the pkk, which has killed thousands of people, makes parties in celebration of the founding of the pkknd goes into parliament. in this situation, where you nstablizing from europe, you have to put this into context. melinda: does europe have too little understanding of the degree to which turkey feels threatened? we are hearing a comparison to the time of the red brigade in germany. are we perhaps too blind of the degree to which turkey is the stabilized by the immense threat around it? michael: i think sometimes we do not have the right understanding of what's going on in turkey. sometimes we tend to, for example, to focus too strongly on president erdogan. the german media sometimes are in a frenzy about every word he said. relax ande would be, see what actually materializes after he says something. if we go into comparisons, i think it is a futile exercise to compare things. think at the moment we are seeing two different planets there, simply because turkey is unique. it is unique in its beauty and in the huge troubles it is in and has brought itself. also discount the comparison b

the pkk to the islamic state group. egypt's president identified to 22-year-old suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack against the christian population. speaking out for the victims, the president said security forces have arrested four people. a blast killed 24 people, most of the victims were women. >> a state funeral for the victims of sunday suicide bombing. the president and leader of mournedchristian church one of the deadliest attacks on the country's minority. >> the person who did this, he blew himself up inside the church. he was 22 years old. we have arrested three men and one woman. and we are still searching for two people. the bomberident said had detonated the suicide belt with over 12 kilograms of explosives. monday the community held its own funeral service for the victim's relatives. outside the church security forces stopped hundreds of mourners from entering, further aggravating the community often discriminated in egypt and targeted by islamists. >> where is the security, and where are the

and this tells me, even though there's no evidence, that probably the pkk was behind it because the pkkally targets either the security forces or the police forces because you have a war taking place between the pkk and some other militant kurdish elements and the turkish government over the past year or so. >> that's sort of the background. also, the politics of the matter. but i'd like to get a sense of how people are feeling about these things on the ground there in turkey. there have been so many attacks over the past year. what is the sentiment, the mood when attacks like this happen so unexpected in such busy parts of cities in that nation? >> i mean, you're asking a very important question, george because i mean, the airport in istanbul was attacked, major civilian, i mean, targets have been also attacked. you can imagine the -- i mean, the feelings of terror, the feeling of fear. imagine, george, it's not just about turkey. we're talking about turkey. but these attacks against soft targets, whether you're talking about the church in cairo or somalia or turkey or even yemen, has

is this presumably the pkk,anti. >> the government in ankara is blaming the pkk, an organization that the turkish government and the u.s. considers a terrorist organization. the turkish government is blaming the pkk out of northern iraq. there are some reports that turkish fighter jets have been bombing some positions in northern iraq that they believe to be strongholds of the pkk. the pkk and other kurdish groups have been in a war or insurgency for many years in turkey. there are claims that the pkk claimed responsibility for this attack. the turkish government is blaming kurdish fighters for it. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, the deal breakers. is donald trump going to follow through on his campaign promise to roll back the iran nuclear agreement? you're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. once i heard i was going to be a park ranger, i got really excited. gabe's obviously really sick. and there's a lot that he isn't able to do, and make-a-wish stepped in. we had to climb up the mountain to get the injured hiker. he fell from, like, a rock. he's been the one that has

this lady's sister fought with the pkk and was killed. her body was retrieved after six months.rred. and she saw the massacres of last year. we don't ca re massacres of last year. we don't care if the government calls her a terrorist. it is state terrorism against the people. we have found people burnt alive in basements and body abandoned for weeks. this regime has blood on its hands. kurdish militants and so—called islamic state have bombed across the country this year. behind the istanbul airport attack in june. country this year. behind the istanbul airport attack injune. 360 people have died in 22 terror attacks this year, the latest of this month by kurdish militants, killing more than a0 people outside besiktas football stadium in istanbul. this person was among them, a lifelong besiktas support, he worked at the stadium. his mother called him a rosebud. translation: when i got the news, i collapsed. when i got the news, i collapsed. when they showed me his body at the hospital, i kissed him and then we buried him. may god spare everyone else this pain. may there be peace

