. >> colonel, the fact this had to be directed by clearly isis in raqqah, they had to be sent there,nd despite being hardened, battle field individuals they may not have been the best fighters in the world. one of them panicked and his bomb went off. one was shot very quickly. the video we see of them is them running around an empty airport looking for targets to shoot at. it looks like it was put together in a hurry. what do you clean frglean from of information? >> one of the things interesting about this there was a lot of planning in my mind. a lot of planning went into this attack. however, you're right. once they got to the execution phase of this, that's when things started to fall apart. the fact that turkish authorities were able to stop them basically at the security perimeter, prevented a lot of other deaths. as bad as what this attack was, it's very clear it could have been much, much worse. and when you see what they were able to do, there clearly are indications these guys are not 10-foot tall. it's very clear that they are, in some ways, yes, hardened fighters, but the

wants to get the rebels to raqqah as far as possible, get raqqah out of isis hands and there will beon the ground, more military advisors on the ground. they don't want to risk the russians making any mistakes, any bombings. >>> feel patriotic this weekend, it began with a dare to sing the "national anthem" and turning an assistant principal in florida into a fen nam. jeanne moos shows you why. >> no one expected to hear this at the lincoln memorial, not even the woman singing. ♪ ♪ >> 34-year-old star swain was a regular tourist. >> so please -- >> coaxed by her friends to do an impromptu performance. >> you could hear the a cous particulars, it was amazing in here. >> at first, no one noticed. then people started to gawk. by the time she got to the ramp parts, she was turning heads. she has been singing since she was a kid. performs mostly in church, so she was shaking with nervousness. >> lord, please let this note come out. ♪ for the land of the free >> the video went viral, comm t commenters gushed about goose bumps. >> they haven't called you for the super bowl yet? >> no, and i

offensive strikes while defending as best they can their remaining territory, their two cities, mosul and raqqah. >> reporter: a victory that today came at a heavy price. as survivors and and you looko s try to make sense of it. nbc fnews, london. >>> police are looking for a man who tried to sexually assault a many would. he came up to the woman in mt. pleasant. she was on kilburn place and got away before he could assault her. >>> president obama called him the conscience of the world. today family and friends said good-bye to holocaust survivor, elie wiesel. they held a memorial service, and during the service his son said his father was always interested in others and had a quiet voice that moved everyone to better themselves.

caliphate of isil. >> reporter: getting to raqqah is urgent.e istanbul airport assault, traveled from raqqah. and the cia director is warning more may be headed to europe. >> isil is training and planning to deploy operators for further attacks. isil has western fighters who could serve as operatives for attacks in the west. >> reporter: it comes as washington is discussing whether the two militaries can cooperate more in syria, a more urgent concern with raqqah, now in the crosshairs. >> the u.s. starts to put in ground troop advisers to assist u.s.-backed rebels on the ground. that's something we have to do to communicate to the russians, here's where our people are, so russians aren't bombing our troop s on the ground. >> reporter: why might ash carter start talking about the next steps in the war against isis? putting them on notice about what might be coming? well, look at what happened in fallujah. if they want to make a run for it outside of raqqah, it might make it easier for u.s. warplanes to target them. barbara starr, cnn, the pentag

russia, uzbekistan, kyrgyzstan all by way of isis-controlled raqqah in syria. in addition tonight along with the stories of the killers. and the fallen, we're learning more about heroes such as the policeman seen here. he ran up to one of the bombers and tried to make sure that the bomber was dead, and tried to make sure the bomber did not set off the explosive vest and we'll tell you more about him in just a moment and first with more on the investigation here's cnn's nima elbagir. >> reporter: this is a pretty typical street in the conservative district offis tan bill, but the estate agent who manages this property told us he was brought in by police to confirm that the men they showed him on cctv footage that they rented this property from him. >> up just one flight of stairs, this is it. this is where turkish authorities have told us they believe the three attackers holed up for a month and the attackers, they say came directly from raqqah, and all evidence the turkish authorities currently have in their possession point toward the isis leadership's direct

it is obvious that the next step would be raqqah, also mosul. how confident is this campaign and the presence of the regime activity absence of any transition in syria, how hopeful are you to come into terms with russia on what's happening in syria? >> well, hopeful is the right word. i can't say that i'm confident, because there are very tough issues that are being resolved, but i do reiterate what i said in moscow. we made progress in moscow, and in the last couple of days, as our teams have been working to do the homework that we said that we'd do coming out of moscow, it has been constructive. so, we're going steadily and carefully down a road without making promises to people in public that we can't keep, because i think people are already frustrated enough by what has been happening in syria. so we're going to go methodically. there is a possibility if everybody does what they have said they are prepared to do, that this could change what is happening in syria. so that's our goal. i'm hopeful we can get there, and we're going to do everyth

