in baghdad. to some extent, residents there have become in your -- have become inured to them. how major and how deadly days this? 11,he last attack was may when sadr city was attacked. more so, i think the stories that are emerging, whole theyies have been found prized in the rubble. in particularly the children. the death toll amongst children is particularly bad, and i think this is the real danger going forward. this takes on a sectarian dimension. isis has almost succeeded to what they aim to do with this blast. cyril: thank you very much. following a wave of attacks against israelis in recent days, the country is set to extend settlements in east jerusalem. according to local media, the government has approved 800 new houses, most of them in a large settlement in the west bank. this comes a few days after the caughteast peace accord -- called for them to stop the settlement. the israel-turkey feud that lasted six years appears to be well and truly over. a turkish ship carrying aid for pales

in baghdad. and i know this is my last chance to find muhammed ibrahim and saddam hussein. they call about 1:00 and say we're bringing in the mohammad hadir prisoner. the guy who owns the house. they drive in, drop him off, i bring in the first prisoner, the one they said owned the house. i said what's your name? mohammad, mohammad what? mohammad hadir. okay. quickly, quickly, quickly. two hours to get this guy to go. i'm the deputy to muhammed ibrahim. i'm like, good, where is he? he said he was at the house last night. and i'm thinking, son of a [ muted ] it's a ghost. i've missed him again. i'm like, where is he, where is he? you know how -- the linguist, my interpreter is going, mr. -- he's saying he was at the house when the soldiers came. and i'm like, they don't miss anybody. i'm like, did they get him? and i went to the guards, i'm like, who do we have? who was brought in on this raid? i'm looking at three guys sitting on the ground. hoods on, hands behind their back. and i'm like, is muh

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a deadly bombing in baghdad. isis again claiming responsibility. it's the third massive casualty attack in less than a week abroad. turkey, bangladesh, and now iraq. >>> hello, everyone, and thank you so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. as the vetting process moves into full swing for hillary clinton's vice presidential picks, the former secretary of state is facing the fbi's final probe into the use of her private e-mail server. sources tell cnn an announcement of no charges is expected within the next two weeks as long as no evidence of wrongdoing emerges from yesterday's interview with the fbi. the campaign hopes to put the more than year-long controversy to rest and officially turn their full focus to the general election, but the issue still threatens to haunt her candidacy. clinton supporter and potential running mate cory booker ruled out any possibility that an indictment would emerge. the new jersey senator also weighed in on the vp selection process. >> we learned more about donald trump's vice presidential search this week,

many taken to hospitals in the center of baghdad. very possibly this was a sectarian attack. >> zarqawi was kind of hitler-like. an individual who was incredibly brutal. a dictator with a plan. and his plan was to kill as many people that did not see life the way he saw it and to try to change the face and the nature of the middle east. and, frankly, the islamic world. >> zarqawi was taking advantage of tensions on the ground between the sunni and shia for hundreds if not thousands of years. essentially taking a candle to that pocket of gas. >> horrific violence that was occurring across the country. there were people being killed every day in baghdad by the score. there were these big suicide bombings, car bombings, 14 a day and some periods during iraq. >> it was a chaotic scene, a dangerous place to be, both for uniformed military and for the innocent civilians caught in that trap. >> zarqawi became the symbol of the ability to fight head on head against america. he absolutely hated the west. he hated the united states and hated w

the unrelenting carnage is being felt in baghdad, particularly in baghdad. look at this brand-new drone video. it is harrowing. just harrowing. certainly does give another look at the devastation that that impact was after that suicide bomb went off there, the suicide atoo attack. crews are still working to pull the bodies that is left from beneath the rubble there. all the while, funerals are already getting started for some of the 215 -- yes, 215 people who died as a result of this attack. all that happening as iraq's minister of the interior has decided to step down, citing a lack of coordination among iraq security systems. cnn is the only american network currently in iraq and our senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live there now. i know there's a long delay between us so i'm just going to ask you if you could give us some contours with what has happened with the extraordinarily deadly attack and now the future of any sort of governance in iraq. >> reporter: well, certainly it's shaken the government, ashleigh. we've seen, of course

