first isis attacked our village then came american air strikes now we don't have anything everything is destroyed. while fighting has intensified in afghanistan this year with the taliban stepping up its attacks international relations professor jamal wakim says that's because the u.s. airstrikes have proven to be ineffective in countering the root cause of the violence i believe that the syrians are the primary victims of the war going on in afghanistan and for the world isis. and other protest groups in afghanistan. no. consideration to human lives. for the united states which claims that it respects human rights. rights to promote democracy less about human lives especially when it comes to an un-american and human lives it's not easy to wipe out these groups you need to work again on the grass roots of the problem fighting radical wow. now the latest major reshuffle among donald trump's top team has seen a series of sackings among his national security aides but even the man in charge of the dismissed it was in the firing line over what might have driven his decisions his kind of

we share the common view of isis as a threat to both countries to thewe are committed defeat of isis, daesh, other terrorist organizations, and we are committed to the stability of syria following that battle to defeat isis. clearly russia aligned itself with the syrian regime and bashar al-assad, which we find to be unacceptable. we are working with russia to figure out a unified syria that has the opportunity for the syrian people to put in place a new constitution, have free and fair elections, and select new leadership. it continues to be our view that the assad regime has no role in the future government of syria. the sequencing of all that we are open to, as long as that is what is achieved at the end. the second condition we have is that iran's military influence, the direct presence of iranian military forces in syria must go home. whether those are revolutionary guard forces or paid militias , foreign fighters that iran has brought into syria in this battle. those are our two in-state conditions. they are shared by the world over. we are working with the russians. we have ach

isis is presenting themselves. [inaudible] when they say they are estate, they are careful to say they are estate. they show this super fancy software to detect crime like csi in miami. they use the same technique. of course it's fake. only what matters is perception. [inaudible] they are using people in u.s., in america, in morocco, all over the world. this is the biggest threat. [inaudible] they are moving people around the world in bosnia and afghanistan. and these guys, isis has seduced 55000 people. [inaudible] would you be surprised if you find a guy in mcdonald's here in new york. is he a normal guy, yes or no? when you -- this might be a son or neighbor or student. this is a guy who drove the van and barcelona the other day. is he wearing a beard or a long dress? no. [inaudible] this is this next date. 1847. [inaudible] this is about seducing people with something. he's the main character of a video game or mission impossible, something like that. but obviously they are not presenting themselves praying in

so as we talk about our wars on isis oral al qaeda and isis having their back to the wall, what is the significance of being connected to and directed by them versus being inspired by them? >> well, both present problems. those who are directed and connected to them generally have greater resources. isis oral al qaeda and others have provided them with guidance, perhaps with a bomb, with funding, with cover, with assistance of all sorts of types. these may have been individuals who were on the battlefield, who know how to conduct bombings, who know how to conduct assaults and have been in that male strom of urban warfare. so for them this is an easy operation. so that's the threat from that side. from those that are not connected, the problem is different. they may not have the same level of training and support, but they often don't have any signatures or any fingerprints that would have shown them to be a threat in the past. you indicated that many of them are known to the police, but they may have been known for petty criminal activity, but for individuals who are simply inspired by

isis claimed responsibility. tara maller, senior policy adviser, former cia analyst herself with us. so now responsibility is claimed by isis. >> right. we have a claim of responsibility. as i said over the last hour or two, it seemed like it had the hallmarks inspired attack. because there's a claim as catherine herridge pointed out, because there's a claim, that doesn't necessarily tell us the level of involvement that isis has had. we've seen there's been a range of involvement even on isis claimed attacks. this could be it was inspired by reading propaganda on the internet or could have been inspired through some contact online with isis affiliates or it could have been planned. the isis operatives either in spain, europe or overseas. we don't know that yet. that will take time to figure out. what we do know here and it's also really important to point out, we see this chatter going on after the attack being praised just like after manchester. the tech companies are playing a pivotal role in this. we saw this

