24 suspected migrants drown as a boat sinks off istanbul. ♪ hello, i'm samplery at al jazeera headquarters in doha and baghdad and visitors to sierra holy site also be targeted and new military leaders call for patience as protests once again hit the capitol. and we explain why hundreds of native americans in minnesota are protesting against one of the country's best known football teams. ♪ now, 24 suspected migrants have drown after a boat sank off the turkish city of istanbul and searching for survivors north of the striet and the boat thought to carry migrants from afghanistan and syria and seven people have been rescued and this is a hub for illegal migrants trying to reach europe and we are live from istanbul and have all the passengers been acquainted for now? >> not at the moment, sammy, we know this is an ongoing rescue operation and believe the boat set off this morning through the strait and headed to the black sea on somewhere around there it has capsized because it was overloaded and because it has been very windy so the weather has not been very good. fishermen who initially

bernard smith in istanbul on the pope's visit to turkey. we want to bring you now pictures from inside the courtroom in cairo whereas we edges inned earlier we are awaiting a vert on the retrial of former president hosni mubarak, he's in the courtroom. he has arrived. and he's still on that hospital bed which he's often been seen on since his trial began inside the cage in the courtroom. mubarak awaiting to hear his fate in -- accused of, of course, of conspiring to kill protesters during the 2011 revolution. we'll bring that to you live, of course, here on al jazerra. >>> let's move onto nigeria in the meantime. the president has vowed that the perpetrators of friday's mosque attack will be brought to justice. more than 100 people were killed as they prayed in the city's main mosque. from northeastern nigeria, a report. >> reporter: witnesses say the scene after the explosions was one of absolute pandemonium. bodies were strewn across the area as people ran in different directions. one witness said there was a stampede as people tried to e

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tell us more about what is on the agenda, bernard smith, in istanbul. for the pope. >> the pope left in the last 5-10 minutes. it is open to tourists that have been waiting, to come and see the sites. hugely important for christianity, and a symbolic visit. this was the most important church. in the capital of the bisignificant tine empire. it was a church until otto mans took over. and at the founding of a modern turkish empire, it was converted. the pope spent half an hour to tur. before that he went to a mask, an apparent mask, and was shown around by istanbul's top leader. he paused and we saw the pope turn towards mecca. spent a long time, actually. a significant gesture by the pope, who is here to try to bring or bridge muslim and christian relations. he's left the area and gone to the vatican's mission in istanbul, and will be taking mass. >> thank you so much. bernard smith live in istanbul. >> this is the fourth visit by the head of a catholic church to turkey. paul vi was the first to visit in 1967. in 1980 pope john paul followed, making the

in istanbul, sunday morning worship unfolds as it has for centuries. christians here say the ancient liturgy and the images that fill the sanctuary help connect them to the roots of their faith. several books of the new testament were written in what is now turkey, and many foundational christian doctrines were established here. >> so the presence of the christianity is from the very, very, very beginning. here the christianity starts and never ends. >> reporter: on this sunday, presiding over the service is ecumenical patriarch bartholomew, spiritual head of the world's more than 300 million eastern orthodox christians. istanbul, once known as constantinople, is the patriarch's headquarters. the christian church split between east and west in 1054, with constantinople being the center of eastern orthodox christianity and rome the center of the western church. leaders of the two churches had virtually no contact for nearly a millennium, but that has changed dramatically in recent years. ecumenical patriarch bartholomew and pope francis have met twice p

this is the scene live in istanbul. we are in the orthodox church of st. george. the patriot reaction bartholomew the first greeted francis for this ceremony. it was an important feast day for the orthodox church. the two churches, the cat licks and the orthodox split a thousand years ago in 1054, to be precise, over the prime is a of the papacy. pope francis' activities are the main reason for the visit. trying to build bridges between the two parts of the christian church. later on sunday pope francis is said to be planning to meet with a few dozen young refugees being cared for by a catholic religious order. turkey is currently hosting about 1.6 million refugees. they have had to flee fighting in neighboring syria, of course. well bring you more from the pope's visit to turkey as it happens. >>> on saturday the pope visited istanbul's famous blue mosque. bernard smith reports. >> reporter: walking in to sultan mosque pope francis did as millions of visitors before him have done. he paused to take in one of the greatest masterpieces of on the monarchy texture. g

