. >> ew. >> why is there a turkey inside the turkey? god. ah! >> no. >> it actually happened and was recorded last year, but it's just now getting a lot of attention. i think this girl really thinks they just cooked a pregnant turkey. >> no. wow! okay, let's break this down. >> yes. >> so, she doesn't realize that turkeys come from eggs. >> right, right. >> so, she got that wrong. but would she really believe that a baby turkey inside a turkey would be missing its head, no feathers, be completely ready to be cooked? >> maybe in that moment -- we've all had our moments where we think goofy things without thinking about them. [ laughter ] >> i have a feeling maybe she now knows how. >> well, yeah. >> maybe it just took her a while to figure it out, but her mom must have known. >> no, that's -- >> that she was going to believe it. ♪ >>> she's traveling across the world to visit grandma. >> but what grandma doesn't know is she's bringing a surprise. >> the story behind their emotional reunion with a mystery guest. >> oh. >>> and how you can

the question of why turkey has done this or why turkey would be doing this is something that i think continues to plague policymakers. on one hand, turkey is a nato ally of and a strong u.s. ally traditionally. nevertheless, we have seen on the part of the regime a determination to bring down the saudi regime amongst this long and brutal civil war and perhaps even to use these jihadi fighters not only to bring down saturday, but it's kurdish enemies inside syrian territory. these things are not at all clear. we and clarity on this. in fact, there's been open disagreements between vice president by again and president theodore want in turkey, of course everybody remembers in october there was an open flap about this tensions remain. in fact today, there are people who are openly questioning turkey's place in 80 beside mine is isis continues at march the criteria and the turks have done very little to help. in fact, they have refused to allow the u.s.-led coalition to take part in military activities from turkish soil. we will look into some of these issues today. i can tell you again

all right, we're off to turkey now. the turkish president erdogan hosting the russian president vladimir putin. there has been a preamble of some citing trade deals. now we get to hear from the two leaders who disagree but have their energy sources tied up together. >> we have had great pleasure to have him in our country, and i would like to specifically express this. mr. putin's visit is a sign of closeness, and the high level corporation comes in positive steps as part of this meeting that president putin visits us, and we find these meetings most important. we've completed the fifth of these corporation meetings, and since last meeting we've had discussed what steps have been taken, and under what headings we need further steps to be taken forward. as a result we have assessed between russia and ourselves, obviously we don't think this is enough. we should quickly improve on this, and rise these figures and we have political determination towards that. our cooperation on this matter were discussed in detail together

we had the little turkey, you know? >> jimmy: i never had turkey. >> you don't like turkey? thanksgiving. >> they were mad. turkeys were mad for years because no one paid any attention to them. and when they weren't looking, here we come, trying to get them -- put them on the table. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. get them on there. >> you know? but it was like, you know? and then you had time. you know, you had some time. put down your -- >> jimmy: gadgets and things -- >> --phones and your gadgets. just talk to somebody. it's hard, i know. i know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: do it. just make it a day. >> one day a year. >> jimmy: one day a year, just talk to the family. >> talk to them. look them in the eye. >> jimmy: talk to your family. >> see who has bad breath and then tell them. [ laughter ] that's just me, you know? >> jimmy: let's talk about your family. i expect you've been so busy, busy, busy. >> yes. >> jimmy: your daughter, your beautiful daughter, has a a reality show? >> that crazy girl. yes, yes, yes. >> jimmy: a reality show? >> she has a reality show. >> jimmy: now, what

turkey is the logical partner. turkey is already a big investor into russia.lot of investment by turkish companies. turkey is now also a place where russia is looking to substitute, for example, meat or other food products, which s the sanction against europe. >> there's a couple of political issues that need to be calm, as it were. >> ironed out or just forgotten about? are the two leaders going to put their differences to one side to make sure they get down to this? >> well, i think there's certainly an element of yeah, they both need each other to some extent. turkey has been trying to apply for membership to improve, and that's now becoming even more difficult. of course, in europe, the criticism or concern about turkey becoming more of an islamic kind of influence is pushing it further away. to some extent, i don't expect these differences will just be forgotten about and put aside, but i think that we'll see a lot of pragmatism in this discussion. both leaders to some extent need to improve relations with each other, both for economic energy and politica

