Eyewitness accounts describe a Helicopter Assault and number of fatalities of both hostages and terrorists. None of which can be confirmed by abc news. Intelligence Officials Say the situation is tense. It is a very serious matter when americans are taken hostage, along with others. Reporter the Terror Strike came without warning wednesday morning, when an estimated 20 gunmen, first attacked a bus carrying workers, escorted by two cars carrying security teams. At least one worker was killed. Then, the terrorists moved on to the compound, where they are now holed up with the american and other western hostages. Intelligence officials believe this is the mastermind of the attack, mokhtar belmokhtar, a ruthless, rogue al qaeda leader, who also runs an organized Crime Network that reportedly has made tens of millions of dollars from ransom from kidnappings and smuggling of diamonds, guns and cigarettes. His nickname is mr. Marlboro. Hes very, very cold. Very businesslike. Reporter canadian
warm numbers. look at the west, the flowers are coming up. everything is fine. look at the east. you re encountering the snow we ve had and flowers have a little bit of an issue, more than a snow issue but a cold air issue. this is the snow that was still falling in massachusetts late last night into early this morning so there s still a fresh coating there. now, yes, part of the country is holding on to warmer temperatures. l.a. at 69 today. denver at 62. dallas, at 69 degrees, but look north because this cold blast doesn t just stay there, it spreads and, as a matter of fact, we ve got a big loop in the jet stream because of what we call a greenland block. when that area of high pressure takes away that cold air that s around greenland it squeezes it around and shoves itself down into the eastern half of the country for the next few weeks so if you re waiting for springlike temperatures you ll have to wait for them for a while longer, anywhere from the great lakes to the mi