. >> now, lauren is in the prominently kurdish city in turkey, where they are concerned that the new year, which falls on sunday, could actually be the target. >> certainly, the turkish authorities are extremely concerned that the pkk and the worker's party might use the new year, which is sunday and monday, as an excuse to launch attacks on kurdish cities in istanbul. they foundationed before the suicide bomb that there would be no celebrations and it was effectively banned. so even though the authorities failed to accurately predict the suicide attack, the idea that it might be a reason for the pkk's attack was there. and here in the south, the authorities have said that they will allow them to go ahead. they have just announced today, the same security concerns, they were telling kurdish civilians that they would have to go way out in a field so hold their celebrations. it's very evident here. yesterday, friday, the police located a car with 350 kilograms of explosives expe governor's office, and if it exploded, it would have been absolute carnage, but since december, the turkish

to do more to ensure the safety of its citizens and visitors >>> lawrence lee has more from the kurdish city in southern turkey. >> reporter: certainly the turkish authorities have been extremely concerned that the p.k.k. might use the occasion of new year chshgs ask sunday to monday, as an excuse to launch attacks on turkish cities. indeed, in istanbul they had announced before no suicide bomb that there would be no celebrations and it was effectively banned. even though the authorities clearly fell to accurately predict this suicide attack, the idea that it might be a reason for the p.k.k. to attack was obviously there. here in the south the authorities said they would allow it to go head. they announced today because of the same security concerns they were telling people kurdish civilians, that they will have to go out into a field out on the edge of town in order to hold their celebrations. the same air of violence that seems to perpetrate turkish citizens is evident here. yesterday, friday, the police discovered a car laiden with 150 kilograms of explosions outside the governor's office

diyarbakir is known as turkey's biggest kurdish city.comes a day before a proposed -- planned visit by the prime minister. the turkish prime and is this land the attack as the ugly face of terrorism. he was speaking from washington, where he is among the delegates at a nuclear security summit. the meetings got off to a tense start, with a disagreement over whether the turkish president barack obamameet at the white house, instead meeting with u.s. vice president joe biden. after a member of an opposition media outlet was asked to leave an event where president erdogan was speaking. an angry and disruptive day for many around france this thursday. clashes broke out at 200 anti-labor reform demonstrations. strikes have also impacted travelers. rennes, right police used tear gas against stonethrowing protesters. many protesters were students, and some told us why they are so opposed to government plans to change the loss. reporter: 200 schools across france shut doors today or were forced to do so. pupils joined demonstrations against gover

the predominantly kurdish city is seen as a bass shan for the p.k.k. and became the target of military operations in december. forces claimed victory against the p.k.k. on february 11, but after two months of fighting, this town has become a ghost town. torndown buildings rippled with bullets and piles of rubbles for where their home should be, for many of the residents, there is nothing less. >> the building across the street was targeted. there were bombs and gunshots. the shrapnel hit inside. the coolers and all of the machines are destroyed. reporter: the turkish army has claimed it has killed over 600 kurdish rebels here but they weren't the only victims. turkish rights groups say dozens of civilians also perished in the clashes. anchor: north korea is facing its toughest sanctionses yet. the united nations security council has unanimously agreed banning es including coal, gold, fuel and other materials to the state. this comes after new nuclear and rocket tests by pong yang, the united states and china spent seven weeks negotiating the new sancti

. >>> the he mostly kurdish city has been under curfew for more than three months. al jazeera averages jamal el shael takes us inside the lock down. >> reporter: this place should be buzzing with people, shoppers and tourists, bustling, coming through this main road here but it's not because of the ongoing clashes that continue between the turkish military and fighters loyal to the pkk. there is a constant sound of gun five taking place and one of the effects of these on going clashes is that shops and businesses have been forced to close which has had a devastating impact on the local economy. there are at least six neighborhoods which are still under constant curfew because of these slashes. the government says it is trying to chase out the pkk which it considers a terrorist organization. there are those locals who are angry with what is going on and blame the government for what's happening. authorities have been forced to put up dozens of families, in fact hundreds of people in hotels and other place ves been forceplaces havebeen forced to . trying to restore so

the economy could be affected now for this >>> lawrence lee has more from the kurdish city in southern turkey. >> reporter: certainly the turkish authorities in places like istanbul and ankara. the new year could be an excuse alaunch attacks. they had already announced before this suicide bomb that there would be no new year celebrations and it was banned. even though the authorities failed to predict this suicide attack, the idea that it might be a reason for attack was obviously there. here in the south, the authorities had said that they would allow them to go ahead. they just announced today because of the same security concerns they were telling kurdish civilians that they would have to go out in a field in order to hold their celebrations. the same air of violence that seems to perpetrate turkish citizens is certainly very evidence here. yesterday, friday, the police discovered a car with 150 kilograms of explosives. since december this first new year since the ceasefire collapsed last july, the turkish military has brn conducting operations. they have killed 300 p.k.k. fighterss

