scott thuman is at the live desk monitoring the situation that seems to be changing by the minute. scott: the latest update is ten people killed in the suicide bomb attacks. the "associated press" reporting through the defense ministry of turkey they learned two suicide bombers were near the x-ray area of the international terminal there at ataturk airport when they were confronted by police. there was a shooting and they detonated the bombs killing at least ten, injured 40, perhaps more. those are just the initial report. turkey has been a target for quite some time. in fact, i was there reporting year. when the u.s. consulate came under attack. ever since turkey joined the coalition in the fight in iraq and syria, they have become an even bigger target. they have the ongoing conflict with the ethnic population of kurds. so it's not completely out of hand that we'd see something like this. however, it's the first time we have seen anything of this nature, this scope. at the airport. this is a colossal airport. third busiest in all of europe behind london and paris. it's early in th

our chief political correspondent scott thuman explains how the top echelon of the federal government are responding. scott: with hands in the air people are ushered out of buildings at joint base andrews over fear of active shooter. at the same time there halted and homeland security secretary jeh johnson warned he may have to leave a hearing on the hill. >> we do have as reflected on the news an unfolding situation at andrews air base. which may require i take a break from the session. scott: the military tweeted out the lockdown. facebook alerts and national media swarmed. turned out it was all a false alarm. a distress call after someone seeing routine inspection on base, perceiving it at as a threat, at the same time there was a active shooter drill. but the mass confusion that came after orlando and istanbul is cause for different concern. worry communication even at the base most often used by the president could be lacking on the most critical levels. >> a situation where people are distracted or nervous or anxious they will make mistake s. it's complicated. we have to be on o

scott thuman recently went to london and explains. scott: there may always be the trademark red phone booth and black caps of britain, the times are changing. victors behind brexit said leaving european union leaves them more secure with a greater say on terrorism and over refugees. >> if we don't control the borders and we allow free movement from the people with the criminal record or terrorist intent, evil intent to have free movement we will get terrorist attacks. scott: others warn the looming divorce between u.k. and the rest of europe may make each side slightly more vulnerable. >> there are hud a little bit more difficult to share information. which might make it more difficult to deport people. might make it more difficult to interact with the european partners. >> since the u.k. is such a strong u.s. ally, that is another concern. one of the biggest reasons that americans should care about what happened here in britain analysts say is because the potential for a so-called brexit could be the beginning of a trend. that other n

scott thuman standing by at the "live desk." what is the latest?: new information trickling in the newsroom via state television in turkey. that istanbul's governor says there were three attackers. detonated. this video of one of the attacks inside the atatÜrk airport. at one of the terminals as the bomb went off in the fight. there was gunfire preceding it. the scene as chaotic as you might expect with trying to get so many of the injured to help. taxis and ambulances doing everything possible to usher the injured to the area hospitals. we know the numbers continue to go up. 28 killed. 60 injured. those are expected to rise as wel important to note all travel has been stopped going in and out of the airport. u.s. travel included in that. the state department is urging any americans who may be in the area to reach out publicly via social media and let everyone know they are okay. it was just yesterday that the state department reissued the warning to americans about turkey. we are waiting to see if isis claims responsibility. if that is who is resp

us with more on today's ruling and the short-handed court is our chief political correspondent scott thuman. so, scott, we have all of these landmark decisions todaying on a court that has been shy about setting precedence, right? scott: ce that abortion ruling some saying is the most significant one we have seen from the court in a quarter century. striking down what texas put in place that would have for the most part caused many clinics to closed because they wouldn't have met a really high standard that texas implored upon them. as a result, they can stay open and the celebrations that you are showing were very loud. everyone from planned parenthood to a lot of abortion rights activists were saying what happened in texas was unconstitutional. the court today by a 5-3 margin joining those participants. meanwhile, other cases you had one regarding gun rights saying if you had a domestic violence conviction that could curb you from gun ownership. thirdly, the unanimous decision in favor of virginia's former governor bob mcdonnell remanding that case, sending it back to the lower court to g

chief political correspondent scott thuman joins us now with what else was in this report. scott: this was a two-year investigation, accusation of partnership and obstruction on both sides of the aisle. today republicans painted a scathing image of what went on behind the >> they are four fellow americans to us, they are sons and brothers and husbands. scott: with a quiver in his voice he lamented the loss of the four americans and eviscerated the administration. 800 pages lax security before him, playing politics over safety and no armed military asset deployed until avenue the attacks were over. even then rescue teams changed in and out of uniform four times expressing concern of putting boots on the ground. >> the understand is that the nation will move heaven and earth to save them. that didn't happen. four people were murdered. that is the scandal of benghazi. scott: often at the center of the criticism has been then secretary of state hillary clinton. grilled for 11 hours last fall. is there one person you blame most of the blame after the analysis? >> i'm not in the b

