they are interviewing his family in tunisia. according to a senior tunisian source, they believe that he has travelled to france or travelled to france in 2005, obtained his residency through marriage. that again is according to a tunisian official who is working on that this case from his end of the investigation. but as you noengsed and as i bill neely there was also reporting, the as i tackers background, his profile is slowly coming into light. some of these this based on reporting that nbc has not yet independently verified that he was a father, previously divorced, some of his neighbors have been quoted in both local french media saying that he was not known to be a religious man. that he had a financial problems and was not known to belong to any particular radical group. and you brought up the question, is there any claim of responsibility? so far, there has not been a credible claim of responsibility, what we have seen a lot of isis fan boys, if you will, celebrating this and encouraging this, but no credible claim of r

but we can tell you this, he was a 31-year-old frenchman, from tunisia, known for petty crimes, police say, but not for terrorism. >> now, no group has claimed responsibility, but in recent years, tunisia has become one of the biggest breeding grounds for isis militants. kitty logan has more on the story from our london bureau, with the very latest for us. kitty, what are you hearing? >> reporter: patricia, police say the attacker was known to them with a criminal record. as you say for petty crimes such as theft and violence. but he was not on any terror watch list. now, he was armed, we understand, because he fired a weapon into the crowd. police desperately tried to stop him and shot him and later killed him. you see the bullet holes in the truck, on the front of the screen. there was sheer panic as he drove the truck clearly into people for over a mile at top speeds clearly aiming to kill people. now all of this was 11:00 local time in nice. but there were hundreds of people out in the streets, because they were celebrating bastille day, they had just fired fireworks. we now know t

we now know the driver was of tunisia origin, but we don't know who he was linked with. this was an act of pure terror. at the wheel of a 20-ton truck, a driver on a killing spree. there were celebrations on this sea front. now there's terror as he drives towards dozens of people. eye-witnesses say he zigzagged from the road to the boardwalk, plowing through men, women and children, for about a mile. there was panic, thousands scattering, running for their lives, including american kayla repan. >> we just booked t. i grabbed my fiance and we started running. >> reporter: eye-witnesses recall bodies every ten feet beside dolls and strollers. as many as 200 hit by the truck. dozens died. among them, two americans, a father and son from texas, sean copeland and his 11-year-old boy, brody. the truck was finally stopped by police bullets. the windshield riddled, the driver killed. amid it all, a mother and daughter from california. >> it was all very close to each other, very, very fast. he was -- pop, pop, pop, pop. >> i was terrified. i put my hand on the baby's mouth so sh

he was a deliveryman of tunisia nationality, married and the father of children. his wife has been called in to the police department this morning. he had already been under police interference because of menaces, threats. he had been condemned the 24th of march, 2016, for 16 months of imprisonment for intentional violence committed in january of 2016. he had, however, his -- completely unknown to the information services, or in any national database, and was never part of any surveillance. the first video surveillance showed the truck used by the terrorist in the neighborhood in the east of nice, where it had been parked since the 13th of july. the truck was picked up on the 14th of july by mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, who arrived alone, by bike. the bike which was found in the truck. he then went to the west side of the city. the truck then reappeared at 10:30 in the neighborhood and then headed toward the promenade. searches were conducted at two addresses where various materials, computer material and mobile phones were taken, as well as several documents. these

that belonging to a 31 year french tunisia. he had a rap sheet for petty crimes, and no connection with terrorism. french authorities really trying to go over that area behind me with a fine-tooth comb. there have been raids, according to french media on the home of this french tunisia, you can hear sirens behind me, you've been hearing them all day, as they try to answer more questions about how this attack was carried out. anderson. >> clarissa, obviously we don't know this yet, and it is not clear from investigators, whether there was a wider network involved in this. whether this was just one person get beg hind the wheel of a vehicle and doing this, or whether others were involved. >> reporter: well, that's right. that's always the difficulty, anderson. because the concern, of course, for authoritities is to prevent anything else that could possibly happen, to try to essentially cut off the nexus or network that may have facilitated this act. what we don't know yet is was this a sort of isis inspired lone wolf attack. cert

