it s an interpretation of a religion that s become a cult. in fact, this video from kuwait directly attacks the faith of the suicide bomber. and says, god is greater than you and your betrayal. they show those who have been injured in suicide bombings around the middle east. it shames the terrorists to come back to islam. only now are they starting to experiment with these things. could have done this ten years ago, and isis would have been broken at a spiritual level. these people wouldn t view this as legitimate. stand by for us. we want to bring in those viewers who have joined us, tell them what is going on. there s been an attack of some sort in paris. a suspect used a hammer to attack a police officer outside of notre dame cathedral in central paris. the officer is injured. apparently, the suspect is injured, but he was shot by
the street from the cathedral. she said everyone started fleeing. police surrounded the area almost immediately. i should note, by the way, there is a police station right next to notre dame cathedral square. she said that it looked as though they d surrounded someone at the stairs. there was a large crowd in line to go to the cathedral. erybody started running when they hea those gunshots. poce sectioned off the area. police had the place covered within minutes, this winn tetne tells us. also from reuters, a report from reuters, citing a police union official saying that the man was armed with a hammer. went after the police officer who was patrolling in front of the notre dame cathedral, and that the police officer then opened fire on this suspect. we understand he has not been killed. he s been injured and has been taken to the hospital.
they re still out, and they re not letting cars drive immediately, you know, around, but it s calmed down quite a bit now. people weren t that panicked. the crowds, as they ran out, seemed to be scared, obviously. people were running with their hands up. not everybody though. most of them were not. from there, it was the military and the police. anyone arrested? not that i can see. did you what was your thought when it happened? i mean, it s everywhere around the world, people are thinking about, obviously, the london attack and the manchester attacks. what was your instinct when you saw this? did you think it was somebody getting into an altercation with the police, or did your mind go to terrorism? i think that everybody is on the alert, right? we were just in the church and we had just left the area, so it was very frightening. you know, close call for us. i hope everybody else was safe. you know, of course, everyone is a little on edge so, yes, that
ali, you were in paris a few weeks ago. can you speak to what how tense things are there, what security is like? it was interesting to me, in that people were carrying on the way they normally do in paris. it is an outdoor place. cafe life was there in tact. but there were not only armed police with large guns, which was not typical in paris, but there would be places like from a side street, you passed through, they were gates and everybody had to go through under the eye of police. they d check people s bags, just walking on the street from a side street because it is a soft target. they wanted to ensure you weren t walking with a bomb. what s interesting, this attacker used a hammer. in theory, you could have your bag reviewed and have a hammer in it and it d be acceptable. it is a household item. to malcolm nance s point. to some, when inspired to attack, they are instructed on websites and things like that to use whatever you have available
closely. we know h.r. mcmaster was scheduled to be meeting with the president at that time. let s bring in peter alexander, joining us with an update from the white house. have you heard anything specific from the white house, from sean spicer, any comments here? yeah, ali and stephanie, good morning to you. we are just now hearing from officials here at the white house. we don t yet know whether the president has been briefed or alerted about the situation takes place in paris. having just spoken to national security officials here, they tell us they are presently coordinating with the u.s. embassy in paris right now and that they re communicating through all the other appropriate channels right now to get any additional updates they can, as they monitor the incident taking place overseas in paris. obviously, this comes in the wake of the attack that took place in london, one that certainly got the president s attention, as he tweeted about it frequently in the aftermath. sayi