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Could be considered a suspect. No reports on who was arrested or the exact target. But as alex just mentioned, clearly the number one target right now in the french crosshairs, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is someone whos suspected to have been in this location. And thats why we noticed police being so jittery. Weve been here for a few days, and it has been clear that france is on high alert and that theyre extremelyly eager and keen on finding the suspects in this case and having the mastermind right here in northern paris of both of these attacks, as alex said, is not only an embarrassment, it also speaks to what has happened with french intelligence. What seems to be an entire collapse in the ability to discern whether or not their top target is in fact right beneath their noses. What we can say is thaha still hundreds and hundreds of Police Officers, heavily armed, wearing body armor around their their chests with automatic weapons have b bn spread out around this perimeter ordering people back. Weve seen them rush in. The army has come in as well. And that is possibly a source of all that gunfire you hrd and its been sporadic and thats one of the things thats p psibly most surprising lasted. Probably about four hours now since the first reports of gunfire and weve heard additional gunfire, sometimes dozens of bullets, sometimes a single shot, and of course ten explosions that we heard as well which probably sounded like small explosions. They could have been stun grenades. Which speak to possibly some sort of arrest going on or cocoinuing siege and attempt to try to capture people alive rather than killing them. So this continues to be an ongoing and very large operation, possibly the finale of this attack if in fact of the paris attacks from any killing 129 people. If in fact french authorities possibly arrest Abdelhamid Abaaoud. All right, matt. And i know youve been on the move. We saw where saintdenis is there just about 30 minutes north of central paris. Matt, youve been on the move in this area. Does it seem as though the situation is calming down a little bit . By the way, these are live pictures of that neighborhood. Reporter it does. It seems that police are a little bit more relaxed. But every once in a while they seem to be sprinting somewhere. In addition to that, every time that somebody comes out of one of these buildidis, and this is a workingclass neighborhood, so when we came in here at about 6 00 a. M. There were still some people, you know, coming out and about, getting their coffee, about to go to work. A lot of them were sent running. Some of them came out of their houses with their hanan on their heads. Nobody wanted to be considered a suspect or threatening in any way to the Police Officers out here because they were twitchy and they physically pushed back the press multiple times every time we got even near their perimeter. So very, very edgy here. And again, kendis, all these people in this entire neighborhood have been ordered by the governing authorities to stay indoors. I dont think that that has been 12 schools have been closed today around here. Kids not going to school. This entire area is on lockdown. And again, police couldnt be any more jittery than they are right now. Matt, i want to take you weve got some breaking news. Paris Prosecutors Office saying that they have made five arrests that apartment. Three people have beeee detained. We dont know exactly what their identities are. But we do know a man and a woman came close to the apartment. They have also been detained in this process. And then you also have that woman who set herself ignited her explosive belt, who is dead this morning. Matt, were going to check back with you, but were going to take a quick break right now. And on the other side of this break were going to hear from some of the eye and ear police raid in paris. Lets gethese dayquil liquid gels and go. But these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. This one is max strength and fights mucus. Mucinex fast max. The only cold and u liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Lets end this. What do you got to offer us today . Balance transfer thats my game bank you never heard of, thats my name haa thank you. Uh, next. Watch me make your interest rate. Disappear. Theres gotta be a b bter way to find the right card. Whatever kind youre searching for, creditcards. Com lets you compare hundreds of cards to find the one thats right for you. Just search, compare, and apply at credidiards. Com. 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In the meantime, though, as this was all playing out around 4 30 in the morning paris time, many residents in the neighborhood in saint dennis were waking up to these sounds. Take a listen. I heard an explosion, about 20 minutes ago, about six explosions. Well, i didnt count, actually, but it was quite a few explosions. That was about 20 minutes ago. And whats ppening there now . Has it gone quiet now . Yes, it seems quiet, but for safety reasons i wont be looking too much. Anthen yeah, at least 50 polili Army Vehicles and over 100 soldiers, policemen. I saw that people were posting it, posting about the shooting. And then at that time i realized that there was a shooting and the area. And then yeah, there were continuous gunshots for it felt like over half an hour. I woke up h hring gunshots. I went out to the window and we could hear it. Then we called the police to let them know whats going o and what we heard, and we thought it was like a shooting or somemeing. But then she told us that the police was intervening. Its called a raid police. So we could hear the shootings until 5 30 a. M. , i think. And then we could still see the helicopters flying. And now we just wantt to be safe and we dont think about being near some terrorists or Something Like that. We never thought it could ever its very weird to see that and terrifying. Places we go often on tv with the police. Ats terrifying. Im just shaking right now. She told me that she was woken up by a huge explosion. Police stormed into the building and told her to get down on the floor. She was with her husband and her whos a by. And she got really scared and she spent two hours lying down on the floor. Police told her to remain there while th were conducting the operation. Then they told her they evacuated her and told her to go to the city hall. Thats where she told me she was really, really scared. She was scared for her son and that it was a very traumatic experience. You h hr the eyewitness tell all of this that was taking place in the paris suburb of saintdenis this morning. And even at this hour, i would say about five hours after all you can s s police still have a big and heavy presence there in that neighborhood north of paris. And immediately after those attacks on paris, on friday there were air strikes shortly after in syria. Now we are seeing a series of raids that have taken place. At least a minimum of 168 raids over the past few days. What you are looking at is 30 minutes from the suburbs of paris in this middleclass neighborhood. Heavy police presence. We knew there were at least tenen explosions, gunfire erupting throughout this street there, and then we are hearing that the entire raid has finished, that five arrests were made and one woman set off a suicide vest. We were told that some Police Officers were injured as a result of this morning raid. We havent gotten the full extent of what those injuries are. And we havent gotten the full identity as yet as to who might have been arrested, those five people. And we will have more on the man, the focus that police say was behind these raids. W. Our continuing coverage of raids taking place in a paris suburb, targeting those who were behind the terrorist attacks in paris. We know that police have been focusing on who they believe to be the masterminds of those terrorist attacks. Abdelhamid abaaoud. And we want to go to the streets of france there to our