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A planned provocation, that is how the russian foreign minister is describing the shoot down of a war plane by turkey yesterday as it prepares to send antiaircraft missile defense systems into syria and accuses turkey of supporting isis. russia says it has no intention of waging a war and for its part turkey is also urging calm. to help us understand the conflict we're joined by the host of "in the now" a state-run news organization and their senior correspondent. welcome. >> hello. thanks for having me. >> okay. turkey claims this russian plane was inside its air space. russia says that is no...

Okay we just heard a little of the russian perspective. now an american perspective and lieutenant rick francona. russia says the downing was a planned provocation on the part of turkey. was it? >> i don't think so. i think it was a reaction to a series of provocations by the russians. the turks are very sensitive about that boarder and they are very sensitive about that particular area. just to the south of that border inside syria is the home of the syrian turkman. they are ethnic turks and the turks have protected the turkman minorities in the region and they are very sensitive to any bombi...

Thought turkey would shoot down a russian plane. why? >> after he saw the u.s. was bombing rebels, i think he thought this was quote, unquote, a u.s.-led coalition that turkey would follow suit. he doesn't like it but i think he respects it. >> you think he respects it. so putin is now holding a military awards ceremony for those who survived the syrian mission. he's moving in air defense systems into syria. so why is he doing that? >> well, a lot of -- will allow him to have a no-fly zone, and that's a provocation. that's a serious escalation of what putin's able to do in syria. and we saw th...

>> unfortunately, i think hollande will be more effective with putin than will president obama. i think putiputin's looking for strong leadership from the west. and would rather it come from obama instead of hollande. hollande is in a position to ask russia to do more and to actually forgive some of russia's shortcomings or overreaches in syria in the fight against isis. i think hollande plays a key role, and we should get on board. >> all right. michael pregent, thanks for your insight. still to come in the "newsroom," donald trump says something is going on at mosques. jeb bush has somethi...