and many unanswered questions. plus violent trouble at trump rallies is front and center in ohio. we're now driving very quickly. >> on the front leines of the wr in syria. deep inside rebel-held territory. a big welcome to those of you watching in the u.s. and around the world. i'm errol barnett with you solo today for the next two hours. let's quick off your week. "cnn newsroom" starts right now.

more than four dozen people are dead after terror attacks targeted civilians in two countries. first a powerful car bomb detonated in a busy square in turkey's capital. at least 34 people were killed and 125 others wounded. hours earlier, gunmen stormed several beach resources in every coast opening fear on tourists there, when it was over 16 people were dead, security forces killed six attackers. there's been no claim of responsibility for the ankara bombing, but turkey's president is blaming regional instability for the attacks. arwa damon reports from ankara. >> reporter: this is one of the main boulevards that runs through ankara, an area that is normally very crowded and filled with traffic and people, and was especially packed at the time the blast took place at about

6:45 local. the explosion caused by, according to turkish authorities, a car packed with explosives, driven and then detonated very close to a bus station. and according to eyewitnesses was extremely busy at the time. among the dead are also one or two of the attackers. the turkish government investigators still looking into specifically which terrorist organization may have been behind this attack that happened at a time when ankara is already in a state of heightened security, following another attack that took place here less than a month ago. that attack, according to the turkish government, was carried out by an offshoot of the kurdish separatist group, the pkk. and back in october, there were two twin suicide bombers that attacked a rally. that attack was blamed by turkish authorities on isis. and this just underscores how

vulnerable turkey is at this stage. so the u.s. embassy had put out a statement, a warning to its citizens on march 11, telling them to be careful in a certain area in ankara, different to this one, but saying that there were warnings of an a potential terrorist attack against government inch tiegss, but all of this coming at a time when turkey continues to face numerous threats from a variety of different organizations. arwa damon, cnn, ankara. the militant group has stormed other hotels in neighboring west african cities in recent months, robin krill has the latest of their recent target. >> reporter: the attack began shortly after midday on monday. the beach was reportedly packed with people. sunbathing, swimming or eating

at beach side cafes. eyewitnesses told cnn they heard sustained gunfire for about 15 minutes and saw people running away from the hotels. >> translator: he arrived near my cousin, when he shot at him in the head he shouted "allahu akbar." >> reporter: authorities say think killed six attackers who attacked three upscale hotels and sealed off the area. this is extremely popular with wealthy people and foreigners. >> translator: truly, truly, it was terrifying. we never thought it could happen here under these circumstances. it's truly not easy. it's not easy, it's not easy. >> reporter: this has the hallmarks of al qaeda. the group has launched attacks in west africa in the last five

months, first in bamako in november, when they stormed the radisson hotel. then in january people from the same group attacked another luxury hotel and cafe frequented by westerners. this sort of attack targeting the heart of progress and yet another country means aqim is committed to broadening its reach by crossing borders into countries such as ivory coast and burkina faso. the government recently announced its plans to tighten its border security so that extremists wouldn't be able to cross over from mali and launch attacks much like sunday's. cnn, nairobi. >> now the attack in ivory coast

is the third of its kind in recent months. and that's raising an important question. should other countries there be concerned? we will discuss that later this hour with an expert. so do stay with us for that. all right, it's just past 2:00 here on the u.s. east coast. that means there's just one day left before five states hold primaries that could set the tone for the rest of the u.s. presidential election. and the democratic hopefuls fielded questions in ohio sunday night, however, it was a republican, donald trump, to be specific, who seemed to dominate this discussion. >> take a look at virtually every national poll that has been done. take a look at the nbc wall street journal poll, guess what, bernie sanders was defeating donald trump by 18 points. >> there are going to be a lot

