by the early 1960s, 2000 east germans a day are fleeing into west berlin. the east german leader tried to go on the airwaves and say, this is a quote, no one has any intention of building a wall. but one month later that is exactly what he does. what starts as a barbed wire and brick wall becomes a 12 foot high, 3 foot thick concrete wall with a rounded top to prevent grasping, wire mesh, electrical fencing, tripwires, searchlight and a death strip, 100 yard wide gauntlet of carefully rigged fans that make it easy to spot the footprints of escapees. the wall stretches over 100 miles completely encircling berlin and sealed the country. one year later in 1962, to my grandparents, his youngest son, my uncle is ordered to be a border guard to serve at the berlin wall. between the building of the wall in 1961 and the fall of the wall in 1989, almost 150 people would be shot trying to escape with some 1000 others killed while trying to cross the border or by drowning in the baltic sea or the berlin river. the berlin wall was clearly built to keep the people in, bu

so by the early 19 sixties, 2000 east germans a day are day are fleeing into west berlin. the east german leader tries to quell the surge of escapes by going on the airwaves and saying, if this is a quote, no one has any intention of building a wall. but one month later that's exactly what he does. what starts as a bod water and brick wall eventually becomes a 12-foot high, three-foot thick concrete wall with around the top to prevent grasping, wire mesh, electrical fencing is installed, tripwires tripwires,h lights and a death strip, 100-yard wide got looked at carefully rigged sand which makes it easy to stop, to spot the footprints of an escapee. the wall stretches over 100 miles, completely encircling berlin and seals the country. one year later in 1962, to my grandparents, especially my grandpa is great disappointment ion his youngest son, my uncle, is ordered to be a border guard to serve at the berlin wall. between the building of the wall in 1961 and the fall of the wall in 1989, almost 150 people would be shot trying to escape your se 1000 others killed while tryin

so, the americans, british and french were able to access east berlin and all of east germany into the soviets were able to access the west berlin and west germany. so, the official job was to access our rights by the agreement but obviously gave us an opportunity. stick some things we did overtly and other things were not so. >> think you. >> it sounds like it is a human story in the context of the major world event and those are kind of thinkers and i wonder if yowonderedif you could talk aboe research process. >> my research was done in three parts i would say. one was archival documentary photographic research. i found a lot of my information through american, reddish, german, russian archives that were easily accessible. some of them were recent documents the state department, and also they were able to get information from the archives and that sort of thing. letters that were exchanged and memoirs, those sort of things. and especially photographs were important to my research. then the second part was the interviews or conversations with the families. in moscow for example he wa

just like germany itself is divided into two halves with west berlin run by the western allies in east berlin by the soviets. west berlin is essentially a tiny island of democracy and freedom completely encircled by communist territory. that east becomes a police state based on communist authoritarianism, one-party communist dictatorship based on-- modeled on the soviet union with state security notice the secret police and is modeled on the soviet kgb and basically forces the population into submission through fear and intimidation. on the other side, the west administered by the nato allies and is based on democracy and freedom. as the as they begin to develop the west thats soviets stripped the east everything from railroad tracks to farm machinery to toilets even doorknobs, entire cities and towns are gutted. factors are dismantled to be reassembled in the soviet union. food is to be turned in. divided equally among the people, which is either slow to happen or does not happen at all in the communist authorities called the state private land, private property and the soviets and communist

that was told by a woman named joan clark as they negotiate building for the american embassy and east berlin showed her building and set it up to your embassy. underneath is one of tour tunnels because it is right across the street. so she had shown that and they were amazed. >> interesting. thanks for sharing that. >> this is a tough question. so i sympathize with everything that you said. but when we were supporting iran and latin america and other places, we were using similar tools. how do you see quite the cold war? >> that is a tough question. that requires a lengthy discussion that i don't think there is a simple answer to that one. maybe that is something we can talk about if you stick around after i signed a few books i would be happy to go into that a little bit more. but that is a loaded question. >> i'm curious to know when you started thinking. did your family to th the storys growing up so it is always something that you knew when did this become a story that you knew he wanted to tell? >> i open the book has a 5-year-old girl into the truth of the matter then my mother didn't