where they were celebrating it this is not isis itself but really those who adhere to the isis ideology and so they're celebrating in ther? it could be possible that it was just simply individuals who picked up on exactly these messages. we've heard the two men were arrested but police announced saying that they weren't the drivers of the found in full. where does this investigation go what of the authority is going to be focusing on right now? well i think they're gonna be going back to where the car was rented where the truck was rented they're gonna be looking for. identification they're gonna be looking for for photographs. from there they're going to start to try to unpack who these invalid individuals are who they are connected to they're also going back to the intelligence services with the individuals that have already been picked up. to try to also extend that network try to figure out who they know and who else they might be connected to. they will immediately raid the homes of these individuals they will exploit any electronic media the phones. laptops. look at any emails hav

now being killed just as isis is being ousted from their city. you know, when they could have a chance for a better life and instead they're being killed in the process. amy: when it comes to the u.s. forces, they are not only bombing raqqa from the air, but there are hundreds of military on the ground like rangers and others, donatella. we just have 20 seconds. mainn. soldiers are the ones who are carrying out the artillery strikes. thatat is their main task. amy: donatella rovera, think for being with us, senior crisis response adviser at amnesty international. author of the report we will link to "'i won't forget this , carnage': civilians trapped in battle for raqqa-syria." speaking to us from london. when we come back, we had to geneva. thousands of muslims marched in barcelona against violence after the attacks last week. we will go to geneva to get the latest. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "talking with accidents" by beach beach. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh.

isis has claimed responsibility. a terrorist in a van plowed through a crowd of tourists in spain's second largest city. now we have an update for you. breaking news. 13 killed. more than 100 wounded. that's according to local authorities. the fear is that those numbers may rise. and now this. local police in barcelona have shot and killed a man who was in a car that hit two police officers. welcome to risk and reward. i'm elizabeth macdonald. it is the scene of carnage on the streets of barcelona. suffering its worst attack in 13 years. the attack took place in a popular tourist shopping area in the heart of barcelona. two suspects now arrested. ashley webster has the latest. ashley. ashley: yeah, liz, it has been a little chaotic as the information has come out of barcelona. as you say, the latest number 13 dead, 100 injured, at least. we are told that 15 of those are very seriously injured, so the death toll could go higher. we have two suspects, we are told, in custody. it's unclear how many suspects may be invol

now being killed just as isis is being ousted from their city. you know, when they could have a chance for a better life and instead they're being killed in the process. amy: when it comes to the u.s. forces, they are not only bombing raqqa from the air, but there are hundreds of military on the ground like rangers and others, donatella. we just have 20 seconds. mains. soldiers are the ones who are carrying out the artillery strikes. that is their main task. amy: donatella rovera, think for being with us, senior crisis response adviser at amnesty international. author of the report we will link to "'i won't forget this , carnage': civilians trapped in battle for raqqa-syria." speaking to us from london. when we come back, we had to geneva. thousands of muslims marched in barcelona against violence after the attacks last week. we will go to geneva to get the latest. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "talking with accidents" by beach beach. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. n

is it a known association with isis? something from a different group? another type of group that is trying to gain entry into the area? you see with the situation, very tactfully match challenging to prevent something like a car bed and use to create this kind of damage with the number of lives lost, 100 injured. 15 very seriously. and you see this happening with more frequency and regularity because of the success of the terror mission. so they want to copy what works. or they will try to go for the path of least resistance command when they find a weakness that is penetrable, they will take advantage. that's why we have to be vigilant and constantly evolving to match their ferocity of the threat that we faced. >> greg: melissa, maybe i'm missing something, but in college you can study humanities, economics, you can study physics, you can study mathematics. why isn't security a science? i don't understand why people do not devote -- a, it is lucrative. aunt bea, meaningful. >> melissa: i don't know. i'm sure it is. i'm sure it comes with technology, an

