Colony in west africa. Terrorists stormed the Radisson Hotel today. Mailan and French Special Operations Forces freed more than 100 hostages but at least 19 people were killed. Elizabeth palmer in france is. Reporter hotel guests were rushed to safety after an assault that began shortly after 7 00 a. M. Theyd been trapped in their rooms when gunmen drove up in a toyota s. U. V. With diplomatic plates and started shooting. Mailan special forces set up an antiterrorist cordon, and then helped by their french counterparts and one offduty American Special forces member, they moved floor to floor evacuating more traumatized guests and staff. Those rescued included about a dozen americans, among many foreign diplomats and businesspeople, who were taken to a nearby Sports Center where at about 6 50 said this eyewitness some men started shooting everywhere, shouted allahu ackbar. They were jihadi. The French Defense minister degrees. He says there was little doubt this man mokhtar belmokhktar
Changed his mind at the last minute. He was last seen near the belgian border where brussels is extending its highest terror alert into monday. This comes amid a warning of a, quote, probable and possible threat. Underground subways will remain closed. All schools canceled. Two hours ago, belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel asked the public to avoid Shopping Centers and large crowds. I confirm as i indicated yesterday that what we fear is an attack similar to what happened in paris with several individuals, even perhaps launch offensive weapons in several places at the same time, which leads us to think that the potential targets of those which will are highly concentrated populations such as Shopping Centers, commercial centers, public transport, so we have reached an agreement in the crisis center. Lets go live now to brussels. Cnn is there. You are seeing Police Activity there. Explain. Reporter we are right in the center of brussels, fredricka, just a few steps away from the hist
Capital of mali, a former french colony in west africa. Terrorists stormed the Radisson Hotel armed with guns and grenades. Malian and French Special Operations Forces freed more than 100 hostages, but at least 19 people were killed. Elizabeth palmer in france is following this. Reporter hotel guests were rushed to safety after an assault that began shortly after 7 00 a. M. Theyd been trapped in their rooms when gunmen drove up in a toyota s. U. V. With diplomatic plates and started shooting. Malian special forces set up an antiterrorist cordon. And then helped by their french counterparts and one offduty American Special forces member, they moved floor to floor evacuating more traumatized guests and staff. Those rescued included about a dozen americans, among many foreign diplomats and businesspeople, who were taken to a nearby Sports Center where Embassy Staff came to pick them up. At about 6 50, said this eyewitness, some men started shooting everywhere, shouting allahu ackbar. They
Thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with breaking news in the paris terrorist attacks investigation and growing concerns across europe. One suspect has been arrested in belgium with suspected ties to isis and right now theres a serious and possible imminent threat for attacks in multiple locations in brussels. Belgium is raising the terror alert there to the highest level. And belgiums Prime Minister is closing the capital citys metro for the weekend and is warning people to avoid large crowds. Translator we are talking about a threat of several individuals with arms and explosives to launch actions, perhaps even in several places at the same time. Theres no question of us giving any comment on the investigations that are ongoing on the operations that are underway for obvious reasons. The manhunt is still underway there for leading terror suspect Salah Abdeslam, who was last seen driving towards the belgium border. Meanwhile, officials have arrested three n
Killing her twin sister. A massive city sinkhole swallows a car, plus much more on a busy thursday. First look starts right now. Well, hello. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us today. Im betty nguyen. All eyes are on Bernie Sanders as the independent senator is urged to unite behind Hillary Clinton following her resounding primary win. Sanders returned to his hometown of burlington, vermont, where he met with senior staff before heading to washington, d. C. Today. He is scheduled to meet with the president later this morning. Heres part of what mr. Obama said regarding the 2016 race in an interview with jimmy fallon which is set to air tonight. It was a healthy thing for the Democratic Party to have a contested primary. I thought that Bernie Sanders brought enormous energy and new ideas and he pushed the party and challenged them. I thought it made hillary a better candidate. My hope is that over the next couple of weeks were able to pull things together and what happens during