this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm amara walker in los angeles. >> i'm john vause in london. you're watching breaking news coverage of the terror attack at the airport in istanbul. 36 people are dead, nearly 150 others have been wounded. and they suspect isis is to blame. it is 9:00 a.m. in istanbul right now, planes are flying in about out of the airport once again, but is international terminal is now a crime scene. witnesses describe pure chaos as three suicide bombers blew

themselves up on tuesday. video of the attack is graphic. >> it really is. surveillance camera at the airport captured the moment one of the three bombs exploding. you can see people running for their lives just before the blast. then debris falls from the ceiling as the area fills with smoke. and you can get a different perspective from another security camera. it captured what appears to be one of the attackers falling to the ground after he was apparently shot by a security officer. here's the video of him falling to the ground there. then you can see the gun slide away from him along the floor. the officer stands over him for just a few seconds before running away. and then the man fumbles around for a bit. before eventually detonating his suicide vest. [ speaking foreign language ] >> joe, you managed to get

inside the terminal, you've had a chance to look at the extent of the damage. can you describe what you saw? >> reporter: well, john, the airport is now open and i was able to just walk in. what i saw was a lot of destruction. a lot of debris all over. broken windows, and police everywhere. city municipal torts are trying to clean up, but it is going to take them some time. they moved in a lot of crews to try to get the airport back and operating up to sort of normal -- it's going to take them a while, but there is debris everywhere. it will take a long time to get this airport back in shape. but security -- or at least the roads are not open as you can see.

the entrance to the airport is what you see behind me. we are about 200 meters from that entrance. the authorities or the police are not letting us in with cameras. we are waiting to see if we'll be allowed in. but the destruction is quite big in that terminal, john. >> and joe, we've heard a lot about how secure this airport had been. i guess many people in that airport would have felt fairly safe with the amount of security around, but yet somehow these three suicide bombers managed to get past the police, and open fire on the passengers inside that terminal. is there any idea how they managed to do that? and is that security terminal wasn't in place, the death toll could have been much higher. >> reporter: absolutely right. as you arrive to this entrance

to the airport, there are policemen there, well armed with machine guns. and they do random checks. they don't stop every single car coming in, but they do stop many cars, and they check for ieds, they check the hoods of the cars. these attackers managed to get past the first phase of security. once inside the airport itself, they work themselves into the terminal that is the arrival terminal, the arrival terminal is where passengers go to greet arriving passengers and family, and those doors have one security and i've strafled this airport many times. i've been here seven years, and i -- when you leave the airport, when you leave the airport, that part of the airport, there's only one security at that door.

when you have such heavily armed terrorists coming in, it's very difficult to stop them. >> okay. joe, thank you. joe duran on the scene, as he has been for the past few hours. joe, thank you. the turkish president has called for a unified international fight against terrorism. he says the attack which took place during the holy month of ramadan shows that terrorism strikes with no regard to faith or values. make no mistake, the terrorists organization there is no difference between istanbul and london, ankara and berlin. unless all governments in the entire mankind join forces in the fight against terrorism, much worse things than what we fear to have imagined today will come true. now, leaders around the world are condemning the airport bombings while vowing to fight terrorism.

>> translator: i offer my deepest sympathies to the relatives of the victims and the injured, and i want to say to all of the turkish people that we consider ourselves united with them in the fight against terror. >> we are still collecting information and trying to ascertain what happened and who did it. and i won't comment on it further except to say this is daily fare. that's why i say the first challenge we need to face is countering non-state violent actors. for a host of reasons. >> translator: we fear that these terrorist acts, which come after others, are born to make the situation in turkey more difficult. but we must act, that's what we are also doing in europe and france, and coordinate further our services and carry out the necessary actions against terrorism and trafficking. >> turkey's foreign terrorism has been going on for years, and

mustafa is a columnist with a news site focused on the middle east and joins me in istanbul on the line. mustafa, turkey has been fighting terrorism on a number of fronts and right now it seems the terror groups have the upper hand. [ inaudible ] >> unfortunately, i think we're having some audio problems there with mustafa, a columnist with the el monitor website. i hope we will get back in touch with him. in the meantime, we'll take a short break and have more on the terrorist attacks ahead. witnesses are sharing video from inside the airport, showing the chaotic scene. what's it like to be in good hands? like finding new ways

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welcome back, everybody. i'm john vause in london. we have more now on that suicide bombing at istanbul's airport. and terrorism has been a growing problem inside turkey for years

now. mustafa is a columnist with the el monitor, a news site, which is focused on the middle east and joins us from istanbul. mustafa, turkey has been fighting this war on terrorism for a number of years now. a number of fronts. it would seem that the terror groups are getting the upper hand, at least at the moment. >> reporter: well, they're hurting turkey, that's obvious. and what happened last night was incredibly tragic. lately we have had two sources of terrorism. one is the notorious isis. the other one is the pkk, the militant kurdish group. last night when the first bomb came out, and we were discussing which one is it? i was guessing it's isis. i think it turned out to be the case. the prime minister just said last night that the evidence points to isis. because isis has been attacking turkey in the past year. they have had other suicide bombings. but this time hitting an airport, i think this is the biggest thing they have

accomplished. more than 30 people killed and many injured. and it's really shocked the nation. it's just showing once again that turkey is in a dangerous neighborhood. >> this attack -- sorry to interrupt, but this attack came in the holy month of ramadan. most of the victims are turkish. what sort of message, if this was isis, are they trying to send? >> well, one thing to get out is that this terrorism problem with isis is not a problem with all islam or all muslims. the victims can be muslims especially, which is predominantly the case here. so that's something everybody should see. the other thing is that isis is apparently trying to punish turkey for something. that is partly related probably to turkey's syria/iraq policy. turkey is a u.s. ally. turkey is with the united states on attacks against isis. the u.s. is using turkish air

