we knew the two others came from kyrgyzstan and uzbekistan.nment source telling cnn specifically where they believe those three bombers are from. the one attacker from russia apparently left his passport behind in his apartment that these three men apparently rented here in istanbul. kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry says it is not "confirmed" that one of the attackers was from that country. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman says, "the person named by turkish sources as an organizer of the act is known by the turkish side very well. as we understand, they can share with the media all the details about him." let me bring in senior international diplomatic editor nic robertson in brussels with more on the angle of this attacker from dagestan in russia. i hear dagestan and i immediately think of the boston bombers. >> yeah. tamerl tamerl tamerl tamerlan, the elder of the two bombers, had gone there. dagestan is in the neighboring chechnya. there's been a growing islamic revolt against the russian government there. just last year they pledged alleg

the other men from the former soviet republics of uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan.puts foreign fighters into regional brigades based on their nationalities. it's possible the men served together says terror expert william branif. >> it's very likely that because of things like common language these individuals would have fought together as a part of isis. they would be then maybe more trustworthy to send across the border to conduct this kind of high-impact operation because they have a shared history and they can act as a cell. >> reporter: if dagestan sounds familiar it's because it's the same war-torn region associated with the two boston marathon bombers. dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev came to the united states after living in dagestan where authorities believe tamerlan became radicalized. there are as many as 7,000 foreign fighters who have travelled from russia and the former soviet republics to join isis. more than half are thought to be from dagestan and neighboring chechnya where islamist leaders have pledged loyalty to isis. experts say hitting a major tou

so kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan and russia. does that surprise you and what this means geographic ally to istanbul and any involvement to their connections to larger isis cell? >> no, it does tell us a lot. number one, we know clearly this was not the work of occurredish separatist group. why some people might be surprised, the idea that it was carried out by dag stan or chechnya, that is right in the wheelhouse of isis. it's a demographic that isis carried aggressively and effectively. a number of different individual from uzbekistan and from central asia as well as from south russia have played key roles within isis, given the fact these individuals are suspected of travel from rajka, the isis capital to turkey. it's looking more and more like this was certainly isis. nonetheless, it's important to be said, there has been no claim of responsible. there has been no statement no, magazine issuing any kind of a statement of credit. so with that regard, we have to ask ourselves if this was isis, what were they trying to do here?

police sources tell nbc news that assailants were russian, uzbek and kyrgyzstan.kers haven't been specifically identified, only country of origin. the attacks have all the hallmarks of an isis attack. there were also developments on foo fa luge why's development fallujah's development. and from the iraq ministry of defense showing a convoy leaving the fallujah area when air strikes had vehicles and according to a senior iraqi official and i can tell you about other u.s. sources they seem to confirm this as well and u.s. embassy saying it was a jipt effort in the iraqi military and united states. nbc news cannot confirm the number killed in this airport. the officials speaking on the conditions of anonymity. you heard secretary of state john kerry describe the terror attack he as part after devastating though dateily affa. progress against isis is significant. joe biden said isis has done one thing, uniting the world against them. and with tom brokaw and how to tackle what now -- >> we can do a lot better particularly as the world concludes this is not just a u.s.

they're from russia, and kyrgyzstan. there is strong evidence they entered turkey from the strong hold of raqqah and syria. counterterrorism troops have detained 22 people, including several foreign nationals, just around dawn, the raids swept across the capitol and coast. video that shows one of the airport tackers shooting a police officer. according to the newspaper, the officer had stopped the terrorist and asked for his i.d. and the death toll climbs to 43, after two of the wounded die of their injuries. nearly 100 people remain hospitalized this morning. we're following all the major developments this morning and breaking them down with our correspondents and experts. let's begin our coverage with matthew chance in moscow. hi, matthew. >> reporter: hi, that's right. turkish officials are saying the identity of the three suicide bombers and attackers have been made public. there is somebody from kyrgyzstan, soviet republics. the kremlin said they can't release or confirm what the authorities have already made public

