unavenue. how is moscow responding to that? and has there been any explanation about why a russian war plane flew so close to a u.s. spy plane? well russia is saying why did a u.s. spy plane fly so close to a russian fighter jet? they say the spy plane was heading towards the russian border. they went to intercept and it made a provocative turns it it is the same narrative as the the just in reverse. both sides have as much right to fly there as each other. of course as barbra said in the report the number of incidents incidences wear planes supposed buzzing nato jets and other nato ships, et cetera, has drastically increased really since the ukraine crisis, rosemary. so diana where is this relationship between the u.s. and russia going?
bret: is a fox news alert, updating you tonight. former georgia secretary of state karen handel is the winner and a special congressional election in suburban atlanta. congressional district six. she defeated challenger jon ossoff by more than 10,000 votes in the most expensive house raisein in history to replace hs secretary tom price. more on that and just say moments. first, here are some of the other stories making news. president trump met with ukrainian president poroshenko at the white house amid growing tensions with russia. poroshenko, by the way, a guest on special report tonight. just yesterday, russian war plane flew within 5 feet of an american reconnaissance plane over the baltic sea. it came a day after the u.s. shot down a syrian jet near the isis stronghold of rock. russia has warned that it will not consider american struts in western syria air targets. belgian authorities say the stop the terror attack at a busy
this is not going to create d divisiveness between the two nations. reporter: yes. as nick was saying president erdogan said president putin came out with a stern face on television and called it a despicable act. he said it was intended to undermine the relationship between russia and turkey, a relationship which has been improving steadily in the past several months since they decided to rebuild ties following the downing in november of last year of a russian war plane by turkish interceptors. vladimir putin said there can only be one response, stepping up the fight against terrorism, the bandit goes he said must feel it happening. we must know who directed the hand, and he instructed members of his intelligence to work with the turks to get to the bottom of this and to work out whether the guy who carried out the
relationship with turkey. a russian war plane violated turkey territory. they have been rebuilding the separated ties since. putin and erdogan say this incident is not going to derail that and derail their efforts to try and find some kind of solution to the syrian crisis. to the end, the turkish foreign minister and russian foreign minister meeting in moscow to try to work out the next step forward. a preplanned meeting to try to implement a bigger cease-fire and evacuate more people from aleppo in that devastating conflict in that country. in terms of what impact this killing will have on the turkey/russian relationship. if it happened a year ago, this could have been cat claclysmic.
silence. at number six, the bloody war rages in syria and iran, sprawling mess and a dangerous proxy war. the u.s.-led coalition air strikes pound isis targets in syria. russia says it s bombing isis targets as well. the russians are not attacking isis. they are conducting strikes in areas where there are anti-regime militias. those strikes will bolster bashar al assad. reporter: on the sidelines, turkey fiercely protecting its borders. reporter: turkey shooting down a russian war plane. a russian war plane crashed in the mountains of syria near the turkish border. the russians are understandably absolutely furious. president putin speaking out, calling the incident a, quote, stab in the back. this year, the world watched the biggest escalation of the american military campaign against isis to date. i will not put american boots on the ground. the u.s. stepping up its