I think one of the First Assistant secretaries of the state department. Before joining the state, ambassador sales was a law professor at Syracuse University college of law with he taught and wrote in the fields of counterterrorism, National Security law, constitutional law and administrative law. Before that, he was Deputy Assistant secretary for policy at the department of Homeland Security and has a long career in helping keep america safe. Were honored to have him present today is keynote. Ambassador sales. [ applause ]. Well thank you, blaise, for introduction. Thank you to the Bipartisan Policy Center for invite knowing speak today. Id like to start with a special word of thanks to governor kaine, congressman hamilton and mr. Ben ve niece tay for their excellent work, for their leadership on the 9 11 commission. The 9 11 commission drove nations debate about how to respond to that dark day in our history. And it also served as a needed voice for the families of the victims. So go
Madness. They have to whether they have ever voted before or not to come out and vote against donald trump and for me. Donald trump is literally inciting violence with his supporters. He is saying if you go out and beat somebody up, thats okay. I will pay the legal fees. There is something they can agree on. Common ground between the democrats who want to be president , both now taking on donald trump. Welcome to your world this morning. I am stephanie cy. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders blasting trump for what they are calling a culture of violence he created. A really had to be shut down because democrats are out there rallying voters. Bernie sanders in ohio. Lets go to roxana live in cleveland this morning. Good morning. First, what makes ohio so crucial in tomorrows prime ministers for both parties . Reporter good morning, steph. On the republican side, if donald trump does not take ohio and florida in the primaries tomorrow, he will have a harder time securing the republican no
16 people, mostly tourists, are shot dead in the unprecedented attack. And Angela Merkel says she is committed to her opendoor refugee policy despite take wins for antiimmigration parties in Regional Elections there. Also coming up for you, the french government prepares to water down controversial reforms of the labor laws. We have the details in the business update. And a new step in the quest for life on mars. First, our top story. Funerals are underway for some of the victims for sundays suicide blast. The death toll is up to 37 dead and 120 more were hurt in an explosion in a busy transport hub in the capital. The blast came less than a month after a similar attack killed 29 people just streets away. For more on the situation in ankara, lets bring in our correspondent. There has been no claim of responsibility that Security Officials are saying one of the perpetrators could be a female member of the pkk. What do we know about that . Yes, just to put you in the picture. The bombing
Of the nigerian capitol. People just tuning in to this news, get us right up to date. Whats going on there . Well, we know that some security services, some forces have gained access to the Raddison Blu Hotel. Earlier in the day, we know it was surrounded by malien troops, by French Special forces who are situated in bamako and some u. N. Peacekeepers with a u. N. Peacekeeping mission in bamako. We also know that at least 80 of those who were held by that the attackers were freed, or released. Whats not clear is whether they were released by the attackers or whether they were freed by the security forces. You were talking about the death toll, currently it stands at three. Obviously very unclear, very unsure the circumstances in which these people may have lost their lives and obviously this is going to be a huge concern to people opening trying to diffuse the situation. Already had diplomatic statements and interventions, the French Foreign minister has been speaking, Francois Holland
Tighten checks on people entering and leaving the borderfree schengen zone. And jonathan pallard is freed after 30 years in jail. Hello there. A warm welcome to the program. The United Nations says 27 people have died in the Mali Hotel Attack and two of the hostage takers were also killed. The u. N. Secretary general ban kimoon described the siege in bamako as a horrific terrorist attack. The Reuters News Agency says Malian Special forces are still trying to dislodge gunmen from the upper floors. Nadim baba reports. Reporter soldiers helping an employee of the radisson blu out of the building after a hostage situation that lasted many hours. Gunmen had managed to get inside shouting god is great in arabic before taking around 170 people hostage. As the full extent of the attack became clear, many here were in shock. As the malian president flew home from chad, the government tried to reassure people. Translator this morning at 7 00 am the Radisson Hotel was attacked. There were two or