but clearly a very anti-american sentiment on that street this morning in istanbul. >> and they were wearing civilian clothes, these three sailors from the "uss ross." i take it all u.s. military personnel who now spend some time in turkey even though it's a nato ally are told, don't wear your uniforms when you're walking around the streets of istanbul or anyplace else, just wear civilian clothes? >> reporter: yeah. i have to tell you, for some time that has pretty much been the rule of thumb for u.s. military personnel overseas, especially in countries where there may be some unrest. and especially for u.s. sailors, generally when they leave the ship for a day of shore leave like these three did, they would strictly be in civilian clothes. what we don't know, how did they know these guys were military? were these militants watching the pier? did they watch young sailors come down the pier side off the navy ship and were they able to identify them that way? how did they know that they were basically approaching u.s. military personnel? all of that under investigation. the u.s. embass

he just touched down in istanbul after spending his friday in ankara there in turkey. his time in istanbul marks the middle of a three-day visit to this predominantly muslim country and this is being called the most challenging trip of his papacy. he's urging for religious freedom and religious tolerance in the middle east. he's the fourth pope to visit turkey and we'll have more about his comments and his stay there in istanbul as we push on here this weekend. >> it's a very significant arrival. and another as well. the french president is now the first western leader to visit ebola-hit west africa. he said he made the one-day trip to guinea as a show of international solidarity. now more on the significance of his visit. >> president hollande stopped for just a few hours, but the presidential palace here said it was a very important stop for him to have made, both for symbolic and for practical reasons. on the practical side, basically the french have been giving a lot of money to west africa in order to combat ebola. 100 million in aid has been pledged. one center h

or near istanbul. live now to bernard smith, who is there. what more can you tell us about this? >> adrian, we now know that there were 43 people on that vessel, 42 migrants and a smuggler, according to the coast guard. 20 people have--bodies have been pulled from the water. six survivors, and unfortunately, there are still 17 missing. 11 of those children five women and one man. they're still out searching, but i have to say that the bolt capsized at dawn. it's nonow night is falling and it's very cold. chances of surviving the icy waters of the black sea are very slim, indeed. they were heading towards romania. from the black sea you could head to romania or bulgaria. the european union countries people try to get to. it's not the most common route. migrants go towards the mediterranean and greece and italy, but this is another way to do it going to istanbul. it seems that they were in a very small boat. one of the fishermen was quoted as saying that a boat for eight people to take them on pleasure c

pope francis is in istanbul, turkey. he arrived a little while ago from ankara. on his agenda is going to be a short guided tour of the saint sophia museum. by the way, on friday, the pope called for religious tolerance and freedom to counter extremism in the middle east. so i do want to go now to our senior international current arwa damon joining us live from istanbul. arwa, given the small or tiny number of christians in turkey, roughly 100,000, roughly 1% of the population, tell me how significant this papal visit is? >> reporter: the vast majority of christians here are orthodox. this portion of pope francis's visit comes at the invitation of their leader, patriarch bartholomew and is meant to, on the one hand, further solidify the relationships between the two sister churches, but this visit when it comes to what pope francis hopes to accomplish is perhaps more about turkey's muslim population and about trying to build that very critical and vital entinterfait dialogue between christian ansd the rest of the world which are arguably worse than recent history

harmony, patriarch bartholomew was on hand when pope francis arrived in istanbul, part of a glacial pace effort to hell a 1,000-year-old rift between the orthodox and catholic churchs. the theme continued in the famous plu mosque where the pope stood side by side for two minutes of what the vatican spokesman called silent adoration. as the pope turned the 15-year-old church, originally a byzantine church and then a exphosk now a museum, the muslim call to prayer wafted over the city. and in another show of unity, patriarch bartholomew attended an unusually lively mass celebrated by the pope in one of turkey's five catholic cathedrals. the only thing resembling crowds that francis has drawn in a country that is 98% muslim were a few dozen well wishers who came to wave and a small group of protesters he never saw who chanted for islamic unity. earlier in his trip, the pope singled out isis as an extremist and fundamentalist group who had subject the entire communities in syria and iraq to barbaric violenc simply because of their ethnic and religious identity. turk sehost to more than

arthur: that's istanbul, right? correct, arthur. and finally, the colosseum in rome-- home to massive sporting events almost 2,000 years ago. now, would anyone like to guess why i showed you all these slides of cities? we're going on a class trip? is it rome? china? alas, no. it's inspiration for your next assignment. each of you will team up with a partner and create your own city. arthur: so i was thinking that the buses in our city could be hot air balloons, and they could be powered by windmills placed at each stop. (whistle blows) arthur: the only cars allowed would be ambulances and fire trucks. everyone else would roll everywhere by human power, and there'd be so many bikes and scooters around that no one would have to buy them. and... hey, are you listening? huh? oh yeah, sounds great. but you know what we really need? a stadium. one stadium. but not just any old stadium. it'll be huge and... it can't be too huge. mr. ratburn said we have to build a model of this city, remember? think about it. if the grebes had had a better

