The russian planes navigator says there was no contact from turkey and denies ever entering turkish air space. Russia called the attack a planned provocation. We have more pr moscow. Reporter murderers they chanted. Many russians are angry with turkey and protests have occurred in a few cities in the past hours. This was the Turkish Embassy in moscow, eggs were thrown and a few arrests made. Translator this is the embassy of murderers in my opinion. Of people who instead of being honest and trusted partners showed their beastly grin. Reporter tuesdays incidents killed a russian pilot, shot to death by turkman rebels spare chuting from his burns plane. A marine involved in the rescue operation died and a helicopter was destroyed. The navigator had a lucky escape. Translator he was safe. The pilot navigator. I believe hes already at our base, and hes like all the other involved in the operation including the rescue operation will receive state awards. The ministry of defense has already come up with this proposal, and the plane commander will be awarded the star of the hero of the Russian Federation posthumously. The navigator appeared on tv to give his account. This was no contact whatsoever, so we started the combat course as usual. Keep in mind the speed of the bomber and of an f16 fighter jet. This says tush key was the pilots final warning. Reporter another ministry of defense proposal is sent into action sending sophisticated s400 Defense Missile system to syria. Russia wants to show it has the ability to blow turkeys planes out of the sky, too. The kremlin has a tricky task here. It says they have to be serious consequences for what slad mere putin called a treacherous stab in the back. Turkey is a nato member, and thats reason to tread carefully. Sergey lavrov says russian doesnt intend to go to war to turkey. The attitudes of the russian people havent changed. They have questions about the action of the leadership. In instan bull the president defended what they had done. Translator nobody should expect us to remain silent whether our Border Security is constantly breached. Our legal rights and our right of independence are undermined. We have no intention of escalating this incident. We are only defending our own security and the rights of our brothers. Reporter turkey wants rus a russias air attack on turkmen rebels to stop. It insists isil is not operating in that part of northern syria, and that russia knows this. Rory chalens, al jazeera, moscow. Douglas is al jazeeras National Security contributor. Hes a senior fellow at the new america and served as a director for iraq for the National Security council in the b obama and bush administrations. Thank you for joining us this evening. Turk ish officials continue to defend the fact they shot down that russian war plane. Setting aside whether they had the right to do it, do you think it was a smart thing to do . Well, certainly it has raised tensions in the area. Turkey and russia have a lot of interests in common. They have a deeply mixed history. Theyve cooperated at some points. Theyve fought wars against each other at others, but lately theyve had a lot of cooperation particularly on energy issues. Turkey needs energy, and russia needs to sell it. Thats been a marriage thats worked pretty well. Im sorry. Doug, im sorry to interrupt. Before we get to the relationship between the two countries, i want to know as an analyst do you think it was a use of good judgment on turkeys part to shoot down a russian war plane . Again, given that they have all these other equities with russia, probably not the smartest thing to do. Okay. Now, then to what you were just talking about, the nature of the relationship between the two countries. Historically have they been more friends, enemies or frenemies . Its gone back and forth. As i said, they fought wars against each other in the distant past. During the Second World War turkey was a neutral, which made the russians very unhappy in the war against nazi germany. Then turkey joined nato during a time when tensions between the west and russia were at a high point, obviously. So theres a storied history. Again, lately the relationship between russia and turkey had been pretty good. Their disagreements over what is to be done in syria is bringing this to the fore, though. Speaking of syria, of course, before the airplane was shot down, there was some expectation that perhaps russia would join with the u. S. Led coalition in targeting isil and not targeting those who were trying to protect assad, which is what russia seems to be more inclined to do. Where do you think the state of play is now with respect to russia joining the u. S. Led coalition and going after isil . Well, certainly joining the u. S. Led coalition isnt in the cards. I dont think thats what we were trying to do or what the french more accurately were trying to do. What president hollande is trying to engineer is bringing all the groups together to work more or less equivalently. I dont think anyone thought the russians were going to join the americanled coalition. If we can get everyone working together, that would change things. At the end of the day, it appears that the gap between those who want the assad regime overthrown immediately, the gulf states and tur keturkey, and th that want to deal with isil first and deal with the assad regime later, the french, the russians, the iranians and kind of sort of the United States may be too large to bridge. And the fighting continues. Thank you, doug. Tens