hello, everyone. i m poppy harlow in today for john and kate. thank you for being with me. breaking news. just minutes from now, president obama delivering a statement to the nation after meeting with his national security team. we are told it involves security preparations for the holidays in the wake of the paris attacks. again, just learning in the last few moments the president will make a statement in just about 40 minutes time. after he is briefed by his national security team, we will bring it to you live, of course. as americans head to the airports for the holiday, france right now investigating workers. they are searching for extremists who may have infiltrated the public transit system across paris. more on that in just a moment. but first, we are getting breaking details about a possible accomplice in the terror attacks in paris. a possible additional accomplice. this person apparently the driver who dropped off some of those alleged attackers. belgian authorit
evidence indicates that he began shooting approximately six seconds after getting out of his vehicle. reporter: city officials had been prepping for mass demonstrations in the wake of the video s release, calling for peaceful protests. this opportunity for healing begins now. reporter: late tuesday, dozens locked arms in solidarity, blocking off an intersection and interstate 94. let him go were officers made some arrests but tense moments between the crowd and police never escalated out of control. that is a key point to keep in mind here, what we saw in ferguson last year is not what we are seeing in chicago this year. also worth noting two major differences here, the fact that van dyke has been arrested and held without bond and the fact that the city has already settled with the family for $5 million. that happening back in april. so very different circumstances than what we have seen in other cases, chris. cannot be emphasized enough, stephanie, very much, ther
failed coup attempt level nearly 200 people dead. the turkish president erdogan is demanding that the u.s. arrest fethullah gulen. he denying any involvement. this, as turkey closed the airspace around the air base that launches anti-isis operations from that site. nearly 3,000 military personnel have been detained. for more on the situation in turkey, here s cnn s ian lee. [ shouting ] reporter: a bloody 24 hours of chaos and bloodshed in turkey. it started with elements of the military declared it had taken control of the country and imposed martial law. turkish president erdogan appealed to supporters to take to the streets and fight for democracy. they heeded that call. soels media showed protesters squaring off against tanks and armored vehicles. turkish forces loyal to erdogan crushed the coup, but not before ice lated, heavy fighting. gun fire reported at this presidential complex in ankara, and helicopters opened fire at the national the intelligence headquarters. t
them on the westminster bridge. here is how one eyewitness described the incident. i walked past about nine injuries but somebody was not conscious who regained consciousness and was okay. this is a bit i m in shock, to be honest. i wasn t really expecting that this afternoon. reporter: so you were i was on the ward and our doctor offices is there and they said what s wrong and told me what happened and i went out and looked and all of us in the office were like we need to do something. so we all just went out and helped, got blankets and others were with me and helped you prepare for those things but not for that. yes, we train for these events, like emergency basic life support if you have to do that. how the triage people who need attention, you know, first. most had head injuries that you saw? i didn t so i got stuck with that one because they needed help at that time. i know there were other doctors going. colleen? yes. colleen anderson,
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with the world lead. at least 22 innocent people including children as young as 8 have been killed in the deadliest terror attack in britain since the 2005 london bombings. nearly 60 more people have been injured. the attack happened in manchester which is about a four-hour drive north of london as an ariana grande concert was ending at the manchester arena. panic and chaos ensued after the blast which was near the box office part of the arena complex. oh, my god. what s going on? what just happened? [ bleep ]. what s going on? oh, my god! police say that they believe as of now a lone suicide bomber, 22-year-old salman abedi, carried out the attack. authorities are now trying to determine if abedi was part of a larger network while isis has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing. we have cnn cnn correspondents atika shusht and clarissa ward covering all aspects of this attack. let s start with clarissa. we re l