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Through several security checks. your car, the people inside are check, properly check before anyone can get inside this hotel. obviously they had to find way in and the way was diplomatic plates and vehicles that could get through the checks unnoticed. >> here's the status. right now there's an ongoing described terror situation in mali, in the capital in a hotel. gunmen showed up in vehicles with diplomatic plates which may explain their ease of entry and ak-47s and laying siege to this hospital, inside at least 150 or upwards of that number between guests and employees. it has become deadly...

One person in the vehicle. at that point in time, people were beginning to speculate whether abaaoud may have been on the scene. he did make his way obviously to the apartment in saint-denis where he was later confronted by the police. at this point in time, it appears as the only one we know of on the run is salah abdeslam. he is the one who was shortly detained by police officers on a road that leads to belgium. right now, however, the authorities are also looking into whether or not he might have gone to the netherlands. he has affiliation with the netherlands in the past, john. >> frederik...

This morning, has been briefed on the situation. the ongoing terror situation in mali. >> we are told, john, the security forces there have managed to get some people out of the hotel. perhaps a dozen or so. the u.n. has said a few of its employees have been evacuated and pulled out of that siege situation. we know from talking to a restaurant owner next door to the hotel, he saw two people manage to slip out of a side door. people in a hotel's gym. there are some people managing to get out of there, but by and large, this is a very big hostage situation that is still unfolding. we have not he...

In the west african country of mali. what we know according to a u.n. spokesman around 7:00 a.m. local time, we believe that there were two to three gunmen in fact in diplomatic cars of some kind that consent to this radisson hotel, which is very popular with foreign nationals, expats as well as businessmen. there are some 170 guest, crew and people there who are potentially being held by those hostages. several people were able to escape including details now as three u.n. employees were extracted according to a u.n. spokesperson. this area has been known for its insecurity, particularly in t...

According to a hotel spokesperson the hostages include about 140 guests, and 30 employees. the u.s. embassy there has confirmed an active shooter situation and has asked embassy staff, as well as all u.s. citizens, to shelter in place. now right now there's no official connection to any known terror group but we do know that france has been leading the fight against islamic extremism in mali. even killing an al qaeda commander back in july. again at least 170 hostages seized by gunmen at the u.s.-owned radisson hotel in mali. and we will continue to follow this story. an american teenager wa...