andrew brunson was arrested in 2016, accused of links to political groups and helping organise a failedthe turkish president. donald trump has demanded the pastor be released. andrew plant reports. he has spent 21 months in a turkish prison, this was a week ago when american pastor andrew brunson was moved to house arrest. his case has caused a war of words between president trump and turkey's president accurate three, with threats of us sanctions. on wednesday, the white house finally followed through on that threat. the president has closely in following the situation in turkey. we have seen no evidence of that pastor andrew brunson seen no evidence of that pastor andrew bru nson has seen no evidence of that pastor andrew brunson has done anything wrong and we believe he is a victim of unfairand unjust wrong and we believe he is a victim of unfair and unjust detention by the government of turkey. andrew brunson lives with his family in turkey, leading a small church. his arrest came after a failed attempt to overthrow the president two years ago, one of 20 americans arrested in its wa

this was a week ago, when american pastor andrew brunson was moved to house arrest.ed a war of words between president trump and turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, with threats of us sanctions. on wednesday, the white house finally followed through on that threat. the president has been closely following the ongoing situation in turkey involving pastor andrew brunson. we've seen no evidence that pastor brunson has done anything wrong, and we believe he is a victim of unfair and unjust detention by the government of turkey. andrew bru nson lives with his family in turkey, leading a small protestant church in the aegean city of izmir. his arrest came after a failed attempt to overthrow turkey's president two years ago, accused of links to the groups that led the attempted coup, one of 20 americans arrested in its wake. turkey saw some 50,000 arrests overall. on wednesday, president erdogan says the us should rethink its decision. translation: these remarks against us will not benefit anyone. such a threat against turkey is not fitting for them, and excuse me, bu

, a pastor who has been jailed, andrew brunson, a pastor who has beenjailed, and andrew brunson, a pastorup been jailed, and they are speaking upfor him. been jailed, and they are speaking up for him. is a trump habit to find an individual and make a case of it, and the turks were unwilling to do this and have been sent off. it is another issue that is heightening all of their tension, that goes around sanctions, it certainly goes round the middle east. and it is interesting because turkey is in nato, we are meant to be kind to nato, we are meant to be kind to nato, we are meant to do each other favours. are critically important country. indeed. and a big impact on their country. and the past has only been there for years, but has now called himself up in the aftermath ofa called himself up in the aftermath of a coup a couple of years ago, it was in the summer when he was away on his holiday retreat and they tried to find him to probably bump him off and he escaped, and the coup was defeated. he claims it is this quy was defeated. he claims it is this guy who is in exile in pennsylvania,

to let him return to his homeland and andrew brunson is currently under house arrest the turkish president says that the u.s. is being disrespectful. you know we've shown patience but the step america has taken does not fit a step taken towards a strategic partner in america has shown serious disrespect towards turkey. while on wednesday the trumpet ministrations slapped economic sanctions on two senior turkish officials and said any property they have in the us will be blocked in response turkey said it will introduce sanctions of its own freezing the assets of u.s. officials in the country ankara says those targeted will also be prevented from doing business with turkey the pastor at the center of the dispute is andrew brunson he was detained in two thousand and sixteen in connection with an attempted coup against president government that year he's accused of espionage and assisting terrorist groups a deal between the u.s. and turkey to secure his release breakdown last month brunson was then transferred to house arrest over health concerns but he still does face thirty five years in ja

pastor, andrew brunson, who is 50. actually a minister to turkish protestants for more than two decades. he faces up to 35 years in prison on espionage and terrorism charges. mr. trump has lambasted. he was placed under house arrest a few days ago, but now a turkish court according to cnn turk says rejects lawyer appeal to release u.s. pastor brunson from house arrest. i will cite cnn turk for that. that's the only place i've seen that report. if there was an opportunity to lessen the tension, it would be in the negotiation to release the u.s. pastor andrew brunson carson hester joins us thank you very much for joining us one question that a lot of european investors have is does this crisis have the ability to affect the eurozone in a meaningful fashion we looked at the spanish banks and others let's ask you the questions in another way. on the back of concerns about what brexit could do to europe, on the back of concerns of italy, about slowing growth, about a whole host of other issues, is this something that actual

a high court in turkey has upheld the decision not to release the american pastor andrew brunson frombetween turkey and the us. fans and musicians around the world are continuing to pay tribute to the "queen of soul", aretha franklin, who died yesterday. mourners have been paying their respects at sites across the us.

