and the bardo national museum is under attack in the capitol tunis. eight people have been killed seven foreigners, one tunisian. we hear from the interior ministry spokesman who said that there were two gunmen who were still holding a number of people hostage inside of the museum. the museum is located just five minutes away from tunisia's parliament, which has been evacuated, and we understand from guests who we were speaking to earlier, that they had been debating a bill -- a law on terrorism. not clear whether this incident is related. all we know for now is two gunmen are holding hostages inside the bardo national museum. let's bring in a tunisian blogger and political analyst. joes good to have you with us. there are still a lot of questions that remain to be answered, can you tell us what your reaction is to this? >> i would say tunisia was expecting, but not realistically expecting it. because we -- we had a lot of threats that extremist groups were planning to attack civilians, were planning to attack tourist facilities in tunisia, but this d

eight people have been killed in the bardo national museum. that is believed to be a number of foreign tourists possibly also some locals among them. it appears that the bardo national museum may have been targeted in part because it's right next to tunisia's parliament building in tunis. the two buildings are connected by a hallway and courtyard. it's not clear exactly where the gunmen -- the shootings started. a number of parliamentarians were immediately evacuated from the area. at some point it does seem as though the gunman entere the national museum and appear now to still have hostages. what we understand from the local reports from the interior minister as well is that there are believed to be two gunmen both armed with ak-47s. there are reports of an explosion heard earlier in the day so it's all very fluid at the moment. the situation is still ongoing. but it looks like there are at least eight people killed in the attack and also a number of people wounded, evacuated to the nearby hospital brianna. >> still an ongoing hostage situati

and the bardo national museum is under attack in the capitol tunis. eight people have been killed seven foreigners, one tunisian. we hear from the interior ministry spokesman who said that there were two gunmen who were still holding a number of people hostage inside of the museum. the museum is located just five minutes away from tunisia's parliament, which has been evacuated, and we understand from guests who we were speaking to earlier, that they had been debati

when gunmen stormed the bardo national museum nine people have been arrested in connection with the attacky rowland live for us now in the tunisian capitol, tunis. what are you hearing about the people who have been arrested and their possible affiliation with isil? >> reporter: well at quite an early stage, the authorities released the names of the two men who -- the two gunmen who were actually killed when the siege was brought to an end on wednesday. one of those men was apparently already known to the intelligence services in tunisia, although no further details of what context that was have been released. the police have gone on to say there are nine people who have been arrested and they divided them into two separate groups. four people who they believe were directly involved in that attack on the museum and another five who they believe were in some way connected to those who carried out the attack, and also app pair represently the five were arrested in the interior of the country rather than in the capitol. so not a lot of detail so far, but clearly this is an ongoing investigati

gunmen have stormed the bardo national museum in tunis. eight people have been killed even of them are said to be foreigners, one is a tunisian a number of police officers have also been injured. now this is happening just a few minutes away from tunisia's parliament building. it's just five minutes away from the parliament building and that's the building you can see with the red roof. the building used to be a palace and it is one of tunisia's most famous tourist spots. let's just bring you up to date if you are just joining us of the key developments what we know at this stage about this hostage situation. gunmen attacked the bardo museum over two hours ago in tunis. the interior ministry saying eight people have been killed seven tourists. more hostages have been outside. we're not clear on what that number is. and security forces have surrounded the building at the museum and four policemen have been injured. now these are the latest pictures that came to us from tunisian television of some of the tourists escaping the grounds of the

now this individual see this national bardo museum right? s away from the national parliament building. today the prime minister of tunisia said the attackers were targeting the capital's economy by going after the tourists. let's go to london to our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. before we get to the actual shooting, just perfectspective for our american viewers. when i think of tunisia the birth of the arab spring and hope and months ago successful democratic elections and i'm left wondering what has happened? >> reporter: well look, here's the thing. it was and is the hope of the arab spring and it's the success story of the arab spring. the very fact that thousands of tourists are going there unlike any other parts of north africa right now is pretty dramatic so what actually happened? well they are saying and i spoke to a senior moment of parliament today and the -- we've had a peaceful transition of power. none of these sort of terrorists or failed states in libya or the authoritarianism of next door in egypt. th

