this morning on "world news now," another deadly terror attack in france. >> at least 80 people dead. many more severely injured after a truck ran over a large crowd of people who were celebrated the national day. images of the horrific scene sending shock waves around the world this morning as the investigation begins. >> officials are now trying to determine who is responsible for the attack. our counterterrorism expert is live with insight on the latest details. >> back at home, extreme weather making its way across the country. high winds taking the roof of that building. tens of thousands waking up without power on this friday, july 15th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we say good morning to everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane

from nice where officials say they've been hit by a terror attack. some of the images are very graphic. >> and take a look at this video which we've blurred. it shows some of the dozens of victims. their bodies strewn along the promenade. they were killed when the driver of a truck drove straight into crowds that had just finished watching fireworks there. >> police eventually killed the driver. french authorities are working to identify him and figure out if he had accomplices. the truck he was driving also was loaded with firearms and grenades. >> nice is now a different place this morning than it was just a few hours ago. we get the latest right now. >> reporter: people running for their lives in nice, running away from mayhem on the promenade of this french resort city. thousands of people enjoying a night out on the national

truck driver slammed his vehicle into crowds of people. >> the truck drove through all the security and we were hearing guns being shot, and everyone trying to take shelter. >> reporter: witnesses described an apocalyptic scene. >> i heard loud noises and people started screaming and shots being fired up in the air. >> reporter: the truck reportedly plowed into people for over one mile before police managed to engage the driver. they fired shots into the truck. the windshield was riddled with bullets. the driver was killed. police say the truck was loaded with arms and grenades. the city put in place an anti-terrorism protocol. the president had an emergency session in paris. the paris prosecutor's

opened an investigation for, quote, murder, attempted murder, and an organized group linked to a terrorist enterprise. abc news, new york. >> bedlam there in nice, and by one estimate there were at least 40,000 people watching when this attack took place. a local journalist says he saw the white truck traveling at a crazy speed. >> he also claimed the driver was turning the wheel in order to run over as many people as possible. other witnesses reported similar scenes. >> it was terror, because there was everyone screaming on their phones. it was just honestly the most terrified i've ever been. >> it was quite chaotic, really. people were kind of being pushed over from people being so frightened about what was going on, especially after the gunshots. >> people were

suicide. >> john kerry was in paris and france earlier in the day. now he's saying the u.s. is taking stepping to account for the welfare of all americans who are in nice. he is also urging u.s. citizens there to contact friends as well as families directly. >> let's get some analysis on this now. for that we're joined by a former fbi agent in charge and an abc contributor. steve, how do you protect about this kind of attack? how do you stop someone from getting their ands on a truck. >> typically we've looked at these types of trucks as the type of vehicles you use for delivering a bomb to a certain location. you saw it in new york and oklahoma city with timothy mcveigh. in this situation they used the actual truck as the weapon itself to mow down the victims, and so it's incredibly difficult, and it's going to start with barriers.

way to prevent any type of vehicle such as this one, especially, because it's so large from getting access to the a areas where people are celebrating. >> when you look at this attack, there's a couple of things that make it stand out. you have this one attacker and also the tactic used was different. >> absolutely. in these locations, you have barriers. you tend to have them. but whether you have concrete barriers, metal fencing, or wooden barriers with cop cars nearby, that's what's going to be examined as to what kind of measures they had at this location, because what you now saw is this type of truck as the ability to penetrate through certain barriers, whether it's the chain link fence or wood. they're going to have to evaluate how you protect against these types of attacks. >> and, steve, when you look at the way we respond to these things, we have metal

as airports. there was notions of liquid bombs, and then planes were used as the weapons. now we're talking about road barriers. it seems like we're always responding to the attacks. is there any way to get ahead of this? >> well, we're going to have to get ahead of this. the fact is the terrorists are watching every attack that is occurring. and they're learning from those attacks, and then they're looking to use those same types of techniques. law enforcement has to do the same thing. look at the types of attacks occurring worldwide, not just in the u.s., but all over the world. we saw turkey and now another incident in france. law enforcement has to look at how these terrorists are using these types of -- whether it's weapons or vehicles, what have you, and they then have to deal with the security measures to ensure that that doesn't happen again, because the terrorists are going to look to do that. >> and when you look at this attack, it has got to be horrifying for

experts. that promenade is like the equivalent of south beach in miami. a soft target, as some people might say. what does this to many of the counterterrorism experts in the u.s. what are they starting to work on right now? >> when you're going to have a large event, there's already protocols in place with the fbi and local law enforcement when there's a big gathering of people, they usually corridor them off to make sure there's not access to vehicles. usually they're thinking about the bomb scenario. now the vehicle is attacking the victims. the problem is you have the beach areas in certain parts of the country where there are a lot of people, like venice and los angeles. you always have big crowds, and the fact is you're not going to be able to put barriers all around there. it's going to go back to the issue of gathering intel on potential p

to commit this type of attack. >> and steve, in terms of location, a lot of times when you think of targets, you think of capital cities, or in new york it was the world financial center. when you look at orlando or nice, these are vacation spots. how do you tell them to carry on when it seems like nowhere is safe? >> i hate to say nowhere is safe, but the terrorists are willing to attack anywhere in the world. it doesn't matter if it's well known or some kind of a sleepy city somewhere else around the world. they're going to attack where they have the opportunity. so everybody has to be aware. they have to be knowledgeable about these types of attacks, and there's so many different types we're seeing. the public has to just recognize this is a problem. this problem is not going away, and they have to be prepared to react if they think something like this is happening. we always say run,