turkey about what we can do on the border between turkey and syria.e discussions are going on. at this point that is as much as i can say, sir. >> i understand that. every time the question comes up of smuggling and black market activities and who is buying the oil and everything, couple of countries come up and it's like they get a free pass. and sooner or later we're -- is there anybody that's re-evaluating who are our true allies and who aren't and it's almost like it's the military stockholm syndrome because we have two bases in those key countries. we don't pressure them. that's basically what i'm asking. are they getting a bit of a free pass on this? >> i would not say they are getting a free pass. >> okay. >> let me switch gears. >> we've had a long and open dialogue with them and those discussions about what you were talking about, those discussions continue and we'll have to see where that goes. >> okay. we talked about a lot of these foreign fighters coming through turkey. how about through some of the other areas, turkey is one area. do the

nearly 1.6 million refugees fled to turkey. managing editor kim lawsuit on traveled to the border between turkey and syria for this special report about the challenges facing the refugees and how people of faith of trying to help. >> southeastern turkey shares a 500 mile long border with syria. it looks quiet or peaceful. a few miles from here, government forces, rebel groups and isis are waging a brutal battle for control. so far nearly 1.6 million syrians sought safety in turkey and more are coming every day. >> they couldn't break any kind of stop together with them. they left everything behind. >> since the beginning of syria's civil war in march 2011, nearly 11 million people have been forced to flee from homes. almost 8 million of displaced while 3.5 million ended up in neighboring countries. darrell focuses on the mideast for the advocacy group refugees international. >> we are talking huge numbers, fully half the population of prewar syria needing humanitarian assistance. it's hard to keep up with both the needs and the

turkey what we can do on the border between turkey and syria. those discussions are going on. at this point that's all i can say. >> i understand that. every time the question comes up of smuggling and black market activities and who is buying the oil and everything, couple of countries come up and it's like they get a free pass. and sooner or later we're -- is there anybody that's re-evaluating who are our true allies and who aren't and it's almost like it's the military stockholm syndrome because we have two bases in those countries and we don't pressure them. that's basically what i'm asking. are they getting a bit of a free pass on this? >> i would not say they are getting a free pass. >> okay. >> let me switch gears. >> we've had a long and open dialogue with them and those discussions about what you were talking about, those discussions continue and we'll have to see where that goes. >> okay. we talked about a lot of these foreign fighters coming through turkey. how about through some of the other areas, turkey is one area. do they also co

, which turkey denies. the attack was repelled. behind me is the grain silo where they say isis took up positions. interestingly, there always was a turkish flag flying above that dpr grain silo. it is now absent. they are preparing for a repeat. this just reenforcing their belief turkey let isis jihadis cross into syria in the first place. this is our homeland, he says. what is isis doing here? all of that came from turkey. turkey is behind all this. i saw it with my own eyes. they also claim the huge car bomb behind this crater drove in from turkey, which turkey also denies. the caterpillar tracks suggest it was in fact a tank car bomb, unstoppable. nearby, kurds train recruits. this fight is spiraling into the long-term. now with six different armies in it. the kurds and isis, with the coalition in the air. but the turkish military trying to seal their border and the free syrian army rebels also helping the kurds. and then there is the peshmerga. iraqi kurds allowed in by turkey bringing with them heavy

deeper will stop then there's the violence on the southeastern border of turkey. >> turkey has taken over a million syrian refugees and more a ride every day. yet a have then hesitant to pull out all the stops against islamic state. a disappointment to the kurds inside and outside turkey and western and arab nations fighting the extremists. >> to neighboring greece where voters have started the countdown to next month's early elections. they are due on january 25. >> the outgoing premise or has asked the president to his -- to dissolve element. they have warned greeks they will decide whether the country remains part of the eurozone. he accuses the opposition left this -- leftist for failing to agree to a new head of state. the vote is several weeks away, but traders are already very nervous at the stock exchange. >> worries over greece pulled the dax down for the day. not the kind of last trading day of the week they were hoping and wishing for here. but one of the questions is what happens should greece default or exit the euro? that's not the kind of thing inclined to raise the mo

