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Live from the scene once again. marcus, this congregation had been training for active shooter situations ever since a new law there was passed? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, whit. the law passed just a few months ago allows people to bring guns into places of worship. and this churchs volunteer security team was formally organized after that law passed. the states attorney general has called this church a model, and whit, once again, praised that hero parishioner for stopping this attack that...

One of several gangs that sprung from high poverty areas that were long neglected from the government and economic development. many gang members were deported back to el salvador in the 1990s, and the group took advantage of the weak government in el salvador to consolidate power, take control of large areas. its now actually one of the driving forces getting immigrants from central america to seek asylum in america. all right. back in the united states, the gang has about 10,000 members. it so...

Advantage of the weak government in el salvador to consolidate power, take control of large areas. its now actually one of the driving forces getting immigrants from central america to seek asylum in america. all right. back in the united states, the gang has about 10,000 members. it sounds like a lot. this is according to the department of justice, but its actually less than 1% of the more than one million gang members in the united states. however, i dont want to minimize this. ms-13, trump is...

1990s, and the group took advantage of the weak government in el salvador to consolidate power, take control of large areas. its now actually one of the driving forces getting immigrants from central america to seek asylum in america. all right. back in the united states, the gang has about 10,000 members. it sounds like a lot. this is according to the department of justice, but its actually less than 1% of the more than one million gang members in the united states. however, i dont want to mini...

Government there. now it is one of the forces actually driving migrants from central america to seek asylum in america. now, back here in the united states, the gang has about 10,000 members, according to the department of justice. just to put that in perspective. its less than 1% of the more than 1 million estimated gang members in the united states. but, i dont want to minimize this. thee are bad folks. the president is right about now vicious they are. they are accused of 27 brutal murders on...

Edge. as you might imagine. >> really, this isnt the first attack targeting french police. >> no, at least six attacks in the past year alone. half of them were at well known tourist destinations. last june, a police officer and his wife were stabbed in their home by a jihadist. in september, an officer was wounded during a machete attack. this was near the famous louvre. just six weeks ago, a terrorist opened fire on police officers in a square killing one and wounding others. military members ...

World. of course, as weve heard from countries that are allies of the united states, like iraq for example, so many people there not officially the government, but people who say they are fighting terrorism on a daily basis that they are not a terror threat to the united states. they say they were insulted by this decision. >> you make an excellent point there. thanks so much. lets take a look at some other world news now. the father of the man accused of carrying out the machete attack at the...

His colleagues at the embassy and london, forced to report on signs. now he lives in north. -- >> bret: president trump is blaming what he calls a new radical islamic terrorist for todays machete attack at the louvre art museum in paris. the president says there is no doubt it was terrorism. the man shouted "god is great" in arabic. having an entrance to the shopping mall that extends beneath the museum there. visitors were sent to special safe rooms with no windows. a woman with a reputation of...

Arrest and one person with a drug possession charge. back to you, sandra. >> sandra: hard to see this happening on our college campuses. julie banderas, thank you. all right. we are waiting that news conference on the violent machete attack that happened near the louvre museum in paris. we will bring that to you when it happens. heres what we know so far. french police carrying out a series of anti-terror raids after the suspect believed to be an egyptian national. right now the alleged attacker...

Included now in the data that youve uncovered. so a vehicle attack. a shooting attack. and theres a report of a machete attack. >> the nbc4 columbus, the affiliate there on their official twitter account right now, we can put this up, theyre saying suspect dead. the columbus fire department indicating eight transported, one critical, seven in stable. jim, we talked to a young man, steven yonkers. i dont think you would mistake a body. you know pretty much and hes saying from his vantage point, t...