erdogan. he's been severely trying to consolidate especially in the past one and a half years after the collapse of the peace process. the challenge is, if any, will come from outside turkey. >> excellent. >> for decades i've been critical of my colleagues studying in asia. they study something that doesn't matter at all. when you say someone, you don't before finding yourself in his or her shoes. i find myself in the same weird position discussing turkish elections that do not matter at all. erdogan will never go with any election results. he will rig it, he will cancel it. no one can challenge him. he has full control over the media, economy and beaurocracy. certainly policies, eu policy, u.s. policies may hurt erdogan economy. the money floating from qatar may be limited, shrunk. that may hurt him. he's a very smart guy. he always look at the coming trends. for example, there was a national coming and i was expecting him to be damaged by this wave of turkish nationalism. so now, for example

it might indicate -- implicate erdogan's son-in-law.i think that is why he is sensitive to possible things he ight be talking. maybe dozens of allies will have a lot of limitations inside or utside turkey. >> i think -- i agree. he appears to be very concerned. i think it is because he sees this as a gateway to something that will hit closer to home. family members, something else. i don't know. i don't know what reza zarrab knows, but it is important to look at this in context. he should not need to be this concerned. he is weaker than he looks. he looks like an especially after the coup. if you scratch the surface a little, the dirty secret i keep talking about, he never had enough people to run the turkish state. he always had to rely on others. that was rationale for bringing in the gulen movement. when he speaks of them he did not have enough -- have enough filled. he had to lean on the nationalists to run various state agencies. that is one thing. the other thing is, in spite of the referendum, turkey is still not a presidential r

tu rkey‘s turkey's president erdogan says he wa nts to turkey's president erdogan says he wants to openurkish embassy for palestinians in eastjerusalem. south africa's ruling party gets closer to choosing its next leader. the two main contenders have been formally nominated and voting is under way. and the pentagon admits to running a top—secret investigation into the existence of alien life welcome to world news today. the white house has confirmed that the cia provided intelligence to russian security services that helped foil a terror attack. russian agents raided a flat allegedly used as a base to plan an attack on the kazan cathedral in st petersburg. the officers seized explosives and weapons. seven people were detained on charges of being members of so—called islamic state. the suspects were reportedly planning to carry out a suicide attack at the kazan cathedral in st petersburg on saturday. president putin has thanked the us for its help. the bbc‘s david willis has more from washington. he says this isn't the only recent call between the leaders. it appears to be a telephone co

don't be full by erdogan turning ooled by-- don't be f erdogan turning on isis. he has said that democracy is a train we ride to reach our destination. he was jailed for saying the mosques are our barracks. hardly the words of an elected leader of the western world. under his leadership, liberals have been peace acute it -- persecuted. many returned under the guise of refugees to spread back home. this been recognized from key like obama, and aplaining to the u.s. -- british cabinet minister currently leading negotiations to leave the eu quoted the islamic brotherhood as seeing of the peaceful conquest west taking place to the eu. two weeks ago in washington, lawmakers crafted a letter calling on rex tillerson to designate the muslim brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization. this comes on the back of a bill introduced by senator ted cruz proposing the very same. president erdogan has of course objected. just last summer, he published information detailing the position of all u.s. military positions in northern syria in which has angered the u.s. and direct

in greeceip erdogan for the first time in six decades. more on the tense start to those talks on the way. french president emmanuel macron in qatar today focusing on the fight against terrorism, but also bringing 12 billion euro's and trade deals. mexico's private industry is changing the oil sector. that's coming up in our business update. and france mourns french rock icon johnny hallyday who died yesterday. first our top story live from paris. ♪ genie: donald's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital has been met with a wave of disapproval. leaders from within the muslim world and the wider international community slammed the decision with some of them saying it could provoke more violence. today the top leader of the militant group hamas called for a new uprising or intifada to begin against israel tomorrow. trump also approved moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. ours bring in dearest correspondent. what has been the reaction? have seen the sadness, the shock and anger from last night expressed in the west