>> yes. >> isis is using this as a spring board in to asia. opening up a new battleground as it loses ground in the middle east. >> law enforcement in missouri are a man hunt for the person who killed one of their own. clinton police are searching for ian mccarthy, considered armed and dangerous. they say mccarthy shot and killed officer gary michael in a traffic stop. michael returned fire and mccarthy got away. he leaves behind a grieving wife and family. >> one man's bad decision and our family member was standing in the way of that decision. >> authorities searched the suspects home, he has a warrant for his arrest in new hampshire and a charge of first degree murder added as the search continued for him. >> now, to a disturbing string of road rage incidents across the country. authorities in texas have spoken to a person of interest who claimed self defense for holding up his gun to another driver. he has been released but investigation continues. >>> a 4-year-old boy is recovering after being shouldity in the head while riding in his mom

he's charged with attempting to provide material support to isis. in recently unsealed court records, prosecutors say after pledging his allegiance, he pretended to sell computer printers on ebay. they said it's a scheme to cover $9,000 in payments he got from isis through paypal. he pleaded not guilty and will go on trial later this year. an ebay spokesperson said the company has zero tolerance for criminal activities taking place on our marketplace. paypal said -- >>> just as the school year is about to start, bay area school districts are short on teachers. oakland is even trying to recruit spanish teachers from central america to fill the gaps. leslie brinkley looks a t the hiring strategies bay area

from syria. >> reporter: as isis crumb ms in syria and iraq, it's opening a new front. >> the isis message is we're not just confined to one geographical area, it's all over the world. >> reporter: their attack caused half a million people to flee. many angry at the air strikes. >> it's bad. our house is burning. >> your house is burning? >> we don't like it. >> reporter: american firepower may join this battle soon for a city isis still holds, and for a region in shock. bill nealy, nbc news. >>> cancer warning, the startling rise in a deadly form among some younger americans. what you need to know one laugh, and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work. but the super absorbent core turns liquid to gel. for incredible protection... snap! so it's out of sight... ...and out of mind. always discreet. for bladder leaks. i've discovered incredible bladder leak underwear that hugs every curve. can't tell i'm wearing it, can you? always discreet underwear. for bladder leaks. [woman] so you're saying you didn't eat t

crush al qaeda, oblitrat isis. taliban -- obliterate isis. taliban, stop them from taking the territory. >> they control more than before the u.s. invasion. you know, clearly, clearly a big problem. thanks. >>> the president's speech on afghanistan started on a rather surprising note. he attempted to first address the visions here at home in the wake of the charlottesville attack. he did not specifically mention the violence in charlottesville but was clearly attempting to clean up some of the explosive comments with this reference to our military. >> the young men and women we send to fight our wars abroad deserve to return to a country that is not at war with itself at home, we cannot remain a force for peace in the world if we are not at peace with each other. as we send our bravest to defeat our enemies overseas, and we will always win, let us find the courage to heal our divisions within. >> president trump's handling of charlottesville a big focus for house speaker paul ryan during a cnn town hall. ryan said the president fell short. >>

there's a lot of guys who talk about how great isis is. it's very hard to tell when someone crosses that line. and in most of the cases, you see the f.b.i. has some touch- point with those individuals beforehand. there had been an assessment, a preliminary investigation or a full investigation. it's just very hard to know when somebody decides to jump. preponderance cbs money watch update. you're in charge. >> quijano: good evening. lowes, gain stop and ultraa beauty are among the companies reporting earnings. the v.w. van is coming back in 2022, and it will be electric, and tomorrow's eclipse is expected the cast a $700 million shadow of lost productivity. i'm elaine quijano, cbs news. with some big news about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let me ask you this... how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even higher. you didn't kno

whether they were really literally soldiers of isis, people who had been in isis territory and were trained and dispatched like the paris and brussels attackers. none of the things are clear at this point. but, certainly, it's very concerning that this claim has been made that they're saying the multiple attackers involved. what we know about this attack so far was a very low attack type of attack. it didn't involve as far as we understand, firearms or explosives. it was just going out and renting a van and trying to kill as many people as possible. and that's been the mo of quite a few of these isis-inspired attacks that we've seen in europe over the last year or so. most notably in nice last summer where 86 people were killed. >> jim, what do we know about the jihadi presence in spain? i can't recall a terrorist attack in spain since 2004, the madrid train bombings. >> that's right. the number is certainly lower than a country like france, for instance, or belgium, but it's present there. i spoke to a security source who just a few weeks ago was in barcelona profiling the community there.

