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Police across europe are hunting for the main suspect in the berlin attack. His papers were found inside the truck which plowed into the crowd monday night. He is linked to radical islamist gropps and is known to german place because he was trying to get a gun. He was arrested in august with forged documents. But a judge ordered his release. Translator in july 2016, his asylum application was rejected. The man couldnt be deported as he didnt have valid identification papers. The process for replacement papers was started in august. At first, tunisia denied this person was their national. Police are offering 400,000 u. S. For his whereabouts. Authorities are urging anyone who sees him to call police. But do not put themselves in danger. They say he is armed and violent. Chris, we have this europewide manhunt under way. Do we know where they are focusing the tch, not just for amri, but anybody else that might be with him . Reporter one of the deadlines this morning, saying why was he not longer in jail . Why was he released. We know because he didnt have a passport, they couldnt send him home. But he had a lot of links. Therein lies where the manhunt is going. Its going not only here in berlin, but in the west around dusseldorf. Thats where he also lived. Thats where theyre looking. Hundreds of German Police are looking. And it is going beyond german borders, across europe in interpol and the security agencies around europe. Looking very intensity for this man. He had links in groups to recruit for attacks. And thats what theyre focusing on, those kinds of circles. And it is very wide. There are hundreds of people who are like anis amri in germany. It is difficult to track them all the time. And security being very, very fight. The market over my shoulder where the truck crashed in three days ago, is reopening today. The boulevard, as you can see, is reopened, as well. Berlin is trying to come back to normal. But under very tight security, john. A lot of people want to know how someone, a failed Asylum Seeker that was allowed to walk the street. A lot of questions for chancellor Angela Merkel and her opendoor refugee policy. Reporter yes. Thats a big question. Lets talk to dominique thomas. You are the head of the frankaphone and French Department here at ucla. You are a specialist an e. U. Affairs. What impact will this have . We have seen a sister party say we have to look at the policy. Chancellor merkel is under pressure that her initial response to the refugee crisis in 2015, came out of a level of unpreparedness. She had to backtrack on the initial policies by explaining to members of the party and to German Society. She would like to do this differently. To have stricter regulations in place. 2017 is the general election. We know the far right party, the alternative in germany reporter right outside her chancellory, right . Where the german flag had been beamed on to it. The way the french flag had been beamed on to that building after the niece attacks last summer. These questions are extremely important. And within her party, she is facing pressure and in the coalition to speak out on these. Reporter she had two measures, one requiring the veil that would ban the Face Covering among public employees. And also, allowing a Video Surveillance in places like these here, in the square. How much of that do you think will help to address the issue . I think on the one hand, German Society is divided about the responses. Many have spoken out saying they dont want to have the state of survey as in france. We see the pirate party is fairly strong, too. Theyre against that incursion on privacy. That aspect is defining it. And a bigger question of tying in Asylum Seekers to these parties working on the fear and anxiety around the questions. They will be playing this up. How much will it put a pent in the coalition . Back in last july, when the attacks and incidents in different parts of germany, the popularity rating dropped. And then, it gradually made its way back up again. As people have talked about security, watched the referendum. And germany is doing very well. In the coalition, the csu, has been speaking about the questions. To toughen up on the question of islam and migration, and move the politics to the right, the way the french electorate has been going. And there can be more infighting between the spd, the Association Democrats and the democrats of Angela Merkel. We saw in the last hour, with mr. Kyle whitaker, pointing a finger saying we couldnt get tougher on this. This infighting is going to produce winners and losers. Its highly unlikely that the coalition looks the same. And right now, the parties are working essentially by themselves. Preparing for this. And the cracks are there in the coalition. Merkels future is uncertain. It will be interesting when polls start to come out. And see how she can rebuild the party in the five or six months that will precede the election sometime late next summer. Well talk to you later. It will be interesting to watch the polls how they develop and how much infighting could there be within the grand coalition. And who will benefit . Will it be the populist parties . Dozens of people were hurt during the truck rampage. Max foster spoke with a doctor that led the Emergency Response at one hospital in berlin. There was blood all over the scene. Reporter is that what theyre