. >> candles have been lit to remember the 38 are victims of the attack on friday in sousse. relatives of the seaside town say that what happened there on friday goes against everything it has meant to represent. >> we are very sorry what was happening yesterday, sorry for the families the victims they are our guests, our pringz principles do not allow us to treat our guests guests of tunisia. >> hashem ahelbarra reports from sousse. >> mohammed is dealing with the biggest crisis in his career. his family owns the imperial hotel where 38 tourists were killed in an tack. he shows me where the attack happened but mohammed says he is determined to keep the hotel running to honor the memory of those killed. >> today you can see there is maybe 50, 50 tourists who are still at the hotel. i would say that even if we have zero tourists in the next week, or in two days, we are not closing the hotel. >> reporter: latifa has been a waitress since the hotel opened 22 years ago. she knows the victims. she says she treats the guests as members of her own family. >> as the bodies were layin

when sousse was battling with tourists. now he barely makes a few dinars to buy food for the chin. -- children. >> translation: business is almost gone, i spend hours waiting for clients, and hardly anyone shows up. i have five kids. bad times. >> reporter: bad times indeed. for investors, the only way to protect tourism is have the government beef up security across the country. >> it's a tough climate. it's a tough time for this country. all that is under threat after tourists were shot as they lay on the beach >>> still to come on al jazeera, taking the race debate to new heights, a black female activisted arrested for pulling down the confederate flag. >> i'm in an old toy store. we'll see how the shop evolved, or stay close to its roots. ♪ ♪ ♪ get excited for the 1989 world tour with exclusive behind the scenes footage all of taylor swift's music videos interviews, and more. xfinity is the destination for all things taylor swift. >>> welcome back. a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera - greek mp said voted for a

. >> denouncing friday's attack on a popular resort in sousse. a government worker killed 38 people, before he was shot by police. voiced concern over a security crack down over the government which is closing down scores of mosques accused of insighting violence. inciting violence. >> the teuns of social tunisia of socially equality. >> many tourists have already left the resort town but the owner of the hotel says he is determined to keep the hotel open. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> his family own the imperial hotel where 38 tourists were killed in an attack. he shows me where the gunman came from and started randomly firing at the guests. but mohammed says he is determined to keep the hotel running to honor the memory of those who were killed. >> today you see there is maybe 50 50 tour iforts who areists who are at the hotel. i would say even if we have zero tourists in the next week or even two days, we are not closing the hotel. >> fatima treats the hotel guests as if they are members of her family. >> as the bodies of the victims were

. >> pay respect to the tourists who were gunned down in the coast city of sousse. the victims are mainly from europe. their governments say they will help tunisia in its fight against armed groups. >> as we have had a meeting this morning with my interior minister colleagues, which was shown the determination santa we all have to fight against this perverted ideology that is causing this death and destruction. we are very clear that the terrorists will not win. we will be united in working together to defeet them. but you united united also in working to defend our values. >> more than half the victims are british. prime minister david cameron had this to say. >> these were innocent british holiday makers, who saved up for time away with their friends and family and were brutally attacked. >> be the president promised to crack down and shut down mosques promoting extremism. authorities have arrested a group of suspects. >> we started to arrest a number of those who we will not identify but we will say they are not tunisian. everything is still open and all question

when sousse was bustling with tourists. now he barely makes a few dinars to buy food for the children. >> translation: tourism is almost gone, i spend hours waiting for clients, and hardly anyone shows up. i have five kids. bad times. >> reporter: bad times indeed. for tunisian tourism. for investors, the only way to protect tourism is have the government beef up security across the country. >> it's a tough moment for a country trying to restore its image as a peaceful tour of the destinationing all that is under threat after tourists were shot as they lay on the beach >>> kuwait says a man that carried outside a suicide attack on a mosque was a saudi national and he has been identified. police say he was driven by this man, who has been detained on saturday. mass funerals took place on saturday for the 27 that were killed in the attack. mohammed jamjoom has more. >> reporter: a funeral procession unlike any before it demonstrating defines, sorrow. mourners prayed for the dead and prayed through the pain. >> translation: ou

