and there is turkey considers the threat or the fear that there may be some blow back towards turkeym what's happening over there in syria. >> for the moment, bernard smith updating us live there from istanbul, thank for that. >>> now to yemen now. hadi has fled the capital after being held for weeks by houthi rebels says he's still the president. he made the declaration from the port city of aden, home to a southern secessionist movement. he fled there after escaping house arrest in sanaa. houthi supporters reject his claim to power. >> translator: we are now talking about a president that's not legit hat. this is a president who count on the outsiders, on the for earners, this is a president who refuse today deal with the southerners and the southern secessionist movement when he was the seoul sole candidate in the presidential elections so i don't understand what he's doing by fleeing to the south and asking them for support. >> the houthis dissolved parliament earlier this month and announced they were forming their own government. hadi dismissed their actions as illegal and says

turkey is not part of the u.s. led coalition against isil but in september its parliament authorized action against isil. turkey announced it will help to train moderate requireian fighters to fight isil and the bashar al assad regime. let's go to chase winter, a political affairs analyst on turkey joining us live from washington d.c. syria calls the turkish operation an act of flagrant aggression. it says that there will be consequences. is syria in a position to respond? what form might that response take? >> well, i think it's important to point out this isn't the first time turkey has gone into either pull out troops or reinforce troops. in this area of control the syrian government doesn't have much control in the area, and along the border to the village in the north near the syrian border, that's largely controlled by the ypg the syrian kurds. i don't think that the syrian kurds themselves are going to try to create any problems with turkey. >> do you suspected chase, that turkey's motives and objectives ext

are you observing a clash of cultures of sorts happening in turkey? >> yes, i mean we can say in many countries, turkey as well that there is a - well growing, maybe, in a way, a growing social conserve ti., and that cannot affect women negatively. and some tend to blame women for these cases, but i would say that we have seen - we cannot forget that we have seen progress in turkey there's a gap. there's a gap when it comes to implementation. that is the main thing. >> turkish women have been talking about the issues you brought up. hashtag on twitters, they are gardening thousands of tweets. with a lot of turkish women telling stories about sexual harassment. there's a defiant tone, will is lead to substantive challenge and implementation of policies referred to? >> yes i hope so. i saw that the prime minister today, he claired that now they will develop a new action plan on how to combat violence against women. this can be a wake up call for the government, the general public and all of us in turkey. >> and beyond perhaps as well. u.n. women's repre

turkey decided now is time to evacuate. a lot will be wondering why, and what's the potential blow back for this. >> well i mean turkey militarily has no interest at all in getting involved in syria. it made that fairly clear in the fight against i.s.i.l. it is about to engage in training syrian army fighters to take on i.s.i.l. it agreed with the u.s. to do the training and that will take part on turkish borders, so turkey would need to avoid any targets. the shrine could have been a target. i.s.i.l. said they might destroy it. they want to destroy shrines. it may be a risk against turkish troops. to avoid the risk now is a good time to pull them out as they begin training fighters to take on i.s.i.l. >> bernard smith, live from istanbul >>> now, in iraq u.s.-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed 60 i.s.i.l. fighters east of mosul. i.s.i.l. controlled the area since july last year when it made gains across the area. kurdish forces backed by air strikes are planning an offensive to reach mosul, which is the second-lar

why is turkey not fight i.s.i.l. with the same fervour that we see from the iraqi and syrian kurds. >> from ankara's point of view they take the view they've been doing a lot. there's 1.5 million syrian refugees. >> they are not allowing the use of air bases. >> that is correct. this is a manifestation of the difference between what ankara wants, and what washington wants. ankara wants bashar al-assad eliminated. that is - that has been their position and it's been a reason that they have not been willing to collaborate with washington in a fight against i.s.i.l. the turks feel that it is very isolated what they want to do and they don't want to touch what is going on in syria. which is a larger problem. >> complicated issue as ever. cofounder, foreign policy interrupted. thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> three soldiers have been stabbed outside a jewish community center in a french city. a man attacked a soldier as he understood guard, and two others that stopped him running away. the suspect w

it comes as turkey and u.s. agree to train free syrian army fighters here, the first time turkey has agreed to take such an overt role in the battle against isil. >> a former brigadier general in the turkish army says turkey was justified in acting, even though it stayed out of the battle for kobane nearby. >> the two situations, kobane and this one it's completely different. the kobane was an incident, you know beyond turkish national interests, beyond turkish national borders but this operation was while executed in a sense to extract turkish military from a very sirius threat. i mean, turkey had to conduct this operation and actually, there is a sound international law basis which is 1921ing 1921ankara agreement. anything from turkey was illegal from international perspective but the extraction from this took was completely legal. >> inside syria government airstrikes in duma killed six people. the rebel held city outside the capitol of damascus has been under heavy bombardment by syrian war planes for weeks

