The turkish government has made concessions to christian minorities, such as returning property confiscated a long time ago. Churches, for example. That has given armenians in turkey in fresh confidence boost, but their situation remains difficult. Ankara still refuses to recognize the genocide of armenians under ottoman rule 100 years ago. Officially, there are some 60,000 armenians in turkey, but the numbers could be rising. In some parts of turkey, descendants of armenians are now rediscovering their identity. Home to a population of more than 1 million, the city is situated on the turkey turkish i iraqi border. It is the unofficial capital of turkey. But it was not always. Between the many minuets that make up the skyline are a few church towers. 100 years ago, it was mainly inhabited by armenians. These days, most of the church as they build are mere ruins. For this insurance salesman, these ruins are symbolic. As far as the authorities are concerned, he is turkish, and yet, he id
Government shutdown and keep president obamas Signature Health care law intact but senators ted cruz and mike lee are leading the charge against that effort giving you live pictures from the senate floor, the republicans are still speaking in an effort to prevent a vote. Senator cruz started this just before 3 00 on tuesday afternoon and to tracie potts live in washington. Whats expected to happen today. Reporter what was expected to happen was this vote about an hour after the senate goes into session. These two are trying to prevent that from happening. This allnight talkathon could end up leading to a Government Shutdown. I intend to speak till im no longer able to stand. Reporter at 8 00 last night when he apparently ran out of things to say. Do you like green eggs and h ham . Reporter earlier mike lee took over. The American People have never been enthusiastic about obama care. Reporter but he was back and supports the plan up for a vote today stripping the money from health care
Does the nfl do about this now . Hello, everyone. Im john berman. New this morning, al qaeda militants may be strengthen their base in yemen as that countrys government teeters on the brink of collapse. Shiite rebels stormed the president ial palace attempting a coup against this critical u. S. Ally. The crisis is troubling to the west because yemen is the home of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. The group behind a number of attacks including apparently the Charlie Hebdo siege in paris just two weeks ago and there are concerns about the safety of u. S. Embassy personnel in yemen at this moment. Meanwhile, shocking numbers from france. The Prime Minister there says there are 3,000 people with jihadist ties in france. 3,000 people who need to be under surveillance. The government now boosting its fight against homegrown terror by adding thousands more Security Forces and also they say better guns. And dramatic new video just into cnn shows a terrorist attack in israel. A palestinian ma
For the super bowl . Is that a good message to send . I dont think it is. I dont think you should or could vote for cheating teams. John berman thanks. I appreciate it. The next hour of cnn newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you so much for joining me. New this morning, the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to address a joint session of congress. Hell focus on iran and his appearance just three weeks from now is pointed to say the least. It comes as Congress Prepares to fight the white house and president obamas vow last night to veto any new sanctions on iran. Thats not the least of it. Joining me now is dana bash. She broke this news last hour. Tell us more dana. Reporter im at the press conference where we expect the House Speaker and the rest of the Republican Leaders to come momentarily to speak about this. They were as i said earlier in the hour they were talking to republican rank and file members explaining what theyre
Alarms sounding before a final dive into the sea. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Hundreds of american lives at risk right now as rebels seize the capital of u. S. Ally a crucial partner in the fight against al qaeda. Suddenly amid yemens chaos, a tentative deal to try to defuse the crisis but a chilling new threat may be emerging. A yemeni official tells cnn isis is now active and is recruiting in yemen in a headon rivalry with al qaedas arabian affiliate that has even led to gun battles. The spokesman for yemens embassy in washington standing by along with our correspondents and analysts and we have the only western tv reporter on the ground in yemen. Lets begin with our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. She has the very latest. Reporter tonight yemens capital sanaa is still on edge with violence and uncertainty but for now, at least for now, the state department is holding firm no immediate plans to evacuate the embassy. Even as Houthi Rebels surround the presiden