major cities are in quite geographically diverse places. you have grenoble which is sort of south-central france. you have toulouse which is southwestern france and cale right in the north of france close to the english channel. what we understand, there are extensive police raids involving their specialist counterterrorism units, r.a.i.d. unit. these are specialist police forces used to and trained in counterterrorism measures. they re very usually heavily armed, have sophisticated equipment. going in in large numbers. toulous, may be 200 police involved in the raid there. viewers remember toulou srktoul the scene of an attack in 2012, mira radicalized, inspired by al qaeda went on a gun rampage at a
round of air strikes on the terror group strong hold in syria. 20 bombs were dropped on city of raqqa. france says all the target were destroyed and its planes returned safely to bases in jordan and the united arab emira emirates. activists tell cnn that a stadium used by isis as both its headquarters and a jail was among the targets hit. the people of paris, they are struggling right now with their grief, their fear. memorials have sprung up at the scene of the attacks even though residents have been urged to stay off the streets. president obama, meanwhile, says the skies have been darkened by the attacks that killed at least 129 people, and wounded more than 350 others. paris beginning to wake up right now. just after 5:00 a.m. nic robertson is joining us from the scene. nic, what can you tell us about these raids that we re just learning about in the last few minutes reportedly happening right now in major cities across the country? reporter: yeah, wolf, these
even when its government tells its citizens do not come outside. that s is exact ly what they ve done. i m coming to you live tonight really in the middle of the night from place de le republique. a makeshift memorial of candles a has been set up. this square has three statues behind me, equality, fraternity, and liberty is what they represent. this square is known as the square that belongs to all in the city that is for all. this is a city that is a city made up of so many people from so many places in the world and they are standing together, wolf, today. we saw it in so in ways. it was a very touching scene specifically earlier in the evening at notre dame. what was the mood there at the cathedral? you were there. reporter: i was there. i think it was by far the most touching thing that i ve seen in my time here. there were literally thousands of parisians and tourists surrounding notre dame on all