erdogan is to destroy pkk and fight to those -- fight those terrorists. america is providing weapons to the syrian kurds and they end up in the hands of the pkk. we have conflicting interests and you cannot really solve those interest. both of them, erdogan and trump are trying to be nice to each other and basically kick the can down the road. >> did erdogan get anything he wanted on the strip was to mark -- on this trip? >> he is not going back empty-handed. mr. trump said that we americans will support turkey infighting -- in fighting terrorists. it is a nice gesture. america is going to provide weapons to not only syrian kurds but to turkey as well. >> on the story for us tonight, mia, thank you very much. >> the white house national security adviser is doubling down on his defense of donald trump after claims the u.s. president shared highly classified information with russian officials last week, h.r. mcmaster said that trump did not compromise any intelligence forces during the talks. that statement came after he initially denied that the reports we

but when a lawmaker or mayor supports a terrorist organization like the pkk, then they must be broughto account, regardless of whether they're kurdish or not. gunnar: yasar is worried the ongoing repression of a peaceful kurdish opposition will drive more people into the arms of the pkk. he works for a small kurdish television channel, which is now only permitted to broadcast online. he doesn't know how much longer that will last, but he hopes erdogan will be denied the chance to implement his plans. mr. yasar: since my father has been in prison, i know that i have to fight harder for justice. you can lock up my father, but you can't stop our longing for freedom. gunnar: for now, a tense calm has descended on diyarbakir. but yasar is concerned violence will increase again if the yes vote wins and erdogan gets major new powers. for most kurds, the banners flying all over the city mean anything but freedom. michelle: kwasi owusu left his home in ghana, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family in europe. but after 15 years toiling away as a farm laborer in southeastern spain,

is you have lindsey graham, a congressman out of south carolina, saying it was a big mistake to fund pkk and pyd. i do not understand how the last person on their saying ok, yes, you have isis in the country of the, but why are we funding pkk and pyd, their terrorist groups. this has to stop. i am just telling you, we do not need terrorists in our own country running the country or the state of pennsylvania. we must stop this man. country andg our this has to stop. thank you for taking my call. host: independent line. caller: thank you very much. i just wanted to comment on trump's cabinet to saudi arabia. it was touted as a peace mission but all the while, he is selling $100 billion worth of war machines designed to maim and kill and mainly the common enemy, iran. we saw what his company halliburton did. he made huge profits in iraq back in 2000. war is very profitable. it seems we'll is have to use military might instead of compassionate aid. the u.s. wasf invaded and occupied by a you would seey, many americans rise up in an ice is tight militia in order to protect the country. they j

we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensure that they have no safe order. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria. conscience of the whole world and all you have to do is look in the from page of the papers today, and you will see what we talk about. we will support any effort that will be used to reduce the violence in syria and create conditions for a peaceful resolution. the president and i are talking about the need to reinvigorate .ur trade and commercial ties these are areas where we can build our relationship and it will benefit both of our countries. military equipment was ordered by turkey and the president, and we have made that it gets there quickly. i look forward to working with him on achieving peace and security in the middle east, on confronting the shared threats, and on working toward a future of dignity and safety for all of our people. forpresident, thank you visiting our country, and joining us today as the white house. it is great honor to have you with us.

and both the united states and turkey consider the pkk to be a terrorist group.e, disagree when it comes to the ypg. so, a very tense situation. we're hearing from turkey saying that they are going to continue targeting the ypg, and as we mentioned, something that will be brought up in that meeting on may 16th between president trump and president erdogan, presenting president trump with a very delicate and very complicated foreign policy issue that he is going to have to tackle. >> yeah. of course, president trump made that controversial congratulatory phone call to recep erdogan after that controversial election as well. jomana, thank you very much. >>> new numbers on the civilian casualties in the fight against isis. officials now say at least 352 civilians have been killed in coalition air strikes against isis in iraq and syria since the start of "operation inherent resolve" nearly three years ago, a significant increase from last month's civilian casualty report that listed 229 deaths. more than three dozen other reports of civilian deaths are being reviewed

