. >> you mention bashar al assad. ey graham and john mccain both blasting the secretary of state tillerson for suggesting that bashar al assad can stay, basically. why is this such a controversial thing for him to have said? >> it's controversial for a couple of reasons. primarily, when we talk about isis, and we talk about extremism, particularly in the context of syria, we have to understand that isis was born in the vacuum of syria's civil war. and the hideous outpouring of grotesque violence that we have seen as a result of isis has come from the crackdown of the dictatorship of bashar al assad which has killed hundreds of thousands of people. many more people than isis has even killed. so when you talk about trying to eliminate isis, you can't really do that without trying to find some peaceful resolution to the syrian civil war. to be fair to the trump administration, while the obama administration had talked about the fact that they thought that bashar al assad should go, they did not actually really take many s

this was the kremlin's seventh security council bito in defence of bashar al—assad and on a visit to nd on a visit to kyrgyzstan, vladimir putin reinforced his argument that punishing the syrian government would harm diplomatic efforts to stop the war —— veto. translation: would harm diplomatic efforts to stop the war —— veto. translationzlj think it's absolutely inappropriate because it doesn't help. it wouldn't help the negotiation process, it would only hinder it. it would undermine trust in the negotiation process. donald trump has talked of working with vladimir putin to defeat so—called islamic state in syria, but this vote demonstrates how russia's continued support for the assad regime could hinder any future relationship. greg dawson, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: two women face a possible death penalty after being formally charged with the murder of the brother of the north korean leader in malaysia. first the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matte

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refuge from the bombs dropped by vladimir putin, refuge from the brutal dictatorship of bashar al assadope of the humanitarian crisis spurred by the conflict in syria reminds us that the entire middle east is increasingly under siege. and for israel, the threats posed by further instability are obvious. the increasing volatility we see deeply intensifies the deep concern felt by u.s. allies and partners, especially throughout the gulf, that iran will emerge as a nuclear-armed power. now, as you all know, i have spent the better part of my 25 years in the house and senate helping craft an extensive network of sanctions. sanctions that ultimately weakened the iranian economy and drove the regime to the negotiating table. those sanctions were working exactly as intended, and i believe we should have pressed for more meaningful concessions and put more stringent constraints on iran's nuclear capability in place. but whether you supported the nuclear -- iran nuclear agreement or opposed it, as i did, surely we can all agree -- [ applause ] -- surely we can all agree that a nuclear-armed iran

isis and work together to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief to besieged sillans bashar al-assad presses on with husband brutal -- his brutal campaign and his power is thanks in large part to his allies and moscow and friends in tehran. we aiding assad. as russian bombs rain down on syrian hospitals and russian bombs rain down on syrian homes, as russian bombs rain down on humanitarian aid convoys, putin is content to sit back and watch western europe struggle with the displacement of millions of people. all the while spreading white nationalist and anti-semitic propaganda. simultaneously, the iranian regime is um bold -- emboldened by the reliefs and iran funnels cash and weapons to hezbollah, weapons that at a moment residents notice could be turned on israel. israel has every right to be concerned, and every right to defend itself against any and all threats. throughout this conflict in syria, israel has shown extraordinary restraint and a laser-like focus on defending the security of it people. but as this conflict spills over its borders no counsel true can endure this propa

. >> it was not how we old bashar al-assad contractible. >> ambassador haley said, instead the immediating focused on criticizing israel. the one true democracy in the middle east. [ applause ] [ cheers ] she closed by saying, "i am here to say the united state." will not turn to a blind eye to this anymore. >>. [ cheers ] i think you would all agree that this is been a pretty refreshing change. [ applause ] . >> please join me and welcoming the asian of that chain and the united states ambassador to the united states and honorable hick nick ao nickeyy anyw-- the honorable un states, nikki haley. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> that's amazing. [ applause ] >> ambassador, i think there is a little loop worm, i am not sure what the reception is going thomas hock like. lets pick up where i left off of my introduction of the statement you made following the but until you hear it and you see it, you just can't comprehend how ridiculous it is. [ cheers and applause ] >> so a lot of people here are just getting to know you for the first time. the theme of our conference this y

