turkish officials are indicating that the suicide bombers were from russia, uzbekistan and kurdistan.t do you make of those nationalities? >> first, it's a big piece of news today, and first, condolences to all those people who died and were wounded. i think there are three points to remind us of. first of all, this is an international problem that will take an international solution. secondly, i hope it focuses turks on fixing that border between turkey and syria. this has been an issue for a couple of years now. people have been encouraging them to do more. i was struck by the white house statement the other day that said condolences were with turkey, and by the way, it is much in turkey's interest to seal that border up. the fact that these people are able to move back-and-forth, it's really important. it's about recruiting. third, that someone was able to recruit people from these three states, reminds us that recruitment, we got to get at this recruitment question. laura: turkey has been accused of turning a blind eye. it felt the greater enemy was kurdish separatists. how long i

that is the reason for the decrease in production from the kurdistan region.has been balanced by production from zurich, which we brought on stream from the uae at the beginning of this year. manus: patrick, thank you for joining us. that is patrick allman-ward, the ceo of dana gas. rishaad: coming up, we will be live in from by to measure -- the in mumbai to measure increasing growth. you are watching "bloomberg markets: middle east." ♪ rishaad: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: middle east ." we are taking a look at what has been going on in india. it was a tuesday afternoon here in hong kong when we got the first reading of the first quarter. indeed, growth there is increasing. that story gather strength, gdp surges to 7.9%. we can assess the implications of that as soon as we can. just looking at these strong growth figures, we spoke with the finance minister just the other day. he said this is set to continue. to rely on too much structure reform to take place at once. the pace is pretty slow. everybody seemingly wants india to reform straightaway. thes

kurdistan is a real success story, an oasis of stability and tolerance.ible mistake, causing geopolitical chaos and humanitarian tragedy. millions of iraqis were displaced. at least 150,000 civilians died, in addition to the almost 4,500 brave american soldiers. some argue that one can overlearn the lessons of iraq. sure, but my caution about a larger american intervention in syria or elsewhere derives not just from iraq. consider this. the united states replaced the regime in iraq and gave the new one massive assistance for a decade. the result, chaos and humanitarian tragedy. washington toppled the regime in libya, but chose not to attempt nation building in that country. the result has been chaos and humanitarian tragedy. washington supported a negotiated removal of the regime in yemen and the election that followed, but generally took a back seat. the result? chaos and humanitarian tragedy. the reality in that part of the world is that many of its regimes are fragile, presiding over weak institutions, little civil society and often no sense of nationh

one was from uzbekistan and a third from kurdistan. we don't have anything more concrete such as identities or ages or they lived in istanbul together or traveled separately from another country or countries. there is a lot of speculation and con ficking reports. we're trying to pin down some of that information. that said, turkish officials also said overnight stretching into thursday, remember we're now in the overnight hours on friday morning but thursday a number of raids, 16 raids were conducted throughout istanbul. 13 people were arrested in connection with tuesday's attack of the police also picked up a number of weapons and fire arms and they say documentation linked to isis. no group has formally or officially taken responsibility, deirdre but turkish officials maintain this bears all hallmarks of isis attack and isis-coordinated. that said, funerals were held today for victims of tuesday's attack. here at ataturk airport the upstairs departures hall, there is memorial set up. you see pictures of 15 of the victims and a table

s, but the nationalities, uzbekistan, kurdistan, and the russian specifically from dagystan. there is also video that appears to show one of the attackers reportedly shooting one of the security officials. you have to go through metal detectors just to enter inside the front door of this airport. so as that was happening, you see the video of one of these attackers appearing to shoot one of the security officers as he's asking, as per protocol, for this person to show his i.d. the death toll, it has risen to 43. 94 people, kate, are still being treated here in istanbul hospitals. >> 94 people. and we don't really have a read clearly how serious some of those injuries are. we have to watch that very closely. you're talking about that new video that came out, it also raises the question if there are new details about the timeline and how these attacks were all coordinated, how it played out, brooke. >> reporter: yeah, i was just talking to a security specialist. he raised a fascinating point. we talk about diversion tactics. these terrorists wanted to maximize casualties. you h

