paris police say the attackers tossed explosives at the hostages. on stage, an american band, eagles of death metal. tonight, members of the band tell nbc news the band is safe. before midnight, paris police stormed the concert hall, automatic gunfire and sirens fill the nearby streets. they killed at least two attackers. tonight, the president hollande went to the scene and said france will bring the fight to terrorism and will be without pity. anne thompson, nbc news. >> we want to hear from seth forges, a free-lance reporter. we spoke to him a short time ago and he described what he saw. >> reporter: i am in an apartment, it is a bustling nightclub area, bars and restaurants and people around. i see a gathering of people, my first thought was bit of police activity, no big deal. when i saw police officers holding guns, hunched behind vans, a scene out of a movie. a couple of police cars, and dozens are hiding behind vans, the shooter on the loose in the neighborhood. that's when i split and got out of there. saw a gentleman about 30 years old with a towel wrapped out of his hand, bleeding out of his hand. you can hear a police car going by now. they're going behind a barr

just before midnighters paris police stormed the concert hall to free the hostages, automatic gun fire. french tv reports four attackers are dead and three blew themselves up with -- france will bring to the fight against terrorism and will be without pity. now as the attacks happened, tonight u-2 was rehearting for tomorrow's night's concert on hbo. the rehearsal was stopped and the entire band and crew were taken back to the their hotel where they went to a private entrance and held under ground until that location was secure. they are canceling saturday night's concert. >>> we want to go now to a man who witnessed the horror of that concert hall. he escaped the terror and he now joins us by telephone. julian, why don't you tell us what you saw? >> the show was running for 40 or 45 minutes and the band was playing on stage and the crowd was huge. i mean the concert hall was full and the venue was sold out. so there were about 1,000 people inside the concert hall where the first gun fires -- we heard the first gunshots. at first we didn't know if it was actually gunshots. i was in fro

just before midnight, paris police stormed the concert hall to free the hostages. tomatic gunfire and sirens filled the nearby streets. police say they killed at least two attackers. french tv reports four attackers are dead and three blew themselves up with suicide explosive belts. tonight, french president francois hollande went to the scene saying france will bring the fight against terrorism and will be without pity. now, as the attacks happened, tonight u2 was rehearsing at the arena for tomorrow night's concert on hbo. someone with the band says the rehearsal was stopped and everyone was given a security brief and the entire band was taken back to their hotel where they were held underground until that hotel was secure. u2 just announced it is canceling saturday night's concert. lester? >> anne, thank you. we want to go now to a man who witnessed the horror of the concert hall firsthand. julien pierce is joining us by telephone. thank for joining us. we're glad you're okay. why don't you simply start by telling us what you saw. >> well, the show was running si

paris. it is after midnight, 12:30 right now. french police dealing with multiple attacks in paris causing several fatalities. the last number that we have is about 60 dead, 100 being held hostage. we have heard from the french president saying there is a state of emergency and all the borders are closed. we're following this story. alison: linda schmidt is live at the french consulate. tell us what's happening there. >> reporter: not a lot of activity going on. there are two people standing at the door. what they're doing when anyone approaches, it is locked. someone comes to the door and confirms who they are. so far we have not seen anybody going in and out. just the two people that came to the door. there are a couple of nypd police officers here. i'll step out of the way. the elite hercules team is across the street. you have seen them many, many times in the city since 9/11. they are now stationed across the street here. also not a lot of activity. fifth avenue in this area, it's a community. it's a neighborhood. twles there's not a lot

paris just before midnight. he is therefore the climate change summit. just hours before his arrival protestors skirmished with police in the streets of the -- paris. some 100 people arrested at a rally for clean energy. france has been in a state of emergency since the terror attacks in paris. and large, public gatherings are not allowed. severe weather making life miserable in a large section of the country tonight. oklahoma still reeling from an ice strom that has left thousands in the dark and made travel conditions treacherous. a state of emergency is in effect at this hour. snow is falling in several states tonight, making the holiday quite a challenge. in a much different situation in the boston area . cold for sure. 80 a few flurries in spots. that nothing like what they have going on over the central part of the united states. we have rain, snow, ice. a big mess out there. some of the energy will be wednesday. we have that breeze coming in deck forming? there might be just enough moisture where we can squeeze tonight or early tomorrow morning. 4:00 in the morning and you see the cloud deck. every once in a w

