The eiffel tour shines bright once again, bathed in the colors of france. Nightly news begins right now. Good evening. The solemn scene behind me belied the fact that france has declared itself a country at war tonight. Its new airstrikes against isis targets in syria demonstrating the resolve to hit back hard. But france and the rest of the world learned today the United States will not be deploying more Ground Troops into the fight. President obama saying the u. S. Will stick with current isis strategy. Even as a new isis video today leveled a direct threat at the United States. And here in europe, it was a day of Dramatic Police operations and the hunt for an accomplice and the mastermind of the attacks. We have extensive coverage of this unfolding story. Lets start with bill neely. Reporter this is the man france believes was behind the paris massacres. This isis propaganda video is said to show abdelhamid abaaoud, once jailed in belgium and now believed to be in syria. What you ca
Conducted raids for the paris ataerks. One of those suspects remains at large. We also learned of the woman who found dead after the police raid in saint denis france did not flow herself up. Rather a man was wearing a suicide device that detonated and killed her. Sources say the woman was related to the paris attack ringleader. And an Islamist Group says it and an al qaeda affiliate attacked a hotel in mali on friday, killing 21 people, including an american. And we will have more on the terror attack in mali in just a moment. But first, lets go to our own max foster for the latest on the security situation in france. He joins me now from plaza plaza de republique in to paris. So many Unanswered Questions in relation to the aftermath of the paris attack, and particularly the identity of this third individual found dead in that saintdenis apartment. What all do you know at this hour . Were waiting for that information, one a lot of people are very focused on is some of these attackers
U. S. Did one of the paris attackers slip through, posing as a refugee with a passport . Now, the list of governors back home in the u. S. Saying, refugees should not be allowed in america. Good evening tonight, from paris, where this country has declared war against isis. This evening, the air strikes, the Aircraft Carrier soon on the move. And the dramatic scene playing out, as authorities thought they were zeroing in on that eighth attacker. It is believed he played a central role in the attacks, armed and dangerous, authorities warning the public not to intervene. His brother believed to be one of the suicide bombers. S. W. A. T. Teams today converging on a neighborhood in brussels, surrounding a town some authorities have said has virtually been turned over to the islamic state. Also, a Major Development involving the threat to america. A new isis video praising the paris attacks, and promising an attack on washington, d. C. Is coming. Our team analyzing that video for you tonight
Well then gee, something there. I dont know if thats the right song to have played. Maybe we should have played journeys lovin, touchin, squeezin. Theyre a long way from where they were the first time. The death grip and they shook hands for about 45 minutes while the rest of the world uncomfortably looked on and now we look on while they uncomfortably kiss each other. Its a great way to start the morning. With us, joe, weve got associate editor for the Washington Post, David Ignatius, politics editor for the daily beast, sam stein. Nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d. C. Kasie hunt. And republican commentator, susan del purse yoe. And the author of the newly released novel big guns. Mika a little under the weather this morning, but man it was an incredible day, not just because of what we saw right there but because of a series of other events, and comments that the president made in washington yesterday. David ignatius, this is obviously a Critical Alliance for th
Riot Police Confront fuel tax protesters in central paris thousands of join violent demonstrations against the price hikes and well get the latest from the french capital. Im nick spicer thanks for joining us. Spain has reached a deal with britain and the rest of the European Union on gibraltar clearing a key obstacle to sealing an agreement on bracks it british Prime Minister theresa may has been in brussels for talks with the e. U. Chief. Ahead of sundays summit the disputed territory of gibraltar was the last Sticking Point in mays push to find a compromise with europe. Spains Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez now says he will support the deal. Earlier to reset may spell out the u. K. s position on gibraltar. But the u. K. s traditional approach has not changed and will not change we have negotiated on behalf of children to be sure that they are covered by the holding the old agreement by the change in payment and in the future we will continue to negotiate on behalf of the whole u. K. F