pence who we re waiting to hear from in ankara and secretary state mike pompeo meeting with president erdogan. but what are they asking for? they re asking for a cease-fire. that would certainly be a great thing because we d stop seeing the level of killing going on. but it would also enshrine the gains that the russians and that assad and that the turks have made. they are not asking for turkey to come back over its border and bring its troops back home. that s what we asked the russians to do after their incursions into crimea. they didn t do it, but it s an interesting question. would we lift the sanctions for turkey that the president imposed last week simply for a cease-fire, not a return to the status quo ante? that s a question someone will ask that we think will
who cover vladimir putin who study him are certain the kgb colonel, former kgb colonel, will use the training to try to manipulate president trump. there s sbeintrigue in washingt surrounding a possible trump/putin meeting at the white house, at the same time the russian president is meeting with his ally in turkey. an arrival suitable for strongmen, in ankara, vladimir putin is greeted by turkish president recip erdogan. tonight, there are questions about whether putin will soon be welcomed at the white house by president trump. a white house official telling cnn the president casually invited putin to the white house during a recent phone conversation. both sides say no formal preparations are under way, but analysts believe putin would want a meeting. i think for putin, himself, the idea of meeting with the top dog is always important, it s a status thing. reporter: it could be a tense meeting, fraught with potential pitfalls for president trump. the u.s. and britain have been