Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the siege today in the capital city of mali lasted all day before ending this evening. Islamist gunmen burst into a hotel and seized up to 170 hostages, many of them foreigners. In the end, scores of hostages were rescued or escaped, but estimates of the dead ranged from 19 to at least 27, plus two attackers. The state Department Said one american was among those killed. The at
Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the siege today in the capital city of mali lasted all day before ending this evening. Islamist gunmen burst into a hotel and seized up to 170 hostages, many of them foreigners. In the end, scores of hostages were rescued or escaped, but estimates of the dead ranged from 19 to at least 27, plus two attackers. The state Department Said one american was among those killed. The at
Coalition, and join in those air strikes on syria. In order to push this agenda, hollande will be meeting tomorrow with president barack obama br obama. He will also be meeting with the german chancellor Angela Merkel, and he will be meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin. Here in france, authorities are trying to identify this man. Well take a look at this photograph. This was put on the twitter account of french police. This man is believed to be one of the attackers who blew himself up outside the stadium. He is also believed to have traveled to france, using that refugee route. Hes believed to have traveled with the other bomber, who we already know is traveling on what is believed to be a fake syrian passport. French authorities here trying to identify both of these men, but today is the first time weve seen this photograph of this man. And i have to tell you guys that security is still very tight here in france. Were hearing that all children going into schools today will
Hello again and thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. So we begin with breaking news in the paris terror attacks. An investigation and growing concerns across europe. One suspect has been arrested in belgium with suspected ties the to isis. And right now there is a serious and possible imminent threat for attacks in multiple locations in brussels. Belgium is raising the terror alert there to the highest level. Belgiums Prime Minister is closing the capitals city metro for the weekend and is warning people to avoid large crowds. The manhunt is still underway there for leading paris suspect, salah abdeslam, who was last seen driving towards the belgium border. Meantime, officials have arrested three new suspects in turkey, with suspected ties to isis. One of them, accused of scouting the paris venues, targeted by gunmen and suicide bombers. Lets go to cnn correspondent, drew griffin, who is live for us in brussels. So what more are you hearing about this serious and poss
Frances president and says he wants his country to join in the air strikes against syria. On friday, the United Nations unanimously backed action against isil in syria and iraq. Later this week, i will set out in parliament our comprehensive strategy for tackling isil. I firmly support the action that president hollande has taken to strike isil in syria, and its my Firm Conviction that britain should do so, too. And this is only a test, at least for now. New york city carries out an antiterror drill and they ramp up security across the country as americans relive the jitters of post 9 11. Lets start in brussels. A city at its highest security in years, bracing for an imminent threat. Fred flanpleitgen is there with more. There were some major raids that went on here in brussels over the past 24 hours. Netting at least 21 subjects. That was announced here by the authorities a couple hours ago. I want to give you a little bit of the scene around here. There really is a military deploymen