the french prosecutor giving more information on mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. he described him as a delivery man, a married father, who on july 14th, went to a facility and rented the refrigerator truck, according to the prosecutor, alone, traveling by bicycle. around 10:45 p.m., that is when this individual plowed through the spectators celebrating bastille day, in that rented truck. again, the authorities there confirming they found several weapons, a map, a bank card they used to identify the suspect. he shot three policemen before they were able to ultimately take him out. and he was found behind the wheel of that refrigerateded truck. the identities of the people killed in this act of terror, they're coming in right now. what we do know is at least two of the victims were americans. that is according to the state department. we have a family spokesperson now who identified them as 51-year-old sean copeland and his 11-year-old son, brody. they were visiting nice like so many others around this time of year. let me bring in msnbc contributor and daily beast

by daylight the murderous truck driver had been identified. 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, a frencsi tunisian birth lived in the area and has an estranged wife and children. nbc news's bill nealy. >> the driver mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel rented the truck three days ago. he picked it up a few hours before he got in behind the steering wheel and started to come up this street. >> reporter: in a season of international rampages, from orlando to istanbul to dallas, it was the beleaguered french president's turn again at the microphone in the middle of the night. francois hollande addressed his nation and the watching world. >> i can assure you we will always be stronger than those trying to attack us. >> reporter: today president obama echoed those thoughts. >> we cannot give in to fear or turn on each other or sacrifice our way of life. we cannot let ourselves be divided by religion because that's what the terrorists want. >> reporter: the candidates weighed in, hillary clinton gathering and trump saying he'd declare war on isis. while all eyes seem to be on france, 0 it of the bl

also found still in the cab of the lorry a driver's card, in the name of mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel born on the 3rd of july 1985 in tunisia and living in nice. using the fingerprints, it was possible to confirm the identity, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel was a delivery driver. he was married. and head of a family. his wife has been detained as of 11:00 this morning. mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel was known by the judicial and police authorities for threats, violence, thefts between 2010 and 2016. on the 24th of march 2016 the court of nice condemned him to six months in prison suspended for violence with a weapon used in january 2016. on the other hand, he was entirely unknown by the intelligence services. whether nationally or locally, he had never been the subject of any kind of file or indication of radicalization. the first look at surveillance video makes it possible to see the lorry in the area east of nice where it was parked as of the 13th of july. in fact, the lorry was taken on the 14th of july at 2034 hours by mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel who had arrived on his own on his bicycle, the bic

mohamed lahouaiej-bouhlel had photographs of himself in france dating back to 2015. there are claims that he was radicalized so quickly that authorities could not have known the threat he posed. the latest photographs came from franÇois molins, the paris prosecutor, who also confirmed had lahouaiej-bouhlel accomplices, five of whom are apparently in custody. >> there were numerous moments of contact between some of them. this is how it had been revealed there had been 1278 calls between mohamed lahouaiej-bouhlel and another between july, 2015, and july, 2016. 2015, we also found a text message on a phone at mr. bouhlel's home from another. charlie."i am not i am happy they brought the soldiers of allah to finish the job." emma: the french president is planning -- is promising -- the national newspaper alleges authorities lied about security arrangements, exam -- exaggerating the number of officers in place. -- bernard a native cazeneuve acknowledged there were snow -- there was no police presence at the entrance. francois hollande says we must wait for the results of

a man to drove through a street last night is mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a tunisian living in france. the french prime minister called the attack a work linked to radical islam. among the victims a father and son from texas, sean copeland and brodie were on a family vacation to the french riviera. and still missing is a 20-year- old uc-berkeley student who was in the crowd. family and friends tell cbs news that nick leslie was able to avoid being hit by the truck but he got lost in the chaos that followed. we have team coverage tonight. kpix 5's da lin is at uc- berkeley but we begin with cbs' jonathan vigliotti live in nice nice tonight. jonathan. >> reporter: isevening a portion of the promenade has been reopened. the investigation continues and there are several key questions. , among them, what was the motive? >>> reporter: police towed away the truck that brought terror to the streets of nice. >> i seen one guy actually running sobbing crying, we seen people holding babies screaming. >> reporter: the truck plowed through hundreds of pedestrians who were watching the fireworks on

