who are poisoning the ground inside syria. militias who are poisoning the ground inside syrialj militiashe ground inside syria. i will push you wa nt ground inside syria. i will push you want is a little bit. you can say what should happen and what you would like to happen but let's deal with reality, what is happening. the us is not playing a role and the un, frankly, has been sidetracked as well. the russians are dominating the despondency right now and i want a simple yes or no answer. —— diplomacy. you prepare to go to peace talks that are brokered and controlled by russia ? peace talks that are brokered and controlled by russia? are you prepared to undertake and participate in those talks under russian auspices? the russians are referring to the un resolutions. if thatis referring to the un resolutions. if that is clearly the case, there is no problem in participating. the opposition can go. what i'm saying is the trump administration, the us congress, are is the trump administration, the us congress, a re clearly is the trump administration, the us congress, are clearly coming out

, sectarian militias on the ground as ground forces.little was done by assad's forces, it was by one key regional power and one key international power so it was obvious the outcome was not going to be in favour of the opposition. but one needs to look back five years ago 01’ even six years ago when the uprising started. those who rose up against assad had no arms, no military means at all so we are looking at a confrontation that is ending militarily but the ingredients for a conflict and the confrontation is still there. if we are going to build on the military balance of forces, i don't think we will go very far in either defeating terrorism in syria or in ending the conflict and having a satisfactory political transition. the people of syria and goodness knows that they have suffered so much, they have seen well over 300,000 of their people killed, they have seen 12 million and more displaced including 5 million who have left the country altogether. with that in mind, is this the right time for you in the so—called moderate anti—ass

washington new the militia had value, but he was not -- militia hadnew the value, but he was not overly confident in them. consume your provisions, exhaust your stores, and than at the last, leave you at a credit all moments. -- critical moment. but that was all he had. does gather 6000 men in mid-december, knowing in two weeks on december 31, the majority and list was going to inspire, and his thinking was the same as general howe. my army is going to die over the winter and less i do something. he looked at with the british were doing, and what he saw is the british going into garrison, just as general howe had ordered. each place you see those little red circles were garrisons of british or hessian forces. hired ton mercenaries help fight the war. looking at the map, washington saw an opportunity. the middle of the map, there was a hessian horse of about 1500 soldiers. the hessians had a habitation -- reputation as heart fighters and also as soldiers who treated very harshly civilians and their prisoners. but there washington saw a chance to change the direction and momentum of this

, sectarian militias, on the ground as ground forces.s forces — it was by one key regional power and one key international power so it was obvious the outcome was not going to be in favour of the opposition. but one needs to look back five years ago, 01’ even six years ago, when the uprising started. those who rose up against assad had no arms, no military means at all, so we are looking at a confrontation that is ending militarily but the ingredients for a conflict and the confrontation is still there. if we are going to build on the military balance of forces, i don't think we will go very far in either defeating terrorism in syria or in ending the conflict and having a satisfactory political transition. the people of syria and goodness knows that they have suffered so much, they have seen well over 300,000 of their people killed, they have seen 12 million and more displaced including 5 million who have left the country altogether. with that in mind, is this the right time for you in the so—called moderate anti—assad opposition who hav

washington knew the militia had value, but he was not overly confident in them. in theyoint he says come in, you cannot tell how, they ask, you cannot tell where. consume your provisions, exhaust your stores, and than at the last, leave you at a critical moment. but that was all he had. he does gather about 6000 men in mid-december, knowing in two weeks on december 31, the enlistment of the great majority of them was going to expire, and his thinking was the same as general howe. my army is going to die over the toter unless i do something change the direction of this war. you look at what the british were doing, and what he saw is the british going into garrison, just as general howe had ordered. down to philadelphia on the lower left-hand side of the map, any place you see those little red circles were garrisons of forces,or hessian hessians, the mercenaries, soldiers hired. looking at the map, washington saw an opportunity. about in the middle of the map, there was a hessian horse of about 1500 soldiers. the hessians had a reputation as hard fighters and also

first one, you have put the word militia in historical context. will you do the same for well-regulated one of the functions of the nra for example, after its founding in the 1870s was to provide safety training, and hunter training and competition so people would be proficient. they would be well-regulated in the way they use their parents. that's what that meant. we don't use the same words, but it's what we mean today. we spend, it's interesting, this goes to the mission of the nra, if i can for a second, if you are someone on the street or i daresay if you ask anybody in this audience, most of you would say what's the nra, it's the group, it's a political group that fights for firearm rights. that's about right and since the 1970s we've done that, but we spent, even today eight or 9% of our budget on that. the rest of the money that we raise and which benefit our members as safety training, firearms training, we run competitive matches and police championships and all the cities which is the historic mission of the nra. i daresay, if there are

