this is eastern turkey. van is the largest settlement in eastern turkey. at that time its peak it had about 700,000 people in it during the summer. beautiful like, absolutely gorgeous place to be. after the earthquake everybody who could leave, did. so what you have left are those that are either die-hards, the people that are the leaders of the community that want to rebuild, or people that couldn't leave. and that's really telling because when you look at these pictures you're going to see abdomen abject poverty. that's not really what

this is eastern turkey. van is the largest settlement in eastern turkey. at that time its peak it had about 700,000 people in it during the summer. beautiful like, absolutely gorgeous place to be. after the earthquake everybody who could leave, did. so what you have left are those that are either die-hards, the people that are the leaders of the community that want to rebuild, or people that couldn't leave. and that's really telling because when you look at these pictures you're going to see abdomen abject poverty. that's not really what it was before the earthquake so it went from bad to worse for these people. but what you saw time and time again is they were out and rebuilding and carrying on and i think that says a lot about people in general and that's the next take away, is that no matter if you look at van turkey, you go to china, you go to india or you go to the united states, go up to the dakotas, you go to missouri, you go to joplin, what you find is that people are more resilient than we give them credit for being. people will will come out in t

turkey and israel. >> certainly president obama putting a diplomatic feather in his cap by basically getting these two very important middle eastern allies of the u.s., turkey and israel, to talk to each other. the two prime ministers in a phone call, prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel calling his turkish counterpart from the tarmac basically of the airport with the u.s. president alongside him and basically bringing an end to nearly three years of ruptured relations between these two very important middle eastern powers. the israeli prime minister essentially apologizing to the turkish prime minister for the killing of these eight turks as well as one american citizen aboard that flotilla under the cover of darkness. and the two prime ministers discussing the possibility of israel paying compensation to the families of the victims here in jordan the american president spoke about this tarmac diplomacy. >> during my visit it appeared that the timing was good for that conversation to take place. i discussed it with prime minister netanyahu and both of us agreed that the moment was right and, fortunately, they were able to

eastern mediterranean. it's europe. lebanon, syria, turkey are its closest neighbors.ions. got strong ties to both turkey and greece. its economy and banking sector are struggling. three eurozone nations have already received bailouts from the eu, ireland, portugal and greece. spain is colored differently because it's getting help with its banking sector. the fourth bailout country would be right here, that would be cyprus. now let's talk about what the issue is in cyprus. a proposed deal over the weekend would have taken 9.9% of all deposits for bank accounts that have more than 100,000 euros in ha their accounts. 6.75% with all accounts for less than 100,000 euros. the euro group president explains why. >> translator: the reason why this package including this levy has been chosen has to do with the specific characteristics of the problems and the banking sector in cyprus, which is as you know more than five times the size of gdp if you would include the greek branches more than seven times. >> so the banking sector is much big than the entire economy. in sx shank fe

eastern state. south sudan has accused its its northern neighbor of supporting the fighters. 20 soldiers were among those killed. turkey's denying that it has deported syrian refugees. earlier news reports suggested hundreds of jeff jis have been forced to leave a camp near the southern border. on wednesday security forces at the camp fired water cannoned a tear gas at refugees when fighting broke out. the syrians were complaining about living conditions. while the u.n. refugee agency says it is trying to find out if any syrians have been forced over the border. >> there is a lot of anger and there was a lot of damage. there have been also reports that there may have been deportation as a result. we're trying to clarify this with turkish authorities. deportation to syria would be, if they occurred, against the principles of international law. and so we're very much hoping this didn't occur. >> in syria state-run news agency says 15 students were killed when mortar shells his a can teen at a university. opposition groups confirm the attack but no group has deny order claimed responsibility. this is the second mortar attac

eastern end. mediterranean sea, 30 miles south of turkey. you see it on the map. a very small country, smaller than the state of hawaii. its population of a little more than a million people is roughly the city of dallas. its gross domestic product of $23.6 billion is about the same as the state of vermont. there will be a quiz on all of this later. charles payne, fox business network around ceo of w street.com. charles, a little country. why such a big deal? >> it is such a big deal for several reasons. first of all we know greece is small country, not as small as cypress but these things have a ripple effect. also the draconian nature of this. everyone watching this thinks their saving account are free from government overreach, from the government actually going in and taking money from your account. this is crazy. it reverberated across the internet all weekend long. our markets were down 100 points at the open. there is some rotation into bonds and gold is up. essentially what we're talking about is, a country to your point, jenna, listen, their gdp is really

lessons to people in the audience learn from those two crises and the other runs in turkey and i could run on an eastern and central europe are not for them because they were so-called developed economies. so what i thought i would do here is run through some of the lessons we've learned there that i think fortunately should've been looked looked at by europeans and are only now starting to realize they could have cut down this negative situation because europe as a whole with a few exceptions is neither recession or stagnation. first, each country is unique and a cookie-cutter approach does not work. this is something they didn't want to see. greece got into a situation by longtime mismanagement on the fiscal side. in the case of ireland, it was the banks they tried the sovereign in. in the case of portugal and we have some portuguese in the audience here, it was basically a decade of no growth in portugal. it was a bubble in real estate that was finance by the savings of one institutions, some of which have gone under. a number have gone on her and a government they basically drove up the deficit and

turkey on tuesday and cyprus on wednesday with the chance of light rain. out west very wet and windy. high waves will be a concern as well and light snow showers for the north eastern corner of the british isles. very chilly. only 0 degrees in berlin. here is your extended forecast. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: secretary of state john kerry met with afghan president hamid karzai today, and said the two nations are "on the same page" about making peace with the taliban. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we assess the challenges ahead for kerry and the u.s., winding down the war in afghanistan and dealing with tensions in iraq, syria, and the middle east. >> ifill: then, we update the movement on immigration reform, as president obama uses a citizenship ceremony to prod congress to send him a bill.

