allys are stepping up air strikes on oil fields controlled by isis in eastern syria. according to the new york times. the mission is to cut off the main source of revenue. new information about two deadly suicide bombings that killed more than 40 people and wounded more than 200 others in southern beirut. one would be bomber tells cnn that he was sent by isis. i want to go live to beirut and bring in cnn's ian lee for us. ian, it looks like -- are you in beirut or cairo? you're in cairo. give us an update on what we know right now. >> reporter: christine, this would-be attacker would provide most likely a lot of information that is desperately needed. of course, the area is cordoned off and investigators are looking for clues. they are looking to see who helped the attackers and how they were able to get the weapons and get to the target. this is an area that has military checkpoints and checkpoints from the militant group hezbollah who is a shi'ite group backed by iran fighting in syria against isis. this attack was a dastardly attack. these were people shopping and

the attack happened over the weekend in eastern syria. ps dropped leaflets warning drivers to abandon the vehicles before it opened fire. the year includes nearly allr-éf syria's oil fields. u.s. officials say about half of the terror group's funding comes from oil. general griffin is live at the pentagon. what more do we know about the airstrikes? >> reporter: the pentagon says u.s. war planes hit 283 fuel trucks in eastern syria part of operation tidal wave,; this follows another 116 isis fuel tanker keys steroid in air strikes last week. defense spokesman says none of the drivers of these vehicles were killed. all coming as the white house4p% faces increasing pressure to step up efforts to destroy isis. >> i don't think nick believes its happening fast enough and we're escalating our steps. the president even in the last weeks before paris took place, made major decisions to put additional people on the ground, special forces. >> reporter: the state department wouldn't say what e+ those 50 u.s. special operators that the president recen

war planes that bombed eastern syria, a number of people were injured. the town on the border with iraq has opinion under i.s.i.l. control since last summer. the syrian government says it's taken control of a strategic high into the divided city of aleppo. the road was cut off by i.s.i.l. forces last month, but the government has lost ground on another key supply line in northern hammer. a bottle for control on beirun in neighbouring lebanon. >> reporter: this is one battle on a war that is focusing on syria's highway. neckaching control of most of mourek on the main road in the west of the country has been under control. they have been backed by russian air strikes. the rebels have managed to take background in this region. mourek is north of the city. it is close to a main highway that runs through syria's major cities. the government wants to take full control of the countryside to be able to protect its strong holds in lappakea around push further north. >> translation: the ray gene pushed to-- jay gym pushed into land roots. the opposition has now t

as they push toward roca, the self-proclaimed capital of isis in eastern syria. the air campaign as you said, increasing both the numbers of aircraft and shifting closer to the fight in turkey is aimed at improving the efficiency of an air campaign that so far has come under criticism for not putting enough pressure on isis. >> sreenivasan: i was going to scrks how does the administration i should say how does the military measure its success in this air campaign? >> well, the goal is, and ash carter secretary of the defense came out with just the other day in trying to identity ramadi, roca and raid, ramadi in western iraq. racka, the capital of ice nis the eastern part of syria a commando raids to go after the leaders, that is what they want to do is put pressure on those two main cities through oftentimes through raids, isolate isis in its some of its key areas, and shrink the territory that they control in syria and iraq. that's one of the many objectives the pentagon has more. >> sreenivasan: eric schmitt of "the new york times" joining us from washington, t

eastern syria, western iraq.report, dana, that they have flown 2300 sorties in 28 hours. wow. whens was the last time you were able to report that? tonight the french say they have 10 fighter jets in the air over syria, by the end of the weekend, the charles de gaulle aircraft carrier will in the eastern mediterranean, that will bring their total to 36 fighter jets that can work around the skies, of syria and iraq. the french military is behind on this operation, but they are clearly and quickly catching up. >> 2800 sorties by the french. meanwhile today -- >> russians. >> and french are also attacking. meanwhile our side, the americans, john kerry today in paris no less, says he suggested there was a quote rationale to the terror attack on the "charlie hebdo" office in paris. and somehow bill, i'm wondering, does send a signal to the french where we are in the war on terror if he says there's a rationale to slaughter innocent journalists? >> i won't interpret his comments. i don't know what he was thinking. i do