a senior turkish official saying one bomber was from rescue and the others from uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. a different newspaper reporting the russian attacker was from dagestan, next door to chesneya. the islamic attacker came from raqqa. and the organizers of the attack is from chesney ya. an islamic state leader who is responsible for training russian speaking militants, also a wanted man in russian. turkish officials say they're working, clothe, round the clock to confirm the i'ds identities of all the bombers. turk eu media report another victim died, raising the death toll to 44. more 200 others were injured. john huddy is live in istanbul. what else are we learning about the attackers? >> reporter: well, we're learning about their nationalities and possibly the background here and the connection that they had with the rebel groups, as you talked about,; we're also seeing haunting new surveillance video and images from the attack at that the airport. you see people scrambling for their lives in what turn out to be a blood bath. and then another surveillance shot you ski a -- see a g

also from uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan.e're getting a fuller picture of the then who carried out these atrocities. >> thank you. i want to bring in evan perez and peter bergen. evan, you're seeing the turkish police showing this picture of three individuals. what information are they trying to figure out? they're going door to door. >> they want to know what neighbors saw. whether they saw anyone else associating with these people. they believe there's other people who are helping. people who did some of the surveillance, some of the preparation work before this attack. they know the people were there for several weeks. who else was there? who might have helped build the suicide vests, the bombs? who might have supply any assistance before this attack took place? >> according to turkish officials, these attackers were from russia, uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. what did that tell you? >> we have an increasing problem with time. in summer 2014, we're talking about isis taking territory. we're talking about isis surprising people

officials confirming the bombers seen on surveillance were from russia, kyrgyzstan and uzbekistan. investigators are trying to piece together what they did in the months leading up to this horrific attack. meanwhile antiterror raids netted 13 people with suspected ties to isis in western turkey. it's unclear if any of them are directly linked to the airport attack. so far no organizations have officially claimed responsibility. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington. >> reporter: kimberly, a growing body of evidence points to an isis-directed attack launched from syria with the identification of the three to a side bombers as foreign nationals tied to russia and chechnya. this morning the homeland security secretary told senators there is a clear, direct, and immediate impact here at home. >> the american public should expect to see this july 4th weekend an enhanced security presence at airports, train stations, and other transit centers across the country, by tsa and state and local law enforcement as well as security personnel. >> reporter: the

turkish authorities say the three suicide from russia, uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. overnight, turkish police arrested 13 people in a series of raids and police say all 13 have ties to isis. russian president vladimir putin says as many as 7,000 people from former sew yet republics -- soviet republics have now joined isis. the u.s. releasing powerful video showing an air assault on isis fighters fleeing fallujah on wednesday. attack helicopters destroyed more than 130 vehicles and killed dozens of fighters. iraq has declared fallujah liberated after two years of isis occupation. leon? leon: maureen, tips from the community are being credited for helping police capture a man suspected of killing three people and wounding two others in district heights. lawrence rogers, jr., facing three counts of first and second-degree murder. police say he is the man captured on surveillance video the night that carlina gray, jan parks and so far they don't have a motive. it blocked off the connector for hours this afternoon. after 1:00 an m.t.a. officer pulled over a driver for spe

turkisish authorities say the mn are from russia, was pakakistan, and turkestan - -- uzbekistan, d kyrgyzstane gunmen fired into the crowds at the airport and then blew themseselves up. more than 40 were killed and hundreds were wounded. tuesday's attack overshahadowed turkrkey's eu accession talks. after a moment of silence for the victims, turkish officials continued their appeal f for membership i in the european union. turkeyey has been hit by a brutl terrorist attack. the whole worlrld has expressed solidarity with us. and thatat includes our r frienn brussels. reporter >> we are facing a tough fight against terrorismsm, but we are not giving up our push for reforms, for the sake of our country. reporter: meanwhile, the families of the dead are still devastated by the loss of their loloved ones. anchor: let's bring in our correspondent in istanbul. good evening to you. we know there have been 13 arrests, have turkish police found what they are looking for in these rates? >> well, it't's not clear yet wo these people are, and whether they were e directly involved in thisis attack, or is i

