by west germany and given a life sentence.she committed suicide in prison. >> well, as you indicated after 1948 the allies were crime trials program really peter daut and instead of trying people they were commuting sentences and granting clemency and by 1958 pretty much everyone who had been convicted that hadn't been executed after sentence was free. lawrence i want to ask you what were the reasons for this change correct of a few through the trials? where through answered the through the third answers the cold war. i think that was really the reality where at some point the united states made the calculation that we needed west germany as a dependable ally against our former allies the soviet union and it was really just a calculation of trying to appease the germans. the germans turned against the allied war crimes program, really really aggressively and at the time of the nuremberg trials for the international tribunal, the germans were actually quite sympathetic or at least they expressed their actual views but in the po

wanted to end the trials, as soon as she was let out she was imprisoned by west germany and given another life sentence and then committed suicide in prison. >> as you indicated after 1948 there was -- the allies' war crimes trial program petered out and they were -- instead of trying people they were commute sentences and granting clemency, and by 1958, pretty much everyone who had been convicted but hadn't been executed pretty quickly, after sentenced, was free. lawrence, i want to ask you, what were the reasons for this change? did the allies accomplished what they set out to do with the trial? >> i think there's three answers. one answer is the cold war. the second answer is the cold war. and the third answer is the cold war. that was really the realities were at some point the united states made the calculation that we needed west germany as a dependable ally against our former ally, the soviet union, and it was really just a calculation of trying to appease the germans. the germans turned against the allied war crimes program really, really aggressively. at the time of the nuremberg

in west germany, we had to maintain that at all costs because without west germany guess what. you don't have a europe anymore. so we did what we had to do to keep germans happy. doesn't matter who they were and that included going easy on some of their senior ss officials. i think it's unforgivable but i'm not a politician in the state department in 1947 trying to get the germans to allow us to put bases all over their country. >> to your left again, alex. >> sorry. >> a comment and a question. we here in the colonies pronounce that name of the famous university up in main "bo-din." >> you say bo-din? >> yeah. question, you have a very interesting group of books that you've written over time. how do you select the subjects you're going to write on and what do you have in mind for your next book? >> that's a very good question. i've often -- it's getting really hard now, sadly, tragically, which is why the museum's mission is so important because we can no longer rely on meeting people that were in world war ii so it's getting harder to find people because i'm very much about f

the soviets are tremendously successful pushing into west germany and seizing iceland in a surprise assault. the narrative centers on the u.s. and nato as they try and get more resources to europe. eventually, nato is able to be establish a bit of a stalemate in west germany buying time for reinforcements to arrive from the united states. >> clancy and his co-author larry bond examined what modern warfare would look like and looked at the strengths and weaknesses of both sides. it's world ward ii scenario in which the united states wins. nuclear weaponses are not entirely absent. as it becomes clear to the soviets they can't win, hard liners in the politburo attempt to bring about the use of nuclear weapons. this leads to a coup as the military leadership refuse and take control of the government ultimately ending the war. clancy and bond constructed the narrative in order to demonstrate only the truly mad would advocate the use of nuclear weapons. anti-nuclear sentiments are nearly universal between american and soviet leaders. earlier in the member, they lament the money spent on unproduc

all involve death, and all involve the badder mine off group. >> the red army faction in west germanys trend of moxist vanguard groups. the red brigade in the japanese red army, the weathermen in the united states. these were people who felt that the capitalist structures were unjust and needed to be destroyed and the only effective way of doing that was through violence. >> the german police have been waging a relentless war against the terrorists, capturing some, killing some. but the leaders of the group have often had more influence from inside prison than outside. authorities claim this man, andreas baader, continued to mastermind terrorist operations from inside prison, passing instructions through his attorneys. >> one of the baader monoff gang said one of the most fantastic thing in the 1970s was not to be a rock star but to be a revolutionary. >> unlike the i.r.a. or other groups, the red army faction kills selectively, prosecutors, bankers, leaders of the society they wish so fervently to destroy. >> they thought the more high profile the assassination or kidnapping, the mor