police presence. this year, security is being increased even more at the midnight agnes shopping event in light of the paris attacks. everything. the number of uniformed and explosive canine units. sarah: what makes the small different from other venues that are also increasing security is that there is an international clientele here. it is actually marketed as an international tourist destination. there will be busloads of people coming directly from airports in boston as well as rhode island. jc: black friday deals are hampshire. more than 100 people wrapped new hampshire. doors open at 5:00 p.m.. and missing a turkey dinner is worth it if they can snag something before the crowds tomorrow. >> every year, there' s always great savings, but i love the experience. a lot of people coming back talking, discussing. i love being social with people. i think that' s the most fun part. >> it' s a family tradition. we' ve been doing it since i was, like, seven. >> officials at the mall of new hampshire say they expect even bigger crowd down last year. russian president vladimir putin says he is ready to cooperate

there are also reports that some police officers were wounded during this raid which started around 4:20 this morning paris time so that's just before midnighte. loud and copter wuss gunfire was heard throughout this neighborhood in the past few hours. residents were told to stay inside. some of them, however, captured the drama as it unfolded. take a listen. [gunfire] >> reporter: certainly frightening sounds coming from that neighborhood and people in the area clearly anxious and on edge as this such situation develops at a rapid pace. and emotions and fears still very fresh and very raw in people's minds. witnesses have been recording what is happening as we said on their cell phones as you can see there and as we mentioned the focus of this raid and really of the military effort since friday has been on hunting down abdelhamid abaaoud. the alleged mastermind of the attacks. a french official said it is believed he was inside there apartment during the raid this morning. now, we don't know if he was killed arrested or remains at large. abaaoud is a belgian citizen and until this morning was thought to have been in syria. he's believed to

police found any evidence of danger outplan. the passengers in utah took off again around midnight. >>> our coverage of the investigation and aftermath of the paristtacks continues on 6abc.com. we'll update our web stories with any new information as soon as it comes in. >> there is breaking news out of the overbrook section of philadelphia where a woman escaped her burning home all thanks to her nephew. "action news" reporter katherine scott is lie there at the scene in the 6100 block of west columbia avenue. she picks up the story now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. that's right, this woman tells us thanks to her nephew she got out safely. she was asleep downstairs when she heard glass breaking and then her nephew saying there was a firely she escaped with no injuries but the home that's been in her family since the 60's is now in ruins and we have now learned from firefighters here that her home is condemned and heavy equipment will come later today to take down her home. it's a twin home so it's unclear if the home next door has to be taken down. l and i will have to go in and evaluate it but you can see firefighterfirefighters

just after midnight local time, french special forces launched an assault on the bataclan to free those hostages. at that point, paris police say some of the attackers detonated suicide belts. at least 87 people were killed inside the concert hall and as many as 40 are dead in other locations around paris. in addition, french media organization canal is reporting 200 people have been wounded with 80 suffering very serious injuries. nbc news is still trying to confirm those numbers. paris police chief says all attackers are believed to be dead. they're actively searching for accomplic accomplices. french officials say eight attackers were killed, seven in suicide bombings, no group has taken responsibility for the l attacks as of yet. france is in a full state of emergency public borders tightened, military personnel deployed, and many public spaces in france from schools, gyms, libraries to more have been ordered to remain close. in an address to the nation, francios hollande said we will lead a fight that will be ruthless. they must be certain that facing them is a term in france, united france, france together will not be

paris attacks. armed police and mass security forces block the streets. search and arrest persuasions. and little progress on the manhunt, police pounced. it was past midnight when police gave the details of the crack down. >> specializing in terrorist cases ordered a total of 19 house searches in the brussels region. until now, no firearms or explosives were found. salah abdeslam is not, not among the persons arrested during these searches. >> police believe that when he escaped after the paris attacks 26-year-old salah abdeslam may have still been wearing an explosive vest. while he mains on the run, the maximum alert level will continue. nonessential meetings have been cancelled. u.s. and western european consuls have closed their offices. until monday the city can only watch and wait. paul brennan al jazeera, brussels. >> the bel belgian prime ministr says the alert level will remain at the highest level and will be reviewed on monday. he says public services will begin opening on wednesday. >> we want to do everything we can to return as quickly as possible to normal life. it was decided that schools will be reopened as of wednesday, with additional se

