The on them during debates, now theyre worried about 3yearold orphans. That doesnt sound very tough to me. Mr. Obama talks about the battle against isis. We will have that coming up for you in this broadcast. We have pa whole lot to get there. Hello all of you. What are we learning about a ninth suspect at large tonight . Reporter well, this is someone who french authorities believe may have been at the scene of the attack. According to eyewitnesses, there were several attackers there, possibly three and in the video at the scene there appears to be possibly one other person driving the car on the outskirts of paris. Based on that, french authorities believe there may be another person on the run. Yesterday another car was found in the area. I was there, what is interesting is police fanned out in the area asking when it was found there. It turns out it was rented in the name of the other suspect still on the loose, Salah Abdeslam and whats particularly interesting is in isis claim of responsibility, they said there had been attacks. In fact, there was no on the 18th. But that is where the car was parked. So now police are looking at whether Salah Abdeslam was supposed to have done an attack there. Something went wrong. What more did we learn about the suspected mastermind, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, had authorities tried to target him before . Reporter they had, indeed, tried to target him before. He was a very successful recruiter but perhaps more importantly, he was somebody who had tried numerous plots against belgium targets. Now, this is somebody who went, authorities believe and an intelligence estimate put out in may, he faked his own death, possibly, even having his associates call back to his family saying he had died in syria to enable him to travel more freely to belgium and across to europe. So this is somebody they have been watching for some time. Because he had plotted so many times before, why they believe he may be the person behind these attacks. To drew griffin. Now. Where is the manhunt focusing tonight on Salah Abdeslam and how authorities are tracking him down . Reporter you know, that is a good question. The last time police knew where he was, was when he was being driven back from paris to brussels by two of his friends. Thats when Police Stopped the car. They had no reason to suspect them. So they let them go. Those two friends are now under arrest. They did tell police they did drive Abdelhamid Abaaoud back to brussels. But thats the last anybody as far as we are told in the press has seen of him. Judging by the many raids that have happened since then, don, particularly in this neighborhood he lived in, im thinking, looking right at his house where he lived, all those raids have come up dry, which leads me to believe that the police the not know where he is. Which is why belgium has raised its threat level, where there is a lot of presence of police on the street, why you are seeing a lot of ram shackle raids taking place, because police dont know where he is. Drew, as i understand, this family ran a bar until it was shut down and a drug raid just a couple weeks ago. That doesnt sound like an ob servant muslim. Reporter you know, this is very interesting, in several of these kind of plots that i reported on when we see the actual participants, a lot of them are, i would call them, stoners, petty criminals. This family certainly fit that. They were known, very well known to Law Enforcement because of their criminal dealings, their drug dealings, and the bar you mentioned, not very far from here, was being operated by ibrahim abdeslam. It was shut down by the city eight days before the terrorist attack in paris, shut down because they believed there was a lot of criminal activity going on there, drugs and various other things that happened in nightclubs. So you are absolutely right. There doesnt appear to be a very devout muslim who was running this particular establishment . Nor does the guy have a track record of being a very devout muslim, then again from a fraction of a second you have him trained, operating, proceeding himself up in paris. A lot of it doesnt make sense. A lot of it still has to be sorted out through authorities to figure out exactly how this happened and, don, how it happened so fast. Absolutely. Evan perez, you have been talking to your source about any cell phones recovered, have they been able to gather everyday from these phones . Well, thats what they are working at, don. Right now, we know they have recovered several cell phones, on those cell phones, they actually found encrypted apps. We dont know if they were used to plot this attack. Thats something investigators very much want to find out. Cell phones, even if you cant break into those apps, immediately, the cell phones are very valuable. They could provide information about who these people were talking to, in advance, where they have been. How long theyve had these cell phones, again, this is all information investigators are trying to put together. One of the interesting things, one of the phones had a message on it sent apparently before the attacks began. It said, simply, something to the effect of, okay. Wear ready, which indicates that perhaps this is the way these attackers were able to orchestrate and coordinate simultaneous attacks. Evan, is there an internal debate between investigators about how long this attack was really in the works . And what degree isis leaders in syria were involved in this. Well, you know, its partly because there is so much they dont know yet. There are some officials who believe that this was planned and carefully orchestrated from syria, with this cell that was living in belgium and came down to paris. There are other