however, the us makes a distinction between pkk and ypg.sation. the washington administration considers them a very useful ally against the fight in syria. you have a real problem, washington thinks the kurdish fighters are an ally but they want to keep president erdogan onside. the only you can feel from the turkish leader, there could be a backlash. as we watched earlier, doing your report, recep tayyip erdogan sharply criticised the us administration and calls mr trump's latest decision a mistake. both leaders will meet on monday, for the first time, as heads of state, and definitely discuss this issue. certainly it's going to be top of the agenda. is that meeting going ahead as far as we know? yes, they can meet again during the nato summit in brussels. after all these developments we have been witnessing since the last 48 hours, this issue, the american support for the kurds is going to be key. stay with us and outside stores. a snub for manuel valls, the former french prime minister, as he's turned down by the movement president—elect

. 0n of the pkk, a group it has been fighting for decades.oment he took office, donald trump has made it his —— made it clear his number one foreign policy goal is to keating is, and it seems that unsettling relations with turkey in the process is a price the president is willing to pay. —— goal is defeating is. the united nations says nearly 250 people are feared drowned after two shipwrecks in the mediterranean over the weekend. 0ne boat reportedly sank off the libyan coast on sunday, and the other two days earlier. the route from northern africa to europe is currently the busiest, and most dangerous path for migrants fleeing the unrest in the region. yesterday we brought you a report from onboard a save the children rescue boat, tasked with picking up migrants from the waters. today the bbc‘s reeta chakrabarti was with some of them as they were brought ashore. a new day and perhaps a new life. after days on the deck of this rescue ship, it's the first glimpse of europe for people who left the shores of libya unsure they'd survive to see th

the pkk is the name of the turkish kurdish group the u.s. considers terrorists, but turkey considers to be the mirror image of the syrian group that they're using to fight inside russia t.'s very complicated, but it's also the closing chapter in defeating isis. >> they both agreed but there are some major differences between the u.s. and turkey right now on various aspects. president erdogan did go out of his way to repeatedly praise president trump and certainly all of us who know president trump i'm sure that was very welcome to him. >> legendary triumph at the election. that's the words he must have got the most pleasure from hearing, but also referring to how the possibility of a historical turning point in turkish/washington relations. they're always uncomfortable with the obama administration approach to fighting isis and the big ask in that room from president erdogan will have been to donald trump, will you turn your back on about 18 months work of military planning to fight isis inside raqqa and go along with my plan that's not quit

the turks say that the syrian kurds are an extension of the pkk which is defined by the terrorist groupthe u.s.. bone ofa major contention between the two. president trump was one of the world leaders that congratulated president erdogan. >> this was key, wasn't it? there were a lot of critics and skeptics are from the western world that said your boat was not legitimate. >> it was not a legitimate one, -- >> it was a question of fairness. president trump kind of stood out and that he congratulates the president on this when which erdogan new powers, executive powers than was traditionally the case with the presidency, other things, you have the president demanding from americans that they extradite him from berlin. you have the issue of the who are accused of breaking sanctions against iran. rudy giuliani is on the defense he is a close ally of president trump. >> out you to weigh in here. he is going to come to saudi arabia, he spoke to the turkish president, what is the shipping up to become? is the saudi arabia and visit going to be the climax? arabia isit to saudi the first part of

, they might be more willing to allow the pkk to continue to fight with the sunni resistance in iraq and syria. host: let's go to joe, cleveland, ohio, republican. caller: thank you. i so support what this president has done in europe. it's been absolutely amazing. it's obvious this man truly loves his country, our country. and i would hope that the senate and the house really support him when he comes back. this weekend was memorial day. besides putting our flags out, i think all the voters that voted for donald trump should take their signs back out and put them on the lawn, supporting this president. put the trump signs back on. america, let's show these liberals that hate this country how much we love it. and i thank you for your time. host: congressman, what do you think of the president's trip so far? guest: i think it's been a very important trip. a big success. i think the -- clearly undertaking the realignment in the middle east a little more oriented toward israel and our sunni allies and away from the ayatolla is a good thing. i think the recent overture of saudi arabia to