the united states announced it destroyed 283 fuel tank erts used to transport oil in eastern syria. the obama administration hopes the sanctions will weaken the regime and make a political and diplomatic solution more likely >>> two prominent journalists have been arrested in turkey, accused of evading state security and being part of a terrorist group. they work for a pro-opposition newspaper. they published a paper accused of smuggling across the border. reporters without borders condemned the arrests as political persecution. >> we came here to defend journalism. we came to defend people's rights to inform. the rights to learn the truth if the government is lying. we came to corroborate that the government should not commit a legal act. >> two men have been arrested in mali in connection with an attack on a hotel. 20 were killed when gun then launched a raid on a hotel. the suspects identified using information funds on a mobile phone. >> tunisia identified the bomber as a local street vendor. 12 were killed in the matter. i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility. the interior ministry sa

-led coalition that hit oil trucks in eastern syria, just a few hours after france hit those 20 targets in the i.s. organization's stronghold in syria. but essentially what the pentagon is telling us is what the french and americans from now on will be doing is, well, more intelligence sharing. essentially the united states will give the french that little bit more access to the data and information that the u.s. military currently has. the details of which we haven't been told exactly what they are. you can imagine that yesterday's air strikes had something to do with it. the united states has, of course, good information on which targets can be hit i, without too much, to use the american term, collateral damage. in terms of the tactics that the united states will be using from here on in, we heard from u.s. president obama speaking earlier at the g20 summit. he did not announce a change of strategy, despite quite a lot of pressure here in the united states, most notably from the right, for him to change that strategy and to even put ground troops in syria. that is something that bara

. >> reporter: the pentagon points to north-eastern syria where an offensive against syrian democratic forces drove i.s.i.l. out of some 280 miles and 200 small villages. the u.s. coalition supported 79 air strikes, which it says helped to kill 300. the idea of dispatching pore u.s. special operations forces closer to the front lines, to provide advice. call in air strikes and increase coordination. president obama ordered up to 50 u.s. commando to syria. so far, they are yet to arrive jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. . >> five people, including an american israel were killed after they were opened fire in the west bank. earlier two israelis were stabbed to death in tel aviv. 15 israelis and 88 palestinians killed since violence broke out last month >>> still ahead - for the first time in decades, more mexican migrants are leaving the united states than entering. and the factors behind the numbers and what it could mean for the u.s. i.s.i.l. uses techniques to expand its reach. its reach. >>> the federal government is taking steps to make it difficult for american corporations to avoid

is working with the russians because he wants greater military action now on these targets in eastern syria. that is why that is happening. with regard to the requests he will make on behalf of barack obama, we were given an idea yesterday when the president said that greater security cooperation will be happening between american and french intelligence agencies and the military, as it relates to eastern syria and western iraq. and, according to the president, that gear is now in motion, as of today. >> hey, bill. it is john roberts. i know this might seem counter intuitive but the french have been conducting dozens if not hundreds of raids going into people's homes in the country. are the french police being cautious about overreacting here? part of isis strategy appears to be to cause grievance among muslim communities across europe. having french police and other police going into people's homes or knocking on their doors or knocking down their doors is part of that strategy. so are the french police being wary of being overreactive here? bill: i can say this, jon. one of the bombers wh

spokesman in baghdad says american planes hit 283 oil tanker trucks in eastern syria on saturday. it's part of a concerted campaign to cripple the militants' oil revenues. u.s. planes chased off the truck drivers by dropping warning leaflets and making strafing runs before dropping the bombs. planes are also bombing oil facilities. << >> weather ad-lib we'll see a little bit more melting today as temperatures reach the upper 30s and lower 40s with some decent sunshine. some of that moisture though could very well lead to some overnight/early morning fog tomorrow, but we should break that off and get another decent day with highs near 40 before develops tomorrow night. wednesday, will be a very gray and gloomy day with fog, drizzle and light rain, so low visibilities will be the main travel issue at hand then. see graphics. >> police have arrested an 18-year old man in connection with the murder of a pregnant woman in indianapolis. 28-year old amanda blackburn -- the wife of a local pastor -- died after a home invasion earlier this month. she had been shot in the head. early this m