. >> reporter: the man behind the wheel was mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a 31-year-old born in tunisia. he was not on any terror watch list and only had small run-ins with police including a road rage conviction. neighbors say the father of three was getting divorced and was recently fired from his job. french president francois hollande says dozens of people are in critical condition. among the victims, an american father and son, 51-year-old sean copeland and 11-year-old brodie, from the austin, texas area. >> bouhlel's father who lives in tunisia says his son was not religious and had depression. president obama spoke about the deadly attack from the white house. >> it's not just the united states of america but the entire world that stands in solidarity with the people of france during this difficult time. >> reporter: there will be vigils and rallies held throughout the weekend as france marks three days of national mourning beginning tomorrow. and the u.s. government source tells cbs news bouhlel does not appear to have any clear links to terrorism. >>> thank you. >> da lin at cal

but tunisia is not just contributing to the expansion of the so-called islamic state. it is also a victim of it. >> this 25-year-old did not come from a poor family. he was a highly educated and quiet young man. he joined is in november. >> he told his father, i realize all this is a joke and it is a big lie. if you have any way to help me, please do it. >> as relatives and friends gathered to pay their respects to the brigadier and doctor, most were in shock at what they see as a cruel twist of fate. >> the father went there to elp and to assist. one day he sent me a message and told me now he is in turkey. he is in the hands of the turkish military. i asked him did you see him? he said no, i didn't see him, but that is not a problem. i will see him later. >> but for the happy father, later never came. "bbc news," tunis. >> so many trials for just one tunisian family. after this week of difficult breaking news, it is time for a change of tone. here in washington, d.c. people are always looking for ways to cool off for the summer. last year the building museum transfor

bouhlel was 31 years old, born in tunisia, but resident in france in a first-flflflr apartment in this non-descript building in the middle of nice, having recently lost his job and in the midst of divorce. you can still see mohamed bouhlel's name stuck to the doorbell of an apartment where he lived, estranged from his wife and kids. he was employed as a truck driver. and he was known to police. he had a history of violence, but they say they never saw any indication that he'd been radicalized. his neighbor yasmine agrees. "he stank of alcohol, even during ramadan," she told me. "it was his eyes, they scared me." this morning, police arrested bouhlel's ex-wife, the neighbors protesting as she was led away. she remains in custody as police try to make sense of this attack, which for the french people recalls the deadly assaults in paris last november that killed 130 people. but unlike those terrorists, bouhlel wasn't well armed. in the truck he had only one real pistol, which he used to fire at the police, but his other three guns were fakes, and his grenade was a dud. at a press confere

more light was shed on this tragedy today, scott, when mohamed bouhlel's father gave an interview in tunisia where he lives and he did confirm that his son had a history of mental illness and had, in fact, suffered several breakdowns in the past. >> pelley: liz palmer in nice for us tonight. thanks, liz. seth doane spoke with people who were lucky to escape. >> i saw the truck smashing a girl under, and i noticed that behind the truck there was a lot of people down on the earth. >> reporter: at first el shafei wondered if it was a terrible accident. >> i kept waving to him, stop, stop, there are people under your truck. and the police started to scream and to shout. i saw him take out his gun. >> reporter: just down the street, tourist laurence olding saw the truck careening toward him. >> we didn't know what to do, so we turned around as everybody else did. it got quite close to us, so i decided to jump over the wall of the promenade and landed on the concrete. >> reporter: it was so close, alain garnier told us, the zigzagging truck struck the stroller carrying his two-year-old granddaught

france has long ties with tunisia. there's a large french-tunisian population and it must be noted nice in particular has been known as something of a jihadist hotbed. they're believed to have sent 100 young men to fight in iraq and syria for isis. france sending hundreds of young men to fight for isis in iraq and syria and women to be isis wives. france leading the way with belgium in terms of the number of people who have been sent to the middle east to fight for isis. now, isis is feeling constrained. they are feeling they're losing territory. the u.s. said they lost 45% of their territory in iraq. 20% in syria so the thinking now is that isis is lashing out. we have seen a spokesman for isis before the holy month of ramadan calling on supporters to carry on attacks around the world. we saw a huge explosion in baghdad a couple weeks ago. the attack against the istanbul airport in turkey and a siege iú believed to have been inspired by isis. so in this case that is going to be the main question is this young man a fo

