compared to the amount of money they stole from banks when they took over cities throughout iraq and city syria>> there through your work with rand you estimated last year that isil produces over 150,000-barrels of oil a day. that's huge. that am has changed significantly since then. what is their current production load? and what is best way to cut in to that revenue stream? >> so the best estimates of current production are around 30 to 40,000-barrels a day. at least that was as of october before the major wave of air strikes known as tidal wave two started. the best way to cut in to that he have knew, there are a number of ways, one way is to stop them from producing. second way is to stop them from moving the oil. and that's really what those air strikes were about. to stop them from being able to move the oil from the fields, the trucks and then from destroying the trucks so they couldn't move the oil beyond that. other than that, stopping them from smuggling the oil to potential buyers and those potential buyers may be anywhere, right now all of the evidence indicates that a large portion

syria. they likely obtained the equipment when it took control of major cities in syria and iraq.east one of the paris attackers had been registered as a refugee in greece using a fake syrian passport. >>> time for an early start for your money. asian markets opened lower. we are looking at dow futures in the red for this holiday shortened session today. u.s. firms are gearing up for the lifting of sanctions on iran and it is not just oil companies that are interested in doing business there. the wall street journal reports hp, apple and general electric are exploring getting into the iranian market. sanctions could be lifted as early as january and could represent a huge opportunity for american businesses. iran's tech market alone could be worth $13 billion within four years. >>> hyatt is the latest hotel investigating a data breach. the company found malware on the computer payment system. it is unclear how many customers may have been affected. last month, starwood and hilton reported similar. if you stayed at those hotels, check your bills. >>> let's see what is coming up on

it's the name of a village a small city in syria. the reason is because according to their interpretation of prophecy, prophecy, they believe that there will be a final apocalyptic showdown between the west and islam in te city. theycity. they believe it is their calling to trigger this apocalyptic showdown and when they recruit fighters are recruiting them to be a part of this army that will trigger this final showdown, islam will when in the whole world will be governed under their circles led by the emergence of the 12th imam why is this important? plays an important for the next secretary of state? because when you understand you realize these are not people you can negotiate with them and not people that will go out of business, not individuals that are disgruntled, disgruntled, not people that are upset because american troops were deployed but individuals with an apocalyptic vision of the future who will not stop until they feel they have succeeded in triggering this apocalypse. it is similar to the views held by the ayatollah.

nothing compared to extortion, oil, money they stole from banks whether they took over cities throughout iraq and syria. >> you have estimated last year that i.s.i.l. produced over 150,000 barrels of oil a day, that's huge. that amount has changed significantly since then. what's their current production load and what's the best way to cut into that revenue stream? >> so the best estimates of currently production are around 30 to 40,000 barrels per day. at least that was before october, the major air strikes tidal wave 2 started. the number of ways to cut into their revenue is, stopping them from producing, then stop them from moving that oil, that was the air strikes were about, they couldn't move the oil beyond the trucks. other than that, stop them from smuggling the oil to the potential buyers, the buyers could be anywhere. a large portion of their cells are within their territory, very difficult to stop. and then sales to syria and beyond their territory to other countries. >> back in august 2014 when the oil strikes began, back then oil was over $100 a barrel. now it's only $35 a barrel. having?

city was crucial for i.s.i.l. which needed to set up supply lines from syria to iraq. it allows the group to bring fighters from raqqa and other areas across the border to ramadi. it is an important link to falugia which is 70 kilometres away where i.s.i.l. has control. both cities have strategic importance as they are on the doorstep of the capital baghdad. the director of the iraqi institute for democracy and development, he says even if iraqi forces push i.s.i.l. out of ramadi, they still face resistance elsewhere >> one of the factors which apparently they learn the lesson, that once liberated with the shia mobilisation force have taken over, and now they learned this lesson and they tried to avoid any involvement by the shia mobilization force. however, among the sunni tribes, there are still inner squabble and fighting, who will control it. they are against the previous governor, against the council. so who will council it even-- control it. this is hasn't been decided yet. in addition to that, there is a big problem because most of the i.s.i.l. who is fighting t

syria. >>> police in southern california say two mosques in the city of hawthorne were vandalized with paint on sunday. a replica of a hand grenade was left in the driveway of one of those mosques. cops suspect both incidents were hate crimes. the fbi has been asked to join the investigation. this comes one day after police near palm springs arrested a man for allegedly igniting a fire at an islamic center. i'm kelly wright. now here's "hannity." >> welcome to the special edition of "hannity," jihad in america. a poll shows 79% of americans say a terror strike is very or somewhat likely to take place in the next couple of months. but 44% indicating that it is very likely to happen. despite the serious concerns, president obama has done very little to calm americans' fears. according to the same poll, 57% disapprove of his handling of terrorism and that say record high for that particular poll. if you've been listening to the president's comments on isis, should not come as a surprise back in 2014 during an interview he said, quote, well, the analogy we use around here, sometimes and i think

