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what's your favorite thing in damascus?> clearly my guy andrew downwow here he loves ice cream. >> allur do you like ice cream,m too? >> um-hmm. uhmm >> what's your favorite flavor.. >> strawberry.rr >> good one. >> all right. so we just want to>> once againe thank everyone for coming outut this morning. we have a big crowd around uss and behind us guys, allison anda steve are concepts and motivation, they are a dancece team they have been around forve 40 years now we want to big thei a big shout out this morning and thank you everyone for comingg out. back to you guys. >> an into consideration thanks very much. man we can use cuteness like that on day like today. today. >> we appreciate it.pr >> a the lot of heavy stuffot ov going on out there.g on out we'll go back to dallas after the break and talk with ourith reporter who's there on the's th scene. we'll find out what's happening and get you the latest details. stay with us. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we'll find out what's happening and g

live in damascus with that story. >> reporter: a three-year-old child is buried here in all but unmarked grave. a grown-up adult adopted from south korea wants to know how it is possible that the dad who adopted him and admitted hurling him against a wall would get out of prison in as little as four years. >> and outrage to think that he got off with pretty much a slap on the wrist and the child is lying in a forgotten graveside. >> reporter: this woman feels a real connection with the li child. >> we hold him in our hearts forever, we are current adoptees who lost our families. >> reporter: brian and jennifer o'callaghan adopted him in 2013, three months later he was dead at the hands of his dad. who admitted to a judge tuesday that alone in a room with his father should have been the one place the little boy was safest. his lawyer blamed ptsd. he must have flown into an explosive rage, unable to control. the judge sentenced at the very bottom of the guidelines. >> there is a great sense of outrage in the community today. >> the little grave is decorated with artificial flowers. a few b

i would send the ambassador to damascus to talk to president assad.'s a remarkable situation that we have really no serious contact with the major partner to the conflict, and when we allow the russians, who we don't exactly view as our friends, and rightly so, we allowed them and the iranians to have a monopoly on negotiations with assad. and while we after five years of this war, that should end. the experience of how to deal with rather unpleasant characters in afghanistan and iraq, and how to -- when you can look at the three of them but would not mind easing them out as your end objective. i think we should talk as such. second thing we need to do is to have a broader conversation with the russians about our relationship. this transactional diplomacy where we're enemies on one issue and allies on another, that can only work so far. when you have real difference in interests, it doesn't do. in order for this to work, a country like russia need to feel that a real improvement in relations with you is also in their interest, and is feasible as long

that's not a normal sound here in damascus. >> narrator: ambassador ford dispatched a reconnaissance team to the site. >> we got a sense of how big the holes were and what had happened. the way the car bombs were delivered, crashing through gates with a follow-on car, was exactly what we had seen the al-qaeda organization do in iraq, and so it had the fingerprints of al-qaeda. >> the wave of car bombings that convulsed damascus showed that tactics that been successfully employed in iraq had now been successfully exported to syria. >> narrator: zarqawi's organization had not only survived, it was growing and starting to capture territory. >> two back-to-back explosions hit the capital damascus early on friday. >> authorities said at least 40 people were killed... >> narrator: back in washington, at the state department, ambassador ford was worried. he wanted to offer military aid to syrian rebels who were seen as moderates. >> my team, working in our little offices and cubicles downstairs, began to think we would have to help those more moderate secular elements compete for recruits.

and we've got work moving between damascus and germantown on 27 up near morningstar drive.ic will alternate there one direction at a time. back to you. >> thank you. as you and your family gear up for the holiday weekend, so are authorities across the country. the security measures they are taking to keep you safe. >> a warning for drivers in virgin. what ciaha >>> millions are up this morning getting ready to hea'c out of town for the fourth of july holiday and with the recent terror attack both here and abroad, security will be an all--time hide. we have a look at some of the government warning ahead of this holiday. >> bottom line is police say be aware of your surroundings know that they are out there, but also don't let the security concerns ruin your parties or travel plans. 65% of us will go to a barbecue during the holiday period. most of us will take cars or a plane to get there. one of reasons with a big boom with the 43 million people traveling is gas prices at their lowest level in a decade. that means more extra police patrols. it's not just roads that will be

