they name erdogan, they labeled erdogan as an islamist erdogan is not an islamist. erdogan is an autocratic leader who wants to stay in power for for a long time. so he he uses everything. one day he wakes up and he says, i'm keeping the interest because of islam. and next day he says, i'm doing it to to to enlarge the turkish economy. so that's not the islam is not the reason, that's not the rules of islam to use them in the economy. what he wants to do is having is small interest rates, try to grow the economy with cheap money with cheap loans and with cheap credit. that's the that's the only way he knows. but with his a local and international politics, it's not easy to have new investments in turkish economy and we can't improve our economy with with his that rules it's not about islam, it's his that's his way to stay in power as an autocrat. so, cnn erdogan obviously is breaking with economic orthodoxy by continually lowering interest rates but could there be method in this madness? might he in fact, uh get an economic turnaround, as we just said, bulent says,

president erdogan and his family was involved in it. president erdogan started to put journalists and put prosecutors and police in jail who caught him. and then, after that, he started to go around and shut down media outlets. and it was the first time i actually tweeted something, and because of the n.b.a. platform, it became a conversation here in the united states and especially in turkey. and i was like, if one tweet can affect this much, from now on i am going to start to pay attention to whas going on in my country. >> hoover: the turkish authorities, as you well know, they have accused you of having ties to terrorism. there were warrants out for your arrest. you have even missed international competitions due to risks of traveling outside the united states. what have been the consequences for you personally to speaking out against turkey's president? >> i think, you know, everyone in the world who is, u know, against the turkish president automatically becomes a terrorist, becomes an enemy of the state. i remember, you know, it

. >> erdogan met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky on thursday. a key role in resolving the py crisis. turkey is a nato member and has strong economic relations with russia including the import of arms. erdogan expressed his intention to meet with russian president vladimir putin. zelensky said after the meeting they agreed to expand turkey's support, including the production of unmanned aerial vehicles in ukraine. now, the u.s. government says it has information russia is looking for a pretext to invade ukraine. state department spokesperson ned price says intelligence shows moscow has been plotting to create a fake video of an attack by ukrainian troops. >> the united states has information that russia is planning to stage fabricated attacks by ukrainian military or intelligence forces as a pretext for a further invasion of ukraine. >> price said the plan involves a video with graphic scenes of false explosions, corps and actors pretending to grieve. he said it would be entirely fabricated by russian intelligence. defense department press secret

and most of that anger is directed at him -- turkish president recep tayyip erdogan.y blame him for the drastic plunge of the lira. they are worried that erdogan's economic policies will be the financial ruin of many turks. thinflation is particularly hard on the country's poorest. people like emrah hazer. he's a waste material collector. even before the current crisis, it was difficult for him to make ends meet. and now, he barely earns enough to feed his young family. reporter: an old cardboard box means hard cash for emrah hazer. the 25-year-old earns money by collecting wastepaper from rbage cansn istanbula metrolis with populationf over 15 million. he also collects plastic. it's hard make a living because in times of economic crisis the prices of recyclable materials are plummeting. emrah: a kilof cardboargets y get thequivalent of three euro cents. a kilo of plastic, only 10 centinstead of 1cents. porter: every day, emrah spends 10 hours wandering the streets of istanbul in search of paper and plastic. 's jt one of tusands o collecrs of recyclable materials stru

they hope president erdogan -- they hold him responsible for pushing the central bank to cut interestspite the soaring prices. central banks usually raise the cost of rates to reduce inflation. our business reporter has been telling me about the impact of this policy on turkey's economy. reporter: it has certainly been the -- made the situation in turkey a lot worse. in the last -- four of the last five central bank decisions have seen rates cut, and that is in spite of what traditional monetary policy might dictate, which is seeing rates rise in order to keep back red-hot inflation. inflation turkey annualized is at a rate of nearly 50%. it has exacerbated the cost-of-living crisis i the country. already people are having trouble just making ends mate -- ends meet by meeting basic goods and services. last year it lost almost half its value, the turkish lira. as people feel the pinch in their pocketbooks, it makes the anger sort of heat up, and that's what we're seeing today across the country and this week across the country. opposition to these price rises, and people are just reach

