I dont think any foreign entity, any foreign individual, any enity. Why didnt you say that and why didnt trump say it . Im saying it, michael. Welcome to sunday. So grateful to have your company and a lot to unpack this morning. Im christi paul. Im victor blackwell. To politics in a moment, first whats happening in turkey today the Prime Minister declaring a day of mourning after twin bomb attacks in istanbul killed at least 38 people, most of them were Police Officers. The moment captured on traffic camera. A car suddenly explodes, look at that. This is a busy treat. You see the traffic there. Blatt was felt and heard miles away. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] those two people playing the guitar didnt realize an explosion had gone off behind them until the blast reached them. One of the explosions was heard on live tv. [ speaking Foreign Language ] wow. Authorities tell cnn someone set off that car bomb remotely. This was around 11 00 p. M. Local time after a huge soccer game. Less than a minute later a suicide bomber detonated a second smaller explosion at a park nearby. The two scenes are less than a mile apart. More video here capturing the chaos. Afterwards police swarming that area, as paramedics loaded the wounded into ambulances. 155 are still in the hospital this morning. Mohammad lela is joining us live. Thank you so much. I know the investigation is in the early stages but are you getting any indication from officials there as to who they believe to be responsible . Well, good morning, christi. Officials here are not confirming but they are pointing the finger of blame at a group called the pxk the kurdistan Workers Party, waging a mill tanti sense the turkish people for three decades now. Let me set the scene for where i am right now. You showed the dramatic footage of the explosion. The car bomb. Im standing a few feet away from where that explosion took place, that point of impact. You will see people standing around, theres a makeshift memorial now and see behind me, you can see the large soccer stadium the car bomb explosion went off as the game had just finish and people were outside. It was a beautiful saturday evening in istanbul, the weather great, the game had just finished. Very crowded. You talk about the casualty numbers and the death toll. We know 38 killed. Of those 38, 30 were Police Officers. And thats because when theres a soccer game here, there are a lot of Police Officers on the stre street. Thats not uncommon. They were out in full force and unfortunately that made them a very spis vistble and easy target. And they were, indeed, targeted, is that safe to say . Yeah. So turkish Officials Say that the target were specifically these Police Officers. And it just so happens that it happened right after the end of a soccer game. There were civilians there as well. Of the eight people who are not Police Officers, seven are confirmed civilians and one identity yet to be known. Just a quick note on that casualty count, 155 people are in the hospital right now, but we do know that several are in critical condition. Tragically we are expecting the death toll to rise throughout date. Did the majority of those in the hospital right now, did they come from this first blast or the second one . And why is help our viewers understand why turkey is such a target . Its a very good question. Let me sort of describe that first blast. We were roughly about, you know, half a mile away from the blast when it happened. It was so powerful you could hear the ground and feel the ground shake beneath your feet. The walls shook, the windows shook. Immediately we knew from the first blast it was a major explosion. The second blast the suicide bomb happened about 20 seconds later and to that second question about why are people attacking turkey, well, its in a volley tile area. There are kurdish separatists and isis next door and a failed coup that happened about six months ago a little less than that. A lot of enemies in this area that see turkey as a big target. Glad you and everybody there are certainly okay. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Well be checking in with him throughout the morning. Also following breaking news in egypt this morning. A bomb blast killed at least 25 people and left dozens of others injured in a small church attached to the city coptic cathedral in cairo. So far no claim of responsibility for this attack. Its been a violent several days in and around the capital though. Friday two roadside bombs one in cairo, one just north of the city, killed six Police Officers and wounded six others. U. S. Drone strikes took out an isis leader linked to the Charlie Hebdo attacks in paris. The Spokesman Says boubaker hakim. According to reports, al hakim was a mentor to the brothers who carried out the january 2015 attacks in paris. Remember 17 people were killed. Meanwhile, isis is reportedly making advances in palmyra. Nearly nine months after Government Forces recaptured the ancient syrian city activist groups say the terror group has taken control of neighborhoods in the northern and northwestern parts of the city known for some of the worlds most treasured ruins there. Intense fighting on the outskirts of the city forced hundreds of syrian troops and militia fighters to withdraw there. The development could be a setback for troops loyal to the government who took back palmyra from isis in march. Cnn projects that republican john kennedy has won runoff race for senate in louisiana. Now that helps the gop hold a stronger majority in the senate with 52 seats now, down from 54 before the november 8th election. Donald trump and mike pence, they both campaigned for kennedy in this runoff. The seat was considered safely republican. The runoff was needed after no candidate got the majority of the vote in november. The race started with a field of 17 candidates, including former clan leader david duke. A senior transition source tells cnn exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson is the leading and likely pick to be president elect Donald Trumps secretary of state. Tillerson went from dark horse to front running candidate in about a week. Multiple sources tell us former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. John bolton is a strong possibility to be number two at the state department. Heres our ryan nobles. Reporter its look more and more like president elect donald trump is leaning toward exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state. Cnns john king ro rpg that tillerson left a meeting on saturday at trump to youer with feeling confident he would be named to the post. Trump telling Chris Wallace from fox that tillersons Global Business interests and ties with countries around the world make him a very strong candidate. Let me ask you about Rex Tillerson. Out of exxonmobil. Why does a Business Executive make sense as the chief diplomat . In his case hes much more than a