bases in southern turkey. so that makes turkey a target. plus, turkey is a secular republic. isis already has declared turkey an apostate regime, quote unquote, and put it as a target. some people pointed out that just yesterday turkey made a deal with israel. could it be a reason? probably they couldn't respond that fast. that was something on the news this past week. that's one possibility to think about. but it's clear that isis considers all other muslims that is not fe fanatic to join me. so it's a threat for all muslims and all other people in the world who just stand against this. actually it's a death cult who illegitimately acts in the name of islam. >> there wasn't just the reestablishing diplomatic ties with israel, the turkish

president apologized to russia for the shooting down of a jet. one of the criticisms which has been made of the turkish government in the past is it's focused too much on the kurdistan worker's party, opposed to isis. is that now going to change? have you been seeing a shift in the government priorities? >> well, both are important for turkey, for sure. pkk just has a longer history of violence. the war with the pkk cost 40,000 lives in turkey since 1984. so in the public consciousness, and even in the security establishment, when something happens, pkk is the first thing that comes to their minds. but it was dawning on turkey that isis is a huge problem, as well. in the beginning, people perceived them as maybe a group in syria. but isis is showing us that it has something in turkey as it

has with brussels and france and other nations. so yes, there is more alert against isis as it should be. also, turkey should look into the ideology of this group, which is very, very different, very apart from turkey's own islamic tradition. and turkey's leaders should come out with more details of this ideology, as well. we have seen some of that obviously, but maybe more should be done. >> right now the government this in turkey needs all the support it can get. but recently the president reopened the possibility of the demolition of getty park. that sparked months of protests and turmoil nationwide. that would seem to be out of touch to say the least. wouldn't it? >> yeah, that was not a smart call, if you ask me. it's unrelated to this issue,

but the problem is in turkey, the broader problem is that turkey has become a very polarized nation politically between the supporters and the opponents of president erdogan. and we need national reconciliation. we need to unite against terrorism and reopening the park, which would provoke a lot of the protesters, which are out in the streets three years ago, is not a great idea. so people like me have been saying this to the president and the government, whether they listen or not is a different thing. but yes, i would like to reiterate that turkey needs less polarization, turkey needs national reconciliation and understanding. and at least we should troy to do that in the face of horrors like this. and yes, trying to reopen the park, the controversial issues that are in turkey will not

help. >> mustafa, thank you for being with us. appreciate your insight. witnesses are sharing videos from inside the airport showing the terrifying moments as the attack unfolded. [ speaking foreign language ]

[ speaking foreign language ] >> just stunning to watch and to imagine what the people must have been feeling as they had no idea what was going on. earlier, we heard from one of the witnesses who described what happened in detail. sue savage was in the airport to see a friend off when she heard the gunshots.

>> i just recognized the gunshots and then heard this huge explosion, and i knew immediately it was a bomb and i just bolded as fast as i can, and went into the first room i could find, which happened to be a men's prayer room. but i left there fairly quickly, and ended up in a men's toilet in one of the stalls with this lovely young woman and a young boy, and we waited there easily half an hour. came out of there and went into a secure room where they x-ray luggage. all of a sudden we heard more screams and more gunshots. and i ducked into the place where they x-ray luggage, and everybody else bolted out. but this is the closest place for me. and i must have been in there, oh, 10 or 15 minutes before i peeked out. and a lot of us, about 30 of us

were herded into a woman's prayer room where we sat 45 minutes or so. and then they said it's all clear. they escorted us towards the front of the airport, took us down the escalator. we were on the ground floor at the arrival terminal, and there was a lot of blood. it was obviously a place of one of the suicide bombers had blown himself up. >> just terrifying. that was witness sue savage recounting what she went through. going to hand it over to john vause in london. we'll have the latest on the brexit and the continual fallout. >> yes, absolutely, amara. and we are getting a clear idea of how contentious those nexts wi -- those negotiations will be for the uk to exit the eu. britain wants the framework of its relationship with the eu settled before triggering the exit process. the eu wants the opposite before

negotiations begin. a defiant brexit leader took aim at the eu parliament. >> i know that virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives. [ applause ] or worked -- or worked in business, or worked in trade, or indeed, ever created a job. but listen, just listen. >> i'm really surprised that you are here. you are fighting for the exit. the british people voted in favor of the exit. why are you here? >> in the meantime, the opposition leader jeremy corbin lost a confidence vote in his party. he said he'll stay on, but the vote paves the way for a leadership challenge. the global markets have been rocked by the vote, but monday,

they are slowly recovering. on wall street, the dow gained 1.6% on tuesday and european markets are headed for a higher open for the second straight day. cnn's political contributor robert oakley joins me now with more on this. one thing which seems pretty clear is that the eu is playing hardball. we're hearing from leaders like angela merkel from germany saying if you want a free deal -- that is not what the mall millions of people who voted for the leave campaign want to hear. >> no. but we're at the start of a negotiation here. both sides are going to pitch it hard as to where they stand. gradually as they get together, things will move in one direction or another. but we haven't even got the starting rules for the terms that britain will get yet. it's like fixing the size of the boxing ring and what kind of gloves the opponents are going

to wear. >> you don't think this is kabuki theater, that everyone is going through the motions and eventually it's going to end up with a deal like the deal we have right now? >> well, the big drawback is immigration. because that is -- the free movement of people is so engrained in the eu traditions, that leaders like angela merkel are going to find it very, very hard to give anything on that particular issue. but there's no doubt about it, that immigration was a massive part of the leave vote in the british referendum. and that immigration question is not going to go away. it's going to define the stances of the people now seeking to follow david cam ran as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. of course, you have nigel farage, who we've seen there, stoking it up from the side. he wasn't part of the official leave campaign, but the leave campaign were only too glad to have him stoking up the immigration issue, because it

helped them win. >> you mentioned the british prime minister who said he will step down. did you think he was going through the motions last night? >> well, it does seem he was trying to pave the way for his successor to an extent, underlining to the european leaders, you have underestimated the degree to which immigration counted in this referendum. of course, there's plenty of these other countries that have had problems with immigration. problems with the refugee crisis and so on. britain is not alone in having -- british voters are not alone in having concerns about these issues. >> it sounds like he went to the eu and said it's all your fault because you didn't give me a good feel in february. >> of course, there was an element of that, self-justification. >> do you think he thought through the implications of this referendum? the scottish independence vote

