to use to come close in a cruise to your political conflict. when, oh, you lost on the run. starts december 18th, on d, w. the . this is data, but the news line from berlin, serial looks to the future as parliament says, it's ready to help build a new country. is what must rebels have asked a long time, bro. lavetia, alyssa, such a control promising florida security. the new transition will come and the breakthrough in the hunt for the killer us health insurance executive a chance. so i think leads police to a suspect met. certainly government description, finding a width and fight hard things in his position. the

anthony, welcome to the program. we started in syria, we rebel latest had begun to assume they control closely watched by the international community. the rebel late of who led the lightning offensive against the assad regime has met with the outgoing prime minister in damascus. the head of the cycled joint military operations combined with mahogany l gilani has dropped the number to get associated with his dad his past. and it's now using his real name ment i was shut off, but i'm doing is trying to both to is legitimacy by presenting a more and motorist public image, i'm headed for the series parliament which was also pro, aside like the prime minister says it supports the paypal's will to build a new future. what that will look like remains unclear, but many siri inside it can only get better. some damascus streets are covered and bullet casings. not from sight seeing that. but for me, joyce, seeing over the fold of the subject she, the date of the syrians are looking forward to

a new era. here's an a new one came out today and 2nd thought, there's no fear. there's nothing to be scared of. everything is okay in the country 2nd, so i'll just hope the economy gets back on track and everything will be okay. rebel forces are patrolling the capital, the street. they are expecting many syrians living abroad to return home to the millions of people have been displaced during the civil war many and now returning for the 1st time in years like here, the lebanese border tech points on the syrian side are abandons the while these people are returning home. lebanon says some also trying to leave syria,

given the uncertainty about how the current situation will unfold. the leading rebel force behind a search for, for ya, talk to you on some or h t. s. is considered a tara organization by subaru. western countries, as the group is now trying to present itself in the more moderate lights, some countries are reconsidering the stones towards it. but your opinion, however, made clear the european union is not apparently engaging with h t s or its leaders 1st stop. however, let me finish with this as h t. s. takes on greats or responsibilities we, we need to assess not just the words, but also the actions of the united nation says crime is committed during the civil war must be addressed. any political transition must ensure accountability for perpetrators of serious violations and guarantee that those responsible i have to

account one day after the fall of the subject. she, it's how to say what direction the country will take. the international communities now closely watching developments in syria. but among the uncertainty, the prevailing mood and syria is one of hope and joy. stephen ottoman is a middle east analyst with the brookings institute in washington. he gave us his assessment of the 1st day since the full of the syrian president assad. i am cautiously optimistic. it's been quite striking how smoothly the very early days of this transition have gone in in syria, a h t s. and its partners in the operation that over through our side are making all the right noises about responsiveness to the concerns of minorities. they're moving to maintain public order in damascus and other major cities. they have

offered assurances to the other we, minority to christians, that they are safe, secure, and that their lives will not be interfered with during this transition. so from everything we've seen the, the 1st few days or what's happened since the fall of us have, have been actually quite remarkable in how smoothly things have gone. if we reach a point at which syrians are able to participate in choosing a new government through elections is likely to take some time before we get there . there are huge numbers of a huge number of issues that have to be dealt with well in advance of, of, of the possibility of holding elections. we need to imagine some form of interim governing authority emerging. there has to be a process of constitutional reform. they'll have to be some opportunity for syrians to become acquainted with what a democratic system looks like and how it operates for parties to form and all of

that and will take some time. so it's entirely possible that syrians will be able to participate. ready and shaping the future government, but it's not something that i would look to as a very quick next step. that was mid list analyst, steven haldeman. they speaking to us a little early on. we'll cross that gathering at the side now a prison on the outskirts of damascus desperate to learn the sight of loved ones. then the taurus military complex was used to detain tens of thousands of people who fell file of the syrian regime of the decades. you may find some of the images, you know, next report the stress of the above russian to see their loved ones. thousands of people, storm serious, most famous prison, near damascus. the many of those contact with family members over the years without knowing their fate

and clinging to help. i just found my brother. it's been 6. he is human rights groups estimate. 30000 people were killed in this prison alone. it was nick named the human slaughter house by amnesty international under now, i was to president bush, charlotte sat tens of thousands of syrians disappeared into the country's network of prisons. the slightest suspicion of defense could result in incarceration. for many, it would also mean torture and death. when grandma moody, in 2013 thousands of photos of victims were smuggled out of syria. they are known as the cesar photos approve of human rights abuses under a set as hopes for a new era as well. many say it would be hard to forget crimes be

