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tourists in tunisia. we have comprehensive coverage of the three chilling terror attacks across three continents. new york state police are combing every possible area in
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the hunt for an escaped killer. his accomplice shot dead during a standoff with officers. and greece's prime minister asks his nation to take it or leave it on a bank bailout propose. a referendum will be held next week. and a warm welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm michael holmes. those stories coming up. let's go to becky anderson in tunisia first on the ground there on more with what hads been triple terror attacks around the world. >> that's right, michael. we've been following the three attacks closely. let get you up to date. a mosque a factory, and a hotel were all targeted in kuwait france and here in libya on friday. here in sousa, a gunman opened fire at the imperial hotel
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behind me killing 38 people. isis claims the attack was carried out by al kirouani. he was born in 1992. officials say he wasn't known to have terror connections. there was no indication of foreign travel on his passport. it's believed he worked in the tourism industry. that may be why he knew the layout of this hotel bemind me where the murderous act happened. isis also claiming responsibility for the bomb attack at a shiite mosque in kuwait city at least 27 dead there, hundreds wounded. french authorities are investigating man they say carried out or caused an explosion to a u.s. owned factory near lyon. police found a decapitated body
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and a severed head near the scene. i want to bring in ellie macken now. she was here at this hotel on friday. she's returned to the uk. a british tourist. she's in yorkshire. i believe, ellie, that you saw the gunman here. with his gun. just describe what happened friday here behind me. >> hi there. so okay i was on the last area to the right-hand side. right next to the imperial hotel. so we were joined to the beach. probably about 50 meeters between us. i just happened to set up on my sun bed, have a look around to the right side of me. all of a sudden i see this -- this man drop an umbrella and
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then as soon as he dropped an umbrella there was the gun. and the shot just fired everywhere. they were spraying like it was water. shooting like spraying water all over. i literally just shouted as loud as i could, run, there's a gun. and then everybody just fled and started running. once i got off the beach and on to our hotel, i kept running straight through the foyer into the hotel. i think at first people didn't realize. they thought it was fireworks. but who has fireworks during the day? once we got into the foyer, we got told the stay calm and stay in the foyer. then told the rooms. then told the foyer, then the rooms again. within a minute the gunman had run from the beach -- after the mass attack on the beach, he had
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run up to our hotel and tried to enter our hotel, firing shots all over. everybody scattered. everybody is fleeing around. people jumping over even just to get away from this horrible, horrible man. >> absolute chaos is what you're describing. the hotel is just behind me. you can see what is the foyer down to the beach just behind me here. a man here and here abouts to try to scatter. what you're describing sounds as if he was firing indiscriminately. did he have specific targets or not? >> he didn't care. i think he was firing. randomly. it was an umbrella parasol.
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as soon as he dropped it i have never seen anything as big arizona that in my life. it was unbelievable. you just have to think quick, respond, and run. and, i've never seen people being trampled on the floor. there was blood everywhere. it was just horrific. >> ellie, awful. i'm glad you're back and you're back home. i'm sure you're very happy to be back with the family. thank you, ellie. this resort is popular are westerners. tourists from the uk belgium, ukraine, france among the casualties. witnesses saying this gunman was sichly lysimply firing randomly. >> heard what i thought was a firework going off. then all this screaming. people rungning off the beach.
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all of a sudden i jumped up ran over to her. and everybody saying get out of the way, get out of the way. we ran up some stairs. as i'm running up the stairs i could see the gunman coming around. >> what did you see? >> he was dressed in black, carrying machine gun. >> ak-47? >> probably. it was a little distance away. he's taking aim going up the stairs. he's taking aim, shooting people. and they're just falling to the ground. >> indiscriminately? >> yes. anybody he could see. i seen him shoot four people. they fell to the ground. >> 38 tourists dead. the attacker shot by police or security services here. that was friday also. also on friday, the second day
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of ramadan and to kuwait. a place that hasn't seen an take in nearly two decades. no longer the case. isis is claiming responsible for the explosion that ripped through the mosque during friday prayers. that blast killed reportedly at least 27 worshippers and left at least 200 more wounded. this video showing the aftermath. blood seen scattered across the carpet. today hads been declared a day of mourning in kuwait. let me bring in my colleague currently in iman, jordan. there had been warnings by this murderous militant group that any country involved in the international coalition against it would be effectively targets. it's only a couple of days
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before the anniversary monday of the islamic califphate. >> it's really -- it comes as a shocker. what we're hearing from witnesses, people in kuwait city. this is really taking the nation by surprise. as you mentioned, kuwait pretty much immune to the violence we have seen in other parts of the region. first terrorist attack that we've seen in that gulf nation in more than two decades. a real shock. nation in mourning. we're hearing from the interior ministry there, through the kuwait kuwaiti state news organization. the take was claimed really fast by isis putting out a statement saying it was carried out by a
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suicide bomber that they identified saying he carried out the attack. detonating a suicide vest during a packed friday prayers. a very important time during the holy month of ramadan. the mosque packed during friday prayers. killing at least 27 people. wounding more than 200. this comes weeks after we heard from the main spokesman for isis, abul mohammed. sorry, the spokesman of isis who has called for attacks on the shia populations in various countries. they're considered to be enemies of the sunni extremist group.