of the lira and the turkish economy are just collateral damage trump wants to see the pastor andrew brunson free and until he does not get what he wants in regards to he is going to raise pressure on turkey our very own social months to new york thank you very much. president nicolas maduro says that from now on then as well as chief he will will only be available to people of a special government aid card a so-called fatherland card for years to government of the academically ravaged country has have only subsidized petrol to a voracious black market in oil smuggles to neighboring countries that colombia on the caribbean until now any driver could fill the tank of a small ass-u. the nine thousand times for the price of a copy of a coffee and as well as opposition says the government's new fuel card is a tool for controlling people. it was a year ago that germany's second largest ally at the time amber lynn had to file for bankruptcy bridging loan of one hundred fifty million euros in tax payers cash the german government kept the ailing airline aloft for an x. two months critics of that mo

being held in turkey person foremost but not only because of the detention of american pastor andrew brunson vice president mike pence has already demanded his release and now the white house is just too raising pressure on top of that is true later to term strategy in iran and russia if trump wants to harm russia and iran iran even more with his sanctions he would like turkey to join him as they're importing most of their oil from the two countries so sending the turkish lira further down this just a cool letter will damage the trump does not care about the turkish president today told donald trump the bullying board work as have others like the canadian prime minister for example what do people on wall street make of the behavior of the u.s. president. well i would say they consider it as pretty effective china and russia are suffering their financial markets are as well as their economies the most current stuff exchange drifted into a bear market and it might hit their fangs and then look at their economy rashness everett she groped hovers between one point eight percent and two point six

weakened on friday after a turkish court rejected an american pastas appeal for relief the case of andrew brunson has become a flashpoint of tension between washington and ankara with the united states imposing sanctions and threatening more until he's freed the evangelical christian missionary lived in turkey for two decades the government there cusins him of espionage and links to the failed coup of two thousand and sixteen of president donald trump has promised not to take his detention sitting down. well he's been a problem for a long time they have not acted as a friend we'll see what happens they have a wonderful christian pastor a wonderful man pastor brunson. made up this phony charge that he is by at least not is by he's going through a trial right now do you call that a trial they should have given him back a long time ago. turkey has in my opinion acted very very badly so we haven't seen the last of that we are not going to take it sitting down they can take our people so you will see what happens. well the last many forty percent of its value against the dollar this year the crisis is

release pastor andrew brunson now or be prepared to face the consequences. >> reporter: those consequences u.s. sanctions and a doubling of tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum announced by president trump on friday. in retaliation turkey's doubled tariffs on u.s. passenger cars, coal and other goods and announced a boycott of u.s. electronic goods. these angry turks tore up fake dollar bills in protest. many people here believe this crisis is all the fault of the u.s., even though experts have been warning of danger signs for months, some blaming turkey's authoritarian president recep tayyip erdogan. a defiant president erdogan said, "they have their dollars. we have our god" last week. but though the turkish lira rallied somewhat today, the markets do not share his faith in the turkish economy. >>> the finger pointing has begun in italy over who's to blame for a deadly bridge collapse in genoa. more than three dozen people died, and many more were hurt when the half-century-old bridge crumbled in a thunderstorm. charlie d'agata has more. >> reporter: valentina galbusera knows how very c

pastor andrew brunson's seen here in a white t. shirt turkey accuses him of helping to plot a failed military coup in twenty sixteen after spending twenty one months in jail he was transferred to house arrest at the end of july. that didn't go far enough for u.s. president donald trump who swiftly imposed sanctions on two senior turkish ministers . that in turn caused the lira to slide to a record low against the u.s. dollar continuing and already existing trends take a look at this. as you can see the number of turkish lira you need to buy a dollar has been rising since the beginning of the year but in august a record was set five turkish lira now by new just one u.s. dollar on surprisingly on the streets of istanbul the mood is far from the. things aren't going in a good direction it's terrible that one u.s. dollar is now worth five lire we're ready have financial problems i don't approve of it things will get worse that's what we're expecting. turkey's dispute with washington isn't the only factor affecting its economic prospect

