. >> in 2003, nurse sylvia gregory emgreated from bul gair bulgaria. two bedroom condominium in tampa, florida. >> it looks nice. >> hi borrowed money on my credited an credit cards and consistently put money into this home. ak, water heater, everything has been redone, i would think in a sense of style. >> you have worked hard for this. >> very hard. i have put everything i have into making it a home. we had new bushes put in. >> now gregory could lose her home and not because of anything she's done. she's current on her mortgage, taxes, and association tease. instead, gregory risks losing her home because of a controversial state law which undermines her property rights. a real estate investment company now owns most of the 1,000 units in gregory's development, grand oasis, and under florida law that company can force her to sell at an enormous loss. >> i have spent countless -- consume. countless of evenings crying. it is devastating .fest that you can come to a country that you believe has made for the people, by the people. to where you're protect

in bulgaria, he's get only one or two euros. he shows us where he and his wife sleep, here in this hut. there's no electricity or running water. despite the deplorable conditions here, people like mitko and rusev will probably return next year to work the harvest. both the ghetto and the work is organized by a foreman or a caporale. he's the middle man between the workers and the farming companies. the caporale decides who works, where and when, and under what terms. he pockets part of the wages, as his fee. the laborers have very few rights. anyone who is sick and can't work doesn't get paid. p>> those who fill more crates, earn more. those who earn -- those who fill less, earn less. p>> italians have also been exploited like this for decades, for example, during the grape harvest. labor conditions have grown worse in the wake of the economic process. for employers, it's easier than ever to find cheap labor. during this very hot summer, there were three or four deaths in the fields, possibly from overexertion caused by conditio

three countries, bulgaria, romania and serbia. saying they'll shut the borders if the country does not accept the new arrivals. slovenia is struggling to cope. he says he'll acts on his own if others don't. >> reporter: how to manage tens of thousands of refugees a week, moving across europe. that is the challenge facing european leaders. with so many people coming in at this rate every day european leaders, especially the balkan leaders, have to agree how much longer they can keep this going, and how to regulate all of these people. for volunteers like inga, now is the time for compassion. >> they keep coming. we have to take care of them. >> reporter: what do you think they should be discussing. you know, what do you think needs to be done? >> to me i do not talk politics. for me it's the human side that we see these as human being, as we are, and we have that situation in our country, we'd be grateful as well. >> reporter: this person from syria is grateful to be here. >> we have to say thanks to europe, they open and they make

the party chairman for nearly a quarter of a century and one of bulgaria's most influential political figures. he takes the podium for the live televised event where he's expected to announce his retirement and propose his replacement. >> mr. dogan came to give his speech. i was sitting actually right in front of the place where mr. dogan was speaking. i was sitting in a second row. >> dogan is giving his speech when unexpectedly, an unknown person dressed in black approaches the stage. >> i saw this young man walking up to him, and i thought, okay, this is probably a technician who has work to do at the podium. maybe one of the microphones doesn't work. >> nothing seems out of the ordinary until the man pulls out a weapon and points it directly in the politician's face. >> the audience was frozen for a moment when he was pulling out the gun, pointing it at the head and then he pulled the trigger once and lucky it was no shot. >> it all happens in a flash. television cameras capture dogan staring into the barrel of the gun. >> then mr. dogan reacted. he pushed the gun away and i thoug

. >> bulgaria, serbia and romania will shut their borders to refugee is germany and austria do the same. the bulgarian prime minister made this warning aing they will not be responsible for the refugees. ththe warning comes as thousands enter europe. >> in areas popular with the arab community, syrian refugees have a growing concern. these militiamen are arriving among the refugees fleeing the war. ahmed said he has been in prison, tortured and by the assad government. he has seen some of his abusers in germany. >> if i see people that i'm sure about, i will follow them. i will not just let that pass. these people must be brought to justice for what they did. this isn't just about me. more than 200,000 people have been made prisoners. many, many people were killed by them. >> there is a danger. they are a threat to the opposition. we go undercover and prosecutors have filed charges against them. there are three cases before the courts. three refugee who is have any evidence they should contact the tone general, the police or one of our representative. >> they are trying to identify memb

there are three countries, bulgaria, romania and serbia. they say they'll shut their borders if the countries stop with the arrivals. slovenia is struggling to cope. his president said he will act on his own. let's get more from robert forrester walker who is on the border, and tell us what the president means, and sounds like a challenge ahead for the decision makers in europe. >> that's right. just to give you guys a bit of context, i'm standing here at the point at which the refugees from croatia and beyond are coming into slovenia. this is the point on the slovenian side where they are first kept. you may be able to work out behind me, 100 meters away is where several hundred people have spent the last five hours in the cold, waiting to be moved on. this is why the commission is holding this summit, because it needs all of these countries to work together to coordinate closely to resolve the issue of bottlenecks, where refugees are kept waiting, and in a sense of the urgency of the situation, how the commission phrased its statement say