have been a russian citizen from the north caucuses region, the two others from uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. [gunfire] it's estimated that several thousand fighters from russia and former soviet republics, including chechnya, have joined isis. just three attackers are believed to have rented this apartment in a working-class istanbul neighborhood last month. turkish police raided it yesterday morning. erdal simsek is the local plumber and told us that when one of the men asked him to fix a leaking tap two days ago, he noticed a strange odor in the apartment. i asked the man what it was, he told us, but he just waved me away. explosives experts believe it might have been a chemical precursor used in suicide vests. more raids today rounded up 22 individuals suspected of providing financial and logistical help to isis. turkey's been accused in the past of not doing enough to stop foreign fighters from passing through its territory to reach isis in syria. josh, it now seems that some of those foreign fighters may have targeted turkey and its biggest airport. >> holly williams in istanbul for us

kyrgyzstan, uzbekistan, and dagestan, in russia, all rich recruiting grounds for isis. we went to the istanbul neighborhood where the attackers rented an apartment and plotted for 33 days. this is where the attackers were living, up on the second floor here. it's a working class neighborhood, religiously conservative. they kept a very low profile. but inside, neighbors were suspicious about what was going on behind this steel reinforced door. one of the neighbors told us that on sunday nigh, just two days before the attack, the chemical smell from there, like paint thinner, she said, was so strong that she and other neighbors called their landlord to come play. out back, we met salih elsan, who told us the men wore baseball caps whenever they went out, avoiding eye contact in this tight-knit neighborhood. "i saw them looking out from behind the curtains," he says, "but they never showed their faces." so, you think they were professionals? "yes, absolutely," he said. today, there were funerals across istanbul. the death toll now at 44. turkish security forces launching 1

caucasus region, the same area as the boston marathon bombers, the other two from uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. at least one arrived in turkey a month ago from the isis stronghold of raqqah in syria. turkish media saying the three attackers rented an apartment on this busy istanbul street paying for three months up front in cash, adding a security door, keeping the windows shut and curtains drawn. inside a strong chemical smell, according to one neighbor. turkish officials say the explosives used in the attack were military grade. this is the heavy security door, and neighbors say the bomb squad, forensics and special forces have all been here. one of more than a dozen raids across istanbul and the coastal city of izmir. turkey's interior minister said 13 are in custody in connection with the airport attack. the fight against isis in this country and on the frontlines intensifying. coalition bombs rained down on an isis convoy south of fallujah, wiping out hundreds of militants fleeing the city. in turkey today, memorials and more funerals. these workers were on their way to bury a friend. how

another from uzbekistan, and the third suicide murderer hailed from kyrgyzstan. there's a call for swift arrests and raids. senior international correspondent matthew chance joins me from moscow. the story got more complicated with the nationalities coming out and these are caucus regions that have been troublesome before and are troublesome in connection with isis. >> reporter: that's right. there are thousands of people from russia alone, according to the government's own statistics, particularly from mainly muslim areas where there's been a lot of islamic insurgency in decades gone past. thousands from that region joined isis. this is a poignant reflection of how infiltrated russian nationals have become inside isis hierarchy. same in the form of soviet republic of central asia. kurg stan, use beck stan. they've both got big problems with islamic insurgency, both have big numbers of people joining the ranks of isis. a problem for the turks and central asia. >> leadership reached out to the leadership in turkey, expressed condolences, standard, went the other w

they're from russia, and kyrgyzstan.vidence they entered turkey from the strong hold of raqqah and syria. counterterrorism troops have detained 22 people, including several

turkish officials say the three suicide bombers are from russia, uzbekistan and kyrgyzstan. police have arrested 13 people in connection with the attack. investigators are still raiding neighborhoods throughout istanbul looking for anyone linked to isis. >>> here at home, philadelphia archbishop is responding to the attacks saying in part, istanbul now suffers as orlando, san bernardino, brussels and paris have done in recent months. i ask the clergy and the people of the archdiocese of philadelphia to pray in a special way in the coming days for all those affected by the tragedy in turkey. >>> transgender people can now serve openly in the united states military. defense secretary ash carter said it's the right thing to do. >> americans want to serve and can meet our standards should be afforded the opportunity to compete to do so. after all, our all-volunteer force is built upon having the most qualified americans. >> changes will be phased in over a year by october 1st, transgender troops will be able to get medical care, and can begin to formally change their gender iden

