The explosion occurred around 1 15 p. M. Local time. Afterward, police tried to hold back the crowd gathered outside the u. S. Facility in the turkish capital. Debris littered the street near a Side Entrance where the blast took place. Emergency workers wheeled one of the injured into an awaiting ambulance. U. S. Ambassador to turkey Francis Ricciardone spoke to reporters outside the embassy. Right now, we are all dealing with our sadness at the loss of our fellow member of our embassy. We salute his bravery, his service to turkey and to turkishamerican friendship. Our hearts go out to his family. Brown in istanbul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the bombing an attack against peace in our country. And in washington, the state departments Victoria Nuland said a series of security upgrades to the Ankara Embassy saved lives. Where this happened was on an external perimeter access site far from the main building. It is that kind of setback, that kind of hardening, that kind of
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff the suicide bombing just outside the u. S. Embassy in turkeys capital was an act of terror, said a white house spokesman today. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Bro and im jeffrey brown. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the deadly blast from a reporter on the scene in ankara. Woodruff then, Margaret Warner reports on a widening divide between israelis and palestinians after more than a decade of starts and stops in peace talks. Warner thousands of israeli shoppers used to drive up this road to take advantage of the bargains in the palestinian shops just ahead. The popular shopping district has become a virtual ghost town. Brown secretary of state Hillary Clinton logged nearly a million miles visiting more than 100 countries in the last four years. Ray suareexanes her legacy. Woodruff mark shields and david brooks analyze the weeks news. Brown and we close with a preview of sundays big game. Nprs mike pesca joins us
The police announced this victim was the same person reported missing last night after not returning home from school. We think that the investigation, again, we picked it up and when our officers were actually attempting to get Additional Information from the reporting party is when we were notified by the pd their case. Reporter at 6 45 a passerby found the body and contacted the police. They shutdown the parking lot. This afternoon we met a man who driven by at 5 00 a. M. And said he saw something suspicious. A car parked in the parking lot facing south with his headlights on with a larger man standing next to his car. It just struck me funny all day. Reporter the police tell me they are following up on that information. They add the girl was found naked but no obvious signs of trauma. They say she was a young teen. Nearby residents are concerned about the park and the rougher crowd that sometimes gathers here. I used to take my daughter to this park and now i cant anymore. Because
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Awkward first date. Hello, im wolf blitzer reporting from washington. In france today, where its the 70th anniversary of dday, were learning more about a brief and informal chat between president obama and russian president putin. Both men attending a luncheon to mark the anniversary of the normandy invasion. Relations between the two have been frosty because of the annexation of crimea. Cnns Michelle Kosinski is traveling with the president and join us now. Were told the two president s spoke, what, about 15 minutes in this informal conversation . What do we know happened . Didnt even look like this was going to happen. Seems like just hours ago, we were saying, well, this brief leaders lunch at a commemorative ceremony isnt the best time or place for a meaningful conversation to happen. Earlier in the day, it looks like they were actively ignoring each other as they were doing the meet and greet. Yesterday, they even took time out to meet with other World Leaders, but not with each o