sounding pretty frustrated in an interview when he said you know that we we now know a little bit more about what britain doesn t want but we don t know what it really does want and he was also referring to the possibility that brics it might be perspire own beyond the end of march he said well you know if the if the british parliament wants to do that then we ll certainly look at it constructively but it s difficult for instance because of the upcoming european elections and you also said that the opportunity for compromise and for a change to the deal has passed simon young in berlin max hoffman in strasbourg and big mass in london thank you very much to all of you. now as we just heard theresa may is expected to survive the vote of confidence in her government later today if so what would the main opposition labor party do next
some people said that they felt singled out by france s secular policy as muslims they felt that they couldn t openly express their faith they were some of the feelings in that area and of course that police will be speaking to people in that area of course they expressed absolutely condemned the events that took took place here. but of course they will be trying to build up a profile of where this man came from what led to his frustration of course a man who had a very troubled past twenty seven criminal convictions from the age of thirteen or less something the french government will have to get to grips with bearing in mind frustration here already the french government and a man who had met coal and his economic policies helen humphrey in strasbourg thank you helen i am going to meet. some other news now and british prime minister theresa may has failed to persuade e.u. leaders to make changes to the braggs a deal reports from the summit in brussels say that the atmosphere was tens
rise still further. meanwhile, the manhunt for a man who is both known to police and known to have been wounded continues. the question is whether in the crucial few hours after he managed to escape the two immediate gunfire exchanges he had with the security forces here in strasbourg just before he was able to flee the scene, in those crucial few, how was he able to make it across the border. strasbourg, as you know, is close to the german border. and although there is that heightened alert, state that france is in, now means there are greater border controls did. they come in too late. had he made it across the border, that s something being actively investigated, dave. melissa bell, we ll check back next hour. thanks. a familiar face in morning television saying good-bye to the today show after more than a decade. we ll get a check on cnn business next. my name is jeff sheldon,
that won t damage the british economy. there is a lot at stake. the british economy principally. theresa may warning of that today. christine? self-inflicted wounds here. remarkable. thank you very much, nic roberts robertson. france has raised its national security threat level after a suspect opened fire near a christmas market in the center of strasbourg killing two people and injuring 14 others. the motive for the attack still unclear at this hour. melissa bell live for us in strasbourg where the manhunt is underway. melissa, good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. it is more than 12 hours since that rampage began here in the center of strasbourg. we understand the gunman came up, made his way through the side street, this cordoned off is one of those where one of his victims lay for a while. the police numbers in terms. the final death toll are fluid. the latest are that two died, 14 remain in hospital including tragically seven in critical condition. so that toll could
level after a suspect opened fire near a christmas market in the center of strasbourg killing three people, injuring 12 others. the motive for the attack still unclear at this hour. cnn s melissa bell live in strasbourg where a manhunt is underway. melissa, good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. it is more than 12 hours since that rampage began here in the center of strasbourg. you can see the parts of the christmas market and of the town where people were killed remain cordoned off this morning. there are several different locations because what we understand is that this gunman came through this street into the christmas market, and that his rampage lasted for some time before he was chased away. we also understand that at two points there were confrontations with the military or the police and that the man was wounded before managing to flee. that manhunt now underway. the last few minutes we ve had a visit from the interior minister. he s been visiting the scene of this terr