♪ the north korean team has packed up and gone home. we will go live to south korea for more on whether the end of the winter olympics means the finale for diplomacy. plus, a relentless focus on how to prevent another school shooting in the united states. gun politics and school safety topped the agenda as congress returns to washington. and we speak with the oscar nominated director of "last man in aleppo" about the legacy of his film and the all too familiar scenes coming from syria. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and of course from all

around the world. i'm rosemary church at cnn headquarters in atlanta. this is "cnn newsroom." well, after threats, provocations, and mixed signals, there is cautious optimism the u.s. and north korea could be getting closer to sitting at the negotiating table. south korea announced on sunday the north is willing to hold talks with the united states. the white house responded saying pyongyang must agree to give up its nuclear weapons. but that has been considered a non-starter. meanwhile, president trump's daughter ivanka has left south korea. she represented the u.s. at the closing ceremony of the winter olympics. officials say ivanka did not interact with the north korean delegation, even though they were sitting close to each other. our paula hancocks joins us now live from pyeongchang. so paula, south korea says the north is now willing to hold direct talks with the u.s., but

the u.s. is insisting north korea give up its nuclear weapons. that's something pyongyang has said it won't do. so where do they go from here? >> well, it's a key question, rosemary. how do you keep the momentum going from this quite remarkable sporting diplomacy we've seen here. but once the athletes go home, once the paralympics is over, then of course you have the u.s. south korean military drills which anger pyongyang every year. i spoke to the south korean unification minister on sunday and asked him how do you make sure that those drills don't derail this momentum that is building. and he said he was hoping over the next couple of days to be able to talk to the north korean delegation still in south korea to make sure that that wasn't going to be the case. now, as you say, ivanka trump has left south korea now. she was asked many times by reporters about north korea. many times she declined to be drawn on it. but she did say one thing about north korea, and here it is. >> we are 50 miles away from

north korea. so affirming the u.s. position and our joint position of maximum pressure with our south korean partners is very important. >> reporter: after kim jong-un's sister attended the olympics opening ceremony, local media called her north korea's ivanka. is that a fair comparison? >> i don't think so. i would far prefer to be compared to my sisters here in south korea who are thriving in this incredible democracy. >> now, there is also white house response to that -- the president of south korea moon jae-in saying on sunday that north korea is willing to talk to the united states. and the quote was, "we will see if pyongyang's message today that it is willing to hold talks represents the first steps along the path to denuclearization. in the meantime, the u.s. and the world must continue to make

clear north korea's nuclear and missile programs are a dead-end." so we are hearing from when it comes to north korea. saying the main goal must be denuclearization. and that has to be one of the main topics when it comes to talking about this. now, not everyone was happy about this north korean engagement in the pyeongchang winter olympics. there were a number of protests around the country. there have been protests today as well as the north korean delegation is still here. one person, kim yong chol is believed to have masterminded a couple of deadly attacks in south korea in past years. so certainly there are some that are not happy that he has been allowed to break sanctions and to come here to south korea. rosemary? >> and paula, just back to the possibility of those talks. we have been here before, haven't we? talks with north korea haven't achieved much in the past. so why would this be any different?

>> well, it's true. we've had these unified teams at the olympics many times before. we've had talks between the u.s. and north korea many times before. they have even signed agreements many times before, which have then been ignored and canceled out by actions, really, on both sides. so it's difficult to see what would be different this time, whether or not the north koreans feel more secure because north korean leader kim jong-un has said that his state is a nuclear state, that he has finish order completed what he wanted to complete. so maybe he comes to the table with a bit more confidence. but of course, the fact is the u.s. wants north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. and there are very few people who believe that the north korean leader would willingly give up his weapons. rosemary? >> certainly. our paula hancocks, many thanks to you joining us there from pyeongchang where it's just after 4:00 in the afternoon. well, there is outrage on multiple fronts after the latest school shooting in the united

states. it has renewed the gun control debate with some rare bipartisan agreement. it has also resulted in demands that someone be held responsible for missing so many warning signs about a gunman who killed 17 people. an armed deputy stayed outside the school even as the gunman fired on students inside. and the broward county sheriff's office is acknowledging it had received 23 calls about the shooter or his family in the last decade. well, now dozens of florida lawmakers want the broward county sheriff suspended. the sheriff spoke with cnn's jake tapper. >> i can only take responsibility for what i knew about. i exercised my due diligence. i've given amazing leadership to this agency. >> amazing? >> you don't measure a person's leadership by a deputy not going into a -- these deputies received the training they needed. >> martin savidge has more now