thanks for being with us, cole. >> >>> al jazeera's nick schifrin is in istanbul turkey. nick, good morning. does the g.o.p. win change how the u.s. is perceived in the middle east? >> yeah, good morning, stephanie. ultimately people here and the leaders here know that foreign policy is dictated by president obama, but of course analysts do say that leaders will look at yesterday's election and think that obama -- his strength has been diminished and therefore some, like benjamin netenyahu might just wait for obama to go, waiting for his successor. but ultimately the policy is going to be dictated by the president of the united states and a lot of people are expecting policies to continue here in turkey as well as iraq and syria. >> how to deal with isil became a campaign issue in some races. turkey has been vocal about how the u.s. is handling that fight. will that change now? >> no, the criticism is not only from turkey, it's from the moderate opposition, the very u.s. allies. they are complaining the training isn't fast enough, and the air strikes are hitting the wrong

it happened in istanbul where the sailors' ship is docked. the protesters were yelling yankee go home and other anti-american slogans. they threw red paint at the sailors and put bags over their heads. you can see the alarm in the sailors' faces. caught them entirely off guard. they eventually did get away. they were on shore leave. they were not even in uniform. the u.s. embassy in turkey condemned the attack. jim sciutto joins me with some details. what is the navy doing? >> the navy has canceled shore leave for all sailors on the "uss ross.

sailors in istanbul, turkey, back to their ships after an incident the u.s. embassy calls appalling. >> what's cool about your school? email your nominations to us at coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and feature your school on the show. we'll be right back. after they were stranded fo at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, to move, to keep warm, to make clay piggies. that's why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. hour-and-a-half, on the sid >>> a couple of window washers are back on solid ground after they were stranded for an hour and a half on the side of one world trade center in new york. the workers were halfway up the nation's tallest skyscraper yesterday when a cable on their scaffold malfunctioned. they were not injured. firefighters had to saw through a 68th floor window from inside and then pull the workers to safety. >> can only imagine. >>> american sailors are under orders to stay aboard their ships in istanbul, turkey. kpix 5' allen martin has

the pope is also meeting with orthodox christian leaders here in istanbul. he's scheduled to return to rome on sunday. richard engel, nbc news, istanbul. >>> meanwhile, the philadelphia region is getting ready for the pope's visit next fall for the world meeting of families. this afternoon at 5:30, the arch bishop will celebrate his first mass since pope francis confirmed that he would attend the event. during the mass, the choir will seem the official hymn of the world meeting of families for the first time. the hymn is called "sound the bell of holy freedom." stay tuned for updates as philadelphia prepares for the visit. you'll find a special section dedicated to the visit on our website, nbc10.com. >>> days of searching for a local missing college student haven't turned up any clues. matt delucia is live in manayunk where shane montgomery was last seen. >> reporter: the philadelphia police marine unit is expected to be back out here this morning. shane montgomery's parents are anxiously waiting for answers. we'll hear from them coming up. >>> we have a ni

they were in istanbul. joe biden is on a 3-day visit. turkey has been criticized to do enough to stop of foreign fighters. bernard smith is live in istanbul. what is it that they are hoping to achieve here? >> first, there may be a bit of making up. it's only last month that joe biden said that president recep tayyip erdogan had made mistakes allowing others to across the boarder in syria, and helped the rise of i.s.i.l. recep tayyip erdogan was infuriated by the remarks. they are supposed to be good friends. there'll be talking in that regard. but biden is the latest in a list of u.s. officials to come to turkey to try to persuade the government to take an active role in the fight against i.s.i.l. the u.s. would like to be able to use an air base to launch sortees to attack i.s.i.l. positions. at the moment the fighter jets have to fly from the gulf, the mediterranean. flying many hours, eating up fuel, meaning they can fly around the tarts for a short period of time. turkey has been reluctant. >> what is turkey's position. on the one h

ross destroyer that had been put into istanbul and they were taking liberty, touring istanbul where, as you see in the video, they suddenly were set upon by a group of about 20 wrung men, said to be part of a right wing activist group called the turkish youth union. and it first started out with some harmless taunts, "yankee go home" that kind of thing. suddenly escalated, as you see here. it became physical. at one point, there were objects, paint, thrown at the three sailors. they were grabbed and then the activists tried to put -- and did, in fact, temporarily put plastic bags on their head. now, what's remarkable about this is that the sailors did it by the book. they were not provocative. they were not an tagonistic. they fled and made it back to their ship safely. u.s. ambassador officials, u.s. navy officials are consulting with turkish security forces. obviously, those that were involved in this assault on these three sailors are on camera, shouldn't be hard to find if they're activists. so the u.s. would anticipate that some kind of security, some kind of legal actions are t

