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washington, d.c. jim avila traveling g th the presididt at the g-20 summititn turkey. we begin with marci gonznzez in paris. marci,i,ood morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. in some ways, it almost feels like a normal monday here in paris. especially compared to the panic we saw here yesterday. sounds that turned out to be fireworks sent people running for cover. now, as we learn more about the investigation, it's clear, this city is still on edge. this morning, an international manhunt for this accused terrorist. police say 26-year-old salah abdeslam led the team of gunmen who opened fire frfray night. 129 people were killed in the attacks at six locations across the city of light. of the ten terrorists believed to be responsible, police say three survived. possibly escaping in this getaway car loaded with assault rifles.
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custody yesterday in belgium. this morning, abdeslam is still on the run. police tracing the killer's connections to isis. saying the terror group's commanders in syria planned and directed this violence. >> there's a specific unit on the organizazaon chart of isis for external attacac. >> reporter: theherench air forcrcquickly responding. dropping more than 20 bombs on the isis de facto capital in northern syria. as police continue to look for others with links to the attacks. the heartbreak still pierces. from paris to california. >> she'll always be in my heart. i think she'll be in everyone else's heart, too. >> reporter: and though france is still under a state of emergency, the eiffel tower, other tourist attractions, and schools are opening today for the first time since the attacks. kendis and reena? >> marci, what an outpouring of grief. all around. you can see e e growing memorial behind her.
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days? >> reporter: yeah, at all hours of te day and night, we've seen people coming out to makeshift memorials like this, lighting candles, leaving flowers, having silent moments of reflection. at the scenes, the six scenes in paris, we have seen parents come up to get their first heartbreaking look at where their children lost their lives. just walking down the street, we have passed people who didn't know the victims, just weeping openly. just so much emotion, sadness, and shock still here in papas. >> no doubt. several days of official mourning continue there in paris. marci gonzalez, joining us live, thank you. an american college student from california is the first american casualty of the attack in france. >> nohemi gonzalez was a student at cal state long beach, studying abroad this semester. she was killed in one of the restaurant attacks. at cal state on sunday, hundreds of people attended a vigil in her honor. her devastated mother is
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big dreams. >> i feel lost. sadness. and it was my only daughter. >> the cal state vigil was h hd to honor thehethers who died in the attacks and to supportrthe people of f ance. several americans are believed to be among the more than 300 people injured. the growing threat from isis is front and center at the g-20 meeting of world leaders in turkey this morning. >> it's likely what drew president obama and vladimir putin together for an impromptu meeting there yesterday. jim avila is traveling with the president. good morning to you, jim. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. normally, the g-20 summit is all about the economy. the richest nations in the world are here. the president opened up the proceedings saying a dark cloud descended over turkey because of the paris attacks. he had three importantnteetings offline yesterday. including a meeting with the president of turkey, in which he emphasized that turkey must shut off the border to syria.
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that that's where the foreign fighters are coming from. he med with the king of saudi arabia. that was mostly about saudis helping out with political solution, asking the saudis to use their pressure with arab nations to come up with a solution to the problem of the civil war in syria. and finally, an important meeting offline, about 35 minutes, in a hallway off of the hotel where the meetings are being held, withh the president of ssia, vladimir putiti that meeting was said to be constructive. ananthat there was some progress made. russia has agreed there should be free elections in syria. the president of the united states urging russia to be more careful about where they're dropping their bombs in syria. the president of the united states saying that it was okay and that they welcomed russia's assistance with isis. but they should be careful about dropping bombs on the moderates. day two here is with the president having a news conference.
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we'll be covering that. back to you. >> jim, thank you so much. pope francis calling the attacks in paris an unspeakable affrononto human dignity. >> speaking to an n dience in st. peter's square, the pope said he was shococd at the barbarity of the attacks. he said using god's name to justify such violence is blasphemy. >> to honor the victims of the attacks in paris, president obama has ordered all u.s. flags at all public buildings to be flown at half staff until sunset on thursday. in raleigh, north carolina, some 300 people gathered to honor the paris attack victims. among the dead, was a 23-year-old french student who was about to join her best friend at a college there in raleigh. ten months ago, people gathered on the same spot to mourn the loss at the parisian magazine "charlie hebeb." ananthere were tributes at nfl stadiums across the country. with moments of silence held before games. take a look here in philadelphia. a bald eagle with a camera on its back flew on to the field,
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and at least two u.s. governors now refusing to accept syrian refugees in their states. the new details coming up. plus, guarding the homeland. what's being done to protect americans from an attack like the one in paris? a new technology possibly used by isis that kept their plans from being overheard. we're live in washington, next.