the attack happened in front of the national bardo museum. gunmen then entered the building and held people inside captive. tunisian officials say security forces stormed the museum and killed the two shooters. they say the victims include 17 foreign tourists including four italians and one french. and they say two tunesians were also killed. japan's foreign minister fumio kishida updated reporters in tokyo. >> translator: i feel strong anger about the shooting. we confirmed that one japanese national is dead and three others are wounded. and we also have information that there are other japanese involved in the incident. >> prime minister essid visited a japanese woman in hospital who was shot. she told nhk about what she saw and heard during the attack. >> translator: people started running when they heard gunshots. i fell and was shot. bullets hit my ear, arm, and neck. >> a unity government of secular and islamic parties was formed in tunisia last month. the nation is said to be the sole success story of the 2010 arab spring, but recently

this is the scene in tunis now, that's the entrance to the compound that is home to the bardo national museum. a couple of armed guards are stationed outside in an armed vehicle. let's look at what happened there on wednesday. two gunmen wearing military uniforms entered the museum killing 14, 12 tourists. the motivation unclear. hours later, the come pound was stormed, killing both gunmen. hundreds gathered in tunis to pay respects to the people killed. they held flags and banners denouncing terrorism. the latest news is the identification of these men. what more do you know about them, and their intentions? >> well the authorities said at least one of the men was known to the intelligence services. that they went on to say that he wasn't known for anything in particular. that doesn't enlighten us more as to what his motivations must have been. however, one of the lines of inquiry that clearly the intelligence services and the security forces will be pursuing is the question of tunisians who have left to fight either in libya or in syria or iraq and it's believed there could be as many as 3,

authorities say at least two attackers armed with ak-47s and explosives opened fire at bardo national museumessage posted on-line saying two members carried it out in front of the museum, broken glass and blood stains where the first victims were shot as they came off their tour bus coming from a cruise ship. this is one of the most secure, high-profile places in the country. over there a military barracks, over there tunisia's parliament and a national museum. attacking foreign terrorists here the attackers were trying to send a loud message. at least 20 european tourist and a tunisian were killed along with the two attackers. others inside the museum hid from the gunfire. we met a security guard at the museum who told abc news he saw one gunman wearing civilian clothing, a backpack and wielding a kalashnikov rifle. the nearby parliament put on lock down. in a show of national unity, lawmakers sang the national anthem. it is unclear who carried out the attack. several arrests have been made. >> my concern would be that an individual who is becoming radicalized in their basement is watching

there is a situation in the parliament building and in the nearby national bardo museum. this north african nation. developing now testimony about to resume at the boston marathon bombing trial with today's focus on evidence found inside dzhokhar tsarnaev's college dorm room. yesterday prosecutors publicly revealed these never before seen booden boards found inside the boat where dzhokhar tsarnaev was hiding. the message carved into the wood, "stop killing our innocent people and we will stop." heard from tsarnaev's childhood friend. silva loaned tsarnaev the .9 millimeter handgun used to murder police officer sean collier. ron mott joins us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hey jose. good morning. what's interesting about the inscriptions left inside that boat over in watertown is the fact that the defense is essentially saying that yes, you see dzhokhar tsarnaev on those surveillance videos and essentially that he did what the government is alleging he's done, but what they are arguing is that he was so influenceed by his brother that, he in effect could not help

the top stories here on al jazeera. 21 people have been killed in a siege out at a museum in tunisia. the national bardo museum in tunis was attacked by two gunmen who took tourists hostage. the gunmen are among the dead. >>> iraqi forces have been accused of serious abuses during a battle against isil. homes were deliberately destroyed. the iraqi government has blamed isil. >>> and the u.s. says it's deeply concerned at what it called divisive rhetoric in the israeli election. touring, campaigning, prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he would oppose the creation of a palestinian state if reelected. the party won 30 seats in parliament. >>> brazil's president is trying to clear the cloud of kickback allegations bead against her party. dilma rousseff has cited a new routine. >> reporter: responding to a waive of antigovernment protets, dilma rousseff announced a series of anticorruption pressures on business. it would bar those with a criminal record for running from office, criminalize slush funds used to finance campaigns and allow for the seizure of assets of those guilty of corruption. >> we have