we went to budapest, warsaw, gue, east berlin. that trip had a lot of impact on me. host: in what way? rep. mcdermott: in terms of seeing with these people had lived with and how quickly they were ready to come back into the system. someone from czechoslovakia had the youngest member in the parliament to contact me and said, teaches how to run a congress. that guy came over, he was sent over to my office. he was in my office and i had an opportunity to help shape the beginning of the parliament in the czech republic. there are so many things that happened that were related to trips that i took. i took trips to africa, i went to india in 1991, and i went there are times afterward because i fell in love with india. it is the most complex country on the face of the earth, six major religions, 18 official languages, north and south and muslim -- it's a society you never totally understand, and i help to deal with their aids epidemic. they gave me a lifetime achievement award from the aids foundation of india, and i am very proud of that. that, and the rising sun and star

we went to budapest, warsaw, prague, east berlin. that trip had a lot of impact on me. host: in what way? rep. mcdermott: in terms of seeing with these people had lived with and how quickly they were ready to come back into the system. a year later, someone from czechoslovakia had the youngest member in the parliament to contact me and said, teaches how to run a congress. that guy came over, he was sent over to my office. he was in my office and i had an opportunity to help shape the beginning of the parliament in the czech republic. there are so many things that happened that were related to trips that i took. i took trips to africa, i went to india in 1991, and i went there are times afterward because i fell in love with india. it is the most complex country on the face of the earth, six major religions, 18 official languages, north and south and muslim -- it's a society you never totally understand, and i help to deal with their aids epidemic. they gave me a lifetime achievement award from the aids foundation of india, and i am very proud of that. i'm proud of that,

east berlin the years that i was there, i mean, i grabbed a map map and i said where exactly were you? we look at it. so yeah, we only learn the stories after the wall fell and that piece them together like a jigsaw puzzle, and then that's essentially how the book was written. >> thank you. >> any other questions? >> i just want to say that when i knew you guys back in college 30 some years ago i thought you were both fearless and now i know why. the message is fantastic. >> thank you, tim. an old friend from college. [laughter] >> great. so if the are no other questions, thank you all for coming. [applause] spinnakers a look at some of the staff picks in portland, oregon. >> many of these authors have appeared or will be appearing on booktv or you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> up next, booktv sits down with longtime white house employees stewart stevens. mr. stevens a former chandelier and window cleaner at the white house for seven presidents wrote about his experiences in his self publish memoir "the white house chandeliers." how did you get to the white house? >> g

>> the east german leader at a military parade through the heart of east berlin preached reform and offeredg late, he said, will be punished by life itself. >> gorbachev felt he could put a happy face on socialism, that he could modify it. but he got the genie out of the bottle and couldn't get it back in. >> the time has run out for honecker. the 77-year-old leader of east germany. he resigned today. the official reason given was poor health. continuing growing unrest made today's change inevitable. >> the people have their government on the run. today, in the bid to convince people that he's serious about reform, the east german leader, who has had the job for less than a month, managed to convince all of the members of the government he inherited they should resign. the question is this, what next? >> the pressure on the east german government was getting enormous. and as part of the kind of package to present themselves as human, there had been a resolution passed which is going to introduce new rules about immigration. he went to this press conference, he hadn't been at the meeting so

here, berlin has fewer cameras that are in other capitals, perhaps because of their own history in east berlin, eastern germany and concerns about that surveillance. they didn't have a real time video to check. the location of the market and the environment. >> they have also asked, andrea, for people who were at the market on monday night to upload their cell phone videos. so the police can look at those as well. this is really difficult to try to put together the puzzle. they will do it frame by frame to build a solid case against whoever it is who they ultimately point to as the suspect in this case. right now, all their focus is on finding this tunisian national to see what he knows and what he can tell them happened monday night. >> anne thompson, thank you very much. for more on this, let's bring in jack reed of rhode island. >> thank you very much for being with us. it's awful to talk about terrorism but that's the era we are living in. the german security and the possibility that this was isis. what do we know about whether this man has escaped and maybe left europe? >> germans and all