he said the kurdistan worker party, pkk, carried out the attack. local media have suggested the attack was in retaliation for the turkish government's military operations against the pkk. turkey has designated it as a terrorist group. >>> south korea controls the islands. japan claims them. south korea's navy and coast guard started the drill on wednesday. they're practicing how to prevent illegal encourage. the exercises involve some ten vessels. the south korean military conduct the drill twice a year. japanese officials protested through diplomatic channels. they say the islands are an inherent part of japan easte' ' territory. the japanese government maintains that south korea is illegally occupying the islands. >>> an international chemistry organization has endorsed a proposal to name an atomic element after the japanese word for "japan." the japanese researchers who created the substance 12 years ago want to call it nihonium. they recommended the idea to the international union of pure and applied chemistry. the organization recently recogni

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turkey says the suicide bombers from tuesday's deadly attack came from russia, the kurdistan, and the spec a stand. the death toll has risen to 34. open a foul mouth as he is sworn into the presidency of the philippines. ♪ anchor: we start with more surprises in british politics as the man who persuaded his country to leave the eu has announced he does not want to be the prime minister. not thehnson says he is man to lead his country through one of the most uncertain periods in his country's history. >> my friends, you who have waited faithfully for the punchline of this speech, having and due toolleagues the circumstances in parliament, i have concluded that person cannot be me. my role will be to give every possible support to the conservative administration to make sure that we properly fulfill the mandate of the people that was delivered at the referendum. westminster.e at we are learning more about boris johnson's motivations. reporter: boris johnson did not explain why he got cold feet, why he ruled himself out from the contest to be the next leader of the conservative party and

. >> turkish officials say they were from russia, uzbekistan and kurdistan. but we don't have specific details about whether they lived in turkey or istanbul or traveled to europe from another country or countries. but an interesting footnote. yesterday russia president vladimir putin spoke with erdogan. it's the first time the two leaders have spoken since turkey shot down a russian jet. oh whether the russian nationality of one of the attackers cools things off and creates tension again between the two leaders and countries remains to be seen. in the surveillance video it shows two of the three attackers who killed 43 and wounding 230 others. leland: the raid that happened overnight. do turkish officials think they have everybody? or are there more folks they are looking for as well. >> well, you can expect there will be a lot more raid. what we know about the raids overnight. 13 people were detained. they found rifles and various guns and firearms. documentlings to isis. that essentially backs up their claims and turkey's prime minister claims this was lin

the kurdistan freedom falcons is a militant group operating in turkey. he they said ate tack was a retaliation. the group has claimed responsibility for wednesday's bomb attack on a police station in midyat in the country's southeast. the turkish military is responding with air strikes against militant strongholds in northern iraq. >>> south korean prosecutors have raided the offices of the country's fifth largest conglomerate. lotte group. they're investigating a suspected slush funds allegedly through asset transactions among affiliates. investigators searched 17 locations including the group's headquarters in seoul and the homes of executives. they raided the group's founder and the home of his younger son, who is a group chairman. the public relations office for the lotte group declined to comment on the raid but said the group will cooperate with the investigation. lotte drew attention after a feud emerged between members of the founding family over control of tokyo based lotte holdings. >>> the defense ministers of japan and east timor have met in

no group has claimed responsibility for the attack at this point but the can kurdistan workers party has carried out similar attacks recently in turkey. >>> the impact of tropical storm colin is now being felt in parts of the east coast. heavy flooding and strong winds have hit florida. they are expecting higher than normal tides, especially along florida's gulf coast shoreline. the videos are incredible. a total of 34 counties in florida are under a state of emergency. meantime, parts of georgia and south carolina remain under a tropical storm warning. one man in garden city south carolina says he's watching the weather very closely. >> it makes me a little concerned and i hope mother nature smiles on us this summer but, yeah, it does. it's concerning. >> tropical storm colin is expected to continue dropping heavy rains over the southeast today. >>> the united states is taking part in critical military exercises in the baltic sea. the operation involves nato warships and thousands of military personnel. this exercise spans across the entire baltic sea along with the shorelines of fi

