belgium right now. i want to bring in our senior national security correspondent jim sciutto as well as our diplomatic editor, nic robertson, both of whom are in paris. jim, what do we know about this raid in belgium? >> reporter: belgian police are telling cnn this raid is tied to the attacks here in paris. they haven't said how they are tied, but there is a connection. at least one raid underway there. keep in mind there was a shoot-out in belgium a few mo h months ago. a similar situation, attack. belgium like france has a pipeline to and from syria from jihadis. so that is another hotbed of this threat. keep in mind -- and you referenced this as you came into this, john, that this is a europe-wide situation now. a few hours ago, london's gatwick airport was shut down by an arrest, a french president arrested by what appeared to be a weapon. whether or not that's true, the level of alert is such now that you have security being raised in countries across europe, not just here in france where you have 1,500 soldiers deployed, but also in belgium. the netherlands raising their terro

paris. also breaking right now, brussels on high alert t. belgium prime minister saying just a short time ago the high terror alert is based on quote quite precise information about a possible attack. that's part of what's happening around the world, we are so grateful for your company. i'm christ city paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we start in paris with senior correspondent fred pleitgen. >> reporter: we want to get to arrests. three men in turkey allegedly tied to isis. one ahmed damani staying at a popular tourist hotel since november 16th. now, what you are looking at is all three men taken into custody. france is extending its state of emergency for another three months as new fears in brussels have emerged. authorities taking action after what they say is a serious and imminent threat, warning people to stay away from large groups, shutting down major subway line, drew zbrimpb in the belgium capital of brussels. drew the belgium prime minister came out and said the high alert is based on what he said, quite precise information of an attack. what are you hearing? >> reporter: t

brussels belgium. belgium authorities are telling cnn that two cars involved in the attacks had been rented in brussels. two of the attackers were french nationals. we also know the identity of the suicide bomber who blew himself up. he smuggled himself in with a group of refugees. he landed on october 3rd. he passed through the countries you see on the map using emergency syrian passport with a false name. he's born in paris also known as a petty criminal. right now six of his relatives are in custody which is a common practice here in france. i want to bring in senior international correspondent. where are you right now and what have you learned about these raids? >> reporter: we're at the site of the arrest just further down this road from me is where police overnight surrounded a dark gray volkswagen which is very similar to the description that eyewitnesss gave of one of the cars that was involved in the attack. we do know from eyewitnesss the car was surroundsed by bomb disposal experts and taken away. the operation, the mayor says continues. they are still searching for more w

arrested. he was not thought to be in europe. he was ra 27-year-old belgium man, not in belgium at the time of this attempted attack in april. he was thought to be in syria. still, though, he was a named suspect in that attack. this 27-year-old belgium guy thought to be in syria named in conjunction with that man that shot himself on the way to go shoot up the church. april. then in august, it was a high speed train traveling between amsterdam and paris. a young man, 26-years-old, got aboard that train with an assault rifle, a pistol and several hundreds rounds of ammunition and a knife. he reportedly hid in the bathroom. after it crossed into belgium into france, he sprung out to the main part of the car. he started shooting. we remember that train attack because of three young american men among those that rushed the attacker at great risk to themselves. they tackled him. remarkably, nobody was killed in that attack. three people injured, not counting the assailant, himself, to got the snot beaten out of him who tried to kill people despite the ammo. the assailant from the train atta

, we are just learning of six separate raids in six separate locations in belgium apparently connected to the attacks here on friday. apparently connected to at least one of the attackers killed here on friday. we will have much more on that in just a moment. meanwhile, here in france, police literally digging through the rubble of an apartment in the suburb of saint-denis. that is where the raid was yesterday. the huge raid involving more than 100 law enforcement officials. 5,000 rounds fired. it was targeting the man believed to be the ringleader of last week's attacks. abdelhamid abaaoud. officials say they moved in toward that apartment because of wire taps. they had information showing that at a minimum, abaaoud's cousin was saying there. it is believed at this point that cousin is dead. she apparently blew herself up early in the operation wearing some kind of suicide explosive device. at this point, police say they do not believe abaaoud is among the eight people arrested. there were eight people taken to custody and in custody right now. abaaoud is not one of them. however, wha

today in and around belgium, we know 16 people are now under arrest there. but the key man that they were looking for, the most wanted man in europe is still on the lamb. today's raids in brussels not ending the international manhunt for the eighth attacker, salah abdelslam. he was last seen nine days ago on the road headed to brussels a few hours after the horrific attacks here in paris. shots were fired in one of the raids. we are told a vehicle did escape temporarily in brussels. police, though, say they were able to track down that vehicle and they found one injured man. again, they did not find salah abdel sl abdelslam. also, no firearms or explosives found in today's raids. due to the high threat level within brussels, the section of the u.s. embassy will be completely closed in brussels tomorrow except for emergency situations for americans, we are told. french police have also released this photo of one of the suicide bombers who blew himself up outside the state de france. they do not know who he is and urging the public to come forward with any information they have on him.