others, russia, tunisia, and tunisia, egypt, i mean it's a long list and i've forgotten some, and ita from this place that all the actions are planned. and number three, this what i was going the incubator, this place that spreads certain contamination, the individual act, the lone wolf that we saw in nice, as you saw in orlando yourself, and which gives people who are not quite right in their mind in action which is been claimed by isis your so in order to stop all of this first of all we have to hit the center, even if it's not. but at least we have to do that in start. since we started the coalition, a coalition exists. it is a live and well. it started after the newport summit. it brought results. i was listing some of the results earlier. isis lost a lot of surface, of land, real estate. and losing a lot of real estate, they are losing their image. they are getting weaker. their image is weakening because they are about to lose. they are not always winning. and thanks to the coalition, isis has seen its income quite reduced. as soon as the coalition was well organized, when we s

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he was born in tunisia.fficials searched his apartment in nice, though, on friday, and took his ex-wife or his estranged wife into custody. the french prosecutor says there were no signs that he was radicalized but that he was known to police for minor crimes. the promenade des anglais here was packed with families who had been watching bastille day fireworks when the attack happened. will riply walks us through what's usually an idyllic tourist spot. >> the promenade des anglais is one of the most iconic and beautiful spots along the french rfr, but you can see people were out last night on a road that was quite narrow, so when the truck was coming through, it would have been very difficult for them to escape. adding to that, of course, vehicles that were here watching the fireworks and stages that were set up for entertainment as well. >> people are gathering here to see the spontaneous memorial, which continues to grow, and they are filling the streets. you get a sense of what it must have been like last

they say it is a french citizen that came from tunisia, and kitty logan is it live in the london bureau. >> reporter: we are learning some details about the attacker. he hasn't been named. they say he was a 31-year-old man. he did have eye criminal record for violence, he was not on any terror watch list. he fired a weapon into the crowd as he drove. police did eventually shoot and kill him. you see the bullet holes visible in that truck. weapons were discovered inside that vehicle. horrific eyewitness reports xwlg out, how he drove that heavy truck toward people, celebrating bastille day. eyewitness reports than he drove at speed. an attempt to kill as many people as possible. we now know that 84 people have died in that attack. two of them are believed to be american citizens. we understand that there are children amongst the casualties. >> a photo of a dog, next to a body, heart-breaking, showing the carnage and toll this has taken. what more what do we know? >> reporter: it was an intentional terrorist attack. so far, there have been no claim of responsibility. security analysts are

the 31-year-old man was born in tunisia. officials searched his apartment and took his ex-wife into custody. there were no signs that he was radicalized but he was known for minor crimes. >> translator: it's a lesson that we must also learn from this tragedy, from this terrorist attack, one of many more after previous others in the last five years, we are facing a long battle. because we have an enemy that will continue to a. all people, all countries who possess freedom as an essential value. >> reporter: with me is someone who was actually looking down on everything as it unfolded. a horrific scene. you were on one of the balconies looking down from one of these build here. >> that's right. i was at my friend's apartment to watch the fireworks. we watched from the rooftop. then we saw everything else unfold directly from the balcony. >> so you would have been almost exactly where the truck stopped. >> exactly, yes. >> so just describe that last bit that you saw. >> well, we could see the truck from the windows of the hotel

name has not yet been released but he is described as a 31 year-old nice resident originally from tunisia. his bank card and cell phone were found in the truck after this whole ordeal happened. suspect terrorist drove a box truck for more than a mile mowing down people leaving many with no chance to get out of the way. carnage left in its wake. police exchanged gunfire with the driver before killing him. we have also had new video to show you people who seem to be evacuating here with their hand up as you can see this appears to be mildly more peaceful then what had been taken place before so many chaotic scenes we have seen before we are also hearing from witness these morning too. >> we heard what i thought was fire cracker, and there was a surge of screaming people heading in the opposite direction. >> we saw lots of police and soldiers, and i'm not sure if i can say that much more. >> only thing is, how did the truck get on the promenade. >> reporter: that is a big question and part of the investigation. state department also confirming a father and son from austin texas are among tho