erdogan's choices. i will get that out on twitter. it starts with the bosporus strait, but it has much more to do with export and import lead from the massive tourist flow. they are literally beholden to that just as one idea of the decision tree that mr. erdogan has. jonathan: we will hear leadership through the world this morning. lisa, this came from bank of america this morning. 76% of the nasdaq, 51 percent of the s&p 500. although he also went on to say that you do not should --you should not buy at the bear market. i believe that was his phrase. there is a real bifurcation by those who see a real opportunity and those who see further risk. jonathan: the fed tightening into a crash and stagflation. we are down .9% on the s&p and the nasdaq one hundred down point 8%. from new york, this is bloomberg. >> keeping you up-to-date with news around the world. russian troops are pushing closer to kyiv. explosions were heard before dawn in the city as gunfire was reported in several areas. president zelensky says his military has stopped

and each other, i think erdogan is clear that his population does in no way support any closer tiesort for russia, and turkey has signaled they are a nato state, on the side of nato and ukraine and its allies. francine: olga onuch, thank you for joining us. much more coming up on the markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: welcome back to the open. we are 54 minutes into the european trading day. the cac 40 down 3%. a lot of the focus on the havens. commodities on the move. we just had a fantastic conversation with jeff currie of goldman sachs, saying it is the seaborne and ongoing of raw materials that is a concern rather than the sanctions. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with angel feliciano. angel: russia's central bank has more than doubled its key interest rate to 20%. brokers are selling securities in a bid to shield assets from western sections. the move comes after the u.s. and eu agreed to penalize the central bank, potentially blocking assets from much of the government's reserves. earlier, western countries agreed to cut off several russian letters fr

. >> and let's talk about turklets president erdogan.rsues careers over having children half humans. >> in 2013 there was a mass uprising in turkey called the desi park protest that expanded into a broader claim for democracy in turkey. that movement had massive representation of women, of lgbtq people, and lots of people from all walks of life within turkey. the movement wasn't able to achieve a democratic breakthrough and it was defeated through lots of different machinations and power grabs on the part of erdogan. ultimately, what we see is that when movements have large-scale participation by women and other gender and sexual minorities, what happens is that there is a backlash against them if those movements don't actually result in the democratic breakthrough. that's what's happening in turkey. it's basically an effort to put people in their place and to bolster more traditional conservative kind of pro-authoritarian elements in society. >> fascinating. the article is in foreign affairs and sort of explains -- draws together a lot

this afternoon was a zelensky tweeted thanks to president erdogan. member, it borders - to stop this. turkey is a nato member, it borders ukraine | to stop this. turkey is a nato i member, it borders ukraine and russia. it has good relations with both, until now. on thursday, hours after the russian invasion of ukraine, you have kyiv asking turkey to close the bosporus and doubt on our streets, which links the mediterranean and black sea. turkey has control of the straits under a pact that says under the accord russian warships do have the right to return to their bases. on friday, the turkish foreign minister said i could not stop russian warships returning to home bases on the black sea. they tweet your vision, before then there was a conversation between president erdogan and president zelensky, then at the tweet where he thanks president erdogan and thanks turkey for significant military and humanitarian support, saying they are extremely important. it may have been at president zelensky, who of course is desperate to get any support he can forwa

president erdogan has offered to mediate between the two sides.le, vladimir putin and xi jinping have closed ranks against the u.s. and its allies on key security issues. the two met in beijing today. they declared there are no limits and no for but in

