russian president vladimir putin is calling this a provocation. how are turkey responding tonight? there s been real strain and relations between moscow and turkey, they seem to be kind of working together now, trying to repair ties. they both cast this as the asail an the trying to undermine the normalization of relations they weren t going to fall for it. putin also said the criminals will pay for this, the fear is that the syrian civilians in aleppo are going to be the ones that pay for this don. obviously a lot of brutality in aleppo over the last several months. the fear is that the russians are going to really level the place. they don t know much about this person and this assassin, who he
was. just the fact that he screamed, remember aleppo, don t forget aleppo, a lot of people fearing for the residents of aleppo tonight. the white house is saying this is a terrorist attack, the president-elect is also speaking out about this, correct? that s right, the russians obviously called it a terror attack, just earlier this evening. president-elect donald trump issued a statement, i ll read a little bit to you. he said, today we offer our condolences to the family and loved ones ambassador to turkey, andre car love who was assassinated by a terrorist. it s the violation of all rules of civilized order and must be universally condemned. now, the white house, the russians have all said this was an act of terrorism, they haven t gone so far as to say this was an act of radical islamic terrorism. and although this person did
groups intimately involved in what s happening inside syria. of course. look at all the different groups that are in place right now in syria. look at all of the different grievances they would have with the russian government. russia has been a staunch ally of syria s president assad since this conflict began providing weapons, providing air strikes basically bolsters him and keeping him in power through the russian military. and, of course, how many hundreds and thousands of people have died in syria as a result of this conflict. any number of people would have a grievance against russia because of this, and the fact that the gunman himself in carrying out what russia state media is saying was a premeditated terror attack, the fact the gunman himself came out and said this has to do with aleppo saying remember aleppo and remember syria this comes as aleppo has more or less officially been retaken by government forces, by the assad regime. so the people forced out of alp
i appreciate it. be sure to follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper. that s it for the lead. i turn you over to brianna keeler. she is subbing for wolf blitzer and she s right next door in a place we like to call the situation room. thanks for watching. happening now, breaking news. christmas market attack. at least nine people are killed as a truck plows through a crowded holiday market in berlin. dozens more are injured. was this an act of terror modelled on last summer s slaughter in france? brutal assassination. russia s ambassador to turkey is shot dead while speaking in an art gallery. the gunman shouts god is greatest and remember aleppo. is the region headed for more turmoil. the electoral college seals the deal for donald trump. across the country electors resist protests and are making the white house win official. you don t even know me.