because they have armenia in their camp. increasingly, they seem to have flipped turkey in many ways. they are very optimistic about what the future will bode with regard to georgia which leaves only azerbaijan behind which leads me to think that even if you cough some rapprochement -- you do have some rapprochement between turkey and armenia, that we're going to have a much harder time in the region over the months and perhaps year to come. >> just to follow up on this, armenia enjoys a historic and strategic relationship with russia, it has very strong ties with iran. so two out of three major powers in the caucuses are in the armenians' corner. on the other hand, turkey historically is supporting azerbaijan and made it clear to armenia after the memoranda was signed back in 2010, i believe -- '10 or '9? in 2009, that turkey will link the opening of the border to progress on the car baa issue. and we understand it because countries support their allies, and in the case of turkey azerbaijan is an ally. but i also want to su

after all, every country needs logical, curious young minds, not just armenia. >> in september, armeniaecame world champions of chess in turkey. what is a heroic deed and what is treason? different countries have different answers. german soldiers who helpednd thetrocies ding world war ii by fleeing the nazi army had to wait almost 50 years before they were rehabilitated, and irish war veterans have had to wait even longer. >> these guys have seen a lot. philip fought with the british army against nazi germany. he took part in the allied invasion of normandy, a bloody battle that claimed thousands of lives. then he, you know, left ireland to go fight in the war because he just got married. he wanted to make a difference. he still had a wife and seven children. grandchildren as he got older. just what you would want to be as a man, i suppose. >> he wants justice for his grandfather, but time is running out. philip is over 90 years old. he never shows off his medals for bravery. even today, nearly 70 years later, he is afraid of the irish authorities. he deserted the irish army to fight f

these come from armenia especially made. would you like to try it?i would like to try. >> would you like sugar or no sugar? >> no sugar today. so excited. really earthy, you can really taste the grain. i think that's what makes it so special. really hope you try it. having a great time at the armenian festival. we ate, we saw, and we definitely conquered. i don't know about you, but i have to go dance this food out. in the meantime check out our blog for recipes, out takes and so much more at sf quick bites at cobbler.com. until next time, may the fork be with you. ♪ ♪ >> first of all, everybody is welcome. and we ask two things when they get here. one, that they try something they never tried before. be it food or be it dancing or doing something. and if they feel like it was worth their while, to tell one person next year and bring that person, that family member, that friend down the street to come with them. >> we're going to have to do a lot of eating, so, get ready. >> you diet tomorrow. >>. >> high guys donna here with this week's bus 2012 has

these are turkey and armenia. two different sides of a political divide.both countries are involved in economic relations with iran, turkey specifically on gas for gold swaps reported in the media. armenia allowing representation as well as a variety of firms that allegedly are involved in technology acquisition on behalf of the iranian regime. what are we doing about these two countries? they are political and foreign policy status in this town are [inaudible]. >> let me begin with what ought to be clear. >> share on c-span -- here on c- span we will break away. the entire program can be found on c-span.org. 8:00 eastern on c-span, negotiations on the fiscal cliff. we'll hear from harry reid and mitch mcconnell. c-span3, the impact of hurricnae ane sandy. a bipartisan group of senators spoke to reporters today about the civil war in syria and the potential use of force against the regime of bashar al-assad. >> good afternoon. i'm here with my colleagues from the senate, senator lieberman, senator gramm. -- graham. we are deeply disturbed by reports that b

. >>> armenia. >>> irak, se entiende, georgia, lituania, madagascar y afganistán, el más triste del mundoamigos de despierta américa como ya se los adelantábamos, el invierno hace entrada con fuerza, la primera tormenta invernal causa retrasos en los aeropuertos más importantes del país, maría eugenia payán tiene los detalles >>> si tan solo se tratara de remover la nieve, pero no, el invierno llegó de manera agresiva, sobre todo por las condiciones que draco la primera tormenta invernal de la temporada, ha causado sobre las carreteras, la policía estatal dice que al menos 3 personas perdieron la vida, los accidentes se cuentan por centenares, este problema es de varios estados del medio oeste del país, familias completas que querían viajar a ver a sus familiares se quedaron atrapados en las carreteras heladas. >>> ojalá y ese fuera el único dolor de cabeza de la tormenta invernal, pero los apagones han dicho presentes, porque en iowa ,por ejemplo, 20 mil casas sufrieorn corte de energía eléctrica, también hay largos retrasos y cancelación de más de mil vuelos, la advertencia a los viajer

>> armenia, culture and cusine has had many cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food has food from the mediterranean, middle east and europe. >> this is san francisco with the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, los angeles. we have everyone here in the neighborhood. that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian. this is a staple in armenian cooking, right? >> absolutely since the beginning of time. soldiers used to skewer it on swords. we have chicken ka bob, beef, lam, onions, parsley, over 2 pounds of meat being cooked in three days. >> after all that savory pro seen, i was ready to check out the fresh veggie options. * protein this is armenian. tomatoes and olive oil, that makes it summer food. what i'm doing is i'm putting some latinae. it's kind of like c