Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com this is cnn breaking news. [ gunshots ] the breaking news france is now on its highest security alert after gunmen attacked the paris office of a satirical magazine killing 12 people and wounding 11 triggering a massive man hunt. Among the dead the editor and cartoonist of the publication, Charlie Hebdo which had drawn threats from jihadists for for ridiculing islamic extremism. Three suspects have now been identified including two shooters who called out names of their victims as they killed them. President obama has pledged all possible help to france in investigating what he characterizes as an attack on freed am but the carefully orchestrated attack has sparked deep concern here in the United States. In new york security has been stepped up at very sensitive sites including the french consulate in manhattan. Congressman mike mccall and peter king are both standing by from the Homeland Security committee along with our correspondents, and our analys
Cnn cnn tonight with don lemon begins right now. Thank you, anderson. A train crashes into a car, and we have six people killed. We will have more on that. And now, there is a vow against the west but not against the west, but the isis who is crucifying a jordanian pilot. It is a crime that is so unspeakable that cnn will not show you the video. And isis is proving that they will stop at nothing but does the brutality make them up stoppable or turning their supporters even against them . We will discuss that as jordans king is visiting the white house. And there is news that the jordans king may execute a prisoner at any moment. We will have our terrorism expert to weigh in on that very soon. And first though, we have breaking news. A train has slammed into a car on the train track near valhalla. There is a woman who is believed to be one of the drivers of the car is killed and at least a dozen people are injured and six people have died. The train was pushed five car lints north of th
Never win. We are all french. And, of course the familiar je suis charlie, i am charlie. More than 40 World Leaders, european, middle eastern and from the arab world appeared together locking arms today in paris. United states was represented by the u. S. Ambassador to france. Neither the president , the Vice President or secretary of state was in paris today. Thats right. Certainly eric holder the attorney general was, although, jim, it was noteworthy he did not appear to be at the rally. He was there for separate meetings. And you saw there in those pictures that you were talking about the leaders of germany, israel the uk were there. Lets take a look. This is london. Turned blue white, and red. The colors of the french flag. Londons tribute to the paris victims was timed to happen at the same time as the marches in france. Washington d. C. Today, american flags and french flags flying over a silent march led by frances ambassador to the United States. Also today, people rallied in b
Terrorists who grip this country in fear for three long days will never win. World leaders are here. Ranging from Benjamin Netanyahu the Prime Minister of israel to mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority, to british Prime Minister david cameron, and german chancellor angela merkel. I think were in an allout situation. France has declared war. On that square which you can see right there in the middle of your picture, are three statues of mythical women. That is what this country and the world is standing together to defend. What theyre obviously showing is that in the aftermath of what happened here over the past couple of days of the horrible terror attacks is france as a nation is not going to allow itself to be divided. They want to show unity and thats exactly what this rally is about. I was born as a muslim. I have traveled to show solidarity solidarity. I may disagree with you, but i will die defending your right. You might have noticed that in all of our cover
Youre about too see as the attack unfolded just a few hours ago. Its shot from a nearby roof top and you can hear the gunfire ringing out and someone shouting god is great. They have also cried we have avenged the prophet. An see the gunman running, you hear shots being fired. Theres the chilling pictures that was also posted on twitter of one of the masked attackers holding a gun as a policeman lies on the ground. At least a dozen people are confirmed dead eight people are wounded, four of them critically. The gunmen are still on the loose as of right now. The wounded were put on stretchers they were taken away in ambulances. Witnesses say the assailants were dressed in black, they wore hoods and were armed with kalashnikov submachine guns and possibly yes, possibly, a rocket propelled grenade launcher. Lets begin our coverage with our Senior International correspondent Jim Bitterman in paris. Jim, what is the very latest . I think the latest is that weve seen the president of france