Transcripts For CNNW CNN Newsroom Live 20160716

Turkish pressure Tayyip Erdogan said it has failed and its government is in control. It is is slowly reinserting power after opposition soldiers tried to take over 1,500 military personnel have been arrested. Translator this nation broke a certain government using their own will by election. The government is in control. 50 of the people elected the president , and that president is on duty. Well, friday night, members of the Turkish Military bombed government buildings, including parliament. This video was taken during an air strike on the Parliament Building and posted on social media. Soldiers also entered our affiliate, cnn turk claiming martial law. It resumed broadcast after being taken off the air for 45 minutes. We spoke earlier with the Networks News director. We did manage to get everybody out of the building. Everybody seems to be okay. They pulled our signal down. We remain down, although my turkish counterparts in ankara seem to have gotten their signal back up. It was quite a scary moment. My staff, their phones were c confiscat confiscated. Clearly a lot of people were shaken up. Journalist Andrew Finkle joins me from istanbul. We hear of people being shaken up and a military coup quashed. The president , andrew, says he is in charge. Does it feel that way this morning . Well, i have been out and about istanbul. It is a quiet time. People have decided perhaps they were up all night to see what was going to happen. I think there is a sense of relief that order has been restored, the coup attempt has failed. It is mid morning now. Take us back to the middle of the night in istanbul. What did you hear and see . It was friday night. People were out and about. Quite suddenly we realized we couldnt get across the bridge, the major arteries. Not only could we not get across them but the reason we couldnt get across them is there were tanks and soldiers guarding them. Pretty soon we realized there was a coup attempt going on. A curfew was imposed. They said the government had lost its legitimacy. And things were about to be restored. The government fought back in the most extraordinary fashion. The president , Tayyip Erdogan who was on on holiday, appealed to his people. But on facebook asking people to go on the streets, to ignore the curfew and to show the coup had failed. Thats what happened. Turkey is no stranger to coups. In the past they have been successful. What happened this time, and who was behind this prop . Well, as you say there have been three coups in my life. The last in 1980. That was really quite a long time ago. I think there are two things here. One is that in order for a coup to succeed, you really have to have the army behind you. In this case the army was divided. And the other thing is they really didnt they were urging people to go down in the streets. The old days you would have heard by a radio station. Here it was social media. It really won the day. It wasnt a very well thought out plan. A lot of people died. Sure. 60 dead, 1,000 wounded at least. Andrew, thank you for that. We have learned that u. S. President barack obama has spoken to u. S. Secretary of state john kerry about this coup attempt in turkey. Both officials suppressed their support for the democratically elected government and urged all parties against violence. We spoke to Anderson Cooper of the coup on u. S. turkey relations. Have a listen. For hours we talked to officials across the city, officials at nato, and everybody continues to say, even now, they are monitoring it. Its very monitoring at the moment, anderson. Because i think there is a real sense of in stability that they see in turkey dont. And they are not sure what to make of it. This rapidly, regardless whether the coup succeeds or fails, has become a National Security crisis. Why is that . Because turkey is such a close ally in the war on terror, there are 1,600, they fly missions out of the base, even tonight. The u. S. Wants to see that continue. They want the turks to crack down on the border to keep isis from coming into turkey and on into europe and plotting more attacks. They want the turks to crack down on terrorism. But heres the big problem. If the Turkish Military, governmentcontrolled military is not in full control of the country, if there is a coup it becomes a difficult matter of policy to stick it out with the turks. They dont do it where things are taken over by force where there is not a democratically elected government. But the decision tonight in washington support the erdogan government and try toen they can try and maintain some stability. Because turkish policy aside, keep access to the bases and keep the turks as an ally in the fight against isis. Barbara, the u. S. Has 1,500 troops stationed in turkey. Do we know what their status is tonight . Well, we checked a short time ago. We are told that the base in anderlecht, everything is is secure. There are no problems. Those air strikes continue. But and its a big but, if the government cannot reassert control in turkey, all of this may have to be reassessed. Behind the scenes they have already begun looking at planning scenarios. If they had to send u. S. Troops into turkey to protect at the base or had to send marines to the embassy to protect that u. S. Installation. And that about all the u. S. Citizens that tonight are in turkey with the istanbul airport still shut down. How do you get those americans back home. Yeah. Whether the coup continues on or not, this is a big mess for washington. Barbara starr speaking about the situation in turkey earlier. Things do seem to have calmed down there somewhat. The president says he is back in control. More on that story a little bit later. Lets get you now to nice and my colleague max foster. Max. Reporter coming up, were getting early details about the suspect behind thursdays terror attack here in nice, in france. And a person who witnessed this awful massacre. Welcome back. Were just learning five people are now in custody in connection with thursdays terror attack here in nice in france. Authorities have been trying to determine if the suspect behind that attack, which killed 84 people, had other help from other people. French Officials Say Mohamed Bouhlel plowed a rented truck through crowds celebrating the French National holiday. The 31yearold man was born in tunisia. Officials searched his apartment and took his exwife into custody. There were no signs that he was radicalized but he was known for minor crimes. Translator its a lesson that we must also learn from this tragedy, from this terrorist attack, one of many more after previous others in the last five years, we are facing a long battle. Because we have an enemy that will continue to a. All people, all countries who possess freedom as an essential value. Reporter with me is someone who was actually looking down on everything as it unfolded. A horrific scene. You were on one of the balconies looking down from one of these build here. Thats right. I was at my friends apartment to watch the fireworks. We watched from the rooftop. Then we saw Everything Else unfold directly from the balcony. So you would have been almost exactly where the truck stopped. Exactly, yes. So just describe that last bit that you saw. Well, we could see the truck from the windows of the hotel lobby. We saw it pretty much right after it stops. We heard the gunshots. We thought it was fireworks. We saw people running down the street. So we went to the lobby to see what was happening. We saw the truck full of let holes, the front damaged. And just bodies on the road behind it. Did you catch a films of the driver . No, i didnt. So what sense did you get as it was moving . I didnt see the truck moving. After it had stopped. We heard the gunshots, which i suppose was them stopping