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. [ gunshots ] breaking news this morning. violence erupts in a paris suburb as police raid the suspected hideout of the mastermind of last week's terror attacks. is wednesday, november 18, 2015. this is the "cbs morning news." good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green.green. overnight, french police raided
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paris where suspects in last week's terrorist attacks were hold up. the target of the operation was the alleged mastermind of the attacks, abdelhamid abaaoud. scores of heavily armed police were involved in the raid north of paris and jonathan vig lee on theity is in saint-denis with >> reporter: good morning. we're standing about three blocks away from where the early morning raid was carried out around 4:00 local time. it's six hours later and you can still see the active scene behind me. police and military troupes scouring the street for other possible suspects. ench prosecutor is confirming one person killed identified as a female suicide bomber who were told set off her suicide vest. five our suspects taken into custody, flee inside the apartment, two outside on the streets.
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their identities not confirmed. police had reason to the believe that the mastermind behind friday's attack was hiding inside. gunfire erupted in a paris suburb of is an saint-denis overnight where police believed the mastermind was hiding. redents heard explosions, sam were evacuated, others told to stay indoors as heavily armed officers and soldiers moved through the streets. authorities think mastermind abdelhamid abaaoud was inside the apartment with several other avily armed suspects. police began searching for a second man who they say slipped away after the carnage. authority reportedly spotted him on surveillance video in a car with two other attackers who opened fire on customers at a bar. the brother of one of the suspected attackers is appealing for him to come forward. my advice to him is on turn himself into the police, he said, so justice can shed light on what happened.
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saint-denis is just over a mile from the soccer stadium targeted by three suicide bombers. secretary of state john kerry says attacks on so-called soft targets like these pose yet another challenge for the fight against isis. >> for a terrorist, if you're willing to die, you can choose almost anywhere to go do that. and everybody else who is in law enforcement trying to prevent it has to get every single thing right all the time 24/7, 365. that's a much tougher task. >> reporter: and we are back here live again three blocks away from where the early morning raid was carried out and where right now the search for more suspects very much real and active this morning. twice already we have seen police break through thearrier where we are in the search for possible suspects. and we've already seen the barrr stretch over to our left as that ongoing search continues this morning. an . >> can you it u
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the area, is an saint-denis? >> reporter: the neighborhood is about 30 minutes outside the center of paris, pretty close to the stadium where one of the attacks took place. this has been an area that has been the focus of these police raids in the past 48 hours. hundreds of raids have been carried out throughout the country including in this very location. as far as the intelligence that led police to this particular area and to that flat behind us, still unclear. what we can tell you, neighbors that we have spoken with said they woke up to explosions and to gunfire and again right now still very much an active site. unclear right now if other raids are being carried out behind me as we speak. >> looking at the video, it's clear that this is a major, major police and almost military operation. but it's also a place where a lot of people live. what has it been like for the people who call this area me? >> reporter: yeah, you can imagine how hectic it's been. we've only had the opportunity true all the chaos here to he
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people. we spoke with one person, a father and his son,ho said they woke up to those explosions and quickly hid under their bed. you can imagine the fear and the tension here this morning. and really throughout the country as the search continues. the mastermind, abdelhamid abaaoud, was believed to be in syria, but now with everything that is unfolding, it's obviously believed that he may be here and possibly one of the suspects that was found inside. of course there is another person in all this, salah abdeslam, one of nine aackers involved in friday's the a tack and one of two still on the prun run. so as the search continues to widen, three suspects within france's border, you can imagine right here in this very block where this seems to be the latest of all of this, a lot of tension continuing. >> i can only imagine now. jonathan vig lee on theity, thank you so much. we'll have the very latest from saint-denis on the raid related to last week's terrorist attacks
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now overnight, two air france flights headed from the u.s. to paris were diverted following anonymous bomb threats. one en route from los angeles landed safely in salt lake city, the other took off from dulles international oside washington, d.c. and landed in hal fax. there were just under 500 passengers on the flight that landed in utah. the fbi says no evidence of a bomb was found. p the investigation in can in a take is under way. the air campaign in syria intensified since russia found evidence a bomb destroyed a russian airliner over egypt. bombers and cruise missiles hit suspected targets including raqqah. vladimir putin vowed to hunt down those responsible for destroying the jet. and a soccer match in germany was called off because of a bomb threat. the match between germany and the netherlands in hannover was
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canceled 90 minutes before kickoff. angela merkel was due to attend, but because not at the stadium. no arrests were made and no explosives found. a jazz concert was also canceled. and the house is expected to vote on legislation to temporarily close u.s. borders to syrian rev ghees fugees as early as tomorrow. pressure is building following the paris attacks while the administration is defending it plan toed a hit 10,000 sear krans next year. don champion is here in new york with the latest. >> good morning. emotions are high and the rhetoric is hot. president obama characterizes efforts to are bar syrian refugees from the u.s. as offensive, but republicans and now even some democrats say it's time to circle the wagons. >> this is a moment where it's sorry. so we think the prudent, the responsible thing is to take a pause in this particular aspect of this refugee program in order
