it's wednesday, november 18th. coming up on "early today" breaking news over night once again the sounds of heavy gun fire and explosions in paris. french police targeting high level suspects in the dark of night. and bomb scares diverting two planes and another threat causing thousands to evacuate a soccer stadium in germany. what's to be done with the syrian refugees. "early today" starts right now.fu

these are live pictures of a raid still ongoing in france. justan outside of paris and located near the stade de france and overnight, they raided an apartment in a planned operation in connection with last week's attacks in paris. this is the scene earlier tonight. [ gun fire] shortly after, multiple

explosions. police say one person is still holed up in the apartment. there are explosives in the apartment that could bring down a building. and two suspects are dead. three men inside the apartment werepa arrested by special ops. a man and woman were also arrested nearby. three ofrts ficers and one civilian were injured in this raid. they believe the likely target wasy obdual abdul, the alleged master mind behind last week's paris attacks. and planes had to be diverted. but first,di we want to bring in kelly who's on her way to

saint-denis. >> reporter: as you said, we believe thise is an ongoing investigation. one of the ais spects, a woman who apparently killed herself, blew herself up at the beginning of the assaults. this happened at 4:30 a.m. local time. by 6:30 a.m., there were more explosions about two hours after it began. and there are apartment buildings and stores and all around. it'sar a densely populated area. neighbors are staying in their apartments in their homes. they have -- are hearing gun fire and explosions throughout the early morning hours and understandably very frightened. police have told people in the neighborhood beforehand, this is

be a raid, an operation but it's been an unexpectedly violent operation, according to some policeo sources and that is what people are reacting to now. as we said, still ongoing, we can't confirm the number of dead suspects or injured police according to a police spokes person. they saype this is still ongoing and they don't want to jeopardize investigations or operations in other parts of the city. dara. >> reporting live from france. a fierce political battle is heating up back home over allowing syrian refugees to enter inter the it u.s. and some in congress want to change the progress of welcoming

>> i cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for isil. than somee of the rhetoric that's been coming out of here during the course of this debate. >> nbc's ron allen is with president obama in the philippines. who is the president calling out o here? >> reporter: he isre calling out these republican governors who are saying they won't allow syrian refugees into their state and he's calling out a number of republicans on the campaign trail. he was very passionate on this issue and he says these are people who are playing to our fears and to our worst instinct instincts. there are only 2,000 or so refugees in the country, the united states andhe the limit was

that compares to europe countries like germany who have admitted 8 00,000 or so into country. and he says there's a process that takes anywhere from 18 to 24 months and so far, about half that have been admitted are children. thche president also said these are people who are also speaking out, he says, are candidates and others who are saying it would only take a tone to stop vladimir putin or to stop the threat of isis. the president is saying, this is something that is not american andn again, so far, it is republicans candidates, republican governors who are saying they won't admit these syrian refugee sdwhz ee es and the we are. late last night two air france flights were forced to

maketo emergency landings after receiving phone-in bomb threats after takehr off. and flight 65 from los angeles to france with 497 people on board was diverted to salt lake city.. both flights landed safely. the planes were thoroughly inspected and cleared and resumed their flights. it's unclear if the final destinations would still be france. and thee attacks include fighter bombers and crews c missiles missiles. this comes. after a russian plan was brought down killing all 2244 on board. and vladimir putin saying quote we will find them anyplace on

russia is offering a $50 million reward to anyone who knows who is responsible. governor nsjindal said it's not his time. and the new york times says two of his advisors are critical of his knowledge of the middle east and carson fired back saying one of them isn't really aneabut admitted he was on a learning curve. >> i know a lot more than i knew a year ago and a year from now i'll learn more. and i think it applies to every aspect of our lives. especially in a rapidly changing world. c

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>> christa: good wednesday morning, very business day of breaking news overseas. >> jadiann: here are the stories we're working on this morning. overnight, police carrying out overnight raids north of paris targeting the alleged mastermind of last friday's deadly terror attacks. two people were killed in the raid, including a woman to blew herself up with a suicide vest. five people were arrested. it's unclear if any of them are the man investigators think plotted the attacks. >> christa: two air france flights diverted from u.s. airports because of a threat have been given the all clear. the flights which left from los angeles and washington bound

for france both received anonymous threats shortly before taking off. >> jadiann: two people taken into custody last night after a bullet was shot through an apartment window in quincy. no one was hurt. it's unclear if the two men will face charges. >> christa: lots to get it but it's freezing out there this morning. >> jadiann: thank you. i don't know if my tempt gauge is right because i always feel cold. it does feel cold. >> jeremy: you can say it. it's been cold the last couple mornings and the month of the november this year featured a lot of warm days so that's probably what is contributing to the cold feel. you know, all by itself, it's a cold morning. but we've had several warm days this month, this year in november, compared to last year. and when you look at the first 15 days of the month, this is the third warmest november on record for boston. number one 1975 with an average temp of 57 degrees.

the jet stream looked like this the first part of the month. moving forward the jet stream is rearranging itself so that overall this will be the pattern that carries us through the thanksgiving holiday weekend. not a clot of cold but not a lot of warmth either. it will be typical november, some days in the 40s for highs and others in the 50s. it's cold. norwood 19, nashua 19. jaffrey 18. the city of boston 35. the good news about the cold air is that it's dry so both of your commutes are dry. mostly sunny skies through the day. another cool day with temperatures this afternoon upper 40s. 7news begins right now. >> christa: first at 5:00 this morning we have breaking news. [gunfire] >> explosions and gunfire erupt as police intensify the search for the mastermind of the par

terr attacks.