gunmen last week targeted tourists at the national bardo museum in the capital tunis. they killed 21 people including three japanese. members of an islamic extremist group were behind the shootings. nhk has more. >> reporter: it was the worst attack we've ever had in tunisia. >> translator: i can't believe that something like this could happen in our country. >> reporter: residents gathered for a funeral. the man was shot dead on the spot by security forces. his father said he couldn't see what was happening to his son. >> translator: he didn't pray so earnestly as a child. but after the revolution here in 2011 he started praying with passion. still, i thought he was no different than before. >> reporter: tunisia's government, in 2011 experiencing an uprising. he was among the many young people who hoped their lives would improve. but political instability continued and he became disillusioned. one of his friends says islamic extremists took advantage of his disappointment. >> translator: he was a normal person, but then he started going more often to the mosque. he ma

museum attack in the capital tunis. gunmen opened fire on foreign tourists at the national bardo museum on wednesday.hen they barged into the building and took hostages. the siege ended when security forces stormed the facility and shot dead two of the assailants. people gathered at the museum on thursday to lay flowers and light candles. government officials earlier said 23 people were killed. but they later revised the number to 21 to exclude the gunman. authorities said 47 people were wounded. european union leaders observed a minute of silence at the beginning of their meeting in brussels. >> we need to be absolutely clear about what we face. this is the latest example of extremist terror. and we have to fight it with everything we have. >> a statement purportedly issued by the islamic state group appeared online thursday claiming responsibility for the attack. it described the gunmen as the group's fighters. it also suggested the possibility of more attacks. tunisia's president told a french tv station that the dead gunmen are linked to an islamic extremist group called ansar al sharia in tunisi

national museum in tunisia reportedly trained in neighboring libya. tunisian officials say the isil militants left tunisia in december to receive weapons training in libya. wednesday's attack at the national bardo museum killed 21 people, 17 of them were cruise ship tourists. gunmen were also killed in a firefight. prosecutors in the boston bombing trial could rest their case next week. testimony yesterday focused on a variety of materials found on dzhokhar tsarnaev's computer including an issue of the al-qaida magazine inspire with the article entitled "make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom's." tsarnaev faces the death penalty in the federal and state authorities are investigating the hanging death of a black man in mississippi. 54-year-old otis bird was last seen alive march 2nd in port gibson. he was reported missing by his family days later. officials say bird was found hanging by a bed sheet in a wooded area about 200 yards from his home. now, while his family is asking the community for help investigators are asking people not to rush to judgment. >> we don't know what happened out there. we don't know if it's a suicide, if it's a homicide. autria: bird spent time in prison for the 1980

museum attack in the capital tunis. and they're now investigating the backgrounds and the modives of the suspects. people gathered at the national bardo museum to lay flowers and light candles. they prayed for victims of wednesday's shooting. 21 people including three japanese nationals were killed in the attack. 47 others were wounded. gunmen opened fire on foreign tourists at the museum. they forced into the building and took hostages. the siege ended when security forces stormed the facility and shot dead two of the assailants. officials with the country's interior ministry told reuters two suspects had received military training at a facility run by extremists in libya. and they say the -- two gunmen were recruited at a mosque in tunisia. a statement reportedly issued by the islamic state group appeared online thursday claiming responsibility for the attacks. it described the gunmen at the group's fighters. it also suggested the possibility of more attacks. but tunisia's president has not mentioned any connection. he said the dead gunmen are linked to another islamic extremist group in tunisia. >>> now going on to business opinion

at least 20 people were killed and 40 others wounded when the militants stormed the national bardo museum. most of the victims were tourists. swedish police say that a shooting in the city was likely gang related and not an act of terrorism. gunmen armed with automatic weapons opened fire inside a restaurant. two people were killed and up to 15 were wounded. no arrests have been made. negotiations between iran and six world powers on tehran's nuclear program continue in switzerland today. the u.s. says that the talks are progressing. a draft deal is in the works that would force iran to cut hardware it could use to make an atomic bomb by 40% for at least a decade. a written agreement still needs to be reached before a march 31st deadline. the royal visit is wrapping up in washington today. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall are in the midst of another packed day. this is a live look right now at them. their trip today does include a trip to the white house. this is a live look at carlos rosario public charter school right now. our jeanette reyes has more on today's event. jeanette

