Youre watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Assassins and cowards is what french president Francois Hollande called these gunmen that opened fire armed with what is believed to be submachine guns. They were heard shouting we have avenged the prophet. Bystanders filming the whole thing mostly from nearby rooftops. Watch. [ gunshots ] editor and top cartoonist who made a living out of lampooning all religions but it appears this attack is in retaliation for cartoons about islam. Two Police Officers were killed and graphic video showing the moment one of them lying wounded blurred for in the bottom of your screen was shot in the head. We know 11 people are wounded. Four of them critically. As for gunmen they left and sped off according to paris prosecutor they engaged in multiple shootouts with police and then continued into another district of paris where they ditched their original car, got into another one and for now the manhunt for these terror suspects continues. Joining me live from paris, no one knows where these men are. Two possibly three. Do police have any leads . At this point they are asking for witnesses to come forward. Anybody who was near the scene that might have seen something not only at the site of the offices at those buildings there, but also in the area where gunmen took their black vehicle and drove it and ditched it and hijacked another vehicle. So police are asking anyone who might have seen this other vehicle where it was going trying to sort of follow the tracks of where these gunmen have gone. So far, however, they have not made any public announcements about any new developments of where they are or who these gunmen might be. We have seen Forensics Team coming through the site of the attack and if that vehicle they are looking for clues as to who these guys are and where they are going to. Thats what we know so far. Fred let me pivot to you. Weve been stunned by images coming out of paris. Weve seen thousands of people peacefully protesting with pens symbols of freedom of speech. Absolutely. This is a very respectful protest and one i have to say is remarkable. As you said this is a protest for freedom of speech and in support of that satirical magazine and what people behind me are screaming is we are Charlie Hebdo. These are things that these people are screaming. One of the interesting things they are doing is holding moments of silent where they hold pens into the air that the pen will not be silenced by tragic events that happened here today. Theres a lot of talk here of liberty. People saying that liberty will not be infringed upon. One thing i find remarkable right now that has about 10,000 people here is that there is no antimuslim sentiment whatsoever here. You have a lot of people here from france and from paris and Muslim Community demonstrating side by side with the folks here and a lot of them actually have drawn that symbol those letters, in arabic to show they are demonstrating this is not happening in the name of islam but that these people were acting well outside any sort of guidelines of that sort. This is a very positive protest considering that these tragic events are only several hours away. Incredibly compelling images from paris and beyond there in france. Thank you. Their jobs didnt involve weapons but they knew how dangerous their work was. They knew. Look at this wanted poster. This is from pages of a march 2013 issue of al qaedas magazine inspire, and the title is most wanted dead or alive for crimes against islam. And center right, this is Stephane Charbonnier. Hes known as charb. He along with three of his colleagues were killed in todays massacre. Let me bring in our chief International Correspondent christiane amanpour. I know you have interviewed you know some of these cartoonists. Off the top, i want to ask you about Francois Hollande. At the top of the last hour we heard him not mince words talking about continuing to defend this freedom of speech and mentioning tomorrow as a national day of mourning there in france. Saying that peace and justice is under attack. What did you make of his message . He was clearly trying to galvanize a traumatized nation. This is the worst terror attack in europe in a decade. Its been a very very big shock as you can imagine not just in paris but also around western europe and particularly of course in all of the journalistic professions. Theres a real sense of solidarity. Theres a real sense of that this wasnt a terror attack. This was an execution. These people came to this newspaper because of what it had done in the past and called and singled people out and shot them execution style. We saw them do that to one of the police on the sidewalk. We dont have video of what happened inside the building. This is a terrible, terrible moment. Stephane charbonnier has been quoted in the past as saying only those who want to be shot will be shot. He said i dont believe that i am endangering anyone with my pen and its only activists and way they react that is deadly danger. That was his position about that. I think it will potentially galvanize people to make sure that in some ways charlie continues and marches and presence in solidarity as fred was just reporting, they all say that we are charlie today. Right. Paul you are looking at all of the videos and what we saw from eyewitnesses taken from rooftops near this magazine building in paris and we get a sense of what happened just sort of almost on a superficial level. The single shots. Marks marksmanship from gunmen not just spraying with bullets but single shots. They spoke perfect french. They wore masks. Top to bottom in black. What do all of those signs tell you . Anything . There seems to be a certain amount of sophistication that they have. It appears these two fighters didnt know where the offices of this newspaper were that they had to go next door first. Theres also some signs of some amateurishness here as well. Its not clear if this is an al qaeda or isis ateam sent back or whether this is just a lone wolf terrorist attack inspired by isis or al qaeda. We dont really have enough information to point us any further, brooke. Are you surprised that nobody has stepped forward and claimed responsibility yet . Its very very early. The attack just happened a few hours ago. There have been various claims put out by various people on twitter. They are cautious about those so far. There has been no formal claim of responsibility from al qaeda or isis through their official spokesman yet. If there are claims they could come in the next hour or day. Isis is quick on getting claims out and i think if it is them there could be propaganda they could put out. There are 400 french nationals fighting in syria and iraq right now. 200 have returned to france from fighting in syria and iraq. These gunmen could have perhaps learned how to kill people in syria and iraq. Too early to tell yet. Okay. Christiane amanpour we heard earlier in the day from president hollande that authorities had thwarted multiple attacks in recent weeks on this magazine and france is now on its highest alert. You talked a moment ago about the last time there was any kind of terror attack in france but big picture, how unprecedented is this . Well its very very difficult to find an equivalent to what just happened. Its the biggest terrorist attack in europe not just in france since 2005. Since the attack in britain on the Public Services. Also it is specifically different than that attack. In the past as weve been reporting, there have been attacks on military targets for instance or on Public Services on civilians in countries that extremists blame for joining the war against iraq or whatever it might have been. This was very different. They went straight to a newspaper, a newspaper known over the last many, many years for taking this stance and as the newspaper said and as they said to me when i interviewed them about this we dont intend to insult. Thats not our job. Were just poking fun of the absurd and the absurd exists on these fringes and in the extremes of these targets that we attack. Thats basically whats happened today. Thats been very very damaging of course to many members of the journalistic profession all around because people are worried about what happens next . How does one continue doing your job in this environment thats incredibly difficult to navigate right now. To your point a few minutes ago, perhaps it will have a galvanizing effect. 