that run price to terrorists, it was not about how we defeat isis, it was not about how the cold bashar al-assadountable. said said they in meeting focused on criticizing israel, the one true democracy in the middle east. [applause] and she closed her statement by saying -- i am here to say the united states will not turn a blind eye to this anymore. [applause] i think you would all agree that this has been a pretty refreshing change. me in welcoming the agent of that change, the united states ambassador to the united nations, the honorable nikki haley. [applause] ♪ >> ambassador, i think they are a little lukewarm. not sure with the reception is going to be like. let's pick up on where i left off in my introduction. that statement you made following the meeting on the middle east. were you surprised what you saw about the attitudes and discussions on the middle east? what can be done to change it? confused.: i was it was totally bizarre because in my first month, talking about the middle east, there is a lot to talk about. whether you are talking about has blood or isis, all the issues in syria

tillerson said the fate of syrian dictator bashar al assad should be decided by the syrian people. u.s. policy insisted that assad must go. elizabeth palmer is in ankara. >> reporter: this is one of the first official visits that secretary of state tillerson has made. turkey is a priority not only because it's a fellow member of nato but it is a crucial ally in the fight against isis in syria. there's a lot riding on this visit, and the turks lost no time. the secretary of state plunged right into a whole day of meetings with top turkish officials. then the secretary of state headed for closed-door talks with president recep tayyip erdogan. and there is a lot to talk about. top of the list the war against isis in syria on turkey's southern border. with few soldiers of its own on the ground, the u.s. has teamed up with local armed groups including a kurdish force called the ypg. but turkey sees the ypg as a bitter enemy. in fact, it calls them terrorists. >> how can with rely on a terrorist organization -- >> reporter: last week in washington turkey's foreign minister mevlet sobocolu

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. >> ben before you go, we're hearing now from the president of syria next door bashar al assad aboutthere. what is he saying? >> reporter: well, he basically said that these u.s. forces that have been operating for some time in northern syria, supporting what's known as the syrian democratic forces in their fight against isis, those numbers have increased dramatically recently. what bashar al assad says is that as far as the syrian government is concerned, they consider them invading forces. so it's already a very touchy situation in northern syria with a variety of players. turks, rebels, iranians, hezbollah. and they're opposing that. and the americans saying they're preparing to support the offensive to liberate raqqah, the de facto captain of the islamic state. >> just a nature mirightmare th. we'll see if there's any real response to invaders, thanks so much. >>> you've got a busy weekend ahead of you if you're watching college basketball. guess what, christina fitzpatrick, she's right there with you. >> that's right, christi, many have their eye on unc as a national championshi

progress is moving toward a political transition, which some say must include the removal of bashar al-assada mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been found at a former catholic home for unmarried mothers in ireland. the institution closed 60 years ago, but hundreds of children are believed to have died there. investigators say the remains were buried in underground chambers and were of infants and small children under the age of three. >> there are no tombstones for the children buried here. their final resting place is in unmarked mass grave. investigators believe nuns placed the bodies in underground chambers that were used to hold sewage. the findings are the culmination of an investigation, sparked by the research of local historians. she wanted to find out what happened to some 800 children who died at the home between 1925 and 1961. she found their death certificates and only one burial record. after analysis, the forgotten children's fate is clear, the infants' surviving relatives will be consulted for proper burials. >> these findings encourage us. it

seems to shift its policy toward sere yawn president bashar al assad. sting that removing him isn't really the priority anymore. >> i think the status and the longer term status of president assad will be decided by the syrian people. >> we also heard that sentiment from u.n. ambassador nikki haley, telling a small group of reporters, quote, you pick and choose your battles. when looking at this, it is about changing up priorities and our priority is no longer to focus on getting assad out. what does this mean? why does it matter? because it does. your assessment first of the policy shift and what it does as far as our relationships overseas? >> one way to look at it is nikki haley and rex tellerson are stating overtly what has quietly been the policy, even under the obama administration. the obama administration kept saying, assad has to go. he has to go. but they never did anything to make it happen. >> but john kerry was never this explicit. >> never this explicit. now, basically, haley is saying, we have other things to focus on. we want to make figh

