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Fatah gullon and turkey wants them extradited because they say he's behind the failed military coup attempt last year. two very big demands. it's unclear whether the trump administration is willing to concede to either of them. but of course, the fallout also might be some of the intelligence information that was passed on to russia. look, we know that in syria and the fight against isis, russia and turkey are not fighting directly, but we know that they're backing opposite sides. russia backs syria's government, president bashar al assad, and turkey backs a lot of the rebel groups that are fi...

President trump at the white house today. president recep erdogan is critical to nearly everything the u.s. hopes to accomplish in the middle east, but the meeting comes a week after erdogan was angered by the u.s. decision to arm kurdish fighters in syria. cnn's mohammad lila has a preview this morning of this incredibly important meeting. good morning. >> good morning, christine. on the surface of it, you'd think these are two world leaders that would get along very well. they've got a lot in common. for example, they're both populist leaders. neither of them shy away from controversy. both ...

Putin. the white house scrapped an earlier meeting because of tensions between the two countries. russia of course strongly backs syria, and president putin blames the rebels for using the chemical weapones. the united states offered no proof to -- refute that. president putin said his meeting with president obama was substantial and constructive and made it clear russia is not about to budge. >> translator: everybody remains with his position. we understand each other. we hear, we listened to each other, we understand arguments, we do not agree with those arguments but still we can hear. >> s...