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At hom. it does feel very quiet on the streets. its early. so its a little difficult to call whether thats because people are heeding that directive to stay at home. schools are closed today according to the mayors post. also people are being told not to go to work. they have been told that public transport is working, though. theyve also opened this public bomb shelter that i think probably everyone here wishes they would never have to use. theres no sign that people are going there at the mome...

And nato, under the pretext, the words of russia, of humanitarian intervention and no un authorisation, are unilaterally —— unilaterally bombed serbia, followed ijy unilaterally bombed serbia, followed by a ground incursion. the russian foreign minister, he is often using that, that they set the precedent, the west in the us in particular, and that it negates the value of, for example, a western alliance or nato, critiquing russias actions in ukraine. what would you respond to that? tit ukra...

Nato but you will see him in switzerland, gillian. >> gillian: we will follow that and the most highly anticipated event of the entire trip for america. peter doocy, thank you so much. all right, gordon chain joins us a senior fellow at the gate stone institute and also an author of the upcoming book "the collapse, the coming collapse of china and the great u.s. china tech war." gordon, you heard peters report there in terms of the putin/biden summit. we have 100 foreign issues on the agenda her...

They were also setting fire to big piles of tires to create a coordinated smoke screen across the town. the people we saw fleeing much like people we saw yesterday fleeing saying essentially they dont can know where they are going. they dont know where is safe anymore in northern syria. they dont know how big this operation is going to get. who will do anything to stop turkey from furtherer expanding, further pushing in? and the real fear is if this does turn into a ground incursion, things will...

But were actually the ground incursion with soldiers going in on the ground, thats kind of new, only hours old. weve already seen 23 civilians who have been killed, according to an information center, providing pretty reliable information so far. they say there are 23 injuries. and theyre not shy about tweeting the photos. also said that the refugee situation, that could really grow. were starting to hear talk of whole cities along the border with turkey that are all but abandoned, and major hos...

Told nbc that they are announcing this turkish incursion as the priority, no longer fighting isis. so, thats dangerous. that means that that could leave a space for isis to regroup and start their own insurgency once again to repopulate that caliphate that ended only just a couple months ago, and thats going to be a big problem, not only for syrians, but for people here in iraq, for europeans, for everyone throughout the entire region. stephanie? >> courtney, anything to add? >> yeah, so, im hea...

U.s. in the fight against isis. turkey considers them both terrorists. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including some of the presidents staunchest supporters are denouncing the dramatic policy shift and warning of an isis resurgence. and with air strikes already under way, it is too late to reverse course. joining me now, nbc news foreign correspondent matt burt bradley. and matt, can you tell us whats happening there on the ground? >> well, the latest, katy, you mentioned that the air str...

Welcome back to "velshi & ruhle." breaking news on the air strikes in area. turkish air strikes are currently underway against syrian kurds. joining us now courtney kube. >> theyll fire things across the border and art tillery and r strikes. these are things that a military would do prior to a ground incursion. do we see turkish tanks or armour vehicles or whatnot and moving across the border and into syria. x part of the military operation. we dont have any confirmed report about it yet. the ot...

>> absolutely no end in sight at this point, christine. to this violence that seems to be escalating in and around the aleppo, a lot of concern about ground movement, the ground incursion in aleppo by regime, this is what you hear from people that we speak to on the ground in eastern aleppo. now, when it comes to claims of use of chemical weapons, very dangerous escalations on both sides in this conflict. and issue that now accusing each other of using chemical weapons in the past few weeks. wev...

Arms embargo on the houthi rebels that control much of yemen. could be vetoed by russia. >> they continue to hammer houthi targets. the rebels are under fire from al qaeda. it claims to have killed fighters with a motor seekle boseekle -- motorcycle bomb monday. >> theyre fighting rebels on the ground from its side of the border. >> that could change if talk of ground incursion turns into action. nick robertson has more from the saudi/yemeni border. >> reporter: for the first type since air stri...