. >> condemning today's bombings in baghdad... >> narrator: tonight, the story of where they came from. >> we created chaos. we abandoned that chaos. we created isis. >> narrator: how they waged war for more than a decade. >> the invasion toppled the government, but zarqawi ripped the country in half. >> these people are really prepared to fight the world and demonstrate that in an act of horrific violence. >> narrator: the failures of two american presidents. >> the united states government made decisions that seemed to make sense at the time, but without those series of decisions, there would be no isis. >> narrator: tonight, "the secret history of isis." >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontliis provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information is available at macfound.org. additional support is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public a

john huddy live in the middle east news hub with more on the bombing in baghdad. john? >> reporter: we're learning more information. the death toll continues to climb and among the victims are at least 25 children, and an entire families that were wiped out in the bombings, according to iraqi officials and witnesses there on the ground. just a horrific act of terror. s it happened close to midnight saturday in the bustling shopping district of karrada in baghdad. a refrigerator truck lead with explosives rammed into a crowded upscale market area and bodies are still being pulled from the rubble, even today and tonight and the charred buildings. some incinerated in the explosion. both reasons that the death toll continues to climb. at this point 167 people confirmed dead. saturday night was particularly busy with a lot of young people and families shopping for the celebration which marks the end of ramadan this week. isis has threatened to carry out attacks throughout the muslim holy month. that has been the case. this saturday' attack is along with a series of other rec

the attack in baghdad, iraq that killed over 150 people. the attack in bangladesh over 20 killed there. a series of attacks outside of jet at this saudi arabia today. the panel continues. the united states is very good at killing armies, i should say, less good at killing ideologies. where do we stand in the fight against isis? >> even when you list those successes that the u.s. has had recently, it almost what it does is sort of confirms that maybe the strategy of fighting a war in iraq was a good idea. but certainly, the rise in terrorist attacks against civilians around the world that we have seen, i think, puts a lie to the strategy the administration is using but, more than that, it also puts a lie to these claims that somehow isis is on the run and that they're desperate. one of the most alarming things or diveal actually one of the things that i think confirm what is a lot of republicans have been saying for a long time was the attack in bangladesh where you had an attack carried out, i think it was 22 people were killed where it was

and then of course this horrific attack in baghdad. at least 200 people dead, many of them children. so i guess the question is, does the fact that their territory is being squeezed, does it matter? they can still pull these off. >> well, it certainly matters. yes, it is true that as we observed in the san bernardino attacks and quite possibly in the orlando attack, it is not necessary for these people who are radicalized or are trying to hitch their wagon to isis to do the deeds they want to do with without necessarily spending a lot of time on the phone or sending e-mails to isis in syria or iraq. that communication doesn't need to happen. so yes, they don't necessarily need a wide base of operations. that doesn't mean that i would equate necessarily the baghdad attacks. look, baghdad for a long period of time has been a place of chaos. but that's very different than being here in the united states where law enforcement, where government exists and where law enforcement is much more capable than they are in a place like baghdad. >> c

many taken to hospitals in the center of baghdad. very possibly this was a sectarian attack. >> zarqawi was kind of hitler-like. i mean, he was an individual who was incredibly brutal. he was a dictator with a plan. and his plan was to kill as many people that did not see life the way he saw it and to try to change the face and the nature of the middle east. and, frankly, the islamic world. >> zarqawi was taking advantage of tensions on the ground between the sunni and shia for hundreds if not thousands of years. essentially taking a candle to that pocket of gas. >> horrific violence that was occurring across the country. there were people being killed every day in baghdad by the score. there were these big suicide bombings, car bombings, 14 a day in some periods during iraq. >> it was a chaotic scene, a dangerous place to be both for uniformed military and for the innocent civilians who were kind of caught in the maw of that trap. >> zarqawi became the symbol of the ability to fight head on head against america. >> he absolutely hat

istanbul's airport, a popular cafe in bangladesh, now baghdad. the terrorists so far keeping their promise of a series of attacks before the end of the muslim holy month. they also come after iraqi forces retook fallujah from isis last month, a breakthrough in the battle against the extremists who controlled the city for more than two years. >> they will continue launching these offensive strikes while defending, as best they can, their remaining territory, their two cities, mosul and raqqah. >> reporter: a victory that today came at a heavy price, as survivors and onlookers try to make sense of the deadliest attack in iraq so far this year. nbc news, london. >>> it's been a busy holiday for the presidential candidates, even though they're taking a break from the trail. the clinton campaign spent today trying to move past her interview with the fbi on saturday morning over her e-mail server, while the trump camp worked to distance itself from a tweet that's being called anti-semitic. we get more on all of it tonight from kasie hunt. >> reporter:

