. >> nimi,christiane. last night the big news was the foreign minister who had said two or three of the attackers were americans. was there any further confirmation of that? the president spoke publicly today. has there been any confirmation of that? >> reporter: well, the president did touch on that. he said that they had strong intelligence that showed evidence that two or three of them were american, and one of them is a british woman. but it just sounds like the crime scene in there is -- it sounds pretty horrific, actually. they said they can't even begin to speculate on the nationalities of these people until they get the forensic inspectors in, which suggests perhaps that they're dead and suggestion that the bodies aren't in a recognizable state so they can be identified from photographs. forensic experts are on their way. they've called on help from israel, the u.s. and the u.k. and they're hoping to begin to answer those questions as soon as they can. because they realize that time is not on their

. >> nimi,christiane.t night the big news was the foreign minister who had said two or three of the attackers were americans. was there any further confirmation of that? the president spoke publicly today. has there been any confirmation of that? >> reporter: well, the president did touch on that. he said that they had strong intelligence that showed evidence that two or three of them were american, and one of them is a british woman. but it just sounds like the crime scene in there is -- it sounds pretty horrific, actually. they said they can't even begin to speculate on the nationalities of these people until they get the forensic inspectors in, which suggests perhaps that they're dead and suggestion that the bodies aren't in a recognizable state so they can be identified from photographs. forensic experts are on their way. they've called on help from israel, the u.s. and the u.k. and they're hoping to begin to answer those questions as soon as they can. because they realize that time is not on their sid