>> yes, they're trying to hit istanbul's economy, turkey's economy, destroy the tournament and istanbul as a hub, and they're enjoying some success while doing it. >> u.s. officials concerned about what is happening there in turkey. and we know the president has been briefed. he is monitoring this situation. let's go to our cnn global affairs correspondent, and they're trying to keep tabs on americans that may have been affected by this. >> and trying to account for all american personnel. i understand the concentrate late is doing more. they're waiting to see about any american victims. you hem inbrussels, it was so slow to find out the nationalities of the victims. it will go a lot sooner. there has been a lot of concern brianna about this airport. about a potential attack on the airport for some time. there has been a long standing travel warning against turkey, but just this week, the u.s. issue add new travel warning particularly for the area of southeastern turkey on the border with syria, warning americans not to travel there and noting that u.s. officials are forbidden from leav

we expect many will effect for istanbul. that is remarkable given the fact they had the major terrorist event yesterday. >> reporting at reagan national airport. we have wheels down air force one and we are seeing secret service members and other military members who have escorted president obama to ottawa deplaning waiting for the president to arrive. there we have the stairs pulling up to the front door. president obama is in canada there for the north american leader's summit. we are back with more after this. i'm billy, and i quit smoking with chantix. i had a lot of doubts going in. i was a smoker. hands down, it was, that's who i was. after one week of chantix, i knew i could quit. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix definitely helped reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix. if you

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you're in istanbul. what are your plans?you wouldn't have thought anything had happened save for a lot of news cameras. they swept up the broken glass, the tiles. they cordenedcordoned off the a where the bombs hit. >>> i want to take you now to nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. i understand you just got a walk through of the airport terminal. what was it like? >> reporter: we just came from the terminal and the airport is actually very crowded. there are people checking in for flights. there are a lot of people getting information, changing their hotel bookings. even as the cleanup is underway. some of the counters that are riddled with bullet holes are operational with salesclerks changing tickets, checking people in. this is a symbol in many ways of resilien resilience, but it is an odd --. very different scene than what we had in brussels where the airport was closed for a week. here the airport was closed for hours. >> we're looking at that fresh video shot right now. is there added security? >> report

turkey and istanbul braced for more and angry. bill neely, nbc news london. >> we want to go to richard engel in istanbul. he's made his way to the airport. richard, what can you tell us from there? >> reporter: well, the police have sealed off this area. we can't get any closer to the terminal which you can see behind me. we see startled passengers coming out here carrying their babies, dragging their luggage. we reported several weeks ago, lester, that isis had forward deployed more than 35 militants from syria to turkey with the intention of carrying out attacks on an international scale during the month of ramadan. ramadan is supposed to last for one more week. today i was told this attack was highly likely the work of those same militants who had been forward deployed and this could be just the start of a series of attacks before ramadan is over. >> all right. richard engel in istanbul for us. thank you, richard. the attack comes three months after the attacks at brussels, including the airport bombing in which international

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here's what we know at this hour. 1:17 in the morning in istanbul.uicide bombers have hit the istanbul airport, turkey's largest airport. the death toll now stands at 28 people with at least 60 wounded. those numbers could of course change. no groups have claimed responsibility just yet. we have new footage that purports to show one of the explosions, though nbc news has not independently confirmed this. we should warn you, it is graphic. it is security video shot off of a computer screen that appears to show someone being shot and then shortly after that, we ran it a little earlier this hour, you do see an explosion take place. we are not going to show that to you right now but after he lays there for a moment, there is an explosion. another video that we have also security camera footage playing on a computer, and that one as you just saw shows quite clearly an explosion inside the terminal. joining us now, msnbc contributor steve clemens, the washington editor at large of "the atlantic" covering foreign affairs and alongside me here, colonel jack

we're covering a terrorist attack in istanbul.cording to a turkish official exploded themselves inside the ataturk airport. at least ten people have been killed, 20 others injured and being rushed to area hospitals. pentagon officials saying the u.s. military is scrambling to make sure every troop acrokrosc europe is accounted for. we have a reporter, who is now at the airport, and can bring us this broadcast live. what are you learning from the scene? >> nick, i'm at the entrance. this was a terrorist attack. and we came here around 45 minutes to an hour ago. and in the background, and there is -- ten people died, 20 people were injured. i saw one of them. lightly injured, but there are some with heavy injuries as well. the police are pushing back, and the attack was at the entrance. and it is hectic out here. you can hear the sirens of ambulances coming out. events like this are -- in the airport, so something like this happening at the airport, for eyewitnesss, they say they heard gunfire in the car parking area, and then we he