the truck. Then we went to see what was happening. And the truck was stopped there. And you presumably didnt have a clue what was going on . No. What was your suspicion . We thought it was probably some kind of terrorist attack. It was just so surreal. And, you know, Something Like that, a huge truck, we thought maybe there was something inside. Explosives. We dont know to have it all shot up like that we thought it couldnt have been an accident. It looked like a war zone pretty much. Is that how you would have described it. Yes. I would say so. Seeing the bodies strewn behind the car, it was unreal. And people were trying to make sense of it as well. They were trying to look for loved ones. Yes. Did you see that as well . I did see people out where there were bodies laying in the road trying to shake them. People kind of wandering around dazed. Even in our group of friends that were luckily safe inside, there were people we couldnt get a hold of by phone for an hour or two. The lines were down. Everyone was phoning everyone. Yes. Have you managed to make sense of any of this since . It is more just a feeling of shock really. Im still in disbelief. I mean, this is my home. You know, im on this promenade every day. Its where i run. Its where i work. I havent made accepts sense of do people have strong opinions . Not that i talked to. Mostly everyone is is grieving. Everyone is in disbelief that this happened. How is this going to change the way you live now . I dont know if its going to change anything i would do on on a daily basis, but it will certainly for me the promenade, this whole area, it wont be the same. Its interesting because i noticed yesterday just one street behind, all the bistros are open as normal. It looked very busy to me. I dont know how it is is normally. So people are going about their normal lives s. Is that out of defiance or there is nothing else, no other sort of response really . I think it could be a bit of both actually. As i said, for me and a lot of people i know, it is a feeling of disbelief. I guess we dont know what else to do other than the normal things we would do. But i do know also there is a strong feeling generally here when things like this happen that we wont let this affect us. Were going to carry on like we did. And the city is completely dependent on tourism, especially over the summer. Yes. People are going to think of terrorism when they think of. Do you worry for the people who work here and the hotels. Im actually in tourism as well. I work as a bicycle guide. It is a concern as well. Nice is so much more than this one incident. It has a long and beautiful history. It is still a beautiful place with beautiful people. One act by one person isnt going to change that. We really hope people can understand that. Thank you very much, indeed. Thank you for telling us your story. Joining us from paris is an anchor, International Correspondent for france 24. It is all about shock and resolving everyones feelings. But in paris it is about policy, isnt it . Youre right. The story here is a little different even though people feel for the people in nice. Most people will know somebody who is in nice or who planned to go for the holiday. As you say, there is a slightly different perspective on it here because there is also the entire political angle. As you were saying earlier, french president hollande faces a tough reelection year. He is up for reelection. He hasnt declared his candidacy in a years time. He wants to have very tough talk against terrorism. But are any of his policies actually working . I think that is a serious fundamental question french people will be asking themselves more and more as we move into this election campaign. Because after all the policies set in place by the government have not prevented terror attacks from happening. Whether its increasing bombings against the Islamic State group in iraq and syria, as the president said they would be doing more of yesterday, it hasnt stopped attacks like we saw happening. I would expect this to damage his chances of being reelected. What realistically can the Security Forces do . Obviously during the euro championships there was awareness they would be a target. There was massive security, and it worked. This event didnt have the same sort of security. They cant offer that, can they, for every sort of situation . Thats what youre talking about when you have random, low walls if you want to call them that. Max, youre absolutely right. Thats the fundamental question that french people across the country are asking themselves. I think there is to some extent a tolerance. Every attack cannot be stopped. Especially the attack we saw yesterday. Its random. It is very is hard to detect. And i think there is an appreciation for that across the general public. That has been the line of both the president and the Prime Minister of making the general public aware that that threat is very difficult to counter. They say the fight is is going to be longer. There are going to be more attacks. They are preparing the french people that, yes, you cannot stop everything. Of course we will have to take a longer, harder look at what the secret service can do, whether there are better forms of security, what security measures you need to put in place when you have large gatherings in nice. This may come back to haunt the government, at least the question will be asked. The word on nice, the government has been focusing the last few months on the threat outside the capital in france, medium cities in france. They know there are going to be big gatherings. They trained for this. Still, they were not able to t does it somehow bolster her cause in the far right cause . Because what happened here and the person who carried it out, whatever their motivations, sort of fit a box, didnt he . He was muslim. He was born outside the can country. But he does fit into a narrative which is out there. Youre absolutely right. The far right in general, their platform has been even before these attacks has been antiimmigration, tighter control of our borders. So this definitely plays into her narrative. She draws a direct connection between immigration and between terror attacks. This is going to help her. Shes going to be able to make sure case. Saying, look, we have allowed people from north africa, from muslims. This is her speaking, this is her narrative. To come into our country. We need to tighten borders because look what happens. This is going to help her in this election year. It makes her narrative more audible for the french audience. In terms of the election, has this changed everything . Is it all going to be about immigration and security . Its going to be key. I mean, definitely the reality in france is changing. But it is not entirely new. I wouldnt say there would be a before and after nice. Why . Because as you pointed out, this is the last of a string of attacks in france the reality has been changing since the Charlie Hebdo attacks a year and a half ago. Also, people will be asking themselves, even though they are asking themselves whether the government is able to protect them, i think people have in the back of their minds, maybe the opposition wouldnt be faring any better. How do you protect the general public against them . There is no sense that the opposition has a better plan than what the government has been putting in place. Okay. Thank you very much indeed. Eufr 6th tably, these stories, the ones that unfolded behind me on the beach front. Much more on the situation in turkey as well. Members of the countrys military tries to seize control. They failed, though, and is promising they will pay a stiff price for it. Details next. Welcome back to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im Becky Anderson for you today in paris. Turkish authorities rounding up suspects after a coup attempt by opposition members of turkeys military sent much of the cup into turmoil overnight. A source within Tayyip Erdogans office tells cnn more than 1,500 military personnel have been detained. And soldiers who took part in the coup have been surrendering. Some of them coming face to face with progovernment supporters on bosphorus bridge. This is a night of gunfire and explosions. 