the kurds ares never going to allow a shia national police force to occupied kurdistan.ou could just go down the line. army madenational sense. but to allow more autonomy in the regions. it still makes sense. charlie rose: the prime minister mosul.to march towards ba it within the six months that this in administration has? joe biden: it depends on a number of things. i talked to the prime minister all the time. i am his phone pal. he is solid. he believes in a more federated system. he tried to set up national and elsewhere. he understands the need for autonomy. out. reaching he wants us to equip the sunni tribes to help. coming from the shia militia that i want any part of it. it would take two things to sul.ke mo we have to get our allies involved. we can't leave chaos behind. and to non-governance and a great exodus. tikrit.e id ino there has to be a modus vivendi between the kurds and baghdad. that is being worked on. here is what has to happen. pmf which isthe the shia militia. they can be part of it as long as they don't go into the cities. they are doing a lot of

using kurdistan as a model. you supported? ambassador: we need to look at the big picture. some a reversible damage has taken place. people need to recognize that. whether it has to do with heritage or with some people who left iraq are ready. the communities across the area. to that effect unfortunately and identity issue has to be resolved. none of the provinces of iraq can be fewer 100% of any ethnic city or religion. iraqost southern part of is where they are christian. basra. there is no need for us to reengineer the society. demographically. othercoexisted with each long before the dictatorship. long before saddam hussein. long before a lot of other nation see the even existed. major opportunity that we missed. 2003at effect including for us it is a major loss for the supporto grasp we had from the united states. the community solution is one solution that people are trying to experiment with. i see it only as experiment. i don't think it will be a lasting solution. these are all kurdish entities by the way. pure kurdish parties. they need to get their act together. a

the pkk, kurdistan workers party is a more marxist, separatist group. they have attack targets but they tend to be state focused and military and police, whereas by leaving this open ended, what it means is that the islam ic state, they don't take credit for attacks in turkey, there have thought to have been other attacks in the past that isis has been labeled the leader of. the turkish government may come out and say this is isis but as long as isis doesn't come out themselves, some people in turkey won't believe the turkish state and you can expect crackdowns fr crackdowns from ird -- erdowan's side itself. >> and, juliette, you said you were there at this airport with your family last year. >> one is the recognition that the turks were at risk coming from these fighters from syria, tourism and business are key parts of istaul's economy. people need to feel safe. my family did a trip there. that's why we were there. finally, for turkey to direct flights to the united states, we have a program here in the united states called the last point of destinat

my argument was the kurds are never going to allow a shia national police force to kurdistan.nnis aren't going to -- it just goes down the line. to have a national army made sense. but to allow more autonomy in the regions. it still makes sense. charlie: the prime minister wants to march towards mosul. can you retake it within the six months that this in administration has? mr. biden: it depends on a number of things. thegs that relate to ministry. i talk to the prime minister all the time. i am his phone pal. he is solid. he believes in a more federated system. he tried to set up national guards in anbar and elsewhere. he understands the need for autonomy. he is reaching out. he's beent problem getting, he wants us to equip the sunni tribes to help. coming from the shia militia that i want any part of it. it would take two things to retake mosul. we have to get our allies involved. we can't leave chaos behind. and non-governance and a great exodus. like we did in tikrit. folks came back. come back,ble to by and large. there has to be a modus vivendi between the kurds and bagh

yesterday the president of turkey was pointing to pkk, the rebels of the one deliberation of north kurdistanl keep an eye on this. in the last couple of minutes coming from turkey, a bomb attack against police headquarters. we also had breaking news separate from what we saw in turkey. a corporate story. we understand the ceo will be willing down and suzuki take management steps -- steps against the management at a staff level. improper fuel economy testing. it did hit credibility on suzuki. dealers were saying that it also anda lot of the models vehicles that exceeded the fuel consumption ratings. that hit basically because of the improper fuel economy testing methods they had been using. on the back of that scandal, some of the executives also at honda are stepping down. the ceo and a chairman will take a 40% pay cut for six months at suzuki. a lot of breaking news. we have to look at the ecb and the other risks out there. let's continue the conversation with geraldine sundstrom, our guest host. we are just getting some breaking news about what the ecb is binding. will look at the share pr