turkey says it's deported more than 1,000 people with links to i.s.i.l. according to the institute for strategic dialogue there's more than 3,000 fighters fighting in syria and iraq >>> to yemen, where houthi rebels remain after a coup on friday announcing new leaders. in a rare appearance the houthi leader defended the takeover telling the followers that this was a revolution. houthis said the president - his decision to step down created a vacuum. a yemeni journalist joins us on skype from there. we are hearing that the envoy to yemen is back in the country and reviving peace talks with the political parties. who is he talking to? >> they are the political parties in the country. but again, he's been doing that for the last couple of years, and the reason why we read what you read today is because of the unsuccessful negotiations that have taken place. when he was here two weeks ago, and involved in the negotiations which were a waste of time. the houthi officials i talked to say that it was serious, and the main reason why the houthis did what they did

attack them forcing turkey's hand. it comes as turkey and the u.s. agree to train free syrian army here the first time turkey agreed to take a role in the battle against i.s.i.l. >>> well let's take a closer look at relations between turkey and its neighbour syria. turkey has been opposed to the bashar al-assad regime since the civil war started four years ago. it has condemned the crackdown. ankara trained the fighters from the free syrian army. turkey is not part of a u.s.-led military coalition. in september the turkish parliament passed a motion authorising action against i.s.i.l. this week turkey announced it will train moderate syrian fighters to fight i.s.i.l. and the bashar al-assad regime. ankara has been criticized for being lax on i.s.i.l. troops crossing the border into syria our guest is the professor of international relations at the university. and joins us via skype from washington. thank you for being with us. if you could start off by explaining the point of this military operation. was there more to just retrieving the remains of s

it comes as turkey and the u.n. agree to train free syrian army fighters here. the first time turkey agreed to take an overt role in the battle against i.s.i.l. >>> in iraq u.s.-led coalition air strikes kill 60 i.s.i.l. fighters in mosul. i.s.i.l. has had control since june, when it made large gains. kurdish forces backed by the u.s. air strikes are planning an offensive to retake mosul, iraq's largest city. >> to yes ep -- yemen, where it is getting more complicated. abd-rabbu mansour hadi fled after being held by rebels for weeks. he gave a declaration from a port city of aden. >> reporter: the yemeni president escaped to aden and drew a harsh response from opponents. >> translation: we are talking about a president who is not legitimate. he counts on the outsiders. this is one that refuses to deal with the southern movement in the elections. i don't understand what he is trying to accomplish by fleeing to them for help. >> he pointed to the fact that he did not give hits statement, but it left many wondering if he was welcome in the powers that be. historica

it comes as turkey and the u.s. agree to train free syrian army fighters here, the first time turkey has agreed to take such an overt role in the battle against isil. al jazeera istanbul. >> a view now from a former brigadier general in the turkish army. he said turkey was justified in acting. >> the two situations, kobane acknowledge one, it's completely different. the kobane was an incident beyond turkish national interests, beyond turkish national borders but this operation was executed to i have not a sense to attract turkish military from a very serious threat. turkey had to conduct this operation, and actually, there is a sound international law basis which is 1921ankara agreement in this respect so any intervention on the turkish side in kobane case was illegal from international law perspective, but the recent operation, extract turkish military from this tomb was completely legal. >> yemen's president appeared on television for the first time in weeks. he arrived in the southern port city of aden on saturda

turkey also has a history in 2003. we have bombings in istanbul from people who have gone and been radical in afghanistan. you would have thought the turkish authorities would have learnt from that. people do come back. the mistakes the policy of denial comes back to haunt you. >> incoming passengers that fit a profile, like these four men, are taken for questioning. turkey has deported more than 1,000. according to the institute for dialogue there's more than 3,000 foreigners fighting in syria and iraq. >> at least three people have been killed after a bus was attacked. a bomb was thrown at a vehicle crowded with people. 30 were injured. >>> that was the latest in a string of attacks fuelled by a transportation strike called by the main opposition party last month, as reported the unrest is now hurting the country. >> reporter: this has been here for some time. there are no trucks willing to deport it. >> translation: over the past month i have not been able to shift any of my raw hide. i have about 250,000 square fee

