excitement with the rnc convention. here is the man himself lou dobbs. here is the man himself lou dobbs. good evening everybody. i can lou dobbs. there is a lot going on in the world tonight we have much to tell you about in the next hour. not only is the world reacting to the most recent terrorist attack in europe but at this moment a military queue is underway against the government of turkey. it remains unclear whether it has succeeded in driving the president of turkey out of the country. the turkish military claims the armed forces have fully seized control of the government. intense gunfire and explosions have been heard in the turkish capital.

jet fighters are flying all over the city. the city of almost 5 million people. all flights from is to pull out of turkey's airport have been canceled in social media has been shut down the military has shut down all of the bridges into and out of his temple. the state television network has been taken over by the army and is now off the air. tonight we will be joined by some of the leading figures in this country. there is as i said a lot to cover tonight. including the search for answers following the devastating deadliest terrorist attack last night in nice. we are learning more about the crazed terrorist who killed 84 people and wounded 200 mark when he plowed a semitruck in trailer into a crowd celebrating bastille day. there are reports he screamed

as he opened fire on police who tried to stop him. and in politics tonight donald trump has made it official his choice of governor mike pence for his vice president. trump had planned a press conference to announce that choice this morning. but he postponed the event because of the terrorist attack in nice. so for the first time the world has learned of a nominee choice of vice president on the my ticket through twitter. trump announcing mike pence on the ticket. >> i am pleased to announce that i had chosen governor mike pence as my vice presidential running mate news conference tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. governor pence tweeted this. >> honored to join and work tor. his tweet echoed in the first remarks to reporters.

>> very honored very humbled very grateful. i'm looking forward to talk about our plan for tomorrow. and every day between now and election day. >> the selection meeting many of the goals that he had set for his running mate. trump said he wanted a vice president well-versed in washington politics he has certainly achieved that. the 57-year-old served six terms in congress before he was elected governor of the state of indiana. he is a staunch conservative. he once declared he isn't just a republican he is a christian conservative and republican in that order. among our guest tonight were talking about donald trump's choice. our top story tonight the military queue in turkey. the state department has now

issued a travel alert in that alert telling all american citizens in turkey to shelter in place to remain indoors. a curfew has been declared all across the country all of the airports have been shut down. the country is in effect under martial law. turkey's law enforcement saying they have seized control of the country has been fired has been heard outside military headquarters in the parliament ringed. fighter jets buzzing the capital. they are blocking two major bridges in his temple. the turkish parliament reportedly surrounded by tanks. there are no reports of casualties although there have been accounts of firing on the streets around the parliament. there has been some firing of weapons as they tried to cross the bridge in protest.

some people have been wounded. president erdogan reacted by saying the army chain of command has been violated but he remains turkey's president and remains commander in chief of the armed forces. the uprising carried out by a minority within the military. those who attempted this will pay a heavy price in the courts. it's unclear where president erdogan is. the national security council said president obama has been apprised of all of this. he is being appraised minute by minute of the unfolding situation in turkey and will continue to receive regular updates. turkey of course is the member of the nato a major eastern european ally of the united states as well. joining us from cleveland former pentagon official katie

mcfarland. this seemingly coming out of nowhere. president erdogan on vacation reportedly. the coup carried out. despite the protestations successfully. what do you know and give us your insight? >> i don't think this is over by a longshot. we will see what happens in the next day or two. this is the military that is taking over. it's a pro- american military. normally when there is a coup we think it's the military taking over at the elected leader. president erdogan was elected but slowly and surely he has been a grappling power away from the military and the parliament away from the court system to try to establish himself as a dictator and an authoritarian leader. the military coming in and

taking charge is in fact the move in a very important country because it sits at the crossroads between east and west. it's a nato ally and it is is also an essential but not very helpful member on the war on iraq look -- radicalism. charles: we know that president erdogan has moved closer to radicalism that you can't necessarily blame the man given the geographics. the culture and the makeup of turkey he is caught between every force. whether it is your report radicalism. it has anyone leading turkey. there is an immense set of challenges.