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becky? >> thank you. isis claiming responsibility for the murderous attack on the shia mosque in kuwait. isis claiming responsibility for the deaths of the people behind me. and then in france another attack. investigators piecing together exactly what went on in france on friday. authorities have a suspect in custody now. they say he caused an explosion at a gas factory in lyon and pinned the head of his decap pated boss to a fence. hala gorani reports. >> reporter: sources say a delivery driver drove up to the gate and then caused an explosion, trying to cause first damage against a u.s.-owned business. when firefighters responded to the scene, they found the
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severed head of the man's employer eremploy er er according to authorities. yacine sali is in custody. the french president quickly said this was a terrorist attack. banners with arabic language were found next to the severed head. this is leading investigators to assume it was a terrorist attack as well. also in custody is the wife of yacine sali. as well as another individual who was driving, according to witnesses, near the location of the attack. his license plate number was written down by a witness and authorities apprehended another man. now authorities are trying to determine by looking at a laptop computer seized in the residence of yacine sali whether or not he received order or directives
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from outside, from an outside network or if this was a lone attack. >> earlier, we heard from a counterterrorism expert. he explained what all of this says about isis. whether the terror group really is behind these terror attacks. no evidence at present, no specific evidence at present to suggest they were coordinated specifically. have a listen to what this expert says. >> it speaks of the group's command and control capability or at least ability to coordinate attacks, if they were able to do that. it's unlikely that the france attack was sbt to isis command and control. you had the tunisia and kuwait attack taking place about the same time. the two attacks were impressive in their own ways.
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the tunisia attack the resorts had long been a target for terrorists. they understand how vulnerable they are. kuwait hasn't seen a terrorist attack in about two decades. in france it's quite possible there was coordination over either social media or more ikely some secure messaging function. if indeed there was koordation between them. it's something we'll be looking for. something i think would move the dial in terms of western intelligence agency's thoughts on how widespread the threat is from isis. >> so three terror attacks friday on three separate continents. more of that as we continue our programming on cnn. for the time being, back to michael holmes my colleague in atlanta, georgia, for some of your other news. >> thank you so much becky anderson there on the ground in
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going to take you now to the u.s. state of new york where we're following developments in the manhunt for go escaped killers. law enforcement sources say police may be closing in on david sweat. a massive search still under way for this man after his accomplice richard matt was killed by a border patrol team. >> they came upon a cabin. went inside the cabin. they detected the smell of gun powder. the law enforcement partners were then notified and the customs and border patrol tactical team helicoptered in. and approached the site. the team came upon matt who was
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an escaped prisoner from dannemora, engaged mr. matt who was armed. and mr. matt was shot and killed. >> authorities have set up a perimeter in the area to try to locate the remaining fugitive. that man on your screen david sweat. they admit they have not even seen him. p paolo sandoval joins us. no sighting yet of the second man. >> there seems to be a partial sense of relief for the people here in this community. we're not far from the border. one of these two dangerous individuals no longer poses a threat. now attention shifts as you mentioned, to david sweat. if you look behind me it will give you a good idea how difficult the landscape is for
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these roughly 1100 law enforcement officers who are really taking a part of this major manhunt. that mountainside behind me one of several regions before sejed. we have seen officers on the ground in the air, some officers went by on atvs. the main focus is to try to track down this very dangerous individual. they haven't had a positive sighting of david sweat, yesterday, we heard from top law enforcement officials saying they don't have evidence suggesting that he -- that he fled this area after his accomplice in this getaway was shot and killed. what is interesting here michael. gunshots and a cough are what blew richard matt's cover. you heard governor cuomo saying officers following up on a tip, a lead. they smelled gun powder.