. >> mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel drove into the crowd. 84 is the death toll right now.an 200 was injured and sh bouhlel was shot to death by police. >> it is good to have you with us. if you can just explain to our viewer in the u.s. and around the world of the mood of people in nice and throughout france. how are the french coming together regarding to what happened there? >> well, i was pretty struck walking here. there is a huge crowd coming down to see the flowers here. the other crowds here, when you look down the promenade, there is these patches of memorials and flowers where all the bodies laid after the attack on thursday night and it really brings home and of what happen that evening. you can see children -- a truck running people over, it is really quite -- people are coming here and laying flowers on the beach in memory and a moment of silence as well. ten members of one congregation of one mosque, all perished in the attack. i any people are just still in shock. it is sinking in here and you can see some of the emotions. meanwhile our investigation continue

the driver, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel rented the truck three days. he picked it up yesterday just a few hours before he got in behind the steering wheel and started to come up this street. francios said he drove two kilometers, well over a mile, mile and a half, on the way he shot at three policemen at a hotel just there. they responded and pursued him. eventually shot and killed him. and he was found in the passenger's seat. also in the vehicle were found a fake handgun and two fake assault rifles. we've discovered also that the suspect was sentenced to six months in prison for violence this year, but he still hadn't managed to go to jail or may have been an appeal. we wornt told about that. he was not under surveillance from french intelligence. and the prosecutor was saying obviously they are trying now the to find out if there were any accomplices to that man. i've also come from an interview about half hour ago with the mayor of nice. phillip tredell, he's been with french president hollande today. he said the truck at one point was driving at a

by daylight, the murderous truck driver had been identified. 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. he lived in the area, and has an estranged wife and children. nbc news' bill neely. >> the driver, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, rented the truck three days ago. he picked it up yesterday just a few hours before he got in behind the steering wheel and started to come up this street. >> in a season of international rampages, from orlando, to istanbul, to dallas, it was the beleaguered french president's turn again at the microphone in the middle of the night. francois hollande addressed his nation and a watching world. >> i can assure you that we'll always be stronger than the fanatics who are trying to attack us. >> today, president obama echoed those thoughts. >> we cannot give in to fear or turn on each other or sacrifice our way of life. we cannot let ourselves be divided by religion, because that's exactly what the terrorists want. >> and the candidates weighed in. hillary clinton calling for greater intelligence gathering. and donald trump saying he would declare war on isis. and whi

. >> authorities are trying to determine why mohamed lahouaiej-bouhlel drove that truck that we have all seen by now a 20-ton truck sbo a crowd gathered to watch fireworks thursday. 84 people, that's the death count now. 200 were injured. he received a photo from him before the attack that e showed the suspect among the crowds gathered there to watch the fireworks. >> the french president francois hollande is priding over a security council meet iing to discuss the lessons learned from this attack. the country now entering its third day of mourning. cnn is live in nice, france, this hour. mf max foster is at the site. before we start talking about the lessons learned from this attack, let's talk about the scene there. a very poignant setting if you could explain to our viewers. >>. >> reporter: this is the point at which most people died. the truck came zigzagging down this road and over the pedestrian area targeting the thickest parts of the crowd. the clusters outside a candy shop were children were. the attacker drove straight into it to kill people including children. that's one

leslie had not been scenes since thursday when mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, drove that truck through a crowd celebrating bastille day. officials have only been able to identify half of the 84 people who died that night. more than one hub are still hospitalized. >>> in turkey, government officials continue to arrest people suspect of supporting that failed coup attempt on friday night. in all, officials say at least 6,000 people have been detained thus far including three of the country's top generals and hundreds of soldiers. they joined funerals, turkey's president repeated that accusation that cleric fethullah gulen was behind the plot. he currently lives in pennsylvania in the poconos, gulen has denied any and all involvement. >>> the count down is on tonight, just looks than one hour from now space x is going to take another shot at launching that critical space station docking port. this is video of the last one that went up in smoke last year. no one on board. nasa says a it needs this new docking set up at international space station before any new americans can fly there in cre

reporter: tonight, french investigators are examining data from the phone and computer of mohamed lahouaiej bouhlela 31-year-old delivery driver and small-time criminal, who was born in tunisia, and then became first a french resident, then yesterday a mass murderer. police identified him from the i.d. card he left in the truck. this morning, they raided his modest apartment in a working-class suburb of nice, trying to learn more about a man who apparently never made it on to the french anti-terrorism radar. >> translator: he was totally unknown to the intelligence services both internationally and locally. >> reporter: he had no terrorist history but had a criminal rap sheet that included theft, vandalism and assault on another driver in a road rage incident. he was married, the father of three children, and he was also separated from his wife in a way that's been described as bitter. investigators are looking at all of that. >> they will be going through every aspect of his digital life on-line, his phone, his computers, anything he had that might give them information. >> reporter: tim clemente

