10 years since terror attack on satirical magazine in France

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“Je suis Charlie Hebdo” — that was the rallying cry in defense of free speech after an attack on the offices of a French satirical magazine of the same name. Gunmen sought retaliation after a cartoon published by Hebdo mocked the Prophet Muhammad. French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo led a ceremony on Tuesday commemorating the victims. Host Carolyn Beeler has more.

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