left tunisia with his wife and said he would be an intern in switzerland. he informed the family months later that he had gone to syria to join isis as a medic. the father was in despair, a friend tells us and he came to turkey and was working with turkish authorities to try to get his son back and in fact, the son and the wife are in the custody of turkish authorities on the turkish border with syria. the father, dr. bayud was at the airport to pick up his wife and they were trying to get the son back to see him, and the father was one of the victims of isis, we believe, to be isis attackers killed in the attack on tuesday night here. his son, we are told, by the turkish foreign ministry will be returned to tunisian authorities. a wife has survived and she's now been made a widow and that is one man's story. dr. fati bayud who almost lost his son to isis and now seems to be yet another victim of this terrorist organization. >> just horrible. ivan watson. we are learning about two days' worth of u.s. and iraqi coalition attacks on convoys fleeing fallujah.

now according to a tunisia senior security official, his name was passed along to the tunisia intelligence authorities. they have been questioning his family in tunisia. they are also looking into whether or not the family had any recent contacts that could have been an alarm bell for this attack. but the image, or the profile that we are learning from the french officials and certainly from some of the neighbors who have been talking to reporters and others is that he was a loaner. he had gone through a divorce. had some financial problems. someone that was described as a-religious, not showing any signs of extremism or radicalism in the recent days and weeks they they had interactions with him. more interestingly, brian, the prosecutor that talked a short while ago said that they were not aware of this individual on any intelligence radar lists. meaning that he was not known to intelligence agencies, and that's a very important point to make early on in an investigation. they also emphasize that they have so far, found no links to isis as a credible terrorist link. that doesn't mean that

he was known to have visited tunisia quite often. and of course tunisia has supplied many forabeign fighter to eiraq. it begs many questions, patricia, because people have been quick to say this was a terrorist attack. and no one here has backed off that, but the mystery is, to what extent was he self-motivated, and what was his ideology? it's possible that he just followed the exhortations of certain imams and isis supporters about using a vehicle to mow down people. but, again, his links to the bigger community are still very unclear. and that puts people here on edge, wondering if there were accomplices, wondering what this is all about. this as the morning continues with floral tributes across this city. the death toll remains at 84. but there are a good 52 people who are still in a very serious condition between life and death. it is a beautiful day. this is a fantastic rae soesort there is a very somber mood, because what happened here two nights ago is something that really rocked this region and the world. the number of victi

driver of a truck that plowed through crowds of people is a 31-year-old frenchman originally from tunisiahe was shot to death by police. they are trying to find a motive. follow us on twitter, abc 7 news bay area. stay on top of the attack in nice with the abc 7 news app, download it for free and enable push aletters lelette lelettel >>> trump has picked conservative indiana governor mike pence for president, hours later, peps arrived at a new york hotel for a scheduled joint announcement, but then trump decided to put the announcement on hold after news broke about france, and then this stumper from trump. >> i haven't made a final, final decision. >> pence face as deadline of noon tomorrow to file papers if he still wantes to run for governor. >>> the republican convention starts next week. laura anthony will cover the convention. >>> some bay area republicans have filed a class action lawsuit against the city of san jose after being attacked outside a donald trump rally. it accuses city leaders of not doing enough to protect trump supporters. we are joined live from city hall with a re

. >> the man who drove the truck in the crowd has been identified, 31, from tunisia.his video shows the truck speeding up before it struck the crowd. >> the suspect died in a shoot out with police. >> president obama zeroed in on grabbing relationships between police and the communities they serve in a townhall meeting, moderateed by abc7news.com anchor. >> abc7 invitessed local law enforcement and religious and community leaders to watch the president's townhall. police say they want to work with their communities. >> good morning, looking at the day planner today, a little bit of relief from the heat especially inland, and we are not topping out at century mark, but more like the low-to-mid 90s inland and "spare the air" day especially inland. there is poor air quality. >> the second sip -- the injury second on the bay bridge. it is reports in the left lane with traffic slowing. we have had several injury accidents all around the bay area so be careful. i will have an update and the drive times. >> it may not be a done deal just yet. end end governor pence has accep