they likely obtained equipment when it took control of major cities in syria and iraq.at least one of the paris attackers was registered in greece using the fake syrian passport. >>> time for an early start on your money. markets in asia closed lower. dow futures are pointing lower for the holiday week. u.s. firms are gearing up for the lifting of sanctions on iran. the wall street journal reporting that hp and general electric are exploring getting into the iranian market. sanctions could be lifted in january. iran's tech market alone, get this, could be worth $13 billion within four years. hyatt is the latest hotel investigating the data breach. the company found malware on the computer payment system. that is becoming a way of life. >> the latest in the long list. >>> hundreds of black lives matter protesters shutting down a busy airport and snarling holiday traffic for thousands. gifts for the tech-savvy uncle. and the 5-year-old. done and done. with up to 50% off our hottest tablets, like the ellipsis 10-inch tablet for $99.99. get the best deals and the better net

syria. we have sandbags in the emergency room, and sometimes we have to do hospital underground, his is a hospital that is northern -- in a cave, and this is a hospital in the cityf aleppo that is four meters underground. most of the hospitals in syria are underground. we have 102 hospitals inside syria. last year 67 were targeted by barrel bombs, compared to 30 hospitals one year before. and we try also to connect the hospitals over there by physical care specialist inside united states by medicine. we we have electronic icu. with specializes in the united states. this is what we had in europe. all evolves agree that targeting a hospital is a war crime, burt unfortunately happening on a daily basis in syria. this is a refugee camp. 80 or 85% of syrian refugees are not in camp. this is only one of the few camps in jordan. and this is actually -- i came from greece a couple weeks ago and i took this picture of one syrian refugee who made it to the island, and he hat this picture what to do after he arrived in greece. i have the whole picture, and it tells instead when you take a train or when you walk across the border to macedonia or serbia or hungary, and how m

catherine: is it possible that this kind of truce deal could happen in other cities and areas of syria as well? adam: it absolutely is. in fact, it has happened elsewhere. quite a few examples of that having been the case. perhaps not as significantly as here in homs. this is something we have talked about a lot in the past, the very fractured nature of the opposition. take anys that, if you kind of top-down approach to peace initiatives, it is very difficult to find any coherence between the different groups and to get them to agree, as is probably being found out right now in riyadh. some of these opposition groups are locally based, protecting just the area they are from. they wouldn't consider fighting elsewhere. they don't feel beholden to any other external leadership. themder to get buy-in from in any larger peace plans, you would have to negotiate, to some extent, at their ground-level. and the other thing is that even when these local troops -- don't -- truces last, they can provide windows for aid workers to provide assistance and medical care to people. and can provide relie

. >> jihadi john killed on a city street of raqqah, syria, killed on the city street of the strong holdrous place for an asset. as i say, when you're thwarted in one direction with one particular discipline, you try to compensate for it in other ways. >> like operating from the safety of space. jihadi john tracked, targeted and taken out, all with the help -- >> five, four, three -- >> -- of spy satellites. >> and we have liftoff. >> hundreds of spy satellites help american intelligence find, follow and fight terrorism. of course, using spy satellites isn't new but what they can do will surprise you. >> they can sense, you know, the same sense as your body has. >> the director of the national reconnaissance office, nro, the agency launches and operates can see and hear, sense heat, even feel vibrations. >> think of what you used to do as a kid, we used to play near railroad tracks and you could feel the train coming before you could hear it. you're going to hear it before you can see it. >> today's satellites can detect the use of specific chemical or radioactive weapons. critical capab

the 23-year-old from the eastern french city of strasbourg had gone to syria two years ago. time for our business news with stephen carroll. you are starting with the very witht on the troubles volkswagen. >> it is good news for the carmaker. had a number of cars that they say the over -- it was reported that 800,000 cars in europe could have been affected by the understatement of carbon in missions and fuel usage, but volkswagen says that number is just at 36,000 after further investigations by the government. -- by the company. it was thought that a defeat device had been installed. genie: you have a bit of a scoop from australia, where police have raided the home of a man who could be the creator of the virtual currency bitcoin. the search took place at the home of a man called craig rice. says it is part of a tax investigation and has nothing to do with his connections to bitcoin. our correspondent has details. house in a suburb rented by a man reported to be one of the creators of bitcoin, stephen wright, on a study and businessman. their investigation suggest there cou