. >> bulgaria's prime minister is warning he will shut the borders to refugees if germany and austria does the same. european union leaders can't agree with how the thousands of refugees arriving every day. robin forester walker is on the border. >> how to manage tens of thousands of refugees a week moving across europe. that is the challenge facing european leaders. with so many people coming in at this rate every day european leaders especially the balkan leaders have to agree how much longer they can keep this going and how to regulate all of these people. the volunteers like inge, now is the time for compassion. >> they keep coming. and we have to take care of them. >> reporter: what do you think they should be discussing, you know, like what do you think needs to be done? >> really, to me, i do not talk the politics. to me it's the human side, we really see these are human beings as we are. if we had the obligation to keep them in our cub we would do that as well. >> all refugees from syria are welcoming to come. they see that is the only problem and only bloods are blockades o w

bulgaria after a specific request to deny the overflight rights did deny them. but the administration in late august specifically asked the russians. what are you up to? what are you doing? they said quoting again to the administration, we are fortifying our interest there. we are just as scared of the islamic state as you are. we think something needs to be gone. so the administration in response to all of this adopted a sort of watch and wait. again i think it is sort of wishful thinking posture. putin gave two speeches, one in early september and another in mid september. especially the second one he stated very specifically what it was he wanted to do. he wanted to form a new coalition that would fight against the islamic state. he felt that it had to include the syrian armed forces because they were the only ones capable of defeating on the ground to be the ground force to defeat the islamic state. there was some rational in this even to usi's. it is almost a mere image of the policy that the obama administration has had in iraq. which is to bolster the loc

. >>> bulgaria, serbia and romania will shut their borders to refugees if germany and austria do. bulgaria's prime minister has warned that the three countries will not become buffer zones for refugees after they held talks in sophisophia. the warning comes as thousands of refugees continue to enter europe. >>> turkey is demanding the eu deliver on its promise of $3.2 billion to stop the flow of refugees. fishermen off the turkish coast fear the worst for this 18-month-old baby when they pulled him out of the water. he was found 3 kilometers from where a refugee boat sank. he survived and is recovering in hospital. >>> hundreds of syrian pro assad militia are believed to be taking vanning of the refugee crisis to get into europe. activists and human rights lawyers say they go undercover and supply the assad regime with intelligence. we have the report. >> reporter: in areas popular with the ar rab community in germany, syrian refugees have a growing concern. militiamen are arriving among the refugees fleeing the war. he says he's been imprisoned, tortured and abused by assad goth

bulgaria has threatened to shut its doors if countries don't separation of. >> bashar al assad said a political solution to end the war in syria is possible but says a deal will depend on eliminating what he calls terrorist organizations. >> tensions remain in the occupied territories 24 hours on after new measures agreed for al aqsa mosque compound. an israeli man is reported to have been stacked in a series of incidents in the occupied west bank. >> it's the end of the political era in argentina. voters there are electing a replacement for the president. >> for 15 years, working as a scrap merchant, he works on the streets every day and says until now it's been difficult for someone like him to find another job. >> i struggle every day to make ends meet. i make around $400 or $500 a month. with inflation, we are always struggling. >> the economic situation is on everyone's mind as people head to the polls an sunday to elect a new president. >> people see this election as the end of an era, christina search ner and her husband have dominated argentine politics for the past years. the

. >> three balkan states have threatened to shut their bothers, bulgaria it along with roromania and serbia will close its borders should germany and austria do the same. the warning comes as thousands of refugees continue to enter europe. >>> police in montenegro's capital have fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters. opposition supporters were marching to parliament demanding the resignation of the prime minister who is been in power for 25 years. the demonstration began peacefully but turned violent after people started throwing molotov cocktails and stones at police. the country's determination to join nato, don't justify the government to resign. >> we are talking about the economy. we are not the leader only in european interventions or atlantic interventions but also those for investment. so if you are going to compare us with our neighbors we are the leaders. we can talk about really bad economy. if we are talking about corruption and organized crime there's a problem in all traditional countries. it is not a problem in montenegro more or less than other countries.