abcs Alex Marquardt,t,ho has been watching this unfold. Alex, what are you seeing right now . Reporter good morning, reena. Well, this raid started around 4 30, about 4 1 2 hours ago, just over 4 1 2 hours ago, and we understand it has come to an end according to the Justice Ministry. There has been a bit of a flurry of activity behind us in the course of the past few minutes. What looked to be Police Special just walked away from us. For much of the past two hours that weve been here it has been relatively calm in this immediate vicinity. But in the last, say, halal an hour there has been a bit more activity with these Police Officers putting on their body armor and helmets and they have their guns at the ready. W, the big questioio right now is whether this mastermind of these friday attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was indeed arrested. He was the target of these of this raiai today. We understand from the Prosecutors Office that five arrests were made, three from inside the apartment and another man and woman close to the apartment. Unknown if a aaoud was in among them. All right. Our Alex Marquardt there with the latest on the situation there in paris. Were going to reset and give you the very latest right after this break. And right after that break we will talk with a witness who was please stay with us. [ man ] look how beautiful it is. Honey, we need to talk. We do . Took the trash out. I know. 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Thank you for joining us. We have continuing breaking news out of france. Where were looking at a area just 30 minutes from paris, an area that has been a focus of Police Activity. Yeah. As we continue to look at that activity thats taking place there, we want to bring in our Elizabeth Hur, who has been following somelhing else that was developing overnight, where we have these two planes that were diverted. And elizabeth, as we bring you in, we are getting this word from the desk that there were no explosives found on the air france plane that was diverted to halifax. But reset. Tell us what happened with these two planes. Reporter yeah, kendis and reena, certainlylyhats the good news and the update we were all hoping for. What we know at this point, at least according to air france officials, is this. They tell us that two of their planes received anonymous threats, bomb threats were calledn just after takeoff. One left los angeles. The other took off from d. C. You no, out of an abundance of caution Airline Officials say they decided to request that both of though planes make an emergency landing. Again, one landing in salt lake, the other in halifax. The late word that we are getting is that obviously tir pliert on location was to make sure that all the passengers and the crew members were safe. They were safely deplaned. Then canine officers and investigators got on the plane, and according to fbi officials they found no explosives on these planes. In fact, we have gotten word that the plane that was grounded in salt lake city, that was already been cleared and it is now back in the air and on its way t paris. Official in halifax, they telel us that that planeas also been cleared and whats happening right now is obviously what to do with the passengers who have been deplaned and how to get thfm back en route back to paris. So this investigation is according to the fbi, no explosives were found. And of course the next step right now is to figure out who called in the threats. And of course thats the source to see what happened here. Have we heard anything more, elizabeth, from the faa . Do we expect anything to change as far as security on flights here in the u. S. . Reporter at least at this point according to the faa officials they are so far just confirming the details that we have been reporting, that yes, we can confirm that these two flights were diverted. And yes, these all of the passengers, first and foremost, are safe and now back on their route to paris. This investigation is continuing. At this time changes at the airports. But obviously, theyre closely monitoring. Kendis and reena . It really does give you a sense of how stressful things are for many people at this hour. Thank you, Elizabeth Hur reporting from here in our headquarters. And we will beontinuing our live coverage. Breaking news out of france, place. Good morning on this wednesday move 18th. This is a special edition of world news now. Were following breaking news from france. Gunfire and police raids north of paris. You see the scene there earlier. The suspected terrorists under arrest. And all the breaking developments from france. Good morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Helicopters, gunfire, stun grenades. Weve heard all of these explosions overnight. Right now we have on the ground abcs Alex Marquardt. Alex, what are yououearing from police at this hour . Reporter good morning, reena. Well, the Justice Department tells us that this raid has wrapped up and that coinces with what were seeing here on the ground. It has been relatively quiet for the past twowohours. The last thing that we heard was a flurry or series of loud explosions that were probably concussion grenades or sound grenades that police used to stun peoplpl when they carry out these raids. What we understand from the paris Prosecutors Office is that five arrests were made. Three from inside that Apartment Building that is about 200 yards down the road from us a two other people, a man and woman who were near that Apartment Building. Now, the big question this morning is whether one of those five peoe arrested is Abdelhamid Abaaoud. He is believed to be the ngleader, the organizer of this series of attacks that took place on friday night that left 129 people dead. He is a 27yearold belgian that was believed to be in syria with isis. Is a prominent mememr of isis. He has been featured in many of their propaganda videos trying to recruit fellow europeans, fellow french speakers, but also in some of the more barbaric propaganda videoeo as welel in which they show the executions of those who have turned or those they accuse of turning so as i mentioned, he was lieved to be in syria. We understand from french officials this m mning that the abaaoud. And so the big question this morning that were waiting to hear is whether he was among those five arrested in that apartmenen something s s different, alex, is the fact this man is a belgian national. He wasnt someone in syria who found a way to make it over. He w from the country itself. How is that affecting the way police are going about their lookingmay be associated with him . Reporter this is essentially the nightmare scenario. This is the chickens coming home to roost. Wewe know that thousands of europeans from belgium, from france, in elsewhere have gone to join isis in syria. Particularly from belgium, which in terms of has the highest per capita number proportiononely of fighters who have been to join isis. Neighborhood in brussels called molenbeek. And thats where this where aaoud is om. Hes believed to have traveled from belgium to syria. He claimed in an isis magazine to have then come back to belgium and was part of a cell in a town called verviers near the border with germany. I was actually in t tt town in january when police carried out a raid on that cell, killing several members and seizing a large weapons cache as well as Police Uniforms indicatesing they were ready to carry out some sort avenue tack. Then abaaoud reappeared in syria claiming he was able to slit through the net of belgian and european intelligence. Soso if indeed abaaoud made his way back to europe, to france and coordinated this attack, that is not only deeply embarrassing for the European Intelligence Services but also deeply disturbing because it like him who have gone to join isis in syria may be able to do. And alex, im curious. You say its embarrassing. But also we look at this neighborhood thats right there arouou you. It looks like any other parisian neighborhood, any other french neighborhood. There