the last big trial, or should i say, stage trial, was after erdogan, the pkk leader —— after a pkk leaders is the first time this century. do all of these people face the same charges? no, they face different charges? no, they face different charges but it is connected up with what is called a briefcase. they have all been collected in as involvement in some form of the coup. the man whose photograph you showed earlier, the edfors commander, —— the airforce commander, —— the airforce commander, he is the chief, because he was the highest ranking of the military generals on trial. the seniorformer military military generals on trial. the senior former military man, military generals on trial. the seniorformer military man, do military generals on trial. the senior former military man, do they admit in any part to attempting to carry out a queue, or do they deny any involvement with yellow they deny any involvement. in case of this man, this makes it really interesting. there is a risk of this turning into a show for all. the reason for that is because he turned up reason for that is becaus

that specific group within the syrian democratic forces which fights against is is an off—shoot of pkkated with the pkk, who is conducted a guerrilla war in turkey in the last three decades. for turkey, this kurdish group in syria is a terrorist organisation as well. i think the main difference between these two lierds, these two countries, in general, is that they see the counter—terrorism in syria differently, for turkey, it involves the kurdish groups. but for the us and west in general, they see kurds are their allies in syria against the islamic state. what do you think president erdogan‘s priority is on this trip? what does he hope to take home and say to kurds, i've been to america and i've come back with this? i think the main thing is that he needs some guarantees from the us side that the kurds will not have some sort of an autonomous region in northern syria. that's one issue. second issue, as you mentioned, the extradition of gulan. if he he is extradited from the us, it will be a huge victory for erdogan himself. particularly since the coup injuly, this is one of the key i

[speaking turkish] ypj and pkk into -- they are against the global agreement we have reached. [speaking turkish] we should never allow those groups to manipulate the religious structure and the ethnic structure of the region, making terrorism a pretext or an excuse. [speaking turkish] those who are willing to turn to chaos are bound to lose eventually. [speaking turkish] they will never be able to turn that chaos in that part of the world into opportunity and terrorist opportunities with blood in their hands are bound to fail. [speaking turkish] so, iave previously done have been communicating our thectations with regard to terrorist organizations which we have notified our friends of their involvement in the failed coup in turkey. [speaking turkish] considerationinto the joint steps we can take forward in syria and iraq. [speaking turkish] of course, president trump's recent election victory led to the awakening of a new set of aspirations and expectations and hopes in our region. [speaking turkish] we know that by the help of the you -- new u.s. administration, these hopes w

they see the ypg, as turkey describes it, as the syrian branch of the pkk.x situation there on the ground, of course. we'll have to wait and see how the united states is going to deal with this issue, of course, it really needs the ypg, right now. as they're making these steady games towards the city of de facto isis capitol with that looming battle to recapture. the main concern, whatever we're seeing this brewing conflict between turkey and the ypg concern is it doesn't disrupt that battle to restructure. >> 9:25 in the morning, following the story from the region live. thank you for the reporting. we'll stay in touch with you. >>> this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, the u.s. president donald trump trump is moving beyond 100 days in office, we'll find out if the president's job is living up to his expectations. >> it's no secret. president trump doesn't like the media very much. now, he's chief of staff is talking about changing rules that could make it easier to sue news organizations. we'll make it harder to stay a home, thank you. new hydra genius dail

turkey strongly criticizing the vision saying they parted the pkk. that's important because it has been designated a terrorist group by the u.s., but turkey into europe. tragic federal investigators at the scene of a plane crash in a small airport outside of new york city today looking for some answers to police the two crewmembers were killed when the jet went down a quarter of a mile from the runway as it tried to land at the airport in new jersey yesterday afternoon. no passengers on board. no one on the ground was injured when the jet crashed amongst small warehouses and industrial buildings. two of the three buildings involved in the crash were damaged by fire along with 13 vehicles. lauren: let's get you caught get you cut the global market action at night. stocks higher thanks to the big rise in prices yesterday. they can to paint up a quarter%. the cost in south korea a two tenths of 1%. the red arrow comes from hong kong. the hang seng down two tenths of a percent. trade to europe have really taken a cue because you see the cac quarante in f

