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Condemning the turkish government as an apostate regime. narratives about conquering istanbul with their religious army so in that sense its not a big surprise. but this also touched nerves in turkey between in terms of the rift between the more secular and the religious side of society, new years eve was protested by islamic groups that is not connected to this attack but a lot of people also see that lifestyle was demonize and came this attacked so its a very sensitive attack and what turkey n...

Bell. >> thats what im talkin about. this is cnn. breaking news. that beautiful story there it was isis that was behind the attack that took that familys mother and wife. we have breaking news just in that isis is now claiming responsibility for the new years nightclub attack. lets go our ian lee who is there for us and all signs were pointing to them and now it seems they said they were behind it, ian. >> reporter: this all beared the hallmark of an isis attack and now were hearing from the...

That you cannot foresee very easily. istanbul is a huge city, thousands of bars and restaurants, malls, stores and everything and isis is apparently willing to hit them when it can. >> and you cant put a protective shield up everywhere and these -- these attackers are such cowards to go in there and mow people down. >> i think the religious side of this discussion is important. isis is apparently acting in the name of islam, very distorted interpretation of islam, it was very good that topic cle...

Werent, in fact, christian, they were muslims. it also goes on to say that the government of turkey should note that the blood of muslims who get killed by turkeys flames and artillery, isis is saying they carried out this attack because of turkeys involvement and war against isis in neighboring syria. >> all right. thank you ian. and well be right back here with more news. rtners agree? even iced tea? especially iced tea. goodbye, sugar. hello, new splenda naturals.

The psych can i and the resilience of the people there? >> reporter: when we -- after this attack happened, we heard immediately from the prime minister and the president vowing that this country would stand up against terror but turkey has been ralphaged by terror attacks over the past years by dozens and dozens of people. the night of new years eve a night when people go out to celebrate -- >> all right, ian. thank you so much. we got lost our connection with him, but were learning more about ...

Are investigators able to see who possibly carried this out? >> indeed, it was a horrible way to begin the new year in turkey. as for the attack, no, i mean, we know there was just one gunman who just walked into the club, he shot the police at the gate then just fired like many bullets and killed 40 people and injured more and he just left because there was just one police he killed the police then he killed so many people and he walked out. the cameras show his face but its a very vague photo ...

Independent senator who caucuses with the democrats. coming up, a possible isis terror attack thwarted in a major western city. new details about the raid and the suspect arrested by police. also, how the u.s. came so close to capturing the isis leader and how he got away. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare?

Nuclear program. but were going to have to watch them like a hawk. were going to have to have great verification to see theyre doing what they have promised to do. >> senator paul, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. coming up, well have more on our top story. todays bloody multi-part terror attack in the jakarta capital where terrorists have hit before. can al qaeda hit the united states again? parking is hard to find. seems like everyone drives. and those who do should switch to...

Waters. a u.s. defense official tells cnn one of the vessels experienced engine trouble and the navy launched search and rescue mission. and theres growing anger tonight at iran for showing the americans on television. were covering all of that and much more with our guests including republican presidential candidate senator rand paul. and our correspondents and expert analyst they are also standing by. lets begin with the latest isis terror attack. this one targeting the capital of indonesia. o...

Very important, that is an indonesian hash tag right now, it says, we are not afraid. thats something that the indonesian president said. its something ive heard from indonesians whove come here in the dead of night to pay their respects to some of the victims here of this the worst terror attack the jakarta has seen in six years. wolf. >> ivan, what have you learned about the man the authorities there believe orchestrated this attack? >> reporter: the jakarta police say that this was carried ou...