. >> the driver who was killed by police was originally from tunisia. france's expressed concern about the attack calling it an act of blind to violence. the two individuals were killed or sean copeland and his son brodie. rent say the two spent a lot of time together and they both love baseball. brandon jacobs and lives in the peninsula and he and his family were vacationing in nice yesterday and they left the scene a few minutes before the truck left the roadway. brandon joins us on the phone from nice. you and the family are gay. can you take us back to last night? set the scene for us on where you were. >> i would be happy to. we got into nice yesterday afternoon. we checked into the hotel. we went down to the fireworks show at 9:45 at night. it was a beautiful night. there was an 85% chance of rain forecasted. it was actually very gorgeous. there were a lot of families and kids there. there was a heavy police presence. it was clear that when we got into town they were ready for something to potentially happen. it was a beautiful night with a great

he was born in tunisia. but prosecutors say he was not on any watch list that he did have a police record for theft. he was there for a summer intership program with other students when the truck drove into the crowd. lila alligood with the efforts on trying to find him. >> and the student nick leslie was last seen by fellow students. he hasn't contacted anyone after the attack. >> and he did not respond to snapchat either. >> i found out that he was near the florida beach restaurant, five minutes out. . >> and three were injured after the truck drove into the crowd. >> we have one student with the broken foot. >> they don't think that he was one of the victims because he scattered, running away from the truck to my knowledge and he ran way ahead of them. >> we have been working with them there to try to locate the student. suspended during the national days of mourning, but they had opted to leave the program. sharing posts and information about him all day. >> and we want to get him back that it is surreal

he was from tunisia. and the truck had been rented a week ago in another town. this latest attack forced donald trump to delay the announcement this morning from new york of his presidential attack. here he is reacting to happened on fox last night. >> it's a different world. we are living in a whole new world. we have to get vigilant and if we don't we are just not going to have a society. wore not going to have a world anymore. >> this is a different kind of war. beneed to be smart about the way we wage it, but we have to be determined that we are going to win it. martha: chris stirewalt is with us in cleveland. but we begin with benjamin hall who is live on the scene in nice, france. benjamin, what can you tell us. >> if there is any place known for its beauty and tranquility, it's here. if you can see behind me, the van which came 1 1/2 miles careening down the boulevard on a day that was supposed to celebrate the french values of liberty. the attacker was a 31-year-old. lived in nice. he was a french tunisian man. this is still a scene that's very active al

he has yet to be identified but we have learned he is from tunisia and known for violence.ank card, cell even if were found inside that truck. prosecutor's office has opened up a terrorism investigation into this incident. so far in group has claimed responsibility for that a tack. >>> all right. back here at home sue serio, hot, humid, hazy still outside. >> right, even at the shore, if you are heading to the shore today, there is a island breeze and 91 degrees even on the beach. little better tomorrow and less humid on sunday chance of thunderstorms. ocean water between 72 and 76 degrees. how about the mountains. eighty-five in the poconos, today, and 81 saturday and sunday. it looks like a decent week toned getaway from that extreme heat later today. phillies are back in action after the all-star break but dress cool because it will be 90 degrees for the first pitch at 7:00 seer he five tonight as phillies face the mets. here's where we are right the now with 78 degrees in the city, 77 in wilmington, and trenton, and reading has 74, 68 in mount pocono, checking dew point

driver of a truck that plowed through crowds of people is a 31-year-old frenchman originally from tunisiahe was shot to death by police. they are trying to find a motive. follow us on twitter, abc 7 news bay area. stay on top of the attack in nice with the abc 7 news app, download it for free and enable push aletters lelette lelettel >>> trump has picked conservative indiana governor mike pence for president, hours later, peps arrived at a new york hotel for a scheduled joint announcement, but then trump decided to put the announcement on hold after news broke about france, and then this stumper from trump. >> i haven't made a final, final decision. >> pence face as deadline of noon tomorrow to file papers if he still wantes to run for governor. >>> the republican convention starts next week. laura anthony will cover the convention. >>> some bay area republicans have filed a class action lawsuit against the city of san jose after being attacked outside a donald trump rally. it accuses city leaders of not doing enough to protect trump supporters. we are joined live from city hall with a re