will share more information with the french as it specifically per tan is to isis in eastern syria and isis in western iraq. yesterday the french president said this about syria. the biggest factory of terrorists the world has ever known. ambassador john bolton is on deck. he reacts next live to that after this. jeb bush: leadership means you've got to be all in. it's not about yappin'. it's not about talking. it's about doing. i know how to do this because i was privileged to serve in florida for eight years. and we turned the systems upside down that weren't working. 1.3 million new jobs were created. we cut taxes every year. income rose in people's pockets. people were lifted out of poverty. children started to learn. as president of the united states, i pledge to you that i will solve problems. announcer: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. hii'm here to tell homeowners that are sixty-two and older about a great way to live a better retirement... it's called a reverse mortgage. call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it

money, that it was likely to result in the establishment of a caliphate by islamic extremists in eastern syriawhich is exactly what happened. they knew that was going to happen, and they proceeded to do it anyway. so when the u.s. government starts trying to point the finger at other people for helping isis, they really need to have a mirror put in front of them because by their own documents, as an extraordinary clip demonstrates thomas they dare huge responsibility for that happening. to say nothing of the fact, as i said the closest allies in the region actually funded. a step further back, "washington post" reported six months ago what we call isis is really nothing more than a t militaryx-baathis officials who were disempowered and alienated by the was invasion of iraq and the subsequent instability that it caused and then the policies of the securing -- the securing policies of prime minister maliki and basically taking away all of the power of those shiite and iran militias and the like. i think what everyone understands the reason there's such a thing as isis is because u.s. invaded ir

isil fighters have reportedly been killed by russian war planes that bombed a popular market in eastern syria. a number of people were injured. the town on the border with iraq has been under isil control since last summer. meanwhile, the syrian government said that it has taken control of a strategic highway in aleppo. the road was cut off guy isil forces last who, but the government lost ground on another key supply line. >>> mustard gas is again being used in syria. the report said that the gas was used between quiting between isil and another rebel group in the town of maria in august. it is the first time that it has been used by syria since they agreed to stop the chemicals. >>> and now where the prime minister has been chosen to replace victor pontiff after massive street protests. 20,000 took to the super storm of bucharest on wednesday night after the fire that killed 32 people. the former prime minister is likely to face his first court hearings in november. jackie rolan has this report. >> nearly a week has passed, and the people are still coming to pay their respects. the street o

more than 100 aimed at isis in eastern syria. russia and west divided so often, united here in a common fight. and united at the un security council which has passed a french resolution calling on all countries to confront isis. all five permanent members of the security council have had citizens who have been killed by isis in the last year. isis, it calls a global threat. a group that is hunted now on the streets across europe. jose. >> bill neely in paris, thank you. >>> twice, this week alone, president obama has made pointed remarks on terror attacks that have taken the lives of so many innocent people, including americans. in malaysia the president said the siege in mali stiffens his administration's resolve against terrorism. >> we will stand with the people of mali as they work to rid their country of terrorists and strengthen their democracy. with allies and partners, the united states will be relentless against those who target our citizens. we'll continue to root out terrorist networks. we will not allow these killers

- anybody with experience, gaining the epist myelogy, before they operated in western iraq and eastern syriaey all anticipate boots on the ground at some point. >> rose: roger from paris, tell me how you see it, the conversation we have been having and a sense of the mood and mindset in paris. >> well, charlie, paris is subdued. it's wounded. it's angry, very angry. and i think that as long as you have isis controlling territory where it can sell oil, it can raise money, it can organize attacks like the heinous bloodshed that we've just seen in paris, i think that we have to removeov isis's control of ts territory. and we have to do it sooner rather than later. >> the truth is finding some way to stop the syrian civil war is a critical piece of beating isis, and i've-- and i've said before, i do think that we should try and establish some safe havens in syria and particularly, further to the east, away from assad's turf so we can basically tell the russians, look, this is not a threat to assad. this is a humanitarian endeavor. we're not going to be in conflict with your military protectingim

monday the united states announced it had destroyed 283 fuel tankers boo being used to transport in eastern syria. the obama administration hopes these latest sanctions will weaken the syrian regime and make a political and diplomatic solution to the bar in syria more likely >>> the british prime minister has laid out his case for launching air strikes in syria. speaking to parliament david cameron asked the opposition to support vote to support action in syria. that vote could happen as early as next week. he didn't commit to putting grown forces into syria. instead he said there's an estimated 70,000 fighters there that could help in the fight against islamic state in iraq and the levant supported by british and coalition air power. >> reporter: prime minister david cameron has laid out his reasons for why forces should be extended. he said i.s.i.l. is how representing the number one security threat to britain and action must be taken immediately. every day we delay they are getting electroninger. at the head of my 5 and the joint swellings committee chief told him that the risks of inaction ar

