french experts on the middle east, french experts on french foreign policy, french experts who can provide a unique insight into not just what is going on and what is happening in paris -- i need to turn up the volume a bit. top right there. the top. top row. french experts are not only have a unique insight into what is going on but the implications for what is going on fo forefrot of society, french politics, french foreign policy and how that fits into broader european and international efforts to address the challenges on this agenda. we've never quite done a program that featured only french experts. it is not a mark of prescience but this is somewhat of a you are printer at the washington institute, and that while we match an outstanding expert in paris who introduced in just a moment, we have the great benefit of having to french experts here on our staff this year. one, a diplomat in residence through partnership with the french foreign ministry, and the second, and outstanding french scholar of syria that w we've bn endeavoring to bring to washington for some time, a scholar of, e

we even had the french president hollande calling on french citizens in the country to display the french flag in their windows, on their balconies. it is very much in one way an unfrench thing to do being so patriotic. >> absolutely. i can tell you this from first hand experience. as an american living in paris, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in the united states, there was a flag on every porch. you had new york city taxi drivers putting flags on their dash boards sending the message i'm an american. i'm not a terrorist. i'm an american. trying to hammer home that message. they were everywhere. in france you're right. francois hollande has called for the french to adorn their balconies and hang out the flags and, yes, you do see flags here and there but it's not an extremely ostentatious display of flag waving. as you said, the french are not into those patriotic, the fervor that involves ra ra flag waving of the kind we're more used to seeing in the united states. it is interesting because we call the tri color, right, the french flag, the french have a complicated history with t

however, french people all over the country have been asked to join in by hanging or flying french flags half mast from their windows. certainly here in paris if we look at some of the buildings around us, it's really quite impressive the extent to which the french flag is hanging from balconys, from railings and out of windows. of course, this is a national cancer mown jeep. however-- ceremony. each of the individual families will have been having their own private funerals and that is the reason why this special day of commemoration is taking place now, two weeks after the attacks. the officials needed time to identify all of those who killed, which was a large task, it took several days, but also to give families to arrange their own funerals for their loved ones before there was really time for the nation to gather together in the kind of commemoration that we're witnessing now >>> jacky, thank you very much. you're looking at live pictures coming to us. as jacky was just explaining there as the people of france focus in on the events of november 13, friday november 13, two weeks ago

the french president francois hollande has made it quite clear that any french citizen, 6,200 french nationals in bamako alone, he said that any french citizens anywhere in the world innocence active places must be really careful at this time. he's talked about having solidarity with the people of mali. obviously, a reference there to the crisis he's facing here at home after the devastating attack one week ago, and he is obviously right now trying to engage with his diplomats, with the french foreign minister as you heard there to try to assist. the word coming out is that any help required will be given, and they will try to assist mali in this crisis. of course, the french connections former colony of france, mali goes back a long time. in january, 2013, france deployed a large force there to draw the request of the mali government to try and repel insurgents to the north who had taken over half of the country. there was a peace deal in 2013 later on, but that only lasted three months and then a further peace deal, in fact this february, 2015, but that hasn't really held. all the

acks. >> taking a live look now in the french parliament where french president francois hollande will be making a repair address to a joint session of parliament to talk about the security response in reaction to the attacks friday in paris. >> an extra 3,000 troops are expect to be deployed across france at part of that response as international police forces search for a final active suspect the of taking part in friday night attacks in paris. the french prime minister warns more attacks may be in the works. officials in paris say police carried out 168 raised overnight connected to the attacks. france has intensified air campaign against isil in syria, hitting raqqa. >> a california college substitute was 160 in paris. she had been at a restaurant with friends when she was shot and killed. nearly 1,000 people gathered at her school in long beach to remember her. al jazeera was there. >> the french president called it an act of war, the british prime minister the worst he terrorist attack in europe in a decade. those events of friday oversees events on this campus. a student from lo

french forces dropped 20 bombs on an i.s.i.l. town in syria, the french town promised vengeance. suspect questioned by police hours after the attack, but let go. the french interior calling for an emergency summit to speed up security measures. joining us now is faisal, co-director of the liberty and at new york university center for justice. >> joining her is graham wood. you wrote an centring article some months ago. what does i.s.i.s. want. let start with that. must in a nutshell, what are they trying to achieve, and what do they do with the latest attack in paris. there's tension between what they are trying to achieve and mare goal. they are trying to create a state with the only proper muslim government. >> the caliphate. >> the caliphate which they believe all the muslims should go to and serve. by attacking paris, it's the hallmark of a previous organization, hallmark al qaeda. it's not clear that foreign attacks will help them create a durable state. >> is there a question about whether i.s.i.l.'s leadership planned and authorized the attack or is there a group influence

