he also mentioned that he and president hollande had a conversation with the u.s. president barack obama, one in which obama expressed his solidarity and support in efforts to track down -- in efforts to prevent these sort of attacks from takes place again, and i suppose also in efforts to investigate and find out how the attacks in paris were able to happen. we can listen to him a little more now. >> translator: that's some of the information that i wanted to tell you. i need to express the pleasure i have next to president francois hollande together our [ inaudible ] it was an extraordinary coincidence we were together at an e.u. summit to try and force commitments connected with the european project and the challenges with which we are confronted, and it is important that we could follow this operation -- to follow closely together the operation through the end of this afternoon. finally, and above all, i wish to thing my colleagues of the belgian government who have worked intensely and directly with their respected services. the minister of the interior, minis

here is more now from francois hollande. greeces hollande: it is that will take the largest portion of refugees, and we must help greece. to avoid the refugees arriving in greece, we need to work with turkey, so the plan is simple and difficult to put into place. working closely with turkey and to show our support for greece. that is france's position that we will present today. >> turkey is ready to be a member of the e.u. as well. and i hope this summit, which we will not focus on the regular migration but on the turkish accession process with the e.u. genie: there have been more migrant deaths at sea. another 25 drowned over the weekend, including three

as the french president francois hollande just said the situation in syria has a lot to do with the summit on monday and the question of how to cope with the refugee situation, france and germany totally agree that we have to protect our external border, first of all to make it sure that the free movement within the european area can be maintained and that we step by step can step away from the border controls and secondly also because of the security concerns because we need to know who comes to europe and greece there has an important position as a country with an external border and also the sea or maritime border with turkey and therefore the summit on monday was certainly focused on the meeting with the turkish prime minister amed and we will certainly inform each other on the process of what is europe doing on a humanitarian basis and how will we implement the three years that have been set aside for turkey and secondly if we achieve it what do we still have to do in order to control the influx of refugees, the nato mission really has to start, they are still on the prefary stage and

hollande: i have decided to close the constitutional debate.part of the opposition is hostile to any change to the constitution, and i deplore this attitude deeply. reporter: despite their initial support, it was not just the opposition that had opposed anti-terror moves. four months of fractious debate left deep divisions at the heart of the ruling socialist party, too, with a justice minister stepping down over the issue. angry -- agreed on in trying the current state of emergency in the constitution, but they were unable to come together on stripping french citizens of their -- convicted of terrorism of their nationality. leavingans balked at people stateless, with finger-pointing all-around. >> they created the conditions for failure. theid when i saw him that lay republican party was ready to strip citizenship for people with another nationality. reporter: france's state of emergency will remain in effect until may. given the collapse of the proposed constitutional reforms aimed at keeping it in existence, it seems politicians may now have

french president francois hollande and his german counterpart spoke after meeting in paris. they pledged to reinstate the schengen zone. thatalso want to assure refugees stay in the region. kim jong-un escalates his military rhetoric and launches rockets in a show of force after the u.n. security council adopted tough sanctions on the isolated state. pledging to support the eventual republican nominee no matter who it is, that is about all candidates could agree on at yet another rowdy debate. hours after party leaders criticized leader donald trump. you are watching "live from paris" on "france 24." in business, kate moody will talk about how apple is getting a little help from its silicon valley friends in the escalating dispute with the u.s. government about the state of security. oliver farry will take us through the french and international papers in "the press review." pre-talks before the migrant summit next week. german chancellor angela merkel gave a joint press conference with france's president a few minutes ago. now new declarations. the leaders repeated their co

this is the approach to the holland tunnel. so you can see delays coming off of your 1 and 9 approach. this is your new jersey turnpike approach. getting into the holland tunnel, it looks like it's horrible, but as we go over to our maps, i can tell you that the inbound holland tunnel is about five minutes getting into the tolls. the lincoln is five minutes, the george washington bridge a minor delay. here is the george washington bridge coming across the span, left to right the inbound side. there. but then we have route 9 south at mid hudson bridge, tractor- trailer accident, so the ramp to the bridge is closed. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken, lori, over to you >> all right, heather, thank you. >>> well, commuters in washington d.c. preparing for a nightmare today. >> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the extreme measures leading to a full-day shutdown. >>> also ahead in our next half hour, a woman critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in new jersey. what we know about the vehicle police want to find.