went his way. did you think he had this feeling he would be lucky again and it didn't pan out? >> yeah, we used to call him the s.a. crisis prime minister. most of his time he was dealing with what was going to happen on the 10:00 news, not in two or three years' time. he was in a euro skeptic party. he kept throwing buns to the right wing and they kept asking for more. but i think he believed that when he gave them the referendum, he thought there's no problem, the british people will vote to stay in. and it's all kind of happened by accident in a sense. >> and jeremy corbin, facing that huge no-confidence vote, it's hard to stay on as a leader of the party when the majority of the people don't want you. >> the elected parliamentaryians of that party don't believe he can deliver, fear they will lose

their seats. their party in the country, and we saw a thdemonstration, he believes the parliament will re-elect him, even if we get a challenger within the next few days, which seems very likely. they have to get 51 mps behind them, but there are a couple of strong candidates to do that. but what happens then? if he gets re-elected by the activists, they might pick a leader on their own. >> everything about this has been extraordinary. great to speak with you. we'll take a short break. we'll have more news out of turkey? just a moment, including new details on how the suicide bombers carried out their attacks. you're watching cnn. calling all go-getters. all providers. all self-motivated self-starters. drive with uber and put a dollar sign in front of your odometer.

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we heard a blast. there was a big blast. and a few minutes later, another one followed. and then a slight blast, i think it was further away. and then we heard a lot of people running around, they were all covered in blood. >> a chilling account of the aftermath of the istanbul airport attacks. hello, everybody, i'm john vause in london. >> and i'm amara walker in los angeles. let's get you the latest information now on what we have at this time. 36 people are dead, norly 150 others wounded after three suicide bombers blew themselves up at istanbul's airport. the prime minister says they arrived by taxi and started shooting before they detonated their explosives. he says the signs point to isis, although no one has claimed responsibility.

now, cnn photo journalist joe duran shot pictures of the damage inside the international terminal just a few hours ago. flights have resumed to and from the airport. and authorities are allowing passengers back into the terminal to check in. >> a wave of terror attacks have hit turkey this year. february 17, 28 people killed in ankara. a kurdish militant group claimed responsibility. less than a month later, a car bomb ripped through a busy square in ankara. days later, terrorists bombed a tourist area. and just a few weeks ago, another attack claimed 11 lives, the car bomb targeted a police bus during morning rush hour. >> to continue our coverage on this, cnn's correspondent

clarissa ward joins us from washington. cnn has obtained some dramatic security video of the events that happened inside istanbul airport. very disturbing graphic video of a person walking inside an airport with a weapon and detonates himself. >> reporter: that's right. and it is pretty graphic video. so our viewers should be warned. essentially what we appear to be looking at is one of the attackers sort of stumbling into this hall. he falls to the ground and drops what appears to be an ak-47 or some kind semiautomatic weapon. he appears to be injured. and then you see coming up near to him what appears to be some form of security personnel from the airport who appears to shoot him again and then run for his life apparently. it's not clear, was he able to see that the attacker was

reaching to detonate a vest. there then appears to be one more shot. you see the attacker's body convulse and then he detonates. not clear if he pulled the trigger or himself or pushed the button himself or whether or not as a result of those shots that somehow the device went off. but certainly very dramatic, deeply disturbing video, only a. -- amara. >> if you can put this in perspective for us. over the last two years or so, we've seen turkey be the target of several terror attacks from isis and terror attacks by the pkk. can you talk about when and why turkey has become such a vulnerable target? >> reporter: turkey has been hit many times in the last six months, particularly and they have targeted everything from tourists in the old city, in istanbul, to peace rallies in the capital in ankara. the two main culprits

traditionally have been kurdish separate groups such as the pkk, and also, of course, isis. now, isis in recent months has really stepped up the number of attacks on turkey. that's been in direct reaction to the fact that the turkish have really been cracking down on isis, they have really tried to seal that border between turkey and syria, a border that was once very porous, that isis relied on heavily to move weapons and fighters back and forth. we've seen the turkish forces shelling isis targets, isis villages across the border. we've seen the turkish cooperating with coalition bombing sorties. so for many reasons now, isis actually perceives turkey to be enemy number one or one of their top enemies. >> great to get your perspective, clarissa, thank

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hello, everyone, i'm amara walker in los angeles. at least 36 people are dead and 147 people wounded after a terror attack in istanbul. three gunmen opened fire on passengers there, and then detonated suicide vests tuesday. a surveillance camera captured disturbing moments as one of the bombs exploded, and the area then filled with smoke. turkish officials believe isis

is behind the attack, though no one has claimed responsibility. >> translator: findings by our security forces indicate that this terror attack was carried out by daesh. even though the findings point to daesh, the probe is still underway. at this hour, european leaders are arriving for the second day of their summit in brussels, but the british prime minister will be noticeably absent. the other 27 leaders are excluding him from a discussion about the political and economic fallout triggered by the brexit vote. let's bring in erin mclaughlin from brussels. good morning. >> reporter: this morning. the leaders have begun arriving here in brussels. we've seen the german chancellor, and the french

president francois hollande. not present today, british prime minister david cameron. this is an informal meeting of the remaining 27. david cameron was there last night which he discussed what he felt went wrong for him. he pointed to immigration. he said that people were very concerned about the freedom of movement, of people, and that something that europe needs to think about. historic and dramatic. europe's heads of state and government gather in brussels to reflect on the referendum certain to alter the course of the european project. >> we must not turn our backs on europe. >> reporter: the most anticipated leader of this summit has just arrived, the british prime minister, who has a lot of explaining to do. the day began with political theater. nigel farage took one last shot. >> when i came here 17 years ago

and i said i wanted to lead a campaign to get britain to leave the european union, you all laughed at me. well, i have to say, you're not laughing now, are you? >> reporter: chris jones, a british citizen, had this to say this in response. >> all i see is my country being made a laughing stock because of the poor quality of its politics and politicians. >> reporter: jones says he bla s -- plans to become a belgian citizen so he can continue to travel. >> my husband is english, i'm belgian, so we feel like separated. we're going to move to france. >> here i feel welcome. in the uk, i'm an immigrant. the one stealing jobs.