, h maryland, this morning.nd, thisr if you are not familiar withiarh damascus, maryland, will youandorn a lot about thislot ab community this morning.mmunit it's the site of today's zip trip.ip annie and gary are headed that t way. way. we'll join them at 7:00. 6:27 right now. back right after this. life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event. ♪ ♪ life's sharing a meal. and a kitchen with room for everyone. spend $4000 or more on a new kitchen and get 15% back at the ikea kitchen event. >> ♪ >> 6:30 now. welcome back to fox5 news morning.ba morn a city in mourning. a country on high alert after a five police officers wereice killed in what's being called cl an ambush-style attack. att six others and a civilian wereiw hurt. the attack happening as a peaceful black lives matter protest was coming to an end. fox5's anjali hemphill is live at d.c. headquarters withh mr. on how d.c. police areic a responding to this tragedy. tra. good morning folks here in our areao unfortunately waking up to s

it is not a matter of who controls a powerful central government in damascus. finally, i think we have to be ready for scenarios over the next few years of which the syrian civil war is some what of the war of the 70s and 80s which is almost a decade and a half which there is more exhaustion than they have in syria today. >> thank you very much indeed. >> now, we'll turn to demetri for comments. >> thank you very much. the second term this year so mr. trump would say something really good. i have to say that after looking at what is being discussed in moscow and of the written reports, it looks like -- let me say first this here in march of 2011, it lasted more than five years. it is a horrible human tragedy for the syrian people. it was discussed by lost of powers. >> it creates a challenge that -- [ inaudible ] >> we do not quite know what motivates different terrors or lo lone wolf or not so lone lone wolves -- the problem of anti-terrorists -- in order to focus on this, lets remember how we got here. >> syria started five years ago. it is clear that -- just

>> particularly about syria, damascus, to the regime side, to be honest, initially in the beginning of the war i got 5 or 6 it is paranoidmaking, not dangerous to go on the other side through turkey or lebanon with the opposition but incredibly paranoid, especially syria, when you work in a regime, i was just in iran, egypt last week, there is a different kind of danger that you're going to be taken away and put in prison or killed where they have no qualms, the italian student killed in egypt and killing you, you do, you are not in danger of bombs and sniping, the most spooked i have been in a long time in damascus. it is very unnerving. >> a clever part of the book when she talks about a $100 taxi ride from beirut to damascus, it is pretty close across the border and everything changes. it is in the center. i think all three of these books it is amazing where christina talks about all these people in the news as all you guys have and they have this wonderful personal touch. the way you describe things and put yourself in, kim is talking about boyfriends calling, i would rather go to

paul on the road to damascus. you want to see a real conversion. what would that be?don't believe we can be anti-immigration. i don't think we want to deport 11.5 million people. i don't think we can say entitlements don't matter, our country is not going broke, we shouldn't shut down all of this trade. those are very bad policies. i don't think they help our country. but no one should be confused. the terrible thing is americans are faced increasingly i hear from people with no choice. they are not keen on trump and they don't like hillary either. it's a vexing situation. >> what's your advice to them? it usually comes down to a choice between two possible winners. >> i don't have any great advice for them. i did the best i could to raise the bar, i thought, for american politics, bring us together. the things that are the key for america and look, i had a great campaign. i had a great time, i'm in a great mood, i'm having the time of my life. it's just that this is something that's a matter of conscience for me. >> when you look into trump, you were on the stage wit

overnight we drop in the 60's. 69 in the city. 62 in damascus. 66 in clinton.ame in upper marlboro tomorrow morning. what is coming next is real change. everybody will get a little taste of the heat and the humidity. tomorrow we start it off and we will get to 90. slight increase sunny and hot. but then friday and the weekend everything will change. forecast for highs friday, saturday, sunday, monday. climbing to the near 100 degrees. here is the record temperature. a opponent to be within the record range. but more important is the heat index. it will feel between 105 and 110 and warm enough to have heat advisory and warnings over the area. it will be hot. next chance of rain is monday and tuesday with a cha "why are you checking your credit score? "well you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you?" "then she says...bazang!" "ok, good one." (laughs) "bazang. remember?" "bazang...you get it?" "bazang?" "yeah!" "credit karma, don't worry bud it's free." "ohhhh." "credit karma. give yourself some credit." sfx: turbines revving up, you hear that? and l