i'm brooke baldwin live here in istanbul, turkey.e terror attack here from two nights ago. the death toll has risen now to 44 and the families of these 44 victims are burying their loved ones. cnn's matt rifs actual rivers a attended the funeral of one of the youngest victims. he has this gut-wrenching story about this father who obviously had to bury his child far too soon. matt? >> reporter: brooke, as you know, so many families in istanbul are going through such tough times right now. but sometimes you hear stories about loss that are just difficult to imagine. this morning we met a family who arrived in istanbul on tuesday night with eight members of their family. four of them did not leave the airport alive, including an 8-year-old girl. and this morning they buried all four of them. four caskets, inside three sisters, 24, 16, 14, and their 8-year-old niece. her father stood vigil at her coffin preparing to say good-bye at their funeral. >> she was really lovely. >> she was very lovely. >> very lovely. she was very lovely. >> re

in this case, the one in istanbul.s the whole process of how this was treated, how we dealt with this in congress, does it make you worry about how we're capable of responding to terrorism anymore? >> no doubt about it. when you have a situation where you end up moving towards partisanship, as opposed to -- and attacking each other, as opposed to uniting, i think it's bad, not only for congress, but it's bad for the country. and in this instance, rachel, we had a situation where the republicans were given an endless budget to conduct this investigation and basically what happened is, they shut out the democrats from the very beginning. and i don't think they really ever had any intention of this being a bipartisan effort. but to go to your question, in these moments, it's just a reminder, particularly what's happened in turkey that we need to be united and it's sad, and it really is, and it pains me to think that we cannot leave our party hats at the door and try to address issues like benghazi, because benghazi was a

istanbul ataturk airport is one of the world with's busiest.he suicide bombers opened fire near checkpoints at the terminal nance. tina kraus is in london. >> reporter: istanbul's ataturk airport is the busiest. it was the world's 11th busiest last year and it was packed at the time of these attacks. this video posted on social media appears to show the moment the attack happened on tuesday. turkish officials say assailants opened fire at the international terminal. this footage appears to show an officer taking one of them down moments before the suspect blew himself up. outside the airport, frantic passengers ran to safety as emergency crews rushed in to help the wounded. >> one guy had a hole in his sack from shrapnel, from glass. >> reporter: others rushed to a nearby hospital where victims were being treated. this turkish man was desperate looking for his mother, as distraught relatives wailed behind him. while there has been no claim for responsibility, cbs news has been told it has the hallmarks of an isis attack. secretary of state john

days later, terrorists bombed a tourist area in istanbul and just a few weeks ago, an attack in istanbul claimed 11 lives and wounded 36 people. they targeted a police bus during the morning hours. rafael panpucci joins us on the line in georgia. there is a lot of suspicion isis carried out the attack. the theory being it does not fit the profile of pkk. can you explain the thinking here? >> well, i mean, at this point it doesn't -- it is not entirely clear who has been responsible for the attack. we have a government here that seems to be claiming that this is sort of an isis linked attack. what we apparently seem to know at the moment is that we have an incident involving a number of attackers who apparently had guns and detonated skploetives that -- explosives that killed themselves and others which suggests that -- [ inaudible ] with an isis rather than a group like the pkk or other terrorist groups active in turkey. >> so if this was isis it would be the third suicide attack in turkey this year. so clearly turkey has a growing security threat from isis. would you say that the govern

we know you lived in istanbul for in years, been to the istanbul airport countless times.an you just talk a little bit about the security in at the airport? because there are several layers of security before you can even get inside. correct? >> reporter: there are. there's actually a gate at the entrance to the whole airport complex that cars have to tgo through where you'll have police guards with sub machine guns who can stop cars and search them. most of the traffic, vehicular traffic is waved through. it appears that at least one of the attackers may have punctured one of those layers of defense judging by the photos and the social media footage of some of the damage that we've seen. it does appear that the upper level departures area, somebody, some kind of blast got into that area and caused some damage there. and possibly some loss of life as well. >> and to get more context on istanbul airport, i mean, this is a major hub for international travelers. this is essentially where the world comes together, right? talk a little bit about, you know, why this airport woul

