milita militant, was giving her husband a fist jab, probably the movie innocuous thing one could have done at that time but labeled a fist jab, a microcosm of the criticism directed at her, dispassionate observers look at it and agree, giving someone a fist jab does not make you a terrorist and that s an unfair criticism of her. she had to endure. there are many other examples of that. michelle obama speaking out with oprah winfrey. abby phillips, thanks so much for being with us. thank you. all right. we do have breaking news out of turkey right now. the russian ambassador to turkey is believed to be seriously wounded. he was shot several times, we
syria. russia of course supporting the assad regime in that country. turkey has been supportive of the rebels, although turkey has different interests as well with some of the kurdish fighters that have been fighting the syrian regime. we did get pictures just a short time ago from cnn turk of the attack on the russian ambassador to this country right now. do we have muhammed lila? cnn s muhammed lila is on the border between turkey and syria. what can you tell us? reporter: well, we understand the ambassador was speaking at an art gallery when a gunman or several gunmen burst in. we understand he has been shot. we don t know the latest in terms of what condition he is in. all of this is coming from reports from state media. of course, now that the russian ambassador andrey karlov has been shot, this is a major crisis. we know there have been a number of terrorist attacks in turkey. in fact, just in the last few
akbar and the transition, do not forget aleppo. do not forget syria. do not forget aleppo. do not forget syria. obviously, russia intimately involved what is happening inside syria flight and turkey as well and there are forces inside syria, inside turkey not at all in line with what s going on. so, again, we do not know exactly the identity of who carried out this attack. that person said to be neutralized. whether he was shot and killed or in custody, we do not know that either. what we do know, the russian ambassador to turkey, andrey karlov is dead after being shot at that art gallery. clarissa ward, stand by. back to you in a bit. more on our special breaking news coverage, next. . almost there. i can t reach it. if you have alligator arms,
clarissa ward joins us from moscow. november of 2015, turkey shot down a russian plane on the turkish syria border. it was an su-24 fighter jet. there have been tensions over the last several years, not to mention going back decades between turkey and russia but as muhammed said, of late the two nations had been negotiating on these cease-fire attempts in aleppo. reporter: no, it s extraordinary how much the relationship between turkey and russia has improved since the shooting down of that plane which was possibly an all-time low. we have seen russia and turkey cooperating really quite closely and i should say much to the chagrin of many rebel forces in syria who have started to feel like perhaps turkey was selling them out as part of this rapprochement with russia. as muhammed mentioned, russia and turkey working very closely together trying to broker this aleppo evacuation deal. there s a big summit here in
pulled out from performing there because of house bill 2. we should mention the ncaa which hosts some games, championship games there in charlotte and in the state, they decide what they are going to do for the next six years in march so many people, they are telling us the gop leadership desperate to get house bill 2 repealed before that happened. we will keep an eye on this and try to get you more details as they develop. big breaking news this morning. nick valencia, thanks so much. we have more breaking news. this out of turkey. word of an attack on the russian ambassador to turkey. pretty horrifying pictures here. this apparently happened at an art exhibition in the capital of ankara. details next.