museum in tunisia. the u.s. state department says it cannot verify that claim. 23 people are confirmed dead. dozens more wounded in the shooting of the national bardo museum. two gunmen were killed in a shootout with police. nine people have been arrested accused of helping to plan the attack. we checked with smithsonian institution to find out if any changes are planned at its museums. a spokesperson said strong security is lace and no changes are necessary. join us next tuesday for a roundtable discussion for isil and the new terror threat. you can watch the countdown tuesday night at 7:00 on our sister station newschannel 8 and it will be streamed live at wjla.com. a d.c. police officer has been ordered held without bond on sexual assault charges. officer darrell best was in court today on charges he abused two teenaged girls. prosecutors say best assaulted one girl at police headquarters. and the other at the church he pastored and they say there could be other victims. today, we learned best was demoted from sergeant following a 2008 sexual harassment case. the man accused of murdering three alexandria residents in their homes was back in cour

the gunmen killed 21 people at the assault last week at the national bardo museum.ost of them were foreign tourists and included three japanese. tunisian security officials are investigate whether the museum attack and the islamic state group are directly connected. tunisians are offering prayers for the victims of the attack. nhk world's akihiro yokota has more. >> translator: it was the worst attack we've ever had in tunisia. >> translator: i can't believe that something like this could happen in our country. >> reporter: relatives of one of the gunmen gathered for his funeral. he was shot dead on the spot by security forces. his father said he couldn't see what was happening to his son. >> translator: he didn't raise awareness as a child, but after the revolution here in 2011 he started praying with passion. still i thought he was no different than before. >> reporter: tunisia's autocratic government collapsed in the 2011 arab spring uprising. ramedi was among the many young people who hoped their lives would improve. but political instability continued, and he b

> reporter: tunisian security forces yell for reinforcement as they surround the capitol's national bardo museumey are responding to a b in of gunmen who opened fire inside the tourist destinations. a short time later it becomes clear what is at stake. police give cover as host agency run for their lives. a steady stream of people mostly tourists escaping the museum into the parliament grounds. from inside a parliament building one witness describes the scene. >> translator: inside parliament we are surrounded by many security guards. we're on high alert as security sources have revealed that two armed men carrying ak's have fired at tourists inside the museum. >> reporter: officials say several are dead most of them are foreigners. >> translator: we have six injured. four have been taken to the hospital and two of them you saw rescued. as for the hostages the majority are tourists. there are three to four bus loads of tourists inside of the museum. >> reporter: crowds flock to the hospital as the injured are brought in for treatment. many have their doubts about the stability of this young demo

was a prominent al qaeda militant and was suspected of leading the march 18th attack on the national bardo museum that killed 22 people. >>> tens of thousands in singapore paid final respects for their longtime leader lee kuan yew this weekend. the funeral included a nine-mile procession former president bill clinton was there. yesterday, many paid tribute to the prime minister. his coffin was lying in state. lee died last week after losing a bout with severe pneumonia. he was 91 years old. now to decision 2016 and the race for the white house. florida senator marco rubio now has a likely date for his presidential rollout. according to nbcnews.com. advisers for the republican senator are planning on announcing his candidacy on april 13th. rubio's team has secured at least one location for the campaign announcement, the freedom tower. the location is significant for the cuban american community, because many immigrants were processed in that building decades ago. >>> now to new information about that explosion that leveled three apartment buildings in new york. back in august utility workers found

the vast majority of the victims were tourists visiting the popular bardo national museum when two gunmen at least nine different countries including britain, japan, australia and colombia. the attack itself was shocking and the fact that tunisia is struggling with terrorism is not. it's a relatively new democracy. it's located in a very tough neighborhood between algeria and libya. 3,000 tunisians are believed to have joined isis more than any country on earth. isis praised wednesday's attack but has not taken responsibility for it. christopher dickey is foreign editor of "the daily beast." good to see you. >> good to see you. >> where do you think isis fits into all of this? >> well i think isis is an inspiration for this kind of activity, even if it didn't have any direct command and control over the people who carried out the attack. one of the big questions that we asked in our article in "the daily beast" and that everybody is looking at these arrests are being made but what organization do the people actually belong to? at the end of the day, you know as long as you've got isis and