this time a crowded baghdad marketplace targeted. zwl . >>> clinton emphasized she continued to be forthcoming. her camp saying the interview was voluntary. >> it was something i had offered to do

what we've seen in baghdad, especially because it is a shia dominated suburb of baghdad, we have seen isis attempting to kill shia to stoke the fans of terror. they've cause now the government to attempt to counter that, and the people in iraq have the same fears that you and i have against these extremist actions. but you're also required as nic pointed out to go after isis in several other fronts. the economic front. take away their money. get them on the internet. get their recruiting effort, stop the flow of fighters. have the diplomacy counter this. so there are several fronts. and garver is absolutely right. we're going to see a generational fight against this ideology until it is completely squashed and people can live in peace again. that's the unfortunate truth of the matter. >> all right, thanks so much. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," outrage online as a new tweet from donald trump sparked charges of anti-semit m anti-semitism. >>> with just two weeks to go until he is officially crowned, donald trump is embroiled in controversy. this time, this tweet. the tweet shows

they have the basics for survival, but most are not allowed into baghdad. new families are still arriving. unicef says one in five iraqi children, 3.6 million, are at serious risk because of the war. a bullet hit this girl as they escaped falluja. witnesses at the camp said hundreds of men were taken away as they left the town and beaten by shia militia. hundreds are still missing. this four-year-old is hoping her father will arrive to play with her in the tent. the men who were beaten are all too frightened to be identified. one of them said he saw shia militiamen beat her father to death. >> one said the shias have come for you. sunnis forke 4 every man we have lost. i gave him some water, he drank it, and died. jeremy: the camp is on edge. police try to control food cues by firing into the air. iraqis have often made matters worse for themselves. but mistakes made by the united states and britain pushed iraq down the road to catastrophe. jeremy bowen, bbc news, falluja. jane: for more on the most recent attack and the wider security situation in the coun

this was the deadliest bombing in baghdad since last july. >>> and northern baghdad killing five people and injurying 16. >>> in bangladesh, they held vigils to mourn the victims. more than 20 people were killed in a standoff in a resten rant in the city. including uc berkeley student. she was an intern at a company, her father also has a business there. they will hold a vigil tuesday. >>> paying a rare visit to a part of the pakistan that is considered a strong hold in al-qaida. john cane posted picturings, making several stops in pakistan. they carry out drone strikes targeting the taliban and al-qaida leader. >>> new jerseyen senator cory booker might be on hillary clinton's short list of staff. he didn't depth deny it. >> has your staff provided any personal documents to the clinton campaign. >> i'm just having questions about the domination for the president. if you have a question like that please direct it to the clinton campaign. >> reporter: i think i might have got an answer to that. >>> he may pass if continues to the white house. chris christy would be his replacement. >>> a

this street is one of the most beautiful streets in baghdad. it is similar to the champs elysees in paris. we were smelling flowers and now we are smelling death. a day after the attack, victims are still being recovered from underneath the rubble and debris. as locals mourn the dead, they worry for those who have not yet been found. may god punish those responsible for such a bombing. soso many people are still missing. the rescue teams haven't been able to find them yet. as the rescue operations continue, the death toll is only expected to increase. we are joined by david lowe, terrorism and security expert in liverpool. thank you very much for being with us. we've had terror attacks in bangladesh, baghdad, now saudi arabia. the so-called islamic state claims to be behind first two attacks. how about the suicide blast in medina? does this fit the profile of an islamic state attack, do yoyo ththink? >> yeah, it does, b because you lolook at the t targets they'ven pipicking, what we c call sofoft targets.s. placaces of worship, i it's n ne firs