the russians have said that they support a transition in damascus. the russians have claimed that they will support a cessation of hostilities on the ground. president putin went to his people saying he would support it. quite frankly, the russians have not done in this regard with a promised, and this remains a very serious problem. senator isakson: are they the force behind assad right now? mr. mcgurk: the level of influence is something we look at. the russians were seen as the main influencer, and more recently, we have started to see the iranians eclipse them a little bit, and both of them are backing the assad regime, and we say to the russians, look at this. you guys are in bed with the assad regime, with hezbollah, with the quds force. you guys, what is your long-term strategy here, and, frankly, i do not think they have one, so they came in to try to bolster up the assad regime, and i thought they would find a path out of syria, but that is not the case. the only way to have a sustainable solution is where our forces can organize against the

making its way to damascus and mount airy. few more back to the west. what the big story is is the heat the hottest day of the year potentially tomorrow. more heat on friday and then, yeah, the heat will last. kind of which exclamation point, too. how long will it last? i've got your forecast. >> new at 11:00, the white house says president obama will find help for drug addicts. a bill lets the federal government award grants to states to treat people who were addicted to pain killers. the legislation is dprooifgs control policy which is focused on law enforcement rather than on treatment. 47,000 people in the country died from opioid overdoses in 2014. 0e7 outside deaths surpassed car accidents as the number one cause of injury death. for more information open our nbc washington app and search opioid addiction. >> tonight, the bloomingdale community came together to remember a staffer killed over the weekend. neighbors held a candle light vigil for seth rich. he was shot during a robbery. neighbors are concerned that construction from the first street

reporter: 4-year-old mariah, somehow managed to keep her angelic smile in the midst of water outside damascus. with jets overhead, her father encouraged her to pray, to stay calm. bu interrupted. by an explosion nearby. mariah survived. but across syria, the government of bashar al assad, backed by extensive russian help is on the offensive. and nowhere the situation more dire than in aleppo, troops are moving in. the combined syrian-russian offensive has intensified bombing of aleppo's main hospitals. nbc news obtained images taken just bombings. hospitals turned into killing fields. a little girl, injured and unattended in the midst of chaos. >> translator: the hospital is out of service completely said a nurse, and without it, even the smallest injury could lead to death. there are 350,000 civilians trapped in aleppo and they're running out of everything, even food. this family's refrigerator, like so many others near empty. russia and still open a so-called humanitarian corridor for people to leave aleppo. acttivists say it's just a way to clear the city before an attack and possible take

years in prison for killing his adopted son during sentencing today. 38-year-old brian ocallahan of damascus, maryland was arrested last year in connection with the death of 3-year-old madick. he beat the child after he and his wife adopted the boy from south korea. the former marine claimed he suffered from ptsd after serving in iraq. >>> a small group of landscapers at arlington national cemetery are protesting in that area for better pay and sick leave. they're hoping employers who are not affiliated with the cemetery will have a change of heart after months of negotiating. some say enough is enough. >> reporter: as you can see here at arlington cemetery workers are on strike. they say for months they tried to negotiate for better pay and sick leave but they say they've not gotten what they deserve. >> reporter: mario ramirez is one of two dozen groundskeepers who protested outside of arlington national cemetery tuesday. he's rolled up his sleeves to help maintain this perfect landscape over the last 15 years but even as a long time employee for two out of town contractors, he's never had

the syrian military was taking it on the chin and a number of areas north of damascus. that is what prompted moscow to decide to send several thousand russian military personnel, aircraft, weaponry, artillery, tanks, you name it, to prop up the regime they have invested in in the last 50 years. the downward trajectory of their fortunes were reversed as a result of that engagement on the part of moscow. we believe fervently that assad is part of the problem, not the solution. he is the reason, after the atrocities he has perpetrated on his people, that he is lost a -- he has lost all legitimacy in terms of ruling that country. that is also one of the reasons why we have so many syrian people in arms against assad and the government in damascus and foreign fighters. we believe that although he is strengthened on the battlefield relative to last year, we are continuing to push the russians because the russians play a critical role in this. there will be no way forward in the political front without active russian cooperation, as well as true and genuine russian interest in