west germany we had to maintain that at all costs. because without west germany, guess what? you don't have a europe anymore. so we did what we had to do to keep germans happy. doesn't matter who they were and that included going easy on some of their senior ss officials. i think it's unforgivable but i'm not a politician in the state department in 1947 trying to get the germans to allow us to put bases all over their countr country. >> to your left again, alex. >> a comment and a question. we here in the colonies pronounce that name of the famous university up in main "bo-din." >> you say bo-din? >> yes. you have a very interesting group of books you've written over time. how do you select the subjects you're going to write on and what do you have in mind for your next book. >> that's a very good question. i've often -- it's getting really hard now, sadly, tragically, which is why the museum's mission is so important because we can no longer rely on meeting people that were in world war ii so it's getting harder to find people. because i'm very much about forming a relations

across streets, all along the 25-mile border between east and west berlin. >> telephone lines to west germanyood of refugees is dammed up. west berlin is isolated. ♪ >> a communist country like east germany cannot exist with an open border. it must be able to wall its people in and make them work until communism succeeds. >> president kennedy decided on thursday to send johnson to berlin because mayor brant had written a letter warning that the city's rotting morale required bold and quick treatment. >> and the united states wants you to know that the pledge he has given to the freedom of west berlin and to the rights of western access to berlin is firm. >> is khrushchev entirely convinced that our words have meaning? if he is not, what can we do short of war to convince him that they do? >> 1500 american soldiers arrived in west berlin after a 110-mile road trip across east germany. soviet person radio described the arrival of additional american forces as a challenging military act. >> the berliners know that western strength is their only protection. >> there are all sorts of people who sa

the project for japan and west germany -- and after those foundered dead ministers make the case for soviet sponsorship. khrushchev-- nikita issued the most politic statement he could muster. they are french of be as strong as the steel produced at the factory, which was etched into an obvious kathy factory. -- may our friendship the as strong as the steel produced at the factory. while soviet leaders expected a soviet steel mill, indian ministers really just wanted a steel mill. .he differences were evident historians have too often feared to tread. level, the basic sniping and backbiting gives lie itoats of friendship, but reveals the clash between predominant soviet and indian ideas and practices. when the any and ministry could not obtain a tracker the soviets needed, he made an arrangement with a private indian conglomerate. and when the delivery of electrical wire was repeatedly delayed, the whole electrical system was put out to bid. by the time it was commissioned in 1959, the so-called soviet ,teel that had otis elevators crop cranes, and my personal favorite -- j walter tho

pro-private sector officials in the ministry shops the project to japan and west germany. only after those floundered that officials in the ministry of steel make the case for soviet sponsorship. nikita khrushchev saw the decision as a political endorsement. capping off one visit with "may are friendship be as strong as the steel as strong as the factory." a message then asked into it obelisk at the factory entrance. platitudesal discussed fundamental divergences between soviet union officials. basically soviet steel mill, but officials in the indian economic minister just wanted to steal no. the differences were evident in the day-to-day negotiations were historians have too often feared to tread. at its most basic level the extent of sniping and backbiting gives way to drunken notes of friendship. the heated discussions revealed the class between the predominant soviet and indian ideas and practices. when the indian ministry of real could not obtain a subcontractor that he needed, they purchased it from the private ending conglomerate. when deliveries of soviet delectabl

and west germany cease these trials and thesefall by the wayside . >> i want to talk with all three a little bit about technique. everybody has their own quirky system, it might be a certain kind of software or it might be a ritual that you use for writing. susan, what's your secret sauce and how you get this done >> i have no technique . for me it was all structure. i would have to you know, first of all i had a researcher for 11 of the 12 years that i worked on the book because i'm not a trained historian and ... >> could have fooled me. >> thank you but she contributed a great deal in finding documents i never would have known how to find so that was my system, okay, i will tell you. i would read hundreds of books and i would mark them and i either, my researcher or other people that i hired part-time would stand and i would put them in categories and so every chapter had you know, maybe 30 or 40 small categories of the survivors, the primary survivor stories, the main characters and all the other hundreds of survivors who may have, they are not name but their stories a