monday the united states announced it had destroyed 283 fuel tankers being used to transport oil in eastern syriaobama administration hopes the sanctions will weaken the regime and make a political and diplomatic solution in syria more likely, al jazeera. >>> at least 27 people were killed in two separate attacks in iraq, 11 of them were civilians and killed during a military air raid on an international neighborhood fallujah and 16 died in a suicide bombing in ramadi in the province of anbar, injured in a car ramming attack in the occupied west bank and he was shot at and managed to flee the scene and palestinian shot dead after allegedly trying to run over two israeli pedestrians and happened near the west bank settlement just north of jerusalem and two israelis were slightly wounded and 101 palestinians and 21 israelis were killed since the wave of violence began last month. pope francis spoke out about corruption in kenya which he says are hurting progress and the head of the roman catholic church were addressing for the country to develop. >> translator: it can destroy and mean having a hand

took out 116 oil trucks in eastern syria. it's reportedly the first time the u.s. has gone after the vehicles, the islamic state uses to smuggle lucrative crude oil. the plans for the raid predate the terror attacks and target a source of income that brings in tens of millions of dollars each month for isis. also yesterday, the "uss truman" deported from norfolk, virginia, one of ten super carriers in service, it will be used in support of coalition attacks on isis. >>> and declaring france is at war, french president francois hollande issued a call to arms during a rare joint session of parliament at versailles yesterday, vowing to forge a coalition capable of defeating jihadists at home and abroad. >> >> translator: transis that war. the acts committed last friday in paris and near the national stadium are acts of war. they constitute an aggression against our country, against our values, our youth, against our lifestyle. the worlds who have attacked, hitting innocent people, are cowards who shoot unarmed people, so we are -- this is not a war of civilizations, b

oil fields controlled by militants in eastern syria are now a primary target of airstrikes.ed --paign has has not stopped their production of oil. donald trump has called iowans stupid over their support of ben carson. carson'sd on concessions about a violent youth. donald trump: he says he had a pathological disease. if you are pathological, there's no cure for that, folks. vonnie: several polls show carson leading trump. if you pay more and get less with buying your thanks giving turkey, blame bird flu. out one flu wiped million turkeys in 15 states. frozen turkeys are largely -- are largely unaffected. most were processed before the outbreak. do you have turkey on thanksgiving? tom: we had to mortgage the youngest child to get the turkey this year. we got one of those heritage organic things. you would not be caught dead looking at something like this in italy or in london. we do this idiocy in america. luigi zingales is with us from the blue school, in chicago. -- he has theer .ost concise read in the crisis it is a terrific, concise, pro read on what we have wrought and

television says that 10 fighter jets are in the air tonight looking for targets on the ground in eastern syriahe also says by the end of this weekend the charles degal aircraft carrier will be positioned in the eastern mediterranean to bring the total number of fighter jets to 36. the french clearly behind on the military front. it would appear tonight they are catching up quickly. the russians. you mentioned that a moment ago, more than 2,000 sorties flown in two days. that's what the kremlin reports earlier today. with regard to the u.s. military, for what is believed to be one of the first times more than a thousand tanker trucks loaded with crude oil, the that isis sells on the black market to fund the terrorist activities, more than 100 of those trucks taken out overnight last night. on the investigator front, numerous reports throughout the day in the country of germany, at least five people said to be arrested. some women, some men, but late word tonight indicating that most of those five apparently had no connection to what happened here in paris on friday night. further west in belgiu

and then they have been reluctant to project power even into eastern syria, forget about iraq proper.there's also a little bit, we have to admit, of poking the u.s. in the eye or perceived poking the u.s. in the eye here. what's your answer to the criticism that russia is boxing the u.s. out in syria, and iran is doing the same in iraq? that they're filling if not a complete vacuum, at least a partial vacuum left birdie minished u.s -- bydiminished participation there? >> we think that is not borne out by any reasonable analysis of what's taking place. if you rook at the spaces that they're -- if you look at the spaces that they're filling, it's the spaces that, frankly, they used to fill with greater -- with less risk to their interests. so, for instance, the assad regime has longstanding relations with russia, long been a client of russia. they could count on that as a transit point, as a base of operations for their military in the region as necessary. now they are, the space they're filling is the very small and diminished, remaining piece of syria that is controlled by the assad