60 People Killed in the unrest. 1,000 have been wounded. Julian joins us now, a political scientist and analyst based here in paris. It is is becoming clearer what happened overnight. A failed coup attempt. What isnt clear is what happened next. It is is a limited part of the army, which is a little bit surprising. Actually the turkish army has a long expanse of coup. We dont know actually. The army does not need much movement. So now we definitely start to clean up a little bit the institution a little bit more than it did before. And certainly weeding out those he believes were part of this plot. We know generals and colonels have been arrested overnight. There have been one if not more high court judges. He believes those are part of the tkpwaou hand brotherhood. One point that is strange, the government came a little bit closer to the military at this time. It was never good since 2000. They denounced the fact that the military are too much involved in politics. And there were some trials, very is high ranking military in the year 2000. But now it was a little bit better relations because of the war in the southeast. But the relation was good. Perhaps this is the reason why not all the army were in the coup. You alluded to the pkk, a turkish faction at war with president erdogan and his group. If we are seeing the beginnings of a crackdown on those who may have been involved in this coup, can you imagine a further crackdown domestically on other opponents, or is this an opportunity for reconciliation. We have seen perhaps one bright spot overnight in that the opposition parties have actually come together with president erdogan and criticized this coup attempt. I think the behavior of different parties, even of the opposition is very interesting and working for national unity. But the point is regarding to the pkk, im not sure president erdogan would change his policy. Not only the pkk. Theres communist movements. A faction split from the pkk. All of these on movements in the turkish state as it is is today led by the president. And we know as well there was the Islamic State over there. Messages of support from the International Community this morning for sure. But appeals for calm from washington and various other places, their relationship with turkey, turkeys relationship with the outside world, be it regionally or internationally, has been very difficult on of late. But we have seen the turkish president offering some olive branches, some attempts of reconciliation for example with the likes of moscow and president putin. Possibly even with egypt. So how does this leave turkey . I think that the International Community is interested in a stable turkey. I really think that is the reason why the International Community actually but the president. Youre right. The realizes with the rest is a member of nato, for example. Right. But they need stability f. Turkey collapsed, with regard to the immigration, with nato, the realize with russia that we have. So it is a little bit difficult. They should go back and the Prime Minister of turkey said they should go back to syria. And they excused themselves for firing at the russian jets. So it was like news. It gets a little bit better but it is always a little bit messy. Turkeys line was always to get friends with everybody but it never kind of worked. Confusion then overnight on the streets of the cities in turkey. And very confusing for the likes of washington, who watched what was an attempted coup unfold. A coup now seems has been quashed and the president back he says in control. Well, Officials Say at least 60 people are dead. Thank you. At least 1,000 hospitalized. Cnns Natalie Allen shows us now how it all unfolded on twitter. Cnn tweets on the attempted coup began at 11 30 p. M. Local time in turkey with a recorded statement by the Prime Minister that turn issue military units are attempting an uprising. Just before midnight, cnn showed twitter video of a military jet flying extremely low over the turkish capital of ankara. 12 07 a. M. , the Turkish Military says it has taken control, according to reuters. 40 minutes later, cnn tweeted, Turkish Military has taken over the government and imposed martial law, according to an announcement read on turkish tv. Then just after 1 00, cnn tweets, the turkish president is urging people to take to the streets to stand up to the military. His message had been conveyed through a phase time trace on the phone of a cnn turk anchor. At 1 23 a. M. Local time, cnn reports gunfire heard in streets amid military coup attempt in turkey. That confusion and chaos continued for some time. Then just after 3 00 a. M. , cnn tweets that turkeys National Intelligence unit claims the coup is over. But confrontations between military and demonstrators continue. At 3 47 a. M. , cnn turk anchor reports soldiers had entered the building. Thats it. We now have to go. Then at 5 00 a. M. , cnn tweets, Law Enforcement has started arresting military officers. By 5 26 a. M. , cnn turk was back on the air after being shut down briefly. And at dawn, turkeys president tells a large crowd in istanbul the government is is in control. Natalie allen, krp. Cnn. All right. Lets get more on what has been a tumultuous night in turkey. This has been a difficult few hours overnight. Turkey expected to rash up its involvement. Now whether they can do that remains to be seen, becky. Fascinating. In nice on assignment of course covering the horrors of the bastille day attack. Thank you for that. We are going to take short break. Well take you back to nice. And the latest from there after this. Stay with us. Why are you checking your credit score . Well you dont want to live with mom and dad forever, do you . She says. Bazang ok, good one. Uh, how do i check my credit score . Credit karma, its free. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. With the massacre here in nice that killed 84 people. Four men plus the attackers exwife. We are learning more details about the attacker himself, a resident of nice, born in tunisia. They have searched his apartment detained his exwife. There is no sign he was radicalized. He does have a record for minor crimes. We are hearing from many witnesses. We will speak to him in just a minute as we try to get a fuller picture how this all unfolded. The turkish government has scored a massive blow against a military uprising. Thats coming up. It was supposed to be a family event. Fireworks, cotton candy, stuffed toys. That is why so many of the victims were children. 