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Tactics in syria, specifically arming syrian kurds to fight the terror group. as new reports come out that the assad regime has tried to cover up the mass murders of thousands of syrian people. stuart holiday and my panel tamara keith from npr and nicholas johnston. ambassador, i ll start with you. how do you see the meeting playing out here in light of the news that s dominating the day this morning, which is the president potentially revealing classified information to russia? i think erdogan has been agenda, and he for him, it s very upset about arming the kurdish militia. we have fatah gulen, the person he views as behind the coup which sought to overthrow him. his objective is to get those things done. i think the issue relating to classified material plays into syria because turkey is a partner in theory going after ....
Killed, and that weapons and ammunitions were also destroyed. chris, they echoed the pentagon s word on possible civilian casualties, saying no civilian was hurt in this strike and in their words, the base was annihilated. chris? thanks very much, kelly. let s bring in u.s. army major general robert scales, a former commandant of the war college, vietnam veteran, who served in south korea. also with me, ambassador stuart holiday, former u.s. ambassador for special political affairs at the u.n. now president and ceo of the meridian international center. good to have you both here, gentlemen. start with you, you heard what the commander said. right. the right weapon for the right target. is he right? he s absolutely right. take a look at that video, you ll notice explain this to us. i will. most of us don t have the expertise to look at this and really know what s happening. okay. a little bomb 101. this bomb is essentially a blast weapon. it has no fragmentation, it do ....
The president s backbone when it comes to the nuclear negotiations. this as word comes that negotiators won t make a tuesday deadline. stuart holiday is certainly an ambassador. what do you make of the statement that they missed deadlines, no worries. it s nothing new we do see this july 9th congressional 30-day period, that ee going to be a major, major deadline. what that means is if the administration gets it then it s a 60-day congressional review. that s right. so that s really the deadline i think, that the negotiators are focus on. as you look at this going forward, james rosen who s over in vienna reported something very interesting. he said the people taking hard lines against the iranians are is not the united states but the ....
Far not come to fruition, jamie. jamie: so far, that is true. rick, great reporting this week, thank you. kelly: and there s no letup in the anti-american protests we have been talking about, that is sweeping throughout the muslim world. this is the scene we re looki i and police firing tear gas to disperse hundreds of stone throwing protesters there. reports of dozens injured and arrested and several cars burned. after days of protests, what will it look like to calm or what will it take to calm the muslim world? joining me live right now, stuart holiday, ambassador to the u.n. for special political affairs and the president of the meridian center and always good to have you join us on the program, and tell us about exactly what s going on in the middle east right now. how do you see american foreign policy? is it working there or? a sign that something is wrong? well, it s complicated. ....
There is another lighter moment with the two presidents sort of laughing and chuckling together in some moments you re about to see. president obama giving a thumbs up at one point. very difficult to read exactly what is going on here as it is between world leaders. everyone is very concerned obviously about the civilian toll in syria. let s bring in ambassador stuart holiday, former u.n. ambassador to the u.n. for political affairs. good to have you with us. good moing, martha. martha: as i say very tough to read into the body language here. what do you think is going on between these two men and this extremely issue of what is going on in syria? first of all look at the relationship president obama developed with former president medvedev. no secret president putin is not the most motive leader person. i wouldn t read too much into the body language. things are tense and there are a lot of issues on the plate and there are some real problems in the ....