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Of manpower brought to this sen scene. in your experience, is there anything comparable? >> the north hollywood shooting in los angeles had something like this. but that was two men who were firing automatic weapons and knocking down 20-some people. but that's the closest i've seen temperatu temperature. >> that was back in '95, wasn't it? i remember that. >> these scenes looked exactly like that. >> those guys are holed up in a room. >> that's exactly right. this is an extraordinary scene. with what's gone on in paris, i don't think it should surprise us. >> and you made the point at this sta...

This is why these guys get the big bucks. they are in there and i can tell you from what i know of these people, they are not going to let him out. >> steve, thank you. stay with us. we want to recap. there's breaking news, heavily armed police in a northern suburb of paris, they raided a target suspected, the mastermind, rather of the paris attacks. abdelhamid abaaoud. our reporter is on the scene and heard these explosions. a number of police with masks arms. these are the investigative police. they were looking around in the crowd here among the journalists, moving now down the street. they...

It is ongoing, john. >> we appreciate it. do stand by, do make sure you are safe. we've been hearing these explosions go off. we bring you the latest from the st. denis. stand by for us, we will come back to you. you are watching cnn's live breaking news coverage of the situation unholding in st. denis right now. there's reports that the mastermind of the paris attacks is holed up in an apartment building in st. denis. the scene is inundated with police, with counterterrorism, with military officials. this is a fast-moving situation. the roads have been sealed off. public transportation has be...

Gunfire and an explosion. let's take a look at the scene. as it happened. [ gun fire ] >> and let's go now live to the scene. that happened earlier, about three hours ago. the heavy exchange of gunfire. it is all relatively quiet no uh as they settle into what is essentially a standoff right now. this is what's happening at moment. in st. denis, this suburb not far from the stade de france, which was a target of the terrorists on friday night.

It looks to be controlling the situation around the area at this opponent. we haven't heard any gunfire or any more explosions. residents are still being told to keep away by their side. they're returning homes from night shift, to keep away from the area. still ongoing. although it does seem to be a little quieter at this moment, john. >> as we look at the pictures, we're seeing a remarkable number of vehicles including ambulances on the scene. are we getting any word of casualties. >> we have not had any word of casualties as of yet. our local afit yat was reporting that at least one officer...