midnight there in paris. you see a mixture, we've seen firefighters, all kinds of different first responders. we've seen what we believe to be french military, paris police forces. police in riot gear. we've seen officials coming and going. we've seen a fair number of automatic weapons, police standing post. and all we lack is specific information about the exact venue and what has happened here. let's see if we have a shot of the white house west wing briefing room. we're expecting the president to walk through the blue door and go to the podium. not yet. but the president is expected to brief the media and address the american television audience on what we've witnessed tonight in paris. cal perry is looking at social media. what more do we have? >> you mentioned there people in the streets of paris, trending now in france, open your doors. people would like people to get off the streets, shelter in place. 80,000 people left that stadium. so the residents in that neighborhood are opening their doors to anyone who needs a place to take shelter. >> yeah, that's the real public safety issue. here in the new york area last night, we had a jets game at metl

police found any evidence of danger on that plane. the passengers in utah took off again around midnight. >>> our coverage of the investigation and aftermath of the paristinues on 6abc.com. we'll update our web stories with any new information as soon as it comes in. >> there is breaking news in the overbrook section of philadelphia where a woman escaped her burning home all thanks to her nephew who just happened to be coming by. katherine scott is lie on the scene. she's got details on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tam. and we've been speaking to the woman who lives here. she said she was downstairs asleep when suddenly she heard glass breaking and heard her nephew's voice saying something is on fire and you can see the fire is out but there is a lot of damage here in overbrook. firefighters remain on the scene and we're told that the home where the fire started has now been condemned. heavy equipment will come later today to take down the home. it is a twin home. it's unclear if the home next door has to be taken down, too. l and i will have to go inside and check it out. this happened around 1:30 this morning on the 6100 block

police were involved in raids there and snipers took up positions around suspected premises. and close to paris once again in the suburb eyewitnesses say the doors were smashed in closer to midnighthat several arrests were made and that items were ease seized from properties there. four other major cities are also on the list includes marsay on the mediterranean and german border and again in the south the city of leon where they seized a rocket launcher from a premises there. earlier in the morning prime minister said he felt there was still enough of a security risk to announce that there could be potentially more attacks in the coming days but as we heard from the interior minister the feeling is that it's now down to the republic to bring the so called terrorist to justice rather than allowing the so called terrorist to inflict more pain, more harm on france. >> thank you for that lee barker. the french military retaliated to attacks in paris by carrying out attacks in syria and destroyed a weapons depo and training camp and we have the details from paris. >> reporter: france has taken the war back to i.s.i.l. launching intense series of bombing raids against the south procla

midnight in paris, i want to take you back to 10:00 p.m. in paris, an hour and 15 minutes ago. when we got the first credible reports, the first reports from authorities, when two police officials said at least 26 people had been killed in the shootings and explosions around paris. in the deadliest violence in paris, in france in decades. one official said at the time, 11 people were killed in a restaurant. in the 10th district. and about 15 killed in the bataclan theater. ten minutes later, 10:10, u.s. homeland security officials monitoring the attacks in paris said there was no known credible threats against the united states. that remains. by 10:15, paris time, a paris official said there were at least 100 hostages being held in that paris theater. the bataclan. following the shooting and explosions and they put the death toll between 35-40. by 10:22 p.m. paris time, close to two hours ago, the former sust security homeland security chief, michael chertoff, said it was too early to know what happened in paris. but saying it supports the idea that it's terrorism. by 10:35, hundreds of people spilled on to the field of the stade de france, that large stadium where th

paris. >>> we did notice some increased security. i don't think as much as i anticipated. as precaution police added explosive detecting canine unit to patrol the area when stored open at midnight. next on "today in new england." a jar full of donations to the jimmial fund is stolen. how the suspect's mother help police find out who did the crime. >>> rain through midafternoon. we'll dry out overnight tonight. second half of the weekend looks good. how about next week, that's your 7-day forecast. >>> no snow here. other part of the country are getting ready for some wet >>> speaking out a man injured in fight with nba star what he said happened when things turned violent. donations stolen a jar full of cash for the jimmy fund taken. how the suspect mother helped police find him. >> winter weather making for some tricky travel this holiday weekend. bracing for a winter wallup. >> welcome back, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm nancy chin. we those story and more ahead. first we got to talk about the forecast because it's now raining in boston. it is not only in boston but throughout much of the island. 54 in boston. the number going down. 55 in hyannis. that 45 replacing the