at about the seam time, simultaneous coordinated attacks got under way at several locations including bars and restaurants in a crowded popular neighborhood, all not far from the charlie h charlie hebdo of that was the scene of the january attacks. just after 9:30, several armed individuals entered and began shooting for about 10 minutes, at around 10:00 a.m., the gunman began taking hostages, 8 0 to 100 people may have been killed at that location alone. reasoning past injured and dead, lying in the streets. over at the national soccer stadium where two bombers blew themselves up, thousands of spectators were held on the field before being evacuated. french and military police have been mobilized, 1,500 troops
national soccer stadium. also new york governor cuomo announced today state agencies are under heightened alert and using new surveillance measures. joining me now buck sexton. buck, first to you. there are football games happening all weekend. college football games, as well as nfl games. how concerned should the average u.s. citizen be right now? i think the best way to describe it would be on heightened alert for the authorities and just the continued vigilance that all americans should have in a post-9/11 era, if they have some sense that something around them is going awry, they should bring it to the attention of the authorities. we can t live in fear and we can t decide that we re going to make this something that changes our way of life here at home just because of what s happened in paris. there s, obviously, a lot going on right now, lot of liaison, intelligence sharing between the various european services and all of the agencies and law enforcement groups here in this cou
live on msnbc right now, more terror in paris. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, 5:00 p.m. in paris. where that city continues to reel from those awful terror attacks. i m peter alexander in washington. this is msnbc s live comprehensive coverage of friday s attacks. the worst violence in paris since world war ii. we start this hour with some of the very latest information. the death toll. it rose overnight at 127 victims now. another 200 people were wounded. there were six separate attacks. police say all eight attackers are dead. they say a syrian passport was found on the body of one of them. police are still hunting for possible accomplices there. the attacks were first reported around 9:30 local time last night. there were explosions outside the national soccer stadium. a source of that country s
back door. running past injured and dead, lying in the street. over at the national soccer stadium where two bombers blew themselves up thousands of spectators were held on the field before being evacuated. french police and military have been mobilized, over 1,500 troops flooding the city. paris today is in lockdown. people have been advised to stay indoors. the museums, schools, universities, government offices, even disneyland, all closed as investigators begin to put the pieces together. this morning while overwhelmed hospitals fight to keep the injured alive emergency workers continue to carry away the dead. that was nbc s erica hill reporting. so now the a.p. reports, a syrian passport was found on the body of one of the suicide bombers who targeted the soccer stadium, the stade de france.
that at least one of those raids is tied to friday s attacks, which began with suicide bombings at a paris soccer stadium. french fans leaving the stadium showing their solidarity, singing the french national anthem. british author and columnist for the financial times simon cooper was inside for that match between france and germany. that is when two explosions went off. he is with me now. we ve seen it play out on television over and over again. you were there in the stadium. what was it like? it was very confusing. i mean, there was a very loud bang near ly 20 minutes into th game and a lot of people laughed and cheered because they thought it was fireworks, sometimes happens at soccer games.