some of thees hit last towns and damascus still held by opponents of the syrian president, bashar al-assad. years of brutal besiege meant by the government has forced me majority of civilians to agree to relocate. recently, many of them bust thousands of miles away to islamist controlled cities in the north of the country, but it is a source of frustration to the government that these final towns have not fallen to its forces. assad's allies say wednesday's resumption of bombing directly targeted former al qaeda affiliates in the town. in recent weeks, the regime has been escalating its bombing campaign in these areas, trying to force rebel leaders to accept evacuation deal. sixhey do, after nearly years of fighting, the regime will control almost all of damascus province again. has your smartphone or tv been spying on you? wikileaks published nearly 8000 pages of internal cia documents which talk about hacking techniques used between 2013 and 2016, and it shows that the intelligence agency can hack all manner of devices. tech companies are now under pressure to six flaws that leave people

. >> sreenivasan: homs, syria is where the uprising against president bashar al assad began in 2011. today, the first of thousands of opposition fighters and their families began evacuating the last rebel-held neighborhoods. they're leaving as part of a deal brokered by russia, which backs president assad. as the syrian civil war entered its seventh year this week, the american military presence is higher than ever before, with the trump administration sending 400 more troops to join 500 already deployed. for more perspective on what's happening on the ground and the role of the u.s. military, i am joined from washington by doug ollivant of the new america foundation. doug, half a million people dead, getting into seven years now, millions more displaced. any end in sight? >> unfortunately, no. it doesn't appear that we really do have an end in sight. we see talks of cease fires and talks of truces, and, you know, the occasional peace talk, but nothing seems to have come from this. the russians are very much vested in the survival of the assad regime, so that seems to be a simple fac

policy shift, they will no longer make it a priority to force bashar al-assad out of power.lison: yes, this signals a shift in the region in general on u.s. policy. rex tillerson does not mention it, but the editorial is expressing worry in general over changing policy in the middle east and in particular how that will impact civilians. there was the recent bombing by the u.s. in most all that killed some 200 civilians, and the "new york times" says the trump administration has so far displayed a reckless attitude in the middle east and does not have a strategy for long-term stability in iraq or syria. molly: let's focus on friends or to two weeks away from the presidential election, and one paper says things are not as bad for the former front-runner, fillon.il francois who arethat is people not admitting in polls so they are going to vote for. that path is most often associated with the national front, but due to the numerous scandals, that has made it so that people are now fighting -- hiding the fact that they're going to vote for him. according to "l'opinion," fillion m

report -- commission of inquiry which found proof of human atrocities committed by the bashar al-assad,nd regime including an attack on humanitarian aid convoy. >> 14 eight workers were killed and most of the remaining ones were injured. 17 trucks of much-needed aid items were destroyed. civilians all across syria suffered from the suspension of delivery of aid. reporter: investigators say civilians i in aleppo were victs of unrelenting violence. evidence that rebel factions in aleppo used civilians a as human shields and proof that the regime carried out multiple airstrikes on civilian areas, including chemical attacks. forces laid siege to eastern aleppo in july and civilians, many of them children, lost their lives to that use bombardment cluster munitions, incendiary weapons and crudely weaponize fluorine canisters on civilian inhabited areas. >> the report comes as the u.n. is hosting peace talks in geneva between the regime and the opposition. rebelsin colombia, farc will start laying down their arms on wednesday. members of the left-wing insurgency have been gathered at supervis

a new report by physicians for human rights claims bashar al assad's government blocked aid convoys andsure some deliveries didn't have enough supplies. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in japan this morning on his first official trip to asia, but a controversy is following him. the "new york times" state attorney's office said tillerson allegedly used an e-mail alias as ceo of exxon to discuss climate change. exxon is being investigated for misleading investors and the public about climate change. the a.g. used an account known as wayne tracker. for seven years. >>> and the marines top commander was on capitol hill facing tough questions about a nude photo scandal. general robert neller admits there is a problem in the culture of the marine corps. >> now he's asking the women in the marines to trust him and asking the men in uniform to join him in making change. here's martha raddatz. >> the marine corps commandant faced the scandal now rocking the marine corps head on. >> we all have to commit to getting rid of this perversion to our culture. >> reporter: the outrage growing af