holding up signs saying pkk, they firmly blamed the kurdish insurgent group. authorities were continuing their round up of suspects accused of spreading terrorist propaganda. two days after the attacks, emotions are running high. >> our hearts are being torn out. we have a mothers and we -- we are mothers and we have children. there is so much blood on the turkish flag. i want this to end, as a mother. >> as the demonstrators expressed in their anger, mourners were attending funerals of those killed in saturday's explosions. [singing in arabic] >> for the past few days,s, the president has been attending funerals. he has vowed to punish those responsible. >> they should know they will not get away with this. we will not let them get away with this. they will pay a a bigger price. they better be aware. >> security cameras show a car bomb went off and a susuicide bomber blew himself up. authorities say the bomber was targeting lease specifically. as turkey tries to come to terms with the attacks, some also expressed frustration at what they see as the inability

i was stating to you what our policy is with respect to the pkk in sin jar. there was a report released. indicating that they are directing an insurgency in a kind state we have a statement earlier today from this building referring us to that report not taking any contentions. they were also telling them that this concurs with their intelligence. i wonder if you could elaborate on the reaction to this and if this is happening and being directed at of saudi arabia do they bear some responsibility and looking into this. >> we are aware of the report. we are reviewing it right now. it would be inappropriate and premature to make any judgments or statements about individual findings. in general obviously we work routinely every day with allies and partners and friends all over the world to counter violent extremism. and the threat wherever it is is something all governments can and should attention to to try to combat. again, i'm not in the position right now to make any comment on specific findings in the report. >> there is a group you mentioned about the pkk

kurdish militant group closely linked to the pkk says it carried out the attacks.yemen is that breaking point -- that is the warning from the disaster emergency committee, which is launching an appeal to help thousands of civilians at risk of starvation there. 10,000 people have died in this war, caught in the fighting between the saudi-led armed coalition and rebel houthi forces. the rebel stronghold is a northern city and we have the first broadcast journalist to make it into the city. here is what she found. reporter: seen firsthand, a testament of what one city has endured. this is where the conflict has been at its fiercest. before the war, 50,000 people lived here. the last 18 months, it has become a key battleground. the heart of the houthi rebellion and the target of more airstrikes than any other yemeni city. this was once the busiest market. hundreds of people used to make a living here selling sweets, food, clothes. now it is completely destroyed. they fled, leaving everything behind. we visit the nearby school. it has been damaged by an airstrike. the h

this is a tactic we have seen with the the pkk in the past as well.y primarily goof police and military targets rather than the population as a whole. i think it is another in the series of violence we will see in turkey. >> colonel, we have heard turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said he will take every measure to exact revenge on that group. what will that look like? >> a crackdown in southern turkey. as you know the turks are involved in northern syria. they have troops there, armor, artille artillery, special forces supporting the free syrian army trying to move on the isis capital of raqqah. while they are there, as well, they are also conducting strikes against the northern kurds in syria. they are called the ypp. i in the initials are confusing but they regard all of these kurds to be affiliates or sympathetic to the pkk. we will see more turkish action directed a thet kurds, both in turkey and northern syria. since the fall of the mubarak government in 2011, we have seen an upstitick in violence. the government of mohamed morsi, a member

it was claimed by a group called toc that is an offshoot of the kurdish separatist group, the pkk. was executed. we saw numerous fighter jets in northern iraq and a sweeping roundup of around 200 individuals detained for various things to include direct ties to the attacks but also people accused of being sympathizers with the pkk, many of them members of the pro kurdish group, the hdp. it must be said that the hdp did fairly well in the elections that happened here early on in the summer, and they have consistently come out and distanced themselves, in fact condemned attacks carried out by both the pkk and tac. turkey is fighting a multi-pronged war on terror. if you'll remember, the isis attack that happened over the summer where they launched a complex assault on the airport and then of course turkey also had that failed military cous, many wondering what is going to happen next. of course turkey has been a key n.a.t.o. ally. it has had a fairly tumultuous relationship with the united states. some turkish officials are saying that they are perhaps cautiously optimistic that with