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like someone had just discharged a firearm. within they walked outside, they heard a noise, sounded like a cough. clearly an indication there was mb in somebody in the woods. foaling up on it moments later they were face to face with this convicted killer. asked him to put down the shotgun. he refused to comply. they shot and killed him. the focus on david sweat. the people here hope to find peace for this part of upstate new york. >> the woods behind you look thick. there are people in the area. i can't imagine what the residents are thinking as all of this goes on around them. yesterday, a lot of them couldn't get home for awhile. >> it's a good point. as remote as this area is a lot of people call this part of the state home. i spoke to one of them. he's not staid in his own home since is search went from
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dannemora, new york to here. about 25 miles. he locked up and went to a friend's house. we have seen that from time to time. several of the families have decided not to stay here until the threat is completely gone. there are a couple though works say they're not leaving their homes. they're locking up and making sure the alarms are set. >> i appreciate your report. an historic moment as the u.s. joins nearly 20 other nations where same-sex marriage is legal. the supreme court ruling on friday that u.s. states can no longer ban marriage between gay and lesbian couples. the anyone judges were divided in their 5-4 ruling in favor of nationwide legalization. pamela brown with details for us from washington. >> reporter: the celebrations erupted on the steps of the
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supreme court. right after the decision was handed down. ♪ o say does that star-spangled banner ♪ >> reporter: a men's choir led the crowd in the national anthem. the supreme court was divided on the issue in a 5-4 split decision. anthony kennedy wrote the majority opinion, saying quote, no union is more profound than marriage. for it embodies the highest ideals of love fidelly, devotion sacrifice, and family. the constitution grants them the right for equal rights you under the law. jim obergefell fought for his marriage to his now deceased husband, john. >> it's my hope gay marriage will be a thing of the past. from this day forward, it will be simply marriage.
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i love you. this is for you, john. >> reporter: and in an incredible moment, obergefell received a phone call from the president while live on cnn. >> i just wanted to say congratulations. >> thank you so much sir. >> your leadership has changed the country. >> i -- i really appreciate that mr. president. >> reporter: the u.s. is now the 21st country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage nationwide. >> this ruling will strengthen all of our communities by offering to all loving same-sex couples the dignity of marriage across this great land. >> reporter: the opposition to the decision was strong. reading from the bench, chief justice john roberts said do not celebrate the constitution. it had nothing to do with it. and clarence thomas said the court's decision today is at odds not only with the constitution but with the principles on which our nation was built. today, history was made on
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behalf of jim obergefell and all americans who argue that marriage is a fundamental right for every one. >> today's ruling confirms. our love is equal. >> reporter: pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> well of course not everyone is celebrating. we can show you here that anti-gay marriage protesters were outside the supreme court on friday as well. they and many other americans believe marriage should be just between a man and a woman. the chief justice john roberts wrote the dissenting opinion and he said the court rewrote the definition of marriage that had been accepted throughout history. well we'll have more with becky anderson in tunisia when we come back. including a chat with a professor of middle eastern politics to get his take on the trio of terror attacks that we
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welcome back. i'm becky anderson in tunisia. these are the top stories we're following for you here on cnn. and dozens of people are dead and hundreds wounded after terror attacks in france kuwait and tunisia. isis has claimed responsibility for the murders at this tunisian resort and a mosque in kuwait. a man was behind the explosion in france at a u.s.-owned
