munitions. what that means is we re able to strike things more efficiently, more accurately with less civilian casualtieies or other casualties in the area. but gps satellites also provide presigs timing to the civilian world. space command estimates that some 3 billion people take an action depending on gps every day. if you got gas today, that atm system in the gas pump is timed off of gps. the gps goes away, that doesn t work. most of the stoplights in town are timed off of gps. hospitals are interconnected through gps timing sources. every financial transaction is timed off of gps. today, there are 24 active gps satellites with a further 10 in reserve, guaranteeing global coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. and yet flying those 34 satellites falls to a tiny team. the folks in this one room control all the gps satellites.
remember, 5,000 rounds of munitions emptied into the apartments by the authorities trying to counter the terror team inside. the devastation is terrible. it take time. isis taking advantage of this situation and notoriety. finding there will be new attacks in new york city also claiming to have executed hostages from norway and china. this as house officials both in the united states and countres all around the world acknowledge they are at war with isis. certainly not a new development but new intensity. cnn s global coverage begins with senior international correspondent clarissa ward near the scene of that raid in saint-denis outside of paris. a big development this morning, clarissa, the state of emergency, president hollande wanting to extends what goes 12 days for three months. the national assembly just voted yes almost unanimously. the senate vote comes tomorrow.