russia and china made an outrageous and indefensible choice today, they refused to hold bashar al—assad'suntable for the use of chemical weapons. they turned away from defenceless men, women and children who died grasping for breath when assad's forces dropped their poisonous gas. also making the news: the french president francois hollande was giving a speech in france when this happened. mr hollande looks a bit concerned, brea ks mr hollande looks a bit concerned, breaks off his speech and what happened was his police sharp shooter on the route accidentally fired his weapon. it passed through the five of a waiter and lodged in a colleague's leg. he carried on with his speech. south africa's ports minister said durban may not be able to stage the 2022 commonwealth games because of financial pressure. —— sports minister. south africa have been unable to agree the operational budget. from some stunning pictures to show you from mount etna in sicily, interrupting for the first time this year. it's one of the most active in the world but it's been largely dormant for two years and it started

russia and china made an outrageous and indefensible choice today, they refused to hold bashar al—assad'sthe use of chemical weapons. they turned away from defenceless men, women and children who died grasping for breath when assad's forces dropped their poisonous gas. also making the news: the french president francois hollande was giving a speech in france when this happened. (gunshot) mr hollande looks a bit concerned, breaks off his speech and what happened was his police sharp shooter on the route accidentally fired his weapon. it passed through the thigh of a waiter and lodged in a colleague's leg. south africa's sports minister says the host city durban may not be able to stage the 2022 commonwealth games because of financial pressures. south africa has been unable to reach an agreement with the commonwealth games federation over the operational budget. scientists in britain have confirmed that there is a strong link between obesity and cancer. the study found that being obese increased the risk of getting eleven cancers. the researchers say maintaining a healthy weight is the sing

damascus is syrian president bashar al assad's power base. these attacks may only serve to further embolden terrorist organizations in the region, rebecca. >> jennifer, thank you. >>> and back here at home, new problems facing at&t tonight. customers complaining about another service outage, this one today, many unable to make and receive phone calls including some emergency calls to 911. the cell phone carrier blaming the issue on a hardware issue. service has been restored. at&t suffered a similar outage earlier this week. >>> next tonight, a frightening magic show that wa criss angel rushed to the hospital after collapsing during the middle of an upside-down trick. not the first time a magic trick has backfired. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: world-famous magician criss angel was performing the harrowing escape stunt seen here, hanging upside-down in a straitjacket. >> i'm trying to get my shoulder out of my socket right now. >> reporter: when witnesses saying he passed out before being rushed to the hospital in the middle of la

will no longer insist on the removal of syria's dictator, bashar al-assad. assad's war on his own people has killed 400,000 and triggered a global refugee crisis. secretary tillerson spoke today after meeting with turkey's president and elizabeth palmer is in ankara. >> reporter: in a brief photo op, secretary of state tillerson wore his best diplomatic smile, and so did president recep tayyip erdogan. but behind closed doors, turkey has some serious bones to pick with the united states. top of the list, the war against isis in syria, right on turkey's border. with few soldiers of its own on the ground, the u.s. has teamed up with a battle-hardened kurdish force called the y.p.g. but to turkey, the y.p.g. is a bitter enemy and a terrorist group. it is demanding the u.s. cut off its support, something mr. tillerson would not promise to do. >> what we discussed today were options that are available to us. they are difficult options. let me be very frank. these are not easy decisions. >> reporter: that didn't satisfy the turkish foreign minister, who accused th

he met and interviewed syrian president bashar al assad in october and visited aleppo in november.ant to the war and to the shape of the country? inaudible. forgive me, we are not hearing your sound. we will try to come back to you. police hold that thought. let's move on for a second. now last year we brought you the story of 5 month old maram — the little girl who lost both her parents when her home in syria's aleppo was bombed. she was terribly injured — with a broken arm and 2 broken legs — her plight made her a symbol of the suffering in syria's war. a british surgeon david nott — operated on her — before she was sent to safety in turkey. he didn't know whether she would survive. now, several months later, he's travelled to turkey to see her. our correspondent quentin sommerville was with him. so much of aleppo's pain is anonymous, but maram's suffering was unforgettable. an air strike killed her parents and left her gravely ill. inside syria, dr david nott worked to save her leg. there was shrapnel inside her hip. from here, and only five months old, she was evacuated to turk

