In hot water. Lets go outfront. Good evening im Ashley Banfield in for erin burnett tonight. And outfront an urgent new terror alert. Fear of an attack from isis is causing the British Government to raise its Terror Threat level from substantial to severe. According to government officials there, quote, that means that a terrarir attack is highly likely. As you may recall the man seen and heard in that horrible isis standing over james foley before and after she was beheaded that man spoke with a british accent. Our carl penhall is in london tonight. The british Prime Minister himself took to the air waves. Talk about this significance of that. Reporter this is the highest threat level there has been in britain for the last three years and brchlt David Cameron said that britain is now locked in a generational battle against radical islam, a battle that could take years, could even take decades. He said that the real threat right now although he didnt have in specific threat that an att
First ebola case diagnosed on u. S. Soil and why were there not proper protections for all the Health Care Workers who took care of duncan . At the hospital, we have a situation involving 77 people, two of which have tested positive for ebola. We are preparing contingencies for more, and that is a very real possibility. Lets start our coverage in dallas. Elizabeth cohelp is outside Texas Health Presbyterian hospital at the center of this crisis in the u. S. Elizabeth, what more can you tell us about this new case . Reporter we dont have a lot of details. This is a woman that she treated Thomas Eric Duncan the original patient that she lives alone with no pets and they have gone in to decontaminate her apartment. I want to put whats happened here in dallas in some context, ana. This hospital has treated one ebola patient and two Health Care Workers, became infected with ebola in the process at the university of nebraska and Emory University they treated five patients and no Health Care
Libya. This is an egyptian fighter jet. The first strikes by egypt against isis or at least the first they will admit to. The primary target, an isis stronghold in egypts north derna. Joining me now from amman, turkey is our cnn correspondent jamona who are these christians that were beheaded and how were they captured in libya . Reporter well brooke, 21 egyptian christians. We know that these are two separate incidents taking place in december and january where they were captured south of the libyan capital and turkey has had a history of extremist groups that have operated there. Egyptians, christians and muslims, many over the years, have flocked across the border into libya looking for jobs and according to reports, these 21 men were from impoverished towns in egypt trying to send money back home when they were captured in libya. Over the years, we have seen similar incidents, brooke where egyptian christians have been persecuted in libya. Of course nothing has brutal as gruesome o
Minorities that become involved in terrorism are also the most dangerous terrorists. And all of that snow and ice is making for dangerous conditions from the rockies to the east coast. More bitter cold newsroom starts right now. Hilo everyone thanks so much for joining me. Homeland security chief jeh johnson is reacting to new video, which re says reflects a new age of terrorist attacks. It aired on state of the union this morning, and dismiss video released by al shabab running on the right side of the screen as he talks. Im very concerned about the serious potential threat of independent actors here in the United States. Weve seen this now in europe weve seen it in canada. But specifically against the mall of america . Anytime a terrorist organization calls for an attack on a specific place, weve got to take that seriously, and so through our intelligence bulletins, through working with state and local Law Enforcement, through working with the fbi, we take this kind of thing seriousl
They say this group was ready to attack and could have launched a second wave of terror an the city at any moment. The alleged target this time was a Business District in paris. Another chilling twist. The target of the raid Police Believe and this is the big news weve learned in the last several hours. Police believe the suspected ring leader of fridays horrific attacks was actually hiding here in paris. If you had talked to authorities yesterday they would have said that he was most likely still in syria. Now they believe he may be in paris. And he was a target of this raid. At this moment it is not yet clear if hes among those killed or captured. But frances president says that a state of emergency blankets his nation. These actions confirm to us once again that we are at war. A war against terrorism, which itself has decided to bring war to us. And in the paris suburb of saintdenis this morning french time it certainly did sound like war. Cnn correspondents and analysts from around