this is before you get to the holland tunnel. once you get to the holland tunnel, you're okay on your new jersey turnpike approach. let's go over to our maps. we'll talk to you about what's going on in hoboken. we have first street closed between grand street and willow avenue and clinton street remains closed down between newark street and first street. this is because of that ongoing water main break. we have new jersey transit running on or close to schedule, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. subway service is also running on or close. and you have a minor delay at the george washington bridge, the lincoln and the holland, all of that construction has been cleaned up. now, if you are going to the covered roadway which takes you to and from the holland tunnel, that remains closed between tonale avenue and jersey avenue and that is because of construction. our street cleaning rules are in effect for today. >> all right, heather, thank you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a milestone celebrated a

francois hollande said that earlier. they are not trying to change the reality on the ground but they are trying to change the wording. genie: another important note is that in order to truly close the balkans route, the e.u. needs more cooperation from turkey. with turkey not only stopping migrants from leaving its borders but also welcoming some who it let back into her tell us more about that. turkish lot hinges on cooperation, and angela merkel has a lot of's -- a lot at stake. for turkey to stem the flow of migrants from turkey crossing into the you, and also to readmit migrants that the e.u. will excel -- that the e.u. will expel. the only problem with the plan is that it is pretty much exactly the plan that the e.u. and turkey already agreed to three months ago, and they signed an action plan in november of last year. for the moment, that plan has not been implemented or hardly been implemented. tois europe going to be able offer to turkey today something they were not able to offer three months ago? that is the b

the next morning was the very day in which the germans invaded holland. they tried various ways of getting out. they did not succeed. ultimately, he and his parents separated and went into hiding. curt was a teenager at that point. he was very energetic. he felt very strongly he had to do something. he could not just live with this hidden identity, present to be someone else, and not do something to help other people. so he did something -- there are not enough stories about those who became members of the resistance and rescuers. those stories are not as well-known as many others are. curt actually asked the people who had helped rescue him and his parents if he could join them. they accepted him, which also put their own lives in danger, had he ever been caught. he was traveling with false identity cards. and he became a rescuer. he helped to hide over 100 jewish children that were placed on farms throughout the netherlands. he bought them false ration coupons, false identity cards. and then, in a really amazing moment, he was bicycling and looked up an

the holland is 10 mass transit is doing okay. street cleaning rules in effect ken over to you. >>> thank you heather. 6:25 an abc news exclusive. hulk hogan speaking out for the first time since winning a $140 million judgment. hogan sued the website for posting video of him having sex with a former friend's wife. the 62 year old former pro wrestler won $25 million in punitive damages and $115 million in they claims he didn't know he was being taped. >> over three years of dealing with the games they did everything they could to deter me and hoping financially i wouldn't be able to stay in the game with them and i'd quit or tap out. >> while you could see more of the exclusive interview with morning on good morning america right here on chain 7. >>> 6:25. and president obama's historic trip to cuba finished with a trip to watch america's national past time. the president shook hands with derrick jeter before settling into watch the tampa bay rays take on cuba's national baseball team. it was the first game played in cuba since 19

german chancellor angela merkel and french president hollande trying to make it happen ahead of the migration summit. one of brazil's most popular presidents is questioned by police. the latest to be called up in a corruption investigation that has the country divided. and not ruling out bribery. an investigation into germany hosting the 2006 soccer world cup finds no proof but says it can't rule it out either. i'm brent goff. president of the european council says he sees the first signs of europe reaching consensus on how to manage the migration crisis. he has been visiting turkey in a diplomatic drive to get the country to stem the flow of immigrants. tusk said that common ground is emerging for the first time. he's been on a tour of turkey and the balkan nations that lie on the route that most refugees take from northern greece to europe. one of the greatest challenges in the crisis. smugglers have been sentenced to more than four years in prison in connection with his death. >> each one representing a person that risk everything for the hope of a better life in europe. they put their liv