officials who think because you have eight guys, people who the more people have you in a conspiracy like this, the more a chance that officials will find out, that somebody might change his mind and back out. So they think it had to be done in brussels, or im sorry in belgium and then very quickly orchestrated in paris. So that is something that is very much on the minds of investigators as they work this case. Don. Also very concerning, evan, about the father of one of the attackers that may have traveled to the United States. What do you know about that . Thats right, don, the u. S. Has found indication, records of the father of ismael mostefai. He is one of the men who died in this attack. He was killed inside the xhiet club concert hall. Hes one of the ones that blew himself up. His father travels here several years ago, no indication yet that the father has anything to do with this. He and several other members of the family were, are taken into protective custody by the French Police and we know that the fbi right now is still trying to determine that person, where the father went, who he met. Theyre trying to put together a picture to make sure that nothing happened. Again, there is no indication that he was involved. The fbi very much wants to know everything about his business here. I want you to stand back. We need to get to breaking news. Thank you very much, everyone. This is just coming in. Im getting word of it. Bear with me. Its breaking news. Its an air France Flight from los angeles to paris, diverted to Salt Lake City. Heres a statement from the faa. It said it was diverted to Salt Lake City because of a security incident. You need to contact local authorities and tsa for more information. Again, this is breaking news concerning an air France Flight. Were working to get our reporters on the line to talk about this. Again, more from our breaking news, an air France Flight again the faa releasing a statement saying it was diverted on to Salt Lake City because of a security incident and that you into ed to contact local authorities and the tsa for more information. Again, this is concerning, of course, considering what happened in paris just on friday, just a couple of days ago. Now have you this flight being diverted because of security reasons and this flight on its way to paris. But again, lax through Charles De Gaulle, it was on its way diverted to Salt Lake City because of a security incident and that you need to contact local authorities and tsa for more information, especially if you think have you swomeone on that flight. Our sources are checking with faa and with air france and as well as at the airports, lax and Charles De Gaulle. One of our aviation correspondents on the phone now renee marsh joins us with more. What do you know . Reporter i just got off the phone with a government official. He tells me this was an air France Flight 65. It was traveling from la. It was i am told it left lax at some point and had to divert to Salt Lake City. Someone on the ground sold in this bomb threat, according to this source and then told us that the plane landed safely. That is all we know at this point. As you mentioned at the top there, of course, reaching out to Salt Lake City police. But again, i am told this is an air France Flight 65. And this is an airbus 380 and the issue here was a bomb threat that was called in to the airline, itself. They diverted to Salt Lake City. Renee, of course, it is utmost important this plane was traveling to paris. Right. I mean, weve seen throughout the day, really, a lot of these incidents in which you can call them midair scares. In the day, we had four people removed from a flight before he was preparing to take off. With ehad another issue midair on a flight that was leaving london and headed to boston, the faa, telling us a woman was trying to open the exit door. In the current climate. The fa industry, flight crew and other passengers on board, raelgly on edge. We are seeing a lot of that. So any incident is taken extremely seriously. Will you see hyper reaction in some cases. The two previous cases i did mention to you where those four people, they were checked. We have been seeing several of these people scared all throughout the day, now this evening, where this has been air francep flight, like we said, diverted to Salt Lake City and the initial information is this was a bomb threat phoned in. We do know these bomb threats unfortunately happen quite often in which theyre called in. They are checked out. They are taken seriously. Many times more than often they turn out to be nothing. But again in this climate, you have to check. You cannot take anything for granted and thats exactly what is likely happening here at this hour with this air France Flight. Absolutely, right, not taking anything for granted. Someone who traveled and security is extra tight at airports here in the United States. I was randomly checked for screening twice. Usually, renee, i have what is known as a pre check. You walk through, you dont sister to take off your clothes and your computer. I had to twice, even being a precheck passenger. So again security is very high. If you are just tuning in, renee marsh, cnn gotten word air France Flight 65. Im not sure what time it was supposed to leave lax. What time it left lax, renee, you can update us on that. It was headed to Charles De Gaulle airport in france. It was diverted. Renee marsh is recording there was a ground flight bomb could in. Air France Flight 65 airbus 380. We can put the response on the faa back up on the screen. An faa representative says it was diverted to Salt Lake City because of a security incident. You need to contact local authorities and tsa for more information. We have learned from