officials believe the bombers entered turkey about a month ago from the isis stronghold of raqqah in syria bringing with them the suicide vests and bombs used in the attack. the terrorists rented an apartment in an istanbul neighborhood that's known for its pro-isis rallies. for the very latest on this, let's go to cnn's alexandra field in istanbul. what's the latest on the investigation? >> sources told cnn they believe this attack was closely directed by isis, and now u.s. officials are telling cnn they believe the ringleader of this attack is a well-known militant from the north caucus region of russia. that's the person who they believe gave orders to the three men who had spent time in syria according to sources and who then entered istanbul about a month ago renting an apartment here. that apartment has been at the center of the investigation into what happened here at ataturk airport. it's the place where officers recovered a passport belonging to one of the men. also where investigators have been talking to neighbors, residents, trying to determine what information they can f

when you say go in and destroy raqqah, how do you do that? >> look, i was the person involved in the invasion of afghanistan. i was in charge. small numbers of people, leverage iing technology and wi some military force on the ground could make quick work of these people in raqqah. these rgois are not ten feet tall. they are no match for the u.s. military or western force dedicated to their destruction. but in addition to that, we're going to have to continue pressure on them all around the world and they will probably wind up moving the caliphate to libya. this is going to be a war that's going to be a decade long. they have declared war on us and the president of the united states' response is minimalistic. >> that's the problem. the recruits see them as being ten feet tall so e we need to make it clear they are not. >> thank you for waking up so early this morning. we appreciate your time. >> i'm so sorry for the french. >> our hearts go out to them. thank you. >>> the time is now 19 minutes after the top of the hour. we continue to follow

it's also clear that as a result, of these advances against isis, and their main headquarters in raqqah, their urgent desire to inflict terrorist attacks elsewhere has led them to accelerate, reaching out not only directly but indirectly through the radicalization online. i have been saying for months we have got to do a better job combatting them and their hateful ideology online. we need to enlist the help of more nations and institutions to do that. >> donald trump was on bill o'reilly, called in to bill o'reilly's program about an hour ago, was asked quote, would you go to congress and ask for a declaration of war. donald trump said quote, i would, i would, this is war, unquote. do you think that's the right response? is this war? >> well, i think it's clear we are at war with these terrorist groups and what they represent. it's a different kind of war. we need to be smart about how we wage it and win it. so i think we have to look at all possible approaches to doing just that. >> when you say we're at war, who are we at war with? are we at war against radical jihadists? radical isl

isis is headquartered in your country, in raqqah. if you knew that isis was about to attack the united states, would you warn america? >> in principle, yes. because they may attack syria. and i cannot blame the innocents in the united states for the bad intentions of their official. this is not correct. as i said many times, i don't consider the united states enemy because they don't occupy my land. but at the same time, this is not realistic, because there's no relation between us and the united states. this kind of information or cooperation needs security cooperation based on political cooperation. we have neither. so you cannot have it anyway. >> i've spoken to your foreign minister many times and he's described to me the danger of isis exploding not just across syria, but across the middle east, and that has clearly happened. >> yeah. >> as isis is drink back or broken, is there a danger that their fighters scatter? is there a danger that as you defeat isis, the united states becomes more vulnerable to terrorism? >> no. if we de

strikes while defending, as best they can, their remaining territory, their two cities, mosul and raqqah. >> reporter: a victory that today came at a heavy price, as survivors and onlookers try to make sense of the deadliest attack in iraq so far this year. nbc news, london. >>> it's been a busy holiday for the presidential candidates, even though they're taking a break from the trail. the clinton campaign spent today trying to move past her interview with the fbi on saturday morning over her e-mail server, while the trump camp worked to distance itself from a tweet that's being called anti-semitic. we get more on all of it tonight from kasie hunt. >> reporter: hillary clinton this weekend trying to turn the page on an fbi investigation into her private e-mail. her team is hoping this means she'll be cleared of wrongdoing before she accepts the democratic nomination for president just weeks from now. charging ahead with vetting potential vice presidents, hopefuls spanning out to defend her sunday. >> i think that there won't be an indictment and i think that means that she did what many