the united states has close relationship with turkey and is dead set against this considers e turkey pkk, pg to be extension of oth labeled a terrorist group and exists -- it is rebel group that exists in turkey. calls with missy ryan. leo up next, an independent, good morning. hello, how you doing? rouse, trumpl as a trying to get the heat off of him as far as his involvement russia. i think that we need to learn see thisory, napoleon, fghanistan-iraq war will eventually bring this country i thought we had more intelligent american politicians and is country, but trump afghanistan, iraq, will bring the united states down to a sneeze. leo in florida, missy ryan, the caller bringing up russia, syria a place where is russian involvement, as well. today, s of your story how much coordination is there with russia when it comes to kurdish e arming the rebels there? guest: united states and russia aintain deconfliction line in syria, basically a channel that they use to make sure there ren't air accidents in syria because the united states hand.ion partners on one on the sort of approach to sy

for example, when weapons getting into the pkk were moving into turkey and were taking steps to ensure they have transparency on what were doing and measures to take place at the apartment were providing to the sds is appropriate for only operations in rocca and then it doesn't find its way somewhere else. >> i could ask mr. mcgurk. >> i've been to turkey more than any other country than a rack since i started this job. we cannot defeat isis without turkey and i consult with our colleagues there all the time. there are talks right now in geneva about the political way ahead in syria because as were prosecuting a military campaign there's a parallel diplomatic track that is incredibly complex . particularly the post- rock phase which i talked about stabilization that's something that i'll be closely coordinating turkey. the quick answer to your question is can't do this without turkey. we work with them every single day. we have some differences as we do with every coalition partner but there a close ally and we consult all the time. >> they were he was on the record regarding -- >> man

syrian kurdish fighters, because he sees them aligned to the turkish and surgeon -- insurgents, the pkk. he also wants america to extradite the exotic cleric who is blamed for the coup attempt last july. thirdly, he wants americans to release two turkish citizens who have been charged in the u.s. with violating u.s. sanctions on iran to the level of tens of millions of dollars. analysts in turkey and the u.s. predict that erdogan will get nothing on all three demands. the u.s. will continue to support the syrian kurdish forces simply because they have proved to be very effective in fighting against the islamic state's group. there is a u.s. expert on turkey that said something quite prospective -- perceptive. he said president trump's choices not actually between turkey and the syrian kurds, his choice is the syrian kurds and 20,000 u.s. troops. for is what it would take america to throw the islamic state out of rocca, the syrian capital, without kurdish forces. as to the extradition and the rks chargedthe two tu with violating u.s. sanctions on president quite sure trump will say these

turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensure they have no safe quarter for terror groups. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria. the new french president wants to send a different message. emmanuel macron welcoming the u.n. cheap a-- the abroad,r his first trip urging stronger support for a european union and meeting his german counterpart angela merkel in berlin. left, right, or center? those are the choices for emanuel macron. now the tricky test of pointing a cabinet. he's due to unveil the list today but has delayed the announcement until tomorrow. monday he chose his prime minister. next emmanuel macron's attempt to clean up french politics could prove harder than expected. president postponed the announcement of his new cabinet to wednesday, saying more time was needed to properly vet the candidate or potential conflicts of interest. his bow to break through the left-right divide has also come under fire, with critics accusing him of trying to widen for jeanscal base parliamentary