bring in cnn's atika shubert. atika, a very busy night and morning not just in france, but belgium as well. >> reporter: that's right. we are at the scene of one of those attacks at the bar here the bataclan. we had more than 100 security raids as you point out. these are usually on people on a list, a terror watch list across france, and they have gone in and searched a number of homes and weapons. this is happening in numerous cities in lyon to the suburbs of paris. investigators identified a number of attackers, but they discovered there was a safe house in belgium and possibly two or three of the french nationals were living in belgium and that's where they rented the cars and planned the attacks. that is where the leads are continuing today. to give you a sense of what is happening in paris, i want to show you from the memorial here. you can still see the bullet holes shattering the glass here and the police measuring tape where they use to measure the bullets. people have been putting flowers here and people have been streaming in throughout the day. although police told them th

[ gunfire ] >> police carry out raids across belgium and france searching for suspects linked to the paris attacks. a minute of silence for the victims, president hollande proposes extending the state of emergency. >> live for our studios in london the next 30 minutes audi led forces capture yemen's third biggest cities. and days of rains raise fears that iraqis left homeless by the fighting will fall victim to disease. and hot air balloon civil is hoping to inflate fourist numbers. >> a bill is to be presented this week. president hollande made the announcement during a rare address to both houses of parliament. belgium police have carried out a raid in bruce he wills in the hunt for a man believed to have been involved in the paris attacks. that is on top of 168 raids carried out overnight by french police. france and other european countries have held a minute of silence to remember the 129 victims. well, after leaving, the single large coalition is needed to fight in syria. he said in another meeting in the coming days to talk about pooling efforts to destroy isil. >> france

concerns across europe. one suspect has been arrested in belgium with suspected ties to isis. right now, a serious and imminent threat in brussels. belgium is raising the terror alert there to the highest possible level. belgium's prime minister is closing the capital city's metro for the weekend and he is warning people to avoid large crowds. the manhunt is still underway for leading terror suspect, salah abdelslam last seen driving near the border. one of them accused of scouting the paris venues targeted by gunmen and suicide bombers. let's get to cnn investigative correspondent, drew griffin, live in brussels. what more are you hearing about this serious threat. are people taking this terror alert seriously, staying away from crowds? >> reporter: people are being forced to stay away from crowds. so many of the establishment in this capital city are closed. the subway is closed. most major events have been canceled. there has been little explanation as to why in the middle of the night last night, the terror threat level was raised to four, somewhat unprecedented in the history o

spent time in syria. an international manhunt is intensifying for a belgium-born french national who's suspected in the attacks. a source tells cnn salah abdeslam was stopped and questioned by police a few hours after the terror happened across paris but was not detained. we're told he was driving in the direction of the belgium border. also tonight, officials fear that other suspects or accomplices in the attacks may also be on the loose. meanwhile, panic erupting in paris earlier tonight. take a look at this remarkable video. a crowd gathered at a memorial at one of the attack sites suddenly that crowd got spooked. people desperately dashed to safety. it turned out to be a false alarm. two days after the massacre of at least 129 people, the fear of another attack right now in paris is raw and real. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is on the ground for us in the middle east with the latest. what do we know about these strikes, nick? >> reporter: wolf, it's very hard to get accurate information out of raqqa because this is a place hermetically sealed by isi

to belgium not hours after the attack but let him go. we have more information, also, about the isis connection. two members of the terror group are thought to have masterminded the paris attacks. they are believed to be in iraq or syria right now and have french and belgian connections. cnn's french affiliate reports six attackers, six of the eight people believed to be primarily responsible for the attacks on friday spent time in syria. as i said, french president francois hollande addressed a french session of parliament a short time ago. he calls syria the biggest terrorism factory the world has ever known. he promised more air strikes there. that on top of the 20 bombs dropped overnight. within the last hour, just a few minutes ago, president obama addressed the g-20 summit in turkey. he spoke to reporters there shortly after. he talked about what the paris attacks mean for the u.s. campaign against isis. cnn's jim acosta asked him some pretty tough questions. >> reporter: and i think a lot of americans have this frustration they see that the united states has the greatest

following breaking news from belgium where police have made a number of arrests. we are told during a series of raids across the country in the aftermath of the attacks in paris. we will hear shortly from the federal prosecutor. this news comes the same day that brussels has chosen to extend the maximum terror alert level. the prime minister there warning the people of brussels terrorists may be trying attempted attacks on malls and public transportation. on monday, the schools and subway systems will be closed here in paris. children will have their bags searched before they go to class, we're told. french police have also released this photo of one of the suicide bomber who is blew himself outside the stade de france. they don't know who he is. they are urging the pun lick to come forward with any information that they might have about him. at the same time, a paris attack suspect is still on the run, the eighth attackers that is salah abdeslam. his brother is telling belgian television tonight that he believes his brother may have backed out last minute from the attack and then f