of arguments to make against him that we can look forward to. i'm not going to spill the beans right now. but suffice it to say, there are many arguments that we can use against him. but one argument that i am uniquely qualified to bring, because of my service as secretary of state, is what his presidency would mean to our country and our standing in the world. i am already receiving messages from leaders. i'm having foreign leaders ask if they can endorse me to stop donald trump. >> now trump, of course, is the republican front runner, and he was very much on the minds of both democratic candidates, especially because trump is persistently accusing sanders' supporters of disrupting his rallies. >> if he says no, then he's

lying. bernie sanders, they have sanders signs all over the place. and they're made by the same people who make the regular bernie sanders signs. they're professionally made. >> sanders insists he is not behind the disruptions which have become increasingly frequent and bold. and he says trump's rhetoric goes against american values. >> donald trump is a pathological liar. [cheers and applause] we have never, our campaign does not believe and never will encourage anybody to disrupt anything. we have millions of supporters, people do what they do. people have the right to protest. i happen not to believe that people should disrupt anybody's meetings. >> all americans should be concerned. it's clear that donald trump is running a very cynical campaign, pitting groups of americans

against one another. he is trafficking in hate and fear. he is playing to our worst instincts, rather than our angels of our better nature. he actually incites violence in the way that he urges his audience on. you know, talking about punching people, offering to pay legal bills. >> joining us now for more on the democratic town hall, darren johnson, a supporter of hillary clinton, you see him on the left of your screen, and a bernie sanders supporter on the right of your screen joining us from tampa, florida. welcome to you both. we saw both secretary clinton and senator sanders speaking out against trump, saying he is inciting violence considering paying the legal fees associated

with one supporter charged with assault. i want to start with you, jonathan, there were supporters of sanders at the chicago rally which was canceled due to a fear of violence on friday. what did you make of that? >> well, i will say that donald trump is a dangerous man. and he has, in fact, incited violence at his rallies. he's created a fear, a climate of fear among many people across the country, not just in, at the rallies itself. and i'm going to guess, and i have no evidence for this, that there were people in the crowd who were protesting him that might vote for bernie sanders and might vote for hillary clinton, and i'm not trying to put the onus on the clinton campaign, the opposite. i'm trying to say that both bernie sanders and hillary clinton together have condemned the racism, the bigotry and the violence and violent atmosphere that donald trump is creating. >> and what do you make of that? because at the town hall, secretary clinton says she's

holding back some of her strongest language against trump, and indeed, what she said was a bit more subdued than what sanders said, why is that? and what is she waiting for? >> i don't know about being subdued. i think what she said is along the lines of what bernie sanders said. what happened in chicago is very, very unfortunate. one, is unfortunate for the trump supporters. they were in line for eight to ten hours. but the rhetoric that's put forth, he's used terms like, hey, if you punch him in the face, i'll pay your legal fees. get those people out of here. he has had a tone, not just for the last few weeks but for the last few months. but what secretary clinton said was we cannot condone that type of behavior. >> but we are at a bit of a crossroads on the democratic side. there are nearly 700 delegates at stake on tuesday. you've got five states holding primaries. sanders has half the overall

delegate count of clinton. and if we look at the polls, clinton is comfortably ahead. has bernie sanders hit his limit? >> well, when you say polls, i would only use one word -- michigan. polls have proven to be pretty unreliable. and i'm a baseball fan, and since i'm in florida, let me invoke the great scholar, yogi barra, when he said it's deja vu all over again. when you look at new hampshire, and nevada, the polls don't mean much when you have tens of thousands of people, and i was at a phone bank, people calling florida voters, those don't mean much when there's energized people calling. this is going to continue to the convention. after this set of elections, primaries, on tuesday, the map

becomes much more favorable to bernie sanders. >> polls have clinton ahead by double digits in michigan, and they were all wrong. are we looking at a similar situation? has clinton fixed anything? >> at a time when hillary clinton has a 206 delegate lead against bernie sanders, and when you add the super delegates, it's a very significant lead. the challenge has been this. since iowa and new hampshire, what you've seen is their inability to basically win in states that have a very diverse electorate. and when i mean diverse, technically women of color. and if you look at polls, exit polls, she's doing extremely well with women of color between the ages of 50 and 65. so the challenge technically for bernie sanders' campaign in florida and ohio, which you're absolutely right, is going to be two big states, which, she's leading in every single state that we're going to have on our super third tuesday as we're calling it, is bernie's ineffectiveness to be able to

