-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good evening to our viewers here. the police crack down on protest tors picking up again over the last several hours in istanbul and. what began late last month as a protest against bulldozing a park nearby has evolved into something bigger focussing into the government itself at times and the prime minister. what you're seeing ebbed and flowed throughout the evening, police moving in and regrouping. many protesters leaving, some digging in. the situation heating up again in the past hour or so and there is reports of unrest in the streets of there. the armored vehicles, makeshift barricades among the streets.

this latest chapter in taksim square is beginning check over this ban of several intense hours when police moved into the square. some of what you'll see in the video we're about to show you are not gunshots but protesters set sg off small fireworks and the tear gas canisters flying. there is tear gas with correspondents in the middle of it. >> reporter: those rounds are being shot directly into gezi park. there were thousands, tens of thousands of protesters who were peaceful. we were standing here when an altercation broke out. >> we don't know what sparked this police move. there was some sort of altercation. they have been seeing that all day. so no specific reason why that itself would cause a trig tore such an enormous response by police. i'll just let you see the fireworks going off behind me

now. it's unclear if they are celebrating or just sooneen earr today being fired at the police at the protest. we're seeing people running away, scatterings. it's not clear why we're hearing the racketeering of gas again. they are moving. so much of a danger for people in this situation is that fear of mass panic when people run in a direction for unknown reasons. here is the banging again. >> reporter: right now in the very front of the park you can see people trying to help us out because of the tear gas. the entire front part of the park now has been cleared out because of the intensity of what was just fired in. people are incredibly angry,

infur rated at the way the government is handling it. tear gas is fired in, people clear out, and they move right back in. >> reporter: just a couple ten seconds ago, a minute, a massive volley of tear gas from the police in that direction and now one, two, three -- i'll put this gas mask on i'm afraid. >> this has been going on for hours. the situation continues. arwa, nick are there on the front lines and join us with chief international correspondent. she recently interviewed turkey's prime minister and here in new york ivan who reports for us. nick, first of all, explain your vantage point, where you are in relation to where arwa is and what is happening right now. >> right me behind just as i started talking we're seeing

fireworks, and we've seen these fired towards police for much of the last 19 hours i've been standing here. it seems to be the weapon of choice. give you a moment to listen to this. it appears to be the weapon of choice of protest. a confusing situation down the street closest to me. let me explain. we're talking about a square here, the park. arwa, when we see her pfootage earlier on was on the far side. i'm on the near side. police made a substantial for -- they pushed a lot of armored trucks, cannons, bulldozers, barricades pushing everybody back. i can't see everything where i'm standing but in the last half hour protest tors seemed to have crept back up that road where fireworks were fired from. so it begs the question what is the police strategy here? how do they intend to retain control of the territory they push forward and take?

we've been asking this question for much of the night. hard to really understand exactly what their final game plan is. tear gas now being released in that area. that is the standard tactic when they see our position, they fire these enormous volleys of tear gas cannons. they drift blowing with the winds into our position here. i'm hearing the shouts of protesters right now behind me down that road. we have thought that much of that protest had been pushed back, but we saw some of the armored water cannon trucks move in, fire water cannons into gezi park itself. just now having seen for about two hours pretty much calm in this larger part of taksim square as police used bulldozers, collecting debris, parades, and getting them off. things have appeared to be under

control but now we saw the fireworks and it's clearly a bit of fight left in the protest now. >> so nick, explain this, because we have been watching bulldozers move in as well as water cannons as well as columns of police. are they not occupying and holding territory, the police, once they have taken it? you say protesters in some cases are moving back. how is that possible? >> reporter: if you can imagine a square that is the park, on one side of the square closest towards the main streets of this massive turkish city, clearing away the debris between the main street and the two side roads that go down the side of that particular park seem to be contested. i don't know what's happening further away from me. that's where arwa was earlier on. what is closest to me, there are protesters there. i believe -- i believe at this point they are small in number. it's hard to see the scale of

them, but i'm seeing flags again near the barricades, too. yes, as you point out, anderson, the confusing thing is the absence of police strategy to retain control of territory. they may be lacking in numbers and by doing that maybe they would continue to end up in the confrontation of protesters. a loud bang behind me here. sometimes that is a police stun grenade, sometimes tear gas. it did sound more like a firework. hard to tell at this particular point but continues clashing. there seems to be firing down the far road away from me here on the other side of the park. police you can now see moving in down that far road. i've been down there last night. there were buses in the way before barricades. it heads down to one of the main hotels here in this up scale part of istanbul. we're hearing blasts here in the very heart of istanbul, 19 hours

