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lights. making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, more raids across europe. hunting down those responsible for the attacks in paris. plus, new air strikes taking out isis targets. we're live in paris. chilling promise. isis calling out its next target threatening washington, d.c. and a new battle brewing. the list of states refusing to take refugees growing by the hour. also breaking right now, severe weather, a powerful system spawning g dozens o tornadoes, an oil refine leveled creating a hazardous situation this morning plus, making history and changing a man's life. the firefighter going from this to this after an extensive face
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what's next for him. good tuesday morning, everyone. we're going to get started with the relentless response from france launching nearly 130 additional raids overnight as more than 100,000 police patrol the streets. >> it was another busy night for french figer jets dropping 16 bombs on isis targets in syria simultaneously destroying a command center and a traraining center. on capitol hill, members of the house will receive a classified briefing today on the paris attacks. following a moment of silence last night to honor the 129 people who lost their lives. to normal, the alleged mastermind of the attack has been identified, and the international manhunt is still under way for the alleged eighth attacker our coverage begins now with abc's marci gonzalez joining us from paris. marci, good morning. good morning. in tho raids here overnight police were again trying to
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most wanted suspects. [ sirens ] this morning, the mastermind behind the paris attacks and one of the terrorists police say carried out the deadly plan still on the run. a day of raids and a siege on this apartment building in belgium where police thought they had salah abdeslam cornered turning up empty. this town molenbeek also home to abdelhamid abaaoud, the isis militant accused of planning the foiled paris bound train shooting earlier this year as well as friday's attacks. >> the mastermind selects and trains and motivates the suicide bombers, but he never kills himself. >> reporter: this morning the french military responding again announcing another round of air strikes destroying several isis targets in syria while here in europe, no sign of either of these accused terrorists, but the evididence of eir devastating impact still emanates. the memorials at the scenes
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different countries died to the somber, silent moment shared by thousands. secretarof state john kerry here in paris vows the u.s. will continue standing shouldero shoulder with this grieving nation. >> no one should doubt that the light stilshines in the city of light and that darkness wil not ever, never overpower it. >> reporter: and people still out here paying ththeir respts while trying to return to some normalcy. after so many cultural institutions re-opened yesterday, we just learned that tomorrow the christmas market will open here but with added security. kendis and reena. >> marci, are we learning anything more this hour about how the attackers communicated? >> reporter: well, u.s. officialare concerned that the killers here may have used some kind of encryption technology to hide their computer and cell phone communications, and officials in belgium suspect
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something like a playstation or other gaming systems to communicate off the grid. back to you guys. >> a right, marcionzalez on the search for answers in paris. marci, thank you. well, president obama, in the meantime, has arrived in manila overnight for the apec and pacific nations. the meeting will focus primarily on economic issues, but member nations are also preparing a people of france and victims of terrorism. and breaking news from russia where the first time ever an official is actually saying that the plane crash in egypt was a sult of an act of terrorism. the head of russia's security service says traces of explosives were found in the wreckage. he concludes that a homemade explosive device blew up on the aircraft. the plane nt down on october 31st kling everyone on board. u.s. intelligence suggests isis or an is affiliate planted the bomb on that plane. > and isiss making it clear that paris is only the beginning as they look to go global.
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>> a new isis video is warning that an attack on washington, d.c. could be next. in the 12-minute recording the terror group vows to strike america at its heart saying countries taking part in air strikes against syria will suffer the same fate as france. d.c.'s mayor says security is always high. the fbi is intensifying surveillance of suspected isis sympathizers in all 50 states and there are more than 900 terror investigations under way right now. and the link to syria and the paris attacks has sparked a backlash here in the u.s. half of the nation's g governors now say they refuse to take in syrian refugees. >> as you know, , presidenobama says that's a betrayal of american values. abc's kenneth moton joins us now from washington, d.c. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reeeena. republican governors across this tion are revolting and presidential candidates are weighing in. overnight donald trump promised to kick out any syan refugees. president obama called it all
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shameful. closing state borders to the syrian refugee crisis. >> the peoe who are fleeing syria are the most harmed by terrorism. >> reporter: it's a movement frustrating president obama and gaining speed across the u.s. led by republican governors. half the states in the u.s. have toldld the fedal government in the wake of the paris terror attacks, no more syrian refues allowed. >> it is imperatative thatexas do everything we can to ensure that we don't have a syrian refugee sneak into the state of texas who can pose a similar terroristic danger. >> reporter: since the start of the civil war in syria, the u.s. hataken 2100 refugees, but 85,000 are expected next year. the state department says regees are the most highly vetted and do not pose a real threat. >> we are going to be robust in our inspection of those that would apply. >> rorter: it is believed the isis terrorists in the paris attackcks includg the mastermind have ties to syria.
