>> well, from what we can see i'm out on the bosphorus and the bridge is to the left of us, it sounded like it occurred on the asia side. we're on the europe side right near the bridge. very, very close. >> and are you seeing, are there flames or anything like that or is there any aftermath to it? >> yes. i mean, as soon as that happened we heard two fighters jets just overhead and all of the lights got shut down in the hotel and it got dark out here. the u.s. embassy has told people not to get to the u.s. embassy and basically stay where you are and monitor local broadcasts. >> correct. we were told, i've been in touch with a bunch of people in the states and everybody said stay where we are. do not leave. we have not been able to contact the embassy. we can't get through. i have some people to contact the state department to let them know we're here because we are supposed to leave tomorrow morning. >> we will continue to check in with you. as you said, you should just stay where you are. kat cohen, thank you. >>> joining us now is chief national correspondent jim sciutto with more o

it appears on this first bosphorus bridge we have seen shots fired.h security force within the last hour presumably to disburse some of the crowds of pro and anti government spofupporters that i come out. >> i want you to standby. we are continuing to show huge crowds that have gathered. it is 1:45 saturday morning. a military coup is underway. martial law is imposed. we'll continue our breaking news coverage right after this. [burke] at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a romantic rodent. [rickie] a romantic what? [squeaking noises] i'm a sucker for proposals. and we covered it, april twenty-sixth, 2014. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ah the freedom to watch your directv with unlimited data from at&t. the steady stream of entertainment. your favorite shows. streaming on. you can just keep streaming... ...and streaming. hello jim. so much streaming, but i'd really like to go home now. my arms are very tired. se

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streets that tried throughout the night to hold on to and block the two main bridges across the bosphorus strait. in the last couple of hours, since daybreak, basically, we've seen dramatic images emerge of soldiers on the bosphorus bridge, vendoring enmass, abandoning their tanks and walk out with their hands up and scenes of pro erdogan supporters rushing in around the abandon tanks and ominously video emerging on social media of attempted attacks on some of those soldiers who surrendered themselves and turkish police using water cannons to protect the captive soldiers from the pro government demonstrators who were actually trying to hurt them. and i saw video of at least one soldier definitely unconscious, possibly dead on the ground of the bosphorus bridge. we have seen other screens of soldiers moving into the studios of cnn turk, of the state broadcaster in ankara trt briefly taking them over and apparently abandoning those locations. this has clearly been unprecedented. turkey did have a long and tragic history of military overthrows between 1950 1k3 2000. but one of the successes

showing thates are bridge over the bosphorus is now closed. it is symbolic of their role of the bridge between europe and asia, just how threatening is this for global security at this time? the fact that turkey is over a coup. joshua: i think it is more dangerous. all the airports are closed. the two bridges are closed. if there is instability were turkey have to focus inwardly, we cannot even talk about the places in syria, iraq, places where the entire world community need stability. laura: what would it be a faction in the military so object to in the president and his government? joshua: they cannot beat him through the polls, they cannot be the president with the democratic ballot box so the only way is a slow and creeping authoritarianism. and saying we had to do this in the honor of our country. the statement that came out was classic 1990's. we have to figure out what this is all about. in turkey, nothing is ever as it seems. laura: the white house is monitoring the situation but how alarmed will they be inside the white house? joshua

we know the military has blocked streets and bridges across the bosphorus, but also has not been ablee president erdogan one, who continues to remain at large. tom: our

we know the military has blocked streets and bridges across the bosphorus, but also has not been ableo capture president erdogan one, who continues to remain at large. goal is to keep you abreast of all the headlines coming across bloomberg from our aggregated resources, and also to speak to people on international relations. ian bremmer is scheduled to be with us. others in thee coming hours. right now, we have a complete update. let's go to mark crumpton. army officers saying that they seized power in the country about three hours ago. miller telling you that warplanes are flying over the capital of ankara, and tanks flying over the roads in istanbul, but the president, linked by video to a local television station, said that he is still in charge, and he urged the public to take to the streets in resistance. right before the break, we did receive disturbing news. the associated press receiving information that turkish soldiers have opened fire on people trying to cross the bosphorus bridge in protest of the attempted coup. some people have been wounded. in washington, we have recei

