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>> glor: the paris ter railroad investigation widens. an international manhunt for a suspect who got away. frightening images emerge inside a concert halla long with extraordinary stories of survival. did the attacker use so called dark apps to hide their communications? president obama huddles with a putin over the viet against isis. and security is increased in u.s. football stadiums what is being done to protect soft targets. >> soft targets we have to rely on public awareness. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor. this is a western edition of the broadcast. the death toll from the terror attacks in paris stands at 129.
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more than 350 were hurt and 77 in critical condition. isis claimed responsibility and tonight france has responded. these are french warplanes unleashed earlier in a wave of air strikes from jordan and the united arab emirates. they bombed command centers around the isis stronghold of raqqa in syria. it comes as the investigation is widening. an international manhunt is on for a 26 year old french national who had been living in belgium. seven other suspects are dead. six from suicide bombs, another killed on friday in a shootout with police. so who are the suspects and how could they plan the first coordinated attack by isis in the west? we have a series of reports starting in paris with elizabeth palmer. >> reporter: hundreds of people who gathered near the locations of friday's attacks suddenly bolted tonight. and for a few minutes they were convinced the nightmare was
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starting all over again. they dove for cover, anywhere that looked like a good place to hide. even the police went on alert. but it was a false alarm. and it's still not clear what started the panic. tension is high, especially after the police today issued an international arrest warrant for a suspected terrorist who is still on the loose. salah abdeslam from belgium is one of three brothers thought to be involved in the attacks. he's suspected of running logistics and renting a car that was towed away from near the bataclan concert hall for forencic testing. the police have also identified some of the seven dead attackers. they include ab an des slam brother ibrahim who gunned down restaurant customers in central paris and blew himself up. ahmad al mo ham ad was another bomber who tried to attack the football stadium. he was 25 and a syrian who slipped into europe on what may
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have been a false passport last month, among the thousands of asylum seekers who had come ashore in greece. and omar ismail mostefai was a french citizen and petty criminal. he was on a police watch list after being radicalized in 2010. and he lead the attack in the concert hall. here is the result. a distressing photo of the crime scene shows the bodies of music fans e cuted-- executed on the spot. today family members got as close as they could to the place, still under police guard. and their shock di solved into anguish. nearby where floral tributes are piling up, a rabbi and two imams came to light candles and speak to the crowd. >> now is the time said one of the imams for french muslims to take a clear stand against any form of terrorism. but for 129 innocents, it's too
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late. this is the second major terrorist attack in paris in less than a year, jeff. and the world climate change summit is coming up in two weeks. to say that french politicians and security services are stressed would be an understatement. >> glor: liz palmer, thank you very much. at least 89 of the victims were killed inside a concert hall as a rock band from southern california was performing. but their remarkable stories of survival as well. we warn you though, some of the images are graphic. here's allen pizzy. >> eagles of death metal had the bataclan rocking and then shots rang out. the guitarist bolted, the drummer ducked and the concert became carnage. the horror of being caught up in the attack was evident by how desperate people were to escape. please, please, help me, this woman cried out. i'm pregnant. a can't hold on.
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massimiliano natalucci and companion dove for cover the moment the shooting began. >> when we were crawling on dead people, there were so pean dead people on the floor. >> were you actually crawling over dead people. >> yes, yes. >> reporter: this photo taken when the attack was over shows what he escaped. the victims were shot met oddically with no chance to escape, no mercy shown. and in a street outside, more carnage, even as the wounded were being helped,ed sounds of the assault can be heard. it was even more terrifying for concert goers who hid. christine tudhope huddled in a small room for nearly three hours. >> you could hear things from above going on. grenades, explosions, screams. we could hear it. >> reporter: by the time the injured made it to dr. philipe juvin's hospital. >> all of the patients were silent. there was a huge silence. no people were speaking. >> reporter: silence is the most striking feature of make shift memorials. they come to honor the dead and
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to try to make sense of violence that is by all normal measures incomprehensible. a memorial service at noter dame cathedral marked the start of three days of official mourning. but the fear will linger long after that. allen pizzy, cbs news, paris. >> glor: president obama is in turkey at the g-20 summit. the focus was meant to bed global economy but now it's isis. and it has the president huddling with vladimir putin. margaret brennan is there. >> reporter: as world leaders stood for a moment of silence honoring the victims of the paris attack, the looming question was how to respond. president obama even consulted with russia's vladimir putin who has been reluctant to join the fight against isis despite losing over 200 of its citizens in a jet believed to have been blown up by an isis bomb. in a meeting with president of turkey, a country also hit by isis, president obama vowed to hunt down the perpetrators.
