just never ends. associated press tweeted the out this. paris police have not announced a motive. they had to admit maybe he was right. french prosecutors opened the terrorism investigation, the same debate happening on ms nbc where they believe the president would say it looks like terror when it looks like terror. donald trump said right off the bat, a terrorist attack in france, not comfortable to call it that or report that. i am with you. the only thing with what is going on paris. always a dangerous time getting ahead of the facts.
the affordable care act and funding for the government and more. he had something for everyone. thank you for being here. reporter: as president trump welcomed the italian prime minister to the white house, he expressed condolences and concern in the wake of the paris shooting. it s a very very terrible thing that s going on in the world today. it looks like another terrorist attack. what can you say? just never ends. reporter: about two hours later the french authorities opened a terrorism investigation. we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant. i ve been saying it a long time. reporter: with the 100 day mark of his presidency fast approaching the president is eager to see some signs of action next week. asked whether he would like to see healthcare or government funding bill passed, the president answered like this. okay. i want to get both. are you shocked to hear that? reporter: tonight, a new quinnipiac poll offers a skeptical warning. only 36% of americans
attack. what can you say? just never ends. reporter: about two hours later the french authorities opened a terrorism investigation. we have to be strong and we have to be vigilant. i ve been saying it a long time. reporter: with the 100 day mark of his presidency fast approaching the president is eager to see some signs of action next week. asked whether he would like to see healthcare or government funding bill passed, the president answered like this. okay. i want to get both. are you shocked to hear that? reporter: tonight, a new quinnipiac poll offers a skeptical warning. only 36% of americans say republicans controlling congress should try again to repeal and replace obamacare, while 60% say they should move on. the president made clear he was intent on moving forward regardless. the plan gets better and better and it s gotten really really good a lot of people are liking it a lot and we have a chance of getting it soon. reporter: moving to foreign
they are speaking to eyewitnesss and as you were already explaining, this was a crude e device. the subway car was traveling from one station to another. untrntly that bomb or the improvised explosive device was inside that carriage car between stations in the tunnel. it meant it was all about more violent. the driver of the train took it to the next station and then it was sheer panic. the eyewitnesss we talked to saying what they were going to die. people scrambling under the carriage car. they were breaking windows and trying to pry open those dors to try to e get out. other people running towards the car to help those already lying on the ground or on the platform and were clearly quite hurt. in terms of the investigation itself, this is a terrorism investigation. people are saying they are not running out. but unfortunately, many people here know russia has been attacked before and know that given the offensive right now in seyria that they would possibly
amazingly, nobody at the airport was injured. french authorities have identified the man as ziad, a 39-year-old french national of north african origin, born in paris, who is a radicalized muslim who is known to the authorities in france. now, the paris psecutor just gave a press conference an hour or so ago, and he said that the airport attacker intended to shoot people and shouted there that i m here to die for allah, there will be deaths. during the incident, he also threw down a sack containing gasoline. authorities in france have said that they re treating the attack as a terrorism investigation, and i m sure they ll want to determine over the course of their investigation whether he was part of a cell or he was one of these so-called lone wolf attackers similar to the attack in the louvre in february earlier this year. we re waiting for some more details to come out from him, but that s what we have so far.