bashir al-assad is seen as short of strength. reporter: a year of russian airstrikes has turned parts of syria into hell on earth. but it has enabled troops loyal to bashir al-assad to make gains against rebel forces like here in eastern aleppo. we've killed hundreds in the last couple of weeks since starting a push to take the country's biggest city. food and water are in scarce supply. they are on the verge of collapse. >> up until the last few days, there have been eight hospitals functioning in aleppo. none of them fully functioning due to earlier attacks. a couple of days ago, you may be aware that the two largest hospitals were deliberately targeted and are now nonfunctional. seeing the capacity of health workers in the city to provide life-saving medical care for many innocent children, women, and other innocent civilians. reporter: the russian governmt says they are preventing terrorists from taking over the country. >> we have not achieved in the region or even more so outside of the region. and now, when the decisive ba

- al-bashir turned up again in sudan.ria says arresting foreign leaders like al-bashir goes against domestic laws giving visiting heads of state diplomatic immunity, and that it would amount to regime change. for south africa, that would be incompatible with its duties as peacemaker in african conflicts. those duties are usually coordinated with the african union, a body which has long been one of the most vocal critics of the international criminal court. many believe south africa's decision may have more to do with wielding leverage at the african union design with the icc itself. the icc was founded as the first legal body with permanent international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. in its 14 year history, it has only ever convicted africans, like the former congolese vice president jean-pierre bemba. of the 10 ongoing investigations, nine are in africa. that has led options from the african union of racial bias -- led to accusations from the african union of racial bias. bu

this followed a dispute when it ignored a court order to arrest sudanese president omar al-bashir, accusedf genocide and war crimes when he was on it soil. the minister has submitted a withdraw,ice to saying the tribunals go against its diplomatic immunity laws. is under theca process of strengthening its own human rights and institutions and instruments, and our commitment is to continue to work closely with like-minded countries to ensure that south africa continues to be the beacon of light in the promotion of human rights. the president's government was facing a possible constitutional court defeat next month over its failure to arrest al bashir, however, it said friday that the legal battle would be dropped. it has now said it will take the government to court for the withdrawals. the decision to leave the icc follows a similar one by randy last week. burundi last week. officials are warning of a domino effect, with other african states like kenya following suit. the tribunal is facing accusations it is biased against the continent. the topic of icc membership is expected to be a big

bashir jones has pitched his tent, and he has a campfire back there. he's got all the supplies for a makeshift camp ground here. he tolled me he's doing this to peacefully talk about solutions for building a safer community. weeks there have been multiple homicides in this area, which is one of the reasons why he's choosing to camp out here against violence. for three days he plans to meet with neighbors, city leaders and business owners. he wants solutions on how everyone can make this a better place. jones tells me he knows this move is drastic, but he says people are tired of the senseless violence. >> babies are dying, and children are being killed and women are being violence between blacks on blacks, but also the violence of whites and whites and latinos and latinos and the police perception of black people. it all has to -- we got to do something different. >> sia: now, jones has invited the chief of police, city councilmembers, community activists, everyone to come down here and talk to him. just a little bit i talked with him. night long peopl

government forces loyal to dictator bashir assad, along with russian bombers, hit the section of aleppo controlled by rebels. there is hardly anything left at this point. a british human rights group says this strike and previous ones have killed dozens this week. an opposition leader says food and medical supplies in aleppo are quickly running out. jc: and cleanup underway in bermuda after hurricane nicole tore through the island. the storm was a category 3 when it battered the ea rain and wind. thousands are still without power but the island government says damage was minimal. take a look at this, an amazing view of nicole from the international space station as it passed over bermuda. an astronaut recorded the video thursday. the space station was in orbit 252 miles above the earth at the time. what a cool shot. love those pictures. really gives you an idea of the expanse of the storm. harvey: and we can see where it is now. the storm is well past bermuda. the open waters of the atlantic. that's pretty good. jc: you mentioned how well the buildings did. harvey: they do really well w

like the court's decision that south africa should hav should have ae sudanese president, omar al-bashir, when when he visited south africa more than a year ago. and south africa said the court should not be telling it to arrest sitting heads of state. there should have been diplomatic immunity. so they said they don't like that-- what they called interference-- from the i.c.c. >> sreenivasan: coming on the heels of the withdrawal from burundi, is this part of a larger trend? >> well, that-- there are many that are worried tathis-- that the two-- that the decision of the two african countries to leave the i.c.c. this week could set off a movement where several other african countries withdraw from the i.c.c. already, the african union, which represents all 54 countries of africa, has said that they don't think that the i.c.c. should press charges against any sitting head of state. and uganda's deputy foreign minister has said that he would like to see this issue of african members being in the i.c.c. be brought up at the next african union meeting. >> sreenivasan: why is this happening a

