martha: terror gripping the seventh floor of a hotel in mali right now. a deadly terrorist attack is underway at a upscale hotel that often houses lots of westerners. that is clearly the case. we know at least three people are dead. that number could clearly rise. there were hundreds of people in the hotel. there are about 138, that is the best number we've pot in terms of hostages currently being held. the group taking responsibility for this is an al qaeda-affiliated group. we're working to zero in on which group it might be. obviously a lot of islamic radical terrorist groups are active in northern africa. as we welcome you this morning to a very busy morning of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. authorities say 10 gunmen stormed that hotel this morning, yelling "allahu akbar!" in