and fighting the kurdistan people's party. deadly bombings being carried out by both groups in the last year or two. >> i want to bring in clarissa ward now as we get in new video. she is joining me here in the studio. we have pictures coming to us now of the blast. are we going to let that run? >> this is stunning video that we're just getting in. it is cell phone video of a computer and on the computer you can see surveillance video that shows the moment of the blast. the screen just lighting up as the blast goes off. you see people scattering. this appears to be a cell phone video recording of a computer that is showing surveillance video at the moments of the blast. now what is interesting as well if you look at the way these attacks were carried out. they do fit the profile of isis. who are not just using suicide bombers, but suicide fighters. they are not just blowing themselves up, but you go in and kill has many people as you can b wi , and then at the end blow yourself up. and you see there at the moment that entire a

>> it's the kurdistan worker's party.y are obviously kurdish but predominantly mostly in turkey. they have offshoots in iraq and syria. they want to break away from turkey and create an independent state. for decades they've been fighting the central government in turkey. they've been using deadly attacks. the southeastern part of turkey has been considered a war zone by some because it's been dw devastating there. one attack killed about 100 people people. the initial hallmarks of this attack suggest it was more isis than the pkk. the pkk has been much more specific in going after turkish only targets. >> help me understand. as it relates to turkey going after isis, improving their relations with the west in the last year and a half, you have the west over here. what's turkey's relation with russia, georgia, armenia? >> turkey has had cold relations with russia because russia is supporting the assad regime in syria and turkey has been trying to topple the assad regime. there was an incident last year where turkey shot do

we've learned those attackers were from russia, ub ek stan and kurdistan.fficials are saying isis may be responsible for the attack. no one has taken responsibility but officials say all signs point to isis. raid were conducted overnight and 22 people were arrested. >> changes are coming to the military too fast, that is what some say about transgender se >> next week a federal judge will hear a case brought by a virginia republican delegate who says a state law requiring him to vote for department was unconstitutional. according to court filings, he believes voting for trump would violate his conscience. state officials have not responded to the lawsuit. >> and a group of donald trump supporters in hay market, virginia after their signs were vandalized. it started when the group put up a 4 foot by 8 foot sign with five u.s. flags on their property. the sign was tossed on the ground and then someone threw eggs on it. >> it's not meant to bother anybody. we're just giving out our opinion and somebody comes and just destroys it. another sign and put it in the

things like respect for contracts by governments, delayed payment in kurdistan and in egypt, but fundamentally need to reform energy subsidies. yousef: we will have to wrap it there. thank you again. ♪ anna: boris yousef: johnson says he favors open borders and amnesty for illegal immigrants. it highlights a split in the leave campaign with nigel farage and his backers striving to keep the focus on immigration. european leaders want the u.k. to leave the eu as soon as possible but say they will retain close economic and security ties. chancellor merkel and others say they want to avoid a political vacuum. president whole lawn said brexit will force you leaders to take a close look at why people across the region have lost confidence in the bloc. the u.k. up's historic decision will be on the agenda at two meetings of leading central bankers. they are in basel this weekend, then lisbon monday, and will discuss how much the fragile global recovery may have been affected by brexit. mark carney pulled that because of the upheaval at home. janet yellen has said fed will hold. saudi arabia is showin

he appeared on kurdistan television after he left isil and was captured by kurdish military. he became disenchanted with the people there who were running the camps where he was training. he's been taken back to the told fbi agents that he agreed to wear a suicide bomb. he says he thought that was a test from his recruiters and he told them what he thought they wanted to know. he said he was being trained to come back to the united states for an attack on u.s. soil. today was the first time his family has seen him since he left last year. they didn't have a chance to speak, but they did wave to one another. his family has refused to talk to reporters since news broke of his capture. he'll be back in this courtroom next week facing a detention hearing. he didn't have to enter a plea today. coming up at 5:00, you'll hear more from his attorney about what they think about the charges facing this young man from alexandria. that's the latest here. >>> it's been billed as the most important trial in the death offend freddof freddie gray. the coming up. >>> a young man serves nearly