. >> lawrence lee in the predominantly kurdish i city in southern turkey. >> the authorities in placesike istanbul and arrangeara have been concerned they might use the occasion of the kurdish new year, sunday to monday, as an excuse to launch attacks on turkish cities in istanbul, they had announced before the suicide bomb that there would be no celebrations. it was effectively banned. even though the authorities in istanbul failed to accurately predict this suicide attack, the idea that it might be a reason for the pkk was obviously there. here, in the south, in diabla, authorities had said that they would allow nourus to go ahead. they announced today because of the same security concerns, they were telling people kurdish civilians that they had to go out into a field way outside the edge of town in order to hold their celebrations. now, the same air of violence that seemed to perpetrate turkish is very evident here yesterday, friday, the police discovered a car laden with 150 kilograms of explosives outside the governor's. if that would have gone off, it would have caused carnage.

seven turkish police officers at least 20 people were also injuries in the blast in the manely kurdish citylling to initial reports the target was a minibus carries police special forces. joining me on the turkey syria border, and omar please bring us up to date with the latest? yes, david, well, we have a slight change in the number of wounded after the 27losion, it is now 27 injury there are civilians as well as the police force thenings motion happened at the busy rush hour, people were heading home the explosion took place near a bus terminal, and the target was a minibus carrying police, so that's owhy all the dead are members of the police force. i think there's no claim of responsibility yet, but there is tension that this is a predominately kurdish area, david. >> and in the past where there have been explosions in that part of turkey, government sometimes points the fingers at the pkk the kurdish group which it call as terrorist organization, but these police may not be from outside the area, they could be curds themselves? >> yes, absolutely, it is a predominately kurdish area, an

seven police officers at least 27 others were left injury misdemeanor the blast in the mainly kurdish citythese attacks will never keep us from fighting terrorisms, we are corners organizations, terrorism is showing it's face through such acts we are determined to make sure that terror 7 no longer an obstacle to the progress in our country. terrorists are being protected in one way or another, and unfortunately, keep attacking our country. we can't top rate this any more. the explosion took place during rush hour and people were returning home, the explosion happened near a bus terminal and the apparent target was a minibus carrying turkish police officers. now, the president is speaking from washington, d.c., did not directly say who is behind the attack, but he indirectly referred to the kurdistan workers party, the p.k.k., he said that terrorism will not deter or end turkey's effort to confront terrorism. now, a dominately kurdish area, and over the last few months the security forces have been carries out attacks on a number of areas including the district of sul where many of the kurd

the kurdish majority city has been under lockdown for the last three months as turkey aims to flush outish fighters. >> reporter: this is the old quarter. on any given day this place should be buzzing with tourists and shoppers coming through here. but it's not because of the ongoing clashes that continue between the turkish military and fighters loyal to the pkk. check points have been set up. anyone coming through is searched. and one of the effects of these ongoing clashes is that shops and businesses have been forced to close, which has had devastating impact on the local economy. now there are at least six neighborhoods still under constant curfew because of these clashes. the government says it is trying to chase out the pkk, which it considers a terrorist organization. there are those locals who are angry and blame the government for what is happening. authorities have been forced to put up dozens of families, in fact hundreds of people in hotels and other places who have been forced to flee their homes. you will see there is a constant flow of military vehicles going through pat

at least 27 were hurt in the blast in the mainly kurdish city.ng to initial reports the target was a mini bus carrying police special forces. turkey's president has condemned what happened there. >> translator: these attacks will never keep us from fighting terrorists. we are cornering terrorist organizations. terrorism is showing its heinous face through such facts. we are determined to make sure that terrorism is no longer an obstacle to the progress in our country. terrorists are being protect ed in one pretext or the other. and unfortunately, keep attacking our country. we can't tolerate this anymore. >> let's go to omar al saleh who is on the turkey-syrian border. a largely kurdish area. any suggestion as to who might have done this? >> reporter: not yet. we haven't had any claim of responsibility any, david, but president erdogan who was speaking in washington, d.c. did not explicitly say who was behind it. but he kind of pointed a fink at the kurdistan workers party, the p.k.k. he said everybody should realize and see the reality of the p.