in the early days of the war, the soviets are tremendously successful, pushing into west germany and seizing iceland in a surprise amphibious assault. the narrative then centers on the u.s. and nato as they try and get more resources to europe in order to turn back to the soviet tide. eventually nato was able to establish a bit of a stalemate in west germany, buying enough time for reinforcements to arrive from the united states. the broad scope of the book and the use of multiple protagonists allow clancy and his coauthor larry bond to examine what modern warfare would look like and present the rears that near exhaustive look of strengths and weaknesses of both sides. and, crucially, for its appeal to reagan, "red storm rising" is a world war 3 scenario in which the united states wins but without engaging in a nuclear exchange with the soviet union. nuclear weapons are not entirely absent from "red storm rising". as the book approaches its climax and it becomes clear to the soviets that they cannot win conventionally, they attempt to bring about the use of nuclear weapons. this ulti

government just open ed the window a lot bt and said, well, if you want to move from east germany into west germanyded to hear. history turns on these magnificent pivots. there are border guards who could have fired at these first people, but they didn't. instead of fire iing on those w were coming close to the wall, instead of firing on them, they just let them do it. >> it is the sort of news that defies the possibility of a headline. what we know is that we are standing in attendance at a moment in history. as you look now at the berlin wall. >> we didn't really anticipate that the wall would come down like that. but there was so much pent up emotion and so much of a desire for freedom that it just overwhelmed them. but it wasn't anticipated. it was a surprise. our joy was just watching the germans roll through that wall and knock it down and start making souvenir places in it. and it was a truly exciting night because we had wanted this for 40 years and now it had happened. >> the long time communist party leader of bulgaria suddenly and surprisingly announced today his resignation. >> it turns

west germany in addition gave -- allowed entree to the nato headquarters and so in the east german state security apparatus, and i'll discuss this a little tomorrow, in the east german state security apparatus files you can find large quantities of classified nato and west german documents. in fact, there are so many of them you can see -- and you can track when they were supplied, in some cases almost on the same day they were produced. in many cases within a few days so the east german state security apparatus had direct entree to important classified materials of the west. this meant that -- some cases -- and i'll get to this tomorrow, you could argue it may have had a stabilizing role because of what it showed about nato's intentions. that nato, for example, was a defensive alliance. so jest germany would probably the b theiziest to point to in a specialty but there were other missions. bulgaria, the important state security service in bulgaria had a role in the balkans in overseeing efforts. there were two balkan countries there were members of nato from 1952 on, greece and turkey.

the people believe that west germany and then the reunited germany is a different kind of animal. it's completely excised the ghost of nazi mindset. there are minority who have racist views, maintain some kind of neonazi views, but it's not just about rallies. it's not just about blogs. it could be that now they're going say, enough is enough, and i'm going to kill immigrants or my fellow germans in protest at what has happened. so if that turns out to be the case, that's a completely new dimension that the eu and the leaders have to deal with. they can't ignore it any longer. >> sebastian, i have this report from german police. they say they cannot rule out entirely islamic terror but they have no indication of it at this point. that's the language which they are using. i'm translating this from the german. furthermore the german tv station says munich is now in a state of emergency. what do you milwaukee of that, sebastian? >> i was reading the german police twitter feeds as it was happening. the mayor declared a quails -- quasi-state of emergency for munich and a quarter u.s. c