city by government troops is inevitable. "the new york times" reports that isis has lost 14% of the territory they have held since january. the most significant losses have been in northern syria. isis still has a strong grip in the major cities of raqqah, in syria, and mosul in iraq. and right now turkey is taking steps to secure its border with syria. officials are building a concrete wall and reportedly installing razor wire in an effort to stop the flow of supplies to isis. the international organization for migration says that more than 1 million migrants and refugees have crossed into europe this year. officials say this year saw the highest migration flow since world war ii. >>> sergeant bowe bergdahl was arained in a short military hearing yesterday. he deferred entering a plea on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. the judge also gave permission to postpone a decision over whether bergdahl will face a jury or a judge alone in this case. bergdahl was held by the taliban for five years after he walked off a military base in afghanistan back in 2009. >>> still ahead here on "way too early," president obama is on vacation, but the pressure is on with sp

when we come back, retaking of ramadi, the efforts to are capture the city from the isil fighters. plus evacuating syria, a rare u.n.-backed deal offer opposition fighters and their families to leave parts of the country. >> a landmark deal that has been reached between south korea and japan could resolve the issue of wartime sex slaves. today the japanese government saying it feels a deep responsibility over the issue and will pay millions to help the 46 women who survived the ordeal. south korea's foreign minister saying the matter is resolved if japan follows through on its promise. >>> in a one civilian is dead, 13 others were wounded after a car bomb explosion afghan police saying that a sued bomber set off a car full of explosives next to this pick up truck. it happened near kabul airport. >>> in iraq this morning military officials sayin saying that the army is now in full control of the center of the bail ground city of ramadi. they have clear the government center, al jazeera's jamie mcintyre live in the pentagon. how significant is retaking of ramadi. >> well, very significant. they're congrat

two of the cities with syria taken over by isis had two passport offices with boxes of blaine passports and they can put whatever pictures they want in there. they are coming from the southern most border. >> they told you they are seeing these syrian passports. >> the border patrol is picking them up. they are turning them over to isis and isis bringing them into the country. my problem is when you have a jokester like the white house spokesman this little jerky kid when he is on tv saying how they have all of this intelligence, he is telling a lie. it's a dam lie. they interviewed him over the other side and they let him into america with the visa with their passport. half of the passports we don't know how they are real. it could dam we will be isis. >> it is horrible. >> they are telling us isis has a plan they are getting in. they confirmed all of this there's no way to vet everybody. why not put a pause to protect the safety and security of the american people and not gamble with their lives temporarily until we get a raise. >> if we don't put a pause of some sort they put it to t

city. >>> in syria, at least 17 isis militants have been killed in airstrikes. syrian government forces booby trapped several farm buildings late yesterday. they detonated explosives, as eyes rebels gathered in the area. been the location of intense clashes. >>> china's long-standing one- child only policy is now history. according to state media, lawmakers approved legislation today, allowing chinese couples to have two kids. that one-child policy was put in place back in the 1970s. it had been eased recently. the ruling communist party says it is in response to china's aging population. >>> star wars isn't the only reason to visit the movie theaters right now. stars abound on the big screen and many have their eyes on the oscar. we have a few suggestions about which films you won't want to miss. >> and this is not a scene from little too close this is the best block of all. it's like candy cane lane. i know. oohhh. oh, holiday ferris wheel. i kind of love it. look at those reindeer. jeffrey, you're awfully quiet back there. i was just thinking... maybe it's ti

we've learned two of the cities in syria taken over by isis had two passport officers with boxes of blank passports and they could put whoever's picture they want in there. also, we've learned that they're coming from our southern most border into america, so -- >> you told me this earlier this week. you talked so some of your friends on border patrol and i.c.e., they're seeing these syrian passports. >> border patrol are picking them up, seeing the passports, turning them over and bring them into the country. my problem with is when you've got a jokester, the house of the white house spokesman, jerky ki talking on tv, saying how they have all this intelligence, he's telling a lie. it's a damn lie. they let them into america with the visa, with their passport and half of the passports now we don't know who's real. you have a syrian passport, it could be isis. >> it's horrible. they're telling us isis has a plan that they're getting in, they have fake passports and we've confirmed this and there's tho way to vet everybody. why not put a pause to protect the safety and security of the ameri

syria. it is divide public opinion. thousands are rallying in the city. >> reporter: an emergency demonstration calling for mps to vote no to joining air strikes against i.s.i.l. in syria. though passionate they're unlikely to sway the decision. the prime minister was would not have a vote unless it is insured that it is western australian of sol dart. >>> we will will be act willing with our allies. it is right to do this to help to keep our country safe. the action we are taking is part of a strategy. >> reporter: the debate is dividing the nation and the opposition labor party whose leader has made the action his life's work >>> that military action is going to kill civilians in raqqa. it is going to create maybe some martyrs as a result of it. that military action, where does it lead to? >> reporter: since august last year coalition forces have dropped thousands of bombs in syria but i.s.i.l. is still in place. the u.k. is also effectively bombing i.s.i.l. targets in iraq and could make a difference in syria. it's aircraft can deliver highly accurate