turkey had its own kurdish problem, that's part of turkey's calculation as well. think the big point here is that all roads, i think, lead to damascus in terms of dealing with the isis crisis. isis is a fundamentally a by-product of the syrian war. it's a by-product of failed series of obama policies , but sitting on the sidelines open hoing that syria could be contained within its borders was a huge risk calculation. we can see that right now. and now the united states, after committing itself from pulling out from the middle east withdrawing troops, removing its footprint is now in many ways back at the beginning. we're reengaging, to reengage with the middle east militarily. i think the rise of isis, in my view, at the end of 2014 really highlights the catastrophic failure of obama's foreign policy specifically with respect to the crisis in serie-a. >> when we return, more world trouble spots. massacre and kidnappings plagued mexico, pakistan, nigerian and raul castro and barack obama set a new course for u.s.-cuban relations. stay with us. >> the stream, >> yo

all of that came from turkey. turkey is behind all of this. they bring the people, give them weapons. i saw it with my own eyes. they also claim the huge car bomb behind this crater drove in from turkey which turkey also denies. the caterpillar tracks lying around suggest it was in fact a tank car bomb. un0 stoppable. nearby, kurds train new recruits in a wasteland. this fight is spiraling into the long-term. now, with six different armies in it. the kurd and isis but the coalition in the air. the turkish military trying to seal their border and the free syrian army rebels also helping the kurds. and then there is the peshmerga, iraqi kurds allowed in by turkey bringing with them heavy weapons that many say stopped kobani being overrun. turkey did let 150 of the men in and is allowing replacements. and some weapons, too. but still, they blame turkey for starving kobani's kurds of ammunition resupply. we're being besieged from three sides he says and have only one border open, turkey. we're bringing weapons and ammunition from kurdistan but tur

it's more than just the carving of the turkeys. more of the holiday meals. this center is the center of 365 days of volunteerism. it is now because of the new facilities that larry and bob and this whole entire family helped build with so many contributions, it's now a center where there is recovery happening, there is social services, there is schooling and education for families, there is support from all levels of life from people who need it in the heart of the tenderloin and our city. i'm here to express my deep appreciation to this st. anthony's foundation, to the wonderful center that's just created. it is such a great part of our social safety net in the city but it's also a great contribution to what i characterize as a world class city. this city oftentimes says we are a world class city, but do we have a world class heart. this center, is the center of the world class heart. on behalf of city of san francisco we would like to thank you and thank you for your time for the thousands of meals, 4,000 meals will be created here. we are going more into

all of that came from turkey. turkey is behind all of this. they give them weapons.aw it with my own eyes." they also claim the huge car bomb behind this crater drove in from turkey which turkey also denies. the caterpillar tracks lying around suggest it was, in fact, a tank car bomb. unstoppable. nearby, kurds train new recruits in a wasteland. this fight is spiraling into the long term. now with six different armies in it. the kurds and isis with the coalition in the air. the turkish military trying to seal their border and the free syrian army rebels also helping the kurds. and then there is the peshmerga. iraqi kurds allowed in by turkey bringing with them heavy weapons that many say stopped kobani being overrun. turkey did let 150 of them in and is allowing replacements and some weapons, too. but still, they blame turkey for starving kobani's kurds of ammunition resupply. "we're being besieged from three sides here and have only one border open, turkey. we're bringing weapons and ammunition from kurdistan, but turkey is putting up obstacles. this is the main pro

is perky. >> jimmy: no turkey. >> both: "no turkey for perky."he can't have any turkey -- >> jimmy: just bring it back to broadway. >> i know. i was thinking, we should all, we should all do it together. >> jimmy: yes! we could do it. the audience. [ cheers and applause ] everyone gets perky on the way out. look at how far you've come. >> oh, man. >> jimmy: but this movie "birdman", it comes out friday. it's fantastic. everyone's great in this film. naomi watts is fantastic in it. edward norton is unbelievable. >> yeah. >> jimmy: you have great scenes with edward norton. here's why it would freak me out though --. because, if you watch this movie a lot of the shots are like these long tracking shots where they start in one room. and then they go into a a hallway. and then into another room. and then, it's long. so, you're seeing michael keaton act in one scene and then going over to zach galifianakis acting. and then, eventually.they just come to you. and you have like, two, two lines. and i would be so nervous, i would be like -- oh, it's almost

