it's to show that the application of turkey tenderloins, ground turkey, turkey sausage can take the placem, other proteins and be very tasty in dishes. >> welcome to disney's grand california. i'm andrew sutton. i'm the executive chef for the napa rose restaurant, and i'm gonna help make the holidays a little bit more easy. nothing's more intimidating than a turkey, believe or not, even though it's just laying here on this bench. but this is a beautiful american bronze turkey. but sometimes they can be intimidating. how many minutes do you put it in the oven for? how long do you cook it? can i get the dinner on the table in time? well, i got the secret for you. this is gonna work out really slick. this is my, uh, 6-minute turkey. you can have this thing on the table in 6 minutes with a little preparation. what i've done is put a little--i have a precooked turkey breast that i've sliced into nice large eaks. i've oiled them lightly and put a little secret rub on that you can get through the website and through the magazine. and i have a little bit of a--a stew which we've made up. now, you

islam is the most important issue in turkey.arrator: most inhabitants of istanbul are muslims, but here, too, we find striking contrasts. some combine their religion with westernized lifestyles. this dovetailing of this consumer society with islamist lifestyle in turkey i think is something that has arisen specifically from the conjuncture of globalizing economics in turkey as well as a relative freedom of expression, and an increasingly educated islamist community-- and increasingly urbanized. i think that it can be, in a way, an export of turkey to other places in the middle east, and i think that it has been. narrator: but many people are fundamentalists and find their identity in islamic traditions. but they are fighting against another tradition here. beginning in the 1920s, one of ataturk's most significant changes was the formal separation of church and stat since that time, religion is supposed to be a matter of individual choice and conviction. secor: i think that turkey has the potential to be a great model of a state

how all -- how long you think turkey will have to wait?it is not going to happen anytime soon, that is clear. in brussels, people have been saying that everybody knew that 2012 was going to be a particularly difficult year in terms of turkey and eu relationships with the french presidential elections and with cyprus, as i mentioned, taking over presidency of the european union. so far, the consensus seems to be, ok, it is a good thing that we're in talks that all and let's not worsen our situation. so there is a big entrepreneurial base in turkey. if they gain influence of the things may change. but turkey is not going to be a member of the european union this year or next year. >> thank you very much for that update from brussels. and it is time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines this hour. troops in guinea-basal arrested the prime minister an interim president following a coup. reports is soldiers patrol the capital, government offices, and main roads. the coup has to stabilize the west african country

now turkey is more representative of the whole of turkey. and that is a less secular move.you can say that is a natural evolution from the harsh secularism to break the power of the ottomans, or you can say, oh, it's a new islamist movement. i don't think we know. but i think as big says, it's up to us to encourage the evolution of tour key in a -- turkey in a way which is natural for them. and the harshness of the atta you are you are thing reforms maybe don't need to continue so long because they've been successful. as big said, it's taken90 years for turkey to evolve from the ottoman empire to a modern, secular, democratic state. but thai done it. and i think we should be relax about the things we see in turkey. they're not all perfect, but i imagine the turks are not all relaxed about what they see in the united states either. [laughter] >> we just have a few more minutes, and just as a sort of closing thought you both talked about the importance of a more modest foreign policy, less demanding, less delare story, more oriented towards international institutions. politic

now, turkey is more representative of the whole of turkey.and that is a less secular of which you can say that is a natural evolution from the harsh secular-ish to break the power of the ottoman. or you can say it's a new islamist movement. i don't think we know, i think it's been said that it's up to us to encourage the evolution of turkey in no way, which is natural for them and the harshness of the ataturk reforms may be to need to continue so long because they have been successful. now it's taken me years for turkey to evolve from the ottoman empire to a modern secular democratic state. but they've done it. and i think they should be relaxed about the things we see in turkey. they are not all perfect, but i imagine the turks are not all relaxed about what they see in the united states either. >> we just have a few more minutes. just as a closing thought, you both talked about the importance of a more modest u.s. foreign policy that demanding the declaratory, were interested in institutions politically. we tested out the evolution. politic

turkey's desire to be part of the european union? >> our desire to be part of the european union still remains, but the question is, where is the eu is going, where their own kind of self perception with the way they see themselves in the world and the earth and industries a advice other countries, that is a big question for europeans, so with all of the financial -- >> rose: are you asking to do it like you were five years ago? >> we are, yes. the popular support for eu membership, is still about 50 percent and it can really go up if there is some progress on the ground, but the fact is, we have to open and close 36 chapters to be a full member in the negotiations, and so far, we have been able to open close and only one chapter, and this is since 2005. i mean, in seven years, i mean this is just way too long, and i believe personally, i mean, i really believe this, it is because the europeans are really confused about how far europe should go in terms of enlargement and all of the internal problems they have, they cannot even think