. >> we must rally with the militia.e company here in lexington. >> our place is with delegation. congress convenes in philadelphia in a few weeks. we need to begin our travel immediately. you will have your moment. >> as british troops arrive in lexington, hancock and adams flee, heading deeper into the safety of patriot territory. [ birds chirping ] >> to the front! march. >> stand by. stand by. hold your ground. >> cease fire! cease fire! cease fire! cease fire! my heart beats one hundred thousand times a day, sending oxygen to my muscles. again! so i can lift even the most demanding weight. take care of all your most important parts with centrum. now verified non gmo and gluten free. : : >> as shots are fired at lexington green, a colonial uprising... >> fall back! >> ...becomes a full-scale rebellion. >> while many believe the militia who fight the british at lexington and concord are just a disorganized group of civilians, they are actually a well-drilled infantry, some of whom fought in the british army. while the

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of the militia was there to protect the federal government why a militia before there was a federal government. what basically happens, this is where the scholarship changed attitudes was this was an argument about words that didn't matter in the historic context, the word i suggested earlier do matter. >> this is a great time to explicitly put heller and mcdonald on the table. one of the odd things about the second amendment. >> there weren't any decisions. >> the first 200 years, just starting with heller can you give us background who the challengers were? very briefly what the courts said? >> innocence the district of columbia banned the possession of firearms in a meaningful way for self-defense. dick heller, the plaintiff, was a security guard who carried a gun and lived in a dangerous neighborhood and start the right to have a gun in his home to protect himself. that was turned down. that went to the united states supreme court. the decision was the second amendment does in fact guarantee, protect the right of the american citizen in his home to have a handgun for self-defense purposes

raskin: to provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the united states, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by congress. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from texas, mr. williams. mr. williams: to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district, not exceeding 10 miles square, as may be by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of the government of the united states, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings. the gentlewoman rom washington, ms. jayapal. ms. jayapal: and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united st

raskin: to provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the united states, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by congress. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from texas, mr. williams. mr. williams: to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district, not exceeding 10 miles square, as may be by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of the government of the united states, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards and other needful buildings. the gentlewoman rom washington, ms. jayapal. ms. jayapal: and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the united st

you've got the kurds, the shia militias, the iraqi formal army. you've got embedded u.s. advisers, there are some uk and french support going on from the air plus the u.s. airstrikes and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance. >> but there are others who have a stake in the battle for mosul, including iran. while we were waiting to go through the checkpoint, a convoy showed up. the long convoy of mostly commercial vehicles. in fact, this is one of the provisional military units, a shiite militia headed by iranians and the islamic revolutionary guard force and the quds force. >> we were told none of the shiite militias are engaged in this fight. yet there they were, there were people waiting to go into the fight in mosul. what role are the iranians playing in all of this? >> appear to be engaged at some level. if there is the enemy of the enemy is my friend and working together to defeat isis, okay, i kind of get that. but what is the end stake? i'm concerned about this. we have americans who were killed by the influence of these militias backed by iran, hundreds of them

you've got the kurds, the shia militias, the iraqi formal army. you've got embedded u.s. advisers, there are some uk and french support going on from the air plus the u.s. airstrikes and intelligence surveillance reconnaissance. >> but there are others who have a stake in the battle for mosul, including iran. while we were waiting to go through the checkpoint, a convoy showed up. the long convoy of mostly commercial vehicles. in fact, this is one of the provisional military units, a shiite militia headed by iranians and the islamic revolutionary guard force and the quds force. >> we were told none of the shiite militias are engaged in this fight. yet there they were, there were people waiting to go into the fight in mosul. what role are the iranians playing in all of this? >> appear to be engaged at some level. if there is the enemy of the enemy is my friend and working together to defeat isis, okay, i kind of get that. but what is the end stake? i'm concerned about this. we have americans who were killed by the influence of these militias backed by iran, hundreds of them