strongly resisted this idea, mainly because the ypg, syrian kurds, are pretty much the same as the pkk, the internal separatist movement inside turkey. but the u.s. has wanted to do this for some time. time is running short. the opposition forces are within 30 miles of raqqa, and the u.s. simply believes that the kurds , the ypg, are the most disciplined, the most organized, the best fighters on the battlefield. that is why they want to arm them, with the hope, of course, of withdrawal when the battle for raqqa is over. tim: the big question is turkey -- what will they expect, let alone want, in return? the turks are terrified of a de facto kurdish state on their border with syria. bits of those kurdish-controlled areas are joining up rapidly. there is a lot of organized fighters building of the civic society to some extent in those places, organizing communities. that is something they really don't like at all. the question is, what does washington think is the long-term future for syria? there are people who do think that some kind of federated state with some kind of turkish -- kurd

the trouble is the turkish do not like it, they think the ypg is the same as the pkk, there internalccurs. the turkish see them as terrorists. whatever the rights and wrongs of that particular decision, it is striking, the difference between donald trump's rhetoric america first, and he has got deeply involved in syria and possibly afghanistan as well? absolutely. talk of expansion troops in afghanistan, helping syria, air strikes we ever had, not to mention talk of putting north korea in its place potentially militarily. foreign adventurers and we did not expect from donald trump, given his rhetoric during the campaign. one thing you could say in his favour, he has vacillated on this he did seem he has vacillated on this he did seem to make a bit of a distinction, during the run—up to the campaign between syria and the khalistan in terms of troops. he said he would not pull troops out immediately. did not pull troops out immediately. did not talk about a thing number is the way he - now. thank you very much way he has now. thank you very much indeed. let's go to an astonishing story

criminal fundraising networks in europe, so in this regard party has received strong report regarding the pkkn the green light and promising not to be a spoiler regarding us plans to take isis. although you imagine this is a particularly good day to get a deal with donald trump because under so much pressure? that is correct. he probably has other things going on in the back of his mind. he arrived in washington on the day the us president's mind is preoccupied with the major domestic crisis, and i think erdogan therefore probably was unlucky in the strep and maybe got a sympathetic ear regarding other issues raised. this is a moment that will help them take kentucky's secular democratic system. once they took it down and they both wanted the country to themselves and what ensued was a real power struggle, so they have become —— if he found a sympathetic ear from president trump in this regard, in the sense that he listens to his concerns, that will also make erdogan happy going forward. thank you for being with us. forward. thank you for being with us. last week, henry kissinger was brought

now we have the pkk also in that area. we have a lot of internal kurdish competition that spills over. >> they would say that whatever the internal problems of iraqi kurdistan, they want their own country. the conglomeration that i rock that uses -- iraq that uses kur sh pieces together has outlived its viability. we should accept that we are in sites picot world today today.s-pico world emma: it is difficult because where would the border between the kurds and the rest of iraq? they have other territories that are disputed. baghdad is not willing to say take them and go. there.e a border issue iran doesn't want to see the independent of iraqi kurdistan. turkey has enough struggles with its kurds. the kurds inside turkey have been calling for equal rights, not for independence. and you have the kurds inside syria. -- how do you negotiate with -- where that border will be? negotiate the effect inside turkey and syria. you start to see the breakdown of those states. david: we will take that as a caution. be careful about pre

pkk playing out from that area and a lot of internal kurdish competition which spills over. >> they would say whatever the internal problems of iraqi kurdistan, they want their own a conglomeration that is iraq infuses sunni, shia and kurdish thesis together. it has outlived its viability. the world should accept that it is over. is good policy? what's the right ring for people to think in policy terms? wheres difficult because would the border be between the kurds and the rest of iraq? since isis appeared on the scene, they have extended their border and annexed cure cook and other territories that were disputed. baghdad is not willing to say take them and go. see thes not want to independence of iraqi kurdistan because it's worried that it's own kurds will want independence. turkey has enough struggles with its kurds and they have been calling for equal rights for democratic turkey, not for independence. then, you have the kurds inside syria. if iraqienge is kurdistan gets independence, how do you negative where that border will be an negotiate the knock on effects inside syria so you s