now of this. hard to understand why police would want it to go on this long, unless they are encountering more than they expected. >> extraordinary images to watch when you know what turkey is normally like at 3:07, 3:08 turkey time in the morning. nick said he's been there 18, 19 hours. i want to check in with arwa damon. arwa, explain where you are in relation to nick and what you're seeing now. >> reporter: i am on the other side of the square from where nick is and we're held up inside a hotel that is kindly opened it's doors to us and dozens of other demonstrators and a make-shift health clinic. the street outside we're speaking. i can barely see gezi park that is less than 20 feet across the street from me because the smoke from the tear gas is so thick at this point in time.

now similar to the -- and nick has a vantage point on this that the demonstrators have been occupying, they were clashing the riot police down one end of the street and this intense, intense volley of tear gas that effectively cleared all of it of the demonstrators, a lot of tear masks. causing complete chaos, people running into this hotel. then we saw the riot police with armored vehicles driving down the street pushing all of the barricades away. there were a hand full of demonstrators that went back out and right now the tear gas, shoved underneath the door. they aren't letting anyone out but opening it for when anyone wants to come back in. >> arwa -- >> reporter: try not to draw too much attention. >> i want to show our viewers what you experienced and people

around you experienced a few moments ago before we went on air. let's look at that. >> reporter: volleying around one end, as well, you see a lot of them pouring this white liquid into each other's eyes. that's what they mix with water to help ease the sting, ease the burn. the government had promised to allow the gezi park demonstration itself continue and while the riot police have not entered the park itself, the tear gas is now landing inside the park. this is another -- move around here forward. the street right below here is where those clashes were taking place between the demonstrators and the rioters. the riot police move forwards -- some of the demonstrators trying

to push their way forward right now, though sometimes grab those tear gas canisters. they are screaming to one another. when you see what is happening, also, you have people that will try to calm those inside the camp down because it's so densely populated here that when -- don't even -- that you -- so densely populated here that the tear gas canisters do --. i can't even see where i'm going.

>> reporter: i think -- you can see in front of our cameras right now is some of the demonstrators trying to collect -- >> so arwa, in terms of what we're looking at, i want to continue looking at this video full screen. you don't need to see me. what is going on? at that point you're wearing the gas mask so it's hard to understand what you're saying. explain exactly where that street is and then what happens in this video. >> reporter: okay. so that particular video that you were just watching thanks is actually the same street that nick has the vantage point on. i am currently on the other side of the park. >> and then what happened -- we just saw video of a guy -- arwa, we just saw video of a guy dropping to the ground. >> reporter: we had to move back and then we were unable -- we

were unable to move back adequately enough and evacuated the park with a bunch of demonstrato demonstrators. it was chaos. the other street on the completely accept brett direction and that area phenomenally intense volley of tear gas. right now we're inside the hotel right next to them. i can see the tear gas billowing over gezi park -- >> arwa -- >> reporter: you're trying to clear the streets running alongside us. >> arwa, we see protesters in this video because we're watching it from moments ago. it looks like a protester drops to the ground. they look like they are picking up tear gas canisters, throwing it back at the police. has that area now been cleared? >> reporter: we actually moved away from that area into another

part. it was very difficult to tell. what seems to happen is that the protesters clear out when the tear gas gets fired, and then they slowly trickle back. that's what we're seeing happening in the area that we're in right now -- >> okay. >> reporter: that of course, is another heavy bombardment of tear gas. >> okay -- >> reporter: a lot of these protesters, anderson, we were speaking with them through the day and want to highlight one thing, they would consider themself a political but because of the situation, how much it's escalated they feel as if they do have to go out and stand with the others that are in the gezi park themselves, most of them are people -- and they are professionals and go to work during the day and then they come and they demonstrate at night. everyone around us is just so shocked and angry how the government is handling all of this. >> arwa damon. we have to take a short break. we'll be joined by christian in