>> it's certainly true that what hollande says is accurate. even today, antonio not only did they get their main target, they got an additional four people. my guess is when they get to the four people interrogate them, look at their finances and their laptops that will lead to others. so i'm sure it comes as a challenge but also i think the french government has a lot of resources to bring to this. the belgian government this is a high priority for them so i think they're going to spend whatever it takes. >> belgium's prime minister said abdeslam's capture was a huge success in the battle against terrorism. usually these guys are not caught alive. if he be capitulate lates he could be a source of great information. >> remember this guy was a guy who threw away his suicide vest in the night of the paris attacks and unlike his brother went to belgium where they could have got him but missed him. then last night he did not commit suicide then or go out in a blaze of gun fire and they caught him again today, alive. it may be especially some of hi

lincoln construction, holland, minor delay. that inbound george moving slowly with the disabled truck and construction. cross bronx westbound slowing down and on going roadwork here. fire department activity and going outside to the new jersey turnpike camera here is a look at the new jersey turnpike moving slow loechl with a dis-- slowly with a disabled truck. alternate side parking rules are in effect. >>> 4:55. new this morning from brooklyn, police are on the hunt for the gunman who murdered a man the 22-year-old was shot in the head and killed in crown heights. two teens were shot in the same brooklyn neighborhood. a 14-year-old girl and 18-year-old man were shot on president's street. sources tell us the two did not know each other. both were taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay. >> time is 4:56. some girl scouts are using oscar winner leonardo dicaprio to sweeten their cookie selling strategy. they show the star chowing down on the cookies. they're suggesting that the win had something to do with him buying

how much of a defeat is there for francois hollande? >> it is a political reversal and it has really been a chapter of mishaps, not least francois hollande lost his justice minister over this, actually resigned on principal over this proposal so strip french nationality from dual nationals in terrorism cases. the ultimately, there wasn't enough sport within his own party, and the opposition was not willing to support it, either, so he has had to climb down. we have to remember, as well, sammy, the atmosphere in which these proposal also were first introduced. it was in the direct aftermath of november 13. there was a lot of rallying behind the president who saw his popularity ratings rise beyond anything they had seen since being elected. obviously in the cold light of day and so much later, these difficult political rivalries and other political considerations came into play, and so as we've seen, he's had to make this climb down. >> is this the end to other positions that have been floated? >> in many ways, this initiative to try to r

this is french president francois hollande.aying that the man who was shot and captured just a few hours ago, salah abdeslam captured in molenbeek, was involved directly in preparing the paris attacks. france will, france will ask for extradition of abdeslam, and we should also tell you francois hollande is saying the french know there are links between the paris attackers and syria and isis. they have direct evidence. at least that is what francois hollande is saying. they want him back in paris to answer for the 130 people who were murdered back in november in three separate attacks. you see these shooters here, these police. they have in their possession europe's most-wanted man, who led the specific team. that guy right, there apparently led the specific team that tried to enter the french national soccer stadium. let's bring in zuhdi jasser, they want him back. they want him back in france, right, zuhdi? >> absolutely. this is major, not only because they're bringing closure to the fugitive. they got him alive. the intel t

five groups received earlier on by francois hollande and the defense minister. they spoke after the meeting about what was said and their reaction to the capture. everybody was grateful for .he arrest the justice minister underlined the importance of suicide prevention so that salat of islam can face justice. not calling for vengeance but greater humanity. it is not enough to completely get rid of terror. host: chris has more details from the palace for us. a chance for francois hollande to offer reassurance that actions had been taken on the security front. a lot of questions over things like keeping tabs on people coming back from syria. .he level of coordination the problem is that they have to do it in time. his own prime minister says the risk of attack remains as high if not higher than before. frenchn security services say the number of people coming back from syria however, areps, not just interested in the security element of things. many of them concerned about hate speech. its existenceay -- they regard the attacks as a time for france to address some

host: francois hollande speaking earlier on. let's take you to some live pictures coming to us from havana, cuba. we can see air force one, the president's plane, on the runway, just about ready to take off. barack obama has wrapped up in historic visit to cuba -- an historic visit to cuba, the first time a sitting president has visited the communist nation in 88 years. the white house has been reacting to events today in brussels, of course, and is expected to announce new measures to tighten airport security in the u.s. president obama expressed his condolences to belgium during a conversation with the belgian prime minister, calling from havana as he wrapped up that visit. we have been following his visit. oforter: it is the last day president obama's three-day visit to the cuban capital. havana was, of course, overshadowed by what happened in brussels. there was a minute of silence on stop of barack obama's steps here on the cuban island. the baseball match between the tampa bay rays and the cuban national team, where again,