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Youre watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Back to our breaking coverage out of paris. 9 16 local time there in paris. 12 People Killed in this office of this satirical magazine. 11 more wounded. Four in serious condition. A manhunt under way for three suspects. If the attack was an attempt to intimidate the french it was a spectacular failure. Let me show you these pictures. Nation may be mourning victims here but also rallying to the cause of free speech holding up i am charlie and holding up pens symbols of freedom of speech showing they will not be bullied by these terrorists. Massive crowds gathering in paris and beyond. Many people carrying those signs referencing this magazine where this massacre occurred. This coward lyly act, the word used by the president of france. Lets get to our guests now. Welcome to both of you. Lots and lots to talk about. Lets begin with the target. Bobby, this was not a military target. This was an office that clearly had been targeted before. They were well aware they had targets on their back. There were wanted signs of them in inspire magazine. What do you make of a soft target of a Magazine Office . This is not a statement about French Foreign policy. This is not a protest or retaliation against french participation in afghanistan or in mali. This is very clearly an attack on a soft target. They didnt pick a military target. They didnt pick on this soft target when there were police guards around that office. They picked it because it was soft and vulnerable at this time. They picked it on a wednesday. The day one issue closes and staff gathers to plan for the next issue. This is a small magazine. Most staff actually work from home. On any other day, there would be a much smaller turnout in the office. They picked this day. Theres a lot of very careful planning based on circumstantial evidence. We know there were firebombs november of 2011 and therefore Police Protection over the last couple years and we heard from the french president saying attacks were thwarted in recent weeks. You say it was a matter of time. Its only a matter of time. This attack was inevitable. Theres been a surge over the past year of attacks that were lone wolf. An individual that radicalized on instruction from Islamic State or from one of the al qaeda affiliates or al qaeda itself and what we see is the next level which is a mumbai style attack where you had come ando who were trained and they tried to recruit and now we should have expected this and its difficult to protect against this. Its a soft target not in response another important point not in response to anything the u. S. Has done in the region or west has done in the region. This came after the west on its home turf for cartoons. And talking to an eyewitness who was one of the first to go into the building and see the bodies and blood and trying to move furniture and seeing more bodies beneath that and knowing people did this in cold blood. When you think about the big question where are they now, they were in one car. They ditched that car. Got in another car. Continued on. In europe its very easy to pass borders, trains buses, cars. Thats true. Theres also the other part of it. If they are depending on local communities and other muslims to protect them to hide in then thats when they are most vulnerable. French and german Law Enforcement have very strong ties to these communities and they pride themselves at its outreach and ability to infiltrate fundamentalist groups. These guys clearly slipped through that net but now its one thing to slip in but to slip out again i suspect will be significantly harder because now people are looking for them specifically. I want to say choice of target also sends two other messages. This is not a well known publication to the rest of the world. No matter how small you could a target of terrorism for insulting islam and they have long memories. Theyre doing this for what was done in the past as well as what they think is coming in the future. They want everyone to think theyre not safe under any circumstances. Thank you both very much. Hope youre right. I hope they can find them. American cities on alert right now as well as police are beefing up security here at home. Cnn just spoke with the chief of Homeland Security. You will hear what he says about fears of similar attacks in the United States and as these three terrorists remain on the run, we have more on that getaway car and the forensics investigation. That piece of the puzzle is well under way. Todays attack in paris has resonated all over the world. President obama was briefed by his National Security team and said United States would give france any assistance it needs. I reached out to president hollande of france and hope to have the opportunity to talk to him today. I thought it was appropriate for me to express my deepest sympathies to the people of paris, people of france for the terrible terrorist attack that took place earlier today. We also know that president obama has reached out to the french president regarding the tragedy. Cnn chief Congressional Correspondent dana bash joins me now from capitol hill. I know you talked to jeh johnson, Homeland Security secretary, a short time ago. What did he say . Reporter its very interesting, brooke. He was here on capitol hill to meet with lawmakers more generally about the Homeland Security budget which ill get to after i play what he said about this issue, but he was very eager almost to talk about the fact that this incident this attack in paris, is really a wakeup call for those of us in the United States and around the world about the changing nature of threats. Listen to what he said. Its becoming more and more complex terrorist threat. Its evolving in that there are more affiliates adherence to core terrorists organizations and lone wolf actors actors who may lurk within our society that could strike with little notice commit an act of violence because they have been inspired by things they see on the internet social media, in literal urelit we put out bulletins about what we are seeing in terms of Homeland Security threats. Thats something we do on a routine basis and im sure well do more of that in the shortterm in the coming days. Reporter brooke, i mentioned he was here talking about the budget. That is something thats incredibly imperative to him. He was talking about the changing threats. The Homeland Security department is operating on a budget thats several years old because until the end of last Year Congress has been kicking the can down the road on all government agencies. They passed a new bill that funds everything except for the department of Homeland Security. If you remember its because republicans were kind of holding it in their back pocket to see if they want to use that funding to punish the president for his immigration executive action. This is actually coming due next month and so the Homeland Security secretary said we have got to get not just more funding but new funding because there are new priorities given the nature of this threat and so many others that this department has to deal with. Dana bash thank you very much. Chief Congressional Correspondent in d. C. 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