kind of attack on a nightclub in istanbul, in turkey. at the moment reuters are quoting turkish tv network ntv. they are saying it was an armed attack which took place and there have been some casualties. we understand a number of people have been injured, at the moment we don't know how many. according to reuters, this turkish tv network is showing footage of armed police vehicles on the street outside this nightclub in istanbul. it is 2am in istanbul, in 2017, they are three hours ahead of us. i don't have this is anything to do with celebrations taking place to mark the new year. there has been heightened security a number of turkish cities tonight, istanbul amongst them, of course. and also the capital, ankara. the traffic leading up to some the main squares in those two cities has been closed in advance of the celebrations. and of course 2016 has been a terrible yearfor of course 2016 has been a terrible year for attacks in turkey, of course 2016 has been a terrible yearfor attacks in turkey, in various parts of the country. all the information we have at the moment is that a

deadly bombings in istanbul and killing 150 people. we have a report. welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, december 12th. this morning, donald trump is rejecting the cia's assessment that russia did not just meddle in the u.s. election, but tried to steer the election toward him. u.s. agencies say they are increasingly confident that russian hacking was intended to help trump win. in an interview with fox news, donald trump scoffed. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think it's another excuse. i don't believe it. they have no idea if it is russia or china or somebody sitting in a bed some place. >> why would the cia put out the story that the russians wanted you to win? >> i'm not sure it is cia. i think the democrats put it out because they suffered one of the biggest defeats. >> the president-elect discou discounted the briefings by intelligence office. he said the briefings are repetitive. >> if something should change, immediately call me. i'm available on one minute's notice. i don't have to be told. i'm a smart person. i don't have to be tol

day of mourning after twin bomb attacks in istanbul killed at least 38 people, most of them were police officers. >> the moment captured on traffic camera. a car suddenly explodes, look at that. this is a busy treat. you see the traffic there. blatt was felt and heard miles away. ♪ [ speaking in foreign language ] >> those two people playing the guitar didn't realize an explosion had gone off behind them until the blast reached them. one of the explosions was heard on live tv. [ speaking foreign language ] >> wow. >> authorities tell cnn someone set off that car bomb remotely. this was around 11:00 p.m. local time after a huge soccer game. less than a minute later a suicide bomber detonated a second smaller explosion at a park nearby. the two scenes are less than a mile apart. >> more video here capturing the chaos. afterwards police swarming that area, as paramedics loaded the wounded into ambulances. 155 are still in the hospital this morning. mohammad lela is joining us live. thank you so much. i know the investigation is in the early stages but are you getting any indicatio

breaking news into cnn. there has been an incident at a nightclub in istanbul. here are the pictures we are looking at now. this is from our affiliate at cnn turk which is showing us what is taking place there. these are emergency responders who are outside of the club and now we have seen people being carried out of the club and people beginning to gather and try to figure out what kind of damage has been done. we see some of those workers waving those people away to get them away from the scene. clearly, this is a situation that they are still trying to sort out now. we are going to be following this very closely. as soon as we get more information, we're going to bring this to you as we can. again, an incident at a nightclub in istanbul, turkey, and emergency workers, as you see, escorting people away from that nightclub. we're going to bring you more as soon as we learn more details. ♪ if you have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis or crohn's, and your symptoms have left you with the same view, it may be time for a different perspective. if other treatments haven't worked well

istanbul charged with —— in connection with the two in august. the authorities accuse fatullah ghulam of orchestrating the plot. amid high security, the first major trial of alleged plotters has begun at this prison on the outskirts of istanbul. 29 police officers face a range of charges, some accused of trying to overthrow the government injuly. others are belonging terrorist organisation. translation: everyone involved in the two attack must have a fair trial. those who are not guilty must be separated. those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against the country. this is a coup attempt to topple the legal government. more than a thousand indictments had been prepared. if found guilty, 2i face life sentences. so far, 40,000 people have been arrested since july. 0n the night of the coup, rogue soldiers from the army and police attacked parliament and various institutions across istanbul and ankara. thousands of turks took to the streets following calls to defend democracy. more than 200 people died. they were mostly civilians. the c

