here is mark toner, spokesman for the department of state at a briefing yesterday.commend the government of iraq in the brave iraqi forces that have displayed such demand is perseverance as well as courage in the fight to return 79 back to the iraqi people. nicole: at iraqi forces will continue to capture remaining areas in the city still under isis command. cheryl: let's do you cut up a global action. midday trading right now. the set to higher by 40, up 63. germany's dax up 163 points. watching u.s. stock market futures. seen whether or not we can pull out a win with 83. s&p futures up nine. that is the path of a percent with a 25-point gain. as 2015 winds down, here is how stocks performed for the year so far. right now the dow has lost about 1.65% for the year. s&p down, which was up and down yesterday. the nasdaq gaining 6.4% up for the year. nicole: those are some of the lacking there. looking at oil now and i gets a little bit of a bounce back after pullback yesterday. 3691 a barrel, gold at 1069 a troy ounce. cheryl: asian stocks posted modest gains. now a r

mark toner said that iran sent more than 11 tons of low enriched uranium. >> iran is taking the steps it committed to take to prove to the world its nuclear program is and will remain exclusively peaceful. while we're not yet at implementation day, the steps already taken made us and allies safer and concrete in measurable ways. >> iran reached the agreement with the u.s. and five other world powers in july. the u.s. and other countries will lift economic sanctions on iran when the international atomic energy agency verifies tehran fulfilled all its commitments. diplomatic sources say they may be lifted as early as next month. the deal requires iran to cut its stockpile to 300 kilograms or less. they have been reducing the number of centrifuges since the agreement. >>> a japanese author is shedding light on the ongoing republic of the congo. children have been forced to become soldiers and take part in atrocities and written a manga to express their cries for help. >> the manga tells the story of 14-year-old zafa, starts as a kind hearted boy, loved by family and neighbors. but one da

state deputy department spokesperson mark toner commented on the new legislation. it required internet-related companies to share information with authorities. >> the united states remains concerned that the broad, vaguely phrased provisions and definitions in this law, speaking about the counterterrorism law, could lead to greater restrictions on the exercise of freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly and religion within china. >> toner also said the united states condemns all forms of terrorism regardless of the goals professed by the people who carried it out. under the legislation adopted on sunday, internet and telecom companies will need to provide their decryption. it prohibits individuals or organizations from providing any details which could be used to carry out imitation attacks. the u.s. government is apparently concerned that china could use the law to tighten its control over members of a minority group and other political dissidents. >>> chinese police are investigating the deadly landslide in the southern city shenzhen and have focuse

see department spokesman mark toner defending the move. take a listen. >> we are bringing peace and security to syria. that is a truthful claims. there has been significant process we believe in the past year on both fronts. what is that? >> center for progress. >> both. progress, only process. lea: colonel peters, nice to see you. >> happy new year. lea: happy new year almost. he said the operative word is bringing, not brought. does that make this a true claim? >> that was really silly. this is more than a gotcha moment at state. all administrations slam things at certain times but we have never before had an administration so consistently duplicitous, so fundamentally at its core dishonest with the american people. and is sending to hear this sort of thing. even richard nixon didn't come close to this level of consistent dishonesty. when you have the state department, retired admiral john kirby claiming not only is that we are bringing peace to c rea presumably, make delivery from ups or fedex but the iranian nuclear deal as a great suc

proclaimed as one of its wins in 2015, quote, bringing peace and security to war-torn syria, something mark toner tried to explain. >> the operative word is bringing, not bought, we're bringing peace and security to syria. i think that is a truthful claim. >> reporter: it's in syria where a u.n. brokered deal to evacuate 2,000 syrian families. the controversial arrangement allowed militants to leave so international aid could reach the syrians left behind. while the fight continues in syria with no sheer resolution in sight. in iraq folks were battle weary and grateful including al-abadi who visited ramadi one day after it was reclaimed from isis by iraqi security forces with the help of the u.s.-led coalition. much of the success in the anbar provincial capital due to increase airstrikes who credited the campaign with helping to make appropriate headway in the fight against isis including the recent elimination with links to the deadly attacks in france. >> over the past month we killed ten isil leadership figures with targeted airstrikes, including several external attack planners, some linked

proclaimed as one of its wins in 2015, quote, bringing peace and security to war-torn syria, something mark toner tried to explain. >> the operative word is bringing, not bought, we're bringing peace and security to syria. i think that is a truthful claim. >> reporter: it's in syria where a u.n. brokered deal to evacuate 2,000 syrian families. the controversial arrangement allowed militants to leave so international aid could reach the syrians left behind. while the fight continues in syria with no sheer resolution in sight. in iraq folks were battle weary and grateful including al-abadi who visited ramadi one day after it was reclaimed from isis by iraqi security forces with the help of the u.s.-led coalition. much of the success in the anbar provincial capital due to increase airstrikes who credited the campaign with helping to make appropriate headway in the fight against isis including the recent elimination with links to the deadly attacks in france. >> over the past month we killed ten isil leadership figures with targeted airstrikes, including several external attack planners, some linked