16yearold Kimberly Torres was separated from her mother in the chaos. Translator i didnt understand what was happening. I saw the truck. And i went closer. Then i saw everyone lying on the ground. I started running because everyone else was running too. But i still didnt understand. She cant finish talking to us. She starts to cry. Her mother says, shes tpwogoin be 17 soon. She said mommy, there are severed heads. Mommy, come get me. I didnt want to cry in front of her but i cant hold back anymore. Her leg was injured in the stampede to escape. But she was lucky. Three children remain in critical care, one still unidentified. In all, some 50 children were brought here. For many, their parents have not been found. Now, this is the promenade where the attack happened. You see people have been leaving flowers here all day. The truck actually started its attack right around the bend there. And the closest hospital to the scene is the Childrens Hospital right there. Doctors told us they rushed in expecting many of the wounded to be brought in but they had no idea just how many of those wounded would be children. These were not the wounds we saw in brussels or paris, says dr. Christian. These were massive blood trauma injuries, run of, crushed beneath the truck. Something you would see in a car crash. To have 50 children brought in from a car crash all at once is is very rare. Dozens of children are still in this hospital, barely able to grasp the trauma that will remain with them for years. We were going to speak to someone who was actually in the crowd on that fateful evening. Well be back in a moment. Welcome back to nice where they are doing their best to clear this road where that horrendous massacre unfolded less than 48 hours ago. We do expect them to open up to allow the public back into that space, which they have always enjoyed for years and which has been closed off since the incident actually took place. The country sees the promenade filled up once again and back to normal. A sense of defiance really and the public will embrace that. We have had some breaking news. A claim of responsibility has been made for this attack. We will bring nima. Isis in the past claimed responsibility for attacks they have only inspired. It is important to drill down to the wording. They are citing an unnamed Security Source inside isis, which is incredibly interesting wording. It is is almost like a news agency in the west. That gives a sense that perhaps they werent as involved as they would like to portray. When they have been involved, they have been very quick to report to that. This clearly is something they would love to take credit for, continue to amplify the impact of the terror attacks of last month. It is interesting they are claiming one step removed. And if it turns out there are no links with isis, i guess it means they around that as well. Absolutely. We have been hearing horrific stories from the witnesses. One is frank vidal. You were just down here. Yeah. I was listening. I was on the roof. I was just at the beginning. Its amazing. I just stood there pause the concert was good. The band was good. So i had, okay, im going to stay a little bit. I felt something strange in my back. I looked in my back and i saw jumping on on people. He drove straight. He tried to go faster and faster. But he stopped because he took so many people. Because there were too many people at the end, so he stopped. He took so many people. So the people, all the people stopped the truck. The bodies were blocking the truck . Yes, of course. So he had to reverse and move on . The truck was jumping on the road. You dont realize because and it was very fast. Of course it was fast. And after i was from the route, i tried to speak to people who lay on the road. There was silence. I spoke with them to try to do something. But they just died. And this was very awful. And maybe in my mind it was more. But i decide it was a terror attack. We didnt understand. People around didnt know. We were just like i dont know. Like a ghost. Because we dont realize the situation. We tried to find something to hide ourselves. And, me, i went back to my place because im not so far away. Well, our thoughts are with you. I hope you somehow manage to come to terms with it in the months ahead. Yeah, of course. Perhaps today im very sad, of course. All of this is stupid. We are in france. We make props everywhere in the world. We make that. We saw it in france. We saw 25 billion of weapons. Obama made three times more than bush. Were going to speak to you more a little bit later on. Were running out of time a little bit later. There is a lot of anger, which is understandable. Okay. Were going to speak to you again. Thank you very much indeed for joining us. Im max foster in nice. Much more on this news story after the short break. Why are you checking your credit score . You dont want to live with mom and dad forever, do you . Boo laughs im making smoothies well. Im not changing. So, how can i check my credit score . Credit karma. Dont worry, its free. Hmmmm. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. We are following two major stories at the moment in turkey. Chaos and uncertainty after elements of the military tried to seize control of the country. The president has defiantly declared the government stopped the coup attempt. Reporter in Southern France here, isis claims it inspired the bastille day master. In the street behind me as investigators discover new information about the man who killed more than 80 people. Hello, and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, im max foster in nice. Reporter im Becky Anderson in paris for you. Reporter were just learning that isis is claiming it inspired thursdays terrorist attack in nice in france. A total of five people now in custody following the attack. A french official says that includes the suspects exwife. Authorities have been trying to determine if the attacker had any help from other people. Now, french Officials Say Mohamed Lahouaiej was the man who plowed a rented truck through crowds celebrating the French National holiday. Police shot dead the 31yearold man born in tunisia. The french Prosecutor Says there were no signs he was radicalized, but he was known to police for minor crimes. There were ten children, would you believe, amongst the 84 killed. The around been me is about to be opened up, which is why you can hear the commotion and see the commotion. Theres a real determination here that life should get back to normal after that horrific incident. Were going to bring in nemeh here. Were talking about isis claiming it inspired the attack. Does it many claimed responsibility . Thats whats interesting about this, the wording. Although they say it was carried out by a soldier of the Islamic State, usually when they can, when they have been involved in the planning, they have always given evidence. In bangladesh, in dhaka, they immediately released the pictures of the attackers. Here theyre sourcing it to a Security Source within the infrastructure. Its almost like theyre giving themselves wiggle room. They clearly, the sense were getting is that they perhaps dont know the extent of any of their members involvement. Many of the cases are selfradicalization on line, recruiters reaching out to people. But we have to remember omar mateen and the orlando nightclub. Sometimes it is people who have Severe Mental Health issues. This man definitely had a very difficult and disturbed home life by the sounds of it, gypspired at home watching inspired at home, watching on their own. Reporter Officials Say there are so hines no signs he was radicalized, there may not be any on line, but he was directly inspired. It could have been a madman frustrated with his estranged wife. You think thats why we may have this wording in the statement . Absolutely. The details of his home life are disturbing. The fact he smeared excrement through his estranged wifes house. Those four men in custody will be key. Clearly authorities are working exactly that did anybody work with him . Can we tie him to anybody else . In these hours after the attack, the Broader Network is always so important. Reporter okay, thank you very much. We continue to follow for the latest developments becky. Over to you for the attempted coup in turkey. Thank you. Reporter in turkey, hundreds are under arrest after an attempted military coup sparked violence, chaos, and fears for the countrys future. [ gunfire ] reporter at least 90 killed and 1,000 wounded by gunfire and explosions as soldiers and tanks rolled through the streets of ankara and istanbul overnight. Thousands flocked to the streets after the president erdogan pled for help. Some soldiers came face to face with angry civilian whos circled their tanks before a cheering crowd in istanbul early saturday, mr. Erdogan insisted he had prevailed. Translator this nation brought a certain government using their own will by election. The government is in control. 