off, the interior minister declaring the evidence so far points to the kurdish workers party orthe pkksibility, we want to note. >> the latest numbers here, 38 people dead, following these terror attacks. 155 are in hospitals this morning. authorities tell cnn someone set off this car bomb remotely. it was around 11:00 last night local time after this huge soccer game at a popular arena nearby. less than a minute later a suicide bomber detonated a second smaller explosion at a park. the two scenes are really just less than a mile apart. two people you'll see here playing the guitar they didn't even realize the explosion wept off behind them until the sound reached them. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> it was a delay of about five seconds, saw the blast and they felt that sound. police have arrested 13 people we know in connection with the attacks. >>> let's unpack this more and turn to our national security analyst and author of the book "security mom, my life protecting the home and homeland." it's so good to have you. thank you so much, juliet. tell us your reaction to what we're

the turkish government accuses them of being a mouthpiece for the pkk which they consider a terrorist organization. the detention has sparked international criticism and concerns that turkey's state of emergency could spell further degradation of press freedom. for more on this story, associate professor of history and political science. thank you for joining us. we have a well-known writer and linguist in court today. why is the turkish government going after intellectuals? >> the intellelectuals became te skate notes -- scapegoats of the regime. all thelier since 2011, intellectuals, academics, left-wing political all became enemies. all these regime persons are symbols against the regime and they have to be imprisoned. they are not the only ones. analysts are in prison. politicians are in prison. -- journalists are in prison. politicians are in prison. academics are in prison. there are 41,000 people in prison since july 2016. it has become an authoritarian regime. it does not allow any other words than supporting the government. >> do you have an example of something that they wro

the deputy prime minister said it was the pkk behind this latest twin suicide bombing that took placen friday evening. there are reports that we haven't independently verified that the turkish air force has been striking positions belonging to the pkk in parts of northern iraq suggesting that this is a conflict that's not going to die down any time soon between the kurdish separatists launching attacks from southeast turkey and iraq and the turkish government. >> thank you very much for joining me. let's see now what you are saying out there about the microsoft pulse question. trump said he's too smart to attend daily intel briefings. are you concerned it could lead to uninformed domestic and foreign policy decisions. this is a run away. 97% of you say yes. 3% say no. there is time to continue voting. go to pulse .msnbc.com. more on the growing rift between the president-elect and u.s. intelligence agencies. does he have to restore good faith at the cia before he takes office? we'll ask mark sanford after the break. stay with us. this is lulu, our newest dog. mom didn't want another d

there's isis, the people they plame on the failed coup six months ago and the pkk.one of those groups have come out and said they take responsibility for this attack. so that's something that we're monitoring and we may get some clarity on that over the next coming hours. >> all right. mohammad leela, we can hear the chants hine you, thank you for bringing us the latest on istanbul. take good care. >>> let's go to syria now. u.s. drone strikes took out an isis leader linked to the "charlie hebdo" attacks in paris. a pentagon spokesman says boubaker al hakim was killed in raqqah, november 26th, saying his removal hinders isis' abilities. al hakim was a mentor to the brothers who carried out the january 2015 attacks in paris. remember 17 people were killed. in syria isis is reportedly on the run in palmyra after making gains there in recent days. an activist group says isis had taken control of neighborhoods known for some of the pressured ruins but overnight -- treasured ruins, but heavy air strikes and battles forced isis to withdraw from palmyra. >>> hours after th

accused of being members of the pkk which is considered a terrorist organization by turkey. their arrests sparked international outrage and stoked fears that turkish president erdogan is using the country's state of emergency to limit press freedom. thousands of people, including many writers and journalists, have been arrested since a coup to oust the turkish president failed last july. a and finally, looks like plan to curb air pollution in worked,ish capital has following in the foot steps of other schemes. decided to implement a vehicle ban, meaning that cars registrationbered plates could circulate one day and odd-numbered plates, the next. reporter: smog levels are down in madrid. all drivers will be able to enter the city again as of friday. >> we will implement scenario two. this means the restrictions, according to odd or even numbered plates, will no longer apply. thursday, madrid implemented spain's first partial ban on private cars in cities. applied to holders of even-numbered plates. taken after were levels of nitrogen oxide went iie.d limits set by the predict