chief political correspondent scott thuman continues our team coverage. frantic was the rush to help the victims was motivation and if any future plots could be stopped. >> was he a lone wolf, does he have associates? scott: what is searching about the shooter, licensed as a security guard, is he pledged allegiance to isis. suspect'sto the father, he expressed opposition to the gay community. >> that should horrify anybody. the punishment under sharia is death. and now he does this in the united states. and they are not the only ones at risk. scott: he said the rep plenty of ways not just from the internet that extremists are advocating sharia law. >> they say in their friday is ace that homosexuality crime punishable by death. with the idea that this is news to anybody, it should not be. scott: what other red flags are you seeing so far? >> one other thing to note is we are in the season of rommel down, which is the islamic high holiday. sis and other terrorist groups have called for attacks during ramadan. scott: if he had any direct ties or contact wit

scott thuman sat down with the author to learn what he has found after investigating this cold case thatas haunted the levinson family for the last nine years. pres. obama: several americans unjustly detained by iran are coming home. scott: that announcement was made in january, several months after the u.s. sealed a deal to reduce economic sanctions against iran, if it agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons. since iran is the last known place that bob levinson was seen, his family, says author barry meier, thought he would be among those freed. >> they were stunned when it was announced these other prisoners were coming home and the administration didn't have courtesy to notify them. they learned about it from watching the news like every other american. scott: though levinson is not like every other american. to this day, the iranians have never acknowledged holding him captive. the mystery begins in 2007 when levinson, supposedly as a private investigator, went to kish, an iranian free trade zone in the persian gulf where americans do not need a visa. then he vanished. meier began his o

scott thuman reports on the new, homegrown front in the war on terror. amus: there's not a typical profile of an isis recruit. they're old, they're young, rich, poor, college graduates, high school dropouts. scott: seamus hughes spent years advising congress on counterterrorism. now, he and his staff at george washington university monitor the hundreds of angry, pro-isis americans on social media. seamus: what you're looking at is our old school board of isis twitter followers online, mostly americans we have been following for the last year or so. they're all talking about how great isis is. scott: hughes says he doesn't want to be an alarmist, but doesn't want to minimize the threat either. >> we are coming for you, mark my words, listen to my words, big kaffir. scott: the fact is that the number of pro-isis sympathizers in america is surging, and the fbi is working overtime to from the actual plotters, sorting through more than 1,500 tips a day. seamus: they're making judgment calls every day, and we're asking them to make judgment calls in terms of wh

. >> scott thuman introduces us to a wound -- scott abraham introduces to us a wounded warrior who turnedo help heal wounds. alison: but first, 7 salutes. a local program helping military families deal with the distance between them. >> tonight at "abc7 news at 6: with the baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. the admission that caesar goodson's lawyer got from the person who did gray's autopsy. stay tuned for "world news tonight" with david muir. alison: what are you working on tonight? >> with the president behind her, hillary turns to donald trump and the general election fight. plus, celebrating muhammad ali. the greatest of all time laid to rest. special coverage from louisville tonight on "world news tonight" with david muir. doug: perfect baseball weather. temperatures in the 70's all weekend long. the weekend will get hot. 91 tomorrow. same story on sunday. breezy both days. tomorrow afternoon there will be a chance of isolated mid-day showers. late afternoon and the evening thunderstorms are a probability as well. stay with us. "abc7 news at 5:00" will be

alison: scott thuman is here, our chief political correspondent. up until recently the president hasn't given donald trump specifically a lot of attention. but today he really directly referenced yesterday's speech including what we have heard so much about, what he says is the president's refusal to say "radical islam." so is what he is doing a campaign strategy? or is this simply him responding to yesterday's comments? scott t.: a little bit of both. what you heard today was a clearly frustrated president obama. he is fed up with the amount of criticism that this administration terrorism enough. he listed victories and he talked about the drop in foreign fighters who have been going overseas recently. and in talking about drying up some of isil's funding. but look, this was a coordinated effort in some degree. you also had hillary clinton in an hour going out and making similar comments against donald trump. both of them saying that the rhetoric, that is their word, the rhetoric they are hearing from the right specifically from donald trump is di