On top of the other with our hands on the head like this. I was terrified. I put my hands on the babys mouth so she wouldnt scream because i thought if the shooters close, hopefully he thinks wear laying dead and were not alive so he wont come and shoot us. The streets were close to empty. People had already ran and at that point, thats why we went on the floor, we were like, were sitting ducks. Its not like theres a bunch of people and we can run with the crowd. Everybody had already realize what was going on way before we realized what was going on and at that point the smartest thing to do was floor and hope. Now they survived. But this morning a family spokesperson tells nbc news that american father and his son, Sean Copeland and his 11yearold son brodie, this from lakeway texas, they did not make it out alive. The spokesperson said, quote, we are heartbroken and in shock over the loss of brodie copeland, an amazing son and brother who lit up our lives, and Sean Copeland, a wonderful husband and father. They are so loved. The Paris Prosecutors Office has reportedly opened a terrorism investigation and the state of emergency dating back to those attacks at the bataclan has been extended now. It was set to expire on july 26th. But president Francois Hollande announced last night it will continue for another three months. And during a News Conference, hollande said, quote, france, as a whole, is under the threat of islamic terrorism. He said operational reserves have been called up to assist police, particularly along the borders. Hollande also said france would step up its bombing of isis targets in both syria and iraq. As for president obama, he issued a statement saying, in part, on behalf of the American People i condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be an horrific terrorist attack. Lets go live now to nice, france. Nbc news Janet Shamlian, whos been there since the middle of the night. Janet, welcome to you. Give us the latest on the investigation and what youre seeing on the ground there on this very somber morning. Well it looks like this is a very active investigation still, alex. Because the police, who number must be, you know, well over 1,000 they are at basically every intersection of the promenade des anglais, have put up a, kind of a white sheet around a temporary fence, if you will, that looks like it was the place where most of this unfolded. Or at least where it came to an end last night. So they are obviously protecting evidence there, and some of it might be sensitive. We dont know if theyve removed all the bodies at this point. But theyre being very protective of the area. Even tourists who are san diego in hotels that run along the promenade des anglais, which is probably a couple of miles in length, alex, are not able to kind of walk out the front of their hotel. They have to go out the back. Nothing is happening here it seems very quickly, they are very measured response. Its a very heavy police presence, not just here, but at the airport, which is probably about two miles away from where this all took place. What were seeing right now is people who were at the fireworks last night, kind of slowly venturing out of their hotels, trying to get back to the scene of where this happened. And telling their stories in a number of languages. Ive heard italian, and french, and english, and so these people who were here as is evidenced by the unfortunate deaths of the texas man and his son, were from all over. This is a big tourist destination. July is its busiest month. Last night, their celebration that is commensurate to our fourth of july is always a big event here that draws tens of thousands of people and its generally very family friendly. Musicians, and exhibits, and all kinds of entertainment throughout the day, and into the evening. The mood here right now is a beautiful, sunny day, but the mood is dark. Alex . Yeah, you can imagine. All right Janet Shamlian thank you very much for that live update there from right along the promenade des anglais. In nice, france. Now a woman from san diego, dominique molina, tweeted in the aftermath of the attack and posted this video and said the sounds were horrible. A moving Truck Driving at full speed and running over people, driving perhaps two miles down the promenade, seeing dead bodies right in front of her eyes. He was just mowing people down, and so i cant even tell you how many people i saw die in front of my eyes. You have to understand the crime scene itself is like two miles long and theres just pathwa of bodies. Molina went on to tweet, quote, to understand the horror you have to know what just happened before. What happened, rather, just before. Thousands on the beach watching fireworks, in this photo she says quote just after the fireworks, show ended, people dispersed, this was taken seconds before the driver approached on the right side of the picture. The attack in nice, it is the late nest a string of violence across france over this past year and a half. Of course, january 2015 saw two men storming the paris offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper killing 12 people. Two days later a gunman attacked a Kosher Grocery store in paris killing four hostages there. Later in the year in november, 