he joins us live from sousse and talk about the british response to all of this.siting from the uk and a large number of investigators from the uk have been deployed. >> reporter: 16 in all deployed but supported by hundreds working on this attack become in the uk. those hundreds are partly dedicated to the investigation, working out how it happened and who supported it where did this attack come from in origin but many are involved in supporting the british victims of this those who were there, their families back home and other people who have cut short their holidays to return to the united kingdom. that's why the uk police say this is an extraordinarily large operation for them. that's because of the warning from the british government that as many as 30 of those victims could be confirmed to be uk citizens. they are talking in approximate terms so far. they have not locked it down. they are saying that the process of officially confirming the identities of the victims is taking a bit longer than normal partly because of the location. it's remote but it is a r

sousse. >> this is where one of the tourists was killed. she heard gunfire and ran to hide but fell at this spot. this is where a couple were shot by the gunman. .1 of sousse's most attractive beaches has become the scene of the worsttac on tourists in tun easyia's history. >> i thought this could happen in london or paris or big cities. but i was not expecting something to be like happening here this is a dramatic thing. >> many came a long way to enjoy a vacation. dreams that were shattered on the beach of the imperial hotel. hundreds of tourists have packed and returned home. those who stayed come to lay flowers at the site of the shooting? >> i feel really very sad. we put flowers yesterday. we cried of course. forb these quiet country. the people we met recount the horrors during the attack. they say they can't understand why someone would kill tourists. >> no, because i am scared. that's probably what they wanted, but i have 2 children at home that i mess very much. the country needs to

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hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera sousse. >> still to come, tapping into the digital revolution. and brazilians humiliated at home at the world cup. more on that, stay with us. >> rising waters taking their toll... we go to the threatened marshall islands... to talk to the peole affected most >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back. a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. greek mps have voted to back a bailout for a referendum next sunday. the european partners refused to extend the credit life line after the june 30 deadline. >>> houthi rebels have attacked an oil refinery in aden. >>> and in sousse, dozens of tourists were killed by a gunman on friday. hundreds gathered to denounce what they called extremism. >>> the it's been 11 days since a gunman shot and killed nine church goers in the state of south carolina. the alleged shooter was used

the armed group has also said, on social media that it is responsible for the attack in sousse but that hasn't been confirmed. tunisian investigators are under mounting pressure to find out whether the gunman who killed 38 tourists at a beach resort in sousse was acting alone. they want to know if he had links to local or international groups. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera tunis. >>> hospital authorities in the iraqi city of syrian army says it's captured territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. in the northeastern city of hasaka. i.s.i.l. launched an offensive to capture government held areas on thursday but regime has pushed them back to the south of the city and kurdish say they are make gains in the east. the u.n. says more than 60,000 have flead the fighting so far. >>> growing tedgeses between kurds and ethnic be forces. zeina khodr reports. >> arabs from the tal abyad area. unfinished building is home to 12 families. they came here imh syrian kurdish forces launched a campaign against islamic state of iraq and the levant. these people are afraid of the new authorit

. >> and we have new video showing the gunman as he carried out this attack in sousse. it was recorded by a worker at the hotel, one of several people who chased after the gunman. nick paton walsh walks us through the video. >> reporter: they are unarmed but still they run toward a gunman who killed guests at hotel where they work. towards the pool. many guests already fled. that loud blast, perhaps a sound grenade one of several he detonated. equipment that might be a lead to any backers. he's gone into the hotel lobby, it appears. but perhaps, found no more victims. [ bleep ] he heads back towards the beach. this cafe near the sands. the cameraman runs again towards him yet pauses at the bar. he has seen something. gun on his shoulder the gunman is strolling towards the beach. there we see the victims, their bodies too gruesome to show. the cameraman keeps low. why? why? he exclaims. lives and livelihoods taken here in these golden tourist sands. no longer firing. is he out of bullets or targets, unwilling to shoot tunisian workers. still it's those workers who give c

the armed group has also said on social media that it's responsible for the attack in sousse but thatt been confirmed. tunisian investigators are under mounting pressure to find out whether the gunman who killed 38 tourists at a beech resort in sousse was acting alone. they want to know if he had links to local or international armed groups. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera tunis. >> a swedish boat carrying international activists have been intercept50 australian navy in international waters. pictures just emerged of the boat being towed into the port of ashtad. hoping to reach gaza. >>> in vienna there has been a lull after days of closed door negotiations over iran's nuclear program. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says it is too soon to tell about a nuclear deal is possible. he's awaiting the return of the iranian foreign minister who went back to tehran on sunday for crucial conversations with the country's leaders. he's expected to return on tuesday, the deadline for an agreement to be entered into by iran and 6 companion countries. >> cutting the number of teachers and raising pr

