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shootout in italy, isis releases a video which appears to show anis amri pledging allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi but there's no mention of the attack and it is not clear where the video was shot. paul cruickshank is in london this hour. also with us is ben wedeman. ben, how is it that the authorities apprehended amri in this small town on the outskirts of milan? was it intelligence that led them there or was it chance? >> well, we understand from italian officials it was chance. it was sheer luck. at 3:00 in the morning, a police patrol was outside the train station which is a suburb, working class suburb of milan, when they saw what they said was a man acting suspiciously. they went up to him, asked him for some form of identification. instead of identification he pulled out a .22 caliber pistol, shouted "police bastards" and opened fire, shooting one of the policemen in the shoulder. then he ran behind a car. however, one of the police officers was able to get behind him. he fired two shots, one of them fatally to the chest of this man, anis amri. they found on his body in addition

uploaded by isis affiliated media claims to show prime suspect anis amri pledging allegiance to abu bakrbaghdadi, this emerging hours after amri was killed during a shootout with police near milan in italy. that's more than 500 miles from where he carried out his attack. cnn's ben wedeman joins us now from rome. give us the details of this altercation. >> reporter: yeah, what happened was that about 3:00 in the morning in a milan suburb, a police patrol which was just checking people for identification stopped a man they said was acting suspiciously. when they asked him for his i.d. instead of showing them an i.d. he pulled out a .22 caliber pistol, shouted "police bastards" and opened fire on the police patrol, wounding one of the police officers in the shoulder. another officer, however, was able to get behind this man anis amri who had hid behind a car and shoot him fat jally in the chest. they did find on his body not only the pistol but also a small knife and several hundred euro. police are obviously looking at why perhaps he was in that particular neighborhood of milan, very much

is offering a $25 million reward for the capture of abu bakr al baghdadi.than double the $11 million the state department offered in 2007. he has been rarely seen in public. he shows up occasionally in videos. just this week, u.s. officials told cnn that the number of battle ready isis fighters has been whittled down to between 12 thousand and 15,000. adding that some 50,000 fighters have been killed. the uk disputes that number, saying that only about half that many were killed in the fighting. >>> the on again off again cease fire in aleppo is back on this morning. there have been multiple attempts at holding a cease fire this week. if it holds this time, it could allow thousands of civilian and rebels to flee the area around east aleppo as syrian regime troops move in. the you know says hundreds of children are trapped in the area and face death if they aren't rescued. the out going secretary general ban ki moon made a statement. >> the carnage in syria remains a gaping hole. it's now a synonym for hell. as i told the security council three days ago. we

reporter: a short time later they posted a message on facebook pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. but officials say the couple actually had to conduct an online search that very morning, who is the leader of isis. who it was. >> reporter: two lone wolves, who died in a fierce gun battle with police, after killing so many. >> just incredible that was a year ago tomorrow. brian here with us tonight. they had mor terror planned th day. >> that's right, david, according to authorities they left behind three pipe bombs in they were stopped by police, re they were circling the neighborhood t detonate those >>> still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this evening. the health alert for buzz aldr. >>> the manhunt for a bombing suspect. new surlae images revealed tonight. >>> the abc news exclusive that husband of the missing mother speaking out and what he now says happened moments after the vehicle, changed and beaten and howhe got help. >>> prince hrynd rihanna, worl watching and the message coaching means making tough choices. jim! you're in! but when you have high bl

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death, isis released this, a video which appears to show amri pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al-baghdadi. there is no mention of the truck attack and it's not clear when or where this video was shot. cnn's nina dos santos is live for us in milan. erin mclaughlin is live in berlin, but in italy, that's where i want to begin, nina, with you. when he was caught, the italians were saying this was kind of an accident at the time. walk me through how they got him. >> it was kind of a bit of a random situation, really, brooke, because what i'm standing outside is the spot where he was gunned down behind me. there's still blood on the pavement if you get to the tarmac close enough to have a look. they stopped him as a routine security check here. we're not actually inside milan, we're in a non-descript industrial section that's known as the financial capital of italy. it's not known that he had links here. so the fact he turned up here raise mrs. questions than it answered even though this manhunt has come to an end. he was stopped by police, they said "show us your papers." instead