officials say, that the attackers were from russia and former soviet republics of uzbekistan and kurdistan. aside from that, we don't have anymore specific details about them, their names, ages, whether they lived here in turkey, istanbul, whether they traveled together or came from another separately from country or countries. that said, trish, turkish police carried out a number of raids in istanbul, rounds up 13 suspects believed to be linked to tuesday night's attack. they recovered other firearms and other weapons. turkish officials documentation linked to isis. no group claimed responsibility. turkish leaders, country's prime minister maintained this has hallmarks carried out by isis. that said, funerals were held for victims today, many of the victims. 44 people now confirmed dead. that number has gone up. more than 230 wounded. back here on the ground, outside international arrivals terminal, another entrance has been reopened. certainly a sign trying to get back to sense of normalcy, as normal after tuesday night's bloodbath. trish. trish: really horrible stuff. john huddy, thank

iraq, kurdistan and shiiastan. each region determined by the three major religions and hnic groups in the region, many have been quoted saying peace amidst these divisions is impossible, that stability was previously held together only by the dictatorship of saddam hussein who was deposed by the united states-led international coalition in 2003. as the birthplace of civilization, iraq has a rich cultural history and diverse denothing raffy. out of -- demography. out of the majority of the population, they are arab with another 15% to 20% kurdish. 5% of the population is turkmen, asyrian or other. iraq is a land linked nation and borders other notable members of the region. an, turkey, syria, jordan, saudi arabia and kuwait. an ambassador arrived in washington, d.c. to assume his position as ambassador of iraq to the united states. he possesses a rich history of experience in consulting, technology and very importantly as a representative and advocate for iraq and iraq's people. the ambassador actively opposed sadda

he did this tv interview with kurdistan media after his capture that he travelled from his home in virginia to turkey to join isil. once he crossed the border into syria and eventually iraq where he trained with isil fighters. according to charges documents, he told his recruiter that he would be willing to wear a suicide bomb. he also told investigators that he was being trained to return home and carry out an attack in the united states. taken into custody by kurdish military after he says h disillusioned with isil and left. >> the life in mosul, it's really, really, bad. the people who are controlling mosul don't represent the religion. >> reporter: now the judge ordered that he remain in custody at least until next tuesday. that's when he'll be back in this federal courthouse in alexandria for a hearing time. the court will make the decision whether he'll remain in jail until his trial or whether he'll be released. his defense attorney told reporters that he only said that about a suicide bomb because he thought it was a test by recruiters and thoughtthey want. wounded four people. a ma

. >> the suicide bombers were from russia, uzbekistan and kurdistan. >> reporter: new images of the chaos, security footage apparently showing terrified travelers running from one of the three attackers inside the terminal. >> to see people running, tr tripping, guns drawn, it quickly became clear this wasn't a drill, wasn't a hoax. >> reporter: two days later, raids in istanbul and more than a dozen arrests. turkish authorities trying to find any with links to the terrorists who fired assault weapons and detonated three suicide vests killing at least 40 people. >> they knew the places they wanted to be and all this indicated this was a well pl planned well orchestrated attack. >> reporter: funerals being held and memorial at the airport g w growing honoring those killed and the more than 230 people injured including one american. as authorities say in response to the attack there will be enhanced security at airports and train stations in the u.s. for the holiday weekend. >> continue to go to public events but be aware and vigilant? >> the cia and turkish authorities all agree it appears

industry which is suffering as it battles two terrorist organizations simultaneously, isis and the kurdistan workers party or pkk. erin? >> thank you very much. ivan watson. sue savage joins me on the phone. she was at the airport. you were there and you heard the gun shots? >> oh, absolutely. while we were there my friend was flying out that evening and i'm flying in a couple of days and i just recognized the gun shots and then heard this huge explosion, and i knew immediately it was a bomb, and 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 mens prayer room, but i left there fairly quickly and ended up actually in a mens 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 with the x-ray luggage and all of a sudden we heard more screams and more gunshot, and i ducked into the place where they x-ray luggage, and everybody else bolted out, but this was the closest place for me, and i must have been in there ten or 15 min