describing . It felt like a war zone . Thats how they describe it. I wanted to help but couldnt help anymore. Difficult. This is a very traumatic event for them. And even now, only time will tell part of the story. Not the full story. They need strong support to overcome it. Many of the staff who were performed by social media were here. In this hospital, we had about 250 Staff Members coming in from their own parties. They were at home, christmas parties. And the system was activated. The injuries were really related to the mechanism of injury. On one side, and you have to consider the scene, a tractor tore into a crowd of people who had some drinks and was a christmas place. So, there was severe soft tissue injuries, broken bones. Some of them were caught under the truck. And some of the injuries they couldnt survive. You manual if a truck drives over your chest or abdomen. And others were affected by the something fell on them. Clavicle fractures and other broken bones. And this is the spectrum. Other ones were hit by, you know, minor things they only had contusi contusions. And this was the physical trauma. One that follows now, and becoming more aware of the psychological affects on them. They realize what happened on them and what environment it all occurred. Take a short break. When we come back, donald trump makes his first Public Comments about the berlin terror attack. But questions linger about where hee hes getting his intelligence information. And also ahead, we dont talk anymore. The kremlin to the u. S. And the state Department Says what . Live to moscow to find out whats going on. Left to remem. Ts what she washed this like a month ago the long lasting scent of gain flings isjust wanna see ifa again . My score changed. You wanna check yours . Scores dont change that much. I havent changed. Oh, really . Its girls night they said business casual. I love summer weddings oh no. Yeah, maybe it is time. Maybe i should check my credit score. Try credit karma. Its free. Oh woah. Thats different. Check out credit karma today. Credit karma. Give yourself some credit. If youve got the time welcome to the high life. Weve got the beer miller beer listen, sugar, were lettin you go. Its that splenda naturals gal, isnt it . 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Retired lieutenant general, Michael Flynn in florida, to discuss world events and staffing. The meeting was on the schedule before the terror attacks in germany and turkey. Trump began with the president s daily brief. His first of the week. Trumps staff insists he is getting some kind of intelligence briefing every day. And will be on top of things from day one. Hes very much up to speed in whats going on. And fully ready to be swore in and take over the role of commander in chief. Trump is averaging one formal briefing a week, the same type of intelligence briefing that president obama gets every day. Trump is getting briefings on specific topics. One thing i will say, is the president elect is receiving numerous briefings, whether its from his National Security team with general flynn and others. Reporter the kremlin said today the relations with the u. S. Have frozen. A day that president obama imposed new sanctions aimed at russias involvement in crimea and ukraine. The next administration will have to make their own tgss about this. We hope they will come to see the wisdom in not conducting business as usual with russia. Reporter all leading to the greater question. How friendly will be incoming president be to Vladimir Putin . I think when he calls me brilliant, ill take the compliment. He had to be more cautious with russia than he appears to be. He needs to understand that their interest and their attitude does not align with ours. Reporter nowhere may that more clear on the meeting on what to do next in syria. Translator all three countries here are united. Reporter the talks will not stop moscow from continuing its military operations in syria. But getting some of the National Security jobs filled on the to do list. Topping that list, maybe a domination for a director of National Intelligence and for mr. Trump to select hiss why advisers on Homeland Security and counterterrorism. Perhaps all of the more urgent given recent events. John . Barbara starr, thank you. The u. N. Security council will vote on a draft resolution to stop all settlement activity in occupied territory. Benjamin netanyahu is urging the u. S. To veto the measure. But the white house said the israeli activity lacks legitimacy. President elect donald trump made the pledge during the campaign. U. S. Officials say theyre just a little puzzled after a kremlin spokesmen in washington and moscow stopped talking to each other. Translator as you know, almost every level of dialogue with the United States is frozen. We tonight communicate with one another. Or if we do, we do so minimal hi. U. S. Officials deny a break in dialogue. There was a joint Video Conference on wednesday between russian and u. S. Military operations. And the secondary of state john kerry spoke by phone to Sergey Lavrov as recently as tuesday. Lets go to moscow and see whats happening. Matthew chance, live. The u. S. Does not know what the kremlin means saying dialogue is frozen. What do they mean . Reporter i dont think they believe they have a clue what the kremlin means. What they were trying to say. They were painting a bleak characterization of the state