it's a city in syria they believe will be the site of a final armed confrontation. people becoming radicalized are being inspired to join the army to win that fight and usher in a global caliphate. by the way, the threat of a homegrown violent extremist is the most significant and dangerous development in this entire war on terror because they become undetectable. in essence, you're talking about individuals that were on no databases. no one had any reason to be concerned about them apparently until the day of this attack. these are very difficult plots to disrupt. sometimes they involve family relationships, as in the case of the boston marathon. obviously in the case of the attack in california. we need better intelligence gathering capabilities to try to disrupt them and more importantly in this particular case what i'm most interested in, is where do they get $30,000 to $40,000, which is what it would have cost to assemble the arsenal they had. based on what he earned working as a health inspector, there's no way he paid for this. they may have been inspired is,

city. and the violence in syria forced millions to take enormous risks to reach europe. among them was the family of 3-year-old alan kurdi. his lifeless body was found washed ashore on the turkish coast. some of the family members have now reached canada. his uncle and family are among the 25,000 syrian refugees that canada promised to welcome by the end of february. alan, his brother and mother drowned trying to cross the mediterranean sea. >> thank you for the people. thank you for the government and thank you for the group. >> i'm very happy and excited. at the same time i'm sad about my uncle's kids. >> at least 26 have been killed, and 82 injured in attacks in north-eastern nigeria. >> emergency services say two bombers struck a market in the town, and neighbouring borno state gunmen opened fire and detonated a bomb. no one claimed responsibility. the suspected boko haram is behind the attacks. nigeria's government says it's now got the upper hand over the armed group. the announcement coming days before a head line. the government set to defeat them. al jazeera has

the capture of the city was crucial for isil which needed to set up supply lines from syria into iraqit allowed the group to bring fighters from its syrian stronghold of raqqa across the border towards ramadi. ramadi is an important link to fallujah. less than 70 kilometers away to the west where isil also has control. both cities have strategic importance as they're on the steps of the capital baghdad. he says even if iraqi forces push isil out of ramadi, they face resistance elsewhere. >> one of the factors they learned want lesson once they liberated with the shia mobilization force over and they're actually in direct to tikrit, they learned this lesson. however, among the sunni tribesman, there are still squabble and fighting, who will crop it. they are against the governor, against the council. who will control it. this we haven't decided yet. >> in addition to that, there is a bigger problem, because most in isil fighting them are part of the same tribes in anbar. they they rock sensile between these two within the party, how we will deal with them. in addition to all this, what

that group is fighting isil within the city, in northern syria, they were not invited for two reasons. a, in turkey, the national coalition based here, designated that party as a terrorist group with links to the kurdistan be workers, for the last 30 years. the syrian opposition force designated or accused that group of carrying out atrocities and ethnic cleansing in areas that they liberated from isil. that's the background for not inviting them. but the fact that they are a force on the ground, fighting isil, they are backed by the united states, and the americans gave them weapons, and they already are ruling large parts of northern syria, they are quite significant, and it's a big deal, i think, and it could cause future problems for the city in opposition, and also for the regional countries as well. >> still ahead, soaring sales in california are driving americans to buy guns, and a string of storms battering the pacific northwest. when they will see a break from all of this rain. >> analysts say that the attacks in paris and san bernardino are pushing more americans to buy guns

isil gains include iraqi city of ramadi and to syria city. the claim that the superior british missiles will make a difference is actually quite hard to credit, when the u.s. and other states as an intervention said earlier, when u.s. and other states are struggling to find targets come extending british bombing are not likely to make a huge difference. secondly, the prime minister has failed to convince almost anyone that even if british participation in the air campaign would tip the balance to the incredible ground forces at the take back territory now held by isil. in fact, mr. speaker, it's quite clear to our no such forces. last week the prime minister suggested that a combination of kurdish militias, the free syrian army, would be able to fill the gap. he even claimed a 70,000 strong force of fighters who were ready to coordinate action against isil with the western air campaign. that claim has not remotely stood up to scrutiny. kurdish forces are a distance away, in the sunni area were isil controls. it includes a wide range of troops

this development in syria comes a day after iraqi forces declare a major victory retaking the city ofadi from isil. the prime minister has been touring the city and has made a series of defiant statements saying he and his forces will take mosul next. >> translator: i congratulate the iraqi people on the liberation of ramadi and retaking it. the iraqi forces have dealt a heavy blow to isil and their followers and collaborators. we won't stop until each city and village is liberated. we are coming to liberate mosul to defeat isil. we will achieve final victory over the group with the determination and resolution of our great people. >>> the united states is warning that there is more work to do to secure ramadi. our correspondent is in the iraqi city erbil, and says the hunt for fighters in ramadi continues. >> reporter: when the prime minister made his way to [ inaudible ] his helicopter came under fire. there were isil fighters present in the area, who tried to attack the plane, but they couldn't really, because it was out of range. but it gives you an indication that this area is no