something spokesman mark toner tried to explain. >> the orpive word bringing, not brought. we're bringing peace and security to syria. i think that is a truthful claim. >> it's in syria where a u.n.-brokered deal to evacuate more than 2,000 islamic state fighters and their families has been suspended after just a few 100 were granted safe passage. the controversial arrangement allowed militants to leave so international aid could reach the syrians left behind. and while the fight continues in syria with no resolution in sight, in iraq folks were battle-weary but grateful. including the iraqi prime minister, who visited the besieged city of ramadi a day after it was reclaimed from isis by iraqi security forces with the help of the u.s.-led coalition. much of the success in the anbar provincial capital due to increased air strikes. so said pentagon officials who credited the campaign with helping to make important headway in the fight against isis, including the recent elimination of some terrorists with links to the deadly attacks in france. over the past month we've killed

you look, finally someone questioned mark toner and said wait a minute you said process instead of progress he said both. >> process is has become success. scheduling a meeting and deciding that you are going to attend something is bingo, we have accomplished it. we have attended a meeting. >> there was things on the list that i did agree with one thing. it was fighting back ebola. so i think we can i don't have ebola. you i do guys don't have ebola. they did a good job with that other than that i'm not really sure, all right? rick david, thank you guys very much. coming up next, president obama's massive new deportation plan. is he taking a page out of the trump playbook? that debate upcoming. huh. introducing centrum vitamints. a brand new multivitamin you enjoy like a mint. with a full spectrum of essential nutrients... surprisingly smooth, refreshingly cool. i see you found the vitamints. new centrum vitamints. a delicious new way to get your multivitamins. hey mom. yeah? we've got allstate, right? uh-huh. yes. well, i found this new thing called allstate quickfoto claim. it's an app. y

state department spokesperson mark toner hailed the step. >> one of the most important steps occurred earlier today when a shot to parted and ran caring over- iran 20,000 pounds of low enriched uranium materials. this shukman alone more than triples the previous -- our previous two to three month estimated breakout time for a rent to acquire enough weapon grade uranium for one weapon. this is important peace of the technical equation as it ensures individual breakout time of at least one nearby implementation day. amy: hundreds of wounded syrian fighters and their families from opposing sides of the war in syria have been evacuated from besieged areas as part of u.n.-brokered deal. shiites trapped in pro-government towns in northwestern syrian were evacuated to beirut, while sunni rebel fighters trapped near the lebanese border were flown to southern turkey. the deal comes ahead of peace talks planned for next month. a syrian journalist and documentary filmmaker who worked to expose atrocities by the self-proclaimed islamic state has been killed in turkey. naji jerf worked with the ci

you look, finally someone questioned mark toner and said wait a minute, you said process instead of progresssaid both. >> process is has become success. scheduling a meeting and deciding that you are going to attend something is bingo, we have accomplished it. we have attended a meeting. >> there was things on the list that i did agree with one thing. it was fighting back ebola. so i think we can i don't have ebola. you i do guys don't have ebola. they did a good job with that other than that i'm not really sure, all right? rick, david, thank you guys very much. coming up next, president obama's massive new deportation plan. is he taking a page out of the trump playbook? that debate upcoming. >>> thanks for staying with us. i'm jesse watters in for bill o'reilly. and in the factor follow up segment tonight, the crisis at the southern border. according to the "the washington post," the obama administration is preparing to deport the families who have illegally surged across the border since last year. sounds kind of familiar. doesn't it? >> we have to make a whole new set of standards and whe

i'm covered in toner, i have a bite mark on my back, and i'm at an altar getting married to a reindeer lawn ornament. i love you, blitzen. but i'm catholic. you're plastic. how would we raise the children? time, i thought i'd pre-record some post-christmas party apologies for you to send out to your coworkers over the holidays. just go to our "late show" youtube page, or whatever it says down here. for legal reasons, i don't care. okay, here we go. "late show" christmas party apologies. look, i'm sorry i accused katie the receptionist of being a junkie. i didn't realize that was an insulin pen. ( laughter ) and, katie, i'm sorry i ate your glucose tablets. i thought they were vicodin. i also just want to say, i apologize for stripping naked halfway through my toast. i already started the christmas party about an hour ago. although i still maintain it would not have been weird if we sorry that i proposed to allan on behalf of richard. you guys are ready. we love you, and we want you to be happy. however, i do apologize to allan and richard's wives. sorry about that. ( applause ) while i