president erdogan has offered to mediate between the two sides. meanwhile, vladimir putin and xi jinping have closed ranks against the u.s. and its allies on key security issues. the two met in beijing today. they declared there are no limits and no for but in zones between russia and china. they want security guarantees from the u.s. and nato. russia has endorsed china's policy on taiwan. texas's newly fortified power grid is getting its test so far today. temperatures are still low freezing and electricity demand is soaring. last year's deep-freeze triggered sprawling blackouts that left more than 200 people dead. but there are enough to push demand to power to close to record levels in the state. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm pretty good to. this is bloomberg. -- kriti gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome to bloomberg markets. matt: i'm matt miller. here are the top stories we're following around the world. it's all about jobs

turkey's leader president erdogan flew to kiev to meet president zelensky.urkish president set country will remain. neutral vladimir putin -- remain neutral. vladimir putin hosted a president of another nation. the u.s. and nato have warned there will be a response if russia continues with its aggression. but they admit to being unsure about what vladimir putin's intentions really are. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more. steve: the one sentence i found myself saying a lot in recent years is relations between russia and the u.s. have reached a new low. but yet again they get lower and lower and attention gets higher and higher until we get to where we are today with much amassing troops near the border with ukraine with a string of military exercises, demanding security guarantees from the west, and america sending troops to europe. what i have asked on here a lot is, what is vladimir putin planning? what is he thinking? is he planning a major escalation in ukraine? is he planning to dismantle european security order as it is? is he planning to

president of turkey, erdogan and the people of turkey.he ban on the passage of russian warships in the black sea and significant support are extremely support and today. the people of ukraine will never forget that." ned in annapolis, maryland on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. like so many other people, i am upset by this war in ukraine and this invasion by russia. the previous two pub callers -- two callers brought up good points and i should sue them for copyright violations, they took my questions. with these threats that putin is making, is he actually in a weaker position than we think he is, because it seems that this is the action of someone pretty desperate. it seems like i suspect it wishful thinking on my part. host: why do you think it seems desperate? caller: i mean, it seems like sitting there and saying to finland and sweden you are going to face military consequences if you do something and then sort of referring implicitly to the use of nuclear weapons, these are really drastic, and -- host: wh

turkey's leader — president erdogan — was the guest of ukraine's president zelensky.mir putin hosted the president of argentina. moscow insists — they have no plans to invade ukraine — here's our moscow correspondent — steve rosenberg. the one sentence i've found myself saying a lot in recent years is, "relations between russia and the west have reached a new low." and then they go and get lower and lower, and the tension gets higher and higher — until you get to where we are today, with russia amassing troops near the border with ukraine, launching a string of military exercises, demanding security guarantees from the west and america sending troops to europe. one question i'm asked a lot on air is, "what is vladimir putin planning? what is he thinking? is he planning a major escalation in ukraine? is he planning to dismantle the european security order as it is? is he planning to carve out a new sphere of influence for russia?" now reporters are supposed to have all the answers, aren't we? but sometimes, you just have to put your hands up and say, "i don't know." i

turkey's leader, president erdogan, was the guest of ukraine's president zelensky.fered to mediate with russia. meanwhile, vladimir putin hosted the president of argentina. moscow insists they have no plans to invade ukraine and the build up of russian forces is nothing more than military exercises. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: spectacle and spice — sci—fi epic dune racks up the nominations ahead of the british bafta awards. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid, and the anc leader nelson mandela is to be set free unconditionally. mission control: three, two, one... a countdown to a critical moment — the world's most powerful rocket ignited all 27 of its engines at once. and apart from its power, it's this recycling of the rocket, slashing the cost of a launch, that makes this a breakthrough in the business of space trav