, istanbul is the cultural and commercial heart of turkey. it's a city of great contrasts. the traditional shops in the grand bazaar. and modern, spacious shopping centers with fashionable boutiques. but for thousands of people, marginal street trade is the only source of income. the poorest among them have built shelters at the edge of the city. the wealthy live on the waterfront in stately apartment buildings. many have jobs in the modern offices of turkish and multinational companies. politics, religion, ethnicity, migration, economics: istanbul, with nearly ten million people, is facing multiple challenges. the city's unique location provides the first clue as to why its fate is of so much interest to other parts of the world. istanbul lies at a crossroads where the north-south axis of rich and poor intersects with the west-east axis of cultural differences. this is where christian europe meets islamic asia. istanbul lies on the bosporus, the narrow strait that unofficially separates europe from asia. the city has flourished for many centuries as an economic and political c

police officers are going on trial in istanbul, charged with involvement in july's failed coup. they're charged with seeking to overthrow the government. the trial is the most significant to date, with more than a—thousand indictments prepared. with 40,000 others in detention, these trials are set to be the most far—reaching legal process in modern turkish history. 0ur correspondent, selin girit, is in istanbul for us. how have the trials been going so far today? it has been a slow start, if we can call it as such, because we are talking about 29 police officers tried today. first, the indictments were read out and then their defences were read out. this is going to take years probably to com plete is going to take years probably to complete this legal process. already indictments have been prepared against 1200 people. we are talking about over 41,000 people already under arrest. there are investigations carried out on about 100,000 people. this is going to be a very significant and very large court case in turkey. the significant start was today in istanbul but it will ta

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group claimed responsibility for twin bombings saturday that left 38 dead in istanbul. turkish police say they have arrested 235 people in raids across the country. many of them have been linked to the kurdish opposition party. jasper mortimer told us more from antara. death from ankara. -- from ankara. >> i am speaking to an official of the pro-kurdish party. he just told me about 150 members of the party have been detained. he says that is where mayors and party officials in eight cities and towns across turkey. now, hours after saturday night's bombing outside the --jing stadium in istanbul outside the stadium in istanbul, itshdp p party expressed condolences to the families of those who had been slain. the people taken into custody have nothing to do with the attack on an stumble. this is quite probably true. why would a mayor in a little town in modern province southeastern turkey, who is concerned with getting called before his reticence and wind get involved in the basic football stadium. is trying tot demonize the htp. to some extent this works because a lot of people i

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bombs exploded in istanbul. the bombs were in a park and a stadium less than one mile apart. the blasts went off one after the other -- just after a soccer game ended. turkey has declared a national new this morning, u.s. defense secretary ash carter is meeting with iraqi leaders about how to re-take mosul from the islamic state. carter made the unannounced visit overnight. yesterday, carter announced he is sending 200 additional u.s. troops to syria to fight isis. wisn 12 news time is 5:09. right now, we are under a winter storm warning. snow continues to fall across the area. here's a live look from the road in milwaukee. road crews are out, trying to keep on top of the situation. lindsey slater in the weat center tracking how much more snow you can expect today. lindsey: good morning. the roads are a problem, and today, this storm is far from over. coming up next, i will show you some of the snowfall totals. plus, now under the winter storm warning. you are watching wisn 12 news this morning. [burke] at farmers, we've seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anyt

that happened in istanbul saturday. he offered no evidence for the claim. but they've carried out attacks like this before. two explosions went off near a football stadium killing 38 people, wounding more than 150 others. these blasts are one of several terror attacks in turkey in the past year. the head of the middle east department at the london school of economics joins us and wrote the book isis, a history. it's good to have you with us. let's talk more about this claim. one of turkey's deputy prime ministers saying the pkk is behind this. no evidence has been presented to back that up. explain the background for this group and why officials are pointing the finger toward them. >> george, for your own viewers, for the more than one year now, turkey has been a frequent target of terrorist attacks. devastating terrorist attacks in ankrah and istanbul and after the soccer game. two organizations have been behind the attacks, you have isis or the so-called islamic state and militant, the kurdistan party, the pkk. it's very difficult, george, to say exactly who was behind the attac

