on. i m told by french police one possibly two explosions and elsewhere and other attacks use of ak-47, use of automatic weapons, these are serious weapons not common in france. the explosions, use of those automatic weapons, multiple targets and now additional reporting of possible hostage situation at a theater. all these things at least have the earmarks, the hallmarks of a terror attack. and of course similar to what we saw at charlie hebdo in january in paris. the earlier reports of a death toll were 18. we are watching those numbers with closely because those numbers at least reports of those numbers have been rising very quickly. it is a by all indications really an unprecedented attack in terror attack in paris in terms of scale, in terms of the number of attacks we re seeing here. at least early indications of the casualties of this attack. i ve spoken to u.s. counterterror officials. they are aware of the reports.
alibi al qaeda but isis is getting into the international terrorism business. we saw that claim for the metrojet hold on, paul, hold on for a moment. the president is speaking in paris. we have translation. [speaking foreign language]. translator: security of all districts that may be concerned. i ve also asked there can be military reinforcements which at the moment are in paris to be sure that no further attack may take place. i have also called the cabinet, which is going to meet soon. these decisions are being taken. this state of emergency will be decreed, which means certain places will be closed. travel may be banned and
they re still trying to sort out exactly what those very large explosions were that we just played on air, wolf. it s a very disturbing situation. and as heartbreaking as the numbers are, unfortunately we have to report our affiliate bfm, our paris affiliate now reporting at least 60 people are confirmed dead in what is clearly a paris terror attack. and who knows how many people have been injured in explosions, gunfire, ak-47s in multiple parts of the french capital. evan perez, our justice reporter is getting more information as well. evan, what are you learning? well, wolf, we know that counterterrorism officials here in the united states have convened secure conference calls around the country to try to gather information. they don t know yet what they re dealing with. and really to assess whether there s any danger here to u.s. cities. so far there s no indication of any actual threats here in the united states. but it is something that they re keeping an eye on. and, wolf, im
[ gunfire ] this is a loop. this is a six-second loop video on vine. you can hear that explosion as these football players, these soccer players are on the field over there. that is a huge, huge explosion. let s listen one more time. [ gunfire ] there you could hear it right there. i want to show our viewers live pictures coming in right now. the associated press says we anticipated that the death toll is going up. the associated press now reporting at least 35 people are dead in this attack. i think it s fair to say we can call this a terror attack unfolding in paris right now. the associated press saying at least 35 people are dead. these pictures coming in from
once today. he met here with a number of officials talking about transpacific partnership trade deal. he s headed to turkey tomorrow afternoon. but before that we re going to hear from the president shortly here in the briefing room about these tragic events in paris. and we ll be getting it back to you, wolf. of course. we re going to have the president in fact he s walking out right now. good evening, everybody. i want to make a few brief comments about the attacks across paris tonight. once again we ve seen an outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians. this is an attack not just on paris. it s an attack not just on the people of france. but this is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values we share. we stand prepare e ed and ready