the fact you destroy isis doesn't have an impact on western attackers, what do you do to fight that? >> to get the lone wolf loon ticks? >> there's no such thing as a lone wolf. that is a phrase invented by the last administration to make americans stupid. there's never been a serious atash -- >> no, sir. >> never been a serious attack or serious plot that was unconnected from isis or al qaeda, at least through the ideology and ttp, tactics and training and techniques and procedures that they supply through the internet.

is that this was a plot that was crafted by isis. individuals in spain were directed remotely by the terror group, likely in syria or perhaps libya. a third 07tio option that isis is trying to capitalize on violence in barcelona today. >> catherine, i know you are having a busy night, i have a question for you, earlier we were showing picture of a suspect quite a bit on both fbn and fox news, 1 then we were told not to focus on that person. reporter: this suspect was identified by spanish authority as a spanish citizen, who was born in north africa. and it was his name that was associated with the rental of the white van that was used to plow down the pedestrians in barcelona, after his picture circulated on internationally television, he contacted local police where he lives, said. i am not in bers lona today -- barcelona today, i did not rents that van, i think i am the victim of identity theft, i think my younger brother may have been the one that took my papers and rented that white van, the key is that two people are in custody.

and so the security forces are concerned that some of these people could be isis fighters or isis supporters. this is shrapnel in the back. and i'm examining the site of the shrapnel and the depth of the nail. at the height of the fighting the doctor was treating up to 700 people a day. now the numbers have dropped to 500. and not just from injuries but illnesses caused due to the lack of clean water. according to the army, retreating isis fighters have rigged 90% of the buildings with improvised explosive devices. do you have the resources, i mean, do you have enough men to...? explosion. is that another one? but the iraqi military is now accused of targeting and killing people they suspect of belonging to isis. the government say they are investigating these allegations. when islamic state swept into mosul three years ago the world watched in horror as they unleashed their reign of terror. allah akbar! at first many saw them as liberators from an oppressive shia dominated government. mosul university, once home to over a million books. rare maps, ancient manuscripts and a ninth century kor

led coalition of trying to push isis out of. the conditions there said to be desperate. medicine and even drinking water a running out of seven out of the people are in chaos everything you know life is destroyed this is my mother she couldn't walk so i put it over my shoulder and we walk like about thirteen hours now and we have nothing. more but it looks here is difficult there is no air conditioning there is no food we pay for the wrong food the transit system to salute. at the end of the day there is little doubt that isis in iraq will be defeated albeit at a tremendous cost but the u.s. led coalition and the iraqi military have demonstrated that it is a price they will let the civilians of iraq pay. china and russia are blasting the u.s. over new sanctions against individuals and firms accused of aiding north korea's missile program archies simone del rosario has the story as the u.s. and south korea continue joint military drills to deter provocations from north korea the message from pyongyang is that these drills do the opposite as u.s. warmongers ignored our war

tell them what isis did to people. >> isis is the most heinous by-product of middle eastern radical islam that has come out of the last hundred years if not more. isis is the islamic state in iraq and syria. it is a militant islamist group that is a collection of jihadists that for every muslim is something we're trying to destroy -- elizabeth: but they have beheaded children, they've crucified children, burned people alive, they've attacked muslims, right? so go ahead. heinous acts that you just pointed out. >> absolutely. every minority, they've enslaved women, they've tortured and raped women, yazidis have been tortured, they are deeply anti-semitic. they spew hatred in their magazine, "inspire," around the world. and as you said in the story that opened, we just stopped a plot in australia that was trying to kill with poisonous gas australians and westerners that are their primary enemy as they try to rebuild the caliphate9 and bringing the end of times. so if you're going to call a character isis, you can't just focus on the egyptian, non-religious character that was in the '70s and