raids overnight in belgium in connection with the attacks here in paris. they're learning a lot more about how this happened. one of the cars used by the thrift was rented by someone with french nationality in belgium. that individual and two others have been taken into custody, although at this time we don't know whether they were involved. there's just so many questions that we don't have the answers to yet tonight. jim sciutto is with me tonight outside the bataclan here in paris where so much of this carnage happened. there are so many questions now as we learn more. there are more questions, they have taken these people into custody, but who are they and how many more? >> the most alarming words i hear, the deputy mayor of paris saying there is no indication that the terror threat is over. that did not sound like an official speaking out of an abundance of caution. they have great concern there are still attackers or supporters out there. so the terror threat level remains very high. you remember there was a false alarm, raids in a hotel. but that's where they stand right now. t

kills in friday's attacks. the french investigation is also focusing on belgium, a joint task force has been set up in brussels. two of the attackers lived there. sending a message, france launches air strikes on i.s.i.l. strong hold in syria in retaliation. we begin with a chilling warning from the french prime minister who says more attacks are being prepared against france and on targets elsewhere in europe. he issued the warning after confirming that security forces had carried out a series of raids across the country. various locations have been targeted, including cale and jermont on the french belgium border. it's part of an investigation into the paris bombings. an ominous warning from the p.m. what happened? >> reporter: that does seem to be a case. very stark and deeply, deeply worrying warning from him who has been speaking this morning. he seems to think that an attack of the style that was carried out here in paris on friday could well be imminent in the coming days. he has confirmed a series of raids across the country, 150 in total in eight different locations as far

we know this morning. seven people have been detained in belgium as the investigation into the li ly bombings continues. seven of the actual attackers are dead but an eighth may be at large. >> belgium officials identified two of the attacker who is er ers who died in paris. one of them had a noun connection to islamic read call groups. >> the death toll stands at 129 people including an american student, this young woman from cal-tech studying design in paris. more than 300 people were hurt in those attacks. as we mentioned, there have been major developments into the investigation into those attacks overnight. >> officials confirming they are searching for one attacker and other accomplices. our chief investigative reporter jonathan dienst begins our team coverage with the latest on the >> reporter: this apparent isis terror cell complex and appears to touch on several countries, france, belgium, possibly germany and, of course, syria. what we learned overnight after this vehicle was found in the suburbs of paris, take a look at this. this is one of the vehicles used by the terrori

. not to mention other attacks. a 26 yield, 27-year-old belgium man, close to ab bu backer al baghdadi. they thought he might be in sontene this morning. we do not know if he is among the killed, arrested, we do know he was the target of this raid. >> it's a very fluid situation. part of our team is covering this developing story in contene. what itself the situation right now? >> well, it does seem to be winding down. police visibly more relaxed. although, there is still quite a few police in riot gear that have weapons stationed around the area there. that's where we saw units moving earlier in the early hours of the morning. information at one point having their guns pointed up towards the upper floors of the apartment there. so a very tense and dramatic situation. it started around 4:30 in the morning with that gun fire. residents saying they are woken up by the sound of what seemed like automatic gunfire and an explosion. one woman we spoke to, one man we spoke to said he was about to leave for work just before 5:00 a.m. when police told him to evacuate. he rushed in, grabbed his

guys who drove him back to belgium, that saturday morning, said that when they picked up abdeslam in paris at about probably 5:00 in the morning on saturday, he was very, very agitated and ready to blow himself up. those were the words of this guy who helped drive him home to brussels. he was also wearing a really big coat and carrying something really heavy which suggests that he maybe still had a suicide belt with him, that perhaps he was meant to go through with an operation did not. another mystery. for four hours between the end of the attacks when he essentially dumped his car and he was picked up, just off the radar. disappears all together. he's wandering around paris. >> you pose this question at the end of your piece. you say, was he supposed to doit, meaning blow himself up, and didn't have the courage to, which appears more likely now, we just don't know. how confident are the authorities here in france, belgium, that they can track him down? it seems pretty amazing that someone could evade all of these countries looking for him. >> i think it is amazing, seems to be n

, apparently. belgium police. police in belgium right now engaged in raids. they say they've made several arrests connected to the situation here in paris. these raids in at least two neighborhoods in brussels. they were twirrged after a belgn rental car was found near the site of one of the attacks. german police say they believe a man arrested last week could have connections to the paris attacks as well. and they say two passports were found near the body of the terrorists, one from syria and another from egypt. and they add that at least one passport was processed through greece, but also warns that it could be fake. isis has claimed responsibility for the attacks in an online statement. highly sophisticated and meant for maximum consumption, because it was transit lalated into fre russian, and arabic. and so far, at least 128 dead. we've just had it confirmed in the last half hour that 300 are injured. of those, 99 critically, and therefore, everyone expects, very sadly, this death toll to rise. at least two americans among those injured. and other leaders around europe are w