e but someor holland say the communist paper has a more joyful look at things. page, theront shameful operation is being buried. very joyful indeed. dailies from all sides of the political spectrum are underlining that francois hollande not able to push through that marky reform. theirid not dedicate entire front page to him. >> they would rather not give him that honor. the front pages dedicated to the greve, the strike in france. have schools, hospitals and public transport, airports not fully staffed and it's about camarie. she is the labor minister and wants to make the job market more flexible. many french people are not happy about this. they are calling for frenchmen to get out in the street and protest. it is pouring with rain in paris. that might affect how many people decide to go down to the streets. >> it could undermine the trade union efforts. they are hoping for one million people. we will see. you have also been reading the international press. let's look at what's happening in brazil because the brazilian president is fighting for her political

lincoln and holland, you also have a construction. here's 495 as you try to make your way into the the lincoln tunnel. it's so foggy, they have dropped the speeds at the tappen zee bridge to 45 miles an hour. lori, over to you. >> thank you, it's 4:49, and this morning, there's questions about the conditions of the track where an amtrak train derailed. the engineer of the southwest chief noticed a misalignment just before the eight cars went off the rails west of dodge city, kansas, yesterday. authorities are looking into whether a vehicle may have damaged the tracks. 32 people were hurt in the derailment, two critically. >>> police are investigating branches and tape and stuck it on the lawn of bergen field. my are -- police are not calling it a hate crime. there's a statue of liberty out front and no problems in the neighborhood. >> it makes me feel unsafe. it's such a safe neighborhood. knowing someone came on my lawn to prove a point, it's like why would they do that? >> the cross was not set on fire, and it's now sitting in the f

hollande said there would be consequences if britain left of the eu.hollan this won't putde: won'ts. hollande: this put in question the historic relationship between france and the u.k., but there will be consequences in terms of how the migration is handled. france is trying to convince migrants to apply for asylum in france. both countries have agreed to meet -- make the process of transferring them to the u.k. easier and faster. catherine n.: the two men also announced they are going to be funding a 2 billion euro project to put into operation a special military drone. let's get some more info on this announcement with a specialist in these matters. he is joining us live from london. this drawing is described as a multiuse unmanned aircraft. what does that mean? what is it for? >> essentially, the idea is that it will be an aircraft that will be able to penetrate to carry out reconnaissance, get target information for other aircraft, or to potentially conduct --rikes against what is the: interest for france and the u.k. in joining together on this p

mike holland says now the time to be in equities, chairman of holland and company.hy are you not scared? >> maybe not perfect time. seven years ago was perfect time. liz: i would say. >> one of your earlier guests talked about exxon. that is one of our stocks we talked about. fullness of time when you have all these people exiting the stock market, when you have all these people selling bonds into the bond market which warren buffett is also doing, you have to get, these are persistent facts you have to pay attention to them. that means $140 billion come out of the market. this is where the prices are after it is gone. great companies are selling at reasonable prices because of this. you and i talked about these companies in the past. companies like google, chubb, jpmorgan. they have very modest valuations because of the selling. liz: what do you consider modest valuations? 11 price earnings ratio? >> yes. talking about valuations with these great companies, google selling price earnings multiple less than its growth rate. these are crazy things. where the companies

the holland, a 20-minute delay. alternate side suspended today more weather and traffic on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. 6:36 now. a rally expected to take place outside the brooklyn district attorney's office. calls for jail time for the officer who killed akai gurley. this comes after the d.a. thompson recommended no jail time for liang. he killed gurley in a stairwell two years ago. he says there's no evidence that he intended to kill or injure gurley. >>> we're learning about -- kennedy airport. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is at the airport with the latest. tracie? >> reporter: kerry, it's not just the attempt. but the escape that has a lot of people talking this morning. authorities say once marcia gay reynolds was found with nearly 70 pounds of cocaine, she kicked off her gucci heels, sprinted up a down escalator and somehow got back to new york. want to show you surveillance photo taken of the 32-year-old when she was entering lax, authorities discovered 11 wrapped bricks of cocaine inside o

ten minutes apiece holland inbound. street cleaning rules are in effect today. >> the final four is now set in men's college basketball. and you can color one-half of saturday's national semifinals orange and blue. >>> the orange comes from central new york. syracuse overcame a 16-point deficit to knock off acc rival virginia last night in the midwest regional final. the orange is the first no. 10 seed to ever reach the final four. >>> the blue that lori mention mentioned comes from north carolina. the tar heels are back in final four for a record 19th time and beat an acc rival as they knocked overneater dame -- notre dame. they're the only no. 11 seed remained in the -- no. 1 seed remained in the tournament. the championship game is next >>> it is 6:18. and a commuter alert this morning. for subway riders in manhattan. >> details -- pardon me -- details on the big construction work disrupting travel. >> and movie fans not discouraged by the reviews. >>> iphone users are reporting a possible bug with ios9.3. >> it caus