>> reporter: nigel farage belongs the end of his day. he're blocked from filming, told it's a private meeting. leaders are expected to discuss european reform. there seems to be a widespread acknowledgement here in brussels that there's a disconnect between the eu institutions and ordinary people. and the question is, what to do about it. likely to be a topic of discussion for some time to come. john? >> to doubt. erin, thank you. meantime, here in london, thousands marched on parliament to protest the leave vote. the rally started in trafalgar square where chants were shouted at boris johnson. and more than 4 million people have signed a petition calling

for a second referendum. adam, would you agree with the others out there, which basically with the european leaders who are now saying trigger article 50, let's do it now, let's get this under way, why delay any further. this is what you want, right? >> i think what the prime minister has said is very sensible. it should be under the new government, under the new prime minister that. is the right time to trigger article 50. if we trigger it now, we're not going to have a prime minister for two or three months. >> you have one now, he's just leaving. >> and he's a bit of a sitting duck. you guys in america know the feeling when you have a president elect and when someone comes in. >> but after wanting to get out of the eu after all of these years, why don't you want to get out right away? >> we don't want to leave the eu

because we have some sort of irrational hatred of the eu. we just think it's not working for us as a country. so the sensible thing is that we do it in the right way. we have proper negotiations, and we look at what solutions there can be. that means not rushing into things. >> is it fair that leaders like angela merkel are making it's all or nothing, you can't have a trade deal unless you accept the free immigration of movement like other countries. >> like any negotiation, you have to look at the pros and cons and come to a compromise. i think there will be some sticking points in things like immigration and free trade. but everything is on the table. i think once we do trigger article 50, we can start having those discussions. a lot of people want to have those informal discussions now, of course. europe has said they don't want that to happen until article 50 goes in place. it's because they don't want that uncertainty. that's fair enough. but of course, a lot of other countries have started saying let's talk about these free

trade deals. so things might be moving sooner than later. >> although the president of the eu commission has banned other countries from having those informal talks with britain. >> they don't want uncertainty, and that is absolutely fine. >> a lot of people who voted for the leave campaign, they now they're duped, they thought they would be out, that would be it. given the fact that so many of the promises made are being walked back, are they owed an apology. >> i don't think any of the promises are being walked back. >> the 350 million pounds going to the nhs system. >> in terms of that, we were not voting for government, we were voting for -- it was never a promise -- 350 million pounding could be spend on other things

by the nhs, which it's never the decision of a campaign. >> so you don't think people were misled in any way? >> i think both sides -- there's a bit of propaganda let's call it on both sides. but immigration, that's an interesting thing. a lot of people saying the leave campaign, are they rowing back on immigration? the reason why so many people like myself wanted the vote leave campaign and not different campaign, to be the official campaign is because it was the one that wasn't focused just on immigration. so the fact that we're saying the same message as before, that's consistency. >> thanks, adam. we'll take a short break here on cnn. back in a moment. this is bai.

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welcome back, everyone. turkey's prime minister says he thinks isis is behind the suicide attacks at istanbul's airport. 36 people are dead. near lly 150 others wounded. the video from the scene is disturbing. a surveillance camera shows crowds of people running for

safety just before one of the explosions. turkish officials say the three attackers took a taxi to the airport and opened fire before detonating their explosives. flights have resumed to and from the airport and authorities are allowing passengers back inside to check in. like other acts of terror, this one is also playing out on the u.s. presidential campaign trail. republican donald trump says the u.s. needs to be tough. >> many, many people killed, many, many people injured. folks, there's something going on that's really, really bad. all right? it's bad. and we better get smart and we better get tough or we're not going to have much of a country left, okay? it's bad. [ applause ] >> now, democrat hillary clinton released a statement saying this, today's attack in istanbul

only strengthens our resolve to defeat the forces of terrorism and radical jihadism around the world. and it reminds us that the united states cannot retreat. u.s. lawmakers have finally wrapped up their two-year investigation into the 2012 benghazi terror attacks which claimed the lives of four american diplomats. the report, written by republicans, contains no new revelations about hillary clinton's role, but the damage may have already been done to the democrat's presidential campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton feeling vindicated tonight. >> i think it's pretty clear, it's time to move on. >> reporter: the most exhaustive review yet of the benghazi attack revealing no new evidence of wrongdoing by the former secretary of state. >> after more than two years and $7 million spent by the benghazi committee out of taxpayer funds, it had found nothing, nothing to contradict the conclusions of the independent accountability

board or the conclusions of the prior multiple earlier investigations. >> reporter: visiting colorado today, clinton embraced the findings, even while calling out the politics behind it. >> this unfortunately took on a partisan tinge. >> reporter: that was validated last fall, when kevin mccarthy suggested benghazi could topple her candidacy. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. why? because she's untrustable. >> reporter: her testimony rallied democrats behind her. >> i would imagine i thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> reporter: and contributed to today's no-fault finding. cnn's dana bash asked trey gowdy why no conclusion was reached.

