a shooting spree under way, we're told, according to ntv, our german affiliate.eople reportedly dead. we're going to continue to monitor that situation. no indication yet, any motive, or the shooter or shooters. we'll watch this unfold. but this is taking place at a major mall in munich, olympia shopping mall in munich. we'll watch this closely. and we'll update you when we get more information. right now i want to get back to politics here in the united states. the republican show is over. now it's time for the democrats to take center stage. their convention starts on monday. today, the first big question to be answered, who will be hillary clinton's vice presidential running mate. the race seems to be coming down to two choices, virginia senator tim kaine and tom vilsack. jeff zell any is joining us right now. has hillary clinton made her choice? when will we know when the official announcement will come forward? >> reporter: she made her choice, she's finalized her choice yesterday. but of course, this is something that she has been known in her head i'm told

that comes from an interview with ntv television. are reports of military jets flying over the capital with military vehicles blocking bridges in istanbul. we are also hearing that turkish tv has been shut down. we will bring you more developments as soon as we get them. british prime minister theresa may is willing to listen to proposals about scotland's future relationship with the european union, commenting in edinburgh. month's british boat to leave the eu, another referendum is highly likely. brexit referendum, scotland's population voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu. northern england, people lined the streets to pay tribute and final respects to joe cox, stabbed and shot to death outside a library on june 16. a private funeral was held today. quarterbackpatriots tom brady won't appeal his four-game suspension to the u.s. supreme court to a federal appeals court had denied his attempt to get a new hearing on his deflategate suspension. the three-judge panel said that roger goodell was within his power when he suspended bra

ntv is reporting 17 police officers died in ankara.n an aerialled attack as the military was trying to take over turkish police headquarters. obviously, this is the kind of bloodshed you do not want to see. this is the kind of thing that you can expect when you have the president calling for the civilians to come out and trying to quell a coup led by military personnel that are in armored tanks and flying helicopters and jets. , one of the things i am trying to sort out here is, is it a secretary and coup -- secretarian coup or in islamist coup? say this isld not an islamist coup. i would say this is a reasonably coup, aian military nationalist coup, but it is the military largely by itself. we have not only you don zone party, but also opposition parties in turkey -- erdogan's own party, but also opposition parties in turkey. there is as significant piece of the military operating by and large by itself. they are taking over the airports, they have shutdown state media, they are shutting down social media. they clearly also are trying

you're taking a look op the right side, live pictures from ntv.ictures within turkey and we're monitoring this developing situation very, very closely. let's now bring in the turkey bureau chief, who is on the ground there. thanks so much for phoning in. we appreciate it. what can you tell us right now in terms of the very latest and what do citizens know about what's going on considering social media has them blocked out there. >> so, so far, what we can say is that the military are being deployed in the capital city, anka ankara, as well as istanbul and other major cities. and they have so far taken control of main road access, airports, the airport in istanbul as well as the airports in ankara. there is no more flights that could land to istanbul to ankara. they have vehicle reports, international flights so far and there's no new flights taking off from istanbul. yet, the chief of defense has issued threats saying it was an official coup. to restore the constitutional rights, democracy, freedom of expression, et cetera, et cetera. bearing in m

ntv, they are broadcasting a speech from the prime minister, speaking there about the attempt of gangsoverthrow the government. it looks like those gangs have been successful in commandeering a whole lot of sheet metal. they've got tanks in the street, and they are scrambling jets over istanbul and ankara. there have to be -- they have to be large gangs indeed. president erdogan is not putting a stop to that himself, instead calling on the people to do that for him. a precarious situation, to say the least. mark: we will continue our special coverage of the events in turkey. a coup, not calling it but some of the government say that is exactly what is being attempted. turkey's military at -- energy industry says there has been no disruption of crude flow. stay with us. ♪ special report on an attempted coup in turkey. the military has shut down streets and bridges in istanbul over state taken broadcasters, and claimed to control the country. however, president erdogan on through speaking broadcasters saying that turkey is run by the nations will, a direct quote, and calling on citizens

let's bring in the turkey bureau chief for ntv on the phone and it was ntv where the prime minister saidattempted coup that they had control, though. can you confirm what exactly is going on? >> so 21:00 central european time and there was a first two airplanes fire -- fighting f-16 who flies low altitude above the turkish grand assembly. the turkish parliament and then there were helicopters above ankara, the capital, above the building where the chief of defense is and, again, above the parliamentary assembly. and then the army shot in istanbul the bridge, the first and the second bridge and particularly the section between asia to europe so crossing from asia to europe is closed by the army and then m-16 tanks, armored vehicle and tanks, went to the airport in istanbul, the international airport where a few weeks ago terrorists attack took place and ankara. and now the city center in the capital ankara is totally closed and also attempt to take control of the -- over the turkish public broadcasting company and the turkish prime minister stated on our xachannel that it was an attempt o

ntv reports most of the victims were police officers killed in an exchange of gun fire with a helicopter near the parliament complex in the capital. of course, in our last hour. we had on memberet shim sek who confirmed rogue aircraft were over ankara and firing at the building and they had deployed aircraft to take that rogue aircraft down. again, 42 people dead in ankara in attacks there. again, i'm here with carlos van meek, news director. >> it seems as if the fighting in ankara was much more fierce and the folks were a bit more determined in their approach. clearly an kara. there was a play on the -- clearly there were 42 people who died as a result and we may see that number rise. i was hearing those reports as well so it did play out that way. >> excuse me, carlos. director of news for trt world, state-run television in turkey. thank you very much. we appreciate that. his studios were shut down, still shut down now and they are no longer broadcasting. breaking news is that 42 people are dead. as you see that at the bottom of your screen. they have been killed in the attacks across

these are the pictures we have been seeing seeing from ntv one of the turkish networks.en seeing this building popping up from time to time in the video that is the turkish parliament. and they are saying that at least two explosions, two bombs have hit the turkish parliament. also continuing german chancellor angela merkel saying democratic order must be respected in turkey. democratic order has to come back. a top pushingish official saying that the coup attempt appears to have been unsuccessful. although all the pictures we are getting out of turkey live seems like the action is still continuing who has the upper hand, we don't know. let's go back to ralph peters along with former state department official david tafuri who joins us from beirut. ralph, as you look at this and it's impact, can you put in perspective for somebody who doesn't know how important turkey is it's right next to syria, which is also been kind of a spiral of terrorist activity as we have seen with all the civil war there. >> turkey is the bulls eye between the turkey and the middle east. the cou

there's actually a lot that we can learn from these ntv pictures coming in.le entrance to the airport. clearly there are military vehicles on the streets. there was one at the entrance on the on ramp to a major bridge. you can see this for yourself. tanks and jeeps. not much visible there beyond a police vehicle. this is istanbul. and we see traffic going only in one direction on the bosphorus bridge. >> one other point if i may. >> go ahead, andrea. >> the state department has been posting on social media that they are confirming media reports at least of gunshots and possible attempted uprising in turkey. telling u.s. citizens there to remain vigilant. also that social media is blocked. use e-mail, phone, sms to contact. so they are using the their @travel/gov account to warn people to be careful and to warn american citizens. they have always said that americans in the area, residents and travelers should be in touch with the embassy and with consulates to let them know to register and let them know where they are. >> the website of the telegraph in london