people in turkey do think the kurds are y arehe same and that the just the political cousins of the pkk. but that is a very dangerous policy, because if you arrest the mayor of a town, the people are going to shove his wife into the street, and the children will not play with his children on a playground. where willie end? this is dividing society. genie: jasper mortimer reporting from ankara. let's come back now to france, where one of the most influential women here goes on trial today. that is christine lagarde, the head of the international monetary fund. she is facing a possible one-year jail term over a multimillion dollar -- over a multimillion euro state to a businessman during a time she oversaw as the finance minister. let's go to the courthouse where the trial is taking place. that is where we have catherine norris-trent. this is a very complicated story. with talk is with you christine lagarde is accused of. lagarde ischristine accused of negligence over the misuse of public funds. this is a very complex case, indeed. but it all dictates that it all decade -- it all dictates

militants linked to the kurdish rebel group the pkk, claiming the government vowing revenge tonight, stepping up the fight against the recent wave of terror attacks in turkey. terror that is spreading across in egypt, an attack on cairo's largest christian church. eyewitnesses say a woman planted more than 26 pounds of explosives hidden in a bag, shattering what was a solemn sunday service. at least 24 killed. most were women and children. people strewn on the floor and on the walls." this man says. "everything was broken." outside, the outrage and anger erupting. protests against terrorism, demanding national unity. egypt's president sisi is declaring three days of mourning, saying a religious war is being waged. vowing to hunt down the attackers. tom? >> lama, thank you. >>> we head to nigeria tonight, a religious celebration ending with at lea a building collapse. the roof crashing down as it celebrated the church's new bishop. workers had rushed to finish the construction. and reports are that the roof gave way. >>> and the trial in new orleans, closing arguments in the shooting

a questionable war and for his arrest and was accused of being a member of the outlawed party, the pkk maintains his innocence. he only worked for a peaceful party, and a certificate proves it. he hopes his political asylum will be approved. >> i hope germany is governed by the rule of law. reporter: his daily life is difficult. he is sick. but the worst thing is that his wife is not with him. they were unable to leave together. >> yes, of course i want her to come to germany, too. i cannot live alone. i miss her. the problem is she had to go into hiding and she cannot leave the country. reporter: any haven other than germany was out of the question. he learned german in school and at university. today, he brushes up on the language in his place of refuge. the uncertainty gnaws away at him when he is sure at one thing -- he cannot return to turkey right now. >> turkey is no longer a democracy. as long as kurdish people's rights are not written in the constitution, i can no longer return to that country. reporter: every day, he looks at his mailbox and hopes to finally receive confirmat

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the definition of terrorism is different on each side because the turks explicitly say the so-called pkkiliate in the north of syria is a terrorist organization. this group is one of the few militarily successful groups on the ground that has created some kind of autonomy and the turks need the syrian regime to fight this group. i'm very curious to see if the turks are going to continue bombing this group and what is going to be the international reaction. christopher: daniel, assuming the cease-fire sticks, assuming some kind of political resolution, as you mentioned, comes through this process, are we seeing the emergence of a new order in the middle east with the u.s. sidelined, very prominently sidelined, and russia gaining influence? daniel: yeah, i can see that. i think the way the russians look at the entire region is they want to create a zone of influence. they believe in zones of influence. they have seen a vacuum in the middle east and they are moving in. talking about sidelining the united states, of the united states has been involved they have also made it clear that they d

he went after the russian ambassador and this was not a typical bombing like we saw recently by pkk. this was directed at a russian government official. this tells me it's about russia's blame. obama has been taking a lot of heat from his officials as well as the usual suspects that criticized obama for not involving the military sooner and harder to prevent aleppo. they may blame obama for allowing everything we have seen and all the destabilization. there is a lot of political movement to push that on obama. this moment is on the counter narrative to that. whoever this was, he went straight after the russian diplomats. not obama. >> kerry released a statement saying we stand ready to offer assistance to russia and turkey as they investigate this despicable attack which was also an assault on the right of all diplomats to safely ask securely advance and represent their nations. he is not casting blame, but he has been harsh on russia for allying with assad. what do you make of that? >> that's a window in the diplomatic world. he spends hours with the russians trying to negotiate as