across the country this year. behind the istanbul airport attack in june. country this year. behind the istanbul airport attack injune. 360 people have died in 22 terror attacks this year, the latest of this month by kurdish militants, killing more than a0 people outside besiktas football stadium in istanbul. this person was among them, a lifelong besiktas support, he worked at the stadium. his mother called him a rosebud. translation: when i got the news, i collapsed. when i got the news, i collapsed. when they showed me his body at the hospital, i kissed him and then we buried him. may god spare everyone else this pain. may there be peace for turkey and no more bloodshed. the defining moment of the year came injuly. rebel soldiers the defining moment of the year came in july. rebel soldiers bombed parliament and drove tanks into civilians in an attempted coup. it failed but at least 265 people were killed and tens of thousands were arrested and dismissed, charged with links to the plotters. this lawyer went out that night to resist the coup. he has since represented some of those

in istanbul over their alleged involvement in july's abortive coup. they've been charged with seeking to overthrow the government and belonging to a group led by the us—based preacher fethullah gulen, who the authorities accuse of orchestrating the plot. catharina moh reports amid high security, the first major trial of alleged plotters has begun at this prison on the outskirts of istanbul. 29 police officers face a range of charges — some accused of trying to overthrow the government in july, others of belonging to a terrorist organisation. translation: everyone involved in a coup attempt must have a fair trial. those not guilty must be separated. those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against a country. this is a coup attempt to topple the legal government. more than 1000 indictments have been prepared. if found guilty, 21 of them face life sentences. so far, 40,000 people have been arrested since july. 0n the night of the coup, rogue soldiers from the army and police attacked parliament and various institutions acros

felt she had a life full of love. 29 turkish police officers have gone on trial in istanbul over their alleged involvement in july's abortive coup. they've been charged with seeking to overthrow the government and belonging to a group led by the us—based preacher fethullah gulen, who the authorities accuse of orchestrating the plot. catharina moh reports. amid high security, the first major trial of alleged plotters has begun at this prison on the outskirts of istanbul. 29 police officers face a range of charges — some accused of trying to overthrow the government in july, others of belonging to a terrorist organisation. translation: everyone involved in a coup attempt must have a fair trial. those not guilty must be separated. those who are guilty must be sentenced to the heaviest punishment because this is a betrayal against a country. this is a coup attempt to topple the legal government. more than 1000 indictments have been prepared. if found guilty, 21 of them face life sentences. so far, 40,000 people have been arrested since july. 0n the night of the coup, rogue soldie

security forces. richard engle jones us now from istanbul with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. moscow has dispatched a team to investigate this incident. that team is already on its way here. and there is a small mourning service taking place at the airport in this country, as the body of the ambassador is expected to leave and be repatriated to moscow. this is being described by russia as a terrorist attack. vladimir putin has already spoken out. said the bandits responsible will be punished. what we know about the attacker is that he was an off-duty police officer. that he was part of the riot police unit, a young man, 22 years old. that he used his police credentials, dressed in the uniform of a private security officer, went to this photography exhibit, was apparently not noticed. was thought to be part of the security detail that was supposed to be there. and then he pulled out his pistol, gunned down the ambassador, and then gave a statement saying that this was revenge for russia's involvement in the war in syria. the u.s. embassy in ankara not far a

has more from istanbul. >> reporter: several thousands civilians, men, women, and children, are holed up in around two square miles of territory with aleppo now nearly entire under the syrian regime's control. it's a major victory for the regime, after four years of fighting in the city. but it was won by indiscriminately killing civilians with help from syria's allies iran and russia. syria's president bashar al assad calls the rebels terrorists and in an interview with russian tv, he castigated the west for trying to influence them. >> the translation of their statement is for russia, please stop the advancement of the syrian army against the terrorists. >> reporter: the u.s. has condemned the regime and its friends in russia and iran but in five years of civilwar, america has avoided fearing a dangerous escalation and perhaps conflict with russia. the price of that policy has been paid by syrian civilians with their lives. the united nations human rights chief said on wednesday that the bombardment of civilians in aleppo by the syrian regime and its allies is almost certainly a vio