terrorist attacks in a baghdad shopping area, it is the deadliest attack in baghdad this year. >> so many families torn apart by this two separate bombings. isis claiming responsibility for the biggest one. it took place in the neighborhood of baghdad, an upscale area full of. sh shops, restaurants, hotels. this was outside of a busy shopping center. a powerful blast tearing down multiple buildings. the attack was timed to have the deadliest impact. this blast going off just after midnight, which meant families were out and about. they were breaking their ramadan fast. they were also celebrating the end of the school year. so it would have been a very busy time at this hour. the explosion was so strong, in fact, that iraqi firefighters were still trying to extinguish the flames in the morning. rescue workers were pulling bodies from buildings. families were trying desperately to find their loved ones. this was the deadliest attack in iraq this year. it is so significant. these aren't soldiers who are dying on the battlefields. they are ordinary families enjoying their weekend, very m

thank you. >>> moving on to baghdad. the death toll rising from the suicide truck bombing in the iraqi capital. 200 people killed and 175 wounded in the huge blast. cnn's jomana karadsheh is following the story for us live in jordan. jomana, this is the deadliest single attack in iraq since 2003. >> reporter: george, a really devastating attack. it has been more than 48 hours since the suicide truck bombing truck the commercial district in baghdad. up until now, rescue workers are on the scene and digging through the rubble trying to find more bodies and body parts. we're hearing from the teams on the ground that family members are still showing up on the scene and still searching for their loved ones who went missing during the attack. so many heartbreaking stories of the attack. parents looking for children. including one couple with their teenage son celebrating at a cafe with friends. they lost touch with him and they came searching for him. so many stories like that. 215 people killed. so many lives lost. including

ben weedman in baghdad. >>> new details emerge about the cafe attack there. alexandra field, what are you learning? >> reporter: well, john, police are saying that they have two people in custody who were being considered suspects in this attack. they say that both of the people they have in custody were injured in the cafe. they had initially identified one of them as the sole surviving attacker, but they say he is too badly injured from that clash with police to be able to talk to investigators. it's not clear who the other suspect is, but we do know that it's someone that was in the cafe as well. at the same time, we are learning from bangladeshi officials all of the assailants taking people captive, holding them hostage, slaughtering innocent victims were each bangladeshi five were militants were being pursued by authorities. they range from in age from 18 to mid 20s. we're told they were all upper middle class and well educated. i spoke to the father of the youngest attacker, an 18-year-old today. he tells me his son disappeared from the family home mont

jeremy bowen, bbc news, baghdad. laura: for more on the report's findings, i spoke with stephen hadley, the white house deputy security advisor at the time of the iraq invasion. they found that saddam hussein posed no threat and the decision to go to where was flawed. you are part of that decision-making in the white house. no doubt about the intelligence at the time? stephen: we had no doubt at the time. there was a national intelligence estimate that had been prepared idle to the final decision. the executive summary which was declassified is pretty clear as any of the nie executive summaries i have seen. it was consistent with what we had been hearing from intelligence community since we had been in office. laura: the information on weapons of mass distraction, chilcot says was presented with a certainty that was unjustified. stephen: it is ironic. hidingwas clearly something from the inspectors. we thought he was hiding weapons of mass destruction. it turns out what he was hiding was that he had gotten rid of his

this street is one of the most beautiful streets in baghdad. it is similar to the champs elysees in paris. we were smelling flowers and now we are smelling death. a day after the attack, victims are still being recovered from underneath the rubble and debris. as locals mourn the dead, they worry for those who have not yet been found. may god punish those responsible for such a bombing. so many people are still missing. the rescue teams haven't been able to find them yet. as the rescue operations continue, the death toll is only expected to increase. we are joined by david lowe, terrorism and security expert in liverpool. thank you very much for being with us. we've had terror attacks in bangladesh, baghdad, now saudi arabia. the so-called islamic state claims to be behind first two attacks. how about the suicide blast in medina? does this fit the profile of an islamic state attack, do you think? >> yeah, it does, because you look at the targets they've been picking, what we call soft targets. places of worship, it's not the first time they've d

