but, after the outbreak of war in 2011, many of its members were forced to flee the country. our world follows four musicians as they prepare for a ground breaking series of concerts, reuniting orchestra members in exile, and those in syria, in the hope of changing perceptions of their war torn nation. over ten years ago, a remarkable orchestra played in damascus. performing arabic music at the highest level. but when war broke now the 2011, some musicians were forced to flee syria. but since 2011, the country has been torn apart by a this is the story of an attempt to bring the orchestra back together, for a once in a lifetime tour, to reunite those living in syria and as refugees. and try to change the way the world sees their war torn nation. since the beginning of the war in syria, an estimated 9 million people have fled their homes in search of a new life. one of them is essam. he claimed asylum in america in 2013, after being invited to teach music in a university her
police in turkey are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at a nightclub packed with new year revellers, killing at least 39 people. funerals have been held for some of the victims. another 69 people were wounded, four of them critically, in what the istanbul governor described as a terrorist attack . the attacker left his gun before escaping. the shooting marks a bloody end to a year which saw ankara and istanbul targeted by attacks carried out by the so called islamic state group and, separately, kurdish rebels. mark lowen reports from istanbul. the mood was of celebration, one of istanbul s top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. five, four, three, two. they expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not this. less than two hours into the new year, a gunman opened fire outside, bullets ricocheting as he shot a policeman and a civilian. inside, his killing spree continued turks and foreigners murdered, others jumping into the freezing bosporus to escape. dozens more w
reporter: no other gun man is found. at this point it looked like he acted alone. reporter: officials won t say if the suspect was targeting someone on an arriving flight or if he s cooperating. randi kaye, cnn, new york. let s get much more on this. i want to bring in jeffrey thomas, an aviation perspective, joining us from skype. great to have you on the program. we want to talk about airport security to start off with. should we be alarmed that this individual was able to check in a firearm when he d already flagged himself up to authorities? absolutely. it is a troubling background to this gentleman from what has been reported to us. the fact that he had some problems apparently, allegedly, and then indeed checked this
firearm with his checked baggage which of course is allowed in certain states of the united states. and that was nothing illegal this doing that. however of course what transpired of course was a terrible tragedy. but the problem we ve got here is that a
Flag from the state capitol grounds after the deadly 2015 mass shooting at the mother emmanuel a.m.a. church in charleston. nikki haley made that decision, a brave decision, after learning of gun man s a dylan roofs fixation with that racists emblem. meanwhile, another republican presidential contender there, ramaswamy, he claimed while denying white supremacy that he has no clue who dylan roof is. this myth of white supremacy, the closest we can find is mr. ramaswamy, how can you say that when talking about white supremacy, when people like dylan roof exists? i don t know who that is. so vivek ramaswamy and nikki haley have to have a sit-down about white supremacy. republican presidential candidates quickly hope the cause of the civil war, showing little awareness, but one of the deadliest races massacres in the united states, it s a jarring, especially as the need grows for this nation to have more nuanced conversations