and in this case, a lot of people were running, but we had a vehicle chasing them down. that was very unfortunate. >> and, steve -- >> the vehicle went a whole mile. >> what do you think of the weapons found inside the truck as well? >> there's still an investigation going on as to whether those are righteous weapons and explosives. they have been able to get access to firearms in other attacks. they have to look at how they're getting firearms to use them. the fact that the firearms and the explosives are in the back. it makes me wonder if there was somebody else that were going to be involved in the attack. so once the truck stopped, then they were going to join in in the fight. that's something that has to be looked at. the explosives, you know, how they get the explosive, they can build the explosives in their mother's kitchen. there's actual isis and al qaeda propaganda and rhetoric

information that guides these sympathizers and how they build these types of explosives. that's something that's fairly readily accessible. the question is if it's going to go off. that's something they'll look at. >> the steve gomez. steve, thank you as always for joining us. we appreciate it. >> president obama condemned the terror attack and offered condolences to the families saying the u.s. stands in solidarity with france. >> donald trump also weighed in telling fox news if he were president he would ask congress to declare war on the islamic state, and he said he would make it very hard for people to come into the country from terrorist areas. >> it sounds like here we go again. we're living in a whole different world. there's no respect for law and order. there's no respect for anything or anybody. >> trump postponed plans to announce his running mate, saying it won't be appropriate in the aftermath of the attack. we have learned that trump will choose mike pence and pence flew to new york

make that announcement, but pence cannot seek two offices at the same time and has until noon tomorrow to withdraw from the governor's race. >> and we'll have continuing coverage. we should mention of the attack in nice. hillary clinton in the meantime, we should point out here on the political stage. trying now, a potential vice presidential pick. cane and clinton were at an earlier luncheon with two other possible running mates, elizabeth warren and brown of ohio. an announcement could come next week. >> new mexico's governor declared a state of emergency for a wildfire that's destroyed 31 homes. >> flames wiped out outbuildings and vehicles. they can't say when they'll be able to contain the fire. for you residents are being asked to evacuate

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this morning. at least 80 people killed in nice along the french riviera. a large truck plowed into crowds of people. they're calling it a terrorist attack. at this point there's no claim of responsibility. >> the truck was loaded with weapons and grenades. according to french officials, investigators are working to identify the driver and world leaders are condemning the atta

french people. >> early this morning, the french president went on tv to condemn the attacks saying all of france is under what he called an islamist terrorist threat. hollande also extended the state of emergency that has been in place since last november's terror attack in paris. that heightened state of alert was scheduled to end in about ten days. hollande will be in nice after a high government level meeting in paris this morning. at home, final respects paid to philando castile, a black man shot by police last week. the casket arrived by horse drawn carriage, pallbearers dressed in white raised their fists in the air. the shooting sparked nationwide moments when his final moments were broadcast on facebook by his girlfriend. >> and alton sterling laid to rest. sterling's son who broke down at

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>> absolutely. we found that very shocking. >> reporter: it happens the most in urban areas, especially the northeast, and young males three times more likely than females to confront another driver. >> stress levels are at an all time high. >> reporter: three best tips to avoid road rage? >> take your time. don't tailgate. be forgiving to other drivers. if somebody is angry at you, don't respond. >> reporter: maybe most alarming a majority of americans believe road rage is getting worse. 90% believe their safety is threatened. abc news, washington. >> curious to see what happens to the study once they factor in people playing pokemon go. >> that's part of the frustration for many people. it's caused a lot of accidents already nationwide. >> let people pass. try to be patient. >>

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this morning we're following developments in southern france. at least 84 people have been killed after a truck packed with weapons and grenades drove through a crowd celebrating the french national holiday. >> the truck drove for more than a mile among the packed promenade, shooting into the crowd before police shot and killed him. in a nationally televised address, the president of france said he can't deny this was a terror attack. there was no immediate claim of responsibility. >> there's been a lot of reaction from all over the world. hard to believe that france has been hit yet again. including this reaction here from the french consulate where

just broke out in the french national anthem there at this meeting. >> many moving images coming in response. one of them came from a scene we were looking at just last week. the soomni hotel in dallas, tex, right by where we saw the officers get killed. we looked at the hotel last week with stripes. this morning the hotel with the colors of the french flag. a show of solidarity with the people of france. >> and one week ago at this hour we were talking about that hotel being lit up in blue for the officers who were killed there in dallas. it's kind of ironic. we started the day marveling here in the studio, you and i, at watching the celebrations in paris to celebrate the french national holiday, and for the day to take such a turn. >> that's the thing, you have thousands of people gathering who celebrate their independence, equali

like this happens, and as an american, imagine manage like this happening during a fourth of july secelebration, and it ps things into perspective. it's hard to wrap your head around. it's sad. it feels like the last few weeks, it's almost like every friday there's some news of a horrible tragedy. you have to wonder, when will it end? >> the newspapparisian newspape basically the headlines is saying horror in nice, and it's recounting that a truck made its way onto the promenade there along the water in nice. >> and a similar cover here from another one, also pointing out the horror that happened in france last night. >> yep. chicago tribune among those calling it a night of terror, and that it was. >> and 10:00 p.m., people gathering for fireworks. this attacker

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this morning in "world news now," new developments in the terror attack in france. a man driving a truck, plowing into a crowd, killing dozens and leaving bodies strewn along the street. sending scores running for their lives. we'll here from eyewitnesss and get you a live report just ahead. >> intelligence officials are scrambling to see if there are any others involved in coordinating the attack. the effects are being felt at home as security is front and center ahead of the republican national convention. >> donald trump and hillary clinton calling for the means to win the war on terror. and trump putting his big announcement today on hold. there's a fresh take on the current state of the race on this friday, july 5th.