these small headquarters in estonia, latvia, lithuania, poland, bulgaria, and romania will make it easier for our forces to deploy. >> there is conflicting information about just who russia is attacking with it strikes. moscow says it is targeting i as terrorist group locations come of a rebel groups fighting against the syrian government claim otherwise. this map shows how parts of the country are controlled by different groups, ice militants all the territory marked and dark gray. the moderate opposition forces in light gray. the syrian and blue. rebels and western forces say most of the strikes byssian-syrn western syria. those areas are not under i is control. in an interview with dw, philip breedlove said russia's show ports had little do with combating islamic state. >> i do believe that the russians want the world looking at what they're doing in syria, see how we are cooperating, so the world is not watching what they are doing and continuing to do in ukraine. >> one thing is clear, the battle for power in syria is intensifying, and as this amateur video shows, the destruction and

investigation has begun into the death of that of afghan asylum-seekers who was shot down on thursday on bulgaria'sborder with turkey, close to the southern town of sredets. they believe the man was killed accidentally as they were trying to control a group of men crossing the tour toward -- territory. it is the first title -- fatal shooting of a record on the border of the european union. a new storage level help to combat crime and terrorism. location data has to be deleted after one month. some say it will scare off whistleblowers. two separate attacks and suicide bombers have killed dozens of people. at least three female bombers blew themselves up before morning prayers in separate attacks. two more suicide bombers attacked a loss during prayers. no one has claimed responsibility but many suspect boko haram. we have this report from the nearby town which was liberated from the militants last november. >> he used to be a hunter. the 23rd-year-old joined a local militia after boko haram attacked his hometown. it has a small university. today he and other 80 civilian militiamen controlled schools

they had crossed into bulgaria from turkey and were in the southeastern town of sredets. it's believed they came from afghanistan. guards tried to detain them but some resisted. a warning shot hit one man. he died while being taken to a hospital. bulgarian authorities are investigating the incident. more and more migrants and refugees are dying while trying to reach europe via the mediterranean sea. international organizations say thousands have lost their lives this year. >> so far this year, mediterranean deaths as a whole stand at some 3,100. >> staff from the office of the u.n. high commissioner for refugees and the international organization for migration outlined the situation. they said many of those who died had been on boats that capsized. they said the number of deaths is about the same as it was this time last year and could rise in winter weather. the international organization for migration said more than 600,000 refugees and migrants have entered europe this year. that's nearly three times the number for the whole of last year. around 470,000 have arrived th

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bulgaria, a young man from afghanistan were shot and killed by border police who say he tried to enterhe country illegally. the influx of asylum seekers has plunged the european union into crisis. its leaders have been trying to figure out what to do at a summit in brussels. we have been covering even so there. we cross now for the latest. things wrapped up in brussels. the eu focusing on further cooperation with turkey. what is the eu offering? the focus seems to be on turkey at the moment. european commission president jean-claude juncker, a joint action plan, to entice turkey to do more to look after the two point -- 2.2 million refugees there. -- just this week, seven people died on their way to a greek island. 200 people have died taking the route from turkey degrees. the eu wants to get turkey to sign up in return for money to a number of conditions. first, survey their borders. crackdown on smugglers. also, better conditions for the refugees thereby improving the camps with the funding from the european union. as you can see, the eu is in a massive hurry to get turkey to sign up

. >>> in the first serious incident involving asylum seekers in bulgaria an afghan man died after heed illegally from turkey. shots were fired by border guards who spotted a group of refugees near the town there and bulgaria deployed more border police and extending security fence along the turkish border and refugees have drown after their wooden boat collided with a coast guard vessel off the coast of greece and baby and children were of seven dead on the island of lespos and 31 were rescued. the new emergency plan being worked out between eu and turkey with how to deal with the refugee crisis and turkey hosts over 2 million syrian refugees and most asylum seekers arriving in europe now travel via turkey and hosting that many people is expensive and turkey spent at least $4.5 billion in the response to the crisis, adding to the uncertainty in turkey is the political turmoil following last week's bombing attack at a peace rally in ankora and 27 were killed and anti-government demonstrations ahead of november's parliamentary election and steve barker reports from brussels why the eu