offensive strikes while defending as best they can their remaining territory, their two cities, mosul and raqqah. >> a victory that today came at a heavy price as survivors and onlookers try to make sense of the deadliest attack in iraq so far this year. >> a search continues for a man who tried to sexually assault a woman in northwest washington. he came up to the woman around 2:30 sunday morning. the woman got away before anything happened. >>> turning now to the race for the white house. donald trump and hillary clinton don't have any public events scheduled for today but on saturday clinton spent more than three hours talking to the fbi about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. meanwhile, donald trump is seng he attackedlinton by tweeting an image of her with what appears to be a jewish star of david layered with hundred dollar bills. we'll have the latest on the race for the white house in a few minutes. >>> a live look outside for you right now where rain is coming down in spots. flip flops definitely a no this morning and it may stay that way for the rest o

he reportedly traveled from raqqah, the northern syrian city that the islamic state group calls its capital. people are shocked and concerned by the attack not only in the country but in places like japan. more than 4,000 people from turkey live here, and nhk world spoke to some of them. >> reporter: this man came to turkey five years ago. he teaches turkish at a center. people are studying the language and culture here. he says he is sad another terror attack struck his homeland and that many were killed and injured. he says true muslims would never even think of committing a terror attack and islamic state militants shouldn't be called muslims. the attack hit close to home for this woman. she doesn't want to be identified because of safety concerns. some of her relatives work near the istanbul airport. they're safe, but she says it's still shocking that the attack happened in the holy month of ramadan. >> i called some of my friends, they're also so afraid for turkish people, muslim people, ramadan month is so important because this month's meaning is peace. >> reporter: this japanese stu

the statement would be we know they're in raqqah.know this is their headquarters, and that headquarters is 35 miles away from the turkish border, a nato alley. we're going to come in, and that's not going to be their headquarters anymore. that's what i would do. >> well, look, that -- you know, that is, in my view, not the most effective way. what is happening now is we are taking territory back in iraq. we are squeezing them with consistent air attacks. we have killed a number of their leaders. assuming we are successful and american military leadership is in the hunt on this in mosul, we are pushing the turks -- they have moved far more than they had and, in fact, probably the attack at the istanbul airport was because the turks are really cracking down. we are putting together a much more effective coalition. i would intensify those efforts. i have no problem with having a summit. i would include, however, not only nato allies. we've got great allies in the region who are holding the lines for us, places like jordan, like israel.

strikes while defending as best they can their remaining territory and their two cities, mosul and raqqah>> the white house is condemning the isis attack in baghdad, promising to step up the fight against the terrorist network and its leaders. >>> the deadly attack in istanbul brought new focus to the issue of airport security here in the u.s. with that in mind, the tsa is trying to increase the number of bomb-sniffing dogs. at lackland air force base it's a boot camp for the dogs. in this exercise there's an explosive hidden somewhere in this terminal and it's the job's dog to find it. how good are the noses on these doings? >> take a look. >> while a dog smells a cheeseburger he'll smell everything on this it. he'll smell the salt and pepper, the ketchup, the mustard. if someone spit on it, the dog is trained and they can tell you, hey, someone spit on that burger. >> there are 900 canine teams nationwide with plans for more. >>> 4:47 right now on this monday on this july 4th. we're watching a bad accident in south jersey. let's get to jessica boyington. >> it's a bad accident scene esp

we understand now that isis leaders in raqqah, likely helped plan that.od there would be been some planning from the top when it comes to what we're seeing in bangladesh? >> i think it's a little less likely when it comes to bangladesh. you're a lot further from the front, but, we have seen isis claiming responsibility for a lot of attacks inside bangladesh. it's possible that they have linked up with a local terrorist group. there are several terrorist groups inside bangladesh, local groups, and it's entirely possible that isis has been able to link up and so they may be directly or indirectly involved with this attack. i think the point is the government is wrong to completely dismiss any possibility of an international connection. i'm not saying that isis is definitely directing this attack but i'm saying they should not rule out the possible. i think this is a real wake up call for the government, which has been denying think any kind of terrorist problem in the country. >> tom, i see you nodding over here. >> lisa spent a great deal of time in south

i believe he said he would go after raqqah. >> he said he would go after raqqah. >> do you approve of carpet-bombing mechanism? >> no, i'm saying american-led boots on the ground. we can do it with marine expeditionary unit or hopefully get some troops in through turkey. obviously that's turned into a mess because the foreign policy now is basically anything goes. i would say with the marine corps, gets some boots on the ground there will be door-to-door fighting, it will be dangerous and there will be some collateral damage. >> does america have the stomach for that? i didn't mean it like that, but does america get behind that? >> i would hope so. i'm not sure, how many of the attacks do we need to see, with children being run over because they're watching fireworks, this is part of the jihad. how many orlando does we need to see? how many days do we need to see people dead under a christmas tree in san bernardino because of isis-inspired attacks. these are acts of war on the west. >> you've fought them face to face, were you impressed? >> they're only good when they have someone's h