that isis was planning attacks in. tourist areas and barcelona is one of the areas where. millions of brits flock to every year for vacation and so and then in in about and the reason why and then what happened after that is that tourist agencies british tourist agencies began to hire s.a.'s former s.a.'s types to patrol. undercover the beach is reminiscent of what occurred in tunisia in two thousand and fifteen when thirty british tourists were killed by a lone gunman just spraying the beach and but. and then in may of this year a june of this year rather a isis cell was busted up in madrid along with in britain it was they didn't receive much press at all so this is not surprising and i would also add that spain historically has been a jihad asst goal first with al qaeda with way here either a leader of al-qaeda and now isis claiming they won a dollars us dollars back and that is the old name they gave to spain and they want that back because when they say back that that means that they the muslims occupied spain from seven eleven to fourteen ninety two they regarded as

there's a lot of guys who talk about how great isis is. it's very hard to tell when someone crosses that line. and in most of the cases, you see the f.b.i. has some touch- point with those individuals beforehand. there had been an assessment, a preliminary investigation or a full investigation. it's just very hard to know when somebody decides to jump. preponderance cbs money watch update. you're in charge. >> quijano: good evening. lowes, gain stop and ultraa beauty are among the companies reporting earnings. the v.w. van is coming back in 2022, and it will be electric, and tomorrow's eclipse is expected the cast a $700 million shadow of lost productivity. i'm elaine quijano, cbs news. today, we're out here with some big news about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let me ask you this... how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even

unfortunately like isis. isis is in recent months pioneered -- has pioneered a third variance that goes against the top-down form of terrorism, the 9/11 model, let's say to the bottom-up form of terrorism, the lone wolf. now they have the hybrid which presents new and serious challenges to law enforcement and intelligence. this is the new hybrid of enablers that take advantage of lone wolves, individuals that have no prior connection to a terrorist organization that may never have met a terrorist in their life, maybe have not left there on community to train and go overseas, as we've seen in recent years, they are manipulated, exploited, ultimately inspired and animated acts of violence in support of or on behalf of the terrorist organization's aims. thenew twist is organizations are providing individuals with specific, often very detailed intelligence and targeting instructions. thus empowering them, making the lone wolf even more of a threat than they have been to date. this new emergence of the different c

what if isis had not been stopped by the kurds? they might have gone on tojordan, the greek islands, albania. they were unstoppable at the time and he felt he had to step up. and i think he was doing his national service in the greek army at the time he formed this ambition. actually, he was in the royal marines here in the uk. part of the reason why he went was disappointment when he was told by his ceos that there was no chance of him going in to rescue the 10,000 yazidi people in the mountains. he was disgusted. and of course, the government at the time was keen to offer support to precisely the sort of militias that he ended up fighting with. they lost a parliamentary vote, which makes it all the more remarkable that the status of fighters like your son is, well, how would you describe it? it is a sort of legal limbo. it is worse than that. they are often criminalised when they come back. so these are guys fighting with coalition forces. they are getting our support from coalition forces. they are getting treated, if they are l

for isis to occur. we're working with russia and other countries to create stones of stabilization and lines of deconfliction that will hold and let the political process play out in geneva. we support the geneva process and engagement of future governments. a lot of work ahead of us and we do not have the conditions in place to achieve it yet. we are going to work with other neighbors in the region, as well as stakeholders in syria, to see if we can create the conditions that will lead to talks and put in place a longer-term solution for syria. again, in this region, i want to recognize our ambassador to turkey, who has a big role in this. our relationship with turkey is under stress and the ambassador has been helpful and remarkable and how he has led our efforts there. i also want to recognize the special envoy in the war against isis and his assistant. these are people near the ground and checking to see if the aid is showing up and if we are meeting our commitments to restore basic services in the

began military action against isis. >> since january, 80 isis leaders have been killed in syria's euphrates river valley. all part of defense secretary jim mattis' plan to annihilate the terror group. about half the isis capital has been recaptured by u.s. bacteria and fighters. officials say most devices leadership has fled the cities southeast of raqqa. since the fall of mosul, the majority of air strikes takes place in syria. >> you look at where we are today, it's a huge accomplishment. >> three years ago, with isis fighters approaching the u.s. consulate in northern iraq, the white house decided to act. super hornets launched from the uss george h.w. bush in the persian gulf and raced north to drop the first bombs on isis. since then, u.s.-led coalition has executed more than 13,000 air strikes in iraq and nearly . u.s. military carries out roughly 80% of the strikes on a daily basis. at its peak in 2014, isis controlled an area the size of ohio. 5 million people suffering under its rule. today over 70% of isis territory in iraq has been taken back. another 50% in syria. early on in th