from parkland, florida. >> even as the chorus of voices demanding that broward county sheriff scott israel either step down or the governor of the state of florida fire him, there seems to be only defiance coming from the sheriff himself. he has said that he definitely has no intention of resigning, and he also says that all of this is now being driven by politics. he points out the fact that of course the governor is republican, and most of the lawmakers so far that have come forward demanding that the governor remove israel are also republican lawmakers. the sheriff himself is a democrat. but here in the community where this tragedy played out, it is not about partisan politics. it's about something much more simpler and even easier to understand. it's about personal pain. it's about the loss that they have suffered. and it's about almost the day to day revelations that seem to imply that the broward county sheriff's office either failed

to see serious warning signs coming from the alleged shooter nicolk coming from the alleged shooter nicololas cruz, that one of the deputies failed to intervene when the shooting was taking place, and there were other deputies that failed to rush in the in the immediate aftermath. as parent who has lost a child, as a community that has lost so much in all of this, the anger has reached a breaking point, and they believe the sheriff is directly responsible. he is the head of the department. meanwhile, the governor of florida is still pushing forward with his plans to bring about change and to improve security at the schools within the state. there is one point, though, in which he disagrees with the president of the united states. president trump has come out and said he thinks it's a good idea that some teachers and high schools should be trained and armed with sidearms. governor scott does not agree with that. >> i disagree with him. i believe you've got to focus on people that are well-trained, law enforcement that are trained

to do this. i want to make sure that we have significant law enforcement presence on top of the schools metal detectors and bulletproof glass, better perimeter fencing, all these things. and the other thing is i want to give our sheriff's department in each county the authority to create the program on a per school basis that the parents can feel comfortable that their child is going to is a safe school. >> meanwhile, the investigation into the tragedy at stoneman douglas high school is continuing. it is currently being handled by the broward county sheriff's department. but now the florida department of law enforcement has been called in by the governor to investigate the sheriff's department as to how they responded on that terrible day. martin savidge, cnn, parkland, florida. u.s. president donald trump told governors at the white house this weekend that school safety is a top priority. and he said stopping school

shootings would lead the agenda in their meetings later monday. >> we're going to have a lot of meetings tomorrow. we're going to have some very important meetings. we'll be talking about parkland and the horrible event that took place last week. >> and one former governor told cnn's fredricka whitfield that he thinks the nra lobby won't be able to stop gun reform this time around. >> we don't need to accept the nra stranglehold on our congress or our state legislatures as if it's some inevitable, immovable force. the truth is that i think you're going to see a lot of governors moving. i think you're going to see a lot of state legislatures moving. and this year across america, there are 36 governors races up there. are 36 state legislatures that are going to the voters. and i think you're going to see people demanding action. >> and president trump's proposal to arm teachers is very

controversial. his daughter ivanka trump was asked about that on nbc. >> you're a mom of three young children. do you believe that arming teachers would make children safer? >> to be honest, i don't know. obviously, there would have to be an incredibly high standard for who would be able to bear arms in our school. but i think there is no one solution to creating safety. >> are you advising your dad on this? you advise him on other topics. >> i think having a teacher who is armed who cares deeply about her students or his students and who is capable and qualified to bear arms is not a bad idea, but it's an idea that needs to be discussed. >> and a new cnn poll suggests the florida massacre is shifting u.s. public opinion on gun laws and president trump. support for stricter gun control has spiked to 70%, the highest

level in 25 years. just 27% of americans oppose tighter gun laws. while support for gun control son the rise, the same cannot be said for president trump's approval ratings. they have slipped from 40% in january to 35% now, matching the lowest point of his presidency. for more on the gun control debate, stephener langer is "the new york times" chief diplomatic agent. he joins me now live from brussels. good to see you. so u.s. president trump will meet with state governors monday officially to discuss various proposals to help improve school safety and to toughen gun controls. the president is pushing this idea of arming teachers. we heard there from his daughter ivanka. she supports it. an also also supported by the nra it has to be said. it's a notion that certainly has its critics.