jasper, in the meantime, erdogan has been very clear on this. he says it is a redline for muslims. jasper: yes, erdogan s said that turkey w would c convene a meetg of thehe organization of t the islamist cooooperation, whicich grououps all the mususlim counts in t the world. jordan and the palestinianans he come o out warningng america noo recognize jererusalem as the capital ofof israel. i worked in the arab world for more than 10 years. jerusalem isis the third holiest cicity in the muslimim world, ar mecca and medinina. the e dome of f the rock mosquqn the olold city of j jerusalem is buililt over the stone from whih the prophet mohammed is b belied to have ascended to heaven. isisrael captured the dome o ofe rorock in 1967, but that is not recognized by the security council or international law, and muslims will never recognize israel's domination over that holy site. jasper with more for us from ankara. delano d'souza joins us in the studio. major starting with a announcement due out of brussels. delanono: e.u. is set to r relea blacklist of tax havens as europe crackdown on

and now erdogan is getting even more authoritarian now!to talk. if they are happy together, i am afraid. are you happy in turkey today? i am a happy novelist. but i can, first, never be happy in life. when i am too happy i become sleepy. i need to run around and fight people. i have ideas, i have projects. iam! i will be even unhappier, that is the right answer, that i may not be happy, but i will be even unhappier outside of turkey. if they had a decent democracy i would be very happy, no matter where i am. unfortunately, it seems that we are not having it, and we are not going to have it for some time, because i cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. but i keep, i persist, in staying in my country and being part of what is happening there now. that is a great thought to end on. orhan pamuk, thank you so much for being on hardtalk. it is a pleasure to have you on the programme again. thank you so much. thank you. hello there. some of us have already seen snow already this festive season. for a few more, we're starting wednesday on

do not be fooled by erdogan turning on isis. it has long supported and continues to support extremist groups, including the president himself many years ago said that democracy is a train that we ride to reach our destination. he was also jailed for saying the mosques are our barracks. the dorms are our heritage -- helmets, and the faithful are our soldiers. hardly the words of an elected leader of the western world. and under his leadership, liberals have been persecuted and up to 500 jihadists have been given a free passage to syria and iraq. many returning under the guise of refugees to spread back home. this has long been recognized by key players from obama to defense secretary ash carter. if you need more proof, me western out explained the u.s. congress that turkey was that islamic extremists to europe as a matter of policy. david davis of the british cabinet currently reading the negotiations to lead the eu, quoted the islamic brotherhood as seeing islam's peaceful conquest of the west taking place to the eu. they did so

also, president erdogan has spoken to nearly a dozen world leaders. and now, the oic summit has been called in istanbul. that will be deciding on the course of action. president erdogan has earlier said that this announcement could have an impact on the diplomatic relations between turkey and israel. >> many thanks. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. thursday morning, washington republican conga's men dan newhouse on fridays government funding deadline. and eliot engel talks about moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. then david hawking's on sexual misconduct on capitol hill. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> by the time i came back to the district or shortly thereafter, both of my uncles were sent to prison. they were convicted of -- one of them of sexual assault and the other of armed robbery. thate part of my childhood i can remember, it was my mother, her two sisters, my grandmother, and my cousins in the ho

but erdogan legalized violence against enemies.hey beat up protesters not in turkey, but in washington, d.c. there was a similar scene in new york. they were beaten and attacked by the crowd. the new rule in turkey protects anybody who helps prevent a possible government overthrow. here to answer those questions, former cia operative and president of diligence llc. welcome back to the show. merry christmas to you and yours. let it begin with me. >> the whole thing in a big bag of gifts. let's talk about this. turkey, saudi arabia, two of my least favorite countries in the middle east. i thinkered gains an authoritarian and he will undermine the united states any chance he gets, and the new decree is incredibly dangerous. >> i think you are on the right track there. every nation acts in its own best interests. turkey under erdogan who has been in power going on 14 years now, he is essentially an islamist thug, almost a dictator, dressed up in a nice suit. we have had a difficult relationship with him since he became prime minister i

>> the summit is an opportunity for erdogan to revise his diplomatic outlook in the region.key has been pretty isolated over the last two or three years. the unexpected american move on jerusalem is really opportunity for the turks to surge again in defense of the palestinians, which they have been supporting for the last decade quite consistently. remember the incident in strain witharted a israel. it has been very recently only overcome. i think there is a big image stake for turkey these days. because also, you know that the regime has been very criticized for what happened after the failed coup attempt in 2016. the palestinian cause is a very important opportunity for turkey to sort of renew, revamp its image as the defender of justice in the region. genie: do you think the president erdogan will be able to get all of these countries, over 20, to agree on one concrete statement today? or other too many deep divisions? isof course, the limit precisely in this very short sighted way of looking at the regional balance. turkey currently holds the presidency of the islamic or