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not trying to infiltrate the refugee population. >> reporter: republican lawmakers say for now it is time to shut america's borders to syrian refugees. even as the administration defends the vetting process they claim the refugees are not being thoroughly investigated. but even some democratic lawmakers are having second thoughts. chuck schumer said a pause in taking the syrians may be necessary. in the philippines, president obama lashed out at efforts to shut out the refugees. >> they're scared of widows and orphans coming into the united states of america as part of our tradition of compassion. >> reporter: the president apparently referring to remarks by new jersey governor chris christie who said orphans under five should not be admitted to the u.s. and on the campaign trail, donald trump charges the obama administration is deliberately sending syrian refugees to states led by republican governors. trump also says religion plays a
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role as to who is allowed into the u.s. >> the hardest thing you can do is be a christian in syria and come into the united states. one of the easiest places in the entire world to come into the united states from is syria if you're a muslim. >> some refugee advocates compare the reaction against allowing the syrians into this country to placing japanese americans into interment camps during world war ii and the u.s. government turning away jews fleeing nazi germany. >> don champion here in new york, thank you so much. well, the midwest and pacific northwest are facing the threat of severe weather. a storm system stretching across the middle of the country could bring flooding along with blizzard conditions to the plains. the northwest could see damaging winds and rain. tree people are dead in washington after being hit pie falling trees brought down by high winds. gusts hit 70-mile-per-hour in spokane, a tree crushed the roof of a car, but the driver inside
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was pulled out safely. the winds knocked down power lines, hundreds of thousands of people are in the dark. and storms left a trail of damage in memphis, tennessee. wind peeled the roof off an apartment complex, one section hung down from an upper story. huge chunks littered the yard between the buildings. heavy wind closed roads west of little rock pd a the storm pulled trees from the ground knocking down power lines. debris littered the street. a massive tree briefly trapped a homeowner inside. coming up on the "morning news," we will take you back to france as police there close he in on terror suspects in an over overnight raid. this is the "cbs morning news." t a cough. you'd see how often you cough all day and so would everyone else. new robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to twelve hours. new robitussin 12 hour cough relief.
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mastermind of friday's paris attacks. police stormed an apartment where they believe abdelhamid abaaoud was hold up. overnight, there was gun fire and several explosions were heard. at least two people were killed, including a woman who police say blew herself up. at least five people are in custody. there is no word on whether abaaoud was killed, arrested or if he was even in the apartment. we'll continue to check back on this developing story. on the cbs "moneywatch," a dietary supplement maker faces criminal charges and the fed chair says no to more oversight. hannah daniels is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. >> good morning. fed chair janet yell will not strongly opposes republican sponsored legislation to increase oversight over the federal reserve. yellen called the proposal, quote, significantly flawed and a grave mistake detrimental to the economy. the legislation would require the fed to use a mathematical form ooh-rah to determine interest rates and place
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here is a look at today's straft in some cities around the country. taking another look at our top story this morning, and ongoing standoff in a parisian suburb, it all started as a raid targeting the suspected attacks. police stormed an apartment where they believe abdelhamid abaaoud was hold up. at least two people were killed, blew herself up. custody. there is no word on whether abaaoud was killed, arrested or if he was in atment. we'll continue to check back on this developing story. an airline passenger is restrained after disrupting a flight and protesters gather again in minneapolis over the
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deadly police shooting of a man. those are some of the headlines on the morning news stand. the minneapolis star tribute reports two officers involved in the deadly shooting of a black suspect agreed to speak to state investigators. police shot jamar clark sunday after they say he attacked his girlfriend and tried to stop paramedics from treating her and then he fought with officers. witnesses say crash was handcuffed when he was shot. the state bureau of criminal appre-hepgs superintendent says that claim is under investigation. >> there was handcuffs at the scene at the time and we're still examining whether or not they were on mr. clark or whether or not they were just at the scene. that's what we're trying to assert. >> the shooting led to days of protests including this one last night outside the city's police department. and the "new york times" reports two advisers to ben carson's campaign say he's struggling to master foreign policy. in the past week carson wrongly assert that had china has intervened in syria. he also failed to name the countries that could form a
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coalition to fight isis. one adviser, former cia operative dwayne clairage, expressed frustration about carson's lack of ministry, in a statement the carson campaign distanced itself. mr. clarridge is an older man who had an amazing career. he is not our foreign policy adviser and he would have no personal knowledge of who or when dr. carson is briefed. and the boston herald reports on a drunk passenger who was restrained on a flight from london to boston. the polish woman is charged with interfering with the flight crew. police say she tried to openen a exit door mid flight after she wasn't allowed to smoke an e cigarette on board. up next, we will take you back to france where a massive raid overnight targeted the suspected mastermind in the paris terror attacks. right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. without it the virus spreads from cell to cell.