us representative at the un says her country is no longer making the removal of the president bashar al—assad ambassador nikki haley said the priority for america would be a she put it looking at how to make a difference for the syrian people. israel announced it is building the first new settlement in the occupied west bank in more than 20 years. the settlement near the palestinian city of nablus was approved at a meeting of the security cabinet of israel on thursday. palestinian officials have condemned the plan and have called for international intervention. reports from south africa say that president zuma has sacked finance minister following the instability on the financial markets. mr zuma will make an announcement shortly after a meeting of senior african national congress officials. pa rt part of a motorway in atlanta in the states has collapsed after a major fire burned underneath an overpass. local reports say atlanta police believe the fire was caused by electrical wire burning under an overpass on the interstate 85. so far there are no reports of casualties. people are being advi

and russia's support for bashar al-assad continues. their military targeted hospitals, schools and syrian first responders. they blocked the provision of food and medicine to starving families and children. and russia's diplomats vetoed any effort at the united nations to act to stop the suffering in syria. russia also having illegally invaded ukraine and annexed crimea continues to promote violence and instability in eastern ukraine leading to the deaths of thousands. all of these human rights violations within russia and in countries around its sphere of influence in its region suggest to us that they need to be held accountable for these violations of basic human rights. like the senator from south florida, i led a codel to eastern and central europe. mine was not last week. it was last august. but with two republican house members and two democratic senate members, the five of us went to the czech republic to ukraine and toes -- toes stone i can't and heard concern about the record of disrespect for democracy in russia and about th

he met and interviewed syrian president bashar al assad in october and visited aleppo in november.nd the future of syria. not very much. it's been a hot potato, exchanged between isis in the regime since 2015. the big key cities here are raqqa, which is the self—proclaimed capital in syria of isis and deir ez—zur, a border town on the iraqi border, very important. and the gas fields in the homs basin and that the regime needs to generate electricity. those are the big three places that the regime really needs to move on isis. i think this is more a symbolic than a significant victory for the regime. we have been reporting on the huge setbacks for is, but it does seem that the coalition support for the the rebels is being gradually chipped away. we are told that peace talks in geneva are kind of edging forward. what hope to see from them? where you ultimately see the country? i am very pessimistic about will be any progress between the regime and the opposition at any peace talks. the regime has been very, very strong in its view of negotiations. whether weak or strong, it refuses t

bashar al-assad's syrian regime is a dee key ally in the middle east for russia.xpwhrieng now is form u.s. ambassador john bolton. more importantly, china also vetoed this resolution which made the whole thing a no-go. the 6th for china, and the 7th for russia. what does it tell you about their alliance? >> it's something that should be of concern to all americans, particularly in the context of the middle east. and it reflects a pattern of russia and china working together to protect their allies, in this case iran protect and china protecting russia's ally. it's ama pattern we have seen for a long time and it should tell you a lot about the nature of those two regimes. kennedy: how does rex tillerson work on a relationship with russia while our u.n. ambassador nikki haley has spoken toughly about russia. >> let me take issue with the premise of the question. i think people may be misunderstanding what trump is trying to say about russia and putin. he's saying i don't want to rule out the possibility on something. but in the meantime what nikki haley has done, th

more ballistic missiles iran and russia continue to work together in syria to keep president bashar al assadr. >> we have seen russian jets operating out of iranian basis and cooperation to prop up the regime and give them new life here. i think we should be concerned about that. >> this week's iran's president visited moscow and a sign of warming ties between nations. >> russia and iran coordinate on every step to stabilize the situation in syria. >> the russians are taking a pledge out of iran's playbook supporting the taliban. trying to undermine the united states and afghanistan. >> i think it's fair to assume they may be providing some kind of support to them in terms of weapons or other things that may be there. again, i think that is the possibility. >> >> we have seen russian activity, vis-a-vis the taliban i'm not willing to say if that has manifested into weapons. certainly what they are up to there in light of their other activity gives us concern. >> iran is accused of killing hundreds of american troops in iraq a decade ago. general votel says there are 100,000 iranian backed fi

