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KCCI CBS This Morning November 14, 2015

One at an International Soccer match. That is not where the worst attack came. That is at a concert hall. You could hear shouts, screams screams. Horrifying screams coming from inside the theater. It was as if people were being tortured. Eight of the attackers are dead. Seven only whom blew themselves up. No claim of responsibility but Islamic State supporters on twitter say isis is behind it. Those who think they can terrorize the people of france or the values that they stand for are wrong. A sign of resilience in paris. [ singing ] the Supreme Court agreeing to rule on a texas abortion law that would close all but about ten abortion clinics in the state. All that. And double decker slammed into a crowd. 20 injured, six critically. And all that matters. All around the world stand in solidarity with the people of france. Shining bright in blue, white and red. On cbs this morning saturday. We add our thoughts and prayers to everyone in paris. I just want to say one thing to the people of paris [ singing ] im not a very good singer but that is my way of saying were with you. And good morning everyone. Isis did it. That is what french president Francois Hollande said this morning about the attackers who brought terror in the night to the city of light. He calls it an act of war, and isis wasted no time answering. This morning the Islamic State claimed responsibility. In a statement it says the blood shed is response to frances campaign against its fighters calling it an insult to islam. Isis threatened to keep at least 127 were killed in the relentless attacks. At venues ranging from a soccer stadium to a concert hall. Pronld president hollande was among those rushed to safety. Overnight hollande mobilized troops to patrol the streets of paris after the deadly violence there since world war ii. The world is scrambling to help. President obama promises the u. S. Will stand with its oldestaloldest al ally. President hollande says the killers got help from inside the country. Many victims were caught in the bataclan theater where panic unfolded. The theater became a Battle Ground as police stormed the building where a night of music turned to madness. Thats where we start with elizabeth palmer. Good morning. Good morning. Well this is a traumatized neighborhood this morning. The cons ert hall in the bat clan clan is about a block where from where i am. First of all, scores of bodies had to be brought out, and now it is a massive crime scene. But it is by far where the greatest massacre happened in a whole night of violence. By the time the police unit stormed the concert hall after midnight the attack has been going on for two hours. Four men opened fire on a sellout crowd of fans of the california band eagles of death metal. Confusion became a frenzy. I turned around like everyone else thinking it was part of the show and then everyone went down pushing each up against each other to escape. Some fled out the back door dragging the bodies of victims. In the end at least 80 died and so did the attackers. Three detonated suicide vests and the fourth was killed by the police. A couple of miles away in the main soccer stadium, 80,000 spectators watching a game heard three explosions. All bombs going off in a nearby street. At least four people died there. At first the spectators milled around the field waiting for the all clear. And then filed out singing the French National anthem in collective defines of terrorism. Frances president , Francois Hollande who had been at the game was moved to safety. Later visibly shaken he told the nation, terrorists must be will shown they will face a united france that will not let itself and yet another attack, terrorists at and around three restaurants killing 18 people. This is the deadliest attack in europe since the madrid train bombs in 2004 but it is the second in paris in less than a year. Back in january extremists attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo here as well as the jewish supermarket. Isis has now claimed responsibility in a post and it does look authentic. It comes from their official media arm and says unequivocally, eight brothers armed with automatic weapons wearing explosive belts fire their weapons into the heart of paris last night. Anthony. Elizabeth palmer. Thanks. You can see shock and confusion in the faces of appreciationparisians as they tried to understand before realizing they were targets of an attack. Elaine cobbe has been on scene all night and also at the bataclan theater. Good morning. Reporter good morning. President hollande calls the attacks cowardly and promises the fight against the terrorists will be without mercy. Overnight. As the city remained on edge. People afraid to go out. This woman managed to escape the shooting at the concert hall. Said. Tortured. It was terrible. They were shooting them. It was butchery. Carnage. Dead people everywhere. Im just very shocked another survivor said. Very shocked more than anything else. This man was caught in one of the suicide blasts at the soccer stadium. Saved from flying debris only by his cell phone. It exploded just in front of me. Everything went to pieces. French president Francois Hollande today declared three days of National Mourning. France is strong, hollande said. She is wounded and nothing can damage her despite the grief. They tried to piece together the terrible events. Scott macdougal was also at the soccer stadium. At first he didnt understand the scope of the violence. We thought it was something we thought it was a hoax. Something that had gone wrong. We didnt realize as officials scramble