east. berlin's police president now says they cannot confirm that the man they have in custody is the driverwed through the crowd at a holiday market. >> part of that is because he supposedly denying involvement. another part they picked him up a mile and a half from the scene. they are warning maybe there could be an armed gunman still on the loose. we have complete coverage starting this morning with fred plantkin live in berlin. >> reporter: one of the reasons why police are warning people to be careful they believe if someone is still out there, if the person

east. berlin's police president now says they cannot confirm that the man they have in custody is the driver who plowed through the crowd at a holiday market. >> part of that is because he supposedly denying involvement. another part they picked him up a mile and a half from the scene. they are warning maybe there could be an armed gunman still on the loose. we have complete coverage starting this morning with fred plantkin live in berlin. >> reporter: one of the reasons why police are warning people to be careful they believe if someone is still out there, if the person they have in custody is not the right person, is not the person who was driving that truck through this christmas market then that person could, indeed, be armed. because remember when the truck came to a stop in the cab of the truck, on the passenger seat they found another person's body and that person had gunshot wounds. so far authorities have not been able to retrieve the weapon. that's why the berlin police tweeted out said look the suspect we have in custody is denying all allegations so therefore everybody needs to b

i also lived in east berlin, which was quite unusual at the time. and one of the things i learned about living under a communist system was that history was completely controlled by the state. this was true in east germany. it was true all over the eastern bloc and in the soviet union as well. and this accounts for some of the problems we have talking about the polish situation now. in east germany, for example, i remember being very amused as i lived there at watching how new figures were rehabilitated. so, first of all it was martin luther. you could talk about him. then frederick the great was absolutely taboo. and all of a sudden, frederick the great's statue appeared and, no, that's okay. now you can talk about him. and gradually, new figures would be added to the list. well, the wall collapsed before we got to the more difficult eras in history. so we didn't have to figure out if they'd ever let anybody talk about hitler or whatever. but as it was, we didn't get that far. i also, of course, then spent much of my life in russia, in ukraine and n

and so by the early 1960s, 2,000 east germans a day are fleeing into west berlin. the east german leader tries to quell the surge of escapes by going on airways and saying, this is a quote, no one has any intention of building a wall. but one month later that is exactly what he does. what starts as a bausched wired and brick wall, eventually become as 12-foot high, three feet thick high wall with rounded top to prevent grasping. wire mesh, elect call fencing is installed, tripwires, searchlights and death strip, a 100-yard gauntlet of carefully raked sand which makes it easy to spot the footprints of escapees. the wall stretches over 100 miles, completely encircling berlin and seals the country. one year later in 1962, to my grand parents, especially my opas great disappointment, his youngest son, my uncle kai, is ordered to be a border guard to serve at the berlin wall. between the building of the wall in 1961 and the fall of the wall in 1989, almost 150 people would be shot trying to escape. some 1,000 others killed while trying to cross the border elsewhere or dr

we went to budapest and warsaw and prague and belgrade in east berlin. that trip had lots of impact on me. >> host: in what way? >> guest: well, in terms that seeing what what these people had lived with and how quick they were ready to come back into the system. i mean, your later someone from czechoslovakia said the youngest member of his parliament to tom foley, and said, teach us how to run a congress. and that guy came over, tom sent him over to my office, his name was martin verse six and martin burson was in my office, and i had an opportunity to help shape the beginning of the parliament in the czech republic. i mean, there were so many things that have happened that were related to trips that i took. i took trips to africa. i went to india in 1991, and i went there are 30 times afterwards because i fell in love with india. it's the most complex country on the face of the earth with six major religions and 18 official languages and north and south and muslim and, you know, it's a society you never totally understand. and i helped deal with their

