a family relative was questioned all day yesterday, ismael mostefai's brother.ill trying to talk to every relative and every friend. >> of course. that's usual, trying to get the big picture of what happened and what the relatives knew of the involvement of the individuals. they are also trying to recover belongings or evidence of the various homes that have been searched. this is usual. >> it's usual, paul, but it's frightening. we're learning two of the attackers were known to french intelligence. damaging in the fact that they were known but they were able to pull it off and perhaps more damaging is that six were not known to the intelligence. how do they know who to watch for either in the u.s.? >> staggering numbers of those who have been radicalized or difficult to know all of them given the numbers. we're talking thousands in france who have become radicalized. we're talking about 6,000 from europe who have gone over to syria and iraq and joined various jihadi groups. 600 who have come back. we've seen several cases in europe over the course of this year

a prosecutor confirms seven attackers dead, and one attacker identified as ismael mostefai. some of his family members are being questioned. a syrian passport for akbaq was found. it could be weeks before all of the attackers could be tracked down. germany's foreign ministers said one of its citizens was killed in friday's attacks and he has not been identified by name. so far three victims have been identified. one is an american, nohemi gonzalez. she was studying in paris and enjoying a friday night out. as the victims are slowly being identified, those searching for their loved ones are turning to social media. and jim rosenfield is in paris right now and spoke with a group that said they were dining at a restaurant just blocks away from the attacks. take a listen. >> we figured if we were in the basement and we saw another exit so if anybody came in we would at least be, like, one step below and could make a run. >> i'm still in shock that it even happened so close and we were here, and your heart just goes out to everybody that was affected and people that lost family m

at least three were french, including 29-year-old omar ismael mostefai. he was known to be linked to radical islam. the cars were rented in belgium, and, the suspicion is, the weapons acquired. this combination of angry young muslims from france with weapons from belgium is exactly what was behind the assault nearly a year ago on a french is a tearial magazine. after the charlie hebdo attacks, french officials said they would give more attention to neighborhoods like this one, where young muslims are linking up with isis. at least some of the attackers, it seems, arrived in france after joining the wave of undocumented and unscreened refugees and migrants that has been washing up on europe's shores. greek officials showed a passport that was later found next to one of the attackers at the paris soccer stadium. a french official told nbc news it was stolen. if the attackers indeed used the migrant trail, not only would it tarnish the image of millions of refugees, lester, it would make it so much more difficult for all those people legitimately trying to e

his name is ismael mostefai. and some of his relatives are in custody.

officials have identified one of the attackers as 29-year-old frenchman ismael mostefai. a french prosecutor says he was identified by fingerprints on a single finger found after the attacks. a woman who grew up in marion was also in the city when the attacks happened. " we were here to celebrate my birthday but we were not near the attacks and we're trying to go back and thank you for your prayers. " arrianna also wrote kcrg yesterday, telling us the police and military are keeping everyone safe. she also said it's encouraging to see people walking the streets instead of letting fear keep them inside. the paris attacks shifted the focus of questions at the second democratic presidential debate in des moines. abc's stephanie ramos shows us how moderators switched topics from the economy to international crisis, within hours of the debate saturday night. ats: "as france mourns, so does america." before the democratic presedential candidates were introduced? a moment of silence in response to the attacks in paris. nats: "the debate you've tuned in to see tonight is a symbol

that six relatives of one of the identified suicide bombers, ismael omar mostefai, we are being told n six persons, family members related to ismael omar mostefai. this is happening in the paris region. we should note that when family members of supposed criminals are placed into custody, that is actually typical practice. at this point we should highlight that the family members have not been arrested or charged. we'll stay on top of that and bring you more information. >>> while parisians unite to do what they can, the attacks have stunned the city leaving a somber move. >> our jim bittermann reports there is great heartache in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. >> reporter: in sunnier times, the french call it the joy of life. many come here looking for it. but these are not sunnier times. these days, they have another expression that fits, which means both nausea and heartache. to be sure, there are still plenty of people today posing for selfies, and stealing a kiss in front of the eiffel tower. but there are also the police stops. in fact, all the christmas markets i

his name is ismael mostefai. and some of his relatives are in custody. this morning, shocking new video. this inside the concert hall as the first shocks rang out. moments later, this, victims clutching their wounds on the sidewalk outside. but we have breaking news this morning. french authorities telling cnn that at least one of these is m islamists terrorists apparently embedded himself among a group of syrian refugees in order to get into europe. i will go to paris where the investigation is rapidly unfo unfolding, cnn's chief investigative reporter christiane amanpour is breaking the story. isis warned they would use the refugee crisis to infiltrate the west. looks as if they made good on that promise. >> we're chasing down a story and they're trying to go through the implications told by the french authorities this morning according to the french senator and french interior ministry, they have concluded the first suicide bomber at the stade de france, the football match that was going on live on friday night, was somebody who is in possession of wh

