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>> weve told turkey, i spoke with president erdogan of turkey, and i said got to treat them good. you got to take care of isis >> reporter: but the people in the cross-hairs of the impending turkish assault are protesting, desperately appealing for help the kurds have been fighting against isis with u.s. special operations forces and have created an autonomous enclave in syria, which turkey wants to destroy. a kurdish official today tweeting if america leaves, all will be erased turkeys specific...

Using here you have to know there are about a couple of thousands of kurdish fighters inside and around africa but also hundreds of thousands of civilians including displaced families from other war ravaged areas in syria and for them the next days are going to be probably anything but safe. turkish president or one has vowed to flush out what he describes as terrorists who are a kurdish enclave in northern syria why do kurdish groups post such a threat to turkey well to keep a long story short ...

Illegally seized crimea, that means that the turks should look for any legal pretext to shoot down a russian plane. >> but still, at this moment, russia is doing pretty much what it wants in syria. the united states is doing pretty much what it wants in syria. france is operating on us own. if we continue down this road with no clear leader in the fight against isis, arent we wasting an opportunity? >> well, its going to be very hard to put together american leadership when people are pushing in...

The various air forces operating over syria. you have the u.s. led coalition and they are very concerned these events may happen again. they have already moved the cruiser into the area. that has a defense system. they are bringing their state of the art system in. the russians build great defense systems. they are just doing what we would do. they are protecting their deployment to syria. >> so we shouldnt look at that as an escalation between russia and turk turkey? >> i wouldnt. if i was runn...

Right. these s-400 surface-to-air missiles are some of the most capable missiles in the world at the moment. theyll certainly be able to escalate the conflict to russias advantage in the sense that no one will be able to fly in syrian airspace while these missiles are operational. and thats obviously sucking the russians further into the conflict in syria. its just part of the response that russia is making as a result of the shootdown of its su-24 aircraft by turkish forced yesterday. one of th...

A planned provocation, that is how the russian foreign minister is describing the shoot down of a war plane by turkey yesterday as it prepares to send antiaircraft missile defense systems into syria and accuses turkey of supporting isis. russia says it has no intention of waging a war and for its part turkey is also urging calm. to help us understand the conflict were joined by the host of "in the now" a state-run news organization and their senior correspondent. welcome. >> hello. thanks for ha...

Okay we just heard a little of the russian perspective. now an american perspective and lieutenant rick francona. russia says the downing was a planned provocation on the part of turkey. was it? >> i dont think so. i think it was a reaction to a series of provocations by the russians. the turks are very sensitive about that boarder and they are very sensitive about that particular area. just to the south of that border inside syria is the home of the syrian turkman. they are ethnic turks and the...

Thought turkey would shoot down a russian plane. why? >> after he saw the u.s. was bombing rebels, i think he thought this was quote, unquote, a u.s.-led coalition that turkey would follow suit. he doesnt like it but i think he respects it. >> you think he respects it. so putin is now holding a military awards ceremony for those who survived the syrian mission. hes moving in air defense systems into syria. so why is he doing that? >> well, a lot of -- will allow him to have a no-fly zone, and th...

>> unfortunately, i think hollande will be more effective with putin than will president obama. i think putiputins looking for strong leadership from the west. and would rather it come from obama instead of hollande. hollande is in a position to ask russia to do more and to actually forgive some of russias shortcomings or overreaches in syria in the fight against isis. i think hollande plays a key role, and we should get on board. >> all right. michael pregent, thanks for your insight. still t...