130 people were killed after a series of coordinated attacks by isislinked terrorists at the bataclan concert hall and nearby cafes in paris. France has since been under a state of emergency. Now this year on the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attacks officers shot and killed a knifewielding man who was yo the side of a Police Station near paris. Investigators found he had a piece of paper with an emblem of isis on it. Then in june, a Police Officer and his companion were killed at their home in a small town west of paris, isis claiming responsibility for that attack. For more on all this i want to bring in our correspondent amon mohyeldin. With a welcome, lets talk about nice. This is a city of many nationalities, partly because of where it is located. Geographically it is not far from north africa, just across the mediterranean there. Talk to us about that city and what happened there last night in nice. Yeah, the composition of the city is actually very interesting. There are two sides to the city. There is the side that many in the United States are going to know, that part of the french riviera, so to speak, the affluent, the hotels, the tourist destinations, the promenade full of cafes and restaurants. But a short drive away from that inner city of nice, you go to the outer lying neighborhoods and a very different reality. Mostly descendents of immigrants, north africans, in particular. Predominantly Muslim Community there. And a very economic different Economic Situation than just a few miles away further in to the coastline. The city itself, as we were talking about it, has a mixed composition of, you know, religions, as well as ethnic composition. And theres no doubt that according to one of the reporters who had lived there that we spoke to last night, alex, the community there has been shocked by this. The man identified so far at least the working assumption by French Police which nbc news is also working to confirm, is believed to be a National FrenchFrench National of tunisian descent from the city of nice, and according to a journalist we spoke to was known to some of the local authorities there. And that in itself is going to be a cause of concern for french officials. One reporter told us that they were this driver, this attacker, was on a criminal list known to french authorities there. So this is a shocking morning for a city. And then some have been surprised that it has taken this long, given the fact that there have been major incidents all across france, and warnings from french officials in recent weeks, in recent months, particularly even in the city of nice itself, alex. Ayman, very quickly, lets talk about what was happening at the Cannes Film Festival back in may. I recall covering the amount of security in preparation for that. And that is because they were aware of percolating, of conditions of a level of unrest. I mean they took tremendous steps, intelligencewise, to secure the Cannes Film Festival which is really just a short hop away from nice. So this area in general, is it an area that they now worry may be a place from which a level of terrorists or terrorism may now grow . Well, you know, on top of that, alex, and thats a very good point in terms of security preparations of france, particularly there in the south of france, more interestingly, though, is the european soccer championships which had just wrapped up the sunday before this attack, in which france was playing against portugal. Aside from that the entire country and in nice itself they had some of the biggest games, some of the biggest matches held there. Security was at an alltime high in france. They were bracing themselves. Additional resources were deployed. Security perimeters had been set up around all of these stadiums. There was a major concern that something was going to happen during those 30 days and same with the Cannes Film Festival knowing that so much of the International Medias attention was going to be focused on it. It would have been a spectacular attack, highly symbolic and cutting at the very heart of french values. This is very indicative of these types of attacks were seeing. Symbolic in nature, very crowd, but highly disruptive to the entire country, as well as to the entire city, and you know, at this stage were not yet sure if there were explosive devices on that that would have made this much worse. But nonetheless, it was a tragedy given the fact that so many people died. You are referencing reports that the back of that white box truck was laden with explosives. We will see more as a result of the investigation. Ayman mohyeldin, thank you so much for that. Here in the United States, the president ial candidates spoke out in interviews last night beginning with donald trump. Would you go to congress and ask for a declaration of war . I would. I would. This is war. If you look at it, this is war. Coming from all different parts, and frankly, its war, and were dealing with people without uniforms. These people, were allowing people into our country who we have no idea where they are, where theyre from, who they are. They have no paperwork. They have no documentation. In many cases. And Hillary Clinton wants to allow 550 more in than even obama. There will be by the end of the summer 10,000 syrian refugees. 