they are successful pushing into west germany, and seizing iceland. the narrative centers on the u.s. nato as they try and get more resources in order to turn back the soviet tied. eventually, nato was able to establish a bit of a stalemate, buying enough time for reenforcements to arrive in the united states. the broad scope of the book, allowed clancy and larry bond to examine what modern war would look like and prevents the near-exhaustive look for both sides and in its appeal to reagan, is a world war three scenario n which united stat scenario in which united states wins but not engaging in a nuclear event. the book approaches its climax and becomes clear to the soviets they cannot win consequently, hard liners attempt to bring about the use of new weapons. this muteultimately leads to a , and take control of the government, ultimately ending the war. clancy and bond construct the narrative this way intentionally, to demonstrate only the truly mad would advocate the use of nuclear weapons. anti-nuclear sentiments are in the book throughout the le

we are being abated, leading the west, germany, france and here in the united states and there's going to be a methodical attack on all the western countries and unless we do something to stop it, these things will increase quickly . melissa: as somebody is used to dealing with this on a terror and national level, you look at these refugees coming in from syria, and .1 million come into germany in the last year, i remember a year or two ago when we were looking at the pictures of what was happening to people in syria, needing to flee their homeland and go somewhere else, they have to go somewhere. there are good people mixed in with the trojan horse that is coming in as well, how do you sort through all of it as a law-enforcement? >> you can't sort through all of it.you could have a safe zone in syria and keep them where they are and had our us military protect them. we don't know who's coming here.we're finding out who's coming here, a lot of bad people and they're here with one mission in mind: to take us down. we have to set up a process to keep them where they are and protect them

so that made it quite easy to penetrate west germany. the west germany, in addition, gave an -- they allowed entree to the nato headquarters. so, in the east german state security apparatus -- i'll discuss this a little tomorrow -- in the east german state security apparatus files, you can find large quantities of classified nato and west german documents. in fact, there are so many of them, you can see -- and you can track when they were supplied. in some cases, almost on the same day they were produced. in many cases, within a few days. so, the east german state security apparatus had direct entry to important classified materials of the west. this meant that -- some cases -- and i'll get to this tomorrow -- you could argue that it may have actually had a stabilizing role because of what it showed about nato's intentions that nato, for example, was a defensive alliance. so, east germany would probably be the easiest to point to and a speciality, but there were other missions, for example, bulgaria. again, the important state security s

you used to work counterintelligence in what then was west germany in the '70s. you're fluent in german. what are you thinking, what are you hearing? >> well, it's obviously a terrorist attack, brooke. as you probably know -- >> why do you say obviously? >> well, because as indiscriminate shooting attack in a crowded place that attack civilians, and it is for the purpose of creating terror and caring out that kind of mission. so clearly this is what's going on. as chairman of the gilmore commission that studied these kinds of issues for five years, from '98 to 2002, we predicted that these kinds of attacks would occurred worldwide and specifically in the united states. and they will. >> and by the way, just need to remind our viewers, i hear you that your gut tells you terrorism. we do the no have that confirmed. we do not have any evidence linking all of this. that said, how familiar are you, governor, with munich and these locations and especially in the wake of what's happened and elsewhere in europe? >> very familiar with it. while i was stationed at nato hea

we had to maintain that at all costs because without west germany, guess what? we don't have a europe. we did what we had to do to keep the germans happy, didn't matter who they were. that include being a little bit easy on some of their senior s.s. officials. i think it's unforgivable, but i'm not a politician in the state department in 1947 trying to get the germans to allow us to put bases all over their country, you know? >> to your left again, alex. >> sorry. >> a comment and a question. we hear at the colonies pronounce the name of that famous university up in maine boden. >> bowden. you say boden. >> boden. question, you have very interesting books. how do you decide on your subject and what will you wrietd on for your next book? >> that's a good question. it's getting hard now sadly, tragically. that's why the museums are important. we can no longer rely on meeting people in world war ii. so it's getting harder to find people. i'm very much about forming a relationship and the human side of the war. i'm not so interested in strategy and tactics. i'm very