it benefited turkey at that instance. suddenly since this fight is certainly evolved turkey, i think, is finding it's kind of come home to roost for them. the reality is, we have seen reports that it costs just somewhere between 25 and $50 to pay some smuggler or criminal to get across the paying military policemen. it's a very porous border, 5line miles longs. any difficulty in crossing the border once an individual gets into turkey? absolutely not. >> what i worry about is all the easy flight access to turkey. turkey comes back and says to us we can't start policing arch who flies into our country, it's a beautiful country. what do you think of that? they have this what us reaction to all ofb?Ñ( this? >> i think what they're doing is making really excuses. i think we have -- we have asked for their help in the past. right? we know there's 3400 westerners at least that have gone through turkey and they're in syria fighting. so this concept of, if we only knew what the bad guys were we could help. we have asked for their

attack them forcing turkey's hand. it comes as turkey and the u.s. agreed to train the free syrian army fighters the first time they agreed to take an overt role in the battle against i.s.i.l. >>> i'm joined in london by a former brigadier general in the turkish army. as bernard said the turkish government doesn't seem to have appetite to engage in syria. ar what the syrians are announcing as blatant aggression, and them saying there'll be repercussion how is it developing. will there be an escalation here? >> i don't think so. i don't know how, and based on what syrian government is calling this an aggression. if there is any aggression the syrian territory is address by other actors for a long time. what i can call the turkish operation, well planned, well executed. it was a sad accident in the which the turkish ncos were killed in action this is an indication of the determination not to get involved in the turkish syrian war. >> if the syrians retaliate as they threaten to because they say they didn't give permission for turkey to enter syrian ter

turkey insist the u.k.id not move quickly enough. >> scotland yard did not closely follow the girls, despite the concerns about them. we were in front three days after. james: no one stopps you or notices you when you leave istanbul's airport. we do not know where the girls headed after this. istanbul's bus station provides a discrete route to the border. it is easy to get a bus from istanbul to the border. the journey takes about 14 hours. one. no passport? ok. you can buy a ticket and you do not have to show a passport. all you need is money. a diplomat tells us that it is time for his country to take a clear step. >> we should close the borders. that, i believe. we do not have any relations with syria. no diplomatic relations. we do not have an embassy or official representatives. we discourage our people. james: the british authorities here at the consulate say they will continue to work with their turkish counterparts. it is hard to see what, if anything, the governments can realistically do. inside sy

turkey is not part of the u.s. military coalition against isil but in september the turkish parliament authorized action against isil. earlier this week turkey announced it will help train moderate syrian fighters to fight both isil and the assad regime. it has been criticized for being lax on isil recruits crossing into syria. now from the former brigadier general in the turkish army. he says turkey was justified in acting. >> the two situations, kolbani and this one, it's completely different. the kolbani was an incident. beyond turkish national interests, beyond turkish national borders, but this operation was executed to, in a sense, to fasttrack turkish military from a very serious threat. i mean turkey had to conduct this operation and actually there is a sound international law basis which is 1921 ankara agreement in this respect. any intervention on the turkish side in kolbani case was illegal from international law perspective. but the recent operation to extract the turk irwin military from this tomb was

prosecutors say his roommate had a ticket to travel to turkey next month. a third new york city man arrested in florida is accused of helping fund those efforts. >> this is real. this is the concern about the lone wolf-inspired to act without ever going to the middle east or the concern once they get to the mideast to acquire fighting skills and capabilities and then attempting to return to the country. nbc's chief foreign correspondent itched engel joins me and investigative reporter jonathan dienst. jihadi john has been identified. what else do we know about his background? >> reporter: mohammed emwazi, kuwaiti-born, had been on the radar of british intelligence officials for several years. he is a graduate of computer science from a middle class background in london. he moved back to kuwait at one stage in his life and he had been detained or at least questioned by british officials because of his alleged connection to the somali terror group al shabab a group that he was apparently very taken by a group that he tried -- was involved in a cell that wante

if we can't, it is britain to blame, not turkey. as well turkey can do very little to track the where abouts of the three girls because they entered the country as tourists. i have spoken to a security source here yesterday and he said people come here as tourists and you can't really stop everyone on the streets blaming them of maybe their intent to cross to syria. so the search is still ongoing. turkish officials are blaming britain for not sharing enough intelligence with them and saying they can't do more. we traveled to a border crossing yesterday, the other day, to see for ourselves what the situation was like at the border gate. there was no security on the way. they could have made easily their way toward the bodier gate but we don't know if they have made to cross syria or if they are still in turkey. >> the police have reacted to claims they were too late in informing turkish authorities. once we established the girls traveled to turkey they made -- since then we have been working closely with the turkish authorities who a

