Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/president-obama-and-turkish-prime-minister-erdogan Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and Turkey will keep ramping up pressure to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, with his country’s civil war having "wracked the region." Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from May 16, 2013