we just had vp biden in turkey. we are in ongoing discussion with turkey about what we can do on the border. of those discussions are going on. question time the comes up of smuggling and black-market activities -- who of buying oil -- a couple countries, and it is like they're getting a free pass. is anybody evaluating who are true allies are and who aren't? it's almost like the military stockholm syndrome. bases in those countries but we do not pressure them. that is basically what i'm asking. are they getting a bit of a free pass? >> i would not say they're getting a free pass. -- we have a very strong in open dialogue. >> we talked to what about fighters coming to turkey. of the out, through some other areas. do they also come through -- large proponents from georgia -- are they largely from refugee camps where they are being recruited? >> the numbers of foreign coming from other countries are much smaller than turkey. iraq, jordan, and lebanon have lesser numbers. we have obviously -- in the of iraq and jordan,

the turkey has been devoured.duck congress has a lot to do, despite the name including government funding. are we facing another government shut down? we'll talk about the possibilities. new details into just what went into the president's decision to use executive orders on immigration. he may have wanted to go even further. we'll talk about that. we'll also take a look at the media coverage of ferguson of the has it been fair and balanced? all that ahead, "happening now" just about -- bill: you got it, buddy. merry christmas to you. >> we can say that now. bill: let me be the first. >> thank you. bill: president obama's executive action on immigration could end up costing taxpayers a bundle. we'll look at the policy and impact in a moment. martha: plus computer cookies you will want to eat. bill: really? martha: girl scouts going digital with all the thin mints. ♪ while every business is unique, everyone is looking for ways to cut expenses. and that's where pg&e's online business energy checkup tool can really h

russia's president putin will arrive in turkey later on monday.d talks with president erdawan on trade, supplies and diplomatic disputes over syria and and bernard repo on istanbul for expanding alliance. >> reporter: business is booming at the fruit and vegetable wholesale market and experts of food to russia are up by almost 450% this year. thanks to russia band on imports from the eu. >> translator: we want turkish leaders to talk more about peace with russia and the world so we can increase trade, russia is a good market for us and can sell us gas while we sell them fresh produce. >> reporter: trade between russia and turkey was worth $32 billion and want to increase it by $100 billion by 2020 and business doesn't seem to be effected by the significant political differences between the two countries. russia remains the principle backer of the syria regime of al-assad and they want him gone and they will explore massive off shore reserves and believe turkey should be involved as well but russia and turkey looking for alliances in business and d

trade worth is--turkey gets all of its energy from russia, and russia's second largest export is turkey after germany. they want to increase it to $100 billion by 2020. expect agreements to be signed during today's meetings, and those agreements pushing towards achieving that ambitious goal of increasing their bilateral trade. >> still to come on the program, charging the barricades, the most violent confrontation so far between police and protesters in hong kong. >>> justice world aid say that scientists are concerned about drugs used by patience to keep disease at bay. there is more after the break. >> welcome back. two bombs have exploded in a market in nigeria. it comes after gunmen attacked an university earlier on monday. >>> the world food program said it has suspended a food voucher scheme because money has run out. it was providing aid to refugees in jordan, iraq and turkey. morit needs more than $64 million for this month alone. >>> energy supplies ar talks are due between russia and turkey. >>> ghost soldiers have been discovered. troops who appear on the ministry role but do

we just had vp biden in turkey. we are in ongoing discussion with turkey about what we can do on the border. of those discussions are going on. >> every time the question comes up of smuggling and black-market activities -- who is buying oil -- a couple of countries, and it is like they're getting a free pass. is anybody evaluating who are true allies are and who aren't? it's almost like the military stockholm syndrome. we had two bases in those countries but we do not pressure them. that is basically what i'm asking. are they getting a bit of a free pass? >> i would not say they're getting a free pass. weave a very -- we have a very strong in open dialogue. >> we talked to what about these foreign fighters coming to turkey. how about, through some of the other areas. do they also come through -- i know large proponents from georgia -- are they largely from refugee camps where they are being recruited? >> the numbers of foreign fighters coming from other countries are much smaller than turkey. iraq, jordan, and leba