a sap family committed against so many of their own people. the thoughts they were a criminal regime. we only receive pain and torture from them. freed prisoners are joining the crowds and the streets of damascus. but for many families, there is still an agonizing wait, have to find out whether their loved ones are still alive to a police in the us state of pennsylvania have the rest of the suspect in last wednesdays, killing of united health care, c e a. brian thompson in manhattan, new york police said the man was spotted at a mcdonald's near the town of l. 2. now he had a firearm with a silencer and a fraudulent identification matching the one used by the suspect. check into new york last week. let's see. oh, from oh, that's the cost of it today. double the report of laura rebecca who's following the story for us from our washington bureau. we're good to see you. what do we know

about the suspect has been detained and of any specific motion for the killing at this point? so far, what we know from what we heard from police as that a 26 year old suspect was born and raised in maryland. so a state not very far from here from the capital, the connection to pennsylvania, which is where he was detained, is that he studied engineering at the university of pennsylvania. and so when he was detained, he had on him a handwritten money festa that criticizes the way that healthcare companies puts profit above care for the people. so that is quite a clue as of why the ceo of one of the biggest players in this industry was murdered last week in the country. it has to be said that it's synonymous with gun violence. laura, this case is attracting a lot of attention in the us. why is that these things to engage both online and also offline?

a lot of people see intrigued and very much into this case because it sparked a large a debate about the way that the us health care system works or doesn't work. and it's also shed light on the huge role that these insurance companies play and some of the strategies, strategies that they use to avoid paying claims. so there's a lot of frustration and in fact, a lot of people seem to support. and the things that the suspect has done, or at least it seems so online where people are a more honest or more brutal. a lot of people have a set things or trying to shed light on the fact that look, there's so many lives lost because of these insurance companies and the roles that they play. why we're not talking about that, because we have to imagine here in the us, a lot of people don't have health insurance at all. and even if they do, it doesn't mean it's particularly good. because even people who have health insurance might end up paying huge amounts of money,

or they might not get the medical procedures that they need. because these housing insurance companies might not authorize the procedures even if doctors recommend them. so we also tried talking to people here in dc and see their reactions after this murder case denied the pose and defend 3 words written on the bullets that killed bryan thompson. the ceo of one of the largest health insurance companies in the us. these words have been used by critics to describe how to health insurance industry avoids pain claims. many real quick to connect to ceo's murder with the excesses office industry. although the investigation is still ongoing. but beyond the internet, the murder has sparked a greater debate about the failures of the us health care system of the actual incident in new york, i served as a, as a trigger for a lot of people to express their frustrations and real grievances about how the

system works or really how it doesn't work. i think this is just an adverb, a more market on trying to people. so issues with their own hands for not only for health care, but for race, for sexism and everything else. so obviously sad when anyone passes away, but i think the reaction of the american public and how callous and that response has been should tell people something about the health care crisis in the united states. pretty shocking. but now kind of a sign of the times, i suppose a tragic for him and his family, but uh maybe don't do terrible things like this. i'm not saying you deserve it. yeah. but what is it about the health care system? exactly. that makes people so angry, you can face paying thousands and thousands of dollars out of your own pocket to use medical care, even if you have health insurance. and then another type of limit is that health

insurance in the united states often use what it's called pre authorization. the doctors and hospitals cannot simply provide the medical care that they want to. they have to get permission from the insurers, and sometimes the insurers deny that emissions while the hand for thompson's killer goes on, the public reaction has highlighted that for many americans, the world's most complex and expensive health care system simply isn't what we still with lawrenceville. okay, and washington bureau, a lot of strong reactions bundled into that report. laura, a wonder could this case actually trigger any changes when it comes to health care in the us? and that's also one of the questions we asked the expert that we just saw on this piece because this seems to be a lot of momentum right now. a lot of people seemed very fed up with the system, but the expert we spoke to so that he doesn't really think so because actually we

have talked about the flaws of the us health care system for over a century. and not a lot has changed. it has been some changes has been obama care. so the affordable care act. but he told us that there are a lot of structural issues in this country that would need to be tackled. if you look at the u. s, which is rich democracy as, as germany, for instance, the u. s. has a very different health care system. it's very fragmented. so there's a lot of these health insurance companies that play a big role. but it also means that it's not very regulated. there's the division of responsibility between the state and the federal level. and so that means it's fragmented. it's not very much regulated. and that also affects that. and the cost is not controlled in a, in a centralized way. in washington, they say lawrenceville fed thanks so much and with that you're up to date dw, business is up. next. if it's more news you're looking for, you can always catch up on

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