out of north-eastern syria. i.s.i.l. is gaining ground in afghanistan where their greatest enemy is the taliban. mass pass >>> opposition forces begin an effort to push i.s.i.l. out of northern syria, days after president obama announced the presence of u.s. boots on the ground in syria. zeina khodr has more. >> reporter: america's partners on the ground, the syrian democratic forces announced the start of an offensive hoped to end i.s.i.l.'s presence in the nearby corner. the newly formed alliance includes kurdish, arab and assyrian forces and will receive the help of u.s. special forces, planned to be deployed to syria in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> reporter: we announced the first step to liberate syria, many are participating in the effort with the coordination and support of the u.s.-led coalition: u.s. backing for the syrian-kurdish y.p.g. is not now. many areas have been cleared in recent months, it's trying to recruit more groups from the syrian-arab majority to create a unified national force. the y.p.g. is cri

. >> reporter: the pentagon points to north-eastern syria where an offensive against syrian democratic forces drove i.s.i.l. out of some 280 miles and 200 small villages. the offensive was supported with 79 air strikes, which it says helped to kill 300. the idea of dispatching pore u.s. special operations forces closer to the front lines, to provide advice. president obama ordered up to 50 commando. so far, they are yet to arrive jamie mcintyre at the pentagon. douglas ollivant joins us, a former director in the iraq and obama administrations. polls show a large majority of americans believes the u.s. is losing the fight against i.s.i.l., in an editorial you wrote, you cited progress made in iraq. you mentioned the taking of sinjar and baiji and positive developments in the stalemate around ramadi. is that not much to show for an investment of more than a million a day from the u.s. for more than a year. >> as i lay. the progress is real. you are right, it's been slow and disappointing. it's been slow and disappointing not because the strategy is wrong. i maintain we have the right str

have reportedly been killed by russian war planes that bombed a popular market at the center of eastern syriaa number of people were injured, the town on the border with iraq has been under control since last summer. the syrian government says it has taken control of a strategic highway in the divided city. the rout allows it to supply it's forces based in the western part of the city. it is cut off by fighters last month. there have been weeks of fighting the government along with it's allies pushed into this region. al jazeera is in beirut in the neighboring remember monoand reports now on the battle for syria. this is just one bat until a war that is focusing on the highways. the opposition has advanced in the country side. faking control, a town on the main road in the west of the country. there has been weeks of fighting since the government many syria, along with it's allied pushed into this region, they have been backed by russian air strikes with uh the rebels have managed to take background in this region. more rack is north of the controlled city, it is close to a main highway that

eastern syria has enriched themselves for centuries. that all exist today. town in which people in charge are not syrians. they grew up there and are being told what to do by 18-year-old tunisians or iraqis that are from iraq. this franchise began as a foreign led franchise. now it is being led and eventually -- >> should we admire this? michael: no, you have to defeat it. what i'm pointing to is there is a fundamental vulnerability. the people on the ground do not want to be ordered by them but they need in alternative. charlie: which is exactly what happened in the awakening. one second. bernard-henri: if you take for whatle the case of mosul, is happening is a battle which will happen in the next month. we will need -- they will need an alliance between the kurds and sunni. what this is what is taking shape today. now, there is an emergency. the emergency is a bloodbath in paris as you had in new york. son, was abeloved lawyer. a member of a great american cabinet. he had his -- one of his best friends killed at the bataclan this is what is taking shape t

. >> reporter: the pentagon points to north-eastern syria where an offensive against syrian democratic forces drove i.s.i.l. out of 274 miles. the offensive was supported with 79 air strikes, which it says helped to kill 300. the idea of dispatching pore u.s. special operations forces closer to the front loins, to provide advice. president obama ordered up to 50 commando. so far, they are yet to arrive >>> coming up, home front - growing fears. >> we will not let our actions be overtaken by fear. we will not allow merchants of violence to rub us of precious ideals. >> increased security and a reality check. also inside belgium, our carl penhall is there reporting on the link to the paris attacks. and the intelligence breakdown. and starting over - helping syrian refugees resettle in america - beyond the debate we introduce you to people determined to help. to help. i just had a horrible nightmare. my company's entire network went down, and i was home in bed, unaware. but that would never happen. comcast business monitors my company's network 24 hours a day and calls and e-mails me if s

