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[ applause ] it is hard to believe that this is my seventh year of pardoning a turkey. time flies. even if turkeys don't. >> that's good. that was good. >> i thought it was pretty good. i -- you think it's funny, too, don't you? i know some folks think this tradition is a little silly. i do not disagree. i've got to listen to my critics say i'm often too soft on turkeys. and i'm sure the press is digging into whether or not the turkeys i have pardoned have really rededicated their lives to being good turkey citizens but i do enjoy this opportunity to wish america a happy thanksgiving. you know...

Having gone way too far that even if the russian jet crossed briefly into turkey, it wouldn't warrant this kind of response, a nato country hasn't shot down a russian jet or a soviet jet for that matter since the 1950s. so, many people are saying that turkey had an ulterior motive. the russian foreign minister today accused turkey directly of planning this mission, planning to shoot down a russian plane and that it was just simply waiting for the right time to do it. so turkey says it was defending itself. >> really quickly, though, does a timestamp defend the turkey's argument? they could hav...

Whether or not this will escalate, i tend to believe it probably won't in the short term. we are hearing fu read through the lines of all the statements we're hearing from the russian foreign minister and his counterpart in turkey, they're saying we don't want to escalate this. they're taking symbol -- making symbolic moves to punish turkey by saying to russians, don't go on vacation there. there are 3 million russians who vacation in turkey every year. it will sting economically. but do they want open warfare? it doesn't appear that to be the case. >> this could be be seen as a russia versus ...

On isis targets in syria. we have spoken to rebels in the area. turkey says that it supports the rebels in the area and both turkey and the rebels in the area say there is no isis presence in that particular part of the country. there is al nusra front and other groups but not particularly isis. so, that is really at the heart of this matter that you have turkey and russia disagreeing over which targets should be attacked inside syria with russia saying it's fighting terrorists with turkey saying that it is bombing sympathetic rebel group that is are simply trying to take a stand against the g...

Of the week and then here with president obama and now angela merkel there and then moving on to moscow with the russian president vladimir putin. talk about, though, the relationship, the importance of having angela merkel at his side on this diplomatic round-up. >> reporter: well, hey there, thomas. as you mentioned in the last hour, both leaders making their show of support very evident showing up here to the plaza de la republique to pay respects to the victims of the paris attacks, a moment of silence and playing down flowers here before heading to the news conference. in that news confer...