. >>> isis claimed responsibility for yesterday's hour were in baghdad when a truck -- horror in baghdad when a truck bomb exploded killing 157 people this is the deadliest bombing in baghdad in more than a decade. isis also said they were responsible for bangladesh. >>> a university student from berkeley was killed in that blast. uc berkeley will hold a memorial for her at noon tomorrow. because of these attacks authorities here are on heightened alert on this 4th of july. >> reporter: in new york city nypd is showing its strength on the ground and in the air the u.s. coast guard is also boosting patrols. >> we just have extra presence out on the water, to prevent anything. >> reporter: in los angeles police made their presence known at lax >> makes me comfortable. >> reporter: crowds gathering for fireworks at chicago's navy pier had to go through inspection if the nations capitol, heavily armed police could be seen outside union station and canines patrolled ahead of celebrations. security comes after a series of isis linked attacks overseas,. >> recent terror attacks around the world

istanbul's airport, a popular cafe in bangladesh, now baghdad. the terrorists so far keeping their promise of a series of attacks before the end of the muslim holy month. they also come after iraqi forces retook fallujah from isis last month, a breakthrough in the battle against the extremists who controlled the city for more than two years. >> they will continue launching these offensive strikes while defending, as best they can, their remaining territory, their two cities -- mosul and raqqa. >> reporter: a victory that today came at a heavy price, as survivors and onlookers try to make sense of the deadliest attack in iraq so far this year. nbc news, london. >>> it's been a busy holiday for the presidential candidates, even though they're taking a break from the trail. the clinton campaign spent today trying to move past her interview with the fbi on saturday morning over her e-mail server, while the trump camp worked to distance itself from a tweet that's being called antisemitic. we get more on all of it tonight from kasie hunt. >> reporter:

we see what that bomb in baghdad did? that was just one attack. you look at the map and this has happened at about ten places over the last month. >> it doesn't give me a different view. i completely agree with michael. the saudi arabia and medina attack seems very different to me. not just the perspective that michael was describing about the religion itself. if you're going to pick any place in the middle east or the arab world that a u.s. counterterrorism official might have confidence in in terms of their security efforts, not democratic, a heavy handed royal family, it is in saudi arabia. so i had a jaw-dropping experience yesterday. i don't want to say i've become immune to the iraqs and istanbuls, those are a range of sophisticated attacks. some occurring by nationals, others as we isn't that true turkey likely people who have come through syria but maybe anticipated at this stage saudi arabia does seem different. i don't think tomorrow there's going to be sort of a white flag and, oh, ramadan is over and we're all happy. this was part of a

just to show you the stale of the suicide bombing in baghdad. cnn flew this drone so you can see the scale of the devastation, the entire building incinerated. 215 people are believed to be dead there. this comes after 44 people were killed in istanbul in a coordinated isis bombing inside the airport there. and then days later dhaka, bangladesh 22 people were killed in a ten-hour standoff with isis militants inside of a cafe joining me now, two senior international correspondents ben wedeman live from baghdad and in istanbul nima elbagir. talk to me about the hours you spent at the site of the bombing, ben and the mortar attacks in the last couple hours near the airport. >> that was a rocket attack we're told by iraqi officials. they found the truck from which the rockets were launched. they were aimed toward camp liberty which is right next to baghdad international airport but some rockets went astray and hit nearby villages wounding we understand several civilians. but that pales in comparison to the gore and bloodshed that is still on the sce

istanbul's airport, a popular cafe in bangladesh, now baghdad. the terrorists so far keeping their promise of a series of attacks before the end of the they also come after iraqi forces retook fallujah from isis last month, a breakthrough in the battle against the extremists who controlled the city for more than two years. >> they will continue launching these offensive strikes while defending, as best they can, their remaining territory, their two cities -- mosul and raqqa. >> reporter: a victory that today came at a heavy price, as survivors and onlookers try to make sense of the deadliest attack in iraq so far this year. nbc news, london. >>> it's been a busy holiday for the presidential candidates, even though they're taking a break from the trail. the clinton campaign spent today trying to move past her interview with the fbi on saturday morning over her e-mail server, while the trump camp worked to distance itself from a tweet that's being called antisemitic. we get more on all of it tonight from kasie hunt. >> reporter: hillary clinton thi

