This Week with George Stephanopoulos – January 11, 2015

Guests:

Martha Raddatz

Terry Moran

Pierre Thomas

Attorney General Eric Holder

Gerard Aruad – French Amb. to the U.S.

Fmr. NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)

Chair Senate Intelligence Committee

Intro: TERROR IN PARIS!

Stephanopoulos: OMG terror in Paris!

Audience: eek

Stephanopoulos: France is at war!

Moran: the whole nation is declaring non

- we will not live in fear!

Stephanopoulos: vive la france

Moran: there is a huge crowd here George

Stephanopoulos: impressive

Moran: there are memorials to the dead

but Muslims are afraid of a backlash

Stephanopoulos: I can see that

Widow: my husband belonged to everyone

Moran: the killer's girlfriend is in Syria!

Stephanopoulos: Martha talk terror to me

Raddatz: the killer was given money  

by al-Qaeda in Yemen

Stephanopoulos: wow

Raddatz; he was trained in Yemen  

which is where all the best young 

aspiring terrorists go

Stephanopoulos: is that the one 

with the monkey bars?

Raddatz: it's where the underwear

bomber learned his mad skills

Stephanopoulos: sounds like 

a crack operation

Raddatz: I even visited the school

in Yemen where they train terrorists

Stephanopoulos: you get all the

choice assignments Martha

Raddatz: I found the Paris terrorist's

old locker and his yearbook where other

murderers wrote 'best friends forever' and

'keep in touch' and 'good luck in Paris!'

Stephanopoulos: good research Martha

Raddatz: he was voted Mostly Likely

to Commit Murder Over a Cartoon

Stephanopoulos: good call there

Stephanopoulos: the U.S. has bombed

Yemen 100 times - what will it 

take to destroy al-qaeda there?

Raddatz: more bombs?

Stephanopoulos: thanks Martha

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: welcome Mr. Holder

Holder: Hi George

Stephanopoulos: who is behind 

the Paris attacks?

Holder: we're looking into it

Stephanopoulos: what about

American sleeper cells?!?

Holder: well George there's

no evidence for that

Stephanopoulos: which country will the

U.S. invade for this French attack?

Holder: we have many options George

Stephanopoulos: who's the leading candidate?

Holder: France – we've done it before

and got some good movies out of it

Stephanopoulos: how did these 

gunmen

slip through the cracks?

Holder: hey we can't watch everyone 

all the time

Stephanopoulos: that's a poor excuse

Holder: we need to share more 

information with the French

Stephanopoulos: we could tell them

who the terrorists are and they could

give us some good recipes

Holder: sounds like a good deal to me

Stephanopoulos: the British head spy

says terrorists are planning mass attacks

and he needs more money and power

Holder: we need the people to stop terrorism 

– if you see something say something

Stephanopoulos: when is America 

going to be attacked?

Holder: we decimated core al-qaeda!

Stephanopoulos: if you say so

Holder: on the other hand all it takes

is one whacko to ruin it for everyone

Stephanopoulos: is the U.S. is at 

war with radical Islam?

Holder: we're at war with crazy people

Stephanopoulos: that covers a lot of ground

Holder: we're going to have a blue

ribbon panel summit to stop terrorism

Stephanopoulos: problem solved

Stephanopoulos: are you going arrest

General Petraeus for leaking secret

information to his girlfriend?

Holder: I can't say

Stephanopoulos: but John McCain and

Lindsey Graham say he's a hero

who should be above the law

Holder: yes I know

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: my condolences

for the attack on your country

Araud: thank you we're overwhelmed

by you the sentiments

Stephanopoulos: who was behind 

the attacks in your country?

Araud: zee bad guys

Stephanopoulos: what about sleeper cells?

Araud: zere are thousands of 

radicals in France

Stephanopoulos: giving away 

health care is pretty crazy

Araud: alors!

Stephanopoulos: so what happens next?

Araud: we will have more terrorist attacks

– we are certain about that

Stephanopoulos: yikes

Araud: it is zee sad part of life

Stephanopoulos: so what do you do?

Araud: we must stop invading zee wrong

nations and work with zee muslims

Stephanopoulos: I see what you did there

Araud: France was attacked not

as France but as a Democracy

Stephanopoulos: will you finally attack

ISIS or al-Qaeda?

Araud: mon dieu - we have already

been attacking zese groups for years

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: how do you prevent

a terror attack on a peace rally?

Kelly: no one does a street 

 protest like the French

Stephanopoulos: I'm terrified Pierre

Thomas: you should be George – it's

a witch's brew and a really scary moment

Stephanopoulos: well now I'm  

positively petrified

Thomas: ISIS is masterful at getting

kids in their pajamas to pledge death

to their cause until they join and regret it

Stephanopoulos: it's the P90x of terror

Stephanopoulos: Ray how do you 

stop a lone wolf?

Kelly: you have spy on thousands of people

– it's not easy but it is necessary

Stephanopoulos: Senator what should

I be scared of the most?

Burr: killers and murders and terrorists

Stephanopoulos: you warned we will

have one terror attack per week!

Burr: gosh darn right George

Stephanopoulos: will Hump Day be

replaced by Terror Attack Day?

Burr: we need to spy more!

Stephanopoulos: what else?

Burr: the French are allowed to

torture people and they were

still attacked! We're doomed!

Stephanopoulos: you say Obama 

is soft on terror

Burr: Eric Holder did use the 'war'

but only by accident because he's

a squishy appeasing liberal

Stephanopoulos: I hear you Aaron

Burr: this is a war on western civilization

– we must thwart terror attacks!

Stephanopoulos: what a brave stance

Stephanopoulos: should General

Petraeus be prosecuted?

Burr: no because when he gave

away miltary secrets it was no big deal

Stephanopoulos: thanks for coming