president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew brunson to return to the u.s. try and strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. well for more we're joined from istanbul by correspondent dorian jones so dorian the turkish foreign minister saying he is vowing retaliation against the u.s. tariffs what's likely to follow from a move like this. or tell you can do very little economically to retaliate against the united states but it can hurt washington strategically or u.s. forces w

against two top turkish officials over the country's detention of an american pastor turkey accuses andrew brunson of aiding the failed coup attempt against turkish president richard out of one in two thousand and sixteen the u.s. is demanding brunson's immediate release. remains of what are thought to be fifty five u.s. servicemen killed in the korean war of arrived in the united states president mike pence attended the ceremony in hawaii he said president all trump was grateful to north korean leader kim jong un. and in copenhagen over a thousand people have protested against their country's new than on face covering veils in public the law targets the need and burkas more and by some muslim women protesters say the law infringes on freedom of religion and expression but the government says the veils prevent women from integrating into danish society. lebannon is stepping up pressure on syrian refugees to return home some one point five million syrian refugees are currently in lebanon and officials there have repeatedly said that's putting the country under strain hundreds of refugees have retur

. >> donald trump vowing not to make concessions in the release of andrew brunson.he us has done everything right. >> the us has been disciplined in how they approach this with turkey. they started with quiet discipline, they gradually demonstrate their frustrations. >> turkey proposed the us will spend billions of dollars of find and drop the investigation into a turkish bank in exchange for andrew brunson's release, the white house rejected that offer, donald trump's message to disgraced cia director, bring it on, the worst cia director in the country's history, it will be easy to get his records, texts, emails and documents to show not only the poor job he did but how he was involved in the mueller rigged witchhunt, he hit the sunday talkshow circuit admitting he had been contacted by lawyers and is willing to file a lawsuit over security clearance being revoked and hinting at doing the same thing for cia analysts philip mudd after what he called an unhinged tv appearance. rob: the first lady preparing for her first solo trip to africa. she visited several countr

president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew brunson to return to the u.s. trying to strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. covering the story for us from washington stefan talk to us about the timing why is trump going after turkey right now. sir timing and opportunity those are the two key words in all of this the timing for the u.s. administration is or can be that as it is right now the turkish lira is in freefall as you reported as we have seen and heard the lira los

and turkey are plunged into crisis over the tension of american pastor andrew brunson washington imposes sanctions on two senior turkish officials and ankara is threatening retaliation. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program election authorities in zimbabwe are urging people to keep calm the statement comes after an opposition rally yesterday turned by island after the army shot dead three unarmed protesters the opposition alleges the ruling senate p.f. party of president emerson has rigged the results of monday's elections the election commission denies any wrongdoing. soldiers firing live rounds and zimbabwe's capital. the army into the streets of harare midafternoon reportedly at the request of the police. the country's justice minister said the military had been deployed to maintain peace and tranquility and accused opposition supporters of going on a rampage however the protesters claim they didn't start the violence. it was going on. i just want to emphasize the demonstration that. the crackdown came after a day of protest in the capital people were taken to the streets to p

an appeals court refused to release american pastor andrew brunson. u.s.dent trump said the would pay nothing to turkey for brunson's release. president trump good end up forcing angela merkel and vladimir putin to come together after years of confrontation. weekend they will have their first one-on-one meeting in germany in five years. president trump accused germany of being controlled by russia. thousands of mourners in india saying goodbye to the man who turned the country into a nuclear power. 1994, he defied a global outcry and ordered a series of underground nuclear tests. global news 24 hours a day, on air and tictoc at twitter, powered by more 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. shery: thank you. coming up, manafort day 2. jurors decide to face -- the fate of the former trump campaign chairman. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: i am shery ahn, this is "bloomberg markets" alongside romaine bostick. first today bye asking the judge the question that is at the heart of every criminal trial, "

president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew brunson to return to the u.s. try and strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activity despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course we're frayed our income has less words and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. now to some of the other stories making news around the world police in the united states say a suicidal airline employee stole a passenger plane and then crashed it into an island near seattle two army jets pursue the plane but they were unable to stop it from coming down there were no passengers on board the aircraft when it crashed and sparked a fire