now, the worst of the two attacks happened in the center of baghdad, shortly after midnight local time. a suicide bomber drove a truckloaded with explosives, into a crowded shopping mall, where people had little chance to escape the fireball. a number of children thought to be among the dead. there are at least 180 injured. this morning, rescue services were recovering bodies from the wreckage of the burned out building and meanwhile, isis has claimed responsibility for this carnage. in a statement posted online, it says that it deliberately targeted shia muslims. now, these latest attacks show that isis remains determined to fight on, despite those recent losses in fallujah, if you remember. iraqi forces claimed to have libertied that city just last week, but that has not evidently stopped isis carrying out horrific acts of violence, hitting back in the most brutal manner. and just in the past few hours, the white house has -- the white house has issued a statement, in response to today's attack, saying that it has only strengthened the u.s. resolve to confront isis. now, of course, i

we begin with a devastating attack in baghdad. at least 125 people were killed when a car bomb went off in a busy shopping area in central baghdad. the area was crowded with people breaking their fast on one of the last days of the holy month of ramadan. the iraqi prime minister has declared three days of public mourning beginning today. isis says it is responsible for the bombing. this is the third major terror attack claimed by isis in the past week. first last week's shootings and bombings at the istanbul airport killing 44 people. two days later civilians were taken hostage at a cafe in bangladesh. 20 were killed. ben wedeman is joining us on what's happening in iraq. nima elbagir and kimberly dozier. >> isis put out a statement saying they were specifically targeting shia muslims in this attack, and, of course, this was a neighborhood that's very busy, very popular. there were hundreds of people out on the street enjoying the relative cool of the evening in baghdad. they were out going to restaurants, to cafes, shopping in th

the scenes of devastation and carnage in baghdad. more than 150 people killed. isis blamed for a third big attack in less than a week. the deadliest in iraq in years. >>> holiday controversy. more on hillary clinton's interview with the fbi about her private e-mail server as the trump campaign tries to distance itself from an image that appeared on his twitter feed. >>> speed trap? drivers fight back against a ticket writing town they claim unfairly hits them with big fines. some calling it highway robbery. >>> and on the job. inside the boot camp for dogs getting trained to guard against terror and sniff out explosives at airports. "nightly news" begins now.

cnn's ben wedeman is in baghdad. ben, you have been there for years and covered so many terror attacks. this one just seems to be off the charts both in terms of the death toll but just horror of how bad this explosion was. >> yes, this explosion seems rather strange. it wasn't just blast that caused so much death and destruction. it was the flames that came afterwards. it is a fairly narrow road, about 3, 4 lanes wide where you have shopping malls on both sides of it. when that blast went off, the flames tore through all the stores in those malls. people were trapped in rooms where any basically burnt to death. what we saw when we were there today for five hours was that steady, they were finding one charred beyond recognition body after another. others were collecting body parts. people were coming from all over town. it seems everybody we speak to knows somebody or had a relative who is missing. there is no closure here is the problem. i spoke to one woman who spent the last 24 hours going from one hospital in bag

let's talk about this and more with ben wedeman joining us live from baghdad. it's worth noting that cnn is the only american network that is live in baghdad right now. also joining us, our international diplomatic editor nic robertson joining us from london. ben, the weekend bombing in baghdad that killed at least 215 people, the single deadliest attack in iraq since 2003, the political fallout must be enormous right now. what's the latest? >> the defense -- the interior minister, wolf, submitted his resignation today saying that he's doing so because of shortcomings in coordination between iraq's various security services. we don't know if the prime minister al abadi has accepted that resignation but the interior minister is being widely blamed for the bomb that went off saturday night killing more than 215 people. the government is scrambling to create the impression that it's trying to improve security in the capital. overnight, they executed five isis members and said that there are 3,000 others on death row that they would like to execute as quickly as po

they are more distrustful of baghdad. more thanistrust us ever because they see as aligned with a government that they don't see as legitimate. and we are providing air cover to militias on the ground. whether they be uniformed or mobilizationostile units. you have terrorists commanding iraqi volunteers and leading them into these situations where they are going into sunni cities and they get to decide who is a collaborator and who is innocent and they shouldn't be the ones deciding. host: when you come back for your trips, where do your findings go? panels.e give i talk to people in the agency and capitol hill. times we think it sounds like there is no solution but there are solutions. we need to engage and spend more time with the government of baghdad. we need to send back the americans that the iraqis know. chance to brief the 82nd airborne division before they went and we asked the question, how many of you guys have been to iraq before russian mark 85% had not been. that right there is surprising. when i went back t

