apparently moving a step closer towards establishing this safe zone by at least opening a joint operations center and also continuing negotiations in ankara. yes most of this information is coming from a couple of turkish sources the turks the most enthusiastic the most keen to get to this safe zone going for 2 reasons the one i mentioned because of the hundreds of thousands of refugees heading towards deeper into and closer to the syria border turkey doesn't want those refugees trying to come in to turkey is not going to let them but it doesn't want them amassing there and also turkey wants to keep back pushing back the white p.g. the kurdish forces that are not done a lot with the backing of the u.s. to clear to keep that northern part of syria free of i said i saw assad forces as well to turkey very clearly keen to get this safe zone going was a phone call last night between the u.s. defense secretary and turkey's minister of defense agreeing that they would take steps to implement this security framework that's who will control where and how deep into syria they'll go we don't know what agree

patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. most this is a joint operation center has been established here they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u.n. turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this saves own up and running as quickly as possible the challenge for the turks is how big is our saco safe zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syria

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joint patrol center which is judah start work today. well martin yes finally it seems there's an agreement on a safe zone between the americans and the turks and the joint operations center is kind of let's say it is being set up and it's expected to become a parade this week according to the official statements however if there is a question about the details the framework of the save some because turks have claimed that us for us and donald trump has approved let's say has promised a 20 mile which is 32 kilometers deep safe zone this is what turkey has been a demanding since the beginning however on the other side and we are not hearing the similar the similar statement by pentagon yet but we are hearing from the cornish kurdish fighters group the y.p. g 8 leaders that they and they have agreed on a 5 kilometer deep safe zone so what we have been hearing from the military sources is that they are going to do this step by step 1st 5 kilometers deep and then 9 kilometers and turkey will be some say that took it will be involved only in that 5 kilometer with the u.s. forces and after that turkey will not be present as it is present as consultant group in the other

patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. of this is a joint operation center has been established fear they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u.n. turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this saves own up and running as quickly as possible the challenge of the turks is how big is that safe save zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into s

well i mean they've agreed of they clearly started operating this joint operations center it has been established to monitor and administer the safe zone but what is missing from what. his defense minister said was what exactly the safe zone is what does it what is comprised of how big is it who patrols it and these are the most important aspects of it because while the safe zone exists in paper as an agreed idea on the ground in northern the northwestern part of syria there is no physical safe zone the disagreements or the areas open for discussion perhaps you could prefer to say or how deep the safe zone should be turkey wants it as much as 30 kilometers into syrian territory the americans only want it about 5 kilometers into syrian territory and joint patrols in u.s. and america turkish troops the americans not so keen on that although that has been not joint helicopter flight today which to turkish defense minister was very keen to highlight something now the same time we've got the dynamic of the asad regime making territorial gains what sort of challenge or pressure might that p

ongoing but representatives of both countries will meet in to discuss the next stage is a joint operation center is to be created in the time to shine new york. well turkey's been concerned with the presence of white b.g. flying tis in the area and the passage of people coming from syria shiny or for in the southeast is around 130 kilometers from the border the joint operations center will be based there and it's 330 kilometers from where air strikes are ongoing will sit in crystal has this update. the main concern actually between the 2 sides the americans under turks has been the death of the safe some turkey insists should be 32 kilometers deep and the y.p. g. forces the kurdish fire to a group which turkey claims as a terrorist organization but the us say is that it is the main driving force in the fight against isis should be out of the region which is 32 kilometers deep on the other side we've been hearing that the americans have proposed the 1st 5 kilometers the only u.s. and the u.s. and turkish military will be joint patrolling there and after that 5 kilometers turkish military will not

patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. most this is a joint operation center has been established yet they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u.n. turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this safe zone up and running as quickly as possible the challenge for the turks is how big is us a safe zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syri

patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of those it was. a joint operation center has been established fear they continue the work the 1st drone flew on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u.n. turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this saves own up and running as quickly as possible the challenge of the turks is how big is the us a safe zone going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syri