as you look at the bosphorus bridge shut down heading out. turkish president erdogan says this is an uprising attempt by a minority within the military. he said he does not believe the coup plotters will be successful. he urges people to take to the streets and says the attempted uprising will be resolved within a short time. . i imagine it's a very confusing time right now on the cable networks covering turkey. but there you see the increasing evidence of the military presence. i think this is file tape we are seeing in the upper right. yes. no reason to believe we're seeing erdogan appearing live anywhere. chuck todd is in washington watching all of this with us. laura haim with canal plus is also with us. and while you were standing by with us to talk about the terrorist attack in nice, i also understand you have seen a transcript from what erdogan said on facetime? >> yes, absolutely. he calls on the turkish people to take to the streets, gather in front of airports and resist the coup. and also erdogan is apparent apparently -- the upris

most recently we've seen the just mind boggling scenes at the bosphorus bridge, the suspension bridge, one of three across the strait which bi- sects istanbul, scenes of the soldiers who less than an hour ago were trying to maintain a blockade of that vital artery surrendering en masse, marching forward, placing their guns down, their automatic weapons and marching away from the tanks abandoned on the bridge and we saw footage of clearly erdogan supporters running in and just picking up the machine guns that the soldiers had left behind on the bridge. that was one area where the coup soldiers had still been holding ground, again, less than an hour ago. to give a sense of the potential loss of life during this night, let's look at photos. i believe we have them, of buildings from the national parliament in ankara, signs of massive damage of the parliament building. windows gutted in what appears to have been kind of an artillery strike or air strike against the national parliament. something i don't think we've heard about really anything on this scale since world war 1 in the turkish

these incredible scenes from istanbul's bosphorus bridge have soldiers surrendering. pictures of serious damage to the turkish parliament. >>> thank you, as we told you in about 20 minutes president obama will meet with his national security and foreign policy team about the situation in turkey. >>> we're following another developing story this morning, new details about the man behind the truck rampage in southern france. there are reports that investigators are probing phone logs between that man and a potential terrorist. we'll talk about that. >>> isis says he was a soldier for its cause. >>> and a lot of people watching new york at the top of the hour, donald trump is expected to make it official, his choice for running mate governor pence of indiana. coverage with that begins with wolf blitzer in jmt. u. st. . a . m. . . . . . . . viagra single packs... so guys with ed can... take viagra when they need it. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension. your b

turkish media reporting security forces have closed two bridges over the bosphorus in istanbul.t have any news, but we will bring you more information asoon as it becomes available. nearly 24 hours after the attack in nice, there is mourning, global solidarity, and flags at half mast. investigators are trying to piece together the puzzle of why a tunisian national, a petty criminal with no known terrorist links, and in 1910 lorry into a crowd of revelers watching a bastille day fireworks display. the death toll is now at 84. more than 200 have been injured. reporter: nice is a city in mourning, still reeling from the carnage at the end of what was supposed to be a day of celebration. but as reality sinks in, investigators have been working to determine how the attack happened. >> after checking the documents and fingerprints in the truck, we can now confirm the identity of the terrorist, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. he was a truck driver for a delivery company, a tunisian citizen, married and a father. his wife was interrogated this morning. reporter: the attacker was known to pol

soldiers blocking istanbul's bosphorus bridge, the main artery connecting the european and asian sides of the city, now closed to traffic. and in ankara, turkey's capital, fighter jets flying low. statement from a group calling itself the turkish peace council claiming to have taken over the government and imposing martial law. turkey's president, his whereabouts unknown, in an interview via facetime on cnn turk, is urging supporters to mass in the streets and vowing "the highest penalty" for those behind the attempted coup. and tonight, the u.s. embassy tweeting a warning to americans. "u.s. citizens in turkey should shelter in place and stay indoors. the stakes are high. turkey, its long border with syria, may be america's most important ally in the fight against isis. turkey is home to the crucial incirlik airbase, launching point for the u.s. air war against isis and a place where some 1,800 u.s. personnel are now based. also there, dozens of u.s. tactical nuclear weapons. and turkey has a huge army, second only to the united states among nato countries. >> jon, as i mentioned, a k