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speaker paul ryan and the full house will receive a homeland security briefing on the attacks today. national security has taken center stage in the 2016 presidential race. donald trump at a tennessee rally last night. >> anybody thas brought into this country from ththe migratn is going to be out. we're not going to do it. we're not going to do it. >> reporter: the state department and federal law says states can't legally stop the flow of refugees after the u.s. gives them legal status. reena and kendis. >> all right. kenneth moton there in washington for us this morning, thank you. our other major story, this morning, severe weather hammering the middle of the country with snow, rain and even tornadoes. a dozen tornadoes being reported in the texas panhandle including one estimated to be mile wide. that twister leveled an oil refinery causing chemicals and gas leaks. the strong winds pushed at least one tractor trailer on its side and d left thoands of people in the dark.
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golf ball-sized hail came down in some areas, and there was some localized flooding. here's the radar you see the storm system moving east across the rest of texas and oklahoma. most of the deep south and gulf coast will feel its wrath today, as well. some areas there could see up to five inches of rain. and still ahead, just in time for thanksgiving travel, gas prices heading into territory not seen in years. and survival story, a woman's accocount of t attacks in paris hiding in a closet for three hours. plus, historic surgery, a firefighter injured in the line
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blocked an interstate last night in minneapolis following a police shooting this weekend. dozens of arrests were made. the fbi and the justice departments civil rights division have joined the investigation into the shooting of jamar clark. witnesses claim clark was handcuffed at the time of the incident. police say he was shot during a strugglele. prosecutors in rural texas are searching for a motive this morning in the murder of six people. the bodies of two victims were found in a tractor trailer on property that ey just bought. the other four including a child were found in a pond nearby. the police chief says the suspect william huntson and the victims did not know each other. and the pilot of this small plane managed to land on a north carolina highway without hurting anyone. the aircraft came down on a medianhen crossed two lanes of traffic. the pilot says he was ford down because of engine trouble. the attacks in par are having little effect on the world's economy. on wall street the first trading session since the attacks s ending in positive territory.
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the dow up 238 points. the nasdaq 56 and the s&p 30. stocks were expected to drop. one expert saying traders are becoming, quote, more immune to these types of events. well, the experts at aaa predict that the average price of gasoline will fall below $2 a gallon probably by christmas. that will be the first time sincnc2009. the average price now stands at $2.16 a gallon, down 6 cents in a week and down n 73 centsrom this time a year ago. >> i shouldn't have flown. >> you shouldn't have flown. you should have driven. >> if own i i knew. when we come back, devastating diagnosis. charlie sheen revealing a deadly health crisis. and a mall on the naughty list.
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chicago. well, france is intensifying its crackdown on terror launching a frfresh nighof overnight raids across the country in the aftermath of the deadly attacks on paris. >> for the second straight night the french military also took aim at the isis stronghold of raqqah, syria, dropping g at least 16 bombs and wiping out two key targets. the alleged mastermind of friday's attacks has been identifified as ablhamid abaaoud a 27-year-old belgigian believed to be in syria. we're hear ging more eyewitness accounts. ipping detail, a woman from scotland who was standing near the front of the concert hall when the gunfire erupted says she ran backstage with a friend and huddled in a closet for three hours. >> all we could hear at that poinwas a stampede of people running and screaming, gunfire and thuds, which could only have been people hitting the floor, their bodies hitting the floor. >> a man who lived near two of the restaurants
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that came under fire knelt down near some of the victims. he said he did not want them to die alone. >> a serious story about actor charlie sheen you'll be hearing about today. he's reportedly about to go public about being hiv positive. hollywood publicist howard bragman who is an abc news consultant says he's been been aware of the diagnosis for some time now. bragman says that while he didn't talk directly to sheen about his hiv status, sheen's people have told him that he is getting treatment. much more on "good morning america." well, a medical milestone this morning. it's being called the most extensive face transplant ever. patrick hardison was a firefighter severely burned during a rescue missssion, but4 years after that fire, this is at he looks like now. the result of a surgery that he was given only a 50% chance surviving. dr. eduardo rodriguez who led the transplant team describes the remarkable results.