security and erdogan's security forces who poured out to the street.arges. they are one man in mclean and another from new jersey. sentencing now is set for march 15th. that was quite a scene. >> it was. a car slams into a cloud of people and hurt nearly 20 of them and police say it was no accident. we'll be right back. >> ♪ whatever you were about to do just became whatever you're about to do after you get coffee. nothing comes before coffee. that's why we're introducing a new line of café-quality espresso drinks from mccafé. get a small peppermint mocha for just two dollars. >> frightening attack in australia. melbourne police say a vehicle rammed into pedestrians on a busy street. that crash seriously wounded more than a dozen people. fox's kitty logan has the latest tonight from london. >> reporter: a driver rammed into a crowd of pedestrians on a busy commercial street in melbourne australia on thursday. wounding at least 14 people in an attack police say was deliberate. it happened on flinder street a busy shopping area in the center of the city.

over erdogan's own controversy he faced. a bit more sprieurprising to he those words from erdogan.e're not used to hearing the way nooikki haley spoke. we're not used to hearing that from our own administration mpx wi . >>> with the package of tax bill. saying obamacare was essentially dead. new figures revealed enrollment in obamacare remains strong despite numerous hurdles ahead of the centers for medicare and medicaid certificates. revealed 8.8 million people signed up for insurance on the federal health care exchange during the latest open enr enrollment period. down slightly from last year. new figures come despite numerous heads winds including an enrollment period half as long as previous ones. 90% cut in advertisement. and new attempts by congress to replace the law as well as the president cutting off billions of dollars in cost sharing reduction payments to insurers. >> following the repeal of the obamacare mandate by the tax plan, mitch mcconnell appears ready to move on from trying to dismantle the health law all together. speaking with npr yesterday. republican leader

he reversed his view of erdogan.ths until all this broke and then that same newspaper added this note. four months after this article was published, general flynn filed documents indicating he earned $half a million for consulting work that might have aided turkey. neither disclosed this when the essay was submitted. that's not a normal correction. hey, you tricked us into being a secret platform for foreign governments's view. that advocated turkey's push. that cleric living in pennsylvania to be extradited. and that's big because later, nbc news reported, a turkish bribery after the election. meanwhile, once in office, trump was striking a warm note with erdogan as the guards were doing there in our nation's capital. >> could you call it a bodyguard riot. security men guarding erdogan, kicking in one of washington's fanciest neighborhoods. 11 people jurt. only blocks from the obamas house. wearing dark suits, stomping on victims in this video. >> when people say it can happen here? that happened here. now, trump ma

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erdogan's upcoming meeting with russia's president putin? >> well, turkey is going to be looking for support and cooperation from russia. and we've been seeing russia playing a bigger and bigger role in affairs across the middle east and in the region in general. and that role used to be reserved mainly for the u.s. but we see russia stepping into that role. one of the first phone calls that recep tayyip erdogan made in the aftermath of the decision on jerusalem was to mr. putin. so, really, turkey is pivoting towards russia, looking for support and kpoocooperation the. and this is going to be important for turkey as it tries to build some international census. on wednesday muslim leaders will be gathering here in istanbul and coming up with a game plan. and of course russia will play into that game plan whatever it may end up being. and for the turkish-israeli relationship, that is a relationship that has been on the rocks and had just recently started being mended. and we can see now that it's really starting to fall apart once again. turk

president erdogan spoke earlier. that it is possible for these coup plotters to be returned to turkey. turkey has abolished the death penalty — it's not a country where torture takes place, and therefore i believe the greekjustice system will hear our request to extradite the ten officers." bbc turkish has been looking more in—depth at this issue. this cagil kasapoglu in thessaloniki — with people who fled turkey last year. the mediterranean has seen many people cross to greece in recent yea rs. people cross to greece in recent years. now, a new group of people are taking the same journey. they are taking the same journey. they are members of the gulan movement, labelled by the turkish government as terrorists, since the failed coup ofjuly, 2016. rights watch said that they had credible evidence of torture in custody but turkish officials have repeatedly denied these accusations. turkey uses its diplomatic efforts to re m ove turkey uses its diplomatic efforts to remove members of the gulan people. but so far it has