. >> i'm right now at the four seasons bosphorus so we can see the bridge from the hotel.as a small group of people who were outside on the terrace, trying to see what was going on, listen to what was going on. we heard two bombs in the last hour and the fighter planes going right over us and the last one, everyone just got up and ran inside. it was just so loud. we have heard nonstop gunshots. it sounds like it's coming from the side right at the bridge because the bridge is just left of us, but we have not seen any other americans here and for the last few days, because i have been here working, really have not seen many tourists, i think because of the other bombing in the airport. just a small group of people are here and the hotel has just put us on lockdown. >> let me ask you, you said you heard two bombs. are you sure they were -- and planes flying overhead. are you sure they were bombs and not like a sonic boom from a low-flying fighter aircraft? >> i'm not 100% sure. >> so you didn't actually see -- >> they sounded like they were bombs. >> you didn't actually see

in the past 15 minutes over bosphorus and we have heard gunfire from the bridge there in the back. earlier, as i said, we were on the streets, we witnessed people running off and trying to avoid military presence and take shelter. >> how far is this big crowd of people from the tourist spots that we are all familiar with that go over there? the blue mosque, the cistern? how far, what we're watching, is from that location? >> you are referring -- i believe in and around five kilometers. >> five kilometers. okay. can you tell the political disposition of the mobs we're looking at? the crowds of people, are they supportive? someone said a moment ago they are passively resisting, passively opposing the coup attempt. can you tell? >> from where i'm standing, i cannot be quite well read on exactly who those people are and what are their aims. my understanding and from the testimony we have been gathering by talking to people on various points in the city is that they are both, that people have been going on the streets either on one side or the other, and as we have been reporting, erdog

an american on the asian side of the bosphorus was notaible to come back as he was trying to come back to the european side to his hotel. he talked about a six-lane highway full of people. in his view those people were all supportive of erdogan. i think clear from the conversation that he was, as well and the people he saw were very supportive of the president and turkey of president erdogan. what's your reaction when you hear what moutasem had to say? mike rogers. >> well, this scene here is a little bit different. that doesn't look like euphoria to me. you have armed military individuals firing rounds in the air. you can see a little bit of tension building between the crowd and the military there. he's trying to keep them back and we don't know for what purpose. one other thing you have to remember. the heads of their intelligence services and their military and their core of military officers that probably feel slighted are not in istanbul and they're probably up in ankara and we've had very little reporting from ankara itself, so you just -- and even given these scenes, i think it

the site of the terror attack two weeks ago nowhere flash point, the bosphorus bridge connecting turkey and asia. >> we heard two bombs in the last hour, and the fighter planes going right over us. and the last one, everyone just got up and ran inside. >> reporter: 2:51 a.m., the turk kish militant claims the coup is over. there are also reports of bombs thrown outside of the parliament building in ankara. moon while, troops entered the news stations taking over the news station at trt and shutting down the network. >> it was quite a scary moment. my staff, their phones were confiscated. >> reporter: around 3:20 a.m., turkish president erdogan lands at the airport. turkey's deputy prime minister talks to cnn on the phone? >> who is in control now in turkey? >> well, there has been a fair coup attempt. government is in full control. there's still some rogue -- >> reporter: 6:30 a.m., at doran on saturday, president erdogan addresses a large crowd. he calls the coup attempt treason and says his golf vernm is in control. >> translator: we will stand firm we will not compromise. >> reporter