the driver has been identified as 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. the terrorist was known to police for petty crimes but wasn't on the radar for investigators. >> he was entirely unknown to the intelligence services. he had never been the subject of any kind of file or radicalization. >> authorities are combing through the suspect's house where he lived alone. a neighbor described him as odd. he wouldn't say hello, only nod his head. the attacker's ex-wife is being taken into custody and being questioned by police. together, they had three children. investigators are trying to figure out if the assailant there have been no claims of responsibility of the attack by any group so far. the horrific scene unfolded around 10:30 p.m. thursday night. thousands were gathered to watch fireworks celebrating french independence day.. as the fireworks were ending and resolvers began walking back along the promenade, the attacker first opened fire on the crowd from inside the rented 18 ton refrigerator truck. he then proceeded to accelerate, indiscriminantly plow

police detained several people yesterday, who are reportedly friends of mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel.e mowed down people on thursday. 84 people died, dozens are still in the hospital. his father described him as always depressed, alone and violent, and a neighbor says he was odd and unpleasant. isis called him one of its soldiers. those who survived the massacre are still haunted by what happened. >> with swimming in the water or trying to go to sleep and as you can imagine that scene again. >> among those killed, a father and his 11-year-old son from austin, texas. a uc berkeley student is still missing. >>> there was a local show of support from the nice attack. philadelphia's honorary council to france talk to people and as you can see, the french flag was displayed in a show of solidarity. >>> well, it is down to two at the british open. a ryan howard home run was the spark support the phillies to bounce back into the win column. we'll hear from the skipper on getting the best of the mets. >>> plus, a close call in the stands. how a beer saved one guy from a foul ball. hey, they'd

. >> en parÍs tras una reuniÓn en el palacio el ministro del interior, dijo que Él se mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel lucha por recuperar la normalidad con pequeÑos gestos como la apertura del paseo de los inglÉs donde se produjo el atentado bares y restaurantes volvieron abrir sus puertas. >> me gustarÍa olvidar lo que vi con mis propios ojos dice sherazade, asegura que habÍa policÍas y que la zona estaba protegida. >> aquÍ siempre hay protecciÓn, porque a 100 metros estÁ la policÍa. >> sin embargo, patricia no opina igual, para ella las autoridades no actuaron correctamente. >> yo siento que hay una irresponsabilidad de las autoridades porque habrÍa podido evitarse la congestiÓn de tantas personas en un solo sitio. >> esta colombiana que se trasladÓ de parÍs a niza por los trabajos, estuvo presente el jueves en el paseo de los inglÉs cuando el vehÍculo de carga em beso tÍo asientos de personas *. >> poco a poco la vida vuelve a esta ciudad tan turÍstica que tras el ataque estaba en chad de shock. >> turistas como esta familia mexicana, decidieron en suspender su viaje por la situaciÓn, aunque perci

we don't know in the case of mohamed lahouaiej-bouhlel whether there was contact with the islamic state group or al-qaeda and there was a plan to this thing or it was a general type of incitement call it what you will towards muderous violence from militant islamic preachers. for what can be done that's difficult looking back to the tragedy in paris where 130 people were killed this is a complex conspiracy involving if you talk about the support network anything up to a couple of dozen people. some of whom were already unlike the nice attacker, we believe, on the radar of the french and other european in intelligence services and even with all those factors they didn't detect that before it was set into execution. so it is a difficult target but equally there is evidence of slips by the intelligence services in some european countries and concern there isn't still, if you like, there aren't still things being done to make the intelligence and counterterrorists picture better and more effective at heading people off. >> rose: maybe the event speaks to itself but do you know whether they

the interior minister said today the truck driver, a 31-year-old tunisian man named mohamed lahouaiej bouhlelbecame radicalized quickly. 84 people were killed, more than 200 wounded during thursday' attack when a truck plowed through a crowd celebrating bastille today. nbc bay area's christie smith is at a vigil in san francisco, but let's begin with marianne favro who has news about a uc berkeley student in nice the night of the attack. >> reporter: 20-year-old nicolas leslie is one of 85 uc berkeley students who were studying abroad in nice. this was video of his family leaving their delmar home earlier today to fly to france to look for their son. three other berkeley students in the group were injured in the attack. officials say friends of leslie's saw him avoid the truck but lost him later during the chaos. now his uncle is reportedly checking all the hospitals in the area for leslie, while fellow uc berkeley students in france put up posters in nice, hoping to find their friend. >> so we decided to print out fliers, and we've been in touches with the american consulate. we asked them t

