>> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. paris attacked, 12 murdered in cold blood. what we're learning about the gunmen and a possible motive. dploablglobal yowm outrage. calling an attack on western values. charlie hebdo what it is and why it was targeted. freedom of speech, we talk to one of the greatlyiest being

advocates in the united states, harry sherer on the attack on pairs. in france a massive investigation is under way after one of the worst attacks there in decades. just before noon, masked gunmen stormed the newsroom ever a satirical publication charlie hebdo. one of the world's most iconic cities, not far there the eiffel tower. many carrying the sign, je suis charlie, i am actuarial. beginning with darna dana lewis where

it is 2:00 a.m. >> good morning john, good evening john. i can tell you you talk about gun fire spilled out into the streets, this is one of the streets where it occurred. eyewitness said they heard many, many shots ring out. able to identify the three gunmen who were wearing masks during attacks but according to widespread l accounts by news media, that led police to close in on their location. two of the men in their 30s are brothers, they are in a suburb of north paris and thin another man 18 years old came from rheimes 18 miles northwest

of here. an operation has been carried on by anti-terror police surrounding a building there and we were informed some of the police were able to get into an apartment there and there have been video taken by local television of them searching an apartment, in which suspects may have planned their attack from. here on this boulevard when the suspects came out of the you newspapernewspaper john after shooting the staff in the newspaper they fired on a police car one was shot in the leg and the gunman very quickly and calmly according to eyewitnesses walked over and finished him off. they shot him on the sidewalk at point-blank range. gun fire on the streets of paris paris. a typical gray winter morning the france's capital turned into

one of the worst attacks in the country in decades. amateur video shot from a nearby building shows the moment when masked gunmen stormed the building of the satirical newspaper, charlie hebdo. a witness describes the scene. trz i >> translator: i left the building and i saw a car with screeches tires arrived. they were armed and dressed for war. >> two gunmen stormed ameeting. the paper had recently rl featured the proved prophet muhammed. bystanders stood by as the gun fire continued. two gunmen attacking the police officer. the men falls to the ground the

gunman ran towards officer at point blank range killing him. hijacked another vehicle. shortly after the attack french president you francois francois hollande told a shocked nation, they'll do whatever is needed to bring the gunmen to justice. >> we have to do whatever we can to ensure that they are arrested judged, and punished in the most severe way. >> reporter: the french government has put the country on its highest state of alert. and john, president hollande on national television has of course declared a national day of mourning, tomorrow, flags will be flown at half staff or for three days. and there are many candlelight vigils around paris john.

>> islamic leaders in france headed to the scene. they say what happened goes against the teachings of their religion. >> translator: truly islam condemns assassination condemns murder condemns taking the lives of those around you. truly, and we are absolutely horrified. we are stunned. >> al jazeera's middle east correspondent nick schifrin has report ed extensively ated extensively at the syrian border. nick, there are reports that perhaps the attackers are from europe why? >> i think paris authorities who are look for these gunmen indicate they are french but the fear is that european officials and u.s. officialsofficials i'm speaking to is that thee they do have european citizenship and they've gone to iraq for

training. fowrd according to u.s. officials go for training. they fear that training can be brought back. >> what kind of training are we talking about? >> the same exact things we're talking about today the holding of those weapons very calmly. those people have done that before. fight for groups like al qaeda i.s.i.l, absolutely open, for so long only recently being cut off, but so many people went there, got their training and the fear is tonight that these attacks could increase across europe. >> why would france be such a breeding ground for these people? >> i think there's a fear among french authorities that there are communities outparis muslim communities, that feel sidelined. they are able to travel easily, they are able to find these groups easily and that's key

had a they can go over there and then the fear is because they have passports that they can come back. >> what is the reaction in the middle east? i >> i think you see a lot of muslim and regional leaders saying je suis charlie we are charlie tonight. they have condemned this attack absolutely. the fear is, that there is no really stopping these fighters who have been able to go to iraq and syria from going back because they hold thee european passports. >> nick schifrin, thank you so much. president obama has promised any help they need to bring these killers to justice. libby casey has more. libby. >> john the president condemning the attack which he calls horrific. he offers more than prayer and sympathy. he offers the help of law

