. >> in the northern syria opposition fighters they say they have regained controls of parts of north eastern aleppo after fighting. the village is one of these key battlegrounds. returns close to the turkish boarder, both sighs want to control important neighborhoods in the country's biggest city. assistance both inside syria and to the cub's sheltering the millions of stirrian refugees who fled the conflict. 1.1 million registered refugees that's in camps in lebanon. another 1.3 are living in turkey the government figure is much higher than that. the money of syrians now taking refuge in iraq has exceeded 220,000. and more than 130,000 people have made their way to safety, in egypt. it is the worst human tear crisis worldwide. the needs are great. up to 11 million syrians require help outside the country but those who have been displaced within syria as a result of the conflict not only nod that they need in jobs they need to educate the children, here 500,000 are of school age. and only 25% are enrolled in school. we are at one of the informal schools set up by the united nations.

we'll have more from that meeting in a moment, but first, this report from northern syria. >> this is what is left of kobani. the mainly kurdish population has fled, leaving a shattered ghost town that has become a similar the threat posed by jihadist islamic state. stopping the group's brutal rise is the ambitious goal. cooperation between western and arab states is being touted as its first success. >> our diversity is in fact a source of remarkable strength because it gives us the credibility and breadth of reach to move against i.s. not only in iraq and syria but to counter any support that might exist for it anywhere in the world. >> the german foreign minister said the gulf could play an important role. as islamic countries, they were in a unique position to counter the i.s.'s propaganda. >> europeans and americans cannot do it. it has to be muslim states who say that i.s. is not acting in the name of islam. >> germany will continue to supply kurdish peshmerga fighters with weapons as part of a strategy to supply local forces fighting i.s. with military support, and the jihadist

. >> this video showing the bombing of three iis buildings near a leper in northern syria. another 15 strikes making up to 31 were carried out any rock including missions against the islamist stronghold of mosul. italy says that more than 1300 migrants have been rescued in the mediterranean over the past few days. >> four separate set sail from libya. most are coming from central africa. italy's interior ministry says that nearly 170,000 migrants have arrived in italy by see this year. human rights groups estimate at least 3200 have died trying to reach europe. 10 years ago, one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history struck more than a dozen countries in southeast asia, a powerful tsunami killing nearly a quarter of a million people. >> a remembrance of the people that lost alliance. they released hundreds of lanterns, a symbolic and rather touching liberation of the spirits of the dead. >> that moving tribute was just one of dozens of ceremonies held across asia. >> indonesia's resident lay tribute at the grave. around 50,000 victims were here. about 170,00

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in addition to the war parts of syria are under threat from the islamic state group. the northernown of kobane has been under siege for two months. most of the population has fled but there are some determined to remain among the ruins of their homes. here's more from our team on the ground. >> this talent used to have more than 50,000 residents. local officials say no more than 2000 remain. kobane northern syria, next to the turkish border has been under siege from islamic state militants since september. many remaining fled from villages as militants approached. >> a mortar hit as i carried two of my daughters, they were injured. one was seven years old. she died in turkey. they brought her body back and buried her here in kobane. >> bread is being produced. the islamic state has not managed to cut supply lines from the turkish border. this bakery has been reopened, sending through to the front lines of kurdish warriors. the bakers remain optimistic. >> this bakery shut down 20 years ago and we fixed it up. 10 days ago it was worse here. we've been helping people and sending bre

. >>> islamic state militants in northern syria say they have shot down a fighter jet and captured its pilot. jordan's military says the plane was taking part in the u.s.-led coalition. >> reporter: images posted on twitter show a man the is the captured after a coalition air raid over the syrian province of raqqa. islamic state militants group claims a missile was used to bring down the fighter jet. if that is true, this would be the first time the group has successfully attacked a coalition plane. but the u.s. military refutes the claim. the general of the u.s. central command says the militant group is misrepresenting the crash for it is own purposes. he says the u.s. will work closely with jordan armed forces to rescue the pilot. the u.s. and its partners, including jordan, have been launching air strikes on islamic state-linked targets. officials say they launched on wednesday alone. in the iraqi capital of baghdad, a suicide bomber killed 38 security workers on wednesday. they have come to collect payments from the military. they believe the attack is connected to the islamic sta