really on the ropes in terms of the syrian military taking on the chin a number of areas north of damascus. and that is what prompted moscow to decide to sends several thousand personnel and artillery and you name it in order to prop up the regime that they have invested over the last 50 years or so. the downward trajectory of the regime's fortune was reversed as a result of engagement in moscow. we believe that assad is part of the problem, not part of the solution. he is the reason after the atrocities he perpetrated on his people, he lost all legitimacy in terms of ruling that country. and that's also one of the reasons why we have so many of the syrian people up in arms against assad and the damascus and foreign fighters. we believe that although he may be strengthened on the battlefield relative to where tefs last year, we really are continuing to push the russians because they play a critical role in this. there's going to be no way forward on the political front without active russian cooperation as well as true and genuine russian interests in trying to find a political half becaus

but another anti-government group reportedly attacked a town outside damascus after the cease fire announcement and the britain based monitoring group syrian observatory for human rights says artillery attacks continue between the syrian army and anti-government rebel group outside aleppo. they had agreed on a ceasefire in february but fighting flaired again and it seems unlikely peace talks will restart any time soon. >> britain's vote to leave the european union came as a shock to many investors and worried it could result in a drop in prices. so much uncertainty out there. >> with the impending british exit, people don't know what's going to happen to things they own in the united kingdom, for example stocks and property prices and regarding the latter, uk real estate prices have been rising as funds flowed in helped by the easy monday policy of central banks around the world. now many are pulling their money out and that led six investment firms to freeze assets totally more than $19 billion. that's about 60% of the real estate fund market. mng investment said it halted withdraws from its f

as we take a look in damascus du we have a tree down in the road.th at 27th.7t give yourself extra time there. 270 still looking good butookin congestion popping up by the poe truck scales.tr and we'll take a live looke outside in lorton. 95 on the northbound side. s disabled vehicle. you can see thosdie flashing fln police lights taking out that lane. traffic is definitely heavy def right there.right there little bit heavier on theiteavi southbound side and northboundtd side definitely jams througheljs lorton. south of that point congestion popped up in stafford as well. so busy day on the roads andoa a the rails right now but we gottt you covered. any questions for your commute at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. tr back to you annie and wisdom. wo >> federal appeals court hasou s ruled that immigration agents can detain parents who try to cross the border into the u.s. . with their children.hi but the children have to be released from custody androm cud quickly sent to live withveh relatives. >> supporters of the ruling says it ends the "inhumane pract

. >>> nbc news exclusive, a rare one on one interview with syrian president bashir al assad in damascuswe confront the man we call a murderous dictator. >>> hunt for a serial killer in parks and driveways. tonight, a city in fear, streets and playgrounds empty. >>> robocall alerts, scam phone calls soaring and technology that tricks your

damascus only got to 75. this may end up being the nicest day of the month.w this may be the nicest day of the month. mid to upper 70s on the shenandoah valley. in the mountains here, here we are early july, lower 60s. in town, beautiful. humidity, 38%. the weather headlines, passing showers sunday. tomorrow, more clouds. i don't think we're getting out of the 70s because we won't have the sun. heavy rain potentially with storms on t 4th. as we get in to tuesday, fewer showers and storms. not a yellow weather alert but we're going to have to monitor that. beyond that looks like the first big heat wave of the season is going to build by the latter half of the week. yellow weather alert monday. we may have to bring this in to the high category. as far as gusty winds, that's low. heavy rain moderate. that may have to go up. this all comes other concerns with that. if it all works out, this should give us a really nice sunset. from indianapolis to st. louis and toward areas in missouri, all of this is moving in our direction and that's the problem. even though we

. >>> nbc news exclusive, a rare one on one interview with syrian president bashir al assad in damascus. we confront the man we call a murderous dictator. >>> hunt for a serial killer in parks and driveways. tonight, a city in fear, streets and playgrounds empty. >>> robocall alerts, scam phone calls soaring and technology that tricks your caller id and people are getting bilked out of thousands. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. donald trump who once turned fielding job candidates into a hit tv show is borrowing some of that flair as he builds suspense tonight for his vice-presidential pick expected to be announced friday after publicly auditions them on the road, he ramped up the chatter with meetings with some of the apparent finalists. trump's vp choice becomes even more critical as our new poll of background states shows the gap between trump and hillary clinton narrowing. nbc's hallie jackson has details. >> reporter: with air force trump grounded for repairs,