tourists inside the crowded bardo national museum ran for their lives some shielding their children as gunmen approached with heavy weapons. some of the tourists hid inside the galleries beneath priceless antiquities. this french tourist tells how police told her to run. when we left we saw dead bodies, she says. most of the dead and wounded were tourists from poland, germany, spain and italy. many of them massacred as they got off a tour bus that brought them to the museum from a cruise ship. one eyewitness said one of the gunmen actually got on the tour bus and opened fire. the parliament building next door to the museum was put on lockdown as defiant lawmakers sang the country's national anthem. the two gunmen were killed and officials say they have arrested nine people as suspected accomplices and are searching for more. alex marquardt of abc news is on the scene. >> reporter: this is the where attack started outside of the museum. due knee shan officials say at least 20 people were killed. >> reporter: the location of the attack at the ba are, do museum as terror groups are callin

isis says it was behind wednesday's attack at the national bardo museum. calling it a blessed invasion of one of the dens of infidels. the government remaining defiant as they threaten further attacks in the country. >> nothing is finished for tunisia. it is a democracy that has its own defense mechanism. >> reporter: authorities arrested 9 more suspects. five directly connected to the attack and four who provided support. officials admitting they are having trouble keeping track of the thousands who trained with groups like isis and al-qaeda and may have returned home. >> many fought in syria and in iraq with isis. we are seeing here it operating in many countries. and now it is tunisia. >> they could be getting hope. offers are pouring in from world leaders, including the obama administration, pledging to help save lives any way it can. >> we are interested in doing what we can to support them as they confront this threat. >> reporter: officials are working to contain damage totunisia's tour -- to tunisia's tourism industry. fox news. >>> claims that ars

was a prominent al qaeda militant and was suspected of leading the march 18th attack on the national bardo museum that killed 22 people. >>> and today, tens of thousands of folks in singapore paid final respects for their longtime leader, lee kuan yew. yesterday, many paid tribute to the prime minister as his coffin was lying in stay. lee died last week after losing a severe bought with pneumonia. >>> still ahead, we'll introduce you to this week's wednesday's child. and if you're heading out to church on this palm sunday it still feels like winter out there. here's a live look over the basilica of st. peters and paul in philadelphia. how long will this cold be with us? we'll talk about it in your full first alert forecast, that's next. >>> we have some new video this morning of crews rescuing a hiker who got stranded in yosemite national park. take a look at this. can you imagine? yesterday, those crews inside the helicopter pulled the man to safety. he and another hiker tried to take a shortcut when the sun started to set on friday night. the helicopter was also able to reach the other man this

been killed and several injured in a shooting attack an a major tourist attraction at the national bardo museumsan francisco police are investigating a deadly shooting after officers shot and skilled a woman who tried to run them over and investigators believe the officers were forced to fire their guns when she drove at them at van ness avenue and pine street. >>> the ongoing drought is to blame for higher electricity bills. the report fines that the state spent an extra $1.4 billion to purchase electricity from power plants since the dry wet cut the output of the dams. >>> a 24-year-old man is facing charges after leading officers on a wild chase through the bay area yesterday. look at that, starting in fairfield and ended 100 my -- miles away. >> a resident is looking at charms of driving under the influence of drugs. >>> if you head out to bart it is 25 and 53 in oakland and san francisco and sfo and the warm spot is 56 in pittsburg. we will have high clouds for the morning. total sunshine this afternoon. breezy language the coast. nearly 60. the rest of us in the mid-60s to 70s. >> we are

museum today. among the dead are 17 foreign tourists from italy, germany, poland, and spain. several others ran in panic for safety. the attack occurred at the national bardoilled in a security raid at the museum and two or three attackers may have escaped. nbc's kaity tur joins me from london. what's the very latest you can tell us? >> well the latest, as you said, 21 people dead 17 foreign tourists. one tunisian officer, one tunisian cleaning lady and two of the gunmen. that's according to the tunisian prime minister. he did also warn that as many as three other accomplices could still be on the loose. the nationalities for all of the victims, those dead and those wounded, have not yet been released. as you said we believe they are from at least poland italy, germany, and spain. the associated press is now reporting that some of the italians in the building at the time were from a cruise ship that had docked in tunisia for the day. they were visiting the museum. it was on the itinerary. unclear if any of the italians who were injured or potentially killed were part of that cruise ship. the museum is a very popular tourist destination in tunisia. it's hom