are a lot of people there who might have recognized had guy. His picture has been out there. How surprising is it that no one in this particular neighborhood said anything . And is that telling of the people who live in that area . Reporter well, youre absolutely right. This is a very nice neighborhood. It is a workingclass neighborhood. Its a suburb of paris. Were right now the stade de france, which isshere three of the suicide bombings took place on friday night. Were on a square right here called place victor hugo. And what you cant see is the beautiful cathedral behind me. So your question is absolutely right. Why would someone from a neighborhood like this or why would someone from a neighborhood like molenbeek in belgium go to join the fighters in syria . Now, both in france and in belgium there are large muslim populations, large populations of young muslims, men who are who feel disenchanted, disconnected with french and belgian society, particularly the more secular society. Unemployment rates are high. And they dont feel like they have much of a future. So these areas, not really saintdenis where i am here, but what they call the banlieue, the suburbrb outside of paris that are a fair bit grittier than what you see here, have essentially become breeding grounds for jihadist groups like isis. These young men who dont feel like they have much future in those cities make ripe targets for groups like isis. And t tts exactly what abaaoud was doing, was trying to recruit people from these neighborhoods in france and belgium to the cause. And we know just how successful isis has been both on social media and live in person at recruiting people. We want to go to matt gutman. Alex, thank you first of all for your reporting. We want to go to matt gutman also on the ground i saintdenis. Matt, what can you tell us . Reporter right now it seems like this operation is coming to a close. You can see the police still have that perimeter set up about 20 yards away from us. And down that boulevard, about 400 yards away, is where all of this shooting happened. Now, we heard it originally about 4 30 a. M. Local time here in paris. We came here about 45 minutes later. Heard reports of gunfire. Then about an hour after that we heard a number of explosions, possibly concussion grenades, stun grenades, which could have been part of the siege or the arrests that have been made. Five people have been detained according to the French Justice nistry. Two people are dead, one woman apparently detonated a suicide vest she was wearing either during or at some point during the siege that has basically beenoing on for about four hours now. And what is surprising is that dont see that many security personnel on the street. Its very lolokey. Dudung the million man, million person m mch after the charlili hebdo attacks earlier this year there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets marching quietly, and there was almost no security presence. But what we saw here this morning was pretty impressive. At first itt started with a v vy small cordon of police because we got here pretty soon after it happened, just a couple of Police Officers who stopped us and ordered us off the road. Told to us park and get away. They actually did it at gunpoint. Then more and more antiterrorism commandos arrived wearing balanceclavas. Then we saw three giant truckloads of mililary personnel unload, red berets, possibly paratroopers. Clearly they were mounting this assault and many shots fired. But whatever is going on is several hundred yards down the frood us. It it does seem like its coming to anend. Weve had silence coming out of there possibly for about 45 minutes. Nothing m mor happening. What has been happening in this community is it is absolutely frozen. The local governor has close the all the schools. 12 schools are closed. They told people who live in thissingclass community to not go to work, stay in their homes, its not safe to get out. Earlier when we arrived it was before dawn, we saw anybody coming out into the street beyond tha police perimeter, they had their hands on their head, and he believed they might have been suspects, and police certainly treated them as such until they identified them as such. Still is. There are a number of onlookers right now just trying to get a feel for whats going on, but most people are in the buildings around us. You see them peering through the curtains to see whats going on downstairs. But right now it doesnt s sm like about to endnd anytime soon in terms of the police presence, but i think most of the violence, the arrests, and whatever happened down there seems to be coming to a close. Matt, what can you tell us . We know this population is a residential community. You were talking about how police specifically said dont leave your homes. But whats the guidance now . We know there are close to over 100 people under house arrest. Nearly 200 raids that have been conducted over the past few days. But whats the sense for the people on the ground who are just trying to live a normal life, like go to school . What have you been witnessing over the past few days . Reporter its been almost there are two sides of france and specifically paris right now. One is the side that is trying to show triumph over tragedy, the one that exalted last night watching the francebritain game. We were at a pub looking at people and watching them drink and try to enjoy t name. Singing the marseillaise and expressing the soul of the city which is about revelry, going out and enjoying the company of your good friends, drinking wine and drinking beer a a enjoying this fantastic place. The other side this jittery edgy side of this city and we experienced that on sunday during one of five major stampedes. Panics. Triggered by almost nothing. Apparently, one of them was triggered by firecrackers. Another was simply a phantom experience. But we were out in the square, the place de la republique. Ousands of people emptied just within seconds. Police training their weapons on somemeing, they werent quite sure what it was, but it was a very harrowing experience. And again, it was just all about fear. And theres a lot of that still right here. Yeah, matt. And we appreciate your report there and continuing that whole conversation about fefe. I want to update something that weve been following since last night around 11 00 eastern time. In were two air france planes, big plas that were diverted, one from dulles. This is the one thatame out of l. A. It was an a380 that was boeing 777 that was diverted to nova scotia, halifax, nova scotia. 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Were going to bring in earlierrhis mororng we spoke with former fbi special agent brad garrett who talked to us about what Law Enforcement are doing to secure the homela. Well, one of the keys anytime youre trying to determine if somebodys in a residence is what intelligence do you have that hes there . In other words, did neighbors call you . Did a source call you . At is the situation . And then whayou try to do is take that and can n u actually corroborate it . In other words, what makes you, the police, convinced that this person is in that house . You know, as we just experienced the e st couple of days, they entered a house and he wasnt there. They thought he was inside. So maybe they have that situation, maybe they dont. But at some point if they have enough time theyre going to figure out how to get either cameras or mikes inside a particular location to actually determine what they can see. And at some juncture, and i think youre reporting youre heararg noises, which may y possibly be flash bangs, et cetera. That they may well have entered, you know, a residence or an apartment, whatever it might be. Brad, i was really surprised. Shortly after these attacks on friday the fbi coming out t d saying that they will be upping surveillance in this country and particularly looking for people potentially who suddenly go dark. Can you tell us about that and what the fbi is doing post