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we'll take a short break. welcome back. you're looking at taksim square. police moved in with tear gas earlier today. protesters were treated but pushed back in. armored trucks pushed back and protesters launching fireworks in protest. arwa and senior fellow at san forld university hoover institution. what do you make of it? you're talking to tush kirk officials all day? what do you make of it. >> there is obviously one huge question to state the obvious, how will this end? all side haves their backs to the wall, and there is no sense of how there will be common ground reach.

prime min minister erdogan is sg terrorists, vandals, how will this end? there will be a meeting tomorrow and we're told adele gages of protesters but no what i'm told by a newspaper editors this will be a sing er, actor. so how is that going to change? what i was also told by a chief advisor to prime minister erdogan, it will remain a protest zone. >> giz sezi park -- >> people stay away if you're unsafe.

we'll clear the square. police will use unremitting efforts day and night to clear t the scene. >> you've lived there. what do you make of this? >> this is the biggest civil disobedience and there are groups, socialest that have been fighting with the police with slingshots and things like that but for the most part, this is a young generation of turks apologize lit kill, guys i know like rock guitarist that smoke pot all day out been mobilized somehow, grass roots out of nowhere out of frustration at the prime minuister and lecturing -- >> so you're saying something changed -- >> something snapped in this society and what is making it worse and what is astounding is the insults that have been hurled by this prime minister against these young people who really never cared about

politics before and are frustrated and want to be heard and just feel so -- i'm hearing some people -- they are being pushed to the fringes -- >> what i don't understand and from the images, you would think istanbul is a flame, how much wide-spread support do they have? >> neighborhoods at 8:00, 9:00 at night, ring out with the banging of pots and pans every night at 9:00 and that's going on for more than a week. i've never seen behavior like that in turkey in the more than ten years i lived there. >> let's take a look at that. you'll be seeing it as i am for the first time. police responding again with tear gas, some water cannons to protesters. obviously, a lot of people seeing this will think back to rear square. is this completely different

than that? >> you know, i really believe it's very different in many ways and i've been watching those much better than i could. i was just there and by chance, by accident i was coming back from iraqi and witnessed. this is a moment firefighter prime minister erdogan obviously and the circumstances in which leaders lose the mandate are mysterio mysterious. a society can put up with a leader for many years, it can turn to him, it can need him, it can tolerate and some things snap. it's really about is it like the squire? i don't think so. the turks are law-abiding and you look at egypt and you were there in the middle of it, 800 egyptians fell in that protest. this is nothing like that, and let's give -- let's give erdogan his due. he came to power and won three

elections since 2002. he is a man brought to power who acts in democratic ways sometimes and it's really about temperament, his charter. he's a very stubborn man. he has the charter he comes from, he's a tough guy and this is -- are circumstances when toughness isn't good enough. >> you're saying he's a fighter? >> professor is absolutely right in his charter and he's known as a fighter. he is an -- he was the major of istanbul before this. everybody is wondering about erdogan we've known for a long time and he says i won't change. is this going to be the moment of truth and how is this all going to fall out? but we what we also need to remember is that according to, let's say, the former foreign minister of england today said to me if this happened before

erdogan there would be no protest for 12 days. this would have been brutally and bloodily crushed immediately, so there are protests, that's a good thing. it's being allowed to happen. on the other hand, he's done an enormous amount of good for turkey and as he's been saying and ivan knows and everybody does, people say erdogan has developed a streak, he doesn't brooke descent, he doesn't brooke criticism. i asked is the prime minister off limits with criticism and he said no, no, i'm criticized all the time but i draw a line between being insulted. i'm not exactly sure what that difference is. you know, they put a huge number of journalests in jail. there is very little space for political descent and in his third term, people are becoming orange ray. >> you said during the break he is calling some people terrorists and in turkey, you

can get jailed. >> there are broad definitions of ter resrorests and they can detained and wait for a year for prison. so a lot of these kids who have been out saying -- criticizing their prime minister in ways they never have before are very frightened that when he succeeds in subduing the protests in the streets, he'll come back, he has abeing vindictive and getting them and more than 30 were detained and facing charges for insighting violence over social media which erdogan called a menace to society. >> look at live pictures. if nick paton walsh is there. nick, is police moving in? >> reporter: it's hard to tell, anderson, when you see movements

