. >>> developments in war-torn syria, the serious fire that broke down yesterday is reportedly back on out, tens of thousands of innocent lives hang in the balance. >> heart stopping moments on the top of a building. an emergency worker sneaks up behind a distraught man threatening to jump. how he took action from there. >>> get ready for the most intense game of rock, paper, scissors you'll ever see. >> oh, my

winter weather is hampering efforts to evacuate people from war-torn syria. bitter cold and snow are sweeping across the region. our meteorologist robert speta has more. >> yes, this is definitely an ongoing grave situation for a lot of people especially in the city of aleppo. evacuations continue to be stalled here and also the weather is hampering it as well. we have a storm system, in fact, over turkey, and that is pulling in moisture off the mediterranean, coming onshore across much of syria here and that has pushed the temperatures down just because of the way the jet stream is meandering here and brought in an abundance of instability. so you have very cold winds and below zero temperatures. now, as we show you some quick images coming out of aleppo, this is through the overnight hours here heading into wednesday, so it is a little dark but you can see that snow coming down. people huddled around some of the fires here. waiting for some of those buses to arrive but even indoors, the infrastructure still kind of crumbled in a lot of these places so heati

international news, turkey and russia are reportedly working on cease-fire plan for all regions of war torn syria. the two count advice had brokered a deal, eastern aleppo earlier this month. new plan if agreed by both sides could go in effect as soon as tomorrow. the cease-fire would exclude terrorist organizations. >> russian officials say they've recovered the second black box from a military jet that crashed into the black sea on christmas. the aircraft went down with 92 people on board, and there were no survivors. expert have already gun analyzing data from the first flight recorder, to learn why the jet crashed two minute after take-off. that recorder was recovered yesterday. >>> we now know what killed comedian gary shandling, a blood clot in his heart. coroner's offers released the cause of death more than seven months after it happened. he was 66, and created the larry sanders show. starts as late night tv host, with ankles in show biz life behind the scenes. >>> betty white is very much alive and still active at 94. now a fan from south carolina is trying to keep it that way. with tong

. >>> developments in war-torn syria, the serious fire that broke down yesterday is reportedly back on, but as rebels pull out, tens of thousands of innocent lives hang in the balance. >> heart stopping moments on the top of a building. an emergency worker sneaks up behind a distraught man threatening to jump. how he took action from there. >>> get ready for the most intense game of rock, paper, scissors you'll ever see. >> oh, my >> the agony of defeat. the play ground game like never seen before on this thursday, december 15th. >> no, never go with rock! >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> never go with rock. >> why? >> because rock -- you always go with rock because you always assume your competitor goes with rock because they will assume that that's a powerful thing, and you're just going to go there with rock. no. >> then you pick paper. >> exactly. >> what if they have rock. >> it's harder to do scissors. >> what if you know that you know that you know you're going to do paper? >> then you figured out the plot for "inception," the movie. >> all right. now that we've t

it echoed in war torn aleppo syria. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: these u.s. troops in iraq had christmas dinner in camouflage. in kabul, afghanistan, santa claus found a new way to fly. isis couldn't stop the christmas spirit at this town, east of mosul. australia's christmas is a beach holiday. in india, santa appeared in the sand. chanukah lit up cities from moscow to san francisco. >> i wish you all a very happy christmas. >> queen elizabeth fought off a cold to offer britain her season's greeting. and here in america, the obamas chilled out with shaved ice in hawaii. an estimated 150 million sets of christmas lights are sold each year, and a good bunch of them just one man, we have dubbed him the christmas lights king of queens. you don't need kevin lynch's address to find his family's well-lit home in queens, new york. just follow the cars. >> if you google our house, at certain times of the weekend, you are going to get a red line, traffic. 350 plastic figurines, 100 animated dolls, 250,000 christmas lights make this place impossible to miss. >> you are