we have more from istanbul. >> a distress went out at dawn as it headed out into the black sea. it was 5.5 kilometers into the black sea. one of the first fishermen described bodies floating. the assumption people who died, died of expose in the water. it is cold this time of year. cold in the air, and cold in the water. the fisherman also describes the boat suitable for eight to ten people. but there were 43 people on the boat. it was headed to romania. a possible destination if boats are sailing through the black sea. it is not the most common route, but it is used by smugglers. on this occasion it is believed that afghan migrants were headed to owe mania. >> talks in installing a new transitional government. there have been angry protests in the capitol demanding the transfer of power to civilian role. they seized power on friday. where are the talks heading now? >> well, people know that colonel zida has expected power to be handed over to the transition government. but could it take a week, a month? that's what people are asking. people want there to be peace. they want som

this island in the sea of istanbul used to be home to a major center for training young priests. it was forced to close 30 years ago after colleges were banned under turkish law. calls for it to be opened have fallen on deaf ears. christians hope the pope will bring some influence during his visit. >> every archdiocese in the church has a training center for priests. we are the only ones who had that taken away from us. >> it is also likely to overshadow the pope's visit. it was a cathedral of the orthodox church before it was turned into a mosque. the building has been a museum since 1935. there is also a movement to turn the building back into a mosque. activists have collected 15 million signatures for a petition. >> it is our mosque and we want it back. this is not an anti-christian sentiment, it is our right. we conquered istanbul. >> that would be another blow to the do and doing greek orthodox community in the city. >> voters will decide on sunday whether the country should continue on its path toward european integration. >> it is located between the european union and ru

this island in the sea of istanbul used to be home to a major center for training young priests. it was forced to close 30 years ago after colleges were banned under turkish law. calls for it to be opened have fallen on deaf ears. christians hope the pope will bring some >> every archdiocese in the church has a training center for priests. we are the only ones who had that taken away from us. >> it is also likely to overshadow the pope's visit. it was a cathedral of the orthodox church before it was turned into a mosque. the building has been a museum since 1935. there is also a movement to turn the building back into a mosque. activists have collected 15 million signatures for a petition. >> it is our mosque and we want it back. this is not an anti-christian sentiment, it is our right. we conquered istanbul. >> that would be another blow to the do and doing greek orthodox community in the city. >> voters will decide on sunday whether the country should continue on its path toward european integration. >> it is located between the european union and russia. moldova signed a trade

our correspondent mark lowen is in istanbul. this is terrible news, mark. what's happened? >> reporter: a migrant disaster on the shores of europe. this morning, early on in the morning, a vessel capsized about five kilometers north of istanbul. as you say, 24 bodies have so far been recovered. seven rescued. nine still believed to be missing. it's thought that around 40 people were onboard. many of them children. and if this was an unusual route really for a migrant vessel to take. turkey is one of the main departure points for those seeking a better life in the european union, but typically they take these overcrowded dingies and rubber vessels on the west coast of turkey heading for greece. now, to actually go across the black sea has led to speculation that they may have been trying to reach romania. a large rescue operation under way with rescue boats, helicopters and divers. but they fear that that number 24 could still rise. >> mark, thanks very much indeed for that. and of course, it's not the first disaster that we've seen on those shores. we've seen similar events

we will be live in istanbul coming up. >>> in the united states, officer darren wilson brakes ties with the ferguson police department. will it be enough to calm the still-tense situation there. >>> and this has given people pause after all the heartache over michael brown's death. who and what is behind that snapshot. >> it is a beautiful shot. >>> i'm george howell. >> and i'm zain asher. we want to get to the top stories. let's again in ferguson, missouri where officer darren wilson has now officially resigned. >> this comes a week after a grand jury decides not to indict him in the shooting death of michael brown. >> reporter: it is the letter that will close one chapter in the ongoing drama in ferguson. darren wilson's resignation comes avatfter targeted threats the police department. the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me, he says. he explains in his letter that for obvious reasons, he wanted to wait until the grand jury decision before he resigned. >> certainly there's no wrongdoing on his part. to have resigned might have suggeste

vice president joe biden who's on a visit to istanbul and the turkish prime minister. both of those men have a great deal to discuss about the tensions in the region, particularly on the issue of confronting isil. the u.s. relying heavily on turkey as an ally in its battle against isil in that region. i'm sure we'll have more on those talks later in the coming hours. >>> now in the u.s., republican politicians are lashing out at president barack obama and his new immigration plan which he'll be signing into law later on friday. obama's proposal will allow 5 million undocumented immigrants to stay in the country and make them eligible for work permits. but john. >> the action by the president yesterday will only encourage more people to come here illegally and putting their lives at risk. we saw the humanitarian crisis of our border last summer, how horrific it was. this summer it could be worse. this action also punishes those who have obeyed the law and waited their turn. with this action, the president has chosen to deliberately sabotage any chance of enacting bipart

