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A new deal between turkey and the united states could create a safe haven against isis. there are reports the u.s. and turkey will patrol an area 60 miles long to create a safe zone in syria. this, as turkey steps up the fight against extremists and is asking nato for help. good to have you here. come in and lets talk about the things we have going on. we have animation to highlight what we are talking about. over the weekend, turkey is calling if this meeting with nato ambassadors. they are fee...

Taboo. they dont want to be on the same side of the fight as them. this creates an additional level of complication for the u.s. we are not only fighting isis we are having to deal with two allies with contradictory priorities. >> over the weekend, the white house said turkey has a right to defend themselves from the kurds. i want to talk more about the situation, the safe zone and the use of the air space, the turkish air space by the u.s. the u.s. settled a deal to create a safe zone for civil...

Effectively ending a cease-fire with the pkk that had been in place since 2013. all of this coming against the backdrop of the negotiations ongoing between turkey the united states and other coalition allies about the use of turkish air bases and air space when it comes to launching strikes against isis in both syria and iraq. it does seem at this stage, some sort of agreement has been reached. this may not necessarily be a game changer when it comes to the war against isis. but it most certainl...

Right now, the president is meeting with the prime minister and president here they will have a press conference take questions then hes going to meet with several african leaders. this has been a packed trip for the president. he just got her last night from kenya, where he was welcomed with open arms. he gave rousing speeches and did some dancing at this dinner there. i dont know if we can call that dad dancing, really. he got into it a little bit traditional and a little moccarana. >> he went...

Tentative deal with the u.s. to allow use of a turkish air base to fight isis. arwa damon is live in istanbul with the latest from turkey. arwa? >> reporter: good morning, michaela. turkey is a country that did not want to get involved in the messy war. it seems, it has found itself in a position where it had no choice but to take this type of decisive action because the turkish government put it both isis and the pkk party where the terrorist organization pose national security. that led to tur...

>> for more than a year now, we have been waiting for turkey to get involved. they are involved in the sense they have a million syrian refugees in turkey. that is part of the reason they did not want to get involved. now they are. they are making the military base 200 miles from the border of syria, making it available for coalition ashltircraft. that is crucial. they can make them faster. now, they are doing it from a long way off. thats important. secondly if turkey is getting involved itself...