in january, at least ten germans were killed in istanbul., 28 people were killed in ankara. a kurderish militant group claimed responsibility. then march 13, 37 were killed with a car bomb. days later, terrorists bombed a tourist area in istanbul. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson joins me now from paris. ivan, of course, you lived in turkey for a number of years, so you know this airport well. talk to us about the level of security that was likely in place at the time, and why terrorists would have picked this particular airport to strike. >> reporter: there are multiple rings of security, rosemary. the first one being at the entrance to the entire airport itself, where there's basically a gateway and you've got police with submachine guns who can stop vehicular traffic and check identities and even search the vehicles, though most of the traffic is waved through. then to actually get into the airport, you can't just walk in. there are security checkpoints at the very doors of the arrivals and departure terminals where th

not only is istanbul a cosmopolitan city and a destination city in it's own right, but istanbul if you're traveling to the for east especially it tends to be a hub, a point of transit for many millions of travelers every single year. >> clarissa ward, appreciating the reporting and we'll continue to check in with you as developments warrant. will carter was at the airport and i spoke to him a short time before we went on air. >> will, i understand you were in the baggage area when this actually happened. you witnessed at least one of the blasts. tell us what you saw. >> we heard the shake, the sort of dull thus of two pretty loud explosions, i presumed from outside, and a third one a few minutes later which was very close we saw the flash of the fireball and some of the ceiling coming off into the baggage collection area. at that point it was -- there was a lot of panic around and there were passengers and i went to seek shelter further inside the building. >> so the first two blasts, about how far apart were they? >> they were very close. i'd say like a minute or so. >> and about how far

and i arrive in istanbul at the moment of a critical election.s mind is whether the current president and his ruling party will win a large enough majority to change the constitution, potentially allowing him to stay in power indefinitely. these have been good times for some. particularly in the construction and development business. and fearful ones for others. they are particularly concerned about what happens next, for instance, in the kurdish parts of town. ♪ ♪ >> our polls are opening. turkey's voters choose a new parliament which could lead to big changes in the country's political system. >> the ruling justice and development party expected to take most of the seats. >> but how much power the president actually has will be determined by the success or failure of the kurdish party. >> the hdp, originally a kurdish political party, has sought to unite the disparate voices calling for change in response to 13 years of what has essentially been one-party rule by the akp. so history, whatever it might be, is about to happen. >> just in the past

. >> the latest video that's coming in from istanbul. you see it there, airport security video posted online and you saw the blast and then people running for their lives, at least three dozen people were killed in the attack and nearly 150 others injured. >> the airport is opened this morning with an invest well under way. keep in mind, turkey is a key u.s. ally against isis and a fellow member of nato. >> live team coverage this morning. lana zak has details on security here in the u.s. at airports but we'll get started with molly hunter who covers the region for us. >> reporter: good morning. the investigation is going full speed ahead this morning and at this point, it appears that extra layers of security prevented much more damage. as the sun comes up in istanbul the morning after the carnage, after gunfire and explosions rocked the city's main airport tuesday night. new video showing a fireball as one of the attackers detonates inside the terminal. here, people looking for coverage, some holding children. ambulances and vans and t

you know istanbul.gs separations in terms of the context here. >> certainly given the past in what turkey has dealt with, there's a host of scenarios. obviously as cal was mentioning given the response, given the accounts that we're getting this incident could be one of many different scenarios. to put in context of what turkey has been experiencing over the past several months there have been numerous terrorist attacks that have taken place right in the heart of istanbul, in some of the most secure areas, particularly in the downtown area where tourist attractions are. we know in addition to what turkey has experienced internally, along its border it has been dealing with a stubborn insurgency with the kurtish workers -- the pkk which it considers to be a terrorist organization. it's been fighting a systemic war with the kurds for many years and palace negotiation what it is doing with the kurdish fighters you have the situation in syria that has proven to be a major security concern for the turkish go

let's bring in laura wells a freelance floater istanbul istanbul -- reporter in istanbul.l us what you have learned. >> prime minister had a press conference recently as you said. he said this attack has the marks of an isis attack. and that is a really big change from the usual government rhetoric because usually officials are quick to blame kurdish groups and certainly they have been behind some terrorist attacks in turkey but this certainly does have a mark of isis. namely this was targeting foreign nationals. now, they have said that most of the deceased and those who are injured are actually turkish but in an international terminal you would certainly find some foreign nationals. you would also be targeting turkey's tourism ministry which is suffering greatly because of so many tourist attacks in the last year and other bad news coming out of the country. also, the use of suicide vests. isis has killed more people than certainly any other terrorist group in turkey in the past year and they usually do it with suicide vests. so this is another thing. and also there is s