. >> law enforcement sources tell cbs news, that this man is now the focus of a manhunt in berlin. and east, young tanisian, papers found in the cab after truck that plowed through christmas market in berlin monday. >> a german lawmaker says the suspect has ties to islamic extremists, supposed to be deported from germany earlier this year. twelve people killed in the rampage including the original driver of the 18 wheeler, lucas irvin. the polish man was found shot and stabbed inside his truck. the truck gps system indicates by 3:45 p.m. monday, irvin was probably not in control of it. and that it was being driven as if the person inside was learning how to drive. just before 5:00 p.m., the engine was left running for 450 minutes. but the truck didn't move. then at 7:40 p.m. it, started toward the christmas market. >> while authorities are stepping up security measures around germany, critics of the country's refugee program say it was only matter of time until an attack like this took place. now, the berlin market, like other attack sites in europe this year, has become a place for people

we went to budapest, warsaw, prague, east berlin. that trip had a lot of impact on me. host: in what way? rep. mcdermott: in terms of seeing what these people had lived with and how quick they were ready to come back into the system. a year later, someone from czechoslovakia sent the youngest member in the parliament to contact me and said, teaches how to run a congress. that guy came over, tom sent over to my office. he was in my office and i had an opportunity to help shape the beginning of the parliament in the czech republic. there were so many things that happened that were related to trips that i took. i took trips to africa. i went to india in 1991, and i went there 30 times afterward because i fell in love with india. it is the most complex country on the face of the earth, with six major religions, 18 official languages, north and south and muslim -- it's a society you never totally understand, and i helped deal with their aids epidemic. the last trip i made to india they gave me a lifetime , achievement award from the aids foundation of india, and i am very pr

berlin... >> reporter: good morning. i'm bob redell with breaking news. all lanes of southbound 101 now back open after an unusual pursuit in the east bay. >>> tragedy in berlinthe death toll up to a dozen with 50 people hurt after a suspected terrorist deliberately rams a truck through a christmas market crowd. what we're learning about the man police are investigating for the attack. >>> the winter chill. the cold spell gripping the bay area continues but for how long? your holiday forecast just ahead. "today in the bay" starts right now. >> very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm b laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. freeze-gate, if you will, slightly moving along. now we're at high 30s. >> only you would put a gate at the end of it. >> golden gate. >> like the golden gate. >> it is still cold out there. we have to scrape the frost off the windshield. it's another cold one, and especially in the valleys. as we go into the rest of the day, we are going to warm up. it is going to feel much better than it did yesterday, and up to 33 degrees in the tri-valley. that's where we start now with some frost, and 33, also, in the north bay. as

east. officials in berlin tell cnn the suspect accused of deliberately driving through a crowd at a christmas recent refugee from the afghanistan/pakistan region. 12 people were killed. dozens more injured. >> another attack early monday in turkey. a gunman shooting and killing the russian ambassador to turkey invoking the horrors of the crisis in syria. in the past 48 hours, there have been attacks in switzerland and yemen. leaders promising strength in the battle to end terrorism. the question is how? we have question starting with senior correspondent fred pleitgen live in berlin. >> reporter: yeah, chris. there's a lot of concern here in berlin after at 8:00 p.m. last night this massive tractor trailer plowed through one of the biggest christmas markets in the western part of the city. now the german authorities coming forward, telling cnn the man they believe is behind this is probably from the afghanistan/pakistan region, and they are treating this as terrorism. here's how things unfolded last night. bodies strewn across the walkway, christmas market stalls in pieces. this is the immedi

