. >> the great writer and war correspondent dexter filkins said in this very building and on this very network tonight that as populous go, he's a huey long figure. >> so that's a good comparison. he's huey long with a sharp dagger. it's clear from the statement he gave at the airport that he is going to seek retribution from the coup plotters. there will be a witch hunt in turkey. there will be show trials and the rule of law will be further integrated. >> executions, imprisonments, that sort of thing? >> executions imply that there is no process. let's wait and see. there will clearly be a vendetta. this idea that a cleric from pennsylvania masterminded the whole thing, he's surrounded by terrorists, journalists, kurds. erdogan feels they are threats and he'll do what is necessary to neutralize them. >> erdogan comes back to power, let's assume for the sake of this conversation, does all the things you've been talking about and as i said to the former state department spokeswoman, the u.s. wakes up every day now and will worry about turkey. >> ever since the ghezzi park crackdown in