the attackers as frenchman ismael mostefai, a man investigators said is known to his ties to islamic radicalism. >> we're learning more about the victims. at least 129 people were killed in the attacks, including a college student from california. jonathan has more from paris. jonathan? >> reporter: good morning to you. the family of isma, el mostefai tell police they had no idea he became radicalized. seven family members, including a brother you mentioned are in police custody being questioned. there is a new clue that surfaced today, this morning. police found a black car they suspect played a role in the attacks located about six miles outside of paris. it was abandoned and there were guns inside. this coulds of french police -- thousands of french police and paris. growing vigils and himmor -- memorials line the streets as the country mourns. home. we wanted to go on the street and live again and not to fear they want us to have. friday night. the french officials say three teams of terrorists all armed with assault rifles and identical suicide vests, launched coordinated attack

police identified one of the suicide bombers as frenchman ismael mostefai. >> he's known for his ties to islamic radicalism. police arrested his brothers and two others during raids in belgium and came after a car with belgium license plates was found close to the site of one of the six attacks that left 129 people dead, including a college student from california. live from paris now with more jonathan? >> reporter: the family had no idea the 29-year-old had gone on to become radicalized. seven family members, including his brother as you mentioned, were taken into custody for police questioning and we confirm a total of five people questions. at this point, unclear what role, if any, they played on the attacks. what is clear is that police on the ground are concerned that other attackers got away. thousands of french police and troops swept the streets of paris as the fear of another attack remains too really here. growing vigils and memorials line the streets as the country mourns. >> and we didn't want to stay home. we wanted to go on the street and live again and not to feel the

omar ismael mostefai, 29 years old, a french citizen and petty criminal. he was on a police watch list after being radicalized in 2010. and he led the attack in the concert hall. here's the result. a distressing photo of the crime ene shows the bodies of music fans executed on the spot. today family members got as close as they could to the place still under police guard and their shock dissolved into anguish. nearby where fral tributes are piling up, a r rbi and two imams came to light candles and speak to the crowd. "now is the time," said one of the imams, "for french citizens to take a cleaeastand against any fofo of terrorism." but for 129 innocents, it's too late. this is the second major terrorist attack in paris in less than a year, jeff. and the world climate change summit is coming up in two weeks. to say that french politicians and security services are stressed wou be an understatement. >> liz palmer, thank you very much. at least 89 of the victims were killed inside a concert hall as a rock band from southern california was performing. but the

has found indication, records of the father of ismael mostefai. he is one of the men who died in this attack. he was killed inside the xhiet club concert hall. he's one of the ones that blew himself up. his father travels here several years ago, no indication yet that the father has anything to do with this. he and several other members of the family were, are taken into protective custody by the french police and we know that the fbi right now is still trying to determine that person, where the father went, who he met. they're trying to put together a picture to make sure that nothing happened. again, there is no indication that he was involved. the fbi very much wants to know everything about his business here. >> i want you to stand back. we need to get to breaking news. thank you very much, everyone. >>> this is just coming in. i'm getting word of it. bear with me. it's breaking news. it's an air france flight from los angeles to paris, diverted to salt lake city. here's a statement from the faa. it said it was diverted to salt lake city becau

and one of the suspects who has been identified is ismael omar mostefai. french officials did not have him under tight surveillance and did not know he was connected to a specific terror plot or group. and he was apparently one of the suspects who set off the explosive device. also, a suspect who was believed to have traveled from syria using a passport under the name of ahmed mohommad and he apparently traveled through greece and serbia. and his identity is now known. so the raids in belgium rounding up, perhaps a support network, and/or the eighth suspect if there was one who managed to flee that suspect may now be in custody. we are awaiting more information from prosecutors in belgium. so developments out of france and belgium today. meanwhile, here in new york, the stepped up security presence is also continuing as a precaution. nypd officers will be, again, out in force in public areas like times square, lower manhattan, bridges and tunnels, transportation hubs like grand central, all as a precaution. officials stress no specific threat here but the

another one of the bombers ismael omar mostefai, petty crime, gang association that just seems to escalate france prime minister said this morning just to remind us all of how the situation is that six similar to friday were busted up just over the summer. >> jo ling: there's more than two dozen states that do not want to accept syrian refugees any longer. you get a sense they agree or disagree with these policies? >> amy: i think it's split. there's a lot of people who support and embrace liberty, equalitiy and it's our duty to give them shelter and we shouldn't put off because one turned out to be a suicide bomber. of course, there are other people who are at gasp and want stricter controls. the government is of the left. she will be running for president in the next elections and she has said that france should not take any more refugees until situation has sorted out. the latest information is that the fingerprints of the bomber who came through agrees matched of the man who registered. however, serbians have arrested the person with the same name today. it shows not that there isn't a