washington is concerned about the continued detention of an american christian pastor, andrew brunsonlifornia, jerry brown, has blamed climate change for a rise in the number of wildfires devastating the state. he said an increase in severity predicted for the middle of the century was happening now. let's a look at some of their stories in more detail. what is the media discussing? we have the front page of the independent, which is looking at zimbabwe. it says from ballot box to bloodshed, as we have mentioned, three people were killed, supporters of the opposition alliance clashed with security forces. business insider is looking ata forces. business insider is looking at a home office leak that claims the british prime minister is considering allowing the free movement of eu citizens at the uk border, if britain leaves the block without a deal. the financial times front page looks at google's return to china, a move it says would mean bowing to the censorship that prompted the compa ny‘s bowing to the censorship that prompted the company's withdrawal from d company eight years ago

the national security adviser john bolton to try to force relief for detained american pastor andrew brunson. our correspondent garrett tenney live in washington following the developing story. >> reporter: the white house is ramping up pressure on turkey especially politically and economically to release andrew brunson and those efforts appear to be having some effect. as turkey's financial markets plummeted to record lows, the country's ambassador to the us, national security adviser john bolton, in relation between the two countries. the white house has been tightlipped about any conversation, not clear what progress was made in the top steps. j secular oh, one of the president's personal attorney says we are working with the president, vice president and secretary of state and members of congress, and we remain hopeful that will occur soon. the first we know of between the two countries since donald trump announced plans for turkish steel and aluminum. erdogan is not backing down and accused the us of economic warfare. >> translator: your sacrificing a relationship with anyone for a past

president trying to impose sanctions on turkey because of its refusal to allow an american pastor andrew brunson to return to the u.s. try and strengthen the sanctions in a twitter announcement which adds insult to injury in turkey's growing economic crisis. turkey accuses brunson of espionage and terrorist activities despite sustained economic growth the lira has lost more than a third of its value the turkish population is bearing the brunt. of course where frayed our income has less worth and prices are rising for food too that's worrying . the turkish finance minister promised state influence on the central bank would be diminished in a bid to win back investor confidence but it's unclear whether this will have a calming effect on the markets. german chancellor angela merkel is in spain today for informal talks with spanish counterpart pedro sanchez with migration dominating the agenda the cheerleaders have been meeting at sanchez's holiday residence in the south of the country in recent months spain has become the preferred route for migrants trying to reach europe after italy tightened res

we need to see andrew brunson returned home. that will be good for the brunson family, good for turkey, good for the united states and our long-term relations with a nato ally. thanks for asking. >> jay sekulow, thanks for your time this morning. >> thanks, george. >>> roundtable is up next. we'll be right back. this endangered species is getting help from some unexpected friends. these zebra and antelope. they're wearing iot sensors, connected to the ibm cloud. when poachers enter the area, the animals run for it. which alerts rangers, who can track their motions and help stop them before any harm is done. it's a smart way to help increase the rhino population. and turn the poachers into the endangered species. ♪ ♪ 98% of us don't get enough omega-3s. which is why megared advanced 4in1 packs more omega-3 power into one small softgel. it supports your heart... brain... eyes... and joints. megared. we have a question about your brokerage fees. fees? what did you have in mind? i don't know. $4.95 per trade? uhhh and i was wonderin

against to talk turkish officials over the country's detention of an american pastor turkey accuses andrew brunson of aiding the failed coup attempt against turkish president won in two thousand and sixteen the u.s. is demanding bronson's immediate release. lebanon is stepping up pressure on syrian refugees to return home some one point five million syrian refugees are currently in lebanon and officials there have repeatedly said the country is under strain hundreds of refugees have returned to syria in the past few weeks but many more say they cannot go back to travel to the town of ourselves where she met a mother who fled syria the government killed her husband and son and she and her children fear for their lives if they were turned. it was not a voyage of the ever imagined undertaking but the mother of eight and grandmother of three children was forced to flee her syrian home. to take refuge in the town of ourselves just across the border in lebanon. although it happened five years ago the memories are still fresh this is my son or husband and eldest son who were killed in the syrian war. beg

is preparing more sanctions on turkey over the detention of andrew brunson.urse we already know that u.s. sanctions are already targeting turkey's minister of justice and the minister of the interior. now we are hearing they are preparing more sanctions are the a little oft curve it strengthened it is still gaining ground. let's go back to former secretary of education arne duncan. thank you for hanging around. there now headed into midterms, just a few months away. how important is it for people to actually think of education and vote on education and they go to the polls? arne: it is a game changer. regardless of politics, ideology , if we as parents and citizens vote on education, that would change everything forever. the second issue that i feel concerned about is the level of nonviolence in our nation. i have said repeatedly, i believe we value our guns more than our children. voters across the political spectrum particularly led a young people, go to the polls this november and vote for candidates who will increase educational opportunity in our nation.