the relationship between the syrian kurds and the pkk group in turkey itself is strong.s defined by a terrorist group by the u.s. and turkey itself. that is a major bone of contention between the two. at the same time, president trump was one of the world leaders that congratulated on his successan and referendum, which give him more power. >> this was key, wasn't it? there were a lot of critics and skeptics out there from the western world that said your boat wasn't legitimate. >> it was a question of fairness. and president trump kind of stood out and that he congratulates the president on this referendum, which will give powers, more executive powers than was traditionally the case with the presidency. but there were other things. you have president erdogan demanding from the americans that they extradite the mastermind from the coup. of thee the issue turkish business who are accused of breaking sanctions against iran. rudy giuliani is on the defense team and he is a close ally of president trump. >> i want you to weigh in here. he is going to come to saudi arabia, h

we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensure they have no safe quarter to terror groups. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria, the syrian civil war shocks the conscience of the whole world. and all you have to do is look on the front page of the papers today and you'll see exactly with a we're talking about. we support any effort that could be used to reduce the violence in syria and create the conditions for a peaceful resolution. president erdogan and i are discussing the need to reinvigorate our trade and commercial ties. these are areas we can build our relationship that will benefit both of our countries. military equipment was ordered by turkey and the president, and we've made sure that it gets there quickly. i look forward to working together with president erdogan on achieving peace and security in the middle east, on confronting the shared threats, and on working toward a future of dignity and safety for all of our people. mr. president, thank you for visiting our co

we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensurehave no safe quarter, the terror groups. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria. quart want also joined mr. trump for a work living with several people including vice-president pence and resm tillerson. the search continues tonight to replace james comey. he was asked to testify on capital hill but refused. here are some of the people interviewing for his old job. you send, a former security homeland security advisor for president joarnlg w bush. alice fisher also served in the bush administration and worked closely with the fbi. adam lee is a special agent in charge of the fbi's richmond, virginia office and acting fbi director andrew mccabe is also under consideration for the job. two lawmakers have withdrawn from consideration to be the next direct o texas senator john cordon says he plans to stay in the senate and jack gout ticketed event backed out yesterday. fox5 in the district street officers out remaining pedestrians, drivers

turkey sees the ypg as the syrian branch of the pkk and they have really long objected to the u.s.the ypg. so you saw those air strikes, george, taking place last week about the ypg position. we've heard turkey vowing to take out more attacks. and these u.s. patrols, this is all promising to be just the beginning. turkey is not happy about what the president erdogan had to say. >> unfortunately on these convoys, we see the flags of two countries. we're seriously saddened by seeing the flag of the terrorist organization like ypg, with a u.s. we'll show these photos at the meeting we'll hold on may 16. >> and the major concern here, george, is how this is going to impact the fight against isis and, especially, with that looming battle to recapture its de facto counsel. we've seen the united states relying heavily on the ypg. >>> one other issue that may come up. the president blames him for that failed coup attempt last year. living in pennsylvania here in the united states and president erdogan wants him back in turkey. >> there's a sense that this will come up. he's hoping for a di

we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and assure that no save corridor for terror groups. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria, the syrian civil war shocks the conscience of the whole world, and all you have to do is look at the front page of the papers today, and you'll see exactly what we are talking about. we also support any effort that could be used to reduce the violence in syria and create the conditions for a peaceful resolution. president erdogan and i are also discussing the need to reinvigorate our trade and commercial ties. these are areas where we can build our relationship that will benefit both of our countries. military equipment was ordered by turkey and the president, and we have made sure it gets there quickly. i look forward to working together with president erdogan on achieving peace and security in the middle east when confronting this year threats and on working toward a future of dignity and safety for all of our people. mr. president, thank you for visiti

turkey considers them a threat and the extension of pkk which turkey labels as a terrorist organizationswoman says the u.s. wants to reassure the people and government of turkey that america is committed to protecting our nato allies. >>> nearly 250 people are missing and feared dead after two recent shipwrecks in the mediterranean sea. a rubber dinghy bound for italy sa sank, 82 people feared dead or missile. a woman and six men were rescued off a boat. the un believes more than 1300 people have died or disappeared trying to cross from north africa to italy. >>> chelsea manning, sentenced to prison for leaking classified documents to wikileaks is set to be released after serving seven years. manning, now a transgender woman released a statement saying, quote, for the first time i can see a future for myself as chelsea. president obama commuted all but four months of his sentence just before he left office back in january. >>> coming up next on "morning joe," a jam packed show as we continue following reaction to the firing of fbi director james comey. sarah huckabee sanders joining joe

