one of them is a young reporter, who we'll call ahmad. he's been researching the brutal atrocities committed by the so-called islamic state. he no longer feels safe in turkey and lives in hiding. after a long wait for an interview, we meet him in an empty playground on the edge of town: >> my family lived for a while in an is-controlled area. before they were able to flee, they were threatened repeatedly because of an article i wrote. then is started threatening me directly, writing that they would find me and kill me.... i can work from home, and i don't leave my apartment unless it's absolutely necessary. and i change address regularly. his fears are not unfounded. in mid-may, his colleague mohammad zahar al-shurgat was shot point-blank on this street corner in broad daylight. al-shurgat had also published material on the crimes committed by is in syria. >> it happened over there on the pavement. the gunman fled on foot. we were just sitting here in front of the shop. we get murders now, bomb attacks, missiles coming over from syria, we

one of them is a young reporter, who we'll call ahmad.'s been researching the brutal atrocities committed by the so-called islamic state. he no longer feels safe in turkey and lives in hiding. after a long wait for an interview, we meet him in an empty playground on the edge of town: >> my family lived for a while in an is-controlled area. before they were able to flee, they were threatened repeatedly because of an article i wrote. then is started threatening me directly, writing that they would find me and kill me.... i can work from home, and i don't leave my apartment unless it's absolutely necessary. and i change address regularly. his fears are not unfounded. in mid-may, his colleague mohammad zahar al-shurgat was shot point-blank on this street corner in broad daylight. al-shurgat had also published material on the crimes committed by is in syria. >> it happened over there on the pavement. the gunman fled on foot. we were just sitting here in front of the shop. we get murders now, bomb attacks, missiles coming over from syria, we've

and ahmad green hayes is a student at princeton in african-american studies and an activist with theblack lives matter movement. thank you for being here. let me begin with you. as an activist in the movement, as someone who is studying this, is this an inflection point for where the movement goes from here? is this week that? >> it's important to sit with the way the media is focusing so specifically on the dallas shooting, right, and this way in which we're not actually talking about the lives of the black folks that have been taken, right, in this last week. >> you don't think the media as a whole is? >> no, i think we've completely overlooked the lives that we've lost. so even to ask black activists in this moment how do you feel about dallas without any kind of regard for alton sterling or for ph philando and the other black folks we lose all the time is telling. >> what do you think it says? >> i think it says we value police lives over black lives. even the proliferation of the blue lives matter bill and the blue lives matter propaganda is a complete co-optation of the black l

this body cam video of police knocking ahmad down and handcuffing him.tel clerk called police because she heard ahmad pledge allegiance to isis. the mayor personally apologized sort of. >> from a police standpoint, we can always look at the situation and learn from that. as the call came in when you look at what the person was saying that the sheik had made allegiance to isis, when i was found to be unfounded, that changes the aspect of the call. >> the chief of police says he stands by his officers but will review the department's policies. >> some parents are kind of mad after finding out their kid went to a cub scout camp sponsored by hooters. one mom found her 7-year-old son surrounded by women wearing hooters, advisers and shirts and she found her son's the hooters facebook page. >> we love the scouts. we think they made have a very poor choice. what i would like would be some accountability. >> the boy scouts of america said the chain approached them about volunteering with the could you tell us and they mistakenly wore the wrong attire. at first t

the yemeni national mansur ahmad saad al-dayfi and tajik national muhammadi davlatov were both sent to serbia. 27 more prisoners remaining at guantanamo have already been approved for release. president obama promised to close the prison at the beginning of his first term in office nearly eight years ago,. lawyers for imprisoned whistleblower chelsea manning say she confirmed she tried to commit suicide last week. manning is serving 35 years in a military prison in fort leavenworth, kansas, after leaking u.s. army documents to the website wikileaks. manning's lawyers say they are concerned that news of manning's condition was leaked to the press before they were able to contact her. and a former black panther held for more than two decades in solitary confinement has won a permanent reprieve from solitary and nearly $100,000 in a settlement with the pennsylvlvaa department of corrections. russell "maroon" shoatz was convicted in 1970 of first-degree murder for an attack on a philadelphia police station that left one officer killed and another wounded. in the 1980's he became actitive w

ahmad returning from a business trip and getting news from colleagues who are still there. >> some are them saw people running and they were told not to be out anywhere. >> reporter: although the gunman is said to have acted alone. >> i didn't think it would be happening there. it's really sad. >> reporter: sad for tom herman who travels to europe all the time. >> i was there in europe when the train attack happened. i was in london when there was other stuff happening last year. you always have to be vigilant about. >> reporter: passengers telling me tonight they will be vigilant, but they will not stop traveling. reporting live at sfo, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> a tense afternoon in vacaville as a smokey brush fire threatened home and forced evacuations. a blaze broke out around 1:00 this afternoon, with flames roaring up to the backs of many homes. firefighters aggressively attacked them by ground and air, the crews got it fully contained a couple hours later. no structures damaged and no one was hurt. the fire comes as the bay area is braced for a scorching weekend. th