here is the inbound hole -- inbound holland tunnel. here is the inbound holland tunnel. back to you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a brooklyn man who spent half his life in prison is a freeman. prosecutors saying he should never have been there in the first place. >> i can't believe how civil it has >> also a ahead, the first real civil debate involving the . >>> welcome back. 6:12. it is hard to believe but ted cruz and marco rubio managed to go on the offensive with donald trump without the put downs or the name calling of their previous battles. >> cnn, quote, islam hates us. did you mean all 1.6 billions. >> i mean a lot of them. i mean a lot of them. >> i know a lot of people find appeal in what donald says because he says what people wish they can say. the problem is presidents can't say whatever they want. there are consequences here and around the world. >> donald trump and his republican rivals turned the debate into a respectful discussion. it was. even got in a joke about the convention. >> what we do to take the passionate supporters and ke

earlier incident clear, a 10 minutes at the lincoln and the holland. as you go to verrazano bridge, i did get a tweet from somebody and they said the verrazano bridge was a mess at about 5:15. well, it still is. the upper level is closed down both ways because of an icing condition on the verrazano bridge. manhattan bridge lower level going over into brooklyn, you do have everything closed down. that's because of an accident. we also have this problem as you head onto 84. it's a jackknifed tractor- trailer. it's going west right near exit 4. all lanes are closed down as a result. we have neath side of the street -- we have alternate side of the street parking rules suspended today. ken, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> 6:18. other tech companies are coming to apple's defense in its encryption battle with the fbi, 15 companies in all, including amazon, yahoo! and microsoft, now have filed a joint brief on apple's belief. a separate brief filed by a coalition of 17 other tech companies also backs apple. see, they're saying the government's demand

in the end, francois hollande was not able to muster the political support for these proposals. we have to remember as well the atmosphere in which this constitutional reform was first raised, when it was first mentioned. it was in the aftermath of november 13. he was under a lot of pressure from politicians and the right wing republican party, the far right national front. a lot of criticism of the french security forces, intelligence agencies, why haven't they anticipated these attacks. this was his response, his way of trying to appeal so that five populace opinion. months later, we've seen there was not the support from the leftwing of his own party, his own justice minister actually resigned on principle because she would not support this idea and ultimately, when it came to it, the numbers just weren't there, not in the parliament, the national assembly nor the senate which is why we've seen this climb down from the penalty. >> a new political chapter that begun in myanmar. after 50 years of military rule, power has passed to a mainly civilian government. the country's new

live this morning, frank holland. emily: breaking overnight, it a 13-year-old boy is fighting for it happened on quinaquinset avenue just before 8:30 last night. we' re told the driver did stay at the scene. the victim was taken to cape cod hospital. we' ll bring you more as we get it. breaking election results in overnight showing big wins for two candidates. hillary clinton taking contests in alabama, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, tennessee, texas and virginia. donald trump adding alabama, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, tennessee, vermont and virginia to his win column. but that is not the full story this morning. the eye' s erika tarantal is tracking developments as they come in. erica: hillary clinton and you said it. donald trump are waking up the big winners this morning. but this race is far from over. for starters, ted cruz notched three big wins in texas, oklahoma, and alaska. marco rubio also nabbed his first win of the campaign season in minnesota so he' s unlikely to call it quits. on the democratic

president hollande confirmed it's tied to the november 13th attacks in paris.onfirm injuries or deaths at this time on this raid. joining me from istanbul again, richard engel. richard, obviously, there is something major going on there with the french president now confirming it. we just don't know what it is that is confirming. >> reporter: well, we know what he's not confirming. >> right. >> reporter: president hollande said there's no confirmation that the fugitive is in custody. there are multiple reports, most of them coming in different belgium newspapers. one said the fugitive, the most wanted person, for his involvement in the paris attacks, or alleged involvement was wounded and holed up in this apartment and then he was taken alive and efforts to confirm his identity. at this stage, president hollande is saying there's a raid under way. france is cooperating. it's a big deal. it's connected to the france attacks, but no word if he was inside or in custody. >> if you'll stand by for a moment, steve clemens of the atlantic is in brussels. can you tell

