again, istanbul and ankara, over 200 miles apart, istanbul is three times the size of ankara, about 14 million people, a huge tourist capital, a huge airport, a huge economic and cultural center for turkey and the world. ankara is the national capital, it's much smaller. but we got the initial reports of bridges being shut down and the scary fly-by of the f-16s in ankara and not long after, the president phoned in and said the military was acting without orders, said it was undemocratic. importantly, he said the government remained in complete control of the country. but while that was happening, the group within the military, that was apparently staging the coup, they took over the tv station called trt and delivered a statement that was read on state tv. the anchor later said she read it at gunpoint. the statement declared a curfew, it told people to stay home, it declared marshall law, and in the statement, the mute nears in the military claimed they had fully seized control of the country and they were in control of the government now. they said they had taken over the country beca

erdogan to think it's relatively safe in istanbul and once he's in istanbul then he can really call his supporters to the streets. so he has greater sureness about the situation here in istanbul than the capital. >> i want to put up video if we can of a couple of soldiers being arrested. president erdogan said earlier those responsible for this attempted coup would pay a very heavy price. i want your take on this. what happens in the hours and days ahead to those who actually attempted this coup? it cannot be good. >> it's going to be as dark as you can imagine i'm sure. he has made clear in his statement that he made shortly after landing here in istanbul that there will be full retribution, the highest price paid in terms of punishment for this act of treason and attempt to undermine the democratic system in turkey. people who commit -- who are convicted of treason, that's a capital crime in most countries so i would fear that those soldiers' days are numbered. >> it's one or the other because if this coup had been successful then erdogan is out of power but it's not successful or

another 13 in istanbul also being questioned. we can expect that you'll see more of these raids in the coming days as they try to establish who could be a part of these men's network. miguel? >> one poignant story we're hearing out of all of this, one of the victims was a doctor, i believe, who was going there to try to save his son from joining isis and ended up getting killed in this attack. what do you know about that? >> 44 people killed in the explosions at this airport. among them this tunisian doctor. he spent a couple of months in turkey. he was waiting for his wife who was going to arrive here. that's because they were hoping to pick up their son from turkish officials. their son had been detained at the syrian border after his son had gone to join isis in iraq as a meduc and had left, come through syria, landed in turkey where he was detained and the father has been here trying to seek his son's release. the wife was coming to meet him, hoping to reunite with their son who had left and had been working as a medic. inste

they are at the airport in istanbul. the people have come there because they were asked to come there basically by their president through facebook, social media. that's the only means he had. yet they have responded by the thousands, tens of thousands, to come and i assume to open the airport for his return, to push aside whatever military units are there, to make sure the president has an airfield on which to land and lights, whatever else it takes. a conning tower under their control, perhaps. a dramatic picture. give us a sense of how you are reading these pictures. >> i'm hearing explosions from downtown which is about three miles away. it looks like part of the air force is actually bombing parts of ankara. this appears to be escalating. >> the situation in ankara is more under control of the coup leaders, is that the case? >> apparently. and the turkish, the main turkish tv station, trt, is still off the air because they took it over and the military seems to be in control not just of the military headquarters, bu

that's in istanbul. okay. so that's just another piece -- so for those who are saying -- yeah, actually, ivan watson, if we can bring you in on that. you've obviously been to cnn turk, what does that tell you? >> well, the first apparent targets of the coup plotters was to go after trt and is not terribly popular in turkey and we have since learned that that's gone back into the hands of the government. what didn't make sense was the fact that the coup plotters did not go after private television news networks like our sister network cnn turk that broadcast president erdogan's message on his cell phone calling for his people to go out into the streets. so at this late hour for soldiers to be showing up at the headquarters of the doan news agency which joint operates cnn turk it seems a bit late in the game to be trying to show up at that place and it raises concerns for the safety of our fellow colleagues and journalists at that headquarters, at that network right now since they've issued that warning saying t

jared melton joins us live from istanbul via skype. he is a middle east bureau chief for "time" magazine. what is your assessment for what is going on? >> well it is clear now that the attempted coup has not been completely successful to say the least. it is faltering but that said, there is a great deal of uncertainty. as you mentioned, we had president erdogan addressing the country earlier reasserting that he is in control of course, moments ago, maybe a half hour or 45 minutes ago i heard gunfire. so there is ongoing gunfire and signs of other violence ongoing here in the heart of istanbul in the country's largest city. >> that's right. i want to get images for the viewers. you're in istanbul in the capital of ankara. we received these images of the parliament building. significant damage to that building it seems and it is from there that we know, from the prosecutors office that 42 people have been killed. the government is saying that this is not a coup, that this was a full scale terror campaign against people, the elected gove