facebook, pledging alegion yanss to isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. but officials say the couple actually had to conduct an listen search that very morning. who is the leader of isis. >> maybe they didn't know who it was. >> reporter: two lone wolves. who died in a fierce gun battle with police after killing so many. and the couple had more terror in mind. authorities say they left behind thre conference room. when they were stopped by police, they had been circling the neighborhood for hours, trying to remotely detonate those bombs and take more lives. brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> coming up in our next half hour, sexual harassment at work. government numbers now showing a stunning 60% of women say they've experienced harassment on the job. one diverse group of women shining a light on what they're >> but first shining a light on some of the darkest eights in mearge history. what natalie portman is saying about portraying one of america's most beloved first ladies in her hours of unimaginable grief. you're watching "world news ? >>> and a good

is aware of recent movements of isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi.or chief. barbara starr is at the pentagon with more. what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning, victor. exactly what you have said, it's been months since there's been a real sign of the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. the video you are seeing was him months ago preaching in mosul. now this morning, a u.s. official is telling me and i want to read the words very specifically because they are very precise. this u.s. official saying in the last few weeks, we have been aware of some of baghdadi's movement so what are we talking about here? this is now an intelligence tip that the u.s. is looking at very closely. it is not, it's our understanding it is not realtime intelligence. in other words, it's not where baghdadi is right this minute but sometime in the last few weeks they got information about where baghdadi might have recently been. so under standard intelligence practice that everybody's aware of, the u.s. would now be going back looking at that location. we don't know wh

reporter: a short time later they posted a message on facebook pledging allegiance to isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. but officials say the couple actually had to conduct an online search that very morning, who is the leader of isis? >> maybe they didn't truly know who it was. who died in a fierce gun battle with police, after killing so many. >> just incredible that that was a year ago tomorrow. brian here with us tonight. you're learning that they had more terror planned that day. >> that's right, david, according to authorities they left behind three pipe bombs in that conference room and before they were stopped by police, they were circling the neighborhood for hours trying to remotely detonate those bombs and take more lives. >>> still much more ahead on "world news togh thursday. emergency rescue playing out. the sudden health scare for american great buzz aldrin. the medical emergency at the south pole. >>> the manhunt for a bombing suspect. new surveillance images revealed at this hour. the package exploding inside a home. what the victim is telling police tonight. >>> the abc n

translation: i pledge allegiance to the commander of the faithful, abu bakr al— baghdadi. pledging allegiance to them. two british men are convicted of using muslim aid convoys from the uk to syria to provide cash for extremists. star wars actress carrie fisher has been taken to hospital

translation: i pledge allegiance to the commander of the faithful, abu bakr al— baghdadi.o—called islamic state releases footage showing amri pledging allegiance to them. two british men are convicted of using muslim aid convoys from the uk to syria to provide cash for extremists. star wars actress carrie fisher has been taken to hospital after reportedly suffering a heart attack on board a flight from london to los angeles. round—the—clock work on the railways, that means no trains on many lines this christmas. and all smiles for big sam, as he returns to the premier league as crystal palace's new manager. also in the next hour, we will be taking a look at tomorrow's papers, including the i, which says europe's open—border policy has been blamed for allowing the berlin lorry terror suspect to flee more than 1,000 miles, across three countries. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the hunt for the man who is believed to have carried out the berlin christmas market attack is over. anis amri, who had evaded capture for four days, was killed in milan during a shootout with t

. >> abu bakr al-baghdadi is a terrorist and is currently based in syria. his mission is clearly stated in his own statement. carve out a zone of governing territory from baghdad to syria to lebanon. >> the level of destruction they have and level of destruction they are doing inside of that country is terrible. >> from two years ago he was given detailed specific information about the rise of isis for a year before they started over taking large territory. with the information given to the president a policy maker could not come away with any other impression. this is getting bad. heather, abby, back to you. >> former navy seal karl higby slamming president obama for saying he is surprised isis. he had multiple aroundlings but was refused to admit it. >> anybody who told him isis was going to be a problem he fired them. all of the people that didn't speak up are the ones he got rid of. >> i know guys like general flynn told him this was going to be an issue. >> michael flynn has been named the new head of the national security council under the trump admin