last week mr erdogan led calls for the city to be recognised as the capital of a palestinian state.had to say at a rally on sunday. translation: seems the jerusalem translation: seems thejerusalem is currently under occupation, we cannot go there and open our embassy but we are represented by an ambassador. god willing, today is close when officially with girls permission he will open up an embassy there. a british embassy worker has been murdered in the lebanese capital of beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city on saturday. she had been working as a programme managerfor the department for international development since january. this is a piece of news that has stunned the community. she was attending a going away party in a popular area of the city on saturday night. after she left that are, it is understood she was abducted and her body was found on a motorway sometime on saturday. president trump says he has no intention of firing the special counsel, robert mueller, who is investigating alleged russian interference in the us presidential e

moving on, the turkish president erdogan is due to arrive in greece today his first visit for 60 —— 65s to remain. most recently, the granting of asylum by greece to those turks allegedly involved in the failed coup against president erdogan in 2016. the mediterranean has seen many people cross in recent years but now a different group is moving. they are members of the gulan movement, labelled as terrorist since the failed coup of 2016. in october, human rights watch said they have credible evidence of torture in custody. at turkish officials have repeatedly denied these accusations. turkey uses all of its diplomatic effort to have members of the gulan movement extradited but so far, this hasn't happened here in greece. and instead, more people are arriving and trying to build a new life. another gulan supporter across the border only months ago. he says he spent six months in prison where he claims to have been tortured at later released. then he was charged again for having an encrypted message application on his phone which the turkish authorities deemed to have been used by exclus

turkey to help companies evade -- a gold trader telling the federal court that turkish president erdogan -- -- the sty astounds me. >> we will try to get it through here. not many americans are aware of this trial now ongoing in new york city, but people in turkey, including the president rested early to make -- accused of paying tens of millions of dollars of bribes to high turkish government officials to help iran circumvent u.s. sanctions. moments before his trial was set to start, he flipped, pleaded guilty to all charges and is not testifying for u.s. prosecutors. the scheme involved a complex money laundering operation that allowed iran to skirt u.s. sanctions. but adding to the complexity of this, the wealthy hired a dream team of expensive lawyers including rudy giuliani and former u.s. attorney michael do casing. those flu to turkey to find a telematics solution to his legal troubles. another tangle in this web, arrested under the direction of -- before he was fired by president trump. and lastly, there is michael flynn. he was registered as a foreign agent for turkey and as the

turkish president recep tayyip erdogan hosted the summit. >> as islamic countries, we will never giveon our demand of a sovereign and independent palestine with jerusalem as its capital. reporter: jerusalem's status is at the core of the decades-long israeli-palestinian conflict. israel seized the eastern half of the city in the 1967 war. it controlled the city's west before that. palestinians hope east jerusalem will be the capital of their future state. now the summit has backed their stance. donald trump, here on a visit to the city in may, has been seen as siding with israelis and the conflict through his recognition of jerusalem as their capital. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has vowed to take the matter to the u.n. council to try and block washington's decision. but israeli leaders believe they, too, have international backing. >> all of these declarations do not impress us. in the end, the truth will prevail, and many countries will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and move their embassies there, too. reporter: meanwhile, violent clashes continued between pale

erdogan plans to convene muslim leaders for an urgent meeting in turkey next week. joining me now via skype from jerusalem is newshour weekend special correspondent jane ferguson. jane, you've been out and about today. you've also been covering this in the last couple of days. give us a sense of how people are feeling. >> reporter: hari, what you sigh on the street today is a continuation of protests that we saw yesterday, although they are smaller. soang ser boiling over in places like bethlehem and the west bank, but also here in jerusalem and in east jerusalem, in particular. there were some small protests today, one in east jerusalem was actually broken up by israeli security forces on horseback. what we're not seeing is the level of violence or rioting that could have happened, that people were predicting to a certain extent, whenever the announcement was made by president trump. and that might be because many people here feel that the peace process is fairly dead in the water at the moment anyway, and this doesn't, perhaps, rile up the street inside of jerusal