>> i have met him a number of times. he's a nasty piece of work. i think he is going to encourage the islamists who follow him including some of the more radical muslim types who follow him to rise up. he is caught between a lot of a rock and a hard place. he has not been a great american ally. while the white house and others are quietly weeding and looking at events this is not necessarily a bad thing for the united states national security interest. charles: and my that -- and while that might be the case this is a move and a maneuver but the united states but rather it may will be this is the consequence of russian planning and strategy.

>> president erdogan in turkey has have this love-hate relationship. right now they are sort of okay friends. who knows what is behind this curtain. i think what they will claim is that it was a cia plot. it's the go to position the any dictator around the world uses if he gets thrown out of power. they had been reluctant ally. they had thought a lot of terrorists are moving from isis through turkey passing through into europe and returning. so they have not been as much of an ally of ours as we would like them to be in the fight against radicalism. charles: nor have they been embraced fully by europe. it has been far from that and

an uncertain alliance within nato itself. we look forward to talking to you more throughout the hour. thank you so much. we will be right back with a lot more on the turkish military queue. -- coup. stay with us. >> mike pence on the trump train. helping to make america great again. fred barnes joins me next to talk about the big vice president decision in the upcoming trump convention. trump is a ready to ready to lead in defeat the enemy.

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that's occurred near the special forces headquarters. president obama is urging support for the democratically elected turkish government. joining us tonight to give us some sense of what is happening the marine lieutenant the host of war stories. in the counterterrorism terror coordinator under the ronald reagan administration. great to have you here. nearly every source that we are reporting now said that it has been successful to this point what do you know and what have you learned from your sources in turkey.

>> we probably won't know the full answer to this for the next 12 to 24 hours. i'm sure we will notice by then. president erdogan when he was mayor back in 1998 he was jailed after word for religious intolerance. he then became president. he was instrumental at the nine access in iraq he freedom. he has purged the military and jailed a lot of officers. it has been stable for all of turkey. when it was overthrown. in the political party it came through. part of their motto sounds

like muslim terrorist. it's almost a mirror image of it. the politics of this again the united states looks to be caught utterly and set completely surprised and perhaps they will be blamed but they will surely be blamed for not anticipating what was developing in turkey. of obama once thought he was going to have a great friend. it hasn't turned out that way. obama is always the last to find out. and the influence in turkey is important. one of the army divisions that was going to be a part of the invasion of iraq was gonna come down through the north.

and they blocked that. i think we had two bases still in turkey. i'm not sure they are both air bases. charles: it is fully operational. >> until a year ago this month nato was not allowed to fly missions against isis and we built the thing. i've been there done that. what got them around and america's failure to get rid of that. that is the only reason he is back working with us. he's afraid of the russians. and that is one of the reasons either way. he started to get religion after his fighter jet pilot.

there hasn't been a real retribution on part of the russians. this could be it. speculation. there has not been represent retribution from the downing of the fighter jet. there is no friendship there. the russians in the persians and the shiites that has been built around tricky and it is as a threat. against the backdrop to join the ticket. the vice president this is a move that a lot of people have hoped for. against the backdrop of terrorism in nice devastating deadly awful attacks out last

night on bastille day. we are watching a greater destabilization at the exact same time as donald trump is moving to the forefront saying that we have to rethink nato and our alliances. the contribution of that. i think we have to worry about some of these. they are going to find out that it's a lot better to have a nato the not had it. he never said get rid of nato. i want to be clear because he gets hit with some shorthand sometime. it becomes unfortunate. i think he is utterly correct in the rebalancing of nato and adjusting the goals and objectives. >> that is true but also rebuilding and making it

strong. it has been small but what they have done in the last few weeks has been very important. they create a line there that the russians are not going to want to cross. and that is probably the best thing they have done an awful long time. charles: i want to get colonel north's opinion here as we conclude. >> there is no good that's gonna come of him staying around. the army has always been the instrument of stability ever since the aftermath of world war i and finally work and pay the price for one more intelligence failure in the obama administration. lou: thank you sir. we are following the breaking