istanbul, july 16, reuters. turkish authorities shot down a -- here we go, a military helicopter apparently operated by soldiers trying to stage a coup as it fired on the offices of state satellite operator turksat in the capital ankara on saturday. this is according to cnn turk. the turkish affiliate of cnn. we have seen this smoke plume over ankara for some time now. it started out as decidedly black. i could be they're convinced around that fire by the infiltration of gray in it. we had reports earlier tonight of some victims hit and killed, cal, you talked about some imagery that was really graphic by heavy weapon fire perhaps on one of the bridges. these were about a half dozen civilians who were found dead. >> and it was a helicopter strafing that bridge with machine gun fire and these are large-caliber weaponry. these two events playing out simultaneously sort of makes sense. if the erdogan government has taken control of the skies again and they are taking out helicopters that may be still under control

new information on the suicide bombers behind the istanbul airport attack. where they came from and who gave them their orders. >>> terror fears at the airport prompting beefed up security across the country as travelers head out this fourth of july weekend. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm miguel marquez. happy friday, july 1st. it's 4:00 a.m. on the east. new information on the three terrorists who bombed the istanbul airport kiling 44 people and injuring hundreds more. investigators identifying them as members of russia, kazakhstan and uzbekistan. the terrorists rented an apartment in an istanbul neighborhood known for its pro-isis rallies. for the very latest let's get to alexander field who is live for us in istanbul. alex? >> reporter: hi there, miguel. u.s. officials now believe this attack was organized by a well-known isis militant from the north caucus region of russia. it was carried out, turkish officials say, by the three men you mentioned. as you say, they had spent time in syria according to officials but they h

is about, you are in istanbul , and we have heard reports of military jets being scrambled over istanbul. are you hearing anything about the rest of sharkey? -- the rest of turkey? 1/5 of theup about population. is it happening only in istanbul and ocarina, or is it happening all over the country? so far, it seems to be ,round the capital and istanbul the commercial capital. it does seem to be focused in those two places. kara arees in oan saying they have bombs, explosions on the streets. it seems that the violence you are seeing is more concentrated corrupt ---- on ankara, but in istanbul they shut the bridges to traffic. we are feeling it, but not as ankura. as on koran -- mark: this is what president or one urged them to do, -- erdogan urged them to do, take to the streets. does he believe that enough people will take to the streets and engage in a peaceful protest in trying to convince the military that what they are doing is wrong? reporter: i think that is certainly his hope and attention. -- intention. from hear chants coming istanbul's central square, where three years ago there

holly, stand by there in istanbul. we're going to come back to you just a little bit later in the broadcast. in the meantime, margaret brennan is at the state department tonight. margaret? >> reporter: scott, well, the u.s. has been referring to this as an uprising, but frankly, american diplomats have had a hard time getting a hold of anyone inside erdogan's government, so they're not clear on who is in control. now the u.s. embassy has confirmed shots fired in ankara and in istanbul, and they're warning americans that they need to stay indoors, shelter in place. secretary of state john kerry did publicly call for stability. now, keep in mind, turkey is a nato member, which binds the u.s. to militarily protect it. it's also a key partner in the fight against isis. in fact, the u.s. has about 1,500 american troops located in the south along that syrian border at an air base known as incirlik. that's where the u.s. has launched many, many air strikes against isis in both iraq and syria. so that's a key priority to maint

in istanbul. this is a bloomberg special report. we are covering an attempted coup right now in turkey. we have reports of gunfire, helicopters, and jets flying and istanbul. we know the military has blocked streets and bridges across the bosphorus, but also has not been able to capture president erdogan one, who continues to remain at large. goal is to keep you abreast of all the headlines coming across bloomberg from our aggregated resources, and also to speak to people on international relations. ian bremmer is scheduled to be with us. others in thee coming hours. right now, we have a complete update. let's go to mark crumpton. army officers saying that they seized power in the country about three hours ago. miller telling you that warplanes are flying over the capital of ankara, and tanks flying over the roads in istanbul, but the president, linked by video to a local television station, said that he is still in charge, and he urged the public to take to the streets in resistance. right before the break, we did receive disturbin

