In motion but the really hard work does lie ahead. and they do have a big transition challenge because they got a late start. they had the transition team under chris christie, and then they were precipitously fired and so they had to start all over again. in a lot of agencies it s basically home alone. now it is at the state department here with a visitor, theresa may, coming to the united states for the first time. and so many vacant cease at the state department and at the nsc. they are gearing up very slowly. there seems to be action there in the room. let s see if we have time to bring in my colleague from london, kira simmons. here on the state side visit with theresa may. what we are hearing from downing street is that she is going to talk about the special relationship and the fact that both she and donald trump came to power, came to office on a populist surge. yeah. she of course with brexit, and also he with the endorsement
Of people, essentially it s seen here by the authorities as a potential target for the terrorists. nbc s claudio lavanga in paris. american aid worker the associated press is reporting that the authorities are now searching for three suspects in that attack. kira simmons is in mali for us with the latest. reporter: good morning, the jihadists who carried out the attack on the luxury hotel behind me here may still be on the loose. three are being hunted. the malian president has declared a state of emergency while the state department is urging americans to limit their movements animally s capital. the search for killers in the radisson hotel was assisted by two american security agents.
In just the last couple of minutes here in paris, the skies have really opened up behind me. but we have had a visit from a couple of officials. to the german chancellor, in the last several hours that have come here to pay their respects. we are also in the after math of a siege in mali. u.s. officials have now confirmed that american development worker anita detar was among those killed. the thorlts are searching for more than three suspects in that attack. kira simmons is in mali for us. al kira, what can you tell us? reporter: i m standing outside the hotel and now chris, it is very quiet, to the hotel, as you would expect has been cleared out. there s smashed glass.
City. middle east policy advisor and former ambassador to morocco. ambassador, always great to see you here. i want to start with that question that kira simmons really posed, this competition between al qaeda and isis and what we re seeing happening in mali and belgium as well as in paris and your thoughts on that? i think for our viewers, the best way to look at this is to take a page out of west side story, this is a competition between the jets and the sharks. and particularly the al qaeda in north caafrica, you have the organization which is the al qaeda which has largely established a base of operations in mali since 2010. the french came in to root them out because these countries in sub saharan africa are largely muslim and an area that al qaeda parasitically grabbed on to and
Anita datar from maryland. a family spokesman this morning. we re devastated by the loss of our wonderful daughter who was doing the work that she loved. reporter: the group claiming responsibility, an african jihadist organization, which is link to al qaeda not isis. renewing the threat of global jihad. and this attack being carried out by an isis affiliate has got people worried that isis and al qaeda may be in competition to carry out these bloody massacres. that was nbc s kira simmons for us in mali. and joining us back in paris, time corporate vivian. what draws the clouds here? there s really a different feeling from even a week ago. i think two things draw them here, i think people have a sense that they really want to be together, they need some kind of place to come, and just feel