in this town in tunisia. he has been liviving legally for the past few years we don't know exactly when he moved to this country. permit, he isence not a french citizen. today this morning at 11 a.m., his ex-wife was taken into custody. -- this hasn per been confirmed by the paris prosecutor. neighbors say he wasn't overly religious. would do things like break is fast early. one neighbor said she had concerns about him because he would i heard two daughters. while he did appear to be a radical on the outside he did have run-ins with law enforcement. assault and for theft between 2010 and 2016. to as sentenced by a court six month prison term for an assault back in january of this year. these are essentially petty crimes in france, which means it wasn't known to anti-terror authorities. >> what re do we know about the vehicle? saw pictures of it being removed from the area. was it his truck? >> no, it wasn't his truck. a license toit, drive such a heavy-duty vehicle. the truck was rented. it was a 19 ton refri

he is from tunisia. we know for a fact this mode of attack clearly has al qaeda written all over it. we know that al-shabaab -- charles: let me stop you. is there difference between al qaeda and isis? maybe to the average person but to security experts is there something about the methodology? we've been feeling that al qaeda was sort of dying if you will. >> right. charles: so-called jv league taken over and always seems like -- does it matter either way? >> it really does because the reason why they have two different methodologies. isis more sophisticated in recruiting. al qaeda is much more crude in its recruiting and in its plays. think about it back in 2010, al qaeda in the magazine, called "inspire." charles: right. >> they came out and called on all jihadist, didn't matter who they were with, mow down the enemy glorifying allah. use vehicles as weapons of mass destruction. they said that. now this is not a methodology that we've seen from isis. clearly we've seen it from al qaeda. al qaeda has be

. >> reporter: in bouhlel's hometown in tunisia, his father described his son and always depressed, always alone, and violent. >> translator: he would become angry. he'd yell. he's break everything, his father said. >> reporter: 84 people died when the truck he was driving plowed down nice's waterfront promenade thursday. more than 200 injured. tonight, family members are still looking for their loved ones, their pictures posted at the hospital and online. for some, heartbreak learning their sons and daughters are among the dead. the father of 4-year-old killian whose smiling face was shared on social media found him today. the little boy died with his mother. his body was still at the hospital. pain for those who escaped uninjured as well. >> you close your eyes swimming in the water or trying to go to sleep, and all you can imagine is that scene again. >> reporter: alstair talbot was having dinner with his grandfather at a waterside restaurant when he heard gunfire. >> all the glasses were broken and a lot of tables were covered in blood. >> reporter: he, like so many, questions why it h

reporter: the man behind the wheel was mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel a 31-year-old french citizen been in tunisia. he was in trouble before for petty crimes including theft. police shot and killed bouhlel. he wasn't religious and was fired from his job recently. the father of three was also in the middle of a divorce. police detained his estranged wife. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: french president francois hollande says 50 people are between life and death after the attack. an american father and son, 51- year-old sean copeland and his 11-year-old son from austin, texas, died. three days of mourning in france begin tomorrow. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, nice, france. >>> the attack in nice comes eight months afternoon the attacks that killed 130 people in paris. after yesterday's attack france's president francois hollande ordered a three-month special of a state of emergency. about the same time as the attack in nice, a fire caused concerns in paris. a truck carrying fireworks burst into flames next to the eiffel tower leading to false rumors that the landmark was on fire after a terr

celebrating, old and young and tourists alike, a man in a truck 31-year-old man, a french man of tunisia origin plowed his way, in fact through the crowds. and what i have seen this morning, strollers -- baby vollers completely abandoned and people fled in a panic. bikes run over, and then covered by table cloths on the side of the promenade. to give you an idea of the scale of this crisis here for the french, this is of course the third attack in france in 18 months, french president, hollande, was calling out and there was anger in the city. this becomes much, much hard toward do. in terms of numbers, they are increasing and the figures are just astounding. 84 killed we heard in the last hour, from the paris prosecutors, 25 in a coma. of of the 84 killed. 10 adolescents, many children here celebrating with their families. >> thank you for that report from nice. our coverage of the attack continues on 6abc.com, reaction from experts here and around the world and a slideshow as the world remembers and honors the victims. back here we are dealing with another oppressively hot day. lets he