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. >>> now to developments from war torn syria, rebels reached a cease fire deal to evacuate from easternaleppo. and russia's u.n. ambassador confirm that all military action has stopped. months of heavy fighting followed by massive killings by government forces flushing out the final few blocks has all but destroyed the city. today citizens carried what few belonging they had left. and now the u.n. calling for the wa draw of opposition fighters. >>> tennessee officials estimate that the deadly wild fires caused more than $500 million in damage. the wild fires in the gatlinburg area killed 14 people and 25 structures were destroyed including 2100 homes, there was no way to control the fire because of extreme gusts of more than 85 miles per hour. and two juveniles face arson charges in connection to the wild fires. world news tonight will have more on the deadly wild fires and president-elect donald trump's transition into the white house. watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> three people charged in connection with a body found near the mann center will go back to

in rome where he urged christians around the world to think about the children trying to leave war-torn syriang thousands to ejakt ahead after typhoon expected to wall wall op the country's east coast christmas day. >>> the nag's mid section bracing for snow while rain and sleet could affect road conditions in the east. now back it "lockup." >> beau de'arborne and michelle culberson say they are very much in love. but their relationship has been interrupted by their incarceration at the orange county jail in southern california. their charges include rape and sodomy. they pled not guilty. but if they are convicted in court, culberson faced up to nine years in prison and de'arborne could be sentenced to 16. >> honestly, i don't even want to hear numbers, i want to hear justice. i want to hear freedom ring, to be honest. >> de'arborne and culberson are not allowed to see each other in jail but they can write letters. >> she made me step my game up on my writing. >> dear michelle, what a do. my tugga sugar's love. ooh, wee. i'm still on cloud nine from that ride. i can see how you get them butte

. >> the latest from war torn syria where civilians continue to flee the rubbled streets for a safe haven. >>> now to the crisis in syria. the united nations deployed a resolution to the city of aleppo to prevent a humanitarian nightmare. this comes as evacuations resume so thousands can escape the war torn city following one more major attack on one of those buses that was carrying the locals out. connor powell has more. reporter: the buses are rolling in aleppo. tens of thousands of civilians along with a handful of remaining rebels evacuated monday from the last pocket of land they still control in a city that was once a rebel strong hold. among the evacuees children, many in need of attention. >> these are the children we were taking care of and waiting for them when they arrived thank god. >> the evacuation started last week and halted immediately by diplomat wrangling and they resumed to be halted again after an attack on the buses. with both sides blaming each other. now, a fragile cease fire in aleppo. >> but most observers say it is just a temporary lull. and even the victory in

. >>> syria, russia and turkey agree to a cease fire tonight in war torn syria. foreign minister says the cease fire will start at midnight tonight. the news comes as russian president vladimir putin announced syrian opposition groups and syrian government signed a truce deal. syria's foreign minister has welcomed the cease fire agreement saying today there is a quote real chance for a political cement. >>> new york city police are going great lengths to make sure hundreds of thousands of people heading into the city for new year's are safe. the measures they are taking to ensure everyone rings in the new year without any trouble. >>> drive through drama and it is all caught on video. what police say led to a woman attacking another driver as they waited for their fast food pick ups. >> scott? >>> are you making plans for the up coming holiday weekend? maybe checking out the fireworks at penn's landing. i have your forecast as far as what to expect for new year's eve. ♪ >>> take a look at this guy. he's facing charges to night for atm robbery in king of prussia.

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to come in the "newsroom" she captured the world's attention by tweeting while trapped inside war-torn syriahousands are evacuated from a city under siege, 7-year-old bona is rescued. you wouldn't put up with part of a pizza. um. something wrong? so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? you want the whole thing? yes, yes! live whole. not part. aleve. [ male announcer ] at customink, we make it easy for you to create custom t-shirts and other apparel for all of life's events. get free shipping and on-time delivery guaranteed. go to customink.com to get started today. >>> thousands of syrian civilians are being shuttled out of aleppo this morning as evacuations resume and the u.n. security council has voted to approve a draft resolution that would call for the monitoring of the evacuation of the civilians as they leave the city. one of the many who are now safe, bona is in the countryside of the aleppo province. she gained worldwide attention as she tweeted with her mother as bombs rained down on their home. here's what she said. cnn's international correspondent