that was isis versus the pkk, they consider the kurds to be mortal enemies, at least kurds backed by the united states and germany. >> that horrible assassination that happened. the attack was chilling and graphic, we're going to play it now, and then we'll discuss it. [ gunfire ] >> alla akbar. >> the killer stood behind the ambassador. do not forget aleppo, do not forget syria. russia inserted itself into the syrian war they have been bombing hospital civilians, could this be a national attack, a pay back? >> it absolutely could. the motivations are, pretty clear from what he's saying, it's some sort of focus on russia for its support or at least the perceived support of what is happening in aleppo. there are two aspects to this that are quintessential -- he knew it was going to be filmed. we have these amazing photographs, this is going to have consequences well beyond that room imagine if this hadn't been filmed, the other issue of relevance with this attack is, we know how putin is responding now, he's saying it's an act of terror. putin's been semireserved for him, that is beca

he affiliated with one of the usual suspects that carry out terror attacks here in turkey like the pkk or isis. pro government media has been quick to point the finger at a terror group responsible for an attempted coup attempt last july. with russian investigators coming in to take part in this investigation. we're going to see a lot more detail emerge on what possible links this attack er had with ay known terror groups. what we do know so far is his message in the video, as he was carrying out this horrific attack was referring to the bloodshed that has been taking part in aleppo saying, do not forget aleppo, do not forget syria whether or not this was a lone wolf attack or was more org niced is going to be at the heart of how turkish russian relations end up coming together over the next couple of days and we're going to see whether or not that relationship which has been repaired and has been cooperative on syria will continue to be rapprochement or will sour. >> thank you. >> more on this story now. jill dougherty. jill, first to you, with an announcement of the shooting. the tur

linked to the usual suspects that carry out terror attacks in turkey, mainly the kurdish separatist pkk. we don't know any of those things or if he was acting alone. what we know is turkish police a have deand theed three members of the attacker's family and his roommate. that is pretty routine in turkey after terror attacks. police will detain family members and people who are close for questioning. so we don't know whether or not they were involved and whether or not any of that -- those people that have been detained are giving the turkish police anymore clues as to whether or not this attacker had any possible links to terrorist organizations or whether or not he carried out this horrific attack all on his own. john? >> thank you. >>> jill dougherty in seattle. we had statements from the russian and turkish presidents very little daylight between the two. listen to this. >> the committed crime is a provocation designed to spoil normalization of russia turkey relations and derailing the peace process in syria. >> after the incident, during the talk with mr. putin we agree this is a p

it is very well established they are concerned about organizations like the pkk and what that might portend for long-term security and stability for them. and i think you see some of that taking place in the operations. the operations they did along their border i think were very helpful to us. they took care of an islamic state enclave. they did it with coalition support and working with opposition elements. so this is a nato country. capabilities are well developed. it is a country we have had a long military relationship with. we hope to continue to have that in the future. i think it is is important to what their other concerns or interests are. it just highlights the complexity of what we are dealing with right here. as we enter more some more into the heart of the caliphate, raqqa, mosul. we expect we have to do this. it is a combination of diplomatic discussions and military discussions back and forth to make sure that we are trying to operate in collaboration and coordination with each other towards common goals. at this point, towards defeating the islamic state but with a recognit

is no official claim of responsibility yet, the turkish deputy prime minister all the hallmarks of pkk which has a history of attacking the country's security forces. dan. >> thank you. a very violent weekend. now to the formation of the trump administration and news on one of the most high profile jobs in washington. officials with the trump transition team telling abc news the president-elect is likely to name this gentleman rex tillerson, the head of exxon mobile as his secretary of state. this choice would not be without the story from the white house. >> reporter: while the trump team says no offer has been made just yet but this morning the president-elect is praising his likely pick. tillerson is a successful oil executive making deals around the world and built relationships with foreign leaders but those relationships are causing concern. >> he's much more than a business executive. a world class player. >> rex tillerson could also be the first secretary of state in the exxon mobile ceo is trump's likely pick to be the nation's top diplomat and his business ties with russia ar