of police or simply shift change. remember, police have been doing very long hours here, as well. whether that marks some new progress on the ground. it's become paratively quiet for the last ten to 15 minutes, the focus on clearing the area but there is that pocket of protest down the left-hand side of the park. it seems to be reasonably substantial. hard to tell given the distance in the dark. police are not moving against them. when we first spoke to you, we saw the fireworks from that direction. so clearly, that's something the police will have to deal with if they want to have control of the perimeter around gezi park before dawn in about two and a half hours from now but we are seeing continued activity. bulldozers moving in, removing the barricades. i think that's what the police want to achieve as quickly as possible, clearing the empty concrete space. as i say, they have still got this issue of protesters that

once they push them back, simply return to the original position no matter how much damage they have done to the barricades with police bulldozers. >> and as you said, what happens during daylight hours, a few hours away. everybody, stay with us. the coverage continues to unfold and protesters still on the streets of turkey and reaction from the white house. ll rolling. in parks across the country, families are coming together to play, stay active, and enjoy the outdoors. and for the last four summers, coca-cola has asked america to choose its favorite park through our coca-cola parks contest. winning parks can receive a grant of up to $100,000. part of our goal to inspire more than three million people to rediscover the joy of being active this summer. see the difference all of us can make... together. just like a tablet. so easy to use, it won a best of ces award from cnet. and it comes inside this beautifully crafted

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this is what it looked like. continuing to hear pops of tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades. the clashes have flowed throughout the evening, 18, 19 hours what began as an environmental protest has grown to a backlash against the prime minister erdogan. they want to refrain from violence. today the national security counsel says it continues to follow events in turkey with concern after the panel, also our white house correspondent, dan, how concerned is the white house based on what they see in turkey, a key ally? >> they are very concerned. the white house has been watching the developments there. they are concerned about the fact some of these protesters have been targeted.

there has been violence there. that they have not been given the freedom of protesting with having their freedom of expression there in turkey, so there is concern about that. there is concern about the crack down to the white house putting out a statement early this evening. talking to that point but as you point out, turkey is a key all in the region. the hope is this can be corrected through dialogue. the white house in a statement this evening talking about the importance of resolving this through dialogue, that these protests will no longer be violent. that's the hope, at least, from the white house. >> turkey is a key player in the region with what is going on in syria and lebanon and elsewhere. >> everywhere. it's impossible to over state the importance of turkey for it's own sake, the region and the u.s. and the west. it's a clear nato ali.

it supported the united states and regarding syria, that's the latest. used to be a close ally with israel as well. but here is an irony, prime minister erdogan along with president obama and others have been calling for him to step down. step down. you can imagine the glee with which this is being used in syria. they are playing it on television every night and saying mr. erdogan, perhaps it's time for you to step down. all of this -- that might be amazing but not in the bigger picture this is a vital, vital cause in the stability of that region. >> i think it was a turkish official interviewed compared this to occupy wall street and police putting down demonstrations in new york in the occupy wall street movement.

is it similar to that in your opinion? >> not at all. i think this is a completely different crisis. i do want to say something about the statements coming out of the white house, really concerned, we want peace and order in the streets of istanbul. that's standard. the fundamental point was really layed there, he came with the hope if he can convince president obama with syria, he wanted president obama to give him cover because the truth is in turkey, in turkey the policy of erdogan the activists is unpopular. people don't want to be involved in the syria crisis so erdogan came in hope he would have his back covered by president obama. he got nothing of the sort. he went home, and i think this

is really -- it's really about that in terms of u.s. turkey relations whether than just expressing the standard concern about an ali in trouble. there is a fair measure of blame for this. >> what happens at dawn? what happens in the day tomorrow? these protesters are out there. they haven't bun rounded up. a lot have been injured -- >> thousands. >> thousands have been injured, some killed. what happens? >> we've seen this cycle before. istanbul was quiet for a few days in between rounds of violence and people start to go back to work. some demonstrators protesters go back and by evening the violence starts up again and the clashes start again in the side streets and the very important thing to note is this is not ju

just istanbul. they are spraying demonstrators in the capital night after night after night. there are clashes in the port city and other cities. this is much bigger, though the focal point, is istanbul and i don't really see a way out of this. christian was saying both have their backs against the wall. the demonstrators don't have a party or a movement. it is people who have just been driven to the point of saying we're kind of mad at the government. so there is not another side to really negotiate with, again, the prime minister has demonized these people again and again. he's claimed -- he's take an page from the playbook of middle east earn dictators by claiming there is a conspiracy against him to over throw him and named individual companies that

expressed sympathy for the demonstrators and singled them out -- >> has this been covered in turkish media. because people are tweeting they are showing penguin documentaries? >> they are afraid of criticizing him. their credibility is hurt terribly by this crisis because there was so little coverage of this because news channels were showing cooking shows and documentaries about penguins rather than showing what was taking place in the largest city in the country. so there's -- he risks not only by putting pressure on the media, he's losing the legitimate of other -- >> arwa damon is on that square covering the conflict. we'll continue to check in with them and then our panel. thank you-all. we'll dig deeper into the implications for the u.s. and national security and analyzer fred townson. in. little things anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence.