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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. >> i'm john vause and you're watching cnn's breaking news coverage of the terror attack at the airport in istanbul. hours after suicide bombers

killed 36 people there, nearly 150 others were wounded. right now, cleanup crews are working to remove the broken glass and debris, as well as people's luggage left behind after the bombings. the turkish prime minister says he thinks isis is to blame, but so far no claim of the responsibility. a surveillance camera at the airport captured the moment one of the three bombs exploded. you can see people running just before the blast and debris falls from the ceiling, as the area starts to fill with smoke. two gunmen debt kated suicide vests at the international terminal. another blew himself up in a parking lot. one witness described what happened inside the airport. >> were you inside the terminal? >> yes. >> can you tell us what happened? >> we heard a blast. there was a big blast. a few minutes later, another one followed. a few minutes later, a slight

blast that was further away. and then we heard -- we saw a lot of people running around. they were all covered in blood. that's the only thing i can say about this. >> the blast, the bomb, were at the entrance of the terminal or the check-in area? >> it was just before the security. it was outside. as you see there, just behind that bridge. that's where it happened. >> where were you at? >> i was at the lounge, which has a clear view of the entrance of the terminal. that's what i saw. just right after the blast. >> cnn photo journalist joe duran joins us live from istanbul. joe, for a time flights were suspended, but now operations have resumed. but the damage inside the terminal is extensive.

>> reporter: yes, john. flights have resumed. one just took off five minutes ago, turnikish airlines. there's quite a lot more passengers an hour ago when i last went to the terminal. they are quickly cleaning up the debris, but it will take some time. there's a lot of debris, broken glass, burned out walls and bullet holes everywhere. it will take some time to clean up, john. >> obviously, joe, a lot of questions now about security. there was meant to be an increased security presence at this airport. they've been ramping it up for more than a year or so now. at this point, any idea how these three terrorists managed to make it all this way to the terminal, one inside a parking lot?

>> reporter: i think it's going to take a while to investigate and to come to some conclusions how they were able to manage getting so far into the terminal. right behind me, you see the entrance to the airport, the airport entrance has many policemen with machine guns. as i went in, i took a taxi. we were stepped, they checked my i.d. they opened the trunk of the car and they do this not to every car, but many cars. as i approached the terminal, i went in through the arrival hall, excuse me, and you have to go through like you do at any other airport before you enter the terminal, you go through x-ray machines. as i walked around the airport, people are just observing or looking at the damage and taking photos. a lot more police than you would

normally see at this airport. security is tight, and it's quite tense. >> quickly, joe, the turkish government convened a crisis meeting overnight. what do you think the response will be from officials in turkey? >> reporter: well, there's been strong statements by the turkish government and president erdogan has flat out said it was isis behind this attack. i think everybody is waiting to see what the reaction from the turkish government will be. the turkish military has thousands of troops along the syrian border. if it turns out this is isis, they will have some sort of response. but i think it's too early to tell. the investigation will take some time, and i think there will be quite a lot of evidence with all the cameras around the airport,

and i suspect there will be many pressures today, and we should know a lot more by late today. >> okay, joe, thank you. joe duran there on the scene, pretty much within an hour of the attack on the airport in istanbul. thanks, joe. another witness, sue savage, was at the airport to see off a friend when she heard the gunshots. >> while we were there, my friend was flying out that evening. i'm flying in a couple of days. and i just recognized the gunshots and heard this huge explosion. i knew immediately it was a bomb. i just bolted as fast as i can, not very fast, and went into the first room i could find, which happened to be a men's prayer room. but i left there fairly quickly and edged up if a men's toilet in one of the stalls with this lovely young woman and her young

boy. and we waited there easily half hour. came out of there and made it to a secured room where they x-ray luggage. all of a sudden we heard more screams and more gunshots, and i ducked into the place where they x-rayed luggage and everybody else bolted out. but i must have been in there oh, 10 or 15 minutes before i peeked out and was told okay, you can come out now. and a lot of us, about 30 of us were herded into a woman's prayer room where we stayed 45 minutes or so, and then they said it's all clear. they escorted us to the front of the airport, took us down the escalator, so we were on the ground floor at the arrival hall, and there was a lot of blood. it was obviously a place where one of the suicide bombers had blown himself up. there was a huge pile of --

[ inaudible ] and then there were these drip marks everywhere. there was just a woman's scarf that had fallen down, and there was glass everywhere. when they escorted us around the other side of the escalator where you can exchange currency, there was so much glass on the floor. it was everywhere. >> one of the many witnesses that spoke to cnn. the airport, where these attacks took place ataturk airport, is one of the world's busiest. cnn's tom foreman takes a closer look now. >> reporter: this airport has a tremendous amount of security on the roads coming in to keep people from getting into the terminal easily and to keep them away from the planes. let ice talk about the first one

and why we think that's probably the first. this is the location. it's where people would be coming in, lower area, arrivals. you see people standing around waiting in a normal time in this airport. this was not during the attack. look at the video during the attack. no real sign of tremendous alarm, kind of normal movement before you get to the explosion down here. and then tremendous blast. witnesses talk about hearing two separate blasts. but before that, you don't see the sign of agitation. this is what that area is like. you're going to see this little corner here, where an officer of some sort seems to be as the gunman comes around the corner here, and then he takes the gunman down, apparently shooting him as he comes around the corner. here you see a little more agitation of people trying to get away, moving more quickly, which indicates that there is some alarm from the first blast. then the police officer comes

over here, he sees the man is down, he still has explosives. the police officer runs away and then there is the explosion. you can see the force how much damage it did in that area alone. that's an idea of where they occurred. past the first line of defense on the road coming in, but pretty much held up somewhere around the second line of defense. may have been able to force their way through, pu they didn't get that close to the plains. as we get more information how they got there and where they were trying to go, that will explain a lot, too. >> tom foreman with that report. turkey has been plagued by terror attacks all year long. in january, at least ten germans were killed in istanbul. a month later, 28 people were killed in ankara. a kurderish militant group claimed responsibility. then march 13, 37 were killed

with a car bomb. days later, terrorists bombed a tourist area in istanbul. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson joins me now from paris. ivan, of course, you lived in turkey for a number of years, so you know this airport well. talk to us about the level of security that was likely in place at the time, and why terrorists would have picked this particular airport to strike. >> reporter: there are multiple rings of security, rosemary. the first one being at the entrance to the entire airport itself, where there's basically a gateway and you've got police with submachine guns who can stop vehicular traffic and check identities and even search the vehicles, though most of the traffic is waved through.