, the three bombers had traveled from raqqah to istanbul a month ago and rented an apartment here.s where investigators located a passport belonging to one of the bombers. it is a big break in the investigation, as officers try to learn more about who these men are, and as they continue to carry out counterterrorism operations, raids that have already resulted in the detainment of 22 people brought in for further questioning in connection with these attacks. also at that a apartment complex, they're talking to neighbors, and people who may have seen these bombers. one woman tells cnn that she smelled chemicals, even though this they were made outside of turkey. new video, the three bombers arriving at the airport. as we've reported before, the men came here in a taxi, these are images that show them getting out of the taxi before they get out of the airport, unleashing the deadly attack. the departure hall, arrival hall and also an area just outside of the terminal. pamela. >> alexandra field, thank you so much. joining me now to discuss this, major general james spider marks. the

i was stunned when i had that sanders surrogate kneel sur raqqah who thought it was laughable all the wikileaks stuff. i have to tell you i'm very offended. party doesn't matter but when a group in plate cal party says we've got to go after this guy and figure out -- he skated on saying he is of jewish heritage, i think i read he's an atheist, this cold make a difference with my people, my southern baptist people. so what you've got is people trying to jackpot him and trying to mock his heritage and then there's jeff weaver who's the campaign manager who said someone has to be held accountable. what do you think, chris? >> this ain't bean bag, judge. >> no kidding. >> politics is a night fife and th knife fight. >> the dnc is not about politics. it's about the democratic party and when you've got the party picking one candidate and, you know, making it seem rigged, that's not fair. >> we're talking about individuals within the party. >> yeah t head of the finance committee and the dnc. that's not some low level volunteer. >> absolutely not. they felt very passionately. i don't know th

-backed forces moving closer to raqqah right now.their so-called caliphate, but general, does it matter? what does it matter if they're losing territory there, yet able to carry out these mass attacks all around the world, killing hundreds of people. >> john, that's exactly the point. what we see is this an inspirational, an ideological calling that exists. the geographic caliphate is being challenged right now, and frankly quite effectively, which is great. but again, increased pressure has occurred as a result of actions that isis has demonstrated on the ground. you get everybody's attention, everybody leans forward a little bit more effectively, and we start to focus in. the key is, this is a continual state of conflict that we're now a part of. this is intergenerational. and it's incredibly inspirational. if they lose ground here, they, isis, and other forms of radicalized islam, which will metastasize and present themselves over the course of years, isis will probably go away and we'll probably call for the days of isis when we

. >> reporter: and by that you mean bomb raqqah, take more aggressive action against the islamic state? >> definitely take more aggressive reaction against the islamic state. i have more detailed descriptions which i share with our american allies and others. >> and those are? >> share it with our american allies and others. >> we'll have more of the interview with the israeli prime minister monday, july fourth. >>> on capitol hill today, texas senator and former republican presidential candidate ted cruz asked homeland security secretary jeh johnson whether his department had scrubbed its literature of all references to radical islamic terrorism. >> is it accurate that the records were changed -- >> same answer i gave you before. i have no idea, sir. >> would you concern you if it was accurate? >> i find this whole debate to be very interesting. but when i was at the department of defense, giving the legal signoff on drone strikes, i didn't care whether the baseball card said islamic extremist or nonextremist. >> john said giving the islamic state credence will harm efforts to build b

motivate him to act on his own or taking orders from somebody inside the country of france or out of raqqahurrent isis capital? there's a whole lot more to talk about, trace. we'll bring you a special two-hour program next hour. i'll be here live in nice, france. martha mccallum is in ohio. we'll have the latest developments out of turkey at the 5:00 eastern hour. back to you in new york. >> bill hemmer live in nice, france. thank you. >> sure. >>> a fox news alert out of turkey where the attempted military coup there in that country now affecting the u.s. fight against isis. the pentagon says american war planes have stopped flying missions against the terror group after the turkish government closed its air space to military aircraft. john huddy is live in istanbul, turkey, with the latest. john? >> reporter: well, arthel, that was a turkish air base in southern turkey. the power apparently was cut off. it's unclear why at this point so we wait for detail on that. but this time last night, arthel, basically it became the failed coup attempt. it had just started. and instead of hearing a s