moving east as i said at 40 miles per hour, so gaithersburg, damascus in just a few minutes. dayton and howard county, about little bit of lightning. we got temperatures now from 6 the 74. they're not going to drop much overnight and get ready, because it's going to get hot quickly. i'll be being ba in a few minutes to tell you about this coming heat wave. >> thanks, howard. >>> they say the show must go on and tonight it did. all the rain did not stop the big fireworks extravaganza on the national lawn. >> had ellison barber join us live. just a few extra umbrellas down there? >> reporter: the crowd spent most of the day huddled under umbrellas waiting, watching and hoping the fireworks show would go on tonight and it did, right on time at 9:09. >> we waited in the food court until the rain stopped and came in the last minute. it was perfect. >> it was foggy so you couldn't see like the whole thing but it was still a gre s fireworks, that's all anyone needed to make all of today's rain seem worth it. no matter the age -- what did you think about the fireworks? >> it was amaz

more of bill neely's rare one-on-one interview with syria's president bashar al assad in damascus.up next on "andrea mitchell reports" right here on msnbc. ing like one. real is making new friends. amazing is getting this close. real is an animal rescue. amazing is over twenty-seven thousand of them. there's only one place where real and amazing live. book a seaworld vacation package and eat free. built a sandcastle?id? ha, no, i switched to geico and got more. more? 24/7 access online, on the phone or with the geico app. that is more. go get some mud... all that "more" has to be why they're the second-largest auto insurer. everybody likes more. mhm, i think so. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >>> and secretary of state john kerry has arrived in moscow today to meet with russia's president vladimir putin. they are expected to discuss a u.s. proposal to coordinate with moscow on military operations in syria for the first time, including setting up a joint command and control center. after more than five years of civil war secretary kerry is hoping that this deal wi

that is.ha lane reductions will be placedel along route 355 and southth >>> today we're heading to damascus for our zip trip. t we'll explore all things thatl t make dam mass can can you say cy is wonderful place to live. we invite you to come by and say hell low.sa wisdom gary and annie will bed l out there starting at 7 o'clock.o'ock. >> 4:35 is the time right now nw and it would be curious see what the weather is going to be like. l we know it's going to be hot.'st >> i heard there might be somee rain. ra hopefully not.hopelly >> hopefully not for the zipullf trip. >> no, not for the zip trip. all the thunderstorms will beerw later on this afternoon intoaf this evening. some of them could be strong, sr maybe even severe.re. we're outlooked for someore severe weather, theeather, the possibility of that later ony this afternoon. pretty steamy out there inteam spots. now, this dewpoint off 68 degrees here in town, town, that's a lot lower dewpoint dewn than where we have been the last couple of mornings wherengh we've had dewpoints in theha lower to mid 70's.d wer to right now 68 degrees.8

iran's air force flew a boeing 747 from tehran to damascus. yesterday. this is the documentation of it. iran systemically uses commercial aircraft to spread death, destruction, and mayhem and we can do something about it. so divorce in your mind, mr. chairman, the notion of the nuclear deal that the gentleman from new york was speaking about. completely separate. this is our ability to stop an iconic american company that is basically said, well, look, somebody else is doing it. let me ask you one question in closing, mr. chairman. when does history ever treat well the entity that said, i did this terrible thing because somebody else did it too. -- did it too? i urge adoption of this amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from illinois yields back. the gentleman from new york. mr. serrano: how much time do i have left? the chair: two minutes. mr. serrano: this is about the iran deal. you can paint it any way you want. anyone can say what they want about it, but it is about a deal that people owould like to destroy. so a

temperatures have cooled off a lot to the north. 62 in damascus, middleburg. low to mid where it's a little bit more humid and that humidity is going to creep up. today was just the prettiest day we'll see for the next three or four days. tomorrow, a lot more clouds. spotty showers. temperatures aren't going to move much. average highs in the upper 80s. we'll see temperatures popping up mid to upper 70s, maybe somebody gets to 80 and it does look like we've got a lot more on the way. shower and thunderstorm activity tomorrow night in to monday, potentially tuesday as well. i'll come back in a few minutes, detail the 7-day forecast. oh, yeah, and a little heat wave as well is on the way next week. that's coming up. >> because of that forecast, many of you may try to take the boat out, hit the water before it rains later this holiday weekend. but authorities say there are a few things that you're going to want to keep in mind first. john henry got out on the water with some emergency crews earlier today. >> reporter: as you can see, it's a beautiful day out here