guest: i'm glad you raised the point about the shia militia. i write somewhat extensively in the book in the first chapter on the shia militia. i do think they are very very violent and high have watched a lot of videos of the for example, when they went into parts of iraq where they burn people, hanged people from lamp posts. i saw people being executed at gunpoint, sunnis. what's more important, getting back to sort of the question that mohammed raised is that some of these militias were created calling upon shia and sunni, not just shia, but if you read the arabic shia and sunni to rise up against isis and some of these militias were formed as a result of this, so this is a cleric issue religious decree trying to combat religious extremism, but once he encouraged people and called them to arms he could not control what happened later, so they no longer listen to him and now they are listening-- i'm simplifying it, but to some degree now their commanders are the iranian revolutionary guards, so i think that's a good example of not being able

young men in the camouflage pants of the militias, most of whom were civilians until last year, do theirrder, or just join in the fun. every kid above the age of five seems to have been issued a lighter and a fistful of fireworks. [ speaking arabic ] >> anthony: ambulances idle on the margins of the square to treat fireworks-related injuries, of which there will be many. >> man: no, no, no! >> anthony: that was good. ♪ >> man: whoa! bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye! >> anthony: this is tripoli, after 42 years of nightmare. how to build a whole society overnight and make it work in one of the most contentious and difficult areas of the world, is what people are trying to figure out. [call to prayer] >> anthony: so, before the war, did you think it would ever be possible? >> man: no. >> anthony: did you dream someday this will change? >> omar: no, no, no. in gaddafi's time, you cannot say a word. you get killed. that's it. it was impossible. but then i joined the group, you know? >> anthony: right. >> omar: the revolutionary. >> anthony: omar is young, and was even younger when the fighti

first one, you have put the word "militia" in historical context. will you do the same with the term "well-regulated." >> that means well trained. that meant people that understood. one of the functions of the nra, for example, after its founding in the 1870s was to provide safety training and hunter training and competition so that people would be proficient, they would be well regulated in the way they use their firearms. that's what that meant. and that's what -- we don't use the same words, but it's what we mean today. you don't want, you know, we spend most of our -- it's interesting because this goes to the mission of the nra, if i can for a second. if you ask somebody on the street or i dare say if you ask anybody in this audience, most of you would say what, what's the nra. it's the group that, it's a political group that fights for firearms right, you know? that's fine. and since the 1970s we've done that. but we spend even today about 8 or 9% of our budget on that. the rest of the money that we raise and which our members, benefit our memb

spoke to that was also a reason not only that the fighting has continued but that areiranian act militiatinuing the fight. laura: we've seen several cease-fires in syria fall apart before. does this look likely to go the same way, adam? itm: there is time to put back together between now and the talks scheduled for later this month. it is russia and turkey that brokered the talks but they are also participants in the war. stake becauset at they also have their own reasons for wanting them around the table. it would be a tremendous diplomatic coup for the russians and the turks have reasons of their own to try to diminish the toluences of the kurds and some extent to take their position inside syria. have not been eye-to-eye before, they both get around the table. there is still time to get it back on track although as we have seen with other agreements in syria, there is plenty that can still go wrong. adam reporting there from beirut. dozens of prisoners have escaped in brazil following the country's deadliest prison riot in nearly 25 years. 60 inmates were killed when violence broke ou

it is the regime and iranian-supported militias and foreign militias that are, to some syrians, occupyingforces. the russians are having the upper hand in syria, which means syria does not have certainty anymore. the syrian regime is not able to control things on the ground. short answer, the government has advanced on the ground. at the same time they have lost a lot in terms of certainty and the ability to control things on the ground. sarah: he is in turkey working for an opposition radio station. thanks for being with us today. to the u.s. now, where a newly elected congress has been sworn in. republicans now have a majority in both houses. donald trump is set to take office in about two weeks, and is is said to be an era of greater control for the party. but that has begun with a very public dustup between the president-elect and republican lawmakers. in a closed-door session, they voted to tame the independent body that investigates political misconduct. that sparked an angry tweet from trump. republicans then dropped their plans. let's go to washington. good to see you. andblic spa