is close when officially, with god's permission, we will open our embassy there. >> sreenivasan: erdogan's announcement comes just days after he led calls at a summit of muslim leaders for all nations to recognize jerusalem as the capital of palestine. meanwhile, thousands of protesters marched in turkey's capital ankara today to protest president trump's plan to move the united states' embassy to jerusalem. the turkish embassy move would likely be denied by israel which controls all of jerusalem. >>> and late word tonight that senator john mccain will miss this week's vote on the republican tax plan. mccain will return to arizona after recovering from be are cancer treatment in washington. , president trump said, mccain will be back in we need his vote. that's it for newshour weekend, i'm hari that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend. i'm hari sreenivasan. have a good night. captioning sponsored by wnet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. sue and e

at least 11 people were injured 2349 confrontation between demonstrators pro erdogan supporters and erdogan'swn security forces. two men have pled guilty to felony assau sentencing is set for march 15th. >> new video shows two suspects breaking into a northern virginia restaurant and police say they took off with a safe and cash register which then turned up at a nearby construction site the same day. >> fox5's tisha lewis joining us live from woodbridge with more on the story tonight. tisha. >> reporter: well, ladies, 'tis the season for these types of crimes, this one happened here at this mexican restaurant here in woodbridge. in fact we're told that the suspects used some type of hard object and threw it through the door to break in shattering the glass. you can see since the incident happened, the door has been replaced and so has security but we did catch up with the owner of this restaurant and he recalls the moments that it all went down. >> they come in they rob, they take money and they break the case and they do very fast. they do very fast. three something, then come inside and th

president erdogan has earlier said that this announcement could have an impact on the diplomatic relations between turkey and israel. >> thank you. >> british prime minister theresa may answered a question about jerusalem in her weekly question time in the house of commons. here's that exchange. >> the recognition by donald trump of jerusalem as the capital of israel will do grave damage to the prospects for a just and lasting peace settlement between the israelis and the palestinians has been british and american foreign policy for decades. -- she consulted and if so, what did she say? and what she here and now unequivocally and clearly condemn it? that i am say intending to speak to president trump about this matter. position has not changed. has been an long-standing one and clear that the status of jerusalem shall be determined as a negotiation settlement between the israelis and the palestinians and a shared should form capital between the israeli and palestinian state. to support a two state solution. we recognize the importance of jerusalem and our position on that has not changed.

he was speaking in ankara at a news conference with the turkish leader, recep tayyip erdogan.so criticised mr trump's decision, and said the united states now had blood on its hands. nasa has been ordered by president trump to send astronauts back to the moon, and then to mars. signing a directive at the white house, with a toy astronaut as a prop, the president said it would allow the united states to reclaim what he called its destiny in space. world leaders are gathering in france for tuesday's summit, called to push forward plans to tackle climate change agreed in paris two years ago. the us president won't be there, of course. he pulled his country out of the agreement injune, the only one of 195 countries to do so. andrew plant reports. arriving for a dinner with the french president, former un secretary—general ban ki—moon and his predecessor kafi annan arriving in paris for what macron has called a meeting of elders. this the evening before the one planet summit, taking place two years to the day since the paris accord, which saw 195 countries aiming to end the use of

. >> caller: what about president trump's handshaking of president erdogan after erdogan send his security forces out in d.c. to attack u.s. citizen's peace protesters? >> no, sir. i'm sure there are many other things that i won't have in the articles. what i have done is provide his own words such that people can understand how he incites hatred and hostility. >> caller: also, i just wanted to correct you earlier, when you said charlottesville, i think you called those individuals bigoted. they were actually nazis, they were raising foreign flag of a swastika. >> got your point, malik. >> i don't differ with you on what you said, sir. >> white plains, maryland, eric, also an independent, did go. >> caller: good morning. thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i would like to make a comment and with a question. i'm an african-american. and i voted for donald trump. and i know that will come as a shock. but the reason why is that i think that the democrats took the black vote for granted. i'm saying because when you look any major city in america, whether it's baltimore, where it'

president erdogan prospect critics say that as tu rkey‘s erdogan prospect critics say that as turkey'sssia and that they lament the cosying up, as they see it, of one authoritarian government to another. well, already on outside source, we have reported on stories in turkey, syria and egyptair in new york and alabama but we will turn to california in a few minutes because the most destructive wildfire there has expanded significantly. we are going to be live in santa barbara. snow, ice and plunging temperatures have caused major disruption across swathes of the uk today and forecasters are warning temperatures could reach —13 degrees overnight. that is what you call a lot of salt. we are at the gritting station next to the m5 just we are at the gritting station next to the m5just outside stroud in gloucestershire and as you can see, they are getting ready for another busy night. they have been added since friday evening gritting the roads here and they will be out tonight, really busy indeed, because here in gloucestershire, the temperatures could get as low as —12 celsius. that is the