at least eight people killed after mortar fire rained down on a government controlled quarter of damascusng a restaurant. this according to reuters. the syrian observatory for human rights said dozens were also wounded. >>> north of los angeles there are concerns over a massive wild fire that has forced the evacuation of more than 1500 residents in the santa clarita valley. fire officials described it as a freight train just ripping through the hills. more than 33,000 acres, 35 square miles, have been scorched since last week. the so-called sand fire is threatening hundreds of homes as more than 1600 firefighters battle to contain it. flames have consumed at least 18 structures, mostly in the angeles national forest. one person was found dead inside a scorched car. but is still not clear whether the fire caused the death. at last report the blaze was only 10% contained. so on the heels of that let's get a check on weather right now with nbc meteorologist steve sosna. it is hot, hot, hot, steve. >> yeah. and that's an understatement alex. a lot of the country scorching here for today. chec

because of what has happened in the damascus the palestinian groups have found themselves increasingly under siege in lebanon so in effect their protector so the government as a protector of any sort has been undermined. so we can look to syria as a major ally. let me turn finally to jordan. one minute. okay. i don't think i can quite talk that fast. but i will try. the statistics again with jordan are very depending on whether talking about official statistics from un agencies or the government. the government has a tendency tendency to for its own purposes to exaggerate the numbers that are reportedly there. government says there's 2020% of the population, in any case, there are clearly significant impact particularly on the northern governor in jordan and on the presence of the refugees, the majority that are not living in camps but living in urban areas and on the syrian border. one again is to see the refugee crisis in jordan against the previous background in 19481991 people living in the golf in 2003, the u.s. invasion of iraq and so on. but these other crises in some ways are v

echoing the work, and talked about it being connected to the wider med terrain area and talked about damascus and this is the front of the building. you can see the contru pcontras color schemes of the mosque. people were not so interested in this as this stuff was going on next door. but it is clear this post office bombing has rattled him. he doesn't refer to the bombing itself but talks about the building next door and he called it the most frequented public building in the city and one whose architectural value is of greatest. the post office was a logical target were the terrorist. it was the largey and costliest building and it is an emblem of foreign rule. what the terrorist couldn't see, and what eric mendelson was aware of it, it more the private stamp of its builder and that is a man named austin saint barb harrison. harrison was the chief architect of the british mandate. he is named after his deceased ancest ancestor, jane austin. he embodied a kind of britishness but he was a brit when left england going to college in canada and never went back. he was not at home in england but

guy guy, simply been productive celebrations erupting in the streets of damascus after turkey's militaryiming is seized power from president erdogan. will the military coup 60? k.t. mcfarland pastor robert jeffers lou: breaking news now on the military coup occurring now in turkey. marshall law has been declared. the military has taken charge. we know both in ankara the nation's capital and a stumble its largest city. president erdogan has been forced to use his iphone space time app from an undisclosed location to broadcast messages. he is beseeching the turk is published to resist the coup. turkey's national intelligence spokesman claims that the coup attempt has been quote repelled. nato's chief has called for full respect for turkey's democratic institutions and constitution. witnesses have reported to have witnessed a large blast that has been heard in istanbul. our own reporting and conversations with two people there, ambassador breathe in a stumble and laura wells correspondent for grn radio, oval radio. both saying much the same thing that the coup has been successful at least i

guy guy, simply been productive celebrations erupting in the streets of damascus after turkey's military0? k.t. mcfarland pastor robert jeffers p?p?h the american red cross urgently needs blood and platelet donations and asks donors to schedule an appointment to give now. every two seconds someone in the united states needs blood. your blood donation is critical and can help save lives. please schedule an appointment today. download the blood donor app, visit redcrossblood.org, or call 1-800-red cross today. you can make a difference. lou: breaking news now on the military coup occurring now in turkey. marshall law has been declared. the military has taken charge. we know both in ankara the nation's capital and a stumble its largest city. president erdogan has been forced to use his iphone space time app from an undisclosed location to broadcast messages. he is beseeching the turk is published to resist the coup. turkey's national intelligence spokesman claims that the coup attempt has been quote repelled. nato's chief has called for full respect for turkey's democratic institutions and

