done to make sure that putin doesn t see anything, when you re suggesting, as a limited no-fly zone as an escalatory measure? okay. i think the greatest thing is to stop worrying about what putin considers an an escalation. what we re doing is signaling weakness and it enables putin to intimidate us not to pursue our own interest. this talk has to stop. can you go ahead, please. was going to say, can you explain what the limited no-fly zone proposal would be? yes. a regular u.s. no-fly zone requires us to destroy any military installations which could attack our planes. in this case, that would mean we would have to shoot at russian
joining us now, rear admiral, john care bill, the pentagon press secretary. welcome to the real story today, sir. thanks for having me. so, let s talk a little bit about this, because josh earnest, the president s spokesperson just did a briefing and he was emphatic on the fact that there s not going to be a specific no-fly zone proposal at this time. that goes against what the wall street journal said as far as what turkey was proposing. what s the real story? well, look, this is an issue that we have been long discussing with the turks, they have expressed an interest in this for many, many months. so, this is something that we continue to talk to them about, but josh is right, here at the pentagon, i can tell you that there s no active consideration of that proposal right now. we are, however, talking to the turks and continue to talk to them about ways in which they can contribute to this coalition. they have a huge refugee problem inside their country. they had allowed som
don t like us, they look like friends, but they want us dead. they like seeing our children die. how long will we stand that fact? the remarks came just days after the turkish leader met with vice president joe biden to discuss a deal to allow the u.s. to use it s air bases to strike isis. the turks want the u.s. to set up a no fly zone in syria. we are not specific that a no fly zone proposal at this point would best serve the interests we have all identified in terms of trying to resolve the situation in syria. in the pentagon, there s no active consideration of that proposal right now. reporter: national security advisor susan rice suggested the deal was complete. the turks have just in the last several days made a commitment that they will in the first instance allow the united states and our partners to use turkish bases. we continue to have differences, we haven t made a
was no major shake-up last night. the voter database controversy wasn t the only hot issue. sparks flew. here s sanders making the case that some taxes are good investment. the legislation is is $1.61 a week. now you can say that s a tax on the middle class. it will provide three months paid family and medical leave for the working families of this country. i think secretary clinton, $1.61 a week is a pretty good investment. clinton distanced herself from the president a bit on the syria strategy and was pushed over her no-fly zone proposal. isis doesn t have aircraft. al qaeda doesn t have aircraft. so would you shoot down a syrian military aircraft or a russian airplane? i do not think it would come to that. we are already deconflicting air
air bases. i wonder what the progress on the talks is. there is no deal, according to u.s. officials as of yet. these officials addressed reports of a possible deal that appeared in the wall street journal this morning. the white house pushed back on reports that the u.s. was considering setting up a no-fly zone in syria. we do not believe that a specific no-fly zone proposal, at this point, would best serve the interest that we ve identified in terms of trying to resolve the situation in syria. the turkish president meet with vladmir pew contain week after meeting with vice president joe biden. he criticized the u.s. strategy to sbat isis. said the west doesn t like muslims adding he was tired of criticism from 12,000 kilometers away, quote, believe me they don t like us. they look like friends but they want us our dead.