and the french president. so as we discussed earlier, these, these attacks, in advance of hitting the stadium, this is an effort to draw resources and manpower away from the primary target. secondly, they told me that the level of coordination and the resources again preliminary, but this would take significant premeditation. weeks, if not months and they did not believe at this time that it was connected to the air strike that took out jihadi john in raqqa, syria. so that's where it stands. premeditated, coordinated, significant resources. a planning probably weeks or months. and that it was not connected to the recent strike, what we believe to be the successful strike of jihadi john. separately i've just gotten off the phone with the homeland security official who confirms that secretary johnson has been getting briefings continuously since this event unfolded. and what they're saying for the time being is they see no direct threat to the u.s. but quite frankly, having covered this area now for 14 years, i

listen. >> [speaking french] >> no french translation there.have just gotten new information. new information has just come to us from french authorities. four assailants have been killed. the authorities have now -- that four assailants have been killed not that they have killed them but that four are dead. we know three of them were at the concert hall and it's our belief that another one had been killed at one of the restaurants. but a total of four aizí09qm dead in paris this hour. greg, a reporter from bloomberg based in paris. he is on the streets near where the theater is and he has been out there for more than an hour. i know you covered charlie hebdo. what you can tell us about what's happening there now? >> well, i wish i could tell you more but the police are keeping us quite far away from the theater. so i have never gone inside theater i have never seen this much police activity in paris before. hundreds of police cars screaming, going in every direction. and all the avenues are just lined up with emergency vehicles one after anoth

and the french invaded. the french invaded there, because they wanted to stop the marching of those groups. because if they could have taken that area they could also go to other countries. >> thank you very much. >>> mali's minister for security say that the security personnel have surrounded the hotel and are receiving assistance from the french and american embassies. >> translator: three strong attackers were able to storm the hotel. we have also surrounded the hotel. we are also receiving assistance from french and american ambassador dors. we know there are around 140 people in the hotel as of last night. but we can't give you the precise number of people who have managed to escape or have been freed. they are now being held in a gym nearby. two security forces have been injured during the operation. we call on everyone to be -- vigilant. >> ivan what is the latest? >> reporter: we know at least 80 hostages have been released, but there is still on ongoing hostage situation taking place. it is not clea

lots of french folks. discuss the developing situation at the radisson hotel in mali, matthew graham, fox news terrorism expert. good morning. >> good morning. gerri: tell us what is going on here and what do we need to do to better protect ourselves against attacks like the ones we're seeing in paris and now in mali? >> well there is a couple of things going on here on a couple of different levels. number one, obviously global jihad is alive and growing. so there is that issue. so as we approach our holiday travel season, around the world, there is just an exigency to stay aware and stay alert of what is going on. another aspect of this going on is, whatever metrics are being used to set our threat level internationally as no credible threat aren't filtering these types of attacks out. nicole: can you actually, that would be a great point to make. you should elaborate on that, matthew, because that is a great point. that there is no imminent attacks or we're not aware of any. we're seeing attacks all over

the fbi is meeting with french law enforcement at this time. new york city police officials say that the nypd is stepping up security at all high- profile locations in the city as a precaution. the nypd officials said there is no current specific threats and that the decision to beef up security is out of an abundance of precaution. maurice, i'm communicating with a friend in paris tonight. his name is david peralta. he is from france. we have been friends through social media for some time. he has been communicating with me. he told me that he was listening with his heart beating out of his chest as the president of france, francois hollande addressed the nation tonight. he addressed the french people less than two hours after witnessing part of this terror attack. he said he was very proud that the french president was able to respond so quickly. david peralta telling me from paris that the french president declared a state of emergency and that is a measure taken by the government in the event of imminent danger in the country giving the gov

in modern french history.en stormed a french restaurant killing at least 11. more people killed when gunmen stormed a french theater taking hostages. confirming twoal suicide attacks, one bombing near the paris stadium where a soccer match between france and germany was taking place. as we mentioned, the french president, francois hollande, was in attendance, but he was not injured. he was taken to safety. the -- the french president said he was taking the extraordinary step of closing his country's borders. the number we have so far putting the death toll at least at 45, an untold number injured in this violence, this wave of violence that took place on friday night in paris. back to you. mark.thank you, we do want to update you on headlines crossing from the associated press. there is automatic gunfire being heard from outside the paris concert hall where attackers are holding hostages. there are reports of 100 hostages being held in this concert hall. theing us live in d.c., aspen institute director and a f