crossing from turkey into syria to join isis.uspects are also said to have discussed attacks here in the united states. let's discuss what's going on with our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto, our cnn national security analyst fran townsend. she was the homeland security advisor to president bush. and our cnn law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, former fbi assistant director. fran what are you hearing about the arrests of these three men in new york? i just want to point out that deborah feyerick our reporter in new york is inside that federal courthouse in brooklyn right now. we are told it's basically over. she is going to be emerging any minute now. we will get the very latest report from her. but what are you hearing about what's going on here? >> clearly, this was a long term ongoing investigation by the fbi and their hand was forced. when the guy heads off to jfk airport and they are going to otherwise lose the opportunity to arrest him, they have to bring the investigation to a conclusion. no doubt when yo

among them those three british teens who came through turkey last week. and the wife of one of the paris terrorists. the border stretches across 500 miles of hills and farmland. it's hard to patrol although turkey has now finally started pouring resources into fortifying it. but before reaching the border any would-be jihadist has to pass through here, istanbul international airport. it's one of the busiest in the world, where turks will probably tell you east meets west. and that's really the problem. with so much traffic they can't stop everyone. officials here say they've put together a blacklist of possible extremists, a list with 10,000 names provided by foreign intelligence agencies. but critics say turkey still isn't doing enough. the new york suspects were being tracked by u.s. law enforcement. and if they had passed on that information, the suspects would almost certainly have been stopped at immigration. but u.s. officials decided not to take that chance. richard engel, nbc news, istanbul. >>> in texas the man convicted of killing "american snip

is turkey doing enough to stop people from reaching i.s.i.l? >> no, i don't think turkey is. turkey is an example with a border that is a nato country it has a lot of cooperation agreements with the eu and once you cross the turkish border you're into syria. that means you're into the zone of active fighting. i think here turkey as a nation, not because it is a nato nation, but turkey as a nation could do a lot to shut its border to screen its border to prevent the flow of fighters into syria. for one important reason turkey fees isolated, while it believes assad should grow because -- should go because of the death and destruction he has reaped in his own country. it does not feel support from the u.s. for its position. turkey is going on its own as it were and the only effective force fighting against assad right now are the radical extremist groups so there's a disinterest on the side of turkey of preventing these people from getting to access those extremist groups because that is putting pressure on assad. >> there are calls for all countries to increase defense spending

we will speak to him and is double, turkey. stay with us. -- istanbul, turkey.stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> the palestinian activist and professor sami al-arian has been deported from the united states. in one of the most controversial prosecutions of the post-9/11 era, al-arian was jailed in florida for five and a half years on what many described as trumped up charges. he was arrested in 2003 at a time when he was one of the most prominent palestinian activists in the united states. in addition to teaching at the university of south florida, al-arian was a frequent media commentator and speaker at anti-war rallies. he co-founded the tampa bay coalition for peace and justice and the national coalition to protect political freedom. between 1997 and 2001 he visited the white house four times. he actively campaigned for george w. bush in the 2000 election. but life for sami al-arian changed after the september 11 attacks. >> on september 28, 2001 he was in

look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you.name is tony sartorio. i'm a lineman for pg&e out of the concord service center. i have lived here pretty much my whole life. i have been married for twelve years. i have 3 kids. i love living here and i love working in my hometown. at pg&e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. i'm there to do the safest job possible - not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. i'm very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg&e because it's my hometown. it's a rewarding feeling. >> catherine: >> pam: businesses are targeted for early morning break-ins at a pair of shopping centers in a quiet east bay town. surveillance video cameras of the businesses. an employee there shows kron4's haaziq madyun the videothat you will only see here >>"he goes once with the crowbar, tries to kick it backwards open, then goes one more time with the crow bar" >> pam: jimmy martinez is showing me surveillance video f

this is the highway on jihad, almost all of the supporters to join isis sneak across turkey's border with syria. among them those three british teens that came through turkey last week and the wife of one of the paris terrorists t border stretches across 500 miles of hills and farm land. it's hard to patrol but turkey has now started pouring resources in to fortifying it but before passing through the border they have to pass through here, it's one of the busiest in the world, east meets west. that is really the problem. with so much traffic they can not stop everyone. official here say they have put together a black list of possible extremists. a list with 10,000 names provided by foreign intelligence agencies. but critics say turkey still is not doing enough. >> and those critics include the united states and a lot of western powers. at some point, turkey is going to have to figure out whether they are an ally in the fight or whether they are an enemy. let's go back to washington, a deadline looms large. congress did take a big step forward on wednesday. the senate advanced the cle

(mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day.man) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. >> pam: rob? what happened? >> reporter: this all happened across the street over there at a business called all text technologies. ahead and 140 this afternoon creek there or at least a dozen fire trucks on scene. they had to set up one of the portable decontamination showers. we were told about safety. there was an explosion at 140 inside the building. the company does use hazardous materials in regards to the manufacturing process used here. the physical therapy clinic had to be evacuated due to the explosion. >> we were working with patients at all of a sudden we heard a large bone. --b oom. everyone ducked for a few minutes. miller went in to look at the business. and one of the guys came out in his hair like had them blown back and he had dust all over his face

turkey itself is no longer willing to trust isis to honor long-standing agreements. overnight, it sent 100 armored vehicles and nearly 600 turkish soldiers into syria to safely evacuate 38 turkish groups who had been guarding a tomb of one of turkey's founding fathers. the soldiers recovered the remains. the turkish operation took everyone by surprise but why act now? well, the u.s. has been talking about intensifying its war against isis, promising a major offensive against the isis-held city of mosul. turkey could be trying to move its troops out of harm's way before isis has a chance to retaliate against them. richard engel, nbc news, istanbul. >>> and for the first time tonight, we're hearing from the parents of kayla mueller, the young aid worker who was killed earlier this month while being held by isis militants in syria. in an interview with savannah guthrie that will be seen tomorrow morning on "today," her mother was asked about her plans to travel to southern turkey to help syrian refugees, work that would eventually take her across the border to syria whe

it comes as turkey and the u.s. agreed agree to train free syrian army fighters here, the first time turkey has agreed to take such an o vert role in the battle against isil. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >> a former brigadier general for the turkish army abdul somisdork said despite the inaction in the syrian city of kobane, this time it was justified to enter the country. >> the two situations, kobane and this one is completely different. and the kobane was, was an incident. beyond turkish national interests, beyond turkey national borders. this operation was executed to, in a sense, to fasttrack turkish military from a very serious threat. in turkey thicker to conduct this operation and actually there is a sound international law basis which is 1921, ankara agreement in this respect. any intervention on the circumstance side in kobane case was illegal, from international, you know, law perspective. but the recent operation to extract the turkish military from this tomb was completely legal. >>> yemen's pre

it comes as turkey and the u.s. agree to train free syrian army fighters here, the first time turkey has agreed to take such an o vert role in the battle against isil. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul istanbul. >>> now from haldan suments, who says turkey was justified in acting. >>reporter: >> the two situations, kolbani and this one, it's completely different. the cokolbani was an incident beyond turning turkish national interests, beyond usuallyingish boarders but this operation was executed to, in a sense, to bag backtrack turk -- to protect turkish military from a serious threat. turkey had to conduct this operation and actually there is a sound international basis which is 1921 ankara agreement in this respect. so any intervention on the turkish side in kolbani was illegal from international perspective. but the recent operation to extract the turkish military from this tomb was completely legal. >> yemen's president has and on television for the first time in weeks, after arriving in the southern port city

forcing turkey's hand. it comes as turkey and the u.s. agree to train free syrian army here for the first time turkey agreed to take an overt role in the battle against i.s.i.l. >>> the families of three british schoolgirls who flew to istanbul made appeals for them to come home. it fears the girls will attempt to go into syria. they have been named and they are 15-year-olds and 16-year-olds. they are school friends of a fourth girl. they believed to be in syria. the family gave no hint of a fan and called on them to return to u.k. . >> she didn't take anything with her. you hang on to the bits that you have. she's a baby. we want you to contact anybody, let them know you need help. we all love you. if anyone convinces you of anything, they are wrong. we love you more than anyone could love you. >> the u.n. special envoy to syria will travel to damascus to broker a peace deal. there are some assurances from the government that there could be a halt in the attacks on aleppo. he knows that he faces a tough task. >> reporter: this will be th