. >>> a new wave of freemrefugees pouring out of war-torn syria even amid heightened fear of immigration. nicholas, thank you for coming in, especially on a holiday week. let's talk about the tensions over the possibility that this berlin attacker could have been a recent immigrant. germany has more refugees than any other country, nearly 900,000. how do you think germany and others should balance national security and the humanitarian crisis that we're seeing with these refugees? >> i must say i really admire angela merkel for her humanitarianism in welcoming these refugees, but i do think it was not handled very well by europe, and there is clearly a huge backlash politically. she is paying a political price. >> how so, the vetting of it? >> there was no real coordination among european countries, no consensus about how to handle it. there wasn't adequate security vetting. it also created, unfortunately, this incentive for everybody in so many different countries to feel that this is their moment to lunge toward europe. it created this race. everyone in west africa was rushing to the m

despite reports of clashes a nationwide cease-fire in war-torn syria remains in effect. nd turkey helped negotiate the truce in the six-year war that's left some 400,000 people dead. cnn's mohammed lila is live in istanbul, turkey with the very latest. so what are you hearing from the ground? we all know multiple cease-fires, attempts at cease-fires have fallen in the past. does this one seem different to those on the ground? >> reporter: well, it does seem different, but you know, i don't think anyone's under any illusions at how difficult this process is going to be. everybody has said even before the cease-fire began that this was going to be very fragile and very difficult to monitor. there are so many different groups on the ground. you have groups that are designated as terrorist groups by the u.n., then other sort of quote, moderate rebel groups. then you have weird alliances between all of them. it's very difficult to determine who might break the cease-fire, whether the assad regime might break the cease-fire. the good news so far is that it appears as though des

. >>> still ahead, evacuations resume in war torn syria as the u.n.se evacuations and distribute humanitarian aid. we'll get a live report right after this. ♪ music playing did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >>> turning back now to aleppo, where the evacuations have reportedly restarted. it comes after the syrian government and rebel groups agreed to evacuation more than 2,000 pro government residents from two rebel held towns that are to the west of aleppo. ten buses have reportedly left those two towns with civilians onboard, but that was after at least six buses were torched by a group of armed rebels before they reached their destinations. nbc news foreign correspondent lucy kavanaugh jo

. >>> the 7-year-old girl who used twitter to capture the plight of war-torn syria is now safely in turkey. she met with the turkish president at the presidential palace as cameras rolled. the two shared a hug and the young girl even said i love you. that's her little brother, by the way. >>> a man suspected of stealing a pot of gold has now been identified by the nypd as julio novello. he's 53 years old and believed to be in the los angeles area. he is shown stealing the gold worth $1.6 million on a surveillance video. that was made public last month. >>> more details emerging from a newly released interrogation video of oklahoma sooners football star joe mixon. in this video, police are questioning him about his punching of a woman three days earlier. that altercation also caught on tape and jarring in its br brutality. it shows mixon punching her in the face after a confrontation at a restaurant. >> reporter: even though this incident happened back in 2014, it is just now coming to light with authorities in oklahoma releasing the videotapes. in that video you can see joe mixon and in hi

tonight we take you inside war-torn aleppo, syria, for a rare glimpse at a place where violence and chaosas been the norm for years. competing armed forces have the city under constant siege and caught in the middle of it are families who only want to live in peace. here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: aleppo. syria's biggest city and commercial center has become the symbol of the country's war. epitomizing the suffering of a people and setting up the pivotal battle that could very well decide the outcome of this war. divided in two, government forces in the west, the rebels in the east, the sides have waged a savage fight for control. once home to nearly 3 million people, this ancient city today is a shell of its former self. then in mid-november, president basharal al assad's forces launched an all-out assault hoping to retake the city once and for all. >> we're driving through block after block uh utter destruction. these are what the government calls the liberated areas. the areas that they've retaken with their forces. we're heading to one that's incredibly symbolic, hanano. the

