counterterrorism officials? yeah, that certainly is going to be one of the big questions coming up. one of the things you guys were saying which is absolutely true. security in this city was beefed up anyway. because, of course, you do have the cop-21 to happen here soon. there certainly was beefed up security to begin with. the big question is, were there any leads, was there any intelligence that could have indicated something like this might be in the works. and if you look at what happened here, you look at the sophistication, the apparent sophistication of the plot that unfolded here with several attacker, with coordinated, or it seems like coordinate aid tacks. with these attackers also wearing explosive vests or some sort of explosive deviens their bodies, that s going to be the big question, whether or not there was some sort of warning out there. whether or not perhaps there was some sort of cell that might have been under observation. whether or not it was clear whether a p
officials, this may not be over, though it does appear to be contained right now at those locations, we re seen in other terrorist attacks, such as mumbai several years ago, attacks that happened over the course of several days. that is something that is in the minds right now of counterterrorism officials. that concern is very much there. there was an inner agency conference call, video conference call today led by the white house that is still ongoing. this is with all of the major agencies here in the u.s., including the cia and the fbi to make sure that there is adequate information sharing and situational awareness and also make sure that there are no threats here and the united states, i m told, that at this point there is no indication of any threats. but officials want to know, erin, if there are any u.s. citizens that may have been targeted in paris involved with this in any way. and that s the information they are looking for. is there any nexus for the
much. pamela brown now joins us with information from her sources. counterterrorism officials in the u.s. are busy trying to piece together what happened here. and they are alarmed by the apparent meth appare apparent methodology. there are tactics from various terror groups. so it s a bit of a guessing game as to who could be behind this. but i will tell you, this is what law enforcement officials have been concerned about for a while. there are people in europe who may travel to syria and iraq and get training. and officials say it appears the people involved with this had
they re still trying to sort out exactly what those very large explosions were that we just played on air, wolf. it s a very disturbing situation. and as heartbreaking as the numbers are, unfortunately we have to report our affiliate bfm, our paris affiliate now reporting at least 60 people are confirmed dead in what is clearly a paris terror attack. and who knows how many people have been injured in explosions, gunfire, ak-47s in multiple parts of the french capital. evan perez, our justice reporter is getting more information as well. evan, what are you learning? well, wolf, we know that counterterrorism officials here in the united states have convened secure conference calls around the country to try to gather information. they don t know yet what they re dealing with. and really to assess whether there s any danger here to u.s. cities. so far there s no indication of any actual threats here in the united states. but it is something that they re keeping an eye on. and, wolf, im
is a series of terror attacks in the french capital at various locations. obviously highly coordinated. we re showing our viewers live pictures from the streets of paris right now. this is we re also told that the french government has told everyone in paris to stay indoors at this time. paul cruickshank, we re awaiting the president of the united states, president obama s about to make a statement to the nation indeed to the world. we ll have live coverage of that. he ll update us on what the united states knows about what s going on and what the u.s. is presumably doing as well. you just heard evan perez say that in new york city counterterrorism officials are going on a heightened state of alert right now out of an abundance of caution to make sure what s happening in the french capital doesn t happen here in the united states. but, paul, you re getting more information. what else are you learning? well, they ve opened up a terrorism investigation, which is hardly surprising in