50 of the people elected are president , and that president is on reporter all right. Local media also got caught up as the coup attempt unfolded, including cnns affiliate cnn turk. Friday, soldiers entered its studios in istanbul and took Staff Members out for a period of time. And a turkey staterun network pulled down their signal. Video at the scene of posted on twitter. The situation in turkey is still very, very fluid. Journalist Andrew Finkle has been reporting in and about the country for decades and joins me via skype from istanbul. A chaotic and bloody night in turkey. Subscribe what you saw and heard. Reporter well its a quiet day, i have to say. Theres a small demonstration behind me in taksim square. People are weary and want life to return to normal. It started last evening when there were troops stopping people crossing the two major bridges, arteries in istanbul, bosphorus, which traffic goes across. We wondered if this wasnt another isis attack or sort of attack. In fact, it turned out as we quickly discovered, to be a military coup. There were planes flying low over ankara, the capital. This were the actual grand National Assembly was bombed, and people died in the bombing. That assembly is going to reopen this afternoon in an extraordinary session. So as the evening progressed, the coup makers did all the classical things that coup makers are meant to do. They seized the television stations, they ordered a curfew. But the government swept this aside, mr. Erdogan appeared in the most extraordinary format on an iphone which a Television Presenter popped up in front of the screen. He was talking on some sort of social app, and he said, you know, ignore this coup, ignore the curfew, go out into the streets, occupy the squares and the airport. And that is precisely what has supporters did, much to the astonishment of the coup makers who knows what they were thinking, that they would have things their own way. Reporter if there was ever an opportunity for a crackdown, one assumes that this would be it, correct . Reporter that may be t case. We know that mr. Erdogan has moved consistently, very deliberately to really limit opposition in turkey. Hes he controls the newspapers, the television stations. He even controls the judiciary. And most people thought he was pretty happy with the control he had over the military. Clearly not happy enough. In the days preceding this coup, we saw report in newspapers that the government had great plans and a forthcoming military critical in which council in which officers were moved about, that he was going weed out the opposition, that they regard people who pretty much all opposition has been branded as the followers of this cleric who happens to reside far away in pennsylvania. We were expecting a great Musical Chairs of shifting and changing offices this august. Perhaps thats why the coup makers decided to preempt this by staging this coup. But in effect they not only didnt succeed in staging a coup, they basically gave mr. Erdogan an open door to take charge of the military. Confusing and troubling times in turkey. Andrew, thank you. The turkish journalist mustafa joining us, economist for el monitor, a website reporting on middle eastern affairs. Reports citing sources locally that turkeys top judicial body has convened to decide on judges and prosecutors linked to the president s opponent who, as an drew pointing out, erdogan is accusing of plotting the attempted coup. If that is the case, how significant is all of this . Well, it is possible to judge, for sure, but the usual suspect is, yes, the community and its members in the democracy, in this case the military. They have denied involvement since the Statement Last night, we had nothing to do with this. But on the other hand, turkey had various cases before that they denied any involvement in the police and judiciary. But a lot of other states pointed out that they have some presence. Thats when they have the most agitated point of the government lately. They have become the enemy of the government, and the government has become the enemy of that. The government is certain some people outside of the government think that the community have fog . Do with this. Again, this have something to do with this. Again, this has to go fair trial. Cannot be taken as a blank sheet statement that everybody made in the moment. A lot of people in turkey seem sure that that is the case. And of course, that will open a new chapter in turkish politics. The people involved in the crew will be arrested and taken to court and penalized, but also maybe the broader moment, theyll have more crackdown, there have already been crackdowns by the government. Plus, this will empower president erdogan. He survived the coup. He bravely stood, and the people rallied behind him. This will further give him more aura, more power. And i think it will help him to maybe get what hes been asking for for quite a while. Right. This coup attempt in turkey, the latest example of increasing instability in a country that just a few years ago was being touted as a model of democracy and economic prosperity. How did things get this bad . Well, thats a question were asking to ourselves, how turkey got this bad. Apparently, some of the demons, some of the bad traditions in this country didnt totally vanish despite the progress we made in the first decade of 2000. Because of the Foreign Policy about the middle east and because of the president erdogans totalitarianism at home which may be agitated, as well. Still, i think yesterday it was reported that a lot of opponents of president erdogan stood with him against the coup. Opposition party, the main opposition secularist party, the peoples republican party. The worth to parties in the other two parties in the parliament. They said, we are again the coup. Were not with erdogan on the issues, but heres an elected government. That can be the basis. For more reconciliation in the country and the coup attempt and the people behind that will be and should be severely punished because they killed 90 and tried to destroy the constitutional order. Besides that, maybe president erdogan can realize that some of the people he saw, journalists who criticized them, stood with them last night when they had a coup. And if you can use it, it can be a chance for reconciliation in the country. We will see what direction president erdogan will take. Days and months to come, of course, as things stand. At present, 60 dead. 1,000 wounded. 