good evening, i'm doug mckelway.mericans celebrate thanksgiving today it was another business day in europe. there was serious business being done. russia and france commiserated over taattacks by isis. president putin says he's willing to cooperate with a u.s. led

good evening, i'm doug mckelway. while americans celebrate thanksgiving today it was another business day in europe. there was serious business being done. russia and france commiserated over taattacks by isis. president putin says he's willing to cooperate with a u.s. led coalition. john huddy in jerusalem with increasing tensions between russia and turkey over the downing of a russian war plane. we begin with steve harrigan in paris tonight, good evening, steve. >> doug, russia says it's open to working with the u.s. in the fight against the islamic state. this as france continues to push hard for single coalition. french president hollande brought his global tour to build the coalition to moscow thursday where he received warm support from russian president vladmir putin. >> translator: we see you are putting much effort into a wide coalition. we are ready for such common work and consider it absolutely necessary. our positions coincide with this. >> translator: we have to take the initiative so we can intensify t

here with the details, is fox news's doug mckelway from d.c. doug? reporter: hey, melissa. needed anymore embarassment, last week two high-ranking officials at department of veterans affairs pleaded the fifth rather than testify before a senate committee about an alleged scheme which they raked more than 400,000-dollar taxpayer-funded relocation benefits. i.g. report recommended criminal prosecution against the two. that is one problem that continues to plague the agency. the two central figures in the original wait time scandal remain to this very day on paid leave, 18 months after the scandal broke. in addition, october 15th, 2015 i.g. report seven morphine nix area veterans died after delayed treatment and lapses in medical care. the va hasn't successfully fired a single phoenix employee for wait time manipulation. this morning, va secretary bob mcdonald said va made under his leadership. >> our average wait times are down to five days for specialty care, four days for primary care, three days for mental health care but we still have opportunities. reporter: mcdonald say

i'm doug mckelway in for brett baier.he third friday in a row, the news leads with urban terror, violence, hostages and gunshots. tonight's location? colorado springs, colorado. police say a gunman entered a planned parenthood clinic, took hostages and engaged in gunfire with law enforcement. chief correspondent jonathan hunt has been following this fluid situation and is ongoing. he's in our west coast newsroom. hello, jonathan. >> we are now more than four hours into this ongoing shooter situation. the first 911 calls came in at 1:38 eastern.

doug mckelway join us. the elder bush was largely not criticizing former administrations.pening up to john peach chum in this book? reporter: peach chum, way we hear was granted unprecedented access to the bush archives. he want to set the historical record straight. bush 41 respected cheney and admired him very much but he also had some very, very big objections. >> president bush 41 believed that cheney embodied an image of the 43 administration that was in some ways counterproductive around the world. reporter: bush, who served one term as president you recall served eight years as a loyal vice president to president reagan. he believed cheney acted too independently as vice president and referring to him as quote, iron ass and took too hawkish a line after the attacks on in 9/11 and pennsylvania, a view cheney disputes. >> i viewed it as a mark of pride. the attack in 9/11 was worse than pearl harbor and numb of people killed and amount of damage. a lot of people believe to this day i was aggressive in defending carrying out what i thought were the right policies. repo