. >> correspondent holly williams in turk which more now from istanbul. >> we have obtained video that appears to show the attack on that convoy of civilians, and injured people. reportedly wounding at least three. the ambulance and cars were trying to carry people out of aleppo and to safety. instead, they came under fire. this man was apparently shot while traveling in a ambulance. this comes a day after yet another cease-fire fell apart, and evacuation of fighters and civilians. offensive by the syrian regime back by russia and iron has left rebels with only tiny pocket of territory in aleppo, around two square miles, where several thousand civilians are thought to be trapped. after four years of fighting, the syrian government is in control of the rest, mystery for the regime, and it allies, russia and iran, that has come at horendous human cost, raging forces have inch discriminately bombed civilians. also unconfirmed reports that more than 80 civilians have been executed in aleppo by pro regime forces including children. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. >> well, an e-mail warning this no

just without problems. genie: that is thomas lowe. in istanbul, the trial is underway for 29 turkish former police officers accused of aiding in the field military crew. they sought to overthrow the government, and loyal to for to look:. alleged thathave files have begun in other towns, but this trial is the most significant to date. >> istanbul's first trial related to the july 15 two gets underway under tight security. officers are accused of aiding the attempted takeover by disobeying their orders. >> everyone involved must have a fair trial. those who are not guilty must be separated out. those who are must be sentenced so they get the greatest punishment because it is a betrayal of the company. >> 21 of the former officers face life imprisonment. they are a handful of the 40,000 people who have been in prison since july's attempt to overthrow the government. 100,000 others have been fired or suspended from their jobs. they include journalists, teachers, judges, and government employees accused of being loyal to the muslim cleric erdogan says was behind the coup. it sparked inter

hurt after a series of explosions in istanbul last night. we know out of those 38 dead 30 are police officers. the white house releasing a statement this the two blasts happened outside of a major soccer stadium. this after fans had already gone home. so far ten people have been arrested in connection with the attacks. >>> president-elect donald trump's highest profile cabinet position we could know who will be nominated this week. sources tell nbc news he is expected to tap exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson for secretary of state. nbc's chris palone shows us why this pick is drawing fire from both sides of the aisle. >> reporter: donald trump in baltimore for the annual army navy football game sitting alongside top military brass, next month he will be their commander in chief. trump met with rex tillerson. nbc news learned he is trump's pick for secretary of state. >> to give trump credit he said he was going to try to surround himself with really successful people who did well. we find ceo,people at the top of from democrats and republicans. tillerson was his company's liaison to the k

talked earlier with our correspondents in istanbul and moscow. i started by asking dorian jones , what he is hearing about this possible cease-fire in syria given that the story broke in turkey. doraran: it is very fuzzy. the story broke in the morning with thehe turkey s state news agagency saying g there will bea cease-fire att mid night local time. but then, there was very little verirification or confirmation f th.. dorian: the ministry of foreign affairs on the presidencncy both came back saying we hahave no knowleledge about this or we cannot confirm it and then the turkish foreign minister did speak and said we have an agreement, two agreement with moscow. one, if the -- one, a cease-fire. two, an agreement to end the crisis. the turkish ministry,y, foreign ministry also saying that turkey and russia would act as guarantors, and if the cease-fire did take hold, that would provide the basis for a peace conference in kazakhstan next month. christopher: you are a bureau chief in moscow. how does that compare with what you are hearing in moscow? >> christopher, to be precise, i'm heari

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istanbul is the biggest today five months after the coup attempt. the power of reconciliation, the words of japan's prime minister as he visits perl harbor 75 years after japan's surprise attack. the offensive thrust the u.s. into world war ii. i'mre watching "france 24 james creedon. a rescue worker has found the main black box from the passenger plane that crashed near the resort city of sochi shortly after takeoff. according to a russian news agency, other jets of the same time have now been grounded, but this is not been officially confirmed. down and a7 meters mile offshore, russian ofestigators turned up one the flight data recorders from sunday's black seat jet crash, carefully preserving it in sea water until it can be analyzed. found with underwater search equipment and divers brought it up keeping the environment in which it found it. now it will go to moscow for further investigation. down justjet went after taking all from the southern city of sochi. there were 92 people on board. around two thirds of the member of the military choir along with officers, journalists, an

