of course, those happened in various locations around the center of the city. he was arrested at a hotel in the southeastern town, a coastal resort. officials believe two other men under arrest were trying to smuggle him into syria. those other two men are syrian nationals. we will have more on those developments throughout this morning as we cover the breaking news here from the de la republique in paris. we want to turn to the terrorist attack in mali, residents there are under a ten day state of emergency after terrorists gunds down at least 19 people in a hotel on friday. an american was among the victims. the 41-year-old mother was a public health worker who often traveled to africa and to asia. her brother says the family is
here we are exactly one week from the attacks. you ve been there through the week. what is the feeling in paris tonight? does it feel as though they are entering a new phase, or is it is last friday like yesterday there? you know, it s hard to say. i think tonight marks some kind of new phase because, of course, the first saturday night, obviously, everyone was in mourning and grief-stricken and shocked. this is the first weekend night since the attacks. it was a week there were jubilant crowds, defyantsly jubilant crowds that gathered here in the place de la republique. there s been people behind me here coming out after a long night of drinking coming to pay their respects to the memorial. there s more people out each day that we have been here. at the same time, look, france is under a state of emergency. the national legislative body
woman, hasna aitboulahcen, that they had previously said was a suicide bomber, did not, in fact, blow herself up. careful examination of the remains of the bodies they found, has led them to that conclusion. but she was in that apartment with the ring leader of the attacks that began here almost exactly one week ago. in fact, at this time a week ago, the terrible events at the bataclan nightclub were still going on. a short time ago here in the place de la republique, they turned the music up at about 9:25, almost exactly when the attacks began. paris defiantly showing that they will not be beaten by these attacks. now i talked earlier today to the commander of the raid at that apartment block in saint-denis, a captain who called himself ugo, not his real name, and he described the seven-hour assault that took place on wednesday. he said they went in believing that there were four terrorists
was back in europe on monday, after the attacks. and that that intelligence game from a non-european intelligence agency. brian? you and i were walking around the area where you are. what evidence would there be? what would we see and hear to indicate it was a week tonight since the first attack? oh, brian, it s so much different than it has been over the past couple days. just as i was walking through place de la republique, there are young people who have brought music, which is blaring tonight and they re dancing in the middle of the square. just down the street, thecafes are full with people enjoying a night out. it s almost eerie, because the memorials and the candles and the flowers are still out.
republique talking about the vehicles whizzing by going north to the suburb of st.-denis as the sun came up this morning your time. tell us what the situation is like there today and i guess people have the word from the briefing is starting to filter through of how close they came to another attack last night. reporter: i don t think it surprises anybody, brian. there s been since friday this pervasive apprehension and you can understand it because from one day president hollande said we are at war talking about the threat that isis poses. saying again over the last 24 hours about the number of raids, 414. again, looking to extend this state of emergency. this is a city and this is a country that has really in many ways been under siege since friday night because those raids have taken place across the country.