stepped up immediately after the attack in istanbul.tack coming one day after the state department warned americans about travel in turkey. >> that warning mentioned increased terror threats throughout the country. >> we have details on the violence. >> reporter: devastation and chaos at one of the world's busiest airports. this video apparently showing the moment of the massive blast. officials say three attackers were detected while entering. they stormed the entrance, one opening fire, and then detonating three bombs. shattered doors show the power of the blast, bodies litter the ground. a shaken witness speaking minutes after the attack. >> a lot of people are talking. i didn't see, but i heard it. one bomb, i think in the area. i think two in the departure area. two bomb, i think out here -- >> reporter: panic ensued in the airport. terrified passengers crouched down taking cover in a store. others run for their lives. turkish officials confirming more than two dozen dead. more than 140 injured. the wounded scattered on the ground.

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but i think in the face of istanbul airport, especially nowadays, turkey, specifically istanbul has become the hot spot for terrorism. there has been a lot of warning up in here, both from the state department and the -- and others. that this type of measure could have been help fful. but this attack this morning is an escalation, mostly because this airport is considered much more secure than brussels airport. or other airports, western european airports. certainly, you can see the effect was very well planned. with a lot of the bold action taking place. that led to the number of casualties. >> that's right, three taattacks first opening fire in suicide vests and one in the aparking lot. the choice of an airport in brussels, turkey, or elsewhere is a prime location for someone like isis. they're being squeezed on the battlefield in iraq. syria, losing territory and looking for optimum public relations impact. an airport, all of these people busy. paying attention to other things. maybe necessarily having a situational awareness as you would in other spots. tell me a little bit about an ai

in istanbul, they wore suicide vests.n brussels, explosives were hidden in their luggage which they pushed through the airport before detonating. >> at brussels airport in march none of the men carried gun, but at istanbul, they did. there, this terrorist was caught on surveillance video running and firing his weapon before he was shot by an airport police officer. squirming in pain, it appears he is shot again. seconds later, he blows himself up. >> though no one has officially claimed responsibility for the istanbul attack, it's a familiar strategy. shoot civilians dead and detonate a suicide vest, and it's a tactic becoming isis' favorite way to terrorize the west. >> the primary difference from a more typical suicide bombing or suicide attacker is that they are heavily armed usually and they go into a place whether it's a theater, a nightclub or restaurant and they try to kill as many people as they possibly can before detonating their explosive vests. >> these types of fighters are called inhamaze, often referred to

if you really analyze the attack in istanbul, this was in iowa big called that.. guns blazing, the attack -- please. >> i was going to say it's one of the simplest of terms, how do we fight isis in ways that we have not yet done it when they can perpetrate their message and their actions through the internet just as easily as through their homeland and syria and iraq? >> well, i mean, you know soft targets. whether you're talking about brussels or paris, you know or orlando or california, very vulnerable. turkey is more vulnerable, peter, because you have a very broad networks of isis supporters, not to mention you have the syrian/turkish border. it is secured more than it used to be than the big point. this is a complex five, it's a long fight. it's a costly fight, and we need to have resilience, and that's what turkey is trying to do. as you said, your correspondent arrived in istanbul this morning, the turks are showing my action, by action, by saying, look, we will resist. we will have resistance, resilience, and that's what really the fight is all about. >>

istanbul and a turk airport is one of the world with's busiest. suicide bombers opened fire near check poise at the terminal entrance. tina kraus is >> reporter: istanbul's ataturk airport is the busiest. it was the world's 11th busiest last year and attacked at the time of these attacks. this video on social media appears to show the moment that the attack apirpt. turkish officials say assailants opened fire at the international terminal. this footage appears to show an officer taking one of them down moments before the suspect blew himself up. outside the airport, frantic passengers ran to safety as emergency crews rushed in to help the wounded. >> one guy had a hole in his sack from shap nerapnel, from g >> reporter: others rushed to a hospital. this turkish man was desperate looking for his behind him. while there is no claim of responsibility cbs news has been told it has the hallmarks of an isis attack. john kerry said this is a sign that the militant group is getting weaker. >> we have to get it right 365. they have to get it right ten minu