the last trip to the pentagon was in july following the capture of several cities in iraq and syria by isis. >>> tomorrow the republican candidates will hold their final republican debate of 20 final republican debate of 2015 and now we can expect donald trump to take aim at texas senator ted cruz. cruz is surging in the latest poll. one new survey has him ahead by 10 points. yesterday donald trump said that cruz was a bit of a maniac in an interview with fox news. >>> the boston bruins will host the edmonton oilers. the black and gold won two straight and won points in 10 of the last 1 games. >>> this morning a veteran and his service dog has been reunited. jeremy was hit by a car in and spent last week very sick. his subpoena was removed. his liver and heart bruised and his ribs crack. his owner was right there when it happened. he said watching jeremy suffer has been so tough because jeremy has been with him every tempt way during his struggle with ptsd. >> we are a partnership. that is like it is with any service animal. we are a partnership. and i would do anything for him. >> mic

ike eye soldiers backed by tribal fighters began a push to recapture the city on tuesday. >>> syria andreed on key principals for peace talks in beijing. >>> four palestinians have been killed across the occupied west bank in one -- in most of the incidents israeli forces say they were retaliating after being attacked by the men. it's the latest in this spate of violence that started in october. >>> human rights watch has ak gued the nigerian army of gilling more than 300 civilians in the north of the country earlier this month. the shia muslim group has tried to assassinate the army chief of staff. but the group found so much evidence of an attack. other members of the sect were killed when a man was arrested. the killings were at best an overreaction to a road protest. daniel is the executive director of the african division of human rights watch. >> if you really look into the military's version of events, it really does not stack up. the army chief arrived in the area one hour before a military was deployed around the mosque. prior to his arrival, exactly an hour before the chief of

french newspapers say he's a 23-year-old from the eastern city of strasburg, who left for syria in 2013. all of the attackers identified so far were either french or belgian, all native french speakers. the bataclan concert hall the deadliest location of the november 13 terror attacks. >>> colleagues, voters, and political observers all over the country are agreeing on one thing, presidential hopeful donald trump has gone too far, all the other republican candidates have criticized trump's idea to block all muslim from entering the united states, so have democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders, still trump himself is ignoring all calls to retract his statements, trump will be in new hampshire tomorrow. >>> the time is 6:49 on your wednesday morning, can anyone stop the nba's hottest team? >> the golden state warriors looking to their streak and now up oto-- to the celtics. with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. after 12:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte or macchiato for $1.99. every sip. the taste uniquely dunkin'. each cup uniquely you. brewed fresh because it's not

cities. kurdish fighters are prevailing in syria as well. as one analyst put it, losing matters. >> u.s.ilitary footage of an airstrike near a syrian town last thursday. colonel steve foreign, spokesman for the us-led coalition, says attacks like this killed high-ranking leaders of the so-called islamic state. >> they have killed 10 isis leaders with airstrikes, some who were linked to the paris attacks and others had designs on further attacking the west. >> among those killed was one i.s. leader who had links to abaooud, the suspected ringleader of the bombings and shootings that left many dead in paris last month. authorities say he had been active in syria. the airstrikes have severely weakened the terror group. >> this organization is losing its leadership. we are striking at the head of this snake. we have not severed the head of the snake get and it still has fangs, we have to be clear about that. there's much more fighting to do. >> he said they could encounter an insurgency but there are few leaders now. sarah: the city is in reliance, with 80% of it destroyed. then there's the

the group to bring in fighters and other equipment from their stronghold in raqqa through syria tory mati. the city is only 110 kilometers west of baghdad. an iraqi journalist and political analyst said the army is taking an inclusive approach with sunni fighters part of it. >> it's very hard to put time lines, but the expectation little a martyr of days, partly because many areas of rimadi have been cleared of daish or isil fighters. at the moment, where they're moving towards is their actual headquarters, the former government complex. whether it's by the weekend or at least a matter of five, six days, it's not clear yet. what count's is of course what happens once they are inside the town center, what happens to the civilians. there has been some air cover from coalition forces, but that is being held off. they're trying not to use too much air power simply because there are still civilians inside and it's very hard when you're fighting a war that's a guerilla war. you do have the iraqi army taking the front line battles, and you also have tribal elements who are predominantly sunni arabs who ar