i am sure bashar al-assad will go, the syrian regime will remain in some fashion in eastern syria. what is interesting, is why we take ground from i.s.i.l., it doesn't mean we'll see less terrorism regionally and globally, like we saw in paris. as i.s.i.l. retracts, we'll see them move from conurgencies attacks in syria >>> clint watts, former agent joining us from new york. thank you for your time, we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> u.s. president obama fold fellow world leaders they must eliminate i.s.i.l. to prevent more attacks, and was speaking at the g20 meeting in turkey. as bernard smith reports, there was little detail about a new strategy to defeat i.s.i.l. r at the g20, a minutes's silence. this was supposed to be about the global summit. from turkey that they need to do more. >> we have to more strongly express our cooperation in combatting terrorist. >> reporter: president obama says the united states will step up efforts to eliminate i.s.i.l. in syria. >> it's an attack on the civilized world. i am sure each said to president francis hollande and the fre

more than 100 aimed at isis in eastern syria. russia and the west, divided so often, united here in a common fight. and united also at the un security council which has just passed a french resolution. calling on all countries to confront isis. remember, all five permanent members of the security council have had citizens who have been killed by isis in the last year. isis, it calls a global threat. a group that is hunted now on the streets across europe. jose. >>> bill neely in paris, thank you. >>> twice this week alone president obama has made pointed remarks on terror attacks that have taken the lives of so many innocent people, including americans. in malaysia, the president said the siege in mali stiffens his administration's resolve against terrorism. >> we will stand with the people of mali as they work to rid their country of terrorists and strengthen their democracy. with allies and partners the united states will be relentless against those who target our citizens. we will continue to root out terrorist networks. we wi

. >> we are also getting word of new air strikes of isis oil structures in eastern syria. trying to cut off a revenue source. how significant is that? >> it is very significant. like any organization, isis has to finance their operation. they are doing that through oil and smuggling of other goods through turkey, iraq and syria. to go after the supply lines is very significant because when you cut that off, you are cutting off their economic life blood. there are also reports out there of an increase of hunger in mosul, the second largest city under isis control. if that is true, then it also shows that the noose is tightening around isis. we can get them from a military standpoint and political standpoint as well. >> colonel cedric leighton, thank you. >>> political news as well. donald trump goes off in late night rambling 95-minute rant. surprising insults directed ben cars carson's way. we will have that next. longing. serendipity. what are the... chances. and good tidings to all. hang onto your antlers. it's the event you don't want to miss. it's the season of audi sa

sunni and kurds not losing terrain is the sunni triable heartland of eastern syria.lies, by the way, in iraq. they were kicked out of the province. this is what i call the briar patch for isis. this is where any kind of ground force that is not sunni arab in composition is going to meet not just with resistance by isis but also by fellow travelers, by the local communities and population that see isis believe it or not, i know this is difficult in the west to wrap our heads around. they see isis as a better alternative than any other ethnic of sectarian minority group that might come in. this is why the kurds will never be full hearty to march on raqqah city because they would be slaughtered if they tried. >> general hertling has the iraqi government made any improvements in terms of reaching out to sunni groups, to sunnis in this area? >> yeah, all indicators are they have. we're seeing some effects north and so they are getting in the area. we're starting to see successes by a combination of she ya militia and sunni tribes men that would be you think thinkable. the

out of the oil facilities it's taken over iraq. 116 separate hits in that one strike alone in eastern syriaouple of strikes around raqqa. so the air campaign is continue unabated. i think the difficulty is, when you hear barack obama -- we've heard so many speeches about syria. he sounds tired. he's lacking clear ideas. but the central tenet of all he's been saying, which is we do not want to put up the 82nd airborne inside syria or iraq, that's still, frankly, accurate and fair. the problem is, there are many groups on the ground inside there who have local support, who may be al qaeda affiliates who would not respond well to a completely external western force moving in. the troop on the ground there are mostly kurds. and a lot of the areas they're moving into are sunni arab areas. raqqa is a sunni arab city, sending peshmerga into that city. that's fine. they can kick out isis but that wha are the local population going to do with the idea of being occupied by kurdish militia? that's why there's such focus on the sunni forces who are used to be the acceptable sunni arab face of this kurd

