Apparently witnessed this event. Jennifer, can you hear me . Caller hello . Can you tell me what you saw and give me any information on whats going on there. Yes. Its quite terrifying. Im in shock right now. I came out of the subway at bowling green. I was heading to work in battery park at the ritz carlton hotel. And i come out and i saw a big i saw a big ball of fire. Im now looking north at the World Trade Center and its the left twin towers. Im in battery park right now. And you can hear the fire engines and the emergency crews behind me. I have never seen any fire like this in the air. And the pieces of the building were flying down. It looks like its its like the top i cant even tell you, maybe 20 floors. Intense smoke. Its horrible. I cant even describe it. Do you have any idea what kind of plane it was . Do you have any idea what hit the World Trade Center . What it was . Yeah what kind of plane. Were getting reports that an airplane hit the building. I didnt even know that. Ho
And courtroom outburst. The parents of the man accused of plotting to attack the u. S. Capitol shout to their son as he appears in court. What were their emotional messages . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news dramatic terror developments in europe where cnn has learned that terrorist cells may be poised to strike prompting Massive Police operations to prevent another possible attack. Dozens of suspects have been arrested in terror sweeps in several countries and the search for more continues right now. At the same time we are learning new information about the role al qaeda in yemen may be playing in all of this. We are covering all angles of this fastmoving story with our correspondents in key locations and our guests including congresswoman gabbert, a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. But john berman is in paris for us. Whats the latest youre picking up . Reporter in the last 24 hours, there have been arrests in belgium, in france in ge
These remain in custody. A counterterrorism source says the two militants who says they had terror cells in other parts count. Ivan in terms of trying to connect the dots in belgium. How imminent is the threat and are the authorities there saying there are suspects at large . Reporter they are still investigating. Theyre starting to quiet down on the details theyre going to release of the investigation. I have just spoken with the federal prosecutor here in belgium who is overseeing this he says we will not release much information to protect the investigation. For instance theyre not going to name the two suspects killed in the gun battle thursday night and more of the third man who was arrested there as again, as he said to protect the investigation. But the belgium Authorities Say that raid was essential. They feared there would be an attack imminent attack on police and that they not only seized classquo coweapons. Lets here what the prosecutor had to say late last night about this
Cell. The u. S. Had been snooping on them, too. For weeks. And the National Lead. While europe responds the u. S. Braces as the Homeland Security chief says today we are in a new phase of terrorism. So what is he doing and what is the administration doing and what is congress doing to try to stop the next blast or siege or some other disaster on american soil . Good afternoon. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. We will begin today with our world lead. As many as 20 terrorist cells and anywhere from 120 to 180 accused terrorists could be ready to strike at any moment according to a western intelligence source. But while these alleged terrorists move in the shadows, today in france germany, belgium, counterterrorism agencies swept in on suspected jihadi units. Already operational inside their borders, they say. In britain, London Police detained an 18yearold girl on suspicion of terrorism offenses. This as in france germany and potentially even ireland, police executed terror arrests o
Hello, everyone. Im poppy harlow in today for john and kate. Thank you for being with me. Breaking news. Just minutes from now, president obama delivering a statement to the nation after meeting with his National Security team. We are told it involves security preparations for the holidays in the wake of the paris attacks. Again, just learning in the last few moments the president will make a statement in just about 40 minutes time. After he is briefed by his National Security team, we will bring it to you live, of course. As americans head to the airports for the holiday, france right now investigating workers. They are searching for extremists who may have infiltrated the Public Transit system across paris. More on that in just a moment. But first, we are getting breaking details about a possible accomplice in the terror attacks in paris. A possible additional accomplice. This person apparently the driver who dropped off some of those alleged attackers. Belgian authorities have issue