that isis helped develop the plot and directed the individuals to act or a third option, isis is looking to be opportunistic and capitalize on the violence in barcelona. what we are seeing tonight in our reporting. there were multiple pieces of moving plots to this. kennedy: were there warnings from u.s. intelligence agencies? catherine: spanish media is reporting there was a specific warning from the cia that isis wanted to target this section of cars lona which is -- barcelona which is like times square in new york city or the champs-elysees in paris it's a big economic area, a lot of tourists go. if you strike, it would be highly symbolic. this information is interesting to us based on reporting we received this afternoon. early in july an isis affiliated telegram account started broadcasting posts about barcelona. that was considers significant. this is flagged to the fbi and other agencies at that time. kennedy: we have the house explosion. we have the members of another terror cell who were killed and reportedly one more wounded, are these things connected in any way to what happen

isis held territory. and, you know, the problem was at the time isis weren't letting anyone flee their area. this was always their policy, eir way of operating, to literally assassinate anyone who tried to leave their area of control. so immediately the soldiers didn't really believe him that he had managed to flee the area that easily and presumed he had use as ed up child to a human shield. the fact that he didn't know anything about this boy would suggest that was true. so they took the child from him, took him away and probably interrogated him and i don't know what happened to him, but the child, you know, was then left with the soldiers and they didn't really know what to do because they had no idea who he was. he didn't speak. he was too young probably to speak but he was also traumatized from what he had been through. so they really didn't know what to do. you know, this all happened very quickly. but on the spot the commander who i was with said, you know, he was going to adopt the child and brou

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led coalition of trying to push isis out of. the conditions that is said to be desperate. medicine and even drinking water a running out of should not of people are in chaos everything you know life is destroyed this is my mother she couldn't walk over my shoulder and we walk like about thirteen hours now and we have nothing. left here is difficult there is no air conditioning there is no food with the full run of food the transit system to salute. at the end of the day there is little doubt that isis in iraq will be defeated albeit at a tremendous cost but the u.s. led coalition and the iraqi military have demonstrated that it is a price they will let the civilians of iraq pay. china and russia are blasting the u.s. over new sanctions against individuals and firms accused of aiding north korea's missile program our chance to mondale rosario has the story. as the u.s. and south korea continue joint military drills to deter provocations from north korea the message from pyongyang is that these drills do the opposite as us warmongers ignored our warning that they should caut

. >> this may be connected to isis. we had affiliated isis accounts cheerleading the violence in barcelona. they called them fan boy accounts, cheerleading accounts. they are not leadership accounts. then within about two hours, the news agency which is the official mouthpiece for isis claimed responsibility. we have three options now, one is that the individual or individuals were inspired by isis so they consume their propaganda online. the second is more troubling, this was an isis directed to plot perhaps from syria and the third is that isis wasn't simply being opportunistic, trying to take advantage of the violence at barcelona. >> bret: what are u.s. authorities doing? >> the u.s. government has been completely engaged for a moment to moment that the attack happened at barcelona. intelligence officials are going through their holdings, their watch list, their databases to see if the suspects identify by the spanish authorities are flagged in our system. spain is a visa waiver country which means they can travel f

it's one of the last areas in iraq controlled by isis after iraqi forces drove isis out of mosul last month. in a nationally televised address, iraq's prime minister told the isis militants, surrender or get killed. >> translator: all axes have been mobilized today to start the liberation of tal afar. i tell daesh, you have no choice but to surrender or get killed. >> i spoke earlier with the chair of contemporary middle east studies at the london school of economics. i asked him about the strategic importance of taking tal afar. >> it's the last urban city -- one of the last urban cities controlled by isis. it has served as a hub between isis nominal capital in raqqah and mosul. it borders both syria and turkey. it is an important city strategically and also in administrative terms. many of isis' leaders have escaped from mosul to tal afar. you have more than 1,000 skilled isis fighters in tal afar. so it's a major battle, and the iraqi army will have no choice but to recapture tal afar as it did mosul after nine months of bitter and costly battles. >> let's talk about that, retaking