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bulgar bulgaria, romania and serbia will close borders should germany and austria do the same, insisting the three countries will not be a buffer zone for arrives. that coming as thousands of refugees enter. >> police in montenegro fire tear gas to disperse protesters. opposition supporters were marching to parliament demanding the resignation of the prime minister in power for 25 years. the demonstration began peacefully, turning violent when molotov cocktails and stones were thrown at the police. sir john is an advisor to the prime minister and says montenegro's challenges don't justify demand for the government to resign. >> if you are talking about the economy, we are not the leader in european integrations in europe but also if we are talking about foreign investment. if you are going to compare us with the neighbours, the leaders, we can talk about bad economies. if we are talking about corruption and organized crime, the problem in all transitional countries, it's no problem in montenegro less or more than other countries. we are trying to solve the problems, but it could be a rea

. >> bulgaria, serbia and romania will shut their borders if germany and trauft tree i can't do the samethe primary has warned. he insisted the balkan states would not become buffer zones for refugees after the three current trees held talks in sophia on saturday. thousands of refugees are continuing to enter and cost the eu -- cross the eu. >>> almost 1 in 5 of the world's ships are greek registered. there are fees the country's ship owners may take business elsewhere. john explains. >> reporter: greeks own the largest merchant feet in the world, 15% of global shipping capacity. much of that fleet is managed and chartered from the port of payarus generating an estimated 7% of the greek economy. but it normally pays little tax here because most of the greek fleet sails under foreign flags of convenience. two years ago, ship owners were forced to pay an additional greek tax, and last year, they agreed to double this for a period of four years. the latest bail-out means that the shipping industry is being asked to pay more again. but that could be a in this calculated risk. >> is there a d

it's the first serious incidents involving refugees and bulgaria.ees have died after their boat collided with a coast guard swing vehicle being three baby and a warm were among the dead. thousands of refugees are risking their lives every day as they attempt to reach europe by sea from turkey. >>> now, the european union and turkey have agreed on a joint plan to address the refugees crisis. e.u. leaders saying it will up sure turkey isn't used as a transit point for refugees heading to europe. the issue you topped agenda at a sum knit brussels as neave barker reports. >> reporter: european leaders arrived in brussels facing multiple challenges. the war in syria, conflict in ukraine and the aftershocks of the greek bailout saga took the 20 a nation block under mounting strain, it's the unrelenting refugees cries that's continues to dominate european politics. more than half a million peel, many refugees from syria, have arrived in the e.u. this year. a large number have traveled through turkey to europe's shores. but now a preliminary agreement with

bulgaria, serbia and romaine yeah will shut their borders to refugees if germany and austria do the same to the prime minister and insisted the balkin states will not be bef buffer zones for refugees after they had talks on saturday. the potential move to close borders is at the same time as these refugees and thousands of others try to enter and cross the european union. there have been scuffles between police and opposition politicians in kosovo's parliament and friday session suspended after opposition let off tear gas canisters inside the chamber. they wanted the government to backtrack over deals with serbia. almost one in five of the world's ships is greek registered. but there are fears the country's ship owners may now take their business elsewhere because greece's hard hit government is threatening to raise taxes and john has more from the greek port. >> reporter: greeks own the largest merchant fleet in the world 15% of global shipping capacity and much of the fleet is managed and chartered from the port generating an estimated 7 percent of the greek economy. but shipping norma

serbia, romania, and bulgaria warn they'll close their borders if other european nations stop accepting the migrants and refugees. among the measures they're considering -- more border guards and checkpoints in the balkans the obama administration says kids spend too much time taking "unnecessary" exams in schools. saturday, president obama said in a message on facebook he wants to fix that. the administration announced new guidelines concerning standardized tests in what they call a "testing action plan." it outlines new principles for measuring student aptitude. they are recommendati ons for school districts to follow but are not binding regulations. and they don't replace those that are part of "no child left behind." the white house said additional details will be released in january. the creators of fitbit have come up with a new product....for pets. we'll have the details coming up ben: and i'll have your complete forecast next! << >> << wx timer @ 2:45 a few more clouds up above will help shave a few degrees off of our high temperatures today, but overall we'll still be decently

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. >> reporter: in 2003, nurse sylvia gregory emigrated from bulgaria. >> basically, it's down to studs. >> reporter: pouring all of her savings and then some into this two-bedroom condominium in florida. >> it's very nice, you worked hard. >> i put everything i have into making it a home. >> reporter: now gregory risks losing her home because of a controversial state law which undermines her property rights. a real estate investment company now owns most of the 1,000 units in the grand oasis, and under florida law, that company can force her to sell. >> i've spent countless hours crying. it is devastating. somebody can come in and force you out of your home >> reporter: to understand why florida condo owners like gregory could lose their homes, you need to go back to the destruction of the 2014 hurricane season, stormy weather that left a few complexes damaged and in disrepair. that resulted in the 2007 florida law that allowed condominium complexes to be converted to apartments if 80% of the owners vote for the change. the process is called termination. that law is now being used by w