. >> the kurdish group is the ypg, they think it is pkk, shorthand for tristin surge entcy in their ownember, the obama era defense department wanted this to happen, to directly arm the kurds. but what it tells us about the campaign against isis, number one, the final stages against the capital in raqqa, being encircled, the end is near and final assault of raqqa. but two, it's also an indication that president trump in his effort to accelerate the fight against isis is willing to make some allies bristle. turkey is a nato ally, there will be difficult conversations, the president is scheduled -- turks have said he'e meeting with president trump. we don't have that confirmed from trump' side yet but it looks like there could be a difficult conversation between president erdogan and president trump. >> i'll be president trump and say, look, these folks have proved on the field that they are prepared to take casualties in fighting isis, they've had greater success than a lot of other groups who we apparently been funding and training and don't have any success. why won't you -- why do you

offshoot ofly, an the pkk, the kurdistan workers party, which was a group in turkey that has been waging left-wing insurgency against the turkish government for kurdish rights or decades. in the last three or four years, they have expanded sure nearly rapidly in syria. they have set up councils all across northern and eastern syria. they become the main partners of the united states in this battle against isis. the battle for rocco, the de facto capital of the caliphate, it is the ypg who is the main ally of the united states. nermeen: can you say a little bit about what the impact of the russia military intervention in syria has been in terms of the situation on the ground, in terms of civilian casualties, and so on? >> any discussion of syria, it is important to state at the outset two biggest sources of violence, number one, the assad regime. it has killed, tortured, maimed, ,xecuted anybody who resists essentially. the second-biggest source of violence in syria is the russian regime. russia's role has been to prop up the syrian government at a time when it was looking very weak. when

one in the same as the pkk that turkey has been fighting in its own orders since the '80s.oming to come to gris p with how untraditional the trump administration is turning out to be. you get the sense that everyone is scrambling to see how they are going to navigate this new u.s. way of doing things. and what may be at stake is going to most certainly have much greater repercussions for the region potentially than it is elsewhere. >> 30 seconds left. which countries in that region with the most deeply infuiltrate infiltrated? >> well, there is a few that potentially could have. you have america's, you know, stronger allies such as jordan, saudi ar rbee yeah. and you have all sorts of intelligence gathering information from israel, for example. when it comes to dealing with an entity like isis, every single country you could think of in the region is trying to gather its own information because every country in the region is basing varying degrees of a threat from isis itself. >> the president meets with the president of koturkey today. all right. thanks so much for being w

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turkey regards a militia group that washington is backing in syria as an extension of a terrorist group, pkk, which has been allegedly responsible for a lot of destruction in southern turkey so be sure to watch to see what the two leaders discuss in terms of security, nato and also the extradition of the cleric. as we wrap up this global markets report, let's take a look at the turkish stock index. it's in fact trading in record high territory. such a comeback from what we saw in 2016. shares up or the stock market in turkey up 23% so far this year. >> seema, thank you for that. let's get to sue herera for a news update. >> here's the news update at this hour, everyone. secretary of state rex tillerson and japan's foreign minister spoke by phone this morning in the wake of north korea's latest missile launch. both men agreed to exert more pressure on pyongyang arguing action is needed, not just dialogue. >>> syria's opposition says a number of rockets struck an opposition-controlled suburb of damascus, killing at least six people. they blame pro-government forces for that attack. rescue work