james did not enlist in any regiment or militia. he did not wear uniform, and he did not carry a gun. it risked his life in the service of his country, the law did not apply to him. eligible for automatic manumission under this law. however, the law also provided that slaves could be freed by demonstrating they have performed meritorious service during the war, which is just what james set out to do. if he was still acting as a personal servant, is likely that toes accompanied his master the assembly session that ran from october 1784 until early january. william had been elected as one of the counties representatives to the house of delegates after the war. james waslikely that in richmond on november 21, 1784, when the marquis lafayette visited the state capital. wrote a testimonial on behalf of james a service to the country. this is torote -- certify that the bear by the name james has done essential services to me while i have the honor to command in the state. his intelligences from the enemy's camp were industriously collecte

you have militia groups out hire, aiding the border patrol. talk about that. why do we have militia groups aiding the border control. >> host: all right, don, thank you. >> guest: it's an excellent question. let me do the first one on guns. as i say in the book, the thing that is -- makes us victims is not isis, it's not any of the other things i mentioned, is a gun and it this approximateor proliferation of guns, lock of gun culture and lock of gun run so i know that. in fact in the book i talk about ways even people who own guns, for people would demore responsible with gun ownership. the fact that five-year-olds and guns don't match. and don't work well together so look at the data, a lot of the o gun deaths related to in-house accidents or suicides. we knew need to get serious about that. i'm for stronger gun laws as a way to mine nice rescue and the no-brainer for me is the no-fly rule of --' noh not permitting people on the no-fly list from acquiring gun. so that terrorism gun nexus. as for the mill lata, it should not be aloud. in most instances. someti

in that regard, we are concerned at reports of a regime offensive, supported by hezbollah militia inof this text should be seen as a strong signal that such activities must seize. members of what used to be the called the nusra front, who had connections with al-anda, are among the rebel groups that the syrian regime is accused of pursuing. they are not signatories to the ceasefire. nevertheless, rebel forces who have signed up to the deal, say daily bombardment of the regime has crushed the spirit of the agreement. if they carry out their threat to withdraw from talks, negotiations for a lasting peace appear, for the time being, improbable. the syrian army has denied the allegations made against it. protests have been taking place at railway stations across britain in response to yesterday's average fare increase of 2.3%. singing the organisers, action for rail, say they want the service returned to public ownership. the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says the increases are all about investing in the railways. daniel boettecher is at london's king's cross sta

were credit bid afatwah, calling on sunni and shia to rise up again isis and some militias were form cleric issuing a religious decree to -- but he couldn't control what would happened later. so they no longer listen to sunday citizen any -- i'm simply identifying it but to some degree the commanders are the iranian revolutionary guards, not sistani. that's a good example of not being able to control the message. that once you unleash something you don't know what the consequence is going to be,out they're very violent. i checked with people, they were given to me by legitimate sources, and they're on internet. i do think that what has happened there is very positive in tunisia, but when we look at the success stories, you have to place them in then could text of the region. so, one reason that tunisia has been more discussful in terms of the roll of the islamist movement than egypt is that they compromised with the government. so they knew when to participate in politics, when not to. it wasn't an all or nothing proposition. in egypt the government decide they would oust a democrati

three weeks later, stanton used that law as his authority to call for a draft of 300,000 militia. in addition to the 300,000 volunteers the governors had offered, then in conjunction with that draft, he issued another order on his own initiative to arrest and imprison any person or persons who may be engaged by act, -- giving aid or comfort to the enemy or any disloyal practice against the united states. with his inclusion of the deliberately vague reference to discouraging volunteer enlistment and especially by inserting the words speech or writing, in that order, he unilaterally expanded the constitutional definition of treason to include the voicing of opinions contrary to effective policy. to be certain, such dissidents could lay claim to know annoying , hetitutional protections added any prisoners taken under the order should be held for trial before military commissions, which may sound familiar to those of you who were alive for years ago which is of course most of you. [laughter] william marvel: critical newspaper editors, them across running for state and federal office a

he got a troop of men from the federal government and indiana militia and camped outside the town beforentering the next day. during the night, the indians attacked and there were lots of casualties on both sides, but a lot of them on harrison side. harrison prevailed, closed down the town the next day. word spread across the country, he became known as the hero of tippecanoe, which led to his nickname old tippecanoe. brian: that is the county in which lafayette is in. this is kind of jumping around, but one of the things that was hard to believe was when you talk about the campaign for president, there were 30,000 people that came to lafayette, went to battleground for a rally on behalf of william henry harrison. i don't know where they fit them all, but that is a huge crowd even compared to the recent campaign. ronald: it is amazing the reaction he got. there was such a huge crowd, they actually built a tent, which was supposed to hold 30,000 people. but it was a nice day, so they did not need it. people came from miles around to see this event and take part in the campaign for william