bilal hafdi and ismael omar mostefai and the paris prosecutor confirmed a new name. listen to this.is samy amimour. for the latest, we will go to the home of samy amimour's parents where cnn's frederik pleitgen is there. fred, a lot of the activity, including outside the home where are y you are standing right now. >> reporter: absolutely. i'm speaking to neighbors and they said the police showed up yesterday and showing pictures of samy amimour and if they know anything about this man. and late last night, they say that the police came back this time with a separate unit and they asked people to close their shutters and they raided the house and took family members into custody. they are saying samy amimour was not unknown to them. he has been on their radar since 2012 and the anti-terrorism operations. he was stopped and violated terms of his surveillance and an international arrest warrant for him. he is 24 years old. he is the fourth attacker inside the bataclan theater where there were so many people who were killed. john. >> samy amimour known to french authorities. that is so

omar ismael mostefai was a french citizen and petty criminal on a police watch list after being radicalized in 2010. brothers of the logistics man is ibrahim adbeslam is known to blown himself up and attacked the rauntestaurant. family came to the plaza where sons and daughters died. shock dissolved into anguish. french president francois hollande is going to ask the parl parliament to extend the state of emergency in france and that will let authorities order house arrests and to break up any large public gatherings. it could go well into the new year. >> american and french officials this morning have agreed to share more information to fight isis. it will give france more up to date surveillance. president obama vows to step up the fight against isis. margaret brennan is with the president in turkey where he is meeting with the other leaders of the world g-20 summit. >> reporter: good morning. in just a few hours, president obama will face questions from the media at this summit of the world's most powerful leaders and he will be pressed on whether friday's attack changes the fight again

family members of the man identified as one of the attackers, and that is 29-year-old ismael mosta tpaoeu. mostefai. so far, 352 are injured and 129 have died. three teams of terrorists carried out the attacks and isis claimed responsibility for them. authorities have arrested three people allegedly connected to the attacks, and they were arrested in belgium. at least one american is among the dead, a 23-year-old california college student. a vigil is planned for her later today at her school in long beach. there were six attacks, and 89 of the people killed were at the concert where an american band was onstage performing. thankful to be alive is the sentiment of many. >> i'm still, like, in shock that it even happened so close and we were here and your heart goes out to everybody that was affected and people who lost family phebgz, and thank god he spared our lives last night. >> close friends came from the states to visit, and hours into their scenic tour the city of lights descended into the darkness of terror as they dined in a restaurant blocks from the carnage. >> it could have been us. we w

he is a 29-year-old named ismael omar mostefai.citizen to makes him a home gun gro ho homegrown terrorist. six of his relatives are in custody and they are being questioned right now. >> they know it was a cell here and as well with outside influence. >> we are to go outside of paris to where a car believed to have been used by the attackers was found with three assault rifles inside. our frederik pleitgen is there on location and can tell us more. fred? >> reporter: this car was found early this morning pretty much exactly in the spot where i'm landing here in mon tou which is east of paris. i'll get out of your way because the scene has changed. here the car standing here right now is not the car believed to have been used by the attackers. the car that was believed to be used by the attackers is a black car that was since been removed. there is still broken glass there you might be able to see there on the street. apparently the police officers, when they came here and discovered this car, they broke open the windows on both sid

prosecutors say one of the terrorists was known to them, a radical, ismael omar mostefai. he became radical in 2010 and recently traveled to syria to possibly join with isis fighters. a print from a finger found on the ground. his body blown apart in a suicide bombing inside the concert hall. police are now questioning his father and brother. another suicider is abdul akbaq b. with his passport found outside the stadium. he was revenge for french air strikes on the terror group in syria calling paris the lead carrier of the cross in europe. france and other countries top the terror target list and this is just the beginning. french authorities say the same suicide belts were worn by all seven attackers. bolts and slamp hrapnel were used. 700 cartridges were found. the suspects reloading time and in august, the plot to shoot up a train but the terrorists there stopped by three americans. france has hundreds of extremist extremists who have traveled back and forth and they want to know if this could be linked to the latest attack. >> isil could be in the latest attack, but n

bunt suicide bombers has been identified as ismael omar mostefai. this is video showing the aftermath of the attacks on the streets of paris. 129 people were killed. more than 300 others hurt in paris on friday. isis claiming responsibility for those attacks. we are also learning more about one of the victims. a student from csu long beach. i want to show you now nohemi gonzalez. she was one of the students there in paris spending a semesterrer studying abroad. sarah shows us how the world is coming together following the attacks. >> reporter: an outpouring of support from around the world for the victims of the terrorist attacks. >> new york city stands together today with our sister city paris. we he feel such deep sorrow. i hope that when they see the support of the people all over the world that's coming out for them that they realize this is the time to heal. >> the world is watching. i don't know how to say it. we have to figure out why this is going on. >> reporter: among the victims is nohemi gonzalez. the 23-year-old was a student at cal st

