paris and france are very much on edge, so let's bring in bloomberg's caroline conan at the scene of what was today a serious face off against one of the accused allegedly attacked is from the incident. caroline has been covering the story from the beginning. where did these -- where do things stand this evening? >> has been a stressful day for this very small town less than 10 miles from the charles de gaulle airport northeast of paris. the city has never seen anything like this. all day, they were barricaded inside their homes. the children were can find inside schools -- confined inside schools. they were evacuated by buses throughout the day, but of course, they were taken out of the city not directly home, so parents were very worried. tonight at 5:00 p.m., we started hearing gunshots and explosions. that's when the police moved in on these two brothers and killed them, and then one hostage was read. -- free. >> what do we expect -- obviously, it's late there, but what do we expect in terms of the country reacting to the event as well as the search for the one accused person, the