1,500 rounded up and arrested overnight. Thank you, sir. Much more in a moment, viewers. Lets now turn to mailbx fostero is in nice. Max . Reporter were getting a much more detail on the suspect behind thursdays terror attack here in nice in france. Youll hear from a person coming up who witnessed the awful massac massacre. Is it a force of nature . Or a sales event . The summer of audi sales event is here. Get up to a 5,000 bonus on select audi models. So i asked about adding oncedaily namenda xr to her Current Treatment for moderate to severe alzheimers. It works differently. When added to another alzheimers treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. And may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. announcer namenda xr doesnt change how the disease progresses. It shouldnt be taken by anyone allergic to memantine, or whos had a bad reaction to namenda xr or its ingredients. Before starting treatment, tell their doctor if they have, or ever had a seizure disorder, difficulty passing urine, liver, kidney, or bladder problems, and about medications theyre taking. Certain medications, changes in diet, or medical conditions may affect the amount of namenda xr in the body and may increase side effects. The most common side effects are headache, diarrhea, and dizziness. All my life, hes protected me. Ask their doctor about oncedaily namenda xr and learn about a free trial offer at namenedaxr. Com. Mary buys a little lamb. One of millions of orders on this companys servers. Accessible by thousands of suppliers and employees globally. But with Cyber Threats on the rise, marys data could be under attack. With the help of at t, and security that senses overnight. Youll hear from a person coming. Giving them the agility to be open secure. Because no one knows like at t. Reporter welcome back. Were learning that isis is claiming it inspired thursdays terrorist attack in nice, france. The group says the attacker responded to calls to target people in the countries fighting isis. French authorities have not indicated that the attack was part of a larger plot or that the suspect took direct direction from isis. A total of five people are in custody in connection with the attack. A french official says that includes the suspects exwife. Authority say Mohamed Lahouaiej was the man who plowed a rented truck through crowds celebrating the French National holiday here. And police shot dead the 31yearold man born in tunisia. Officials say he was known to police for minor crimes. Joining me is the vice mayor of nice. Thank you very much for joining us. We should probably explain that theres lots going on behind us. This is obviously where the attack took place. Youre going to open it soon. Were going to open this afternoon. We hope we will be able to open the beaches today and bars and restaurants also. You know, the best response to these terrorists is to live. Reporter this is a sign of your defiance in the face of the threat . Of course. We have been shock good what happened. The first time Something Like this happened in nice. We are in one of the most beautiful avenues in the world. This city is an attractive city for all the world. One of the most touristy. We cant imagine what happened two days ago. We are thinking to the victims, helping the families because its necessary. Were in a very bad situation. Reporter weve got to cross over to turkey because the Prime Minister is making a statement on the attempted coup. Can you hear me . Im sure you can. We tested this before. Reporter were going to monitor that for you. We thought this translation, but well bring you the latest. Now to the mayor of nice. You talked about how this is an act of defiance and turns out to be isis. I know that everyone who suspected isis were involved. Theyre not claiming direct responsibility. Theyre claiming he was inspired by isis. Apologize, we have translation now, so back to turkey. Translator a coup was attempted by a gang, and against them we have been defending democracy, our noble nation has been defending democracy all tonight, and theyve advanced to their normal lives in the morning. I would like to congratulate all my citizens, kissing them on their heads, and they made us proud by making sure our flag is high in the sky, and they have responded in the best way possible in the face of the terror gangs tampa. This has turned into gangs attempt. This has turned into a celebration of our democracy, 15th of july. Those who lost their lives as a result of this happening, our Police Officers, our Security Forces, and our civilian citizens, we are grateful to them. And i would like to extenddolen. I share their pain and sorrow. I hope those wounded will get well soon with the help of god. Our security, i congratulate them. Together with our nation, we have overcome very big trouble. Whats pleasing is that this attem attempt. This attempt has not taken place through the hierarchy of our armed forces but only formation of parallel terror managed this attempt. On this occasion, everyone who loves their motherland and nation and flag and never support this treacherous atte t attempt, theyre commanders and Army Officers to congratulate. And also from the first moments of the incidents starting, the Nongovernment Organization members are citizens and Political Party supporters have filled the squares, have filled the streets, especially those who fought heroically and risked their lives. I mean, our special forces, our Police Officers and all our National Security officers. I would like it extend my gratitude, and i congratulate them all for the heroic acts they have displayed. My dear citizens, this incident we went through made something clear. Turkish nation has a very important experience, valuable experience when it comes to the issues of democracy and peoples will is so much important to ensure the independence of our country, and the whole world watched this. Especially those who prevented traffic from the bridges or blocked the roads, faced by our people who stopped the tanks, who climbed over the tanks, risked their lives and are martyrs who gave away our lives for this cause will never be forgotten by this nation. At such times we have been contacted by friendly countries and had offers of solidarity. I would like to extend my thanks to those countries. My dear brothers, sisters, this parallel gang members are now in the hands of the esteemed turkish just. Turk justice. They will prevail in every way through this process, yes. Our nation at this incident have shown the attitude shown by our peop people, the way they stand firmly and reacted properly have prevented the peoples will, National Sovereignty being doubled down thanks to these citizens. Everyone should understand that no one will be able to make a mess of the peoples will. They will never be able to come over the willingness and power of our people. The fact that our citizens went back to their normal lives is an indication of how strong and decent attitudes they have displaced. Those using states, bombs, states planes and helicopters, they shoot at the citizens of this country, and they are worse and more treacherous than the pkk terrorists. This nation will never, ever forget about this traitor us on gang. Some of our friends have found it difficult why we make such a fuss about this gang. They didnt understand, and the fact that they didnt cost us dearly. Those citizens who came to tackle those tanks and risked their lives, we are grateful to them. And i hope gods forgiveness and affection will be with our martyrs. Yes, this attempt has been dealt with, and were in control. We have martyrs, 165 martyrs, and there are 1,040 people wounded. 1,440 people wounded. 