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company. a decapitated body was found. law enforcement officials in new york may be closing in on escaped killer david sweat. a massive serge for the funl tifr has been under way after richard matt was killed on friday. both men broke out of a maximum security prison three weeks ago. in a landmark ruling the u.s. supreme court has affirmed gay marriage. supporters welcomed the decision friday. the nine justices were split, 5-4, in the ruling. well tunisian authorities say that the student, that isis claims was behind the take here at this hotel on friday doesn't seem to have any links to terrorism. at least 38 people are dead. and dozens more were wounded here. this resort popular are
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westerners. many of whom among the casualties. the officials say the student worked in the tourism industry here and that that may be how he knew the hotel's layout. well enough to carry out his four to six-minute murderous attack. total chaos at this hotel when it happened. let's bring in a reportfrom our london bureau. sadly, isis claiming responsibility for what was, this murderous attack. 38 dead. the shooter himself killed by security forces here. another attack on a shiite mosque in kuwait. and a terror attack it seems, in france. your analysis? >> i'm not surprised that the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility. gnat's exact lot whey the islamic state would like to tell
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its followers. its sportupporters. think about how much time, how much ink has been spilled on these attacks. we are the best friends of the islamic state. the so-called islamic state would like to promote, advance its narrative. it's winning. it's spreading. its ideology is mutating. regardless of whether the student or the engineer student took direct orders from the islamic state or not, it was acting on the behalf of the ideology. it's a traveling, spreading ideology. the message in tunisia is strategic. bleeding the economy, attacking the nerve center of the country. paralyzing the country. derailing the political process. in a way it was the big day for the so-called islamic state on the first anniversary, or rath ter second anniversary of the
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establish meant of the islamic state. >> there have been warnings by yis ys that the countries involved in the international coalition fighting it in this region will be targets going forward. kuwait being one of those opinion the others being bahrain saudi where we have seen attacks on shia mosques as well. listen this counterterror strategy against this militant group is not working. what happens next? >> well you know becky, i think we thing there is a magical wand. to really deal with this particular ideology. you cannot deal with this ideology by using over mill tarization. it's a traveling ideology. anyone whether you're talking about in tunis or lyon or even
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in london write hope never happens, could be inspired or motivated by ideology. you need the motivation the will and the arms. you can do a great deal of damage. yes, you're correct. this particular strategy is not working for the simple reason because you cannot deal with this particular ideology militarily. you need to mobilize civil society. you need to really bring -- construct a complex political and social strategy to deal with in ideology. take tunis. if you tell me what it needs today, it needs a complex political strategy. it doesn't have capacity. you need to help tunis to have the capacity to employ the people that are unemployed. you're talking 40% unemployment there. that's we you have 3,000 young men fighting with isis in iraq and syria.
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the big point here becky, this is a long struggle. it's a struggle that will most likely last for a decade or two. let's think not just in terms of militarization. let's think in terms of how do we confront this particular murderous ideology that does not distinguish between combatants and individuals. between parents and their kids. between women and the elderly. it's truly a murderous, insidious traveling and mutating ideology. it will take many years, many years to put an end to the particular social plague. >> analysis by faraz gerges. thank you. michael, tourism makes up 40.5% of this tunisian economy. this is a town a region which is informed by the western tourists. it makes its money out of
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westerners. westerners are targets for somebody it seemed informed by this moud rouseurderous isis ideology. there are 100 toe tells in this town. the one behind me is closed. tourists on busesover night to get out because they're petrified. tunisia needs to carry on. no one wants to see this attack as a nail in its tourism coffin. the actions like this do the country no good whatsoever. michael? >> yeah nearly 500,000 people working in tourism. about 15% of the work force. becky, thanks so much. a dreadful blow there for a country struggling along its way in democracy. thank you, becky anderson there in tunisia. let's turn to greece now.