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here is a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. returning to our top story morning, a raid in a parisian suburb targeting thetermind of last week's terror attack. for the latest, let's go to jonathan vigliotti in saint-denis. >> reporter: again, we're about three blocks away from where the early morning raid was carried out. police and troops continue to scour the streets for other possible suspects. the headlines here, five people taken into custody, one person was killed, a female suicide bomber. we're also told five police officers were injured. the identities of those taken into custody at this point still unclear. but police say they have rope to believe that the master mind
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>> and we will have much morerope to believe that the master mind behind friday's attacks was hiding inside. >> and we will have much more on the raid coming up on "cbs this morning." this is the "cbs morning news." the all-new tacoma. toyota. let's go places. pain from your day can haunt you at night, don't let it.
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a look this morning at the parisian suburb where an overnight raid tar getted the mastermind of last week's attacks. at least two people were killed, herself up. the neighboring hood is not far from the soccer field where some of attacks occurred. jonathan vigliotti is there. is this still a pretty active scene? >> reporter: you can see just how active it is still behind me. we have seen dozens of police officers and military troops here on the streets. at one point, twice actually we should point out they broke through the barriers that we're standing in front of right now.
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a person of interest after about 15 minutes or so of chasing shall be through somebody through the streets and actually went to the left. all of this after five people earlier today around 4:00 this morning were taken into custody and of course the french prosecutor saying this all started off as a female suicide bomber detonated a vest. this all unfolding as police continue their 48 hours now and counting of raids over 300 raids that they conducted, many of area. >> jonathan, you mentioned five people in custody. do we know if they were all in the apartment and with the alleged suicide bomber blowing themselves up, do we know if there were any injuries among the police? >> reporter: yeah, so two questions there. we'll start with the police. we are hearing reports right now that five police officers were injured. the extent of their injuries at this point still unclear. going to now the suspects and those five people that were taken into custody, not clear if
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all of them were inside the apartment at the time. we assume so. what we can say for sure, though, three people, three men, were taken into custody inside the apartment, we're told by police and by the prosecutor that a man and a woman were taken into custody outside of the apartment. the identities of all of these people at this point still unclear as the investigation continues. of course what police are really focusing on right now is abdelhamid abaaoud, the mastermind of the attacks, was among those inside p. if so, we expect to hear a lot more in the hours to come. >> and jonathan, you're in saint-denis. you can tell me what this >> reporter: yeah, the neighborhoodcan you tell me what this >> reporter: yeah, the neighborhood, it's a pretty quiet neighborhood from those that we spoke with. chaotic scene. this neighborhood has definitely been the focus of many of these raids over the past 48 hours. as i was telling you, about 300 raids have been conducted, a
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number of those conducted here. and of course earlier this morning, that's when this raid was triggered by that gunfire and by that suicide vest that went off. again, though, very active this morning as the investigation continues. >> all right. jonathan vigliotti in saint-denis, thank you very much. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," consumer reports looks at a possible link between the rise of super bugs in antibiotics and of course more coverage from paris.
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