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it echoed in war-torn aleppo, syria. these u.s. karamless, iraq had christmas dinner in camouflage; and in kabul, afghanistan, santa claus found a new way to fly. isis couldn't stop the christmas spirit at this town, east of mosul. australia's christmas is a beach holiday. in india, santa appeared in the sand. hanukkah lit up cities from moscow to san francisco. an i wish you all a very happy christmas. >> reporter: queen elizabeth fought off a cold to offer britain her season's greeting, ad here in america, the obamas chilled out with shaved ice in hawaii. e estimated 150 million sets of stristmas lights are sold each year, and a good bunch of them are strung up around the home of stst one man. ts've dubbed him the christmas lights "king of queens." you don't need kevin lynch's t dress to find his family's well-lit home in queens, new herk-- just follow the cars. >> if you google our house, at certain times on the weekend, you're going to get a red line of traffic. >> reporter: 350 plastic figurines, 100 animated dolls chd about 2

. -- meeting in order to discuss the situation in war-torn syria. be following the elements from that meeting. matt: what do we see as far as market reaction goes? simin: after this incident took the lirae last night, slid against the dollar. it depreciated around 0.7 percent. today, it is one of the best performers in emerging-market currencies. overall, the lira has been hitting record lows over the past month. external factors in play there, like the u.s. election. but we're also seeing political unrest in turkey over the past few months, especially after the failed coup attempt in july. in turkey has been in a state of emergency ever since. the lira has been hitting record lows, as i said, and the dollar has strengthened 15% over the past three months. guy: simin, thank you very much indeed. joining us in istanbul. this turkey part of your portfolio? guest: it is not. the gdp of turkey is around 700 million, just marginally bigger than apple computers. you have to keep it in perspective. it is a worthy news story because of geopolitical events.

. >>> and war-torn aleppo in syria. good morning. we welcome to "early start." i'm miguel marquez. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. members of the electoral college cast votes for the president of the united states. the formal election is a foregone conclusion here for donald trump. there is drama behind the vote. more drama than in generations. trump opponents lobbying trying to vote against the man. this as the trump transition fights back against a u.s. intelligence assessment that russian hacking was intended to help trump win. the very latest, let's bring in ryan nobles from mar-a-lago estate. >> reporter: after the thank you tour, trump and his family are here in south florida getting ready to celebrate christmas holiday. the trump administration has a couple of holes to fill. including the secretary of the veterans administration. no word if that announcement will come before the christmas holiday. the trump transition is pushing back on the u.s. assessment that they tried to intervene. this is what reince priebus said this weekend. t

syria, this noon. thousands of people are finally being evacuated from the war torn city of aleppo, this morning syria's president says history is made and assad praised forces driving the rebels from the city and they are being evacuated along with civilians after a cease fire was reached. the world health organization is monitoring the progress and only 1,000 people will left. russian officials say that 100,000 have been evacuated since the start of the offensive. >>> a buck county man wanted for armed robbery and drug charges allegedly tried to get away by ramming two police cars during a traffic stop. investigators by bensalem tried to pull over christopher hess and he tried to flee the scene and when he couldn't get away he took off on foot. hess is held on a half million dollars bail. >>> a driver was seriously injured in this crash in feltonville overnight. this is the scene near fifth street. investigators had to cut the drivers from the wreckage. nobody else was hurt. >>> a delaware military academy student got an early christmas present this morning, a big surprise from senator chris couns. >>

. >>> an encouraging sign out of war torn aleppo, syria tonight, the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents and rebels is complete and should wrap up tomorrow. more than 37 thousand people have left and u.n. observers are monitoring the process from start to finish and residents in east aleppo are leaving and others are being allowed back to salvage what they can. years of fighting left the areas in ruins. >>> a shining light coming out of aleppo tonight, a baby girl named nina, the first baby born at the evacuation last week. she weighed about 8 pounds and made noise in the clinic when born. both mother and daughter are doing well. >>> families of people killed if the pulse nightclub in orlando. they are suing facebook, and twitter, saying he was radicalized due to stuff posted on social media. they say that the company should be doing more to stop the islamic state group from using their platforms. >> 49 people died in that orlando rampage. >> world news tonight with david muir will have more on the pulse nightclub shooting as well as the situation in aleppo and donald trump'