great benefit of speaking german as a native language, so that made it quite easy to penetrate west germany. addition,ny, in allowed entree to the nato headquarters. so, in the east german state security apparatus -- i will discuss this a little tomorrow -- in the east german security apparatus files, you can find large quantities of nato and west german documents. in fact, there are so many of them, and you can track when they were supplied, in some cases almost on the same day they were produced. in many cases, within a few days. east-german state security apparatus had direct entree into important classified materials of the west. this meant that in some cases -- i will get to this tomorrow -- you could argue it may have had a stabilizing role because of what it showed about nato's intentions -- that nato, for example, was a defensive alliance. he would probably be the easiest 2.2 -- east germany would butably be the easiest 2.2, bulgaria had a role in the balkans overseen efforts. there were two balkan countries that were members of nato from 1952 on -- greece and turkey. large ethnicha

back to the west, showers across the british isles extending to germany, but the big thing i think is in portugal and spain, hot and dry. look at your temperatures. north of that front, paris just a high of 25. all right. let's talk about the americas, really a tale of two stories here. in the west, it is dry and hot. this is fire weather being in place in parts of california, but as we look back towards the east, thunderstorms lining the northeastern seaboard here. new york definitely seeing delays as well. it had been hot and oppressive all week. 34 for your high in washington, d.c. here's the extended outlook. >>> we'd like to remind you of a developing story. police west of tokyo are investigating a deadly mass stabbing. they say a man with a knife went on a rampage inside a care home for people with intellectual disabilities. 15 people are dead and about 20 others are injured. police, ambulance and fire crews rushed to the facility in the city of sagamihara early tuesday morning. an employee made the emergency call just after 2:30 a.m. police initially got reports that put the nu

germany. that's next. >>> out west, authorities say a burned body was found in a neighborhood swept up by this wildfire north of los angeles. detectives are now trying to figure out if the person was killed by the flames or some other cause. the area was one of many evacuated as the santa clarita fire doubled in size and thousands of homes are threatened. >> it's scary. >> one wind shift and the whole place would be gone in half an hour. >> flames are being fueled by triple digit temperatures and strong winds. >>> in texas, four people are dead following a shooting at an apartment complex including the suspected shooter. here's what we know. deputies were called to the complex for reports of shots fired yesterday afternoon. there they found a man, two women and a child dead inside the apartment. another child is in the hospital and is expected to recover. investigators are now working to determine a motive for the shooting. >>> overseas, people in germany are pay ing tribute to victims f a shooting at a mall. a gunman shot and killed nine people before taking his own life. investigators say th

saying he acted inspired by their message, their message to launch attacks against the west, to launch attacks against germany. we're also hearing from authorities in germany that on the cell phone of the attack, they found a video in which the attacker pledged allegiance to the leader of isis abu baghdad al baghdadi, doing it because of what is done against muslims around the world. germany is helping train the per, mega, peshmerga, providing assistant to them and also flying surveillance missions over syria, even if it's not itself launching air strikes over syria or iraq. so this appears to be another isis inspired attack. of course just last week, we saw an ax attack on a train, also in the bavarian region, and that individual also managed to upload a message to isis, saying he was doing it on behalf of the group. >> all right, paul cruickshank, a lot of information there. isis now claiming responsibility for the attack in germany that injured more than a dozen people last night. paul, thanks so much. >> thanks, paul. back here to philly, the site of the democratic national convention. the first day of th

. >> we have muslims who themselves come from germany, who say that everyone in the west is an infidel, even though they are themselves western. so they're denying themselves. we need to explain these contradictions to them. >> this prisoner is in investigative custody for violent crime. he's already been approached by jihadists. young muslims, he says, are especially vulnerable. >> they hear things like you go there, you get a gun, you can shoot people listen to you, you're important, you have a position of power in a place you couldn't have been before. of course that attracts young people. >> the so-called islamic state continues to attract new recruits in germany as well as elsewhere. >> the number of people leaving is no longer as high as it was in the summer of 2014, when the so-called caliphate was declared. the boom has diminished somewhat but at the same time, is is still attractive and continues to prompt people to leave every month. >> a heart-wrenching experience for their families. a year after her son left, this woman got a call from syria, telling her that her son had di

west coast, 9:00 p.m. local time in munich, germany. the scene of the latest at least mass shooting and potential of more than one shooting location within munich, germany. too early to label this anything but a shooting. too early to label this terrorism with any specificity but are people to the u.s. are monitoring german media. the state department police reports trying to find out more. the other

. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> i'm pat buchanan> the american people appreciated the new television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of the

>> it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon on the west coast, 9:00 p.m. in munich, germany. i'm shepard smith in new york. authorities in munich say there's a terrorist attack underway now in munich. at least six people have been murdered at the shopping mall that you see on your screen. there is now reason to believe, according to authorities, that the suspect escaped. possibly by subway system. possibly by other methods. and have gone to city center, where a mass terror alert is out. they have required citizens now and anyone who is there to shelter in place, go inside buildings. they've just sent out an alert they need doctors and nurses from all around, to converge on one particular hospital. they've asked that no one drive on the motorways that lead to and from the city, as tear trying to get emergency services and police into the city as ex-dishes --ed and dishly as possible. this is the location of the shopping center. we have -- some full screens were mentioned in our booth. these are pictures can we believe, of the gunman. we have two pictures of gunmen. it's possib

. >> it's 3:00 on the east coast, noon on the west coast, 9:00 p.m. in munich, germany.'m shepard smith in new york. authorities in munich say there's a terrorist attack underway now in munich. at least six people have been murdered at the shopping mall that you see on your screen. there is now reason to believe, according to authorities, that the suspect escaped. possibly by subway system. possibly by other methods. and have gone to city center, where a mass terror alert is out. they have required citizens now and anyone who is there to shelter in place, go inside buildings. they've just sent out an alert they need doctors and nurses from all around, to converge on o

west coast, 9:00 p.m. local time in munich, germany. the scene of the latest at least mass shooting and potential of more than one shooting location within munich, germany. too early to label this anything but a shooting. too early to label this terrorism with any specificity but are people to the u.s. are monitoring german media. the state department police reports trying to find out more. the other domestic story we are following at 3:00 p.m. on a friday afternoon is the possibility that quite short ly we will learn hillary clinton's choice for vice presidential candidate. we have probably devoted like 50 hours to live political coverage thus far this week. the gop convention having wrapped up last night in cleveland. it has been thought and the f m former secretary of state has a campaign event in florida this afternoon. it's been thought that her supporters would be notified perhaps by twitter, perhaps by e-mail and perhaps most. perhaps they would be unveiled publicly as a ticket tomorrow. the democratic convention and domestic pol

germany. you know, the east german and west german separation ended, and the two countries were unified early in the 1990s. so there's now one germany again, there aren't two, but in the east, which was a communist part of the eastern european block, that party was called the socialist unity party, sed, sozialistische einheitspartei, and that party dissolved, but large numbers of it moved also into this linke. so it's a coalition. in the eastern part--this is something americans tend n n to know f for reasons having to do with our newspapers and our media--in eastern europe, in eastern germany the mass of people still vote for that party. so that party runs a number of the regional governments. in germany, they don't call them states like we do, 50 states. they call them laender, lands. so many of the laender in eastern part of germany are governed by this die linke party now, and increasingly, they've become powerful in the west. as i said, the last national election, they got 11.9% of the vote. 1 out of 8 germans votes for a party, one of whose slogans is "germany can do better than capitali

and germany played, springsteen played at the wall. these were symbols of the west.weren't playing mozart. they were playing rock and roll music. >> there were songs associated with september 11th and moments you come back to when you think about the musicians from that time and the music they were making. >> music is often the place people go to. after 9/11, alan jackson, that iconic song he delivered was so important to the country. you had bono performing, wearing patriotic outfits. >> this is an amazing collection you have here. >> well, it's a great museum, because everywhere you turn, you see songs that remind you of moments in your life. music really does connect all of us. >> sure does. what a great place. you have to check it out, next time you're in cleveland. a nice opportunity for us to do that the other day. so back to politics now, as hillary clinton and donald trump speak out about what we saw yesterday, a horrific shooting that took place in baton rouge. we are moments away from hearing from the louisiana state police and the governor there who will s