ministere prime treating a photograph of himself alongside francois hollande saying that he was at that point receiving congratulations from the president of the united states. he says belgium and france stand united in the fight against terrorism. anhad congratulations from hidalgo congratulating this dirty forces for securing the arrest of salah abdeslam in the course of the operation from brussels. one of the quickest media organizations to confirm what was happening today, they first "arrete,"mply arrested, and followed by "injured and neutralized." ported airily infringe if somebody is described as neutralized, that tends to mean -- ordinarily in front of somebody has been a scrub is neutralized, that tends to mean they have been killed. i don't think they meant it in this way here because they said all along he was shot in the leg and then arrested and taken away in custody. treated, which purports to show the actual moment of salah abdeslam's arrest. not a great deal to see in that one but lots of dramatic images being shown on the internet because it is a residential area of bru

franÇois hollande welcomed the break through. >> i though my thoughts go to the victim.he's directly connected with the preparation and perpetration of these attacks. >> he had been on the run for four months. the police had repeatedly drawn to the brussels suburb since the november attacks in paris. he may have evaded capture as recently as tuesday. the police found his fingerprints at the scene of a shootout in another area of brussels. >> it's an intense piece of work that has been carried out and led to these very important results in the fight against terrorism. very important in the fight for democracy and the values in which we wish to promote this dreadful extremism. in the last few months more than a hundred searches have been carried out in a delicate way. >> 130 people were killed in paris on november. they were driven back to paris and became fran's most wanted man. his capture in who was behind france's worst attacks. al jazeera. >> let's go live to brussels to jacky rowland. it seems to be much quieter and perhaps a bit more normality returning to the stree

have a great weekend. >> thanks, tyler, you too. >> mike holland of holland and company. >>> the president of the st. louis fed said interest rates should edge higher. james bullard suggests the central bank's inflation and employment targets have essentially been met and monetary policy should move toward more normal levels. his comments come two days after the fed revised lower its rate hike outlook. >> former chairman bernanke says monetary policy is reaching its limits. but in a blog post bernanke added the fed has not yet run out of responses to a potential slowdown. he also says the probability of the u.s. using negative interest rates in the foreseeable future is quite low. >>> meantime, consumers are feeling a bit less optimistic. an earlier survey on sentiment said confidence eased in march due to concerns about prointeracts in the economy and slowly rising gas prices. while consumers are no longer concerned about recession they don't expect the rate of economic growth to outperform the past two years. >>> economic concerns are a big part of this election cycle and so are some iss

then we can talk about the extradition back to france and how hollande wants that to be swift.out the intensity of the joint investigation to track him down. >> reporter: well, it's been very intense for the last four months, but reached a crescendo this week. on tuesday, you had a shoot-out in brussels where a man with a kalashnikov was shot by a police sniper after opening fire on police investigators. there was also a man a shotgun who opened fire on them. and two people managed to flee that scene. we now think it's possible that at least one of those people was salah abdeslam, who was, of course -- who they caught up with today. >> so, when we think about where this investigation turns now, talk about the confidence of a swift extradition, chris, and what motions or procedures are already in place, as the french president and other authorities, have been hopefully preparing for his capture and being brought back to france. >> well, they've been preparing for a long time. i'm sure that the belgiums are not going to hesitate a moment to get rid of him. i don't think they want

>> well, we are expecting a news conference from president hollande the french leader and german chancer angela merkel in about 20 minutes in time if goes to schedule and bear in mind the news conference was 45 minutes late so things are clearly slipping and as you say there is definitely cause and effect and the conflict in syria is, in fact, the main contributor to the refugee crisis that has been facing the european union in the resent 18 months or years. and the situation as far as trying to resolve it is multi fold in here in paris today because we have angela merkel and francois hollande and had a telephone conversation with russian vladimir putin in the last hour-and-a-half, there is going to be a news conference as i say in about 20 minutes or so where they will give their assessment of not just the refugee crisis but also the syrian situation and of course as the european union summit due to take place on monday in brussels so a degree of ministerial level meetings and bilateral leadership meetings all leading to this monday meeting which will involve european leaders and turkey