enforcement and intelligence. president obama spoke by phone with the french president wednesday afternoon offering condolences and assistance. mr. obama reaffirming america's strong affiliation with france. sharings a message of unity. >> the one thing i'm very confident about is the values we share with the french people. i believe a universal belief in freedom of expression, is something that can't be summonsed because of the senseless violence of the people. >> the president called the counterterrorism cooperation with the french excellent and said the u.s. will provide any assistance it can. the fbi is working with french law enforcement and members of the president answer national security team has been in close contact with their french counters parts. the white house press secretary saying u.s. officials will now

redouble their efforts to work closely with muslim leaders to counter beinging extremist ideology. unbridled sympathy for the french and the is a satirists. house speaker john boehner offering prayers and vigilance against terrorists. members of congress using social media to express support and outrage. senator dick durn durbin recalling frenching support after 9/11. >> i think it's appropriate today that we'll follow suit, that we join in that same spirit. >> and tonight the department of homeland security secretary jay johnson talking about the home front saying the u.s. government needs to stay agile

by working closely with local law enforcement to be prepared of any threats here in the u.s. john. >> all right libby thank you. charles cogan former station chief in paris currently in harvard's belfour center in poverty. what did you find particularly unusual about this attack? >> you've got to take into account the fact that france is a very special country. it has the largest muslim population in europe, aggressively eants antisecular they went to the point of banning the head scarf. they are a boiling point for disgruntled jihadis. i think the attack was extremely daring and the fact that these

guys escaped is amazing. and they apparently didn't look upon themselves as going to commit suicide. fortunately their identities are now apparently known because ever what they left in the vehicle they abandoned. so i have a lot of faith in the frenching internal security services which are very strong, you know france is one of the most heavily policed countries in the world. i think they're going to find these guys. i hope they do. >> what about intelligence leading up to this attack? what do we know about it? >> well, there were several -- president hollande pointed out today there were several attacks leading up to this. these were individuals in paris and nantes and somewhere else so there was a sort of a cre shen docrechendocoming up you wonder why

there wasn't more protection over at the charlie hebdo office. there was a policemans sonyed topolicemansassigned to protect the editor. they went up on a lift code and then shot. >> charlie hebdo has been focus of controversy and threats before right? >> yes. apparently the newspaper or the publication inspire of the al qaeda in the arab peninsula fingered charlie hebdo again apparently because -- i'm not sure of this -- because charlie hebdo was beginning to do another series of cartoons about the prophet. >> because we have seen suicide attacks before and because this

attack seems unusual, do you expect this is a wave of -- we can expect xp a wave of new attacks like this? >> i think we can expect this for years not only in europe but in the united states. until the he wave of jihaddism breaks and goes away. it is going to take a long time and be a huge problem for the west. >> we hope you're wrong but charles it's great to have you on the program thanks very much. >> you're very welcome. >> charlie hebdo was founded in the 1980s businessmen religious figures all of them have been sceured skewered in their

paper. >> roxana saberi has the story. >> for decades charlie hebdo has shocked and amused readers. at times it mocked muslims and other times jews and christians. when it came time to criticize officials, its did so, the paper was sued in 2007 by two frerch french muslim associations, a french court rejected the case. four years later charlie hebdo renamed an edition as charia hebdo. later on the editor spoke to al jazeera about what motivated him and his colleagues. >> it's been 20 years that we've been quote unquote provocative

on many subjects. it seems every time we deal with radical islam we get violent reaction is. >> the newspaper said it had a duty uphold france's freedom of the press. a tweet mocking i.s.i.l.'s leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. now the french phrase, i am charlie. french people are in solidarity. >> we are in a national unity mode, when you attack one of us you attack all of us. we are all charlie hebdo and we are all defending our values and our freedoms. >> reporters are worried about their freedom because the attackers are still on the loose. they have guards posted outside their building and so do others. in france, john.