isis, government forces and tribal militias have created a cocktail of despair in iraq. women are denied the same rights as men in qatar. and in saudi arabia. migrant workers in the united arab emirates are often denied basic labor rights. rwanda has been the site of human rights violations for decades. ghana permits forced child labor. police are implicated in kenyan kidnappings. ethnic minorities often face violence in kyrgyzstan. government death squads kill indiscriminately philippines. and independent news outlets shut-down under venezuelan dictator hugo chavez remain shuttered four years after his death. all 16 are members of the newest united nation's human rights council. think about that. to comment, go to behind the headlines dot net. i'm mark hyman. two ohio police officers are being praised as heroes.. after rescuing a man from a burning car. sunday night's incident was captured on one of the officer's body cameras. police believe the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol when he drove into a ditch. the car burst into flames. officers arrived on

ryan lock, who was 20 and from chichester, had joined the ypg kurdish militia.eed to work with rivals like the liberal democrats to stand any chance of getting into government. labour's real problem is it doesn't look as if it has much chance of being the largest party in a hung parliament given the opinion polls. it is time for sport. let's rejoin jessica. thank you very much indeed. west ham have confirmed they are appealing against the red card received by sofiane ferghouli's, against manchester united, in their 2—0 defeat yesterday. referee mike dean gave feghouli a straight red, after a collision with united defender philjones. west ham manager slaven bilic said jones "made a meal" of the tackle by the algerian. feghouli is the fifth player to be dismissed by dean in the premier league this season. the fa have contacted manchester city full—back bacary sagna, to ask for his observations following a post on the social media platform instagram. the post read "10 against 12", possibly in reference to the referee lee mason who sent off city captain fernandihno

ryan lock, who was 20 and from chichester, had joined the ypg kurdish militia.jority, and would need to work with rivals like the liberal democrats to stand any chance of getting into government. labour's real problem is it doesn't look as if it has much chance of being the largest party in a hung parliament given the opinion polls. police are searching for a driver after two pedestrians were killed. this happened at 11.10am on the b1091. police called to reports of a collision involving two pedestrians and a bmw. the driver, a man, in his 40s, say the police, fled on foot. more details as and when we get them. it is time for the sport. damien, also known as pep's mate! don't you start! in the last few minutes, paul clement has been confirmed as the new manager of swansea city. clement has been assistant coach at bayern munich sincejune and is thought to have agreed a two and a half year deal at swansea. the club are currently bottom of the premier league and play crystal palace tonight. he takes overfrom bob bradley who was sacked last week. west ham have confi

i would be a loyalist, surely we have to pay our fair share and support the militias of the militaryf the frontiers and we have a great trading empire and expanded into india and other places, why would i take this risk on this new thing that would up and everything we have known and possibly fail? >> similar question to you. we revere the constitution today, but what was driving george mason and the folks who came out as anti-federalist opposing the constitution. >> maybe the principal anti-federalist charge against the constitution is you will create an aristocracy, they think you are transferring paypal away from ordinary people, they don't like the idea that you will have six your terms for senator, four year terms for president, they don't like the idea of perpetual eligibility for reelection, they don't like the fact that you deprive people of the ability to instruct their representatives, to recall their representatives. they think there should be mandatory rotation in office. they worry this will constitute an aristocratic cabal and the people can no longer govern themselves.

all 50 states have a national guard or state militia. it, it'sying for already in the budget. put the national guard down there. that will stop the problem. host: thank you. another comment. mexico will pay for the wall. when the illegals are forced to stay in mexico it will drain its budget even more. stephen, anderson south carolina, good morning and welcome to the conversation. caller: the v.a. and the drug enforcement agency's funding, they confiscate enough money in this country to build the wall. there is no need to ask anyone for money to build this wall. these illegals that are coming into the country are coming and because of the crisis that is going on in mexico. the drug cartels are taking over their cities, they have nowhere else to go. where are they going? there is nowhere for them to go. if we fund this and build it ourselves, screen these people properly we would have no problem with them coming to work and being part of our society. there is no problem. i see no problem in that. host: thank you. another tweet, and numerous creative ways that mexico can pay for