there will be a high-level meeting where francois hollande called in his interior minister, other security officials to assess what's going on in belgium and to figure out some responses necessary. as i said, when you're already under a state of emergency and you already have thousands of troops who might be on assignment overseas actually deployed on the streets of the cities, all over france, it's difficult to see where you can go from there french is as worried as the belgium that a series of coordinated attacks, at times within moments of each other that it's possible to carry out that operation at a time when someone has the i'm recollection that brussels is on the lock down and i was in brussels until saturday evening covering the arrest of salah-abdeslam and military presence the street was noticeable because clearly they were aware this is a sensitive time because according to the way that intelligence agencies understand these networks there -- when one cell goes down and one could perceive the arrest of salah-abdeslam being closed down another cell will automatically be activated

we also heard the french president francois hollande talking about other arrests being possible.said there will be other arrests, it as a very large network we're dealing with and he called for abdeslam to be extradited to france to face charges there. let's bring back in foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin in new york. ayman, they talked about the cooperation, about having a phone call with president obama as well. >> this was certainly a joint operation, if you will, in the sense that french officials were at least aware of it as it was taking place given the fact that the belgian prime minister was essentially briefing the french president as soon as the news broke that in fact salah abdeslam has been captured. it's very interesting to hear at the end of the initial answer by french president francois hollande who said he wants to see salah abdeslam extradited to france where he will be interrogated and face french justice for what he did. so that's going to be a very interesting development in the coming days to see how that process unfolds. keep in mind, he did reference o

there was a political move from holland. all political parties got on board and said we want them. .hey put up 80 million euros they said we want them both. , sayingade its own move we have 80 million euros from the french central bank. it was a stalemate. a lot of political pressure applied. behind closed doors, they made a deal and said we are going to split them. --t made a role in this is looking to get a security council seat. it was going to be a matter of diplomatic route. genie: what happens from here out? >> even when the acquisition was unclear.is they are here for three months and it will go to amsterdam for three months. they will also be restored. the french and the dutch have different opinions on how to restore rembrandt. they will go on a rotation cycle, five years in amsterdam, five years france, then they will go in atr cycles. -- in eight year cycles. -- was discovered at a small auction house in new jersey and america. a bidding war erupted with three buyers on the phone. someone bought it for $870,000. t

inbound lincoln and holland 5 minutes a piece that will certainly build up. one train signal problems at 103rd street so you can expect some uptown delays as the result new jersey transit long running on or close to schedule degan south at the cross bronx, you have heavy delays as you come southbound our street cleaning rules are in effect. lori over to you. >>> heather thank you. breaking news this morning out of egypt where a passenger plane has been hijacked the flight from alexandria to cairo was over taken and flown to the island of cyprus. according to officials, the hijacker is an egyptian national. told he is demanding asylum and wearing an exclosive belt. in the last half hour the president said terror i feel has been ruled out and that the hijacker may be a quote love sick man bent on reuniting with his former wife. there are reports that several americans were among the passengers. right now only 7 people remain on the >>> also seeing video this area of towering trees that were no match for powerful winds thousands of homes and businesses are witho

. >> fronlfrancois hollande is wag that other groups still threaten european cities. nadim baba reports from paris. >> the day after the dramatic raid in paris suburb. security forces moved in on thursday night to secure an apartment here, they found both explosives and weapons. >> translator: we know there are other networks because even though one that carried out the attacks in paris and brussels is in the process of being wild out with a number of its members being arrested there is a threat looming. >> this is the suspect. 34-year-old reda cricket, jailed in a absentia by a belgian cour. as with the suspected attacker of the paris suburbs abd hamid abaod. after the brussels bombings president hollande called for better information sharing between eu states. >> if we know where they might be, where they could lose their skills learned in syria learned if yemen, better we have the capability of preventing these attacks. >> in belgium this week' week'ss led to the justice and interior ministers' offering to resign. which was rejectby the prime minister. >> there are

french president francois hollande says prosecutors will "urgently" request the extradition of salah abdeslam, suspected of involvement in the terror attacks in paris last year. at a news conference friday afternoon, hollande thanked belgian authorities and praised the two countries' joint counter- terrorism efforts. president francois holland/france/rtl "the cooperation between france and belgium since these attempts, but even before these attempts, has always been intense and important" --nats gunshots-- abdeslam was taken into custody friday -- along with four others -- during a morning raid in brussels. authorities believe last november, he drove three conspirators to -- one of the attack sites in paris. officials also think abdeslam was wearing a suicide belt...that was never detonated ... and was found on a street after the attacks abdeslam has been in hiding ever since the bloodshed in paris. investigators got a break on tuesday, when his fingerprints were found in another raid in brussels. paul cruickshank/security analyst "what we've seen now is this lucky break in the inves