of millions of americans are on the move this Holiday Weekend in the wake of the paris attacks president obama is trying to reassure them that the government is doing everything it can to keep them safe. We continue to do Everything Possible to prevent attacks at home and abroad and to prevent foreign terrorist fighters from entering the United States or other nations. Since 9 11 weve taken extraordinary measures to strengthen our Homeland Security in everything from Aviation Security to Border Security to information sharing. After appearing with the president at the white house, Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson boarded a train at Union Station in washington, d. C. His obvious message to americans, do not change your travel plans because of the recent threats from isil. The paris attackers took aim at socalled soft targets, a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants. Al jazeeras Jamie Mcintyre looks at the vulnerability of those kind of sites in america and whats being done to protect them. Reporter soft targets are everywhere. Drive anywhere down the streets of washington, such as here on pennsylvania avenue, americas main street, and you see places are hundreds of people gather and theres no security and not only is there any security its not practical to have security. Theres still many places in washington behind barriers with guards and gates. This is about as close as you get to the white house, which is one block over there. But still, people gather outside and gather around the front gate and sometimes even jump over the fence. Were in washingtons 14th street bridge, and Reagan National airport is right over there. Its hard to get onto a plane with a weapon, but not so hard to get into the terminal. Really, thats the problem. I work in one of the most secure buildings in washington, the pentagon. But even the most hardened targets have a soft spot, and for the pentagon its here in the parking lot. I have to go through two checkpoints to get into the building, which is like a fortress, but anyone can drive in here and tens of thousands of people park here every day. Theres no unauthorized photography allowed at the pentagon, so as not to give anyone any ideas. In fact, anytime we do a story about how vulnerable various venues might be to attack, you worry you might give someone an idea, even though you dont need to be a bestselling author of suspense thrillers to imagine some worstcase scenarios. As we head into the holidays, our top officials insist theres no specific, credible threat of a parislike attack here and say we should keep calm and carry on. Americans should go about their usual thanksgiving weekend activities, spending time with family and friends and celebrating our blessings. While the threat of terrorism is a troubling reality of our age, we are both equipped to prevent attacks and we are resilient in the face of those who would try to do us harm. Reporter then we also see this. Heavily armed new york Police Conducting an exercise to see how fast they can respond to a terror attack on the city subway. Its not all that reassuring to know there will be a robust response after attackers have struck. Its easy to say dont panic, dont let the terrorists win by scaring us into changing our plans or succumbing to fear, but how rational is that fear . In some ways the ods of being caught up in a random attack are about the same as winning the Mega Millions jackpot. This is certainly not a winning ticket. The odds are close to zero. I shouldnt worry about how i spend my money. On the other hand, i know somewhere someone will eventually win lottery, so while the rational side of my brain knows that that risk is negligible, the emotional side says what if my number comes up . Jamie mcintyre reporting from washington. Security was one of the issues discussed at an emergency refugee summit in crow wait ya today. Vice President Biden is meeting with the heads of the states. The balkan states only accept people escaping conflict, not socalled economic migrants. Slovenia is building a fence along the border to stem the flow. Human error led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in afghanistan. 30 people were killed in the october strike. Jennifer glasse reports from kabul. Reporter eyewitnesses say it was a terrifying attack. In the Early Morning hours of october 3rd, a u. S. Plane rained bombs and bullets on the Doctors Without Borders hospital in kunduz. Patients burned to death in their heads and staff were decapitated and at least three children were among the 30 killed in the attack. The commander of u. S. Forces says a u. S. Investigation shows it was a tragic but avoidable mistake. The report determined that u. S. Strike upon the the mfs Trauma Center in kunduz city, afghanistan was the direct result of human error compounded by systems and procedural failures. The u. S. Forces directly involved in this incident did not know the target compound was the msf Trauma Center. Reporter Doctors Without Borders gave the u. S. And nato forces exact coordinates of the hospital three days before the strike. Campbell said the mistake happened because the attacking aircraft was diverted from another mission, the Onboard Electronics malfunctioned and the plane veered off course and they verified the building without verifying it was a military target. They thought it was another building a few hundred yards away. Making the distinction between protected and enemy targets and ensuring that an attack is proportional