we are going to see them vanish if turkey doesn't give them religious freedom. >> turkeys ambassador in washington calls this cpc politically motivated. the turkish government will not act against muslims. prime minister erden is shifting away from a pro-western position. >> to islamist, for example, the alliance with hamas. >> that alliance led to a shoot out on a flotilla found for gaza. opposition fighters in syria. nation positioning itself as a dominant mideast earn power. >> turkey is playing a role, turks have one thing on their minds, the economy. >> 25 percent of turks between 18-24 are unemployed. >> all the attention on israel and syria is effecting the turkish economy. there are not as many jobs as before. turkey must first solve internal problems and can focus on israel and syria. >> most turks enjoy a more open secular society. the shift may not come as a surprise. their nation has a long history of embracing western culture and eventually rejecting it. >> for one thousand years this stood as the largest cathedral. >> in 1453, they converted the basilica into a mosque b

kind of religious divide spreads turkey there are many our rights. there are many turks so who are not happy about the idea of saving for our lives. i'm from. your state is a very dynamic situation with a lot of internal and external our partners and cultures and traditions all involved here the opposition calls the government's demand for a written guarantees from them and attempts to stall the cease fire plan how do you read that well i think the problem with the annan ceasefire was precisely that it wasn't similar tiniest if you will say that the government has been wrong to use. its highly improbable government troops faced by rebels in medals around struction so i think it was a call even if one could have had the other criteria sincerity on both sides and frankly i suspect there are enough i can finish and i will get out more but rebels has any intention of doing anything. better and program or verse for international mediation faces. on both sides marc ahmed professor of international relations i do apologize we don't have enough time to thank

what can and will turkey actually actually do -- will turkey actually do? >> they say that erdogan's is a chip can make a difference. they're very real economic power couldogan's relationship make a difference. their very real economic power could have made a difference, but it has not. are not set -- they are not ready for a military intervention. there's the possibility that the pkk might get syrian support. they're worried about being left to hang out to dry. i expect, for all of their rhetoric, they want to stay within international consensus. they will not act unless they have clear backing from nato and united states. >> let's talk about consensus and tamara's suppose a deadline for -- tomorrow's supposed deadline that syria has agreed to. we have heard from washington, the state department, that they do not think the cease-fire deadline will hold. do you have any greater optimism than the u.s. government? >> i do not think anyone really thought that assad would comply with the diplomatic process. what he has done so far has been coming to me, complet

split down the middle west into this pressuring turkey. in syria translated in libya to be the stalking horse for the united states' interest but it's not having the effect because inside the. there's a split down the minutes after a serious. the next door neighbor turkey twenty percent of the syrian population of the turkish population is alawite which is it's the same branch of islam that bit but the assad family is from so it's not so easy and the. i don't see anything but saber rattling and bravado coming from the government because they know that a military conflict from turkey into syria would be the end of the arab want government inside character turkey is a nato member and can it really naive that one military support from its allies if it's a rexx conflict with syria breaks out well there will be no direct conflict in syria these these are as has been pointed out by many neutral observers these are armed gangs of mercenaries that often we don't even know putting to some people i've spoken with then throughout syria they don't kno

well, first of all let me say in terms of turkey's role i think it can be quite beneficial to have turkey which is a democratic country that is coming to terms with the relationship between islam and democratic values and democracy and does not see them as contradicting one another. i know there are a lot of struggles in turkey and it makes people a little unnerved about some of the things going on but i know your leaders. i know the prime minister, i know the president and these are people i believe who are going to build a new democratic basis in turkey. from that democratic basis turkey has begun to advocate for the rights of others to live in freedom. it's very important to see how strong turkey has been in support of change in syria. change in syria is important because if we were willing to say that we would not allow moammar gadhafi to mow down his people, we have a problem and i think there are many things you can do. some would say arm the opposition, if we're going to do that, i would hope that it would be a broad policy, not just the regional powers arming the opposition. you a