how likely is it that governors would seriously consider such an idea? >> i think it's a very odd idea. the whole idea of solving the problem of kids shooting up schools with guns by providing more guns in a tense environment i think is something that needs to be debated. what seems to make much more sense is making sure the people charged with protecting the schools do their job, which didn't happen clearly in florida. i mean, i must say, from abroad, it is always extraordinary even as an american to watch the bloodshed that goes on day after day after day without serious gun control. now what we'll see, because we have for the first time this enormous movement of students which i think is having a big impact, as is trump's popularity rating dropping having a big

impact that you might finally be able to restore the ban semiautomatic weapons in congress. that by itself would be a very important step that ban lasted for ten years and was abandoned. i think many people would like to see it restored. when people talk about changing the gun laws, the question is what could you want to change? and here is one example of something that worked reasonably well but was abandoned and should perhaps be restored again. >> yes. those students appear to many people have offered to some turning point in this gun control debate. the president has also indicate shed open to comprehensive background checks. but we don't know what exactly he is proposing. he hasn't indicated that, as we just reported the latest cnn poll on tighter gun laws shows seven out of ten americans support tougher background checks. but no one seems to agree on

what stricter gun laws actually means. but at least there appears to be this bipartisan support for this idea. what type of background checks would gain support from both parties, do you think? >> well, it's, you know, it's very hard to know because we have a federal system. every state has its own controls. federal controls would be a very good idea. but, you know, there are ways to get around checks. that's the problem. this young man, mr. cruz passed every check. and, you know, he had no crime against him. he was interrogated. people looked into him. this is the hard part. i mean, how do you prevent kids who go nuts, let's be honest, from doing harm without damaging the rights and obligations of the rest of all those millions of americans? now obviously, background checks make a great deal of sense. there should be i think, you

know, personally delays of a month or so between asking for a gun license and actually getting it. there should be training involved. there should be some signs, some proof that you actually know what you're doing with a gun. i mean, it's always struck me that people who have been in the military, who have had military training are the ones who are most in favor of a tight control of the licensing of guns and who don't believe that things like the ar-15, the m-16 should be allowed in civilian circumstances. and i must say, having watched wars and been involved in covering wars, i can't agree more. the damage done by military weapons is so much more than that done by handguns there is no room for that kind of weapon in a civilian setting, in my

humble view. >> all right. it is a debate that will continue on. of course the age of some people being able to purchase those types of weapons is also under debate. steven erlanger, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. next here on "cnn newsroom," the latest on what's supposed to be a ceasefire in syria. why one doctor in eastern ghouta says nothing has changed. plus, a power play in china. the ruling communist party proposes a big change to the constitution. we'll have the details for you with a live report. that story still to come. and i'm. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch

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ceasefire resolution at the u.n. saturday may have already failed in syria. activists seychelling and air strikes in eastern ghouta have not stopped. there are also reports pro government forces are mounting a ground attack. this video reportedly shows the aftermath of one of those strikes. the syrian observatory for human rights say more than 100 children have been killed in the area over the last week. and these children survived but still have to live with the

horrors of war. cnn is tracking events in the region from her vantage point in jordan. jomana, the united nations voted for that ceasefire over the weekend, but syria ignored that and continued its bombardment in eastern syria. what impact is that having right now on civilians in the area? >> well, by all accounts, rosemary, the situation for civilians trapped in eastern ghouta, they're estimated to be about 400,000 people in that rebel enclave. and this situation is catastrophic. they're running out of just about everything -- food, water, fuel, medication. and people are trapped in their basements. they've got no safe place to turn to. so people have ended up in underground shelters and tunnels, hoping that they would find safety there. and yet again, you know, after hearing that this ceasefire,

this vote at went through, there was hope that maybe the situation would change on the ground. but absolutely no change of a ceasefire so far. more than a week of this intense campaign, this bloody campaign of air strikes, artillery shelling that have continued as we're hearing from activists today that there has been no stop in the bombardment of the different parts of eastern ghouta. and at the same time, rosemary, we're hearing from activists on the ground on sunday saying that it's not just this aerial campaign, that also there was a push by the regime on several fronts to try and push into ghouta with what they were describing as a ground offensive. we've also gotten reports from activists and medical groups saying that there are casualties in this -- in these latest air strikes even after the u.n. vote. in one instance, activists are

telling us that a family of ten, for example, were killed just after midnight local. and that included children. and at the same time, rosemary, we're hearing from the syrian regime. according to their state media, they're saying that mortar and rocket fire from what they say is being fired by the armed groups in eastern ghouta has not stopped, saying more than 20 rounds hit indiscriminate shelling hit different parts of the capital damascus on sunday. so no sign of a ceasefire so far. and it is civilians on both sides of this conflict that continue to suffer, rosemary. >> the images are horrifying. jomana karadsheh joins us from the ground in jordan. we thank you. many are comparing events in eastern ghouta to what happened in aleppo. later in this hour we'll hear from a film maker who documented rescue efforts in that city.

