capital of syria, a suicide car bomber escaped authorities who were chasing him. syrian state tv said he blew himself up at the square in central damascus, killing and wounding several people there. authorities also chased two other suicide car bombers. they intercepted them and destroyed the bombs at an entrance to the city. we are learning more. four more people have been killed in venezuela as outrage grows against that government. it s been almost three months since demonstrations, demanding that president maduro step down. the rallies are becoming dangerous. the death toll stands at 86 people. that is as the country continues to face a devastating economic crisis. people are standing in lines for hours as grocery stores run out of food and water and medicine is scarce. the latest protest involved ortega, a well-known critic of president maduro. she s been banned from leaving the country and her assets have
guantanamo bay. he was released in 2004. afterwards he claimed to have been tortured. the british government paid him 1 million pounds in compensation for that. however, we understand that in 2014, he traveled through turkey into syria, joined isis. he took on an isis name, and three days ago he was basically a suicide car bomber, killed himself right outside of an iraqi army base southwest of mosul. we understand that between iraq and syria, there are about 400 british nationals fighting on the side of isis, poppy. indeed, ben wedeman, live for us in irbil, iraq, thank you, ben, for all that reporting. coming up for us, the white house at odds with some of their key economic agencies over just
it s very difficult to discern whether someone is friendly or an enemy and just how tense the entire situation is. what happened is that the soldiers asked this man in the taxi to stop. he stops his veeng. get gets out of it. starts moving towards them. their biggest threat is suicide car bombs. the initial assumption is he is a suicide car bomber or a bomber himself. he moves towards them. they start shooting. . a lot of confusion. screaming to come to go. ends up on the ground. drag him away and try to treat him, but he eventually dies of his wounds. they don t know who he is. there s no identification on him. they still think the vehicle was packed with explosives. and then there was such an intense fire fight that ensued right afterwards, the last i saw, his body was on the side of the street wrapped in a blanket
taxi to stop. he stops his vehicle. he gets out of it. he begins moving towards him. remember, their biggest threat in all of this is suicide car bombs. the initial assumption is that he is a suicide car bomber or a suicide bomber himself. he moves towards them. they start shooting. one is screaming at them to come, to go. he ends up on the ground. they drag him awhiay. they try to treat him. he eventually dies of his wounds. they don t know who he is. they still think the vehicle was packed with explosives and then there was such an intense fire fight that ensued right afterwards that the last i saw, his body was on the side of the street wrap in a blanket with pink flowers on it. these are scenes that aren t unique to our experience, scenes that unplay everywhere as these troops move through. every single unit is coming
suicide car bomber. it is not an unknown tactic. drawing them away from the heart of the battle. the fact that the fight for meow s mosul continuing to pay. along with americans and british backing from the u.s. led air coalition managed to basically in circle to in north and northwest, east and to the southeast. they managed yesterday to take the town of bartolo. the problem is moving into mosul, they ll encounter more resistance. they ll find people who are still remaining in mosul who isis could be using as human she shields. coming up, behind every good president, a good speech writer, i will joined by the the