. >> killed on the city street in raqqa, syria. killed by missiles from u.s. british drones. >> as i say, when you're thwarted in one direction with one particular discipline, you try to compensate for it in other ways. >> like operating from the safety of space. jihady john tracked, targete and taken out, all with the help of -- >> 5, 4, 3 -- >> -- of spy satellites. >> and we have lift off. >> hundreds of spy satellites, help american intelligence find, follow and fight terrorism. of course, using them isn't new but what they can do will surprise you. >> they can sense the same senses your body has. >> betty sap is the director of the national recognizance aufofe and the satellites she agency launches can sense and feel. >> we used to play near railroad tracks and you could feel the train coming before you could hear it. >> they can detect radio active weapons or specific chemicals. critical capabilities when it comes to monitoring global hot spots such as syria and iran. >> whether it's falling signals or tracing weapons, whether we're making sure that the

. >>> we have report was of a suicide bomb attack in syria in the city of homs. at least 40 civilians reportedly killed or injured. that's all we know right now. when we get more information, we'll bring it to you. >>> an iraqi army commander and six soldiers have been killed in a suicide bomb attack. he detonated his suicide vest at a border post near saudi arabia and anbar. no one has claimed responsibility. iraqi troops are fighting isil fighters who have captured large swaths of territory in anbar including its provincial capital of ramadi. >>> technology is on its way to help combat the campaign by isil fighters to destroy the cultural heritage of the middle east. british volunteer archaeologists are photographing ancient tell me pems and shrines so they can be rebuilt. from oxford, jessica baldwin reports. >> reporter: packing up 3d cameras and all the materials volunteers in syria will need to photograph important sites of cultural heritage. we can't show the simple, low-cost cameras they'll use because it might engage the photographers. it's a race agains

intensifying pressure to target isis militants and officials inside raqqah, the stronghold in that city in syriailitary official tells us tonight that al baghdadi, not him, but the leader of isis, is under a more pressure but also able to move in and out of the city freely under air tight security. the question of whether to target leaders like him, avoid civilian casualties is weighing heavily inside the white house and on minds of those who want to be the next commander in chief. we have to warn viewers, some images in the story some might find disturbing the city bust into consciousness with horrific images enemies of isis killed in battle, severed heads displayed in the center. crucifixes of nonbelievers in open for passing residents to see. western journalists can't get into raqqah but human rights groups say atrocities are part of life in the stronghold. tellingin' why, city hall in raqqah houses isis administrators, police and fighters. "the new york times" reports top floors are a dorm for fighters. outside observers might think city hall would be a prime target for coalition bombing. wh

. >> while fighting in the area continues and is perhaps the most intense, anywhere in syria in the central city of homs a u.n. administered ceasefire is holding. the u.n. chief steven o'brien met the residents, said lifesaving humanitarian aid had been delivered the first time in months. in southern damascus, iranian backed pro-government fighters have been tunneling towards government positions. antigovernment fighters say they are trying to cut a supply route to damascus airport. they say the proregime force does not recognize the truce signed by bashar al-assad's government. and more than 50 people have been killed on attacks in an opposition stronghold east of damascus. it happened after the u.n. chief wrapped up a three day visit to the area. >> this situation is unacceptable, a blot on our collective conscience. >> there are about 7.6 million internally displaced syrians. 2 million children are out of school. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> let's go live now to dominic kane in paris for more on the meeting of foreign ministers there. hi dominic. i guess what they're looking for is consensus

syria? >> launched air strikes on the city of aleppo. in yemen, the station has become the norm. >> . >> . >> here comes another boat, no matter what triggered the movement, the war in syria, germany's implied province to take them in, and the false promises no matter what started it, no matter what perpetuated there is no easy way of stopping it. >> your family got across and you were stuck here? >> walking to germany, it is a very very long way. these people have been here for more than two hours in a stand off. [crying]. >> there's a somber realization of the people and the faces they have left behind. they have to take care of them. ♪ . >> we just saw the war. we don't want to two to europe. just stop the war. just that. >> . >> some of the most powerful moments from 2015, now let's take you back to dubai, and pictures of the five star luxury are hotel, the address you can see the flames there engulfing the hotel, we'll have more from dubai at the top of the next hour. stay with us. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern

syria. where in the last year there have been similar agreements in the city of homs and yarmouk, although this last deal is on hold after the killing of a popular rebel leader on friday. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> wounded rebel fighters and their families cross into lebanon from syria. the end of months of anxiety and uncertainty about their future. they were trapped in zabadani near lebanese border. the city has been the focal point of intense fighting, but after the series of set backs, the rebels lost most of it to the army, that has been laying siege to the area. the wounded and their families will be taxicab to turkey, their final destination is unclear. there could be sent to refugee camps ton border with syria. or moved to areas under opposition control inside the country. also, as part of the deal, shia militia fighters were given safe passage out of small towns in northern syria. these pro-government fighters were evacuated to turkey. it is first leg in a journey that will take them to lebanon and then syria's capital which is still largely a stronghold of president bashar al-