and we will also look at his academy award nominated film "last man in aleppo." we turn to nigeria now where it is intense fight its search for 110 girls. they have been missing ever since boko haram militants raided their school a week ago. now the air force has fighter jet, helicopters, and surveillance planes conducting around-the-clock searches over northeast nigeria. after a week of confusing contradictory statements from government agencies, agonized parents have joined forces and put together a comprehensive list of their missing daughters. the country's president calls the situation a national disaster and is promising the families the girls will be found. well, imagine signing up for a journey in which you are warned up front that you may be sexually assaulted. that's what was faced in a

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well, china's ruling communist party wants to drastically change the party's constitution. they have proposed removing presidential term limits. that would pave the way for the president xi jinping to stay in office indefinitely. and matt rivers is following the story from beijing. he joins us now live. so matt, what's behind this push to drop presidential term limits in china and give xi jinping an indefinite term in office? and how is this going to work? >> yeah, well, let's start with how it's going to work. basically, it is a proposal in name only really from the central committee of the communist party that will be, quote/unquote voted on by china's rubber stamp parliament when it meet nets regular session called the national people's congress in a couple of weeks from now. and they will pass this proposal, unless something absolutely out of this world happens, they are going to pass this proposal because that's how communism here in china works.

the top leadership makes a quote/unquote proposal, and then the rubber stamp parliament effectively puts it into law. and then after, that it paves the way for president xi to stay on as head of state. it eliminates the two-term limit. and we could very well see president xi hold that title for years or even a decade or two to come. now in terms of the motivation of why do this, there is a lot of different arguments going back and forth. but what it effectively means is that xi jinping does something more tangible to make sure he the stay on. this is something a lot of people were expecting to happen in the sense they did expect xi jinping, even if he wasn't officially the president, to hold on to the reins of power because he is the general secretary of the communist party. and through a series of events late last year, including having his name and his thoughts inscribed into the party constitution, he has become the most powerful leader of the communist party since the days of mao tse-tung. there is no term limit on the general secretary of the communist party, although most

have stepped down around the same time as the presidency, the two five-year terms. but many people are expecting him to stay on. and now this is just a more tangible step. we're looking at xi jinping controlling china for many years to come. >> it is an extraordinary move, and it has some critics very alarmed. matt rivers bringing us that live report from beijing where it is nearly 3:30 in the afternoon. many thanks. well, students are set to return to classes at marjory douglas stoneman high school on wednesday for the first time after the shooting there that took 17 lives. hear how students and teachers are hoping to reclaim their school. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. so why accept it from your allergy pills? most pills don't finish the job because they don't relieve nasal congestion. flonase allergy relief is different. flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances.

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everyone, welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and of course all the arnold the world, i'm rosemary church. let's update the main stories this hour. supporters of catalan independence are criticizing the spanish king's visit to barcelona. protesters clashed with catalan police sunday as king felipe attended a welcome dinner for the 2018 world mobile congress. the king is a vocal critic of the independence movement. the u.s. is again warning any dialogue with north korea must lead the regime to give up its nuclear weapons. and the winter olympics came to an end. south korea announced that the north is willing to hold talks with the u.s. but there is no indication pyongyang would agree to negotiate its nuclear program. florida's governor is ordering an investigation into the response of the deadly high school shooting in parkland on february 14th.

an armed deputy working as the school resource officer never went inside the building where the gunman was firing at students. there are also reports three other sheriff's deputies did not go into the school. and in the wake of the school shooting, a number of florida lawmakers are urging the governor to suspend broward county sheriff scott israel. state representative bill hager spoke with cnn's federica whitfield. >> there is clearly a series of failures at multiple levels. i've identified the sheriff's office probably the most grievous of fault, at least based on the reported facts as we can understand them so far lies there. >> the speaker of the florida house also tweeted that 73 of his republican colleagues support the sheriff's suspension. well, classes at the south florida high school where the 17 students and teachers died will resume on wednesday.