way they look at it is they've been essentially helping us in iraq by restraining the pro-iranian militias there and letting the flights come closer and so on and so on. this is what concerns me is this list in i.tself makes no sense, especially yellmen, not a sourc of international terrorism. >> we'll leave it there. thank you to all of you. i said david gergen, right? we don't see you but we heard you. david gergen as well. thank you all, appreciate it. we'll be right back. ♪ for millions of baby boomers there's a virus out there. a virus that's serious, like hiv, but it hasn't been talked about much. a virus that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it. that's because hep c can hide in your body silently for years, even decades, without symptoms and it's not tested for in routine blood work. if lefuntreated, hep c can cause liver damage, even liver cancer. but there's important information for us: the cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested for hep c. all it takes is a simple one-time blood test. and if you have hep c, it ca

he had joined the kurdish militia.a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll have the latest from washington where congress is convening for its first session since donald trump's election victory. republicans ditch plans to reduce the powers of an independent ethics watchdog, after the president—elect questioned the move. the government's announcing events to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the battle of passchendaele — we take a look back at one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. i'll be reviewing tomorrow's papers with pippa crerar from the evening standard and charlie wells from the wall streetjournal. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm damian johnson. ahead on the programme. mission accepted — former derby boss paul clement replaces bob bradley with the aim of preventing swansea from dropping out of the premier league. the bull fight‘s over — former sup

what's more important getting back to the question that is raised as some of these militias were created calling upon the shia and sunni to rise up against isis and some of these were formed as a result so this is a cleric issuing the religious decree to try to combat extremism that's what happened is once he encouraged people and called them to arms he couldn't control what happened later so now they are listening to i'm simplifying access titbut to some degree noe commanders are the revolutionary guards. so, i think that it's a good example of not being able to control the message that once you unleash something, you don't know what the consequences going tto become and yes they are very violent and i have every reason to believe the videos i've seen were legitimate. i checked with people. they were given to me by legitimate sources. some of these videos are on the internet. i am not an expert on tunisia or north africa but what happened generally speaking is very positive. but when we look at the success stories, you have to place them in the context of the region. one of the reasons

>> in my experience including when we were under attack by iranian backed militias in 2011, he looks for a strategic approach to essentially make sure that iran pays a pet price regionally for what it does against us, be at the bombings in saudi arabia, the militias against us in lebanon in 1983. we were not allowed to do that. we were allowed to go after iran in various ways tactically. it worked for the moment, but from my standpoint, and i think mattis', it is better to go after a bond in a strategic way. >> jenna: interesting, the washington posted a piece on this topic to say general mattis wanted to go into iran p when it was found out that their missions were killing our men and women come he wanted to go into the country and make a point, there were tensions, according to reports between him and the obama administration. what can he tell us about that time. matt? >> i cannot confirm things that are still classified. what i can say is generally the way i cashed it is he wanted to take a strategic approach to iran. remember, it was not just inside iraq, it was the attempted ass

but now state media report a deal has been reached between the government and the militias, engineersow been allowed to access that area. and to get the water flowing back through that nation's capital. >>> in west africa, we are getting word ivory coast's government has reached an agreement with mutiny soldiers. this is according to the defense ministry, although cnn has not been able to confirm the troops have accepted the deal. the agreement would end a dispute over bonus pavementpaym. a some soldiers say they were promised $8,000 and a house for helping to bring the current president to power after disputed elections in 2010. >>> this is "cnn newsroom." still ahead, the obama girls. they grew up in the white house. the whole world was watching. under a microscope in fact. and now they're getting advice about moving on from another pair of presidential daughters. it is 4:47 on the u.s. east coast. this is "cnn newsroom" and we are glad to have you with us. y . i did my ancestrydna. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% native american. i had no idea. it's opened up a whole new

from all of this she understands the frustration is have and why he is looking elsewhere but all to militians hopeful he will come to see what she already knows. >>mark: bill with a story is moving a does not seem of alameda will remain the site of team headquarters very much longer even with today's news they're disappointed but remains determined to keep the team here in the bay area >>reporter: they're taking a toll road and the santa cruz mountain as residents of new the dealing with the onslaught of rock and mud slides like this one and never did stop raining in the santa cruz mountain. >>dan k: between boulder creek a moscow last saw a dozen new small rock and mud slides of their down trees to and no hanging wires in some spots. >>steve: one resident tells husked the creaking beneath the skin called is more concern for her property. >>haaziq m: >>reporter: and is going to give here in the early morning hours you will notice some of the heaviest rainfall. >>steve: he spent his final full day in office and we have a couple statistics to share. >>steve: the victorious has been sent to th

