Pope: Paris Attack Part "Of The Third World War"; French Media: Syrian Passport Found On One Attacker; British Prime Minister Pledges Support To France; ISIS Claims Responsibility for Paris Attacks
CHRISTI PAUL, CNN ANCHOR: France is under a state of emergency. ISIS is claiming responsibility for the terror attacks that has left more than a hundred people dead across the city. We have live coverage for you from around the globe. Good morning to you. Thank you for your company. I'm Christie Paul.</s>VICTOR BLACKWELL, CNN ANCHOR: I'm Victor Blackwell. Good to be with you. We have a team of correspondents and analysts covering the attacks from all angles this morning. We're going to go straight to Hala Gorani anchoring our coverage live in Paris.</s>HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Thank you, Victor, Christi. The pope is calling what happened here, quote, "A piecemeal third world war." It is a major statement. It's been used before, but he has used it to describe specifically what happened overnight in the French capitol. Our Vatican correspondent, Delia Gallagher is following that part of the story and she joins me on the phone from Rome. So Delia, tell us a little bit more about this terminology, this expression that the pope used to describe these terrorist attacks.</s>DELIA GALLAGHER, CNN VATICAN CORRESPONDENT (via telephone): The pope is including these latest attacks in what's he has called before a piecemeal third world war. In other words, that we are now in a situation where we don't fight traditional wars, but we had in World War II, for example, where you have countries clearly allied on different sides. We are now in situations of conflicts around the world which may or may not be connected. It gives us a sense as the pope said in the past a sense of anxiety and insecurity and a sense of being in a third world war. It is peace mill. It is not a clear country against country. It's well defined in that sense. It happened in a lot of different places around the world. That's a reference that he used again this morning to refer to the Paris attacks. He was speaking in the phone interview to the Italian bishop's television station. That in itself is kind of unusual for a pope to give a phone interview like that, but obviously, extraordinary circumstances this morning. The Vatican had already issued their condemnation of the attacks in the early hours of this morning. So the pope also said in his comments that he was moved and saddened and obviously close to the people of France and he said I do not understand these things are hard to understand. Sort of I think we've gotten use to Pope Francis being able to speak to the people and being able to speak in a common language. Again, the peace mill third world war is a phrase that Francis believes very much. These conflicts that we are seeing around the world, it gives us a sense of being in a third world war, people being scared and frightened and indeed dying. So he uses this phrase and is now obviously putting the Paris explosions and the Paris death into that context -- Hala.</s>GORANI: All right, Delia Gallagher, thanks very much, our Vatican correspondent in Rome. To our viewers now we are bringing you live images of the people laying flowers not too far from our position here outside the concert hall where dozens and dozens of people were murdered by several terrorists. These were coordinated attacks as we've been reporting, six locations and a crowded concert venue behind me, popular restaurants, bars, football stadiums. We don't know if other attackers are at large. Police are searching for any possible attackers or accomplices. French media are now reporting that a Syrian passport was found on one of the attackers. I want to bring Clarissa Ward now. What can you tell us specifically about the media reports about these Syrian ID documents found?</s>CLARISSA WARD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hala, these reports are coming from French media, from police officials who are saying essentially that they believe a Syrian passport was found near the bodies of one of the attackers who hit that soccer stadium here in Paris during that France/Germany game. We don't know the name of that attacker. We don't know if the documentation was in fact genuine. All we know at this stage is that some form of a Syrian passport was found near the body of one of those attackers so we are working to get more information on that. I also wanted to bring you up to speed with France's interior minister, who has just given a press conference here. He said that, you know, France as you mentioned, Hala, many times France is now in a state of emergency. This is the first time that France has been in a state of emergency since 1958. So just be clear to our viewers, this really is not unprecedented obviously, but this is unchartered territory certainly. He said that that could be mean more restrictions on people's movements among other measures. Border controls tightened certainly when we arrived this morning at the airport, there were very, very, very long lines. Longer lines than I've seen there before as people were being processed through passport control. He also said the people who work for the Defense Ministry as opposed to the Interior Ministry have also been placed on high alert. All markets have been closed, museums, schools, everything is closed. You know, Hala, the French like to protest a great deal. There were some plans for protester marches in solidarity with the victims. All protests and marches have been cancelled until Monday as French authorities try to get their head around everything that's going on, a lot of moving parts here -- Hala.</s>GORANI: Quickly, Clarissa, let me ask you, do authorities believe other attackers might still be at large? Is that a real concern right now?</s>WARD: I think it's certainly a concern, but what we're hearing from French authorities, essentially they're being pretty tight lipped. They don't want to commit to saying that there aren't other attackers at large. But at the same time they can't definitely say that there are other attackers at large. But certainly if you look at the scale of this operation, Hala, the number of deaths, the level of weaponry, the sophistication of the entire multiple targets selected, it's hard to believe all this could have been done with just eight men. This would have needed a facilitation of a larger network and one can only assume that right now French security officials are very much focused on trying to not drill down on the nose of this that nexus and that network.</s>GORANI: Clarissa, tell our viewers a little bit more, of course, the French president blamed ISIS and then addressed as a nation and ISIS itself (inaudible). The Islamic State is claiming responsibility. Tell us more about that claim.