on sunday, students return to the school for an open house. and for many, it's the first time they've been back there since the terrifying attack. cnn's kaylee hartung was there to see how they're coping. >> reporter: in the lead-up to sunday's open house, many students and teachers told me they were feeling anxious. they didn't know how they would feel or react to being back on stone man douglas' campus. but after an afternoon in which many students were reunited with their classmates and teachers for the first time since february 14th and had the opportunity to reclaim their belongings like backpack, laptops, phones and wallets, of course it was difficult for some, but many telling me there was more happiness than sadness among them. listen to tenth grader tansel philip describe the evolution of his emotions. >> it was really scary. i didn't know how i was going to feel when i went in and saw the fence around the freshman building, and all the windows were covered. i just can't believe something like this happened.

and then we all decided to meet in our theater room where i was. and we just gave each other hugs. and i'm just happy a lot of my friends decided to show up. because without them i wouldn't have been able to do it. >> when classes resume on wednesday, teachers telling me it will not be class as usual. it will take a while before academics are the focus in the classroom. superintendent of this school district telling us that he wants to be as accommodating and as flexible as possible to meet the individual needs of each student and teacher. this could mean counselors in classrooms if requested or service dogs, perhaps even stress reduction exercises like yoga. and the healing process here at stone man douglas is under way, but we know there is a long road ahead. kaylee hartung, cnn, parkland, florida. >> there certainly is. all right. we do want to turn to the weather now. and parts of the central u.s. are dealing with heavy flooding and tornadoes and thunderstorms have caused severe damage in the south.

meteorologist ana cabrera joins joins us. >> over the weekend, our first major outbreak. tornadic storms as a result. just the beginning of what typically is a season in this direction. by the time we get into may and june, that's when we peak as far as the tornado averages per month. in february we only average about 30. you don't need quantity to get them to be deadly. this is a line that spawned all the deadly tornadoes. we had 12 tornado reports. the national weather service has been out there of course surveying the damage. and we have the fujita scale which is the damage scale. and they look at the damage. and basically, by that determine what kind of winds rolled through the region. some were deadly. i want to focus in on clarksville, tennessee. that's where we had an ef-2 of 125 miles per hour. 200 kilometers per hour. take a look at what that can do to a structure as it rolls through the region here. complete devastation. by the way, i just want to tell

you, this one did not cause a fatality. we did not have injuries across the area. look at that, one home to the left. just fine. a bit of damage. and the one on the right completely destroyed. you can see the path the storm took there, very narrow tornado. but nevertheless, certainly a destructive and we continue to see that through sunday as well. by the way, the flooding as a result of the very heavy rainfall associated with that storm system that rolled through at this point it is not the rainfall that is falling. that's over. it is the rivers that are still calling the shots here. 20 still at major flood stage as a result of all the heavy rain not just from the weekend, but this had also been on top of what had already fallen. this is what is left of the line of showers and thunderstorms. a few rumbling storms towards louisiana. nothing severe at this hour. i'm not expecting anything as far as a severe weather outbreak. this will continue pushing to the east. it will be done by the time we get into monday afternoon. this thing will be out of here, and we can continue to clean things up.

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before heartbreak in eastern ghouta, it was heartbreak in aleppo. before eastern ghouta needed a ceasefire, it was a ceasefire for aleppo. rewind to 2015 amid an increasing bombardment from the syrian regime and russian allies. it was in aleppo that the world became familiar with the iconic white helmets and the volunteers wearing them. as the air strikes multiplied, the white helmets, armed with scarce resources would charge into the dust and rubble, hoping to save lives. but more often than not retrieving dead bodies. while international news documented the often seen white helmets emerging from pulverized buildings, a filmmaker born in

the countryside of aleppo, feras fayyad, has now immortalized their story. he calls them "the last men in aleppo." the documentary following a group of the white helmets, volunteers during the buildup to the siege of aleppo. documents the desire for hope, the necessity to find moments of reprieve. and daily struggle with fear and the calling that find in staying behind to help their city.

>> "last men in aleppo" has been nominated for best documentary feature at this year's oscars. it's the first film from a syrian directing and producing team to receive that honor, and its filmmaker, feras fayyad, is the first syrian director ever nominated for an oscar. he joins us now from los angeles. congratulations to you and thank you so much for being with us.

