a daniel hoffman at the un in new. thank you very much. who is acting for a french journalist was arrested by turkish border guards last month say he has been released for the past seven weeks a twenty seven year old loop buell has been held on terror charges? after he found a position of photographs and interviews with kurdish militia fighters. bob you've always reports have been handed to the police pending deportation. the french president emmanuel my call who raised this issue with the turkish president. welcome the news describing it as and i quote a great relief. first it was just a mortimer is following that story for us in ankara and joins us now it just book tell us more about the background of the story. but why. buel was detained a more he was accused of. well micrornas sir a young twenty sevenen year old frenchmann who describes himself. one trip does the students journalists.. i've neeeed s sold his well. of strangnge and girirls fo german i t television channl is being to o syria. i he ws detatained in so low piaia turkrkish

let's ask former cia station chief who served in moscow, iraq and pakistan daniel hoffman.oining us this morning. what do you make of isis's claim of responsibility and this arrest in this development? >> well, i would first highlight that, you know, there are a lot more unknowns than knowns in this case. british, scott land yard and the intelligence community there is mounting a full-court press to collect as much information as they can. was this a lone wolf attack? was there a network behind this 18-year-old? really lots of questions to be answered. we do know at least preliminarily forensics indicate the ied was not very sophisticated and what that might mean is that there wasn't much additional support that was required. it might have obviated the need for bombmaker which is typical in al qaeda operations. pete: this the fifth terror attack in the u.k. just this year. describe to our viewers the depth of the problem they're facing right now? >> i think they are facing a significant problem inside the u.k. but we are globally facing a significant problem. you know, one

here to weigh in station chief and vice president of spg daniel hoffman.ining us this morning. it's kind of an academic exercise when you talk about size of bombs and types of intercontinental ballistic missiles. but the nature of the regime oftentimes matters the most. take us behind the curtain of kim jong un. >> well, i think kim jong un has got to be one of the most ruthless paranoid dictators on the planet and his focus on marrying a ballistic missile capability with nuclear weapons just reflects his interest in the ultimate deterrent regime security. existential part of his national security strategy and is he overwhelmingly focused, as he should be on the extench threats to his regime. pete: you say as he should be. is he third in the ryan of his family to have this absolute control. do you believe is he a rational actor or a crazy man? we hear both words thrown out a lot. >> i think that's a debateddable point. i know general mcmaster has said he might not be very rational. i think right now certainly of great importance from the perspective of the

daniel hoffman told us this could be big. >> all indications are that he's alive. raqqa back in may. >> u.s. officials cannot record when baghdad the tape. the pentagon never confirmed his death. oh the places these book also not go. school librarian in massachusetts rejecting a package of dr. suess books from first lady melania trump calling them racist propaganda. the librarian said the books should have been sent to other schools that needed them more. but the school district says the librarian's actions doesn't represent them. the first lady sent book packages to schools in all 50 states to celebrate national read a book day. talk about creative freedom. a detroit high school now going viral for allowing its seniors to dress up in costumes for their id pictures and the results are just hilarious. look. this is sarah dressed up as our commander-in-chief. and kelsey doing an uncanny impression of darla from the movie finding nemo. jake going all out as woody from toy story. the school says they let their seniors dress up every year. got to love it i have to ask y

like daniel surrounded by former colleagues from salisbury fire department. >> wanted to come to the best. this is the best. t hoffmanose parents both served in the baltimore fire department. >> i wanted to come to the best department in the world. >> he's in a good department. yes. >> this newest class of graduates makes about 150 new members of the d.c. fire department in the past 18 months. in the district mark segraves, news 4. >>> let's stick with the cuba theme this morning, shall we? another u.s. airlines setting up in the islands city, jetblue, the latest to open offices in havana. the company cutting ribbons on two airline offices. it appears they are shrugging off tension with the island nation and president trump. one office opened downtown, the other the international airport in savannah. jetblue marking its second year of flights to cuba. >>> it's a major decision that could force thousands to be deported. dreamers and how republicans are urging president trump to act. >>> then you're going to need your umbrella, your rain coat, or stay inside and keep you company today. sheena, though, she's tracking a

daniel, who was surrounded by his former colleagues from the salisbury fire department. >> welcome to the best, this is the best. >> that feeling was shared by mark hoffman, whose parents both served in the baltimore fire department. >> i wanted to come to the best department in the world, too. >> he's a good department. he's in a good department. >> yes. >> this newest class of graduates makes about department in the past 18 months. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> what's not to love about that story. >> yeah. >> good for him. we're lucky to have him. >> absolutely. >> 800,000 young adults here in the u.s. are in limbo tonight. >> we'll have to wait a few more days, though, to find out whether president trump will decide whether to protect them from deportation. >> scott macfarlane back at the live desk. there is another where it could not keep the chemicals cool. this is the scene right now it's difficult for emergency responders to get close in crosby texas. you'll recall they tried to move the chemicals to a cold space to keep it refrigerated the generators failed and the flood waters, therere more a but the living room's pretty blank. it's