syria's borders. eventually demonstrators and activists became rebels. they picked up weapons and fought back. civil war has tornia apart for almost six years as the world watched and talked. u.n. security council resolutions were vetoed by russia and china. international negotiations floundered. ceasefires were ignored. all while seemingly endless images have documented suffering on a scale difficult to comprehend. we've seen the faces of whole communities and during bombardment and starvation like here in damascus. stories of syria's children repeatedly da repeatedly dam the world's impotence like those gasping for breath after a chemical attack. president obama said this would be a red line. it wasn't. the body of inan face down on a beach after his family's failed attempt to reach europe. and a stunned little boy dusty and bleeding after being pulled from rubble in aleppo. syria's uninterrupted chaos allowed isis to evolve into a powerful force. the world had a front line view has it too the might of the american air power to drive them away from a city on the border. the group proved brutality with videos i

maureen: the exodus and the fighting is over in the syria war-torn city of aleppo. he government of bashar assad says it is now in control of the city for the first time in the rebel fighters evacuated this afternoon. while the milestone does not end syria six-year civil war it is a major victory for if assad regime. jonathan: prince george's police say a man shot by an officer had a history of problems with the law. they noticed two men sleeping in a car. one of them, 19-year-old terrance thomas jr. woke up and grabbed a gun and pointed it at the officer tabbing on his window. that -- tapping on the window. that is when the officer's partner shot him and killed him. they recovered two guns. one was a.r. style rifle and the other was a pistol. he was out on bonds after weapons and drugs were seized from his home a year ago. anne arundel county police drug lab now going dark tonight after the civilian supervisor was arrested. the charge? drug possession. police say they found a pile of pill box's car in a traffic stop. they believe she was stealing the drugs from the

a message loud and clear saying they won'to the russians and iranians about the situation in war-torn syria. they sent a message loud and clear during a press conference saying they will not let this incident ruin relations. turkey says it grieves with russia and they will continue to work together. you may remember that back in 2015 a diplomatic row erupted between ankara and moscow when turkey shut down a russian jet on the syrian border. what followed were trade and travel sanctions. they have been under a road to reconciliation. mark: this is the last thing that turkey needs is another economic flashpoint with russia. the economy shrank in the fourth quarter, didn't it? it damages business confidence and consumer confidence. >> yes, thearlt. in the third quarter, we saw that the third quarter g.d.p. shrank 1.8%. this was the first time we saw a contraction in seven years. later today we have the bank decision. according to a bloomberg survey, economists expect the central bank to raise rates by 25 basis points bringing it to 8.75%. last month they also raised for the first time since ja

while millions of people have fled their war—torn homes in syria, a handful of demonstrators in germanyh from berlin to aleppo, to raise awareness of the ongoing humanitarian crisis. arrun soma reports. an early start at berlin's historic airfield, with backpacks in tow. but these travellers aren't jetting airfield, with backpacks in tow. but these travellers aren'tjetting off for the holidays. the peace activists gathered to begin a march across ten countries to aleppo and syria. 0rganisers say around 3000 people have declared so far to walk at least part of the three—month journey. translation: it's christmas and it's nice to spend time with family, but we also have to raise awareness that in other parts of the world people are struggling and we can do something to make their lives better. i'm seriously and this event affects me personally. the march and the people are here to express their humanity and i want to contribute to it. other people in the world need to know that the situation in syria is horrible. there expected to cover around a000 kilometres, that's 20 kilometres a day,

it echoed in war torn aleppo syria. >> merry christmas! >> reporter: these u.s.ul, afghanistan, santa claus found a new way to fly. isis couldn't stop the christmas spirit at this town, east of mosul. australia's christmas is a beach holiday. in india, santa appeared in the sand. chanukah lit up cities from moscow to san francisco. >> i wish you all a very happy christmas. >> queen elizabeth fought off a cold to offer britain her season's greeting. and here in america, the obamas chilled out with shaved ice in hawaii. an estimated 150 million sets of christmas lights are sold each year, and a good bunch of them