turkey and the u.s. finally signed a deal that would allow syrian rebels to be trained here in turkey. but we're talking about a very small number of rebels. they would also only be given fairly light weapons. trucks perhaps machine guns mounted on the backs of the trucks, very little that could actually turn the tide of the battle. this is being perceived by many people including some people who were big advocates of supporting the rebels including the former u.s. ambassador ambassador ford as far too little, far too late the syrian rebel movement has died. that this is not going to change the course of the battle. it could end up complicating things. >> david ignatius the same thing. seems that our policy now, we're going to arm the syrian rebels that were ineffective and we're going to rebuild the iraqi army which dissolved as i said earlier this week like sugar in hot water in 1991 in 2003 and again in 2014. is that really the solution? >> well, joe, those are things that are being discussed. what i

again, going back to turkey i think turkey is key. >> i want to be precise. this is a u.s.-led coalition air strikes. we assume jordanian planes were involved in this as well. you see these pictures. there's a message that people want to send. >> this is pretty clear. the first is the messaging piece here. the jordanian king gets off the plane, he wants a visual immediately. this goes up on jordanian tv. you wanted vengeance, you got it. the second piece is if you want to understand the leadership, the command and control that's responsible for the murder of that jordanian pilot, you cannot put that intelligence picture together in a couple days. to get real vengeance is going to take months or more. >> we're told at least ten isis militants were said to be killed in these air strikes. what you're saying is this is just really the beginning. >> i hope it is a turning point as you mentioned earlier in the broadcast. i hope this will galvanize the arab world to stand up against the extremism in the region. i hope this screens globally viral over the internet just like the jor

training is expected to begin in turkey. qatar and saudi arabia have also pledged -- offered to host the program. >> [inaudible] i agree with you this is a start. there's a lot of work ahead of us but i'm pleased that we have taken this step. >> the u.s. military plans to send hundreds of troops, including special forces, to oversee the program. the rebels will be strictly that is, given basic military skills -- strictly vetted and given basic military skills. it comes after months of the u.s. and turkey unable to agree on issues, how to distinguish the moderate from the more extreme rebels and how to arm them for combat. turkey is keen to go even further. >> the rebels will fight against islamic state and other terrorist organizations on the ground as well as those loyal to the syrian regime. >> u.s. congress voted onto jake -- on tuesday a budget of half $1 billion -- of half a billion dollars for the program. the united states wants the first group of rebels to be fully trained by the end of the year. annette: two tropica

turkey is now 125th out of a list of 142 countries.her coffin was carried by women a notable break with custom. but on this day at this funeral with emotions raw there was no appetite for keeping traditions. bernard smith al jazeera, istanbul. >> two al jazeera journalists are bail after 411 days in bail in egypt. but their fight for justice is not over. they're still charged with can lewding with the banned muslim brotherhood. their retrial is set for february 23rd. peter greste was also charged but was released to australia. we have much more to come on the program. a warning from the "world health organization" over new cases of ebola in west africa. >> tech know, every monday go where science meets humanity. >> this is some of the best driving i've every done, even though i can't see. >> tech know. >> we're here in the vortex. >> tonight, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> the top stories, egyptian warplanes have carried out airstrikes hitting positions held by fighters loyal to isil in libya. it is in response to the gro

>> turkey you mean? >> turkey. >> so the bush doctrine i think this is what you're referring to has been pilar'd for folks who sat their tushies in this chair. but the premise certainly seems to make a lot of sense. as we look at with friends like turkey i'm not sure how we must get up the resources to deal with countries that are truly unproductive. are we using all the leverage we have with turkey? is this the best we can do with turkey or are we accepting this? i think that's the question for secretary of state john kerry. but is this the best we can do with turkey that their border is so porous. the istanbul airport, it's not like flying into a third world country. the istanbul airport looks like the london airport. this is a country with plenty of resources to secure its border but obviously not the political will to do so. >> the president seems far too laid back for a lot of americans on these issues. and every time you start talking about how he needs to do more then the straw man goes up. oh, wh

look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you.>>pam: all of the domestic abuse of charges against nfl defensive end greg party have been dismissed. the carolina panthers player was convicted of assault and threatening to kill his ex- girlfriend by a judge last year. his lawyers appealed and a jury trial was set to start this morning. a product prosecutors say the victim has been completely unavailable to them despite extraordinary efforts to locator. and without her testimony they do not have the evidence to move forward. the charlotte observer reports the district attorney believes the woman may have reached an undisclosed settlement with >>reporter: san francisco giants slugger barry bonds will be enshrined in the hall of fame after all. the bay area sports hall of fame. ba is baseball's all-time home run king will join former giants manager dusty baker south bay pro golfer an analyst roger malt be more ran county's john mosley, and 1998 olympic gold medalist franklin the late golden state warriors owners who helped bring the 19

