. could it woman here? the debate here in new york and the relationship between the mayor and the police and our mentalities that this country is taking from the administration, an anti-cop mentality so wrong at this time. >> have we already potentially seen it come here? we have the trial beginning with jury select hundred this week of one of the tsarnaev brothers. if you look at radicalization and growth within a country, describing what is happening inside france and paris we're seeing some of that in the caucus ses and in russia and some of those what i call the stan countries. kazakhstan. >> there was free travel by the tsarnaev brothers, back and forth. >> that is something that raises a lot of other --

case, they fired a cartoonist at one point, because he drew something that was critical of nicholas sarkozy, then the french president's son getting married to a jewish woman an this was deem to be antisemitic, so is there a double standard, this guy gets fired for that, but there's no problem publishing cartoons that are seen as making fun of the prophet mohammed. >> there is as double standard and i think that is a problem, though i will say this. i do not think that mashing a religious doctrine is the same as mocking the memory of 6 million people killed during a second world war. france does have hate speech laws and among them, holocaust denial is a criminal offense. i have for a long time spoken out against those laws. i do think we have to get rid of hate speech laws in europe and it's given some muslims a reason for accusing france of exercising double standard. on the one hand, how is it possible that charlie hebdo can do what they are doing being taken to court and then you have a french comedian who is saying something that some people perceive as anti semitic and is taken to cou

his previous president nicholas sarkozy there's a general feeling that france was hollande behaved in a brave way. and same for manuel, the way manuel went to this jewish little cache market the very night when the murder happened was alsohs very good sign. and he had this great, because there is a lot of jews today in france who think about leaving and who think that israel might be a safer place tranfrance. prime minister of france said france without the jews would no longer be france. france without jews is not france. this is what he said and this again is a real good point. not considering political belongings and politician quarrels. >> rose: and what about the far right. what happened lawpen and what about the spirit of nationalism and what about those who argue in an anti-immigrant message? >> again, againr9often it proved to be wrong. everybody believed that lapen extreme right would take advantage of the situation. it was a general belief that lapen would say, you see, i said it before and that she would take benefit out of it. it proves wrong. lapen is for the moment compl

case, they fired a cartoonist at one point because he drew something that was critical of nicholas sarkozy, then the french president's son getting married to a jewish woman an this was deem to be antisemitic so is there a double standard, this guy gets fired for that, but there's no problem publishing cartoons that are seen as making fun of the prophet mohammed. >> there is as double standard, and i think that is a problem though i will say this. i do not think that mashing a religious doctrine is the same as mocking the memory of 6 million people killed during a second world war. france does have hate speech laws and among them, holocaust denial is a criminal offense. i have for a long time spoken out against those laws. i do think we have to get rid of hate speech laws in europe and it's given some muslims a reason for accusing france of exercising double standard. on the one hand, how is it possible that charlie hebdo can do what they are doing being taken to court and then you have a french comedian who is saying something that some people perceive as anti semitic and is taken to cour

former president nicolas sarkozy called it a declaration of war by determined fanatics. muslims heard the gunshots in his bakery on the boulevard. he called the gunmen cowards and barbaric and said... >> i don't think there's enough debate in the muslim community. everyone is in their own corner. normal because they feel threatened. we need to say stop to the barbarians some are trying. the leader said it's time to show kindness to communities to avoid confusion. >> we have to show the values of islam. we need dialogue. >> the fear is the dialogue may be high jacked by extremists on both sides who want to ignite hatred and discrimination rather than having a good conversation about having to deal with dangerous extremism >>> across the street from the newspaper, two students trying to reconcile the violence. in front of the steal, blood-stained sidewalk where gunmen shot a policeman. france talked about growing extremism, but it's time for a new discussion. >> i thought we were being careful. we talk about extremism. >> you know there are gatherings across paris in the l

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