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>> the killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on france, not just on turkey, but it's an attack on the civilized world. >> reporter: officials say the fight against isis will now intensify. that includes more air strikes targeting the terror groups top leaders. greater intelligence sharing between the u.s. and european countries, and tighter control of the turkish-syrian board tore restrict movement of foreign fighters. but critics say that the scope of the paris attacks requires a significant change of course. mike morrell former deputy director of the cia served under president obama. >> i think it's now crystal clear to us that our strategy, our policy, vice a vee isis is not working and it's time to look at something else. >> reporter: following friday's attack, the u.s. is hoping that france will consider putting special forces on the ground in syria to fight isis,
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alongside the u.s. operators already deployed there. jeff? >> glor: margaret, thank you. >> you just heard from michael morrell, the former deputy director at the cia and cbs news senior security contributor, he joins us. were you blunt today saying our strategy is not working. if you are not ready to subscribe what might work, what needs to be reconsidered. >> it's not that i'm not ready to prescribe, i don't know what to prescribe, but i do think we need to reconsider some things. i think the first thing we need to reconsider is our views on president assad. our policy has been he has to go, that's -- that the stability in syria is not possible as long as he is at the helm. but he may also, he is certainly part of the problem, but he may be part of the solution here the way the russians and the iranians think about it. that's number one. number two, we might need to think about taking more risks on the battle feel. not necessarily putting americans in combat but putting them in forward positions supporting others in combat
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calling in air strikes, for example. so different things we should be looking at. >> glor: under a potential scenario of the u.s. working with the syrian army, that is a dramatic and serious change in strategy. >> yes, it would be. it's been discussed before. we've always ended up with no, our policy is that he needs to go, and then we'll work with a new government. but what has happened in the last two weeks, bringing down of the airliner, the directive attack in paris, unprecedented, time to think about a new approach. >> glor: so outside iraq and syria, then, why is isis so interested in launching attacks in the west at this point? >> two reasons. the first is they want to go after countries who are part of the coalition attacking them in iraq and syria. they are trying to change the political dialogue in those countries. they are having just the opposite effect as we have seen today. the french attacks isis positions in syria. the second is they want groups, extremist groups in other countries to follow them, take on their mantel, take on their
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objective which is to form a global kal i flait. >> glor: these attacks outside reflects more. >> exactly. global scal i fate. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> isis has promised more attacks but the white house says so far there is no specific or credible threat to the u.s here's jeff pegues on heightened security. >> it's still the regular season. but on sunday there was near super bowl level security at nfl stadiums across the country. in pittsburgh, there were increased bag checks. and eagles fans in philadelphia were greeted by swat teams and bomb-sniffing dogs. the site of the 13th assault in paris is promising-- promptk increased security in the u.s. to protect the public not only at sporting events but at concerts and other venues drawing large crowds. new york city police commissioner bill braton. >> we also have no shortage of soft targets which is the problem. we're going to have to rely very
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heavily on public awareness as we always try to do. see something, say something. >> reporter: u.s. law enforcement officials say there is no specific or credible threat to the united states. still, this weekend the fbi ordered agents to step up surveillance of potential isis sim pathizers. but the old rules will may not apply any more. mohammed rahim, a former counterterrorism analyst forp the director of national intelligence says isis has evolved. >> what does law enforcement have to do now to counter that? >> law enforcement can't do this alone. they have to work quite frankly with muslim populations or muslim communities. this he have to work with imams, with community centers. this cannot be a solely government response. >> reporter: the u.s. law enforcement response to the paris attacks is still a work in progress. jeff, federal officials are discussing whether to issue more spefng guidance to law enforcement in cities and states in the coming days. >> glor: jeff pegues, thank
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you very much. how could the teams of tar is-- paris attackers plan the assault without getting caught. contessa brewer shows how technology could have played a role. >> reporter: the paris attackers may have pulled off their plot in part by keeping their plotting secret. isis uses so called dark apps to hide their messages from surveillance. the same apps many people use to keep nrvetion private. former fbi deputy director tim knee murphey. >> it's caused a huge, huge blind spot for intelligence agencies and the law enforcement to actually get insight to what they are doing. >> reporter: often even the app makers can't get the data because messages self-destruct or the encryption key constantly changes. new york city police commissioner bill braton. >> these apps, these devices that now allow these terrorists to operate effectively without tear of penetration by intelligence services, this is the first example of this. >> reporter: in brussels, searching for accomplices,
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investigators reportedly discovered a playstation 4. bell began leaders say communications on the gaming console are difficult to moniter. >> it's a huge, huge problem. the social media recruitment, social media radicalization, then they will go off the social media platforms into encrypted platforms to have further conversations about travel, about if you can't travel, take action against your own country. >> reporter: and isis is already using the paris attacks to build its brands online. >> this event is in many respects similar to the events in 9/11 in terms of the game-changing aspect of it. >> reporter: if you think the dark apps are just do main of terrorists, think again. medical and local professionals use them to keep your information private. and british intelligence reportedly uses them for its own communications, jeff. >> glor: contessa, thank you very much. an american college student was killed in the attacks while having dinner with friends. her story when the cbs evening news continues.