2,839 people at various degrees of ranks, either Army Officers or soldier have been detained, 2,839 military members detained. Some of them are high ranking officers. They manage to get rid of one big trouble once again thanks to the high qualities of our nation. The stand displayed by our president , our head commander which included their love of country thanks to our commanders also who love their country, we have became a single entity, remain strong, and we managed to overcome this huge trouble. And it is something that has never seen before, and i am grateful to my god for the turn of events in this way in the end. Also the members of press, those writing reports or broadcasting, they have displayed a huge display of love of motherland. And from the start, they have not faltered. They have sided with the government, the state, and our people. And they managed to pass information in the best way possible so that people were able to find out about events in the true way. And also all the Political Parties and nongovernmental organizations regardless of the differences of opinion in many respec respects, they ought to join those who came out to the streets and managed to put our red flag and to be placed on top of those tanks. Thank you for all this display of prundence, and thank you, everyone. Dear members of press, the first league of the matters have now been ended, came to completion. From this point on wards, we will work out while our citizens are back to their normal lives. On the other hand, these circles, formations who are trying to degrade our country and nation in the eyes of the whole world, we will combat these people, and we will maintain our path in the same attitude, and in a firm and decided way. And this is our festival of democracy now. And so they are finishing work in the evening, i am expecting and hoping people to flow to the street with their flags in their han hands. Once more i would like to extend my hands to my dear nation and direct the generals, heads of the Political Parties, for the display of prudence in the wake of all these events. And this afternoon, at 2 00 p. M. , our general assembly, grand assembly, will assemble, will hold a meeting to discuss all the details of these incidents. We can see that the chief of staff of armed forces is back. Are there commanders who could not join you, who are not able to come back to their offices without any communication possibl possible . Translator my dear friends, there is nothing to be concerned in respect of our commanders. The situation is completely under control. And in a short while, our commanders will be back on their normal duties. They are attending their duties. These soldiers, members of military who will be tried, will be tried of treason against mother land, or do you intend to bring Capital Punishment back and also again will this be any attempt also we are talking about only those who were detained. How many people died among those who made the attempt, can you give some information on that, as well . Colleagues, as you know, we have just left very grave incident. Arrests are still being made. Its not entirely complete. And also the crime committed is clearly defined in our legal syst system. As known, dear friends, the Capital Punishment have been taken out of the turkish constitution and legal system. Today our Noble Assembly will get together and discuss the measures that can be taken to prevent turkey will not face this sort of madness again in the future. Whichever legal measures need to be taken, we will discuss with other party leaders, and we will work on them. According to the initial information obtained, those who attempted the coup, about 20 of them died. Near 30 wounded. These are not definite figures. Perhaps later on these are not these are not binding figures, i want to express that. Friends, the head of the terrorist organization, we already were aware of this. And there has been a National Security Council Decision on that matter. Initiatives have been taken including to request him back to our country. Hes that sort of person, and especially after what we went through last night, yesterday night, this person, this man, anyone who backs this gang leader, head of a terrorist organization, i cant think of any country who will back him up from now on. I cannot think of any country who is going to back him up or stand behind him. Any country who might do that is not a friend of turkey, and on the contrary, is involved in a serious war against turkey. Real friendships will be seen after what we went through. This gang leader who caused all this should be punished in the way he deserves. Thank you very much. Please go ahead. Translator mr. President , yesterday said the general secretary of the presidency has been held captive. Do we know if he was in good health or was he contacted . What is the second . You said we left the first stage of things behind, and we are in control now. Can we ask you to repeat your message once again . Can we say that what happened yesterday will not continue anymore . No more bombings or anything like that . Is there a complete control about these matters . Dear friends, the general secretary of our president is now on his way to his home. Theres nothing to be worried about. What im saying is this is a very important, very largescale incident against the peoples will in turkish democracy history. This is the biggest attempt of a military coup. And the main difference between this attempt of military coup and the others is the fact that our citizens took to the streets, captured the tanks, climbed over the tanks, and almost in a way to mob lynch these attempted coupmakers in such strength and such sdiedeci not. And without even waiting, the Security Forces, they were able to arrest some of these guys and stop some of them. I am very proud being part of such a nation. This is a turkish nation. This nation contains turks as well as many other sects. What is not changing here is single nation, single motherland, single flag. One again, the nation valued their state and sided with their states. The peace in the country that attempted this military coup, are their names, are their names from the committee that died . This are many. Some are arrested. Some are being arrested. Some are searched for. Those who were the backbone of this. Those who were the brains behind this attempt have been all taken and under control. Yes, its true that this is the result of a joint Security Forces have worked in a good coordinated way with prosecutors over the night and through some detailed work, everything needs to be done, has been done judicially in respect of these people who were behind this attempted coup without any dallas. Therefore, thank on this occasion to all of our prosecutors and chief, prosecutors they have displayed their really good performance. And beyond everything, i would like to repeat that our president ads the head of our as the head of our nation from the first moment said we might die, but were not going to give up. He said, if a price needs to be paid for the future of this country, we are going to pay this price actual stop. The result we achieved right now, thank god, is something that makes us proud, and our nation is proud as a result. Have there been some of those . According to the information we have at this moment, i make these comments. The work will continue during the day. We cannot give any further details than what i have already given. Translator he said 104 of the attempters of the coup has died, but you said 30 of them di died. Is there any possible changes or postponing the date of the military counsel . Those who became involved in this attempted coup has nothing to do with their ranks anymore, whether they are general or others doesnt matter. Regardless of the rank, if youre involved in treason, you do not have ranks. As simple as that. Sir, you against this unfortunate event, are you inviting our you are inviting our members to the streets, as well. As a member of the press, i was nearly lynched, mobbed by these citizens, people. They were trying to incite and some members of press have been beaten up. Are you going to say anything about this, invite people to calm down . Especially those among public officeholders . Are you going to take any steps . The gang, the parallel terrorist gangs, the terrorist gangs who want separation, they are against the unity of the state. They are trying to harm the unity of our citizens. And whoever has made any attempts toward that, we will ask for prices to be paid. And everyone involved, we are whatever is necessary to be done will be done without any delay. Members of press, im sorry to hear what you suffered. The detail of the members of press is to express, tell our nation whats going on. As a result of this stress and heat of the things, certain unwanted incidents may have taken place, and we apologize for this. It is not possible to appeal i implore to people, today