then to actually get into the airport, you can't just walk in. there are security checkpoints at the very doors of the arrivals and departure terminals where there are police, there are private security guards and x-ray ma shochines and metal directors. as to why this could potentially be a target, well, look at the pattern of suspected isis attacks in istanbul alone just this year. in january, and in march, isis is believed to have carried out two separate suicide bomb attacks in istanbul targeting foreign tourists in some of the very popular foreign tourist destinations in the heart of the city. if this in fact is going to prove to be an isis attack as the turkish government has suggested, then that suggests they're following a pattern.

they're going after foreign tourists and istanbul airport is the biggest gateway into turkey for people from all around the world. rosemary? >> and ivan, there had been travel alerts relating to turkey. so clearly there was some level of chatter indicating a possible threat. so why wouldn't security have been increased at this time or perhaps it was? do we know that? and when you talk about the security there, it sounds like there are many levels of that. >> reporter: it does, but you have to take into account that it also sounds like that this was a coordinated attack with a wave of at least three different attackers armed with guns, armed with what seemed to have been suicide belts. so even if you have police at one doorway, imagine if a blast goes off, what that's going to do to security at another

entrance, on another floor, the panic that would likely ensue. we know that isis have carried out waves of suicide attacks in iraq and syria. at this stage, it looks like a similar strategy may have been used here, with eyewitnesss describing during a succession of blasts. three of them over several minutes. >> ivan watson joining us from paris. many thanks to you. and we'll have much more on the developments in turkey. but also ahead, open hostility in brussels for the leader of the brexit moment gloating.

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welcome back, everyone. turkey's prime minister says he believes isis is behind the terror attacks at istanbul's airport, though no one has claimed responsibility so far. three suicide bombers, who were also armed with guns, attacked passengers before blowing themselves up tuesday. 36 people were killed, nearly

150 others wounded. if isis is behind this attack, some experts say it will harden turkey's attitude towards the threats it faces. senior fellow and director of the washington institute's turkish research program, says it could mean all-out war. >> so far, islamic state was maybe threat number three for turkey in syria. threat number one was the assad regime, which ankara has been trying to oust. number two were the kurds whose advances turkey was trying to prevent. and threat number three was the islamic state. now of course, this attack at the heart of the country's economy, its main airport, at the heart of the city's most symbolic site will mean that turkey will escalate, will have to escalate against islamic state. so turkey's vengeance will come down like rain from hell on the islamic state and this will raise islamic state's profile as

threat number one. so expect turkey to work closely with the united states and western intelligence agencies and for the government to prioritize its fight against islamic state and other threats turkey is facing at the moment. >> we will continue to cover the terror attack on turkey's istanbul airport. but i want to head back to john vause in london for more on brexit now. john? >> rosemary, thank you. eu leaders are meeting to discuss the united kingdom's exit from the european union. the next step is unclear, because britain wants to settle terms of its relationship with the eu before triggering the exit mechanism. and there's no let-up in the strong feelings here in london. thousands marched on parliament after a rally in trafalgar scare. erin mclaughlin joins us now

live with the latest. erin, what can we expect from that meeting today with the leaders of the eu, all of them except for the uk? >> reporter: well, john, the arrivals are still under way. german chancellor angela merkel as well as the french president francois hollande have arrived for a historic summit. the first without a representative from the united kingdom, british prime minister david cameron was in brussels for a dinner last night, which he explained what he felt went wrong for him with the british referendum. he pointed to immigration. he said that people in the uk are very concerned about the free movement of people and that it's something that european leaders need to think about and today, forward thinking for eu leaders is on the agenda. they're going to be talking

about the transition to life without the united kingdom, as well as the problems that the european union is facing, the disconnect that exists many leaders say between brussels and what's happening to ordinary people in these member states. all items up for discussion today. also a meeting happening. the scottish first minister will be meeting the president of the eu commission, a spokesperson for the commission telling cnn that not to expect anything dramatic out of that meeting, that the two had met last year. nevertheless, scotland did vote overwhelming thi iningly to rem tervegs the eu and vow to remain there. john? nigel farage got an earful of cat calls when he rose to

speak at the eu parliament tuesday. >> good morning. [ booing ] funny, isn't it? funny, isn't it? >> the leader of the uk independence party gloated an insulted his fellow parliamentary members. not everyone appreciated his tone, though. >> now, i know -- i know that virtually none of you have ever done a proper job in your lives. [ applause ] or worked -- or worked in business, or worked in trade, or indeed, ever created a job. but listen, just listen. >> just a second.

ladies and gentlemen, i do understand that you're getting emotional. >> i'm really surprised that you are here. you are fighting for the exit. the british people voted for the exit. why are you here? >> farage later brushed off his comments as a light-hearted joke. this is what he told our richard quest. >> it hardly endears you to the very people who are going to have to give their consent to an agreement in two years' time if you are rude to them. >> well, they called me all the names out of the south. i just teased them about the fact that they've a bunch of bureaucrats that have never had a job. >> you don't like them. >> it's mutual. what they've tried to do is to build a political union without

consent. and i've been in there to fight against it. and finally, a member state of this union has said we wish to succeed. they didn't like it much. >> you keep talking about the political elite and the establishment. sir, you're part of it. you've been here 17 years. >> but i came into it from business. i had a proper job once. >> how on earth do you have the affrontry to criticize wall street, the banks. you criticize big business, when you were part of those markets. >> yeah, but the markets aren't just dominated by big business. good markets have smaller and medium size competitors trading in them. and look, the actions of goldman sachs, in ka hoots with this european commission, we need change. >> european commission vice president joins me now from brussels.

