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From surt to greece. analysts worry tonight about a land ruth where isis could attack tunisia and could destabilize the country and infiltrate into southern france from there. worrisome. >> what is the u.s. doing? >> stepped up air strikes for one. were told a u.s. drone strike killed a senior leader in libya two weeks ago around the same time as the paris terror attacks and "the new york times" reports the u.s. and britain sent commandos to conduct surveillance, gather intelligence on the groun...

People that had tuned in to watch the olympic games around the world were now transfixed watching this grisly terrorist drama play out in front of them. >> the israeli hostages and the arab commandos who have held them hostage for this entire day has now left to a makeshift helicopter pad at the back of the olympic village. >> the israelis wanted to come in and try and rescue them, and the germans said no. you know, when a bad number comes up, it comes up very bad. >> we find that this drama has...

John f kennedy: i just wanted to hear your voice. jackie kennedy: jack, is something the matter? john f kennedy: jackie, why dont you come back to the white house. jackie kennedy: yes of course. news reporter: at a pentagon briefing here this evening, we were shown pictures taken by a high flying u2 plane, of two types of missiles, some of them already installed in cuba and pointed at the us heartland. one group of missiles, with a range of 1,200 miles, the other group with ranges up to 2,500 mi...

Jackie kennedy: jack, is something the matter? john f kennedy: jackie, why dont you come back to the white house. jackie kennedy: yes of course. news reporter: at a pentagon briefing here this evening, we were shown pictures taken by a high flying u2 plane, of two types of missiles, some of them already installed in cuba and pointed at the us heartland. one group of missiles, with a range of 1,200 miles, the other group with ranges up to 2,500 miles. and there was a broad hint they do have nucle...

Execute their hostages, it appears that the conference still on. >> an estimated 900 million people that had tuned in to watch the olympic games around the world were now transfixed watching this grisly terrorist drama play out in front of them. >> the israeli hostages and the arab commandos who have held them hostage for this entire day has now left to a makeshift helicopter pad at the back of the olympic village. >> the israelis wanted to come in and try and rescue them, and the germans said n...

Jubilation. >> what made you think that israel could pull off an operation like this? >> the alternative. >> the entebbe rescue was one of the few bits of good news we had regarding counterterrorism. it was followed a year later by the daring rescue of german passengers that had been aboard a hijacked lufthansa aircraft. >> it was over in minutes. a blinding flash, a deafening explosion, and gunfire. >> the planes passengers and crew were freed in a lightning predawn rescue raid by german comman...

Was behind the rescue. lets bring in more with cnns ian lee from istanbul. >> reporter: alison, the rescue mission was made up of members of the lebanese militant group hezbollah as well as commandos from the bashar al assad government. and behind enemy lines. they knew the gps of the pilot. they were able to go in and get him out of there. it is interesting, though, russia would lead the fate to other commandos. they tried to launch a rescue mission that came under issue where one marine died. ...

The attack. brother wasi told the gunmen at nariman house it was time to die. >> nine hours after the jewish hostages were murdered, the commandos finally attacked. [ gunfire ]

Policemen were driven from the hotel. the naval commandos still hadnt come. poor communication and leadership meant the mumbai police missed vital chances to stop the terrorists during the crucial first hour when most of the killing happened. the mumbai police chief failed to take charge of the situation. instead he left his lead investigator to run the control room, a man more used to dealing with the aftermath of a terrorist attack. >> we are used to a blast occurring. we go to the spot, clear...

Released. the officers involved in the shooting death of jamar clark have claimed clark tried to grab their guns. nato and the u.n. are both seeking calm and warning against an escalation after turkey shot down a russian warplane along the border with syria yesterday. the turkish air force says the plane violated their airspace and ignored ten warnings to leave. a claim the u.s. military confirms. the turkish ministry of defense is pointing to a radar image they say shows the path of the plane...