>> thank you for having me. >> now, i do want to start by asking you felt a need to make this documentary and to tell the story of aleppo from the point of view of the white helmets, highlighting their work on the front lines of syria's civil war? >> you know, because the people that close to the picture of what's happening in the city with the civilians also, and they need this film to be as close as they can from the horrors of the wars that impact over the civilians where there is no any solution from the international community, and there is no any positidecision stopping this war. this is attention to see, to show the words how much this war has destroyed this society and destroyed the belief of the people for continue staying in

their lives, in their cities. >> it's worth noting that aleppo has been liberated for more than a year. now so what are you hoping people will learn from watching your documentary? >> i hope that this is to commemorate, make the people -- address the politicians to stop this war in syria, the ongoing war in syria. but now ghouta, it's the same scenario for aleppo. and just 1,120, 21, they killed the last 20 days there. no solution. even the u.n. approved the ceasefire, and the bomb is still going. and there is a chemical attack just today happens. >> yes, indeed. and of course aleppo my be liberated, but as you point out, ghouta is not. the heartbreaking images. when you look at what is

happening there in eastern ghouta and in the documentary that you made, you captured part of the february 2016 ceasefire in aleppo. we've got some pictures of that, if we can bring them up. and here you show children and adults on a special trip to a playground, enjoying a day free of bombardments. but then of course suddenly air strikes hit again, and the children start crying, and everyone disperses. given how much home, does any ceasefire give people there, and how much hope remains for an end to this war. we've seen that scenario play out in eastern ghouta as well. these ceasefires are voted on, but they don't actually take place. >> through like shooting there is many of the ceasefire happens. but it wasn't real ceasefire. the flight, the aircraft was flying over the civilians and still bumping.

and the same things with eastern ghouta. and that when i'm talking to my friend and my colleague there, they -- we all of us know that this ceasefire is not real and not actual. it's just like as we say it like awards and papers. and unfortunately, i'm going to say here, because have i this opportunity and the space here to say like and send this message. i hope this is be real, at least to look to that its moral things, and it's the responsibility from the media and from the politician to stop this war. every day this war is going and the bomb over us going. there is children killed there is a woman and men killed who have nothing to do with this war. and i think this is responsibility. and to start from here, from the

media, including the politicians work who care about the human rights. >> yes. and you mentioned that. of course over the weekend, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, had a message for syrian leader bashar al assad. let's just take a listen for a moment. >> the assad regime needs to stop its military activities around eastern ghouta and for once allow humanitarian access to all of those who need it. we are deeply skeptical that the regime will comply, but we supported this resolution because we must demand nothing less. we owe this to the innocent people of syria begging for help. >> when you hear that message, what are your thoughts? and is the u.s. doing enough, do you think? >> i don't think it's just about the u.s. it's about, like, the russians should take their responsibility and stop this war. because all the impact over

syria, over the syrian regime is from russia. because the actual player over the russian because the russian was bombing every day. and they're the real partner from the crime that is happening in syria. i hope the russian hear that, because the person that should be sent the message them the russian, not just the syrian regime. because they have a real impact over that. >> now, as we mentioned in the introduction, your documentary is the first syrian nominated film for the oscar. you're based in copenhagen and in california. so you were able to attend the awards. two key members of your team, producer kareem abib have been denied visas to attend duce due to the travel restrictions on syria. how does that make you feel? and what message would you lake to send the trump

administration? and what message might you send when you go to the oscars? >> yeah, i mean, it's very -- a very sad, because we have this space, very powerful platform, the oscar to send our messages to stop the war in syria. and we are artists. we just make the films as artist and to send our -- to speak out about our pain and about the ongoing tragedy in syria. what i wish from them is mr. trump, the person of united states to listen to that and open the space for the people who really just want to send their messages to stop this war, including my producer, my cins n sinatraing sin cinemaing

cinemaing to. our symptom is about seeking for the peace and justice. nothing more. >> it is a clear message. feras fayyad, thank you so much. we wish you the best at the oscars on march 4th. glufnl good luck. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> and we'll take a short break here. do stay with us. we'll be back in just a moment. a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, but then you realize i've got a hundred orders i have to ship out. shipstation streamlined that wh the order data, the weights of , everything is seamlessly put into shipstation, so when we print the shipping ll everything's pretty much done. it's so much easier so now, we're ready, bring on t. shipstation. the number one ch of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get two months free. dial your binge-watching up to eleven. join the un-carrier right now, and get four unlimited lines for only thirty-five bucks each. woah. plus, netflix for the whole family. on us. prrrrrrr... so, they get their shows... let's go, girl!

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