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lou: breaking news in turkey and attempted military coup because we do not know whether it has fully succeeded we know that it has succeeded certainly in large part. we are joined by laura welch. she is and is temple. what can you tell us about what is going on is temple. it is about three times one of the largest cities in the world about 15 million people. what is a situation there? >> around 10:00 p.m. we were

seen reports that the military have taken over both of the bridges and anyone going on to those. 15million is a very modest estimate. some people believe it is between 16 and $18 million. on top of that. and then people i knew were reporting that they were seen at 16th. and then it has unraveled from there. we saw soldiers take over the state television network. right now there is a woman just repeating that military statement over and over. we have heard from the prime minister but not on state media. we have heard them on a private media over the phone. they've not said where they are. lou: and that has been

broadcast to the population that is being denied as i understand it. this point social media has been shut down and the only thing to be certain i understand you correctly is the only message is a repeated statement from the military that has declared its in control of in incorrupt. -- in ankara. there are reports right now that the chief of staff is being held hostage in a military office. certainly it was rumored and it has not been in the press for the past six days which is highly unusual. he is almost always there making a public speech he has been in monetarist a south west town on the mediterranean.

i actually have a family relation on a boat there they said that navy have surrounded the area and is not letting any boats come in or out so it is a lot of things in flux and a lot of rumors. i'm telling you what i believe in probably the most founded backs. some things i have seen with my own eyes and right now he was calling in on his phone. he said for them to go into the streets. we had have them in his temple. what they will do from there i will don't know. they are gathering on the bridges and they had been shot at lou: they are in control now of the city. even as some people are following erdogan's call to go to the streets. the military is there or are they there in small numbers or

enforce? >> that's hard to say. they are under the military's control. what they are trying to do is really attack at the top. they are trying to cower at the president in the prime minister and the chief of staff so that they can effectively take control. we don't know if this is going to work or not. lou: we think you very much for the report. thank you so much. lou: joining us now from is temple as well the former u.s. ambassador and the obama administration he is now the senior fellow at the council. thank you for joining us. give us your sense of what is happening we understand state media and other sources telling us they are down to

the control of the military. and that for all practical purposes the military has taken control of the government. laura is correct. it has been for a few hours. one woman reading and an official announcement and has also been the continuous weather report almost comical. it's kind of like a soviet timeframe. the military have taken control of the main airport. but there are reports in the last hour of the troops pulling back which coincided with an announcement by the military commander of the first army which is it istanbul that he did not support the coup. there is a big split in the

military and the estimates i've been hearing our 4060%. the military seems to be working this out through the night and has said as of 6:00 a.m. there will be a curfew imposed. i think they will see brute force determining the outcome. we've seen people getting shot on the streets. it's very fluid in a tough situation. lou: we appreciate you taking the time. we wish you a safety and thank you so much for joining us here. there is more coming appear next. we are following breaking news out of turkey. he is calling on the turkish people to take to the streets and show support for his government.

we've heard the radio correspondent say that some have taken to the streets but they have also been met by military force. we will have the latest details for you when we come back as more hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there. excuse me. uh.

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armed forces are here holding emergency meetings at this hour. you are watching developments in neighboring turkey very closely as you would imagine. president obama has called on all in turkey to avoid violence and bloodshed great secretary of state kerry saying the united states is -- with the gravest concern which comes close to being pro forma language from the demonstration to this point. all of this as a state news agency in turkey reports that 17 police officers have been killed in the coup attempt in ankara. joining us now to discuss the impact of the coup on presidential politics and the events in nice on the campaign we are joined by town hall.com political editor guy benson. good to have you with us. political clinic asian strategist and it's great to have you here. let me start, guy with you. the events in turkey this is as

if it has been choreographed to show the obama administration is utterly maladroit and adept in foreign policy. >> well it reminds every voter that you cannot always anticipate what major event in the world or in the united states domestically could shape an election so here we have on a friday a nato member state embroiled in this crisis with a military coup and erdogan, i could have told a number of times i've spoken to politicians in opposition to erdogan. he is someone we should look at with extreme cynicism and skepticism. he is not a good guy. he is inching closer and closer toward islamic authoritarianism but if the military were to take over what does that say about the future of that country in the democracy that they have set up for themselves in turkey? a very scary night and i think it focuses on foreign-policy and