he pledged allegiance to the terror leader abu-bakr al-baghdadi. 12 were wounded including two americans, among them, richard ramirez, the texas native has lived if germany last 18th years with his partner peter who was tragically killed on monday. let's get try it erin. we know now amri was on germany's most dangerous terror list? >> reporter: that's right. and tonight in berlin there's extreme relief but they are also extremely concerned. authorities are worried this isn't over. that amri may have had accomplices who are planning more attacks. tonight new video shows anis amri, the man who attacked the berlin christmas market. and threatening west. >> translator: by god's will we will slaughter you pigs. i swear, we will slaughter you. >> reporter: it is unclear when the tape was made or where it was recorded. 24-year-old tunisian man was killed overnight in a shoot-out with police. outside the train station near milan. the italian government said it was not tracking amri and didn't know he was in the country. regular patrol approached him at 3:00 in the morning because he was acting s

since the start of the campaign we've eliminated year all of abu bakr al baghdadi's trusted advise er advisers. and as these leaders are replaced we target and kill the replacements and a significant deg riidation in their capabilities and ranks. baghdadi claims to be the caliph. we've not seen his face in well over a year. he issued an audiotape about a month ago but issuing audiotapes deep in hiding is not the sign of a confident leader, particularly in today's media age. eventually we'll find and eliminate him as well but the leadership ranks continue to diminish. third undicator, their overall fighting capacity and strength, overall fighters. the number of battle-ready fighters is at its lowest point it's ever been. about 12,000 to 15,000. and isil is unable to replenish its ranks. we used to see about 1,000 foreign fighters in 2014 time frame flowing in, i mentioned this before, an unprecedented number of these foreign fighters. almost 40,000. it's now down to really what is quite a negligible amount in our estimation. and that's thanks to the efforts, our efforts on the ground a

in this video, amri says he would serve isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi and vow to slaughter, quote,rusaders who are slaying the muslims every day. >> the body of the italian woman killed in the attack has just been transported to rome. in milan, where the gunman died, i understand you were right next to an anti-immigration rally? >> yeah, that's right. let's just show our viewers what exactly is going on here. as you can see towards my left here, there are flags of the northern league. this is the northern italian, very anti-immigration party here. i've just been speaking to the leader of that party who is among the crowd, though, with the loud speaker. again, he's made these repeated calls for all immigrants to be expelled from italy, as a result of this suspect having been apprehendsed here. about 30 hours ago. just five meters where he is speaking is where anis amri was shot down by two police officers who was called out at random. and within two shots he was dead. i also spoke to a taxi driver who witnessed the immediate aftermath of the shooting of this suspect. saying that eme

in this video, anis said he will serve abu bakr al baghdadi and plans to shelter all crusaders slaughtering muslims every day. one of the victims, the italian woman, has just been transported to rome. >> our nina dos santos joins us from milan where the woman died. i understand you've spoken with counters terrorism officials, how did authorities conclude that he escaped alone. that he was on the run alone? >> reporter: well, they don't know definite, or didn't have any help, what they are saying, victor, they don't have any evidence of him having any help. they're basing that on cttv footage that they found of him passing through a train station on his way towards the suburb, in the northeastern part of milan. what they've said, they've seen him alone passing through the stations that cue into the northwestern station and the where he managed to catch a bus and end up in this rather random car park outside of another big train station. we do know that buses do depart from this car park towards the balkans. he know there are jihadist networks operating in the balkans. we do know that anis am

official tells cnn in the last few weeks they have been aware of abu bakr al baghdadi's movements.ew weeks ago the u.s. upped a reward for information that would lead to his capture, jumping from $10 million to $25 million, same amount they'd asked for osama bin laden. pentagon press secretary peter cook joins me now. peter i know much of this gets into extremely classified territory here but let me ask you, how confident is the u.s., one, that baghdadi is alive and, two that they're getting closer to know his location. >> well, you are getting into sensitive intelligence matters. what i can tell you is we do think baghdadi is alive and is still leading isil and we are obviously doing everything we can to track his movements and if we get the opportunity we certainly would take advantage of any opportunity to deliver him the justice he deserves but i won't get into it beyond that. we're doing everything we can. this is something we're sending a lot of time on as you know, we've had a lot of success hitting and targeting isil leaders. he's having a hard time finding advisers and con