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paris after the attacks. he put his piano on a trailer and drove 400 miles to paris. he says, if people are inspired, they can do anything. and that's why he plays "imagine." >> inspirational there. u.s. officials say there is no known credible threat in the u.s. in the wake of the paris attacks. >> security stepped up across the country out of an abundancnc of caution. kenneth moton is covering the latest fm washington. good morning to you, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. yes, this is really a new phase for isis as the terrorroup works to radicalize westerners and wage a global jihad. law enforcement agencies looking to protect the homeland. for the monday morning commute, coast to coast, an increase in security at so-called "soft targets." u.s. officials are working with their counterparts in france, trying figure out how the isis terrororts were able to go undetected to pull off their
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>> isis isisuch more capable. there are more of them. this is a much bigger threat than we ever faced from al qaeda. >> reporter: top law enforcement officials say they're deeply concerned that isis may have used new cell phone encryption technology. their communations invisible to trackers. it's called going dark. >> i've been complaining about going dark. i think you're going to see that will play a significant factor in this event. very interested to see what type of phones they were equipped with. what types of apps they had on those phones. >> reporter: isis, more aggressive. savvier than al qaeda. technologically advanced. as they showed off their ability to terrorize westete cities and possibly t te commercial planes out of the sky. here at home, we watched the security response play out at sports stadiums and arenas in new york. >> i feel pretty safe. i'm not really nervous about anything. anywhere you go, there's going to be danger. >> reporter: even though people will see an increase in security throughout the week and as we head into the holidays, u.s. officials here in washington say
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abundance of caution, not because of a credible threat, as you mentioned, reena and kendis. >> kenneth moton, lili in washington. kenneth, thanks so much. we have much more on the attacks in paris. ininuding the mystery survivor. a pregnant woman, hiding from terrorists by hanging from that window. and the presidential candidates' reaction to the terror attack.
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thth is a live look at o o of the growiwi memorials in paris. a mountain of flowers, cards, and candles to honor the 129 people killed in friday's brutal terror attacks. unleashing 20 bombs on isis, on their targets in syria. the international manhunt is intensifying for a 26-year-old french national accused in the attack, still on the loose after slipping across the border to belgium. the attacks in paris quickly became an issue on the presidential campaign trail. here in the u.s. >> at a democratic event in iowa, front-runner hillaryry clinton sought to counter criticism frfr rivals following her statement that the fight ainst isis, quote, cannot be an american fight. >> the attacks in paris are a sobering reminder of the challenges and the threats that we face. and the importance of american
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leadership. >> it is a -- >> during saturday night's democratic debate, clinton stopped short of saying the paris attacks were another example of being at war with raracal islamic terrorisis >> but you can see her republican rivals ther hay had no problem using that phrase while discussing the fallout from the attacks. >> they were not injured by some faceless menace. they were not injured by some abstract and inchoate violent extremis they were injured by radical islamic terrorism. >> we won't be able to take more refugees. it's not that we don't want to. we can't. there's no way to background check someone coming from syria. who do you call and do a background check on them? >> in the past, rubio has warned about people with secret ties to islamic militants flowininacross european borders as parts of waves of refugees from the middle east and elsewhere.
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the governor of alabama is also reacting to the attacks in paris. republican robert bentley has said he would refuse refugees to his state. he said he will not comply with the policy that puts the people of alabama in harm's way. that follows a similar decision by the governor of michigan. isis has taken responsibility for twin suicide tacks in beirut thatatook place on thursday. at least 43 people were killed in the blasts just moments apart in a crowded shopping district. part of the same wave of terror that included paris. this morning, lebanon has arrested 11 people. mostly syrians, including a would-be bomber. officials say they're bracing for more attacks. tense moments for passengers on a plane at washington's reagan national airport. they were forced off an american airlines flight to boston after members of the crew expressed concern about two men on board.