to regain control, concerned friends and family took to social media looking for loved ones. But amongst the devastation there was defiance. Fans leaving the soccer match last night sang the French National anthem. Morning candles were lit in memory of the victims. Some paris schools have classes saturday. They are closed today. As Traditional University buildings. And many others closed including disneyland paris. An american photographer for National Geographic at last nights soccer match between france and germany at the National Stadium. Thank you for joining us. Good morning. Good morning. Weve heard from so many eye initially they had no concept of what was going on. No awareness. It was panic. That match. Happening . Well we heard the explosions. We thought it was part of some show. And then we started to leave suddenly. And then it was a stampede of people running and screaming. And i thought i was going to die. I thought that my life was going to come to an end because i was getting pushed down to the ground. And eventually i was able to get behind a wall. But it was complete mayhem and chaos. You took some photos with your iphone last night. I think were going to look at some of them. You obviously didnt have a very clear idea what was happening. What was the crowd saying . When they heard the explosions and people started moving. Well, slowly people started getting messages on their phones. And after some minutes people started to leave. And then people started to flood onto the field because they didnt know where to go. I started to actually leave the stadium. But when we got outside, it was just bedlam and chaos. Of 9 11. It was just people getting knocked down. Just a horrific scene and took hours for the area to clear and there were police and soldiers ambulances and firemen all over the area. You mention that stampede. How did you actually get out of stadium with so many people just rushing towards exits . Well, i went out. I got literally pushed back in because of the stampede. People were charging around like wild animals. It was just crazy. And then i went back in and i stayed in the stadium for the two hours. Before i was able to leave. Because there was just no way to get out. Steven mccurry. Thank you so much for being with us this morning at what sounded lili a horrific scene at the stadium there outside paris last night. The attacks were followed by a heavy tightening of security. Paris is on lockdown as the french president takes dramatic action. Good morning. For the first time in a decade france declared a state of emergency. French president Francois Hollande convened a special security meeting early today with top government and security officials. Meanwhile police in paris search for possible accomplices. 1500 French Military troops deployed across paris. The city practically shut down after a massacre that killed 125 people in multiple locations. Today paris is essentially on lock down. City facilities including school, museums, libraryies are closed. Some bus and train lines are also shut down. Police are urging people to stay indoors and are calling for a halt to public events. Soldiers are deployed to Key Parliament and religious sites. The Public Prosecutor says it is early but they are working on trying to figure out more about the terrorists and how they planned the attack. Including if there are still accomplice os are cospiriters at large. France has been the target of multiple terror plots this year. In january the attack on Charlie Hebdo shocked the city and the world sparking a lockdown and curfew. And in august three americans thwarted a gunmen on a high speed train heading from paris to amsterdam. U. S. Officials have expressed amazement at the scope of the paris attacks. After Charlie Hebdo paris was considered to be a city with a robust counterterrorism coverage. But this has raised concerns of vulnerabilities, not only of terrorists but in the u. S. As well. Thank you. Security was increased in new york after the paris attacks. Officers from the counterterrorism Response Team and other special units were deployed to popular terrorist sites and the french consulate. New york city is considered a top terror target. The beefed up Police Presence is precautionary Officials Say and not the result of any specific threat. For more on the fallout and what it means for security in this country were joined by Michael Morrell in washington. And john miller, our former correspondent good morning to you both. As jeff pegues mentioned this opens a lot of questions. What do we know about the attacks so far . I think the place to start is the context. And elizabeth mentioned this was the largest terrorist attack in western europe since the madrid bombs. It is the second largest in the president hollande said this is isis and he also said isis directed this. If that is true, this would be in the west. So this is a huge deal. We mentioned in new york you are going to see more and more Police Officers. If you are in any major city you are going to see more Police Officers today. At this point . No. So the increased presence is basically for . Overlay. This is a plan that we literally keep on the shelf. Individual situation. So after the Charlie Hebdo attacks we guarded certain french Government Installations and journalism locations, especially places that had printed some of the same material. In this attack we immediately looked at it. We took out the Charlie Hebdo package. The french government locations but we also added in places that looked like the targets. Crowded placings. Time square, rockefeller, places with tourists gathered on a friday night. Were looking at the series of synchronized