20 women, 60 children, 20 men. Do you consider those people threats . Yes. Do you security them security threats . Of course i do. Its terrible but france has faced too much tragedy and violence and we need to stand strongly with them because events like this remind us how vital it is, in every way, not to abandon them. We need to strengthen our alliances. And i include nato in that. Weve got to do more to understand that this is a war against these terrorist groups, the radical jihadist groups. Its a different kind of war. We need to be smart about how we wage it. But we have to be determined that were going to win it. Absolutely. And thats going to require working with other people. Well it was a chaotic day in president ial politics. Yesterday evening, nbc news and other outlets reported that donald trump had chosen indiana governor mike pence to be his Vice President ial running mate. Pence arrived in the new york city area around 6 00 p. M. , after a private flight into a new Jersey Airport for what was supposed to be an 11 00 a. M. Announcement this morning. But as more was learned about the Terror Strike in france trump tweeted quote in light of the horrible attack in nice i have postponed tomorrows News Conference concerning my Vice President ial announcement and then he expounded last night further. I havent made my finalfinal decision. I mean, ive got three people that are fantastic. I think newt is a fantastic person. I think Chris Christie is a fantastic person. Been a friend of mine for 15 years. Just a fantastic person. And theres mike. And mike has done a great job as governor of indiana. You look at the numbers, and its been great you know, hes been really a fantastic job. But i havent made a finalfinal decision. Out of respect for this hoar hific situation, i just think it was inappropriate to have the News Conference tomorrow so i postponed the News Conference and well announce tomorrow when it will be. Did the terror attack influence your selection of your Vice President . No, absolutely not. Okay. What happened is i think it would be totally inappropriate to have a News Conference on a Vice President ial pick. Now the Los Angeles Times reports that mr. Trump told a fundraiser in bel air that he will name his running mate now over the weekend. His son, donald trump jr. , said last night that the announcement will probably come over the weekend. Trumps Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort spoke at the Washington Post late last night and said they plan to put out something this morning, in fact. Asked if mr. Trump will meet with mike pence or any other Vice President ial prospects, manafort said im not going to speak for him. Hell make a statement tomorrow and hell clarify how were going to go forward on the issue. Meanwhile, governor pence faces a state deadline today, at noon, by which time he must formally withdraw from his reelection campaign. This to allow Indiana Republican leaders to select a replacement candidate. Well, many of those in the running to be trumps Vice President ial pick spoke out in the last few hours about the deadly terror attack. Governor mike pence tweeting, quote, the terrorist attack in france is a horrific reminder of the threat facing western civilization. This must end. We must resolve to bring to justice all those responsible and defeat this enemy of civilization at its source. New jersey governor Chris Christie posted, awful attacks in nice. These attacks are coming too frequently and too many people are lost. We need strong American Leadership to save lives. Retired Army Lieutenant general Michael Flynn also weighed in, writing, in the next 24 hours, i dare arab and persian world quote leaders to step up to the plate and declare their islamic ideology sick and must be healed. He then retweeted another picture, rather, of Hillary Clinton wearing a head scarf, quote, this is not showing respect, this is showing disrespect for American Values and principles and the neverhillary. And with his Vice President ial hopes waning Newt Gingrichs reaction to the terror attack included some new proposals. Let me be as blunt and as direct as i can be. Western civilization is in a war. We should, frankly, test every person here who is of a muslim background, and if they believe in sharia, they should be deported. Sharia is incompatible with western civilization. Modern muslims who have given up sharia, glad to have them as citizens. Perfectly happy to have them next door. But we need to be fairly relentless about defining who our enemies are. Anybody who goes on a website favoring isis, or al qaeda, or other terrorist groups, that should be a felony. And they should go to jail. Any organization which hosts such a website should be engaged in a felony, it should be closed down immediately. Still ahead on way too early, the very latest out of nice, france, where 84 people are dead after a man drove a truck through a packed promenade in what french officials are calling a terror attack. Its a golden opportunity to experience breathtaking lexus performance in streetlegal form. For a limited time get great offers on our complete line of f sport performance vehicles. 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