we visited kurdish troops outside the city readying for the offensive. 20 miles from mosul, kurdish soldiersd fire. they spotted what they think are two isis gunmen moving toward their post. and it is no wonder they're nervous here. the day before our visit there was a coordinated isis attack, kurdish soldiers fought extremists back and told us they killed nearly 100 isis fighters. that's isis over there. only about a mile away the we crossed into no man'sland to inspect the aftermath. this is all that's left of a humvee detonated by a suicide bomber. >> blown to smithereens. isis will doubtless use the same ruthless tactics to defend mosul. isis is thought to have several thousand fighters in mosul, but now they're stopping civilians from leaving the city. and claims effectively they have more than 1 million human shields. when isis captured mosul nearly two years ago many people cheered their convoy in the streets. but general nnajim al-jobori leading offenseives told us he is counting on the help of civilians. >> i think about 75 or 80% from the people in mosul they will support us. >> 80

city police believe kurdish militants carried out the bus bombing in a crowded ea near several governmentuildings. this is the second attack in ankara in the last three weeks. >>> al-qaeda is claiming responsibility for an attack on the beach resort town on the ivory coast. this is the third attack on a tourist spot in the west african country since november >>> got the iphone 6 and 6 x plus, if you are in the market for a newer phone you may want to keep your eyes on apple's press release. a newer phone with an updated chip and camera. a new ipad is expected to be unveiled. >>> it's a chicago tradition dating back to 1962. thousands of people love both sides crews dyed it green before st. patrick's day. it is a family tradition and the only way to become part of the boat crew is to tampa bay related to blood or marriage to two irish clan. >> hearty top of the morning to you. >> thank you for joining us on national napday. >>> a community is in mourning. a prince george police officer shot and killed outside of a police station. what we are learning about the unimaginable ambush. good mor

the largest city controlled by isis. iraq's army and kurdish forces trained by the u.s. had been planning to retake mosul but they have been delayed time and again. holly williams went to the front lines. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: 20 miles from mosul, the kurdish soldiers are this was the response when they spotted two suspected isis gunmen approaching their post. the day before isis managed to break through the front line. in its biggest attack here in months. the kurdish soldiers pushed them back and told us they killed nearly 100 fighters. crossing into no-man's land, we inspected all that remained of a humvee, detonated by the suicide bomber driving it. >> blew up. just one driver inside? isis will doubtless use the same ruthless tactics to mosul. isis thought to have several thousand fighters in mosul. now stopping civilians from leaving the city. that means that isis has more than a million human shields. iraq nearly two years ago, iraqi soldiers ran away. now, american troops are back, training the national army to retake the city. an american adviser told us this

that someone set off a car bomb near a bus stop in the city's main square.today's blast comes three weeks after a similar bombing carried out by a kurdish militant group. barge in new york city... killing at least two people. people.divers found the second body today in the hudson river. one more person remains missing.the crash happened early yesterday morning. the snowmobiler accused of hitting and killing a sled dog - competing in alaska's iditarod is in jail tonight. tonight.his snowmobile hit two teams during the one thousand mile race from anchorage to nome.the man said he was quote "blackout drunk" when he confessed to hitting the dog over the weekend.he says he turned himself in after waking up and realizing what happened. next in sports... ken broo as the latest on the ncaa selection show...as we have just learned where the university of cincinnati will play on friday! friday!and why it's alreaddy a good start for the u-k wildcats. sports is straight you're watching 9 on your side at 6 today's wet weather didn't stop the thousands of runners who hit the pavement to raise awareness for heart health this morning.it was the annual

what they describe as the bosnian model and the dayton agreement which could include a kurdish enclave, a federal city, a sunni enclave with raqqa as the main city and desert around it to the east, but bashar al-assad retaining control of the western syria to the turkish border. not hard to pick a lot of holidays holes-- holes in this. it's not difficult to find the problems, but it would play very strongly to the insistence that the integrity of the country should be retain and that bashar al-assad should remain president >>> the syrian opposition's main negotiator says bashar al-assad must leave before the conflict can be resolved. >> translation: we considered that the transitional period begins with the departure of bashar al-assad or his death. it can not be a stage where the head of regime continues to be in power >>> he also addressed the infighting amongst syrian opposition and rebel groups calling on all parties to unite. >> reporter: fighting in syria two weeks into a partial ceasefire agreed by many sides in the war but not all. rebels say they're taking valeages from allied forces. earlier

