messages to their network of friends. so if there was already some confusion about commercial intent, that completely goes away as these lines between advertising and editorial are completely blurred because it s a friend-to-friend message. so any kind of alert that somebody might have about it being advertising and to take it with that grain of salt i shouldn t use salt [laughter] is a problem. so what we have now is a situation where kids are physically surrounded in their schools, neighborhoods, with increasing digital, always on personalized information. friends become what the industry likes to call brand ambassadors, going friend to friend. and this is interesting research, and marlene alluded to it as well, about brain development and the connection between what happens in the digital world and what excites young people s brains. and that s, i think, why it s really important to get the age 12, 13 and 14 included in any kind of restrictions we re talking about. so
this raid does not seem over yet. police ordered residents to stay inside. anyone who approached was told in n nuncertain terms to b bk away.. neighbors, many of them muslim immigrants, were evacuated by police and searched. we stopped abdul al jazeeri rushing down the street. he said in arabic he witnessed the whole thing. i saw the raid. 20 cars pass by here and then five minutes later the shooting started, he said. you heard the gunfire, i asked. i saw it with my eyes, he said. meanwhile, the police focused on one apartment on the third floor of this building. that, neighbors say, is the apartment where the raid s target were holed up. the main target, officials say, was abdelhamid abaaoud, the man they describe as mastermind behind the paris attacks, a belgian national and had gone to syria to join isis and pererd in a propaganda video. it seems he managed to sneak pack into the country. as day was breaking, the rds but then several explosions echoed through the streets.
and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on what is already a very busy wednesday morning. we ve got breaking news as we re coming on the air at this hour. a large-scale police operation aimed at the mastermind of the terror attacks on paris, abdelhamid abaaoud. officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. it s in saint-denis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. at least two people have been killed. seven others arrested. the siege lasting about seven hours. police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. let s get right to nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel in that neighborhood this morning. richard, good morning, what are
wednesday, november 18, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on what is morning. we ve got breaking news as we re coming on the air at this hour. a large-scale police operation aimed at the mastermind of the abdelhamid abaaoud. officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. it s in saint-denis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. at least two people have been killed. seven others arrested. the siege lasting about seven hours. police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. let s get right to nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel in that neighborhood this morni
welcome to today on what is already a very busy wednesday morning. we ve got breaking news as we re coming on the air at this hour. a large-scale police operation aimed at the mastermind of the terror attacks on paris, abdelhamid abaaoud. officials initially believed he was in syria, but clearly there is some suspicion he could in fact be very close by, possibly on the outskirts of paris. want to give you an idea of where this is all happening. it s in saint-denis, a suburb north of paris in some apartments that are actually about a mile from the soccer stadium that was attacked on friday. at least two people have been killed. seven others arrested. the siege lasting about seven hours. police say at least five officers have been wounded as well. let s get right to nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel in that neighborhood this morning. richard, good morning, what are you seeing and hearing? good morning, savannah. that raid took place on the street behind