this was the deadliest bombing in baghdad since last july. >>> a second car bomb exploded in north baghdad killing five and injures 16 others. >>> police say a homemade firework likely caused a blast in new york city central park today. it seriously injured a man who stepped on to it. investigators don't believe the injured 19-year-old or his friends took part in constructing the explosive. they're asking anyone with information to please come forward. officials say the injured man is under going surgery on his left foot. >>> the father of the little boy dragged into a lake by an alligator is speaking out and says two alligators were involved in the attack a plus dozens of fans injured at a kenny chester they concert in pennsylvania's others arrestedly we'll tell you what's happen. it's happened with the broadway hit hamilton. tickets are going for thousands of dollars. coming up machines that are stealing the show and how authorities are trying to crack down. . >>> heavy rain is set to arrive on our holiday. can we squeeze in before . >>> back now on "eyewitness news," the father of a tod

iraq has failed the citizens of baghdad. that's very troubling. >> furious iraqi's desperate for security. surround prime minister abadi when he visits the site and then throe objects at his convoy. the coalition says this and other recent attacks suggest isis is lashing out because it's losing ground in iraq and syria. >> as they attract crazies and sickos from across the globe, they're trying to show we're still a viable threat. we're still a viable force. >> turki isish authorities are l unveiling isis links to the attack at istanbul airport that killed 45. in bangladesh the government is working what links the attackers at the cafe in dhaka where more than two dozen died. >> isis has been able to take advantage of time. they've increased their message and training. they've been able to bring folks in to join isis and train them up and export them out. even as isis is squeezed for territory on the battlefield, military officials say they have been making the case. isis cannot be killed off with bombs and bullets. >> we ca

a second car bomb exploded in northern baghdad killing five people. and injuring 16. well in alaska the landscape of the brady ike field in the national park looks a little different tonight because of the large landslide that swept through the area this morning. the alaska earthquake center says that it left a debris field at least six and a half miles long and a mile or two wild the scientists plans to fly to southeast alaska to analyze that slide. >> always watching, always tracking wusa9's first alert weather. dc's most accurate. >> and now that is incredible. >> it is. did you get a look at the video? >> six miles wide? >> right. >> that's massive. >> that is big. but we don't have that problem here today. >> thankfully in the form of but you know the three-degree guarantee. we'll take care of business as it was unbelievable cool for july as the average high is 88. temps this afternoon were 70, 71. our forecast high of 77. because at 3:00 this morning that they were at 74, but yeah, you know, you did it, i will say that was lucky, but i will take it as we are on

baghdad and surrounding areas have been struck by a series of retaliatory attacks. last month iraqi government forces regained fallujah which was under the control of the militant group for two years. >>> u.s. president barack obama has revised his strategy for exiting afghanistan again. he said he's slowing the removal of american troops because of the worsening security decion. >> the decision i'm making today is ensuring continued progress in afghanistan as well as the flexibility to address the threat of terrorism as it evolves. >> obama had initially pledged to pull out all troops from afghanistan during his presidency. later he said he would cut the number to 5,500 by the end of this year. now he says the u.s. will maintain about 8,400 troops into next year through the end of his administration. obama said he strongly believes it's in the u.s. national security interest to give afghanistan the very best opportunity to succeed. obama has cited the resurgence of the taliban and other security concerns for reasons on revising the exit plan. the latest policy shif

a mother has gone around four morgues in baghdad searching for her son. we are talking about 215 lives lost in the attack. more than 100 others wounded. you can imagine how many people have been impacted by the attack. the single deadliest attack in iraq since 2003. this kind of high profile devastating spectacular attack is something we have not seen in the iraqi capital in years. isis has claimed responsibility for this attack. really here a tragic reminder that yes, the group has lost lots of territory in iraq, but it still has the ability to carry out devastating attacks and it is a reminder more needs to be done to fight isis. it is not just the battle field and not only a military plan when it comes to fighting isis. more needs to be done to fight the group and ideology to try to stop attacks like this. christine. >> unbelievable. the scope of that loss of life. jomana karadsheh for us in jordan. let's go to bangladesh and terror attack. the attack was carried out by home-grown militants. alexandra field is there for us live in bangladesh. >> report