from terror attacks, isis inspired many of them. 400 injured. what impact does it have on the victims' families to say they're not an existential threat? >> devastating, the most tone deaf moment of his presidency, particularly right after the press conference he held in france of november 2015 when he was in turkey and held a press conference to say that's not that big a deal. it was devastating. he was totally out of sync with the way the american people felt and the families of the victims. liz: andrew peek, love having you on. maxine waters saying on the view saying once the president is pushed out, the vice president is next. my next guest says this investigation was supposed to be about stopping russia, not about pushing out the administration. we're going to show you the clip after this. poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. . liz: democrat congre

next, a conversation on combating isis in south asia. middle east academics and former government officials examine the rise of isis in countries such as india and bangladesh. the atlantic council hosted this event.

not clear right now about parsing out the exact dollar figure from isis. the best information, i think, that's excessed today on that was from the abu syed raid and the committee was briefed on that particular raid in closed session. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman, i yield my time. >> the gentleman yields back. and the chair recognizes the gentleman from east of the mississippi. >> that would be maine and if you haven't booked your summer vacation, you should do so now. thank you, gentlemen and miss grumer for being here. this is important to all americans who want to make sure we preserve world history and culture including in the united states. we spent a lot of time talking about illicit trade over in the middle east and other parts of this great earth, but what about right here in america? we have a real problem in our grit state of maine with an opioid and heroin addiction and epidemic, i should say. it's a real concern. it's affecting all of our families or most of our families, and there's been a little bit of discussion today about trade-- i

we know both isis and al qaeda have called for this attack as well as her knife attacks, and isis magazine including an article called "just terror tactics." encourages followers to rent or steal vehicles. mentioning denise attack saying "vehicles are like knives as they are extremely easy to acquire." the al qaeda magazine inspire had similar messaging with westerners calling pickup trucks, and i'm quoting here "the ultimate mowing machine." we know the terror groups have tried to attack soft targets or areas that are vulnerable like shopping areas, concert venues, which we saw in the manchester attack back in may. so why is europe seemingly so incapable of better stopping these attacks? now from new york, breitbart london, along with ryan moore, the analyst for the clarion project. they knew this was coming because the cia said, hey, look, las ramblas is a legitimate target. it's going to be hit. >> look, you can put surveillance on as many terror suspects as you want bread and not going to solve the problem. we need to look at this differently. we are dealing with an ideology and an ins

has long since -- and again, isis hasn't claimed responsibility, could be isis, could be isis-inspired, could be somebody else but they put a call out a number of years ago saying, not only, use a car, run people over but grab a knife, grab a gun, start shooting. >> they realized that they could hit the global headlines by being sewn to have ownership in some way with some of these attacks. some of them where they're communicating with the attackers, some of them just merely inspired, and isis, over the last year or so, have been put under more pressure by the coalition. it's been more difficult for them to organize these big plots like the paris attacks, like the bruls brul brussels attacks, more difficult for them to ship and track operatives who they've trained back to europe, back to the west to launch attacks where you have -- like with the paris attacks, ten people on that night being involved. this may be just one guy. but one individual, like we saw in nice, can kill almost 100 people with a large vehicle. >> again, the latest numbers from the spanish government, 13 dead, more

isis claims responsibility after a van plows into pedestrians killing over a dozen in a popular tourist destination. suspects now under arrest. tonight, the latest from barcelona. >>> ripped apart. the warning from president trump. removing confederate statues is damaging american culture, he says. but it comes amid growing calls for more to go including in the halls of congress. >>> also, the online hate crackdown. can tech giants win their growing war to stop white supremacists from spreading their message on the internet? >>> eclipse fever. the last-minute dash to find the one thing you and your family need to see the event of the summer. >>> and making a splash. a grieving man brought joy back into his home by making it the place to be this summer. >>> "nightly news" begins right now. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening to our viewers in the west as we join you again from los angeles. it has become a rurg nightmare, a vehicle being driven through crowds of pedestrians in a murderous rampage. barcelona today becoming the latest western city to be targete