. >> we want to turn inside istanbul mosque. you're looking at live pictures now, this is one of several stops in turkey. it's part of his three-day trip in turkey. the first time in a muslim country. just a short time ago, he visited the museum, said to be one of the most visited museums in the country. this, by the way, is only the fourth time a pope has ever visited turkey. i want to go to cnn's damon. tell me how will pope francis' visit differ from that of pope benedict? >> reporter: well, the dynamics surrounding the visit, the plight of christians in the middle east isn't drastically worsened since 2006. the personalities of the two men are fairly different. pope benedict, his comments about muslims made for a somewhat rocky relationship between the vatican and the rest of the muslim world. pope francis trying to build up the dialogue. he's left the door open with dialogue with everybody to include isis. this is despite the fact that the organization directly threatened the vatican. the pope did visit istanbul. the two he

on saturday the pope moves here to istanbul to target another tough issue. the near thousand year split, you'll be meeting his old friend, the patriarch bartholomew the first. there is hope that both those men will continue efforts being made to bring these two branches of christianity closer together. bernard smith, al jazeera. istanbul. >> the fight against isil has left thousands of iraqis caught in the cross fire. they spoke of one man who lost his father and home. >> he does not know where to start to where build his house. everywhere he looks its devastation. when isil took a downtown in mid-june nearly all the people stead. but he stayed until isil came to use his house as a base to launch attacks. >> my house was destroyed by isil. so i managed to escape to the nearby farms and hid there. there were heavy clashes between isil and armed forces and many houses were destroyed, and people were killed in the cross fire. we have nothing left for us to salvage only terrible memories and staterred hopes. they're not even afraid to rebuild again. isil's threa

on saturday, the pope moves here to istanbul to tackle another tough issue, the near thousand-year split between cliquism and orthodoxy. he'll be meeting his old friend bartholomew 1. there's hope that both those men will continue efforts being made to bring those who branches of christianity closer together. bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >>> group's tactics and recent slayings, what to do when its citizens are kid snapped. jamie mcintire has more from washington. >> the u.s. says flatly it will never pay ransom to secure release of american hostages in the hands of i.s.i.l. fighters. but earlier this year, it did pay for american prisoner beau bergdahl. the best way to respond when americans are threatened. >> he watched one by one as fellow captives were freed after it appeared ransoms were paid for their release. after foley's murder two other american captives met the same fate as foley. american law not only prevents its government from paying ransom, it prevents its citizens from paying ransom too. >> the united states has set a heartrending but absolutely necessary example

we have more now from istanbul. >> reporter: pope francis was welcomed in ankar by president erdogan at the start of what is perhaps one of the most delicate missions of his papacy. the head of the catholic church has flown into a region wrestling the rise of armed groups while acknowledging that military force is justified to stop the advance of groups like isil, the pope said that there is also a need for more dialogue between christians and muslims. >> the fundamentalism and irrational fears need to countered by solidarity of all believers. >> his host, turkish president, spoke out of what hey sees is rising phobias. >> it's saddening, racism, discrimination and hatred towards those who are different and islam ma phobi phobia is on the rise. >> turkey hosts more than 1.5 million syrian refugees and said that the international community has a moral obligation to help turkey take care of these refugees. on saturday the pope moves here to istanbul to tackle another tough issue, the near thousand-year split between catholicism and orthodoxy. he'll be meeting his own friend, the east o

bernard smith, al jazeera, istanbul. >>> what to do when american citizens are kidnapped. jamie mcintaintire reports from washington. >> afghan taliban prisoners for captured american prisoner beau bergdahl. >>> best way to respond when the lives of americans are threatened. >> before i.s.i.l. fighters beheaded james foley he watched as one by one, fellow captives from other countries were freed. after foley's murder two other american captives met the same fate as foley. american law not only prevents the government from paying ransom, it bars its citizens for paying ransom, too. >> the united states has set a heartrending but absolutely necessary example: by refusing to pay ransom for captured americans. and all of the evidence shows that where and if a country has paid a ransom, there are many more people who are taken hostage. >> reporter: according to the u.n. security council's counterterrorism committee an estimated $120 million in ransom was paid to terrorist groups between 2004 and 2012, including between 35 and $45 million to i.s.i.l. republican senator duncan hu