and reft africa at this hour. in belgium, the capital brussels is at the highest terror alert because of a, quote, serious and imminent threat. officials there say people should avoid large gathering and public places. this comes after belgium police conducted raids for the paris ataerks. one of those suspects remains at large. >> we also learned of the woman who found dead after the police raid in saint denis france did not flow herself up. rather a man was wearing a suicide device that detonated and killed her. sources say the woman was related to the paris attack ringleader. and an islamist group says it and an al qaeda affiliate attacked a hotel in mali on friday, killing 21 people, including an american. and we will have more on the terror attack in mali in just a moment. but first, let's go to our own max foster for the latest on the security situation in france. he joins me now from plaza plaza de republique in to paris. so many unanswered questions in relation to the aftermath of the paris attack, and particularly the identity of this third individual found dead in that saint-

fundamentalists involved in the attack, seven of whom are now dead. some of the suspects are from belgium. the attacks on the restaurants have left this neighborhood scarred and shocked. susanna: usually at this time, there's a market going on over there, but not today. it's the saddest sunday i've ever seen here. >> just two blocks away, a cambodian restaurant, popular among young parisians, was another of the targets for the terrorists. people have been coming from across the city to pay their respects. the streets are full of people, but on this saturday morning, the neighborhood is a world away from its usual bustling self. >> it's devastating. i feel deep sorrow, and i feel the pain of the people. i'm in total shock and the mood is so grim. >> i wanted to pay my respects, but i couldn't go. i couldn't get all the way over there. >> it hurts to see so many innocent victims. it's shocking. i never would have thought there would be attacks here in our neighborhood. we have people from everywhere living here. there's no conflict here. >> paris is a center of european and christian herita

early yesterday morning here in belgium apartments, a few houses, nine people arrested and brought in for questioning but anderson, the biggest questions are surrounding whether or not the belgium officials have a handle on this. that's because six of those nine raids concerned this one guy bilal hafdi. the police acknowledged they have known about him since early 2015 when they learned he traveled to syria to fight for isis and also may have learned about him even earlier than that when his radical islamic behavior kind of showed up involving a schoolteacher. you know, it's another case where despite all of this, that the belgium police had no idea this guy was even back in europe until his body was found in paris. >> i mean, belgium police certainly had chances to intercept some of the other f terrorists involved in this plot, didn't they? >> there is a lot of criticism, salah abdeslam on the run that you mentioned, abraham abdeslam who blew himself up in paris. the belgium police were alerted in february, why? because abraham abdeslam tried to go from turkey to syria. they sent

are gathered we will be going live in just a moment. police in belgium carry out a raid. more than 160 reads across france -- one in 160 reads -- more than 160 raids across europe. identified,st to be ostefai.ail must i the key capital of the islamic state group, which claims as possibility for friday's attacks. i am clear pride. welcome to this a special edition of "france 24." more than 120 people were killed in attacks in paris. falling with people silent to remember the victims of friday's attacks. that was at midday local time, about an hour ago. some people gathered outside the bataclan theater, the scene of the deadliest attack. carillon cafe restaurant. near someding silence of the attacks, and also where january's solidarity march started. us.correspondent joins what is the atmosphere like now? >> now it has been an hour since the minutes of silence started. there are fewer people than earlier. earlier there were 1000 people right here. but people told us that they were going straight home because some people are still scared of what might happen. there are still some alle

friday's attacks. thissa al jazeera live from doha. the french investigation is also focusing on belgium, a joint task force has been set up in bruise els. two of the the attackers lived there. sending a message, france launches air strikes on i.s.i.l.'s strong hold in syria in retaliation. we begin with that chilling warning from the french prime minister. more attacks are being prepared begans france and on target's elsewhere in europe-- against france. 150 raids have been carried out across the country. various locations have been targeted including leon and on the french/belgium border. it's part of the investigations into paris' attacks. neave, what's the latest on the hunt for the attackers and those who may have helped them? >> reporter: firstly, some news that has just come into us. the french media reporting the name of another attacker. he has been named at sam i aminou. another french national a suburb of the p paris to the south-east. born in 1987, so 28 years old. another young male french male implicated in the worst attacks. it is believed he was one of the killers that was i

. i'll speak with belgium's ambassador to the united states. voice of death, new information on the man who claimed responsibility for the paris attacks on behalf of isis. was he one of the masterminds? is he ready to strike again? we have new information. and striking isis, a french aircraft carrier launches its first strikes at isis targets in syria as russia says its missiles aimed at isis targets bear the words, for paris. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> the breaking news, police seal off part of a paris suburb right now saying an item resembling a suicide vest was found in a garbage can. cnn affiliate bf mtv reports it does contain reports and the same explosives used in the paris attacks. paris remains under tight security as police search the backpacks of all school children. the british prime minister david cameron joined the french president francois hollande at the site of one attack. and as france launched new air strikes at isis targets inside syria, david cameron says he'll push for britain to do the same thing. and o