its drive identified as mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel by cbs news sources mode down dozens of -- mowed downozens of people celebrating bastille day just hours before. this amateur video shows police shooting at the driver as the truck came to a stop. moments before, eyewitnesses captured the vehicle picking up speed as it barreled down the promenade. >> i seen one guy actually running, sobbing, crying, we seen people holding babies, screaming, shouting, mothers running for cover. >> reporter: 51-year-old sean copeland of texas and his 11- year-old son brody were among those killed. ben terry captured this video as he and others hid in the storage room of a restaurant amid the chaos. >> we wanted to believe that it was just firecrackers going off or fireworks, but it became clear it was something a lot more sinister than that. [ speaking french ] >> reporter: hours after the attack, french president francois hollande declared terror had hit the country again. president obama also condemned the attack. french officials are now looking into who else may have played a role. so far, no group has

french officials have named him as mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel.e was the man who plowed a rented truck through crowds celebrating the french national holiday. police shot dead the 31-year-old man. he was born in tunisia. officials searched his apartment in nice, though, on friday, and took his ex-wife or his estranged wife into custody. the french prosecutor says there were no signs that he was radicalized but that he was known to police for minor crimes. the promenade des anglais here was packed with families who had been watching bastille day fireworks when the attack happened. will riply walks us through what's usually an idyllic tourist spot. >> the promenade des anglais is one of the most iconic and beautiful spots along the french rfr, but you can see people were out last night on a road that was quite narrow, so when the truck was coming through, it would have been very difficult for them to escape. adding to that, of course, vehicles that were here watching the fireworks and stages that were set up for entertainment as well. >> people are

mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel has a criminal record serving a suspended sentence following a road rage incidentut wasn't on any terror watch lists. jonathan vigliotti for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> stay with cbs-3 and cbs philly.com for continuing coverage, of the bastille day attack. >>> family, friend and civil rights leaders were among the hundreds who attend aid funeral service for alton sterling. sterling was shot and killed during a confrontation with police in baton rouge, louisiana last week. the his funeral service was filled with music and calls for justice. the two officers involved in sterling's death are on administrative leave and more protests are scheduled this weekend outside the lenient storer with sterling died. >>> and "eyewitness news" outside a philadelphia city hall where dozens gathered for a vigil in remembrance of those killed by police, including sterling and philando castille. the castille was shot during a traffic stop in minnesota last week. the appearance have both men spark protests nationwide, the group together we stand say they organize the event as a call t

police detained several people who were reportedly friends with mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. he mowed down people with a truck on thursday. his father described him as depressed, violent and alone. his neighbor said he was unpleasant. isis called him one of their so soldiers. >> swimming in the water or trying to go to sleep and you can imagine that scene again. >> among those killed, a father and his 11-year-old son from austin, texas. a uc berkeley student is still missing. >>> here in our area, a bastille celebration, a tradition that goes back years. we spoke with the organizers, who said they never considered canceling their plan after the terror attack. they wanted to celebrate the unity that bastille day stands for. >>> why new jersey's governor won't go all the way on a ban at the state beaches on smoking. >>> quarter of six right now. 20 people under arrest in baltimore after blocking a major interstate in a black lives matter protest. demonstrators joined arms on interstate 83 yesterday to stop traffic. some wore shirts saying i am freddie gray. protesters say they

french media have identified the driver of the truck as 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, a french man of tunisian descent who lived in nice. he was shot dead by police during the attack. earlier today, french president francois hollande announced he would extend the state of emergency put in place after the paris attacks. the paris attacks killed 130 people eight months ago. the statedecided that of emergency, which should have ended july 20 six, will be extended for another three months. a bill will be presented to the parliament in the coming week. nothing will make a sealed in our fight against terrorism. we will reinforce our activities in syria and iraq and continue to strike precisely those who strike us on our own soil in their hideouts. amy: we are joined by ismail khalidi palestinian american , playwright and writer who was in nice visiting family. yasser louati, joins us. ismail khalidi, you are last night. while you did not see the truck, you certainly saw the aftermath of people running. can you tell us what you experienced? collects hi, amy and juan. unfortunately, i