thank you very much for being with us. you have the meeting with scotland's first minister. is it possible that scotland could work out a deal that it gets to stay in the eu? >> at the moment, it is uk, a member of the european union, and it is the country with whom we have relations. it is important for us the always cooperate with authorities at all levels. we have done it in the past and will continue to do it in the future. >> okay. i'll take that as a maybe then. we had this extraordinary meeting today for the first time, 27 leaders meeting but no representation from the united kingdom, just personally how do you view that? from your point of view, is it a sad day? >> of course it is a sad day. it is the first time after years of the european union building its strength that we have one of

our own to decide to leave us. we have to reflect on that, look at ourselves in the mirrors, what do we have to change to this never happens again? and we need to build relations with the united kingdom that are sound, that are good for all people, the people of the 27 of the nearly 450 million people that remain and the people of the united kingdom. yesterday's attack in istanbul is a very stark reminder of the challenges we face together and how important it is to overcome differences and be able to retain a strong sense of european unity. my thoughts are with the victims of those who lost their lives yesterday in istanbul with their families. >> yeah, of course.

but just on the politics of the brexit here, last night the british prime minister david cameron was talking to his fellow eu leaders saying listen, this is as much your fought as it is mine. he went there in february, tried to get a better deal, especially on immigration. he didn't come back with much. so his point of view, if he had of gotten a better deal in february, especially on immigration, maybe the outcome for the referendum would have been very different. how much blame to you think is now with the eu for the outcome of last week's referendum? >> i think it is now time to concentrate on the job we have to do for our people. it is not a very good time to point fingers at each other. i think it is absolutely essential, of course, to understand the reasons as to why people voted the way they did. we saw that the young, more educated, wealthier in urban

areas, voted to remain. these are the winners of the new economy. then we saw that people who are not feeling part of this provides in very big numbers voted to leave. what does it mean for all of us, how we are going to approach it, how we are going to together find a way to bring more benefits for those who felt left out. these are big questions. yes, we have to answer them and answer them with a sense of purpose of serving our people. >> and very quickly, last question for you, ma'am. is it true that -- has banned other member countries of the eu from having any informal negotiations with britain on the side about its exit deal? >> we need to get first a request from the uk to leave the european union. this request hasn't come yet.

let's see whether it would be soon to materialize. our understanding is with the new government in the uk,'9" will come. and then we need to know what is it that uk is choosing for itself so we can define negotiations. of course, this negotiations will be carried out on behalf of all the 27 member states by a team that is authorized to do it. meanwhile, we really only can speculate and not do any useful work for our citizens. so let's be calm, composed, concentrated on what is going to be a very difficult negotiation. 43 years of membership will have to be untangled. that is going to be a tough job. and we have to be all prepared to do the very best under very difficult circumstances. so the calmer we are, the more

composed we are, the cooler we are, the better the chance that we will serve the people of europe. those who rely on us to do a good job better, or to the best of our abilities. >> okay. i understand. obviously calm and measured is the order of the day. thank you so much for being with us. let's take a quick look now at the european markets. of course, there's been recovery in asia on some of the stock markets. so let's look at the numbers here right now. as you can see, the ftse up by 1.5%. paris, cax up. coming up, much more on our breaking news. stay with us. eligibility? re you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five,

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this is cnn, breaking news. >> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. >> i'm john vause in london, just outside parliament. this is cnn's breaking news coverage of the terror attack at the airport in istanbul. cleanup crews are now working to remove debris from ataturk airport where suicide bombers killed 36 people and wounded 150 others. planes are now flying in and out of the airport once again. no claim of responsibility so far for the attacks, but authorities suspect isis. the turkish prime minister said the terrorists arrived by taxi.

british mp tobias ellwood joins me more now to talk more about this. first, let's talk about this attack on the airport in istanbul. are there any more details that you can share about what happened, who may behind this? >> a devastating, ruthless, but simple attack, and a reflection of the fact that we're defeating daesh. we're squeezing them. the fall of fallujah, ramadi, tikrit, pushing towards raqqah. this is daesh being squeezed and wanting to make its mark in a different way. and it's lashing out in this way. turkey has been an active permanent member of the association against daesh. its border has been sealed with syrian preventing the oil from getting out, which was providing the regime with its n s money.

it's not been able to replenish fighters on the front line. turkey is then being hit because of this. >> what you're saying is that as isis is squeezed in iraq and syria, the more it will lash out, so the more we will see these attacks pick up in steam. is this the expectation? >> unfortunately, we saw this in brussels and indeed in paris. it's very simple. an attack with an ak-47 and small explosives to be able to do that without even getting any imprint or -- >> there appears to be no chatter. >> this is the very dangerous period we are in. extremism will lash out in this way. >> in countries like britain and elsewhere? >> we have very good intelligence fathering, but we have to be very vigilant. we're going through this very dangerous period because of this. but we commend the stoicism of

turkey. they're responding in the way they should. but it's a reflection how countries need to work together to understand what is going on, online and making sure that we can share that intelligence when attacks will take place. it could be that we will see, because there's been a number of attacks in turkey, focusing on airports itself. that we're going to have to see a fundamental redesign. i understand they arrived by taxi. they were going through a search area. that's the point where they decided to launch their attack. it may be the security efforts are placed further away from the main airport itself. >> all the security experts will tell you, the minute you do that, you push the circle further and further out. and the bigger it gets. >> you do, but we can spread it wider and limit the impact. you had three suicide bombers here able to get in. the idea is to make sure once you our through that barrier,

you're into the tunnel itself. >> let's talk about uk politics. clearly both parties are in turmoil. will boris johnson be the next prime minister? >> there's a lot to do, but we are going through an interesting period of poll tucks. i would say that britain is very determined in its political democratic approaches. we do have spikes in events. but we recover. and obviously the eu referendum that we had last thursday is going to have huge ripples that are going through. david cameron made his point yesterday. it is very clear that i saw this, with all respect to the eu, the eu must wake up to reck newsing what was the anxieties of the people in britain, because they're shared across europe by other nations. the eu hasn't reformed itself and it's gotten out of touch

with the very people it's supposed to represent. >> that is a complaint you hear from time to time. we'll take a short break. when we come back, global reaction to the terror attack in istanbul, including what the u.s. presidential candidates have been saying. wiback like it could used to? neutrogena hydro boost water gel. with hyaluronic acid it plumps skin cells with intense hydration and locks it in. for supple, hydrated skin. hydro boost. from neutrogena

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welcome back, everyone. ataturk airport in istanbul is back open and flights have resumed, just hours after three suicide bombers killed 36 people, 147 others were wounded. cleanup crews are working to remove debris left behind by the blast. the turkish prime minister says the signs point to isis. and this act of terror is playing out on the u.s. presidential campaign trail. republican donald trump says the u.s. needs to be tough.