their attitude is, if you bomb us in raqqah and kill our women and children, we'll bomb you at home and. so that's how they see this. they resort to asymmetrical warfare simply because it's not an evenly matched fight. they don't have anything like the military capabilities that, of course, the u.s. and other members of the coalition do. so that's how they see this fight. but you touched on something very important, which is the social issue, the social backdrop to this whole crisis. there is no question that the lack of integration in these sprawling suburbs outside of paris, outside of various french and belgian cities has absolutely been a contributor to this. even third and second generation french-muslims of tunisian or moroccan descent will tell you they don't feel like proper french citizens. they don't feel fully accepted by french society. they see themselves as moroccan-french or tunisian-french as opposed to french-french. they don't feel they have the same opportunities in terms of getting a job and having a normal life. now, that's not in any way to excuse the situation bec

. >> and then, we went to raqqah. and also put me in a house. with mens with the guns they stand there. it cannot go out. >> from there, she was taken to mosul. her father contacted fighters who rescued her and her children. as british leadership changes, what will theresa may face as the new prime minister? we'll take a closer look at that coming up next. >>> plus, one of the world's best golfers, rory mcilroy, says he's not letting the sport down by skipping the rio olympics. but hear why he says he may not watch golf at the games. we're back with that and more. >>yikes, that ice cream was messing with you, wasn't it? try lactaid, it's real ice cream, without that annoying lactose. lactaid. it's the milk that doesn't mess with you. "you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "well...i'm not changing." "how do i check my credit score?" "credit karma. don't worry, it's free." "credit karma. give yourself some credit." >>> and a warm welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church

i acknowledge that, yes, there is that danger, but the core of isis is in raqqah and it's in mambj and we are doing everything in our power to put pressure them and i believe their days are numbered. >> you are doing everything you can do? i mean, there are a lot of people in the united states, in the pentagon and the national security apparatus who have a number of suggestions as to what more could be done to put pressure and to eliminate the threat of isis. >> correct. a lot of people have talked about american troops going in, et cetera. congress displayed absolutely zero willingness to vote to do that, and if people have a willingness to show that now that has changed, the administration will listen to any legitimate plan, any legitimate way to do more, but i believe that the pressure is mounting on a steady basis with more and more being done on a consistent basis and we welcome additional thoughts for members of congress and from anybody in the intel community and the defense community who knows or suggests president obama is open to any legitimate ways of moving faster, that mee

this was directly controlled from raqqah. they appreciate their focus will pay off bigger dividends if they hit somewhere where the west is watching and where the west is vulnerable. >> all right. nima, kim, ben, thank you to all of you. >>> the restaurant attack in dhaka, the capital of bangladesh, was known for drawing in multinational customers. the restaurant that is. among the kikts in the cafe were three students from universities in the united states. sa sara ganim has been learning more about those students. >> reporter: students from two different universities right here in the united states in mourning today as they remember their friends. one at the campus of berkeley in california and the other at emory university in georgia where they didn't just lose one friend and fellow student, they lost two. the college oxford college at emory university, especially nig tight-night. people at the school say this is an incredible hard day. >> two bangladeshi international students from emory university, both in dhaka for the

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they'll step up attacks on raqqah and mosul will fall. we'll see a back lash in europe. you'll see a lot of people in france identifying themselves with islam rather than the fren french nation. right now they don't know what to do about it because these people have nowhere to go except france and this is really a mess for europe and there is no easy, fast way out. >> okay. well, both bob and rick, you'll stay with us. we have more from you in the coming hours. in the meantime, we'll take a short break. >> we will, indeed. a terror attack in the south of france claims 80 lives. we'll show you the panic along the beach during the bastille days celebration. you're watching cnn. innovative sonicare technology with up to 27% more brush movements versus oral b. get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. innovation and you. philips sonicare. save when you buy the most loved rechargeable toothbrush brand in america. ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. ♪ [ tires screech

