president-elect trump late today reacting to the attack tweeting -- the latest now from greg palkot in berlin. >> reporter: gunned down and coiled a street in a suburb of the italian city of milan, the man thought responsible for the deadly truck attack in berlin, germany monday night. 24-year-old tunisian man anis amri seen in a video posted by isis hours after his death pledging allegiance to the terror group somehow made his way from berlin to southeast france and by train to turin in milan, italy, a trip of 600 miles, all the while the most-wanted man in europe. he was only caught by a routine italian street patrol when he was asked for identity papers he refused and shot the police injuring back. they fired back with deadly aim. >> the state police react and the person who attacked our officer was killed. >> reporter: the milan shoot-out triggered instant firestorm of recriminations in berlin, despite police surveillance and tightened borders, how he could have moved around so easily? and how he was able to stay in germany for 18 months before the attack while under suspicion, and

greg palkot is live from berlin. what else are we learning? >> reporter: shep, there was a desperate search for this man and many are wondering how he got through this net. he came through in 2015 with the wave of immigrants and moved around a lot, including northwestern germany and it's there that he connected with a chief isis recruiter for germany. authorities knew he was a bad guy. he was on the terror watch list. they suspected he was planning something. he was under a covert surveillance but he was still able to go undercover in the weeks leading up to the attack. the last contact with authorities was in november. it's then reported that he acquired a gun and then he committed that act, shep. >> investigators are taking heat for all of this? >> reporter: you can imagine. the police are taking a lot of heat. they had already arrested one suspect and released him. a lot of people think that wasted a lot of time and reportedly it took a day for them to find that wallet inside the cab of that truck. the search warrant just went out at midnig

. >> fox's greg palkot has more from berlin. >> reporter: german officials have a new suspect in the terror attack on christmas market here after detaining and releasing a pakistani man looking for tunisian man in his early 20s. said to have entered italy 2012 migrating to germany in two to us 15. he applied for asylum. granted the right to stay in germany even though he was on a terror watch list. >> general state prosecutor is leading the investigation his colleagues spent the entire night questioning people in order to put together this jigsaw puzzle. >> reporter: yesterday's announcement from isis claimed one of their soldiers was responsible for the attack. and today's information could confirm that statement. providing hard link between the attack and the terror group. the manhunt comes as christmas markets around berlin begin to reopen. vendors and visitor as tempting a return to normal life. >> translator: whole drama which hangs on it is immense i can't really say i'm particularly afraid. there are always the ones who are scared and stay at home but, well, okay, life goes on

greg palkot, tracking the developments. what more do we know? >> reporter: we have been watching this year for many years and this might be a cease fire that may have a possible chance. vladimir putin asked the opposition groups to lay down the weapons in less than 90 minutes time syria announced there will be a nationwide halt of fighting after a major offensive they waged to retake prom free rebels all of the key city of aleppo. severely of the principal supporters on both sidings, including president of turkey, which backs the rebels, and russia and iran, which backs bashar al assad. not involved in this -- might be key -- isis and the al qaeda affiliate in syria and could cause problems. >> the u.s. was not involved in the deal at all? not involved in this del at all. the administration of barack bak obama not part of this. the united states has been very active backing the rebels which are part of the deal, also been involved in u.n. backed peace talks in geneva and elsewhere for the past several years. russia has managed to push u.s. out o

. >> thank you, greg palkot from london, let's bring in john busse. this is escalating? >> it is. the best case scenario is probably that trump wants to rattle china, wants to talk about a lot with them and this is a way to do that to say that we'll be talking bat -- about a lot of different issues weapon don't know because we don't have trump's patrol sis, whether this was a little bit of a spark, a one-off, whether it was long-term and intentional. i shows the president-elect is a dealmaker and no deal is ever finish. you bargain right down to payment date. this was a deal that was made in 1979. it was closed in 1979. there was recognition of china. there was accommodations made by china in return for us rescind ore diplomatic relations with taiwan. >> now trump wants it to be something different but there's a downside to that. >> there is and he is saying we have a lot to negotiate with them. on trade for sure there are tons of issues. lack of reciprocity, investment opportunities, indigenous innovation, transfer your technology. that was not part of the original understanding

senior foreign affairs greg palkot is live in london this evening. at else does this report indicate, greg? >> reporter: at the very least this is a tough new warnings from the european union's police and counterterrorism agency, just in time for the busy christmas season. official says the militants from the isis terror group, i'm quoting, have the ability and will to stage attacks in europe in the near future and could be going for the easier to hit civilian targets. there have been recent warnings about christmas shopping and there have been recent arrests. isis also, according to the officials in this study, say as they suffer losses on the battlefield, in iraq and syria, could end up being more dangerous domestically. we kacy a flow of foreign -- could see a flow of fighters coming bag, you refugees from the hot zone and could be using techniques used on the battlefield, including car bombs and truck bombs. >> anymore details about the targeting? any specifics? >> reporter: not specifically geographically but get pretty technical and precise abou

