i'm going to turn to my colleague, brianna keilar. she's with us in the u.s. tonight and will be continuing to be with us in the u.s. tonight tracking all those developments. brianna? >> thanks jim. as we mentioned, police from paris to istanbul are now on a frantic hunt for this woman. you just heard them talking about her. hayat boumediene. who is she? how did she come to be involved in this terror plot? that's coming up after the break. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the u.s. and overseas. i'm jim sciutto in paris. we're following a number of new developments tonight including word of a new terror alert here in france targeting police. as well as news that we now know that those believed responsible for the "charlie hebb bow "hebdo" attacks. cnn's brian todd has more on hayat boumediene. >> reporter: a western intelligence source tells cnn boumediene lived with coulibaly and the two once traveled to malaysia together. >> we don't know if she was involved as some type of cover or more likely she was involved because she was radicalized along with her boyf

i am brianna keilar and we're outside the time warner center in new york city within the next several hours we're expecting a crippling and potentially deadly blizzard. you see the snow already started. this is nothing compared to what we're expecting. so far thousands of flights already canceled. highways are closed. this city is now under a state of emergency as is new jersey connecticut, massachusetts, and with a blizzard and winter warnings winter storm warnings i should say, in effect from maryland all the way up to maine and right into canada. people here in new york and boston could see up to 3 feet of snow by tomorrow and that would be a record. a snowstorm unlike any seen since recordkeeping began back in 1880. so here's what's expected at this point. freezing rain we're talking whiteout conditions hurricane-force winds. and forecasters say cities that are no stranger to nasty winter weather, they likely haven't seen anything like this. we have our reporters following all of the latest developments from across the region. miguel marquez here in new york. jennifer gray is for

brianna keilar some real tension here. i have to say, just as an american walking the streets here i'm so impressed by how the french people are responding. they are out living their lives as normal as they can, despite this threat. >> and that hundreds of thousands of them are expected out tomorrow for a unity march, as well. jim sciutto in paris, thank you. >>> and we are just learning that despite his background police stopped watching cherif kouachi, the man believed to be behind the attacks in france. why is that? we'll discuss, next. (son) oh no... can you fix it, dad? yeah, i can fix that. (dad) i wanted a car that could handle anything. i fixed it! (dad) that's why i got a subaru legacy. (vo) symmetrical all-wheel drive plus 36 mpg. i gotta break more toys. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. for fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along the way emily went right on living. but you see, with t

i'm brianna keilar in today for wolf blitzer. we begin with the breaking news about the violence and chaos in yemen and what it means in the fight against al qaeda. yemen's minister of information says shiite houthi rebels have taken over the presidential palace. she called it the completion of a coup fighting between government forces and the houthi rebels lead to a cease-fire yesterday but violence flared again today. cnn's nick paton walsh is the only western tv journalist in yemen. he joins me now live from the capital sanaa. nick give us an update on the situation and from where you have been observing things is this actually a coup that we are witnessing? >> reporter: we are seeing a lot of activity on the streets here which does in the words of the information minister seem in her mind to amount to completion of a coup which she says has begun yesterday. let me explain what that means. we've heard from her and from two interior ministry officials at the presidential palace the key symbolic building of power in yemen, was s

i'm brianna keilar in new york. >> and i'm jim sciutto in paris. welcome to our coverage of events in paris, in france including a new terror warning tonight. a fresh wave of fear rising in paris. a french police source tells cnn terror sleeper cells were activated just over the last 24 hours inside france. police officers have been told to erase their social media accounts and to carry their guns now at all times. up next i'll talk to a cnn analyst who spoke with french police about those terror cells. >>> meanwhile, the hunt is on for a woman personally connected to all three terrorists who launched attacks in and around paris this week. hayat boumediene is the only person suspected to the terrorists in paris that is still alive. a source tells cnn that boumediene entered france from turkey. >>> meanwhile, hezbollah's leader is condemning the terrorists who slaughtered 12 people at "charlie hedbo," a satirical magazine. listen to what he had to say -- >> translator: and those through their actions, words and shameful heinous, violent, inhuman and

our viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brianna keilar starts right now. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar. here in new york. where people are right now under a state of emergency. this city and much of the northeast bracing for a blizzard of historic magnitude. the official word do not take this blizzard lightly. it's being called potentially life threatening, and it is on the way. threatening to shut down much of the east coast from new jersey, all the way up to maine and canada. 58 million people are in the way of this thing, and are expected to be impacted in one way or another. >> this is not a storm to take lightly. >> if you're without power, you are going to be without power for a period of time. all likely in all likelihood several days. so and i'll just give you my advice if you have a fireplace that's usable have some wood ready. >> starting later this afternoon, you should stay home if you can. you should only go out in the case of an absolute emergency or necessity. and the same goes for all day tomorrow. >> this literally could be one of the top two or three largest st

i'm jim shoeciutto in paris. >> i'm brianna keilar in new york. coverage of the events in paris. >> the most famous emblem of france towering brightly over a city that filled today with historic numbers of people united against violence and terror. all across france more than 3.5 million people rallied and marched and paid tribute for the 17 people who died last week in several violent acts committed by islamic extrem

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brianna keilar is sitting in for wolf.t starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer. up first, chilling new images provide more details from inside the kosher market in paris where four people were killed in a terrorist attack. we're working to get access to the pictures and will have them for you as soon as we can. these are still pictures from surveillance footage. it was obtained by cctv. they show the attacker believed to be amedy coulibaly with what appears to be a handgun. he's wearing fatigues, has what looks like a bulletproof vest on. other images show employees apparently taking down surveillance cameras on the orders of the gunman, bodies of some of the four people killed by coulibaly can be seen on the floor. a baby stroller sits abandoned in the aisle of the market. you see

i'm brianna keilar. we have new developments in as the deadline passes on the lives of two isis hostages. jordan made it clear it's prepared to make a deal with the most brutal terrorists in the world, isis. this is the woman at the center of it all. a bomb strapped to her chest failed to go off in a terror attack in 2005. she's been in prison since. jordan may swap her for this man, a pilot who was captured by isis after his jet crashed in syria. why are they set on getting this woman? who is she? her brother was a comrade to the leader of al qaeda in iraq. that leader a man you probably heard of. he was a leader to the man that runs aisis now bagdadi. tell us the latest if jordan has gotten a response to this offer and also how people there in jordan are really wanting this pilot released. >> reporter: absolutely brianna. we were hearing from a jordanian government source saying will there's been no deal made yet as far as they're aware. they believe neither the jordanian pilot nor japanese hostage ken

i'm brianna keilar in today for wolf blitzer.n with the breaking news about the violence and chaos in yemen and what it means in the fight against al qaeda. yemen's minister of information says shiite houthi rebels have taken over the presidential palace. she called it the completion of a coup, fighting between government forces and the houthi rebels lead to a cease-fire yesterday but violence flared again today. cnn's nick paton walsh is the only western tv journalist in yemen. he joins me now live from the capital sanaa. nick, give us an update on the situation and

brianna keilar is in for wolf and that starts right now. >>> hi there, i'm brianna keilar in for wolfp.m. in washington, 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem and 1:00 a.m. in surabaya, indonesia. wherever you are watching, thank you for joining us. new indications that searchers may be getting closer to finding the wreckage of airasia flight 8501, they recovered what could be a piece of the fuselage as well as more bodies of victims. here's the latest. singapore's defense ministry say that searchers have found what could be a window panel from the plane along with other possible wreckage. finding the fuselage is key to erm didding the cause of the crash but bad weather is hammering the search. the search is focused on 2,000 miles, bigger than rhode island but smaller than delaware. it's the most probable area where the plane is located. the "uss sampson" retrieved some of the bodies. so far, only four of the victims have been identified. let's get more details now on the search and recovery operations. cnn's andrew stevens is joining us from surabaya, indonesia. how significant is this, andrew, tha