i was in the syrian neighborhood of istanbul. i saw a lot of tension, local turks feeling like the area has been taken over by syrians. but in some pockets of the country, there are more militant syrians who are building these jihadist dreams. turkey has been accused of fostering the militant groups in syria by taking an anybody but assad policy by not controlling its borders properly in syria. it has now apparently woken up the threat in the last few months. it is controlling that border more tightly. it is trying to stop the flow of foreign fighters and of jihad write ys across the border. but when you are schooled in war like these children, it is pretty difficult to stop those ideas of the future turning to something very dark indeed. >> mark, thank you very much. mark lowen in istanbul. >>> let's take you through some more stories from around the world. the nigerian authorities say more than 2,000 prisoners have escaped over the past five years. many as a result of attacks on prisons by boko haram militants. earlier this wee

sailors in istanbul. turkish activists went after the men chanting yankee go home and demanding u.s. armed forces leave turkey. they threw red paint at the sailors and put white sacks over their heads. jami is covering the pentagon for us, welcome to the network and morning show. >> thank you. >> what can up tell us about these protestors? >> not a whole lot. the pentagon down played this incident, identifying them as something called the turkish union, a nationalist group that was opposed to a u.s. presence in turkey, but they said that they didn't feel it reflected the general state of relations between the united states and turkey. one pentagon official dismissed it as thugs. nevertheless, the fact that this video surfaced created a little bit of an international incident between the two countries, right now after getting the sailors back on the ship and dispatching them back to their home port, the pentagon is insisting it isn't going to have much of an affect and it's not clear who these people were.

al jazeera's bernard smith reports to istanbul. >> behind me is the blue mosque, where he went first. he was shown around the blue mosque by muslim leader spent a lot of time in there, and during his tour of the blue mosque, the dramatic peace of ottoman architecture during his time. he stood towards mecca and spent time in reflection or in prayer, a symbol ig gesture as part of the reason for the visit is to build bridges. after the blue mosque he crossed the courtyard in a papal convoy to behind me. the papal convoy, for a pope known to have rejected the trappings of his office, the papal vehicle was a renault saloon car, no big mercedes. he went into here and this is symbolic for a pope to visit. it was the founding of christianity. the most important church this the most significant city in the christian world. this was constantin opal. and was a church until the ottoman's were converted into a mask and after the founding of the state. it was made into a museum. the pope spent time in there, touring that. taking pope francis warned there. he's left, gone to the delegation and he'l

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navy sailors were attacked by an angry mob in istanbul. this is all the more troubling because turkey is a key nato ally. david martin reports the attack was recorded for propaganda purposes. >> reporter: the pentagon called it ugly and disturbing, but the anti-american student group which assaulted three u.s. navy sailors, dressed in civilian cloacts while on shore leave in istanbul, boasted about it by posting this video. >> >> reporter: the three sailors, members of the crew of the guided missile destroyer "ross" kept their cool as they were pushed and pelted and briefly had hood slipped over their heads. hoodz have become an ugly symbol of the war between the west and islamic terrorists, so just to be sure you didn't miss it, the protesters slowed the video down. the sailors made a break for if, pursued by the classic anti-american chant. >> yankee, go home. yankee, go home. >> reporter: they made it back to their ship without injury. "the ross" posted guard and all shore leaves were canceled until the ship leaves port on thursday. tur

sailors were dressed in civilian clothes an on shore leave in istanbul when this happened. the anti-american student group boasted about it posting this video. >> you are murders, killers. we want you to get out of our land. we want you out of our land. >> reporter: the three sailors are members of the guided missile destroyer ross. they kept their cool as they were pushed and pelted and briefly had hoods slipped over their head. hoods have become an ugly symbol of the war. the protesters slowed the video down. the sailors made a group for it pursued by the classic anti- american chant. they made it back to their ship without injury. all shore leaves have been canceled. u.s. officials don't believe they intended to harm the sailors. they are treating it as an isolated incident. allen martin, kpix5. >>> any minute now, scientists could get more data from the spacecraft ha landed on the comet. the philae spacecraft landed this morning but not without a few hiccups. they think it may have bounced because its anchor system didn't deploy as planned. the craft is about the size o

