. >> steve clemens of the atlantic. thank you very much. my question is, none of you from the various cities you basically represent are talking about the transforming aal power that we are seeing in things like data, sensors. rahm emanuel is one of the most famous data mayors in the world and while i know there is a panel that comes up on this later it just seems to me so core to talking about enframing the power and limit of future cities that i'm interested in how you think about data and how that is changing what's possible in the cities that you are representing. >> i think everyone here, steve, will stay that -- that's steve clemens from the atlantic. everyone on this panel will say that data of course plays a very major role. and how we use data in urban informatics to help in city management is going to be crucial in actually managing the problems of the city. but clearly not every city is at that level. but at the very least, i would say n fact, when i think of connectivity and global cities, global cities thrive on connectivity be

joining us now, msnbc contributor steve clemens, the washington editor at large of "the atlantic" coveringoreign affairs and alongside me here, colonel jack jacobs, msnbc military analyst. steve, let me start with you. speak to this country, this setting, the airport, why would this be a target? >> well, isis has already hit other tourist related targets inside turkey near the blue mosque. there were a number of german tourist ths that were killed in isis suicide bomber attack. isis has been frustrated for turkey's increasing racheting up of pressure on isis and its fellow travelers. this is something turkey sort of warmed up to because there was a point where turkey essentially talked a lot about fighting isis but did very little. recently, particularly after various terrorist attacks and also becoming closer to the united states, also announcing just recently a normalization of relations with israel which vice president biden was a key architect of, there has been a warming up. there are a number of reasons why isis might have wanted to send president erdogan and the turkish people a mes

. >> steve clemens before we go, you're out at the aspen idea festival. john kerry was out there this week before the attacks in turkey. do you expect to see the secretary of state john kerry on the campaign trail eventually for hillary clinton? >> i think he's going to continue to do what he's doing, which is sort of engage in diplomatic bridge building and problem solving around the world, but use it as a way to talk about what his predecessor would have done, could have done. it's different than the twain trail. i can't imagine john kerry taking his eye off the ball in his job, but i think he's going to use it as a foil to talk about what hillary clinton can do and knows she can do as president of the united states. >> steve clemons and rick wilson, thank you both for joining us. >>> coming up, donald trump, how much money has he actually given to charity, we know how much he has promised to charity time and time again, but as he actually delivered? and has hillary clinton given more money to charity than donald trump? >>> and also coming up, the crazi

. >> steve clemens of the atlantic. thank you very much. my question is, none of you have the various cities that you represent are talking about the transformational power that we're seeing in things like data, sensors. rahm emanuel is one of the most famous data mayors in the world. while i know there's a panel that comes up in this later, it just seems to me so core to talking about and framing the power and limits of future cities that i'm interested in how you think about data and how that is changing what's possible in the cities. >> everyone on this panel will say that data plays a very major role and how we use data in city management is going to be crucial in actually managing the problems in the city. clearly not every city is at that level. but at the very least, in fact, when i think of connectivity and global cities, global cities thrive on connectivity, because of the connectivity, a city is a global city. that connectivity must now move to sort of a digital connectivity. the digital foot print of influence is extremely import