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another major story. the prime minister alexis tsipras calling for a referendum referendum. the country will vote on july 5th. the existing agreement, that expires next tuesday. tsipras calling the current proposal a quote blackmailing ultimatum and urging people to vote know in the referendum. >> translator: it was asked of the greek government to accept a proposal that puts new heavy burdens on the greek people. it undermines the growth of greek society and it economy. that not only maintains uncertainty but increases the social inequalities. >> if greece doesn't make a $1.5 billion payment by tuesday, it would become the first developed economy to default with the ifm.mf. coming up next details of a
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well as the hours drag on david sweat, a convicted cop killer is likely growing more desperate. he plight not go down without a fight. earlier, we spoke to cn thrks contributor lawrence cobalinski about the likelihood he'll come out of this alive. >> these are two dangerous people. david sweat fired and shot a deputy sheriff 22 times. i mean these were people these two individuals were clearly
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murder murdererer murderers and had nothing to lose. the key so to bring sweat in alive. we're hearing he's dee hydrated. mobile suffering from disysentary. he knows matt has been shot. he's got no place to go. it's only a matter of time. if he was smart, he would put his hands up, walk out into the open where he would then be arrested. to go back to a prison under these circumstances is probably not an easy thing. but it's far better to do that than to be shot to death. >> meanwhile, police say they are looking into several leads on david sweat's whereabouts. a victory for gay rights supporters in the united states. the supreme court legalizing same-sex marriage across all 50 states. the justices split, 5-4, in favor of that ruling. several gay and lesbian couples
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presented challenges to state laws that limited marriage. about two-thirds of americans are in favor of it. friday's ruling didn't come without dissent. the u.s. chief justice complaining the decision was redefining the troo additional meaning, his words, of marriage between man and a woman. another dissenting judge blasted the decision as a threat to american democracy. it's worth remembering so much of what life has been like for generations of gay americans is not fully known. because so much was purposely kept under wraps. as cnn's anderson cooper reports. >> reporter: the history of gays and lesbians in america is largely hidden. lives too often lived in the shadows. for generations, to be gay meant being forsaken by family fired
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by employers, even risks arrest or forced hospitalization. gay life and gay love was created along the way. they created a culture that thrived. the notion of equal rights for gays and lesbians seemed like a dream. two men picketed the white house in the nation's first major public gay protest. the obstacles ahead were clear. >> we discovered that americans consider homosexuality more harmful to society than adultery abortion or prostitution. >> reporter: in 1969 another historic turning point. after decades of being targeted by police patrons in a dingy bar called the stone wall in
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greenwich village fought back. a new era of activism was born. >> a lifestyle that is perverse and dangerous. >> reporter: social conservatives who sought to ban gays and lesbians from working in schools found themselves doing battle with grass roots activists like harvey milk. >> there are millions waiting to hear your voice. >> reporter: in 1973 the american psychiatric association announced being gay was not a mental disorder. another battle was beginning. in 1981 a disease was killing gay men. >> this disease has been turned into a propaganda ploy in our opinion by homosexual sympathizers. >> reporter: some religious leaders cast blame early on. inaction led gays and lesbians
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to try to care for each other. groups like gay men's health crisis and act up were formed to help the sick and push for better treatments. >> i started to look around in desperation for ways that i could find treatments. to help save my life. um -- and there was nothing coming out of our government's efforts. i quickly realized. >> reporter: more than of 50,000 americans have died of aids so far. new med since, which became available in the mid '90s, have turned hiv into a manageable condition. in 1994 hopes that a new president would usher in rights for gay and leezsbians were dashed. don't ask don't tell was passed. in 2003 in the case of lawrence
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v. texas that laws criminalizing sex between gay people was deemed unconstitutional. legalizing same-sex marriage seemed possible. it happened first in massachusetts in 2004. ♪ here comes the brides so gay with pride ♪ >> reporter: over the next ten years, 36 states and the district of columbia would follow. despite years of political and legal challenges. in 2010 don't ask, don't tell was timely repealed by congress. and in 2013 the supreme court in the united states v. windsor through out-- threw out the so called defense of marriage act. that ruling set the stage for today's historic decision by the supreme court. [ cheers and applause ]
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u.s. president barack obama delivers a moving eulogy and a political message on race in america all at the funeral for this man, reverend clementa pinckney. gunned down with eight other church goers at the church in south carolina. >> reporter: a charleston aian that became a sapgt ware. a crowd of 5500 its congregation. remembering those gunned down in a racially motivated massacre in one of the nation's oldest black churches. ♪ where i'm going ♪ >> reporter: the service was more celebration than somber. many noting the gunman's attempt to divide people by race had done just the opposite. >> someone should have told the young man. he wanted to start a race war.
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but he came to the wrong place. >> reporter: for the president, it was personal. reverend and state senator clementa pinckney had helped obama's 2008 campaign. the president's eulogy quickly went beyond the victims to challenging the nation to confront the issues of race guns the confederate flag. >> removing the flag from this state's capitol would not be an act of political correctness. not an insult to the valor of confederate soldier. it would simply be an acknowledgment that the cause for which they fought the cause of slavery was wrong. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: but the nation's first african-american president didn't stop there. he brought up the issues of voter rights and hiring practices. all seen anew in the aftermath
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