we should unite to fight terrorism. >> and we'll go live to sousse. a day after the murderous attack by a single gunman and the tunisians are feeling the effect aren't they? >> yes. well the hotel behind me once a popular resort has been turned into one of tunisia's biggest ever crime scenes. i have seen forensic officers going in and sweeping the area. they say they have their man, say he was a lone gunman a student with no affiliations with any group, the government said, and no indications that he had travelled abroad. this is about more than the crime scene. i think the investigators will be looking at the motivations behind what inspired a young man to carry out one of tunisia's worst-ever attack. we know from the bardo museum attacks, they were trained in libya, carried out by tunis yaps, and they were from ordinary middle class backgrounds. the tunisians are trying to work out why thousands of young people are travelling from iraq syria and libya to fight with groups like i.s.i.l. in those areas, and some are returning and posing a threat to se

the lone gunman had help before the attack in sousse. al jazeera hashi has hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> this is where a couple was shot by the gunman. motion attractive beaches has become an attack the worst in tunisian history. >> i thought this could happen in london or paris but not something happening here. this is like a dramatic thing. >> reporter: many came a long way to enjoy a vacation. dreams that were shattered on the beach of the imperial mahaba hotel. tourists have packed and went home. those who stayed came to lay flowers at the site of the shooting. >> we are not afraid, but we thil it is death of tourism for these good people, for this quiet country. >> reporter: the people we met recount the horrors they felt during the attack. they say they can't understand why someone would kill tourists but all say they may not come back to tunisia. >> nothing in the future, no. >> why? >> because i'm scared and that's probably what they wanted. but i have two children at home that i miss very much. be and yeah. really. >> trans

>> we know that he studied engineering about 60km from sousse. a passport was issued in 2013. but he was not on the radar of intelligence agencies no concerns about his behaviour. he was studying hard to get his masters. now, there are - we know the authorities are trying to follow leads. they arrested a suspect today, and they are trying to sort out whether this is someone who acted on his behalf. it was an isolated attack on someone that wanted to vent his frustration as a government, or whether this was someone who was affiliated with groups like the islamic state, carrying out this attack to target the tourism, the backbone of the economy in tunisia. authorities are working hard to work out. >> a lot of questions to be answered. the government announced a number of new measures to improve security. not everyone is happy with them are they? >> well basically we have issues here. the authorities saying they'll beef up security across the country. i came out from the area where the gunmen killed 38 people and you notice there has been a problem. he managed to walk a long dist

one of sousses attractive beaches has become the scene of the worst attack on tourists history. >> you think these don't happen in london paris. but i was not expecting something to happen here. this is a dramatic scene. >> reporter: many came a long way to enjoy a vacation. dreams shattered on the beach of the imperial hotel. hundreds of tourists packed and returned home. those that stayed come to lay flowers at the site of the shooting. >> i feel sad, really very very sad. we bought flowers yesterday. we cried. we are not afraid. we think we not affect but it's the death for these good people. for this great country. >> the people we met recount the horrors felt during the attack. saying they can't understand why someone would kill tourists. but all say they may not comeback to tunisia. >> nothing in the future. no. because i'm scared. it's probably what they wanted. i have two children at home that i miss. and, yes. >> translation: i feel sad for the tunisians who face hard times in the future. it's a country that needs to boost its economy so people can find jobs. >> the government

iraq and the levant as claimed responsibility, 39 people were gunned down in a town in tunisia near sousse> shia mosque in kuwait, friday will be a day of mourning for the 27 people killed. >>> and the greek prime minister has called for a referendum on whether to accept a debt deal from international lenders. alexis tsipras has called the vote for sunday, the 5th of july. let's talk more with stefan a-uer. what do you think of this, was it a smart move? >> very self districtive very clever nobody can predict the immediate consequences of it. it might have caused havoc over greek society and greek economy over the coming days or weeks. it may be clever because tsipras refuses to take the responsibility for this mess, the currency many situation that the greek people are doing. not the leaders of the european union and not the greek government that is problem currently really. >> it seems pretty clear doesn't it stipts is hoping there is going to be a no vote in this many frul. what is the deal that creditors are offering them? >> we don't even know what will happen next, what will happen o