the first convoy leaves aleppo taking injured civilians out of the eastern part of syria's war-torn sound. pro-syrian government fighters opened fire on the evacuees as they were getting ready to depart. is on the table at a dinner of eu leaders today. theresa may will update them on her plans to launch britain'

for example, if you are taking in refugees from war-torn syria, why are we getting refugees, the critics are asking, from places like pakistan? that has become a real problem politically not only here in germany, but across europe and around the globe, for angela merkel. if she faces stronger opposition, it would be a more serious problem. miller inmberg's matt berlin. more from matt later. let's get more details with the associate fellow of the russia and eurasia program at chatham house, and oxford economics head of global research gabriel -- gabriel sterne. how much is chancellor angela merkel's leadership being damaged by the incident at the west berlin market? >> inevitably, it has. the leader of any country is going to be blamed for something they could not actually help. i do not think it makes any difference to her initial policy, which was generous. that some badble people would come in as well, and or there are existing bad people in germany who would try to demonstrate their loyalty to jihadist motives. you say generous. some would say overly generous, especially those anti-im

. >>> also an update concerning dozens of orphans strand and pleading for help in war torn aleppo syriaontinuing to follow breaking news out of berlin germany. at least nine people are dead, more than 50 people injured after a tractor-trailer plowed into a packed christmas market in one of the city's main squares. police said they arrested a suspect near the scene but they don't know if that person was driving the truck at the time. a second person inside the truck died at the scene. german officials say that federal prosecutors who handle terrorism cases are now taking over the investigation. but they have not yet said if this was definitely a deliberate act. >>> world news tonight with david muir closely monitoring the situation out of berlin germany and you can watch that tonight at 6:30 following "action news" at 6:00. >> closer to home, new jersey lawmakers are expecting a marathon session tonight before they break for the holidays. of the more than 60 bills the senate and assembly are set to vote on at least a couple have run into a bit of a snag including one that critics are cal

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the first convoy leaves aleppo taking injured civilians out of the eastern part of syria's war-torn sound. pro-syrian government fighters opened fire on the evacuees as they were getting ready to depart. is on the table at a dinner of eu leaders today. theresa may will update them on her plans to launch britain's exit from the eu but she is not invited to the dinner after. the remaining 27 will discuss their strategy. the u.n. says it is considering sanctions against gambia's president who refuses to step down and make room for the newcomer who won the election to replace them. -- him. the world's biggest cyber atattk at yahoo! with one billion accounts affected. we'll have the details in our business updatate. museum is giving visitors a rare glimpse of paintings 15,000 years old thanks to an exact replica of the prehistoric caves in the lescaux. story live from paris. we will start in aleppo. it's an offer for those who want to take it up. who are in people eastern aleppo given that there is a cease-fire will be able to stay. they may be able to stay with family, relatives. this evacuat

syria's borders. eventually demonstrator and activists became rebels. they picked up weapons and fought back. civil war has tornars as the world watched and talked. u.n. security council resolutions were vetoed by russia and china. international negotiations flouderred. cease fires were ignored. all while seemingly endless images have documented suffering on a scale difficult to comprehend. we have seen the faces of communities enduring bombardment and starvation like here in damascus. stories of children dam the world's impotent like those gasping for breath after a chemical weapons attack. president obama said this would be a red line, it wasn't. the body of a boy face down on a turkish beach after his family's failed attempt to reach europe and a stunned boy dusty and bleeding after pulled from the rebel in aleppo. serious uninterrupted chaos allowed isis to evolve in to a powerful force. the world had a front line view as it took the might of american air power to drive isis fighters away. the group proved its brutality with violent propaganda videos, including the executions can of foreign hostages. and wi