this time dozens killed by bombers in the istanbul airport. as the investigation into who did this, how and why ramps up. >> we have got live team coverage tonight. elson barber is live at dull us airport where passengers are waiting to take off on the next flight to ices istanbul. gary, you spent some considerable time in this airport. can you tell us more? >> turkish officials tell us they were targeting -- one of the busiest terminals in the world and they pulled up just down here get off. they arrived in a regular yellow cab and began their assault. >> the 3 bombers threw hand impregn grenades. passengers ran for safety or hid deep in the airport as the attackers moved through it. a security camera catches what appear to be the first bomber. a second shows panicked passengers fleeing, then another explosion. people were wounded. people fell down in front of me. 4 people fell down in front of me. they were torn into pieces. >> yet another security camera recorded the most graphic and disturbing footage. in it we see one of the security offi

she's based here in istanbul. to us about the reaction among turks to this attack. >> people are furious, and they are terrified. but there's also people are coming out and they want to show their support and show while these attackers want to divide and instill fear, that there's also love, people care. people are donating blood, opening their homes to strangers. >> reporter: what do they want their government to do? this is the eighth suicide bomb thing year, and clearly, they must want -- do they want a strong response? do they feel like if it is isis, this problem should be solved at the source in syria and iraq? what is the general feeling among the public? >> there's still quite a bit of support for the government. most people are very pro-erdogan. but people are saying what we're doing isn't enough. they had the border open for years really. it was called the jihadi highway. people could cross back and forth. militants, refugees. now that border is sealed and isis is acting out because of that. >> reporter:

>> first brussels and now istanbul.ed that security officials in the united states have been discussing for quite some time the idea of extending the security perimeter at airports beyond the tsa check point as a way to better protect soft targets at airports. a u.s. official tells me that the discussions were happening months before this second major airport bombing. it's the second time in three months terrorists have struck the so-called soft target area of an airport. the space before the security check point that's filled with passengers but not nearly as secure. >> what has been shown in brussels and in istanbul is even if you fortify a soft target, there will be always be another soft target or soft area. that's essentially what the terrorists are doing. they see a security apparatus built and then they just back off ten feet and deploy in those areas that are more public. >> reporter: the threat to airport soft areas makes the long wait time seen across the country not only an inconvenience but a security concer

local time in istanbul in turkey.o again a turkish official telling cnn that it appears that police fired at two suspects that detonated two explosive devices outside of the first perimeter, the first perimeter of security to the entrance of the international arrivals hall at istanbul's internation nal airport. >> yeah, two people blew themselves up there and then there was an exchange of gunfire, what is your analysis on that? >> i think it indicates that the turkish security plans worked and probably saved a lot of lives. and the check point at the door of the determinal, that is probably a place where it may result in comparison to an attack inside of the determinal which is usually much more crowded and they are suffering from an explosion. so i would say that they operate on the outside, that is -- that shows that to some extent it is good, but once again, they are as we are learning from the coming news, there is still a large number of casualties and we're waiting for measure information about that. >> we're ju

airports after the istanbul attack. anti-terror officials on high alert ahead of the july 4th holiday weekend. this is happening as a debate rages here about extending our security perimeters at airports. renee marsh is live at reagan national with more. >> reporter: good morning, victor. it's estimated some 43 million americans will travel over this fourth of july holiday. that's the highest on record. the majority of them will drive, but some 3 million will fly. after those two airport bombings in just a span of three months, this is the area of the concern. this is the so-called soft target of an airport. any part of the airport before you get to that security check point. it has a lot of passengers but a lot less security. and that is what terrorists are taking advantage of. what we're seeing here in the united states is a lot of airports in places like new york, they are ramping up security. their officers are being armed with tactical weapons. in miami, in atlanta, they're also increasing their police presence. bu

thank you. >>> the attack at the istanbul airport is the fifth major bomb attack in istanbul this yearsuicide bombing in istanbul. the man was identified as a man linked to isis. others were kurdish fighting for independence. turkey had the biggest drop in tourism arrival in 17 years. >>> stay right here with ktvu for coverage of the istanbul airport attacks. we'll have updates on the ear and on the ktvu.com on our mobile app and social media. >>> to a heart break storingy very close to home. devastation for two bay area families after a terrible crash on interstate 5 killed two mothers and four children. the two families were traveling together, south on i-5 on the grapevine and near the town of gorman early yesterday. they were in one minivan involved in an accident with another car. they pulled over the side of the road after being involved in a minor accident with another car. they were rear ended then by a big rig. the fathers were in the car but they managed to get out. the van burst into flames. both men had to be restrained trying to get their families out. >> they had signific