these tacks on friday . Sure. Theyve got literally dozens of people theyre keeping track of. And what the suggestion is, based on what we just saw in paris, is that there is no outward or open communication. Now, is there encrypted communication . That remains to be seen. But the key re is that if youve got some players or individuals that youre particularly concerned about then youre going to up the surveillance. In other words, the physical surveillance. The electronic surveillance. Obviously, of cell phones and or hard lines. And i think thats what theyre suggesting, that there may be a core group of people they really have the most concern about, and theyre trying to do sort of what they call the tickkck, which is lititally the ticktock of their life, where are they, where are they going, who are they associating with, et cetera. Brad, what happens in a situation like this . Theyre talking about an area,a, molenbeek in brussels, that they believe to be the epicenter where the planning took place. They say this community, it is largely muslim, that very tightknit. How does the fbi or any Law Enforcement crack any sort of community that is very tightknit . Even if you up the s sveillance in that area. The people arent going to speak. How do you get a tipoff as to whats happening or what people are up to . Well, the biggest advantage they h he today is even people in communities like that this know that the behavior that occurred in paris will come back down on them. And it is in effect i think coming back down on them to a certain extent. So that will get some people to talk to you. But you bring up a point thats been a real issue for the fbi and others during since 9 11. Theres been complaints from the Muslim Community that the bureau and other agencies, nypd in particular, were using too aggressive of tactics. They were trying to infiltrate mosques, et cetera. And so youve got that whole component, that some of its worked, some of it has not. But it still boils down to two things human sources and electronic intercepts. And i suspect thats where theyre getting the majority of the information thats driving, for example, the Current Location where theyre attempting to apparently go into or think about going into a residence or an apartment. All right, brad. Im just curious about this one thing. Theyre saying this morning that its possible Abdelhamid Abaaoud, and this is a guy thats suspected behind the Charlie Hebdo attack, the train attack that didnt happen, and now this, and they thought that he was in syria and now it in a suburb of paris in a residential area . Does that kind of ock you that th may be the case, that he might have been able to survive there for all this time . No. Because the ability particularly in europe to move around, particularly if youre doing it by car, is just not that difficult. And particularly if you have else is moving you, i can definitely see that to be a possibility. All right. Former fbi special agent brad tt0w tzh3 4 hi4 tt0w tzh3h3el bnx tt0w tzh3 ed dl< tt0w tzh3 8h 2 tt0w tzh3 kzh9]< tt0w tzh3 nhl40 tt0w tzh3 0phrs tt0w tzh3 shb h tt0w tzh3 uehac8 tt0w tzh3 7hh]al i know blowdrying fries my ha, but im never gonna stop. 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We want to take you to an eyewitness from this neighborhood right now. Raheel mohammed. Raheel joining us n from skype. You were just a short ways from this. Can you telllls your locatioio specifically andnd what you heard overnight . Im in saintdenis. Sorry if i dont speak good english. Im at saintdenis. Boom. And i dont start 15 shotgun and that dont stop. Everyone run in the street. Police. Police talk us to go home andnd stay safe with family. How many gunshots did you here . Around 50. I dt know. Yeah, a lot. A lot. A bomb. Shots. A lot. Now, raheel, do you have any sense police say theyre focusing on the man who may be behind the attacks on friday. Is there any sense, do you know who this guy is and potentially was there any buzz in the community . Do you think he might be there . I dont know. I dont know who they are if saturday on paris, i dont know but he was wanted and he watt ats at saintdenis. He possibly might have been in your neighborhood. You mentioned you heard 50 gunshots. And now to hear that these suspects might have been in your neighborhood. How frightening was that . How what . How scary . Me, im not scary. I dont realize again. My mother, shes crazy. She dont go outside. People are scared. But me its i can understand. Hes saying his mother was quite scared. He heard so many shots. Raheel, we appreciate you joining us. Raheel mohammed, an welllouisiana governor bobby jindal is dropping out of republican race for president. Jindal says hes not ready to endorse another candidate, but intends to support the eventual republican president ial nominee. Jindals term as governor ends in january, and he says hell work with a think tank he started a few years ago. Jindal focused his entire Campaign Effort on iowa, but e never won muchhsupport against higherprofile republican contenders donald trump and ben here on tv nine. This morning on world news now were covering breaking news from france. A Massive Police operation just north of paris in the town ofof saintdenis, a suburb where were told police have gone after several suspects in fridays attacks there on paris. And earlier this evening we heard that there were a series of at least ten explosions, potentially a stun grenade of some sort, and in a middleclass neighborhood just as you mentioned, kendis, 30 minutes from paris. We want to go now onto the scene. Abcs Alex Marquardt has actually just witnessed a great deal of Police Activity. Alex, what can you tell us . Reporter good morning, reena. There was a flurry of activity that came out of nowhere in the past five minutete weve been here for about an hour, and all the police here have been relatively relaxed. Wed been told by the Justice Ministry that this raid was coming to an end. And then in an instant around a halfozen to a dozen poli officers took off running away from t t Central Square where we are right now. All of the press here, and there are about 50 of us, and many more residents, around 100 of them, followed in hot pursuit to see where they were going down the narrow side streets of this suburb of paris. They had their guns drawn. They went through a park right nearby. They told a woman who was walking through the park, its 9 00 in the morning, people are starting to come out, to get down on the ground. It was unclear what exactly they were going after, but they seemed very aggressive. They were ruing quite quickly. As i mentionededthey did have their guns drawn. 500 yards away down this narrow street before the police promptly turned back around, yelled at us to get out of the way, and came back here to the square. Square one, if you will. We understand as i mentioned this raid has come to an sources that one o othe suspects inside this apartment surrounded by police around 200 yards down the street was a woman who detonated her explosives vest. And the big who else was inside that apartment. The target of the investigation, french officials was a man named Abdelhamid Abaaoud. He is a 26yearold belgian, a very prominent member of isis who had featured in a number of online videos, barbaric execution online videos, who is believed to be in sysya, believed to be the mastermind, the organizer of these attacks on friday night that left 129 people dead. It was quite surprising to learn this morning that he might be in fact in france. And of course the other person who is of great interest to enforcement,t,s salah abdeslam, also a 26yearold belgian, who is who had been believed to be the lone survivor, the lone attacker of the eight attackers on friday night. His whereabouts are unknown. An International Manhunt has been launched. And then late last night french authorities came out saying there is a second suspect who is on the run, a a cond possible tacker that would brbrg the total nunuer of attackers to nine. Kendis, reena . Hey, alex, if that is Abdelhamid Abaaoud who is in there now, the target of this raid, that would really be a big deal. I know you covered the Charlie Hebdo attack earlier this year. This guy would be a highvalue target, right . Reporter it would be hugely significant. For starters, just because he was the you know, hes believed to be the ringleader, the mastermind of this videos, these execution videos that isis has become known for. Hes a belgian citizen of moroccan descent, and isis has put their european and other foreign members front and center to try to recruit people from around the world. Isis is believed to have thousands of membersrom rious european countries. Belgium, where hes from, has the highest number of fighters in isis proportionally. Hundreds, thousands more coming from both france and prominent member of isis. To find him back here is very significant. Of course to catch him would be even more significant. Kendis . And were looking right now, alex, at images of Police Activity right around the area where the raid took place in the apartment complex. Alex, we know this is a middleclass residential area but talk to us. You are based in the middle you cover a lot of this type of activity. Minds of police at this hour when youre dealing with civilians in a heavily populated area. Reporter well, theyve been cacaying out dozens, scocos of attacks every night, ever since these attacks happened on friday night that left 129 people dead. Both in belgium and in france. And so some of these raids they say are connected directly to the investigation around the attack. Others are not. We were wrapping up in the downtown paris a couple hours ago when news of shootings came out here in saintdenis and it quickly became clear that this was connected to the attacks on friday night. The french have obviously been cracking down on neighborhoods like the one weve been talking about, molenbeek in brussels. Now, molenbeek is very interesting because its in central brussels and yet has become what many are calling a hotbed of jihadism. Many of its residents, hundreds of its residents have gone off to fight for isissn syriand other jihadist grgrps. A lot of its youth are disaffected. Theres a high unemployment rate. So thats why they feel disenfranchised. And thats why this radical jihadism, extremism, has been on the rise. And you see the same symptoms here in france as well. When people talk about the banlieue, the suburbs outside of paris where you have large muslim populations of young disenfranchised muslims who feel disconnected with french society, secular french society, who feel targeted by french society. Y. And thats what many experts accuse of stirring up this angry, of fomenting this extrememm and causing these e young people to go to syria and to iraq and elsewhere. The fear now is that we had the attacks in january and weve had these attacks now and that this is just the beginning of a new wave of attacks, that were going to see not just in france but in europe and beyond. Isis has said they want to target the u. S. And washington in particular. I spoke with secretary of state john kerryryesterday, who said that anybody who w w engaging in the fight with daesh, with isis, is now a target. So this is something that european and american officials fear, that this is the beginning of a new wave of attacks internationally by isis. Alex marquardt reporting from saintdenis for us. Alex, we appreciate the update. We want to get now to our affiliate, france 24, the english and french channel. And they have some eyewitness sound we want to get to right now. I woke up hearing gunshots. So i looked oul the window. We could hear it. When w wcalled the police, we didnt know whats going on and what we heard, we thought it was like a shooting or something. But then she told us that the police was intervening. The raid police. So we could hear shootings. Until 5 30 a. M. I think. And we could still hear the helicopters flying. Now were just trying to see whats going on. She told me that she was woken up by a huge explosion. Police stormed into the building and told her to get down on the floor. She was with her husband and her whos a baby. And then she got really scared and she spent two hours lying down on the floor. Police told her to stay down, to remain there while they were conducting the operation. Then they told her they evacuated her and told her to go to city hall. Thats where she found refuge. But she told me she was ally, really scared. She was scared for her son and that it was a very traumatic experience. You were just looking at live pictures from the french suburb of saintdenis where police raids have just completed, were told. 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We spoke with him earlier this morning and we want to hear a little more about what brad has to hear about this situation. Reporter well, one of the keys anytime youre trying to determine if somebodys in a residence is what intelligence doou have that hes there . In other words, did neighbors call you . Did a source call you . What is the situation . And what you try to do is take corroborate it . In other words, what makes you, the police, convinced that this person is in that house . As we just experienced the last couple of days, they entered a house and he wasnt there. They thought he was inside. Maybe they had that situation. Maybe they dont. But at some point if they have enough time theyre going to figure out how to get either cameras or mikes inside a particular location to actually determine what they can see. And at some juncture, and i think youre reporting, youre hearing noises which may possibly be flash bangs, et cetera, that they may well have entered a residence or an apartment, whatever it might be. Brad, i was really surprised shortly after these attacks on friday the fbi coming out and saying that they will be upping rveillance in this country and particularly looking for people potentially who suddenly go dark. Can you tell us about that and what the fbi is doing post these attacks friday . Sure. Theyve got literally dozens of people theyre keeping track of. And what the suggestion is based on what we just saw in paris, is that there is no outward or open communication. Now, is there enypted communication . That remains to be seen. But t e key here is that if you have got some players or individuals that youre particularly concerned about then youre going to you up the surveillance. In other words, the physical surveillance, the electronic surveillance, obviously of cell phones and or hard lines. And i think thats what theyre suggesting, that there may be a core group of people that they really have the most concern about, and theyre trying to do sort of what they call the ticktock, which is literally e ticktock of their life, where are they, where are they going, who are they y sociating withthet cetera . Brad, what happens in a situation like this . Theyre talking about an area molenbeek in brussels that they believe to be the epicicter where the planning took place. They say this community, it is largely muslim, very tightknit. How does the fbi or any Law Enforcement crack any source of community that is very tightknit . Even if you up the surveillance in that area, the people arent going to speakak how do you getet tipoff as to whats happening or what people are upupo . Well, the biggest advantage they have today y even people in communities like that this know that the behavior that occurred in paris will come back down on them. And it is in effect i think coming back down on them to a certain extent. So that will get some people to talk to you. But you bring up a point thats been a real issue for the fbi and others during since 9 11. You know, theres been complaints from the Muslim Community that the bureau and other agencies, nypd in particular, are using too aggressive of tactics, they were trying to infiltrate mosques, et cetera. And so youve got that whole component that some of its working, some of it has not. But you know, it still boils down to two