ryan lock, who was 20 and from chichester, had joined the ypg kurdish militia.ater this month, blaming syrian government ceasefire violations. turkish police are continuing their hunt for the gunman who killed 39 people at a nightclub in istanbul on new year's eve. some media have identified the suspect as a 28 year old from kyrgyzstan, but this hasn't been confirmed. a think tank closely linked with labour says labour is "too weak" to win a majority and would need to work with rivals like the liberal democrats to stand any chance of getting into government. time for a full round—up of the sports news now, with jess creighton. hello. arsenal travel to bournemouth tonight and a win for arsene wenger‘s side moves them to within six points of leaders chelsea who play tottenham tomorrow. he admits it has been difficult for his players to keep the pressure on chelsea after their 13 successive league wins but his team have to dig deep starting with this evening.- the moment, chelsea win every single game, comfortable upfront. so we have just hang on and try to win our

of the militia. and washington was a big, juicy target. he was 6'3" at a time when a typical american, a typical american was by 6'." he stood out. he had two mounts shot out from underneath him and basically to survive after your horse is shot and falls and you fall and the chances of breaking a leg, he survived. he showed his close after the battle. there were four bullet holes in his closing, including his hat was shot off from his head. okay, and this was so striking at the time that samuel davies, a famous pastor, and this at the very end of 1755, long before the revolution, washington's is 23, but samuel davies, future president of princeton university, famous pastor, delivers a sermon as has that shirley providence has protected that magnificent youth, colonel washington, and sustained him for some singular service to his people. .. you can see the history of the world being changed if bullets go this way or that way. washington was coming back and delivered and ultimatum to the french, had all these adventures based on his own reco

some of the american-supported militias in syria. the turks said if we have to find somebody to side with, we'll find somebody on the battlefield in syria. that's why we end up today. >> phil, you mentioned before you think one of the things that's happening here is isis is losing ground in certain areas, so they're staging attacks like this in istanbul as a pr offensive. i feel like that's the same thing we heard a year ago in the paris attacks, and the year before that in a different attack, that's what was said then. isis keeps on losing territory and keeps on having the ability to carry out these attacks. do they need the territory to be a viable and lethal terror organization? >> over the long term they do. and by that i mean in my world as a counterterrorism guy, five years, ten years, 20 years. over the short term they do not. clear distinction here, john. people rarely speak about this. the distinction between ongoing territory and being a terror group. in the age of social media, owning ideology, in cyberspace, there's a bun

fighting these ukrainian troops is a militia which controls two tiny unrecognised russian backed republicsch he says is part of ukraine. the next day, on a hillside nearby, we are shown the ukrainian military defences. this impressive network of trenches shows how ukraine has been digging in for months. they have not lost territory to the rebels in well over a year. and for that, they can claim some success. but any success has come at a cost. the front line town held by ukraine. we meet viktor. his wife was killed and his grandson disabled, both by shelling. eastern ukraine is a deprived region. you can see bitter divisions. the conflict has become one of attrition which world powers have been unable or unwilling to end. now to evidence of a startling rise in gun violence the us, including in barack obama's hometown of chicago. killings in the city have reached a 20—year high. a deadly summer of violence brought this year's death toll to 500. most of the victims and their killers were young men. we spent a week in chicago and found a world where guns rule. in my neighbourhood, they start

made syria, with thousands of armed groups on the ground, including terrorist groups and average militias as yoshi and with the regime, more of the type of stable place we wish it to be. reporter: thank you, ambassador. katty: you are watching bbc "world news america." still to come, the search for mh-370 has come to an end with no sign of the airplane that disappeared three years ago. enthusiasts have mosques to use camera technology to determine when first light appears in the sky. the time of the first light, before sunrise, is important to muslims the kos when it determines when they can start their first prayer of the day. whencause it determines they can start their first prayer of the day. reporter: the first light of dawn, before sunrise, a signal for muslims to begin their first prayer. there are many views on how to calculate when this happens. mosques mark the first prayer at different times. >> fixing the time of the prayer based on the books. many have written a different ways that many people have adopted the different faith. reporter: could this be a solution? a camera that