CNN CNN Newsroom With Carol Costello November 20, 2015 15:17:00
Ground shortly. but from what we know, it seems early reports indicate that the terrorists were able to gain access to the hotel, arriving in a vehicle or vehicles with diplomatic plates. whether they were legitimate diplomatic plates or fake plates, we're not clear. security was said to be not all that extensive at this hotel, considering the history gone on in mali. there was a french tactical team, commando team, highly trained, that was en route there. unclear if the operation will still be going on by the time they actually land. but we are monitoring developments and we'll bring you the ...