at the forum in istanbul, he said "those who allege that turkey has broken away from the west are the intermediaries of an ill-intentioned propaganda." >> woodruff: next, the world cup kicked off today in south africa, a big moment for the country and for billions of fans around the world. ray suarez has the story. ( cheers and applause ) >> suarez: it all started today with a joyous celebration. for the next month, teams from 32 countries will battle over what is often described as the most coveted sports prize on the planet. along with the players, fans from around the globe are descending on south africa to support their teams and countries. it's the first time any african country has hosted the games, and south africa's worked hard to get ready for its close-up. >> it is a point of pride and an honor, as well. it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show the world what we can do, not only as south africa, but as the african continent. >> suarez: at the south african embassy in washington, d.c., spectators were jubilant at the start of the first match. the host country's team too

>> in istanbul, i made a commitment to share training and intelligence and equipment to de with ied's with our allies and partner nations. we are providing the training for seven nations which will grow to 11 t next few months. that training will start next week. we have gotten approval from3 we are going to buy 100 mrats. mine resistant and bush protected vehicles. we can share those -- ambush protected vehles. we can share those with our allies. we can share access with their computer networks that have all of the lessons learned that we have fromed's. we are setting up a situation where everybody in the alliance that the ploys to afghanistan will have countered ied training we have a lot more equipment in place to better enable us to spot them being planted and to also help us track networks. >> many israeei officials are very anxious about ira and skeptical -- skeptical about the impact of sanctions. i was wondering how much time you think you have to show sanctions can work and what do you do if they doot do the trick? >> i would say the israeli skepticism is not exactly a new de

thousands of people flooded the streets of istanbul, turkey, to mourn eight turkish activists includingne who had u.s. citizenship. a ninth victim had a separate service. they were killed monday when israeli commandos raided six ships trying to break a blockade and ferry aid to gaza . the israeli military says its video proves people on one of the ships attacked the soldier. the head of the islamic charity that organized the flotilla insisted the activists were fighting back after the israelis opened fire. the raid sparked calls in turkey to re-evaluate its formerly close ties to israel. prime minister recep tayyip erdogan spoke today. >> (translated): the israeli government has to reconsider itself attitude. they have to ask themselves what is they are doing. up until now, we have been trying to preserve this friendship, but unfortunately the israeli government has not recognized our effort. israel has made an historic mistake. >> holeman: 700 people were detained in the israeli raid, including some 450 turks, they returned to ankara yesterday and were greeted with cheers. meanwhile, t

and late today, a flight carrying the dead and some of the injured arrived in istanbul. turkey has been israel's closest muslim majority ally. but for a third day, hundreds of turks protested outside the israeli ambassador's residence in ankara. today, turkey's foreign minister demanded israel lift its blockade of gaza as a condition of restoring full ties. in london, british prime minister david cameron also urged israel to lift the blockade. but in new york, while expressing concern for the polite -- plight of palestinians, joe biden voiced support for israel. he spoke with pbs's charlie rose. >> you can argue whether israel should have dropped people on to that ship or not. but the truth of the matter is, israel has a right to know. they're at war with hamas. has a right to know whether or not arms are being smuggled in. >> woodruff: meantime, international mideast envoy tony blair said the blockade of hamas-ruled gaza has been counter-productive. >> my view is the blockade of gaza has to change, to stop. we need a better policy for gaza. but we needed that even befor

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the indicators that he stayed -- stated in istanbul last week, apparently he stayed in hotels and incurred expenses. where does this money come from? who is running his efforts? i am a historian and have tracked the occupation in iraq. the cheerleaders for the regime change in 1992 were dual citizens. looking at iian, it is always iranians. issthere some sort of a marriage between iranian interests for regime change and israel? one that moved to israel if you love a that montana guest: i did not understand the question about moving to israel. -- that much? guest: i did not understand the question about moving to israel. of course, change has to come indigenously from the people themselves. should it be a priority for the u.s. government to support democracc in iran? the united states has to be on the right side of this. 3 million people rising up against authoritarian regimes without any looting, that is to be supported whether we are talking about iran, egypt, or elsewhere. the challenges the the obama administration faces is hhw do you support democracy in iran without changing its indep

yalman onaran, he is a senior write wear bloomberg news, born in istanbul and got a masters degree at colombiaa he's been with bloomberg since about 1998, prior to that worked for theap. we have this tweet that just came in. a little off the topic but i'd love to get your response to it. too many americans think the dollar should be strong verses other currencies because, well, strong sounds good. guest: [laughs] i didn't realize that too many americans wanted the dollar to be strong. but i mean past administrations have slow kateed a strong dollar, and i don't always understand the debate on weak verses strong dollar and high we should have one or the other. i haven't followed it that closely but weaker dollar would help boost exports and stronger dollar, probably helps us pay our debt easier. i think those are the true debates and i'm not sure. it's always something positive and negative for on both sides. hard to figure which one is better. host: another tweet if the big banks would buy back all the toxic assets it sold to freddie and fanny they could then dismantle them. any respo

