i'm sure as the morning continues. we are also getting word that five arrests in the standoff north of paris targeting the mastermind. we don't know as steve indicated we don't know if that's who is inside a building there. we do know that police are on the scene. it is an active siege as steve talked about. our sister network, sky news, is also reporting on this. we want to go to them right now and hear what they're reporting as well. >> rapid gunfire, bursts of gunfire and pause and bursts again. this is happening in the atmosphere that has existed since last friday. people are still very nervous and very jumpy. people wondering what was going on. the police were shouting out to them stay in your houses, keep the doors shut and the windows closed. that operation lasted a few hours and just over an hour ago you and i were talking on