islamic state militants purportedly killed fighters in northern syria. analysts say the group's morale seems to be weakening, but they say the air strikes that started in september are only having a limited effect, because the militants are hiding among civilians. >>> the greek parliament has failed to elect the country's new president in a second vote, fueling concern about political turmoil. prime minister antonio hopes parliament will back his choice of former european commissioner stemos. he failed to obtain enough votes in the first round last week. the second of three attempts took place on tuesday. demos received 268 votes falling short of the 200 required for his election. demos will need 180 votes in the third, and final round scheduled for next monday. if he fails to be elected for a third time, the greek parliament will be dissolved early next year. >> translator: i am hopeful that in the third round we will avoid a national danger, a national adventure. >> translator: neither parliament nor the people will give a blank check to samaras, so he

islamic state militants say they're holding a jordanian pilot after his warplane went down in northern syria. it was the first time a pilot from the u.s.-led coalition has been captured by the group. photographs on islamic state affiliated social media sites show the purported pilot and the remains of his plane. they show a man surrounded by a number of gunmen who appear to be islamic state militants. the jordanian military has confirmed one of its pilots has been captured by militants near the city of raqqa. the statement did not mention why the plane went down. it urged the militants to guarantee the safety of the pilot. the u.s. and its partners have been carrying out airstrikes on targets related to the islamic state group for three months. officials say coalition forces conducted 17 air raids on wednesday in syria and iraq. the targets included a weapons depot in raqqa. >>> iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber in baghdad killed at least 38 people and wounded 56 others. they suspect islamic state is behind the terror attack that targeted pro-government fighters. the man blew himself up

to a -- >> thanks to a safety guarantee, 74-year-old juergen was allowed to spend 10 days in northern syriand iraq, including muscle --mosel. there he got a lot -- a look at life under the islamic state and spoke to the fighters about what motivates them to carry out acts of extreme brutality. >> he joins us now from munich. you are just back from 10 days in is controlled territory. the juicy anything that positively shocked you? -- did you see anything that positively shocked you? >> everything shocked me, but it is amazing to see such a terrorist group, the islamic state, has conquered an area which is bigger than great britain. that is an incredible effort and an incredible success. and at the same time, every day, hundreds again people come from western countries to join this organization. i was always [no audio] of victory. i've never seen something in war zones. and i've been -- i'm never seen something like this in war zones. and i've been in many war zones. >> what major realize and think people are incredibly fanatical and enthusiastic about what they are doing? collects first of a

international coalition's military operation against the islamic state positions in iraqiya and northern syria. that was announced on jordan's national television. >> the islamic state group does not hide its terrorist plans against jordan the group has conducted many criminal operations, including killing innocent people. those people include muslims and non-muslims alike in both syria and iraq. >> the jordanian government confirmed this, but they say the plane was not shot down but it did crash. the country's military says it holds the group and its supporters responsible for the safety of their pilots and his life. >> this is the time of solidarity. we will stand beside the family of the pilot. we said right from the beginning that this is going to be a continuous and long war, and we think that we have a duty to defend our country and our region from this wave of terrorism. >> u.s. also states evidence suggests the jet was knocked down by islamic state militants. a general in charge of american troops in the region did acknowledge they have taken the pilot hostage. he condemned their actio

and the kinds of kurds that are more or less at war with the turks are the ones in northern syria. so there are syrian kurds, turkish kurds and iraqi kurds. >> and iranian kurds. >> that complicates this, especially where the turks are concerned. >> that depth, breadth, and detail of understanding on a fairly arcane issue is why you were part of the best national security team in history. i mean that sincerely. i was a bit player at the time. let me ask the other dimension of that question. what would you be saying to our european allies and particularly the germans at this time as we look not only at the unfolding crisis in the middle east, but as we look at a russia that 1 of -- a russia that obviously is very different than the russia you dealt with and the problem of ukraine. what should we be saying? what kind of dialogue should we be having, what types of policy should we be proposing with our european friends starting with the germans? >> i think we're having those conversations. that's why we've instituted some multilateral sanctions. the ruble is in the tank. a lot of that

