[ applause ] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. First, to our great madam secretary of state who is doing a fantastic job, lets give her a round of applause. [ applause ] his eminence, thank you for your leadership and guidance, cardinal oconnor. [ applause ] we have our attorney general doing great work with us, eric schneiderman, please stand. [ applause ] our new york state controller who is doing a great job, tom denapoli. [ applause ] we have mayor bill de blasio of new york city. The last time i was with the mayor, we were at new years eve. We did a new Years Eve Party in a subway station at the Second Avenue subway. Nobody had heard of it before. It went so well, that the mta now started a catering service. You can have a party at the Second Avenue subway. Theyre specializing in marriages. And they will calm the oncoming trains so the rumble starts right after the vows. Mayor bill de blasio, lets give him a
Youll probably need a little jacket. Details are straight ahead. Michelle . We are just days away from the new york state primary, but most of the candidates are far from the state today while Hillary Clinton mingles with donors in california, Bernie Sanders has been spending time with the pope, leaving two republican candidates to fight for votes in new york. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis is here with a roundup of todays events. Marcus . Reporter no doubt theres considerably less campaigning here than weve seen in the last week. Donald trump will be holding a rally in downtown syracuse while john kasich will be visiting the synagogue on long island and hitting the deli in manhattan. Only two candidates hitting the campaign trail here in new york just days ahead of tuesdays primary election. Republican john kasich is scheduled to make stops in great neck before heading to the upper east side. Is headed uptate to watertown. Upstate to watertown. Telling supporters there hes not
Coming four days after the paris terror attack which began with explosions at a soccer stadium. And earlier today. French police announced they are looking for a second fugitive directly involved in the attack. The unnamed fugitive along with Salah Abdeslam escaped after the massacre. Also today french and Russian Troops conducted widespread air strikes on isis targets in syria. Eyewitness News Reporter jim dolan is in paris covering it all for us. Jim . Reporter make no mistake, liz, here in paris and throughout europe, they are a little edgy. We are at the eiffel tower earlier today. They were supposed to open it up for tourists but suddenly someone saw someone with something and they started getting the people back a safe distance from the eiffel tower. Its going to be that way for a while. People here are on edge. And so to isis, a threat that stretches beyond borders of land and faith. The world is now responding. Reigns of suspected terrorists are happening now throughout europe
And it was a mass i Police Presence massive Police Presence befitting the target of this raid who is believed to be the mastermind of this the paris attacks last week. Lets listen in and see how it looked. [ sound of gunfire ] yeah. Thank you. Reporter it was loud and it was loud for a long time. Gunfire exchanged over a period of at least three hours but when it was done they had five people in custody. Three people from inside the apartment and two other people a man and a woman outside. A woman had blown herself up with a suicide belt and we are told the question now is was mastermind. The person believed to be the mastermind of all of these assaults, was he arrested in this . He was. But it has not been confirmed yet. He is the person who was believed to have organized this some work was done in belgium and its unclear whether he was arrested in this. But thats the big question that all of paris is asking today. Five Police Officers were injured in this raid. None of them were kill
That makes three peoples whose identity for whom they are looking. But there are so many people they dont know the identities of. Two of the gunmen held identical passports. They dont know who either one of those two gunmen is and that makes this investigation so much more difficult. Russia stepped up bombing of isis targets in syria now and france is bombing there as well. And all an allout effort to prevent an allout effort to prevent reaching their borders. But the most immediate concern now is here in europe where a massive manhunt is underway to track down two men who Police Believe carried and fired in the paris attack but managed to escape. The mastermind who they say planned it from the safety of brussels. The brother of one gunman doesnt doubt his brothers involvement. Participated in the terroristic attack was probably psychologically ready to commit such an attack. Reporter in paris, they follow the investigation. But they mourn, too. They see the victims pictures on paper a