the pkk claimed those bombings. >>> we're following the crisis in aleppo. one cnn government official tells reuters a broken cease-fire stalled evacuations friday. that source, the breach was never clear. >>> u.s. secretary general ban ki-moon gave his take on the crisis in very bleak terms. >> the karn aemg in syria remains a horror in the global conscious. aleppo is now a synonym for hell. as i told the security council three days ago, we have collectively failed the people of syria. >> a synonym for hell. that certainly is a bleak term. our fred pliken has reported from crisis through much of this had conflict. i know you're back in beirut, lebanon, but what are you hearing about this new agreement? >> well, everybody hopes that this new agreement is actually going to be followed through, natalie. what we're get sg from opposition sources who else say that a new agreement has been reached which involves getting people out of aleppo, resuming those evacuation webs but also involves evacuations of two shiite villages in rebel-controlled area that are besie

islamic state but it is, i think fairly well established and very concerned about organizations like the pkk and what that might portend for long-term security and stability for them. and i think you see some of that taking place in the operations. the operations they did along their border, i think, were very helpful to us. they took care of an islamic state enclave that exists along there. they did it effectively with the coalition support and working with some opposition elements. so this is a nato country. their capabilities are well developed. they have been for a while. it's a country we've had a long military relationship with and we hope to continue to have that in the future. i think it's important to recognize what their other concerns and interests are and again, it highlights the complexity of what we're dealing with here. as we enter more and more into the heart of the caliphate, rauc amo -- raqqah, mosul. we should expect we'll have these challenges and we're going to do this. it's a combination of diplomatic discussions and military discussions back and forth to make sure that

a splinter group of the pkk claimed those attacks. >>> we turn to syria now and east aleppo. rebel group says they've reached a new agreement to resume evacuations from the city. convoys carrying people to safety came to a stop on friday because of a breach in the cease-fire. >> it's still not clear who broke that cease-fire. innocent people are paying the price for it. cnn's fred pleitgen has this report. >> reporter: they were supposed to be brought to safety. instead, they're running for their lives once again. a convoy meant to take these east aleppo residents out of the besieged areas under fire. [ gunfire ] this eyewitness says he was part of the convoy stopped he claims by an iranian militia fighting on the side of syrian president bashar al assad. the syrian government has a very different account. it says rebel fighters in the convoy were carrying concealed weapons and that they are the blame for the violence that reportedly left a number of people dead. evacuations that had already succeeded in getting thousands out of eastern aleppo ground to an immediate halt as t

includes the syrian democratic forces or the kurdish group which is also a group that is linked to the pkk anti-turkey kurdish group. in addition to the pressure on raqqa, you had the kurds and turks fighting each other. the final thing looking down to the south isis just retook from the russians and the syrian forces as they beat a hasty retreat. one reason they were able to do so is because of the focus on aleppo. this is a multi-sided conflict where you have basically the assad problem set and to defend the president's decision makes any intervention so dangerous. fighting each other in complex ways and a lot of people who would love to kill americans. >> so, the president decided, let's stay out of that because it's too much and we'll make gains against isis else where and thus comes their reckoning that they've killed a huge fraction of isis fighters. how can they know how many isis fighters they've killed or how many are left? >> the answer is that they don't. the u.s. intelligence estimates in my judgment have always been low. if you go back to 2014, u.s. intelligence was saying tha

militants linked to the kurdish rebel group the pkk claiming responsibility. the government vowing revenge against the recent wave of terror attacks in turkey. terror that is spreading. in egypt an attack on cairo's largest christian church. eyewitnesses say a woman planted more than 26 pounds of explosives hid nain bag shattering what was a solemn sunday service. at least 24 killed. most women and children. "the columns were smoldering, people strewn on the floor and on the walls," this man said. "everything was broken." outside the outrage and anger erupting. protests against terrorism. demanding national unity. egypt's president is declaring three days of national mourning saying a religious war is being wamgd, vowing to hunt down the attackers. lama hassan, abc news, london. >>> there is snow on the ground in the midwest and it is coming to the northeast. a delta jet arriving to detroit from buffalo slid off the tax y.way after landing. there were no injuries there. more than 1400 flights were canceled yesterday at the chicago airports with nearly seven in