greg palkot is live in germany. what are we hearing how this went don't? >> reporter: there's still a lot of more questions following the death of 24-year-old an anis amri. he committed the attack here and then moved from berlin to -- a distance of 600 miles and had a train ticket in this pocket which indicated he did come through france and then went to italy. the borders are tonenned up but there are open borders in europe and that's a big question mark. and tonight france is saying they cannot confirm he came into their country. so you can see there's a lot of finger pointing. he was there. all the while he was the most wanted man in europe. in fact again there was a european-wide arrest warrant for him. he was gunned down beirut -- routine foot patrol in it hall. the talked to italian police accord tolling the italian media saying he is from southern italy. they smoked the accent and asked for the away i.d. and it went down. so smart think by the italian police on the beat. >> thank you. there is a new video out, though, greg, that shows him pledging a

greg palkot is covering it live from the london bureau. >> you hear the words indonesia and earthquakeer, you can think of the horrible death and destruction we witnessed 12 years ago with the tsunami and earthquake. this time, no tsunami but a lot of casualties, it was a strong but shallow quake they're describing on the northeast coast of the indonesian peninsula, rescue workers scrambling through the day using diggers, using construction vehicles, sometimes bare hands trying to find anybody alive under the rubble. in addition to the 100 people you mentioned, there is something like 500 injured, many of them seriously, it's dark there now, so full scale rescue efforts, but when it begins again, it is expected, it is feared more dead could be found. indonesia has been the scene of many earthquakes as we've noted on this rim of fire, that's what they call it in the pacific where the tectonic plates meet and sometimes cause a lot of destruction, aftershocks today have been felt as many as five as well as a loss of vital services in that 2004 earthquake and tsunami, 230,000 were killed,

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is in berlin. reports they have a man in custody but perhaps not the right man? >> a man in custody, harris, you are right, they are not sure he's the one they want. a city on edge right now, as people mill around here, we are standing in front of a scene of terror when a 7 1/2 ton truck ran into a christmas market filled with people. more information about the casualty toll. 12 killed, 6 germans, 1 polish, we don't know about the nationalities of others. 48 injured, 18 seriously. waiting on nationalities of them as well. yes, we don't know who did it. police think they had the right guy, a 23-year-old pakistani asylum-seeker who was seen fleeing from the scene, they thought he hijacked this truck and rammed it into the crowd and left, but now they're saying perhaps he isn't the right person, perhaps they need somebody else, perhaps they have to wait on dna to confirm one way or another. he's denying it and they're not sure. they're also not completely sure what group is responsible for this. there

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot. peter doocy with donald trump's reaction. but we begin with kevin cork on the steps the obama administration is taking to punish russia. good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you. the kremlin all but guaranteeing president obama's parting shot at vladimir putin will not be the final shot in this brewing cyber showdown. 72 hours, that's how long nearly three dozen russian diplomats have to leave the country. after the united states expels them in response to the alleged russian cyber hacking activity leading up to the 2016 election in november. president obama saying in a statement, quote -- the white house has not been shy about accusing vladimir putin of orchestrating the hacks which were revealed by wikileaks and exposed allegations of democratic party in fighting and a concerted effort by party officials to boost the candidacy of eventual party nominee hillary clinton. >> our bottom line is what russia has been engaged in in the last few months and years is unacceptable. it's outside the norms of diplomatic behavior.

>> greg palkot in berlin, thank you. >>> swiss authorities have found, they say, no terror connections for the man who shot up a zurich mosque monday. three people were hurt there. the suspect was later found dead. officials say he killed himself. no links to radical islam or far-right groups have been detected so far. the suspect reportedly killed an acquaintance during an argument a few days ago. >>> the big question in ank ara turkey, tonight, did the off duty policeman who gunned down the russian ambassador yesterday act alone? one senior turkish government official tells the "associated press" it is unlikely this was a one-man job. the gunman shouted warnings about syria and allahu akbar before he was killed by police. the future of syria was the subject of a meeting today between negotiators from turkey, russia and iran. president obama's administration was conspicuously absent. at the state department tonight, correspondent rich edson tells us why the u.s. was left out in the cold. >> reporter: russia, iran and turkey, three nations negotiate in moscow for a proud ebroader cease