and the turks -- >> warner: kind of a nato intelligence? >> that's possible and i think the turks felt comfort to use that intelligence because it's for them a show the strong arm to the russians and syrians at the same time it's saying the shelling has stopped but turkey will not stop confronting his policy and the best way to do that is to effectively tend arming of the assad regime. >> warner: let's go back to the turkey/syria boarder where things really are hot. the turkish chief of staff said it was yesterday if these shells don't stop coming in we're going to have a tougher response. turkey has a pretty mighty military. how far are they ready to go to use that military mull? >> i think turkey doesn't want a full-blown conflict. >> warner: you mean a conflict with syria? >> with syria with full blown war because they would have to do it alone. it would be difficult to get nato back in if this was a fait accompli. there are a number of europeans like the french who are not keen to come to turkey's defense, even though the united states

and nato other than involving itself. >> warner: that gets to my question very quickly. how does this get resolved if that's the case? >> from turkish perspective it's not going to be resolved as long as bashar al-assad is in damascus. this is the same view of the europeans and the americans. and if the conflict continues like that it's going to troll the neighborhood. it's inevitable. i was not surprised by this. already the war is spilling over to lebanon and we've seen violence in lebanon. now spilling over to turkey and iraq. it ininevitable this war is going to drag the neighbors into it. we've seen tension rising between the turks and iranians. turkey and iran are competing to shape the future of syria just as they are competing to shape the future in iraq. this conflict will continue and unless there's an intervention to end the regime in damascus it will be conflagration. >> warner: quick final thought? >> well, i think we all-- the turks, the americans, the europeans-- have to adjust our policies for the future. bashar al-assad will go but he won't go any time s

karzai spoke in kabul, after meeting with nato secretary- general anders fogh rasmussen. >> afghans are ready to expedite the process of transition if necessary and are willing as well, so this is in all aspects good news for us and good news for nato. >> sreenivasan: 104,000 nato troops are currently stationed in afghanistan, including 68,000 americans. the current plan calls for foreign combat troops to leave by the end of 2014. rasmussen said the alliance remains committed to that timetable. some 14 million americans practiced today for what to do when an earthquake hits. they took part in an annual drill dubbed the "great shakeout." students like these in charlotte, north carolina got under their desks, covered their heads and held onto something sturdy to help minimize injuries during shaking. most of the participants were in california, but maryland, virginia and the district of columbia also joined in for the first time. a 5.8 magnitude quake hit the mid-atlantic region last year. "newsweek" is undergoing a shake-up in its latest effort to survive. the magazine announced today it

nato is preparing to withdraw most of its combat forces by the end of 2014. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: we turn to the presidential campaign, which has taken a bit of a pause in sandy's aftermath. with the election only a week away, the devastating east coast storm forced both candidates off the stump today. they focused, instead, on disaster relief, with mitt romney in ohio collecting canned foods and bottled water, and the president making a quick afternoon visit to red cross headquarters in washington. >> the most important message i have for them is that america is is with you. we are standing behind you, and we are going to do everything we can to help you get back on your feet. >> ifill: romney also spoke of the need to help storm victims. >> i appreciate your generosity. it's part of the american spirit. the american way to give to people who are in need. and your generosity this morning touches my heart. >> ifill: the romney campaign announced he will resume campaigning tomorrow. the president will remain of

and, turkey's nato allies demanded an immediate halt to hostile action against the turks. meanwhile, three suicide car bombings killed at least 34 people in syria's embattled city of aleppo. the attack was on a government- controlled section. the coordinated explosions hit a central square, destroying a number of buildings and littering the streets with twisted metal and concrete. at least 122 people were wounded. and the death toll was expected to rise as crews work through the rubble. in iran, riot police and protesters came to blows over the collapse of the national currency. the rial has lost a third of its value in less than a week. today, merchants at tehran's main bazaar protested outside their stalls and closed for the day. exchange houses and currency websites also were closed down. in the end, police arrested money changers and fired tear gas to disperse crowds. the protesters charged president mahmoud ahmadinejad's policies have fueled the currency crisis. he has blamed western sanctions imposed against iran's nuclear program. secretary of state hillary clinton

pressed financially, so you saw in libya in 2011 he pushed britain and france out to leadership of that nato operation to take down colonel kadafy. so very different world views. i think all the agreement last night shouldn't mask the fact that we have a real choice on november 6. >> woodruff: richard haas, how do you size up the two after last night? and how do you see those differences? >> well, actually i thought the sim layers were greater than the differences. that to me was in some ways the most striking part of the debate. both also, as ambassador burns pointed out, emphasized the integral, the close linkage between what we want to do abroad and what it is we're doing here at home, that essentially foreign policy can only be successful abroad if we have the resource space and if we can set an example to the world. both of them emphasized that point. they both also emphasized a lot the middle east. there i thought what was interesting wasn't so much what they do but what they wouldn't do. both candidates talked about the limits to the american involvement, say, in syria. they talked ab