as senior advisor to president erdogan on turkey says it no longer needs stimulus.dp surged 11.1% in the third quarter from it your beating estimates, while november inflation accelerated to the highest since 2003. the attempted coup in july 2016 push the economy into a quarterly contraction. comeonomic growth will from by the improvement in confidence and investment. from china say the pboc is preparing a strategy to offset tax changes and the fed rate hike. higherakers will use interest rates, tighter capital controls come and more currency intervention to support the yuan , but measures may not be needed if u.s. policies have only a limited ou impact on outflows. there had been reports that the painting had been bought by the crown prince of says arabia, but abu dhabi it picked up the painting and is defending the price tag. >> we work closely with the broker on this piece, bid on it, and it was required, thank god, for the price we felt was right for it. debra: global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countri

ilnur cevik is chief advisor to the turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan.nus is now on the palestinians, according to mark regev, is on the palestinians to move on and accept the peace. what do you say to that? it takes two to dance. if you do not extend an olive branch to the palestinians, what can you ask from them? what can you expect from them? it's a very hard thing to turn to these people and say, jerusalem is the capital, finished. now, if they had said, fine, westjerusalem, we have the capital of israel, the palestinians have a right for eastjerusalem to be their capital. so as a key player in the region, what does turkey do now? how do you face this new reality? well, turkey is frustrated, deeply frustrated, because turkey feels that while it wants to maintain relations with israel, for the sake of the palestinians, it is becoming harder and harder for turkey to maintain a kind of plausible relationship with israel. the turkish president has already said, we may even sever ties. do you think that will happen now? turkey may downgrade its relations.

turkey's president erdogan on a visit to greece said the us and israel were trampling over internationaling a un resolution. mahmoud abbas, the palestinian president, on the right, travel to jordan for emergency talks with king abdullah, whose warnings of danger ahead were ignored by president trump. afterwards, president abbas said america no longer had a political role in the middle east. in gaza, ismail haniyeh, the leader of hamas, called for drastic action. "it's time", he said, "for a third palestinian uprising. another intifada." uprisings carried a heavy price and didn't get them independence. an intifada is a dangerous option which many palestinians don't want to repeat. but their anger is real. this was a demonstration tonight in a palestinian refugee camp injordan. and they have international support. the americans are preparing a new peace plan. it will need something very special to succeed. it's important to realise that there is no peace process, and there hasn't been for a few years. but back when they used to have serious peace talks, the negotiators steered well clear o

he's been critical of erdogan. in the united states, he supports the opposition there, one of the opposition leaders in turkey, and now erdogan has called for the jailing of him. they threatened to jail cantor's father at home because of cantor's remarks on twitter. they forced cantor's father to write a letter and publicly denounce his son. cantor was defind yesterday and rolled his eyes. they're trying to arrest, turkey is trying to arrest the center for the new york knicks for being critical of erdogan in twitter. >> and that's someone donald trump admires? >> right. >> that and putin. he admires their leadership and power. >> and this is something flynn is accused of. sending people back to turkey. we have laws and institutions in this country that protect people. i think this is an indication of how much those democratic principles with a little "d "have eroded in turkey because of unilateral decisions by people like erdogan. >> and people look to the united states as an example. they're not getting it from th

turkey's president erdogan a brutally outspoken person of the decision is now calling israel a terror state and child murdering country with no values other than occupation and plunder. is not contained to the middle east. verbally sparred over the decision yesterday. ahead of a meeting of netanyahu and foreign ministers. >> strong words from erdogan to say the least. >>> more evacuations in southern california as firefighters struggle to contain fast moving wildfires. ask bill karins if the weather is going to cooperate. >> new details on the resignation of congressman frank trench what he offered add staffer to carry his child. back in a moment with that story. [ keyboard clacking ] [ click ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ clacking continues ] good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. pain from a headache whcan make this...ld, ...feel like this. all-in-one cold symptom relief from tylenol®, the #1 doctor recommended pain relief brand.