. >> we establish a joint operation center with the americans.resident erdogan says the british ypg is a terrorist organization, an off dude of the pkk, which had operated for decades in turkey, but for the u.s., the organization is a key ally who has fought against the islamic state group and could be needed again. turkey has struck twice before, and 2017 and 2018. threatened to target them again, for the u.s., the buffer zone is to protect the ypg. the u.s. wanted to stop this attack with a single word, it could stop all of these issues, but it seems they do not want to pressure turkey more t than needed. the question now is how much washington has conceded, how large will the safe zone be? rejected the u.s. offer of a five-kilometer strip weapons and and at for nine kilometers with no heavy weapons. ankara is demanding the area be twice as large. the key question is who will control the buffer zone was the out. are forced onire: now the latest indian-administered kashmir, which has been on lock down since sunday night, the government having to

you're for in the southeast it's around 130 kilometers from the border with syria and the joint operations center will be based there it's also 330 kilometers from that of course is where the airstrikes are on gary see them cause he only has this update. the main concern actually between the 2 sides the americans under turks has been the death of the safe some turkey insists should be 32 kilometers deep and the y.p. g. forces the kurdish part to a group which turkey claims as a terrorist organisation but the us say is that it is the main driving force in the fight against eisel should be out of the region which is 32 kilometers on the other side we've been hearing that the americans have proposed the 1st 5 kilometers the only u.s. and the u.s. and turkish military will be joint patrolling there and after that 5 kilometers turkish military will not be involved so right now it is a question mark about the death of the safe zone it seems like the turks believe let's enter and then we will go further but the turkish foreign minister has been criticizing this question mark on the death of the safe zon

turkey says it has struck a deal with the united states to set up a joint operations center in northern syria turkey has been pushing the u.s. for months to establish what it calls a safe zone along its southern border turkey wants a u.s. backed kurdish militia to vacate a 30 kilometer zone along the border on korea says the militia d y p g well it considers him to be terrorist but with u.s. help they've alstad so-called islamic state and taking control of almost all syrian territory east of the euphrates river the details of the claimed u.s. turkish agreements remain unclear neither side have said if they have overcome the 2 main points of division but how far the zone should extend and who would command forces patrolling it were to get some analysis of what this development means but 1st this look at the difficult alliances which have emerged during 8 years of civil war in syria syria's many sided conflict has thrown up some quick bedfellows in the battle to oust the islamic state from the former kind of fit in syria u.s. led western forces found themselves heavily reliant on the syri

officials landed in soundly or far on monday near the turkish border with syria a joint operation center is set to be established there it barker has more from gaza on tap in turkey. the defense ministry has confirmed the arrival of 6 u.s. officials to the city of show on the close of the syrian border we have no idea who they are whether they are military officials or otherwise all this arrival is being interpreted as being all part of the creation of a joint command center that will eventually be a springboard to the creation of a safe zone in northern syria both the u.s. and turkey met for 3 days of talks in ankara last week at the conclusion of that was indeed to push ahead with the creation of a safe but that said the united states would happen incrementally over an unspecified period of time but the indication coming from turkey's defense ministry is that this command center could be online within a matter of days there has been a significant difference of opinion between the u.s. and turkey over the shape and dimensions of the safe soon the difference of opinion how deep it should

we are told they will then head to a joint operations center where he'll meet with first responders. it's important to remember, the first responders, this has been incredibly difficult for them as well. i spoke with one officer who has been on the force for 20 years and she has tears run down her cheeks. she told me she looks forward to the president's visiting. this is a healing visit she needs herself. but there are a lot of other folks not happy about the president's visit. more than 700 people attended a protest and the advocacy member spoke directly to the president. >> welcoming immigrants, and asylum seekers. nobody is going to take that. i hope if air force one might have some of these cameras on. trump, you are not welcome in this community. reporter: from there the crowd began chanting, send him back. we heard from a lot of folks who say they don't like the president. they don't agree with his rhetoric about immigrants and hispanics. but in his role at commander-in-chief they say it's important he come here in the aftermath of a tragedy like this. liz: let's bring in sean

patrolling on their own the turkish defense minister believes that at least the opening of this joint operations center is a significant step on the way to getting the safe zone up and running one of the. most this is a joint operation since it has been established fear they continue the with the flu on august 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started syrian regime forces are now pushing against the last of the major rebel held area in northern syria that's been the province and as they do that more internally displaced syrians fleeing the fighting yet again and they're heading north towards the turkey syria border as many as half a 1000000 people heading that way according to the u.n. turkey is not going to let those refugees in and it doesn't want them amassing along the border that is why turkey wants to get this saves own up and running as quickly as possible the challenge for the turks is how big a star state saves on going to be they want it 30 kilometers into syria th