back his rets rhetoric up with y votes that appeals to hispanic americans. this is the same bernie sanders that did not actually support true comprehensive immigration reform. it goes back which we saw time and time again, it's the outstanding support that hillary clinton has in the african-american community. >> jonathan, i saw you about to jump through the screen. >> it's completely false to say that bernie sanders is not for comprehensive immigration reform. in fact, he opposed parts of the immigration reform that targeted, that was about guest workers -- >> he voted against it. the bottom line is that he voted against it. >> please, i didn't interrupt you. so let me finish. since he was always for protecting workers, he was against the guest worker program, which was about exploiting workers, technically the most vulnerable people from

mexico for example. number two, it is true, in the first contest, he did not do as well among african-american voters, but that has shifted, and he's increased his share of the african-american vote, particularly among younger voters. the older african-american voters are favoring hillary clinton. but the younger people, african-american and across all races are favoring bernie sanders. when voters in any industrial states look at the policies that hfk h hillary clinton has supported, she's supported bad plans she supported nafta, she helped destroy the middle class, which has shifted jobs abroad. >> thanks again. now syria's preparing to resume peace talks monday. coming up for you, an exclusive look inside the rebel-held

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peace talks to end syria's civil war are set to resume monday in geneva. and u.s. secretary of state john kerry is calling on russia and iran to reign n in the syrian regime. he says the talks with the presidency are an attempt to disrupt the peace process. cnn's senior international correspondent clarissa ward went undercover in syria where virtually no journalists have gone. they worked on this exclusive report, and i have to give you a warning here. some of what you are about to see is graphic. >> reporter: moving through rebel-held northern syria is difficult and dangerous.

as foreign journalists in areas with a strong jihadist presence, we had to travel undercover to see a war few outsiders have witnessed. the city of idlib, dozens were killed in december. this 40-year-old lawyer told us he was inside the building when it was hit. his arm was smashed, but he was lucky to survive. >> translator: the russian planes target anything that works in the interest of the people. the goal is that people here live a destroyed life. the people never see any good. that they never taste life. this is the tax of living in a liberated area. >> reporter: an hour later, we saw that tax for ourselves, while filming in a town nearby. we heard the scream of fighter jets wheeling overhead.

moments later, a hit. [ horn honking ] there was just an airstrike here in the town. so we're driving very quickly. it's not cheer yet what was hit, but we are hearing that there are still planes in the sky. arriving on the scene, our team found chaos. and carnage. volunteers shouted for an ambulance, as they tried to ferry out the wounded. for many, it was too late. a woman lay dead on the ground, a jacket draped over her, an attempt to preserve her dignity. russia has repeatedly claimed it is only hitting terrorist targets. this strike hit a busy fruit

market. >> translator: this is just a civilian market. this is not a military area. there are no military installations here or anything. it's a market. look, it's a market! a fruit market! is this what you want, bashar? >> reporter: we couldn't stay long, often jets circle back to hit the same place twice. it's called a double tap. [ sirens ] >> reporter: we've just arrived here at the hospital where they're bringing the dead and wounded from those three strikes which hit a park and a fruit market. we don't know the exact number of casualties there, but the scenes of devastation, blood on the ground, dismembered body parts and the injured and dead that we've seen arriving here indicate that this was a very bad strike indeed. among the injured brought in, a young boy, moaning in pain.

he died moments later. the strikes that day killed 11 people. among them, a woman and two children. rescue workers wasted no time in clearing away the rubble. in this ugly war, massacres have become routine, clarissa ward, syria. part two of clarissa ward's it exclusive reporting from inside syria is coming up tomorrow. she'll take us down the only rebel road leading into aleppo. it is surrounded by snipers, but is a lifeline to the people who still call the embattled city home. take a look. >> reporter: as you arrive in the city, the scale of the destruction is breathtaking. stretching on and on. entire residential neighborhoods reduced to rubble. still, we found pockets of life among the devastation.

