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Here. i fell in love with this city on my first ride from the airport to the center of the city. it's really an incredible historic rich cultural place. it's been very sad to see the neighborhoods that i love behind me, the streets behind me, turned into an urban battleground again and again over the course of the last year and to see civilian bystanders who are not part of the political clashes living in these neighborhoods suffering the effects of tear gas that come through their windows being frightened by riot police storming through their streets by demonstrators hurling rocks and molotov...

>> can i see your passport? >> we're being checked. this is my press card. it allows me to work in turkey. okay. >> technically watson wasn't detained but he was held by the police for about half an hour. a few days later the prime minister of turkey disparaged him as a flunky and agent of the west. the committee to protect journalists say these comments are irresponsible and have a chilling effect on the press. harassing and kicking a reporter on live tv also has a chilling effect. what were they thinking and what was he thinking. let's ask ivan watson who joins me now. thanks for joining me....

Amanpour. >> go with cliche that she's resbror reintroducing herself for the american public. on the other hand she never left. giving the american public to get sick of the clinton drama again? again, who knows how it will play out. it does seem like this has been a very, very carefully calculated media strategy, which is generally how they proceed. >> mark, amy, thank you both for join ming. >> thanks, brian. i miss you. >> i miss you at the "times" but i get to read you every day. >> i feel left out. i miss you guys too. coming up here, the power of a live television picture. look at this...

>> if you were live on television and a crowd of police officers started to push and shove and harass you, how would you handle it? what would you do? watch ivan watson here in istanbul last weekend. he calmly narrated while turkish authorities interrupted his live shot on cnn international. >> reporter: often you get demonstrates are throwing rocks and bottles and police cracking down with their use of force as well. excuse me. i think i'm -- i think i'm being -- cnn.

With a statement from top executives at cnn. here's what they say. we have said repeatedly that we stand by our reporting from turkey and by our reporter, ivan watson. a journalist of the highest integrity. we find his recent work in turkey to be brave and commendable. >> i have to squeeze in a break here. we'll take a turn coming up and i want to introduce you to one of the most powerful people in hollywood. you're going to want to hear predictions about how we'll be watching tv in the a near future. stay tuned.