they've said you can turn us out of raqqah mosul, cert in libya but you can't defeat us because we'llhe will to fight. so for the followers of isis thorks who still want to join it's in a way saying we can still win even if we don't control territory. territory is important and they won't give it up without a major fight, especially raqqah and mosul but by launching this array of attacks throughout ramadan and bangladesh and beyond here in turkey just last week they are showing there are other ways to continue to wage jihad. in fact one of their ideologues said we don't need to defend a whole territory to prove ourselves. so in a way they're morphing into a more traditional terror organization but one with an astounding reach, brooke. >> when we were talking about istanbul and the 44 lives lost majority muslim, you look at the attacks in saudi arabia shi'a targets, what are the themes you're seeing as we look at these different countries and attacks? >> well one of the themes is that these are not all wholly owned isis attacks. isis has been opportunistic with the claims it's made. th

and hopefully eventually raqqah.been some tactical gains but -- >> talk to me about that, because you've been critical of this all along. how would you describe the progress that we are currently making? >> inkremental, inch by inch, utilizing different actors in different places. we took by ramadi and fallujah with iraqi troops. in mosul, it will be a siege of iraqi armored divisions and the kurds. the baghdad government is increasingly illegitimate. isis still has a firm grip of their caliphate in syria. so it is combat, but what it looks like after we defeat an enemy in mosul is very uncertain. >> how important is that to strategy, to name this, as you are saying, what it is, a combat operation? >> what's important is crushing and defeating your enemy. having them know you're committed to the cause, which barack obama has never been. it's going to slow dripincrease in troops. a pinprick air strikes, and we just drag along on the ground. the mission gets longer, and the caliphate gains legitimacy. the longer it exi

in iraq and turkey and bangladesh aren't talking to any kind of central command in somewhere like raqqahonding to the isis call. and the month ends with eid, a day of celebration, later this week. and it's fair to say that authorities across the mid east and muslim world will be braced for isis attacks. just to bring you up to date, the latest incident near the u.s. consulate in saudi arabia, second city jedda. a suicide bomber parked his car opposite that consulate, he was then challenged by two security men, and he detonated his bomb. they were injured, but no one in the consulate was actually hurt. and it does look like that consulate was the target. it's being targeted before. this time the bomber got to within 30 feet of the walls. it's the first bombing there in years. aimed at americans. iraq, of course, all too familiar with suicide attacks, and isis has claimed its worst bombing in many years. one security official telling nbc news the death toll may have risen to at least 200 with more than 200 injured. craig? >> bill neely in london. thank you. >>> despite the recent wave of t

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the three men they say came directly from raqqah. as the investigation unfolds, families are burying their loved ones. he knew isis all too well. his son had reportedly joined the group as a medic last year. a family friend says bayoudh has been in istanbul to help negotiate his son's rescue from the terror group only to have extremists take his life instead. >> what a terrible loss, and so many families are hurting right now. there are so many stories like that doctor right there. we have a heartbreaking story of one of the youngest victims of the bombing, a palestinian girl who escaped but in her mother's arms she lost a parent. >> reporter: 3-year-old rafif survived the horror of tuesday's attack. her mother nasreen did not. no one can explain what happened or where her mother. members of turkey's palestinian community are taking care of rafif, keeping her distracted and smiling. her father can barely speak. he lost his wife. his friend hamad lost his wife too. hamad is still in hospital in critical condition. his 3-year-old son r

from that base in turkey and eliminate as much territory that isis has as possible, possibly to take raqqahcoup unfolded, the turks blocked military aircraft from operating out of that base. they said that was to stop any rogue turkish aircraft from attacking pro-government forces. but it does show how the u.s. is dependent on turkey and erdogan and how important this issue now has become. >> we still don't know enough about the philosophy or the influence of those members who are part of this attempted coup. how concerning is it that there may be some connection to isis or those who have taken control of key cities in syria and even iraq? >> well, it's less likely that the plotters had anything to do with isis or any militant group and more likely that they were part of the army that sees itself as the protectors of democracy in turkey. and a lot of both military and security forces even a police officer i spoke to who had to flee the country feel that erdogan's moves to increase his power and turn the presidency into the top position in that country instead of being the prime minister bei

was this attack directed in some way connected to raqqah in syria or was this a spur of the moment attacke a lot of different areas they focus on. one is the forensic piece. the other is exactly what the pattern of life is that this person had. >> colonel cedric leighton and will ripley, thank you. we are getting new information about the terror attack in nice. we will speak to a witness who saw it all after the break. sses ne agility to do one thing & another. only at&t has the network, people, and partners to help companies be... local & global. open & secure. because no one knows & like at&t. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tuberculosis. before startin