he's known as the one-armed man or ahmad, the one-armed. he lost the existence of one of his arms in firefight in 2012 with jordan security services. he's been caught with stock piles of ammunitions and weapons in many countries. he's a forrest gump figure in the anals of russian terrorism. >> the three terrorists traveled to raqqa, syria and to turkey a month ago. they believe they crossed into turkey with their suicide vests already made. what does that tell you? >> it tells me that pocket is not sealed. that area into aleppo is one border area where they can cross, looks like they can cross quite freely, with their equipment with them. the cell structure in istanbul may not be as developed as we earlier thought. someone had to rent that apartment but they could have done that on their own. it will be interesting to see what the turks develop on who was helping them. i think it will be informative when we find out how big that structure is and that will tell us how likely we are to see continuing attacks in that area. so the fact that the

representative, michael mccall chairman of the house committee on homeland security said ahmad sayed he is a russian extremist. >>> a day has been set for the special election for the seat of chaka fattah. governor tom wolfed said the special -- governor wolf said the election will be held the day of the general election. dwight evans is faiferld to win the -- favored to win the seat, he said he will participate in the special election, should he win he will report to washington. >>> loretta lynch is expressing her regret for the meeting she had with bill clinton. the former president saw lynch's plane and met with her. republicans and democrats say that was questionable given the probe of hillary clinton's classified e-mail situation. >> i certainly wouldn't do it again. [laughter]. because i think it has cast a shadow over what it should not, over it will not touch. >>> lynch has not recused herself from this investigation, but she did say that she will accept the recommendations of the prosecutors who are investigating that e-mail scandal. >>> presumptive republican presidential n

andrew griffin, into their own hands, and feet, wait wading through as much as 2 feet of water through ahmad and err road. >> stuck on the princeton junction train station surrounded by water, as seen in this cell phone video. >> the water was coming from the east side of the station underneath and all the way down through the parking lot down vaughn road to alexander here. since then i've been trying to figure out a way to connect with my wife. we vented up as you saw caring her suitcase through this at err here, the couple did have a boat at hand. >> i thought about hitching the boat and see if i could sale it down the street here. >> some took chances driving through the flood waters, and ended up full of regret. >> crazy, don't drive-thru water, just silly, i think too many bad things happen. >> pay attention to the road cones and the saw who is cents, they put them up for a reason, you know, they don't do it because they're board. they do it because it is dangerous. >> princeton university is about 2 miles from here, and also, reported heavy flooding, in fact, the wawa on campus was clo

editorour middle east rhea ahmad he joins us from istanbul. ryan chilcote is on the ground in brussels. what is the latest? we are hearing these comments from the deputy prime minister, talking about a short-lived nightmare, but many are saying this is erdogan's chance to galvanize power even more so. hashat is what erdogan wanted for a few years and has been working hard towards. parliamentturkey's to a presidential system where he is dominant. he holds the levers of power in his hands. what appears to be happening is he is moving to take action now with these thousands of arrest that are happening. anna: let's come to you. what are we going to be hearing from leaders in brussels? no doubt what is happening in turkey will be one of the key matters on the agenda. ryan: turkey is at the top of the agenda. we heard france's foreign minister say that the eu has not given turkey a blank check to crack down on its political opposition. we heard the foreign minister say he had questions about whether turkey was a viable ally. the question is, how mu

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. >>> and a chechen isis commander known at ahmad one arm emerged.ing whether he was arrested at yesterday the rage. the death toll now at 44. >>> and "the anthem of the seas" cruise line turns back after a child almost drowns. the chiles was found off new york city and the boy went in 18 minutes without oxygen. the medical team for royal caribbean treated him onboard and rushed him to the hospital. he was in the netherlands and with a group of about 40 people. >>> and on the set of a tv show in downtown l.a., two injured, one critically after 3,500 pounds of equipment comes crashing down right on them. not clear what caused the accident. the show was for the show "good girls revolt" starring jim belushi. >>> is this a trick question? u.s. immigration services tweeting out a trivia question but didn't have the correct answer to pick. the agency asking in spanish, what date the declaration of independence was, and gave three choices. june 29, 1779, july 4, 1779 or july 4, 1778. not one of those is correct. the correct answer, of course, hopefully you