going through turkey into syria? ambassador, you be first. >> mr. chairman, turkey is a very important partner of ours in the region. we share a very important common interest with them. we have a shared interest in seeing a political settlement in syria, that removes assad. we have a shared interest in combatting the terrorist organizations that are operating in syria and iraq. we have a shared interest in dealing with the humanitarian crisis and also shared interest in promoting stability in iraq. >> i understand that. that's not my question. my question is the government of turkey complicit in allowing foreign fighters to go through their country and fight for isil? >> i was trying to explain some of the perspective on this problem, sir. the turks have more than a million refugees inside turkey. turks have a 900 kilometer border. >> i've bento one of those syrian camps. >> there's 37 million tourist rifle in turkey every year. we believe turkey and we've had an extensive dialogue on this issue for some time is tak

turkey has taken 1.7 million of those. we have a report. >> 14 hours a day, six days a week, bashir works at this bakery. from kobane, he earns $10 a day. with this, he must support an extended family of 11 who have escaped from their country's war. 1.4 million syrian refugees live in turkey outside government camps. proud families are trying to make ends meet in a country that opened its doors to them thinking they'd be here only a few months. >> my life in kobane was easier. i was working there, but didn't suffer the injustice and humiliation we have here. now we have no future. >> transformed from a sleepy rural town to a giant holding pen, syrians wait in limbo for the war to end. it's a scene repeated in towns all along turkey's border. the population has doubled in the three months since isil began its assault on kobane. there are now 180,000 syrians living here and 80% are children. there aren't enough jobs or schools to sustain them. >> such is the demand for accommodation. the family lives in a converted stable. >

got some fresh turkey and i'll try it. if it has a hole in it, it doesn't work. >> you're swallowing it as well at the same time. >> how do you do it? explain. >> magic is hard to explain. i just do it. >> not going to give up her secret. >> you were recording this for a talent contest online? >> it's popular on snap chat. we did six talents. lacy's was the grand finale. comment, tweet us or comment on instagram which one was your favorite. hers obviously won. >> that's it for "right this minute," everybody. thanks for joining us. see you next time. >>> it's a slugfest on the freeway. >> there was something going on inside that car. >> see where they wound up that makes this story so much better. >> firefighters are about to leave a charred home when they hear whimpering. >> one scared little survivor. >> a dude in a wheelchair starts rolling backwards. >> the frenzy to save him with a train on the way. >> he thinks he's a contestant in he

that pipeline would have sent gas from azerbaijan and east through turkey. but it failed because of the fear of angry russia. in a game of winners and losers, this looks like a tie. steve levine covers this battle of the pipelines where he writes about the global industry, and wrote a piece called "the world's pipeline war has officially come to an end." steve, you know about this a lot. i've been doing this series on the new cold war, and the last installment of my series we talked about the south stream pipeline, and in particular how the bulgarians were under pressure to get it done. listen to what we aired just a week ago. >> eastern europe's split loyalties. it's a member above nato and the european union, and yet some say bulgaria's e.u. membership give russia a voice in brussels. after nearly half a century as part of the soviet-led eastern bloc bulgarian is often their ally. sentiment over russia is deeply divide even at the top echelons of government. a symbol of that division is a national gas pipeline called south stream. when finished it would by

was a raw turkey.e it was the raw turkey and it sliced his eye, he spent thanksgiving with an eye patch. >> jimmy: he has no tongue and an eye patch. that is terrible. >> that was three years ago. but now it's like, every time we have thanksgiving at our house, it's a disaster. >> jimmy: he should be wearing a helmet or a face mask. so, is he okay now? >> i mean -- he keeps asking me if i can hear his speech impediment. >> jimmy: oh, okay, yeah. >> he keeps thinking that he's talking funny. >> jimmy: is he not talking fun funny? >> i mean, he always kind of is talking funny. i can't tell. >> jimmy: are you guys still on the ranch that you -- >> yeah, we're up in -- it's close to kardashian country. >> jimmy: oh, it is? i don't know, where do the kardashians live? >> kardashian country. >> jimmy: one of the times, you or jerry were here, you were growing grapes and making wine out of the grapes. >> that was a long time ago. we started ten years ago and the vines, we had 800 grapevines, they finally matu