things. Humamasources and electronic intercepts. And i suspect thats where theyre getting the majority of the information thats driving, location where theyre attempting to apparently go into or think about going into a residence or an apartment. Im just curious about this one thing. This morning its possible Abdelhamid Abaaoud, and this is the guy suspected behind the Charlie Hebdo attack, the train attack that didnt happen, and w this. And they thought he was in syria, and now i iturns out he might possibly be in a suburb of paris in a residential area. Does that kind of shock you that that might be the case, that he might have been able to survive there for all this time . No. Because the ability, particularly in europe, to move around, particularly if youre doing it by car, is just than difficult. And particularly if you have great fake i. D. S and or somebody else is moving you, i can definitely see that to be a possibility. That was former fbi special agent brad garrett giving us a sense of whats going ononnside these operations and also here domestically as to how the fbi responding post those paris attacks on friday. We will have more eyewitness accounts from the grou, from ris, from saintdenini that suburb just not too far from paris. Stay with us. Youre watching world news now. Fro paris. Stay with us. Now. Coverage of the police raids targeting suspects in the terror attacks in paris. And we want to give you some sound d some eyewitnesses to this mornings raid north of paris. I heard an explosion about 20 minutes ago, about six explosionsns i didnt count but it was quite a few explosions. It was about 20 minutes ago. And whats happening there now . Has it gone quiet again there now . Yes, it seems quiet but then for safety reasoso i wont be looking too much. And then, yeah, at least 50 police, Army Vehicles, and over 100 soldiers, policemen. I woke up hearing gunshots. And we could hear it. Then we called the police to let them know whats going on and what we heard. And we thougug it was like a shooting or something. Was intervening. Its called the raid police. So we could hear the shootings until 5 30 a. M. I think and we could still hear the and now theyre just and she told me that she wawa woken up by a huge explosion. And told her to get down on the floor. She was with her husband and her whos a baby. And she got really scared and spent two hohos lying down on the floor. Police told her to remain there while they were conducting the operation. Then they told her to they to the city hall. She told me shes really, really scared, she was scared for her son, that it was a very traumatic experience. Youre watching live coverage of abcs situatiti in france. Police raids taking place there. Well be back in just a moment with Alex Marquardt on the ground. Uardt on the ground. A highly contagious disease. It can be especially serious even fatal to infants. Unfortunately, many people who read it may not know they have it. Its called whooping cough. And the cdc recommends everyone, including those around babies, make sure their whooping cough vaccination is up to date. Undedetand the danger ur new grandchild faces. 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What we do know, what we have confirmed with french officials is that one of the suspects that was ininde this Apartment Building that was s ided was a woman. She detonated her suicide vest. There are reports from the French News Agency that there were at least two others inside that apartment, one of whom was alive. Those have not been confirmed by abc news. In the last few minutes there has been activity after a rather quiet period over the last hour and 15 minutes or so after we heard a loud series of explosions which we believe to be sound grenades, the kind that police would use as they storm a house. And whats h hpening now is until now there had been a series of Police Vehicles here that were blocking the view but in the last few moments theyve been moving around. You cak see here in front of me a Police Officer with his rifle at the ready. Theyve just put on their r helmets. So theres a lot more activity here. Cars driving away moments ago out of nowhere a lot of the Police Officers who had been here just took off running toward another area in this paris suburb. We all went chasing after them to see what was happening minutes they turned back around and came back here with no word as to why. So again, we understand from the this raid is either coming to an end or has come relatively quiet for rhe past 75 minutes or so. The french have said that the target of this raid is Abdelhamid Abaaoud. He is believed to be the mastermind, the organizer of these attacks on friday night that left 129 people dead. Very prominent member of isis. Hes from belgium. 26 years old. And he was believeto be in syria. Now he m be in france. That is the big question to answer this morning. That is a big question. Many are wondering how he was able to get into that neighborhood, which is a residential neighborhood just were going to continue to follow the developments taking place this mororng in paris. Police targeting the suspects in fridays terrible attack on paris. And as Alex Marquardt said, those terror raids coming to an end. We do know a series of terror days throughout the country. Ririt here on abc. Now. Good morning on this wednesday november 18th. This is a special edition of world news now. Were following breaking news from france. Gunfire and police raids north h paris. The search for suspected terrorists takes a new turn, a dramatic one. Were going to take you to the scene. Raid targeding paris mastermind. That is what police have told us they believe that they have not too far from paris, initially they believed there were two suspects holed up and there have been several developments that have been taking place just within the last few hours. All of this playing out 4 30 in the morning, paris time, 10 30 the east coast. We want to get to our Alex Marquardt who has been on the scene shortly after all of this started going down. Alex, what do you know now . Reporter well, good morning, kendis. Well, just a short few seconds ago the clock tower here in the center of saintdenis tolled 9 00. That raid started taking place around 4 30 this morning when police launched it with a very intensive strike. There were loud volleys of gunfire heard. Explosions. That lasted for quite some time. We understood there wewe several wounded among the police. Weve been on the scene now for around two hours. About an hour and a half ago we heard a loud series of explosions which we believe to be sound grenades or concussion n grenades, if you will, that police often use in sieges, and we understand from the French Justice ministry that this raid is either coming to an end or has finished. It has been relatively quiet here for quite some time. There have been flurries of activity every so often but it has been quiet in terms of the firing, the explosions and so on. We alslsunderstand from french suspects who was holed up in this apartment around 200 meters down that road, maybe you can see the Police Lights blinking down there, was a woman, and she detonated her suicide vest. We understand from the French News Agency Agence Francepresse that there were at least two other suspects in there, one of whom is now beeved to be dead. Reena . Alex, there were two big developments overnight. One was the fact there was a second suspect on the run they wewe looking for. And also the fact to hear from your reporting this morning that there was a female who had an explosive vest and detonated. How surprised were you to hear that there was female involvement in this operation . Reporter well, one would have to assume given the complexity of this operation that it was highly coordinated. Were talking about the friday night attacks that killed 129 people. That these were suicide bombers. In the hea of europe. Many different locations. This was a highly coordinated, french officials and other International Officials have said it was