nearly 400,000 in istanbul alone. according to turk yis's government. the u.s. am bass do the united nations, samantha power. ambassad ambassador, thank you very much, today you gave a major speech saying that we are in the midst of the greatest refugee crisis since the second world war. called for us all to do better against in the face of this crisis. i want to talk to you about that in depth, first, initial reaction to this attack of the refugee crisis, of course, creating a major problem, challenge for turkey, but this attack now as well with security threat for turkey. >> well, i can't say it better than president obama who you just heard from, we stand with turkey, it's a nato ally, alliances are the foundation of how we have also responded to isil. isil's on its heels, it's losing territory in syria and iraq, but it is still capable as we've seen of staging attacks. we don't know in this case who the perpetrator of the airport attack was, our hearts go out to the people of turkey and we will work with them in london, any assistance to track them

you can drive from turkey to istanbul. takes you about 14 hours, butio you can do it. >> you talk about jihadi express. it's a fluid situation because we know what we know right now, but we still don't know, for example, whether there were others, whether there was someone else who was a part of it and who may have escaped and we have no idea beyond there were at least three. >>> yes, erin. you know what distausurbs me ab this attack besides casualties and victims about this is the turkish police are very good and the intelligence service is sensitized to this, they have a lot of people infiltrating these groups and yet three people were able to evade their security and get through probably one of the best protected airports in the world. certainly better protected than american airports and what does this is a about the stability of turkey? they're fighting a civil war against the kurds. they're fighting -- they have a big war on their border that's not going away any time soon and now they have the islamic state, maybe t

istanbul, turkey. many, many people killed. >> the airport attack in istanbul leading presidential candidates to once again address terrorism on the campaign trail. >> we better get smart, and we better get tough, or we're not going to have much of a country left, okay? it's bad. >> hillary clinton refraining from any mention of the terror attack during a town hall in los angeles tuesday night. instead, releasing a statement, pledging that the attack in istanbul only strengthens our resolve to defeat the forces of terrorism and radical jihadism around the world. contrast that with trump, who is again arguing for using torture in the fight against terror. >> so we can't do waterboarding, but they can do chopping off heads. we have to be so strong. we have to fight so viciously and violently because we're dealing with violent people. >> the presumptive gop nominee coming under fire once again for his rhetoric. >> the transpacific partnership is another disaster. pushed by special interests who want to ra

are these the hall marks of an attack here. >>> jillian was just in istanbul. thank you for waking up with us. >> it is too much now. every week is more than any one can really be asked to bear. >> i want to get your thoughts on this. isis is taking responses inlt. we choose one of the busiest airports in istanbul. was this attack meant for america americans? >> i think it was to signal to the western world they were having an resurgence outside of iraq and syria. while isis is getting squeezed inside the caliphate in the middle east they are better able than ever before to really extend outside of that area whether it is in the heart of western europe with attacks in paris and brussels whether it is toward neighboring countries in the middle east like turkey. i think that was a big part of the messaging here. when i was there in may i had the opportunity to sit down in a meeting with the turkish defense minister. he sited grave, grave concerns about terrorist threats just like this coming from isis. >> what about in terms of turkey specifically? there's a shar

flights into and out of istanbul at this point.s one flight daily that heads directly to turkey. now on the board still wasn't canceled. passengers will be screened, will go through security and will wait in case the ground stop is lifted. istanbul is a major hub third in traffic only to london and paris. many travelers we spoke with this afternoon said they were only flying to istanbul to catch a flight elsewhere.