even after isis is removed from raqqah and removed from mosul. but e eventually the fires will burn out and these clouds will settle. these groups are not popular within the general muslim world. they do not have widespread support as chris dickey was saying in more than a billion muslims on the planet. but right now they do have territory. they do have an army. they have the ability to recruit and amid-propaganda. so the core of the issue remains iraq and syria and its ability to inspire or direct its mull tants and project its power. i u like to think of it as an engine. it's a furnace. that engine is burning in iraq and syria and it's emit iting i clouds of smoke that are contaminating the neighboring areas. >> again, for folks listening to the tone and tenor and content of our conversation with people like chris dickey and richard engel, we lack the proof that this is isis or even terrorism. the german police said they are calling it terrorism because of the weapons was their translated statement. we don't know if this is the kind of classic

been predicting in the intelligence community for some time that as isis central headquarters in raqqah, northern iraq, western iraq, starts to come under increased pressure, that the caliphate will start to collapse. and we're seeing signs of that. as a matter of fact, there's a new intelligence estimate that there are only 12,500 foreign fighters left within the caliphate central alone, and they're being attacked from four different directions on the compass head. so as their caliphate collapse, they're shifting to a new phase. i call it the ghost caliphate, where they're moving out and branching out to more ideological-based fighters. as a matter of fact, their future warrior, their best example will be the kind of person who carries out an attack in san bernardino or orlando. these organized terrorist cell attacks like we're seeing today is an example of where they have flexibility and where they can safely create a covert operational cell. but for the rest of the world, they fully intend to just have inspired people come up and start killing us wherever they find us. >> yeah, that

we don't have a direct link established that isis in raqqah ordered this attack.sis's news agency did report it, claim responsibility for it, hailed the attackers as isis fighters. we also know that there is inside syria a southeast asia brigade of isis for all the fighters, roughly 1,000 or so that are believed to have traveled from places like bangladesh, indonesia, malaysia, to fight at the front lines. and there have also been a series of arrests that didn't get a lot of attention back in the states. but in singapore they have arrested a few dozen bangladeshi workers accusing them of being members of the islamic state of bangladesh. and the law enforcement in singapore said this they had planned to travel to the war zone, found it too difficult, and so decided to attack back in their home country. >> tom, i wonder -- some may say what does it matter if you have someone who had no contact with isis but who is inspired by isis and does something like the orlando nightclub bombing, or you have the istanbul airport bombings that isis leadership was directly involv

one of the attackers may have been in raqqah as far as a month ago traveling from syria, the isis stronghold in and carrying out this attack. isis hasn't claimed responsibility for it. all the hallmarks, the fingerprints if you will, are there. so it fits the paper of what we saw in brussels and paris. a cell, three people, explosive, followed by small arms fire. now this attack. it is a coordinated attack of multiple individuals. and isis has claimed responsibility for it. what it highlights for you is the spectrum of operations that isis engages in. some that are directly claimed by the group, something that indicates they had a hand in planning it, claiming responsibility, letting everyone know they're behind it and others where they are inspiring individuals, lone wolves in the united states. and others more sophisticated where they are training individuals, people participating in the battle fields of iraq and syria, and heading back to europe and carrying out attacks in turkey and elsewhere. all three of those highlight the dangerous challenge this terrorist organization is now capable

turkey, but as you know, this is a nato ally on the gateway to syria where isis is headquartered in raqqah. this is the pathway for foreign fighter to and from and also for refugees ot of syria and it's been a fulcrum of not only european, the focus of european angst because of the fact that these fighters are going in and out and also reaching europe, but also for the u.s. it has been a key chokepoint and a concern that there has not been enough cooperation by the erdogan government. and that the erdogan government has been leaning toward becoming more islamist and less secular as erdogan has tried to consolidate power. and conflicted with the military. there's been trouble brewing but it has dialed down. so this is very surprising to american officials who have been monitoring the situation and are confirming gunshots on the streets. they're confirming media reports. they do not have their own fi t firsthand intelligence on what is happening in such an important nato ally which has roontly been the subject of terror attacks. >> and we don't mean to express surprise this has taken all qua

the men are believed to have come over from the raqqah headquarters of isis, rented a flat right here in the tourist district, which is very conservative. it's somewhere where isis has specifically been targeting. this speak to isis wanting to show as they lose the territory in iraq and syria, that look, we still matter. we still have impact and reach. that's what's concerning so many of the authorities that we're speaking to. they're dealing with a hybrid approach. you have the proven ability for isis to move across the border which is supposed to be highly secured. >> and then phil, you know, it's a physical war, also a psychological war, is it not? you're talking about is it isis or an extreme group like isis, a finger in the eye of turkey, a mostly muslim nation during ramadan and a high traffic area into syria. >> if you're talking about the psychological war, i think the attacks in turkey and bangladesh are significant. if you add them in to what we saw in san bernardino and orlando. we had a core of operations from al qaeda and pakistan that was trying with a relatively small g