istanbul's soccer stadium. were riote victims policemen. an offshoot of the pkk militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. for more on the story, here's our correspondent in turkey. reporter: the kurdish faction is within the pkk that seeks to comb out its own identity. it is more hard-line than the pkk leadership. it is more prepared to kill people left, right, and center. but it is funded and trained by the pkk. incame to prominence february when a car bombing killed 29 people outside a military housing estate. since then they have carried out three more bombings in turkey, including saturday night in istanbul. all in all they have killed a total of 120 people this year. but they have come under criticism from within the kurdish community. bombing in november, which killed 11 people, a partyrdish mp of the hdp condemned the pkk. interestingly he condemned them, not the falcons. the pkk to the islamic state group. egypt's president identified to 22-year-old suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack against the christian population. speaking out for the victims, the p

after a deadly bombing in istanbul outside a soccer stadium. connor powell has details now on both those attacks. >> reporter: the turmoil and bloodshed claiming more lives this weekend with a bomb carried through st. marks cathedral this morning. it happened in this small community with 25 people killed. egypt has scene a wave of violence. the current military regime blames the ousted brotherhood. but the instability in egypt runs much deeper. and the president is facing criticism for the handling of the economy and the security situation. violence also striking in turkey, carrying out attacks outside a soccer stadium downtown istanbul. more than 150 people were wounded. the bombing is just the latest that have hit turkey in the last 18 months. >>> a day of mourning as turkish president will defeat terrorism. >> the cost of upgrading the system in state prisons has ballooned to about $400 million. the court-appointed receiver who controls the inmate health anticipated a $182 million price tag. but that original estimate did not include the cost of maintaining the system, replacing

was killed by foreign security. richard engel joins us with the latest from istanbul. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, moscow has dispatched a team to investigate this incident. that team is already on its way here. there is a small service taking place at the airport in this country as the body of the ambassador is expected to leave and be repatriated to moscow. this is being described by russia as a terrorist attack. vladimir putin has already spoken out. he says the bandits responsible will be punished. what we know about the attacker is that he was an off duty police officer, that he was a part of the riot pe young man 22-years-old. he used his police credential, dressed in the youthful of a private security officer, when to the this photography exhibit, was apparently not noticed. he was thought to be a part of the security detail that was supposed to be there. then he pulled out his miss toshlgs gunned down the ambassador and then gave a statement saying that this was revenge for russia's involvem in the war in syria. the u.s. embassy is closed in istanbul due t

the center of istanbul. >> again, this is in central istanbul after a soccer match, and a business saturday night game. two separate explosions went off outside of the stadium. at least 20 people are injured. turkish officials say, at least one of the explosions was caused by a car bomb, and a state news agency says the police officer is the apparent target of the attack. we're following developments tonight in istanbul closely, we'll bring you more as we have it. >>> coming up here, he's the billionaire investor that president-elect donald trump leans on to help select cab dmet members and his economic team. and when it comes to the epa, carl icahn has -- well, he says he's supportive of climate change denier, that has now been chosen to lead the agency why he says he changed his tune on this pick. part two of my interview is next. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. uh, i think i found your problem. thanks. hmm... the awa

two guests. joining us from istanbul is yassin al-haj saleh, a syrian writer, dissident, and former political prisoner. his forthcomoming book is title, "the impossible revolution: making sense of the syrian tragedy." and joining us via democracy now! video stream from the hague is mouin rabbani, the former head of political affairs for the u.n. special envoy for syria. he is a co-editor of jadaliyya. we welcome you both to democracy now! mouin rabbani, let's begin with you. can you talk about both the assassination of the russian ambassador in turkey and white has taken place in berlin? >> i don't think the two are particularly related. i think the important thing to note about the killing of the russian ambassador in turkey, it does not appear to have affected increasingly close russian turkish. for that matter, turkish iranian relations in terms of addressing the syrian crisis group an independent set of negotiations that will be served revised -- supervised by the three countries to the exclusion of , probably toates large extent from also the united nations. i think people who