turkey itself is no longer willing to trust isis to honor long standing agreements. overnight it sent 100 armored vehicles and nearly 600 turkish soldiers into syria to safely evacuate 38 turkish groups who were guarding a tuchl one of turkey's founding fathers. the soldiers recovered the remains. the turkish operation took everyone by surprise but why act now? the u.s. has been talking about intensifying the war against isis promising a major offensive against the isis held city of mosul. turkey could be trying to move the troops out of harm's way before isis has a chance to retaliate against them. richard engel, nbc news is istanbul istanbul. >> there was drama on the track at the daytona 500 including a comeback suspension an a broken leg. we have it all covered for us tonight from daytona. good evening. >> good evening to you. a lot of drama at this year's daytona a00. just about all of it off of the track from a driver suspension to questions of safety. >> jeff gordon at pole position leading the team to green at the last 500. it was to be the story of this day

specifically turkey. in your opinion, what impact has turkey's actions or in this case a lack of action -- how has that affected other coalition partnerships in that region? what can we do to encouraging turkey to take on more ownership of the issues? in the middle east? senator. as much as i would like to turn that question over to my colleague, i this i that the former u.s. ambassador of turkey. i this that i i will need to take that on first of all. all of the things that you cited are painfully part of my past experience and there is just no question that turkey under prime minister. now president is become a problematic and difficult ally and there are a lot of reason forbes that. and i this i that turkey has headed.commest like on a dangerous trajectory. and increasing authority. and a lot of degradation of democratic practice in turkey. which i think contributes to some of this and i think that now it will require a lot of attention from senior u.s. leadership in the next few years to try to manage

you would go to the travel databases, looking for reservations to turkey.e they started to take those actions, then you start human intelligence and start running people into them to see what their plans and intentions are. they clearly weren't putting on the net that they were intending to kill the president. and only once the fbi really launched a full investigation with agents and proxies into these guys would they really know -- and then they had to monitor them. they had to figure out how big the group was. and they had to pull the plug at the right time to roll these guys up. clearly the attack on the president is aspirational. but putting a bomb in coney island, easily done. obtaining a machine gun, shooting up police, a police car, easily done. sounds to me that the fbi moved at the right time. clearly we needed domestic intelligence agency -- the fbi is doing a great job but we have to keep going. if the fbi director is right, there are in all 50 states, there are cells. this is a huge problem. and remember there are the lone wolfs that don't go up

turkey, lebanon and jordan.e need to give them the support necessary to ensure these demographic changes that they are experiencing are, in the end, not destabilizing to their stability and their security. and then very importantly is the humanitarian assistance that will follow in trace of the counteroffensive when that ultimately kicks off. it could be argued that the clearing operation will be important to remove daesh out of the population center. but we're going to find that these people have lived under indescribable conditions. and so our ability to quickly apply the humanitarian assistance necessary to the female populations, to the more broadly the liberated populations, to the internally displaced persons that will come home as we begin to clear these population centers of daesh supporting their return to their homes, the necessary humanitarian assistance to the restoration of the central services, electricity, water and then ultimately reconstruction. as your question presupposes this is a huge bill a

look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. >>reporter: caltrans wants to modify the plan to remove the large pillars supporting the bridge they are appealing to environmental agencies to improve the controlled and cogent instead of the tedious and of building up call for them. >>: >>gary we're doing is was the least environmental impact this is the best environmental solution here in my opinion but there is a benefit of we get in and out faster and we do a better job of removing it right now i'm asking to do this once but no decisions have been made we want to do them all of the resource agencies together they are responsible and have the authority to say yes and no ims to do one of the demonstration projects if that works well with demonstrate we are responsible i probably will second i do more. >>reporter: if they get the go- ahead the first attempt will be made on november the 15th more pressure and now even and ultimatum in the labor dispute that is crippling west coast seaport >>reporter: the u.s. secretary once the probl

