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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, that s 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? that s an information i don have right now. what i know is that three people from the hotel with ak-47 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. ....
it s 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. there s 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 don t know who these attackers are. we don t know whether there s 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 rad ....
barbara walters for their first interview together since he decided to run for president. were you involved in the decision of your husband to become president? and why she s avoiding the campaign trail. it s 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. it shows the malian forces attacking going in after those terrorists right now. 107 people have been taken hostage. there s 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 morning, robin. we don t know who these attackers are. we don t know whether there s any connection to paris. what we do know is this hotel is v ....
and at home with the trumps. donald and melania sit down with barbara walters for their first interview together since he decided to run for president. were you involved in the decision of your husband to become president? and why she s avoiding the campaign trail. it s 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. it shows the malian forces attacking going in after those terrorists right now. 107 people have been taken hostage. there s 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 morning, robin. we don t know who these attackers are. we don t know whether there ....
interview together since he decided to run for president. were you involved in the decision of your husband to become president? and why she s avoiding the campaign trail. it s 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. it shows the malian forces attacking going in after those terrorists right now. 107 people have been taken hostage. there s 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 morning, robin. we don t know who these attackers are. we don t know whether there s any connection to paris. what we do know is this hotel is very popular with westerners. at ....