west throughout the cold war. why did bush think it was important to unify germany? clearly also the leader within the western alliance. the other three countries that occupying legal authority over the germans at the end of french,r ii that the british, and soviet union were deeply opposed to unification. only bush and the germans thought this was a good idea. essentially managed to push it through by telling each of his allies and the soviets that they required a relationship with the united states more than they required germany to remain divided. he went to margaret thatcher and explain to her that special relationship is the vital plank policybritain foreign and i care about this more than the special relationship. with mikael gorbachev he promised the basis of any post environment could only be based on how the soviets acted and in their acceptance of germany. bush understood, bush had a particular reading of the 20th century which was in some ways not the same as one moat understand as taught in the schools. like the secretary of treasury for franklin roosevel

. >> we have muslims who themselves come from germany, who say that everyone in the west is an infidelugh they are themselves wewestern. so they're denyingnghemselves.s. we need to explain these contradictions to them. >> this prisoner is in investigative custody for violent crime. he's already been approached by jihadists. young muslims, he says, are especially vulnerable. >> t they hear thingngs like yoo therere, you get a gun, you can shoot peoplele listen to you, you're important, you have a position of power in a place you couldn't have been before. of c course that attracts young people. >> the so-called islamic state continues to attract new recruits in germany as well as elsewhere. >> the number of people leaving is no longer as high as it was in the summer of 2014, when the so-called caliphate was declared. the boom has diminished somewhat but at the same time, is is still attractive and continues to prompt people to leave every month. >> a heart-wrenching experience for their families. a year after her son left, this woman got a call from syria, telling her that her son had d

germany. >> and dozens of passengers hurt after a bus and tractor-trailer crash into each other in delaware county. >>> and terrifying video out west, firefighters are battling out of control wildfires. we'll have an update on their we'll have an update on their effort >> we're under an excessive heat warning katie has the latest on what could be record latest on what could be record setting temperatures they're all gone. i know i bought them. well, staples has low prices. if i were you, i'd grab a couple more... for next week. back to school or back for more? staples has the lowest prices... period. staples. make more happen. staples has the lowest prices... period. >> we're back on eyewitness news with a live looked in the wells fargo center. democratic national convention begins later this afternoon. stick with eyewitness news for coverage. authorities in germany say a suicide bomber blew himself up at a crowded music festival near norburg and at least a dozen people were hurt in the blast. officials say the 27-year-old denied asigh nrum germany was denied entry into the event and authority have not ruled out the possibility the

germany. i don't know whether we read -- reports begin in mcdonalds, a symbol of the west. what's your reaction? >> yeah, it is a large, large shopping complex. it's basically adjacent from the munich stadium. security tends to be pretty high there. you have a lot of police out on foot. the cctb footage there, camera coverage inside the facility is very good and that's going to be critical because as cheryl pointed out, you know, the -- as far as we are told at this point, the shooters were -- or shooter haven't been identified so that film footage is in reviewed right now because, again, sort of the eyewitness reports tend to be less incredible in a mast-moving situation like this. but, yeah, i agree with bill. in fact, i almost always agree with bill, frankly. [laughter] >> this is almost a self-inflicted wound with a million plus refugees to germany over the past year, the idea that, you know, somehow all of those individuals were properly screened and vetted is nonsense in concert with the islamic states already stated goal of using the refugee crisis for their own purp

germany. he served with ed white who died in the apollo one fire. >> but they are behind me on west point on the track team and when i got in that squadron we, the two of us represented the squadron in nato gunnery exits. so i knew i could shoot better than he could. [laughter] >> he called you up and said i'm going to apply for that astronaut program. >> but that's not true, he left and went to michigan and then he pulled me up to 1962 and their looking for some more astronauts , they have a mercury seven and they had said i have all this, qualified and so i'm going to apply. and i said well, i can shoot better than you can. and i am mit and i am working on rendezvous in space. i think that nassau would like to know how to do that. maybe i could help them out. so i applied. [laughter] >> but you know you are pretty stubborn so you try to gang, right. >> if at first you do not succeed, try, try again. >> don't sound so excited about it. but you got accepted, third group of astronauts and yet your microphone is going all wonky so just be careful. and then you became an astronaut, we all know that

