In west africa, soldiers are hunting for the suspected islamic gunman in the capital. Witnesses say he mingled with Unsuspecting Hotel guest during the day on friday. But when night fell, they struck, opening fire and taking dozens of people hostage before Security Forces eventually made their way into the hotel. One fire is says he barely made it out alive, climbing through a broken window. Listen. Translator its horrible because everyone was panicked and was laying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. They were shooting at people at pointblank. The sound of the detonation was so loud, we could hear them talking. They were Walking Around and kept shooting at people that seemed alive. Terrifying accounts of what people saw. An Al Qaedalinked affiliate is claiming twob ining responsibils attack. They claimed responsible for a similar hotel attack in neighboring mali last november. David mckenzie covered that siege and joins us live. Good to have you with us. This operation is repor