>> translator: should we leave our country and go to another country? no. this is our country. and we will remain in this until we die. >> you'll see the full report tomorrow. and you can find more from this exclusive journey on our special web page at cnn.com/syria. there are blogs there written by clarissa, and a special 360-degree look at all the devastation in aleppo. all of this is part of our exclusive coverage inside syria, behind rebel lines, airing all week, only on cnn. still to come this hour. a day at the beach ends in horror with deadly gunfire at a resort city on the ivory coast. a look at the group claiming the attack and others. plus, the man who tried to rush onto the stage while donald trump was speaking, well, he sits down with cnn. hear what his motivations are. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. there's always a cause for celebration. [sportscaster vo]

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you are watching "cnn newsroom." i'm errol barnett. we're half an hour in to our two-hour meeting together. let's update you on our top stories. a powerful car bomb killed at least 34 people in ankara tuesday. state media report the blast happened at a major transport hub. there's been no immediate claim of responsibility. al qaeda is supposed to be behind an attack in the ivory coast. they killed 16 people. security forces killed six attackers. hillary clinton and bernie sanders took the stage

separately at the democratic presidential town hall in ohio. they covered several issues, but they turned to criticism of donald trump. john kerry is calls on russia and iran to rein in the syrian regime. the refusal to discuss assad's presidency is called an attempt to disrupt the peace process. more on the attack in the ivory coast. it is the third attack in west africa in recent months. in november, gunmen opened fire in bamako, mali. al qaeda, an affiliate group claimed responsibility. and 29 people were killed when a luxury hotel in burkir kekina f

came under attack. joining me from the washington-based atlantic council. the multiple attacks is showing that nations need to deal with small, sporadic attacks. do you agree, is this the new reality there? >> caller: unfortunately, it's not so much a new reality as one that's been recognized. we've been warning about something like this for most of the past year, that al qaeda and the islamic ma gre ic mic maghrg to attack beyond their bases. and intelligence has picked up on signals on senegal and has

warned governments that something was coming and unfortunately we saw it. >> now last week, the u.s. killed more than 150 al shabab militants. they said this is part of a method to deny them the horn of africa. why aren't we seeing the same type of effort in west africa? >> caller: in west africa, the terrorist groups are older, having links to not only al qaeda but more remotely to the algerian civil wars of the 1990s. so these are groups with literally decades of experience. they are not known to do things as foolhardy as al shabab, which gather hundreds of people together, presenting a target for u.s. war planes and drones to attack them a week ago. they work much more with smaller

groups. and the day the attack was carried out by only several gunman. some say four were involved some say more. it's a low-tech operation, a small investment on the part of the terrorist group, but the returns are quite high, given the attention they've received and they will receive unfortunately. >> now you've noted that the african union and united nations troops in some west african nations are not postured in a way it take out as you mentioned some of these smaller, older militant forces. how, how can that be changed? should that be changed? >> caller: just days ago, a u.s. military-led exercise that takes place annually, flintlock, came to a conclusion. these are small countries that by themselves divided, quite

literally, they fall. but if they can increase the shearing of intelligence and trust between them, we have the beginnings of something there. on the other hand, i would say in defense of the government, it's worth noting this is a government that has delivered tremendously, just coming four years out of a civil war, they've had averaging 8% annual economic growth. and the security funding that they do have primarily has been spent on demobilizing combatants. and it's one of those situations where you can't do everything, and it's very easy for terrorists and others to slip through the cracks, and that's rather unfortunate. >> and we should know, there's a lot of stability and peace in many of these west african nations. but they as many other nations have to deal with small, sporadic attacks. thanks for your time, joining us

on the phone, the director of the atlantic africa center. massive military drills are under way as the u.s. and south korea stage their largest-ever exercises. but these war games are doing nothing to ease tensions on the korean peninsula. we see this up close in this report from south korea. >> reporter: under bright blue skies, a flotilla approaches, and with a blast of explosives, the amphibious assault begins. a mock invasion by u.s. and south korean marines. this weekend's drills are one small part of a series of joint military exercises that both countries perform annually. with more than 300,000 south korean troops and 17,000 u.s. forces participating, south korea says this year's drills are the biggest ever.