george, lincoln and the holland, everything moving smoothly. here's a look at the new jersey turnpike north getting up toward 13a. over on route 9 in sayreville construction being cleared. and let's go over to our other camera. here's a look at the l.i.e. westbound. out toors the cross island, up toors the queens midtown tunnel alternate side parking rules are in effect. back over to you, ken, lori. >> all right, debbie, thank you. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, as you pack your lunch this morning, an important recall to tell you about. the danger that could be in thousands of cans of tuna. >>> also ahead, the record amount of money that americans spend on their pets. we all know about that. who's cats are those? who what's fueling the spending that's going into the tens of >>> 5:21. happening today, and former connecticut governor john rollin will appeal his latest campaign fraud convictions this morning in manhattan federal court. rollin remains free on bail, but he is facing a sentence of 2 1/2 years in prison. he also was conv

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francois hollande left the summit saying he would speak a little bit later.he belgian prime minister swiftly left the summit a little bit earlier today. people were wondering why he left so fast. now we know why. >> indeed. for the moment, natasha, thank you. now let's go to jacky rowland in paris. jacky any official reaction from france to this at this point? >> reporter: well there has been confirmation from the french police as well of the apprehension of saleh abdeslam. there was a joint operation on tuesday on a different neighborhood. and we discovered only a few hours ago today, friday that dna and a fingerprint has been found on the premise of that flat. we know one person was killed on tuesday, and that two people escaped, and belgian media are saying it's believed that one of those who escaped from that raid on tuesday was perhaps saleh abdeslam. he was of course europe's most wanted fugitive. >> jacky just remind us what was his role or what is he meant to have done as part of those attacks in paris. >> reporter: he was driving one of the three veh

. >> to french president francois hollande. said, the whole world is concerned. the attacks striking in the heart of brussels just days after that dramatic raid on friday. police arrested suspected bomber salah abdeslam. of retribution realized today. the re also learning more about the types of injuries people have suffered in the attacks. at least one of the bombs detonated at the airport contained nails. they are dealing with fractures and deep cuts caused by flying glass and nails. autria: this comes days after belgian officials arrested the lone surviving suspect of the paris terror attacks. scott thuman has spent time in belgium and paris and joins us from the newsroom with the latest. these attacks seem to be in retaliation. many people thought that after the arrest of salah abdeslam that there would be some sort of retaliatory act. there are multiple cells in the region. perhaps because they felt pressured that they were going to be rounded up. we heard from president hollande that he said we believe there are more people involved in the paris attacks. so

even holland is involved in this issue.e reported him to holland and informed them with a diplomatic note also. an hour after the blast, there was an explosion at the metro station. they have also identified the identity of this assailant. two brothers carried out the attacks, and they had criminal records, including armed robbery, but there was no terrorism link. for now, the search continues for more information, accomplices, and the known surviving suspect. brent: this story is moving quickly with lots of leads, and i asked our correspondent to tell us the latest. reporter: brent, we are looking at a sophisticated network that has connections apparently across europe. now, we also received information here that, indeed, one of the suicide bombers at the airport seems to be najim laachraoui, a 25 euros, and that is interesting, because as you said, there is an apparent connection to the paris attacks, because dna was found on the devices used in the paris attacks, and fingerprints of his were found in an apartment where t

george, lincoln and holland construction cleared look for an accident on the belt west. sdpt blocking at least one lane there and the southern state parkway heading out toward eagle avenue, an accident reported at&t as well. watch out for stop and go traffic. construction. let's go outside to the web cam. let's look at fdr drive 70s. you can see construction, so watch for some delays. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you! 5:02. we're following breaking news out of pennsylvania. police there are searching for two gunman after an ambush style during a backyard party at a home in wilkinsburg. it is just outside of pittsburgh. two men stormed the backyard and opened fire. four woman and a man were killed. it not look like anybody at the party were able to fire back at the gun men. a neighbor heard over 20 gunshots during attack. >>> it is back to the bargaining table today in an effort to avoiding crippling strike by new jersey transit workers in three days. >> eyewitness news reporter mallory hoff is live in newark. has progress been made at this point? >