paul on the way to damascus. what could that be?e can say entitlements don't matter, that our country's not going broke. those are very bad policies and i don't think they help our country, but no one should be confused. the terrible thing is that americans are faced increasingly, i hear from people, with no choice. they're not keen on trump and they don't like hillary either. it's a vexing situation. >> what's your advice for them? >> i don't have any vice for them. i did my best to raise the bar for politics. look, i have a great campaign, a great mood. >> you don't know whether this is real or p.r.? >> i have to go by what people say. when i hear things, they mean something to me. >> you're good on accountability, you got to make your numbers. you got -- what do you make of the accountability issue? should somebody stand up? >> chris, they have to decide that. i'm not getting in the middle of their campaign. ing in i would say to discuss an opinion about that. i'm not here for the purpose of handle things differently. i really do

it happened at his damascus home february 2nd, 2014. at first, slipped in the bathtub. he died days later. the autopsy revealed he had a skull fracture. these advocates for global adoption came to court to say that they believe he deserves a long sentence. >> we have been outraged by this death. we are upset that mr. ocallahan is having several witnesses speaking on his behave but no voice for the child who has been murdered. >> reporter: the prosecutors are speaking for the child asking for the maximum and the judge is handing down the sentence, or is about to hand down the sentence, we're standing by to report it to you and to bring you reaction. ahead at 6:00, how and why he lied on his application to catholic charities in order to adopt this young boy who had disabilities and special needs. ths montgomery county circuit court, chris gordon, news4. erika, back to you. >> thank you. >>> jarrett lewis is scheduled to enter a plea agreement in d.c. federal court. earlier this month, the news4 i-team reported that he was charged with pretending to be the civil rights ico

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i'm bill neely from damascus. goodbye.

because of what has happened in the government in damascus, under siege, the palestinian groups have also found themselves increasingly under siege in lebanon. in effect they are a protector to the extent you could think about the assad goflt as a protector in any sort has been undermined. they can no longer really look to syria as a major ally. let me turn finally to jordan. one minute. okay. i don't think i can quite talk that fast but i'll try. the statistics again in the case of jordan are varied depend whether you talk official statistics from u.n. agencies or the government. the government has a tendency for its own purposes to exaggerate the numbers that are reportedly there. government says they are 20% of the population. and in any case, there are clearly significant -- there's clearly been a significant impact particularly on the northern governance in jordan on the presence of refugees. the majority of whom are not living in camps but living in urban areas on the syrian border. one again needs to see the refugee crisis at this point against the background of previous refug

they are mucking around in beirut, in damascus and in baghdad. are studies who would tell you, are we invading -- are we effectively running this government? it is not like they have clean hands either. all i know is, charlie, if they don't get drafted, the iranians and the saudi's, find some way to stop fighting over who will properiroper he to the -- heir to the proper mohammed from the seventh century, mother nature will kill them all. charlie: is not that what is obama suggested to them? tom friedman: there was tough love by obama, and he is right. charlie: he has got less than six months. tom friedman: in general, i think he has navigated a really difficult time pretty well. --?lie: but you now believe tom friedman: on syria, he has not shown enough imagination. charlie: he has learned a lesson he thinks that he knows better, because of the experience he has seen, because of perhaps the advice he is getting from his military, or everett might be? -- wherever it might be? constructive criticism of what he has been doing, he seems to be mainta

. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry is talking about an agreement between moscow and damascus to conduct a, quote, large-scale humanitarian operation in syria, one that could displace hundreds of thousands of civilians, already caught in the cross fire in the fight against isis. >> it has the risk, if it is a ruse, of completely breaking apart the operation. >> translator: aleppo and the suburbs have ended up in a difficult situation and are nearly in a critical humanitarian situation. >> reporter: the united nations has expressed concern that the russians and assad regime using the operations to clear out the city for military purposes, a forced displacement, if you will, which some suggested would be a war crime. the white house is wary. >> we're taking a look at russia's announcement of the humanitarian corridors, but given their record on this, we're skeptical, to say the least. >> reporter: experts say when it comes to syria and the fight against isis, moscow and washington aren't in the same book, let alone on the same page. >> we've got about as much common interest in