a third scene was at a french restaurant where a shootout happened. that left about a dozen people dead. we're told here in the last few minutes a fourth scene, a refugee camp outside of paris, is reportedly on fire. it is unclear the victims. it is unclear how that fire began. it is unclear if it is related but, again a lot of things going on in paris right now. a lot of things going on in france right now and it is hard to make sense of them all and not at least imagine some of these things might not be connected. the first place the minds go is terrorism. the attacks have been said they were acts of terrorism. just about an hour ago, still that has not been confirmed. attackers have not been conferredment fortunately we have gotten to the point we know what a terrorist attack looks like on the surface and this does look like one of those and the french folks know all too well. jan. >>> is paris on lockdown right now? i'm hearing reports where french people are in the streets waving the flag and will not be afraid and locked inside. >> state of emer

that's what the french government say. that's why they're focusing in the north of france towards the border. also a raid where apparently three arrests were made there in taleuse. 200 police were on the scene. snipers also were seen taking up positions. it is of course no stranger to situations like we saw on friday. back in 2012 it was i city that produced a person who targeted a jewish school and killed several french muslim soldiers. also here in paris in the suburb of bobinee in the north-east. raids began soon after midnight and doors were smashed down. all of this, of course, as the french government continues its air strikes on the de facto capital of i.s.i.l. raqqa in syria >>> we're hearing that the prime minister has just been warning the country that they are preparing for attacks in days or weeks. so you can understand why so many people are getting spooked at the moment. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. it's monday morning, of course, here in paris. people are trying to get back to normal, but an awful l

the french president rush to an emergency meeting with french firms. soon after, the president spoke to his nation . >>> what the terrorists want is to make us afraid to seize us with fear and it is something to be afraid of, but faced with this fear there is a nation that defends itself and mobilizes itself in which ones again will be able to overcome the terrorists . >> anchor: back at the stayed stayedall, fans were in lock down event we'll valk witted section by section. finances waiting on the field for their urn to leave calling on their cell phones to find out what was going on. many were confused and uncertain huddling together. finally allowed to leave, fans rushed for the exits. >> anchor: while many fans were leaving the stadium they learned what was happening all around the french capitol and some in the crowd broke into song singing the french national an them. news today in new england. >> anchor: well, some of the fans left the stadium in a bit less of a panic of they banded together sinning again as dan mentioned the french national ant

french president is calling what happened in the french capital quote an act of war.ng in a manager of a global firm to get a look at what can have many fears that french citizens might travel abroad, become radicalized with weapons training in iraq or syria and come back here. do you think that's the first avenue for investigators to look into at this stage? >> actually, there are a couple. what's been very interesting is in the past few weeks, french investigator said the "charlie hebdo" attack, the supermarket store, where remotely controlled from the jihadist in syria. so you are correct. they have been looking at returning jihadists. but you have to remember, since september of last year, islamic state time and time again in different videos and audio tapes, made the case for a westerner not to come to syria and iraq any longer, to attack the homeland. that's one thing the islamic state has also advised the operatives or followerrings, if you will, in europe to basically travel to another country and attack this country rather than attacking their own homeland be

that number has not been confirmed by french authorities. in fact, the french police number is slightly lower at 35 dead. but still, extraordinary and sad numbers here, lester. including that hostage situation which is still ongoing at the paris theater. the badaclan where an american rock band was playing tonight. we don't have a clear number on how many gunmen may be inside or how many hostages may be held. we have numbers anywhere from 60 to 100 inside that theater. and others who were killed in the initial attack, reports of at least 15 killed in the initial attack on that theater. so once again, lester, the details are changing almost by the moment. still no firm information on the now in central paris. lester? >> and this, of course, follows the trauma of last january, the attack of the offices of "charlie hebdo" newspaper and the terror that followed there. this city, paris, no stranger to this kind of terror. but certainly never, in recent history, on this scale. no one is officially connecting the dots, but let's put it in perspecti

intelligence. >>> plus, the french strike b >>> for the third time in two days, french war planes have attacked the isis strong hold of raqqa in syria. overnight, 10 planes dropped bombs. and they say it there were 128 new searches over night related to the terror attack investigation. good morning. >> reporter: as you said, since sunday, backed by u.s. intelligence, the french have been bombing targets in raqqa, which is the defacto capital of the state that isis as the carved out. they said they hit a command center, recruitment sent squar train -- center and a training center. now, although the french have always been a part of the u.s.-led coalition fighting isis, they've beefed up their air strikes since the fight on paris. and experts say these are largely symbolic and a coalition of troops need boots on the ground to really effect isis in syria and iraq. the u.s. central command announced announced that it has destroyed many isis fuel trucks. it's those sort of targets that are likely to hit isis the most, because oil is the mane arsenal that allows them to fight. >>> and undefe