official wouldn't say whether abu bakr al baghdadi is in syria oraa iraq. had been no signs of him in months. the u.s. is offering a $25 million reward for information leading to his capture. >> in brazil a burned out car is the best clue yet in the disappearance of greece's ambassador to that country. a body was discovered inside that car but it has not been identified. the vehicle discovered thursday matches the description of the ambassador's rental car. he was last seen monday visiting friends in the suburb of rio. >> the philippine president is walking back his earlier claim that he threw someone out of a helicopter. rodrigo duerte spoke with philippine thursday contradicting comments he made earlier this week. >> in a televised speech tuesday he said he had in fact thrown someone off a helicopter and he would do it again to anyone who misused public funds. earlier this month mr. duerte said he had personally killed criminal suspects when he was the mayor of devo city. in that interview with cnn philippines on thursday, mr. twar tae implied he was play

death isis released this video which appears to show amri pledging allegiance to the leader of isis, abu bakr al-baghdadi. there is no mention of the truck attack and it's not clear when or where this particular video was shot. let's go to nina dos santos live in milan. nina, let's go back to 3:00 in the morning here. how did police find him? >> well, it was by random, really, by happenstance, that was how he happened to have been found and killed. anise amri was stopped by police officers outside this station here in this northeastern industrial town just outside milan, asked to show his documents and instead of pulling them out what he did was pulled out a .22-caliber pistol and started firing. within two bullets he was dead and they had to use his fingerprints to identify him because remember this is an individual known for using several different aliases. so his journey, in fact, to radicalization and through radicalization, brooke, seems to have started in italy. his brother and other family members told tunisian tv just a day or so ago that they believe he was radicalized inside an ital

if he has any kind of social media presence they will find out if he pledged allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi. >> isis is saying inspired. that's unusual for them. in taerms of the ease of this, that truck is a pretty sophisticated piece of equipment. does the ability to drive something like that and potential licensing provide any g rirch st for investigators here? >> well, by all accounts the perpetrator wasn't good at driving this vehicle. sort of messing that up for some time before the attack and actually during the attack the truck only went about 50 yards or so and you compare that to the nice attack where that truck plowed through about a mile killing more people in that attack. and so whoever was driving this truck wasn't particularly adept at what he was doing, and no. i mean i don't think it's necessarily a sign of a sophisticated operation to drive a truck into people but perhaps more sophisticated to hijack a truck, but, of course, there are trucks that are idling all around the place and if you've already got a gun it's not too complicated to overpower somebody to press

abu bakr? >> thank you, lisa, and thank you, heritage, for having me. actually, i'll begin with this idea of, that we are in for an era of deal-making. we have been in one for some 15 years and my esteemed colleague talked about all the possibilities and policy recommendations but if you look at very simplistically as an important for deal-making i think then you can make sense of the possibility and the minimum things that states in the region can do, and some of the things the outgoing government need to do to secure a stable, peaceful future, and also to turn afghanistan into this proverbial land bridge between central asia and south asia. one of the things that my colleagues alluded to is this whole idea of short term security interest driven policies by regional states. iran it's not a coincidence that there is no i.s. or i.s. islamic state presence in all of the afghan provinces bordering iran. the i.s. or islamic state sells in kandahar, helmand, zabul, which are in close proximity to iranian which borders iran. instead they've been eliminated du

abu bakr baghdadi was in raqqah, syria, last year, but when some of that information was leaked, theyost their chance to nab him. that's according to that official. >>> south korea has a new acting president this morning. the prime minister has taken over after lrps voted to impeach the current president. the vote to impeach passed by a resounding 234 votes to 56. thousands of south koreans took to the streets to celebrate after her ouster. she was so unpopular with south koreans, her approval rating was at 5% and that's actually up a point from her previous showing at 4%. we'll be right back. >>> i want to show you some of my favorite spots in chicago. i want to take you to tweet, to where i usually come before a show to get a hearty, healthy breakfast. when i came in, i noticed they were offering a gluten free option and a regular option. what brought that about? >> demand. people are really are very conscience of how they eat these days. they want a gluten free, and we said, we can do it. >> we're here in the sculpture court. i love to come here and see the human form depicted. it