negotiators said today they have agreed to form a joint operations center that could head off a turkish military invasion to clear the regioof syrian kurdish forces. the kurds are aligned with the u.s., but turkey regards them as terrorists. in northwestern ria, government forces have recaptured two villages in a renewed offensive on the last major rebel stronghold.au the as on idlib province began in late april, but the syrian military callrief cease-fire over the weekend. three months, air strikes and shelling have forced 400,000 people from their homes and killed more than 2,000 others. back in this country, democrats the u.s. house of representatives moved today to make former white house counselw don mcgahn questions. in a federal lawsuit, the house judiciary committee ded teat mcgahn obey a subpoena. it also rejected wouse claims that he has legal immunity against testifying. and, on wall street, stocks plunged initially, amid new fears about the u.s.-china trade war, then battled their way back. the dow jones industrial average lost 22 points to close at 26,007. it hadeen down ne

from there he will head to a joint operation center where he will be able to meet with some city officialsll as first responders who were among the first on the scene here on saturday, when those shots rang out. at the same time, though, downtown, more than 700 people are attending a protest to let the president know that they wish he didn't come. according to organizers, the el paso strong march is to take a stand against white supremacy and terroristic gun violence. several democrats are participating in that march including beto o'rourke, who has been outspoken that the president should not be coming to el paso. >> has sought to make this country afraid of us, has sought to keep us down. we will not allow him to do that. we will proudly stand together for one another and for this country, and that's what i'm doing with my community right now. >> david, it is important to note, though, that not everyone in this community is against the president being here. we've heard from folks, including some family members of the victims who say they want the president to be here, even if they disagr

well the summit we know the the joint operations center is up and running that's according to his defense minister. but what is missing from that statement is the details of what this joint observation will be overseeing and this has been the can mange source of discussions between the and the americans for a long time now to the deep save zone as well as long as 30 kilometers into syrian territory from the turkish border and they want joint patrols with the u.s. military the u.s. while they don't want to join didn't necessarily want to join the patrol with the turks and want a much narrower zone about 5 kilometers or so that's simply because the u.s. is working with the syrian kurdish forces against eisel in that area while turkey wants to push the syrian cause kurdish forces back from its border and it wants to create a zone for syrian refugees fleeing the fighting certainly for the turkish authorities the applique instigation of the safe zone can't come quickly enough. no sooner her family thought they'd found somewhere to stay the landowner moved them all this is how it's been for hun

officials landed in salley or south eastern turkey on monday near the border with syria a joint operation center is set to be established there parker joins us live from gaza and turkey so named the arrival of these u.s. officials what does this mean for the creation of a safe sound and northern syria. but it looks like this could be the very very start according to turkey's defense ministry on a tweet that they released a little bit earlier on the 6 officials arrived at the studio shot as you said that not too far from the syrian border we don't know who they are or whether they're military personnel or otherwise but it is very much being interpreted as the start of what could be a major operation joint operation between the united states and turkey in the coming weeks and months after 3 days of intense talks last week between u.s. and turkish officials the conclusion was indeed to push ahead with the creation of a safe so that's according to the united states what happened incrementally starting with the creation of a dry.

what's happening right now is the scene commander is setting up a joint operations center for the multiple security agencies that are coming in, and they're trying to coordinate the different activities. as we all know, the first reports out of any scene tend to be wrong, and so you have to get the information right. >> that is important to make note of there. you mentioned establishing perimeter. how do law enforcement determine how wide that perimeter needs to be? so far all we've heard is that the shooting was inside the walmart. we know there is the adjacent mall that has several stores inside that and it's just a very busy area there. how does law enforcement establish just how wide that perimeter needs to be and who gets locked down? >> what's key to have local responders, local police officers who know the malls, who know the surrounding area, they're able to determine what -- >> i guess his phone is breaking up a little bit there. once again, folks, let's tell you what we do know. there are unconfirmed reports, at least by nbc news right now, of multiple casualties, multiple people

to use as a joint control center to set up a safe zone in north syria fully operational. and i'm we're hard in with all of your sports in our chief c.n.n. unlikely 359 for victory in the 3rd ashes test against australia i'll have that and more for you later coming up in the program. global trade looks set to dominate the g. 7 summit which is now underway in the french seaside town of be a ritz france had made fighting gender and social inequality a key theme of this year's event but the trade war between the u.s. and china has suddenly become a more urgent matter off to both sides and else more tariffs on each other's goods it's already being blamed for a global economic slowdown the french and german leaders are also demanding urgent talks on the fires in golfing the amazon rain forest and emanuel macron is hoping to deescalate tensions between the u.s. and iran after president trump pulled the u.s. out of the nuclear deal and re-impose sanctions but. after last year's tense meeting in canada expectations are low that much will be achieved diplomatic editor james braze j

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intercepted hostile targets over the city turkey's defense minister says a joint control center with the united states is operational in northern syria as part of a plan to create a so-called safe zone the 2 sides were locked into months of talks over the size of the zone and who would control its planet smith has more from and tucked here on the turkey syria board.