organized from syria. And so it would have taken well beyond the initial eight attackers that they believe were involved in this attack. You have to imagine there were who were involved. So its really not fa farfetched to imagine there re also women involved in this attack. You have to remember that thousands of people from europe have gone to join isis in syria and many of them have been women. Theyre often referred to as isis brides. They dont generally see any rt of frontline fighghng. Many of them go to the de facto capital, raqqah. In syria. So its really not all that surprising that they wld have a female accomplicic now, to your previous point, until last night it was believed that there had been eight attackers on fridanight, seven of whom died during the attacks. One became the primemeuspect. Hes a 26yearold belgian. Hes believed to be alive, on the run. Been launched to find him. Big new development the french came out saying there was a possible ninth attacker who could have been involved. Thats being based off of cctv, closed circuit video of one of the incidents that showed three people in a car rather than two people. So a second suspect das still alive, has been added to this list by french authorities. Kendis, reena . And alex, the french prosecutors have been saying all morning long that the target of the raids that took place in saintdenis right t ere behind you has been Abdelhamid Abaaoud, all of this. How surprising is it for you who have been covering this since the very start to hear he might neighborhood . Reporter not just surprising this is the nightmare scenario that french and european and american intelligence agencies all fear. You have thousands of fighters from these countries who have gone to syria to fight. And if this turns out to be true, and we know it has happened in previous occasions, make their way back to europe and join c cls or form cells here in europe. We believe there are these sleeper cells not just in europe but in the united states. So it woululbe embarrassing to the french Intelligence Services it would be extremely scary, as i mentioned. But it is something of the chickens coming home to roost. Is is something thatatfficials have feared for quite some t te. This belgian, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, hes a 26yearold he is not someone who has just stood on the sidelines. He is someone who has risen to quite some prominence within t t isis ranks, appearing in many of their propaganda videos, most notably some of the most brutal propaganda videos where they execute foreigners and people who araragainst them. So this is someone who is quite well known. He was believed to have organized this from syria. If it does indeed turn out to be true he isisere in france that would be quite e earrassing and sturbing. Absolutely. Quite a few developments in the paris suburb of saintdenis where our Alex Marquardt is standing by for us. Alex, thank you. We want to go to another part of this area, to matt gutman whos standing by as well. Matt, were hearing right now, breaking news from the associated press, that there have been three arrested in that paris suburb. Have you seen any arrests and what are you hearing on the ground right now . Repororr weve seen a number of peoplplbeing led out with their hands on their heads. We dont know if they were arrested. Apparently, everybody in this entire area, in the perimeter, has to be probably about half a square mile, has been ordered to stay in n eir home. So anybody whos out and about could be considered a suspect. No reports on who was arrested or the exact target. But asaslex just mentioned, clearly the numberone target right now in the french crosshairs, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, is someone whos suspected to have been in this location. And thats why we noticed police being so jittery. Weve been here for a few daysys and it has been clear that france is on high alert and that theyre extremely eager and keen on finding the suspects in this case and having the mastermind right here in northern paris of said, is not only an embarrassment, it also speaks to what has happened with french intelligence. What seems to be an entire collapse in the ability to discern whether or not their top target is in fact right beneath their noses. What we can say is that still hundreds and hundreds of Police Body Armor around their shoulders and of course covering their chests with automatic weapons have been spread out around this perimeter ordering people back. Weve seen them rush in. The army has come in as well. And that is possibib a source of all that gunfire you heaea earlier. And its been sporadic. And thats one of the things thats possiblmost surprising about this, is how long it has lasted. Probably about four hours now since the first reports of gunfire and weve heard additional gunfire, sometimes dozens of bullets, sometimes a single shot, and of course ten explosions that we heard as well which probably sounded like small explosions. Grenades. Sort of arrest g gng on or contntuing siege and attempt to try to capture people alive rather than killing them. So this continues to be an ongoing and very large operation, possibly the finale of this attack if in fact of the paris attacks from any killing 129 people. If in fact french authorities have managed to corner or possibly arrest Abdelhamid Abaaoud. All right, matt. And i know youve been o othe move. We saw where saintdenis is there just about 30 minutes north of central paris. Matt, youve been on the move in this area. Does it seem as though the situation is calming down a little bit . By the way, these are live pictures of that nghborhood. Reporter it does. It seems that police are a ttle bit more relaxexe but every once in a while they seem to be sprinting somewhere. In addition to that, every time that somebody comes out of one of these buildings, and this is a workingclass neighborhood, so when we came in here at about 6 00 a. M. There were still some people, you know, coming out and about, getting their coffee, about to go to work. A lot of them were sent running. Some of them came out of their houses with their hands on their heads. Nobody wanted to be considered a suspect or threatening in any way to the Police Officers out here because they were twitchy and they physically pushed back the press mumuiple times every time we got even near their perimeter. So very, very edgy here. And again, kendis, all these people in this entire neighborhood have been ordered by the governing authorities to stay indoors. I dont think that that has been rescinded yet. 12 schools have been closed today around h re. Kids not going to school. Thth entire area is on l lkdown. D again, police couldnt be any more jittery than they are right now. Matt, i want to take you weve got some breaking news. Paris Prosecutors Office saying that they have made five arrests overnight, three from inside that apartment. Three people have been detained. We dont know exactly what their identities are. But we do know a man and a woman came close to the apartment. They have also been detained in this process. And then you also havavthat woman who set herself ignited her explosive belt, who is dead this morning. Matt, were going to check back with you, but were going to take a quick break right now. 