was at the air force academy and then he went to germany and he served with ed wade from apollo one. he died in the apollo one fire. >> you is that west point on the track team. when we got in that squadron, the two of us represented the squadron in nato gunnery exercises. so i knew he could shoot betterr than he could. >> ecology happens that i'm going to apply for that astronaut program. >> is after he left and went to michigan. he calls me up to 1962. they had started -- mercury seven. he said that some holiday spirit and qualified, so i am going to. apply. i said well, i can shoot gunnerl better than you can. and i am working on rendezvous in space. i think nasa would like to know how to do that. maybe i could help him out. so i applaud. >> you are pretty stubborn, so he tried again. >> if that first you don't succeed, try, try again. >> you don't sound so excited.ac you got accepted.ro astronaut and your microphone is getting wonky, just be careful. he became an astronaut. we all know that. let's talk about gemini. originally come you almost were going to fly in gemini. >> well, i hope train the guys. donald douglas built the mer

he was an exchange student from hamburg, germany, excited to soak up anything and everything american. he'd landed in a special corner of the westmissoula, montana. >> he was really charismatic. >> reporter: dana, anna, and chance were three of diren's closest friends at big sky high school. >> he was way different than all of the other foreign exchange students that usually come. he was really outspoken and outgoing, and he just jumped right into the culture. >> he wanted to do everything there was to do. >> and he was a terrific athlete? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it was no coincidence that jay bostrom, the teacher who recruited diren to big sky, also happened to be the school's soccer coach. >> no holds barred. just go get it done. and when diren played, that's how he played. i think the guys were immediately like, this guy is cool. kind of a bad ass, you know. >> he was, like, pretty stocky kid. liked to lay people out. yeah. >> he was tough. >> yeah. >> for sure. he threw down. >> reporter: and according to his friends, diren's soccer skills and his good looks definitely helped him with the opposite sex. >> he was always talki

he was an exchange student from hamburg, germany, excited to soak up anything and everything american. at 17, he landed in a special corner of the west. montana. >> he was charismatic. >> dana, anna and chance were three of his closest friends at big sky high school. >> he was way different than all of the other foreign exchange students that usually come. he was way outspoken and outgoing and jumped right into the culture. >> he wanted to do everything there was to do. >> he was a terrific athlete. >> uh-huh. >> it was no coincidence that the teacher recruited him also happened to be the school's soccer coach. >> no holes barred. just go get it done. that's how he played. the guys were immediately like this guy is cool. kind of a bad as. >> he was a stocky kid. liked to lay people out. >> he was tough for sure. he threw down. >> and according to his friends, his soccer skills and his good looks definitely helped him with the opposite sex. >> he was always talking to girls. here in america and back home in germany. >> a man of the world. >> other soccer girls said he would never miss a chance to take his shirt off when he was running

generally to the west, but france has been named, belgium has been named and germany has been named. of fact, there were videos out where they name specific targets, they named the cologne airport as a target, officials and analysts are always very careful about this. they don't underestimate the threat but there are very careful about this because this is part of isis propaganda. this is the way they want to spread fear. and this is the way they put this on the internet. but it is quite clear germany has been way up there as a target. a lot of officials in the past year have always said it's not a matter of if germany will be attacked, it's a matter of when. >> andy, i'm going to ask you to stick around. sue will stay with us. sarah of course as well as we bring in john harwood who has moved from cleveland to philadelphia, site of next week's democratic national convention. of course, john, last night and throughout his campaign mr. trump has talked very liberally, maybe that's a bad choice of words, about how to keep america safe from these kinds of attacks. these kinds of things f