pastor andrew brunson. the u.s. sanctioned two top officials over the situation and last week increased sanctions on turkish metals. yesterday, turkey raised a host of u.s. goods, including tobacco to 60%. u.s. cars to 120%. u.s. alcohol to a whopping 140%. all of this comes as the turkish economy continues to be in a freefall with the turkish lira falling to lows and selling spree of turkish debt. they say the policies and management are to blame for the crisis. erdogan repeatedly is to blame for an influence. the united states currently does not have an ambassador to turkey. all right. let's get a check of your weather with bill kierans. bill, you are tracking rain in the middle of the country this morning. >> that's where the flash flood is. we had rain along the finger lakes and central new york. here's some of the damage that was done. some of the rainfall totals were 6 inches in about one-to-two hours. seneca lake, they had significant flooding. look how high that water was. there were some water rescues that

pastor andrew brunson is an evangelical christian from north carolina who has lived in turkey for 20 was leaving the church when he was arrested and accused of espionage and backing it to attempt against the turkish president. pastor brunson says he is innocent and the white house believes him. >> we see no evidence pastor brunson has done anything wrong and we believe he is a victim of unfair and unjust attention by the government of turkey. >> the turkish government says we strongly protest the treasury department's decision to sanction our country and an equivalent response to this aggressive attitude will be given without delay. this marks a series ratcheting up of tensions between the us and turkey. a few weeks ago at the nato summit in brussels donald trump and erdogan were friendly with each other. they discussed the case on several occasions that clearly talks did not end well though they will continue. the secretary of state safety plan to meet with his turkish counterpart in singapore. >> we will continue to cover it. hours ago the presumed remains of us troops from the kor

pastor andrew brunson. cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson is joining us now. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it's not clear because they haven't named them yet, which individuals in the united states administration they're actually targeting here. when they say justice and interior, do they mean the attorney general, jeff sessions? do they mean secretary of homeland security kirstjen nielsen? not clear, but it could potentially be. do they have any assets in turkey? we don't know, but it would seem unlikely that it's going to be a lot. so, there's something about this that looks as if it's a tit for tat, but it's a little unexpected and does hint at this deteriorating relationship. secretary of state mike pompeo in the last 24 hours met with his north korean counterpart. the meeting was said to be constructive, that they would go to their home countries and continue discussions, although the turkish said we can't fix our problems in one day. that's the thing, the united states and turkey have pretty big issues they could be discussing. syria would be high o

andrew brunson has been in prison for nearly two years in turkey. this comes as the u.s. doubled its tariffs on metal imported from turkey. this made it difficult for turkey's currency the lira. it lost a third its value against the dollar. turkey says it won't give in to u.s. threats. more trouble for tesla. the sec is investigating whether the automaker misled investors. they are look at what the company directors knew about elon musk's plans to take the company private. charles, back to you. charles: the chinese government is sending a delegation to the united states for trade talks at the end of the month. the market is hoping this could be a turning point. the dow surging thursday nearly 400 points on that news. to my all-star panel, author of the new book "borrowed time, james freeman. and this news came out wednesday night our time 10:00. we had a fantastic session that particular day. even though the chinese playing it low key it's a low-level delegation. but the market is hopeful. >> this is a good sign they will play ball with us. this is the opportunity to show

