paris feels like paris again after a few days where people stayed home and the streets were quieter and emptier. in this case, i feel i don t think our viewers see it behind us, traffic everywhere. people walking and taking the metro. the survivors of the attacks know better than anyone how difficult it will be to get back to normal. i talk to gerome lorenzi. he survived the attack at the bataclan. here is what he told me. we thought it was fireworks the first time. we realized it was not fireworks, but something bigger. it was bullets. yes. i realized that. i said to my friends lay down. everyone laid down at the same time. i was with my right neighbor and left with our friends. i said lay down and don t move. don t touch. we need to stay calm.
somebody as they get closer and then their faces change. and then as the minutes go by, the streets get just a little emptier. and two hours later there s nobody left in the streets. it gradually happened. there was no hysteria, no panic. maybe by the stadium or elsewhere there was, there was none of that over here. it kind of spread via gossip and probably social media. it wasn t a big plume in the sky that everybody could see and identify. i was much more subtle. i m sure your family is very thankful that you are safe tonight. seth, thanks for giving us our time. well the details on the death tolls have been change by the minute. and with reports that all of the attackers may have been killed, but accomplices are still on the loose, we go to trace gallagher for the latest update. you have to keep in mind, we
meeting with a family meeting at independence hall. and stephanie gosk, it is much emptier now, and people are getting in place. yes, more people coming through, and this is a reminder that it is the end of the week of the world meeting of families, and we have seen contingents here from all over the world, from costa rica where a group went by from nigeria, and more and more people coming through, and a lot of them have had to walk a long way to get here, but maybe it is because they know that they are getting close, but there seems to be smiles on people s faces despite that. and so far, and we have been talking to a mix of the local people, and the people from out of town, and there are not too many people upset by the level of security. and we have been talking a lot about that, and there are 21 security checkpoints around the center of philadelphia, and you have to enter them to get into the center of town. there are some 2,000 national guardsmen around as well, and
they weren t so much worried about isis military capability or territory, but more they could become a flag pole for those who get disgruntled with the taliban. what is it like in kabul now? you re back there on the scene because the new afghani president is here this washington and asking to keep troop there is i don t understand the expected scheduled deadline. reporter: it s tense it s fair to say. there have been an enormous amount of helicopters in the sky. streets feel much emptier. there is no minister of defense now. is the taliban military here? seems to be the case. it isn t look like afghan security forces. they seem to be losing tens of thousands according to pentagon figures thisin the past year a lot
core and the assistant house sergeant of arms introducing these special guests. up next will be the introduction of the prime minister of israel. he ll walk in and get a very warm reception for those members who have shown up. that s right. more than 50 democratic members of the house and senate opted to not attend whether or not you call it a by coycott. they are making their displeasure well known talking about how they found house speaker john boehner s invitation to the prime minister and prime minister s acceptance of the invitation both of them working somewhat around the white house to be rude and disrespectful to president obama so if the house and senate chamber feels a little emptier today, that s why. he received nearly 30 standing ovations last time. we ll see how many he receives this particular time. athena jones is in the gallery.