the psychological effect of destroying their capital, destroying their presence in raqqah, i think would in the long run be the only way to approach this issue. to go into a defensive crouch, to try to militarize our society, to try to harden ourselves in the softest of spots, is impossible. it would change our society, and in the end, is not going to make any and we are saying that -- a number of videos that -- this truck plowing through for a long stretch, the sidewalk where the saf ways are, plowing through crowds that were sitting there, sitting there celebrating bastille day. we're told from the wires that the truck vafled traveled a lon distance. this is the beach there in nice, france, a popular tourist destination, not just for foreigners, but many french go to this spot and especially on a holiday like bastille day. now it is an area of carnage, as french authorities try to deal with and find out what happened. . we're getting word that the truck driver was killed in a shootout with authorities on the ground, but we don't know if there was another occupant in that truck. we had

to isis, pointed specifically to members of a russian-speaking cell who left the isis capital of raqqahand came here about a month before the attacks got together, rented a safe house in the old city of istanbul. and plotted their attack from there, and then executed it. this is very different from the lone wolf attack you saw in orlando, where you had someone who got a high-powered weapon, was able to carry out an attack at that bar. basically on his own accord, because he was inspired. this was a team of -- a commando style attack. a pack of wo wolves, if you had and is they were much more professional, much more trained and this was essentially a commanded attack. to your point that you're mentioning earlier, this has been a terrible weekend with violence in saudi arabia, three bombings there. the death toll continued to rise from the devastating truck bombing in baghdad. but really, it has been a month of violence. it has been a ramadan of terrorism by design. isis called for attacks during ramadan. ramadan is over now in turkey. but it doesn't end until tomorrow for most of the mus

what we're seeing is with this movement of the attackers in istanbul coming from raqqah, that they're using -- they're marshaling those resources from the isis hq inside syria towards achieving this kind of broader impact. but of course the reality is they do need a territorial footprint because that has been isis' major recruitment tool. that's what's differentiated it from al qaeda. that's what's allowed it to build its brand. so they're really banking a lot, brianna, on this new iteration of isis. but really in a way it is a return to those old terror tactics we saw from al qaeda, from al qaeda in iraq, and isis seems to be trying to reclaim that territory. >> these 27 people who have been arrested in istanbul, in turkey, linked to the attack, some of them actually had court appearances today. what happened? >> we understand from the turkish state semi official news agency that they have now been charged with being part of a terror organization and they will stand trial. what's really interesting is that only three of those 13 that will stand trial are foreigners, the other ten are

caliphate, what's happening on the ground right now in mosul is the next target and ultimately it will be raqqah. they are now metastasizing to live to strike to execute their plans elsewhere. but they are being squeezed in their homeland, and that to me is the key. that's the way to win this. you have to make them homeless. you have to remove the sanctuary. you have to remove their income. ultimately they then have to go underground. yes, they will continue to strike but they will be nowhere near the threat they are now. it hinges on what happens on the ground in the region and you don't execute that by diplomacy. >> charles, what do you make of what's happening in turkey tonight? >> well the reports are conflicting. the military clearly has seen itself for a hundred years as a defender of secularism and they have a president who has been relentlessly pushing turkey into a dictatorship. he's been suspending judges imprisoning journalists, taking over all the institutions and islamistizing the country, one that is famously secular in the muslim world. they've done this before. they've had a coup

they are safe in their havens in raqqah and mosul, as we besiege them slowly, slowly, slowly.dly attacks. 80 killed, you mentioned children. look at the video on the internet. these are savages, and the fact that we have allowed them this safe haven from which to launch these attacks on the west i think is absolutely one of the most implausible things i can think of. >> medieval barbarians, bo beadle, and it happened again. >> sean, this afternoon before this happened, i sent you some links from paris. cops getting shot, riots in the streets with these refugees, and what's happening in germany, 1200 females getting raped. london, rioting all over the place. but for some reason, our news media don't want to show what this refugee influx does and what it will do to the united states of america. the news media is covering this up. they should be broadcasting what's going on in paris, london, and hamburg, and all the european countries, because it's coming to the united states. if we don't stop the immigration, we're going to have it in our backyard. that's why donald trump is rai