>> many, many people killed. many, many people injured. folks, there's something going on that's really, really bad. all right, it's bad. and we better get smart and we better get tough, or we're not going to have much of a country left, okay, it's bad. >> democrat hillary clinton released a statement saying this -- today's attack in istanbul only strengthens our resolve to defeat the forces of terrorism and radical jihadism around the world. and it reminds us that the united states cannot retreat. to another attack now. u.s. lawmakers have wrapped up their two-year investigation into the 2012 benghazi terror attacks, which claimed the lives of four american diplomats. the report contains no new revelations about hillary

clinton's role, but the damage may have already been done to the democrat ice presidential campaign. >> reporter: hillary clinton feeling vindicated tonight. >> i think it's pretty clear, it's time to move on. >> reporter: the most exhaustive review yet of the benghazi attack, rereeling no new evidence of wrongdoing by the secretary of state. >> after more than two years and $7 million intent by the benghazi committee, it had found nothing, nothing to contradict the conclusions of the independent accountability board, or the conclusions of the prior multiple earlier investigations. >> reporter: visiting colorado today, clinton embraced the findings. even while calling out the politics behind it. >> this unfortunately took on a partisan tinge. >> reporter: that suspicion was validated last fall, when kevin mccarthy suggested benghazi could topple her candidacy.

>> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. why? because she's untrustable. >> reporter: her testimony rallied democrats behind her. >> you know, i would imagine i thought more about what happened than all of you put together. i've lost more sleep than all of you put together. >> reporter: and contributed to today's no-fault finding. cnn's dana bash asked trey gowdy why no conclusion was reached. >> does that suggest that you don't have the goods on placing any blame on the administration, specifically the woman who wants to be the president of the united states? >> dana, shockingly, that was not what the house asked me to do. look at the resolution. the resolution doesn't mention secretary clinton. speaker boehner or speaker ryan have ever asked me to do anything about 2016 presidential

politics. >> reporter: clinton tries rebuilding trust and credibility, but fallout remains. >> a lot of people tell pollsters they don't trust me. i don't like hearing that and i thought a lot about what's behind it. >> reporter: when asked who was more honest or trust worthy, only 37% said clinton, 45% donald trump. 17% say neither. she's tackling it head-on in her fight with trump. >> a lot of what people read about me in certain corners of the internet, and a lot of what donald trump says about me is just that same nonsense. but i know trust has to be earned. >> joining me now via skype is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. thank you, sir, for being was, and a lot to talk about, of course. but let's start with the house republicans benghazi report. no smoking gun against hillary

clinton. but it does say she should have realized the risk of an attack. what was your reaction to the report and to donald trump's response to it, and does this put an end to the issue? >> this is already one of the longest investigations in american history. much longer than the investigation into the assassination of president kennedy or pearl harbor or lots of other things we could mention. you wonder how much is left to uncover, and the answer is very little to nothing. and that's what we got out of the report. there really isn't anything there that's important, that we didn't already know. it was a tragic incident. if you dislike hillary clinton, you're going to blame her. if you like hillary clinton, you aren't going to blame her. nothing has changed. this hasn't turned ten votes in this election. >> interesting. and another issue that trump is using to attack clinton is the multinational transpacific

partnership trade deal that he says has been pushed by special interest groups, including clinton, who want to rape, that's his word, the united states, and he wants to withdraw from that deal. but clinton has said she doesn't support the tpp trade deal anymore either. so which of them wins that debate? >> essentially, clinton has been pulled to the left by the candidacy of bernie sanders, and this is precisely why donald trump is raising the issue. it appeals to his hard core support among white, blue collar workers in states like pennsylvania where he was when he delivered the broadside. but it also potentially appeals to some bernie sanders voters. i have to tell you, i'm a skeptic. i do not believe in the end that many of those very liberal bernie sanders voters are going to end up voting for donald trump because of tpp. >> yeah, we'll see, of course. i wanted to talk about trump's

change in policy in relation to his ban on muslims entering the united states. why do you think he's softened his stance on this, focusing only on those muslims coming from countries with terrorist links and how might his supporters respond to this change down the track? >> trump has had to trim his sails, and he's had to do it because virtually the entire super structure of the republican party disagrees with him on the issue. they believe his position has been too extreme. second, and this surprises people outside the united states, but a solid majority of americans are opposed to a blanket ban on muslims. so he's also fighting public opinion. it may not matter to donald trump, but a blanket ban on muslim immigration is absolutely unconstitutional. it cannot be done. >> and just finally, what impact do you think the terror attack on istanbul is likely to have on

this race for the white house? >> these incidents always strengthen donald trump, at least with his core group of voters. they believe the world is out of control, and they're attracted to an authoritarian figure like trump. he's benefited every time there was a terrorist event. so he'll probably benefit from this one, too. >> all right, larry sabato, always good to talk to you. appreciate it. and we'll get back to the breaking news out of turkey in just a minute. you are watching cnn. air is sti. you may have inactive follicles. re-activate them with women's rogaine® foam. the only once a day product, proven to regrow new hairs up to 48% thicker. revive your va va voom and save on any rogaine®.

welcome back, everybody. turkey's prime minister says he believes isis is behind the suicide attacks at istanbul's airport. 36 people are dead, nearly 150 others have been wounded. turkish officials say three attackers took a taxi to the airport, opened fire, before detonating explosives. flights have resumed to and from the airport and authorities are letting passengers back inside to check in. eyewitnesss described the scene of total panic as the bombs

exploded. this is how it played out. [ sirens ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ sirens ] [ speaking foreign language ]

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