we re following the breaking news what appears to be a coordinated attack unfolding right now in paris including shootings, possible explosions and a hostage crisis happening right now. all of this taking place at multiple locations in the french capital. and the latest reporting from our french affiliate bfm, is that at least 18 people have been killed. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is with me here in the situation room. we re getting the latest information, the latest reports. it sounds very ominous. what s the latest? extremely ominous. and a french official telling our elise labott that it is considered a terror attack at this point though we don t have that with certainty. these are the details we know and i ve spoken to french police just a short time ago. at least three attacks in paris. at the stade de france as well as two other neighborhoods, the national stadium where there was an e mnormous soccer match goin
though the recovery force have resumed. just a short while ago, we saw four helicopters land in the field just behind me. now this was the staging area yesterday for those air efforts. this morning, the spokesperson for france s interior ministry telling cnn affiliate bfm that the recovery effort will commence again today after it had been suspended in the overnight hours due to difficult conditions. now the location of the crash site is proving to be problematic for officials. it s in a remote area. the terrain described as difficult, accessible mainly by air. the site of the crash, local officials say, is in an area that is near a steep mountainside. so causing plenty of problems for the hundreds of police