the flotilla that was headed toward gaza was set on the seas from istanbul from turkey with the goods to go to gaza. and it was supported by a turkish civil society group that wants to move forward to end the blockade against gaza. so, this is a very complicated now in the relationship. turkey has told israel's ambassador to leave turkey. they have demanded an investigation. the u.n. security council early this morning agreed on a statement that called for a transparent and fair investigation of the circumstances. i think it is useful for all of us. but, this is a very difficult and tragic situation. very dangerous. host: connect the dots -- and you started to a little bit ago. but this is the piece for earlier this morning. . earlier this morning. . iran did not have enough low, reached a uranium to undermine such a process. but now 18 months later the deal struck would allow iran to hold on to enough low, enriched uranium, that if they enriched for the they would have enough for a nuclear weapon. the deal that was struck eight months ago is no longer sufficient today given that iran

yalman onaran, he is a senior write wear bloomberg news, born in istanbul and got a masters degree atmbia. he's been with bloomberg since about 1998, prior to that worked for theap. we have this tweet that just came in. a little off the topic but i'd love to get your response to it. too many americans think the dollar should be strong verses other currencies because, well, strong sounds good. guest: [laughs] i didn't realize that too many americans wanted the dollar to be strong. but i mean past administrations have slow kateed a strong dollar, and i don't always understand the debate on weak verses strong dollar and high we should have one or the other. i haven't followed it that closely but weaker dollar would help boost exports and stronger dollar, probably helps us pay our debt easier. i think those are the true debates and i'm not sure. it's always something positive and negative for on both sides. hard to figure which one is better. host: another tweet if the big banks would buy back all the toxic assets it sold to freddie and fanny they could then dismantle them. any response?

davutogla said inn istanbul that yet as the secretary to convey his demands that all militants would be released. can you confirm that? >> ided yesterday. during the course of the secretary's meeting with the foreign minister, he expressed concern about the status of turkish citizens and wanted to see the release. i believe the israeli government has indicated that all those involved with the volatility will be -- a flotilla will be and you're seeing the flow of turkish citizens and other citizens out of israel and back to their home countries as we speak. we understood the turkish concerns and we conveyed those to the israeli government. >> do know what this incident came up at all in the secretary's meeting with the 17 middle east -- >> it was a relatively brief meeting. i think it was more like a photo opportunity. >> on the investigation, what israel is talking about is the idf leading its own internal investigation. is that acceptable to the united states? or are you looking more to the south korean model? >> at the president's statement in the security council indicated, we sup

davutogluusaid in istanbul that he had asked the secretary to convey his demand that all militants woulde released. can you confirm that? >> i did yesterday. during the course of the secretary's meeting with foreign minister davutoglu, he expressed concern about the status of turkish citizens, wanted to see them released. i believe the israeli government has indicated that all of those involved with the flotilla will be released. and you're seeing the flow of turkish citizens and other citizens out of israel and back to their home countries as we speak. we understood the turkish concerns and we conveyed those to the israeli government. >> do you know if this incident came up at all in the secretary's meeting with these 17 middle east -- >> it was a relatively brief meeting. i think it was more like a photo opportunity. so i can't say. >> you don't know if -- were you there? >> no, i was not there. >> just on the investigation, what israel is talking about is the idf leading its own internal investigation. so is that acceptable to the united states? or when you talk about international pr

yalman onaran, he is a senior write wear bloomberg news, born in istanbul and got a masters degree at colombia. he's been with bloomberg since about 1998, prior to that worked for theap. we have this tweet that just came in. a little off the topic but i'd love to get your response to it. too many americans think the dollar should be strong verses other currencies because, well, strong sounds good. guest: [laughs] i didn't realize that too many americans wanted the dollar to be strong. but i mean past administrations have slow kateed a strong dollar, and i don't always understand the debate on weak verses strong dollar and high we should have one or the other. i haven't followed it that closely but weaker dollar would help boost exports and stronger dollar, probably helps us pay our debt easier. i think those are the true debates and i'm not sure. it's always something positive and negative for on both sides. hard to figure which one is better. host: another tweet if the big banks would buy back all the toxic assets it sold to freddie and fanny they could then dismantle them. any respo

yalman onaran, he is a senior write wear bloomberg news, born in istanbul and got a masters degree at colombia. he's been with bloomberg since about 1998, prior to that worked for theap. we have this tweet that just came in. a little off the topic but i'd love to get your response to it. too many americans think the dollar should be strg verses other currencies because, well, strong sounds good. guest: [laughs] i didt realize that too many americans wanted the dollar to be strong. but i mean past administrations have slow kateed a strong dollar, and i don't always understand the debate on weak verses strong dollar and high we should have one or the other. i haven't followed it that closely but weaker dollar would help boost exports and stronger dollar, probably helps us pay our debt easier. i think those are the true debates and i'm not sure. it's always something positive and negative for on both sides. hard to figure which one is bett. host: another tweet if the big banks would buy back all the toxic assets it sold to freddie and fanny ty could then dismantle them. anyresponse? gues

>> in istanbul, i made a commitment to share training and intelligence and equipment to deal with ied'sh our allies and partner nations. we are providing the training for seven nations which will grow to 11 the next few months. that training will start next week. we have gotten approval from3 we are going to buy 100 mrats. mine resistant and bush protected vehicles. we can share those -- ambush protected vehicles. we can share those with our allies. we can share access with their computer networks that have all of the lessons learned that we have from ied's. we are setting up a situation where everybody in the alliance that the ploys to afghanistan will have countered ied training. we have a lot more equipment in place to better enable us to spot them being planted and to also help us track networks. >> many israeei officials are very anxious about iran and skeptical -- skeptical about the impact of sanctions. i was wondering how much time you think you have to show sanctions can work and what do you do if they do not do the trick? >> i would say the israeli skepticism is not exactly a