raids throughout paris and rest of france. 118 house arrests made to date so far. the this is what you re understanding is. they were tracking a woman believed to be possibly a relative the so-called mastermind, abdelhamid. they thought he was in syria. they are tracking this woman. lead them to the neighborhood. saint-denis in the northern suburbs of paris, france, one mile from the soccer stadium targeted last friday night. they arrest three people inside of the apartment. the police dog is sent in. the dog was killed. 90 minutes later police confront a woman with a suicide device. detonates and kills herself and wounds officers. another three hour operation. another round of explosions, two dead, five officers wounded and seven arrested. i want to emphasize yet again.
that s alarming to the authorities given the fact that more than 1,500 extremists are thought to be here. this is an unprecedented threat. what is president hollande doing today? he s getting together a joint session of congress in versailles. only the second time since 1958. he s suggested to once again reiterate two of the political parties in the classes and the elected officials that this country is in a state of war. this has been the language used by the president, the prime minister, the interior minister over the past three days. and clearly, it is designed to justify the heightened powers they re now using. we saw these 150 different raids all over france in the overnight hours, the wee hours of the morning. the enormous numbers of house arrests they ve made. the two dozen or so arrests that they ve made. the enormous number of weapons they ve seized, including heavy
president hollande that he is going to extend the state of emergency for france for three months, and practically what does that mean? well, practically, many more security, special police, paramilitaries, and elements of the military on the street, and there are already over 1,000 military personnel deployed around the country, and the raid s that we saw in the early hours of the morning, and 150 or so in 19 departments as they call them all over the country. in order, across much of the country. the 23 arrests that they made, and the 104 house arrests, and the weapons including 19 heavy weapons upon which was a rocket launcher in somebody s house, and these types of things, they need to have the powers to be able to conduct, they say. they also say, that a senator told us last night that the french people deserve a safe and
eighth attacker. and the subject, the primary subject of this investigation and manhunt appears to be a man called salah abdeslam. he is the brother of one of the men who detonated his explosive vest inside the bataclan theater. he was actually stopped by pless and questioned a few hours after the attack driving towards the belgian border. that now very much the focus of this investigation. alisyn? clarissa, help us understand these arrests and the 104 house arrests. are these people that they believe had some sort of connection to friday, what happened here, or are these just people who were on law enforcement s radar that they now want to keep a closer eye on? i think, alisyn, at this stage, police are leaving nothing to chance. they want to try to find anybody who has had any history of affiliation with islamist groups, dangerous islamist groups, of traveling to syria and iraq. they are not leaving any leads unfollowed. it s difficult to say at this
stage whether these arrests and these house arrests are specifically related to friday s attacks. i think what you re seeing here, french authorities want to question everybody. they watch the to follow every lead and they want to make sure that nothing like this happens again. alisyn? okay, clarissa, thank you for that update. meanwhile, the paris terror attacks forcing a big agenda change at the g-20 summit. president obama, you saw there huddling with leaders including russia s president vladimir putin. we are expecting to learn more about the u.s. assistance that they will offer to the french air strikes today. cnn s michelle kosinski is live in turkey with much more. what have you learned, michelle? reporter: hi, alisyn. we also want to hear more about strategy. a deputy national security adviser told us that, yes, the paris attacks do demand more urgency and more resources from the international community in response to what happened there. and two key words we keep