Deadly attack at an istanbul nightclub. Show you Surveillance Video that theyre looking at very closely. Theyre going to highlight the focus here. The gunman there, they believe, entering the club after 1 00 p. M. And a flash as he shoots. He actually killed a Police Officer who was on guard at that club before he went in firing indiscriminately at new years revellers who were still partying at the club. Very popular with foreigners. Cnns sara sidner is following the story in istanbul. Were going to hear from her in a moment but lets hear first from ian lee. I got shot in the [ bleep ] leg. I dont know, i saw one person. Theyre shooting. Im hiding. Reporter more than 3 dozen killed, many more wounded. The assailant opened fire during a new years celebration. The governor saying the gunman entered the club and attacked innocent people calling it a cruel, cold blooded act. Turkey is still recovering from a recent wave of terrorist attacks that left many citizens weary. This attack is, of course, a horrible development but not shocking to many turks who chose to stay inside this new years eve. Reporter an attacker shot and killed a Police Officer guarding a gate. They captured the moment a gunman dressed in dark clothing dashed into the nightclub as bullets rick quo shayed in the street. More than a dozen of the dead are foreign nationals. No claim of responsibility. The fate of the attacker also unclear. Turkey faces numerous battles across different fronts. Not only has the syrian conflict and refugee crisis spilled over, but theyre battling kurdish militants. Theyre reeling from a bloody and failed military coup in july. Sara sidner is live from istanbul this hour. Sara, what do you know about the investigation and their search for this suspect at this point . Reporter we heard from the deputy Prime Minister who talked about the fact that they will not let this suspect breathe in the new year giving the indication that they are in a serious manhunt to try to find what he said was just one attacker. But we have heard other witnesses who said they thought they saw more than one attacker. So far officially its just one attacker. Theyre not sure if its a him or a her. This video makes it a little bit more clear. That Surveillance Video, 39 people dead, 69 people injured. There are families at the hospital waiting on their loved ones. Some of those people are critical. And so far those people have been able to be identified, 16 of them, many of them are foreigners. Theyre not from here. So were trying to get information as to what the nationalities are. This club is a place that was kind of an upscale place to be especially for the tourists. Its a beautiful club. A lot of people going there for the view and the fun. It ended so tragically. I want to give you a quick idea of whats happened this second. Theyve opened this roadway that has been closed, the club about 300 feet up the street. In just a moment were going to go up and see how close we can get. The authorities allowing the media to get up towards the club where all of this happened, but this city devastated by this. Time and again they have dealt with attacks, especially in 2016, and to have this happen on the first day of 2017 has been really, really tough here. Sara, the reports we are hearing is that and the video that weve seen is that he the suspect shot a Police Officer who was standing guard outside that club. Do we know if that was the only security presence there last night . Reporter yeah, they said that security presence and the whole citys security presence has been heightened just in general for fear of more attacks because there have been so many. Were not sure the number of Security Officers that may have been outside or even inside of this club. Some of those details will be coming out but, of course, you know, a lot of times these clubs and these different areas dont want to tell you what they do for security. The other thing they, of course, had was Surveillance Video which is helping police figure out who this person is but this has been an absolutely devastating first day of 2016. Guys. Sara sidner, we appreciate it so much. Thank you. Lets bring in Cnn National Security analyst juliet kayyem. We know that kurdish separatist groups have claimed responsibility in the past six months for at least one, the twin suicide blasts at the istanbul stadium. Isis is there as well. Does the fact that no one has claimed responsibility yet tell you who may be behind this . Reporter it doesnt say a lot but it does give some suggestion that this might be an isisinspired attack. The reason why is isis often does not take credit for attacks in turkey. If you just look at what happened, a friday night, a soft target, a club, people partying, young people, an international group, those are targets that have always been ones that isis favors as weve seen in paris and brussels and elsewhere. And so i think the leading theory for the turks at this stage would have to be that this was at least an isisinspired attack. I think some people listening to you might have caught something by surprise. Help us understand why isis would not claim responsibility for attacks in turkey when they so often claim responsibility elsewhere. Well, for one, look, isis is not some centralized organization anymore. Theyre trying to inspire people all around the world to do certain things. Often as weve seen in these cases there is a delay between what they know, isis, some centralized group and what occurs. Also, given the politics of turkey and given the fact that turkey also has an internal terrorist threat, the curds, isis is sometimes in the case of turkey