bashar al assad was on the ropes, libya's strongman, gaddafi met a particularly gruesome fate, brutallyn may have feared the same bloody fate for himself. just a few weeks later, rebellion arrived in russia. tens of thousands rallied in the streets of moscow. the biggest protest there since the fall of the soviet union. >> people were hanging off lampposts. people were in the streets. really shocking. >> putin was now living the same nightmare he had endured as a kgb officer in east germany in 1989. this time in his own back yard. and he wasn't even president at the time. he was prime minister. having handed the presidency over to his associate, dimitri medvedev. >> as the winter got wronger lo longer and colder and colder, the prisons got bigg-- protests bigger and bigger. >> hillary clinton weighed in. >> the russian people like people everywhere deserve the right to have their voices heard and their votes counted. >> when putin hears something like that, i imagine he hears something like bush talking about saddam hussein. he hears that they're coming for me. they're trying to drive m

syrian president bashar al-assad naturally not a big fan of the move.alling the deployed troops invaders. my next guest says he's right. this isn't some filthy hippie. this is iraq veteran bryan suits. are we invaders in syria? >> technically assad has a point. the obama administration avoid this discussion because no one held their feet to the fire about an authorization for it in force for syria. the trump administration is saying if this is all one thing, we can make it a conventional one thing. when assad played the card. next day assad is going to say, thanks, i'll name a street after you, but bye. he may be a bad guy and a dictator s.o.b. but it's a sovereign state. there isn't and u.n. resolution saying we can do this. kennedy: aren't those lessons we learned from iraq? >> there were loads of declarations that took his sovereign tough way. but this has not been dealt with. kennedy: it won't happen as long as russia is on the security council. >> until it's time to evict the grinning goes. -- the gringoes. by the end of this week we'll have north

syria's bashar al assad was on the ropes. particularly gruesome fate. brutally killed after begging for his life. putin may have feared the same bloody fate for himself. just a few weeks later, rebellion arrived in russia. tens of thousands rallied in the streets of moscow. the biggest protest there since the fall of the soviet union. >> people were hanging off lampposts. people were in the streets. it was really shocking. >> reporter: putin was now living the same nightmare he had endured as a kgb officer in east germany in 1989. this time in his own backyard. and he wasn't even president at the time. he was prime minister. having handed the presidency over to his associate, dimitri medvedev. >> as the winter went longer and longer and got colder and colder, the protests got bigger and bigger. >> reporter: as putin saw people turning against him, hillary clinton weighed in. >> the russian people, like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voices heard and their votes counted. >> when putin hears something like t

syria bashar al assad was on the ropes.articularly gruesome fate. brutally killed after begging for his life. putin may have feared the same bloody fate for himself. just a few weeks later, rebellion arrived in russia. tens of thousands rallied in the streets of moscow. the biggest protest there since the fall of the soviet union. >> people were hanging off lampposts. people were in the streets. really shocking. >> putin was now living the same nightmare he had endured as a kgb officer in east germany in 1989. this time in his own backyard. and he wasn't ev president at the time. he was prime minister. having handed the presidency over to his associate, dimitri medvedev. >> as the winter got longer and longer and colder and colder, the protests got bigger and bigger. >> as putin saw people turning against him, hillary clinton weighed in. >> the russian people, like people everywhere, deserve the right to have their voices heard and their votes counted. >> when putin hears something like that, i imagine he hears bush talking

syrian president bashar al-assad taking a swipe at american forces who have been deployed in his embattled country, calling them quote, invaders, and saying the trump administration needs to do more in the fight against isis. it's part of the fight to take back raqqa from the islamic terrorist caliphate. joining us is john bolton. former ambassador to the united nations. the army rangers in northern syria are flying the stars and stripes. does this open up a new front and fight against isis or does it put a target on our backs? >> i think it's almost certainly a reflect of president trump's desire to move up the pace of the destruction of isis from the obama degrade and destroy over some indefinite period of time. it may be these deployments were planned previously. al-assad is laying down the markers saying their presence in syria is illegitimate. an invasion inpresumed to be an act of war. it leaves it open if they come under fire by syrian forces, hezbollah or russian aircraft or who knows what. but it's also a way of trying to get the united states to find a way to accommodate him so t