>>> a man traveling with a group of afghan refugees has been shot and killed by border guards in bulgaria. meanwhile, the eu has announced it will now offer turkey as much it's help to stem the flow from migrants at europe. let's get out to julia. she is live at the leaders summit in brussels. julia. >> thank you so much. that was the big news out of the summit. a deal with turkey try to stop the flow of migrants. housing 2 million syrian refugees. up to 350,000 headed to europe this year. just 50,000 were stopped at the border so it gives you the sense of the scale of the issue they're facing and the question is, and there's many ifs and buts will this curve the migrant flow. i'll put up my proposals in november so now we begin that countdown to the leader summit and perhaps clarity on both the rev y refugee crisis. >> thank you so much. julia on the ground at the summit in brussels. still to come on the program, first earnings since nelson peltz took a stake in ge. will it power up his portfolio? we'll discuss and we'll check in on futures as we saw the 217 point pump yesterday for the

now, bulgaria, serbia and romania will shut their borders to refugees should they do the same. they insisted the three countries will not become buffer zone from refugees. the morning comes as thousands continue to cross europe. hundreds of syrian pro-bashar al-assad militia are believed to be taking advantage of the refugee crisis to get into europe. activists and human rights lawyers say they go undercover. >> in areas popular with the community in germany. they have a growing concern saying militia men are also arriving. he has been imprisoned, tortured and abused bit the government militia. he was kept under custody for months, and is seeing some of his abusers in germany. >> translation: if i see people i know and am sure about i'll inform them where they live and the authorities. i can't let something like that pass. i'll follow the progress with concerned authorities. these people must be brought to justice for what they did. this is not just about me, more than 200,000 people have been made prisoners, many, many people were killed. >> reporter: human rights lawyers in e

bulgaria after a specific request to deny the overflight rights did deny them. but the administration in late august specifically asked the russians. what are you up to? what are you doing? they said quoting again to the administration, we are fortifying our interest there. we are just

it's albania, bulgaria and greece where the rain is falling. to run it beyond that, it will be drier to the west, and the sun will come out. the speed of the moisture moves in, and moves northwards, and to be honest. in the middle of europe it brings snow a bit further west. possibly into poland, for monday night. >> rob. >> still to come on the al jazeera newshour. cracking the oath. some of the brightest minds get together to find out who is behind one of the most complicated puzzles on the internet. >> in sport australia shows why defense can be as important as attack in the rugby world cup. per cent >>> hello again. let's have a look at the top stories here at al jazeera. turkey's military says it carried out air strikes against kurdish separatist fighters in the south-east of the country. the strikes coming a day after the group told fighters to stop activities in turkey. >> meanwhile, a commemoration ceremony is under way in turkey's capital for the 95 people killed at a peace rally near the main train station on saturday >>> video has em

eastern countries, bulgaria, romania, warning they will not accept being turned into a buffer zone byu because of the massive influx of refugees and illegal immigrants. >>> this video was -- look at that, it's extraordinary. people stretch for miles! captured by a drone some of the nearly 100,000 people who have entered slovenia over just the past few weeks. >>> house republicans today introduced a measure to impeach the irs commissioner john koskinen accusing him of lying to congressional investigators failing to comply with a congressional subpoena for evidence. >>> and hillary clinton is surging in the latest iowa poll. she has opened up a 41-point lead over bernie sanders and the monmouth university survey. speaking of politics, joining us tonight former presidential campaign adviser joe trippi, author columnist jedidiah bila, both fox news contributors and i'm delighted to have you both here. 41 points, jedidiah for hillary clinton. >> yeah, not surprising. lou: tough to be bernie sanders tonight. >> once biden was out of the way people decided there is nowhere else to go because

from greece more than 6,000 have con on to bulgaria. 10,000 have travelled to macedonia, moving up to serbia, and more than 100,000 have registered for asylum this year. some have gone on to hungary. 1 150,000. for many the final destination, though, in germany. according to the u.n. refugee agency 226,000 are registered there, and many more are arriving every day. paul brennan has more from slovenia. >> reporter: the political, the diplomatic wrangling continues and the government here in slovenia met overnight monday into tuesday morning, an all-night crisis session and agreed to put a proposal before parliament and allow the military to patrol the border. at the moment the army is only allowed to offer logistical and technical support, but if parliament allows it, then the army will patrol alongside the police in an attempt to try to stem the flow of refugees from croatia in slovenia. that's because there is a backlog developing. as the refugees move on, they want to move into austria. on monday 8,000 people made the trip into sloven