he comes from a town which is the eastern province of syria. the town is called --. to put this in context this is a gateway town between syria and iraq for which the better part of 10 years has been a traffic point for al qaeda in iraq and is now known as isis. al qaeda in iraq was a juarez to el paso if you like. for those of you who were in texas you know if the drug can tell so a song comes from it arrived and has an extended human network racinos everybody and his family knows everybody basically in this region so for the purposes of doing this but without we are not going to write a book about isis must we interview guys in isis. you have to understand the nature of an enemy. so we got these interviews with a lot of fighters at the lower ranking levels but even more important at bat -- then that's their family members. how can a 16-year-old boy studying chemical engineering or electrical engineering wanted to live in the west decides to cast his lot with a bunch of headlock thing barbarians? what is the driving mechanism behind this so the purpose of writing th

american air strikes hit more than 100 oil trucks in eastern syria in one day. is believed to make $500 million a year from black market oil trades. speaking from the g-20 summit in turkey they say they're making progress with air strikes in syria and iraq and we'll listen to him next and then we'll be joined in teheran. >> more than 8,000 to date. we're taking out isil leaders, commanders, their killers. we have seen that when we have an effective partner on the ground, isil can and is pushed back. >> well, backed up by u.s. intelligence the french have been pounded targets in raqqah can which is the capital of isis and the french said that they have 12 planes that bombed 20 targets and destroyed all of their targets but air strikes are not enough to wipe them out in that region. they are needed with groups on the bound to make tangible in roads into isis and iraq and syria. while the french have also been bombing targets there the u.s. have also bombed over 100 isis fuel trucks over the last couple of days. now that's likely to really hurt isis significantly b

and we can utilize the kurds, who are already in that area, particularly in eastern syria, as well as our special ops people. dari: the latest poll in new leading all gop candidates with 27 percent of the vote. ben carson finished fourth with 9th percent. steve: the house placed a temporary roadblock in front of refugees hoping to settle in the u.s. the political fight is far from over. dari: dan bowens explains the scrutiny they may be subjected to. >> reporter: the bipartisan legislation will require fbi background checks for each and every refugee before they can be admitted, essentially slowing the syrian refugee program to a halt. >> if our law enforcement and intelligence community cannot verify that each and every person coming here is not a security threat, they shouldn't be allowed in. >> reporter: the move comes after 31 governors threatened to refuse syrianefugees into their states. >> if in doubt at all, we have to say no to that. we have to say hold back. >> the dilemma of the syrian immigratn issue, particularly in a country that is built on of immigrants that are in our

meantime you have french fighter jets in the air tonight, hitting at least 16 different targets in eastern syria. you have the russians who say that they have flown 2300 sorties throughout syria over the past 48 hours. that is an enormous amount of, of up tick in the level of military involvement between those two countries. they are clearly at this point taking the lead now in the battle against isis throughout syria, deirdre. >> so, bill, there is a lot of talk about strategy here. of course we had francois hollande, the french president going before congress and saying, at versailles, okay, maybe we should work with the russians. president obama actually seemed annoyed as he fielded questions about the u.s.'s strategy. let's listen in. >> i guess the question is, and if you will forgive the language is, why can't we take out these bastards? >> well, jim, i just spent the last three questions answering that very question so i don't know what more you want me to add. i think i have described very specifically what our strategy is. deirdre: so, bill, as far reaction you're hearing from the groun

aimed to reject, and my ceo author has san is a sirn national and comes from a town in the eastern province of syria, the town called abu, kamal. to put this in context, this is a gateway town between syria and iraq which had been a traffic point for al qaeda and iraq, the jihaddist group known as isis. it has a relationship as being kind of juarez to el paso if you like. those who were in texas so you know it's the mexican drug cartels. has san has an extended family network. knows everybody and his family knows everybody in this region. so for the purposes of doing the book we thought we won't write a book about isis unless we can interview guys in isis. you have to understand the nature of an enemy if you have any desire to defeat it. zuo got interviews with fighter tuesday lower ranking levels and even more important than that, their family members. how come a guy -- a 16-year-old boy who is studying chemical engineering or electrical engineering, wanting to live in the west, decides to cast his lot with a bunch of head-lopping barbarians? what is the driving mechanism behind this? so, the purpo