turkey on tuesday and cyprus on wednesday with the chance of light rain. out west very wet and windy. high waves will be a concern as well and light snow showers for the north eastern corner of the british isles. very chilly. only 0 degrees in berlin. here is your extended forecast.

lot of people in this audience learn, you know, from those two crises in other ones in turkey and i could run on eastern and central europe were not valid for them because they were so-called developed economies. so what i thought i would do here is run through the lessons we learned bair that unfortunately should've been looked looked at by europeans and are only now starting to realize that they could have cut down this negative situation because let's face it, europe as a whole for stagnation. a cookie-cutter approach does not work. this is something they didn't want to see. greece got into a situation by long time mismanagement on the fiscal side, tracked the banks and. in ireland the banks tried the sovereign in. in the case of portugal at where some portuguese in the audience here was basically a decade of no growth in portugal. in the case of spain, it was a bubble in real estate was fine and pay mainly the savings and loan institutions, some of which have gone under. and the government are basically drove up the deficit and regional governments because region is very porton in spain. also drove

like to have the west part of eastern iraq the iranians would like to plan fought over for eight years in the north you get to the kurds spin loose. join with the kurds in turkey then you threaten the territorial integrity of turkey it's a quagmire that. cheney knew exactly what was going to happen with the invasion of course they knew you said in an article that the steps that would need to be taken to rectify the wrongs involve the prosecution of politicians i mean would you like to see the bush officials who knowingly lied be put on trial we have about a minute or so i mean i think many americans including myself would like to see all of the decisions we took us to war. because these things should not be you know there is this we have to give them to everyone who took us to war and i think. that . used to kill people in iraq and so people have to be there but i think that it would be so good fortune if you took out the same shoes thank you so much roger our communications director the american and the arab anti-discrimination committee appreciate your time and thank you so much that's all the time we have for today we'll see you tomorrow. technology innovat

lessons to people in the audience learn from those two crises and the other runs in turkey and i could run on an eastern and central europe are not for them because they were so-called developed economies. so what i thought i would do here is run through some of the lessons we've learned there that i think fortunately should've been looked looked at by europeans and are only now starting to realize they could have cut down this negative situation because europe as a whole with a few exceptions is neither recession or stagnation. first, each country is unique and a cookie-cutter approach does not work. this is something they didn't want to see. greece got into a situation by longtime mismanagement on the fiscal side. in the case of ireland, it was the banks they tried the sovereign in. in the case of portugal and we have some portuguese in the audience here, it was basically a decade of no growth in portugal. it was a bubble in real estate that was finance by the savings of one institutions, some of which have gone under. a number have gone on her and a government they basically drove up the deficit and

eastern europe and asia hsbc. thanks. james lockhart smith from maplecroft. thanks. >>> angela merkel said that concerns remain over turkey's membership to the e.u. hadley gamble caught up with the turkish minister for e.u. affairs and asked if it was a fair assessment. >> she also said that she has no objections against the prompsz as i said, the -- process. as i said, the process is more important than the end result. i have to give her credit. she was a sarkozy. sarkozy would block chapters and try to hinder the process. chancellor merkel has not hindered the process. she might have some other views about the end result of the process, but by the time they finish the process, she'll probably not be there anyhow. turkey will not be today's turkey. germany will not be today's germany. middle e.u. will not be the e.u. we will look at the situation then and make necessary assessments. >> it e.u. energy commissioner said there's going to come a time when the tables will be turned and the french and germans will be on their knees begging for turkey to join the e.u. do you think that time has come? >> he is probably right. that

eastern time in the courthouse over my shoulder. this over a lot of questions about the involvement the cia and fbi had from getting him from turkey tothe u.s. this photo puts abu ghaith in al qaeda's inner circle. he's to the left of his father-in-law, osama bin laden, along with top lieutenants muhammed atef and al zawahiri. he appears in videos and makes ominous statements. quote, we have the right to kill four million americans with chemical and biological weapons. abu ghaith is believed to have been at osama bin laden's final stand in 2001 before escaping into pakistan. he lived in iran since 2002, mostly under house arrest and is said to have arrived in the turkish capital of ankara last month traveling on a forged saudi passport. he checked into a hotel and was detained. iran refused him. after several weeks in limbo turkey decided to deport abu ghaith to kuwait, the country of his birth but kuwait didn't want him back either. he was eventually transferred to u.s. custody and flown to new york to face trial. some republicans argue that makes him an enemy combatant who should be tried by a military commission at guantanamo. >>

eastern joins us live online at twitter and facebook with your questions and comments on the new jim crow. >> this is a poem i first heard, in turkeycome whoever you are, wanderer, worship for, lover of leaving, doesn't matter. ours is not a caravan of despair. come even if you have broken your vows a thousand times, come yet again, come, come. a couple reasons this is meaningful to me is actually in the book sacred ground, what i look at the statue of liberty, a beautiful woman of welcoming, the inscription is bring the retired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, this notion of america, and radical welcoming and openness, bring your traditions, plant your seed and americans will and let them grow into institutions and congregations that are welcoming and open to others. that spirit of welcoming and openness is at the heart of the american mission, at the heart of the slum as well and nobody articulates that better or more beautiful. i need to confess i get emotional when i talk with people about the issues we will be addressing tonight. particularly the issue of interfaith relations and also the issue of the