. >> reporter: the man behind the wheel was mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a 31-year-old french citizen been in tunisia. he was in trouble before for petty crimes including theft. police shot and killed bouhlel. he wasn't religious and was fired from his job recently. the father of three was also in the middle of a divorce. police detained his estranged wife. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: french president francois hollande says 50 people are between life and death after the attack. an american father and son, 51- year-old sean copeland and his 11-year-old son from austin, texas, died. three days of mourning in france begin tomorrow. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, nice, france. >>> the attack in nice comes eight months afternoon the attacks that killed 130 people in paris. after yesterday's attack france's president francois hollande ordered a three-month special of a state of emergency. about the same time as the attack in nice, a fire caused concerns in paris. a truck carrying fireworks burst into flames next to the eiffel tower leading to false rumors that the landmark was on fire a

he has now been identified, 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. that is the man that authorities say carried out this deadly attack. he is as you mentioned, brian, a french resident of tunisian decent. he had french residency status. green card or permanent residency status here in the united states though he was not a french citizen. now according to a tunisia senior security official, his name was passed along to the tunisia intelligence authorities. they have been questioning his family in tunisia. they are also looking into whether or not the family had any recent contacts that could have been an alarm bell for this attack. but the image, or the profile that we are learning from the french officials and certainly from some of the neighbors who have been talking to reporters and others is that he was a loaner. he had gone through a divorce. had some financial problems. someone that was described as a-religious, not showing any signs of extremism or radicalism in the recent days and weeks they they had interactions with him. more interestingly,

behind me, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel plowed his car through the crowds last night. many of the wounded are between life and death. the investigation in full swing here. police raiding the apartment of bouhlel and his ex-wife. they're going through divorce proceedings now, say neighbors. he didn't seem like a terrorist or a radical islamist. he was a bit crazy. he smoked and drank and beat his wife. and though he had a criminal record and two convictions, he was entirely unknown to intelligence officials. there are makeshift memorials popping up across this city, and president hollande has called for three days of mourning starting tomorrow. molly hunter, abc news in nice. >>> and tonight a uc student who was part of a study abroad program along with dozens of other students remains missing. the daily beast of cal reported a friend saw 20-year-old nick leslie run away safely from the truck. however, leslie never returned to student housing. three other cal students were hurt in the attack. 21-year-old darius midora broke his leg. he remains at the hospital. 23-year-o

authorities are trying to physical out why this 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel slammed into 84e bastille day. we are learning the french prosecutors office is detaining five people around the attack. one is the suspect's ex-wife. nbc's chris jansing is in nice with the latest. what have authorities learned about motives here? >> reporter: well, they're keeping it very close to the vest if they've learned anything and there is tremendous prsure, ki tell you, to answer that question that everyone is asking, which is why? they have those four people. three taken into custody this morning. one last night, described only as friends or acquaintances of mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel and as you said his ex-wife, who reportedly, kicked him out of the house, divorced him because he beat her. he is somebody who was known to police since 2010, including recently given a six-month sentence for road rage. we seem to be learning more from family members who have been giving various interviews to french press to european press. his father said that he had been on medication that he had had a nervo

after questioning french authorities believe that mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel became radicalized recently. his estranged wife was held in an investigation but was released sunday. >> i want to take you to the scene in nice on the promenade, the beachfront, where the attacks took place, to the scene .nd what occurred moments ago it was very significant. the pie minister getting booed, and then the first responders getting clapped and applauded. >>[shouting in french] [applause] marc perelman, our french news editor is here. reactingthe country is -- after the charlie hebdo attacks a year and a half ago, we have a real sense for those of us who live in this country that people are coming together. there was a sense of national unity. it sounds cliched, but we could feel it at the time. as the pictures show us, that is no longer the case. >> at the site where the tragic events occurred, you heard the booze for the prime minister. for theeard the boos prime minister, shouts calling for his resignation, and clapping for police, firefighters, and health workers. the people at the scene are obvi

thirty-one year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, who was born in tunisia, but lived in nice.ed through the crowd with his 19-ton truck for more than a mile. leading to a fire fight with officers. >> i seen one guy, crying. people, with babies screaming. >> reporter: among victims american father and son, sean copeland and 11 year-old borrowed friday texas. mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel has a criminal record serving a suspended sentence following a red rage incident but wasn't on any terror watch list. the john than vigliotti for cps3 "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police are looking for clues, that would lead them to the gun man who killed a man and wounded two women. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh is live with the latest on the investigation, hi there, anita. >> rahel police say what is surprising about this case is victim was a 64 year-old man, two other women, only 15 years old, was taken with injuries to temple university hospital. police say the triple shooting happened around 8:35 last night, and ninth and somerset streets the in north philadelphia. the police say

