Transcripts For CNNW Erin Burnett OutFront 20161222 00:00:00

CNNW Erin Burnett OutFront December 22, 2016 00:00:00

Indication hoff significant the move could be and could adversely effect the move between the u. S. And the palestinians and the u. S. And the arab states. Thank you. Im brianna keilar. And i thank you very much for watching tonight. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news an International Man hunt under way. A 24yearold tunisian mandate is key suspect. And the deadly Fireworks Explosion that killed more than 40 peel. What went so horriblily wrong . Lets go outfront. Im poppy harley. A german officials identifying this man a tunisian migrate the focus of their identification. Amaris Identification Papers found inside the truck. This has President Elect donald trump makes his first Public Comments today on the attack. Listen. It is an attack an humanity, that is what it it is. It is an attackon humanity. And its got to be stopped. What more do where he know about this man . Who is the key suspect. They know dont if hes the only one. But this is who they are hunting for. Reporter and were learning more about his past as well as potential security failures. Here in germany he had at least two runneins with the law. We also know that in june authorities tried to deport him but were unable to do so because they werent able to establish his identity. Now hes on the run, potentially armed and dangerous. The man hunt is on for 24yearold tunisian amres amiri, his Identification Papers found in the truck that plowed into the market. Germany offering a reward of just over 100,000 for information leading to his capture. Warning the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. The person we are talking about seems to have entered germany in july 2015. He was mainly in berlin since february. Reporter German Authorities had been aware of him for some time. Deemed a Security Risk earlier this year, his request for asylum in germany was denied. And he was facing deportation for months. Amari has been linked to Islamic Extremistist network known as a bu viola. He and four others were arrested last month. At one point a German Security official said he was looking for a gun. Mondays attack, one of the deadliest in germany in decades now fuelling a backlash against chancellor angela merkel. Translator it would be wrong if you made our german chancellor responsible for this horrendous act. Reporter now facing fierce opposition from her opponents. Merkel joined mourners in a church next to the scene of the attack. Theres already been political fall out from this attack. Legislatures pushing new laws that would increase Government Powers to Electrically Surveil german citizens as well as increase the number of Security Cameras located in public places, measures that have been previously unpopular, poppy. As you know, 900,000 plus immigrants coming into german this year. Some backlash on both sides. A man claiming to be the father of the suspect they are hunting right now is speaking to us. Im interested. What is the father saying . Also has he been in touch recently with his son . Well hes been given an interview with a tunisian radio station, which he said his son left tunisia about seven years ago to go to italy as an illegally immigrant. And was convicted and served four years in jail for an arson attack on a school and a robbery attempt. And then traveling to germany. Where as weve been hearing he came onto the radar of german counterterrorism services. Hes saying hes not been much in touch with his son but some of the siblings have been more occasionally in touch with him. A Picture Being painted of somebody who was violent even before they were radical. And of course the question is when did this individual become radicalized . Was it perhaps during this jail sentence . Weve seen this with so many the run. It is not as welcoming an environment for foreigner as it would have been even a year or two ago. So i think the likelihood is he would find it difficult getting there. The Second Oppositition is does find the network of radicalizers in germany . There is one problem there. That is not only a problem for him. That is a problem for Security Services who have looked at you belie you believe authorities at this hour could be playing somewhat of a mind game with him at this point, to lead them to this network. Well that is what i would do, if i had any inkling of this where this person was. Subject of course to making sure he doesnt commit anymore violent acts. In germany about three weeks ago, they hit about 200 locations, the Counterterrorism Officials did. And out of those type of operations you get a lot of intelligence. And that is about the same time they arrested alleged associates of this attacker. So i think they knee lot more than they are putting out and that is a good thing. Hold things closes to the vest and play it cool right now. The concern obviously for the public is this man is armed and dangerous. And if they have him cornered, a major concern is potential for dpl followup attacks. Especially if he feels his opportunities are limited and he wants to kill more. Should they be concerned that something could be eminent . Absolutely. And