Travelers onboard the American Airline flight spoke to us when they landed. They described being in paris as fridays terror attacks unfolded and why they are still apprehensive. People are pretty scared of any loud sounds or scary moments right now because everyone is sensitized to the event. Hearing siren after siren, watching all the police cars go by and it was alarming how many sirens there were and just constant all night. Most also say they wont let this attack stop them from returning to paris in the future. And expect to see Police Officers carrying military rifles if youre traveling through 30th street station. Amtrak tells us its stepping up security efforts at stations and on the trains in response to the attacks in paris. It also says its reminding employees to look for and report any suspicious activity. One of the suicide bombers that attacked the sports stadium in paris may have disguised himself as one of the thousands of immigrants fleeing the war in syria. Thats led t
And savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Disease a thursd its a thursday morning. We have a lot to get to. More than 24 hours after the chaotic police raid targeting Abdelhamid Abaaoud, investigators are trying to figure out if he was killed in the raid or still at large. Here in new york city, officials are saying people can feel comfortable coming into the city even though there was this isis video showing footage from is t the city. Lets start with the developments. Bill neely on the story again. Good morning. Good morning, savannah. More police raids going on as we speak. Half a dozen in belgium. More than 400 in france over the last four days, including that deadly assault. Huge crackdown on isis supporters. Here, of course, is the scene of the deadliest attack. Some extraordinary new video has emerged. Video of the moment one of the attacks began. Reporter it was one of their first targets and just after 9 30 when camer
Feels good, definitely didnt want to travel on wednesday, i knew that was not going to be fun. Reporter tomorrow get ready to put the brakes on optimal conditions. This years different, the travel before thanksgiving has spread out over the whole sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday leading up to thanksgiving day. Reporter aaa estimates some 300,000 more travelers will take to the skies this thanksgiving weekend. Philly international will see its share. They say instead of wednesday, traditionally the busiest ahead of turkey day, the heaviest volume day is now tomorrow. An estimated 82,000 travelers will be right by your side. Everyone is trying to, like, beat the crowd so they go on tuesday instead of wednesday, but im like, smart, im going on monday. Reporter a couple of hints, economy parking will run you 11 a day, so if youre staying tuesday to saturday, budget for 55. Check with your carrier or phl gate for your flight departure status. Also use the my tsa app, where passengers can
Disease thursday its a thursday morning. We have a lot to get to. More than 24 hours after the chaotic police raid targeting ablhamid abaaoud, investigators are trying to figure outf hwa killed in the raidr still a large. Here inew york city officials are saying people can isis he takes aim at the head of a woman, but she says later his gun jammed. Three clicks. He was out of ammunition. But bullets are still shattering the glass. There was more than one shooter. As the killing continues outside, those inside peeked from their hiding place and one by one escaped to the cellar. It all took less than a minute. Remarkably no one inside this restaurant died, though five people were killed here on the streets before the gunmen drove off to murder dozens more. We have to defeat isil. We will defeat isil. You see the barberism associated with this, so it is something that must be defeated. So you agree with the french president that were at war with isis. Yeah. I think Francois Hollande has s
Fallout from the paris attack and the impact on refugees. Ahmad almohammad claimed to be a syrian refugee fleeing the war in his home country. That allowed him to get into france. But instead of fleeing war. He helped carry it out. Almohammad was one of the isis terrorists involved in the attack. 26us governors say they arent willing to put their own residents at risk. They are all blocking president obamas efforts to relocate 10 thousand syrian refugees. The governors. And the fbi say the us is unable to vet refugees to make sure they dont have ties to isis. The iowan youre about to hear from knows exactly what the refugees are going through. Channel 13s mike dasilva has the story. 11 07 0409 a lot of people, they have this wrong thought about muslim means terrorist. Ghassan Abood started working as a translator with the u. S. Army during the war in iraq in 2003. 11 11 56 this i received from an American General in 2009 abood and his family resettled here in iowa. Abood refugees shoul