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
Lefthand side of the screen. What you could see was a woman clinging by her fingertips to a ledge. There she is again. You see her just there right there. Shes hanging from the window ledge. Someone eventually pulls her up. And you see someone standing on the ledge, as well. They were there because they were trying to escape the gunfire inside. Absolutely terrifying. People hanging on for dear life. At least seven attackers strapped to a suicide belt and equipped with automatic weapons assaulted six locations in coordinated attacks in paris. A french politician has identified one of the suicide bombers as ismail many whom are in hospital tonight, fighting for their lives. The french president is vowing a ruthless response to what he called an act of car. He declared three days of mourning. Lets get more now from Fred Pleitgen. He is live in paris. We know the names, but were learning more about the identities of the attackers who were involved in this terrorist attack in paris on frida
[ speaking french ] if we heard correctly, those were three explosions. That is where the french president was among thousands of spectators at a football march between france and germany. At least four people died outside the stadium. You were watching the game whether it happened. I was, yes. We actually didnt hear it over the air, but the announcer did talk about the fact that there were explosions that were heard. He understood this the president of france was being escorted out. He mentioned that it was awkward for him to be broadcasting live a football match during a time of uncertainty. Right. Parisians are being asked to stay indoors, although some are determined not to let terror win and opened their markets. French president Francois Hollande said his country will be ruthless in its response to the horrific attacks and praised first responders. Translator ive spoken to the Prime Minister and the elected members, the mayor of paris, in order to measure this tragedy, this abomi
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
From ted cruz, about why he thinks, and what he thinks, of mitt romney saying that hell be voting for him as a way to push towards a contested convention when the utah caucuses roll around on tuesday. But first, four months after the paris terrorist attack that killed 130 people, the only suspect believed to still be at large is no longer at large, but captured alive today. The intense manhunt for the suspected terrorist ended this afternoon, when Belgian Police raided a home in the brussels suburb of molenbeek. Salah abdeslam was a friend of the suspected ringleader of the paris attacks. One of his brothers blew himself up that november night. Abdeslam was shot in the leg today and detained along with four other people. Back in november, on the mornings after the attack, abdeslam and two other men were stopped at the belgian border. He was questioned by police, but subsequently released. Hes been a fugitive ever since. Belgian prosecutors said today that they had found abdeslams finge