. we have the latest from abc news. >> reporter: they were the deadliest attacks in istanbul in months. killing nearly 40 people and injuring 150 others. a car bomb was detonated remotely, targeting a police van, exploding outside the city's main soccer stadium just hours after the end of the match. it sent them inside the stadium running for cover. plumes of smoke rising above the stadium. the impact was felt across the city, then gunfire ringing out and warning shots fired by police. according to turkey's deputy prime minister, 45 seconds after the first car bomb, a suicide bomber was stopped by police, and he then blew himself up. there's been a bloody wave of terror attacks in the last 245 hours spread to go egypt, where eyewitnesses say a woman placed a bag packed with explosives inside cairo's coptic church, killing at least 25 people. most women and children attend ago sunday service. and in nigeria, two suicide bombers striking minutes apart in a crowded market. it's blamed on a militant group. and a coordinate attack targeting police forces and this one, now the largest assaul

, istanbul will be closed. warning viewers you might find some of the images in the report from richard engel disturbing. >> reporter: speaking at a photography exhibit and never saw his killer. moments before he shot him in the back. with the ambassador down, the killer shouted in auerbach and then turkish. times or two times and then he shot directly. i hid myself behind the table. >> reporter: the assassin was an off-duty turkish policeman. he used his badge to get into the russian-sponsored event. this was revenge for russia's participation in attacks on aleppo where evacuations of civilians continue tonight. russia and syria have been widely criticized for their brutal military campaign against the city. it's unclear if the gunman was sent by a terror group like isis or was just angry and plotted on his own. in moscow, vladimir putin promised to revenge his amb ambasder's killing. >> reporter: russia is not likely to respond militarily against turkey, but can and probably will escalate the war it is already fighting in syria. russian air strikes there already described as indiscrim

the pact is fragile. cnn's ian lee is monitoring the situation from istanbul joining us live with more. ian. >> reporter: good morning. so far this cease-fire seems to be holding. we are hearing reports there are scattered clashes, but they are few. this cease-fire really is thr threefold. to stop the fighting with the factions. turkey and allies and russia and syrian government and their allies. the second is to create a dialogue if there are violations they can be dealt with through dialogue and not fighting. the third step is a month from now, they hope to get the sides together in kazakhstan to start peace negotiations. i think the interesting thing to note is that the groups not part of the cease-fire. you have isis and next you have the al qaeda associated group and third you have the ypg. part of the syrian democrat forces backed by the united states. >> ian, more news made yesterday. put assad's end on the trump presidency. what more do you know about that? >> reporter: let me read you the statement. he said part of the optimism could be related to better relations with the uni

from istanbul. >> a team of russian investigators arrived here in turkey to find out more about the assassination of russia's ambassador. he was gunned down yesterday while he was given a speech during the opening of an art exit. they a -- exhibit. more tightened security here in intan bu istanbul. this is after not just the ambassador was gunned down but also in an incident a few hours later. an older man with a shotgun tried to enter the u.s. embassy, was not able to get inside and was able to fire his weapon into the air. motivations are unclear. the motivations of gunman who killed the russian ambassador are quite clear after he opened fire shooting him from behind. he said that this act was to avenge the people of aleppo. he was killing the russian ambassador because of russia's role in the joint russian syrian offensive. it has been described as brutal and it t street will be named after the fallen ambassador. istanbul. >>> a photo at the center of a romantic mystery. >> no matter what you're doing stop and take a look. we have to find out who this belongs to. it is a couple g

trump's big twin towers in istanbul. trump named that executive and specifically praised this guy at the dogan company, he praised him by name to the president of turkey while taking this political congratulations call. now "newsweek" reports that turkey has figured out how to turn that to their advantage and how to put the president of the united states over a barrel in the process. on december 1st, the top representative of the dogan country, in turkey's capital city, got arrested by the turkish police. again, trump as president-elect had taken an official call from the turkish president and used that occasion to tell the turkish president how much this one particular company meant to him, going so far as to name specific executives and then the turkish president had one of the top executives arrested on the basis of threadbare allegations, claiming that the executive from that company who they arrested and the founder of the company as well, the turkish president says they are both tied to the attempted military coup that happened in turkey this summer. turkey desperately wants