is not the day to oust, today is the day to unite everyone regardless of members of press or not, young or old, men or women. We have to be together. We have to be one turkey all together. Have you received any intelligence about this matter . Yes, everything will be assessed. Yesterdays attempted coup damaged the national, grand National Semi understand. Our parliament will continue their work from now on. We are a noble nation. We are a grand nation. You see theres been terrorist attacks in brussels. In ten days, they couldnt open their airports. And in our case, we opened our airport back in five hours after a terrorist attacked. Im saying what you lose, you can win back better material loss. But when you lose lives, you cant get them back. What our biggest loss is our martyrs. They failed in this attempt. But they will pay their price. They will get the punishments they deserve. This attempt obviously took place after some serious preparation taking place. Although my colleague asked, can i ask this in terms of intelligence matter, is there a need to change the mechanisms of intelligence gathering. Friends, colleagues, of course, this matter will be assessed in every aspect of the matter, nothing is going to be missed. Wherever there is a weak not or negligence or insufficiency of any mechanism, this will all be evaluated, aczyz assessed in details, but not this moment. This moment we are asking the punishment, the price to be pby those who caused all this. Thank you very much. Thanks. The situation completely under control, the turkish Prime Minister speaking to the press, congratulating those described as martyrs, those who helped cause the military coup attempt overnight, calling their act heroic. He went on to see the turkish nation has been through a valuable experience in upholding democracy and said the world is watching and offering their support. Words of support. The treachery of the coup plot, as he said, will never be forgotten. He echoed the president s words earlier for blaming the exiled muslim cleric and vehement opponent of the president. He himself condemned the coup attempt and denied any role in it. More than 100 killed, 1,000 injured, and 1,500 rounded up in the wake of a bloody and chaotic night. The coup attempt in turkey is the latest example of increasing instability in a country that just a few years ago was being touted as a model of democracy and economic prosperity. My colleague, ivan watson, has more on how turkey got to this point. Reporter the government is simultaneously fighting kurdish militant from the Kurdistan Worker Party or pkk, as well as isis militants. [ siren ] the civil war in neighboring syr syria continues to spill over. There are now homeless syrians struggling to eke out a living. Turkeys multibillion dollar Tourism Industry has suffered several blows. An important training partner, russia, called for a boycott of turkish beaches and goods after turkish warplanes shot down a russian bomber. Amid the many challenges turkey faces, it is perhaps more politically polarized than ever with a population divided between those who love and those who loathe erdogan, the current president of turkey. A man who has dominated the political scene in this country for some 14 years. Well take a short break. Back after this. Pretty much over. friend wish we could start it from the beginning. jon bon jovi with directv, you can. You see, weve got the power to turn back time lets start over, lets rewind and lets go back and not quit the gym and have a chance to say goodbye to grampy tim oh, thats the power to turn back time. vo get the ultimate allincluded bundle. Call 1800directv. When you dont get enough and your body aches. Youre not yourself. Tylenol® pm relieves pain and helps you fall fast asleep and stay asleep. We give you a better night. Youre a better you all day. Tylenol®. The earth needed to find a new waytury, to keep up with the data from over 30 billion connected devices. Just 30 billion . A bold group of researchers and computer scientists in silicon valley, had a breakthrough they called. The machine. It changed computing forever. And its been part of every new technology for the last 250 years. Everything . Everything this year, Hewlett Packard enterprise will preview the machine and accelerate the future. See star trek beyond. Moments ago, turkeys Prime Minister said the situation in his country is under control after an attempted military coup. More than 1,500 Turkish Military officers detained after the attempted takeover, after a long night of violence and chaos. More than 150 people are reported dead, and more than 1,000 are hospitalized. At dawn saturday, the president erdogan addressed a large crowd in istanbul. He called the coup attempt treason and said his government is in tro is in control. Natalie allen shows how it all unfolded on twitter. Reporter cnn tweets on the attempted coup began at 11 30 p. M. Local time in turkey with a reported statement by the Prime Minister that Turkish Military units are attempting an uprising. Just before midnight, cnn showed twitter video of a military jet flying extremely low over the turkish capital of ankara. 12 07 a. M. , the Turkish Military says it has taken control, according to reuters. 40 minutes later, cnn tweeted, Turkish Military has taken over the government and imposed marshal law, according to an announcement read on turkish tv. Just after 1 00, northwestern is tweets, the turkish president is urging people to take to the streets to stand up to the military. His message had been conveyed through a facetime address on the phone of a cnn turk anchor. At 1 23 a. M. Local time, cnn reports gunfire heard in streets, amid military coup attempt in turkey. That confusion and chaos continued for some time. Then just after 3 00 a. M. , cnn tweets that turkeys National Intelligence unit claims the coup is over. The confrontations between military and demonstrators continue. At 3 47 a. M. , cnn turk anchor reports, soldiers have entered the building. Thats. We now have to go. Then at 5 00 a. M. , cnn tweets, president erdogan says Law Enforcement has started arresting military officers. By 5 26 a. M. , cnn turk was back on the air after being shut down briefly. At dawn, turkeys president tells a large crowd in istanbul the government is in control. Natalie allen, cnn. Coups are nothing new in turkey. The military there has a history of ousting civilian leadership. Lets remind ourselves the latest attempted military coup failing. A bloody and chaotic night in turkey. Im Becky Anderson in paris. New day with Victor Blackwell and christi paul just ahead. Stay with us. guy oh man, the shows pretty much over. friend wish we could start it from the beginning. jon bon jovi with directv, you can. You see, weve got the power to turn back time lets start over, lets rewind and lets go back and not quit the gym and have a chance to say goodbye to grampy tim oh, thats the power to turn back time. vo get the ultimate allincluded bundle. Call 1800directv. The earth needed to find a new waytury, to keep up with the data from over 30 billion connected devices. Just 30 billion . A bold group of researchers and computer scientists in silicon valley, had a breakthrough they called. The machine. It changed computing forever. And its been part of every new technology for the last 250 years. Everything . Everything this year, Hewlett Packard enterprise will preview the machine and accelerate the future. See star trek beyond. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Military coup under way in turkey. We heard would bombs. Oh thousands on the streets. Some of them called outdoors by the president. Protesters facing down a tank. Soldiers firing their weapons in the air. We just saw one attack another an another after another. De ten children among the 84