documents and fingerprints in the truck, we can now confirm the identity of the terrorist, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a truck driver for a delivery company, a tunisian citizen, married and a father. his wife was interrogated this morning. reporter: the attacker was known to police for several violent c crimes, b but was unkn to intelligence services and was never flagged for r holdining radical views. despite this, investigators are trying to determine whether he had connections to terroristt organizationons. this with the truck used as the weapon. behind the wheel, a killer intent on a bloody end to the bastille day national holiday. terrified revelers ran into their lives --- f for their lives, desperate to get away. eyewitnesses say he accelerated into pedestrians, smashing into them at high speed. >> it's like we are watching a film, and we're still in the cinema. we have not left yet. we have not realize what is happening. it's horrible. it's scary. it's a nightmare. >> the truck grazed, my daughter who lost her shoe, then he hit my sister-in-law. i heard gunshots a little further away. reporter

behind me, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel plowed his car through the crowds last night. many of the wounded are between life and death. the investigation in full swing here. police raiding the apartment of bouhlel and his ex-wife. they're going through divorce proceedings now, say neighbors. he didn't seem like a terrorist or a radical islamist. he was a bit crazy. he smoked and drank and beat his wife. and though he had a criminal record and two convictions, he was entirely unknown to intelligence officials. there are makeshift memorials popping up across this city, and president hollande has called for three days of mourning starting tomorrow. molly hunter, abc news in nice. >>> and tonight a uc student who was part of a study abroad program along with dozens of other students remains missing. the daily beast of cal reported a friend saw 20-year-old nick leslie run away safely from the truck. however, leslie never returned to student housing. three other cal students were hurt in the attack. 21-year-old darius midora broke his leg. he remains at the hospital. 23-year-o

they now say he mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel rehearsed his rampage twice. cameras recorded him last tuesday and wednesday driving the same rented truck on the same road he took thursday night when he plowed into crowds of people. survivors, including americans, met today still in shock. >> the terror of not knowing what was going to happen, the shock was just hell. like it was just something coming towards me. then the people were just lying there like rag dolls. >> he was going totally intentional at high speed, ramming on the people. >> reporter: of the nearly 300 people bouhlel hit on this rampage along this road, 18 are still on life support. armed police patrolled nice today, but everyone is asking how can other attacks be stopped? for months anti-terror police have trained. this drill simulating gunmen attacking a train. in another they battle suicide bombers. but they admit they simply can't prepare for everything. tonight people spat at the place where the truck driver died and they grieved at the memorials to his helpless victims. bill neely, nbc n

and french authorities say if mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel had become radicalized it likely happened very recently. from tunisia his family saying he had psychological problems and was not religious. investigators still determining if he had accomplices questioning five people including his estranged wife. seen here being led away. on the promenade today people paying their respects. lighting candles and praying. the attacker drove his truck through a crowd like this one only it was much larger, an estimated 30,000 people had gathered to celebrate france's national day. some hitter hurting themselves while jumping to safety. you saw people jumping over this wall on to the beach? >> yeah. >> it's a long drop. >> it is. but i'm sure it was for them the only way to save their life. >> and tonight the urgent search for nicholas leslie still missing studying abroad in nice. >> among the 84 killed american sean copeland and his son brodie. this photograph taken at the field where they played baseball together in texas. security is stepped up tonight as memorials like this one on the promenade g

mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. he has been identified as a 31-year-old french tunisian national. apparently, a family man with three children. his drivers license was found in the truck and police have man who was is the driving the truck into the crowd last night. he was not known by the national intelligence services. he was not on the terrorist watch list in france. however, he was known by local police for some petty crimes. david w.: is there any indication that he was working with others at this point? >> at the moment, we don't have any indication. that is where the investigation is focusing on right now. president hollande and prime minister vals have just our meetingce and with local authorities and local police to sort out this investigation. david w.: have you seen or do you know about any specific steps the french government is taking right now on the security front or with respective borders? >> yes. ,n terms of the security steps around 3:00 a.m. i, the state of will be extended for another three months. that should be adopted by the national assembly next week. tha