up to 1000 french nationals have fought in a rock house. -- up to 1000 french nationals have fought in iraq. we will have more coming up at 6:30 p.m. now, to news close to home. the mayor in china on an economic mission is facing political hit at home over a political action committee formed to promote. she said she agrees with the decision to dismantle the pack which has raised big money to support her agenda. >> the committee took its name from the successful mayor campaign. the fresh start pack quickly raised more than $300,000 with a goal of $1 million by the end of the year. the goal was to further the agenda and elect allies to the council. >> the idea you could exploit a loophole and get all of this money and try to use it -- laying on people doing business with the government but try to use it to control the votes of the council. that is so pernicious. >> the mayor in china to raise money from investors for washington projects agreed by phone it is time to shut the pack down. >> while i am grateful for the support i do agree that the fresh pack has become a problem. >> returnin

>> for sure, it's french. there was one french.ne french, sun syrian, one egyptian, for the time being. >> for sure or is this just the -- >> the passports, they found a syrian and egyptian passport -- >> passport. but the french is absolutely french, because we find his fingerprints on our databases. so there is no way that he's not french. >> all right, so you are head of this investigative committee into jihadism and radicalization. do you have -- i mean, are you able to have the tools to stop the radicalization? the british intelligence have made incredibly, you know, scary comments about how it's almost impossible these days to stop it, because of online. >> not online, and then because the situation is not clear, you know? it's almost, also impossible, as i told you before, because of the borders. and then we have 700 people under the radicalization, which is a lot. you cannot put a policeman behind everybody, because we don't have the financial -- >> one of them, apparently, was known to the police. this french was known to

that is so important for french people. they want to come back out to show liberty still exists. >> security is part of it. you cannot be free if you are not safe. that's going to be the balance they have to strike. >> all right. coming up, we will talk about how the refugee crisis complicates all of this. particularly when some of the suspects had refugee status. stick around. "new day" from paris will be right back. who wants to try? before earning enough cash back from bank of america to stir up the holidays, before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time and 2% back at the grocery store, even before they got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through, daniel, vandi, and sarah decided to use their bank americard cash rewards credit card to sweeten the holiday season. that's the spirit of rewarding connections. apply online or at a bank of america near you. ♪ everything kids touch during cold and flu season sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting product

including french forces involved. the scene or near to it, say at 9:30 local time, there was a beginning of the strike by security forces to take on the hostage takers. it appears this unfolded early in the morning according to witnesses around 7:00 a.m. in bamako. as gunmen, unverified, went into the hotel and started shooting. three dead, as i say, so far. the latest we have is from chinese state media. they managed to get hold of chinese national there. at least seven stuck in the hotel. who said they heard multiple gunshots around a room. more scattered gunshots ensued. they could not get a hold of the front desk. it was escalating quickly situation in the hotel. now we believe that the u.n. peacekeeping forces are also involved together with malian forces set up perimeter around the hotel as the situation unfolds. christine and john. >> we know, david, the hotel, we can show you where it is in the capital city, we can show you where it is relative to the u.s. embas embassy. the embassy telling americans to stay h

for a french news network. laura, what have you been able to learned? >> i just learned the reaction of the french president hollande, he was evacuated after the explosion outside the stadium. he went on tv midnight, and he had a meeting with his entire cabinet, and he declared something which has never been done in france in my memory, but i might be wrong. there's now a state of emergency in france. the french president has declared that all borders are closed. he came on tv and he said i don't want anyone to go outside of france. i don't want anyone to come to france at this moment, so at this moment there's a state of emergency in the country with the borders, which have been closed, which is in my again memory unprecedented. then the other thing the ongoing situation in paris. the police people want to understand precisely what happened outside the stadium. again it was a big soccer game. it was one of the most important soccer games of the season, with the french president inside the stadium. it was -- we

you'll hear her description. >> brand new just in to fox news channel from french television, french television now quoting authorities as saying that inside the concert hall, the gunman previously described as someone with a pump-action shotgun, screamed presumably in french "this is for syria." as the attack was going down. and if true, this is not surprising. europe one radio is reporting. this is new to us on fox news channel, there has just been according to europe one radio, another attack. this is said to have happened at a shopping mall, europe one radio is reporting that first there was an attack in a restaurant or bar, then a second attack almost simultaneously. then the shooting and taking of hostages at the concert hall. and now, according to europe one radio, there has been a shooting at a mall. and i don't yet know the location. for a little bit of context. we, we can't be sure that this last one has happened. i say it for the following reason. during the attacks of 9/11, when traveling quickly to work down fifth avenue and passing st. peter's cathedral on the left and

