paris. the leaders of france and russia ve agreed to greater cooperation in the battle against isis which claims respononbility for the attacks. but the two countries still remain at odds on the future of syrian president bashar al assad. here at home, tight security on full display across the country. more than 2500 officers were assigned to the e th annual macy's thanksgiving day parade in new york along with k-9 units to detect explosives. there was also a heavy police presence at parades in chicago, detroit and philadelphia and at many shopping malls. officials are reminding americans to be vigilant but not fearful. >> to presidential politics now. a new controvey for donald ump. the republican front-runner is denying that he mocked a disabled " "w york times" reporter despite video that appears to show him doing just that. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: it's being called a the presididtial front-runner inin south carolina this week, appearing to mock a disabled journalist. >> now, the poor guy you've got to see this guy, "ah, i don't know what i said! i don't remember!

extend the campaign into the new year. france intensified air strikes on syria since identifying specific threats from the islamic state against french interests. german chancellor angela merkel who bhet hollande yesterday promising to standy francee saying it will do everything possible to prevent attacks like those that devastated paris nearlywo weeks ago. and merkel met with the french president yesterdadaand today hollllde takes his case for internationanaaction against isis to russia where he meets of course, on tuesday, hollande was in washington, d.c. where president obama vowed t t intensify the e fensive against isis. >> now to a bombshell from the pentagon stemming from the deadly u.s. air strike on a -- an afghan hospital. several u.s. service members suspended after an internal military investigation found the attack was mainly a result of avoidable human error. with more here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the 3,000-page report found a cascade of errors, technical, mechanical, procedural and human. the ground controller and crew of the ac-130 that destroyed a h

u.n. is calling for both sides to deescalate tensions. >>> the president of france meets with german leader angela merkel today onnnternational efforts to fight isis. yesterday francois hondaee and president obama vowed to step up air strikes against the islamic terror group. they also agreed to bolster efforts t t share intelligence on isis.. >>> the new government in canada has announced plans to resettle 25,000 syrian refugees by february. the government says robust health and security s screening will be completed overseas. their settlement of syrian refugees here in the u.s. has become a political issue with dozens of governors rejecting settlement efforts. >>> hillary clintnt is appeasing immigration activists by cleaning up her language a little bit. during a facebook chat with telemundo yesterday clinton said that her use of the determine "illegal immigrants" earlier this month att a town hall in new hampshirirwas a poor choice of words in describing immigrants who are breaking the law by entering the u.s. she later went on to describe them as undocumenteteimmigrants. and cli

fast. >> reporter: while the debate over refugees rages here in the united states, in france president hollande says his country will continue to welcome some 30,000 syrian refugees jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> and just last night on french tv the prime minister of france was saying that the terrorists used the refugee crisis as an excuse, as a way goat into france, but yet that country still plans to is he accept refugees. >> he this made a big point of announcing they're not going to be deterred to bring in refugees. obviously the white house making it very clear this week that they want to continue with the refugee process and they say it's a heavily vetted process. not everybody buying that but that's what they're saying. >>> coming up in our next half hour, the great gmo debate. the federal government approving the first genetically modified fish for americans to eat. would you eat this, kendis? >> i don't know. >> the pros and cons of scientifically engineering our food and what it could mean for our health and our planet. >>> but first, as the american music awa

"world news now" -- bloody raid. the unprecedented terror takedown in france and what led police to move in with such force. new details overnight and the latest on the mastermind behind the attacks. >>> and the threatening new isis video showing times square. new reaction overnight from authorities in the big apple. >>> this half hour, could meat be making you sick? >> a new report says meat and poultry raised with antibiotic could allow bugs resistant to antibiotics. >>> carly simon reveals a secret she's kept for decades, who was she singing about in her iconic hit "you're so vain." it is november 19th. you're so vain this is "world news now." >>> good morning on a busy thursday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninean. >> i love that song. carly simon reveals a secret -- >> we shall find out a little later on. >>> of course, 24 hours ago we were talking about the crackdown that was taking place in france. of course, it is still news on this thursday morning. >> we're going to begin with the crackdown. rocking a paris suburb with a raid, a gun battle and eight arrests. >>

few days, and it has been clear that france is on high alert and that they're extremelyly eager and keen on finding the suspects in this case and having the mastermind right here in northern paris of both of these attacks, as alex said, is not only an embarrassment, it also speaks to what has happened with french intelligence. what seems to be an entire collapse in the ability to discern whether or not their top target is in fact right beneath their noses. what we can say is thaha still hundreds and hundreds of police officers, heavily armed, wearing body armor around their their chests with automatic weapons have b bn spread out around this perimeter ordering people back. we've seen them rush in. the army has come in as well. and that is possibly a source of all that gunfire you hrd and it's been sporadic and that's one of the things that's p psibly most surprising lasted. probably about four hours now since the first reports of gunfire and we've heard additional gunfire, sometimes dozens of bullets, sometimes a single shot, and of course ten explosions that we heard as well which

. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. we begin with the war o o isis. france, ready to join forces with the u.s. and russia vowing to triumph over the enemy after those bloody attacks in paris. >> first live pictures right now from paris. take a look as dawn breaks there in the city of lights. the victims came from at least 19 nations many of which are now standing in solidarity with france. a 27-year-old belgian has been identified as the mastermind of the attacks. the french military has launched on another round of punishing air strikes on isis targets in syria. and more than 150 raids were conducted across france leading to nearly two dozen arrests. way for the alleged on eighth attacker, coverage begins with abc's terry moran. >> reporter: police moved in swifify cordoning off streets, surrounding an apartment building, scaling rooftops. they warn neighbors to stay inside, away from windows. then they moved on in. but their target was gone, and the manhunt continues for the gunman who got away. 26-year-old salah abdeslam suspected of being one of the shooters that hit cafes an

will be sent to paris. both of those players are from france. >>> in raleigh, north carolina, another somber event for paris. 300 people g gher inside the historic morse square to honor the victims. among the dead was a 23-year-old french student who was about to join her best friend at college in raleigh. ten months ago, people gathered on the same spot to the mourn the lives of those lost in the attack on the pa rission magazine "charlie hebdo." >> we're getting new details about the terror victims in paris. >> and also ahead, the mother to be dangling from a window ledge to escape gunfire inside a theater. the stories of survival shared worldwidid >> and the piano player in the middle of paris with a song of peace as cities across the globe stand in support of the survivors in the french capitat. now." it seems that every year, we have to watch out for different types of germs. which is why it's important for your wipes to kill a broad spectrum of germs. lysol wipekill 99.9% of germs, including 8 different types of cold and flu viruses. to help protect your family... lysol that. >>

living yoga teacher. born in india, tao moved to france and had success model fog famous designers like coco channel. when world war ii broke out she founu herself drawn into the resistance against nazi germany. it was then that she realized the power of positive change in teaching yoga to others. >> the nicest thing that i could is when somebody can't do somemeing and i show them they can. >> reporter: she toured the u.s. and even wrote over 300 film scripps, combining a career in show business with her love of yoga and call to social activism. she has w wked with gandhi and martin luther king jr. but she credits her uncle who raised her with teaching her compassion and acceptance. >> never look down on anybody. know that t en a farmer may be illiterate, but knows more about the soil than you do. so you're illiterate. >> what is your secret about life? >> when i wake up in the morning i say this is going to be t best day of my life. >> reporter:ou really say that to yourself? >> yes. whatever you put in your mine materializes. so don't materialize anything negative. materialize everyth