i agree with chris too, that im sure that the german Law Enforcement are Holding Information back. Hes going to be like a cornered animal when they actually get to him. Im sure over the past 48 hours that a lot of information thats been put out or lack of information actually that kept reminding me of the days i worked with german Law Enforcement. They held things very close to the vest. Would not let out information. Would try to run the leads down themselves before they went to the public. Knowing full well when they wept to the public with good information that it could expose the information to the fugitive them. And when you boil this down, you use is t same Fublgtive Techniques you would looking for an individual wanted for a terrorism crime or an individual that you are looking for a standard criminaltype crime. So it is the same methods in both types of cases. But obviously this individual is armed and dangerous. Hes called person already. And hes not going to have any hesitation to shoot at Law Enforcement or take innocent lives again. Taken 12 lives and injured 48 more. Here is what we do know. He was known to German Security services as someone in contact with radical islamist groups. He did pose a risk. He was arrested in august. They released him. He was looking at one point for a one. You said wait though. Dont be so quick to call this an intelligence failure. Why . You used a word that has a lot of meaning in my world. And that is in contact. What does that mean . Does thpeople use the phrases i the radar. There are direct connectivity. That is communication with an isis recruiter. Someone seen by an informant talking to an isis recruiter or someone who follows an Isis Person On Twitter and maybe says hes interested in isis and posts a flag on facebook. All of those are contact. Before i see this as a failure, poppy, i got to see more about that what that word means. We know in the interview that the man believed to be his father said so tunisia radio that its been seven years since they had spoken since he left to try to go to italy. That he had been in touch with his siblings. If you are on the authorities on the case right now you are obviously reaching out to the siblings. People he may have been reaching out to for help and direction in a time when hes running as fast as he can. Absolutely. That would be the start operating procedure. First place you want to go is family, friends and associates and find out if this individuals been in touch with them. What are the Communications Going back and forth and knowing how german Law Enforcement works. And the bka im sure they have done that already. I thinkve seen report where is the Tunisian Police have gone out and interviewed the Family Members and come back with some information, obviously not all of it is going to be shared with the public. But i think they are pretty much probably closing in on this individual and not sharing a lot of information with us. So not to tip this individual. Because wherever he is sitting he is also gathering intelligence from these news reports that were doing here, you know, on every channel. Thank you all very much. Outfront next, donald trump meeting with his National Security team about the berlin attack today. So why is he now tweeting about an election that hes already won . Tweeting a lot about it . Also a Million Dollars for an audience with a President Elect. Half million to go hunting with his sons. Now the family says they knew nothing about the charity auction. Were going to dig into that ahead. 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Trumps advisors are mindful of the optics surrounding his skurtd briefings. Trump who proposed a muslim ban one year ago, before softening his position later, was then asked about it again today . You known my plans all along and ive been proven to be 100 correct. Whats happening is disgraceful. Reporter yet in the face of rising challenges with global terror threats trump started his day once again still defensively tweeting about his victory in the Electoral College i would have done even better if that is possible if the winner is based on popular vote, but would have campaigned differently. He went on the boast how he spent far less money in his win than clinton this her loss. And after questioning the cost of air force one, he sent shock waves into the boardrooms. Today boeing brought something of a victory. Were going to get it done for less than that and were committed to working together to make sure that happens. Reporter this is how donald trump plans to do business in the white house by bringing some Business Leaders to him. Of course it is one part public relation, one part public negotiation but something Donald Trumps advisors say he plans to do once he gets to washington. I guess we can call it art of the deal, white house edition. Poppy. Thank you very much. Also outfront tonight david gergen. Served as advisor to four president s. Allen stewart. And basil smikle is here as well. The President Elect today called the attack in germany an attack on humanity. Lets run through what he said throughout the week. Earlier he tweeted that the attack were all Terror Attacks. Now police in switzerland