square areas, blocking avenues and cross streets trying to prevent truck attacks like in east france and berlin, germany. there will be 100 other blocker vehicles deployed around times square. 7,000 police officers will be on hand to protect one to two million revelers expected to celebrate new year'ses here and other events in new york city. as usual, plain clothes officers in the crowd. snipers on rooftops. helicopters in the air and police boats on water and metal radiation detectors at checkpoints and explosive sniffing k-9-s in trainsnd in the crowd. nypd has gotten remarkly good. he is at all concerned about officers letting their guard down. >> how do you guard against complacency. >> this is new york city police officers. this is something we do every day. they know, a few times during the year, 4th of july, new year's eve, tree lighting everybody has to be on their toes. i know complacency can set in at times but certainly not an event like this. reporter: if you're one of those people crazy enough to come to times square this weekend, remember this, nypd says, no alcohol, no large bag

. >>> it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in berlinhere investigators say they released their suspect on an attack in a christmas market. now, the race to find responsible before they strike again. we'll take you live to germany's capital city. within hours of the attack, cities around the world across america began to respond plus, an american woman, the taliban is held hostage for years now appearing in a new video and in her husband's arms, the children they had in captivity. today, detailing their horrifying

berlin. civilians and rebel fighters are escaping east aleppo along safe routes agrgreed to by government forces. syria's ally russia says the military offensive in the city will be over in a matter of hours. the united nations has warned of atrocities being committed against civilians in the city. and rex tillerson has been selected to lead the u.s. state department by president a lot donald trump. the new top diplomat nominee is the ceo of oil and gas giant exxon mobil. the choice has raised bipartisan concerns over his close ties to russian president vladimir putin. business news now. a long anticipated merger shaping up. >> that is right, brent. bayer is getting closer to its takeover of monsanto. a large majority of shareholders of u.s. company have given their thumbs up to the $66 billion deal. monsanto management had already agreed to the takeover in september, following months of negotiations. environmentalists call it a marriage made in hell b becausef monsanto's long history of promoting genetically modified crops. ththe merger needs t the green t from more than 30 antitrust authoritie

chancellor merkel, knows she screwed up, that was lutheran pastor daughter from old east germany coming out. as they saw in berlin, and difficulty in arresting amiri, when they knew he was a threat, germany saddled with two things, one -- one -- lou: i am talking current policy. >> history is with us. lou: amazing guilt. merkel and her party remain favored, they remain in popular opinion on open borders to be supported. those liberal left policies of merkel, that lead to the terrorist attacks, it not changing, they have not, until there is a recognition of what they have done ask what they must do it seems like a peculiar journey to take. >> it requires constitutional changes in germany law to let police do their job, and lets intelligence agencies do their job. angela merkel is not a leftist her party is a christian democratic party they are right of center, they screwed up the immigration policy, because of history, germany wants to be seen as a good guy nation. but now they have to fix it, and as we know, fixing it is really hard, i hear american conservatives making come an cause of far right party in europe,

. >>> it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in berlin, where investigators say they released their suspect on an attack in a christmas market. now, the race to find responsible before they strike again. we'll take you live to germany's capital city. within hours of the attack, cities around the world across america began to respond plus, an american woman, the taliban is held hostage for years now appearing in a new video and in her husband's arms, the children they had in captivity. today, detailing their horrifying ordeal and desperate request. let's get to it. and first from the fox news desk, the islamic state is claiming responsibility for the attack on the christmas market that happened yesterday in berlin. that's according to the site intelligence group which quotes the terror network's agency that as the search continues for the driver who plowed a truck through the crowd, killing at least 12 people and injurying about 50 others. that was breaking about this time yesterday and after the attack, cops say the passenger in the truck