explosives at this point, but it does show you the concern. here in germany, in belgium and tonight, in paris, there are new leads in the hunt for the people who pulled off the attacks here on friday. >> reporter: with this nation in a state of emergency, word tonight of a new suspect. there is now a strong presumption there is a second surviving terrorist connected to friday's attacks. this, in addition to alleged attacker salah abdeslam, last questioned by police but not detained, driving toward belgium hours after the attack. tonight, raid and searches across france. police scouring two hotel rooms just south of paris, rented by abdeslam. investigators recovered syringes, tubes and materials, that is being tested to determine whether it could have been used to help make explosives worn by the attackers. today, another discovery, this black renault rented by abdeslam found in the 18th district. new information about his brother, evibrahim, one of the terrorists killed in the attacks. a brussels area bar owned by even broo bra heem shut down a week before the paris attacks. officials a

developments in europe -- first, developments in europe. the capital of belgium at the highest terror alert level possible because of "a serious and imminent threat." it comes after police conducted raid in search of link to the paris attackers. >> we've learned that the woman found dead after the police raid in saint-denis, france, did not blow herself up, as information earlier said. rather, a man of wearing a suicide device that detonated, and that killed her. sources say the woman was related to the paris attack ringleader. >>> in west africa, two terror groups have claimed responsibility for killing 21 people including one american at a hotel in mali on friday. our max foster in the french capital. max, we're only a week after these terrible attacks, and there's still a person on the run. >> reporter: it'sit from new england, isn't -- it's frighteni frightening, isn't it brussels in lockdown, and paris in a state of emergency. 100,000 police have been deployed, as well, as a result of the attacks just over a week ago here in paris. there's a sense of defiance. people were out in

attacks. the french investigation is also focusing on belgium. a joint task force has been set up. two of the attackers lived in brussels. a message, france launch es lau i.s.i.l. in retaliation. first of all to france with security forces have carried out early morning raids on addresses across the country. five locations have been targeted, including on the french belgium border. it's part of the investigation into friday's attacks across paris that killed 129 people. neave barker are live in paris. what do we know? >> reporter: we've just learnt that the french prime minister has confirmed that these raids took place in different locations across the country and in a suburb of paris. six arrests were made. weapons and cash were seized. close to the french belgium border a similar raid. we know that according to the french government that friday's attacks were the results of a complex cross-border operation. that's what the french government say. that's why they're focusing in the north of france towards the border. also a raid where apparently three arrests were made there in taleus

that followed and is underway. state run belgium, reporting authorities raised a terrorist alert level from brussels to the maximum warning of, quote, imminent threat in the capital region. joining us now, terrorism analyst, and it was just two days ago, hfs raised to the second highest level. this is a dramatic turn of events, now at the top possible level. what's that mean? >> it's unprecedented. it's never been at level four signifying a serious and imminent danger of terrorists attacks. clearly, there's some intelligence that is really warning them in brussels tonight for the brussels region in particular. could this be linked to some intelligence about the movements, probably something bigger than that because unprecedented to raise it all the way up to four and after all they've known he's been on the run the last few days. >> what was believed to be the eighth terrorist involved in friday night's attacks here in paris one week ago. last seen en route to belgium, and there's an arrest warrant out for him. is this beyond one man? >> i think this likely goes beyond one man, t

him back to belgium. the three of them all slipped somehow through security near the border, but subsequently the two accomplices were arrested by police in raids in brussel over the weekend. abaaoud is said to be the said bomb maker of the group. also abaaoud the master behind and abdeslam they were jintly convicted previously for assault and another extremist recently interrogated by police in paris said that abaaoud had asked him to attack a concert hall. of the bombers abdeslam's brother ibrahim was a bar owner in brussel. that bar was recently closed down for drug trafficking. sami amimour a bus driver on police radar in 2012 he fled to syria where his father traveled trying to convince him to return home. another of the bombers muss staff if i was a part-time praper and gang -- rapper and gangster. petty crime and gang violence that ultimately morphed into this radical islamism. extending the state of emergency hear for three months as mourners and friends and family members and the public in general continue their vigil. the prime minister reminded all of us that the secur

flowers. you are watching a bloomberg special, "terror in paris." belgium is emerging as a key focus of the investigation, with a hunt underway for a 26-year-old man born in brussels. police say one of his brothers is one of the seven dead attackers, and that his brother has been arrested. they have identified three attackers who died on friday night and say two were french citizens lived in belgium. city, a stronghold of the islamic state, has suffered bombing. attacks were ordered from syria. the defense minister says that an i.s. command center has been hit, along with other sites including a training facility. is currently the only european power conducting major combat operations in both iraq and syria. you are watching presidents obama and putin as they talked one-to-one for half an hour at the g-20 summit in turkey. and syria was the focus. the parents attacks are dominating the agenda. angela merkel says that the refugees fleeing the conflict in syria must not there the blame for the bloodshed in paris. rishaad: let's get over to paris and find caroline connan, near the vatica b