mediterranean after the success of its intervention of syria leading to the continued presence of bashar al assadre. certainly, the russian side saying that is not the case. they are talking to both sides in the conflict. in fact, the libyan prime minister was just in moscow earlier this month. so that is the line we are getting from russia, dave. >> a leadership void there in libya. thank you, clair. >> a big election overseas. will the popular surge we've seen in several countries change the leadership dynamic from major ally. we'll take you to the netherlands. it works fast and you won't stink. there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. you might want to consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like any medicare supplement insurance plan, these help pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and, these plans let you choose any doctor or hospital that acce

the russians clearly are in line with bashar al-assad.ot his mouth off we wanted status agreement and he refused to go along with it. this punk refused to go along with it. i could care less what this guy thinks. i'm surprised he speaks english as well as he does. >> meghan: what do you think about sending 200 troops in? >> kennedy: seems as though if you don't have a clear strategy you're putting american warriors in harm's way. i think that's the biggest mistake the obama admin attrition made is not really having understanding of how the region works. granted, it is so complicated. to bob's point, you don't know who your friends are. you have no idea who your enemies are, how many of them there are. there's a pretty good chance they will be armed with your weapons within a few years as alliances shift. i agree with eric. syria is such a disaster. what assad and the russians have done in aleppo alone. humanitarian crisis. >> meghan: there's no other way of explaining it. it is hard to see that 200 troops are going to make enough of a dif

-backed forces have also been fighting syrian president bashar al assad's regime. sad said in an interview with chinese television he considers u.s. troops to be, quote-unquote, invaders because they don't have his government's permission to be on the ground in syria, and what has become an increasingly crowded battlefield. julie? julie: john huddy, thank you very much. >>> a major world headline today escalating tensions between turkey and the netherlands. local media reporting dutch authorities declared a turkish foreign minister an undesirable alien, and that is a quote, and have her detained. that sparking protests in turkey. the minister was traveling to the thetter lands to campaign for the referendum that extends the powers of turkey's president. well, the dutch call it a step away from democracy. the turkish president had called the netherlands, quote, nazi remnants. here's what an official for turkey's ruling party had to say. >> if we listen to the foreign minister of turkey, then as he say, as he say it will bring sanctions on economic and political relat

the attack, it's more than likely that the attackers were indeed meanwhile, syrian president bashar al assadchinese journalists in which he said he and president donald trump share a common view when it comes to fighting terrorism. and fake news. he also went on to say that american troops in syria, there without the permission of the government in damascus, are considered to be invaders. that doesn't necessarily mean that the syrian government is going to do anything about it. syria, backed by russia, hezbollah and iran, as well as the united states, which is backing arab and kurdish fighters, as well as turkey, which is backing factions of the free syrian army, all say they want to take part in the liberation of the de facto capital of isis in syria, raqqa. how that's going to work out is anybody's guess. anna? >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. >>> up next, a family facing an unknown future as they meet with an immigration agent. cnn's rosa flores tells us what happened in that meeting. success has always been measured in zeros. but shouldn't it be about firsts? and seconds... how about

in a syria that allows president bashar al-assad to remain in power. with more than 30 topics on the agenda, much of what was discussed lacked specifics and concrete plans on how to tackle the pressing issues. his critics point out, much of what was said today has been said many times before by the same leaders. >> shannon: thank you. contrasting styles of the house and senate investigations into the trump russia connection. we are going to talk about it we are going to talk about it with the panel after a quick if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could he

loss of yorktown, -- the loss of your town the loss of everything, and you have to sit and watch bashar al-assadre all terrorists, there was no genuine uprising. these are very painful things. what does it mean to you to be able to speak in this way to the camera? >> first, it was so difficult to remember these days. living these events for six years, it took everything from us. my home, my family members, my friends, all the dreams. to go remember all these events -- we kept -- we tried to keep our psychology, kind of -- >> together. >> we are all traumatized, but we are bracing up to face things and continue. but it was so difficult to remember things from the past, because i think that these were nightmares. roger: remembering is so important. >> remembering is so important. we thank him for this step. it is so difficult for us, these things that we lived -- now i'm pushing them to the back of my memories. i don't want to remember them. but when i have to speak about them, they all come out. after five years, there is someone who came to put the story all together from the beginning till the