weapons, because turkey views the wpg, the syrian kurdish faction, as being one and the same as the pkkurkey has been fighting within its own borders. what people are also concerned about and taking very close note of is how potentially the situation between the two countries could very easily escalate. there's a lot at stake here, but at the same time, you have two world leaders who have proven to be unconventional, unpredictable, and both have fairly volatile personalities and can be very easily offended. so, we could also potentially see a situation where what has been rhetoric up until now, especially when it comes to president erdogan's statements that the u.s. basically needs to choose between whether or not it's going to support turkey, a historic u.s. ally, a nato ally, or whether it's going to support the kurds. whether or not that kind of rhetoric can escalate into something much more serious. >> guys, we do have one bit of breaking news that came in just as arwa was speaking there. we just learned that national security adviser h.r. mcmaster will talk publicly at 11:30. he wi

we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensure they have no safe quarter, the terror groups. we also appreciate turkey's leadership in seeking an end to the horrific killing in syria, the syrian civil war shocks the conscience of the whole world and all you have to do is look on the front page of the papers today and you'll see exactly what we're talking about. we also support any effort that could be used to reduce the violence in syria and create the conditions for a peaceful resolution. president erdogan and i are also discussing the need to reinvigorate our trade and commercial ties. these are areas where we can build our relationship that will benefit both of our countries. military equipment was ordered by turkey and the president and we've made sure that it gets there quickly. i look forward to working together with president erdogan on achieving peace and security in the middle east, on confronting the shared threats and on working toward a future of dignity and safety for all of our people. mr. president, thank you for vi

that is the turkish kurdish separatist group the pkk, considered a terrorist group by both the unitedontinuing to rise. turkey is saying that it is going to continue to target the ypg, and it wants the united states to reconsider its support and backing of the ypg kurdish militia. that is something that president erdogan is saying that he is going to bring up during his meeting with president trump on may 16th, really presenting president trump with a very complex and a very delicate foreign policy issue for him to try and navigate through. the united states really can't afford to lose any of these two key u.s. allies, dave. >> interesting backdrop for that meeting two weeks away. appreciate the live report. >>> new details from the pentagon on civilian casualties in the fight against isis. officials say at least 352 civilians have been killed in coalition strikes against isis in iraq and syria since the start of the "operation inherent resolve" nearly three years ago. it's a significant increase from last month's civilian casualty report of 229 deaths. more than three dozen other rep

a few weeks ago russians and revealed-- washington ,some and the pkk has been seeking autonomy in they for decades. turkey is a key nato ally and president trump sought to reassure turkey that it would fight with them against terrorism. overall it seems like a positive meeting between the two leaders, but will anything result regarding the ypg? maybe not. manus: this comes ahead of the to saudi arabia and israel. how does the u.s.-turkey relationship play into those alliances? a key nato ally and it's very important for the u.s. to stay on board with turkey. firstill be trump's foreign visit abroad and his first nation will be saudi arabia, where he hopes to reach out to the muslim world. dominating talks will be combating terrorism and he's also looking to secure some big-money deal and mutual investments between the u.s. and the saudi's. israel ando visit the vatican and attend the brussels nato leaders meeting and the g7. he will be away for a total of nine days, amid political turmoil at home. to saudiing that visit arabia, we understand that aramco is planning 10 energy deals so

we support turkey in the first fight against terror and terror groups like isis and the pkk and ensurehave no safe quarter, the terror groups. we also appreciate turkish leadership in seeking an end to the conscience of the whole world and i have to do is look at the front page of the papers today and you'll see exactly what we're talking about. we also support any effort that can be used to reduce the violence in syria and create the conditions for a peaceful resolution. president erdogan and i are discussing the need to reinvigorate our trade and commercial ties. these are areas where we can build a relationship that will benefit both of our countries. military equipment was ordered by turkey and the president and we've made sure that it gets there quickly. i look forward to working together with president erdogan on achieving peace and security in the middle east, and i'm confronting the shared throughout and i'm working towards a future of dignity and safety for all of our people. mr. president, thank you for his name our country and joining us today at the white house. it is a gre