earlier, a syrian forces fired across the border into turkey. [unintelligible] >> gunfire along syria's border with turkey. refugees in one of the many camps near the border. turkish prime minister erdogan learn of the incidents during a visit to china. at beijing, a syrian ally, urged both sides to end the violence. >> china urges the syrian government and opposition groups to seize the current critical moment to abide by the cease- fire. cooperate with the special en voy's plan and facilitate humanitarian assistance. >> but it is questionable whether they are listening. residents are holding a funeral for the latest victims of the fighting. this footage is reportedly from central syria. activists say the death toll has as many as 35 on monday alone peony -- monday alone. many victims were children. the truce is essentially in tatters, a special -- especially since syrian foreign ministry went on tv to pour cold water on kofi annan's peace plan. he denied that damascus ever committed to the withdrawal. he has said that they will only abide by t

they were getting shot at inside turkey. could that be the trigger for turkey to take more action? >> i think turkey has been embarrassed for all their posturing, they have not been able to lever, and you can see signs they are getting fed up with diplomacy and they are worried about their own border. there is still a basic problem, which is they do not want to get involved militarily. they have all the same problems everybody else has. who is going to police a humanitarian corridor? they want to do something, like we all do, but i think they are struggling if they can actually do with. >> when you look at is stempel, -- is a gamble, the more in the debt they look. they are throwing out this language, and yet as you say, they do not seem ready to do anything. what can and will turkey actually do? >> i think that they thought that their relationship with assad would make a difference in their real economic power would make a difference, but none of it has. at this point, they are talking about declaring a safe area for refugees and the like keeping their recognize that once you have

met his syrian counterpart ahead of thursday's peace deadline in the arab country that says turkey rushed to declare the ceasefire agreement void and promised a tough response after syrian guns fired into its territory artie's peter oliver has the latest. well the two foreign ministers meeting here just behind me at the foreign ministry headquarters here in central moscow so the love for all of the russian foreign minister phrased some of the progress that's being made by the assad government towards implementing kofi annan six point peace plan for the for syria now he did praise that but he also said that syria could have been more proactive in their efforts. we have information that syria's government is starting to fill the steps laid out and announced plans by withdrawing troops and military hardware from cities i will be honest with you and we have shared our concerns with our syrian colleagues they could be more active and decisive in following the plan before mr lavrov went on to say that those nations that support the rebels in syria must put pressure on them to adhere to the ceas

turkey blasts syria after skirmishes between government forces and rebels on its border with the turkish pm threatening a possible new response that he says well it would have been better not to think about. u.k.'s prime minister of followers in washington foodstuff seeking to increase his country's military presence in asia through a weapons deal with japan and possible deployment of a submarine. the accused in a case seen by many as a way grin miscarriage of u.s. justice talks explicitly to r.t. . gets his first t.v. interview after being taken off death row. two years after the polish president's failed plane crash in russia which impact of the turbulent relations between the two countries. and you're looking at live pictures of the commemorations taking place in the post capital warsaw. this is actually going to be live from moscow it's one pm in the russian capital on marina joshie welcome to the program now the turkish pm says his country is considering a tough response following skirmishes between syrian forces and rebels across the turkish border that's as a syrian and russian fo

now turkey is more representative of the whole of turkey, and that is a less secular move. so you can say that is a natural evolution from the harsh secularism to break the power of the ottoman, or you can say it's the new islamist movement. i don't think we know but as zbieg says, it's up to us to encourage the evolution of turkey in a way which is natural for them, and the harshness of the arab-turk reforms maybe don't need to continue so long, because they've been successful. now it's tone 90 years, as zbieg says, for turkey to evolve from the ottoman empire to a modern secular democratic state, but they've done it, and i think we should be relaxed about the things we see in turkey. they're all perfect, but i imagine the turks are not all relaxed about what they sigh in the united states, either. >> we just have a few more minutes, as a closing thought, you both talked about the importance of a more modest u.s. foreign poll circumstance less demanding, more oriented toward international institutions. politically you talk about the evolution turkey has been through. plate

the series of skirmishes told me bull to between syria and turkey now this is resulted in turkey accusing syria of violating international law. and the turkish prime minister saying he would be filing an official complaint with the syrian authorities now there are those who are saying that the these skirmishes are being initiated by rebels in order to draw government forces into chasing after them across the border and firing after them across the border into turkey however there are also those saying that these are people legitimately fleeing across the border away from from government troops now in response to what we've seen all not border between turkey and syria the turkish prime minister mr erdogan said that his country are considering all options including knows it may be best not to sink it out. if an international reaction to the united states is said to cause calls to appeal to nato turkey calls a nato member and one of the key principles of the nato alliance is that if one member is attacked then all of the members of nato should step in to defend them now that would really ope