we know that mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel was known for violence against his ex-wife, but he was not on the terror watch list. he was not in the intelligence services radar. word that the final prosecutors said the attackers wasthe sort of attack encouraged by extremists. is telling you all about the story. sterlingberg markets," closes in on its best week since 2009. does it have further to go? who better to answer this question than richard jones, he is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live -- scarlet: live from london, i'm scarlet fu. mark: i am mark barton, this is the european close on "bloomberg markets." sterling is coming to its best week, amid signs of political instability in the u.k.. it was the lowest levels of machete five, still about 10% lower since the country voted to leave the eu last month. jones, us now is richard it's been quite a bounceback for sterling. it hasn: --mr. jones: been. the pound index is 10% lower than it was on the 23rd of june, which is the day before we had the big selloff. we had a 3% bounce back this week, and a lot of that may have been driven by

the driver of that truck has just been named officially as mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel. what links he has we don't know. but this was an act of pure terror. a 20-ton truck, a driver on a killing spree. there were celebrations on this seafront. now there's terror as he drives towards dozens of people. eyewitnesses said he zigzagged from the road to the board walk, plowing through men, women and children, for about a mile. there was panic. thousands scattering, running for their lives, including american taylor. >> we just booked it. i grabbed my fiancee and he started running. >> reporter: eyewitnesses recall bodies every ten feet beside dolls and strollers. as many as 200 were hit by the truck. dozens died. among them two americans, a father and son from texas sean copeland and his 11-year-old boy, brodie. the truck was finally stopped by police bullets. the windshield riddled. the driver killed. amid it all, a mother and daughter from california. >> maybe 20, maybe 30, all very close to each other. very, very fast. it was pop pop pop pop pop pop pop. >> i was terrified.

mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel is known to police as a petty criminal not a terrorist. we now know the truck plowed through panicked crowds for more than a mile along that roadway and we have team coverage tonight including a live report from nice. but we begin in berkeley with da lin and a cal student who is missing in all this chaos. >> reporter: that student was out celebrating with other uc- berkeley students. right now a lot of people on the ground looking for him. three other students injured while running away from the attack. friends say the last time they saw nick leslie running away from a truck barreling through crowds of people they think he got away but not seen since. >> stay optimistic, nick is smart. >> reporter: this is his former roommate. he is interning in singapore this summer but trying to help on social media to find him. >> we're not -- been trying to stay positive. it's been a while. >> reporter: nick is one of 85 uc-berkeley students studying abroad in nice, france. he and his friends were out celebrating when the attack happened. uc-berkeley s

mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel drove an 18-ton truck two kilometers down the promenade des anglais where hundreds gathered to celebrate bastille day. >> the music was so loud, there was literally screaming and running. it was mass confusion. reporter: engaged in a gun was shot and killed. found in the passenger seat. in the truck, officials found a handgun, ammunition and a number of replica weapons. they also found his i.d. card. with only petty crimes in his background, he was previously unknown to intelligence services. >> whether nationally or locally, he had never been the subject of any kind or any indication of radicalization. reporter: this is the third terror attack on france in the past 18 months. the government announced they are extending the state of emergency by three months and will hold three days of mourning starting tomorrow. an all too familiar pattern. the country shaken by tragedy yet again. now authorities will want to know exactly what drove mohamed bouhlel to commit the atrocity in nice. they are ready, speaking, interviewing his wife. he had two kids. some people said he

the french interior minister says mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, was radicalized, it happened recently. he killed 84 people. the promenade is now open to the public again for the first time since thursday's attack. people are leaving candles and flowers in memory of those killed. 85 people remain in the hospital, 18 in life threatening condition. the bay area french community remembered the victims in a vigil yesterday. abc 7 news reporter ser sergio tan kn kintanna. >> the organizer of this vigil had planned several events celebrating bastille this weekend, instead, they observed a minute of silence. this is unfortunately the latest tragedy to one of our nation's closest allies, this time during their cherished holiday. >> bastille day is our values. >> reporter: one woman here had several cousins in the crowd there, when the massive truck plowed through the celebration. >> and we're very close to the trucks, they saw it come, they heard people running, screaming, and they run away with them. >> this is the second most visited city. it was a target and there were a lot of foreigners as