some of them coming face to face with pro-government supporters on bosphorus bridge. this is a night of gunfire and explosions. 60 people killed in the unrest. 1,000 have been wounded. julian joins us now, a political scientist and analyst based here in paris. it is is becoming clearer what happened overnight. a failed coup attempt. what isn't clear is what happened next. >> it is is a limited part of the army, which is a little bit surprising. actually the turkish army has a long expanse of coup. we don't know actually. the army does not need much movement. so now we definitely start to clean up a little bit the institution a little bit more than it did before. >> and certainly weeding out those he believes were part of this plot. we know generals and colonels have been arrested overnight. there have been one if not more high court judges. he believes those are part of the tkpwaou hand brotherhood. >> one point that is strange, the government came a little bit closer to the military at this time. it was never good since 2000. they denounced the fact that the military

soldiers surrendering on the famed bosphorus bridge.president now insisting he is still in control. was the mastermind living in pennsylvania? >>> new details in the france truck attack. the claim of responsibility. what we're learning about the driver and witnesses telling their horror stories. >> we were just turning down alleys, kind of looking for somewhere that might be safe. >> two americans killed including a young boy. >> it's heartbreaking. >>> plus the hunt for an american college student still missing this morning.

and instead of hearing a sound of tanks rolling onto the bridge here spanning the bosphorus and apcsgun ships and fighter jets, we're hearing cars that are honking and people cheering, celebrating people going across the bridge with turkish flags waving in celebration again instead of the overall violence. now, that said, the turkish president said that as fighter jets and helicopters circle overhead, as we know, the presidential house and parliament were both attacked during the overnight hours when this coup attempt was happening. president erdogan who was on vacation at the time when all this went down delivered a televised address via facetime to all the millions of followers calling for his supporters to amass on the streets. and he said to send turkey's democracy, they did. tens of thousands of protesters and police blocked off key bridges and roadways. and the bridges in particular that connect the european and asian sides of istanbul. at least 161 people were kill in the violence, during the violence more than 1,400 others wounded. and both turkeys prime minister and presiden

. >> this is the bosphorus bridge. >> significant for a number of reasons. >> why is that? >> this is passage into europe. this is why turkey is such an incredible ally to us. a stable turkey is what we need on our southern and eastern border that is surrounded by a troubled and chaotic syria, iraq, iran, it borders armenia and georgia, the black sea, crimea now belongs to russia. this is really a tush rent, turbulent area, it always has been. that's why we have this really -- a very strong and yet at the same time a very troubled relationship with turkey. when i was a senior intel and we were going to wa ar in iraq, we trieds did prattly to ha-- trie desperately to get a route in from the north. >> the u.s. military, what about their stability there, their safety? >> good to go. short answer. >> they're good to go. it's all fine. >> joshua, quickly here, when you look at the pictures, what's going on here with the troops with their hands up? >> what do you know about this? >> that bridge is important symbolically. we saw pictures where a lot of the soldiers coming in were

soldiers surrendering on the famed bosphorus bridge.resident now insisting he is still in control. was the mastermind living in pennsylvania? >>> new details in the france truck attack. the claim of responsibility. what we're learning about the driver and witnesses telling their horror stories. >> we were just turning down alleys, kind of looking for somewhere that might be safe. >> two americans killed including a young boy. >> it's heartbreaking. >>> plus, the hunt for an american college student still missing this morning. >>

. >> melek: when we go there, we have always raki and the bosphorus and here, this is like istanbul feelinge. spicy mashed vegetables, tzatziki, hummus, beetroot and olive dip, fried eggplant, pastries with feta, meatballs with tomato sauce and mint. whoa. that looks really pretty. >> melek: i don't think that you have any problems with spice? yeah? >> anthony: no, no, no. not at all. >> melek: not at all. all right. >> anthony: since you were born here, how turkish do you feel? and how german do you feel? and when does that equation change? are there times when you feel like, "i'm not part of this," or other times you feel, "oh, i am definitely part of this."? >> melek: that's a question -- i'm thinking about all my life. in my heart, i'm turkish. in my head, i'm german. i'm glad that my parents wanted to have a good education for me. but still at home, they were turkish, like turkish traditions and turkish thinking, so i was always on both sides. and now, i'm adult enough to pick the best ones from both sides. >> anthony: growing up here as the child of turkish immigrants, how did you fee