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nothing was found that was suspicious. passengers reboarded. the two men were questioned and released. a scare for hundreds of people on a flight from israel to l.a. they had to make an emergency landing in montana after a warning light came on indicating a fire in the engine. they were stranded in billings until a replacement plane could arrive from new jersey. crews found no evidence of a fire. further out west, a rare tornado struck a town in central califofoia. the twistetewas on the ground for nearly a mile. tearing down trere and ripping off a church roof in the town of denair. no injuries reported. powerful winds gusts up to 70 miles an hour. looking at today's weather, more windy conditions in california. snow and rain move into the rockies from idaho to colorado and down to the four corners region. we switch gears and to sports now. the cardinals beat the seahawks. 39-32 in sunday night football. but the big headline is about peyton manning. >> he broke the nfl career passing record during sunday's
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>> that pregnant woman's ordeal is especially heartbreaking. matt gutman has more on that pregnant woman's grueling experience and that of others who witnessed the violence. >> reporter: for more than two torturous minutes, she hung from the window sill. beneath the mysysry woman, peopop spilling out of the back of the bataclan theater. some collapsing right there. listen. you can hear her cry out. [ speaking french ] >> reporter: mister, mister, i'm pregnant. the camera pans. these people dragging victims. throughout, the woman still hanging. finally, another person tries to help. and the fate of that mystery woman on the ledge, still a mystery tonight. meanwhile, inside the theater. [ gunfire ] >> we heard this crackling noise, like firecrackers. >> reporter: the gunmen on t t balcony level. the e eater seen here in happier times. on the website. but on this night -- >> we were covered with blood and more than blood.
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i mean, piece es of flesh. i mean -- >> reporter: celia and benjamin had been on a date night. now, playing dead, they heard the shooters just feet away. >> the man said, you killed our brothers in syria, and now we're here. >> reporter: the california-based band apparently whisked away to safety. france began releasing the names of the dead. and now, shown by the bbc, their faces. 15 people didi right here at the restaurant. you can still see the blood smeariri the facade of the restaurant. and even in the middle of the night, people coming out to pay tribute, laying wreaths, lighting candles, and posting signs like that one. paris, city of light. matt gutman, abc news, paris. >> the memorial growing. details are emerging about the victims in the attack. >> just some of the 129 victims. nick alexander from britain. the 36-year-old was killed at the bataclan concert hall as he was selling merchandise for the band. >> this is the face of alberto gonzalez garrido. also killed at the bataclan. a spanish engineer. living in france. his wife was also at the concert. she managed to escape.
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a tour bus driver. from portugal. the only person to be killed at the stade de france. >> and mathieu hoche. from the french news channel. he died at the bataclan attack. >> so far, 103 bodies have been identified. 20 to 30 more are still waiting. we'll be right back. >> the world is mourning. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? yep, totally. it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the sign then drive event. zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta
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flags at half staff in honor of the victims. u.s. stock futures point to a weak start on wall street. the terror attacks adding to the investor fears. new york stock exchange to have a moment of silence today. well finally this morning, another look at the overwhelming grief gripping the people of france. >> the flowers, candles, and of course the prayers. millions banded together by sorrow, love, and resilience.
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>> and as we each said to president hollande and the french people, we stand in solidarity with them. [ crowd singing in french ] >> we want to give you a sense of how the world is reacting to this this morning. this newspaper, a dutch newspaper. you can see, it's a gun with the eiffel tower in the cross-hairs there. >> and also today, in "the sun" blood brothers. the hunt now on for one of the terrorists believed to have escaped. we also know that french president hollande is expected to address parliament. the whole world will be waiting to hear exactly what he'll have to say.
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we know that strikes taking place in raqqa and syria over the weekend. >> we want to give you live pictures now. all throughout paris. people are mourning, dropping off flowers and candles and cards. and that's what's making news in america this morning. stay with us for "good morning america."showers passing through the region along with a rumble of thunder or two. temperatures are warm at near or above 50 degrees thanks to the humidity and cloud cover currently in place. wind speeds are stout from the south and southeast between 10 and 20
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