a campaign that has not exactly been dominated by those issues. lou: not dominated but certainly donald trump has been the first to say that nato is not achieving the aims that are critical to the national interest this time and there needs to be a rebalancing, a study participation by their allies not pretend participation. his comments, his statements of foreign-policy whether he it is satisfying to his detractors and opponents is really of no matter because he's the only one talking about substandard issues and foreign-policy, the events of the last 24 hours bear him out. >> one of the things we have to keep in mind is that hillary clinton has been talking about her experience in foreign-policy and all of that and that is right up here. lou: this is the first of that foreign-policy. >> while people may say she's better foreign-policy and he's better at national security at

the end of the day people are going to start saying how did we get here? these are the policies and this is the world under the current administration. whose fault it isn't not going to blame anyone but that's what the voters are are thinking. you have to carefully consider who you are going to choose because the world seem so uncertain. people are really afraid. who are we going to trust in this moment? we have two candidates that are very untrustworthy. hillary is less than donald trump soho are people going to trust now? lou: what he think about this latest, guy? >> if you are an average voter you are sitting here and you turn on your tv and you see it terrorist attack on the heals of a number of major attacks here including orlando. you see a people in turkey and you might say hillary clinton and former secretary of state she can go into that mode and start dropping names. she knows the players and she is well informed but then you say

okay that's reassuring on some level but what is the u.s. foreign-policy posture, national security posture towards the world over last seven or eight years? do you things they like they are getting more secure and stable or not didn't become to the conclusion that we are not feeling more secure and stable these days you have to indict at least looking at the surveillance of lens of american politics and you tend to indict a sitting government which is the obama administration the obama administration and hillary clinton one of the architects of obama foreign-policy. donald trump is making the case over and over again that things are. >> out of control and people feel that. lou: guy benson and lee carter thank you both very much. we will see you in cleveland as a matter fact. guy guy, simply been productive celebrations erupting in the streets of damascus after turkey's military claiming is seized power from president erdogan. will the military coup 60?

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lou: breaking news now on the military coup occurring now in turkey. marshall law has been declared. the military has taken charge.

we know both in ankara the nation's capital and a stumble its largest city. president erdogan has been forced to use his iphone space time app from an undisclosed location to broadcast messages. he is beseeching the turk is published to resist the coup. turkey's national intelligence spokesman claims that the coup attempt has been quote repelled. nato's chief has called for full respect for turkey's democratic institutions and constitution. witnesses have reported to have witnessed a large blast that has been heard in istanbul. our own reporting and conversations with two people there, ambassador breathe in a stumble and laura wells correspondent for grn radio, oval radio. both saying much the same thing

that the coup has been successful at least in terms of taking control of state media, taking control of transportation hubs, bridges and taking control of the streets. so to that point, that is what we know to this hour. there have been deaths, 17 police and reported killed and also reports of some civilians being shot by the military on the streets where they have been told to leave and to return and remain in their homes. joining us tonight from cleveland former pentagon official "fox news" national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. robert jeffers pastor at first baptist church in dallas one of the most influential evangelical churches in the country, member of donald trump's freedom advisory council, "fox news" can chew beard. it's good to have you both with us. k.t. i want to turn quickly,

what we are hearing right now is obviously the early hours of the coup attempt but one that sounds to this juncture it has been markedly successful. your thoughts? >> i don't think it's over. lou: i understand it's not over. i said at this point it's been successful and the military is in control. your thoughts and i should have been more specific about the imams where they will come down in this and how influential will they be in the politics of the street? >> actually that's a really good point lou. lou you are the best. the military is secular. they want to have a democracy. they do not want to have a religious autocracy of the mullahs in charge. erdogan has moved increasingly

turned -- toward the mullahs toward an authoritarian islamist country. imams, we have yet to hear from them. will they take to the streets and what will they do? friday is their holy day. will they go to the mosque and what will they say? this will unwind but i look at the whole middle east and the whole middle east is on fire whether in saudi arabia or yemen or libya and much of europe is on fire. it's the threat of radical islam as you pointed out a decade ago that this was going to start and grow and it has and it's a tragedy for the world. lou: pastor it's great to have you here. a couple of quick things. first obviously your thoughts in the appointment this election by donald trump of mike pence and the degree to which you may have chimed in with the presumptive nominee to encourage his selection and secondly your thoughts about what it is we are