we give our thanks to president erdogan for holding the successful summit and the basis of all the we had so far. thank you, mr. president. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we need to ensure the status of jerusalem al-quds and say we have convened a very critical summit which becomes a historical mission. we thank all of our gas for having participated in the summit that would also like to take those in the realization. with this historical summit, we have demonstrated to the rest of the world. we have shown us primarily u. r. all delay and receive the first signals of president trumps al-quds. we have started working tremendously and clearly eccentric the fact and the entire region into a fire with multiple kinds that this decision would be an acceptable, would harm the contributions and would serve the extremist fanatics. the united states taking the decision of no longer be able to play the role of a mediator between palestine and israel. that process has come to an end. they will be an issue that will require all of the member states to identify a new name as the occasio

and erdogan seized on it. so kind of everybody needs to take a deep breath here. i think this is salvageable. but we kind of need to get on with it. >> thank you. >> senator blumenthal, i agree largely with what ambassador crocker said. first, again, a little bit of historical context, to be fair to our turkish allies. on a couple of occasions, over the past decade and a half when the issue of defending turkey from ballistic missile threats came up, it was tough to get the nato assets down to turkey because of reluctance on the part of some of our allies who disposed over the assets, and you know, debates inside of nato. and i think that's opened, you know, a question mark in turkish minds about whether nato will actually in the end of the day be there to defend them. to be fair to them. having said that, it's very clear that the s-400 is not come po patable with nato systems as ambassador crocker said and that was true about a chinese system before the s-400 became available to them. we do need to i think engage with them and remind them of what that actually mea

pete: kiron, briefly we have seen arab nations erdogan and saudi arabia.ey're rhetoric will be stronger than they are behind the scenes. >> there is some of that there is always posturing. we see that from the european allies and see that middle east as well. the president has really vetted this decision. he has been talking to the leaders in the arab world. and other muslim nations. and he has been talking about why he is doing this. walking them through his line of analysis. i think there is a lot more going on behind the scenes. than we understand. pete: as he said, you put your country first, i'm going to put mine first. if we believe in our relationship with allies like israel going to stand with them. he speaks today at 1:00. i will be watching. i'm sure you are will as well. >> absolutely. thank you. pete: thank you for your time this morning. i appreciate it just hours from now lawmakers will publicly demand a special investigation into the fbi's treatment of hillary clinton. one of those congressman florida's matt gaetz joins us live. saudi arabia

meanwhile, in more news on syria, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan denounced syrian leader basharl-assad as a terrorist mass murderer, and said there's no place for him in a post-conflict syria. erdogan's comments wednesday represent a shift away from the softer stance turkey has taken toward assad in recent years. in the west african country of liberia, supporters of ex-footballer george weah celebrated as presidential election results showed him far ahead of his rival, vice president joseph boakai. the former football star will now succeed ellen johnson sirleaf, who was the first woman elected head of state in africa. this year's election marks the first peaceful transition of power in liberia since 1944. a 16-year-old palestinian girl will face assault charges in an israeli military court, after a video of her slapping an israeli soldier went viral. ahed tamimi slapped the israeli soldier two weeks ago, after israeli troops shot her 14-year-old brother in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet and fired tear gas canisters into her family's home in the israeli occupied west

that's according to turkish president erdogan who said the decision does not comply with internationalaw, diplomacy or humanity erdogan has organized a meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation in turkey on december 13 to coordinate a response to the decision >>> saudi arabia has said it will allow cinemas in the kingdom for next year. it comes as the country follows its vision 2030 plan set out by the crown prince mohammed bin salman they hope to have over 300 cinemawise over 2,000 screens by 2030 secretly, i'm hoping they're going to show "wonder woman. >>> venezuelan socialist party has claimed victory in the country's nationwide mayoral elections, claiming it has won 90% of the 335 mayorships. the elections were boycotted by the three main opposition parties. the victory boosts president nicolas maduro ahead of expected presidential elections next year >>> now, our next guest says that despite solid fundamentals, next year could be tough for emerging markets david honer joins us from the head of press asset strategy and economics at bofa maryland thank you for joining us t

president xi of china, erdogan and putin, they are all the same guy.does it tell us about the president's foreign policy? >> that the president is more inclined to engage and seek cooperation and respect from leader who is are strong figures, sort of authoritarian-leaning leaders from president erdogan of turkey to egypt, putin in russia, king salman in saudi arabia. they can get in a room and get things do and approach the world in a strong, we are doing what we have to do way. >> great to have you both with us on this subject. >>> straight ahead, the mystery over who bought the world's most expensive house finally solved. plus the u.n. security council taking aim at president trump's decision on jerusalem. we'll talk about that. before we go to break, we are monitoring a power outage that forced a ground stop at atlanta airport, the world's busiest. more than 680 flights have been cancelled. another 545 have been delayed. crews are working on repairs, but power has not yet been restored. we'll keep an eye on things there for you. , you only earn doub

turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, said this could mean that turkey cuts diplomatic relationsh israel. >> well, we have diplomatic relations with tirk. our issues will be resolved with turkey. and i think if the turkey government would like to be involved, they will understand that in order to be involved, you need to engage, not to cut, not to threat. in othewe do with other countrin the region, we engage. even in some countries we do not have diplomatic relations yet, openly, but we engage with them. >> woodruff: as you know, ambassador danone, there's going to be-- or there's been called an emergency meeting of the leaders of the arab countries. what is your message to them as they gaghter and they look at this as a move on the part of the united states in israel's favor and against their interests? >> i think my call to them is to urge all parties to come back to the negotiating table. this is the only way to move forward. you cannot do it through the u.n. you cannot do it through the arab league, the security council, the e.u. with all due respect to all those organizatio

it could provoke the ire of president erdogan. we will discuss that next.e you to turkey to get a view on what is about to happen. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ welcome back to bloomberg markets, the european open. 20 minutes into the session now. i want to focus on turkey. turkey's central bank is likely to raise its liquidity lending to 13.25 percent. high inflation and strong growth should be enough to influence policy makers to tighten. doing so risks the fire of president erdogan, who has opposed high borrowing costs. if the central bank fails to deliver, the lira could plunge. , benjaminrther light harvey joins us from istanbul. turkey's central bank has been facing a lot of pressure from this president who isn't afraid to jail people not to raise rates. our markets looking for a hike? do they think the central bank still has its independence? benjamin: yes, they do. the expectation today is that the central bank is going to raise rates. it is the unanimous view in the bloomberg survey they will raise it up to 25 basis points. to rates is very well-known. at

erdogan callsent bashar al-assad a terrorist.gan bash should not be part of the peace processa in syria and accused himr of killing one million of his own citizens. turkey saw a flood of refugees during that conflict. meanwhile, syria's government allowing 30 critically ill people to leave a siege damascus suburb. thousands have been prevented from reaching hospitals just minutes away. the region is home to some 400,000 people. ofled to a severe shortage food, fuel and medicine. the international red cross is assisting the evacuation. russia stands to limit the number of air bases the u.s. can use to launch reconnaissance under the open sky treaty. the head of the russian foreign ministry said the restrictions, they response to u.s. measures to limit russian military flights and its airspace. it is set to take effect january 1. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ julie: let's get a recap of today's market action. we saw major actions margi

could it become as erdogan has said, the capital of a palestinian state?hat has to happen in that direction? you can open the gates of hell, have days of rage, go around killing people. everyone knows that will not solve the problem. melinda: i want to go back to the question of how much this decision from the u.s. might preclude or not, but let's pick up on the question of if we are going to see days of rage. you said that trump is essentially sacrificing the palestinians, but despite the , it has been relatively quiet so far. why is that? could it be that palestinians themselves say this amounts to recognition of facts on the ground? akram: everyone knows israel has been occupied jerusalem since 1967. that is the fact on the ground, so we should recognize that. the call for days of rage is nothing but the limit. at the same time, 5000 palestinians have been wounded and four killed in the past few days -- or should we say for the past week. i want to call that a little bit of a problem. i would call that four palestinians killed by israel and 1500 wounded

in the israeli palestinian peace process on wednesday turkish president recep tayyip erdogan shirt an emergency gathering of the world's main on islamic bod. light of donald trump's decision last week to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. speaking during the summit the turkish president central. thatat all i'm good. totough will frorom now on. americics mediaiation betwen israel and palestine is out of the question. out of this process is over. so throughout the morning leaders of every corner of the muslim world shuffled into istanbul. one by one condemning trump's contentious decisio. for his part luna balls echoed everyone's statements saying is people will not accept any role for the united states general middle east process from now on. look how they're hopeful what you don't had the the individual steps taken by president from and will not utilize jerusalem as the capital of israel. i because it's an arab palestinian islamic christian seats. yeah yeah. the journal capitol of palestine out the. responding from jerusalem israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu dismiss