increased security leading up to new year s. this still happened. we know in istanbul in turkey, government officials had a number of officers out there in areas where the public were. you told me earlier though that it was still inadequate security. the officers were not in the right place at the right time. how can we change that? how can we make sure in the future whether it s in istanbul, whether it s in cleveland, ohio, or any lace in the weplace in t the forces of protect are in the right place at the right time. you hit on that earlier. this is not any given night at any given nightclub. this is new year s eve at a well-known very popular nightclub in the city. they thought they had threats. nightclub owner has to lay on security. the police can t secure every private venue. he can ask for help from the police. they can push the security perimeter back a half a block. that guy couldn t have penetrated with the rifle. if they didn t search every bag, someone could have got in w
handgun like santa klaus here. at least maybe could you have stopped the rifle attack, which is going to be very deadly. if people are stopped half a block away with a rifle, if you start shooting at that perimeter, the police or security at the door can lock the door, shut up and repel them there. you are letting people with rifles backpacks with ammo and maybe bombs penetrate crowded venues. that should have been stopped. security could have been better there. it wasn t any given night. it was new year s eve at a very popular venue in downtown istanbul. alarming since we know the past. you hear nightclub, you think of paris 2015, orlando earlier this year, all nightclubs like we see here as well. thank you so much for the perspective. i appreciate it. thanks. president obama s visit to capitol hill this weekend, how it could be a key move in protecting his health care law.
welcome back on this new year s day. at the half hour, here is what we re monitoring. live look at the nightclub in istanbul where a gunman opened fire and killed at least 39 people. the attack happened just after midnight local time. some 600 people were believed to be inside celebrating the new year. right now, the identity of the gunman and his motive remain unknown. bring in retired atf special agent, jim cavanaugh. thanks for joining me. we know they are looking for this gunman. any information. walk me through what might be going on right now. what steps are authorities taking to try to find him? they are looking carefully at all this close circuit television video which is available on the web from
decades claiming more lives this weekend. with a bomb tearing through the cathedral in egypt. the church is home to the small coptic chin christian community. 25 were killed. there has been a wave of violence since removal of the president. the ousted muslim brotherhood is blamed for the attack but the instability is running deeper and increasing the president is facing criticism for handling of the economy and the security situation. violence also striking in turkey. on saturday night, occurred inseparatist carried out attacks on a police station outside a soccer stadium in an unscale area of downtown istanbul. 38 were killed. 150 were wounded. the bombing is just the latest in a string of violence in turkey. a day of mourning today and the turkish president vowing he
actually threw the bomb into a chapel at the end of a service at st. mark s cathedral coming as turkey observes a day of mourning after a bomb yesterday claimed nearly 40 lives. we have the latest. connor, do we know who is behind the bombings in istanbul? yeah. turkish authorities are pointing the finger at kurdish separatists. in the last 18 months turkey has been rocked by a wave of violence by both kurdish separatist and isis fighters from syria. the country has seen also an attempted coo against the president. instability there has been on the rise. but the attack, a pair of bombings outside this upscale soccer stadium in downtown istanbul saturday night came as people were watching soccer and were out as a festive night there. at least 38 people killed and