. a belgium national. he was close to the isis leader al baghdadi. we know the department of homeland security knew about this man and his connection to a previous plot in belgium in january to kill police officers there. that they sent out a warning that they tried to monitor him and also that they believe he was involved in a plot, similar to the one we saw play out on the streets of paris on friday. they were developing a capability for a multi-act attack in a european capital. it is yet one more missed warning sign. we knew that several of the attackers were known to french police. we know the mastermind was known to european authorities, but also to the u.s. >> what is the missing piece between what they knew and what they didn't know which did not allow them to act? >> this is the thing. this is the number we talked about a lot. 11,000. in france alone. 11,000 people suspected of ties to terrorism or radicalization. they will say and i hear this from u.s. officials. you have numerous warnings like this. numerous possible plots you are trying to extinguish on any given d

suspected terrorists have been arrested. a fifth person has been charged in belgium for ties to the paris attacks. you're looking at a picture of the man on the loose that authorities are trying to hunt down. i want to go to ashley there live on streets of paris. tell us, ashley, what do we know about the fifth person being charged? reporter: it is interesting, trish. his name is mohammed abirini. he is 30 years old. belgian police say he must be considered dangerous and probably armed. they say he was seen with salah abdeslam, driving in a car, seen in a gas station on his way from paris to belgium, two days before the attacks took place. there are a total of 11 suspects they believe involved in those attacks here in paris, 11 days ago. one of the main culprits, salah abdeslam, as we just said, still on the run. the question now is, where is he? there was belief he maybe slipped into germany. there are fears if he makes it further south, he could use the syrian refugee crisis as a cover to make his way back into syria. but slowly but surely, trish, they are getting a better handle

-old salah abdeslam is still on the run after apparently fleeing to belgium after arrests in brussels and the city. belgian authorities arrested 16 people in raids, but not explosives were found. brussels remains under the highest terror alert with the subway closed. cnn's frederik pleitgen joins me now. the public is not getting much information. they are just told there it is a threat. >> reporter: absolutely. it really is unclear how much the authorities actually know about what that threat actually is. they say they appear there could be something like paris-style attacks could be carried out. obviously with the threat level, the highest level for brusselsb that threat could be imminent. max, one of the places that would be crowded and have many people on it is the place where i'm standing on the plaza. you can see with the military vehicle and soldiers here on the plaza really are very few people going around. it is not a city in lockdown, but it is a city basically on hold, max. what we have seen this morning is few people on the street. a lot of soldiers on the street. police o

the pipeline. mastermind, as police carry out dozens of raids across france and belgium where the attacks were apparently organized, we're learning the man suspected of planning the paris massacres may be in syria, a close associate of the isis leader. and slamming the door, republican presidential candidates called for blocking syrian refugees and more than a dozen governors now say their states won't accept them. president obama says slamming the door is un-american. he says it's a betrayal of the country's values. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> our breaking news, an urgent hunt is underway right now for a surviving suspect in the paris massacres along with those who planned and facilitated the attacks. the suspected eighth terrorist managed to escape the security net before authorities realized who he was. he's on the loose right now is considered very dangerous. there have been more than 150 raids across france and in belgium along with multiple arrest

hostage situation going on in belgium. we're going to have a live report from brussels coming up. they've been on serious lockdown because they've been fearing another attack. now they have a hostage situation. >>> brand new information on the paris terror attacks. where the suspected mastermind may have been plotting another attack days later. >>> could the paris attacks happen here? what the fbi is telling your local law enforcement to keep you safe. >> things the public will see and things the public will not see. all this will ensure that new york city has a safe and wonderful thanksgiving as we do every year. >>> a hostage situation taking place in northern france near the belgium border. we're getting reports that shots have been fired and there are people wounded. benjamin, what are you learning over there? >> reporter: this is just breaking in the last few minutes. we thought this threat may be over. now we're learning in the last few minutes hostages have been taken in a town in the northeast part of france. we know that hostages have been taken. shots have been fired. a

, but we're only about 800 meters from the border into belgium. and we'll see if we are going to get stopped bypassport control or security. we justs crossed into belgium from france. there was a security check point. a man with a flashlight, but no one asked us to stop or for a passport. we overnight in belgium. the next morning back to the border. a little less than a mile up the road, finally a sign you are in france. again, no security or police. it's hard to even know when you are in belgium or france. this is us. over here is belgium and over here is france. you cross the street and you are in another country. we met french and belgiums on their morning routine. >> translator: there is more security since friday. i was working so i didn't see security. i didn't see police today. >> translator: europe should unify to do global work and not each country works alone. >> reporter: at the bakery, this french woman says she hasn't seen any security. >> no. no. >> reporter: what you do see are a lot of trucks, shipping, trade, the borders seem wide open to let commerce and people trav