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when our team took him to macy's to buy clothes, and for him it was so remarkable that no one stared at him, no one looked at him. >> the donor was a 26-year-old man from brooklyn who died in a bike accident and d whironically always wanted to be a firefighter. hardison is still recovering after the august surgery and will undergo more surgeries to perfect his new face. pretty remarkableecology. >> but he is expected to be home by thanksgiving, so good for him. lots of football news to tell you about. the coach of the denver broncos has benched peyton manning for the game against the bears. >> as for last night's action we get our highlights of course from our guys at espn. john bucuccigross d john anderson in our beautiful, luxurious "sportscenter" studio. >> abbreviated sports highlights. monday night game, texas, texans and the bengals, brian hoyer sidelined late third quarter. hits de'andre hopkins great catch. great body control. great feet down, all kinds -- his only touchdown in the game.
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a lot of field goals. texans up, 10-6. andy dalton has got a chance to rally his crew, crew, oh, a.j. greene had it for a first down and then the ball is knocked out, fumbled. texans recover and win, -6. >> if you didn't notice, college basketball has returned. george washington/virginia, malcolm brogdon and number six virginia are good on the road against g.w. rginia's defense struggling early. kevin larson double-teamed. no one rotates and tyler cavanaugh, easy dunk and later george washington leads by four. should be a big win for them if they can get it. larson double teamed and eventually joe mcdonald is going to get it. joe mcdonald had a three. e-i-e-i-o. leads at the half. cavanaugh again and george washington storm the court, why don't you, they win, 73-68. >> as you see, i had more
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overnight the french destroyed two more centers in syria dropping 16 bombs in a second night of air strikes and they resesponded t paris attacks on another front launching a new rounof overnighraids across the country. the isis link to syria sparking a backlash against refugees here in america. the governors of 27 states say they will refuse to take them in though the federal government controls the program. for the first time a russian official is saying the plane crash in egypt was the result of a terrorist act and that traces of explosives were found in the wreckage. isis isuspected. violent storms move into the deep south. heavy rain also expected today. and nally this morning the most recnizable sight in
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paris bouncing back in patriotic glory after those deadly terror attacks. >> aftfter goingark, the eiffel tower was brightly dressed in blue, white and red, the colors, of course, of the french flag honoring the dead and wounded. abc's david muir caught up with some americans in paris as the attacks conjure up memories of 9/11. >> reporr: on our way to the eiffel tower driving through paris, we noticed the famed ferris wheel, ththe rue de paris lit in the blue, white and red of the flag. as we get closer to the tower a reminder how tense the city is. officers on patrtrol. but when we arrive the tower lit up in the colors of this country and right in the shadow of the eiffel tower, the americans paying tribute.. michele saline just moved her family here two months ago from california. she, of course, remember ss 9/11 in the u.s. and now the terror attacks here. >> back then we were on our way to work. over here we were on our way to sleep and two day, just completely turns you inside out and we have to continue on with life. we can't hide.
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celebrate her 40th birthday at the top of the eiffel tower friday night when they learned of the terror attacks. >> we were at the top when we heard about it. >> the top of the tower. >> the top of the tower, yeah, and the news, all our family messages, are you safe, are you safe and we didn't't know wh prepare go back home to texas, they wanted to return to the eiffel tower lit up. >> just so incredible. this morning on "gma," david is going to be live once again in paris, and, of course, there's going to be an intview, as well, with that indiana pastor whose wife was killed, but we have these images coming in from paris, as well. the memorial growing. and a lot of -- more developments, of course, we'll be following throughout the day on the latest on these paris attacks, and that's what's making news in america this morning. stay with us for "good
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