they're taking place during a time of heightened tension on the korean peninsula. this is an opportunity for the u.s. to reassure its south korean ally within months of north korea, testing what it claims was a hydrogen bomb and firing a satellite into space. the u.s. argues this show of force serves as a deterrent to north korea. >> we sincerely believe in peace through strength. and it is in the strength of our alliance that we believe that we can deter and avoid war. >> reporter: but north korea calls these exercises a threat. pyongyang claims the u.s./south korean drills are a precursor to a possible invasion and has threatened to carry out preemptive nuclear strikes in response. of course north korea often makes big shows of its own war

games. just last week, the regime released images of leader kim jong un observing a missile launch. this came just days after pyongyang announced it successfully m lly miniaturized nuclear bomb, making it small enough to fit on a missile. some south koreans are disturbed by the saber rattling of both sides of the demilitarized zone. >> reporter: you have demonstrators, some who have traveled hours to get here, they argue that it's rather to have peace talks rather than military exercises. as you can see, there is a substantial police presence, keeping the protesters at bay. the nearby protests do not disrupt the military exercises. this, after all, is a carefully choreographed operation. part of a cycle of tension between north and south that

ratchets up every year during the joint military exercises. the danger here, if one of these well-armed rivals makes a misstep or misinterprets an enemy signal, then the risk of escalation is very, very high. ivan watson, cnn, south korea. a quarter of a million people are in the dark right now in washington state. it's just approaching midnight there. that's because a powerful winter storm hit the region. our meteorologist pedram javaheri joins us with the latest. what happened? >> this is a storm system here that we're going in our final few days of the winter season. very easy to pick out what's happening on water vapor imagery, a pattern diving right into california, bringing tremendous rainfall, multiple impulses of energy bringing

storm after storm to the northwest. as errol told you, at least 250,000 people without power across much of washington state. you take a look at some of the scenes from the 520 bridge across the seattle area, waves battering the coastline. some of the observations here show you how strong the winds are. on the immediate coast easily getting up to a healthy category one. you work were your way to seattle, bellingham, winds as high as 64 to 66 miles per hour. that is going to cause significant power outages, but look at the observations on the coast. these are wave heights, about 13 to 15 feet over a 24 hour period. some of these buoys were observing waves across parts of the washington state. parts of the bridge were closed because of the dangerous situation across the seattle area. very much seattle like in nature. but over 17 days consecutive of rain. that is halfway to the record of

33 days of the most consecutive days of rainfall. the last time it rained was on february 25th. it has rained two out of every three days all winter, but it looks like the streak is going to come to an end. it begins to moderate out as we get to the latter portion of the week improving conditions there. about 8% of the u.s. has snow on the ground. for this time of year, mid march, this is the lowest snow coverage for the united states in about ten years' time. so it shows you how quiet it is across the eastern side of the united states. but california doing well when it comes to snow coverage, this past weekend, two-plus feet of snowfall came down across this region. look at the 13th of march, going into sunday's date for california, 11% of the state had snow on the ground. you compare that to a year ago. .1% of the state had snow on the ground, compared to two years ago with a little over .5%.