fire director bashir just told mow that two people were successfully removed from one of the houses thatlapsed. both of them were taken to the hospital. they have minor injuries. take a look at the scene here. we're about a block and a half where from where this happened being kept here by police and firefighters. gas crews are here from pse&g. firefighters the mows department, this happened around 3:15 this afternoon. neighbors reported hearing an explosion. this may be a gas leak. they're still investigating that. two homes were affected. one was abandoned. the other had to two people it in p the two people were successfully removed from the home. we were fortunate enough to talk to good samaritan here someone who lives right across the street. tray sean collins. she heard the explosion and quickly went into action. >> i had to bling couple of times is this real? the first thing that came to mind run across the street and make sure is everyone okay. as everyone is yelling i'm like everybody be quiet. i'm like, hello? is anybody in the house. ? there was scream for help. so somebody got

forces who, in fact, will provide for a stable government and not cause a regional sunni-shia war when bashir assad falls. ryan: nobody is proposing to send troops to syria american troops. let me say it this way. how would we do things differently? we would not refer to bashar al-assad as a reformer when he's killing his own civilians with his russian provided weapons. we wouldn't the outsourcing our foreign policy to the united nations giving vladimir putin veto power over our efforts to try and deal with this issue. he has vetoed three than. hillary clinton went to russia to try and convince them not to do so. they thwarted her efforts. she said they were on the wrong side of each of the she was right about that. this is one more example of how the russian reason is that working. after international pressure, then president obama's had bashar al-assad should go. it's been over a year. they may have slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, and more foreign fighters are spilling into this country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al-qaeda are going in. we could and w

words on migration, is the prime minister alluding to the uk and eu's interest and making president bashir, indicted by the international criminal court, a partner managing migration and counter-terrorism. she needs to be more explicit what she and her colleagues envisage and the process, a what it means for the horde of refugees from sudan and through sudan. >> what we are doing and what the european union is doing is looking initially at a small number of countries in africa to work with them on ensuring there's support available that can reduce the numbers of people who wish to move to europe. the cartoon process is an important process of the work being done. uk consistently said we need to operate upstream, about working with source countries, also about working with transit countries and dealing with the organized crime groups who are dealing in this horrific crimes of people smuggling in human trafficking, leading to misery. we will look at the -- the european looking at dealing with a small number of countries and of course we recognize that there are those countries where there ar

probably recognize a lot of issues which seem new but the opportunities additional help and with bashir roma. so my question to you then capt. connelly would be the recommendations from the department of justice was that part of what makes san francisco special and unique for clatter free porn is the role of this commission and certainly are committed partners at the board of supervisors and mayors office. in recommended you report to us quarterly on the progress because they're going to come in from six months from now and 12 months from now and a valuate the department harvested they feel very strongly that our structure and i'll share more about this what director david shared with the commission with a few other structured part of our strength. how do you-you might not know this just yet-given how many recommendations there are no complex the issues are, what do you think the reporting structures when to look like to us once a month >> we normally would with the second wednesday of each month. how can we make that time something will actually serve the department that the back-and-f

probably recognize a lot of issues which seem new but the opportunities additional help and with bashir roma. so my question to you then capt. connelly would be the recommendations from the department of justice was that part of what makes san francisco special and unique for clatter free porn is the role of this commission and certainly are committed partners at the board of supervisors and mayors office. in recommended you report to us quarterly on the progress because they're going to come in from six months from now and 12 months from now and a valuate the department harvested they feel very strongly that our structure and i'll share more about this what director david shared with the commission with a few other structured part of our strength. how do you-you might not know this just yet-given how many recommendations there are no complex the issues are, what do you think the reporting structures when to look like to us once a month >> we normally would with the second wednesday of each month. how can we make that time something will actually serve the department that the back-and-f

probably recognize a lot of issues which seem new but the opportunities additional help and with bashir roma. so my question to you then capt. connelly would be the recommendations from the department of justice was that part of what makes san francisco special and unique for clatter free porn is the role of this commission and certainly are committed partners at the board of supervisors and mayors office. in recommended you report to us quarterly on the progress because they're going to come in from six months from now and 12 months from now and a valuate the department harvested they feel very strongly that our structure and i'll share more about this what director david shared with the commission with a few other structured part of our strength. how do you-you might not know this just yet-given how many recommendations there are no complex the issues are, what do you think the reporting structures when to look like to us once a month >> we normally would with the second wednesday of each month. how can we make that time something will actually serve the department that the back-and-f