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>> glor: the only american confirmed kills in the paris attacks was a student at california state long beach. today that school held a vigil in her honor. here's mireya villarreal. >> nohemi gonzalez was a first generation mexican american with big dreams. her mother beatrice. >> she was called to have a different life. she wanted to have a career and a family. >> reporter: gin gon was one of 17 cal state long beach students studying this sem esther in paris. a friday night din we are other foreign exchange students, ended with gonzalez among 19 people gunned down at labelle equipe restaurant, half a world away. >> this really affects us profoundly. >> reporter: professor michael la forte called nohemi an extraordinary student. >> nohemi was something of a star. she brought joy, happiness, laughter. to everybody she worked with.
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>> reporter: for her family, there is yet another heartache. >> the fbi told us that it is going to take like three weeks or more to have the body back because she has to stay there for all the investigation. >> reporter: no hemi, gonzalez was just 23, her boyfriend posted on instagram, i lost the most important person in my life. she was my best friend and she will always be my angel forever. mireya villarreal, cbs news, los angeles. >> glor: the paris attacks changed the to kufs the democratic presidential debate. that story is next.
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>> glor: the attacks in paris had a big impact on last night's democratic primary debate in des moines. after the debate over half of democrats and independents polled said hillary clinton won, berny sanders came in second followed by martin o'malley. nearly two thirds say clinton is the candidate they trust most to fight terrorism. now more from nancy cordes who
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was on the parch el. >> reporter: at a debate refocused on foreign policy the former secretary of state said she is best prepared to deal with threats like isis. >> it cannot be contained. it must be defeated. >> vermont senator bernie sanders argued the u.s. should be part of that fight but not lead it. >> the disastrous invasion of iraq, something that i strongly opposed, has unraveled the region completely. >> let's just be clear about what you are saying, you are saying secretary clinton who was then senator clinton voted for the iraq war. >> i done think any sensible person would disagree that the invasion of iraq lead to the massive level of instability we are seeing right now. >> reporter: the candidates also clashed over health care taxes and big dollar donations. >> over her political rear, has wall street been the major campaign distributer to hillary clinton. >> we need to step up and we need to protect main street from wall street and you can't do
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that by campaigning as the candidate of wall street. >> i represented new york on 9/11, when we were attacked. where were we attacked. we were attacked in downtown manhattan where wall street is. >> that comment sparked reaction on debate partner twitter. >> secretary clinton, one of the tweets we saw said this. i've never seen a candidate invoke 9/11 to justify millions of wall street donations until now. >> i'm sorry that whoever tweeted that had that impression. because i worked closely with new yorkers after 9/11, for my entire first term to rebuild. so yes, i did know people. i have had a lot of folks give me donations from all kinds of backgrounds. >> reporter: while respondents to our poll called clinton the winner they gave her and sanders equal marks on the economy and gave him a nearly two to one advantage, jeff, when if comes to dealing with income inequality. >> glor: nancy cordes, thank you very much. >> another big story this weekend, the frightening crash of a sight-seeing bus in san
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francisco. that story is ahead.
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>> glor: there are reports two tornadoes touched down today south of sacramento, both in stand isslau s county. no word of injuries. officials are a session the dadges there. four people were left in critical condition after a double decker tour bus in san francisco went out of control. here's jamie yuccas. >> the open top double decker tour bus ran down a bicyclist, two pedestrians and smashed into moving cars and kement going. stunned witness katy bailey. >> the bus was going very quickly through the intersection, at least 40 miles an hour. and it looked like it was going out of control. >> reporter: the bus came to a halt at a construction site in the middle of union square, a busy shopping and hotel district in san francisco. security worker john zimmer called the scene horrific. >> it was like a bomb going off. just boom, boom, boom, boom,
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boom, boom. and there was, like it wasn't going to stop. >> 30 people were on the bus when it crashed. 20 were hurt, eight people including a minor were taken to the hospital. four remain critical. officer says the investigation is ongoing. >> we will look at any mechanical mall functions. we will look at any du i, alcohol or nar cottics as standard operating procedures. >> the c.e.o. for city sight seeg fran fran released a statement saying he is deeply sadenned and cooperating with the authorities. firefighters say the bus driver was awake and talking at the time of the crash but his condition is not known. jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york. >> glor: and we'll be right back. 7
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>> glor: finally here tonight, it happened in paris. but the world is watching. england, germany, myanmar, the philippines, afghanistan, pakistan, egypt, india, nepal,
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vigils and memorials of light stand in stark contrast to friday's darkness. in washington d.c. today, james joansz brought his two sons riley 7 and grayson 5 to the french embassy. at the eiffel to youer under extra police protection this scene at sun rise. the sun is about to rise again in france. and though monday will mean more searching, it also means more support as a global audience stands with the city of light. that is the cbs evening news tonight. later on cbs, scott pelley will be in paris for "60 minutes." first thing tomorrow, cbs this morning. i'm jeff glor in new york. good nievment-- night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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