east after a lone gunman assassinates a man. a man armed with a shotgun fires a weapon in midair him we begin with the tragedy in berlin that left at least 12 people dead and 50 injured after a man ran a truck into a crowded christmas market. this morning, police are calling this an interpretational attack as they work around the clock to piece together what they could have missed. for more, we go to foreign correspondent lindsay cavanaugh with regard to this investigation. >> reporter: frances, german police are not calling this a deliberate attack. they're now saying they're act of terror. they are interrogating a man that they believe may have been the driver. there are unconfirmed reports that he may have been an asylum seeker. they were quoted as saying the police knew the suspect from minor offensesen he was staying at an accommodations center in berlin, german police raiding that center. this investigation still continues. they have a lot of details they have to piece together. it does call to mind the attack in nice. at this point this is nearly an investigation for suspected terror. no confirmation quite yet. >> that's

east. i'm babita sharma, in london. the headlines: a manhunt for the berlin market attacker — anis amri has been linked to an extremist network security failures in the country. i'm rico hizon in singapore. relief in sight for chinese cities — forecasters say the choking smogis set to clear. forecasters say the choking smog is set to clear. and he's still got it — the 102—year—old professor who's won a battle to keep working. live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news — it's

. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> i'm pat buchanantelevision. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another

berlin christmas market. and now, authorities across europe and the middle east are trying to piece together his extremist connectionsw a clearer picture of his network is emerging. officials in tunis say he was connected to a militant cell, which included his sister's son. amri is thought to have sent his nephew money to help him come to germany. the nephew's now in custody in tunisia. two others have also been arrested. the spanish authorities are investigating whether amri may have had links to an extremist in spain. in tunis today, hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate against extremism. they gathered outside the bardo museum, which was attacked by militants last year. in recent years around five and a half thousand tunisians have joined jihadist groups, making the country one of the largest exporters of militants in the region. translation: the terrorists damage the image of tunisia in the world, and have harmed the expats who are living abroad. translation: our message is from the heart, it is a panic wave, and you need to understand, tunisians are afraid, but we will not stay silent. we're stan

east. we begin with breaking news. search for the berlin christmas market attack suspect comes to an end near milan. police in italy say officers killed anis amri in a shootout. >> investigators say amri pulled a gun when police stopped him at a checkpoint and opened fire. we have every angle of the breaking news covered for you. starting with chris burns live from berlin. chris, what have you learned? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. this is what we know so far. anis amri had taken a train from france to milan to the main train station. he took another train to a suburban that is where the police checked with him for identification. instead of pulling out his documents, he pulled out a.22-caliber pistol and started firing. police shot back and killed him, but not before one officer was injured in the shoulder in the gun fight. that's where it stands right now. german and italian authorities very much in contact. at the same time, that does not mean the pressure is off over here in germany. there could be other anis amris. he was part of

suspected of being behind the attack on a berlin christmas market, in the name of so—called islamic state. and now authorities across europe and the middle easttremist connections. the 24—year—old tunisian made this video shortly before driving a lorry along a crowded street, killing 12 people. now, a clearer picture of his network is emerging. officials in tunis say he was connected to a militant cell which included his sister's son. amri is thought to have sent him money to help him come to germany. the nephew now in custody in tunisia. two others have also been arrested. spanish authorities are investigating whether anis amri may have had links to an extremist in spain. hundreds of people in tunis today took to the streets to demonstrate against extremism. they gathered outside the museum that was attacked last year. translation: the terrorists damage the image of tunisia in the world and harmed expats living abroad. in recent years around 5,500 tunisians have joined jihadist groups, making the country one of the largest exporters of militants in the region. 0ur message is from the heart. it is a panic wave and you need to understand, tuni

east. this morning, police still certify searching for the suspee berlin attack on the christmas market.me is anis amri. he is armed and danger us. . >> he was linked at the time no extremism. why was he still on the streets? is donald trump's calls for muslim ban here in the united states the right response? cnn has all of the updates covered this morning beginning with chris burns live in berlin. chris. >> reporter: hello, chris. good morning. you know, this is what we are seeing this morning. an intense manhunt going on. hundreds of german police across germany waging different searches and one in a refugee house where m. amri is staying. there are all kinds of reports swirling around about what is going on. the german authorities are keeping things very close to their chest. but at the same time we're seeing headlines like these, they knew him, they did nothing. well that's not exactly right. let's take a look at our report. german authorities under scrutiny this morning, amoid the search for their country's most wanted man, 24-year-old anis amri, the fugitive walking fremonts ago de