of affairs between washington and moscow. The relations are not great. They have been divided over a whole range of issues, the syria conflict, the expansion of nato and the annexation of crimea. The kremlin was saying, we barely speak to each other. We have a relationship that we dont talk. And that came after the United States had extended and expanded its sanctions on russia over its 2014 annexation of crimea. The kremlin are angry about that, as well. We have to set it against the context of the political changes that are about to come upon us. Donald trump will be in the white house p the and the expectation that this cold, frozen relationship, the way theyve characterized it, can start to thaw and get warmer. Youre saying that there was a last in translation moment here. The nuanced meaning of the statement coming out of the kremlin was deliberately misinterpreted by washington . Reporter the exact statement was we dont talk to each other or do so at a minimum. The exchanges have taken place. And the pentagon said we spoke to them about air safety in syria. That is what the kremlin would say is the minimum amount of contact with the white house. But you know, a larger conversation about strategy. About the big issues facing the international community. About syria, for instance, and what to do in that country. These are conversations that the russians are having with others at the moment. For instance, yesterday, moscow, there was a big summit between the russian, the iranian, and the Turkish Foreign minister. They agreed to put out a road map on how to end the syrian conflict. The United States was conspicuously not at that meeting. And not invited. It comes to the big diplomatic conversations, russians say theyre not engaging with the Current White House at moments. Are they having a similar problem of frozen dialogue with other western countries . Other european countries, for instance . The relationship between russia and the west, and other countries in the United States, has been dire over the past couple of years. Theres been not just United States sanctions against russia. But European Union sanctions against russia, as well. Russia has retaliated and imposed countersanctions against those entities. They have all fallen out over crimea. And the fact that russia backs Bashar Al Assad in the syrian conflict. And you take virtually every issue. Every issue that is important in the world today. And you see russia on one side and the west on the other side. There is this real tension that has come to the fore in the past couple of years. The big question facing us in russia is with the change of the white house, with trump taking on the white house and all of the positive things about, wouldnt it be great to do a deal with russia . He looked at the situation in crim crimea, and wants to cooperate with russia in the fight against international terrorism, which he and russia apparently see as the biggest threat facing us today. Theres an extraordinary possibility for the relationship to get warmer. Or it could go wrong. But at the moment, there are High Expectations that this frozen relationship is going to get warmer in the months ahead. Matthew chance live in moscow. A new hours from now, Vladimir Putin will pay his respect to the countrys aerpt to turkey. Russia and turkey are working together investigating the assassination. A dozen people have been detained so far. Turkeys president says the exiled cleric and the movement he leads are begin the killing. Translator all his connections from where he was educated to his links. I have to say this clearly. This dirty organization is still within the military, still within the police. We are continuing and continue to carry out purges. We have to be sensitive on this issue. We will do so in sensitivity. He condemned the assassination and denies any involvement. The russian government is urging turkey not to rush to judgment. 35 people are confirmed dead in a fireworks incident in mexico. Forensic teams are going through the charred rubble. We have more details now. Reporter theres a strong desire for not only the families searching for answers. Trying to figure out the government will say the focus is on the victims and providing support. But there isnt much information saying what caused it. Or what cause investigators may be looking at right now. At this time, a lot of families are asking the government to help them to find their family members. I went to one woman who is standing outside of that fence, hoping to get answers. This is a market that just nine days ago, State Government officials called one of the safest in latin america. Ten football fields, give or take. And 300 venders that government officials had permits to be here. As people came here to look for fireworking for christmas and new years, which is having thats very, very common. In the meantime, the investigation continues. And the search for answers, not only for law enforcement, but also for families. John . Leyla, thank you. When we come back, the search on in berlin. The manhunt after this weeks terror attack. Victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didnt get me to my goal. Lowers my a1c better than the leading branded injectable. The one i used to take. jim victoza® lowers blood sugar in three ways. And while it isnt for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. 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