Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im cecilia vega. We begin with breaking news. A scare at atlantas Hartfield Jackson airport. Bomb threats made against two passenger planes during their flights u. S. Fighter jets scrambling to meet them in the air. You see one of the planes, delta jetliner, following that emergency landing. Fire trucks ready and waiting on the tarmac. The passengers evacuated. Bombsniffing bombs standing by, too. Tonight the fbi is on the case as Abcs Steve Osunsami is at the airport with this developing story. Reporter tonight, a bomb threat nearly shutting down the worlds busiest airport. You can blame this one on social media. This all started with a series of tweets, from the same twitter handle, that the airlines say they had to take seriously. Starting at noon, a twitter account with the handle king zortic began making treats against two inbound flights delta 1156 from portland and southwest flight 2491 from milwaulkee. The government had to
Theyre linked to the flood bath at charlie hebdo. Ron, how did the police zero in on these suspects . Reporter unclear at this point. We dont know how they zeroed in on these two. The third suspect turned himself in to the Police Station some distance from paris. These pictures of the two other suspects have been circulated around for some time. Theres a massive manhunt underway in many parts of the city. There have been hundreds of Additional Police that have been called in and military as well. The Prime Minister, the Prime Minister of france, has been trying to figure out what to do and keep on top of this situation. The bottom line is that its unclear whether the two will strike again or where. So the city is very much on high alert. Were in the center of town and behind me in the distance there you can see at this main square, people are laying flowers and candles at a site to show respect for the journalists and the two Police Officers who were killed last night. Thats happening
Civilians have been seen leaving the scene of the store. The hostage taker is dead and the hostages are alive. The female suspect is still on the loose. Also breaking news an 18yearold who turned himself in shortly after the paris attacks has been released. And now there is this intense search isti paul. And im victor blackwell. Lets go live to the french capital trying to heal this morning after three days of terror. Jake is outside the Charlie Hebdo magazine. What is it like there this morning . Reporter it is really remarkable. All day christi and victor crowds have been gathering and paying tribute here at the offices of Charlie Hebdo. You have to remember that not only was this magazine, this newspaper well noepknown but a lot of the cartoon is were celebrities. One of them cabu used to be the host of a Childrens Television show in the 1970s. So a frenchman i was speaking with earlier talked about how he used to watch that show as the kid and grew up and would read his cartoons. I
Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following major stories breaking right now as the United States and its allies step up their air campaign against isis targets. The terror group issues a new hostage video. It shows the british hostage john cantley acting as if hes reporting from the wartorn city of aleppo. He calls this the last the last of a series. President obama is grappling with another bloody crisis as ukraine tries to hold off russian aggression on the border but is a major ally standing in the way of a u. S. Move to arm ukraine . The Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, congressman adam schiff is standing by live along with our correspondents and analysts. We go to the front lines of the war against isis in just a moment but lets begin with our justice correspondent, pamela brown. She has got new information for us. Pamela . Well british journalist held by isis for more than two years, right here john cantley, is resurfacing in yet another isis
Isis says that two japanese men will die if that country does not pay 200 million within 72 hours. You can see it right here. A jihadist dressed in black holds a knife. He speaks with a perfect british accent. One hostage is a journalist. The other apparently connected to some kind of military company from japan. To the Prime Minister of japan, although you are more than 8,500 kilometers away from the islamic state, you willingly have taken part in this crusade. Will ripley is covering this angle for us. Will whats the latest . Reporter to hear that video comes as a total shock for so many people in japan. A passivist country not directly involved in the fight against isis. Two days ago, Prime Minister shinzo abe did pledge 200 million not to fight isis but to help the refugees the people whose lives are in turmoil because of this brutal terrorist group. All it took was 48 hours before isis then took two japanese citizens two men that had taken hostage several months ago pulled out, pu