when they bring in turkey accused syria of conducting across border raid this week the retaliation if it happens again the country is also having to hunt for the growing influx of syrian refugees the middle east expert enson the use that it was a policy towards young reckons it's really fueling the conference. turkey a big part of the nato coalition of countries is basically playing an interesting only role sense of the situation turkey's very skillfully and quietly stayed in the background of this conversation but actually turkey has been allowing free syrian army and al-qaeda soldiers to come over the syrian border have safe haven within their country now this is going to be a problem if you're looking at any sort of binding agreements for as a peace plan or anything like that is turkey can't be allowed to do that they've been hosting the free syrian army in their country since october and so let's get real here turkey is a nato country they've been actively involved in helping provide a base for this insurgency to come over the border it's an absolute free for all in terms of geopo

i do not think there's any chance of a coup in the future here in turkey.il society has become more vibrant here. there are lots and lots of people supporting democracy today. i do not think that there will be a return to the battle days. >> thank you for that from istanbul. >> russia has warned other countries against arming rebels in syria, saying the opposition will never be able to defeat the government by force. >> a sign to the end of fighting in syria, the opposition says a mosque in homs was destroyed yesterday following an attack by government forces. activists are reporting more shelling there today, that despite the government claiming it has started to pull troops out of urban areas. >> the u.n. security council has again condemned the military takeover in mali, calling on the leaders to immediately return power to the democratically-elected government. >> the council called on rebels to the north of mali to stop with political parties and other organizations. the united states wants the death penalty for five men accused of planning the 911 att

turkey is -- we don't want the migrants who have gone into turkey illegally. we'll see whether turkey is capable of cooperating loyally or whether it's just exploiting its geopolitical interest in this region with turkey as a candidate country, we are bringing in all the conflicts in neighboring countries into the eu as well. >> thank you, mr. president. it's obvious that the people want more justice and more freedom and there's been opposition to the government in syria because they have been calling for change. but what we have seen today isn't a revolution, but nor is it the brutal suppression of an uprising. it is a war that's been financed from outside. and we see mer son ris being imported from turkey and jordan found with funds and weapons from france and the united states. it's no longer an internal syrian con flingt but an external attempt to interfere in their internal affairs. we need a peaceful conclusion to the conflict. and it will only work if the u.n., the u.s., and the eu stop exporting weapons to syria and don't intervene in any way in the co

i do not think there's any chance of a coup in the future here in turkey.il society has become more vibrant here. there are lots and lots of people supporting democracy today. i do not think that there will be a return to the battle days. >> thank you for that from istanbul. >> russia has warned other countries against arming rebels in syria, saying the opposition will never be able to defeat the government by force. >> a sign to the end of fighting in syria, the opposition says a mosque in homs was destroyed yesterday following an attack by government forces. activists are reporting more shelling there today, that despite the government claiming it has started to pull troops out of urban areas. >> the u.n. security council has again condemned the military takeover in mali, calling on the leaders to immediately return power to the democratically-elected government. >> the council called on rebels to the north of mali to stop with political parties and other organizations. the united states wants the death penalty for five men accused of planning the 911 att

turkey blasts syria over skirmishes between government forces and rebels on its border with the prime minister threatening a possible nato response that he says quote could have been better not to think of . the u.k.'s prime minister follows in washington's footsteps seeking to increase his country's military presence in asia through a weapons deal with japan and a possible deployment of a submarine. the accused in a case seen by many as a flagrant miscarriage of u.s. justice talked exclusively to watts he. gives his first t.v. interview after being taken off death row. two years after the polish president's fatal plane crash in russia which impacted the turbulent relations between both countries commemorations are held at the site of the tragedy as well as in warsaw. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i rule reception so he says it's considering a tough response following skirmishes between syrian forces and the rebels across its border peace envoy kofi annan is now in turkey visiting camps of the refugees who fled for safety and syria's foreign minister ha

monastery in danger -- christians in turkey, under danger. and the man who saved a zoo. moment, spain is having a particularly hard time. the country's debt is piling up, banks are of money, and half the country's young people do not have jobs. the country has answered with harsh austerity measures, but the people in one village in catalonia thought that could not be the only answer. they had an idea thahas been causg quite a sti are beyond the borders of the tiny community. still well in the world. the sense of time is different here. miguel boras does what he has done for the last 50 years -- her goats. but it is a profession with no future. it does not p. >> most of the people here live from white goats, but every year, there are fewer. >> so what do they live from now? then what? the goats? >> no, the people. >> the people moved away to other villages where there is work. of the 2000 people we once had, we are now just 800. >> but now, the place is making headlines. local officials want to cultivate cannabis here to bring back money to the village. a cannabis users a

