ad nauseam that there s no quid pro quo here. that s essentially impossible to do when the white house says, in fact, there was, just not what the white house was focused on. that s what we ve seen in other cases with this white house, essentially normal i d behavior and dare democrats to do something about it. garrett reporter: we will see now how democrats respond to this admission. i m sorry to interrupt. the president is speaking about syria. let s listen for a moment. the kurds were great. great day for the kurds. it s really a great day for civilization. it s a great day for civilization. so i just want to thank everybody. mr. president, doesn t turkey get everything? [ inaudible ] well, sanctions won t be necessary, because turkey s doing what they re doing. i didn t need congress for sanctions, because, i can do sanctions that are tougher than congress and i was prepared to do that. i just want to thank and congratulate, though, president erdogan. he s a friend of
now what we are hearing from his office is sounding more like decline with comments maybe. so this really seems to be a shift in tone coming from the british as well. victor? nic, let me ask you this. turkey says they have proof that khashoggi is dead. if they have that proof, why don t they release it, even if not publicly, but other governments to confirm? reporter: what we understand that they have shared with other agencies they briefed other agencies on this evidence that they have and that this briefing has been convincing in that it is in that it shows the brutal attack, the struggle, the interrogation and the killing of khashoggi. it doesn t mean the agencies are the former agencies physically have custody of whatever material that is or a copy thereof. so the question that you re right asking why doesn t turkey
isis. a curious point is that this is an individual that was supposedly laid off from his job in december, someone who had radical beliefs going back a long time. is that what pushed him to make that final step or was there something else? hard to know right now. it is interesting how he was arrested. he was denied entry by turkish authorities and sent back to the u.s. turkey has been heavily criticized as the pathway into syria where the isis fighters have been meeting and forming. and i think we should be careful about complimenting turkey too much in this case because it does appear turkey knew well in advance this individual was an isis supporter, would be isis supporter headed their way. they had every warning and indication he was going there. what s more disturbing in the case of turkey is all of the cases of people that have gotten through, including 14 and 15-year-old girls traveling by themselves from united kingdom. the question is doesn t turkey have more responsibility