brianna keilar is sitting in for wolf. it starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar in for wolf blitzer. up first, chilling new images provide more details from inside the kosher market in paris where four people were killed in a terrorist attack. we're working to get access to the pictures and will have them for you as soon as we can. these are still pictures from surveillance footage. it was obtained by cctv. they show the attacker believed to be amedy coulibaly with what appears to be a handgun. he's wearing fatigues has what looks like a bulletproof vest on. other images show employees apparently taking down surveillance cameras on the orders of the gunman bodies of some of the four people killed by coulibaly can be seen on the floor. a baby stroller sits abandoned in the aisle of the market. you see people huddled together you see groceries scattered on the floor. all this unfolding just hours before police stormed that market and killed coulibaly. let's get some perspective on these new images. we have chief national

brianna keilar picks up our special coverage of the crash airasia flight 8501 right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london 8:00 p.m. in zsajerusalem and 1:00 a.m. in surabaya indonesia. up first, a gray suitcase scraps of metal, two black bags those are among the latest items recovered from airasia flight 8501. the first victim of the crash to be identified has been laid to rest. here are the latest headlines, searchers have now recovered the bodies of nine people. the body of a woman was identified and returned to her family for burial. rough seas and waves as high as ten to 13 feet are once again hampering the effort to recover more victims. bad weather is hindering the search, as well for the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders, the so-called black boxes. the pingers that help locate the boxes have about 25 days of battery power left. the devices and the wreckage will be key to determining the cause of the crash. 90 ships and aircraft were involved in this search. right now more vessels are expected to arrive by

our viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brianna keilar starts right now. >>> hi there, i'm brianna new york. where people are right now under a state of emergency. this city and much of the northeast bracing for a blizzard of historic magnitude. the official word do not take this blizzard lightly. it's being called potentially life threatening, and it is on the way. threatening to shut down much of the east coast from new jersey, all the way up to maine and canada. 58 million people are in the way of this thing, and are expected to be impacted in one way or another. >> this is not a storm to take

. >> i'm brianna keilar in new york. welcome to our coverage of the events in paris. >> the most famous emblem of france towering brightly over a city that filled today with historic numbers of people united against violence and terror. all across france more than 3.5 million people rallied and marched and paid tribute for the 17 people who died last week in several violent acts committed by islamic extremists. their messages terror will never win. we are all french. and, of course the familiar je suis charlie, i am charlie. more than 40 world leaders, european, middle eastern and from the arab world appeared together locking arms today in paris. united states was represented by the u.s. ambassador to france. neither the president, the vice president or secretary of state was in paris today. >> that's right. certainly eric holder the attorney general was, although, jim, it was noteworthy he did not appear to be at the rally. he was there for separate meetings. and you saw there in those pictures that you were talking abo

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room."

it's brianna keilar. all right. we're having a little problem connecting there with the american red cross. we're going to try to re-establish that connection and bring that to you. i want to bring in now brooke baldwin, back in massachusetts. we have her signal up there in boston along with cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. brooke tell us what you're seeing there. obviously very grim conditions that you just heard about from where alexandra is there in scituate massachusetts. >> yeah let me just begin there. it's great to be back. obviously because of this, you know cords are snapping. it's incredibly cold and we're dealing with a lot of snow. jennifer gray is with me. i want to spring board off of the pictures and the situation in scituate, massachusetts. there were fears of coastal flooding. case in point what's happening here. she mentioned high tide at 5:00. the thing you and i heard was downed power lines mixing with the flooding. that's a potentially lethal combination. >> yeah and i think they did turn off th

brianna keilar cnn, washington. >>> for more on the possibility of a summit in the koreas and the latest reaction will ripley joins me by phone from beijing. let's talk first about north korea's reaction and its words it has for the united states to these sanctions about the hacking. >> reporter: yeah we were talking yesterday, expecting some sort of official statement from north korean state media. there is one attributed to the foreign ministry. no big surprises in the statement. they're outraged at the united states' action. they continue to focus on scrutiny in and out of the united states over whether north korea was actually behind this cyber attack. we've reported about it at cnn, but the u.s. law enforcement, the president insist that their intelligence shows that north korea was behind this seeker attack so they pushed forward with the sanctions. north korea's response was that the sanctions are essentially the u.s. trying to solidify its shaky face. they're bringing in not just their own perspective, but perspective of others. it's interesting almost trying to say, hey united s

