Terrorists who grip this country in fear for three long days will never win. World leaders are here. Ranging from Benjamin Netanyahu the Prime Minister of israel to mahmoud abbas, the president of the palestinian authority, to british Prime Minister david cameron, and german chancellor angela merkel. I think were in an allout situation. France has declared war. On that square which you can see right there in the middle of your picture, are three statues of mythical women. That is what this country and the world is standing together to defend. What theyre obviously showing is that in the aftermath of what happened here over the past couple of days of the horrible terror attacks is france as a nation is not going to allow itself to be divided. They want to show unity and thats exactly what this rally is about. I was born as a muslim. I have traveled to show solidarity solidarity. I may disagree with you, but i will die defending your right. You might have noticed that in all of our cover
Finally, a fascinating preview of the next few decades in which the United States will stay right on top. You wont want to miss this. But first, heres my take. President obama stands accused of Political Correctness for his unwillingness to accuse groups like isis of islamic extremism choosing a more generic term violent extremeism. His critics say you cannot fight an enemy you will not name. His supporters feel his approach is too professorial. Far from being a scholar concerned with describing the phenomenon accurately, the president is actually deliberately choosing not to emphasize isis religious dimension for political and strategic reasons. After all, what would the practical consequences be of describing isis as islamic . Would the west drop more bombs on it . No. But it would make many muslims feel their religion had been unfairly maligned, and it would diss heart disheartened leaders that continually denounced them as a group that does not represent islam. The Islamic State is
Have a better idea what happened at that moment, what happened after 2 00 a. M. , when this gunman made his way inside and caused so much pain. We have to remember that he paused for a few moments to make several phone calls at one point. Apparently called dispatchers, called a local television station, was texting with his wife while she was about two hours away in their home. So the question is, what was he doing . Was he pacing around . Was he going after serp individuals. Theres so many questions still left unanswered, fred, and that video could provide some of those answers. And that video will also show what the victims, survivors were doing, what people were doing to help one another, at the same time. The 911 call, oftentimes, the 911 call may be released, revealed to give people an idea to kind of help fill in the blanks. Its not likely to happen this time . At least not for now. We do understand that there is a state statute here in florida, that says that if somebody died an
In orlando and the men and women taken from us, those who loved them. We see some of the true character of this country, the best of humanity roaring back. The fierce resolve that will carry us through not just this atrocity but through whatever difficult times may confront us. Its our pluralism and our respect for each other, including the young man who said to a friend he was super proud to be latino. Its our love of country and our unity, the outpouring of love that so many across our country have shown to our fellow americans who are lgbt, a display of solidarity and it might have been unimaginable even a few years ago. Ought of this darkest of moments, that gives us hope. Seeing people reflect, seeing peoples best instincts come out. Maybe in some cases, minds and hearts change. It is our strength and our resilience. The same determination of a man who died here, who traveled the world mindful of the risks of a gay man who spoke for all of us when he said, you cannot be afraid. We
The military having said they had achieved total control of the nation. And now, it has been essentially run over by opponents to the coup, supporters of the government, who are now essentially occupying that studio and broadcasting out in the midst of this unfolding series of events. We do not know the whereabouts of the turkish president erdogan, an extremely controversial figure being although he has face timed into media stations, urging people to take to the streets after the coup became clear. People have responded. All of the various opposition parties, even opposition parties that have been relentlessly persecuted by erdogan, have also expressed their opposition to the coup. We also have reports of gunfire being exchanged. Weve seen videos of helicoptering shooting down at civilians. We have word of explosions in ankara. I want to go straight to our nbc news producer on the ground in istanbul. What have you heard . Reporter well, i can certainly tell you that weve been hearing