</s>WARD: That's right. We've seen an online statement from ISIS that bares all the hallmarks of other online statements that we've seen from them previously. They call these suicide bombers soldiers of the caliphate. They said that the locations and targets have been specifically selected and essentially they were hailing what they call this blessed operation in Paris and warning people here. I believe the quote was the smell of death will not leave their noses as long as France remains a part of the coalition that is actively engaged in fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq. We also heard being circulated on ISIS affiliated social networks sites, a French language, which is like an Islamic chant or song essentially stalling the operation that these men carried out and we're still working to find out more information about who disseminated that French language chant or song -- Hala.</s>GORANI: All right. Clarissa Ward, thanks very much. It has started to rain here. It has gotten significantly colder and grayer. Grim weather here to match the grim news overnight of France's worst terrorist attacks in living memory. As we've been reporting the terrorist also carried out attacks outside of Paris soccer stadium where 80,000 fans including the French president himself were watching the match. CNN's international diplomatic editor, Nic Robertson is live outside the stadium. Parisians and French people in general, Nic, are still trying to wrap their head around the fact that in the French capital, just a few hundred yards from the president of this country, three suicide bombers blew themselves up. It's remarkable that this has happened only nine months after the Charlie Hebdo massacre.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: People are asking themselves here as well, Hala, were these attackers who appeared to be these three suicide bombers appeared to be waiting for the end of the soccer match. Were they getting closer to the stadium because of the increased security because the French president was there or did they have an idea he was going to be there? What we know is the first of the suicide bombers to detonate explosives happened near here at the main gate, the main entrance of the stadium, somewhere where they could expect a lot of people to be coming out at the end of the match. They weren't able to get in because of this heightened security presence. What we do know is it appears that that was the first of the beginning of the wave of attacks across the city. Twenty minutes later when people were fleeing the stadium, that's when the second suicide bomber detonated his explosives. It gives the appearance of being coordinated to try to use the chaos and confusion of people escaping the first blast walking directly into the next blast. The third and final blast was the suicide bomber detonating closest to the western entrance to the stadium. Again, the question that is being asked and we're hearing it, the French media asking this question as well. The increased security because of the French president being here. Did that keep the casualty toll far lower than it could have been? Only four people reported killed here. One can only imagine if the suicide bombers had actually gained access to the stadium containing 80,000 people crowded and close packed in there -- Hala.</s>GORANI: All right, Nic Robertson, thanks very much. Of course, with tens of thousands of people and three suicide bombers, the death toll could have been a lot higher. Right now, I want to play sound from the British Prime Minister David Cameron. He spoke a short time ago about the attacks. Listen.</s>DAVID CAMERON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: The events in Paris are the worst act of violence in France since the Second World War and the worst terrorist attack in Europe in a decade. Our hearts go after the French people and to all those who lost loved ones. Today the British and French people stand together as we have so often before in our history when confronted by evil, shocked but resolute, in sorrow but unbound. My message to the French people is simple we stand with you, united. While the full picture of what happened is still emerging, we know there were multiple terror incidents across Paris and over 120 people are feared dead with many more injured. We must be prepared for a number of British casualties and we're doing all we can to help those caught up in the attack. These were innocent victims enjoying a Friday night out with friends and family at the end of a hard week. They were not seeking to harm anyone. They were simply going about their way of life, our way of life, and they were killed and injured by brutal callous murderers who want to destroy everything our two countries stand for, peace, tolerance, and liberty. We will not let them. We will redouble our efforts to wipe out this poisonous extremist ideology and together with the French and allies around the world stand up in all we believe in. I've just a meeting of Cobra to review the security situation here in the United Kingdom. The threat level is already at severe, which means an attack is highly likely and will remain so. Our police and intelligence agencies work round the clock to do all they can to keep us safe. Ever since the coordinated firearms attack in Mumbai in 2008, we've all been working together to ensure we could respond to such an attack. This summer police and other emergency services carried out a major exercise to test our response for multiple firearms attacks and in the lights of last night's attacks we will review our plans and make sure we learn any appropriate lessons. It is clear that the threat from ISIL is evolving. Last night's attacks suggest a new degree of planning and coordination and a greater ambition for mass casualty attacks. We must recognize that however strong we are, however much we prepare, we in the U.K. face the same threat. That's why we continue to encourage the public to remain individual vigilant. The terrorist aid is clear. It is to divide us and destroy our way of life. So more than ever we must come together and stand united and carry on with the way of life that we love and that we know and that will never be moved off. I hope to speak to President Hollande later today and make clear that we will do whatever we can to help. Your values are our values. Your pain is our pain. Your fight is our fight and together we will defeat these terrorists.</s>GORANI: The U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron reacting to the attacks in Paris. We'll take a quick break. When we come back, I'll talk to a witness from the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris. Stay with us. Stay with CNN for our breaking news coverage.