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strategy while donald trump was speaking on saturday says he has no regrets. the secret service stopped thomas demassimo after he jumped a barricade at a rally. it made for this dramatic moment. now the 22-year-old student is charged with inducing panic. we sat down with him and asked him, what was he thinking? >> the dangers that exist in our country exist between donald trump and his people and whether or not i show up at a rally and try to do something, you see that there is violence. there's violence when people stand there and hold a sign. so the idea that they now feel like they're under attack is ironic and laughable, because they've been the ones who have been doing the actual attacking to other people. i in no way harmed anyone. intended to harmony one. i'm not a member of isis.

i have no known ties to isis. i've never been out of the country. i only speak english. >> christian? >> christian. yeah. i was raised southern baptist, but i went to a baptist church all the way, you know, till i went to college. >> reporter: okay, so, given that, what were you thinking? >> i was thinking that donald trump is a bully. and he is nothing more than that. he is somebody who is just saying a lot of bold things. he's making bold claims, but i can see right through that. and i can see that he's truly just a coward, and he's opportunistic. and he's willing to destroy this country for power for himself. >> reporter: that's your motivation, but what were you thinking at that moment? why did you do what you did? >> i was thinking that i could get up on stage and take his podium away from him and take

his mic away from him and send a message to all people out in the country who wouldn't consider themselves racist, who wouldn't consider themselves of approving of what type of violence donald trump is allowing at heis rallis and send him a message that we can be strong, we can stand up against donald trump and this new wave he's ushering in of just white supremacist ideas. >> reporter: were you, if you had made it to that stage, were you going to attack him? >> no. not at all. there would have been no point. donald trump is 6'3". i'm 5'9" maybe, you know, he's a giant man, surrounded by thousands of followers. 12 secret service and a former ohio state offensive lineman. of that would have accomplished nothing. >> reporter: but can you see how people might have perceived that you were -- >> of course, and i wasn't expecting there to be as much secret service as there was that

day. from what i had sort of seen, there hadn't been that much in a contained area. so i thought my chances of getting up on stage and getting to the podium would have been better, but, again, it was more important for me to show that there are people out there who aren't afraid of donald trump. he says scary things. he lets his people do scary things. he's threatened mexico. islam, you name it. and yet i'm unafraid. and if i can be unafraid enough to go take his podium away from him, then we all can be afraid enough not to let this man walk into the white house. >> reporter: did the thought ever cross your mind that you could be killed? >> yes. >> reporter: that the secret service would shoot you or do something that might harm you greatly to stop you? because you were perceived as a threat. >> right. >> reporter: you look at that video, it looks like you moving right on him. >> i would say secret service is very well trained. and they were able to immediately assess that i had nothing, nothing in my hands to

harm -- >> reporter: did you have a weapon? >> no, secret service had metal detectors that hundred to go through, hundryou had to empty pockets and go through a metal detector. so the idea that i had a knife was ludicrous and untrue. >> that was our martin savage speaking to the man who rushed the podium on saturday. a lot of people had opinions on this. let me know what you think, but we will have part two of that interview next hour. so stay tuned. nine countries in eight days. how does that sound? flying nothing but low-cost airlines. we have an update on richard quest's marathon journey around the world, here on "cnn newsroom." like this. with dreamwalk insoles, turn shoes that can be a pain into comfortable ones. their soft cushioning support means you can look like this. and feel like this. dreamwalk. well, staples has low prices and a price match guarantee. i took a body language class once and the way you're standing

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different low-cost airlines, there are no lay-flat seats, just basic economy seats. the journey is aimed at highlighting the world's range of budget carriers. he left london's airport saturday, flying to brussels and then to prague where he sent us an update. >> reporter: our around the world journey is well and truly under way, and we are in prague. this is the charles bridge, looking up towards the prague castle here in the czech capital. so far, we've been through four airports in three countries and experienced two low-cost carriers. easyjet and ryan air, the two largest in the business in europe. and the ones very much setting the rules. we've seen and experienced how they're changing the way the low-cost model is operating in europe. offering more services, and

seemingly giving a better class of flight, if you like. tonight we leave the czech capital, and we fly to dubai. fly dubai is the airline where we'll get an experience at how the gulf airlines are now turning their hand to low-cost flying. richard quest, cnn, prague, the czech capital. >> and we have a bit of an update. richard's flight on air dubai touched down just a little while ago. hopefully he's watching from the airport. he opened up this photo on his twitter page, he sent this message. feels more full-service than low cost. they even give free meal. @richard quest. up next, richard and his team leave for sri lanka. we'll have updates on his round the world journey.

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