President Obama landed in Paris a little earlier tonight to attend the COP21 global warming talks and stopped by the Bataclan Theater on his way in from the airport to pay his respects to those who died in the terror attacks earlier this month.
Photos and video from the scene:
Obama and Hollande arrive to place flowers at the memorial at the Bataclan theater pic.twitter.com/thwFVoKdc4
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) November 29, 2015
Hollande vient d'arriver au Bataclan, Hidalgo est là , manque plus qu'Obama pic.twitter.com/24I9qnVAhN
— Thomas Vampouille (@tomvampouille) November 29, 2015
Obama arrive au #Bataclan pic.twitter.com/tO0qZcLXAS
— Tiphaine Le Liboux (@LeLibouxTiF) November 29, 2015
Le boulevard Voltaire et la zone du Bataclan verrouillés par les forces de l'ordre, Obama vient d'atterrir à Paris.. pic.twitter.com/VTBbwT9JOe
— Thomas Vampouille (@tomvampouille) November 29, 2015
President Obama arrives at Le Bataclan to pay his respects to victims of #parisattacks @ Le Bataclan https://t.co/tYgdvCXrmr
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 29, 2015
Update. We’re now seeing some better pics:
Accompanied by French Pres Hollande and Paris Mayor Hidalgo, Pres Obama places flower at Bataclan Memorial. pic.twitter.com/k2fc0o1fOW
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 30, 2015
President Obama and President Hollande leave after a moment of silence at the Bataclan in Paris pic.twitter.com/5jXbopkwNI
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) November 30, 2015
On his arrival in France, President Obama joined President Hollande to pay his respects at the Bataclan concert hall pic.twitter.com/apU823kj5G
— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) November 30, 2015
Presidents Obama and Hollande tonight place flowers at Bataclan memorial pic.twitter.com/JrzpRN1akI
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) November 30, 2015
President Obama pays his respects at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris https://t.co/0Qv8H4iKUA pic.twitter.com/gEyaoJ8bIC
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 30, 2015
As we reported, a separate memorial at the Place de la Republique was trashed earlier in the day after violence erupted between climate protesters and police:
Violence erupts in Paris as climate protesters trash memorial for terror victims [photos] #COP21 https://t.co/mxUhn2lAMb
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 29, 2015
Here’s hoping this one stays in one piece as the week progresses.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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