like other civilian infrastructure, they lack the basics, including medicine and other material to treat the wounded but also the patients, including the chronically ill. well, this all comes as the us secretary of state anthony blinken is beginning a fresh round of talks on the conflict with regional leaders. mr blinken will first meet with turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, in istanbul on saturday and will be visiting israel next week. i want to take you live now to istanbul where mr blinken is meeting turkish foreign minister hakan fidan. nearby however, these pictures show protests against mr blinken being in the country with signs saying yankee go home. we ll bring you more on that as it continues. well, this all comes as the us secretary of state anthony blinken
The 66th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival opened Friday evening with a hint of smoke still in the air from recent fires up north. But it was barely noticeable owing to the smoking hot music emanating from the stages that spanned the Monterey Fair & Event Center. And of course the smell of barbecue and other delectables masked what may have been lingering in the air.