the french president says it is isis. there were a number of attack sites, first, the soccer stadium, across town, gunmen mowed people down on the streets and then restaurants. the worst horror at the theater where terrorists ran into the rock concert with assault rifles blazing. they were coordinated attacks at multiple sites. again, 127 people dead. now, let's take a live picture of paris, past noon there, six hours ahead of us. you can see that the streets are clear with the exception of police and emergency vehicles. again, a heavy security presence, but in terms of those normally strolling sidewalks on noon on a saturday, many are inside. france is in a state of emergency, and nbc 10 george spencer is live in the digital oer operations center with an update. george? >> this has been changes overnight as french people wake up after their day, six hours ahead of us, following clearly coordinated attacks in multiple locations. on the ground, a series of explosions and shootings in an attack that was clearly coordinated.

and now you've got the french troops in, joining french police in operations to try to save, to put an end to the terror and try to save as many hostages and civilians that are out there. again, reports of bodies in the streets of paris after this terror attack. >> the implications here are for much more than france. the implications here are going to involve other countries in europe. france already has declared their borders closed. other countries will have to be worrying very seriously about whether they have similar sleeper cells ready to go into action around europe. and elsewhere around the globe as well. the implications -- the impact of this is going to be realized in the days ahead. you'll recall on 9/11. we stopped all air traffic, as i recall, for about a week, shut down air traffic globally because of those attacks. we shut down manhattan completely. you couldn't get in or out of manhattan. until we got a full picture of what the threat really was. only then did life begin to return to normal. so this is just the beginning of a very, very difficult number of days ahead for

we do know that french -- the french president was in attendan at that soccer match. however, we don't have any word if any official was inside that theater or if any officials were inside that restaurant. so we don't know the connection to these three locations. and i'm sure officials there in paris are trying to figure that out right now. >> at the stadium people heard explosions, two of them. it was louder than the fans -- this was a huge soccer match. this was france against germany. the president was there. other dignitaries were there. people were cheering expecting a good robust competition. instead, it turned into this kind of chaos and madness on a friday night in paris. helicopters circling, police everywhere, people just trying going on. but we can say that it appears it's limited to these three locations a theater, stadium and the restaurant. and french police trying to now. an apparent hostage situation involving 100 people in paris right now. they have sadly had experience with this over the past year. with the charlie hebdo shooting in january in paris

french women, french men. these operations are not over. there are some which have been, the security forces are taking place at the moment, in particular in a place in paris. i'm asking here for you to maintain your trust in what the security forces can do to protect the populations from terrorists attacks. >> there is the statements from the french president making it clear he is taking major emergency measures right now declaring a state of an emergency, restricting travel and perhaps most important right now, closing france's borders. france has had open borders, a lot of refugees have been streaming into france and countries in europe over these past several weeks and months. refugees from syria and elsewhere. the french president saying the operations are not over yet. there are still -- they are still on going and as a result of this, france has taken this major step right now to close its borders. paul, this is highly unusual for france to make a decision like that. >> this is unprecedented in the modern history of france to do some

-- certainly the french government feels french interests are actually under attack?porter: most certainly. there's a real feeling of tension in the corridors of power and also on the streets. manuel vales you have heard in jonah's report admitting he didn't know where the main planner of the operation was. they had no idea that abdelhamid abaaoud had even arrived in europe. they had information that he was in syria or iraq. there is a really big question being put about the efficiency of intelligence, the coordination, because it simply hasn't worked. there are many failures still to be revealed from the american intelligence that abaaoud was the chief instigator of terror in europe, not all of that information was passed on, apparently. and of course, belgium, question there about whether it was cooperating properly with france. but france is really on the warpath there, and it wants to have some solution quickly in the european union. whether that will happen is another matter. but now look behind me, at a time when manuel vales was opening up the debate in the sen

the french consulate in sent every city is boosting security as well as french embassies and consulates in other parts of the world. there's no known threat to philadelphia or the u.s., but police are stepping up security to places like lincoln financial field where the eagles play on sunday. last night, we spoke with a bar owner in center city from france, just returning from a visit to his home country last weekend and spent last night checking on his friends and family. he was unaware of what happened until we spoke to him. he says he can't believe a large scale attack was carried out in paris. >> crime against humanity is going on too many times in too many places. >> homeland security experts say to expect higher levels of security around the airports and train stations in the coming days. the department has lines set up if you are concerned for a loved one in paris. three people died in the explosions outside the soccer stadium. inside, chaos. take a look, this video comes from a philadelphia man who was there. he says parents were on the ground trying to cover their children. eve

