german police have been on fall alert for attacks the last couple of months. but so many of these people, the jihadists have gone off the air. and if they re talking, it s in chat rooms that the germans tonight get into. there s new apps that the german can t get into. these people are evolving very quickly. i don t think it came as a surprise to the germans. what s particularly disturbing is germany is not involved in the war in the middle east yet. and you d look at aleppo. and the more than the war in syria continues, if more likely this will be more attacks like this. as you said, germany is not
difference would that have made in terms of what did you? simil similarly, if you want to bring force to bear on isis, which is his prescription, you will have to look at the experience of putin in syria. that will inevitably bring on backlash from the other side. next up, the electoral college and why hillary clinton lost. you might not be hearing it from the clinton folks.
been consequences. but it s not a year ago. they rebuilt their friendship substantially. and they say this is not going to derail that process. and we can take that at face value. neither one wants to re-enact the shootdown of the plane. this was not a sanctioned assassination. this is an individual. he may have been affiliated with a rebel group. in that sense, there s no reason for diplomatic relations, between russia and turkey. there is an element in turkish society, that is very much opposed to what russia is doing in syria. obviously, the fact he was voicing support for the people of aleppo when he carried out his asas nation.
contributor, and she joins us now with some more insight. thank you so much for join us. thanks, heather. heather: so here s what president putin had to say. he said this attack is a provocation aim at disrupting our relations. what do you believe was behind this attack? the way i see it, it comes down to a couple of options here. it was either an act of islamic terrorism which was motivated by radical ideology, or it can be an act of political opposition, political retaliation for what is perceived as russia s humanitarian crisis that they ve preis sip tated in syria, or it s a combination of both. i m going to remind everyone that the perpetrator yesterday invoked both allah and aleppo in his final moments, so i think the investigation will kind of tease that out a little bit more. but the likelihood here is it s not as straightforward as it seems, it s probably a combination of both. heather: he yelled allahu akbar and also said don t forget
fifth for the president-elect to deal with. below iran, below north korea, below china and the south china sea and the dismemberment of a european nation, nuclear armed putin. these awful attacks as they are are a long way from us and a long way from being the most serious threat that the president-elect faces. we haven t seen something as brazen as that attack in ankara in quite some time. a turkish policeman who shot the ri russian ambassador. he was shouting, don t forget aleppo, don t forget syria. a 22-year-old member of the riot police squad. he was killed in a shootout. stark to see this. we re not airing the actual footage which is airing other places. this targeted assassination clearly is showing the pressure that exists between the