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remarkable events out of turkey this evening, at this hour. it's about 3:41 a.m. in the morning in istanbul. joining me now national security analyst fred townson, -- nick p. give us an idea of where things

are at in the square. >> reporter: the continued cleanup, you can see people cleaning up debris there in luminous striped uniforms. one important development on the road closest to me, police moving in firing tear gas, using cannons to push protesters back. police have since with drawn and we've seen a break away group of protesters moving up that road chanting a few moments ago, clearly a stand off still in place there. a bit of energy left in the protests and i've been watching this for 20 hours. they really aren't letting up, and it's going to be difficult for police to finally dislodge them on that road closest to me, anderson. >> our friend, we had professor fouad ajami, said they are watching this with concern. this is a difficult situation. this is a key ally for the quite and this region. >> that's exactly right. prim minister erdogan is at a

critical moment. they have to signal to turkey they are watching but at this moment. erdogan if he over steps his bound s, administration has to leave room here. the notion that prime minister erdogan is referring to these protesters as terrorists, that means something and certainly means something inside turkey. it means something to the security forces because of how brutally they deal with the movement and terrorist movement there, and their willingness to use force. remember, as well, that erdogan had an uneven relationship with the security forces. the question is how long as we've seen in other countries, how long will the security forces support the prime minister in this effort against the protesters and how brutal are they willing to become with them? you know, right now we're seeing tear gas and water guns, but there is a real potential for escalation here. >> and again, you can't under estimate how volatile this entire region is right now with

syria and happening in lebanon and elsewhere. >> that's right. erdogan is facing something of a political crisis. you heard fouad ajami and his concerns he would have expressed to president obama during the visit. he didn't get the support and quite the opposite, right? we're seeing an escalating crisis in syria, a sustained escalating crisis, and so, that puts the prime minister really in a difficult position domestically and i'm not sure americans appreciate. this is a domestic political situation we're seeing playing out that has international ramifications because of the strength of the nato ally -- >> it is interesting. it's gone from a protest over a park and taking down treeps and putting up development in the park area into voicing a frustrations with the leadership, voicing frustrations with this style of rule though

he's been elected third term. >> it is his third term and whether it's american presidents, when you're reelected and the second-term presidents make controversial apoints because they know they don't have to face reelection, prime minister erdogan is a tough guy. you've heard him described as being notoriously tough. this is -- the real leadership here is does he have the political will and stamina to deescalate it -- because i don't think it's in his political interest to continue the way it is. he ought to be looking for a way out and to take the passion out of this thing and reduce the violence. >> appreciate you being with us. we'll continue to update on this story. late word on the snow den leak investigation, what he could face if and when he's found and what leader chargers reporters should face for helping him. she's always been able to brighten your day.

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welcome back, edward snowden may have dropped off the radar since leaking the existence but the repercussions of what he did are plain to see and growing. suing the directors and the nsa and fbi seeking to block the program that tracks phone data to quote snatching every american's address book. today several computer giants implicated the one targeting the internet, they are speaking out urging administration to let them be more transparent about the secret request for data. each by the way denies the government direct access to the servers. snowden's girlfriend is in her words a drift in the sea of chaos. lindsey mills, a pole dancing super hero is continuing to theme says my whole world has opened and closed at once leaving me lost at sea without a compass. she wrote that yesterday which is the last time anyone saw edward snowden or claiming to be