the prime minister has ordered 18 modification to be mosques closed down. 38 people were killed in sousse. most of the dead were british nationals. nazanine moshiri reports. >> reporter: on a sunny hot day this mediterranean resort was fuld when full when this gunman started shooting. onces say he tookwitnesses say he took his time. some ran for their lives into the sea. others for the safety of their hotels. many of the injured were taken to hospital stilt still wear their swimming cost costumes. >> i was running away, they shot me, i have a broken fibula. i can't explain anything else to you. >> when i came out on the landing there was a loud explosion, i said this is really happening now. >> reporter: the victims were from a number of different foreign countries. the ministry of tourism has called this a catastrophe for economy. the attacker was shot by police. there are reports he was a young tunisian student. in march where foreigners were killed in a museum in the capital of tunis. they were trained to fight in libya. tunisia's economy has escaped most of the violence. it's held fre

. >>> in tunisia, two ungwen opened fire on tourists in the city of sousse. local media say one of the men fired indiscriminately on a beach and in a hotel. they report he then got killed in a fire fight with security forces. the other gunman got detained. the attack left 37 people dead some were foreign tourists. in kuwait an explosion at a mosque killed 25 people and wounded more than 200. members of the islamic state militant group issued a statement claiming responsibility. they say they launched a suicide attack against shi'a muslims. islamic state leaders urged followers to step up attacks on shi'as and christians during the holy month of ramadan. >>> european union leaders have made a plan to deal with an influx of migrants from across the mediterranean. they'll relocate thousands of arrivals from syria and eritrea. >> translator: we have agreed that the european union must ensure the 40,000 people be relocated. >> reporter: they'll introduce a provisional member to have countries accept the migrants who arrived in italy and greece. the step is designe

." >> reporter: the victims are from a number of european countries, the resort in sousse is one of tunisia'sost popular, packed with large hotels. the minister of tourism called this a catastrophe for the economy. the attacker was shot by police. there are reports he was a young tunisian student. in march 2nd tunisians killed 22 people, mainly foreigners in a museum in the capital tunis. they were trained to fight in libya. tunisia's democracy escaped the worst of the region's violence. it's held free and fair elections, it's political process has been inclusive. religious and secular parties are in government together. the government has called for unity and calm. it's under pressure now to react. >> we would like to emphasise that the war on terrorism is ongoing, requiring cooperation between all parties. it's not only the responsibility of security forces and army, but a national duty. we should unite to fight terrorism. >> reporter: there's a minority of tunisians that want an islamic state. thousands of young tunisians are fighting for armed groups abroad. . >> a lot of tunisians are an

thousands of tunisians marched in sousse on saturday to denounce the killings and show solidarity with the victims. isil also took credit for a simultaneous attack in kuwait, where a suicide bomber killed 27 people at a shiite mosque. kuwait has identified the bomber as a saudi citizen who flew into the country just hours before. thousands of shiites and sunnis marched in kuwait city on saturday in a mass funeral procession for the victims. meanwhile in france, two militants attacked a u.s.-owned factory in the town of grenoble, leaving one victim decapitated and several others wounded. the attackers tried to blow up the factory by ramming their car into gas containers. the decapitated victim had employed one of the two suspects. the attackers reportedly carried an isil flag and covered the victim's head in arabic script. thousands of people marched in rome on sunday to promote pope francis' historic call for global action on climate change. a vatican encyclical this month urged world leaders to pay their grave social debt to the poor and take swift action to save the planet from envir

. >> reporter: this is the moment terror arrived in sousse. as the attack got under way hundreds of tourists, many of them british, ran for their lives. ross thompson and rebecca smith from coventry were both spurred. ross was shot in the foot but kept running. >>the trauma of the past 24 hours filled these hospital rooms. tony callahan and his wife are among the injured. >> reporter: he shows me the bullet-ridden belongings that saved her life. >> reporter: so many lives taken here, so many changed forever, and some still hanging in the think about. >> sreenivasan: monday marks the first full year since isis declared the "caliphate," an islamic state, part of the justification for its terror campaign across the middle east. just this week, isis claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in tunisia and kuwait and is suspected of an attack in france. the justice department has estimated at least 2,700 westerners have traveled to join isis in the fighting in syria including some from the u.s. now, a new study from fordham university law school sh

charlie d'agata is in sousse on the mediterranean. >> reporter: gunman strolls casually on the beach, toting a kalashnikov rifle against a backdrop of beach toys and stunned onlookers. and new amateur video shows security forces brought seifeddine rezgui's life and his bloody rampage to an end. more than three dozen bodies lay in his wake. we were told by eyewitnesses when the gunman approached from the water, he was struggling to control his weapon, so he took aim at people who were lying down on these sunbeds, and older people who couldn't get away. british vacationers liz and gary griffin were right there when the attack began. >> it sounded like firecrackers and we just looked, and the next minute a whole swarm of people come running saying, "run." >> reporter: even as the gunman went on the attack, that i ever told us the hotel staff risk their own lives to save others. >> so brave, the people from our hotel are running down trying to get the last of the tourists to their hotel. >> reporter: tunisia is where the arab spring began and had been a shining example of what it could be