berlin. khrushchev felt that jfk's response was weak and wishy-washy, then by the summer of 1961, the east germans soviets were building a wall that ran right through the center of berlin. 20 years later the brand-new president was ronald reagan, there he is being sworn in. 1981, soviets tested his responses, tested to see what kind of president he'd be with surprise soviet troop movements and border confrontations. by the fall of 1981, the soviets were carrying out the largest military exercise ever carried out by the soviet union. america's adversaries have a special way of welcoming newbie presidents. and it's often very dangerous stuff. today with news that china has seized, stolen a u.s. navy unmanned sub, on that same day coincidentally that china has launched its first ever live fire exercises by its aircraft carrier, today president obama tried to gently, gently, the incoming administration into figuring out what it's talking about before it keeps talking so much particularly to other countries. >> since there's only one president at a time. my advice to him has been that, before he starts

east. very good morning. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. an international man—hunt for the main suspect in the berlin just market attack, as it emerges he was being watched untiljust a few months ago. he was known to have ties to a radical islamist group. now german police are facing questions about why they dropped their surveillance operation. good morning everybody. it is thursday 22 december. also this morning: a boost for rural broadband. £400 million is going to be spent on getting remote areas faster connections. i will have more on where

east i years. evan, i want to start with you. berlin, this has all the hallmarks of being terror related. when you look at this, knowing limited information, do you think isis, isis-inspired, al qaeda? >> sure, if you look at this, the first thought that comes to mind is what happened in nice. the bastille day attack that obviously was isis and was so dramatic. but there are some important points to make here. number one, we're not sure whether or not we have the right suspect. we don't really know who did this or why. it certainly looks like it was intentional, looks like terrorism, but we don't know why. what's more important is there has been no statement from isis. neither a claim of responsibility, a news report, isis has had absolutely nothing about this incident. and isis, the media wing of isis, even under the amount of stress and pressure they're under right now inside of iraq and syria, they more than have the capability to talk about this if they wanted to. the question is why not? are they waiting for more details? are they trying to protect the identity of the person that car

berlin from the west. russia is coming from the east. not too much concern about an attack on the u.s. mainland. military intelligence says, it is time to move these documents and bring them east over the alleghenies and the blue ridge and bring them home. and that is what happened. by the way, there was one exception prior to this that is so important. that took place on april 13, 1943. the 200th anniversary of thomas jefferson's birth, during the celebration. -- during the dedication of the jefferson memorial on the title basin. -- tidal basin. in 1943, fdr is concerned about american morale. at war for 16, 17 months. he thinks the dedication of the jefferson memorial and the display of the original declaration of independence will really help boost american spirits. so the document is taken over fort knox, no one knew where it came from, and put on display at the jefferson memorial for one week under 24 hour marine guard. thousands of americans come to see it. it is that symbol, again. then it goes back to fort knox. one other point. another part of the story i need to get to before your ques

your doors, to millions of people from a chae on thetic middle east, will make this kind of attack more likely. lou: we will have latest on berlin terrorist attack and call for stronger more secure borders heading into holidays steve hilton joining me next. >> a judge orders the release of more documents in infamous clinton cartel e-mail scandal, clinton exposed again for what appears to be another corrupt cover-up and certainly costly mistake, we'll take that up and much more straight ahead, my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? lou: the body of the assassinated russian ambassador to turkey, karlov is back in russia tonight. shooter was a member of ankara's riot police squad. turkey and russia have announced they are launching a join investigation into the ambassador's assassination. as russia