-led coalition the city eye -- isis. in syria today, u.s.-backed forces say they've taken raqqa. that city is the self-proclaim capital of isis. despite that the majority of the americans haven't convinced that the country is making any headways against isis. a new cnn poll showing just 18% of americans think the u.s. is actually winning the fight against the terror group. 40% believe isis is winning the first weather test is on the doorstep. >>> i'm tracking snow, ice and rain our first winter storm on the way. how it will impact that commute and when to expect energy supply rates keep going up and down. at eversource, we don't like it any more than you do. it doesn't mean more money for us. it means that the market price of the energy we buy for you has changed. so we're working with partners across the region to increase our natural gas supply and bring in affordable, clean hydropower from canada. because more energy means lower energy supply rates for you. ever new england. eversource. >> tonight residents in parts of texas are picking up the pieces. at least 11 people were ki

let's hear from the north iraqi city he is from syria, which led to the violence a year ago, and livesn the camp on the outskirts of iraq. he should be in school, instead he polishes metal. he is one of 2 million children, syrian and iraqi, in this country who haven't completed a school year because of the war against isil. put simply, there aren't any schools to go to. >> i love going to school. i want to go back to school and see my friends. working is hard. >> unicef says it needs $75 million to provide basic school for the next year, money it says it doesn't have. private charities and individuals are trained to fight back. this is the school. it starts by teachers and attended entirely by students who fled the violence from elsewhere. here they have 1800 students and the education is provided for free. he came here after isil took over the neighborhood two years ago. she teaches english and is still in couch with her family, and says the situation is dire. >> i do know -- still they don't have money to go out of falujjah. so you can't imagine -- without a school. >> charities work

he's from the city of strasbourg and reported to have traveled to syria back in 2013. this morning the french prime minister told news outlets there that the attacker was part of a group of a dozen radicalized young people who left a neighborhood in strasbourg in september 2013. mohamed-aggad was able to travel back to france and take part in that attack at the bataclan concert hall where the worst of the carnage took place in the november attacks in paris where 130 people lost their lives. foued mohamed-aggad was identified by french authorities by matching dna with family members... "after his mother received a text message from syria telling her her son had died as a martyr in the paris attacks. the mother reported this text to french police. chapman bell, president obama paid a midnight tribute to the victims last week. laying a single white rose at the bataclan club. there will now be more security measures at iowa energy games... beginning today... attendees will be screened at the door with metal detectors. fans are advised to bring only necessary items... to he

city. new leader of one of syria's most powerful rebel groups vowed to take revenge.has called on all opposition forces to show the united front. is a long-range missile located from sanaa after months of shelling people in the country are being forced to resorted to old methods a report. the city has been virtually under a state of siege for months, sdproorlt food, water and medicine, yemenis are trekking with their animals as their ancestors did. it's an exhausting journey. >> for the estimated 200,000 people the u.n. says need help, it's camels and donkeys that are making it possible to survive at a time when being caught between the houthi gunmen and saudi-led airstrikes makes life a daily struggle. 5,700 have been killed. across the country, the u.n. estimates 2100 people need basics, water, shelter and food and despite resilience for people on the ground, people are getting worse. medicine is in such short supply, the city's largest hospital was forced to close doors. these animals are a life line. two palestinians have been shotded in the occupied west bank aft

while fighting in the area continues, and this perhaps the most intense anywhere in syria, in the central city of homs, an u.n.-administered cease-fire between the rebels and the government is holding. the humanitarian chief stephen o'brien met residents. he said that u.n. has been able to deliver life-saving aid in the district for the first time in 11 months. but this is now under threat. iranian-backed rebel fight verse been tunneling towards opposition positions. they say they're trying to cut a supply route to the airport. they say the pro regime fighters don't recognize the truce signed by president bashar al-assad's government. and more than 50 people have been killed in attacks on an opposition stronghold east of the damascus. it happened as the u.n. humanitarian chief wrapped up it's three-day visit. >> this situation is unacceptable. a blot on our collective conscious. >> there are 7.6 million internally displaced syrians. the u.n. said that three-quarters of them don't have access to drinking water while two million children are out of school. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> and there

