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good morning, everyone. i m director of turkey studies at middle east institute. i m very happy to welcome you all to our eighth annual conference on turkey. each year as we convene this conference we fine keen interest in turkish matters. 2017 was very dramatic and a difficult year for turkey for its neighbors and allies including the united states. so we appreciate if you are making time to join us in our discussion. our keynote speaker, is a leading voice on turkish affairs in foreign affairs of the german parliament. she will provide a firsthand report on the challenges facing ankara and berlin. we have elected members of the turkish and european parliament on the program as well alongside a leader in u.s. diplomacy toward turkey and expert analyst. you will hear our guest speaking guest speakers on three panels. to begin we will examine turkey s internal dynamics. our panelist include recent member of the turkish parliament, political party representative and sch ....
on turkey. and the country s domestic politics. including the growing power of the president and his party. also, the role rival parties might play in this november s elections. good morning, everyone. i m director of turkey studies at middle east institute. i m very happy to welcome you all to our eighth annual conference on turkey. each year as we convene this conference we fine keen interest in turkish matters. 2017 was very dramatic and a difficult year for turkey for its neighbors and allies including the united states. so we appreciate if you are making time to join us in our discussion. our keynote speaker, is a leading voice on turkish affairs in foreign affairs of the german parliament. she will provide a firsthand report on the challenges facing ankara and berlin. we have elected members of the turkish and european parliament on the program as well alongside a leader in u.s. diplomacy toward turkey and expert analyst. you will hear our guest speaking guest ....
there s a tiger in the yard. full size tiger. a tiger terrorizes an atlanta neighborhood attacking one woman s dog. this morning the mystery over where it came from now solved. all that plus drop-off. prince george showing up for his first day of school. tom brady and nfl gets set to kick off a new season tonight. and roger federer upset at the u.s. open. but it s an all american semifinal on the women s side for the first time in nearly 40 years, today, thursday, september 7th, 2017. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. morning, everybody. good to have you with us on a thursday morning. it s 7:00 a.m. on the west coast. most people are talking about irma. we want to get right to that storm. the strongest atlantic storm ever roared by puerto rico overnight lashing it with incredibly powerful winds and flooding rain. we know half of that island s 3 million residents are withou ....
in urban planning except sitting on this porch conjuring up what i want to do. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. elliott: good evening. scott is on assignment. i m josh elliott. terrorists have struck again overseas. the target today was in dhaka, the capital of bangladesh. multiple gunmen, believed to be islamic extremists, stormed a restaurant popular with foreign diplomats. they took at least 20 hostages and killed two police commanders and possibly others in a gun battle. the u.s. state department says no american government workers were in the restaurant. that and coming three days after the deadly airport attack in turkey, means security is very much on the minds of millions of americans on the move this holiday weekend. here s homeland security correspondent jeff pegues. reporter: heavily armed police are on patrol at chicago s o hare airport. canine units bolster security at los angeles international airport. there ....
in urban planning except sitting on this porch conjuring up what i want to do. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. los angeles international airport. there is enhanced police presence in key locations across country. in new york city, a new class of more than 1200 officers was sworn in to complement the n.y.p.d. s anti-terror squad. police commissioner william bratton: this year, they are here, fully trained, fully equipped. the name of the game when dealing with terrorist threats is to prevent to the greatest degree possible. reporter: federal official says there are no credible or specific threats this fourth of july weekend. still, according to the department of homeland security, federal officials remain concerned about terrorist-inspired individuals and home-grown violent extremists who may be encouraged or inspired to target public events or places. san bernardino, paris, brussels, and orlando demonstrate that terroris ....