. >> gunmen killed at least 27 people in that tunisia attack in the resort town of sousse. most of the victims are german and british tourists. clarissa is tracking the story. what's going on? >> reporter: most of the dead are tourists who were on the beach when gunmen attacked those two beach hotels in the popular tourist destination of sousse in tunisia. tourists reported hearing heavy machine gun fire. one woman posted photographs online that she claims show two of the victims, a man and a woman in their bathing suits lying lifeless on the sand. tourists barricaded themselves in their hotel rooms as you can see in these photographs. and there were reports of exchanges of gunfire between police and the gunmen. this image posted online was said to show one of the gunmen after he had been killed by police. these are busy beaches, especially at this time of year. this is really a popular tourism destination. this is another huge blow for tunisia. just three months ago, more than 20 people were killed in the bardeau museum. most of them were foreign tourists. the perpetrators

. >>> hundreds of people held a demonstration against extremism in the tunisian seaside resort of sousselast night. the protest happened one day after a gunman opened fire on a beach in the popular resort killing 38 people. demonstrators held flags, chanted slogans and lit candles outside the hotel where police killed the gunman to end the rampage. >>> new information this morning about the terror attack in france. investigators say the top suspects took a selfie with the murdered victim he allegedly beheaded and sent the image to at least one person. french officials are trying to identify that person who received the gruesome picture. those officials would not confirm some media reports that it was sent to someone in syria. on friday, police said that the suspect crashed a truck into a u.s. owned chemical warehouse and hung his employer's severed head on a factory gate. police arrested him and his wife. >>> new this morning, police in san francisco are investigating a shooting that left a man wounded at a gay pride parade. police detained several people after someone fired shots follow

a gunman opened fire killing at least 38 people at this seaside resort in sousse tunisia. kuwait has declared today a national day of mourning in the wake of a suicide bomb attack at a shiite mosque killing at least 27 people and wounding hundreds and a man on france's terror watch list is believed to have triggered an explosion at a u.s. owned factory near lyon. he is also accused of leaving a severed head on a fence outside of that factory. >> this hotel here was a chaotic scene. isis claims the gunman was an engineering student who is from a nearby town. the prime minister said his targets were all around him. >> the terrorists moved in to the impeer yol hotel and entered carrying a weapon inside of an umbrella. he got in to the imperial beach, pulled out his gun and started shooting randomly. >> at least one witness said the gunman fired steadily for 30 seconds. french tourist describes what she saw. >> i was on the beach and about 50 100 meters from the resort. within i don't know space of two minutes, a guy walked on to the beach and dropped what i seen was an umbrel

for the latest we'll go to nick paton walsh who joins us live from sousse. a number of people have been arrested in connection with this attack including the gunman's roommate. what sort of assistance did they provide to the gunman? >> reporter: we don't know what they are accused of. but in the past 24 hours, the government is rounding up accomplices. and there are suspicions at six or seven school mates and how he made that journey from a small town and considered a hard worker to transform into a gunman who brutally murdered 38 people in their swimwear on the beach not far from where i'm standing. but details from his terrorist connections have emerged today. they are not sure which group he is affiliated with. it may be isis who are in control of territory in libya. that is key because it begins to paint a picture of how he may have been assisted and radicalized. and the prime minister said yesterday they believe the radicalization occurred online and the internet provided the fuel for his transformation rather than a trip to a foreign country. they are

