Terror Fears; Urgent Hunt for Dozens of Terror Suspects.
BLITZER: We checked. New York state, the Democratic primary is closed. Only registered Democrats can vote two weeks from tomorrow. Potentially good news for Hillary Clinton. Other important news we're following right now. Following the ISIS massacres in Paris and Brussels, there's now an urgent manhunt under way and it's now stretching to dozens of terror suspects. Our Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr has been looking into this for us. What are you learning, Barbara?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN PENTAGON CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, the bottom line tonight, the hunt is on for dozens of suspects. No one can say where they are, or what they might be up to next.</s>STARR (voice-over): The terror attacks in Brussels and Paris have European and U.S. security officials chasing dozens of ISIS operatives and terror suspects identified as part of a wider terror web stretching from Europe to the Middle East, including at least eight suspects they believe are linked to the ISIS attacks in Paris and Brussels. About 18 additional jihadists not directly linked to specific attacks, but tried in absentia in European courts also on the run. Their whereabouts is unknown. The manhunt underscoring the reach of ISIS permeates base in Syria to direct attacks in the west with operatives train in bombings and weapons tactics.</s>BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We need to do even more to prevent the flow of foreign terrorist fighters. After the Paris attacks, the United States deployed search teams to Europe to bolsters these efforts and we'll be deploying additional teams in the near future.</s>STARR: Those teams working on border and aviation security in Europe.</s>COL. CEDRIC LEIGHTON, CNN MILITARY ANALYST: ISIS is able to place people wherever and whenever they want to. They are able to in essence create cells when and where they need to create those cells. They are also operationally capable of hiding under the radar.</s>STARR: President Obama will begin reviewing options for increased efforts in both Syria and Iraq as the U.S. looks to accelerate its campaign against ISIS. The U.S. recently bombing a suspected ISIS chemical weapons laboratory at Mosul University, targeted air strikes increasingly going after top ISIS leadership. U.S. operations looking for Fabien Clain, a senior operative involved in planning external attacks. He is believed to be in and around Raqqah. One military option, additional U.S. Special Forces inside Syria to help local fighters take more ground back, including Raqqah.</s>PETER COOK, PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY: The big focus would be in Syria, particularly as you look towards Raqqah, is doing what we can to enable those local forces to make them more effective and to be able to provide even more pressure on ISIL as those forces isolate Raqqah.</s>STARR: Another new effort tonight. A U.S. military training program restarting to train Syrian rebels -- Wolf.</s>BLITZER: Very important stuff going on right now. Barbara, thank you very much. That's it for me. Thanks so much for watching. I'm Wolf Blitzer in THE SITUATION ROOM. "ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT" starts right now.