as is a new group, tak, the kurdistan falcons, a splitoff of the workers party, the pkk which has been thorn in the side of the turks for a long time. so they don't know, nobody has claimed credit, they'll have to see. both have done it in the past. david: all right, let's focus on isis and our war with isis. isis itself is in the midst of a purge, they're purging members who they think were giving information to us and our allies on where to target certain leaders of isis. isis has been killing dozens of their own people who they say were informing. this seems to me to be an indication they are self-destructing to a certain extent. am i wrong? >> no, you're not wrong. i wouldn't say the wheels are coming off of isis right now, but i would say that a couple are wobbling, and as you point out, they took some of their people, tied them up together, lashed them together in a rope and then lowered them into an industrial vat of nitric acid slowly because they thought they were spies. they've got other people leaving, trying to escape. some made it successfully out of northern syria into tu

about isis and the need to defend isis and one of our great partners in defeating isis is kurds and kurdistans. they're muslims. you go and see some of our troops around the world who are on the front line work alongside these communities to defeat best allies in jordan. our allies in that reach than are working to us to defeet isis. they're muslims. you look at communities in america who are reporting to the fbi, we've got a radical here in our midst. they're muslims. so it's just -- that's not a real proposal. it's not something that's going to happen. >> dickerson: but he thinks he has executive authority do that. if he did, would senator rubio do something to undo that? >> sure. i think it's bad policy for the country to say you're going to have a religious exclusion. and i think you've heard from multiple leaders in our party say that. and by the way, you believe or i would hope that we would have the opportunity to encoun him if he's elected president in a different direction and about to deal with the problem he's trying to deal with islamic radical terror. and i believe we would be abl

that's the area where the kurds believe they want an independent kurdistan. and the fighting across the border with occurred and turkey has been ongoing for years and years. and that is not to say that either of these groups is responsible for this. we don't yet know who is responsible for it. the fact of the matter is there are so many groups fighting for so many different reasons and so many different entities would have reasons to want to cause chaos in and around istanbul that we wouldn't begin to venture a guess who might be responsible for this. over time we'll find out and that detail will wait. for now all we can know is this airport is shut down. there is chaos in the skies and on the ground. ten people are dead. 40 others are wounded and an investigation is beginning. it will certainly begin with the obvious suspects. they will begin to ask questions, trace gallagher, and try to figure out as quickly as possible who these people were. and i'm confident there is boundless evidence left behind. so often they leave video evidence or something on line t

border withened the the northern kurdistan region of syria to get military flowing in. border for this reason to make sure the areas re liberated from isil and the resources can be there to help people. you're right, we've completed and the system can begin. i don't want to put a time limit on that. working with local actors with local knowledge to pull the to get the can stabilization piece right. syria is harder because we're a iously not working with central government. we are not going to work with so it ad regime, period, presents different challenges than iraq. if you look at what we've done terms of clearing out all of this territory, we've hit on a formula that works. will be a big test and will be one of the biggest blows to isil yet because it is their fighters.eign it is their main kind of access raqqa, so we expect they will fight for it. onlyll about the plan, not the military plan but the post-isil plan. officials ome libyan are saying certa have basically fallen. and are one in surprised that they're basically mopping up. is that your assessment? they hav

my argument was, the kurds are never going to allow a shia national police force to occupy kurdistan. the sunnies aren't going to allow-- it just goes down the line. >> rose: and the shia are not going to allow the sunnies. >> yeah, so to have a national armey kind of like our national guard made sense. but to allow more economy. >> rose: it still makes sense in your judgement. >> it still makes sense. >> rose: the prime minister wants to march towards moss you will, you being shall shall mosul, you being the point person on iraq, can you retake mosul in the six pont this administration has. >> according to our military, it depends. it depends on a number of things that relate to the military. but it also depends upon, and i talked to abadi all the time, the prime minister. i'm his phone pal. and he is solid. he wants, and by the way, he believes in a more fed rated system. remember, he tried to set up national guards, a national guard in anbar, a national guard, et cetera. he understands that there needs to be-- . >> rose: he also understands that he needs a sunni tribesman. >> bingo