snowden as he checked out of a hotel in hong kong. there are briefing, charges being considered. let's get more from miguel from hawaii where snowden worked. what is the latest? >> we know there were two police officers, law enforcement officials that went to his house last wednesday. one was a federal official but it does not seem at this point they knew he was the leaker at that point. two things happening, they knew he was missing and somebody had leaked documents because "the washington post" and guardian had gone to the feds prior to publication of those documents seeking some response from them, so they were -- that link had not been made between snowden going missing and those documents being leaked. >> and have they gone through his belongings or had he taken all of his belongings out of his house? >> that's a huge question. his house was packed. his garage, at least, was packed to the ceiling with boxes say neighbors and all of that

disappeared including his girl friend. i did speak to her father a short time ago that said she's holding up, says snowden is a deep believer in a very good guy, sends him his love, as well but all of those belongings have gone somewhere, to a storage facility here perhaps or perhaps back home. it's not clear there is a warrant served on them to get -- authorities get their hands on him. >> and it was said his girlfriend was completely in the dark about his activitieactivit >> he was completely guarded. has computers, hard drives, the information the feds clearly want to get their hands on, all of that appears to be where he is now. >> thank you very much. the beach looks very nice, i should say. house members got a close-door meeting intelligence committee takes up the affair on thursday, already battle lines are being drawn. democratic senator of oregon a long-time critic of government

surveillance programs calling for hearings saying the american people have a right to expect straight answers from the leadership and doesn't think they get them now. the democratic colleague continues to define the program as necessary and proper. both she and republican house speaker john boehner calling snowden a droide trader. i spoke with him a short time ago. your colleague house speaker john boehner called snowden a trader. do you think that's true? do you think he's a trader? >> i think he's a defector or trader. i guess take your pick. what he's done is incredible damage to our country, put american lives at risk. i don't know how he can live with himself. a trader is as good as any. he violeted the act. that would make him a trader, yes. >> can you say specifically how he damaged national security or put the lives of americans at risk because in fact wake of

wikilea wikileaks, there was a lot of allegations made and months down the road, you know, then the secretary of defense came forward and said actually, you know, the damage, it was embarrassing but it really wasn't the kind of level of damage that we thought. what specifically do you think has harmed national security with this nsa revelation? >> generally, not specific, i believe, is al qaeda and allies now know with great exactly what we're doing and how we're doing it. they were not aware of all the details that are out there, and they monitor everything we do on a day to day basis. they were not aware -- or could not have been aware of the number of details that have come out, and that to me is certainly putting american lives at risk by giving the enemy such detail about what we are doing, that enables them to adjust their tactics and strategies, and that is very damaging to america. >> as far as reporters who help reveal these programs, do you

think something should happen to them? do you believe they should be punished, as well? >> if they willing knew this was classified information, i think action should be taken something of this magnitude. i know the issue of leaks, i think something on this magnitude, there is an obligation both legal, i believe, against a reporter disclosing something, which would so severely compromise national security. as a practical matter, i guess there have been in the past several years, reporter that have been prosecuted. so the answer is yes to your question. >> i want to play a quick exchange in the hearing between ron white and the director of national intelligence, i want to play that for the viewers. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions of hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not whitingly.

>> do you -- is that a fact well statement, as far as you're concerned? >> let me just say i believe he was on a winnable position there, no matter what he said could have compromised american security. if i were his lawyer or add va kidding for him, i would say we're not collecting information on individuals, we're collecting information on phone numbers. i realize that's a technicality. that's the legal rational that would be used. this would be like asking somebody on june fourth or 5th, 1944 are we planning d-day? my understanding is asking that question knew what the answer was, this has already been discussed in the classified setting. when you're asked something in public about something so classified and so sensitive, it really put the director in an unwinnable position. >> congressman peter king, appreciate your time. >> thank you. we'll be right back with more of the latest from turkey. [ male announcer ] it's intuitive and customizable,

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-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com looking at live pictures, heavy equipment, heavy police presence. it's tense but apparently calm right now at the moment. it's been anything but for most of the day. there have been hours of utter chaos since late afternoon when police moved in. the violence spread to the capital and no signs of stop

now. as anyone guessed what tomorrow will bring, dawn is a couple hours from now. we'll of course, continue to bring you the latest throughout the day. this does it for this edition of "360." we'll see you an hour from now. piers morgan live starts right now. this is piers morgan live. welcome viewers of the united states and worldwide and turkey. this is the scene live from istanbul. clashes going on throughout the night. explosive tear gas, forced to report wearing gas masks. >> reporter: trying to hurl the rocks back, advancing on the street below but anger, really, really flairing right now. >> live in istl