turkey last moved hundreds of troops into syria to move a tums site. tomb site. fest a convoy of nearly 100 vehicles were involved. >>> abdel mansour hadi says he's still president of yemen. >>> the nigerian army has taken a key border town from boko haram. in january the worst massacre in the group's six year campaign of violence. >>> separatist official overseeing the ukrainian swap of prisoners, is as part of a ceasefire deal. the truce itself has been violated several times. despite this small step towards peace, ukraine's government seems to be telling its people thought to back down. indiansindependence square where where viktor yanukovych abdicated. >> government has put on a display including military hardware captured in the east that it says provides material evidence of russian involvement in the fighting there. there are video booths showing what's described as russian television propaganda. and the confessions of captured soldiers said to be russian. it's all clearly having an effect. >> this is russian aggression for our country. >> do you think ukr

syria everybody is flying through turkey to go to syria.ve turkey cut the bothereds borders, block it? >> that's one of the finest questions i have been asked for awhile on tv because the issue is really the turkish border. we see three british school girls who just left britain traveled to turkey and are now believed to be inside syria already with isis. that's because people flying into turkey with a one-way ticket, that's your first indicator something's up and making their way down to the border through a series of safe houses and contacts that they have, then crossing the border into syria. the turks are not doing what is required of them in order to stem that flow of foreigners making their way down to fight with isis. turkey is really guilty here. >> we will leave the lingering question of why they are not doing anything because i do have to go. colonel, thank you for your time. >>> there is sadness suspicion and lots of questions surrounding the brazen assassination of one of the most prominent critics of russian president vladimir

still searching for three british girls nearly a week after they flew to turkey. there are fears they have already gone to join islamic state. a new smart syringe could save a million lives a year in com bode ya. it's a chance to slash the country's infection right. and going home with oscars in a star-studded night. the winners couldn't contain their excitement. >> i am fully aware that i am a lucky, lucky man. this oscar -- oh! >> welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe, as each day passes, concern grows for three british schoolgirls who are believed to be on their way to syria to join islamic state. today their school in east london dismissed any suggestion they may have been radicalized there. in turkey, police are searching for the teenagers who boarded a plane to istanbul last tuesday and haven't been heard from since. daniel has the latest. >> shaken and bewildered, the peoples of the academy in east london arriving back at school after their half-term break. a half term in which three bright teenage girls from the s

i doubt it will bring law and order to turkey.t will only lead to tensions something that we don't need. >> thank you very much for joining us. the newest deputy secretary, ash carter, is visiting afghanistan for the first time after taking office. carter met with troops and the afghan. it was too risky for afghan security. carter said he was using the trip to gather information before speaking to president obama on his return. tunisia's government leader says two drug smugglers from australia will be executed later. they will be among the next group to be executed. >> opposition leaders calling on uniting. they are calling for release of the mayor of caracas, a critic of nicolas maduro. he is under house arrest accused of plotting a coup. >> these are allegations that we have seen from the nicolas maduro government. they are lude cross. the government should blame the united states. it's a deal with the great situation that it faces. we are not attempting to honour the economy. >> mexico had been counting on the monopoly of the s

look for jennie-o ground turkey at a store near you. >>pam: right now at 5:30 p.m. this house and the northeast are getting blasted by another winter storm. this is video of the white house where washington d.c. is expecting to see up 8 in. of snow. new york city is experiencing record cold temperatures is so cold and ice has formed on the hudson river. the daytime high in central park reached three degrees. and to demonstrate the call take a look this. >>pam: this is of video of a man taking boiling water and throwing it in the air and you can see it only takes a couple of seconds for that what they hit the frigid air and turned into a snow. >>pam: maytime people in the south and midwest are gearing up for a messy mix of sleet snow and ice. many as many as 50 million people will be affected by this no ice and strain called. report all pablo sandoval has more from washington. >>reporter: dangerously cold temperatures adding to miserable conditions the water reached is expanding beyond the still snow- covered northeast. meteorologist six

the tomb is about 35 kilometers from syria's border with turkey on the banks of euphrates river.his is the first time turkish ground forces have crossed into syria. the syrian foreign ministry released a statement describing the turkish operation as an act after gregs, done without the approval of damascus. the statement also said the mission demonstrates the depth of ties between turkey and the islamic state group, indicated that the operation did not trigger confrontation with the militants. >>> japanese aid groups are changing their approach to assisting refugees of syria's civil war. over 3.8 million people have fled the country to escape the fighting. >> reporter: the japanese aid group association for aid and relief japan has been providing aid to refugees near the border with turkey. they fled attacks by islamic state militants. refugee camps can't handle the rapid influx of people and many are suffering from cold and hunger. >> translator: these people fled for their lives. without bringing anything with them. so, they are in an extremely difficult situation. i would say