turkish officials identified the three gunmen and bombers as foreign nationals from russia, kyrgyzstan and uzbekistan and believed to have entered through syria. alison: between turkey, the attacks in orlando earlier this month and just the general state of affairs these days, you can bet security is tight for the july 4th celebration on monday at the national mall. abc7 instapoll is asking how concerned are you about security for the fourth? go to wjla.com/votenow. we will show you results in a moment. right now richardre mall if you look at what to expect if you head down for the national celebration. rich? richard: a lot of changes are already underway. you can see they have some barricades set up here on the national mall near the washington monumented. these things are plane. drones are illegal here and within eag eag national airport. the police are concerned about the drones. let's explain why. this weekend, of course, we will have thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people here coming in to the district for the july 4th weekend. u.s. park police say just this past oct

they were from russia, uzbekistan, and kyrgyzstan. they hit the airport using weapons-grade explosives. turkey's prime minister said one attacker blew himself up outside and two others took advantage of all the panic to run inside with guns and even more bombs. one american was inside the terminal when all of that chaos occurred. >> what went through my head was the images you have from paris and orlando that they come around and shoot you now. and so it's a scare you have that they are coming for you. >> funerals are now being held for some of the victims. one of the first funerals is for a 25-year-old airport worker who had only been on the job a month and a half. of the 239 people injured in the attack, 41 are still in intensive care. >>> 7:07. a large wildfire near san diego has now killed two people. the bodies were found yesterday afternoon in a rural area burned by that fire. >> it was heart-wrenching. i honestly haven't processed it yet. i am going to go home and cry my eyes out. i cried a little bit with the girls. the image

russia, uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan. he says the bomber was well known by turkey. we are seeing video of the moment of the attack, some images are disturbing. some of them, we see a gunman running through the airport. you can see him with his weapon, people scattering off to the side. this is inside the arrivals area of the international terminal. we also have video of an attacker without his gun drawn. according to turkish broadcaster, he is confronted by an undercover officer that asks for identification. the attacker opens fire. i want to bring in alexandra field, we also have matthew chance in moscow. alexandra, we've seen more than a dozen anti-terror raids in turkey after the attack. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: right, no doubt we will continue to see those kinds of raids happening. since the attacks were unleash at the airport behind me, that officials have been conducting counter terrorism raids. they picked up some 13 people in istanbul, another 9 in a coastal city. not clear why they picked up the people they picked up, but certainly thos

other two attackers according to turkish officials are both from that same general geographic area kyrgyzstan from one and the other from uzbekistan. we're still waiting on official conversation on names of all three and what their travel situations were if all three in fact did come from syria. nearly a dozen arrests between the two separate cities. we're not being told if those arrests are directly connected to the three attackers here at the airport. only these these are isis-related arrests and one other interesting note, one of those raids did take place in a neighborhood where turkish media is reporting the three attackers rented an apartment. this apartment rented, paid for in cash about three months ago. neighbors were suspicious because the people renting this apartment they said added extra security. they closed the window, never opened the curtains and they reported smelling a strong chemical odor coming from that apartment but, again, a lot of information we're still waiting for andrea from turkish officials. >> ammon mohyeldin. there's an incredibly dramatic heartbreaking story a

>> authorities have said that these three attackers are all foreign nationals, russia, kyrgyzstan andan. they had been renting an apartment in istanbul. this is a relatively conservative one and very old one and where a lot of syrian refugees are staying so that they could probably be under the radar there as foreigners. also, we have heard that many officials believe that this had been planned by leadership in these syrian capital of rocca. that is where isis has a strong hold there. and that the directives came from the very top. isis had never claimed responsibility for any of the attacks on turkish soil there have been about six in the past year. claiming 200 lives. also today, turkish security officials killed two men they said were isis suspects on the border. they said one of them was known to intelligence muhammad arab and that he was thought to have be planning an attack against either the capital of ankara or adana. >> the cap of 44 are there people still in serious condition. >> 94 people are still in the hospital. so having looked at these bombing attacks here in turkey wh