what happened yesterday in istanbul. it is incredible. 15 years later we are still having this discussion because she doesn't understand what the threat is. >> i specifically wanted to talk to you today after what happened yesterday. what is your best advice to us to keep what happened from happening here at jfk at looking *, at o'hare? >> as i write in "defeating jihad," we have the to get the infection of politics out of the conversation. no more kren forship like -- no more censorship like the attorney general tried last week. we have to empower our sunni allies. the people who know this is a ring to war like president al-sisi of egypt knows islam is being stolen and turned into the 7th century version. when it comes down to jfk, to boston, to d.c., we have to employ those tools that worked out the best in the last 15 years. especially the ones that the nypd developed. that includes profiling. if you are looking for a 6'" white bank robber, you don't harass 4'2" white women. it's done by men of a certain age following

i was in ankara and istanbul just this time last year. when i asked officials who was the greatest threat to turkey and they say pkk. that was concerning from a u.s. perspective because so many isis fighters come from western europe, down through istanbul in through the battlefields of iraq and syria. while we're not sure who carried out this, it looks like isis, we're in the middle of ramadan, it's another airplane just as we saw in brussels and it has all the signatures of an isis attacks. >> do you expect a team of u.s. officials to travel to istanbul? do you think the turks will cooperate? >> our fbi bomb squad and analysis team is the best in the world. i hope they do. i've expressed concern that turkey pretty now because they do not require passports to come in to their country, they want to protect their tourism economy that we're going to continue to see it be a transit zone into these regions of terror and i hope this is a wake-up call that all nations, whether they're allies of ours or not, they has to be our priority, taking on

cnn's matt rivers joins us from istanbul.ou attended one of the funerals of one of the youngest victims in the attack. tell us about her, tell us what you saw. >> reporter: this was a very difficult funeral to attend, to witness family members having to go through this. this young girl was 8 years old. it not only was her funeral but the funeral of three aunts with her, ages 13, 16, and 24. so this was a familiar that had come here to turkey to visit family that lives here in turkey. there were several of them at the airport. they had exited the airport. they were outside, waiting to get a taxi. and as one family member told me, there was an explosion. he turned around and several members of his family, all four of those women, older women, as well as the three girls, were on the ground, all four of them ended up dying. and we went to that funeral today, as you might imagine. it was incredibly emotional. we got a chance to speak very briefly with the father of the 8-year-old victim. he was incredibly shaken up, understandably

. >>> i am brian flores and we resume with the coverage on istanbul, turkey, these are the images following the attack yesterday. three suicide bombers blew themselves up, 41 did, 130 injured. -- 41 are dead, 130 are injured. >>> the u. s. state department is trying to determine whether any of the victims are american, and the attack marked by isis. >> reporter: the coordinated attack took place just before 10:00 tuesday night in istanbul, people seen running in the international terminal before the explosions took place. the three bombers arrived at the airport in a taxi, and they went in the terminal, approaching the security checkpoint and opening fire with an automatic weapon. the police returned fire and during the gun battle they detonated the explosives hidden in a suicide vest. the third bomber never abated inside, and detonated his suicide vest in the parking lot near the entrance to the international terminal.>> according to the information i received at the international airport terminal, he opened fire and then blew himself up.>> reporter: this scene was chaotic as people ran aw

did isis send them to istanbul?de airport terminals. >> there is no price we can put on our security. >> also tonight, our special series "in the shadow of death." an addict is desperate for help but finds the doors shut. >>as pleave leure yoe, nam number and a brief message. >> and -- >> no! >> a reluctant star turns a national monument into her stage. ♪ home of the brave ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> scott is on assignment. i'm josh elliott. turkey is blaming isis for the terrorist attack at the airport in istanbul. cia director john brennan says it bears the hallmarks of isis' depravity. three suicide bombers determined to inflict the most carnage they could. more than 200 were hurt. 42 were killed. and today, the first funerals were held. holly williams begins our coverage in istanbul. >> reporter: these people sprinted for their lives captured on security video just before one of the blasts tore through istanbul's main airport. and one of the attackers is captured in these shaky images a

joe duran is in istanbul. joe, describe the scene for us no >> well, don, it's the street that has now opened, the traffic is flowing. the airport i believe is about to open. we have not heard any flights going out except one an hour ago, and i'm not sure that was a commercial flight. it might have been an official flight. there is less chaos obviously, but it was different a few hours ago when we first arrived on the scene. there was chaos. there were a lot of passengers making their way out of the airport, walking down the middle of the road with their bags and ambulances going in and out, many ambulances in and out of the airport, don. >> you said right now they are keeping you obviously a distance away. explain to us where you are and if you're seeing any activities at the airports, planes taking off or what. >> we are about 200 meters from the entrance to the airport. the blue sign that you see behind me is the entrance to the airport where you have security policemen there 24 hours a day with machine gun