cold turkey thinking. and you want to do that would you be able to afford to my laura smith forty kept. crisis in europe had seen a brief for spying after greece narrowly escaped apart but now it's flaring up again with spain being in the eye of the storm backscatter and stacy herbert give their unique take on the situation a little later on today. a lot of easy money courtesy of the european central bank may for a calm start to two thousand and twelve but of course spanish bond sale last week signals it may have only been a long before the debt storm breaks analysts warn one think of it more as a debt do really with a boy you take a country like greece you stick it on the farm do fork and you dip it into the debt and then you serve it up to goldman sachs or j.p. morgan. do is great now spain is being thrown into the debt fondu. just joining us eighteen minutes past the hour and egypt is preparing to vote for its next leader but the first presidential poll since the fall of hosni mubarak scheduled for next

so long as turkey proceeds, ambassador, whether rightly or wrongly, so long as turkey perceives that there is a developing baghdad access, it could well, not today, maybe not tomorrow, but not 25 or 30 years from now either, it might well accommodate itself to a state between it and a greater iran. >> it's also on business engagement as well, and perhaps i could ask the emboss door to address that one. >> there's ongoing dialogue that proceeded the security agreement, what are the legal protections that the u.s. military needs to continue the training program under the f.m.s. and what's still outstanding from the programs in terms of our assistance to the iraqis. i'm just going to leave it to the lawyers. i will tell you this has been a subject of many discussion between state and defense at various levels, but i frankly just am not up to speed on what the current state is. on business, i pick up the phone and call jim jeffrey or tom knight. >> and then we had -- we also had a question on the points of engagement that could be utilized within the country. >> in particular for human r

yeah actually turkey is trying to justify turkey is being pushed by the united states in order to harass the syrians especially by supporting and providing safe haven for armed groups to go from its territory to launch attacks on the syrian government the syrian troops and the syrian troops had retaliated the same way they did with armed groups coming from lebanon so in this case this is to justify their turkey is a member of nato to justify an intervention by nato without passing through the united and council and this is how we can understand for example the visit of the syrian and minister of foreign affairs to russia now a little madeline ism and moscow because i believe we are facing a new rising tension regarding the city in case and i believe that the west is not backing off its plan to talk of the syrian regime by one way or another and this is a not down to. take over the whole middle east in order to block both what we call eurasia means russia china and iran to block them inside asia and block them from any axis to the warm waters whether it's the mediterranean the indian ocea

should bring this issue up with their nato allies turkey a member of the alliance and of course one of the fundamental principles of may so is that if one member of the alliance is attacked all of the other members of the alliance stepped in to defend that nation well of course that would lead to a whole new reality in syria and could dramatically change. what's happening in the country right now. you know the whole situation in syria still extremely complex we've seen support for the rebels increase around the world also funding coming into them from groups like the friends of syria under sara first no reports are seeing them syrian rebels used turkey as a safe haven from which to launch attacks against syrian troops syrian kali troops walking a fine line tens of thousands of refugees have crossed the syrian border into turkey keeping the peace here has not been easy and now the violence is still dave are saying gunfire reaching across the border and into a refugee camp government forces has ceased fleeing members of the free syrian army take he started talking of setting up a buff

but actually turkey has been allowing free syrian army and al-qaeda soldiers to come over the syrian border and have safe haven within their country now this is going to be a problem if you're looking at you know any sort of binding agreement stores a peace plan or anything like that is to keep can be allowed to do that they've been hosting the free syrian army in their country since october and so let's list get real here turkey is a nato country they've been actively involved in helping. providing a base for this insurgency to come over the border it's an absolute free for all in terms of geopolitics so we're meant to think that turkey is somehow a respectable player in this in this story i think the spotlight needs a couple of turkey and fast if we're going to see the situation stabilized in syria all right i'm afraid all the time we have been expert on the middle east and twenty first century wildlife's i thank you. the u.k. have agreed to develop defense weapons together as britain seeks to boost its military presence in asia part of that cooperation could see a possible royal n