tomahawk attack missile comes from naval destroyers, there will be interesting conversations with erdogan through the bosphorus strait into the black sea in order to potentially target, you know, certain russian assets that my becoming inside ukraine with cruise missiles, that is the tactical layout, the interesting piece here is the strategic layout, in the past america's justified military action with the 2001— 2002 authorisation for the use of military force. i can't see in any way how the authorisation for the use of military force which was generated by the war on terror will cover any form of activity in the ukraine. so what that means is if it doesn't, then, technically, it would have to go to a vote in congress in the united states and that is going through the house and the senate. i don't sense that there is any form of the us people wanting to get involved in ukraine. joe biden will be juggbng in ukraine. joe biden will be juggling with all the components at the moment. it is a complex situation strategically and tactically. very briefly, you have said that biden has already sa

those tend to be exciting given the current stance of president erdogan.walmart reporting. how are they faring in terms of pricing power, especially in light of the surprisingly strong retail sales data we got in the u.s. today. on the european side of earnings, commerzbank, nestle, airbus all will be reporting. will be speaking with the ceo of air france klm on the ship and also talk to the ceo of pioneer national and you will be speaking to the airbus io on my early show, at 5:00 new york time. guy: will both be up very early to talk about airbus. the supply chain story front and center will kailey: supply chains are front and center everywhere. geopolitics and politics are as well. talking about that on u.s. tv and radio. mel and senator been carted will be joining -- ben cardin will be joining balance of power with david westin. guy: i want to talk about the moves we are seeing in the u.k. two year. a big move down in the two year may be suggesting the bank of england does not go as aggressively. we'll talk about that with marcus ashworth. tune into th

it has been a very tough balancing act for president erred juan an erdogan the past few weeks. they have not been happy with turkey supplying ukraine with drones. we have heard from ukraine officials say they have been very effective on the battle field, michael. >> yeah, apparently so. jumanna crash >>. steven jiang, let's go $20. steven, it's interesting, it hasn't outwardly criticized it either for president xi. >> reporter: imperfect balance is a good way to describe it. they cemented their relationship with russia and respecting integrity, trying to minimize their exposure to the western sanctions against russia. this is such a mission impossible that's why analysts say they have indeed made a choice. they have decided to side with russia despite their public assistance of being impartial and trying to play the role of a peace maker. if you look there are government statements and official reports as we discussed the last hour, it was increase beingly clear. one sided coverage, calling it a russian invasion, using the term military operations on their television, cctv. tim

i heard on news reports that president zelensky of ukraine was praising prime minister erdogan of turkey or his assistance in the black sea during this crisis. is not turkey a member of nato, and could that involve article v if anything happens there? guest: really good point. i was just checking twitter before i came on because i only saw that half an hour ago. and it was a brussels correspondent who covers nato and is a former moscow correspondent who made the point you made that it is a striking act of solidarity, but it is a risk because putin has said he would take on any third country that impedes theirturkey is a mo if the russian navy tries to bust through the turkish navy, and go through the black sea, then they could be at war with a nato country and the need to get into article five territory, yes, this is a danger cold moment. -- dangerous moment. host: your recent column is called putin's war will shake the world, can you explain what you mean? guest: there are some anyways it will shake the world but let us start with the fact that this is already probably the biggest land

president erdogan said time and time again trying to host talks, broker a cease-fire.ial position remains this needs to be resolved through dialogue. adds jim mentioned there, we saw this shift in rhetoric on sunday when several turkish officials including the foreign minister coming out and saying, look, after consultations and deliberations, they have decided what is going on in ukraine is a war. this comes after they had really tried to carefully measure their words, describing it as an incursion, an invasion, an attack. and why this is significant, michael, is because ukraine has been pushing turkey to block the passage of russian naval vessels through its main two waterways, the basras and the dardanel straits. now turkey is obliged to do so in certain circumstances under that 1936 montrezl agreement. one of the circumstances is a war. we have been speaking to analysts and experts who say this is not likely to change much on the ground. russia would have probably moved all its naval assets that it needed to move into position already, and there is also a get-out c