dion, you're in istanbul. can you give a sense, the people who have taken to the streets, are these hard core supports of the freedom and justice party that is the erdogan party, or is it all different spectrums af know extremely polarized nation? >> reporter: that's an important question. i can't answer from what i've seen so far. we've seen supporters waving the flag of the party that he founded. so his supporters are definitely out on the streets. he has a lot of supporters here in istanbul where he served as mayor. you know, it is a diverse city with secular elements and conservative elements. we have seen the president getting support from across the political spectrum. so it's likely that others have been out there on the streets, trying to defend him. but hard-core supporters are going to come from the party that he founded. >> i just want to let folks, the images that we were just showing, i believe, were the ataturk airport. the president had addressed people through face time and told them to take to

he was out of istanbul. since return to istanbul and spoke to supporters and a crowd at the ataturk airport in istanbul. is there some expectation that erdogan will very soon address the nation about this? >> certainly. yes. i mean, as you say he was holidaying in a very beautiful part of turkey on the mediterranean coast and for a while, he could not get back into -- he couldn't get back into the capital for a while, couldn't even get back into istanbul, eventually landed and he made a speech where he condemned this. he tried to calm people and he said there are going to be severe reprisals for those responsible. now he's calling for there to be an extraordinary session of parliament here, meeting of congress, and he will be addressing the country and i think certainly he gained today. we can expect more in the way of resignations and arrests of military personnel and the suspicion here among many in the opposition is that we can expect a push from here, perhaps not today but in the near future, towards erd

we have been watching istanbul. that's a city of about 20 million people and that's where, when the coup leaders say stay home, we are placing things under martial law and the president says come on out and support me on the street, his supporters are all going to go out at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 2:00 in the morning where the other side will stay home. i think we will see more activity tomorrow significantly. i agree with fareed, this is an element of the turkish army, not the entire army. but i know from my experiences over there, there were a lot of disgruntled senior leaders in the turkish army based on the 200 or so generals and admirals that were court martialed by mr. erdogan in the early part of this decade. >> i think the general makes an incredibly important point, one fareed was making off air, which is we don't know the situation in ankara, frankly. all the images we are seeing really are from out of istanbul. many of them are no longer even live at this point. and this thing, for all reports of it being ov

twoe were soldiers on the bridges in istanbul. they have been closed as military on both sides -- this is a very moving picture. what we have heard is the prime minister has come out to say this was an attempt by the military. you can call this an effective coup. the military has said this is an entire takeover and saying to restore to maintain human ghts. there are reports of the military chief of staff being held hostage in headquarters and that is coming from the state news agency's. it is a very moving picture and confusion in turkey. why would a faction of turkey's military want to seize power? katy: i think this is a big surprise to a lot of people. it was a sense that people were united in trying to deal with the kurdish problem and a lot of it was one of the coupses to end military in turkey. people are glued to their phones, television and radio to understand exactly what is going on. laura: the military is saying armed forces have fully seized control of running the country, so it is a very confusing, conflicting picture

he landed at istanbul airport. the government is in full control and, you know, soon i think today we'll have a cabinet meeting and i'll be traveling later on back to ankara. >> turkey's deputy prime minister mehmet simsek. i want to bring in florida senator marco rubio. thank you for joining us tonight. you sit on the senate foreign relations and intelligence committees. you were recently in turkey. what's your reaction to what the deputy prime minister said tonight and what's going on now. >> thank you for having me on tonight. there's a lot of political back and forth going on. the prime minister was recently removed by the president and asked to resign and he did. we noticed some internal power struggles going on. but this doesn't look like a well orchestrated coup attempt by a large segment of military. in the military, they're actually alluding to a movement called a golanist movement. they'll put a lot of blame on that group. it will be interesting to learn what this is about. it's certainly not something th

local time in ankara -- i would assume this is ankara and istanbul. it is hard to imagine that the airport in istanbul is going to be up and enjoying normal flight operations after what we saw there overnight. tanks and military vehicles in that central circular structure as you enter, people just flowing freely through the terminal, through the domestic terminal, the area where there were 45 dead in a bombing a few weeks back and out on to the tarmac and runways. again, this is their claim, that they'll be flying again, scheduled service. according to the prime minister, 130 turkish soldiers have been taken into custody. one general is dead. here's the airport. that's security. now, these are not departing passengers going to flights. these are people who came out, we were told, in support of erdogan and to kind of hasten his departure from the airport to welcome him back. erdogan was photographed on the tarmac. we're back to, apparently, live pictures at 6:15 a.m. so by this claim there's commercial service starting up again, we just don't believe i