bulgaria deployed more border police and is extending a security fence along the turkish border. >> refugees have drowned after their wooden boat collided with a coast guard vessel off the coast of greece. a baby and three children were among the seven dead near the island of lesbos. 31 others were rescued. >> a new emergency plan is being worked out between the e.u. and turkey over how to deal with this growing refugee crise. turkey has currently said 2 million syrian refugees, most asylum seekers arrivinging europe now come via turkey. hosting that may be people is pretty expensive. turkey has already spent around $4.5 billion on its response to the crisis. adding to uncertainty is the political turmoil following last week's bombing attack in which 97 people were killed in ankara. there are demonstrations ahead of the parliamentary elections. we report from the e.u. summit in brussels on why the e.u. thinks turkey is the key to solving this refugee crisis. >> european leaders arrived in brussels facing multiple challenges, the war in syria, conflict in ukraine and the greek bailout saga ha

well, bulgaria, serbia and roman i can't will shut their borders to refugees should german and austriathe same. bill garia's prime minister has made that warning and said they would not become buffer zones for refugees after the three countries held talks on saturday. the potential move to close boardsers comes as thousands enter and cross the eu. hurricane patricia which has caused flooding in parts of mexico has weakened to a tropical depression. patricia forced more than 50,000 people from their homes. no casualties have so far been reported and the damage has been less than feared because it hits sparsely populated areas. pat trisha has been described as the strongest hurricane to hit the western hemmis fear ever. tropical storm pat triricia has affected the southern seaboard of the united states. torrential rain brought powerful flood to go texas see see in those pictures a storm surge south of the city . two engineers on board both swam to safety. as in mexico, there have been no reports of fatalities. the storm has caused significant damage to infrastructure. >>> some of the wor

men, test weapons, everything for a country with an air force at the time that was smaller than bulgaria's. most eventually ended up flying combat in europe. many in the unit ended up based together. most in the area of dunkirk, france, at the far western edge of the western front. soon the boys were in the thick of it, flying submarine patrols and battling over the trenches or flying bombers. the results were quickly tragic for the unit. as one fell in battle the first usair combat death ever, others would follow. but the members of the group stood out. many became base leaders. robert lovett, whose previous experience had been organizing the junior promenade, flew bombers without parachutes in open cob pits and he also created a strategic bomber force. 22 years old, he soon had more than a thousand men under his command. the youngest member of the unit david engles who is now remembered at yale by the campus hockey rink, he took to flying like a hockey player to ice. he was reckless and hard hitting and maybe a little nuts. he transferred to land machines and flew with camels, the planes

a few weeks ago before the major russian movement, the united states requested bulgaria and iraq closets airspace to russia. how did we transmit that? >> i do not know what the mechanics of that were. can i get back to you on that, senator? i simply don't know. >> is that something the state department would do, the department of defense, the white house? >> joe, go ahead. >> senator, i believe that message would have been delivered by ambassador jones in baghdad. >> and iraq, obviously, declined our request while bulgaria accepted it? >> declined the request? >> and let russian aircraft fly through nir airspace? >> there was -- there has been russian aircraft that has flown through iraqi airspace. my understanding it was not at the understanding of the iraqi government. >> does the iraq air force have the capability to protect its own air force and exclude a foreign air force like russia? >> they have limited air to air capability. >> so if the united states government requested the government of iraq close its airspace to russia, surely the united states government was prepared to as

they particularly asked greece and bulgaria. greece didn't really have to make a decision because the requests kind of went away after a while. bulgaria after a specific request to deny the overflight rights did deny them. but the administration in late august specifically asked the russians, what are you up to, what are you doing, and they said, quoting again to the administration, well, we are fortifying our interests there. we are just as scared of the islamic state as you are, and we thing something needs to be done. and so the administration in response to all this adopted a sort of watch and wait. and again i think a sort of wishful thinking posture. putin gave two speeches, one in vladivostok in early september and another in mid-september. and especially the second one he stated very specifically what it was he wanted to do. he wanted to form a new coalition that would fight against the islamic state, but he felt that it had to include the syrian armed forces because they were the only ones capable of defeating on the gr