channels they would have stepped arming those militias in turkey and training them in turkey and some other neighboring countries namely lebanon turkey and probably jordan and iraq if you had a friend of slip then you would help the government. accomplish a peaceful solution to this crisis because people have gathered in istanbul are the same we have gathered previously in tunisia there is a group where he lives. and there were members and they are actually trading with the innocent the blood of innocent civilians who have been killed almost seven or eight thousand of them and that's half of them are army soldiers and security forces have been butchered by those on the guns fans are absolutely i would support a peaceful enemies of syria would go on. arming and training and financing those islamic fanatics who have been trying to dismantle the very existence and their mind the very existence of a secular state in the city and out of republics need ali kamel i wish we had more time for this we turn here in our to see a former syrian ambassador to turkey thank you for joining us live fro

if that happens, turkey says they expect the u.n. to step in. >> our expectation is that the promises given to kofi annan must be kept. it is essential that the operations must stop immediately and the army units must withdraw. >> whatever syria has promised, that withdrawal is not happening yet. if anything, the bombardment of opposition neighborhoods has become more fierce than at any time in the conflict. just days before the deadline, all of this is supposed to stop. >> the nominations for presidential elections in egypt closed this weekend. despite the overthrow of hosni mubarak in an uprising, tensions remain over the country's future. the muslim brotherhood, the dominant political movement, is being accused of lying and hypocrisy after going back on a promise not to contest the presidency. >> muslim brotherhood supporters celebrating what they think is now inevitable, that the millionaire businessman and former political prisoner will be the next president of egypt. the movement has gone back on an explicit promise not to stan

turkey. is basically playing. interesting only rule says the situation turkey is very skillfully and quietly stayed in the background of this conversation but actually turkey has been allowing free syrian army. soldiers to come over the syrian border and have safe haven within their country and now this is going to be a problem if you're looking at any sort of binding agreements as far as a peace plan or anything like that is tricky to be allowed to do that they've been hosting the free syrian army in their country since october and so let's get real here to use a nato country they've been actively involved in helping provide a base for this insurgency to come over the border it's an absolute free for all in terms of geopolitics so we're going to see the turkey is somehow respectable player this in this story i think the spotlight needs a couple of turkey and fast if we're going to see that situation stabilized syria. back to breaking news in the afghan capital the diplomatic district of kabul under attack a coord

of the truce in the latest incident a clash between rebels and troops spilled over the border into turkey with a number of people injured at a turkish refugee camp let's get the latest on this from artie's sara firth's later in the broadcast we're going to live with you but first beirut based political analyst omar in a shadowy says there are signs that some powers within and outside syria aren't interested in peace. the so-called free syrian army and its supporters in the west and some other. groups that support that do not. believe the proportion of the city and people who support president in fact some somebody who. claim that it is the joy now even if it's not the majority even if it is an equal number or a large proportion of the syrian population then one cannot have a stable syria without. one cannot have a dialogue without some suppliers so the opposition groups or the so-called syrian free army that is supported by western powers and some arab countries needs to. resolve this matter of priorities it needs to set its priorities straight and to the international community and to ev

reinforced probably from turkey, with nato and other countries participating in it. if we were to see massive refugees for the turkish boulder, i can deal with this. have to do something to prevent this rule. and you have a safe haven and will be protected by turks than others. it'll be the sort of intervention that requires no military troops on the ground. >> hillary clinton announced the obama administration is prepared the easing sanctions against burma. they claimed victory in parliamentary elections. the gloves are coming off in the u.s. presidential election, and president obama and mitt romney have taken direct aim at each other, never mind that romney is not the candidate yet. but he is already looking to november. >> is not official, but the 65 year-old multi millionaire will be the republican challenger to barack obama. that is what mitt romney thinks and the president thinks. listen to this speech. >> governor romney says he hopes a similar version will be introduced as a bill on day one. >> the was the first time how he singled him out by name, an unmist

. -- who need turkey's support. the u.s. needs turkey more than turkey needs us.hink turkey is going to listen to a bunch of insignificant in willie brown's words pantywaist politicians and lectured them about their history? last year, kim kardashian, america's most famous armenian american, appeared on a magazine cover. if she, who is more intelligent in generally held public esteem than yourselves, and let bygones be bygones, why can you not give armenia a rest this year? thank you. supervisor chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i did not have any intent to speak this afternoon because i was hoping to meet the three or four ladies that i met about a month ago where we expressed our opinions about ross mirkarimi. they are not here this afternoon, but i'm sure they will extract the information via television or whatever. i just wanted to say a couple of things. on april 23, which is next week monday, at 5:30 in room 400, here in city hall, will be the ethics commission meeting. i will be speaking before the commission next week monday, and i hope tha