we visited kurdish troops outside the city readying for the offensive. 20 miles from mosul, kurdish soldiers opened fire. they spotted what they think are two isis gunmen moving toward their post. and it is no wonder they're nervous here. the day before our visit there was a coordinated isis attack, kurdish soldiers fought extremists back and told us they killed nearly 100 isis fighters. that's isis over there. only about a mile away the we crossed into no man'sland to inspect the aftermath. this is all that's left of a humvee detonated by a suicide bomber. >> blown to smithereens. isis will doubtless use the same ruthless tactics to defend mosul. isis is thought to have several now they're stopping civilians from leaving the city. and claims effectively they have more than 1 million human shields. when isis captured mosul nearly two years ago many people cheered their convoy in the streets. leading offenseives told us he is counting on the help of civilians. >> i think about 75 or 80% from the people in mosul they will support us. >> 80% will support you. 20% are still supporting isis. >> y

attacks like these are justified as a response to the turkish military's campaign against kurdish towns and cities. this car bombing has been universally condemned with washington saying it stands firmly with its nato partner, turkey. richard engel, nbc news. istanb istanbul. >> that is a lot of grieving families, no doubt. >>> well, no relief in sight for people living in the gulf states. a flood warning still in effect for four different states after record-breaking storms in the south have killed at least six people and damaged thousands of homes. some of the worst damage is in the gulf coast states of mississippi and louisiana. between those two states, the storms have now damaged at least 5,000 homes. in some cities like hattiesburg, mississippi, there are now concerns that the floodwaters might morph into a toxic mix. >> if you can look at all the trash that's floating through the houses, you know, there's gasoline that's got in through the water and all kinds of toxins. that's flowing through people's houses. >> and president obama said signed a disaster declaration for louisiana to allow f

they cham he tried to leave isis from where he was stationed in the iraqi city of to kurdish forces. >> i didn't support their ideology. and at that point, that's when i decided i needed to escape. i wanted to go back to america. the life in mosul, it's really, really bad. >> reporter: he said he realized his mistake in joining isis. u.s. officials say the group is having trouble keeping its recruits, and that he could be of intelligence value. >> amazing to see him speaking so openly. richard, thank you very much. >>> president obama's nominee for the supreme court, merrick garland, made his first visit to capitol hill today hoping to meet with as many senators as he can. but he's had no meetings with republicans yet. some now say they're open to the idea. but the gop appears to be standing firm on nbc's pete williams went to get answers on the hill. >> reporter: they're known as courtesy calls, merrick garland may find courtesy in short supply at the senate. so far democrats have formally agreed to meet with him, including harry reid and patrick leahy. democrats are highlighting th

it's the third bombing in the city since last fall. kurdish rebels, threats from the islamic state, and the growing migrant crisis. the motive for today's explosion is unclear but comes two days after the united states embassy warned its citizens of a potential terrorist plot. following the attack, turkish authorities ordered a ban on broadcasting or publishing images of the blast. johnathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >>> al qaeda off-shoot is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a beach resort in the african nation of ivory coast. at least six armed men targeted hotels popular with tourists. 16 people were killed, including 14 civilians. four of the victims were europeans. witnesses say they heard the gunman speaking arabic. the gunmen were killed by security forces. >>> there is wet and potentially dangerous weather in parts of the country from the west coast to the east coast this morning. heavy rain. in the south, there is widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes. late last night, the wet weather made for hazardo

the city says kurdish rebels are behind the blast and third devastating attack in five months. >> tony: another attack of the ivory coast claimed a dozen lives. and men connected to al qaeda opened fire on beach goers popular with westerners, this is the third terror attack in west africa in less than four months. >>> maryland police mourning the death of a colleague gunned down near washington, d.c. yesterday. >> cathrine: outside police headquarters. craig boswell has the latest on the unprovoked attack. >> reporter: maryland flags flying at half-staff in honor of officer coalson shot and killed outside a police station sunday afternoon in what officials call an unprovoked attack. >>> this man launched an attack at the police station and engaged prince george's officers responded heroic. >> dennis lives nearby and heard gunshots. >> turned tv and heard four or five shots and i heard the helicopter and came outside and saw policemen and everybody in a frantic state. >> reporter: police shot and injured the gunman treated at a hospital and arrested two brothers and evidence shows the g

city of mosul. apparently mosul wasn't what he thought it would be and decided to make his way become to turkey. kurdish troops came upon amin outside the city of sinjarks he surrendered. carrying a virginia driver's license. couple credit card. three cell phones. and what he described as a large amount of turkish cash. he remains in kurdish custody. mohamed amin is lucky he got out alive. holly williams is is in iraq. >> reporter: it is close to midnight on the front line just outside mosul. these kurdish soldiers are hundreds of yards into no-man's land. >> yes. >> they're not isis fighters. but a man and a teenage girl. the man strips to his underwear to be searched. guarded by the kurdish soldiers. who fear he could be a suicide bomber. these people have risked death to escape isis. walking for miles through the night. and they're finally allowed to cross through a trench. and into safety. and then, one by one, come 12 more men. some of them hanged over guns. it is an extraordinary sight. very few people have managed to leave mosul after isis began sealing it off. stopping civilians from fleeing. an