say the gunman had no links to terror groups. Not that they know of yet. Also trump called the man who shot the Russian Ambassador to turkey he jumped the gun. Do we still have david . Davids gone. All right. To the panel. He jumped the gun on some things before it was known if they were Terror Attacks or not. He won. But arent the stakes higher now . When it comes to the public trusting him and leaders trusting him, he may be right but until you know why say . I think hes correct more than hes incorrect chaert. [chatter]. To turkey and switzerland. Repeatedly refused to call out islamic terrorism. President elect trump is not afraid to call it what it is. Why jump the gun and do it when you dont know . He was right when it came to berlin heres the point im asking you about switzerland where they say no known ties to terrors. And the Russian Ambassador to turkey which they dont know the motive yet. They dont know the motives of those two yet. But when it comes to berlin which is critical lets get to the bottom of this, he was correct on that. And what were seeing is a President Elect whos not afraid cute radical islamic terrorism when weve had instances of that. It wasnt exactly that. What he did was he went ahead of his own security. His own security detail. When i say that i mean his the people who inform him on security issues. He went ahead of folks in the International Community who are trying to make some of the same determinations so it is problematic that donald trump is doesnt seem to sort of have the ability to control his need to get out in front of everyone else even if the information is wrong. It is something that did not hurt him when it came to winning the election. David gergen, someone who served as advisor to four previous president s. When it comes to being President Elect and soon president , when it comes to having the American Public trust you and World Leaders trust you, does he have to be careful about jumping the gun and saying this is radical islamic terrorism . When in the case of switzerland or the ambassador in turkey no one knows yet. Poppy, i think they are in the campaign. He got ahead of his skis a lot on his twitter account and didnt seem to hurt him and i think people sort of wrote that off. But absolutely true as you approach the presidency right now in particular it is very smart more donald trump to take these on a daily basis. Not on a week basis. When your terrorists and the assassins roaming through europe. The russians and iranians are the dictating the future of syria. Yes the President Elect needs to be informed in advance because things can happen so quickly. And it is really important if hes going to continue tweeting. And we all say it would be a blessing if it just went away because i think hed be a lot better president. It is not going away david gergen. He has to get it right. All right because people do hack on every word. Like the Federal Reserve chairman. Words matter. Hes tweeted not about these Terror Attacks. Hes tweeted a lot these three different tweets about the election, campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more difficult and sophisticated than the popular vote. Hillary focussed on the wrong states. I wont through go through all of them. They were in jeffs piece. But alice. Hes got General Flynn down there which the optics are very good for him to have them down there. Hes tweeting when he won. I dont understand the rationale. Hes briefed every day by his National Security advisor General Flynn and you saw him behind him down there in florida. And he gets briefed one or two times a day based on what the information is. He is getting briefed. He is going to avail himself of the briefings more on average and [ inaudible ]. Clearly he feels as though the narrative surrounding the election has not been told the way [chatter]. We all know hillary won by almost 2. 8 in the popular vote. But that is irrelevant when were looking at the fact this is determined by the Electoral College. This is a state by state president ial race [chatter]. But that is exactly the point. There is nothing to prove. He won. He won with the Electoral College popular vote. We understand that. He won with the Electoral College. There is nothing more to say. He needs to stop tweeting in the way that he is because not only why are we the ones why are you the ones president obama said the. This worked with his ways. And middle america. And a lot of people on the coast. Whos to tell him to change . There is truth in that. It makes him seem accessible to people. And i get that. But on the other hand there is an erratic nature to it. Which i think will undo him at some point in time. Because as david said every word matters. And you have earlier saying this is an attack against christianity and he didnt even know about that. And wound up saying something completely different. And every word does matter. And when you are tweeting it the question is really undermining as we know and it the American Public has to get used to it . I dont think it is going to be the new normal . I doubt the but for this president . If he wants to tweet. That is fine. I dont have a problem. I

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