suspect has been arrested in belgium with suspected ties to isis and right now there's a serious and possible imminent threat for attacks in multiple locations in brussels. belgium is raising the terror alert there to the highest level. and belgium's prime minister is closing the capital city's metro for the weekend and is warning people to avoid large crowds. >> translator: we are talking about a threat of several individuals with arms and explosives to launch actions, perhaps even in several places at the same time. there's no question of us giving any comment on the investigations that are ongoing on the operations that are underway for obvious reasons. >> the manhunt is still underway there for leading terror suspect salah abdeslam, who was last seen driving towards the belgium border. meanwhile, officials have arrested three new suspects in turkey with suspected ties to isis. one of them, accused of scouting the paris venues, targeted by gunmen and suicide bombers. let's go to cnn correspondent, nima elbagir, who is live for us now in brussels. so what more are you hearing about

france or belgium. he's ruled out the possibility that there are other groups and individuals connected to the attacks that can be active. andrew simmonds reports from paris. >> in the aftermath of the assault by special forces comes the positive identification of the man french agencies describe as the ringleader of the attacks on friday. the french prosecutor says that fingerprints of one of two bodies prove it's abdelhamid abbaaoud. the other dead suspect is a woman believed to be his cousin, the prosecutor says it's not clear whether abdelhamid abbaaoud blew himself up as the woman did, before detonating her suicide vest. this is a recording of an exchange between the special forces and the woman. >>> the prosecutor says it is not clear whether they blew himself up like the woman, belgium born, the 27-year-old from moroccan dissent is filmed perhaps in syria, where he spent time fighting for i.s.i.l., the date is unknown. >> i would like to send a message to those that stayed sitting. stand up. spring, jump, rush for the victory. >> according to european security officials quoted in

belgium. two dozen people are now in custody. more than 100 others are under house arrest. also, a global man hunt now underway for this man who may have been involved in the attacks. salah abdeslam is a french civilian born in belgium. one of his brothers died in the attack. another has just been released from custody in belgium, where prosecutors had arrested him as part of the investigation. in fact, of the seven people arrested in belgium, five of them are now free. next hour, we're beginning to hear from the leaders of france and the united states. president hollande will address the french parliament and barack obama will discuss the u.s. role in france's air strikes on isis. there's a lot ahead in the next hour, as well as in this hour. i want to begin with nick paton walsh, who is joining us this morning from erbil, iraq. what's the latest on the new threat from isis? >> well, it is very much r relevant to the usual language, goading on the enemies but referencing the attacks in paris, saying they wish to make a similar assault in washington, the u.s. capital. >> translator

. this comes as in belgium there were a series of raids today leading to the detention of nine people believed to be somehow associated to these attacks. and all of this taking place in the wake of the single greatest success since the attacks here, the death of the man believed to be the ringleader. tonight abdelhamid abaaoud is dead. the architect, the planner, the mastermind of the terror attacks in paris that left 129 people dead and scores wounded. french officials confirmed he was killed in this predawn raid just outside paris. police and military commandos assaulted this building in saint-denis after a tip from morocco that abaaoud was not in isis controlled syria but inside france. wiretaps indicated that a relative was at that location along with a possible terror cell plotting a new attack. new audio tonight of the moment police confront a woman later identified as abaaoud's cousin inside the building. soon after an explosion as she appeared to set off a suicide vest. new information tonight about the scale of the assault. more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition fired during th

abdeslam salah. police are already stopped him near the belgium border but released him after an id check failing to make the connection in time. this as the hunt for possible accomplices going on. belgium officials announcing arrests. authorities have begun identifying the seven dead attackers. as many as three of the seven suicide bombers involved were french citizens. one man identified by fingerprint was a 29-year-old who, according to the paris prosecutor had been flagged in 2010. french troops have been deployed throughout the city. tourist sites remain closed. hundreds of mourns gathered, fled after loud noises in the area triggered a moment of panic. joining me now were nbc news producer chapman bell. what are things like on the streets of paris right now? what is the mood? >> it's relatively quiet at this time. however you can see behind me there are still people paying their respects. the bat that clan theater is just behind me -- >> okay. chapman bell there in paris at this moment. we appear to have a little audio difficulty with him mic. we'll try to get that addressed a

sod far, one a belgium issyria, the other posing a syria refugee entered greece before coming to paris. a third group of terrorists is believed to have attacked four separate locations in the span of 15 minutes. first here at a restaurant in a nearby bar, 15 people are gunned down. seven minutes later they continue the campaign of terror at this cafe killing five more. they open fire here and 19 are killed. one of the attackers walks into a cafe detonating a bomb. he's identified as a trench citizen. another man gets away, he's been identified as salah abdeslam. his get away car found abandoned in a french suburb. an international manhunt continues. since the killings, memorials have sprung up and thousands gathered to pay respects. it was here on sunday there was a moment of panic when it was believed gunshots had been fired nearby. there is police moving in. it seems like something happening about half a block away. the entire area has already cleared. in the end it turned out no shots had been fired. also on sunday the beginning of a new military chapter from france. isis clai