are basic tenets of the laws of war which every member learns from basic training and are enforced throughout their military career. U. S. Officials wouldnt say why these basic tenets were followed, but they said some did not follow the rules of engagement. Those individuals most closely associated with the incident have been suspended from their duties pending consideration and disposition of administrative and disciplinary matters. Reporter Doctors Without Borders asked for an International Independent investigation. That requires the consent of the United States and afghanistan, who believe military investigations are sufficient. U. S. Commanders said they would like to help rebuild the hospital, but Doctors Without Borders does not accept donations from governments, and they say they dont want to rebuild until they know this kind of attack wont happen again. Jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. Earlier i spoke with michael ohanlon, codirector for the 21st century for security and intelligence at the Brookings Institute in washington. I asked him if he was surprised about the u. S. Conclusion by the hospital air strike. Im not surprised by the forthrightness of general john campbell. Hes a remarkable soldier and decent man and taken a lot of pride over the years. Ive known him for a long time. I know its a big part of what motivate the him in this mission, and to think that american firepower led to the deaths of innocent people including Health Care Workers im sure has caused him pain and stress all fall. President obama continues to commit the u. S. To a presence in afghanistan, and this is after he had promised to bring all the troops home. Obviously, recognition on his part that troops need to stay here. Heres a question. Should america think about ramping up its presence on the ground in afghanistan to push the taliban back as it sometimes seems to be able to overtake key afghan cities notwithstanding the efforts of the Afghan National army . Yeah, i think thats an excellent question. It probably is one that we should ask and that i would expect the next american president will ask. But not until theres a new president , because as i think your question reminded us and we know, president obama really wanted to end this war on his watch or end the american role anyway. And hes had to conclude reluctantly this past fall that he will not be able to do so. He still wants to downsize somewhat below the 10,000 u. S. Troops were at now down to maybe around 5500 to 6,000. Its not clear thats a good idea, and even if he does that, perhaps his successor would reverse that or, as you asked in your question, go even a little bit higher. Based on your research and knowledge of the region, does it appear to you that the taliban is getting stronger or holding steady, or indeed is the afghan army and the u. S. Military assistance diminishing their ability to retake the countryside . Thats another excellent question. I dont think that we could claim at this juncture that we have reduced their capacity. You know, even with 150 140,000 nato troops there a couple of years ago, we werent really reducing taliban capacity. We were reclaiming some key areas like kandahar with the help, obviously, the afghan forces. We were not really measurably weakening the taliban, at least in the sanctuary over the border in pakistan and some of the rural areas of the country. Then with the drawdown of more than 100,000 nato troops over the last couple of years, the afghan army and police have understandably struggled to retain and hold all the territory that they were in control of previously. So i think if anything youd have to say that theres been an increase in the influence and the territorial control of taliban over the last one to two years. Michael at the Brookings Institute, thank you for your insight. Thank you, kindly. President obama signed a 600 billion defense spending measure, that despite provisions in the bill that make it more difficult for the president to close the military prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. In a statement president obama said it is imperative that the facility be closed. The white house has promised to try to do so before mr. Obama leaves office. Coming up, anger and accountability. More protests in chicago after video is released showing a white Police Officer killing a black teenager. History and hate. The battle at Princeton University over Woodrow Wilsons legacy. Were tackling this, but its about a lot more. Should his name be removed because of his racist views . Plus, giving thanks. We go to the one food bank. We expect the people that are able to reach us to take that product and share it with their neighbors or churches or families, everybody. Feeding families around the country. I just had a horrible nightmare. 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You can see them its not a huge group here of 50 or so yelling and screaming and protesting. You know, theyre planning another big pros test this coming friday, black friday, the busiest shopping day of the year on chicagos magnificent mile. The main shopping corridor in chicago. Their target is the money of chicago. After a night of tense, angry protests, the dmron stragss wrapped up again wednesday afternoon in downtown chicago. There was a more sub dued gathering inside city hall on wednesday right outside the mayors office. The anger was still very clear. Every time theres a killing and we talk about hundreds of killings where the polic