>> journalists as well, hundreds of people are gathering right now in freezing cold temperatures in new york's union square holding signs like the ones we've he seen at many demonstrations je suis charlie. many have been targeted in recent years over depictions of the prophet muhammed. be paul beban has thepaul beban has the story. paul. >> thank you john. media outlets around the world have come under pressure, threatened or attacked for their irreferent depictions ever islam. the attack in paris is the latest of assaults on journalists and artists who have lamb poonldlampooned islam islam l author salman

rushdie spent years in seclusion. cartoons showing jesus fighting stlawfersfightingsanta claus and frosty the snowman. but after they lamb panda on south park they received death threats. the lampoons are censored on comedy central and not available online. in 1979, theo van gogh was threatsenned. the public public works of 12 cartoons, sparked protests around the world and plots to kill at least one of the cartoonists. a similar round of protests and death threats came in 2007, after a swedish newspaper

published cartoons of muhammed by lars vilkes who still lives under police protection. and in 2012, a crude amateur film made in california called innocence of muslims depicting the prophet as a fake led to arrests of muslims around the world. in a number of countries where islam is the dominant or official religion, insults against them are crimes, some cases punishable by death. some sayings attributed to him prohibit make images of human figures, and some muslim sects don't tolerate images at all. islam is not alone in this. one of the old testament's ten commandments forbids worship of

idols or images. worship like this sometimes comes into violent l contrast to freedom of the press or being speech. when it was first exhibited in france in 2011 it and another work were attacked with a hammer and museum employees received death threats. the museum closed but then reopened specifically john so those damaged works could be seen by the public. >> all right paul thank you. we're going to have much more on the role of satire many with comedian henry scherer. and who's to blame for the cyber attack on sony. sony.

>> we have much more on the attack in paris coming up but first, some of the day's other

top stories. search crews in the java see have found what may be a major discovery in the search for qz8501 acknowledge the tail of the plane on the sea floor, the tail expected to contain the air flight recorder and data recorder. why it blames north korea for the cyberattack on sony, skeptics have doubted the claims from the start. still u.s. officials pushed ahead with harsh sanctions. now they're explaining why and here is jamie mcintire. >> james comey used his top billing to rebut the skeptics who have rebutted the case against north korea for the sony attack. >> there is not much in this life i have high confidence

about, i have very high confidence about this a attribution. >> blog about their doubts, typical was scott borg, who posted on cnbc, north korea has never before demonstrated any advanced hacking capabilities. more important it hardly has any way of acquiring those capabilities. >> some serious folks have suggested that we have it wrong. i would suggest not suggesting i'm saying, they don't have the facts that i have. don't see what i see. >> the most popular counter-theory was that it was an inside job with the keys to the sony kingdom supplied by a disgruntled former employee who was laid off last may. speaking to the website the security measure kurtsteinberg said his be company identified

three individuals one sony employee a ten year veteran of the company. comey has been under pressure to go beyond the statements, that the many hack was connected to north korea and had striking similarities to a north korean attack last year against south korean media outlets and banks. it got sloppy and slipped up. >> several times they got sloppy rights? several times ea either because they forgot or had a technical problem they connected directly and we could see them. and we could see that the ip addresses that were used to post the e-mails were coming from ips that were schurvel used exclusively used busy the north koreans. >> to him that's case closed. james clapper conquered. he spoke about meeting in north

korea with the general he says was in charge of the attack and he says the north koreans are in his words deadly deadly serious about afronts to their supreme leader who they regard as a deity. john. >> thank you. bombing outside an naacp office in colorado. no one was injured officials say they are looking for a white male in his 40s. tens of millions of americans feeling the effects of an arctic blasts. schools in boston and chicago are closed, due to the cold. our meteorologist kevin corriveau is here. kevin. >> john, this is the most extensive with this particular vents. right now temperatures in chicago minus 2, here in new york is 12. i want to show you what it feels like with the willed. chicago feelings like minus 18, that is why schools are closed tomorrow.

that is only going to be going down into the overnight hours. bismarck minus 23. the cold air is moving more towards east. last night we were showing the map and it was part of dakotas affecting dayton, you cham sham champaign you auburna area.s urbana area. we are looking in vermont to minus 40°. as we go through rest of the couple of days, those temperatures will be coming up in the region but we are going to be seeing very dangerous conditions in the area. new york we will feel minus 20,

maybe even minus 25, right before sunrise. very dangerous conditions. we don't expect to see much in terms of snow but in the next couple of days the lake effect is going to kick in and we'll see more snow. john. >> all right kevin. massacre at the office of a french satirical newspaper. plus harry scheer talks cherry talks scheer talks to us.