Business Executive. Hes a worldclass player. Hes in charge of the Largest Company in the world. Hes in charge of an oil company thats pretty much double the size of his next nearest competitor. Its been a company thats been unbelievably managed. And to me, a great advantage is he knows many of the players. And he knows them well. He does massive deals in russia, he does massive deals for the company not for himself, for the company. Reporter some of the attributes that trump views as positives have some concerned including some republicans like senator john mccain. Mccain told me he would want answers from tillerson about his ties to russia and his view of the world as it relate to the country before he gives him his vote in a confirmation process. Republicans hold only a fourseat majority in the u. S. Senate, so donald trump will likely need almost all of those votes if he is to get tillerson confirmed. Ryan nobles, cnn, baltimore. Thanks. Coming up well dig more into the experience and record of Rex Tillerson. How did this oil giant become the likely pick to be the next top diplomat on behalf of the u. S. . Our Political Panel is standing by to help us break it down. Well speak with them in a moment. Plus, its the most advanced fighter jet in the world and over 100 million, also one of the most expensive. Now israel is getting their first shipment of 50 f35s. Later this hour what that means for the region. 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Were told no official announcement on who trump will pick or has chosen will happen until the middle of the upcoming week. The president elect praised tillerson during a new interview with fox news. Heres a portion of it. In his case hes much more than a Business Executive. Hes a worldclass player. Hes in charge of i guess the Largest Company in the world. Hes in charge of an oil company thats pretty much double the size of his next nearest competitor. All right. Lets talk about this. We have with us cnn political commentator and anchor for Spectrum News errol lewis and senior politics political reporter steven collins. Good morning to both of you. Good morning. The president elect there says that Rex Tillerson is much more than a Business Executive but then lists off all of his business cred densals. Errol to you, preemtsium that donald trump, obviously, is placing on that as he picks a diplomat to speak on behalf of the u. S. . Well, you know, calling exxonmobil a business is almost a little bit like, you know, calling walmart a hardware store. Exxonmobil, with Something Like 269 billion in revenue, would rank as the 44th largest nation in the world if you weighed it alongside the gdps of other nations. Bigger than finland, bigger than portugal. I think thats really what president elect trump was getting at, this is somebody who has been in charge of a massive Global Organization that has interests that are akin to managing the Foreign Policy of a nation. Steven, to you, weve heard from senator mccain that some of his concerns about Rex Tillersons affiliation and affinity for possibly president putin and his association with russia, the oil company there in russia, lets listen to what mccain said. I have, obviously, concerns of reports of his relationship with Vladimir Putin, who is a thug and a murderer, but thats the we will have hearings and that issue and other issues concerning him will be examined and then thats the time to make up your mind as to whether to vote yes or no. What kind of questions would you ask Rex Tillerson that would make you feel comfortable about him in a role . His view of Vladimir Putin and his role in the world and, for example, the fact that boris themsov, the leader of the opposition, was murdered on the orders, i believe, of Vladimir Putin and the shadow of the kremlin. So, steven, is tillerson confirmation going to be a tough lift for this administration . I think it could be a very contentious confirmation hearing. One of the reasons is, perhaps, that a tillerson nomination the only chance the democrats have to wound the Trump Administration. The democratic minority cant stop nominees on their own, but if you look at the fact that the senate now is 52 48 in favor of republicans it wouldnt take too many republicans to make this a contentious and close fight. Look at john mccain there as you mentioned, i would also look at senator lindsey graham, senator marco rubio, more hawkish members of the Republican Caucus who have raised clear concerns about russia and its role in the world and the stance that the Trump Administration will take towards russia and this, of course, is coming at the same time as were hearing these reports that the cia has likely concluded that russia intervened in the election in favor of donald trump. So this is all coming at a very contentious time and i think that adds up to what is likely going to be quite a fiery confirmation hearing if donald trump goes ahead and names Rex Tillerson as secretary of state nominee. Lets look beyond russia at other issues and talk about trade. This is what Rex Tillerson said, this is from the exxonmobil website several years ago about trade. The need for International Cooperation is for government to exercise a unique and positive role by fostering free trade. Congress must resist the urge to turn its back on these proven policies. The United States cannot afford to raise barriers to trade. Errol, to you, weve heard what the president elect wants to do with nafta and other trade agreements. Is this a Sticking Point . Will this be significant daylight between the potential next secretary of state and the incoming president . Well, that is one of the Big Questions here because you have somebody who, by the nature of his job and apparently, according to his personal philosophy, was very much a free trader, hes going to be one of the leading figures in an administration that feels very, very differently about it. There are a number of other issues by the way where tillerson is on the record going in the slightly different direction than donald trump on common core, for example. He authored an oped piece about common core in favor of it. Well have to figure out what this gentleman, who has never served in public sector, what he is proposed to do and how far hes proposed to go. As far as his, you know, his personal profile, as the former head of the boy scouts, former boy scout himself he has a cleancut appearance. Its not going to be easy to sort of tag him as somebody who is an ideallog and thats going to be in his favor. On the other hand the Trump Administration as it forms, they will have somebody who, for the rest of us, is really just kind of a mystery. This is someone that many people are meeting for the first time, so well talk more about Rex Tillerson throughout the morning. Errol lewis, steven colinson, thank you both. Thank you. Its a terror attack captured on video. 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