Way. We know the most recent reporting suggested there were four hostages killed there, but were not certain of that number. We believe there may have been as many as 10 or 12 hostages in total in the super market which the gunman took control of early in the afternoon when it would have been filled with shoppers. So, the death toll may be much higher. It may not be. French authorities have not given a final figure about that which is a little curious a little concerning. It has people here wondering when theyll know and what theyll find out. Its been an incredible day here of fastmoving developments that started early on with a carjacking in the north of france involving the kouachi brothers. Then a shootout with authorities, a chase, and then a hostage situation out of that Printing Company out in the industrial park. Hours later a supermarket is taken over by another gunman. Hostages are held. This goes on for several hours until simultaneous raids happen and both situations are bro
Woman, Kayla Mueller, that she died from a traumatic injury that the u. S. Officials said would be consistent with an air strike but wasnt necessarily caused by an air strike but that was the kind of trauma you would associate with some sort of explosion. They are confirming that it was a photograph. They are confirming it was a photograph of her that shows that she was killed. But they cant ascertain from the photograph when she was killed or why she was killed or exactly how she died just that there was some traumatic injury that would be consistent with an air strike or some similar explosion. Richard, how do you see this fitting into the broader offensive against isis . Is this going to galvanize the u. S. Role from what youre hearing . Reporter i think the u. S. Is already involved in this fight. It is leading an international coalition. Theres a major decision that the u. S. May have to face down the road if it wants to escalate dramatically, but i dont think this is necessarily
Also took hostages. The school is run by the Pakistani Military with students in grades one through 10. Peshawar has been the target of attacks. They said they attacked the school because the pakistani government is attacking families. Amin, theres been a period of peace, relative peace in this area for the past few months. Taliban has promised retribution for attacks the pakistani government has launched. No one could imagine retribution would come in this form. Tell us about the ongoing struggles with the taliban inside pakistan . Reporter its a decadesold conflict since pakistan got a foot hold in that part of the country. Right now the Pakistani Military has been trying to go on a counter offensive, trying to break up the strongholds in that area. Breaking up the taliban said it would fight back and today we saw the kind of action they carried out. Very deadly and ugly attack. More importantly targeting a school that was run by the military. This was a school that essentially was p
High noon here in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New today, president obama is considering changes to the planned troop drawdown in afghanistan. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter made the comments today in that country, his first trip there since being sworn in. Heres what he said. Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghanis security strategy. Nbcs Kristen Welker is live at the white house for us. With a good day to you although certainly the weather isnt that great for you, but why is the president considering this drawdown right now . Reporter i think a couple of reasons. The United States has a much closer partnership with the new Afghan Government than it did with the former government of President Hamid karzai. Secretary carter said the hopeful outlook of the relationship with afghanistan is one of the reasons the president is
Lookout for the two men. The first of those two men have been identified as Cherif Kouachi. Convicted of terrorism charges in 2008. His brother is also being sought. Police want the publics help in catching them but warn they are considered armed and dangerous. A third suspect, an 18yearold, surrendered to police after he saw his name in the news. The french Prime Minister says quote, several arrests were made overnight in connection with the attack. While the Police Search goes on france is in a national day of mourning. At noon local time the bells of notre dame rang as large crowds gathered to mark a moment of silence. French president Francois Hollande joined Police Officers at their headquarters in paris for the ceremony. Vigils were held around the globe last night from paris to new york to hong kong. To show solidarity in the face of the attack on the press. The french hash tag translated as i am charlie is trending worldwide and has been tweeted more than 3 million times. The h