. >> controlling the bosphorus and the dardanelles, the passage out of t of the black sea. key important country in the cold war to stop russian expansionism. and given what has happened in this coup, i think we have passed potentially a very historic moment here. the end of the century-long effort to create a secular turkish state may be over. >> erdogan, the attempt of course by the military to throw him out of office while he was on vacation. >> right. >> that didn't work. several people dead. 1,400 people injured or arrested. but was turkey ever the friend that we needed, and wasn't part of the problem that erdogan was going more toward the muslim or the islamic radicals? >> precisely. the turkish state that we made a nato ally was the outcome of the country that rose out of the ashes of the ottoman empire after world war i. mustafa kamal wanted a european-oriented secular -- muslim but semilar government. no established religion. he abolished the last caliphate. that's why ice rhys so intent on cathy another one. mustafa said if we couldn't break free of this islamic h

that may be still under control of those carrying out the coup and you're sitting in a tank on the bosphorus're going to surrender pretty quickly, right? >> yeah. >> this could be the sort of endgame here of erdogan sending a message i am back in control. this was the -- one of the first things that was secured by those who were trying to carry out this coup -- this coup or this mutiny however we end up defining it in the end and they've held it ever since this event started now about -- ten hours ago and they're finally now surrendering and they're doing so really in the wake of what may be air strikes by erdogan taking control back. >> as i said, you need a scorecard to follow the players in this and think about the skies over this country where the friend or foe identifiers that aircraft give out have kind of turned on a dime. let's bring in matt dust, president of the foundation for middle east peace. ironic that we're talking about middle east peace. how would you assess the health of turkey going forward after what we just witnessed over 12 hours? >> i think turkey has been in some tro

fire on protesters or civilians in general trying to cross one of the two major bridges over the bosphorus. we don't know which bridge from the report we are seeing over associated press but i think you can agree that no matter where your politics lies on this particular circumstance, this is a very troubling development, as this situation continues to unravel. another point that i was reading over social media, one that's worth pointing out, is that none of the major political parties have actually come out and said that they're in favor of this coup. in fact, most of them have stepped up and said they are condemning this coup attempt. so it doesn't seem as though the military necessarily acted to secure any political support from any of the politicians, the civilian politicians, in power. it also just goes to show that president erdogan, the counter vailing political forces against him and against the military, anyone who takes control after the military will not only be facing what erdogan was asking for, which is an upswell of anger by the people against these military coup plotters, b

one of the key bridges going right across the bosphorus, they've taken a position there. those troops are surrendering. the turkish authorities are telling us the troops are surrendering in istanbul at least is really a sure sign that things are really wrapping up, that government forces, loyalist, military and police forces are taking back full control. what's very interesting at this point is that the -- one of the first actions in the coup was the coup plotters arrested the chief of staff of the army. they weren't able to take the president. they weren't able to take the prime minister or other politicians. but they took into custody the chief of staff of the army. and no one has heard from him since. there is still no word on where he is. the presidency has just announced it's appointing another general, a general from istanbul, general umid gundar as the acting chief of staff of the army. which i'm afraid does nowell fo staff. no one at this point knows where he is. so they're taking back control of the city of istanbul, but there are still many questions ongoing and

atms were mobbed and at bosphorus university he watched as students rushed vending machines for food. >> nobody could tell how long they would have to remain at home so they wanted to make sure there would be enough to eat. >> reporter: l.a. native and singer shon abrams was found caught in the middle of it all. >> the streets were rather quiet. if you've been to istanbul before, you know there's a lot of action going on. a lot of people walking by here, gunshots and planes. >> reporter: all that unrest and uncertainty making it very difficult to make a plan to leave. the state department travel warning advising those who cannot get out of turkey right now to avoid large crowds and exercise heightened vigilance. paula. >> important advice, thanks, gloria. >>> and from the uprising in turkey to that deadly truck massacre in nice, france, there have been more people detained and this morning we're more about the man who killed 84 people by driving his truck throh a crowded promenade and his family speaking out about his mental health and abc's linzie janis is right there in france for u