he joins us live from istanbul. tom, daybreak there in turkey. what are you seeing? what are you hearing on the ground? >> yes, well, the biggest news has been that members of the attempted coup, soldiers of the coup who have taken up a key position on a bridge right in the middle of the city. if you know istanbul at all there's a lot of water. you've got the boss frus running through it, the golden hall. one of the key bridges going right across the bosphorus, they've taken a position there. those troops are surrendering. the turkish authorities are telling us the troops are surrendering in istanbul at least is really a sure sign that things are really wrapping up, that government forces, loyalist, military and police forces are taking back full control. what's very interesting at this point is that the -- one of the first actions in the coup was the coup plotters arrested the chief of staff of the army. they weren't able to take the president. they weren't able to take the prime minister or other politicians. but

but there has been a huge explosion in istanbul. there has been gunfire in istanbul building. reports that the parliament building in ankra has been struck by the air force. and also conflict between different citizens so, we don't know if it's truly over or if it will continue and take to the streets. >> you know, it's extraordinary looking at this. i feel like we're in total mystery watching. this and with so much uncertainty and, you know, it looks a little bit like it's calmed down when the sunrises swoop up tomorrow. he will punish those against him, won't he? >> absolutely. president erdogan is a survivor. probably one of the most successful and popular politicians also highly controversial since the founder of the republic. so he has a fairly large somewhere between 40 and 50% in the elections in the last year. time will tell. is he incredibly divisive and not all of his policies are popular. >> with that thank you for joining us. and see you monday fight note and we will continue to watch. stay with fox news to watch the latest in turkey thank you for joining us. ♪ â

here in istanbul, the military is on the street with troops and tanks. we've had military jets flying very low overhead, and we've had gunfire ringing out across the city, but we still do not know if this attempted coup has been successful. we don't know the whereabouts of the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, who is clearly the target of this coup. in short, we do not know who is in control of the country. >> pelley: holly williams, thanks. that's when you're the parent of a disabled child, you realize that the world can be a harsh place. but you also realize it can be a really loving, wonderful place. when i saw donald trump mock somebody who was disabled, i was appalled. you gotta see this guy... ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh, i don't remember! that reporter suffers from a chronic condition that impairs movement of his arms. it told me everything i need to know about his heart and what he believes deep down. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. ♪ >>> it's hollywood's most famous bachelor settling down

. >> turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan arrived at istanbul's airport a few hours ago. he said he will not compromise with coup forces. and he says military members who depart in the attempt to oust him have committed treason. >> across the country people took to the streets to fight off the military. look at this scene. protesters climbing on top of a tank. but there are now at least 60 deaths reported. >> president obama is closely monitoring the situation. he spoke on the phone today with secretary of state john kerry. let's begin our team coverage with abc news reporter. >> the situation in istanbul and ankara has deteriorated quickly. bombs and bloodshed spilling into the turkish streets. chaos unfolding on the streets of turkey. bombs exploding at the turkish parliament in ankara. these pictures on social media showing the aftermath of the overnight in turkey, the president urging his pro government supporters to mass in the streets and fill the squares. secretary of state john kerry responding. >> i hope there will be stability and peace and continuity within tur

in istanbul, turkey. you are looking at live pictures and our breaking news continues with erin burnett "out front." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight "out front," breaking news, major breaking stories, a military coup under way in turkey tonight and an attack that has killed 84 people. 2:00 in the morning in istanbul beginning hours ago in a stunning move. the turkish military announcing it has taken over the country and imposed martial law. at this moment, gun fire on the streets of istanbul. the witness saying tourists are blocked in hotels by soldiers and in defnc

in istanbul, turkey. you are looking at live pictures and our breaking news continues with erin burnett "out front." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight "out front," breaking news, major breaking stories, a military coup under way in turkey tonight and an attack that has killed 84 people. 2:00 in the morning in istanbul beginning hours ago in a stunning move. the turkish military announcing it has taken over the country and imposed martial law. at this moment, gun fire on the streets of istanbul. the witness saying tourists are blocked in hotels by soldiers and in defiance of martial law some turks leaving their homes and taking to the streets and some even jumping on tanks. police have been responding in kind with tear gas. we can tell you for sure and reports perhaps of more violence, shooting, all flights at istanbul airport suspended and social media sites shut down and american citizens urged to s