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the bulletin warned that "individuals from syria with controlled cities or had passport blanks, may have traveled to the u.s. " the director of the fbi first revealed the problem publicly on wednesday. >> the intelligence community is concerned that they have the ability -- the capability -- to manufacture fraudulent passports, which is a concern in any setting. >> reporter: several of the fraudulent passports have already been discovered in europe. most noteablynotably, in the paris attacks, when authorities said one of the suicide bombers used this forged syrian passport to come into europe as a refugee. >> and brian with us now. this is very concerning, a printing machine and what about the concern, they could use the fake passports to come here? >> reporter: that is a very serious concern here. someone would still need to get a u.s. visa to come here. but u.s. officls are going through immigration officials to see if anyone made it into this country with one of them. >> brian ross on the trail again tonight. brian, thank you. >>> to other news this evening and now to boston. the runa

syria where u.s. special operations forces are now on the ground fighting isis. the americans are supporting allied militias, including kurdish forces that our charlie d'agata linked up with near the isis capital city. >> reporter: the thick fog line inside syria was slow. we were about 40 miles from iraq athe headquarters of isis, but their fighters were just a few miles away and no one wanted to make a wrong turn. past deserted villages, we finally reached their line of defense. it wasn't much. one of the soldiers looked like he was barely into his teens. these are the syrian rebels the u.s. is training and equipping. until a few months ago, this isis. glooming days like these are a nightmare for rebel forces guarding front lines. isis militants use the fog as cover to launch sneak attacks. they can't see them coming until it's too late to stop them. the group leader told us u.s. warplanes can't see them, either. and while he said he was grateful for american support, he hadn't actually seen any of the ground. had. we met him at his base camp deep inside syria. discussing? "mainly coordination on the ground," he told us, "weapons and ammunition and who gets them, and they also uponned to see how

bataclan concert hall has just been identified, french 23-year-old from the eastern city of strausburg, who left for syria in 2013, all of the attackers identified so far were either french or belgian, all native french speakers. the bataclan concert hall was the deadliest location of the november 13th terror attacks. >>> this morning, we're learning more about how the san bernardino killers could've funded their weapon arsenal, and a deadly shooting spree, cbs news reporting that syed farook got more than $28,000 loan from an online lender just a few weeks before the attack. investigators are continuing to look at the couple's finance apart of the investigation. a group of police officers who rushed in after that terror attack in san bernardino are telling their story. for the first time we're hearing at least one child witnessed the shooting that killed 14 people and at an office holiday party, one police officer describes how he worked to keep that hill -- little boy calm. a small child, 8-year-old little boy that was just terrified, just shivering, almost, to the point, shaking like a leaf. and i said

city to welcome in 2016. ♪ >>> rebel factions in syria are fighting back to regain control of areas lost in a government offensivee army backed by russian fighter jets have launched a major campaign to recapture a city on an important route that connects the south and the capitol, damascus. hashem ahelbarra reports. >> reporter: these rebel fighters are on the counter offensive. they are launching an attack to recapture an opposition strong hold in southern syria. they say that part of the government offensive were either destroyed or forced to retreat, but the army backed by russian fighter jets say the fight is almost over, that the city will soon be under its control. >> the russian arrival is like a game changer, it added more military assets, more air power, more intelligence. since we know earlier when president assad said i don't have enough personnel in order to fight. so accordingly the russians are here trying to, you know, limit the spill back of the regime. >> reporter: it's the birthplace of syria's uprising, while the capitol is still under government control, the rebels have captured most of the to

military has known that isis uses the city hall in raqqah, syria as an administrative center and a dormitoryres of fighters. isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi may even have been in the city hall, which is part of a group of buildings that is reportedly the closest thing isis has to a headquarters. but here's the problem. one that illustrates why ted cruz's claims are so entirely disconnected from reality. that city hall, it also houses a jail where isis puts men caught sneaking a cigarette and women spotted with clothes that reveal even a hint of skin. in other words, it's where isis houses innocent people. victims of isis. you bomb that building and you kill them as well. and maybe create new terrorists in the process. which is why in an interview with npr that was released today president obama had a pointed message for those critics who want more bombs to fall. >> who is it you're going to bomb? where is it you're going to bomb? when you talk about something like carpet bombing, what do you mean? if the suggestion is that we kill tens or hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians and iraq

. >>> in the middle east a deal something worked out to let isis militants leave syria's capital city and possibly join up with other terrorists all in the name of humanitarian aid. correspondent kevin corke is traveling with the president in honolulu and has details on a move that may complicate one of the president's most vexing foreign policy crises. >> amid the fierce fighting and continuous air strikes in syria. a controversial deal is in the works. one that could help the thousands of civilians trapped by violence in one of the country's largest cities. also provide a way for some isis militants to leave the area. perhaps joining with other terrorists in raqqah. the deal, nothing brokered by the united nations, but is being observed carefully by the international community would give safe package from yarmouk, with some isis families transported to raqqah. their removal would allow international aid to flow once again to the families trapped in the area. essentially a deal to allow the terrorists to leave so aid can return for those left behind. experts say the deal, while shock