andrew brunson is being charged. totrump has done damage turkish-american relations. turkish side is doing is not burning all their bridges, but trying to keep the bridge intact. turkey is still deliberating possible measures but wanted to minimize the damage. the trump administration wants to roll back arrow rules -- obama era rules. the obama era rules call for the standard to rise to 50 miles per gallon by the year 2025. the trump administration wants to unwind california's authority to limit tailpipe emissions in the state. is often trump says she does not agree with her father that the news media are "the enemy of the people." the senior white house adviser did say she has been the subject of reporting that she knows "not to be fully accurate." she said she agreed that the separation of children from their parents at the southern border was a low point for the administration. a federal judge is giving puerto rico storm victims more time to find permanent housing. thousands have been living in hotels across the u.s. since hurricane maria struck the island last sep

he is issuing a bold warning to turkey today to free american pastor andrew brunson.menting on progress with north korea. rich edson live at the state department. what can you tell us about the latest? reporter: good afternoon, david. the secretary of state said it could be a long process to finally get north korea to surrender its nuclear weapons. the secretary of state is traveling in singapore there, asean summit. he says there is ways to go to achieve ultimate out come of a nuclear free north korea. they sanctioned a russian bank for working with north korea. that russia imports north korean labor, violating a united nations security council resolution it supported. nikki haley says, until we see the final fully verified, denuclearization of north korea, there can be no easing of sanctions. talk is cheap. russia can not support sanctions with their words in the security council only to violate them with their actions. on the international front the united states is pressing turkey to release andrew brunson, an american pastor, who has been in custody there for pas

and he's demanding the release of american pastor andrew brunson, who was arrested on october 16th undertrying to overthrow the government with little evidence that's true. now, why has the president committed to this one case, when there are other americans in prison in turkey and everywhere around the world? it so happens that brunson and his family are represented by the president's personal attorney, the american center for law and justice, the organization that he runs. so they have a special access, and the president and the vice president have taken this as their personal cause. there were negotiations. now there aren't. they're not going to back down. they want brunson released or the trade war and tariff war, and sanctions war with turkey will continue. >> it is driving the same time turkey closer to russia, is it not? this, again, a nato ally. >> sure, because wars have consequences and collateral damage. and a bad turkish economy is bad for the region. and there's not a clear way out. it's really easy to inflict on turkey's economy. hard to get them to change their behavior. a

it is all about andrew brunson.he invention: pastor -- evangelical pastor detained in turkey appeared the u.s. lobbied hard for his release that did not go anywhere so far and i think washington lost his patience. >> turkey and the u.s. aren't nato allies -- are nato allies. are there concerns in washington that this could damage the relations/ >> yes and no. i think washington is a little wary of where this can all and. on the other hand, the relationship between the u.s. and turkey is not good in the first place. specifically, after turkey decided to purchase the missile systems from russia. that obviously, did not go well with president trump in the white house. you can say, there is some limited concern. i would say, it is fair to say that the concern is not to pick it since relationships within nato and its allies are estranged anyway. >> thank you. let's get the view now from turkey. correspondent reporting from us and is some of. -- stumble -- istanbul. how much was can relations it? >> potentially, a lot wor

been a lot of dissatisfaction with turkey over the years but this is really centered on pastor andrew brunsonu remember a couple of weeks ago there was this kind of deal that the u.s. would release someone in turkish custody and then as well as someone in israel had a turkish citizen in their custody in exchange, andrew brunson would come home. he was released from prison but not released from house arrest and allowed to come back home. president trump thought that that was reneeging on the deal he had with president erdogan. mike pompeo has been working with the foreign minister and other officials. this is not been working. you saw last week that the u.s. put sanctions on the justice minister and i think in some ways president trump really feels that his will is being tested, which is why he's launching all of these actions, but you would think -- usually the state department and the pentagon says that this is a very difficult thing for the relationship. you don't hear that, brooke, right now and that is because there's not a lot of sympathy for turkey. its actions over the last year or so