not clear right now about parsing out the exact dollar figure from isis. the best information i think that is existed to date on that the financial information that was retrieved from the raid and begin my understanding is that the committee was briefed on that particular raid in closed session. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. i yelled back the amount of my time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from summer east of the mississippi river, mr. poliquin. >> that would be the great state of maine, if you haven't booked your summer vacation in maine you should do so now. thank you, gentlemen, and ms. grunder for being here today. we appreciate this. this is a concern to all americans want to make sure we reserve world history and culture and include it here in the united states. we spent a lot of time talking about this illicit trade over in the middle east and other parts of this great earth but what if a writer in america? we had a real problem in our great state of maine with an opioid and heroin addiction, and epidemic i should say. it's a real con

application of the law to the conclusion, isis is clearly responsible for genocide against using the, christians and muslims in areas it controls her has controlled. isis is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at the same groups, and in some cases andnst any muslims, kurds other minorities. more recently, isis has claimed responsibility for attack on christian pilgrims and christian churches in egypt. groups, andf these other subject to violent extremism is a human rights priority for the trump administration. will continue working with our regional partners to protect religious minority communities from terrorist attacks, and to preserve their cultural heritage. report indicates, many governments around the world use discriminatory laws to deny citizens freedom of religion or belief. christians and other minorities are persecuted for their faith. to send itses individuals to death under vague apostasy laws. executed inls were 2016 on charges that included "waging war against god." members of the community are imprisoned today simply for abiding

there's a lot of guys who talk about how great isis is. it's very hard to tell when someone crosses that line. and in most of the cases, you see the f.b.i. has some touch- point with those individuals beforehand. there had been an assessment, a preliminary investigation or a full investigation. it's just very hard to know when somebody decides to jump. preponderance cbs money watch update. you're in charge. >> quijano: good evening. lowes, gain stop and ultraa beauty are among the companies reporting earnings. the v.w. van is coming back in 2022, and it will be electric, and tomorrow's eclipse is expected the cast a $700 million show of lost i'm elaine quijano, cbs news. today, we're out here with some big news about type 2 diabetes. you have type 2 diabetes, right? yes. so let me ask you this... how does diabetes affect your heart? it doesn't, does it? actually, it does. type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. and with heart disease, your risk is even higher. you didn

this is directly out of the isis playbook. >> the whirlwind of an open border policy. >> we will see a continuation of the death and destruction brought to our streets if we don't get a grip on these things. >> they didn't have the information, europe is contacting on them. >> we start this hour with a fox news alert breaking now, we just learned at least one more terrorist is on the loose, they are looking for this person. the third arrest is made in connection with that horrific attack you saw unfold yesterday in the united states in barcelona. 13 dead, more than 100 injured. >> this is five jihadists wearing fake suicide belts are shot and killed south of barcelona overnight preventing what could have been another bloodbath. >> brand-new details unfolding at this hour. good morning. >> reporter: spanish authorities believe a terrorist cell of eight people involved in both of these attacks, they believe these people were intending to use gas canisters and vehicles in the attack. we saw a dramatic development overnight in the spanish coastal town of cambrils. a second attack involvi

. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: in its latest propaganda video, isis claims this boy is american. the 10-year-old son of one of its fighters, living in raqqa, the so-called isis capital in syria. now being hammered by u.s. coalition air strikes. we can't independently verify any of that, and the boy's threats to the u.s. and its president seem to be scripted. >> muslims from around the world have united to establish the rule of a la. my message is get ready because the fighting has just begun. >> reporter: isis has often exploited children in its propaganda. it's even filmed them, apparently ceerapparently carryt executions, but this is the film firsttime extremists have use aid child they say is american. it could be sign of of how desperate isis has become, its territory now just a fraction of what the extremists once ruled. but around 20,000 civilians are also thought to be trapped in isis-controlled territory in raqqa, vulnerable to u.s. coalition air strikes pounding the city. monitoring groups say over 700 have been killed by the u.s. and its partners since the offensive beg