out, to differentiate that there are two specific targets that turkey is focusing on. one, kurdish fighters who have often been allied with the united states and isis. and a turkish army statement just a few minutes ago said turkey f-16s were in action a few minutes ago to those kurdish fighters not far from the iraqi border. the u.s. is very happy that turkey is making its bases available, that turkey is taking the fight against isis seriously, but many in this country, many u.s. officials are concerned about the mixing of these two issues that turkey is taking a stand against isis but could also be trying to score domestic political points by attacking its old rival, the kurds. so yes a lot of moving parts, and that played out today at the nato meeting. nato also coming out specifically with an expression of support with the turkish fight against isis. so i don't think we've seen the end of this and there is a big danger that you could see more violence in this country as both the kurds and isis who operate and have operated here for a long time could try and retaliate against soft targets or military police installations. >> and also richard, there is a development, turkey saying now they'll back a plan with the u.s. to create a safe zone for syrian refugees so they could return. give us more details on that. >> so that is all part of this plan. turkey said it wants to go against isis. it is at war with isis. turkey says in the last four days it has arrested over 1,050 suspects, some of them affiliated with isis others affiliated with kurdish movements. as part of this crackdown, turkey says it will create with u.s. assistance an isis-free zone or a safe zone in turkey that the u.s. will be conducting air strikes to try and destroy isis positions in this pocket of syria, and then turkey wants this safe zone to be a place where refugees in this country can live where they can get assistance in syria so they are no longer a burden on the turkish economy. a place where the so-called moderate rebel movement can be trained on syrian soil. the u.s. has not agreed to all of these different conditions but they have agreed in principle to use the turkish bases and already steps are under way to bring weapons, bring american f-16s to the main base which is in southern turkey, but what exactly that safe zone will look like remains an open question. >> all right, richard engel live for us in istanbul turkey. president obama discussed the threat of isis and other extremists in his historical address before the african union just this morning. >> somalia and nigeria to indonesia, terrorists continue to target innocent civilians. any of these groups can claim the battle of religion. but hundreds of millions of islam i object islamic muslims knows islam means peace. we must call groups like al qaeda, isil boca haran, we must call them what they are: murderers. >> during his speech he also urged african leaders to prioritize job creation and economic opportunities for africa's youth. and he stressed the need to protect human rights. >> the most urgent task facing africa today and for decades ahead is to create opportunity for this next generation. this will be an enormous undertaking. africa will need to generate millions more jobs than it's doing right now. and time is of the essence. i believe africa's progress will also depend on democracy. because africans like people everywhere, deserve the dignity of being in control of their own lives. >> this speech marked the president's final stop on his five-day trip to the continent that included a visit to his father's home of kenya. chris jansing joins us from the capital in ethiopia. chris, often when the president goes abroad people try to measure the impact of his actions, his words. listening to the president just in that last speech those remarks regarding islamic terrorism and referring to them as he said call them what they are from boca haram to al shabaab as murderers. >> reporter: it gives you the sense of the breadth of the relationship between the u.s. and africa why it was important for him to come here. listening to this speech of 50 minutes, he ad-libbed quite a lot and emphasized women and girls and how they need to be given more opportunities. the security cooperation between the united states and ethiopia in fighting shabaab, but it was also personal. he mentioned the fact he is the son and grandson of men born in kenya, and he talked about what it was like to be the president of the united states living in this bubble and he chided african leaders a little bit, saying, you can't just be leader for life. he said my term is going to be up. i can't run again. take a listen to what the president said that he headlines. >> i cannot imagine a greater honor or a more interesting job. i love my work. but under our constitution, i cannot run again. i can't run again. [ applause ] >> i actually think i'm a pretty good president. i think if i ran, i could win. but i can't. >> reporter: he's followed that up by talking wistfully about life after presidency about not having as much security and spending more time with family. probably as president, this is his last visit to africa. he does leave behind a program that he feels deeply about, to bring more security to the continent, to bring more electricity to the continent. he also announced a couple new programs, one, to fight hiv aids. a shocking statistic, tamron that the country most affected by new cases of hiv, 80% are with teenage girls. in addition to that there is an education program that will be headed by michelle obama in a couple african countries. tamron? >> stunning numbers. thank you very much. and developing as well right now this morning secretary of state john kerry, energy secretary ernest moniz and treasury secretary jack lew are back on capitol hill extending the deal with iran. they're facing tough questions from the house affairs committee after appearing last night before the senate foreign relations committee. they said they were fleeced and bamboozled. >> big picture when in eight years they get the missile. it doesn't look like a victory to me it looks like a goal. they may not get the missile at that time but they can buy the technology at that time. the embargo is lifted. >> actually, they can't, mr. chairman, because we have happily -- we have several other protocols that prevent that from happening, specifically missile control technology regime prevents that from taking place. >> and we will continue to monitor the hearing for further developments there. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate mike huckabee is not backing down from controversial remarks he made about the holocaust while criticizing the deal with iran. he is continuing to draw widespread criticism this morning from members of his own party after initially saying this during an interview over the weekend. >> this president's foreign policy is the most feckless in american history. he's so naive he would trust the iranians and he would take the israelis and basically march them to the door of the oven. >> appearing on the "today" show a few hours ago, the former arkansas governor doubled down on those comments arguing that strong language is necessary when discussing iran. >> we don't trust people who have threatened to kill israel, threatened to wipe them off the map, who have said that they are glad that they're congregated because it makes it an easy target and they are a one-bomb country. >> as president of the united states would you use the words "march the israelis to the door of the oven"? >> yes, i would, and america did not take threats seriously of the jewish people. just before world war ii this ended up in the murder of 6 million jews. >> but as president of the united states you would use words to express your policy of views on israel even if they offended millions of jews around the world? >> matt we need to use strong words when people make strong threats against an entire group of people. >> among those condemning his remarks are israel's ambassador to the u.s. a strong proponent of the deal, who said he did not think the words were appropriate. while addressing the world yesterday, president obama also weighed in on huckabee's comments. >> the particular comments of mr. huckabee are, i think, part of just a general pattern that we've seen that is -- would be considered ridiculous if it weren't so sad. >> joining me now is rabbi marvin hire the dean and founder of the islamic center in loss angeles. rabbi, thank you so much for your time. >> it's a pleasure to be here. >> i know you're not in favor of this deal with iran however, like many others, you disagree strongly with mike huckabee's comments here but you heard the presidential candidate say even if he were in office, perhaps if he were in the company of someone like yourself that disagrees, he would stand behind those words. >> let me say this. governor huckabee is a friend of israel. but irrespective of that those are words reserved for despots and tyrants, not for presidents of the united states. from harry truman to barack obama, every american president has stood with israel and to imply that this constitutes taking the israelis to the ovens is very harsh, and i couldn't disagree more. i am a big critic of the iran deal. i think the iran deal is preposterous when you think of the idea that after 10 years, the greatest terrorist state in the world gets to have nuclear weapons. when they were poor they spent their money on funding hezbollah, hamas and syria. what will they do when they're rich? >> how much do you believe that when people choose to use language like general huckabee did regarding this decision how much does it distract what you and others see as to whether this deal not only protects israel but is right for the world? >> i think it's a total distraction, because everybody knows in order for this deal to be defeated you need bipartisan support. without democrats, there is no chance that this deal will be defeated. therefore, it does harm to that idea of only a bipartisan approach can say that the iran deal enables -- it's going to create a massive bazaar for nuclear weapons in the middle east, and all the terrorist organizations will be the beneficiaries. >> i'm going to play another clip from governor huckabee from the "today" show where he talked about receiving what he described despite all the criticism as tremendous support from the jewish community. let me play that. >> the response from jewish people has been overwhelmingly positive. the response from holocaust survivors, from the children of holocaust survivors. i was last night in an event. i was probably one of four gentiles in the entire event. it was a jewish event. people were overwhelmingly supportive. >> how much do you think these comments may be an effort to get some media attention? mike huckabee said it on a weekend program. he didn't think it would get buzz, but you know the headlines with the gop candidates belong to donald trump. >> whatever the governor's motivation i think really they are counterproductive because it's applied to the president of the united states. and everybody knows in israel the prime minister tanjo and the opposing parties all know that without the united states where would israel be today? >> thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate you joining us in your thoughts on this ever-growing debate and conversation as mike huckabee does not plan to apologize or retract those statements. thank you so much, sir, for your time. >> thank you. developing now, the woman accused of helping two convicted murderers escape from a new york prison, joyce mitchell pleaded guilty only moments ago. coming up the very latest on her future behind bars. also developing, the search for the missing teenage boaters from florida has now expanded as far north as savannah georgia. why officials still believe the boys may have survived and what their mothers are saying this morning about letting two young kids go out on their own. plus a wisconsin dad is now admitting he falsely confessed to a deadly hit and run. it was all to protect the real killer, who was his son. but now some are saying should the father be charged with obstruction of justice? 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>> reporter: the coast guard says they've seen people survive this long on the water before and that the boys may have created a makeshift flotation device out of the missing engine cover, life jackets and a cooler. >> here in florida, the water is a little bit warmer than it is in other parts of the country, so you can survive a little longer than you could in other places. >> reporter: we're now learning a little more about the severe weather conditions last friday. this squall line captured on a boater's cell phone about the same time the boys set out. captain james dueland said while most boats headed in he saw one heading out. >> i saw one little boat head out and go north. >> reporter: family and friends, including neighbor joe namath is walking the beach looking for any sign of the boys while many ask, is 14 old enough to be out on the water alone? are they too young to be on a boat in the water? >> these kids were raised on water. if you don't live in florida, you don't understand how kids are raised here. right now it's all about bringing the boys home. >> reporter: you can see tamron, in just the last minute and a half or so the balls we tossed in the water are floating north, and we're not even in the gulf stream which is that strong current. the coast guard is searching right now as far north as the coast of savannah georgia. of course one of the really difficult things at this point is to understand the possibility that at day four these kids are really up against it physically. although the coast guard says they do have cases of people surviving more than five days and that's why there's still a lot of hope. tamron? 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