i'm brianna keilar.ne passes on the lives of two isis hostages. jordan made it clear it's prepared to make a deal with the most brutal terrorists in the world, isis. this is the woman at the center of it all. a bomb strapped to her chest failed to go off in a terror attack in 2005. she's been in prison since. jordan may swap her for this man, a pilot who was captured by isis after his jet crashed in syria. why are they set on getting this woman? who is she? her brother was a comrade to the leader of al qaeda in

he was a guest on "the situation room" yesterday and he talked with cnn's brianna keilar how difficultanding would be. >> that's an interesting problem too. it's been done. it's more challenging, obviously, in the open ocean than in inland waterway. at least in the united states in our flight simulators it's not possible to practice a water landing. for our water landing the only training we had gotten for a water landing was a classroom discussion. there was a checklist. there was protocol. we had never done it. we had one chance to get the right something we never anticipated or specifically trained for and being in the open ocean would be a much more challenging situation. but over water in general, it's featureless terrain, depth perception is difficult. you're ascending without engine thrust much more rapidly than for a normal approach where you have thrust. very challenging thing to do. it's possible. it's possible. >> i went back to your audio from 2009. the u.s. airways audio. one of the things that struck me was that you were in constant contact with air traffic control from t

. >> i'm brianna keilar in new york. >> right now something remarkable has happened here in france.was already expected to be a massive rally in paris to show the world's resolve and unity against terrorism exceeded everyone's expectations. world leaders from all other europe the arab world, the middle east israel the palestinian territories russia they linked arms and marched along with an estimated 3.7 million people not just here in paris but in cities and towns all across france. the french government says this public showing, this enormous turnout of people and world leaders all with a single purpose and focus is the largest mobilization of people in their country's

i now turn you over to brianna keilar who's in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news punishing north korea, president obama slaps strict new sanctions on the kim jong-un regime in response to the massive cyber attack on sony pictures. what impact will they have? >>> kim's makeover how the dictator is moving to tighten his grip on power including increased propaganda. what's different about his appearance now that may be trying to invoke his father's legacy? >>> plane crash clue an apparent piece from the fuselage from that airasia plane is recovered along with dozens more bodies. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." we are following two major breaking stories. despite rough seas and dangerous weather conditions searchers now have recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of that airasia jet that crashed. crews also discovered more parts of the airliner including what appears to be one of the window panels. however, what's become of the black boxes, that is still a mystery. also breaking president obama is punish

i'm brianna keilar in new york. >> and i'm jim sciutto in paris. welcome to our international coverage of events in france. word today from the paris terror investigation that french authorities were watching one of the brothers who attacked that magazine office on wednesday, and were watching him for years. but they lost interest. several french officials told a reporter there that said kouachi was under government surveillance from 2011 until june of just last year. that was after he returned to paris after allegedly going through terrorist training in yemen. u.s. and french officials believe the kouachi brothers both traveled to yemen on separate trips. police officers throughout france tonight are being told to carry their weapons with them around the clock, because they believe terrorist sleeper cells may have been activated since the attacks and hostage-taking incidents the past few days. tomorrow in paris, a massive rally is planned to show the world's solidarity with france. israeli prime minister the palestinian president, jordan's king le

brianna keilar picks up our special coverage of the crash special coverage of the crash airasia flight right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> 1:00 p.m. here in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 8:00 p.m. in zjerusalem and 1:0 a.m. in surabaya, indonesia. up first, a gray suitcase, scraps of metal, two black bags, those are among the latest items recovered from airasia flight 8501. the first victim of the crash to be identified has been laid to rest. here are the latest headlines, searchers have now recovered the bodies of nine people. the body of a woman was identified and returned to her family for burial. rough seas and waves as high as ten to 13 feet are

