armed gunman in combat fatigues stormed the city building where a concert was taking place before opening fire on spectators. russia state news agencies say 40 people are dead and 100 more are injured. the roof of the concert hall which is engulfed in flames is in risk of collapse. russia sent out a bulletin warning that extremists in russia had a plan to target large plans in moscow including concerts. let s bring in senior national security analyst john brennan. director, thank you so much for being with us. this is of course a developing situation. you could give our audience any understanding of the climate in russia right now? well, unfortunately, moscow is not a known to terrorist events. over the course of the past couple of decades moscow has been the scene of some terrorist attacks by different groups. and so this was taking place at a large gathering which is why i think the early reports are the high number of dead and wounded. it appears as though, this was so
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terrorist attack media reporting that at least 40 people have include being killed, include children after this brazen first attack inside that hall, more than 100 people have reportedly been injured or wounded. several gunman entered the building ahead of tonight show at this concert. they opened fire. sometimes at point blank range before throwing what a bystanders said, we re molotov cocktails at the crowd cnn s oren liebermann, it has been covering the story from the pentagon forest. he s in the studio. now, or what do we know as of now about this attack and about this claim of responsibility so in addition to the number of people who have been killed here, as you pointed out, russian media reporting 40 have been killed and many more wounded as part but the attack we now have the claim of responsibility here. isis issuing a short statement through their own news agency, the amaq news agency, claiming responsibility for the attack itself. now, it is worth noting, they pr
hello and welcome to our viewers and the us and around the world on an a coren live from hong kong were following two big stuff for this. our first and outpouring of support after the announcement that catherine, princess of wales, has been diagnosed with cancer much more on that in just a moment. but we begin with the deadly attack at a concert hall near moscow. that s killed at least 60 people isis is claiming responsibility there is disturbing video that shows the attack and people running to escape other video shows the panicked moments when gunman opened fire inside the auditorium were a concert audience had gathered from another angle. you can see what appears to be full gunman firing into the crowd and it s still amy age also appears to show the people who attacked the venue. one witness says people trying to escape encountered locked doors so jealous, i was sitting in the hall upstairs where the balconies were. we heard gunshots at first. we didn t understan
good morning and welcome to the cnn this morning, it is saturday, march 23rd. i m victor blackwood and imam or a walker. thank you so much for being with us. we are following several developing stories for you at this hour, russia says nearly a dozen people have been detained in connection with a terror attack at a popular concert hall that killed more than 100 people, knew this morning with the us is saying about that attack. and the warning i gave two americans traveling in russia leading up to it. let s messages of support are coming in from around the world after catherine princess of wales, revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer, are richard quest is live this morning at buckingham palace with the latest, we ll get to him in jail festive moment but first we re starting with the breaking news out of russia, the head of the russian security services, 11 people had been detained in connection with the deadly terror attack near moscow. a warning that the video