this is istanbul where the president is believed to be right now. when this started he was vacationing in southern turkey with -- was the two began, he's believed to still be there during the night gunfire and explosions in istanbul. will try to find another one. this is someone watching the news coverage. president obama, secretary john kerry, nader as well expressing support for turkey's democratic the elected government there's a cute today by a group of turkish military officers a credit chaos, violence, some death. will continue to follow what's going on. >>> another big story we're following is also overseas. it came across the globe people standing in solidarity with the victims in the tragedy at nice. french flags flying at half staff in london. >> mexico's government building showing support lighting up in blue white and red. on your bottom right, montrial city hall also lives in french colors. as updates from the horror in nice continue to roll when we have learned three uc berkeley students a study abroad program were injured in a terror

tanks and troops were evident on the streets of istanbul. but some turkish officials say the coup attempt has failed. at the same time, president erdogan gave an interview to cnn's turkish channel from facetime from an undisclosed location. [ non-english language ] >> erdogan blamed a minority in the armed forces for the coup attempted. a short time ago we spoke to a professor in istanbul who listened to the president. >> he has actually been calling on the turkish people to rise up very remarkable get out in the streets get out in the squares and defy the military with guns. >> professor david sayers says he has not heard any explosion and his neighborhood is quiet. but he said his parents were unable to get over a main bridge that is blocked by troops. kpix 5 reporter sharon chin is at sfo for us where turkish airlines flight is supposed to take off for istanbul anytime now. but sharon, there are reports of explosions that are happening right now at the airport there in istanbul. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, believe it or not,

. >> turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan arrived at istanbul's airport a few hours ago. he said he will not compromise with coup forces. and he says military members who depart in the attempt to oust him have committed treason. >> across the country people took to the streets to fight off the military. look at this scene. protesters climbing on top of a tank. but there are now at least 60 deaths reported. >> president obama is closely monitoring the situation. he spoke on the phone today with secretary of state john kerry. let's begin our team coverage with abc news reporter. >> the situation in istanbul and ankara has deteriorated quickly. bombs and bloodshed spilling into the turkish streets. chaos unfolding on the streets of turkey. bombs exploding at the turkish parliament in ankara. these pictures on social media showing the aftermath of the attack. overnight in turkey, the president urging his pro government supporters to mass in the streets and fill the squares. secretary of state john kerry responding. >> i hope there will be stability and peace and continuity wi

anchor: dorian jones, reporting from istanbul. thank you very much. germany's foreign minister is in armenia, trying to persuade turkey and armenia to reconcile their differences. germany has become increasingly entangled in the tensions there. reporter: a wreath of remembrance. no official visit by frank-walter steinmeier is complete without a visit to the genocide memorial museum. the displacement and murder of 1.5 million armenians by the ottoman empire a century ago continues to shape the country and the relationship with its neighbors. >> compromise and reconciliation are not high up on the armenian political agenda. that applies to armenian turkish relations, and the conflict with azerbaijan on karabagh. rather than healing wounds, it seems to have deepened them. reporter: both countries assert claim to the region. azerbaijan once control of the breakaway region, and armenia bacs the mainly ethnic armenian region. soldiers have fought here for more than two decades, and 150 people died in clashes in april. >> we fear the risks of a renewed escal

we will bring in dorian jones, our istanbul correspondent, on that. what are you hearing at the moment? dorian: on television, the declared factionsy within the military have tried to carry out an illegal takeover. we heard reports of clashes with tanks and police in istanbul, though that has not been confirmed. the main bridges across the city have been closed, the we heard one has been reopened. there have been reports of military jets flying over the capital, ankara, and military police at the presidential palace. we cannot confirm any of this, but there are also reports a senior police office was shot in a confrontation at the palace. it does appear some sort of attempted military takeover of the country -- christopher: dorian, what sort of official response is coming from the government? dorian: other than what we heard from the prime minister, who says some factions within the army are carrying this out, saying they will be severely punished. he doesn't appear at the moment to be able to broadcast, al tough notably, no word from the president hi

i'm brooke baldwin here in istanbul, turkey. we'll take you back to the new developments after this triple suicide bombing from a couple nights ago but major breaking news here in an ongoing hostage situation at a restaurant in lang la desylang ylanlang bangl india. we know at this time an unknown number of people, including a number of for are are iners, they are currently trapped inside this restaurant, this spanish-themed restaurant in the capital city of dhaka. a source telling cnn assailants are throw ing grenades right no at police officers who are right now surrounding this particular cafe. a lot of unknowns at this point in time, including who these hostage takers, who these attackers are. the restaurant, let's talk about this area here of bangladesh. this restaurant is located in a pretty upscale neighborhood of dhaka. there are a number of embassies, cafes, restaurants. we've been talking to people who have been in bangladesh recently saying a lot of ex-pats and foreigners live in this particular area. i mentioned the

tanks have opened fire in turkey's largest city, istanbul, a city of 14 million. military helicopters have opened fire in the capital city ankara.