first of all the three now reportedly identified to be coming from the caucuses region of russia, kyrgyzstan and uzbekistan. we also understand from turkish media that one of the raids overnight took place in a neighborhood where these three reportedly had rented, they supposedly paid for it in cash, rented it three months ago. a neighbor was suspicious. there was extra security put into the apartment t. windows are always closed. and this neighbor reported a strong chemical odor coming from the apartment. back to the suspect for a moment, again, we don't have names yet. just the possible origins of these three people. one other interesting detail, tamron the man, the attacker came from the caucuses region of russia, reportedly came to this city. came to istanbul. came to turkey from rajka about a month ago. rajka, the defacto headquarters, the capital if you will for islamic states in syria. as all of this is happening the activity in the airport goes on as usual. passengers are arriving. passengers are leaving for a while this afternoon for about a half an hour. all work stopped in part of

one from kyrgyzstan, another from russia, and one from uzbekist uzbekistan. and this is significant, because these three nationalities are all hosting their own islamist insurgencies in those three countries and jihadis from those countries do tend to populate the upper ranks of islamic state, within their self-declared caliphate in iraq and syria. so this sort of internationalization of this attack is really just hardening turkish officials' resolve that this is, indeed, an islamic state attack. however, it's worth noting, and we're coming on about 48 hours since the attack, there still hasn't been a declaration of responsibility. and while that's not unprecedented, it is pretty rare. normally, islamic state would back up an attack like this with a claim of responsibility, either almost immediately or within the next day or two. so, as time goes on, it's welcoming less and less clear exactly who is behind this. but still, turkish authorities are saying they believe that this is an islamic state attack. now, again, today, the death toll has increased to 44. t

the turkish government says the three men were from russia, and the central asian countries of kyrgyzstan and uzbekistan, and that it was an isis operation. reactions to tuesday's attack reflect how polarized turkey's population is. some locals in istanbul told the newshour they don't think the government is doing everything it can to keep them safe. >> ( translated ): i don't think they do enough. with this last attack, there is not much they can do. they tried, but they made it worse. they cannot control it. >> reporter: others are staunch defenders of the government. >> ( translated ): the opposition, they don't know anything. they just talk. >> reporter: turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, had been criticized in the past for tolerating the islamic state's use of the country as a backdoor into syria. isis recruits have often traveled through turkey on their way to join the group. it's an issue that's led to backlash in the streets. >> ( translated ): we think we are surviving by chance, because the government supports is, and innocent people are killed as a result. we are here fo

kyrgyzstan man and uzbekistan man.ow the hunt is on for more accomplices. >> there are new developments in fallujah in the assault against isis. >> this was a major development, happened in the early morning hours yesterday. and air force attacked by the iraqi targeted a long convoy of isis vehicles. reportedly 200 isis vehicles were fleeing from an area south of fallujah heading to the west after iraqi forces liberated the city of fallujah from isis hands. according to reports from the iraqi government, hundreds of isis militants were killed as that convoy was struck time and time again by helicopter and fixed wing aircraft. a considerable victory for the iraqi millatory. >> lot of developments to follow and report out of turkey as well as fallujah. >>> richard, thank you. >>> talk about politics now and the presidential race. mitt romney is adding to his criticism of donald trump and he's also opening up about who has urged him to run this time . nbc's hali jackson is on the campaign trail in new hampshire. hali, goo

again, this is an ideology and it spreads through uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan, we have seen them on the battlefieldys with white hair and beards. it doesn't matter the nationality, but the ideology. they have been part of daesh or isis or isil, they have been part of it since the beginning and even before the establishment of the islamic state two years ago. >> who are they? >> these are just islamic extremists. you know, the two bad words that a lot of us don't want to say. but these are our enemies. they have been, you know, ever since -- well, i mean, you know, for decades. longer than that. but these are people that are raised by a certain ideology, a certain brand of radicalized islam. once they establish the islamic state, they were joining the fights in kosovo, in the balkan wars. they were fighting in chechnya, trying to separate from the russians. they fought us in afghanistan. they were fighting against the russians in afghanistan. fighting against the russians, that's where the mujahedeen and isis got their street credit. >> this is on the terrifying side because as the cia director said