also ahead, a day in baghdad, several blasts have left hundreds of people dead. we'll tell you who is taking credit for the carnage. >> here at home, we're keeping an eye on the sky, hoping the weather holds out for fireworks displays. katie is here with the holiday forecast there we come back. >>> welcome back, at least 140 people are dead after a truck bok explodes in baghdad, more than 200 others are hurt. >> is a.m. lake state claiming responsibility. then as correspondent wendy gillette tells us, the suicide bomber targeted busy shopping area just before the end of the muslim holiday, ramidan. >> flames inside a shopping mall lit up a dark baghdad neighborhood after a bomb in the back of a pick-up truck exploded early sunday. the carnage was substantial. more than 100 dead, including at least 15 children, ten women, and six police officers. almost 200 other were injured. hours later, in daylight, crowds gathered to see the burned out building where most of the victims died. the suicide bomber struck just after midnight. in a popular commercial area lined wit

the latest yesterday in baghdad killed at least 142 people. a deadly attack in turkey last week was connected to the islamic militants. isis claimed responsibility for another attack in bangladesh. but one government official in bangladesh says a local militant group is to blame. johnathan vigliotti reports. >> reporter: the first explosion rocked baghdad central business district engulfing an entire shopping mall in flames. against an orange sky, dazed shoppers and first responders sifted through twisted and charred wreckage for any survivors. the attack happened shortly after midnight sunday morning as families were eating dinner after passing during the day for the holly month of ramadan. police blamed the carnage of a bomb in the back of a pickup truck. people wouldn't recognize their families who were engulfed in the fire, said this man who managed to escape. police said many of the victims were children. the islamic state was quick to claim responsibility. it is the third attack in three countries linked to the group in less than a week.

more than 160 people reported killed in two bombings in baghdad. many of the victims were children and many more are reported wounded. let's go right to nbc's lucy cavanaugh monitoring the situation from our bur flow lea london. what do we know, lucy? >> devastating scenes from those two separate bombings. isis claiming responsibility for one of them. the large scale attack in the a radha neighborhood of blad. this is an upscale area of baghdad. i used to stay in a house there when i worked in iraq. now police are saying that a suicide bomber detonated a refrigerator truck full of explosives outside of a busy shopping center. malls in iraq, alex, are just as popular as they are in america and the timing of this attack is significant. the this blast going off just after midnight which meant families were out and about breaking their ramadan fast, that's the holy muslim holiday. also celebrating the end of the school year so it would have been incredibly busy at this hour which is why children and women are among the victims. now at dawn on sunday ir

this was the deadliest bombing in baghdad since last july. >>> a second car bomb exploded in north baghdad killing five and injures 16 others. >>> police say a homemade firework likely caused a blast in new york city central park today. it seriously injured a man who stepped on to it. investigators don't believe the injured 19-year-old or his friends took part in constructing the explosive. they're asking anyone with information to please come forward. officials say the injured man is under going surgery on his left foot. >>> the father of the little boy dragged into a lake by an alligator is speaking out and says two alligators were involved in the attack a plus dozens of fans injured at a kenny chester they concert in pennsylvania's others arrestedly we'll tell you what's happen. it's happened with the broadway hit hamilton. tickets are going for thousands of dollars. coming up machines that are stealing the show and how authorities are trying to crack down. . >>> heavy rain is set to arrive on our holiday. can we squeeze in before . >>> back now on "eyewitness news," the father of a tod

in baghdad at that site. some parent turned up to look for hours for their teenage son who they said had gone there the night before to celebrate his birthday with some friend. jim? >> barbara starr, thanks so much. to discuss more about these horrific terror attacks, i want to bring in adam shif, ranking democrat on the house committee. congressman, thank you for joining us on this holiday. >> good to be with you, jim. sorry it's on such a terrible subject these days. >> no question. almost exhausting to account. you and i talk about this all the time. past 12 days there have been at least six major terror attacks, including the one in baghdad. turkey, istanbul airport, bangladesh. let me ask you this question, as we celebrate the holiday july fourth within does isis show greater capability to attack in a number of countries around the world, does that meanity capability is growing to carry out attacks here in the u.s. as well? >> i think we certainly have to be on guard for that jim. we are a much more diff