Hollande has declared tomorrow a national day of mourning. Authorities have identified three attackers, including two brothers. Abcs Karen Travers picks up our coverage from washington. Reporter thousands of a strong showing of solidarity after todays horrific terror attack at the offices of french magazine charlie liux÷hebdo. The attack left at least a dozen dead, including staffers and Police Officers. Witnesses say they could hear the gunmen shouting god is great in arabic. Shoot your way into a building target individuals and leave, what would stop them from doing it in any other location including the United States . Reporter Charlie Hebdo has been threatened several times in recent years for its caricatures and controversial cartoons. In 2011 its offices were bombed an apparent retaliation for a cover featuring a spoof of thecmed. Reaction poured in from artists all over the world, showing their support for the french magazine and free speech. President obama called the attack c
Others. Abcs Marcy Gonzalez has the latest. Reporter two tense standoffs leaving three accused terrorists in france dead. Were hopeful that the immediate threat is now resolved. Reporter first this printing company, nearly 30 miles outside of paris. Police cornered the two brothers they say carried out wednesdays massacre at the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. The interior minister says said and Cherif Kouachi shot two officers then holed up inside. They reportedly called a Police Station saying they were commissioned by al qaeda in yemen and were defending the prophet muhammed. Meanwhile, inside a kosher supermarket east of Paris Police Say another accused terrorist, Amedy Coulibaly killed four hostages. He reportedly called the same television station claiming to synchronize his attack with the kouachis and that he was a member of isis. Investigators say coulibaly also murdered a Police Officer in a shootout yesterday and was killed in todays siege. His accomplish isce is still on
Girlfriend. Schools were with on lockdown and a highway closed. To the northeast of paris, police ring the printing plant and say they trapped the brothers inside. Im steve handelsman, nbc news. Now the massacre at that french newspaper may not have been the brothers first strike. The Associated Press is reporting that he one is suspected of fighting for the terrorist group in spring. He may have been among the foreigners deported from yemen in 2012. Stay with us. This is still a developing story. It continues to unfold. You can find the details when we are not on the air at nbc bay area. Com. Happening today there will be a historic closure of the Golden Gate Bridge. A live look this morning. Traffic light and flowing. The key word is flowing. Come midnight the picture will look different because the bridge will be closed. Nbc bay area is live at the bridge this morning and it is supposed to keep drivers safer while crossing the bridge eventually, right . Thats right. Good morning to
But police said hostages were killed in the supermarket, along with coulibaly. Boumediene is still being salt sought. I want the people of france to know the people of the United States stand with you today. We hope that the immediate threat is now resolved. Said kouachi got military training from al qaeda of yemen, seen as the biggest threat to the u. S. Much more dangerous than isis because isis has never plotted so far attacks against the homeland. Reporter but despite the Boston Marathon bombing, most experts agree theres less of a threat here thanks to our islamic community, says this american. A lot of forms of intel jengs, a lot of the Government Employees are actually muslims who after 9 11 wanted to take a more interactive role in solving the problem. Reporter but u. S. Officials still fear copy cat terror attacks now, like the french do in that nervous nation tonight. And the danger is most severe right now, say the experts, because the french crisis is so high profile in the
A lastminute bid for the San Francisco olympics has raiders fans fired up. We will explain why next. Plus, 13 flight attendants fired for what they did after finding a strange image right here on a plane that was leaving from sfo. How they are now fighting back. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Its been a rough commute for many drivers in the east bay along westbound 580. Early this morning a big rig carrying beer overturned near pleasanton, as you can see in this live picture. They are starting to offload all of that cargo, but its going to take a while. Ktvus Sal Casteneda is monitoring the story and traffic problems its causing. He will tell us why its taking so long to clear the scene. Welcome to mornings on 2. I am Tori Campbell. Good morning, tori. I am dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. A little chilly outside. Steve has the forecast. A little change from yesterday. Recordsetting were warm temps. We will not be that way today. Still on the mild side. Instead of 70s.