Amnes amnesty says is sets up a precedent of trumped up charges. we have arwa damon live in istanbul with the latest. reporter: good morning, christine. the daughter who not only has her father jailed, but her uncle is one of the six as well. saying when the sentence came down, they kind of expected it to a certain degree because of the absurd difficuity of the ch. they are accused of being part of the media wing of the movement. the movement that turkey says was behind the failed coup attempt. turkey says it is well within its rights to bring the charges against the people that the coup wasn t just carried out by soldiers. those attempting to overthrow the government had the support of several individuals within the media. these people are not being detained and charged because of
Of mass destruction are not proliferating as well as needing to protect our allies, our bases in the region. this is something that is going to require america s attention and hopefully the entire international attention. senator mccain believes the u.s. s credibility in the region has been hurt. he believe there s delay and led to a boldness by the regime there that in egypt that what many believe was a coup wasn t called a coup that led to the problems we re seeing there now. do you think that s fair criticism? i m sympathetic to senator mccain s passion for helping people work through that what is an extraordinarily difficult and heartbreaking situation, but what i think the american people expect me to do as president is to think through what we do from
In egypt that what many believe is a coup wasn t called a coup. i am sympathetic to senator mccain s passion for helping people work through what is an extraordinarily difficult and heart-breaking situation, but what i think the american people also expect me to do as president is to think through what we do from the perspective what is in our long-term national interest. sometimes what we ve seen is folks will call for immediate action, jumping into stuff that does not turn out well, gets us mired in very difficult situations, can result in us being drawn in to very expensive, difficult, costly
Our exclusive interview with president obama. earlier you heard the president s take on the carnage in syria and egypt and helping students pay for college. we ll reviset those and other news-making topics so stay tuned but during the one on one with the president in syracuse, new york, we discussed lighter issues, what it s like raising two girls, one is a teen, one coming into her teens, the new dog and most importantly the president s take on our school clerk in georgia and i say our, because we really just embraced antoinette tuff how she stood up to a gunman and literally helped avert a disaster. take a listen. so we have this horrible situation that was luckily avoided down in georgia. we saw something that we see too much of and then we saw something we almost never see. we saw someone who was mentally ill that somehow wasn t being properly monitored and they find a weapon and almost created a tragedy. then we saw antoinette tuff. what do you think about her?
Bases, in the region. this is something that is going to require america s attention and hopefully the entire international community s attention. senator mccain came on new day very strong on this. he believes the u.s. credibility in the region has been hurt. that a situation like syria, that he believes there has been delay. and it has led to a boldness by the regime there. that in egypt what many believe was a coup wasn t called a coup that led to the problems we are seeing there now. do do you think that s fair criticism? i am sympathetic to senator mccain s passion for helping people work through what is an extraordinarily difficult and heartbreaking situation. but what i think the american people also expect me to do as president is to think through what we do from the perspective of what is in our long-term national interest. you know, sometimes what we have