. >> mohamed lahouaiej-bouhlel was a delivery drive with a wife and e three children. threw a wooden palette at another driver. his lawyer got hinl a six-month suspended prison sentence. >> i told myself i did my job, but if i had done my job badly he might be in prison and never done what e he did. he struggles with a sense of guilt and shock. he says his weight lifting heavy drinking client was not an extremist but did have a record of domestic violence. he was very much the stereotype of a petty criminal, he says. there was nothing that would have suggested in reality he was a jihadist. he says the attacker didn't really stand out in the crowd and wouldn't have raised any suspicion when prosecutors say he came here to the promenade. not once, but twice in the days leading up to the attack. his brother says he even sent a foe e toe of himself looking happy in the crowd. prosecutors also say he sent a text message to someone just before the attack telling them to bring more weapons. police are questioning several people. a source tells cnn those who knew him say he be

members of his entourage tell police that mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel radicalized very recently and rapidly. but neighbors and family describe him as a drinker, a womanizer and a man who didn't attend mosques. he was prone to acts of domestic violence. he was in the midst of a divorce and had three children under the age of 6. he had been tweeted for depression. the question becomes, was he a strict adherent of the islamic state or someone who just snapped in the most violent way. the only details so far of his alleged radicalization are the fact that he recently stopped drinking and began to grow a beard. he did reportedly empty out his bank accounts and sell his personal effects before the attack. throughout the weekend, people have continued to search for loved ones. this man only yesterday discovered his 4-year-old son was dead. his wife was also killed. and it goes on, chris. now, the interior minister of france said that this sort of attack by someone who was off the radar screens of the intelligence services who hadn't gone off somewhere to train, who hadn't built an explosive device

its drive identified as mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel by cbs news sources mowed down dozens of people celebrating just hours before. this amateur video shows police shooting at the driver as the truck came to a stop. moments before, eyewitnesses captured the vehicle picking up speed as it barreled down the promenade. >> i seen one guy actually running, sobbing, crying, we seen people holding babies, screaming, shouting, mothers running for cover. >> reporter: 51-year-old sean copeland of texas and his 11- year-old son brody were among those killed. ben terry captured this video as he and others hid in the storage room of a restaurant amid the chaos. >> we wanted to believe that it was just firecrackers going off or fireworks, but it became clear it was something a lot more sinister than that. [ speaking french ] >> reporter: hours after the attack, french president francois hollande declared terror had hit the country again. president obama also condemned the attack. french officials are now looking into who else may have played a role. so far, no group has claimed responsibility. tina kraus, cbs

this is the identity card of mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel who was gunned down but not before he could slaughter 84 people, and leave 202 injured. among the dead ten children, and that is the identity card found in the truck, and the prosecutor, and the french prosecutor confirmed a short time ago that the fingerprints of the dead man were actually matched to that idea i.d. so he had his own i.d., and i assume he was not afraid to die, and we have to be careful in calling this any kind of, well, it is terrorism who he may or may not have been after affiliated with, but if it is a group affiliation, we don't know that yet, and nobody is claiming responsibility and yet -- >> it is clear that it is isis, because they would have immediately claimed responsibility. >> and sometimes isis waits for any other operatives to clear the scene or the clear the borders before, and that is a subject certain ly for debate, but before we get any facts about that in, and we have the former speaker of the house in the united states giving an interview last night about muslims in the united states. in light of this

he's identified as 31-year-old mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, a deliveryman born in africa and who lived the name will be run through the u.s. government's watch list as well as intelligence at the nsa to match his communications and contacts in the period up until he rented the truck. police found a mobile phone and documents inside the vehicle. that information is being exploited at this hour, as well as more potential evidence at his home in nice. the attacker had a history of violence and petty theft over the last six years. and then this recent six-month sentence for road rage. the french prosecutor said this morning he was totally unknown to the french intelligence services. and authorities, after an initial review, have knocked down links or evidence of radicalization, although it's widely reported that he shouted "a llahu akbar" before he was shot down by police. the use of a truck as a weapon does mirror the tactics that we see from al qaeda as well as isis, shannon. >> catherine, at this hour what kind of reaction are we getting from the white house? >> reporter: the president'

they're described as either friends or acquaintances of mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel.hip might be, police simply aren't saying. but they've been brought in for questioning. are they being looked at as a possible accomplice or just someone who can help them answer the question that everyone here has, which is why. we are getting some clues from interviews that are being done by media. the french press agency interviewed the attacker's sister, who said that he had had psychological problems since before he came to france. his father said he was on medication. and at one point had a nervous breakdown. in fact, there have been numerous reports that he beat his wife. and in fact, they were apart. they've gone through both apartments, where he lived with her, where he was living alone, and she was also detained. she is being questioned for what she might know about how all of this happened. in the meantime today, as you can see behind me, there has been a steady and huge stream of people coming to leave flowers and notes and candles at a memorial. i spoke to a university of