bombing the refineries and on monday they said they destroyed 283 fuel tankers to transport oil in eastern syriathe obama administration hopes the latest sanctions will weaken the syrian regime and make a political and diplomatic solution. >>> the french president has been addressing that memorial service for the victims of the paris attacks and met and pushing for an international confrontation with i.s.i.l. with u.s. and russia and u.s. carried out 2857 air strikes in syria and coalition partners including australia, jordan, turkey and saudi arabia have accounted for 154 strikes. as for russia in just three days this week it carried out 134 strikes on almost 500 targets. and we have a senior political analyst, a difficult day for the people of france but what it comes to what francois hollande has achieved and revitalizing this where is it going? >> what we heard yesterday in the press conference between president francois hollande and putin and even if there is good will, if one assumes that and if there is some attempt at coordinating some of their steps moving forward but clearly on anythin

targets, hitting islamic state targets and eastern syria near the town of raqqa.the city is open for business. traffic throughout the day. the schools were back in session today. paris wants the world to know that they may have been socked in the face on this moment, but they will not be down for long. we have live team fox coverage throughout the night tonight. "on the record" willkur÷ take to you belgium. we will take you there in a moment. but, first, our senior correspondent rick lesson that you with me live in paris for more on the investigation. rick, good evening to you. >> and to you. >> let's start with what the french government believes right nau is the mastermind for this operation. what do we know? what can we see. >> abdul hamid abide he is known as belgium's8÷ most notorious i didn't ahead. he had been in syria. he snuck back into belgium. put this team together. coordinated this terror attack. watched it unfold and then afterwards, when the whole country was looking for him, according to isis, he slipped back out of belgium and back into syria wher

monday the united states announced it had destroyed 283 fuel tankers being used to transport oil in eastern syria. the obama administration hopes these latest sanctions will weaken the syrian regime and make a political and diplomatic solution in the war in syria more likely >>> while the latest round of sanctions targets a few individuals, a complex network of middle men an companies is helping i.s.i.l. to make millions of dollars every day from oil sales. political divisions and ethnic tensions in the region are allowing a black market oil trade to flourish. elements the occur dish government in iraq is said to be profiting by turning a blight eye. the turkish opposition has estimated that 800 million dollars worth of i.s.i.l. oil ship maniments cross the border from syria into turkey with the full knowledge of turkish military intelligence. most of the oil is said to end up in a turkish port. both governments strongly deny that they're facilitating i.s.i.l. oil sales. for more on this we talk to geopolitical analyst. thank you for talking to us. do you ring that those numbers are correct? is t

three, these guys monopolize the grey, brack and white economies which western iraq and eastern syrianriched themselves for centuries. the people who lived there entire lives are being told what to do by 18-year-old tunisians or by iraqis brought in from iraq. remember, this franchise began as a foreign-led franchise and became iraq-ized over the last decade. >> what should we do? should we admire this? >> no, you needs to understand it to defeat it. there is a fundamental vol vecialt to i.s.i.s. >> i agree with that. which is the people on the ground do not want to be lorded over which them but they need an alternative. >> rose: which is what happened in the awakening and the search. >> what is happening in mosul is a battle which will happen in the next month, i hope. there will will be abalinings lions and this is what's taking shape today. now there is an emergency. the emergency is a blood bath in paris as you had in new york. you know, charlie, my beloved son is a lawyer, a member of the american cabinet. one of his best friends was killed at the bataclan friday night. the best

and we can utilize, you know, the kurds who are already in that area, particularly in eastern syria asl as our special ops people. i think some elements that work with us of the iraqis and of the syrians, the moderate groups, you know, it's a big comprehensive program and you have to really take the fight to them and you have to strangulate them in terms of the ease of access that they have with cash through world banking systems. i think we also have to. >> you know, doc, here's where all the politicians, including you, with all due respect, you have got to have specific plans. last couple of nights i said article 5 of nato means an attack on one nation is an attack on all so that nato should immediately be galvanized together and foot soldiers and air should be raised to go into syria to get isis. now, you can do it a number of different ways tactically and i don't think we should be telling the isis savages what we are going to do. but the first step is to get nato engaged, to get a formal declaration of war on isis. would you oppose that? >> no, i wouldn't oppose that. as i said we