There are terror investigations in every state, 900 total. We are not aware of any credible threat here of a paristype attack. Reporter tourists in new york city surrounded by heavily armed nypd officers. It feels really safe right now, plus, i think being here is an indicator that we cant choose to have terror end our lifestyle. Reporter the goal is to prevent a paris copycat attack. The fbi director says there are no known u. S. Links to the paris attacks, and there are fewer and fewer cases of americans joining or trying to join the ranks of isis overseas. Reena and kendis. Kenneth moton, thank you very. Kenneth. Lets move on to those attacks in paris. Were learning more about the mastermind of the paris attacks killed in that raid in france this week. French investigators say abdelhamid abaaoud, he was behind four other plots foiled in paris earlier this year, and he was poised to strike again. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is in paris with more on the ringleader and the woman being called e
Suspect, federal officials tell abc news roundtheclock surveillance on that suspect takes at least 30 agents. All of this while isis pumps out 90,000 social media messages a day. The fbi saying now is not a time to fear but to be vigilant. Sources tell abc news that as of yet the nypd has not changed their security plans for the thanksgiving day parade or the new years eve celebratiti here inimes square. M llamas, abc news, new york. Well, were learning more about the female suicide bomber who blew herself up during the police raids outside paris. Her friends say that 26yearold Hasna Aitboulahcen led a life of drugs, alcohol, and x until she found islam. They say she only began wearing the traditional veil a month ago. Shes become europes first female suicide bomber. We should mention aitboulahchc was the cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud. We now know he was killed in th raid. They say he was plotting another attack. Heres abcs brian ross. Reporter he was arrogant and cruel. In one of the m
Hotel in sevare and parts of the cocotry were occupiedy islamist f fhters linked to al qaeda. France has 1,000 peacekeeping troops even though they recently took over security operations. Again, special forces now surround that hotel. Possibly going in, trying to end this siege. Robin and george. Very fluid situation, martha, thanks. We have on the phone right now Olivia Salgado fromm the u. N. We know thehe took 170 hostage and 20 released including three u. N. Personnel . Yeah, thats correct. Ththree u. N. Personnel were extracted this morning. So, w what we we know about why the hostages were released . There werenconfirmed reports thathe gunmen were actually going and asking people to recite pieces o of the koran . Thats an information i don have right now. What i know is that three people from the hotel with ak47 around 7 00 a. M. Thi morning and, of course, immediately the Security Forces from mali were deployed araround the years and two years that the u. N. Is supporting mali a
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Its an abc news exclusive. And good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news. Terrorist attack at a Radisson Hotel in the capital of the west african country of mali. Of course, that country has a long history with france. We have got video coming in right now. It shows the Malian Forces attacking going in after those terrorists rigig now. 107 people have been taken hostage. Theres the video you are referring to, george. 170 people have been taken hostage president obama has been briefed on the situation and abc news chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz starts us off with the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morng, robin. We dont know who these attackers are. We dont know whether theres any connection to paris. What we do know is this hotel is very popular with westerne. At 7 00 a. M. Local time a team of attackers armed with guns and grenades reportedly used a vehicle to smash through security barriers at the radisson blu and shot at guards,