. >>> hundreds of people held a demonstration against extremism in the tunisian seaside resort of sousseast night. the protest happened one day after a gunman opened fire on a beach in the popular resort killing 38 people. demonstrators held flags, chanted slogans and lit candles outside the hotel where police killed the gunman to end the rampage. >>> new information this morning about the terror attack in france. investigators say the top suspects took a selfie with the murdered victim he allegedly beheaded and sent the image to at least one person. french officials are trying to identify that person who received the gruesome picture. those officials would not confirm some media reports that it was sent to someone in syria. on friday, police said that the suspect crashed a truck into a u.s. owned chemical warehouse and hung his employer's severed head on a factory gate. police arrested him and his wife. >>> new information this morning on the financial crisis in greece. eurozone ministers rejected a greek request to extend its bailout program past tuesday. yesterday the greek parliament

one of sousses most attractive beaches is the scope of the worst attack on tourists in tunisia's history. >> i thought these things happened in london paris or big cities. i was not expecting something to be happening here. it's a dramatic thing. >> many came a long way to enjoy a vacation. dreams that were shattered on the beach of the imperial hotel. hundred of tourists packed and returned home. those that stayed came to lay flowers at the site of the shooting. >> i feel very sad, really very very sad. we brought some flowers yesterday. we cried, of course. we are not afraid. we think it's only an attack. but it's death for these good people. this quiet company. >> the people we met recount the horrors during the attack and can't understand why someone would kill tourists. but all say they may not comeback to tunisia. >> nothing in the future. no. >> reporter: why not? >> i'm scared. that's probably what they wanted. i have two children at home that i miss very much. yes. >> translation: i feel sad for t tunisians who face hard times in the future. it's a country that needs to boost it

on friday, a lone gunman shot dead 38 people in the tunisian resort town of sousse before being killedy police. most of the victims were european tourists. the self-proclaimed islamic state also took credit for a simultaneous attack in kuwait, where a suicide bomber killed 27 people at a shiite mosque. egypt's ambassador to the arab league, tarek adel said it must fight to eliminate the terrorist threat. ambassador adel: egypt will not stand by. until its upoted and defeated completed. amy: for more we are joined now in our new york studios by sharif abdel kouddous, democracy now! correspondent usually based in cairo, egypt. he has also reported recently from yemen. he wrote a piece for foreign policy headlined "saudis above houthis next door, and death all around" and his nation piece was called "death and devastation in sanaa." sharif, welcome back to -- it is great to have you in new york. can you talk about what has taken place in egypt? sharif: this is an escalation. he is the first top efficient to be killed and more than a quarter of a century. a -- he is really the highest prof

in the resort town sousse in tunisia.hat town is known for package holidays among the european tourists. in the wake of the attack there's concern about the impact on tunisia's fragile economy. 400,000 british nationals visited tunisia in 2014 alone. tourism accounts for 7%. the industry added 400,000 direct or indirect jobs. that's significant in a country where the unemployment rate is as high as 15.3%, more than its pre revolution days. let's speak to the tunisian mp from the opposition enactor party. good to have you with us. can i ask you, the government made the move to close 80 mosques in the wake of the attack. is that the right move do you think? >> well good morning. well indeed my country is badly hurt. and first my condolences for all the victims and british tourists. of course, closing legal mosques is a good let's say, act or decision in continuity with the decision or decisions taken by former governments, but it's not enough. indeed, when we see the profile of the young men, the terrorist, it seems that he

thousands of tourists are fleeing tunisia in a town of sousse hundreds demonstrating against extremismer a gunman killed 38. locals are feeling the pinch. we have this report. >> reporter: this man is dealing with the biggest crisis in his career. his family owned the imperial hotel where 38 tourists were killed in an attack. he shows me where the gunman came from and started randomly firing at the guests. he says he's determined to keep the phone running to honour the memory of those killed. >> as you can see, there is maybe 50 tourists who are still at the hotel. i would say that even if we have zero tourists in the next week. or in two days we are not closing the hotel. this woman has been a waitress of the hotel since it was 22 years ago. she nose the victims and treats the guests as if it was members of her family. >> translation: as the bodies of victims were playing on the ground i was rushing from place to place to see if they were alive. i never treat people as clients. we are one family. >> most of the tourists left the hotel. a few chose to stay. the impact on tourists is fe

isis claims responsibility for that. 000s of people are leaving the seaside soud of stown of sousse..s. officials say isis might have inspired the gunman. >>> in france, a memorial service has been held for the man whose severed head was found on a fence outside a gas factory. >>> state side the confederate flag debate is reaching new heights. coming up, how should prosecutors deal with the two activists busted for taking down that flag at the south carolina state house? was this a criminal act? was this just a nonviolent protest? >>> plus, rain and possible flooding in northern new york could hamper the certainly efforts for an escaped killer. what methods police officers could be using to track fugitive david sweat. and more breaking news, details into richard matt's condition moments before he died. can a business have a mind? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive? unbridled jealousy.ady for suspense. she's still there. new beginnings. goodbye