>> this is al jazeera america i'm john siegenthaler. paris attacked. what we're learning about the gunman and the motive behind today's massacre. the victims four cartoonists among the dead, in what many call an attack on freedom of the press. i am charlie. the tributes from cartoonists in warning around the world. and harry scherer one of the world's greatest satirists on

today's loss and the growing threat to free speech. >> it is now 2:30 in france where authorities are searching for three suspects in wednesday's attack against a satirical newspaper. the offices of charlie hebdo are in central paris. tim friend is in paris with the latest on that, tim. is. >> reporter: >> reporter: well that searchfor the three gunmen armed and dangerous, is centered at least about 130 kilometers from paris northeast of paris. on housing estate where police believe that the gunmen may have been. now, it's not clear, at the moment, whether they are still there or whether it's afternoon area or a house where -- or an air or a house they may have

been before the attack took place . it's quite possible the police are at the moment looking for fingerprints dna that will help them in their hunt for the gunmen. and it's being reported at least in the french press that those men are aged 33 and 34, they are believed to be brothers and the third member of the gang aged 18 described as a homeless man. now they've been named in some sections of the french press. but nothing is confirmed by the french interior ministry which is leading this whole operation. so it should be treated with a certain a of caution for the time being -- certainly amounts of caution for time being. >> tim could you describe what can be expected tomorrow once it's light in paris? >> sure. it will be a day of mourning across france.

flags will be flown at half-mast and at midday french time there will be a minute of silence. this nation has been deeply shocked 50 savagery of this attack -- shocks by the savagery of this attack. to to some extent the french had been bracing themselves for the possibilities of such an incident. after all about a thousand young french men have gone to fight in iraq and syria. some of them have returned. and it's not clear that the government here has managed to keep a track of all of them. and of course, the worst fears appear to have been realized on the streets of paris. that is, that the terror in the middle east has now been imported back onto the streets of europe. and alongside that day of mourning the french government of course and the president will be meeting intelligence achievers, will be meeting police to decide on their

strategy in the days ahead. there's the short term, where they have to decide the nature of this investigation and reviewing progress. but in the long term, they have to discover why so many young men in france are sufficiently disillusioned and feel disenfranchised to go off and fight and become radicalized and fall prey often to online propaganda that suggest that they should go out and carry out attacks of this nature. >> all right tim friend reporting from paris. tim, thank you. the four charlie hebdo artists killed today were some of the country's highest respected artists. the editor was among those killed. he said he would rather die standing than live on his knees. roxana saberi reports. >> john, stefan charbonie rfertion was theier wasthe editor.

stefan charbonier started edit of editing the charlie hebdo. in 2009. they charb was assigned a police guard in 2011. after an issue featuring the prophet muhammed. >> the purpose is so we can talk about islam in france as we talk about all the other subjects, all the other religions. jean cabu, 76-year-old was the highest paid cartoonist in the world. in 1960 he helped found satirical harikiri monthly.

he also co-founded another one called la ronger. the 80-year-old was working for various publications including charlie hebdo when he was killed. announced that thursday will be a national day of mourning. >> translator: the men and women died for the idea that they had a france, meaning liberty. >> roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> dean ovedal is a comedian radio host and columnist for daily beast. dean welcome. >> thank you. >> what was your first reaction when you heard the news today? >> add first i didn't know what -- at first i didn't know what to make of it. whether i.s.i.s, al qaeda didn't matter who did it, it was an attack of freedom of expression frankly where freedom of expression is so important, we have to withstand

muslims against these people who say you can't prints certain articles or images because you don't like them. killing, it's not based on the koran, it is despicable. >> you wear many hats, you are an artist but you're comedian as well. you express opinions, some may be offended, many are not many may not be offended by what you say. but at the same time i think it's interesting that this was the particular tack. why do you believe that they would go after a satirical newspaper? >> if we're going to find out because if they catch them alive they're going to proudly tell us why they did i.t., from terrorists, this reason or that reason. in my heart, it is a strategic position to commit that attack. if they are al qaeda is it to compete with i.s.i.s?