. >>> three istanbul. frightening scene caught on cam a. [chanting] >> and pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> that certainly is a lot of noise and certainly obnoxious to our u.s. sailors. how big a problem is this for our sailors in turkey? >> well, i mean it's certainly was a frightening incident for these sailors. i want to thank them for calm and demeanor as they extricated themselves from that potentially dangerous situation. the ship is still in port there in istanbul. but they won't be going out in the town. obviously as this incident continues to be investigated. and we're working closely with turkish authorities to do just that to investigate this. >> it does not appear our sailors were in uniform. am i correct on that? and, if so, is this sort of the reception even american tourists are likely to get in turkey? >> it's hard to say whether other american tourists will face this same type of threats as this group of protesters issued to our sailors but it's not uncommon f

sailors in istanbul, calling it ugly and disturbing. video was taken not far from where the u.s. warship was docked. >> it was routine for the guided missile cruiser making a port call in turkey, a nato ally. a video posted shows the sailors accosted by a group of angry men who are shouting things at them. from what they are shouting is clear, they are not happy americans are in their country. >> because we define you as murderers, killers. we want you to get out of our land. >> reporter: the enrique pena nieto -- penta gone says to the sailors credit they managed to get out of the situation without retaliation, it's disturbing but has no long-term effect with turkey and the united states, the u.s. navy issued a quote: turkey condemned the attack as a disrespectful act and was in no way tolerated. sailors are on their ship after shore leaf was cancelled and the ship is planning to return to its home port in spain tomorrow. turkish police crowned up 12 suspects in the incident. the pentagon dismissed the incident as a 1-off by street thugs, and said that istanbul is a popular poin

navy soldiers were being assaulted on a street in istanbul, turkey. the attackers yelled "yankees go home" as they roughed up the sailors. the men were not injured. the attackers were part of a left-wing turkish revolutionary youth group. we're joined from washington, d.c. you spent a lot of time covering national security and even spent time in turkey. does anybody have any idea why the sailors were attacked? >> not really. the pentagon today down played this as an attack by street thugs. it was a routine shore leave for these sailors who were on the ship, making a port o' call in istanbul turkey, which is an u.s. ally, a nato ally. the video, which was posted on the internet, shows the three sailors being accosted by a group of angry men, and one thing that's clear from what the men were yelling, is that they were not happy about americans being in their country. >> because we define you as murderers, as killers, we want--we want you to get out of our land. >> now to the pentagon said to the sailor's credit they did not respond or retaliate or escal

let's bring in senior international correspondent arwa damon in istanbul. tell us more about this declaration, arwa. >> reporter: well we have to look at the current situation of christians in the middle east to reallied and appreciate what it is stemming from. the levels of persecution are something that we haven't seen arguably in the last -- first by al qaeda, then isis and iraq and syria, forcing the vast majority of christians from their homes directly under threat, having been attacked numerous times. the two issuing this statement coming from the pope and the patriarch, they're saying we cannot resign ourselves to a middle east without christians who have professed the name of jesus there for 2,000 years. many of our brothers and sisters are being persecuted and have been forced violently from their homes. it seems that the value of human life has been lost and the human person no longer matters and may be sacrificed to others' interests and tragically, all this is met by the indifference of many. they then go on to say that they are concerned not ju

navy sailors were attacked by an angry mob in istanbul. this is all the more troubling because turkey is a key nato ally. david martin reports the attack was recorded for propaganda purposes. >> reporter: the pentagon called it ugly and disturbing, but the anti-american student group which assaulted three u.s. navy sailors dressed in civilian cloacts while on shore leave in istanbul, boasted about it by posting this video. >> >> reporter: the three sailors, members of the crew of the guided missile destroyer "ross" kept their cool as they were pushed and pelted and briefly had hood slipped over their heads. hoodz have become an ugly symbol of the war between the west and islamic terrorists, so just to be sure you didn't miss it, the protesters slowed thedown. the sailors made a break for if, pursued by the classic anti-american chant. >> yankee, go home. yankee, go home. >> reporter: they made it back to their ship without injury. "the ross" posted guard and all shore leaves were canceled until the ship leaves port on thursday. turkish pol