. >> he wants to come home and pastor andrew brunson should be freed and allowed to return to his family, to his home, to his church and his nation and the united states of america. transferring pastor and use brun son to home arrest is just not good enough and the united states of america is prepared to bring sanctions against turkey until pastor andrew brunson is free. maria: so should we expect more with regard to turkey? >> i think these bogus charges brought against pastor brunson have to end. he has to be brought home and i think the moves need to be countered and so as a consequence i think he can expect more pressure and i think it is an international interest to have erdogan cease holding americans as hostages including our nasa scientist there, so i think he's going to face additional pressures. maria: let me turn to iran. what can congress do? what role do you see in terms of iran and the u.s. now? i mean, the president has been very strong against iran pulling out of that deal and now, we see iran not going back to the negotiating table, not really thinking that they're going

a show down all centering on turkey's refusal to release american pastor andrew brunson.ich edson has the latest. >> a wealthy ally helped stabilize turkey's strain currency. while visiting turkish president recep ergogan, $15 billion alleged to investments in turkey. last year, turkey increased the military presence in qatar. investors concerned about turkish inflation, debt, and a dispute with the united states. >> if the united states presents a constructive will, then of course we will continue these discussions and negotiations. we will show the will to take steps to resolve it diplomatically. >> officials say president erdogan has no plans to speak with president trump. u.s. officials say there is little progress in their conversations with turkey and that there are no meetings planned between top american and turkish officials. instead, their dispute is escalating. turkey has announced additional tariffs up to 140% on american imports like alcohol, rice, appliances. in a statement, turkey's trade minister says "and responsive deliberate and continued u.s. escalatio

vice president mike pence that said pastor andrew brunson is an innocent man held in turkey and justice demands that he be released turkey would do well not to test at trump's resolve to see americans who are wrongfully imprisoned in foreign lands returned home to the united states in the midst of the argument a show of support for the one on the turkish economy during a visit by the emir of qatar as he promised to invest fifteen billion dollars in the country the value of the lira immediately recovered cycle and now signs that turkey is willing to discuss the ongoing dispute the so the message from the foreign minister. harish air around here despite everything we are ready to talk about everything to solve the existing problems as equal partners i speak openly but only on one condition where no threatening no dictator and it's something that we won't forget me a ministration. but at the white house there was no dialing down up a tone apparently calculated to be threatening mike hanna al-jazeera washington. who is live for us in istanbul this arson in fifteen billion dollars it's a big

this move by the trump administration is a result of a dispute over american pastor andrew brunson held year and a half on charges relate to go a koup attempt in turkey. let's bring in our cnn political adviser. turkey as you know is a major nato ally and partner, extremely important to the u.s. in that region. they maintain two military bases in that country. what do you see in this tweet from the president? what is he doing here and why is it important? >> i think we're going to see a continued escalation between the united states and turkey for one because neither presidents like to back down when publicly cornered and, two, because we're probably not going to give erdogan what he wants which is the extradition of a muslim cleric living in the united states. what we are definitely going to see is president erdogan continue to abuse human rights, human rights abuse did not start with pastor brunson, it won't end with him. turkey has been consolidating power rolling back press freedoms, jailing journalists for years. erdogan will continue doing that regardless of president trump and hi

spat in the agency said the high court upheld a lower court's decision earlier this week to keep andrew brunson under house arrest and also rejected an appeal for a travel ban to be lifted and his continued detention is aggravating the feud between the nato allies and triggered a currency crisis and for the donald trump administration on thursday signaled new sanctions against turkey over his attention and turkey said it would reciprocate. that is just breaking out as far as the news that is taking place. you can comment on that and other things on this open phones. from santa fe, new mexico, independent line, tony. good morning. caller: good morning. mine was for your last guest. i keep thinking they are putting the cart before the horse. they're always talking about electoral college everything else, but until we get the money out of politics from citizens united supreme court decision, that our votes are not going to count. i would be one person one vote, 21 corporation, one vote. we should do this week from the president when it comes to the parade in his cancellation of the military parade

appeals court ruled against releasing american pastor andrew brunson. espionage and terror related charges. charges the u.s. government strongly denies. now turkey has implemented new tariffs on certain u.s. goods in retaliation for touch sanctions on turkey over pastor brun son's detention. tim scott praising the president's action. take a listen. >> i think we are making progress, sanction of turkish officials is positive the lira is down 40%. there is a lot of pressure on the economy in turkey. frankly, i think we are heading in the right direction. we will have to be very patient to see this thing run its course. >> maria: so the u.s. and turkey relationship has for a long time, decades now, really, because of the war in iraq and some of the issues with the kurds has been very difficult. even though they are nato ally. melissa, i want to come to you on this because the tariffs and back and forth is starting to take a toll on the market it looks like today. >> melissa: huge toll on the markets and it has to do with the currency and you heard him say