the big issue was two and a half years ago three years ago. i'm curious why? it seems more strategic. the idea of depicting a picture of the prophet muhammed and you kill somebody for it is abhorrent. unequivocal terms in terms i've never seen. >> you've worried about the backlash against muslims around the world especially in france? >> i'm serl worried about you know -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt but every time there's an attack, does that go through your head? >> instantly it does. every day you wake up you see stories about, boko haram i.s.i.l, that is reality. >> why? >> because people will define us by our worst portrayals. if all you know br negative image after negative image you are not going to think warm thoughts. >> in france they are 10%

muslims. >> different over there. >> different over there worse? >> i think there seem to have -- >> there seems to be a growing antimuslim sentiment. >> there does. when you see poll numbers you see people are upset with muslims, they blame them. neighboring germany 18,000 people in the street denouncing islam. almost a pro-islam march. they are fearful of muslim groups moving the their countries. they are not integrated, they have stayed in their pockets -- >> how does that play out? how do you fix it? >> that's big question. that's the question i wish i'd answer. in america i could understand what's going on, the muslim leaders are doing their best, working with law enforcement building alliances. the lone wolves are the difficult people, they are planning and plotting, not coming to mosques, or i would

never meet them at a muslim american event. i wish i had an answer, i really, surely do. >> congratulations on your new radio l job. on -- >> seriu srvegius xm radio. >> thousands are rallying arounds the phrase, je suis charlie. >> we stand squarely for free speech and democracy. and these people will never be able to take us off those values. >> very desperate hour we stand by the french people and all of those who feel committed to freedom of the press we say we stand up for freedom of the press in such a rest resolute way and all the freedoms we hold

dear in our country. >> according to media reports in egypt, calling it a criminal attack egypt denounces any violence and at the united nations. >> i want to express my outrage at the despicable attack against the french mega gem charlie hebdo. it was an a direct attack on the corner stone of democracy and freedom of expression. >> much more than an attack on a satirical newspaper but on democracy itself. patty culhane, al jazeera washington. >> muslim leaders are also condemning attacks. a spokesman for thing islam the islamic

cooperation, goes against pringz ofprinciples of values. the arab league, egypt, saudi arabia tunisia and many others echoed that sent adapt. let's go to washington, sheila macvicar, what are we learning about these suspects? >> well, the breaking news from france is that the youngest of the suspects, the 18-year-old who was previously described as of no fixed address a homeless young man has in fact turned himself in to police in the northern city of chavez mesier where the police raid took place earlier tonight. the older suspects 34 and 32 years old brothers on the run one of them at least has previous known affiliations to terror organizations and it was

in fact convicted in 2008 of being part of a network that was sending young men to fight against the u.s. coalition or the u.s. led coalition in iraq. he is a man who went to prison who apparently in prison worked hard at making himself very physically fit. we know very little else about his affiliations or the affiliation he ever his brother at thiss of his brother atthis points. >> how are frenching officials doing handling this situation? >> we are hours past this event. they have some line on these suspects but others not a trace. looking for more evidence. it appears that there is not a trace of those two.

this will become very embarrassing for them. we have seen a french police officer killed in a most public and horrifying way. this will strengthsen their resolve if it needed strengthening to find these individuals andbury them to justice. >> can you hear moor ever sheila's reporting on "america tonight" at the top of the hour. sheila thank you very much. all of this novelist sals manrushdie after he published the islamic verses acknowledge he says, i stand with charlie hebdo, a force for liberty against tyranny dishonesty and stupidity. respect for islam is like a fear

of religion. criticism, yes and our fearless disrespect. hearsay scherer is an actor comedian and satirist, perhaps best known for his work on the simpsons and this is spinal tap. harry, welcome. >> thank you john. >> what was your reaction today? >> well, first i was shocked and horrified, obviously. this was a heinous act. i do think you know, one says that knowing that one is echoing the remarks of world leaders who have various nuanced shall we say reasons for issuing such statements so i say it with full knowledge that prance i'm being perhaps i'm being sincere about it. it's a moment where i think we have to stop and say you know people who commit barbaric acts of whatever kind, we don't need to pay attention to the slogans they utter any moratorium. whether they are intoning

religious excuses or they are intone excuses like the war on terror. barbaric acts of savagery are barbaric acts of savagery and they need to be identified as such. >> you once said cynical is what political operatives are sin challenge is keeps me honest. what you've seen today do you still feel that way? >> you have to. you have to pull the covers up otherwise and order an intravenous drip. the other guys are the cynics, who think people can be manipulated endlessly by fear. what happened today was a clear warning that there are certain people who think they -- i don't know what they think. you know, trying read the minds of these people is i think silly. they committed this kind of act. we know what kind of people they