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Dont wait, now, we have breaking News Coverage from raids in paris not far from a paris suburb as the country there is attempting to recover from the attacks. We are learning from these raids overnight that there were five people arrested, three from inside an Apartment Building thats just 30 minutes from paris. There are people that have been detained. No information on the identities. We do know that a man and woman who attempted to get close to the Apartment Building were also detained as well, and one woman did set off her explosive suicide vest. And were told thth the target of all these raids was the mastermind behind the attacks that took place on friday, Abdelhamid Abaaoud. In the meantime, though, as this was all playing out around 4 30 in the morning paris time, many residents in the neighborhood in saint dennis were waking up to these sounds. Take a listen. I heard an explosion, about 20 minutesgo, about six explosions. Well, i didnt count, actually, but it was quite a few explosions. That was about 20 minutes ago. And whats happening there now . Has it gone quiet now . Yes, it seems quiet, but for safety reasons i wont be looking too much. And then yeah, at least 50 police Army Vehicles and o or 100 soldiersrspolicemen. I saw that people were posting it, posting about the shooting. And then at that time i realized then i informed all my friends and flat mates and people around the area. And then yeah, there were continuous gunshots for it felt like over half an hour. I woke upearing gunshots. Went out to the window and we could hear it. Then we called the police to let them know whats gng on and what we heard, and we thought itit was like a shooting or something. But then she told us that the police was intervening. Its called a raid police. So we could hear the shootings until 5 30 a. M. , i think. And then we could still see the helicopters flying. And now we just want to be sasa and we dont think k out being near some terrorists or Something Like that. We never thought it coeld ever happen in my town. Its very weird to see that and terrifying. Places we go often on tv with the police. Thats terririing. Im just shaking right now. She told me that she was woken up by a huge explosion. Police stormed into the building and told her to get down on the floor. She was with her husband and her whos a baby. And she got really scared and she spent two o urs lying down on the floor. Police told her to remain there while they were conducting the operation. Then they told her they evacuated her and told her to go to the city hall. Thats where she found runl. She told me found refuge. She told me she was really, really scared. She was scared for her son and that it wawaa very traumatic experience. You hear the eyewitness tell all of this that was taking place in the paris suburb of saintdenis this morning. And even at this hour, i would say about five hours after all of this started this morning, you can see police still have a big and heavy presence there in that neighborhood north of paris. And immediately after those attacks on paris, on friday there were air strikes shortly after in syria. Now we are seeg a series of raids that have taken place. At least a minimum of 168 raids over the past few days. What you are looking at is 30 minutes from the suburbs of paris in this middleclass neighborhood. Heavy police presence. We knew there were at least ten explosions, gunfire erupting throughout this street there, and then we are hearing that the entire raid has finished, that five arrests were made and one woman set ofofa suicide vest. We were told that some Police Officers were injured as a result of this morning raid. We havent gotten the e ll extent of what those injuries are. And we havent gotten the full identity as yet as to who might have been arrested, those five people. And we will have more on the man, the focus that police say was behind these raids. Stay with us. Youre watching world news now. That police say was behind these raids. Stay with us. World news our our continuing coverage of raids taking place in a paris suburb, targeting those who re behind the terrorist attacks in paris. We know that police have been focusing on who they believe t t be the masterminds of ththe terrorist attacks. Abdelhamid abaaoud. And we want to go to the streets of france there to our abcs Alex Marquardt, who has been watching this unfold. Now . Reporter good morning, reena. Well, this raid started around 4 30, about 4 1 2 hours ago, just over r 1 2 hours ago, and we understand it has come to an ministry. There has been a bit of a flurry of activity behind us in the what looked to be Police Special for much of the past two hours that weve been here it has been relatively calm in this immediate vicinity. But in the last, say, half an hour there has been a bit more activity with these Police Officers putting on their body armor and helmets and they have their guns at the ready. Now, the big question right now is whether this mastermind of these friday attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was indeed arrested. He was the target of these of this raid today. We understand from the Prosecutors Office that five arrests were made, three from inside the apartment and another man and woman close to the apartment. Unknown if abaaoud was in among them. All right. Our Alex Marquardt there with the latest on the situation there in paris. Were going to reset and give you the very latest right after this break. And right after that break we will talk with a witneks who was locked inside the apartment not far from where this took place. Please stay with us. [ man ] look how beautiful it is. Honey, we need to talk. We do . I took the trash out. I know. And thank you so much for that. 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We have thank you for joining us. We have continuing breaking news out of france. Where were looking at a area just 30 minutes from paris, an area that has been a focus of Police Activity. Yeah. As we continue to look at that activity thats taking place there, we want to bring in our Elizabeth Hur, who has been following Something Else that was developing overnight, where we have these two planes that were diverted. And d izabeth, as we bring you in, we are getting this word from the desk that there were no explosives found on the air france plane that was diverted to halifax. But reset. Tell us what happened with these two planes. Reporter yeah, kendis and reena, certainly thats the good news and the update we were all hoping for. What we know at this point, at least according to air france ofofcials, is this. They tell us that two of their planan received anonymous s threats, bomb threats were called in just after takeoff. One left los angeles. The other took off from d. C. Now, out of an abundance of caution, Airline Officials say they decided to request that both of though planes make an emergency landing. Again, one landing in salt lake, the other in halifax. The late word that we are getting is that obviously their priority on location was to make sure that all the paengers and the crew members were safe. They were safely deplaned. Then canine officers and investigators got on the plane, and according g fbi officials they found no explosives on these planes. In fact, we have gotten word that the plane that was grounded in salt lake city, that was already been cleared and it is now back in the air and on its way to paris. Officials in h hifax, they tell us that that plane has also been cleared and whats happening right now is obviously what to do with the passengers who have been deplaned and how to get them back en route back to paris. So this investigation is according to the fbi, no explosives were found. And of course the next step right now is to figure out who called in the threats. And of course ats the source to see what hahaened here. Have we heard anything more, elizabeth, from the faa . Do we expect anything to change as far as security on flights here in the u. S. . Repororr at least at this point according to the faa officials they are so far just confirming the details that we have been reporting, that yes, we can confirm that these two flights were diverted. And yes, these all of the passengers, first and foremost, are safe and now back on their route to paris. This investigation is continuing. At this time nchanges at the airports. But obviously, theyre closely monitoring. Kendis and reena . Sense of how stressful things are for many people at this hour. Thank you, Elizabeth Hur reporting from here in our headquarters. Live coverage. Where terror raids have taken well have the latest. Stay with us. And we will be continuing our live coverage. 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