erdogan do? which side will he select?will catch up with the morgan stanley senior u.s. economist. why do i do that everything will time? i do that to rob every single time. futures down 2.6% on the nasdaq -- 2.6% come on the nasdaq down 3%. we are up by 7.2 percent. a quick look at brent for you. brent crude at $104.76. from new york city, the coverage continues on radio, on tv. this is bloomberg. ♪ ritika: keeping you up-to-date with news from around the world, with the first word, i'm ritika gupta. vladimir putin says the u.s. and its allies have crossed a redline, so guess begun a full-scale invasion of ukraine. russia launched a barrage of attacks thursday. ukraine has reported dozens of casualties and says the capital is under attack. president biden will speak after a virtual meeting with other g7 leaders. nato is continuing to deploy more land and air forces to member countries near ukraine. the alliance will hold a virtual summit to discuss its reaction to the invasion. the biden administration has repeatedly rule

president recep tayyip erdogan said the new name "represents and expresses the culture, civilisation,e to its actual name in turkish. i have heard online at some people saying we do not have the lout, so the two dots on top of the u. lout, so the two dots on top of the u, so how will we cope? and in the internet age i feel like that is a bit feeble really. i was looking at some turkish english news channels thatis some turkish english news channels that is that explanation about this, aside from the ones that president erdogan has cited, and if you google apart from turkey, you will get the bird people eat fur christmas dinner, and a turkey being considered not so great may have contributed to this big decision. talking about some of those gambling bets, port mattress mack had a turkey last night. rana, 20 seconds, do you think it will catch on? —— ron. do you think it will catch on? -- ron. ., ., , ., «r, ron. you cannot rebrand turkiye, i am thinking _ ron. you cannot rebrand turkiye, i am thinking of _ ron. you cannot rebrand turkiye, i am thinking of the _ ron. you cannot rebrand

>> reporter: president putin had a phone call this afternoon with president erdogan of turkey, trying to get himself involved in the current crisis as a mediator. but his takeaway from the phone call was that president putin was disappointed that the west hasn't listened to his security concerns and we heard from president putin himself earlier in the day saying russia's security concerns are nonnegotiable. that seems to be the position that the russian leadership is in. when we heard from the russian ambassador speaking at the u.n. he was talking about the russian forces that president putin has now had authorized to go into the donbas separatist region. they were originally talked about as peacekeepers. the ambassador said the russian forces were going in as ceasefire monitoring and chillingly he said they were not going in softly-softly. the indication the russian forces are going in ready for action, potentially willing to take action. when we talk about ceasefire monitors in the traditional way, close to the frontline, monitoring how many shells go which way, how many go another

sunday, president erdogan tweeted he and his wife had contracted the omicron variant and were experiencingd symptoms. during an interview last year he said he received his third vaccination in june. >>> many ukrainians living near the russian border may speak russian, but on saturday residents made clear where their loyalties lie. we'll have our report just ahead. cnn goes aboard for joint nato drills next, stay with us. your kindness outshines your highs and lows. your strength can outlast any bad day. because you are greater than your bipolar i, and you can help take control of your symptoms - and ask about vraylar. some medicines only treat the lows or highs, once-daily vraylar is proven to treat depressive, acute manic, and mixed episodes of bipolar i in adults. full-spectrum relief for all bipolar i symptoms. elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis have an increased risk of death or stroke. call your doctor about unusual changes in behavior or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants can increase these in children and young adults. report fever, stiff muscles or confusion which may

berkeley will show support for ukraine next week in a tweet mayor jesse erdogan said the city of berkleyinian flags starting this monday at nine a.m. all are invited to head to the civic center at that time so the city can show its solidarity. and the monuments around the world are lighting up for ukraine. tonight the empire state building was aluminum. it'd in blue and yellow, the colors of the ukrainian flag and san francisco mayor london breed announced today. city hall will be illuminated in ukraine's colors tomorrow and sunday night. another big story domestically. at least. washington reacting tonight to president biden supreme court nomination of judge catania, brown jackson, if confirmed, she would be the first black woman ever to serve on the high court. as caroline shabbily explains. now, the attention turns to the senate confirmation process. judge catania brown. jackson knew she was on the short list but got the final word. she was the nominee and a phone call from president biden. you deserve. you deserve so grateful . thank you, mr president, a historic nomination to the su