. >> investigators believe the attacker is a 31-year-old man from tunisia living in nice and with a criminal record. the french president hollande said it is an act of terror. >> it was a direct attack against france. this is why this individual committed this act. all the hunt is now on for accomplices. >> french authorities say security cameras in the city are helping create a timeline of the assault. hundreds of cameras captured the attacker getting into the truck and entering the promenade. >> thank you, jennifer. here is the latest on the death toll and injuries, 84 have died including ten children, 202 were hurt in the attack. 25 are on life support and 52 remain in critical condition. 80 uc berkeley students are in nice as pat after four week study abroad program and we are learning that one of them is still missing. the 20-year-old nick leftly. tiffany is on campus with us. >> no father should have to go through this, leaving for a month of studying abroad and now the family is praying he will come home. horror, cal students taking summer classes in nice were at the center of the car

he was from tunisia, lived in nice, had a criminal record, but no known links to islamist groups. so tonight france is grieving again, it had been braced for another attack, but few saw this coming and tonight still no claim from any terror group, lester? >> and what's stunning is how much distance he covered and it came to an end right over here? >> yes just 100 yards down the road. >>> we're all learning more tonight about the scores of people who were killed and maimed in this attack, as we said, 10 children confirmed among the dead when that truck came barreling through entire families celebrating together. at least two americans were among those killed. >> reporter: a family holiday, full of picnics and fireworks. then panic and fear. paris desperately trying to protect their children, some throwing them to safety. many never stood a chance. like sean copeland and his 11-year-old son brodie from austin, texas. both were killed on the promenade. >> sean always had a smile on his face, he had a bubbly personality, always upbeat. >> the whole family was on a vacation, celebratin

. >> investigators believe that the attacker is a 31-year-old man from tunisia living in nice with a criminal report. france's president hollande says it's an act of terror. >> this was a direct attack against france. and that is why this individual committed this act. >> the hunt is now on for any accomplices. >> french authorities say that security cameras in the city are helping to create a timeline of the assault and hundreds of cameras captured the attacker getting into the truck and entering the promenade, jennifer eckelston back to you. >> our coverage continues on 6abc.com with more on the investigation season also reaction from experts here and around the world. and a slideshow as the world remembers and honors the victims. >>> on the weather front, an excessive heat warning is still in effect in the area as we deal request another day of sizzling temperatures. the action cam was around the city with people looking for ways to beat the heat. for people that have to be outside it's once again finding ways to cope, and others were mindful of their pets, taking them on quick wa

he lived in nice, but is originally from tunisia. that happens to be a country that has become one of the largest breeding grounds for the radical islamist group of isis. one french report this morning says the man is known to police but not for any terrorism history. now, for the very latest on this horrific and offensive act, kitty logan is live in our london bureau. >> we're hearing horrifying witness reports of what happened along the sea frofront in nice last night. also learning now from investigators that we understand that the driver of that truck also fired a weapon into the crowd. now, he, of course, was shot dead by police, and if you look at these images of that truck, you'll see bullet holes in the wind screen, very clear, it's not sure if there's a bullet hole from where the driver was firing out or whether that was the police firing in, but certainly there was a shootout as well as this very deliberate attempt by the driver to run people over as he plowed that 25-ton truck through the crowd. now, these are people simpl

a man born in tunisia living in nice. his fingerprints were used to i.d. him. his wife, as the prosecutor said, has been detained as of this morning. >> crucially, they say he has a criminal past, in fact, convicted of crimes and sentenced to six months suspended for a weapons charge. but entirely unknown, entirely unknown by intelligence service, as we've been reporting. not on the radar at all for any sign of radicalization. want to get to nic robertson who i believe is outside the home of the attacker. nick, are you with us? >> i am indeed. one of the things that was very, very striking about what we heard from the prosecutor there, he talked about this 18-ton refrigerated truck and apart from those weapons and hand grenade, there was a bicycle. he said the only other thing inside there was a bicycle. just 20 minutes ago, i talked to a neighbor of mohamed bouhlel in the apartment here and she told me he used to come and go from the apartment on a bicycle. that's how she remembered him as being someone who stuck to himself, who was living alone, separate from

