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Killed. an al qaeda-affiliated group is taking partial responsibility. an american, anita datar, was among the victims. the 41-year-old mother was a public health worker who often traveled to africa and asia. cnn international correspondent david mackenzie is in mali join ing us live now. david, tell us more about this state of emergency in effect and how they are going about searching for those who are responsible for this attack. >> reporter: well, fredricka, two of the gunmen, as you say, h...

But i think that we have to prevent any new paris attack, wherever, its in amsterdam or belgium or whatever. >> so you mentioned that there needs to be a greater exchange of intelligence between countries. so you are saying, or maybe there is a movement, perhaps you can speak to, that instead of belgium, france, you know, the uk, places operating as separate countries, but instead as european nations trying to work together, to share intelligence, so that it is accessible, immediately, as oppose...

To keep the balance, between freedom, liberty, and security. right now, we are on the verge of more security, but this more security has to go through more european cooperation. otherwise, we will miss a thing. >> okay. french senator, nathalie goulet, appreciate that. still ahead, the search is on for the three suspects included in the mali hotel attack. a witness says they shot at anything that moved. ok, were here.

With al qaeda and the aqim being the most predominant terror group in the west african nation. in august this year, a splinter group of aqim claimed responsibility for a hotel attack in central mali. in a similar pattern, gunmen entered the hotel, killing 17 people including u.n. personnel, werners and malian soldiers. a counter assault was launched as malian troops stormed the hotel. in march, the same faction attacked a restaurant that killed five people, including a french citizen and a belgi...

Strike, it was two american f-15 fighter jets that targeted him inside of libya. they thought they got him. but he may not have died then either because today in the wake of the hotel attack in bamako in mali, the french defense minister proclaimed the person who led the attack today is the same old guy. mokhtar belmokhtar, the one eyed guy who keeps not dying, despite lots of different pronouncements to the contrary. a group called al mourabitoun claimed responsibility for the attack. belmokhta...

Imminent threat? >> reporter: we just heard that the subway system will remain closed here until at least 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. the prime minister going on-air this morning, and basically telling the people, specifically, of brussels, not to engage in concerts, theaters, or groups of people. not to shop in major shopping areas, and try to avoid being -- gathering in public places, because of a specific and imminent threat. and he mentioned a specific and imminent threat like the attack i...

If it is this group, they were responsible for a very similar hotel attack in central mali on a luxury hotel where 17 people were killed including u.n. personnel as well as some werners and officials. in terms of the latest information, they are still going through the hotel and still clearing the rooms. . it is a process that takes awhile because there are a lot of rooms. likely coming across people who would have been still holed up in their hotel rooms hiding from attackers. as of now, we don...

It is 11:00 a.m. here. welcome to viewers in the united states and world. >> we will get back to john in a few moments with the developments on the paris attacks. about 140 guests and 30 employees are trapped inside that hotel. the hotel located in the capital city of bamako. we are watching this unfold here. a situation that has been rapidly deteriorating here. you have the american embassy telling americans to stay home and stay inside. this is a hotel that is popular with travelers, with busi...

Attention. you can imagine a group like al qaeda trying to show relevance and degree of the threat by carrying out on attack on a western target, wolf? >> at least 21 people killed of several nationalities and at least one american dead. jim sciutto, thanks very much. exactly one week after the paris attacks, a dangerous fugitive at large despite 800 raids conducted by french police. cnns international diplomatic editor nic robertson is joining us. nic, a number of breaking developments tonigh...

Lot of people traveling getting on planes. i assume, local, state, federal law enforcement, theyre raising their security preparations out of an abundance of caution? >> well, they have been. but each time an incident happens they raise it again. so the people go from working 60 hours to week to 70 to 80 to 90. you know, theyve been in this mode attack after attack after attack in the intelligence and law enforcement community. as far as the theres no credible threats. if there was theyd take it...