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in international coronavirus news, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said he is experiencing mildsymptoms after testing positive for covid-19. separately, recently sworn-in honduran president xiomara castro also tested positive with mild symptoms and announced she is working in isolation. in canada, the mayor of ottawa has declared a state of emergency, sayg the cityas under ege from thousands of truck drivers who have been blocking roads to protest covid restrictions and vaccine mandates. the protests, which have now spread outside of ottawa, have also expanded to include broader grievances against the canadian government of prime minister justin trudeau. organizers of the so-called freedom convoy have been linked to far-right and neo-nazi movements, with some participants waving confederate flags or swastikas. in minneapolis, protesters have been taking to the streets following the police shooting of 22-year-old amir locke last week. the minneapolis police departme released a video of the raid iwhich a swat team thursday raided an apartment where they found and shot locke, who w

allegations came as ukraine's president zelenskyy met in kiev with turkey's president recep tayyip erdoganwho has offered to mediate. and, russia's defense minister met with the president of belarus, as russian troops mass there, near ukraine's border. in washington, the secretaries of state and defense briefed congress today. we'll focus on that, after the news summary. here in the united -- much of the united states is feeling the full weight of winter tonight. many are facing snow, ice, and tornadoes. nicole ellis has our report. >> cruise across the midwest are digging their way out as a sprawling winter storm pushes farther across the country. some places have reported over a foot of snow, creating dangerous driving conditions in several states. air travel has also been disrupted. more than 4,000 flights were canceled today alone. many other flights have been delayed. >> i got stuck for 3 hours on, like an american airlines flight. please no. like that was a terrible experience i would never want to repeat. >> the extreme weather also knocked out power for at least 200,000 homes and b

turkish president erdogan offered to host talks between moscow and kiev.hat it can to end the crisis between two friendly countries, which are also neighbors in black sea on the streets here when you talk to people about a russian invasion many who are closely connected by generations of family find it hard to imagine our countries are tightly connected. i don't know how they're going to attack brother nation. if the russians do attack this tram driver, a veteran says he will fight. i think our people have a positive attitude and everyone will fight for their country to defend it. despite the threat of war, those tramps still run on time. all ride costs about 25 cents. in kiev, ukraine. steve harrigan, fox news hackers work around the clock to gain access to your digital devices coming up tonight. the u. s government takes new action to protect your privacy, and ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin will join us with a announced the cree cyber safety review board to examine major hacking incident. this board consists of experts from the public and private s

president of turkey, erdogan and the people of turkey.n the passage of russian warships in the black sea and significant support are extremely support and today. the people of ukraine will never forget that." ned in annapolis, maryland on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. like so many other people, i am upset by this war in ukraine and this invasion by russia. the previous two pub callers -- two callers brought up good points and i should sue them for copyright violations, they took my questions. with these threats that putin is making, is he actually in a weaker position than we think he is, because it seems that this is the action of someone pretty desperate. it seems like i suspect it wishful thinking on my part. host: why do you think it seems desperate? caller: i mean, it seems like sitting there and saying to finland and sweden you are going to face military consequences if you do something and then sort of referring implicitly to the use of nuclear weapons, these are really drastic, and -- host: when he sa

