january 1st lower right-hand side, as ambulances and law enforcement were gathering in an area in istanbul, turkey, close to what is called the reina nightclub and restaurant. very popular, upscale, the it place to be if you will there in istanbul, turkey. new year's eve celebration that turned into a horror. an attack were 35 were killed. i want to go to nbc's matt bradley. and as we've been talking about this, matt, there are so many different layers to this story coming out of turkey. out of istanbul, not only of course what you were describing earlier in syria, but also what is happening in the north and also the significance of what turkey is itself and the leadership. >> that's right, richard, you're closing in there on the east coast to your new year's celebration at midnight. i want you to think if you will, just getting away from the facts and the politics for a moment,