your doors, to millions of people from a chae on thetic middle east, will make this kind of attack more likely. lou: we will have latest on berlin terrorist attack and call for stronger more secure borders heading into holidays steve hilton joining me next. >> a judge orders the release of more documents in infamous clinton cartel e-mail scandal, clinton exposed again for what appears to be another corrupt cover-up and certainly costly mistake, we'll take that up and much more straight ahead, stay with us, we'll be right back. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. ways wins. especially in my business. with slow internet from the phone company, you can't keep up. you're stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. switch to comcast business. with high-speed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. you wouldn't pick a slow race car. then why settle for slow internet? comcast business. built for sp

east. israel's accused him of bias. police in germany detain a tunisian man, in connection with last week's berlin truck attack. and out with the old: new yorkers say good riddance to the worst of 2016. hello. in the latest sign of the huge political gulf between the incoming and outgoing american presidents, and the likely impact of their very different worldviews, donald trump has again attacked the united nations. the president—elect had already criticised the un for passing a security council resolution last week that condemned illegal israeli settlements on occupied palestinian land. unusually, the us did not back israel in that vote, but abstained. mr trump, just three weeks now from taking office, made his latest comments outside his home in palm beach, florida. the un has such tremendous potential and it is not living up to its potential. there is such tremendous potential. there is such tremendous potential. when you see the united nations solving problems, they don't, they cause problems. so if it lives up to the potential it's a great thing and if it doesn't it's a waste of time. jewish settlements a

east. israel's accused him of bias. police in germany detain a tunisian man, in connection with last week's berlin truck attack.016.

east bay turned off the water supply for fountains in one city. >> pam:investigated as a terrorist attack. a truck rams into a christmas market killing nine people in berlin. what we are learning about driver. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >> grant:our big story tonight. >> grant: just rushed to a hospital this woman was panned under need a vehicle -- pinned under a vehicle >> grant: we will have more details on the story to update june. --to update you. >> grant:it's being investigated as a terror attack. a truck rams into a christmas market killing twelve people in berlin. dozens of others are badly injured. >> pam:the driver - now in custody. >> vicki:it's a scene that can only be described as christmas carnage. >> vicki: yeah, pam and grant. >> vicki:hours after the horrible crash -- a christmas tree is still pinned under the truck. a somber sign of the deadly day at the christmas market. >> vicki:the market -- packed with people -- transformed into

on the east coast breaking news this morning, out of germany berlin christmas market attack german policef the suspect is the right person he denies involvement in the attack yesterday that killed at least 12 injured dozens others angela merkel did not rule out terrorism. >> it will -- be prosecuted -- in the -- for certain, but we must -- >> isis claimed responsibility for that attack, report from washington times, we will bring the very latest developments as they come in, on that german attack yesterday. apparently from isis watching markets this morning, comrovmth in futures take a look, near highs of the morning right now dow industrials will open about 50 points higher we are 19889 even on the dow on 20,000 watch nasdaq s&p 500 strong this morning, in europe, we've got money -- there as well markets open cac quarante in paris, up a half of a percent the president 100 in london up a third of a percent dax up a quarter of a percent in german, in asia overnight mixed action japanese central bank interest rates steady bank of japan increased view of the economy mildly. >> president-elec

east. >> thank you very much. now, german police say they're all but certain that tunisian behind anis amri was monday's deadly attack in berlin. his fingerprints were found in the truck used to crash into a christmas market killing 12 and wounding nearly 50. two americans, an italian were among the victims. search broadens as german authorities feel confident that anis amri is h their man. on thursday, police searched several locations in berlin where they thought amri spend time. investigations point him as the driver of the truck that plug into the christmas market monday. >> fingerprints had been found on the's of the truck, the driver side door. according to the current state of investigation, anis amri was driving the truck. in order for his arrest -- an order for his arrest has been issued. wantedr: germany issue a notice on wednesday offering a reward of up to 100,000 euros for information leading to his arrest. and warning that he could be armed and dangerous. the european authorities are now rushing to find him. >> it is important that the manhunt quickly proves successful. todaye assured ourselves that everything is