sold drones and so much technology and weaponry to ukraine and will not stand beside them, i think erdoganill have to make a decision. this is their time on the world stage and i am hoping some of these emerging markets deliver. haslinda: it does seem that capital may be moving towards ems in this part of the world. is that a fair thing to say? damian: taking a step back, russia, from a population perspective, is the size of java island. it is a huge country, but on the ground scheme of things, it is no bigger than guangdong province. i just think, if you want to talk about, from a strategy perspective what is the risk? the risk is on pole front and center, it is really the baltics front and center. you have to be thinking about who is next. from a perspective of an investor, where is your risk safest? it is the countries that are most geographically distant. countries like brazil, chile, peru. the andes. now i can't even believe what i am seeing on the screens. i can't speak about what the market reaction is going to be to this. francine: could we see a run on the banks are and capital co

he is the second such world leader along with president erdogan to see themselves as a mediator in this to everjoin nato and for the alliance to scale back its military operations. president macron has said ukraine's sovereignty is not up for discussion. there could be concession over the deployment of nuclear weapons but we do not know at this stage. here the foreign minister said yesterday do not listen to these apocalyptic productions, kyiv is prepared for any kind of scenario, whereas the west is seeing the window is far an invasion that could happen in the coming days or the following weeks. where there is some kind of consensus, although the tone is different, as the us is saying russia is 70% ready for a potential invasion whereas ukraine has always said russia does not have the troops, albeit it is an estimated 100,000 or so, troops, albeit it is an estimated 100,000 orso, not troops, albeit it is an estimated 100,000 or so, not enough to mount a full—scale invasion. 100,000 or so, not enough to mount a full-scale invasion.— full-scale invasion. does the fact someone like _ full

president erdogan of turkey, and the people of turkey for their strong support.ard from the if turks about this, but again, zelenskyy is claiming some significant developments in this conflict and some restrictions for the russians. back to you. will: trey, thank you for that update. that is interesting and potentially very significant, the turkish government banning russia from a type of marine or amphibious entrance into ukraine. so pete, who's also with us live from cpac in orlando, florida, joey, rachel, i remain mystified by this one, by this one aspect, and that is of course for four years we've heard about the dark arts of russia's ability to meddle in other people's elections. set aside the truth of that here in the united states, but there is no do you want that russia's practicing the dark arts -- no doubt. asymmetric warfare, propaganda warfare and meddling with a country's ability to communicate internally. there's no doubt russia's placed emphasis on that. i am surprised as we sit here this morning that ukraine and kyiv specifically is up and running

fast forward to today and there is a phone call between president zelensky and president erdogan.icant support for ukraine are in are important today, we will neverforget are in are important today, we will never forget that. it seems to have been the case of thanks in advance and may be trying to put pressure on turkey to take a stand but turkey has made clear it has not yet made that decision but is trying to make efforts for a ceasefire and we know the turkish foreign minister spoke to his russian counterpart today because turkey is a member of nato but hasn't had close ties with both russia and ukraine until now so a call between the turkish foreign minister and sergey lavrov in which turkey asked russia to end its invasion of ukraine but hard to see putin listening to that with what is going on in the ground.— going on in the ground. questions about hungary _ going on in the ground. questions about hungary and _ going on in the ground. questions about hungary and whether i going on in the ground. questions about hungary and whether they l about hungary and whether they suppor

turkish president erdogan was here, he's also providing support in terms of unmanned drones to ukrainethat the u.s. had given to them and now giving them a license to transfer it further. so we're starting to see a little bit more things on the ground that will cause putin to think. stuart: i know that you in key e jeff to start -- kiev to start, literally, a new american university in ukraine. >> yes. stuart: in the last 30 seconds of thisser is view, can you tell me why you decided to do that now, in the middle of a crisis? >> well, we've been working on it for a few years. [laughter] critically important to go forward with this now to show confidence in ukraine, that this ultimately, ukraine will survive and succeed and prosper, and we want to build that relationship with the united states. stuart: mr. ambassador, thank you so much for being on the show so frequently. you're a great contribution to understanding the situation. >> pleasure, stuart. thank you. stuart: thank you, sir. >>> olympics chief says he plans to meet with the chinese tennis star pink. >> wu over safety concerns