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>> it is weaker than it was. the u.s. government and our allies have done really good work to take out their senior leaders. but the threat from radical islamic terrorism remains. whether it's isis or any of the other couple dozen groups out to do harm, the threat remains and we must remain ever vigilant so something like what happened 16 years ago today can never happen again. >> today is not only the 16th anniversary of the attacks in new york and shanksville and washington but the fifth anniversary of officers being killed in benghazi, libya, along with a state department official. we have ...

>> it is weaker than it was. the u.s. government and our allies have done really good work to take out their senior leaders. but the threat from radical islamic terrorism remains. whether it's isis or any of the other couple dozen groups out to do harm, the threat remains and we must remain ever vigilant so something like what happened 16 years ago today can never happen again. >> today is not only the 16th anniversary of the attacks in new york and shanksville and washington but the fifth anniversary of officers being killed in benghazi, libya, along with a state department official. we have ...

Groundhog day, this is the street where you saw us yesterday, witnessing running battles and that's what we've been seeing today. the difference as i've been mentioning through the day, is that now the protesters are seem to be breaking up in splinter groups and we think what they are trying to do, get to the conseco concert center along the water there. we think quite soon the leaders will be meeting for their dinner. these protesters would really love to make sure that doesn't happen. >> are the protesters closer, physically closer today to the conference center than yesterday? >> reporter: ...

It's gotten pretty tense there today. >> reporter: yeah. i think plural, protesters, is right. we're not just seeing one demonstration, we're seeing splinter groups breaking up. here we are again, another police line. they just keep moving all of the time, katy. and you can see up behind this police line once again, the water cannon we have seen used in anger again and again through the day. it's the atmosphere here, slightly different, because as sun goes down, it's a friday night, you can see there are protesters here, but there are also just young people who are out enjoying themselves, dri...

The u.s. hopes to accomplish in the middle east in the war on terror. the meeting comes a week after erdogan was angered by the u.s. decision to arm kurdish fighters in syria. cnn's mohammad lila has a preview for us this morning. and certainly some friction between the two sides when they meet. >> yeah, dave, friction would be an understatement. you know, turkey is outraged that a few days ago the trump administration made a strategic and tactical decision to start providing heavy weapons to turkish fighters on the ground to help them topple isis. look, there are so many different groups figh...