bulgaria was kind of listed on the central powers, with turkey, bulgaria had, in fact, fought turkeyh 1912 and 1913 and they more or less quarrelled at the end of the war. one of the little known aspects of the end of the first world war is that in some ways the decisive breakthrough actually mapped in macedonia. again to get back to this map you look at the military history of this thing it was a little bit accidental. they sent troops there because nothing was going on at hñ gallipoli. they were trying to impress the greeks into joining the war. it didn't work. they had to send troops to greece and basically depose the king and put in a puppet government so that greece would join the war. then basically around september 1918 the bulgarians who have something like 200,000 troops pinning down you know defending all of central europe, against this allied expeditionary force in macedonia, they get screwed over by their allies, where they don't get the territory they thought had been promised to them. they get angry at the turks and the germans. and they more or less just give up the fi

turkey wants al-assad to go. key elementainly a of its policy, but at the same time, they recognized that isil is also a threat to turkey itself. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. i want to thank the gentleman for being here. it is concluded. thank you. >> the senate foreign relations committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on isis. the committee will discuss a potential authorization for the use of military force. we will have that live tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. hagele secretary chuck made a visit to afghanistan this weekend, where he met with troops and afghani leaders. secretary hagel discuss the would draw of 1000 troops. leave just under 11,000 troops in the region until next year. this is secretary hagel's final trip to afghanistan. carter has been chosen to head the pentagon. that announcement was made by president obama on friday. a little bit more than a week after secretary hagel said he was resigning. this announcement from the white house is 20 minutes. >> good morning, eve

the third balkan war broke out between turkey and greece. got together in douse the flames. the russians desperate to keep the straits from being closed again cut off greece. brought the war to an end. the concert of europe was effectively revived. wait a minute. that's not what happened. what did happen? well, what did happen is they actually proceeded along -- i keep hitting the wrong button. we have to go back. here we are. they proceeded along to the towj hall. went with the program. franz ferdinand gave his own remarks. the mayor said, we citizens of sarajevo salute you andusx wel you with our great warmth of heart. and he said, they just threw a bomb at me. what were you talking about? he was in a pissy mood but interestingly enough he was still in charge of things. because he actually altered the route. originally, they were supposed to go to the museum which was up here. unfortunately, it wasn't like here. next door. through the town, up here to the museum. now everyone else is saying, that's too risky. there are assassins around he

bulgaria was kind of listed on the central powers, with turkey bulgaria had in turkey in both 1912 and3 and they more or less quarrelled at the end of the war. one of the little known aspects of the end of the first world war is that in some ways the decisive breakthrough actually mapped in macedonia. again to get back to this map you look at the military history of this thing it was a little bit accidental. they sent troops there because nothing was going on at gallipoli. they were trying to impress the greeks into joining the war. it didn't work. they had to send troops to greece and basically depose the king and put in a puppet government so that greece would join the war. then basically around september 1918 the bulgarians who have something like 200,000 troops pinning down you know defending all of central europe, against this allied expeditionary force in macedonia, they get screwed over by their allies, where they don't get the territory they thought had been promised to them. they get angry at the turks and the germans. and they more or less just give up the fight. and they don

bernard smith is near the turkey-syria border. been saying turkey has been bearing the brunt of this refugees crisis. how has it been coping? and can it take in anymore? >> reporter: well, 1.7 million refugees from syria are in turkey. but only 260,000 of them in official refugees camps. the rest of them are essentially fending for themselves, they are staying with relatives, or they will be looking after their ona come days and for them, being, life is challenging. when this conflict in syria first started and refugees first started coming over the border to turkey, they were allowed to work, they were given work permits, that isn't the case now. there are no work permits for syrian refugees in turkey. so they are not allowed officially to earn money, but many of them are still working. and there is a bit of a gray area, because while turkey isn't giving the work permits it's not going after syrians who are working. but they don't have the legal protection that his turks would have. so, for example, the minimum wage in turkey, th