are, enough said. satire deserve defense. very often the only people that are around to defend us are the ones we have been mocking in law enforcements and military. that is the ultimates mat absurdity, we are defended by those we mock. >> now we see comedians satirists, journalists killed again. should journalists be afraid now? >> no, i think this is the moment to stand up and be brave. i mean, i think when you see journalists re-printing the cover of the last issue ever charlie hebdo and blurring it, that sends an interesting message. we are with you guys all the way up to the thing that got you in trouble and we step back. it is a moment i that i calls --

you know it's interesting to compare the obama administration's statements, a couple of years ago last time that charlie hebdo published a cartoon had got them in trouble a very nuanced kind of gee we defend the right but we question the judgment or the judgment can be questioned. with the unmitigated staunchness of their defense of the silly little film that sony put out that was not even being attacked by north korea most tech experts now claim. boy they were really staunch about that. but it took this to make this administration say strong words about freedom of speech and defending it in the case of a satirical magazine. >> a lot of people in france are hurting tonight a lot of people around the world are standing in unity. as you looked at those banners it says i am charlie, je suis charlie, what is it about this

attack that hit so many people? >> you know, the editor, the late editor of the magazine once said drawings never killed people. the irony of that remark tonight is in sharp relief and i think it unites everybody in the sense that you know if words are going to be taken as a justification for these kinds of heinous acts, then we have two choices: either stop using words and cartoons and stay mum or stand up and be counted and speak outs. >> is there a point where being being intentionally provocative crosses the line. >> you know that's an interesting question. satire, by its very nature, is supposed to be entertainingly transgressive about the most serious subjects of our lives. hiphypocrisy, duplicity war all the big stuffer.

and transgressive is an interesting concept. because our pop culture tends to pick the low-hanging fruits of transgression and use it for commercial purposes. you know, see madonna for examples. but she's not saying anything about religion or sex or anything else whether she puts on these transgressive swatches. she's only saying something about her i.e., watch me. to say something truly transgressive satire always has to be pushing outward because pop culture is on our tail. i think tame satire is sort of useless satire. you have to draw a little blood. >> harry, if you want to stand by for a second i want to continues our conversation with harry scherer right after this.

>> we have more now with actor comedian, is a satirist.

harry scherer. the being symptoms which you have be spearheaded for years showed the image ever south park. i think you know the answers to this convex can are the images appropriate? >> i did some reading up this afternoon, john because a publication as august as the washington post said today that depiction of the prophet muhammed is forbidden by the religion of islam. there are sources fairly reputable sources on the internet that would suggest otherwise. there are no verses in the koran per se that prohibit that. there are some texts which the sunnies regard as divinely inspired and authoritative which are against depictions of most humans and some animals so i

think maybe the publisher of cat fancy magazine should be in some fear tonight. but i think cartoons and you know comic depictions of all of our leaders religious political, educational you name it are fair game. >> it strikes me that the role of comedians and satirists may have changed over the past few hours. we laughed at your jokes we like to laugh at what do you. you entertain us. but your art seemed to have been raised a level today. it's importance seems to have -- its importance seems to have been raised a little . can you talk about the importance of freedom of speech? >> well, yeah. that phrase was sort of misused in the whole controversy about the sony film recently poop movie studio that's a subsidiary

of a hardware company is an independent vehicle from a satirical magazine. a movie studio makes a decision every day about what to release and what not to release and what to green light and not green light. people don't raise the issue of freedom of speech to them until they got hacked. a newspaper is on the front lines of freedom of speech every day. the speech that you have to defend is the unpopular speech. you know, nobody's going to put you in jail or threaten you in any way for saying i support the troops and thank them for their service. it is the transgressive speech, it is a speech that might make you think or not the rejurnlg takingsrejurnlgtake takeregurgitating of speech.

the is would be abhorred by these satisfiages. every bit as much as the crirchts whochristians who were abhorred by the antiabortionists who killed abortion doctors. >> thank you harry scherer. paying tribute to their colleagues. rl

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killed today. some held up signs like you see here. others held up pens in support of freedom of speech and illustration. i'm john siegenthaler. i'll see you at 11:00. "america tonight" is next. aa. >> on "america tonight," paris in mourning. but not in fear. voices of free speech arounds the world stand up in the face uf its nerch. hours after theof its 9/11. why so many are standing up to say je suis charlie. we'll have the latest on the man hunt for the killers and minute-by-minute detail of how they carried out their vicious assault. "america tonight"'s sheila