turkey's defense minister says a joint to control center with the united states is operational in northern syria as part of a plan to create a so-called safe zone the 2 sides were locked in months of talks over the size of the zone and who controlled it then a smith has more from one target here at the turkey syria border. with 13 u.s. military have been discussing for a long time now what exactly a safe zone along the turkish syria border would comprise of how deep into syrian territory.

space integration by opening a challenger room inside the traffic control system command center were joint operations were assessed that have an impact on the nation's airspace. this greater operational visibility coupled with the willd out -- integrator allow us to safely reduce the amount of air sprays -- airspace. in addition to the space integration activities we are operationalizing technologies including terminal flight data manager. january 2020 will provide information that is more accurate than we are and is more cause accurate. roughly 80% of the u.s. airline fleet and more than 60,000 generally -- general aircraft have been equipped. we expect to start testing this summer. this will allow us to build a virtual approached at airports so flights can't wait at the gate with their engines off until they have a direct route to the runway. by moving electronic data exchange it will save time for the controllers by eliminating annual processes. one of the highest priorities at the faa is to bring new, well-trained women and men into the aircraft system. started a committee, to enhance the efficie

exodus of refugees has begun well turkey's defense minister is saying a joint control center with the united states is operational now in northern syria this is part of a plan to create a so-called safe zone the 2 sides were locked in months of talks over the depths of the zone and who would control it one of the. government this is a joint operation seem to has been established fear they continue they would the 1st drone flew on aug 14th and now as of 4 30 pm we have a joint helicopter the helicopter including both americans and members of our armed forces is now in the year the 1st flight has started. u.s. health officials say a patient has died after developing a severe lung disease in the 1st such case they suspect is linked to vaporing the patient was one of the $193.00 potential cases of the unexplained respiratory illness after reported use of the cigarettes to inhale vaporize nicotine or cannabis faithing is sometimes used to as an as an aid to quit smoking cigarettes but scientists around the world are divided about how safe an alternative is his cigarette users don't get exposed to the estimated 7000 ch

integration by opening the challenger room inside the air traffic control system command center, where joint space operations group assess proposed launch and reentry operations that have an impact on the nation's airspace . this operational visibility coupled with space data integrators we are developing will allow us to safely reduce the amount of airspace that must be closed to other users during launch and reentry. in addition, we are also operationalizing next-gen technologies including adsb. it will be required for aircraft operating in u.s. airspace and provides surveillance information that is more accurate than radar and more cost-effective, especially in remote areas. roughly 80% of the u.s. airline fleet and more than 60,000 journal aviation aircraft have been equipped. we expect to start operational testing this summer. this will allow us to build a virtual departure queue at airports. flights can wait at the gate with their engines off until they have a direct route to the runway. by moving electronic data exchange, it will also save time for our controllers in a tower by eliminating certain man

it is a joint effort, and then it has expanded with cooperation across city departments that is known as the healthy streets operations center. that involves public health, our department, public works which is out on the street all the time, san francisco police officers and they have a great number of homeless and focused or trained officers. departments of emergency management. we are trying to coordinate problem-solving that crosses departments with particularly unsheltered individuals. >> you may have said this and i missed it, but what is the priority system for? i remember you talking about the priority system creating it into housing, and that type of thing. what are the priorities for getting into the shelters? >> for the adult shelter system, anybody who asks we try to give them a shelter bed. >> if you know there is more need, then there are beds, is it just first-come, first serve? >> for the adult shelter system, it is. whether disabled, or not, you get on that list when you rise up, you can get a 90 day reservation, which also you can extend for an additional 30 days by simply asking. while you are waiting to r

pyongyang is particular about the operation center base but still ongoing joint exercises between the military. if feelings must be said that has been echoed by president trump who was complaining about the cost of those drills. in fact, president trump's tone towards chairman kim remains warm, brushing off his launches for example is not part of any deal between the u.s. and north korea. still confirmed this week there have been no substantive talks between the two sides of the dmz meeting of president trump and chairman kim at the end of june. might be trying dividing conquer approach, talking towards president moon and very nicely towards president trump. >> bill: thank you, greg palkot in london. >> sandra: we've got an update on our top story this morning. congresswoman rashida tlaib saying she will not go to the west bank after israel lifted a ban on her entry. that reversal on a request from the congresswoman to visit her grandmother. b14 tweeting this just moments ago "it would kill a piece of me. i've decided that visiting my grandmother under these oppressive conditions stan