all of them abroad, istanbul and orlando. i was just going through the list, and you have differing levels of so fist case. you have national and foreign fighters. you have east and west. you have suicides and now a hostage taking. some are high pro file, some are random. so when you say what is the threat, i say reality, right? that is -- i sort of covered every place. i get the concern. what homeland security can do is ramp up a security presence, but we also need to engage the public in our own safety and security. there is no way a safety apparatus can cover everything we spoke about. that means see something say something, active shooting protoco protocols, but i'm not saying stay put, right? we're a vibrant mobile country without a -- without the kind of threat that we're seeing in bangladesh or turkey and i think we need to continue to act that way. >> i heard from no counter terror officials, who are conservative and do their jobs well, they have said do not be scared or stay home, be with your families. i want to go

one of more than a dozen raids across istanbul and the coastal city of izmir. turkey's interior minister said 13 are in custody in connection with the airport attack. the fight against isis in this country and on the front lines intensifying. coalition bombs rained down on an isis convoy south of fallujah, wiping out hundreds of militants fleeing the city. in turkey today, memorials and more funerals. these workers were on their way to bury a friend. how do you feel today? "still in shock" they told me. among the dead, cab drivers, caterers, an airport employee just a week away from his wedding. we saw a lot of airport employees in tears today as they tried to get on with their work. this is the seventh terrorist attack in turkey this year. lester? >> all right, kelly, all this creating a climate of anxiety. we saw that here at home. the u.s. air base that's home to the presidential aircraft this morning when the report of an active shooter sent joint base andrews in maryland on lockdown. personnel were ordered to shelter in place. but it was a false alarm. som

here in istanbul, the military is on the street with troops and tanks. we've had military jets flying very low overhead, and we've had gunfire ringing out across the city, but we still do not know if this attempted coup has been successful. we don't know the whereabouts of the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan, who is clearly the target of this coup. in short, we do not know who is in control of the country. >> pelley: holly sfx: turbines revving up, you hear that? and louder that's the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as $69 dollars one-way. so get ready to take off... because sale prices as low as these don't happen every day! book your low fare now at southwest.com low fares. nothing to hide. that's transfarency. sfx: clap, clap, ding know you can keep your financial big picture under control. know you can see how much you have to spend and whether you should transfer funds. know you can easily keep track of what you're putting away. and know you're budgeted for the

you're in istanbul. take us a few hours back and describe what happened when you first learned that something was amiss. >> yes, well, i was sitting with some friends just a couple hundred meters away from the central square in istanbul. that's where the soldiers came in and surrounded the monument there. they surrounded that monument. they were not the force that were taking some particularly strategic ministries but as a symbol. it's a large plaza in the center of the biggest city in the country. and subsequent to that there was an announcement on the stage, the news service which soldiers have entered the building of and forced the anchors to read. panic started to spread and started with the few people running and more people started running and shouting there was a coup underway and people were running past, glasses smashed, tables overturned trying to get home and so on. yes, it was a moment of panic. this was a serious movement too. they attempted to take the police command as well and failed to t

if you remember where troops are now deployed in istanbul. so this very humble, somewhat humiliating attempt to address the public is really something that is a major reversal of fortune for a man who is used to being entirely in control of everything around him. chuck? >> we should point out that apparently the internet has been essentially shut down in turkey so it's not even clear if erdogan's essentially facetime or skype interview with cnn in turkey really has made it to the turkish people. let me bring in nick burns, former u.s. ambassador to nato. ambassador burns, this is a nato nation, a coup in a nato nation. take us in the situation room right now. what is this conversation that's taking place? >> well, turkey is one of the five or six most important countries to the united states in terms of its juxtaposition of the middle east and to russia, been a member of nato for over 60 years. what happens there is of real interest to the united states. as you know, we have a close military relationship. a close relationship against the isla