there were terror incidents in istanbul and cairo, yemen, all things that you have to have a deep knowledge about. a lot of people are comparing this to president nixon who didn't like these briefings but got them all from henry kissinger. what's the difference other than the fact it's 2016? there's a lot more information to get, but can the president get everything he needs to get from an inner circle as opposed to intelligence briefs? >> can he do so? i think the answer is yes. it depends on how close his advisors are to him, what their perception of the intelligence is. if you go through a filter, however, then that intligee passes through a facility we ils own biases saying, i don't believe it or accept it. if you want to maintain the morale and credibility of the intelligence community, you've got to have a relationship with that community and say that i trust in the integrity of the process. i may come to disagree or not accept the ultimate recommendations or analysis, but i need to have the information so that i can make an informed decision. absent that, to simply say i'm

. richard engel is live in istanbul. how did security break down and what do we think the motives are? >> reporter: details are still coming in. it seems karlov was speaking at a russian sponsored art photo exhibit featuring russian and turkish artists. a few minutes into the remarks a man in a suit, clean shaven, dark suit and tie stood up, shout shouted allahu akbar. you can hear gunshots and he drops to the floor. there are media reports that say the gunman showed some sort of security badge either posing as a police officer, powas a polic officer to gain access to this diplomatic event. in addition to saying allah allahu akbar spoke turkish and perhaps arabic as well. there are reports he said something about aleppo saying the crimes in aleppo can't go unanswered. we are still trying to confirm this. there were numerous -- two russian reports saying he's died. but so far we have not been able to confirm that. so far the russian foreign ministry is saying only that he was shot, hospitalized and the kremlin is in touch with turkey for the latest developments. >> richard engel, thank

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might be. lets cross over to istanbul and get the latest from our correspondent, selin girit. we know that witnesses at the scene say that the gunman initially shot the ambassador from the back and then told everyone else in the photography exhibition hall to leave the building and he shot the ambassador ‘s several times again and afterwards he shouted out, liverpool and revenge. those two words. —— aleppo and revenge. those two words and that sentence that he reportedly uttered suggested that his motive was related to the russian government involvement in the war in syria and especially the situation in aleppo. there have been various protests in turkey in the last several weeks regarding the situation in ana usabiaga balerdi, in front of russian consulate buildings and embassy buildings. but we do not know the nationality or exact other reports circulating in turkish media say he has been heavily wounded and taken to hospital. the interior minister is at the scene and has been investigating himself, there has been a police operation and the gunman has reportedly been kill

nearly six years old. holly williams joins frus istanbul. holly, what do we know? >> reporter: well, reena, the syrian regime has apparently agreed to this deal, along with one of the main syrian opposition alliances and the idea is, if it holds, this could lead to peace talks in january. but there are dozens of syrian opposition or rebel groups, and we've spoken to some groups this evening who say they did not agree to this cease-fire. remember, also, that this cease-fire deal only includes the syrian regime and some syrian opposition groups. this deal does not include isis or a powerful kurdish group. so while this could be a turning point, it certainly isn't an end to the syrian civil war. >> ninan: how is the u.s. reacting to this deal, hole? >> reporter: well, reena, the development. but this deal has effectively sidelined america in syria. russia's lethal air campaign in syria has managed to prop up the syrian regime, and it's helped moscow look like a truly global player, really for the first time since the end of the cold war. now, perhaps, this will allow russia's president

weekend. in cairo, egypt, a bomb went off in a coptic kissianate cathedral and attacks in istanbul targeted people outside a soccer stadium. holly williams is there. >> reporter: a kurdish militant group, the freedom falcons has now claimed responsibility for this deadly attack which seems to have targeted police officers. 30 of those killed were members of the police force according to the turkish authorities and thoad was a national day of mourning here as they buried their dead. the first explosion at around 10:30 last night used a car bomb followed 45 seconds later by a suicide bomber detonating their device in a nearby park turkey deputy prime minister said that the car bomb may have used nearly 900 pounds of explosives and the blast could be heard from several miles away. this follows a spait of devastating bombings here in turkey over the last year. some attributed to isis, others also claimed by kurdish militants. who are involved in a decades long conflict with the government here. and there was another lethal attack in cairo today. a bombing near the egyptian cathedral. i