more than willing to allow there to be some speculation as to who caused the terrorist attack in turkey knowing that turkeys leadership response is going to be as weve seen in the past, greater centralization of power, greater yuntd mi undermining of dissent, focus on journalists and those opposing erdogan and others. The u. S. Has said this is an atrocity. Is there anything the u. S. Can do to help turkey . Reporter this is an interesting time in u. S. turkish relations. Turkey has looked elsewhere, in particular to russia for some of its alliances. We saw that earlier this week with the turkish russian ceasefire brokered over syria. We dont know if it will hold, and also even just last week with the death of the killing of the russian diplomat in turkey, it did not cause a major friction. In fact, one could argue the two countries were closer aligned. The u. S. Is a strong supporter of turkey. It is in between. It is the east and the west. We continue to support turkey in many ways, not just money but in security. Thank you for the insight. Appreciate you being here. When we come back president elect donald trump casting doubt about allegations russia was behind hackers medaling in the u. S. Elections. Well have his comments next. Nu. And it works on my symptoms, too. Now moments lost to migraines are moments gained with excedrin. [heartbeat] dtry align junior probiotic. Th digestive balance . So she can have a fraction dominating. Status updating. Helloyellowbelt kind of day. Get 24 7 digestive support with align junior. The 1 doctor recommended probiotic brand, now for kids. At clorox 2 weve turned removing stains into a science. Now pretreat with clorox 2 watch stains disappear right before your eyes. Remove 4 times more stains than detergent alone. 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I hope theyre taping it so they can see they made it on the National News not just in somebodys camera. Lets hope they make it in 2018. Thats the hope. Will you be kissing the same person next year . That will make for a whole other picture. Lets look at dallas. 3, 2, 1, 0. The version of auld an auld ang syne. All of the music out of dallas. The west coast, lets go to seattle. This is the space needle. That is beautiful. Happy new year, everybody. No doubt about it. Happy new year to you. Do you know what, the pope is talking about happy new year delivering his new years day mass, and his message, peace. The vatican is marking today as the world day of peace in case you didnt know, and the pope also took a couple of moments there to pray for those who have been killed in the istanbul nightclub overnight. Back here state side, we know the malware found on the computer of a Vermont Utility company is the same code that was allegedly used by russians to hack the Democratic National committee. That information is now confirmed by the department of Homeland Security. It was found after the dhs sent out an alert to utilities nationwide. They say the hack may not have been intended to shut down power. The company says there was never any danger of their grid being compromised. Heres the manager of Burlington Electric in vermont. We found an i. P. Address that is tied back to some of the recent malicious cyber activity that was communicating with one of our computers. Let me be very clear, that computer was not connected to our grid control systems. Our grid was not penetrated. It was not breached. And we have no indication of compromise with any of our systems or any of our customer data. But what we did is when we saw that traffic we immediately isolated the machine, pulled it off the network, alerted federal authorities and began to work with them so we can help trace that back to further their investigation. Well, donald trump is still casting doubt on the idea that russia may be behind those election hacks. This time from his annual new years event in maralago, his resort in florida. As he does every year, trump said goodbye to one year, hello to the next at his estate this year with 800 paid attendees. This year the president elect took questions, his transition and the doubts about russia being behind the recent hacks. I just want them to be sure because its a pretty serious charge. I want them to be sure. If you look at the weapons of mass destruction, that was a disaster and they were wrong. And so i want them to be sure. I think its unfair if they dont know, and i know a lot about hacking and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. So it could be somebody else. Joining us now to talk about the latest information on the alleged russian malware and the president elects response, jeff beaty. Hes a former cia Counter Terrorism officer and is now a professor of National Security studies at the university of new haven. Jeff, good morning to you. Good morning, victor. Happy new year to you. Happy new year to you. What do you make of the president elect saying i also know things that other people dont know so they cant be sure of the situation . Well, its kind of funny. It sounds a little bit like things that Donald Rumsfeld might have said. The known knowns, the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns. I dont know what the president elect knows. I do think that its wise when weve seen in the past intelligence failures like the one he referred to about claiming there are weapons of mass destruction as a justification to go into iraq in 2003, i think its wise to be sure. Im sure hell be kept abreast of developments and will be able to refine any level of certainty regarding the perpetrators for this act. You know, after the announcement of sanctions against russia this