much, max, thank you. >>> and belgium authorities charging a suspect in connection with the paris attackings. prosecutors say 15 people detained will be released. meanwhile, brussels will stay at the highest terror alert on monday, and the metro will open in brussels. cnn international correspondent frederik pleitgen has more from brussels. so fred, set the scene with us. how are people there in brussels coping with the city that is somewhat in lockdown? >> reporter: well, i saw people on the streets earlier today. there were people going to work, it is early here as well, 7:00 a.m. the only people at this point in time you see are soldiers and police officers who are obviously patrolling the place throughout the entire night. other than that, there are really not that many people out. that is a heavy toll taken on the businesses. there are many people not going to work at all. they're sort of going to work for a couple of minutes, picking up their laptop and going home to work from there. the city is as you said in effect on lockdown. i want to show you how that unfolded. >> repo

raids throughout belgium in the last zemp dseven are in brussels, and explain what the terrorist alert means. >> well, it's their highest level meaning if there's a serious and imminent threat, this is according to the press release from the interior minister, and this is the first time they have gone to the level four threat assessment. they are basically advising the public, i mean, i could read you what it says, but it says stay away from groups of other people, stay away from concerts, theaters, from, i assume christmas markets like that set up behind me. really unprecedented for brussels. they have been making the threat assessments since 2006, and, apparently, according to the release tonight, because of an analysis, and they have decide the to put it out. >> we don't know if it relates directly to the eighth terrorist suspect who is believed to have been or at least gone headed towards belgium at last point seen when pulled over. it's known he took part in the terrorist attacks here in paris on friday. his whereabouts still unknown, there's a massive man hunt. there's a lot of r

suspected eighth terrorist from friday night's attack. last seen on the road to belgium it's believed where much of the planning for the paris slaughter took place, according to french authorities. and where there were half a dozen new raids today rounding up nine more individuals possibly with suspected terrorist links. we're not yet sure 100%. i'm joined now by cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. he's here with me live in paris. jim, the french prosecutor stressed today, he stressed that this is the beginning, not the end. >> no question. they're closer to rounding up the people behind the attacks in paris. on friday they got the ringleader, today or confirmed that he's dead today. but we know there's at least one attacker, possibly more still on the loose. there's a support network that they're still trying to track down. and they are acutely aware that there could be other plots, other cells to be activated here, also other attackers, jihadis here who might act on their own. this is just in their words, and they repeat them, the beginning. tonight an urgent manh

cannot yet confirm the identity of this fugitive, but we are learning more about the belgium born french national. four days after the deadly and coordinated isis terrorist attacks, he is the eighth terrori terrorist, the one to survive. heavily armed police zeroed in on a suspicious car with belgium plates. french media outlets say he rented that vehicle. we now he know he rented a budget hotel apartment room days before the attack. cnn cannot independently confirm, but you can see in this video the point among the pizza boxes and syringes in the room. the terrorists occupied these. bomb specialists saying if the terrorists did indeed have syringes in their room, this may have been used in the make iing explosives for the attackers' suicide vests that were used to horrifically four days ago. i'm joined by nic robertson. investigators are collecting crew clues, the car, the budget hotel room. now we hear about a second possible accomplice on the loose. are investigators any closer to catchi catching either terrorist? sd >> not at the moment. they found the vehicle he rented. they

people arrested. belgium, usually a city popping with tourists and now today representing a war zone. military vehicles in the streets and out in force and people hunkering down and told to stay away from windows. schools an mass transit all stay close the as belgium is on the highest terror alert over what officials are warning is a possible paris-style attack. here is the belgium prime minister from earlier. >> we are fearing similar attacks to that which took place in paris involving several individuals who might launch an attack on several locations at the same time. we have information that leads us to believe the potential targets are places that are frequently. we are thinking of commercial centers or streets or another example might be the public transport system. >> brussels is a city roughly about a million people. it is the home of nato. and the european union. it is also where the paris attacks, we're told, were plotted. the belgium people understandably on edge. and really everybody watching this. but one man put it best in an interview. saying he was not scared. and tha

the moment. the suspicion is he may be back in belgium. of course, this plot was almost centered in the brussels suburb of molenbeek. also police naming the suspected master mind, the person who is believed to be still in syria who may be behind the massacres on these streets, abdul hamid abaaoud. said to be so radical he persuaded his 13-year-old brother to join him to fight in syria. this is an intention investigation. on the back of that, we had the french president today with pretty stern warnings. first of all to isis he said, you won't destroy france, france will destroy you. he wants a change in the french constitution so that it's easier to tackle jihadists here in france. france's aircraft carrier is this week heading closer to syria and iraq. from that aircraft carrier french war planes will launch more raids like we saw in the last 24 hours, 12 war planes attacking the isis strong holds of raqqah, syria, dropping 20 bombs. france wants to step up its military campaign against a threat here with many people asking, however, how will more raids in raqqah stop isis on the st