kurdish forces. al jazeera's lawrence lee is in the city of diarbakr. he has more on precautions. curity forces have taken including the details of a thwarted attack. they have been concerned the party might use the occasion of nourus, kurdish new year, sunday to monday, as an excuse to launch attacks on turkish cities and istanbul, they had already announced before the suicide bomb that there would be no celebrations and it was banned. this suicide attack, the idea it might be a reason for the attack was obviously there. they announced today because of the same security concerns, they were telling people, kurdish civilians they would have to go out into a field way outside the edge of town friday, they discovered a care laden with 150 kilos. if that would have gone off, it would have caused carnage. since december, the first new year since the cease-fire collapsed last july since december, the turkish military have been conducting investigations. they have killed fighters kurdish simplians feeling very much under threat. civilians feeling under threat by the pkk. more than 300 ref

this one happens in the southeastern city, it's predominantly kurdish.our people were killed and 14 wounded. the news agency says a car bomb targeted police. the brussels airport will remain closed until at least tomorrow for passenger flights. officials are still evaluating temporary repairs after last week's attack. the bomb destroyed the airport's check in area. 20 reopens the brussels airport will be able to handle only a fraction of the normal passenger traffic. more than 300 refugees have been rescued by the italian authorities in an overnight operation off the libyan coast. the coast guard released infrared video of the operation where two boats rescued refugees traveling on a wooden fishing boat. in venezuela there are shortages of food, toilet paper in medicine. now a shortage of electricity could mean lights out in the city of caracas. a drop blamed on el niÑo has dropped water levels to a critical point at the hydroelectric plant that surprised -- supplies caracas with electricity. there could be rolling blackouts by the end of april. hillary

he eventually surrendered to kurdish forces in the iraqi city of mosul. >> see the american people as the -- the life in mosul, it's really bad. >> u.s. officials are hoping quest can provide valuable intelligence. >>> 5:09 now. in your cnbc money report, uber is testing a way to pay drivers instantly instantly. to deposit earnings from each of the rides with go bank. it's a subsidiary of green dot. no fees for the service as long as drivers access their accounts at least once every six months. uber is testing that plan out in san francisco. >>> 7-eleven, giving slurpee fans a chance to fill up. you can bring in anything that remotely resembles a cup and then fill it with your favorites, like a bucket. fill it with your favorite slurpee today and tomorrow. you only pay $1.50. there are guide lines, darlene. the container has to fit inside the slurpee dispenser, has to be leak-proof and sanitary. >> now you've just eliminated a lot of people. >> 7-eleven says that rules out, in case you were thinking of this. portable kitchen sinks. how much slurpee do you need? >> maybe a clean mop bu

it's the second deadly attack blamed on kurdish militants in that city in the last month. >>> meanwhiled that an american accused of joining isis has been detained in iraq on his way the turkey. he's we'll give you more details as we get ucial primary. polls show governor john kasich holding a narrow lead i s by hi that he's responsible for inciting violence at recent campaign rallies. trump is actually blaming bernie sanders for sending protesters to disrupt his events. sanders denies that. >>> new details on the extent of the historic floods in the south. the louisiana national guard has now rescued 3300 people. the rising water remains a big threat. ginger's forecast coming up in just a >>> some video now from wisconsin shows why median. the driver was not injured. wow, but he did get a wei it was a great white shark. it took him and the charter boat captain more than four hours to bring the shark in. they tagged it with a tracking device. they let it go. probably good to know where that big lady is. >> probably way out there. >> boy, those pictures. >>> now to that headline about a

but we visited kurdish troops outside the city who were already putting up the offensive. twenty miles from mosul, kurdish soldiers opened fire. they have spotted what they think are two isis gunmen moving towards their post and it's no wonder they are nervous here. the day before our visit, there was a coordinated isis attack. the kurdish soldiers fought the extremists back and told us they had killed nearly a hundred isis fighters. that is isis over there. only a mile away. we crossed into no man's land to inspect the aftermath. this is all that is left of a humvee detonated by a suicide blown to smithereens. they will likely use the same tactics against mosul. isis is having fighters in mosul awe known stopping the civilians from leaving the city. this means effectively they have shields. when isis captured mosul nearly two years ago, many people cheered their convoy in the street. but this general who is leading preparations for the mosul offensive told us he is counting on the help of civilians. >> i think about -- party or -- from the people in mosul, they will suppor