french women and french men, these operations are not over. there are some which are being, the security force are taking place at the moment and particularly in a place in paris paris. i am asking here for you to maintain your trust in what the security force the can do to protect the populations from terrorist attacks. long live the republic. long live france. >> anchor: that was french president, the big news coming out of that statement that he just give the press they are closing borders in france. no one in at this point. they are also lipping travel. a statistic of emergency has been declared in france. of course president was among those who were aat the felted very personally by these coordinate adtax that are happen happening in paris right now. he was there at the stadium during the france germany soccer game when these two explosions happened. adam. closing borders in fans. that affects millions of people. >> anchor: you can't blame him. they are a city under attack. they have terrorists in control of their city right now. in contr

you'll hear her description. >> brand new just in to fox news channel from french television, french television now quoting authorities as saying that inside the concert hall, the gunman previously described as someone with a pump-action shotgun, screamed presumably in french "this is for syria." as the attack was going down. and if true, this is not surprising. europe one radio is reporting. this is new to us on fox news channel, there has just been according to europe one radio, another attack. this is said to have happened at a shopping mall, europe one radio is reporting that first there was an attack in a restaurant or bar, then a second attack almost simultaneously. then the shooting and taking of hostages at the concert hall. and now, according to europe one radio, there has been a shooting at a mall. and i don't yet know the location. for a little bit of context. we, we can't be sure that this last one has happened. i say it for the following reason. during the attacks of 9/11, when traveling quickly to work down fifth avenue and passing st. peter's cathedral on the left and

it was involved with a vietnamese/french ball. but we have other reports that it was inside the musical. as you can imagine, there's a lot going on. we know that between 15 and 18 french people died in the center of paris. and we are trying at this moment to see how many people were injured outside paris in the suicide bottoming attack. >> laura haim, thank you, we'll let you go and learn what you can, and perhaps you can call us back with anything new. laura haim, white house correspondent with canal plus, the french television network. interesting and of note, perhaps we'll return to it, this live coverage from paris just showed what appears to be the, after the conclusion of the soccer match, look at that scene. everyone is on their devices and learning what has transpired. this is tape, apparently, learning what has transpired outside, including the players, as people are just gathering on the field, on the indoor turf. obviously learning that there has been something awful that has transpired tonight in paris and outside the

let's listen. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] >> well, we really wanted to bring you this in the right language. we were hoping to get english translation, so those who don't speak french can understand, but this is the prosecutor who is about to reveal details of the current investigation. what we've heard so far is that he has, obviously, expressed solidarity with all the victims and their families. he has said that the fight against terrorism is something that concerns us all. and crucially, he has updated the numbers in question. 129, he said, have been killed. he said that's at least, right now, that is the confirmed number. 352 injured, including 99 critically and confirming that seven terrorists have been killed. >> 352 injured is a high number. a higher number -- >> especially with 99 critical. >> it is. a higher number than we'd even been told. so that death toll right now of 129, it could almost certainly go up. francois molins is giving a press conference right now, it i

the french military says all the targets were destroyed and all french planes they say returned safelytheir bases in the united arab emirates and jordan. also tonight a french official tells cnn that at least three of the terrorists involved in the attacks spent time in syria. an international manhunt is intensifying for a belgium-born french national who's suspected in the attacks. a source tells cnn salah abdeslam was stopped and questioned by police a few hours after the terror happened across paris but was not detained. we're told he was driving in the direction of the belgium border. also tonight, officials fear that other suspects or accomplices in the attacks may also be on the loose. meanwhile, panic erupting in paris earlier tonight. take a look at this remarkable video. a crowd gathered at a memorial at one of the attack sites suddenly that crowd got spooked. people desperately dashed to safety. it turned out to be a false alarm. two days after the massacre of at least 129 people, the fear of another attack right now in paris is raw and real. our senior international correspo

the french authorities learned this week that abaaoud was not in syria, but on french soil. tips came from the morrow rock and security services. >> much of the focus the past 35 hours has been on the office of the apartments. particular attention has been paid to one of the females who was present there. ere is more about her. >> who is this person? this 26-year-old french woman was born in a paris suburb. her parents divorced, and she had a troubled childhood, spending time in foster families. she was active on social networks, posting pictures of r in a bath and posing without a head scarf. then six months ago she showed herself wearing a knee camp. she had move back to the suburb. her neighbors were surprised to see she had suddenly turned radical. most who knew her described her as a woman lost in life. >> she would say i don't practice. i don't do any of all that. i am still smoking and dandriging alcohol. i am doing all this because i will be going to syria. we thought she was joking. she has been changing her mind. one time she was a rapper, another a prostitute or a

