The HillTube  Rep. King: Hostages at French bank a 'reminder' of
al Qaeda presence  "It is a reminder that al Qaeda is a
presence, and it can be a deadly presence, but whether this is
al Qaeda or not is really too early to tell," said King on CNN's
"Starting Point."  A French prosecutor said three hostages are
being held by a gunman in a bank in the southern city of
Toulouse, according to The Associated Press. The assailant has
claimed he is "acting not for money but for his religious
convictions," said prosecutor Michel Valet.  Reports from the
French media have said the gunman declared ties to al Qaeda, but
it has not been confirmed.  The same French town was the site of
a shooting rampage in March that resulted in the deaths of three
children and a rabbi outside a Jewish school, as well as the
killing of three soldiers nearby.  French prosecutors at the
time said the perpetrator in the earlier incident told
negotiators that he was linked to al Qaeda, and that he
committed the shootings in revenge for the d