week, i know you spoke with one of our producers and suggested that its time now possibly for an antimeddling deal governing Cyber Operations between several nations. Give us an idea, what would that look like . You know, we have the geneva conventions that have been right behind things that happened in real world. Put in place by signatory countries. The most recent one, 196 countries. They deal with things that arise in the international arena, mostly around armed conflict. But there appears to be a concern as the cyber threat has evolved faster than nations ability to cope with it or to manage it. There seems to be a concern that there should be some things like with other weapons, chemical weapons and theres an agreement and a balance not to use the weapons. Theres probably a time right now ford United States for the United States to take a lead. This is an opportunity to maybe get out in front and lead an International Effort to put together a treaty. U. S. Has had some discussions with china bilaterally, for example, that do talk to infrastructure but there obviously now is a need to do more. So i think the time is right for that. But theres one caveat to that, victor, and if i may, that caveat is, you know, the United States has tremendous capability and your users and i know cnn reported on this in the past. Yes. A virus called stucks net, another one called flame, information is gathered that benefit countries like the United States. Theyre probably state sponsored. So with we do a treaty we want to make sure that we dont negate our capabilities to conduct this type of cyber reconnaissance of foes in the future. You dont want to tie the hands of the Intelligence Community. Very quickly before i let you go, what you mentioned may be what the terror advisor may go after. Let me put up his quote taking the position that we must work towards a cyber doctrine that reflects the free market, the benefits of free and fair trade and the fundamental principles of liberty. Hes worked on this bill for some time. Vladimir putin is already pulling out of agreements with the u. S. , namely one on nuclear security. So how confident are you that he would enter another one . You know, time will tell is the answer to that. But you mentioned Vladimir Putin, and youve got to be careful in this realm. He made great claims in 2011 that his own election was attacked as less than fully legitimate and he pointed the finger at hillary clinton. You know, Vladimir Putin is not somebody like Moammar Gadhafi that you could destabilize with impunity because he has tools. He has tools to strike back. So itll be interesting. The pick for Homeland Security is a great one and it needs to be a priority so that what we have in place amongst nations is caught up to with what the reality on the ground is out there. All right. Former cia Counter Terrorism officer jeff beaty, thank you for being with us. Happy new year to you. Happy new years to you. With a show down on the gridiron, andy scholes has news. Alabama and clemson heading for a rematch. Were going to hear from both teams after the break. Uh, you asked to see me, coffee . Yeah, listen, sugar, were, uh. Lettin you go. Wait, what . People love sweet taste. Thats true, but sweet aint enough anymore. Its that splenda naturals gal, isnt it . Yeah. I knew it look, not only is she sweet, shes got natural stevia, no bitter aftertaste, and of course, zero calories. Ohh, not the calories again. Sugar, youre full of calories. I know ugh so all the partners agree . Even iced tea . Especially iced tea. Goodbye, sugar. Hello, new splenda naturals. Second verse same as the first. Alabama versus clemson for College Footballs national championship. Andy scholes had the tough task of watching football. I dont know how he did it. I was at the peach bowl in atlanta. The game was close early on. Threepoint game in the Second Quarter but it felt like alabama was up by 30. The huskies offense couldnt get anything going against alabamas defense. The play of the game came from linebacker ryan anderson. Hes going to pick off jake browning. He tosses him right to the ground on the way to the end zone. Check out the stat, alabama scored 11 touchdowns on defense this year, only allowed 15. Unbelievable. That score there made it 177 at the half. Bo starbow put this away. 247. I caught up with some of the players after the game asking them how to feels to be heading back to the national title. Its feeling great, you know what im saying . We trust in the process. This alabama football, man, we stand away, baby. After a performance like this, how confident are you heading to tampa . Confident but not cocky. It will be a Fourth Quarter battle. Can have doesnt. Youve got to be confident in your work. Feels good. This is what you work for. To have it pay off is satisfying. Were not finished. Number two clemson and number three ohio state, not much of a game. Tigers absolutely dominating the buckeyes. Shawn watson threw for 259 yards and a touchdown adding 57 yards and two scores on the ground. Clemson shutting out ohio state 310. The buckeyes dont even show up. Its the first time theyve been shut out in a bowl game since the 1920 rose bowl. Coy wire was there and spoke with the bins winners after the game nkts we are one of the best teams in the country. We want another opportunity to go play for the nati. We just came out and played clemson football. Clemson is back. Another year, back in the nati, back for revenge, back for redemption. Were coming for alabama. Look for this game in the past year. Are you going to be dancing on new years eve . Lit me tell you, they call this the fiesta bowl, right