my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now passed well past 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. for you as a very prominent critic of president erdogan, can you at least share that sentiment? well, there is a national unity. unfortunately, the government is out of this unity. they have to connect with people right now, because most of the people, well, i can say millions of people, are feeling like they are trying to help the victims of the earthquake despite the government. despite the regime s strong hand, who is trying to do everything on their own? how can you say that, when we all see the turkish emerg
and the occupied west bank. a raid by israeli troops in nablus on wednesday left 11 palestinians dead and about a hundred wounded. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. the earthquakes that rocked southern turkey in early february not only caused a humanitarian disaster, they exposed cracks in president erdogan s carefully crafted image as turkey s indispensable leader. amid the ruined cities, and the anguish of millions of displaced people, basic government competence is being tested. my guest is long standing erdogan critic, the exiled turkish writer ece temelkuran. a presidential election is looming. does the opposition have what it takes to end the erdogan era? ece temelkuran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. your country is grappling with a humanitarian crisis of unimaginable scale. the death toll has now well passed 40,000, millions are displaced, and the government is saying that this is a time for national unity and solidarity. fo
violence. we ll have the latest on the investigation. also on the programme: we meet the ukrainians returning to dangerous circumstances in towns close to the frontline, despite heavy fighting nearby. it is brought this time closer together, before the war, there is some people here and elsewhere who generally supported russia. that is not really the case any more. women s rights marches take place across the us, marking the 50th anniversary of the roe v wade case, which was overturned last year. a feast fit for a lunar new year celebration we look at some of the traditional food, as more than a billion people around the world take part in festivities. and no wipe out here! it looks like a french surfer has set a new record in california, for the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. hello and welcome to the programme. police in los angeles hunting a gunman who killed at least 10 people in a dance club, have discovered a body in a van which is believed to be linked to the
millions there on tornado watch. is the west coast that could really feel the brunt getting slammed directly with life threatening storm surge and flooding in a day or so. millions of people in ian s cross hairs and boarding up the homes. people waiting in line for hours for free sand bags. mandatory evacuations were expanded. they re told it s time to leave now. fema s chief urged people to get out of harm s way. our biggest concern as we wait for this storm to make landfall is storm surge and i will note that storm surge is a leading cause of hurricane related fatalities. the decision you choose to make may mean the difference between life and death. overnight the storm made laufld in cuba with rain and winds. it is churning in warm waters of the gulf of mexico. jennifer gray is in the cnn weather center. there is a slight shift in the forecast path to the south. what does this change? basically means that areas just to the south get the bulk of the surge. with this s
good tuesday morning, everybody. i am lindsey reiser live at msnbc world headquarters in new york city. right now we are one hour away from the convening of the 118th congress on capitol hill. a scenario unlike anything we have seen before. one question remaining, will kevin mccarthy be the speaker of the house? right now it s not clear the california republican has the votes to secure the gavel. he seemed optimistic about the outcome this morning. do you have the votes yet? we will have a good day today. we do know house republicans spent the last hour huddleded in a closed door meeting where mccarthy addressed his caucus, but was he able to sway any republicans standing in his way. and just in the last hour we heard from congressman, scott perry. over the 14 years he has been in leadership, he has done almost virtually nothing to change it. and under pressure from a group of members that said we are not any longer going to accept the status quo, and we have been abl