in a moment you'll hear gul's thoughts on all this. but first, why is abdullah gul so important?e is not just the president of turkey, he is also the cofounder with prime ministera of its dominant political party. some people siegle and ardowan taking the turkey in new directions, with ambitions to be the new power broker of the middle east, and some say they're turning away from turkey's western roots towards an islamic foreign policy. i asked gul about that and a lot more. listen up. >> president gul, this is an honor to have you. >> it's my privilege to be here. >> you come at an interesting moment, but there is a great deal of speculation about turkey. people look at turkey and its recent actions in various ways and they say, is turkey still a loyal friend of the united states and of the west? >> you are right. i've been asked all these questions here. turkey is part of the alliance, and turkey is a very strong friends of the united states. as a matter of fact, president obama made his first president to turkey and he made an excellent speech in our parliament and we really a

president gul is in new york for the united nations general assembly. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> rose: very good to see you again. >> it's always nice to be together. >> rose: tell me where you see turkey today. its role, its opportunity, its challenge. >> turkey is a unique position. first of all, we have been negotiating with the european union for the full membership. this means that turkey is adopting e.u. standards. this means that democratic standards of turkey is being upgrated to the e.u. so this is something very much meaningful. a muslim country is fulfilling the democracy. of course, this is making turkey very powerful. so power is power in turkey also an turkey is becoming a source of inspiration for the region. we have capacity to talk to all of them and our foreign policy is very positive. we have a positive agenda. we used to deal only with our problem in the past, but now we are trying to contribute to the problem of others in the region. this means that we own the region. regional own

abdullah gul. >> we've been repeating security and stability. there's no stability and security and as i said earlier, so therefore they're already important for us. because many conflicts are around us. so therefore our attempt, our word and our insistence to contribute to the solution of the problems is appreciated. >> couric: and the prime minister of the palestinian authority, salam fayyad. >> it's one that's based definitely on dealing violence out of the equation for sure. that's our interest. that's how we defined it. from our point of view. it happens to be consistent with obligations that we took on the road map and going back to 1993. it's in our best interest, we're not doing no one else a favor but ourselves when we subscribe to nonviolence. as a really key component to what we have to do to get to freedom. >> couric: a program note: our interview with the c.e.o. of google, eric schmidt, will be seen at a later date. tonight, the president of turkey and the prime minister of the palestinian authority when we continue. captioning spon

we have matches from the cliff house and see gul.u know the sea gul, it's not there anymore, is it? we have candles. be careful with lighting candle until you've dealt with the gas leak or the -- >> or the after shocks. >> after shocks. something i think you really need is note pads and marker. i went somewhere and be back disbloon if you're not there an they come look for you, they're going to kick in your door. >> more markers. >> maybe a little money stashed there. >> now there's other stuff you really should have in here. money, you should go to your at and get yourself now a couple hundred dollars in 20s and put it and hide it in your house because the atm's aren't going to be working and it will be a cash economy for this 72 hour period. >> at least 72 hour period. >> right. >> i like the idea of buying a couple of cost co's flash light and leaving them in the kit and forgetting about them. >> across the street, here's th whole thing four floork lights with batteries , 9.99. how can you go long. this week's special, 13.99 for m

. >>> gul gul joins the social networking -- google joins social networking and twitter tweaks its format. >> twitter gets a makeover. it is being split into two panels, making it easier for you to check vowel photographs and videos. the left side will be focused on the tweets. the right side will feature photographs and videos. they want it to keep users on its website logger. will unveil social network features this fall, although not one big product. the company plans to put a social layer off into its on- line search, video, and mapping products. evidence playing video games can be good for you. particularly the shooters are better at making quick decisions. if the unpredictability of the games is probably a factor in how quickly the players are able to make decisions. i am vinita nair. >>> time for traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> we have about 60 degrees outside. a little cooler than yesterday morning. >> a little cooler. probably don't need the air conditioner at all today. 82 degrees this afternoon. i am making my wife's leave the conditioner off. let's start with the tro

v gul mega sergeant of the israeli defense forces. during his service scorched a street fight. to fly in from a colonel in the chilean armed forces participated in keeping down a military revolt.