this >> well, turkey used to be one of the biggest [ inaudible ] of journalists several years ago.ve released several journalists but most are under a provisional release, so they can come back to jail. but i think the country understood that it was really getting a bad image on the international scene, if you are, you know, one of the biggest jailers of journalists, and the latest crackdown on media analysts in turkey is not a very big surprise to us. because we were very concerned that those could go back to jail and others could go to jail, because the turkish authorities have really strengthened their grip on the media these past months. this arrest of several journalists and the pressure on the media comes just about a year -- it's the year -- the one-year anniversary of the [ inaudible ] corruption on the high level of administration in turkey. and we believe there's a link between this new media crackdown on a sensitive topic that the t tur -- tushish authorities. >>> we here at al jazeera continue to demand the release of our three journalists in jail in egypt. peter greste

president putin, he has now proposed building a new pipeline through turkey instead, offering turkey gas at a discounted rate. let's get more on this. an associate fellow at the russian and eurasian program joins us. great to have you with us. we understand, of course, these western sanctions against russia, but some may be wondering why the eu was so reluctant so have a new gas pipeline that would have bypassed ukraine so no more disruptions when those two had a gas spat, and considering parts of europe still rely heavily on russian gas. >> i think the answer is that the eu saw this as a largely politically driven project. not so much a commercial project, with the explicit aim of isolating ukraine. in other words, it was bypassed infrastructure. you've got around 50% of russia's gas exports to europe coming through ukraine. so if suddenly ukraine didn't have those revenues, became less strategically important to europe, this was actually going to change something in the balance of power in russia's relations with ukraine and more broadly with europe. so i think with great reluctant

there, and seeing as this threat is on turkey's doorstep, turkey has said that they are willing to train or provide more training to the peshmerga and to the curtkurdish fighters but th have been hosetants about sending troops in to the area to try to ensure isil doesn't expand to their borders. why is there that sition? >> i think it is a right that turkey will dispatch its own forces to the neighboring countries to fight against isil. this should be a decision, i.e. sending combat troops to iraq and syria. it should be taken by the united nations or by the anti-isis coalition by itself. but as we all know, only u.s. sentence advisors there or u.s. military advisos and troops to iraq to train the iraqi army as well as peshmergas. but it will be dangerous for turkey to unilaterally send its own forces to fight against isil. so, i think in the anti-isil coalition should make a decision that the iraqi forces, the peshmergas in syria are not enough on ground to defeat isil. i think turkey n my opinion, should allow more to the peshmerga. earlier pathway to turkey to syria to join the uid fo

al assad, turkey wanting him ousted.'s mark lowen in istanbul told me the two men will hope to discuss an issue the two countries can agree on, that's trade. >> reporter: certainly, they will try to focus on the economic benefits of their relationship today, and keeping the tricky topics of disagreement at bay. as you say, they have a very strong trade relationship. turkey is russia's second-biggest trade partner after germany, worth $35 billion a year. they want to increase that to $100 billion a year by 2020. there is also a heavy dependence on russian gas here, which accounts for about 65% of turkey's energy needs. and four million russian tourists a year come here to turkey. so all of that will be on the agenda of talks in ankara. but the topics are tricky as well. turkey has been at the forefront of president assad while moscow defends him, and turkey also was against russia's annexation of crimea earlier this year. so they will i think try to focus on where there is agreement today, to talk about the economic benef

it implies the turkey did something wrong besides being a turkey we wanted to slaughter.d malia are standing there grimacing because it is this weird big display. i think i would rather see the slaughter, take the hatchet, like that. that would send a message to our enemies. just slaughtering an animal life on tv. >> probably not bring the daughters to that one. >> yeah, i know. >> the lampoon is still published as a physical magazine. >> yeah, print media. >> why not web-based? >> we have an ipad app and a website, twitter. we are slowly going to the digital age. we feel very strongly about we feel very strongly about publishing the magazine no matter how unprofitable. as long as people keep throwing donations at us, we are going to run into the ground. >> all right, alexis wilkinson thank you for joining us here in your home base. we will be right back. ♪ >> we are only on the two half -- tube half an hour a day, but we are online 24 hours. >> check it out plus all of the latest political news. right now, "taking stock" is next. veritas. >> hello, i'm pimm fox and this