french warplanes have been bombing targets in the northern and islamic state stronghold targeted by frenchfficials. those officials say that tax in paris on friday were ordered from syria and islamic state -- islamic state said it was payback for france's intervention in the middle east. police say 2 of the attackers had links to brussels. brusselsl cars for were used as seven people have been detained in connection with the investigation. a manhunt continues for abdeslam saleh. you can see a picture of him. he was involved and considered him dangerous. in the paris attacks, dominating the agenda of the g-20 meeting. president obama and putin spent hourlked for more than an and syria was the main subject. the german chancellor angela merkel said refugees fleeing the conflict must not to be blamed for what happened. let's goodbye to our reporters and talk about the story that is developing fairly quickly. zeb eckert is out in asia for us handling the market story as we close down asia. zeb, what is going on? zeb: negative sentiment, a somber day in the markets across the asia-pacific. you s

[speaking french] [speaking french] [speaking french] >> there's the american secretary of state speaking live and in french, in front of the american embassy there in paris. here in paris, john kerry signaling the lighting up there, the three colors of the french flag, in a show of solidarity. you heard him just then, perfect french, repeating what he had said just before in english. he did pend time -- spend time here as a child. a perfect representative to arrive here in paris. he was much criticized back in january for not coming in the days just after the charlie hebdo massacre. or indeed taking part in the march that followed. he was here this time. we join our washington correspondent now. phillip, no doubt when john kerry sits down with francois hollande, francois hollande will put to him what he announced in front of the joint session of parliament today, which is that he's going to ask the united states to get involved in an intensification of the fight against the islamic state group. what is the american response to that request likely to be? >> well, there are already slight

obama assured the french that america is standing by them. >> france is our oldest alley, and the frenchhoulder to shoulder with the united states time and again and we are going to be very clear that we stand very together with them in the fight begins terrorism and extremism. >> obama said he would not engage in speculation about who was responsible. >>> new york city has deployed its counter terrorism team throughout the metropolis in what is called an abundance of caution. patrols have been beefed up around french governmental locations in new york city, a and in washington, security around the capitol has been beefed up tonight. >>> philadelphia police say the city has not received any credible threats but they have alerted officers to make extra checks on historical sites, religious institutions and social establishments. they are also asking the public to remain vigilant, as always, and report any suspicious activity. >>> since the the paris attacks including one outside a soccer stadium police are telling "action news" tonight that quote we will also increase our presence at spor

has been named, french national born in 1987. french police have released a picture of salah abdeslam who was born in belgium as a suspect, two of the paris attackers had lived in bruise els. the french military has lamplight a series of air strikes against sir. i can't. the strategy to defeat i.s.i.l. is dominating talks at the group of g20 summit in turkey. prime minister cameron due to meet with russia's president putin today. what are they likely to discuss? >> reporter: david cameron has been saying that when he meets putin he is going to ask him to concentrate his fire power in syria against i.s.i.l. russia started bombing syria in september, but most of its fire power has been aimed at the forces at bashar al-assad. one thing that cameron says isa we have differences with the russians, not the least because they have done not much against i.s.i.l. opposition. we are told in fact that the u.s. and european partners are coordinating this message with the russians so they have a clear consistent approach towards russia on syr

they are french.have felt sometimes outside of the french identity, there should also be an attempt to bring them into the fold because a few terrorists did unspeakable horrific acts today but in the long-term for france to get back on track to be a peaceful multiethnic society where rights are protected, everybody needs to feel part of that society. so i hope that this doesn't create a clash of civilizations and a sense of fear of the other. because that would be the real tragedy. >> susan cork, who is the director of countering anti-semitism and extremism and our own cal perry. thank you both very much. >>> you will recall that in the wake of the "charlie hebdo" attacks in january, there was that famous unity march. it drew leaders from across the word. it did not draw the far right national front. that's because they were excluded from the march by the organizers. the other major party in france. the far right party has gained electoral strength. she's suspending campaigning but polling ahead in th