which is very important because of the border and also the fact that these two gunmen a at the national bardo museum were apparently trained in libya and came over. >> that's right. >> any way to protect tunisia from becoming a failed state? >> with the situation, poppy, in libya as well as in algeria to the west extraordinarily challenging for the situation when you're talking about those border areas. that brings up a good point, though to augment the idea of 3,000 roughly, some estimates more have xwon to syria and some to iraq. there's untold hundreds and possibly thousands that have gone from tunisia into algeria, into mali into libya and have gone back and forth across the border. so you have this problem. the university of maryland, for example, is doing research on the phenomenon of the career jihadi that goes to multiple battlefronts. >> wow. >> so you have those toxic combination of events as well. >> bob, i wonder if you can weigh in on this. there's ban lot of written especially lately in the wake of this attack about the struggle to sort of balance religious freedom and security in tuni

reporter: a terrifying scene in tunisia and a manhunt underway after a shooting rampage at the national bardo museumminister called it a cowardly terrorist operation. he said the gunmen were wearing military uniforms carrying assault rifles when they arrived. when the tourists got off buses to enter the museum, the gunmen began firing. people scrambled for cover, desperately trying to flee the chaos. the attackers pursued them and followed some inside. among the dead are tourists from italy, germany, spain and poland. two gunmen were also killed. tunisia's parliament building is located next to the museum. during the siege, lawmakers there were on lockdown. as they huddled inside a stairwell, they broke out in to song. their nation's anthem. tunisia's government says some 3,000 tunisians have joined islamic state fighters in syria and iraq, but the state department would not speculate about any connections to the terror group. >> there have been no claims of responsibility so we're not going to draw conclusions at this point. >> tunisia's prime minister said there is a search underway for an additio

autria: the national bardo museum is open to the public for the first time since the deadly terror attack. gunmen opened fire on terrorists march 18th killing 22 people. it was the country's worst attack on civilians in 13 years. two of the gunmen in that attack were killed by police. several others have been arrested. the suspected mastermind was killed in the security raid over the weekend. leon: the decision is growing over indiana's new freedom of religion law. some say it opens the doors for discrimination against gays and lesbians. scott thuman is here with more on the controversy. what's the story? scott: you can hear that criticism from indiana to the white house but there are two sides to this story. so let's try and explain what's happening here. republican lawmakers as well as the governor there in indiana say that the law is meant to prevent big government from telling businesses what they must do. for example, religiously, they don't want to do business with certain people, the critics, though, say that the law makes it easier to discriminate especially over sexual orientatio

people were killed in the attack including foreign tourists of different nationalities, in addition to two tunisians. >> the bardo museum is in central tunis next to the country's parliaments. at the time of the attack it is believed 100 tourists were in the building. following this siege the french president expressed sympathy during a visit to the louvre museum. >> no matter when or where terror is perpetrated we are all affected. reporter: it is a hard setback for the country. unlike many neighbors tunisia was able to put democratic structures in place after the arab spring. the assault at the museum is the worst terror attack the country has seen since then. brian: for the latest on the story let's go to to the tunisian capital of tunis. sarah, what is the latest? are these gunmen on the loose? sarah: things seem to have calm down a bit. but there are still police forces around parliament. the president said [inaudible] they are not looking for them at the moment. brian: there hasn't speculation these gunmen may have been from libya. is there any idea where they came from, what their affiliation is? sarah: probably

there is increased security at the national bardo museum where 23 people were killed most of them touristscities. alistair jamison is in london following the story. what are we learning about these claims of isis and the new arrests that have been made? >> that's right, thomas. more than 24 hours after this attack happened, isis appears to have made a claim of responsibility for this atrocity. these tourists were gunned down as they stepped off a tour bus as part of a cruise. messages posted on isis and jihadi forums claim that isis was behind that attack. now, we verified the source of the claim. what we don't know is whether there's any evidence that isis was behind these attacks. they haven't provided any. and they've claimed responsibility for many similar attacks in the past. also in the last few hours, authorities have made nine arrests in tunisia. five of those are directly connected to the attack. authorities there say four of those are friends and family of those involved, thomas. >> more details to come. n >>> virginia state police are conducting inging an investigation into the