the killing in the tunisian resort of sousse was the country's worst terror toll ever.sguised as a tourist pulled an assault rifle and opened fire on sunbathers at a beachfront hotel. >> ( translated ): i came this morning to see my friend at his office. they told me to wait outside that i wasn't allowed to go in. i went outside and i found gunfire. he kept firing around the beach then came to the swimming pool. >> reporter: the dead included tunisians, britons, germans and belgians. the rampage ended when police killed the gunman. tunisia has managed a democratic transition since the arab spring began here several years ago. but today its president said the attacks were a warning for his nation, one that's exported more extremist fighters to iraq and syria than any other country. >> ( translated ): we have repeatedly said that tunisia is in a war against terrorism. this war does not only concern the police or the army that paid the higher price and was often targeted, today we are reminded that the tunisian people as a whole are involved. >> reporter: meanwhile, in kuw

they held a vigil at the seaside resort of sousse.ch umbrella and killed 38 people before security forces shot and killed him. the gunman used grenades as he moved from the beach to the pool area into the hotel. >>> we're learning grizzly new details about the terror attack in france. the suspect took a selfie with the beheaded victim and sent it to a canadian cell phone number. they are working to identify the recipient. the investigators say a truck driver with a history of radical islamic ties crashed his truck into a chemical warehouse and hung his employer's severed head on the factory gate. his wife and sister are in custody. that company is own by a lee -- lehigh valley based company. >>> a fire broke out at a water park in taiwan. the flames spread into a crowd of a thousand spectators. five hundred people were hurt. 8 people are in critical condition. police are questioning several people including two parked workers who threw the powder. >>> two people have been released from jail after removing the confederate flag from the

charlie d'agata is at sousse at the scene of friday's attack. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is where the gunman walked onto the beach and opened fire on the tourists lying down on the sunbed. he continued unchallenged and new dramatic foot amg has emerged that shows how the attack unfolded after that. the gunman strolling on the beach, automatic weapon slung over his shoulder beach toys and bystanders in the background. cell phone video shot by a hotel employee shows that after he ran out of resident on the beach he hunted on the hotel grounds for more victims. at the pool more automatic gunfire and the sounds of something bigger. the staffers heard him him saying k heilled the people. despite the fact the gunman is still armed people begin to give chase. as he ran back toward the street tunisian security forces finally put his rampage to an end but in his wake bodies of victims lie everywhere the beach, on the stairs by the pool. isis has claimed responsibility for the attack calling a 24-year-old tunisian student a sol

this was a popular tourist destination and beach resort in sousse, about 150 kilometers or miles away from the capital tunis. certainly we'll learn more about the identity of these victims. authorities believe two gunmen were involved. one seems to have gotten away. all this is preliminary information. >> we are working to verify these images that are coming in through social media where we can see tourists in their beach clothes murdered now covered with beach towels. we'll work to get that to everybody soon as we get it confirmed. >> also the bombing at a mosque if kuwait. >> this morning it happened during friday prayers at a shiia mosque in kuwait according to initial reports on the ground. a suicide bomber managed to detonate himself among the worshippers there. the death toll continues to fluctuate. some numbers have it as high as 16. right now the official death toll stands at eight according to kuwaiti news agency the official government news agency of the state. again, the accounts we are getting, horrific scenes in the aftermath of that. some images that have been circulatin

few tourist wes saw and spoke to said they're trying somehow to get home looking for flights from sousse back to the uk cutting their vacation short and other countries, belgians britains german tunisians were all among the dead even a ukrainian. these people are crowding into airport this is afternoon desperate to get on flights, survivors who are in shock. terror on the sand. tourists running from the grounds of their beach hotel friday morning. the horrifying scene caught on cell phone video and posted online by a tunisian radio station. gunshots ringing out over and over bodies in the sand. at least 39 are dead and nearly as many injured. >> i just saw the gunman firing shots randomly at people laying on the sun beds on the beach. >> reporter: the gunman was shot dead in the street. at least two others were arrested. just three months ago, an attack on tunisia's national museum left 20 dead. most of them tourists. this morning, isis released a message and picture of a 23-year-old tunisian aviation student. it was one of three terror attacks on three continents. in kuwait, security ca