now reporting obviously an attempt by the military to roll back what has become an extraordinarily sick terry and islam must government on the part of the erdogan now. >> look, i believe mike pence is an effective governor. he is a committed christian and a strong pro-life advocate and while it's true that some evangelicals and i include myself in this were disappointed last year when pence caved on a religiously rebuild. we are not disappointed not to vote for hillary clinton so i believe that mike dems will be a great choice for donald trump and as far as what's going on in turkey right now i think this crisis once again illustrates the need for strong national international leadership which is why this election lou is so crucial. i believe donald trump will bring that leadership to our nation into our world. lou: ktvz events of the last 24 to 36 hours seem to have been

ready ordered to create even greater difficulties for the clinton campaign. your quick thoughts and i will ask you in a pastor to weigh in on that very quickly. >> hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton came out last night's said i've got so much experience. when this started happening eight years ago i called on all the leaders of the world to come together against this scourge. my answer to that, hillary it's been seven or eight years. this is but a disaster so how do you claim this is your great success? i think the country is ready for someone to take charge and make sure we stay safe. lou: the feeling that i know who you might suggest that somebody is. >> you know who that somebody is. i'm not a geopolitical strategist but lou i would say is a pastor and a christian i look at this in turkey. through the words of jesus before he returns to earth there

will be global unrest in nation shall rise against nation. we are seeing that happen in intensity and frequency which makes me wonder what else might begin a right to happen. lou: to the larger question we are out of time. pastor is our is great to have you here with us robert jeffers and k.t. mcfarland always in your debt, thank you so much. up next reports on turkey that a bomb hits the turkish parliament in ankara. how will this military coup affects the war against the islamic state? what is next for our military? the former navy s.e.a.l. who killed osama bin laden osama bin laden, rob o'neil joins me here next.

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lou: to bring up to date as best we can what's going on in turkey right now, the military to has been to this point successful but has each of our political experts have said these are early hours and there is much conflict remaining in the hours and days and nights ahead. there is some contradiction about how successful the coup has been. the primary contradiction coming from turkey's prime minister who says the situation is largely under control and back to normal but not saying that over state run television or broadcast.

a state newly stingy -- agency in ankara has been hit by a bomb. we also have reports that the parliament has been surrounded by tanks and soldiers. joining us tonight former s.e.a.l. team six-liter the man who killed osama bin laden rob o'neil. rob is a "fox news" contributor and a great american. it's great to have you on the show. let me start first with your thoughts. you have been in turkey and you have worked with the turkish military and their special forces i presume. >> yes. lou: what do you think of the military and the likelihood of their success? >> they have base a lot of their selection training to become special forces navy s.e.a.l. training that we did so we have a good relationship with them for it i have worked with their snipers quite a bit pre-9/11 but i'm from a year with the way they think. they have a conscription method where each mail serves three months to a year so it's a

promilitary society and the man men i worked with were great. lou: it's hard to imagine why every society that values its citizenry would not be promilitary. as we want to think, one would think as we are trying to figure out what is going on here and it's frustrating for all of us because there is very limited reporting out of there, is it your judgment that they are also a society that is ready to return to a secular government? >> they consider themselves especially the military cards meant a secular past and a founding member of the united nations. they are worried that erdogan is leaning towards the islamist style, not a pro-isis but pro-was long human rights violations have gone up against women and atrocities, honor killings because they are believing more in the sharia than they are in normal society.

lou: the military making very clear the onset of the coup that erdogan's of authoritarian moves of later what provokes them and they have to return that government to a secular path. >> art is saying i should say with the elected government that the military is going against that and it proves our foreign-policy isn't working well. there has been a lot of chaos in the middle east in the past few years and this is no exception. the military won't see any repercussions for whatever they do against erdogan. lou: to your point this is a confounded foreign policy that has been pursued by their secretary kerry or whether it's the white house taking sides with the government that is in its most recent actions supported by radical islam and islamic state. >> it's happening in yemen and there's no leadership. lou: it was great have you with

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