but it is well-established they are concerned about organizations like the pkk. and what that might portend for long-term security and stability for them. i see that taking place in the operations. the operations they did along their border were very helpful to us. they took care of an islamic state enclave that exists. they did it with coalition support and the data working with some opposition elements. this is a nato country. their capabilities are well-developed. they have been for a while. it is a country we have had a long military relationship with and we hope to continue to have that in the future. i think it is important to recognize what their other concerns and interests are. again, it highlights the complexity of what we are dealing with right here. as we enter more and more into the heart of the caliphate, rocca, mossule, all of these things, we should expect, these are not unexpected. we expected we would have these challenges and we have to do this. it is a combination of diplomatic discussions and military discussions back and forth and make sure

a splinter group of the banned kurdish workers' party, or pkk, claimed responsibility for the bombings. in response, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan convened an emergency security meeting and vowed to crush kurdish militants. >> what we must focus on is this terror burden. our people should have no doubt we will continue our battle against terror until the end. if they plan to intimidate us with these attacks, we have not degraded ourselves to leave the arena to these cowards. amy: a report by amnesty international last week estimated a half-million people have been forced from their homes in southeastern turkey amid a brutal government crackdown in majority-kurdish regions. in egypt, a bomb exploded during sunday mass in cairo's main coptic christian cathedral, killing 25 people and wounding nearly 50 others. the blast tore apart pews and seared pillars, leaving at least six children among the dead. there's been no claim of responsibility. it was the worst violence against egypt's minority christian population since a series of attacks in 2011. meanwhile in somalia, a suicide t

and turkey has accused ypg as being a terrorist organization with supporters, the pkk operating in turkeyoing to be a diplomatic dance if you will moving forward with the cease fire. >> turn to you again, vladimir putin, widely interpreted when russia got involved heavily into the syrian conflict, interpreted that for vladimir putin it was a way to establish and re-establish russia's power on the international stage. do you think he got what h wanted today? he announced the cease fire in syria after six years. >> yeah i think the russians have established themselves as one of the new power brokers in the region, particularly syria. other parties with turkey and iran. brings up a great point about the turks. this is russian and turkish deal. turks have to deliver the rebels, force them to abide by this and turks have cachet with the rebels because they have skin in the game. troops on the ground in syria taken casualties, isis burned alive two of their troops. air strikes every day. means a lot to the rebel. might be willing to listen to the turks. and that's where the relationship with th

but it is well-established they are concerned about organizations like the pkk. and what that might portend for long-term security and stability for them. -- security instability for them. the operations they did along their border were very helpful to us. they took other -- they took care of the islamic state enclave there. they did it with coalition support and they did it working with some opposition elements. as is a native country. their capabilities are well-developed. they have been for a while. it is a country we have had a long military relationship with and we hope to continue to have that in the future. i think it is important to recognize what their other concerns and interests are. again, it highlights the complexity of what we are dealing with right here. as we enter more and more into the heart of the caliphate, rocca, muzzle, all of these --ngs, we should expect these are not unexpected. we expected we would have these challenges and we have to do this. it is a combination of diplomatic discussions and military discussions back and forth and make

turk versus kerd, pkk, suni, shia, oppositionists against assad. is extraordinarily complicated in the proxyism. you have got differences between egypt and the emirates versus saudi, emerate and turk. it is hard to declare we will go in and bomb and do this or that. but i do believe in being strong. i believe it is important for us. i know the cost of the president's decision when he decided not to enforce the redline through the bombing. but that is greatly misinterpreted. it had an impact. people have interpreted it as his decision not to, when in fact he never made a decision not to bomb. he did make the decision to bomb. recently decided he had to go to congress because tony blair -- not tony blair, david cameron lost the vote in the parliament on a thursday and on friday president obama felt hearing from congress he has to go to them to get the decision. the decision was not forthcoming and in the meantime i have to deal to get all the chemical weapons out of the country. we got a better results out of not doing it, but it was the threat of do