and we see traffic going only in one direction on the bosphorus bridge. >> one other point if i may.the state department has been posting on social media that they are confirming media reports at least of gunshots and possible attempted uprising in turkey. telling u.s. citizens there to remain vigilant. also that social media is blocked. use e-mail, phone, sms to contact. so they are using the their @travel/gov account to warn people to be careful and to warn american citizens. they have always said that americans in the area, residents and travelers should be in touch with the embassy and with consulates to let them know to register and let them know where they are. >> the website of the telegraph in london had a very ominous report. people who were out enjoying the evening in a cafe saw locals on their phones and quite agitated and quite worried. and i went on to an aviation website and saw all the icons of the aircraft kind of locked on the ground at the airport. nothing in the air over turkey. let's go to our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> i imagine there's a lot of

this is one of the bridges over the bosphorus that was briefly shut down by soldiers in these tanks.g president erdogan is tightening his grip on this country, a vital u.s. ally, carrying out a purge and demanding the u.s. hand over the cleric who lives in pennsylvania who he says is behind this attempted coup. thousands under arrest and dismissed this morning as turkish president recep tayyip erdogan goes to work rooting out those behind this dramatic attempt to seize power. and has singled out a turkish cleric, fethullah gulen, for being behind it all. the crowd here chanting for his death. [ chanting ] >> reporter: gulen lives in self-excite on a compound in rural pennsylvania. he has denied any role in the attempted coup, instead saying it's a turkish government staged plot. erdogan has demanded that president obama hand him over setting up a diplomatic showdown with the u.s. turkey is a crucial partner in the fight against isis, which this weekend claimed responsibility for the horrific attack in the french city of nice. a 31-year-old tunisian with no known terror ties used this

we're seeing increased naval activity through the -- back and forward through the bosphorus and that'sa concern for romania and a concern for bulgaria and a concern for other countries like greece and something we need to keep our eye on. i think i was the first defence secretary for some time to visit romania. last year the romanian minister came here for a bilateral meeting earlier this year, and we have looked to see what further reassures we can offer countries like row main ya. -- romania. we have sent officers to the nato forward -- if you -- >> integration unit based in romania, and we're looking to how we can deepen military cooperation with these particular countries. >> before we move on to your next question, i know james gray has to leave us in a moment to attend. would you like to make a brief -- >> kindly to bring me in early, chairman, and you have been talk about what chilcot can do, considering the decisionmaking process. i think your question was -- given there were three parliamentary votes prior to the 2003 invasion which chilcot has rolled into one, would you agree

behind me, this is the bosphorus bridge.hat were there from the overnight, from the attempted coup overnight. driving here from saddia gupchin airport, there were still several apcs and tanks left behind that were involved in that attempted coup. as we know, 160, at least 160 people were killed, more than 1400 others wounded. and now at least 2800 people arrested. military and police personnel that were involved in the coup. now this happened overnight. it started late last night. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, was on vacation, out of the country when the attempted coup started. the presidential palace was hit, there was an explosion there and also at the country's parliament in ankara, there was a lot of fighting, helicopter gunships opening fire on ground targets in ankara and here in istanbul. where tens of thousands of people hit the streets protesting and showing support for president erdogan. now he arrived here this morning, at ataturk airport on the european side in istanbul and said the perpetrators, those

the contrast between last night and today, behind me is the bosphorus strait and the bridge crossing over it. we're on the european side of turkey in istanbul. the other side is the asian side. well up until even early this morning, stuart there were tanks and apcs, armored personnel carriers, lining the bridge, it was shut down overnight. and the airports followed. there were protests and gunfire along that bridge and in this area as well. today it's somewhat business back to usual or business as usual as they can be. as -- >> what you're looking at there, i'm afraid we lost the signal from john huddy innist you haven bull. what you're looking at is the government center in ankara, a bomb exploded or there was an explosion nearby. that was part of the backdrop to what was going on yesterday in that coup that was last night. the coup has failed. i want to quickly show you the price of oil. it did trade slightly higher after the attempted coup. no the that much, but it moved up a little bit. remember, turkey is a major oil supply line throughout, supplies disruption there could have a