there is no more flights that could land to istanbul to ankara. they have vehicle reports, international flights so far and there's no new flights taking off from istanbul. yet, the chief of defense has issued threats saying it was an official coup. to restore the constitutional rights, democracy, freedom of expression, et cetera, et cetera. bearing in mind the situation in turkey. but the military in their press release also reiterate they will abide by their international duties to third countries and on the other hand, the turkish prime minister said it was an event of which was totally illegal. that was not abiding by the chain of command and that they were about to take control of the situation on the ground and the yet, there are no specific clashes between the military and the police because the police are close to the government. and a this is so far, what the situation is on the ground. >> we're looking at live pictures right now. you see people walking around, traffic, tanks within that traffic. is it chaotic there in any sense? you said

but explain the bridge. >> istanbul is famously divided. there are people that live on both sides of these continental divides. and one of the quickest ways to shut down and most efficient way to shut down the capital is to shut down the bridges. that was the first sign we saw today that a coup attempt was under way. when they came in their uniforms and blocked what was initially one lane of the road and traffic slowing on other parts of the city. word was not trickling down to the people that something was -- there were certain television stations broadcasting documentaries and norm entertainment program. other television stations loyal to the government started behaving much more in a panicked way. jets were seen flying low over ankara and reports of exchanges of gunfire at one of the main police stations between supporters and police who apparent lie either defending their location or defending the state. in istanbul, you can imagine how people would be not knowing where to drive, doubling back on the roads. driving to their homes any wa

mark: isabel finkel joining us from central istanbul in turkey. thank you. she was very careful to point out that people are taking great pains not to call this a coup, but there has been some sort of military action in turkey. we are seeing reports of very heavy gunfire heard outside turkey's presidential palace. we are going to continue to follow this story. we will bring you more as we get it. we now join "with all due respect" already in progress. john: i think that is when it is the most dangerous. if mike pence is asked about trump's fundamental judgment, that could be an issue. i do think there could be a very large problem. terms of hisrk, in condemnation of that proposal. as we know, trump has modified it in some ways. there is no a story on the website about some kind of internal memorandum about how they are supposed to navigate some of these differences, especially on that issue. i think that's a problem. i think trade is also a problem. trade is so much a part of trumps economic message and tends to be -- mark: as it would have been a problem fo

the sad irony, one of them, of what happened at the istanbul airport is that istanbul had beefed up its security. it had moved its security to curbside. so much further outside of the airport than what we have in the u.s. there were -- you know, you had to go through the metal detectors at the curb, and yet these three attackers, one blew himself up in the parking lot, one there at curbside, and then one was able to run through the metal detectors and security and detonate himself inside the airport. so it seems as though some things are futile. wherever you move your front line of security, that's still the soft target where the lines are waiting. >> it is true. with a system as big as an airport, right, and -- just domestically, millions of people traveling a week, this idea that you can get the vulnerability to zero is just a fiction. people in security know that. what they're committed to or what where need to invest in is the capability of minimizing the risk and maximizing the defenses, knowing you're not going to get that vulnerability to zero. the other aspect of this is, of cou

later he managed to get himself to istanbul. at this time he was on vacation on the turkish coast, he showed himself physically, not in the turkish capital but in its largest city there with very strong words. you heard him say the coup was over and that those who turn their guns on the state of turkey will be punished very harshly. this is a man trying to express and show control at this point and keep in mind, don, leading up to this he has as much as the coup is an assault on the turkish democracy, he's closed down media, going after the judiciary and removing official he's saw that were not faithful to him. that narrative continues. assuming this coup is over and his side has been victorious, people are going to be embracing themselves perhaps for an even more aggressive leadership from erdogan. >> ivan watson, rebels entered cnn sister network and we could see the desks were empty. >> this was an incredible scene where the editor in chief says that these coup soldiers landed with a helicopter and then basically forced journ

here at istanbul airport. we're getting new details about the men who blew themselves up here a few days ago. >> i'm john vause, at number 10 downing street. there's betrayal and outrage in the next race for the prime minister. >>> and how donald trump is saying his party is not standing by him. i'm amber walker. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is cnn. >>> investigators here in istanbul are trying to connect the dots between this triple suicide bombing at this airport tuesday and isis. the death toll stands at 44. the funerals are heartbreaking. they are taking place throughout the city. new surveillance video shows one of the attackers running through the airport with his gun. turkish officials and state media say the militants were from uzbekistan, kyrgystan and dagestan. officials are trying to find out if anyone else is involved. they arrested at least 22 people. cnn's senior international correspondent visited the apartment apparently rented by the suspects f