closer to tracking down the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi. >> they're not saying publicly becauseu're talking about, the very much intelligence structure that's now in place. drones over head, watching. intercepting communications, talking to people on the ground. all this is public knowledge. we are not disclosing anything. this is basically how the u.s. military intelligence community operates in trying to go after these isis targets. they are unpacking all of this communications, relationship inside of isis, taking people out one by one and hoping to, in fact, get to baghdadi as they make progress against these targets. >> barbara starr at the pentagon for us. thank you so much. >>> consumer warning now. this item is in kitchens everywhere and now 8 million of these popular kitchen gadgets are being recalled because they might cut your mouth. that warning ahead. you won't want to miss it. >>> then, donald trump says you can't catch a hacker unless you catch the hacker in the act. is that true? investigators and how they find cyber fingerprints. (vo) it's the holidays at verizon

now reward anyone with information leading to the location, arrest or conviction of isis leader abu bakrghdadi. >> it's a steep price jump for the terror leader. back in 2011, the reward was $10 million. government officials feel raising the reward is a proactive incentive, citing that taking out al baghdadi would better protect our homeland. >>> an american family caught in the brussels terror attack, five of them critically injured. their beloved mother and wife killed. >> well, they are graciously opening up exclusively to cnn about that very day that changed everything for them. cnn's chief pentagon correspondent barbara starr sat down with the martinez family. >> i'm pushing through it every day. it's difficult to go through the pain, but you have to look forward. >> reporter: for 18-year-old kiani martinez, her brothers and sisters, there is utter devastation beyond the pain of burns, shrapnel and broken bones. their mother, gayle, was killed. all four children and their father, air force colonel cado martinez, were among the americans critically wounded in the march isis suicide b

and a video in which the attacker pledges allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi the head of isis. the strong presumption is this was nymph filmed before the att because on the video he makes no mention of the attack. he may not have known whether he would survive the attack. and, so everything points at this point to this being prerecorded. and then uploaded to isis in syria, at some point. and it may well be that isis actually have this for quite a few hours, even though, because, the timing of this release was right after there was a confirmation by the italians that he had been killed in a shoot-out in milan. so it may well be that isis was waiting for that to happen for another attack or for him to be killed before putting out this video pledge of allegiance to isis. and he's doing this because he wants isis to be able to take ownership of this attack. in his advice for one of the jihadis in the west in launching truck attacks, isis in a recent communique said that it was absolutely vital for them in it some way to say that they were doing this on behalf of isis. and he's done

pause here is, if you are an isis-inspired terrorist, you are meant to declare your allegiance to abu bakr al baghdadi, a fealty, loyalty to isis. we saw that in the orlando attacks with the 911 call. we saw that in the san bernardino attackers, based on a social media commentary that the wife had put out. we don't see anything like that yet. we don't know who this assailant is or if it's multiple people. and i keep coming back to this idea that maybe there's a getaway plan, and before he is in safe ground and outside of perhaps germany or even europe, could go back to the middle east if he's from middle east, then he will declare his allegiance. >> you know, paul, german officials, german intelligence, german authority have said on alert. they've been on the lookout for this type of event for a long, long time right now. give me a window into frankly how good they are. how strong their investigative services are and whether or not they simply drop the ball here with the man they had in custody for 24 hours. >> well, you have to say that there has not been a single fatal islamist terrorist

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translation: i pledge allegiance to the commander of the faithful, abu bakr al—baghdadi, to obey and for better or for worse. bakr al—baghdadi, to obey and listen to him for better orfor worse. it i will not challenge those in command isi will not challenge those in command is i see an overt act of disbelief to which i have proof from god. that was part of the video that has emerged, voiced of course by an interpreter. anis amri filmed himself, pledging allegiance to the leader of so—called islamic state. two men have been convicted of using aid convoys to get cash and supplies to terrorists in syria. the old bailey was told that the high profile muslim community—led convoys became unwitting vehicles for the plan to fund terrorism. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani has the latest from the old bailey. this is quite a significant criminal conviction here at the old bailey, notjust because of the severity of the allegations, but also because it's the first official formal confirmation that the major aid convoys that people will remember from 2013, some of them were exploit