citizens to stay clear of downtown ouagadougou, the capital of burkina faso, where this attack began by al qaeda-linked militants. we're not sure if there were any americans involved. we understand they were trying to reach out to citizens who were in that area, in downtown ouagadougou last night, but they said because of privacy, they're not going to talk about who was involved in that, if there were any involved at that time. we're still waiting to find out if there were any americans involved. i can tell you, fred, there was at least one united states security services member, someone from the military outside the hotel last night, alongside a french special forces. as far as i understand, that person was only there in an advisory capacity, but he would have been, obviously, working with those who went in to rescue the hostages. >> robyn kriel from nairobi, thanks so much. appreciate it. much more from the newsroom after this. hundreds on car insurance. ah, perfect. valet parking. evening, sir. hello! here's the keys. and, uh, go easy on my ride, mate. hm, wouldn't mind some of th