nation. joint patrols will be conducted. >> the bardo museum will be closed for several more days. when it reopens it can expect fewer visitors. several companies are removing tunisia from their list of destinations. >> reporter: so far it has been spared much of the violence spreading across the region. now the parliament is looking to fast track new anti-terror laws, and the president has promised to fight mercilessly those behind wednesday's attacks. the first of the victims of the attack is laid to rest. the police officer died guarding the museum. tunisia remains in shock and mourning. it is also aware that it can no longer remain on the sidelines of what has become known as the war on terror. jacky rowland al jazeera tunis tunis. >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu's pre-election comments have brought rebuke from the white sox. patty culhane has the story. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu won re-election, but the comments that helped him gain the victory may cost him his country. in the run up to the election he said if he won there would be no palestin

minister says the leading suspect in that deadly museum attack has been killed in an anti-terror operation. the gunmen killed 22 people at the national bardoy in a rally to denounce extreme violence. >>> on this palm sunday, poem francis presided over mass to usher in holy week. tens of thousands of people jammed into st. peter cease's square. >>> as the search continues for two people missing in the new york city building explosion, there was potential danger there with the gas line discovered seven months ago. workers discovered a tampered gas line that was leaking. service was interrupted until that was fixed. >>> and a philadelphia police officer has been charged with drunk driving in a police car. another officer saw him pull into a police station with three flat tires and bent rims. he had bloodshot eyes and alcohol on his breath. he's been suspended and could be charged with more. >>> we're following some new developments in the investigation of the crash of germanwings flight 9525. search and recovery teams are once again combing the french alps for victims and wreckage. there are new details emerging about the last moments of the

this is taking place at the national bardo museum in the capital city of tunis.credible to see the video on the site of people trying to get out safely. >> and as this is developing, we are tracking it on social media. it has been astounding. can you imagine within a few hours, more than 56,000 tweets have been sent about it and some of the hash tags are quite interesting. the most interesting is jus ui s tunisia. people are using social media to express solidarity with the victims. >>> and starbucks is brewing up controversy. they are launched a campaign about controversy about race. and some social media reactions have been critical. the tweets have called starbucks out of touch. and this one said you want to talk about race but putting pressure on your baristas is out of touch. but more on that later. and yesterday bud light tweeted and then deleted it on st. patrick's day you can pinch people who don't wear green and pinch people who aren't up for whatever. and it was taken down. so people are debating was this an invitation to harass women. and this person t

. >> a setback for the reopening of a national museum in tunisia. the bardo museum was scheduled to open today for the first time since the terror attack last week. security concerns forced officials to delay the reopening until sunday. 23 people died mostly tourists during the attack by gunmen. supporters held a rally to show they were not afraid of terror groups. >> six were killed in libya's largest city. there were two separate attacks where military forces are battling fighters. five died when a suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives during an army camp. a 17-year-old was killed when a rocket hit a building in a besieged city. >> more bloodshed in yemen as clashes between rifle groups. four were killed. protesting against the take over of the government. yemen asked the security council to back military action by willing countries to confront the houthis. we look at the violent day in yemen. >> reporter: they wore hats with the colours of the yemeni flag and chanted the disapproval of the houthis. by the day's end several were dead and dozen

it's a tremendous shock to them and to tunisians that a national treasure like this the bardo museum come under attack. i should point out though that the museum is directly connected to parliament. it's actually part of the same parliament area. the entrance is the same. we're not sure if gunmen were targeting parliament or the museum. in the end, however, they did take hostages inside the museum and that is apparently where the eight people were killed as well. even if they were targeting parliament at some point they ended up in the museum. this will be a line of investigation that security officials will be looking into. >> big questions about who the perpetrators in this case who these two gunmen who we now understand from tunisian officials are dead. who they are with especially with growing concerns about isis pushing in a way its sphere of influence into tunisia certainly. all right. atika shubert, thank you for that report. we'll be back in just a moment with more. mouths are watering, and stomachs are growling. or is that just me? it's lobsterfest... ...red lobster's larges

