Have ever met. He was sweet and kind. At the European Parliament, a debate on the brexit talks, as nigel farage accuses meps of presenting the uk with mafia like financial demands. Jeremy corbyn says labours National Executive committee is to review comments made by Ken Livingstone after his suspension from the party over hitler remarks. And showjumper nick skelton, who became britains Second Oldest Olympic gold medallist in rio, announces his retirement. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the United Nations Security Council has been meeting in Emergency Session, to discuss the suspected Chemical Attack, on a town in syria. More than 70 people are thought to have died and hundreds were injured in the rebel held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province. The british and us governments say the evidence points to an attack by Syrian Government forces. But president assads regime has denied responsibility. At the un today russia is objecting to a Draft Resolution and claims that civilians
In a show of solidarity. The gunmen chose young hip districts that were full of people out for a friday night dinner or concert. French president Justin Holiday says it is a terrorist attack of unprecedented proportions. Coordinated attacks throughout the french capital killing scores of people. Bomb explosions at a soccer match between france and germany at the stade de france north of paris. Gunmen took aim at diners in the tenth district, shooting people at their table through plate glass windows leaving at least 11 dead. Bodies covered in white sheets seen on the pavement outside. But the most horrific call at bataclan where a band from Southern California were playing to a packed house. French Officials Say more than 100 people were killed in the club. When the police stormed in, the gunmen blew themselves up. Dianes son was on his way into the soccer stadium when the bombs wept off. He was about a block away from the soccer stadium. Reporter she is thinking of other parents who m
It. Seven attackers were killed, six blew themselves up. Three people allegedly connected to the attacks were arrested in belgium today. At least one american is among the dead. A 23yearold College Student from california. Nohemi gonzalez had been studying abroad. A vigil is planned tomorrow at her school. California State University long beach. Fridays terror attacks happened at six locations not far from the eiffel tower. Including a stadium, a restaurant, and a concert venue. 89 of the People Killed were at that concert venue, where an American Band was performing. Nbc 10 anchor Jim Rosenfield is live outside the theater tonight. He begins our live team coverage. Jim . Reporter denise, that theater is about a half a block behind me. Police are guarding the barricade behind me. A strange sight indeed here in paris. Paris is a city to walk the streets, enjoy the sights, the restaurants, so many cultural institutions, and some americans with ties to our area. Weve spoken with them and
Reporter anderson, still a number, at least probably 20 or 30 ambulances parked down the street here. Weve been seeing them go in one by one. Some withdrawn, were not sure if they have anybody, taking anybody away. Weve also seen a number of victims walking away with metallized blankets around them that the Fire Department officials have given them. Walking away from the scene. The people that i guess were not injuried at all. But there is still a lot of activity going on here. There is a meeting taking police with emergency workers and we saw Something Else we talked about, the idea that perhaps somebody got away. There may have been some that got away. We saw a dog unit that was brought in and perhaps to sniff the trail of some of the attackers. Im not sure exactly what the purpose of that was. There was a dog unit here as well. Just a little bit of information from the Paris City Hall speaks to how seriously this is taken across the country. The president saying that the borders of
Of the attack Abdelhamid Abaaoud is dead. He was one of two People Killed in the predawn rate of saintdenis on wednesday. The other has been identified as hasna aitboulahcen. You can hear Police Confront her just before the raid. Neighbors say police have taken the womans mother and brother in for questioning and theyre searching the mothers home in a northern paris suburb. The French Senate is expected to vote today to expand the state of energy for three month bs. The lower house of parliament be comes as a new isis video threatens attacks on france, italy and the United States. Lets bring in our National Correspondent. And, you know, fred, tracking Abdelhamid Abaaoud is a massive win for the french, but theres a question, how was this expected terrorist able to make it into france in the first place . Yeah, and how was it possible for him to go around large parts of europe. He went to the airport to possibly try to get a flight to turkey at that point in time. We know in the meantim