i'm brianna keilar.pore's defense ministry says searchers have found what resembles a window panel from the plane along with other possible wreckage. finding the fuselage and the plane's black boxes, that is just crucial to figuring out what caused the crash. the search now focused on an area covering about 2,000 square miles. that's about the size of delaware a little under the size of delaware. and officials believe that this is the most probable area where the wreckage is located. crews have now recovered the bodies of 30 victims. so far only four of the victims have been identified. let's get more now on the new developments in the search for flight 8501. i'm joined by cnn aviation analyst david soucie. we have aviation analyst les be abend and contributing editor to "flying" magazine and former ntsb managing director peter goelz. i want to ask all of you at this point as we are days into this now. peter, starting with you, what do you think at this point brought the plane down? is there anything tha

. >> and i'm brianna keilar in new york. we continue our coverage of the events in paris. >> today here in france a nationwide rally to show unity against terrorism was supposed to send a powerful message of strength to the world. it did that, and so much more. world leaders from all over europe the arab world, the middle east israel the palestinian territories, russia they linked arms and marched along with an estimated 3.7 million people. not just in paris, but in cities and towns all over france. french government says this public turnout, millions of people with the same determination and strength is the largest mobilization of people in their country's history. watch and listen. >> as many as a million people, look at them here. hundreds of thousands collected already. expected to take part. and they want to send a message terrorists who grip this country in fear for three long days will never win. >> world leaders are here. ranging from benjamin netanyahu the prime minister of israel to mahmoud abbas, the president of

brianna keilar is out in the middle of this mess with me. first ambulance we have heard, but obviously, people in new york city all the emergency responders on edge want to make sure there are as few accidents as possible. this is treacherous out here. you have seen a number of people fall. >> we heard even some of the governors and mayors talking about how walking was going to be perilous. which you sort of think hey, that's probably the best kind of transportation but we have actually seen a couple of people eat it if i can say that and really almost hurt themselves here. but i think you see that ambulance there and these road conditions are pretty crazy. pretty grim. this is one of the reasons why here tonight in new york come 11:00 p.m. if you're not an emergency vehicle, you need to be off the road. that's why the governor is saying that. >> get a hotel room. stick around. i want to shift to one other quick story. to the actual fortress on pennsylvania avenue the big white one where the president lives. it's looking more and more insecu

cnn's brianna keilar is monitoring all of this for us and is joining us from new york.hi wolf. well travel is certainly treacherous here but some of the things you associate with new york are shutting down. broadway has closed its doors for the night. parks are shutting down at 6:00 p.m. that includes central park here behind me which you can almost barely see. but travel certainly treacherous and we are not just talking about flying where you have had 70% of flights canceled today, or rail. we are talking about driving and even walking. we have seen people slip in these really icy conditions. that's why crews are working to put salt down and they are even plowing the sidewalks. but governor cuomo, this is something of note for the folks here in new york governor cuomo put in place essentially a curfew for those driving after 11:00 p.m., if people are on the road and they are nonessential not emergency vehicles they could face misdemeanor because of that and they could be looking at a fine of up to $300. here in new york city after 11:00 p.m. only emergency vehicles are

senior political correspondent brianna keilar is following every development on this.ns me in with the latest. >> ever since the committee formed several months ago, this has been the outstanding question will hillary clinton testify before it? and it appears that the answer is yes. that she has agreed to testify. of course this happening as a hillary clinton 2016 campaign seems all but certain. she's staffing up at this point we're hearing. so it seems like it's going to get going in the next couple of months. the political stakes are huge here. a lot of americans, when polled look at her time as secretary of state as really beneficial to her. you have republicans who say the obama administration didn't handle benghazi right. that they covered up some important details about the terrorist attack in 2012 that killed four americans, including ambassador chris stevens. and they think it should disqualify her from running for president, from being president. so the political stakes, huge here a lot hanging in the balance. and what's interesting is we're learning from the