i'm completely fed up with the way the french institution and the french media is treating the muslimty. chosen for them the spokesman or spokes woman and not pointing the great diversity that we have. >> the leaders of the mosques south of paris, where the attackers once had worships. >> translator: we're not in their heads. we don't know who they hang out with, who they walk with. that's for government, not us. >> what do you think the impact of last friday's events will be on that situation? >> the consequences will be disastrous as we have a government which accumulates failures. both in domestic politics and foreign policy. this government doesn't know how to communicate with the muslim community. >> and with dialogue and true inclusion comes more isolation. sheila macvicar, paris. >> people are beginning the healing process returning to their routines although sometimes with reluctance. adam rainey has that parity of the coverage. >> the sight of the city could still inspire post cards but maybe not mood. people are coming out more and more taking stock of their city and their r

in mali and on french soil. -- it is not new. french and western interests have been attacked to there before. claire: thank you. this hotel is used by many variousrs, staff of airlines. air france is now saying that the 12 crew were in the hotel at the time of the attack, but they are now safe. turning back to you, luke, you are talking about the general security situation in the country. even though there was an attack it inako in march, isn't the north that is more of a risk of attack then bamako? said, it doeso be appear to be springing back, the making it extremely insecure. the u.n. forces that are based there very rarely leave the base. they are basically -- they basically have very little choice. it is too dangerous. but it has to be said that it is not being limited to the north of the country. perhaps what we have been thinking has been the case for sometime now, little by little we are seeing the attacks come further south, and they are not necessarily being claimed by the same groups. it is a consequence perhaps of a

yesterday, the french flag was raised at city hall. bostonians laying flowers and writing messages of condolence and hope. former newscenter5 producer ed keohane is vacationing in paris this week. he's among many who are drawing a connection to the 2013 marathon attacks. >> it's interesting to be a bostonian in paris today. the scope clearly of this attacks compared to boston is different, but i think the different, but i think the emotions are so strikingly similar. nneka: a mass will be held in boston today at the cathedral of the holy cross in the south end. that will happen around 11:30. tribute on boston common, and mayor marty walsh and governor charlie baker are expected to attend. live at the french consulate in boston, nneka faison, wcvb, newscenter 5. antoinette: a heartwarming message from the sister of martin richard, the youngest victim in the marathon bombing attacks. picture of martin taken before his death. the sign reads, "no more hurting people, peace." the martin richard foundation now posting this image to facebook

the french interior was met on sunday. strong words were exchanged about the situation here in brussels from the french to the bell junes to say can-- belgiums get a grip on this because people are dying. it is a major priority. it will continue for many days, but the focus at the moment is to hunt for salah abdeslam and any accomplices that he may have been working with >>> thank you paul brennan. french planes have been carrying out air strikes on i.s.i.l. they are describing the strikes as massive. david chater has the details. >> reporter: france has tape the war back to i.s.i.l. launching bombing raids against the self-declared capital of iraq. they flew over night from air bases in jordan and the gulf. the operation was described as a legitimate response to the black friday massacre in paris. >> translation: in we've done it in the past and again today because raqqa, as you know, is the center of the i.s.i.l. you saw the drama that happened in paris. >> reporter: the raids were against targets supplied and selected b

and here's a l moive look outside the memorial of the french nsulate. you can see how much it has grown since yesterday. so many people stopping by to pay their respects. pat and gus, this morning, the nypd is still keeping an eye on the front en thece. they have got two police officers here this morning. one at the door and one outside on the sidewalk. back to you. >> sheldon dutes live on the upper east side. thank you. >> we are coming right back with a final check of your forecast. you're watching "today in new >>> i'm sure you may recognize that tune. the gentleman playing john lennon's "imagine" in a cordened off area outside of paris as that country mourns the deadly te, rror attacks. anotosr emotionalttribute, countless touching tributes to the victims who were lost in that attack. >> we have seen from david ushery's reporting from over there that the crowds are not being kept far back rom the sites. you would think they couli be kept miles away. like here at home. it's 6:30 at night there, and people are bringing their families. this is a live

that's what people in french were talking about. i don't speak any french.s with a friend who is native who does speak french people are saying there was in . they said there was a shootout in the restaurant around the corner. police came running at us maybe this was a little bit more than that. >> where are you now and what is it like now? >> i am several miles away we found an uber driver who we were able to give us a ride. uber, when you went to go call for a cab, it said that it was shut down because there was a disturbance. hollande came on and said there was martial law. we drove about three miles to get back to where we are, which is also in mark. usually a hopping town. ghost town. completely shuttered up. there is no one on the streets. we saw not just the police with submachine guns on the street but we also saw a lot of military on the street it is absolutely the city is on lockdown, shep. it's strange to see a major city like this. it looks like the walking dead or something where you see a city and there is no one out. >> we're monitoring a lot