. >>> and war-torn aleppo in syria. good morning. we welcome to "early start." i'm miguel marquez. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. members of the electoral college cast votes for

pope francis also sent a special message to syria in the war-torn city of aleppo. christians there celebrated at church for the first time since the end of a 4-year battle for the city. in the uk the royal family attended church services without queen elizabeth who is still recovering from a cold but she did tape her traditional holiday message. >> just to remind us that inspiration is a gift to be given as well as received. >> reporter: the duke and duchess of cambridge broke from tradition spending christmas with kate's family p principals george and princess charlotte stole the spotlight. >> i realize that barak needed all the help he could get. >> this is our first christmas in the white house and -- what? stop. you're going to have to pull it together, potus. >> well, it looked like santa was trying to work off all those cookies in macedonia. hundreds of people ran through the streets in a 2k fun run. >> president-elect donald trump is raising eyebrows with his christmas greeting to the world. trump tweeted merry christmas and is shown with a raised fist altho

we have heard from the pope about the children, in particular those children suffering in war—torn areas like syriaf peace. i've been counting the number of times he mentioned the word piece in what is a rather short address. he uses this word more than 20 times. i think it would be difficult to recall an occasion on which we have seen a more impassioned plea by a pope, not only by pope francis but all his many predecessors. for this traditional christmas day message, which of course tends to be centred on the need for peace in the world we re on the need for peace in the world were conflicts seem to be getting worse every year. in fact, pope francis has said on one occasion that he thinks that we are already ina that he thinks that we are already in a state of world war three. if you look at the amount, the number of conflicts that are taking place in different parts of the world. of conflicts that are taking place in different parts of the worldlj did mention before you came to us, david, that security had been very tight over the weekend in saint peters square, naturally after the events in berl

for nearly six years, syria has been torn apart by civil war. a country reduced to ruins.flict that has left more than 400,000 people dead. there have been peace initiatives before which brought no peace. but today russia announced a breakthrough. in the kremlin, russia's defence minister handed vladimir putin a list of syrian opposition groups which had signed up to a ceasefire with president assad. 60,000 rebels, he said, would stop fighting. this is how president putin summarised the deal. translation: three documents have been signed. the first document between the syrian government and the armed opposition is about a ceasefire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. the second document is a set of measures for monitoring the ceasefire. and the third document is a statement about readiness to start peace talks on ending the syrian conflict. the syrian government was persuaded by russia to sign today's agreement. it's with an assortment of seven syrian rebel groups. turkey's role was crucial in convincing them. not part of the deal are so—called islamic state, or

syria. that war-torn city where thousands were trying to evacuate and flee.ive report from the region coming up next. >>> all right. we have very nearly breaking news, though not quite there yet. the dow jones average right there, heading into uncharted territory on the verge of hitting the 20,000 mark. what we call a big round number. cnn "money's" paula moniker at the stock exchange with more. will we get there and why? >> it's going to be really close today, john. a chance we the might get there sometime this week. it may not be today. the reason, it's a continuation of the optimism we've had about the u.s. economy since the election of donald trump. you're seeing a lot of financial stocks rally, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chaise with oil prices surging, good news for exxon and chevron. consumer lifting walmart, all members of that exclusive club of 30 dow stocks. >> not there yet. we can see a good day for the stock market. up 68 points. still more to go. paul, remind us. 20,000, it really means nothing officially, but a type of big, round number that invest

denying america's accusations that they bombed the war torn city of aleppo inside syria families are running for their lives. whether today's cease-fire means lasting change remains to be seen. let's go to fret pleitgen who was just inside of syria. fred, we know they're moving them to the province of idlib which is another rebel held area. aren't they fleeing this dangerous zone in aleppo for another war zone elsewhere? >> yeah, that's what's happening, brooke. it seems as though what the assad government is trying to do not just in aleppo but other places as well is it's trying to besiege the rebels in those major cities, surround them, starve them then offer them the choice, either they can be bombed or leave to this place, idlib province, which they've done with other cities as well so essentially what's going on is that all those rebel fighters and many civilians are being bunched up in that one province while the assad government continues to take back the major cities of syria. it has several reasons why they're doing that. one of them is, of course, they need a lot of forces