renee, renee is reporting it was a bomb threat from the ground. Right. We dont have official word from the faa just yet. This information from a government source with knowledge of exactly what was going on. So were still waiting for an official statement from the faa, from tsa, from Salt Lake City police department. But again my government sources telling me that, indeed, this situation is a bomb threat, don and again no word of anything happening on board the flight. But, in fact, this was something called into the company and, of course, they diverted once they got that call. You are looking at flight trackers up on the screen right now, renee, to our viewers, again, we dont know if this is a legitimate, the this was legitimate, if there was something going on. The only official word is it was diverted because of some sort of incident and it did land safely at salt lake airport. It took off. It departed lax at 4 04 pacific time. Landed safely, 7 11 Mountain TimeSalt Lake City. It was en route to Charles De Gaulle airport in paris. It had to be diverted. Okay, it is significant. This flight was headed to paris because of what happened in paris on friday. We all know the sad and deadly outcome of that. As renee has been reporting here, they are taking significant precautions now here in the u. S. And really all over. I want to bring in georgia Public Safety director, formerly the federal Security Director for the tsa at dallasft. Worth international airport. What do you make of this incident . Well, you know, in this climate, we again i think you know that the space is such as this, the faa made that decision once they got that information to divert the plane to the runway. What will occur once that plane is on the ground, those passengers will be released from that plane. There will be a thorough search and certainly a thorough investigation will ensue. So, this is just the climate were in right now when all pre kai cautions will be taken. There are incidents that happen, people call in bogus threats. Sometimes these are legit massachusetts how often does this happen in your estimation . Well, they dont happen quite often. We can only hope and pray they dont continue to happen very often as well. This is a very serious incident any time you call in that type of threat to a commercial aircraft anywhere on the face of this planet. So its going to be taken very, very seriously and no doubt theyre going to trace that call and theyll eventually find out who the perpetrators were behind it. It is very serious. It is something not to be taken likely in this climate. This airbus is the biggest of the passenger liner, commercial passenger liner. It is huge. That is a very huge aircraft. They can carry as many as 3, 400 passengers that, is a big aircraft. Juliette. We have been talking about this climate and having something called in like this, of course, the faa and Security Officials are going to take this seriously and treat it with the utmost importance. What do you make of this . Reporter so, exactly what your previous analyst said, everything is taking this more serious than otherwise. Normally, when bomb threats come in, there is a validation process. My guess is this diversion was triggered relatively early, the fact from los angeles to paris of all places, diversion of flights released sort of most t draconian response to a bomb threat. I think we take this seriously until we hear some explanation for the validity of the bomb threat. Right now, we know whats going on, oak, which is clearly a sweep of the airplane notification to the passengers of whats going on, allowing the passengers to contact family, and there is a protocol for dealing with this right now. Of course, the airport, renee marsh, would have to be a certain size tike an airbus 380, considering between lax and salt lake. Salt lake is one of those airplanes, there arent many airports in that area, i would imagine. They have to figure out which one theyre going to get this to quickly. Renee marsh, are you there . Yes, don, im here. Don, you cut out. If you can repeat that for me, please. We are talking about an airbus 380 is a large airplane with a significant number of passengers. And they would have to find an airport that is big enough. That has a big enough runway and handle security and screening of these passengers in order for it to land. Thats absolutely correct. At a point in which this bomb threat is called in, of course, the communications would begin from the ground to the pilot. The pilot would then discuss, both with air traffic controls, you know, the best route to, the best route and the airport as well. Closest airport in which they would be able to divert the aircraft. You know, i have spoken to several Law Enforcement officials as well as, you know, members of the tsa when we have many of these sort of issues of these bomb threats. Unfortunately, it happens more than people know, but, don, as you have been saying all tonight, you know, when you are in this climate where Airport Security is the top of mind, at a pointed where just today, we got confirmation that it was, indeed, an explosive planted on board a passenger plane, its a climate that has everyone tense from flight crew, to passengers, themselves. Everyone takes renee, i want you to stand by. I need you and the rest of our experts to weigh in on this. Again, im just getting this information. Also getting in from an air France Flight 55 from Dulles Airport to Charles De Gaulle also been diverted to halifax. Passengers and crew are safe. Again, there is another incident. The first is air France Flight 65 from lax to Charles De Gaulle, diverted to Salt Lake City, landed safely at 7eleven. There is an extensive screening process. Air france fright light 55