but at istanbul they did. there, this terrorist was caught on surveillance video running and firing his weapon before he was shot by an airport police officer. squirming in pain, it appears he is shot again. seconds later, he blows himself up. though no one has officially claimed responsibility for the istanbul attack, it's a familiar strategy, shoot civilians dead, then detonate a suicide vest a tackic quickly becoming isis's favorite way to tries the west. the primary difference from a more typical suicide bombing or suicide attacker is that they are heavily armed usually. and they go into a place, whether it is a theater or a nightclub or a restaurant, and they try to kill as many people as they possibly be before detonating their explosive vest. >> reporter: these types of fighters are called suicide warrio warriors. >> wher combining being an excellent fighter and being able to kill as many people as possible on the battlefield with also being willing to give your life for the sake of god in one of these

some got on board to istanbul. others rescheduled. chaos on the ground erupted before the flight took off in san francisco. many expected turkish airlines to kansas that he will flight but it didn't. for many concerns kept them on the ground. >> if i land it is still safe only the around, if we get out of the airport, will there be guns? >> i decided to stay here. we had a long layover. >> that plane left on schedule with passengers on board. ticket agents wouldn't say how many people boarded or how many canceled. passengers who canceled are still trying to get to their destinations. some are booking on airlines that don't fly through turkey. others are rescheduling. passengers wrld they could reschedule free of charge on turkish airlines free of charge. >> one tv station halted a hive broadcast because the soldiers crd entered the studio and the control room. >> what you're hearing is gunfire in a. rax they couldn't sign off because the master control room had been evacuated. ,o one was in there. we don't know if

demir fromn istanbul. still to come, turkey and the deadly attack in nice will be on the agenda when foreign leaders meet later. saudi arabia has a new plan to support its oil exports. we get more on that. ♪ angie: quick check of the latest bid lines -- business headlines. is setting a target for takeover of interoil. oil surge has three days to respond. is said to be considering buying armed holdings. it would be the company's biggest ever acquisition. a source says an agreement could be announced monday. saudi arabia is planning to build a maritime complex on the east coast to support oil exports. they save the kingdom needs a shipping fleet that matches oil capabilities with aramco requiring more tankers to meet demand. oil prices have rebounded 70% from this year's 12 year low. opec expects demand to rise next year. yousef: let's go to that story. for more, we are joined by the chairman of the arab petroleum investor corps. energy finance lender that teamed up with the shipping company to buy 15 new

this is istanbul. and we see traffic going only in one direction on the bosphorus bridge. >> one other point if i may. >> go ahead, andrea. >> the state department has been posting on social media that they are confirming media reports at least of gunshots and possible attempted uprising in turkey. telling u.s. citizens there to remain vigilant. also that social media is blocked. use e-mail, phone, sms to contact. so they are using the their @travel/gov account to warn people to be careful and to warn american citizens. they have always said that americans in the area, residents and travelers should be in touch with the embassy and with consulates to let them know to register and let them know where they are. >> the website of the telegraph in london had a very ominous report. people who were out enjoying the evening in a cafe saw locals on their phones and quite agitated and quite worried. and i went on to an aviation website and saw all the icons of the aircraft kind of locked on the ground at the ai

tanks overtaking the streets in istanbul. these photos showing armed military personnel engaging in an attempted coup, locking down the bridge, the main connection between the european and asian side of istanbul. the u.s. embassy warning americans to shelter in place and stay indoors. adding that martial was imposed and telling american citis in turkey not to attempt to go to the u.s. embassy or consulate at this time. >> i hope that there will be stability and peace and continuity within turkey, but i have nothing to add with respect to what has transpired at this moment. >> reporter: clashes and explosions have been heard in the turkish capital. and we are learning elements of the military have seized control of turkish-state television. turkey has a history of military coups. the last one taking place in 1980. >> the tush. >> prime minister said a group within the military is engauged in this political coup and that security forces are doing whatever is necessary in order to resolve the crisis. abc news, new york. >>> now

we'll head back for any breaking details there out of istanbul. we're looking live at these pictures and still pictures coming in from turkey. we can tell you that the military is reporting that it has seized control of that country. just in the past few minutes explosions have been heard in the turkish capital of ankara. we're getting words from the wires that military helicopters have opened fire over the capital city. also, we are getting word that the turkish eu minister is calling on soldiers to disobey orders. we are having a situation here that is developing once again, two nights in a row, in a world hot spot by the minute. watching this, correspondent kevin corke is at the white house tonight with reaction from president obama's administration to this takeover in turkey. good evening, kevin. >> reporter: bret, good evening to you. wow, what a couple of days we have had. you're right, the administration watching the events unfold in aink array very carefully. you may recall just last year we were there talking about a great deal of coopera