as for that meeting with assad, gabbert says it was impromptu. >> the rest of your children are okay?> reporter: that's u.s. congresswoman gabbert on the ground in syria as the country's civil war stretches into its sixth year. she toured a hospital with victims of the syrian conflict and spoke with religious leaders. but it was her meeting with president bashar al assad that has her colleagues asking questions. >> whatever you think about president assad, the fact is that he is the president of syria. >> reporter: on wednesday, gabbert defended her meeting with the syrian president. >> when the opportunity arose to meet with him, i did so because i felt it's important. if there's a possibility that we could achieve peace, and that's exactly what we talked about. >> reporter: gabbert, an iraq war veteran and a democrat, has consistently criticized the obama administration's strategy in syria of arming rebel forces. >> so long as assad is there, we cannot achieve that kind of stability inside of syria. >> reporter: republican congressman adam kinzinger spoke out on facebook. to say i'm

representative gabbert wants to stop supplying weapons -- she wants the u.s. you are one of the very first people he met with. you are a liberal democrat, i think that's fair to say. some of your constituents, you issued this statement. i thought it was fair to meet with the president-elect trump now. what'd you mean by that, i guess beyond what you said? do you believe that the president-elect agrees with your views? >> i've long been outspoken about the devastating problems with our u.s. policy, generally on interventionalists wars. and very specifically on the need to end our war, to overthrow the syrian government. thousands of people have lost their lives, millions of refugees and the counterproductive result of this has been that these groups like isis and al-qaeda, other terrorist groups, who we proclaim to be our enemy have ended up growing stronger. so understanding that we have a new commander-in-chief coming i in, coming into office very soon, i took the opportunity to be able to get across this message to him. as a veteran knowing and seeing firsth

in an exclusive tulsi gabbert of hawaii turned from a secret trip to syria. gab erred, thank you for coming and sharing your story with us. >> thank you, jake, good to be with you. >> you were in syria four days. did you meet with president ba sharal sad? >> i did. my reason for going to visit syria was really because of the suffering of the syrian people that has been weighing heavily on my heart. i wanted to see if there was in some small way a way that i could express the love and the aloha and the care that the american people have for the people of syria and to see firsthand what was happening there, to see that situation there. >> what did assad have to say? >> initially i hadn't planned on meeting him. when the opportunity arose to meet with him, i did so because i felt it's important that if we profess to truly care about the syrian people, about their suffering, we have to be able to meet with anyone that we need to if there is a possibility that we could achieve peace, and that's exactly what we talked about. >> now, i know the maximum i am that peo

this is where it all kicks off on saturday am when gabbert —— gabon opens the tournament against guinea—bissauin their training and in previous tournaments. gabon definitely have a chance to win the cup. no one's allowed to see -- said here yet, but there's more than a quiet confidence that this could be a great showcase for gabon as a country. translation: in 2012 and 2017 -- between 2012 and 2017 we have improved internet access. we have led many of final —— fibre—optic cable. we have developed new skills. five years ago, as co—hosts, gabon equalled the best ever performance here. reaching the quarterfinals. the expectation this time will be towards the last four, and then who knows? by the voices of their fans will not be the only ones heard around this country when the finals are played next month. —— but the voices. if you are into this tournament, i recommend bbc sport and bbc africa on twitter. still to come: we'll get into eu plans to set out rules for how humans interact with al and robots. we'll have more later. snow and strong winds are causing travel disruption across many parts of

. >> congresswoman gabbert is raising a lot of eyebrows for meeti meeting with the syrian alba shar. >> i'm surprised she is a very -- i don't understand the value of going to meet with someone who is responsible for the deaths of so many people in syria, atrocities, most of us cannot even imagine so what good comes from a conversation with somebody like that, i don't know. i don't know what her motivation was but i was certainly surprised. >> okay. congressman max tohorn berrythanks for yoberry. thanks for your time. >> is cable news dictating american policy? wait until you see the pattern of the president's tweets following certain tv segments. it is absolutely fascinating. take one. directv now. stream all your entertainment! anywhere! anytime! can we lose the 'all'. there's no cbs and we don't have a ton of sports. anywhere, any... let's lose the 'anywhere, anytime' too. you can't download on-the-go, there's no dvr, yada yada yada. stream some stuff! somewhere! sometimes! you totally nailed that buddy. simple. don't let directv now limit your entertainment. only xfinity gives yo

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