the western power has essentially mid wifed a terrorist state on turkey's border in this western kurdistan n this territory that syrian kurds now control. is a state in the making that is closely alines with the pkk. to the turk this is a nightmare scenario and something that they have been worried about forever. it places their, the integrity of their country in general ardy. so sernlg moving the turks in the dreksz of the anti-isis coalition and as i said a more direct way, is positive. but when push comes to shove, really what gets the turks attention is kurdish nationalism. >> rose: on that note, thank you so much, great to you have here. thanks again. my thanks again to richard engel and my friend ian bremmer. >> great pleasure seeing you again. >> rose: we'll be right back. stay with us. we turn from terrorism and international politics to a story of courage, toughness and leadership. pat summitt the winningest coach in college basketball history died tuesday morning. she was 64 years old. her death came five years after she was diagnosed with alzheimer disease. in 38 years at the un

no group has claimed responsibility for the attack but the kurdistan workers party has carried out similarently in turkey. >>> the impact of tropical storm colin is now being felt on parts of the east coast. heavy flooding and strong winds have hit florida. they are expecting higher than normal tides especially along florida's gulf coast shoreline. a total of 34 counties in florida are under a state of emergency. in the meantime, parts of georgia and south carolina remain under a tropical storm warning. one man in garden city south carolina says he's watching the weather closely. >> makes me a little concerned. we are overdue and i hope mother nature smiles on us this summer, but, yeah, it does, it's concerning. >> tropical storm colin is expected to continue dropping heavy rains over the southeast today. >>> the united states is taking part in critical military exercises in the ball tick sea -- baltic sea. nato warships and thousands of military personnel. this exercise spans across the entire baltic sea along with shorelines of finland and germany. one reason for this military drill is t

this has been going on for years and years as they have issues with kurdistan across the border. >> that'se. many different leaders across the west have asked president erdogan to take this more seriously. the president is much more focused and has been for over a year on trying to target the kurdish areas, mainly the pkk which is the separatist kurdish militia which is usually in the southeast of turkey, mainly at least. and that has claimed over 2,000 lives. mostly kurdish even hundreds of civilians per many reports and resulted in half a million being displaced from their homes. that has been the top priority. there has also been bombings in northern iraq. i mean dozens to hundreds of dropping bombs on these areas. they say they are targeting pkk. but meanwhile i have tried to count the amount of times that the air force, the turkish air force has gotten involved in bombing isis in syria. and not much. i would say about a dozen times maximum since the beginning of isis is now two year history. >> laura wells reporting live early this wednesday morning from istanbul, laura, thanks very m

that they were from russia, uzbekistan and kurdistan. in istanbul, john huddy is with me now.t is the latest in the investigation? reporter: well as you just are talking about we're learning more about the attackers and

. >> ambassador, there has been talk of a safe haven being placed in iraq using kurdistan as a model. do you support this idea? ambassador: i have had this discussion. my input has been, we need to look at the big picture. some irreversible damage has taken place. people have to recognize that. whether that has to do with heritage fights, some people who ready.raq al so, to that effect unfortunately, that is an identity issue we need to focus on. for our own identity. the other aspect of it is not feasible because none of the promises of iraq can be pure 100% of any ethnicity. the most southern part of iraq is where there is the christian religion. there is no need for us to reengineer the society demographically. we have coexisted with each other way before dictatorship, way before saddam hussein, way before a lot of other nations existed. that means we can do this again. majorr, we have had a opportunity that we have missed, that we did not grasp. ,o that effect, including 2003 for us, it is a major loss for iraqis not to grasp the support we had from the united states. we cannot do