this happened at world renowned bardo museum just a couple of steps away from the national parliamentuilding there. authorities say these gunmen dressed in military garb opened fire on tourists as they were getting off buses to enter the museum. we have heard from the prime minister of tunisia today. he called the terror attack quote, the first of its kind in the capital city. let me tell you what we know at this point in time. of the 19 dead 17 were tourists. not a one was american. 22 others were wounded. two gunmen were killed by police but three others are still at large. all hostages by now have been freed. joining me now is filmmaker and journalist roschon sali who produced the documentary "tunisia between secularism and islam" sand with me by phone. let's just begin with the fact that you were in tunisia a couple months ago covering the elections. before we get into the sheer number of tunisians who have left to fight with isis in syria, i understand you heard warnings of an attack then. can you tell me about that. >> well you know it doesn't surprise me what happened today, es

nation. joint patrols between the army and security eternal nell will be conducted. >> the bardo museum will remain closed for several more days. when it reopens it can expect fewer visitors. many companies say they're removing tunisia from their list of destinations. >> so far it has been spared much of the violence sweeping the region. now they're looking to track through anti-terror laws and they plan to fight mercilessly those involved in the attack. the victims of the attack have been laid to rest. tunisia remains in shock and in mourning. it's also aware that it can no longer remain on the sidelines of what has become known as the war on terror. jacky rowland al jazeera, tunis. >> al jazeera's prime minister appears to have softened histone on ruling out a palestinian state. benjamin netanyahu's pre-election comments have sparked rebuke from the white house. pratty culhane has more from the white house. >> reporter: the comments that may have helped him get the victory could cost him and his country. in the run up of the election he clearly said if he won there would be no independent

national army and security personnel willen tensefy their patrols. both -- joint patrols will also be conducted. >> reporter: the bardo museum will remain closed for severale days. when we reopens, it can expect fewer visitors. tunisia has been held up as the success story of the arab spring and it has been spared much of the violence sweeping the rest of the region so far. now the president has promised to fight mercilessly those behind the attack. the first of the victims is laid to rest the police officer who died guarding the museum. tunisia remains in shock and mourning. it is also aware that it can no longer remain on the sidelines of what has become moan as the war on terror. >>> there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour. priceless and precious how a treasure treasure trove of documents is being protected. ♪ >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america ♪ >>> welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories now, three explosions in yemen killing at least 90 people and injuring 280 others.

united nations children's fund estimates that more than 11,000 children have died since the syrian conflict in 2011. tunisia's bardo museum is set to reopen. gunmen stormed the museum last week killing 20 foreign tourists. it's minutes from tunisia's parliament, home to a collection of greater mosaics. a social media campaign is encouraging tourists to visit, despite the attacks. more than 3,000 bookings have been cancelled since last wednesday. >> india's supreme court just struck down a controversial law curtailing internet freedoms known as the information and technology act. it has made it illegal to place online: let's talk to our correspondent in new delhi. so a lot of people must be very happy by this ruling. >> many people are. the government themselves did admit that the law was abused from time to time but they didn't think it should be a reason for the law to be struck down. they had many people who disagreed with it because of the vagueness of the law, and that it could be used arbitrarily. if anyone found anything they deemed to be offensive, they could use the law to file a police complaint. if the person ma

the bardo museum is next to parliament which went into lockdown during the standoff. members of parliament sang the national anthem in defiance. tunisia's prime minister said our nation is in danger. the arab spring began in tunisia in 2011, but the country has been struggling since. >> in addition to the arab spring providing opportunities for democratic growth in tunisia, unfortunately it also unleashed a wave of radicalism. >> reporter: an estimated 3,000 tunisians have joined isis in syria and iraq, more than any other country. and terrorism threatens crucial tourism. should there be a worry about traveling to tunisia now? >> no, i hope not. i mean, this is -- if foreign tourists stop coming to tunisia, the extremists will have won. the goal of the extremists who carried out this horrible attack is to basically undermine the political process. to basically sow fear and convince tourists not to visit tunisia. >> reporter: tourists were caught in the attack. others are now likely to think twice before coming. katy tur, nbc news, london. >>> new twist tonight in the case of the real estate heir accused of