. >> reporter: the pope's itinerary may say he's visiting istanbul, but for many christians this will always be constantinople. for thousands of years christians ruled this city. and from it an empire called byzantium. built in the sixth century, its name means holy wisdom. but byzantium was ultimately conquered. muslim armies arrive ed 1453 an converted it into a mosque. five years later it was changed again turned into a museum. and today is one of turkey's most popular tourist destinations. but turkey is changing. hagia sophia is a symbol of the deep struggle between those who want turkey to remain secular and others who want to revive its islamic past. and for now it's the islamists who have the upper hand. alid wants to turn back the tide of history. he leads a movement to turn it back into a mosque and plans to try and block the pope from entering. hagia sophia is a mosque owned by muslims, he says. and if we don't reclaim it, we will be punished by god. already his supporters in the tens of thousands gather in front of hagia sophia to pray. the islamists have a powerful ally, t

navy sailors were attacked by an angry mob in istanbul. this is all the more troubling because turkey is a key nato ally. david martin reports the attack was recorded for propaganda purposes. >> reporter: the pentagon called it ugly and disturbing, but the anti-american student group, which assaulted three u.s. navy sailors, dressed in civilian clothes while on shore leave in istanbul, boasted about it by posting this video. sailors, dressed in >> reporter: the three sailors, members of the crew of the guided missile destroyer "ross" kept their cool as they were pushed and pelted and briefly had hoods slipped over their heads. hoods have become an ugly symbol of the war between the west and islamic terrorists, so just to be sure you didn't miss it, the protesters slowed the video down. the sailors made a break for it, shouting an anti-american chant. >> yankee, go home. yankee, go home. >> reporter: they made it back to their ship without injury. "ross" posted guard and all shore leaves were canceled until the ship leaves port on thursday.

. >> reporter: the itinerary may say he's visiting istanbul, but for many christian ths will always be constant nope el. >> reporter: for thousands of years christians rule thd city and from it an empire called byzantium. built in the sixth century, its name means holy wisdom. but byzantium was ultimately conquered. muslim armies arrived and converted it into a mosque. five years later it was changed again turned into a museum. and today is one of turkey's most popular tourist destinations. but turkey is changing. a symbol of the deep struggle between those who want turkey to remain secular and others who want to revive its islamic past. and for now it's the islamists who have the upper hand. alid wants to turn back the tide of history. he leads a movement to turn it back into a mosque and plans to try and block the pope from entering. a mosque owned by muslims, he says. and if we don't reclaim it, we will be punished by god. already his supporters in the tens of thousands gather in front of aya sofia to pray. the islamists have a powerful ally, turkey's president, bishop erdogan. he's

abc's alex marquardt is in istanbul with more. >> reporter: good morning, ron. the pope has come here to one of the biggest muslim countries to try to improve the dialogue between the different faiths. his first stop here in istanbul was to the country's most important mosque, the blue mosque where he bowed his head for two minutes in what the vatican called a moment of silent adoration. this morning he gave a service to some of the country's tiny christian minority as he tries to forge closer ties between the catholic and orthodox churches. it's this kind of interfaith dialogue the pope says that can help stop the spread of extremism at a time when turkey is grappling with how to deal with the threat from isis which is right on its borders. just yesterday we saw a suicide attack by isis at a border crossing with syria. turkey has taken in more than 1.5 million refugees from the war raging next door in syria and later today the pope will be meeting with some of the refugees from both syria and iraq. ron. >> okay, thanks very much, alex marquardt, reporting from

developing story out of turkey and 24 suspected illegal migrants drown after a boat sank off the coast of istanbul and looking at waters north of the straits and thought to be carrying afghan migrants to romania and seven people have been rescued and updates as we get them. to yemen with widespread condemnation of the killing of a politician and he was shot dead in the capitol. he had been helping negotiate a peace deal between the rebels and the government. family members say he was targeted by a gunman on a motorcycle. and we are live from the yemen capitol. now, omar, he was a mediator in this peace agreement in the capitol. where does this now leave the dea deal? >> well, it's anyone's guess, but if you gauge the reaction from the different political parties as well as the president, you can sense that everybody is really worried about that process. now, the president said the perpetrators were aiming to mix cards and try and create more chaos and unrest. so this is clear indication how worried the president is. on the other hand the houthis are the major force in yemen especially in the capit

abc's alex marquardt is in istanbul with more. alex? >> reporter: good morning, ron. the pope has come here to one of the biggest muslim countries to try to improve the dialogue between the different faiths. his first stop here in istanbul was to the country's most important mosque, the famous blue mosque, where he bowed his head for two minutes in what the vatican called a moment of silent adoration. this morning he gave a service to some of the country's tiny christian minority as he tries to forge closer ties between the catholic and orthodox churches. it's this kind of interfaith dialogue the pope says that can help stop this spread of extremism at a time when turkey is grappling with how to deal with the threat from isis which is right on its borders. just yesterday we saw a suicide attack by isis at a border crossing with syria. turkey has taken in more than 1.5 million refugees from the war raging next door in syria and later today the pope will be meeting with some of the refugees from both syria and iraq. ron. >> okay, thanks very much, alex marquardt, report