another one who attacked the concert hall was born in the suburbs of paris, ismael omar mostefai.r the co-conspirator believed to be alive, he's dangerous and people should not interact with him. >> the types of weapons used, ak-47s, a vehicle with several ak-47s abandoned in paris, he's probably like a wounded cornered animal right now. >> reporter: former u.s. marshall art roderick says one of the dangers law enforcement has to watch out for in hunting salah abdeslam, whatever vehicle he's in or place he's hiding could be rigged for explosives or him, himself, could be carrying an explosive belt or vest. wolf? >> brian. stand by. brian todd reporting. we're getting breaking news coming into cnn right now. actually in the last few minutes. french media outlets have been reporting that there is now an ongoing anti-terror operation happening across france way beyond paris. nic robertson is joining us live from paris right now. what do we know, nic? >> reporter: well, wolf, those raids we understand through french media are happening in towns in the northern, also one of the suburbs

including 29 ismael omar mostefai identified by a severed finger at the concert hall. he had a record of petty crime and known to be close to radical islam. the cars were rented and the suspicion is the weapons were acquired and explosive vests made. this combination of angry young muslims from france with weapons from belgium is exactly what was behind the assault nearly a year ago on a french satirical magazine. after the "charlie hebdo" attacks, frempl security officials said they would focus more attention on poor immigrant neighborhoods like this one where young muslims were recruited by extremists. instead it appears the home grown radicals lichk linked up with isis. some of the attackers link up in france after joining the mass wave of undocumented migrants warveing up on greek shores. they released an image of a syrian passport and then in serbia and later next to the body of one of the attackers at the paris soccer stadium. a french official told nbc news it was stolen. >> that was nbc news chief correspondent are richard engel reporting. >>> ea >> one of the

another terrorist who attacked the concert hall, his name is ismael omar mostefai.s radicalized several years ago. that's what we know about these suspects. >> >>> to our viewers, stay with cnn for all the breaks news on the paris terrorist attacks. i'm wolf blitzer. thank you very much for joining us. >>> south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then there's charleston. where for some time now important things have been happening with food. a lot of them having to do with this guy.

according to government officials, one of the suicide bombers has been identified as ismael omar mostefai...a 29-year-old from france. the investigation led authorities to belgium yesterday where police made multiple arrests connected to the paris attacks. and new this morning... police found a car possibly linked to the attacks near the bataclan concert hall. it was rented by someone in a brussels suburb. this comes as the belgian government raised the country's overall threat level to high. authorities found a second car--- containing three automatic suburb of montreiul . in washington...severa l hundred people gathered at a park near the white house for a vigil to honor those killed in friday's attacks... roz plater was there and has more this morning. lafayette park...just outside the white house...french and american...several hundred strong...shared the burden of grief...all while determined to send a powerful message to the terrorists who struck paris. "we wanted to show that we are not going to give up and accept what is going on." earlier...france's ambassador to the u.s. led a s

ahmed almohammad, at the bataclan concert hall, a second group, ismael mostefai, also samy a mimour, suspect, detonated his suicide bomb at a cafe. the paris prosecutor identified the attacker as a 31-year-old french citizen but has not disclosed his name. sources tell cnn it was 31-year-old ibrahim abdeslam. according to multiple sources, abdeslam rented the car that was linked to a deadly string of bombings, that car was later found in a paris suburb with three kalashnikov rifles inside. after being questioned, one of abdeslam's brothers spoke to the affiliate. >> you also need to understand that in spite of the tragedy my parents are in shock. we do not realize yet what has happened. my family and i are affected by what happened. we found out by tv just like many of you. we did not think for a moment that one of our brothers was related to these attacks. >> a third brother, salah abdeslam, a 38-year-old belgium, may be the eighth suspect. french police warn he is dangerous. nic robertson, cnn, paris. >> all right, thank you to nic robertson for that. it was a defiant french presid

omar ismael mostefai, 29 yeaea old, a french citizen and petty criminal. he was on a police watch list after being radicalized in 2010. and he led the attk in the concert hall. here's the result. a distressing photo of the crime scene shows the bodies of music fans executed on the spot. today family members got as close as they could to t t place still under police guard and their shock dissolved into anguish. nearby where floral tributes are piling up, a rabbi and two imams to the crowd. "now is the time," said one of the imams, "for french citizens to take a clear stand against any form of terrorism." but for 129 innocents, it's too late. this is the second major terrorist attack in paris in less than a year, jeff. and the world climate change summit i icoming up in two weeks. to say that french politicians and security services are stressed would be an understatement. >> liz palmer, thank you v%ry much. at least 89 of the victims were killed inside a concert hall as a rock band from southern california was performing. but there are remarkable stories of