kurdistan, lithuania. macedonia, mauricious and mexico -- [applause] let's hear it for micronesia. [applause] mongolia, morocco, paraguay, the philippines, romania, serbia, slovaka. slovenia, south korea, spain, sri lanka, swaws land, sweden, in dad and tobago and -- inidad and to bago and uruguay. have i missed any countries? france? bonjour. i'm so sorry. the u.k. [applause] we also have here tonight the speaker of the parliament of albania, speaker, thank you for being here tonight. you honor us by your presence. [applause] in addition, we have hundreds of members of a.j.c.'s access young leadership program. please stand up and be recognized. access, from the u.s., from israel, from all over. [applause] we have 130 students from american universities across the country. students, please stand up and be recognized. [applause] and though you heard their enthusiasm, this is a diplomatic first for us. we have representatives from the consulates mexican across the united states. [applause] and they are joined by our mexican-american friends and partners and leaders of the mexican jew

criticisms which has been made of the turkish government in the past is it's focused too much on the kurdistanworker'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

airport attack rises to 44, a turkish official says the three systuic bombers of russia, ukraine and kurdistan. authorities said all the information so far suggests the attack was the work of isis. >>> the government is urging owners of 313,000 older hondas and acuras to stop driving them and get them repaired as soon as possible. this after two tests found that their takata airbag inflaters were extremely dangerous. >>> the fda is barning against batter of any kind with an outbreak of illnesses of a strain of e. coli found in some batches of flour. general mills voluntarily recalled 10 million pounds of that flour. >>> johnny manziel is suspended first four games next season for vie latting the substance abuse policy. manziel released by cleveland in march facing an assault charge in dallas involving a former girlfriend. that's the news update, guys. back down to you. >>> all right, sue, thank you very much. >>> 30 minutes left. here we go. the most important half hour of the trading session. dow up 206 right now. wall street guru it says here. we called you a guru. >> that's true. >> what ar

in the iraqi kurdistan region, i was invited with ambassador with to attend a meeting the a national security advisor to address the difficult challenges in the campaign. this is one of the more positive meetings i have attended in iraq. focusing on the coming liberation of mosul and west must be done, including for the diverse communities to work together. to iraqi government agreed pay and equip thousand for that campaign, representing arabs, kurds, christians, ucd yazidis, and others. this is building on a model that has worked in to create -- tikrit, to return with significant backing and support from our coalition. number sevennbar, and eight on the map, iraqi forces with tribal fighters have over the past few months alone liberated ramadi, falluja, moore, and broke a two-year siege in the city of hadifa. not lost a battle now in more than a year, and key decisions by the prime minister to empower the local people in their own liberation. this is not to overshadow the serious problems that have occurred, including reports of , but there, abuses the iraqi government has taken imm

we don't have i.d.s specifically on these bombers but we know what russia, kurdistan, uzbekistan? >> that's correct. turkish government officials telling us that the three bombers are a citizen of russia, a citizen of kyrgyzstan, and uzbekistan. we've reached out to the kyrgyz government and they're pushing back on that. but the turkish government saying the explosive vests were bout in across the syrian border almost a month ago. apartment where these men were believed to have been living where a russian passport was found is in a neighborhood that's not that far from where we are right now, brooke. >> really. >> maybe a couple miles' drive from here as the crow flies. just indicates how easily people can live below the radar here in turkey. now important to note, the turks have been carrying out raids. both here in istanbul at a number of different locations, detaining about 13 people, and in the turkish port city of ismi ruch ismir, detaining at least nine people there. that shows they're looking across the country as a possible network that could have supported these suicide b

according to associated press there is heavy fighting between the democratic party of iran kurdistan and the military crop in the kurdish city in iran. i would like to know whether you have any information on this and if you -- what can you tell us in this regard. >> no and therefore no. i don't have any information on this. sir. okay. >> i have two question on ukraine. the first one is regarding crimea. as we know, you agreed on friday to extend for one year it's sanctions against russia for annexation of crimea. what does it mean for the efforts to restore borders of ukraine and post-war europe? >> we welcome the european union's decision today to roll over sanctions that are enacted in response to russia's attempted annexation of crimea. our own sanctions will remain in place as long as russia's occupation continues. we are heartened to see that our friends and allies in the eu have decided to extend their own sanctions for another year. our view is well known. crimea is and will always remain a part of ukraine. we cannot allow the borders of europe to be redrawn at the barrel of