. >> reporter: born in tunisia, but a longtime resident of france, the 31-year-old mohamed bouhlel, a delivery man, had criminal convictions for theft and assault. but even as french authorities called the attack an act of terrorism, they also acknowledge bouhlel was not known to counterterror officials, not on any terror suspect list. as of tonight, there has been no claims of responsibility from isis or any other terror group. but isis has repeatedly urged its followers to attack westerners in any way possible, including running them over with cars. >> officials have to be concerned about this tactic, using a truck as a weapon that has this level of lethality. >> reporter: at least 400 people have now died in isis-inspired or directed attacks against the west, from paris, and other french cities, to brussels, to istanbul, to san bernardino, to orlando. carried out without warning and at a tempo that counterterror officials have not been able to stop. >> this list of attacks is overwhelming. but french authorities say this attack in nice was not on their radar at all. >> that's right

. >>> the truck driver was a 30-year-old born in tunisia. authorities were on high alert ahead of next week's republican convention. they will coordinate with french officials to learn more. >> who was this person? what was around him? what did the network look like? is there something we can learn from this other than the obvious, which is a truck that is u bin america and can do a l of damage against this civilian population. the truck is the weapon. >> french president hollande is trying to figure out if the truck driver had any help. france suffered major terrorist attacks over the last two years. militants linked to isis opened fire in a concert hall and other sites in paris. earlier that year, a gun assault on the satirical magazine and a kosher grocery store killed seven people. al qaeda claimed responsibility. coming up, we speak with former cia director, michael morell into the investigation and the nice truck attack. donald trump spoke out about the massacre and postponed the rollout of his running meat, mike pence. when will we le

: cbs news has confirmed that the man was muhammad ali ham he had louise a french citizen born in tunisia. he got in trouble before but only for petty crimes including theft. >> police shot and killed, him, neighbors say he wasn't a religious man and was recently fired from his job. the father of three was reportedly in the middle of a divorce. police detain his estrange wife. >> french president frances hollande said about 50 people are between life and death after the attack, and an american father and son, 51 year-old sean copeland and 11 year-old brody from the austin texas area did not survive. three days of mourning will begin tomorrow. jonathan vigliotti for cbs news, nice france. >>> stay with cbs-3 "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the bastille day attack. we will have the latest today at 5:00 and always on line at cbs philly.com. >>> in other news presumptive republican date donald trump postponed's today's news conference to announce his pick for vice-president, because of the attack in france but today he formally announced it on twitter. an hour ago trump tweeted i

born in tunisia living in nice at the time of the attack.nd had a violent past but was not being investigated by french intelligence and was not listed on any terror watch list. at least 84 people were killed in the attack including 10 children. 202 people confirmed injured. 52 of them now in critical condition. and two of those killed are sean copeland and his 11-year-old son brody. they are from austin, texas. vigils are taking place around the world from sydney, australia to berlin, germany, and many other places in between. in the u.s., flags are at half staff. tonight the eiffel tower will be lit up in red, white and blue honoring the victims of the attack in nice. coming just three days before the start of the republican national convention in cleveland. concerns over security there were already a concern. authorities haven't yet announced any updates to convention security plans but have already been preparing for the possibility of violence at demonstrations and other events related to the convention. joining me with more on preparat

tunisia born moe high school ed drove his truck through the street. in of the 84 dead and 308 injured were children. >>> americans in tore key are being warned to stay away from the american consulate in istanbul after friday night. the state run news agency says the interior ministry has fired nearly 9,000 government employees implicated in the attempted coup and at least 6,000 people are already in custody and more arrests are expected. after tanks rode through istanbul friday night. the president erdogan surged the supporters to rise up and they did and the coup was turned back. nearly 300 people died in the clashes that followed. >>> allyson is up next with the forecast and we're in for a hot week with one exception. >> and today, people woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and c