Nonlife threatening. Theres an unnamed officer who is in Critical Condition in a local hospital. He is continuing his fight. The situation here began at 8 40 a. M. Local time with a 911 call alerting authorities to a man walking down the street with a long gun that turned out to be an ar semiautomatic rifle. He was in black and a mask and ready to do battle. Thats why he was here. Boris sanchez has the details of what brought these three officers down. Boris . Reporter good morning, chris. To give our viewers an idea, were just down street from you, about a mile away from Baton Rouge Police headquarters. This Convenience Store behind me is where all of this unfolded yesterday, where it started really. Police chased the suspect down through several businesses in this area, bravely going after them, even as he targeted them. You see all these cameras here, but the scene has really clear kd up. Theres no indication that any of this happened less than 24 hours ago. Were told the investigat
And terror investigation, police comb through the apartment of an attacker that drove a truck through crowds in france. Did he have any ties to terrorist groups . And a mile of horror on the sea front. Americans are among injured here in the United States. A and donald trump picks mike pence overnight. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following several major breaking stories. The Prime Minister of turkey and nato ally says military units are attempting a uprising. Military aircraft are buzzing the capital. Ro reuters says the military is attempting to take control. And france is staggered by another terror attack. This time a slaughter along a seaside boulevard. The attacker plowed through holiday crowd with a heavy truck mowing down people for more than a mile before he was killed. 84 people are dead including ten children. More than 200 people were hurt, 52 remain in critical condition. Officials say the driver was a 31yearold tunisian in
Turkey. One amateur video shows a military helicopter or some other type of aircraft firing in the direction of demonstrators in ankara. [ gunfire ] amazing. You can see those rounds cutting through the air as people run for cover. And then there was this. Watch. [ speaking Foreign Language ] more running. More screaming. Another video showing some sort of military vehicle speeding through a crowd and somebody injured lying on the ground. Fox news cannot confirm where this happened within turkey. [ gunfire ] can you imagine lying on the ground and just hearing the rapid rat tat tat of gunfire again and again . Yet another video from istanbul. Urk hear the gunshots. You can see the people ducking for cover. Watch again. [ airplane ] and more video. This time back in ankara, where Turkish Television reports loyalist forces and fighter jets buzzed the capital city to strike at coup supporters flying helicopters. It also reports shots brought down at least one chopper. Oth political tensio
Said the people responsible will pay the price. People have gathered across turkey. There have been reports of gun fire in that city and air battles between war planes and helicopters and explosions on the ground including some at the Turkish Parliament building. This began at about 9 00 p. M. Local time when the military declared it had seized control of the government to reinstall the Constitutional Order to ensure the rule of law rairns in the country. But the military was apparently not united in the attempt to take over. Some top commanders condemned it on Turkish Television and ordered troops back to their bar racks. The president called on supporters to take to the streets to stand up against the rebelling military forces. We have seen dramatic video and one video shows a military helicopter firing in the direction of demonstrators. You can see those rounds cutting throughout the air as people run for cover and then there is this. Watch. Another video showing some sort of milita
Be peace and security in turkey, but as you know, this is a nato ally on the gateway to syria where isis is headquartered in raqqah. This is the pathway for foreign fighter to and from and also for refugees ot of syria and its been a fulcrum of not only european, the focus of european angst because of the fact that these fighters are going in and out and also reaching europe, but also for the u. S. It has been a key chokepoint and a concern that there has not been enough cooperation by the erdogan government. And that the erdogan government has been leaning toward becoming more islamist and less secular as erdogan has tried to consolidate power. And conflicted with the military. Theres been trouble brewing but it has dialed down. So this is very surprising to american officials who have been monitoring the situation and are confirming gunshots on the streets. Theyre confirming media reports. They do not have their own fi t firsthand intelligence on what is happening in such an importan