attacks that occurred across the city, at restaurants, at a stadium, at a theater. What does it tell us about the planning and the intelligence of this . And the fact that french authorities didnt pick up any of it . So this is very worrying. What really strikes me about this attack is the operational security. You are talking about multiple operatives. Bomb, simultaneous attacks, you are talking about keeping that under the radar from french intelligence and french security. That is a very difficult thing to do. It is very sophisticated operational security. That is what suggests to me that this was directed rather than simply a group of self radicalized individuals who came together. And in terms of the potential for such an attack here, im deeply concerned about that. The fbi over the last year has arrested a number of individuals who are plotting attacks here. And there is over a hundred ongoing fbi investigations into jihadists here. So i believe that it will eventually happen here. And we are going to have to stay focused on this in a way that we havent been yet i believe. I mean, those are frightening words to here. And you look at the places, the six locations, knowing a the con sertd hall, a cambodian are restaurant, the bar, a sports stadium on the list. Not specific locations anyone would have thought. You have put your thumb right on it. We looked at the target picture last night. We did our target selection in terms of where we would put additional resources. But if the attack was on the president s palace and the eiffel tower and a bunch of other places, you know, that makes sense in terms of predictability for security. When you have a bunch of random places that you could find in any big city, that is a real challenge about how to spread resources. And i want to underline what mike morel said. In april we arrested two people for planning a Pressure Cooker attack in the name of isil and other groups. In june we arrested nine people through the joint Terrorism Task force of the fbi and a number of people in new york city for a plot to attack the fourth of July Fireworks with a Pressure Cooker bomb in the name of isil to behead a target in new york city in the name of isil. So these are the attacks that you do have the intelligence on that you are able to stop that dont make the headlines. But when you look at what happened last night here is a group of people that flew under the radar and probably did so using these Communications Apps that cant be seen by Law Enforcement. Cant be opened by court order that are this new design that are becoming increasingly popular. John miller, michael morel thank you both for being with us. President obama expressed his deepest condolences to the people of france and offered whatever help the french might need. Chip reed was in the briefing room. Good morning. Reporter president obama spoke to president hollande last night and offered his unwavering support. Just as he did earlier here in the evening at the white house. This is an attack on all of humanity and the universal values that we share. Weve gone through these kind of episodes our several ss ourselves. And whenever these kind of attacks have happened weve always been able to count on the french people. He went to say france is our oldest ally dating back to the American Revolution and has always been one of our closest allies. He said americans know all too well what it feels like. The president is scheduled to leave later for the g 20 economic summit in turkey. But obviously this could overshadow the agenda. French president hollande has decided to stay home. The vatican is condemning the attacks in paris in, quote, the most radical way. Their describe the violence as an attack of peace for all humanity. He goes on the to say it requires a decisive supportive response on the part of all of homicideemal hatred. Todaysunny, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonightclear, with a low around 43. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Sundayincreasing clouds, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Coming up the latest from paris on the terror attacks and the french governments response. Elizabeth palmer will have an update. And the pentagon is reasonably certain an american drone strike killed jihadi john. We have reaction from the father of one of his american victims. Morning saturday. Coming up. A victory against the Islamic State in iraq. Were in the strategic city recaptured by kurdish troops with american help. And offers of support for france pouring in after the terror attacks what. The u. S. , germany and other allies are saying. Well be right back. Youre watching cbs this ps. Welcome back to cbs this morning saturday. Lets take a look at some of the head lines from around the world regarding the paris terror attack. The times of singapore reports the president of iran has canceled his trip to france today due to the attacks. Irans foreign minister says hassan rue hany willrouhani. He says it shows International Cooperation is needed to combat terrorism. The International Times says a facebook feature took on a new dimension. The safety check allowed users to list their safety. They can click on the mark safe box. A tweet from a teen that created the feature said it is a sad day since they hoped the safety check would in never have to be used. And al gore canceled plans to host a 24 hour web cast from the eiffel tower scheduled for last it was to feature musical acts like elton john, dur duran duran and others. Well have more coverage of the events in paris and world reaction to it coming i. Stay was. Morning saturday. 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