reportedly executed 100 foreign fighters who tried to escape from their stronghold of raqqah in northern syria. analysts say the group's morale seems to be weakening, but they say the air strikes that started in september are only having a limited effect because the militants are hiding among civilians. members of another human rights group say islamic state fighters are committing crimes against humanity in neighboring iraq. workers with amnesty international say the militants have been abducting women and girls of the yazidi minority. they say the captives are being forced to marry, being sold, or traded as gifts. workers are the rights group interviewed more than 40 yazi yazidis. they say militants abducted hundreds, possibly thousands, of women and girls. many of the victims were taken to iraq's second largest city mosul. and they say some of the girls were so traumatized they took their own lives. amnesty officials are calling on members of the international community to take action to support the victims. >>> u.s. authorities have indicted five men for smuggling dozens of guns on commerc

there's a lot of focus on the aleppo pocket in northern syria which is a focus to the turks and us and everyone. jordan is more focussed on the other areas. we need to help them. but jordan is a front-line state and that's why we're providing them substantial security assistance and humanitarian assistance to deal with the refu yee crisis. our friends in the region are just impacted by this crisis everyday and that's why part of the president's central policy in his counterterrorism support in building partner capacity is focussed on this very issue, the neighbors of syria in making sure they can with stand this crisis as best they can. >> can you talk a little bit about camp liberty and any of the abuses by the iraqis? i know you're on the discussion. >> i get a briefing on this every single day and get reports from both the residents and also from the united nations. and as you know, the united nations monitoring teams confirms to us about human tear supplies and the other all situation at the camp. we look at it every single day. my colleague jonathan winer who is our senior adviser

kind of kurds that are more less at war with the turks the one in northern syria. there are syrian kurds, there are turkish kurds, and there are a iraqi kurds. and they are all different. >> and there are iranian kurds. >> and that is really are getting it, especially with the turks are concerned. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would just say that that level and depth of detail and understanding on a fairly issue is why you are part of the best national security team in history. i mean that sincerely because i was a big player at the time. let me ask that of the question would you be saying to our european allies, and germans at y the this time, as we look not only in the unfolding crisis at dle east, but as we look a russia that, obviously, is very different than the russia you dealt with, and the problems in ukraine? wwhat should we be saying? what kind of dialogue should we be having? what kinds of policies should we be proposing with our european friends, starting with the germans? >> well, i think we are having those conversations. and that is why we have multilat

it gives us another power projection platform closer to northern syria.me time they have got very different interests. limited scope of whatever agreement comes underscores the complicates of this arrangement. turkey is more concerned about bashar al-assad and frankly the kurds who we want them to support than they are worried about isis. we're eeffectively trading them the no-fly zone which protects rebels they want to fight assad in exchange for bases we will use to fight isis. right now folks in northern syria, there has been a lot of reporting, they're confused where we really stand. are we fighting isis or supporting bashar al-assad? this agreement doesn't sort out any strategic complications. because of our lack of leadership on this issue and lack of clarity it only kicks the can down the road t will only have limited strategically. bill: why is the u.s. military now being warned they could be vulnerable to isis by posting information online to social media? what's happening there? >> isis declared months ago they wanted their members to seek out m

is through this city that most foreign, humanitarian, and military assistance to the people of northern syria and the model opposition flows. yet over the past year, as the moderate opposition has struggled to maintain its defense of this city, as better resourced fighters from isis, you know, as many a 40 air strikes a day from the assad regime hit them, they've had to contend with assad's use of hezbollah fighters against them, and so you see a situation where isis is gradually captured an increasing portion of the city, as have other -- as have those who want to extinguish this last representation of the syrian middle class efforts to hold on. and they're encircled. and they're defending it from within. and most observers agree with alep po falls out of moderate control it will have catastrophic consequences for the free syrian army. so they're already on the ropes after years of anemic support. when we meet with them, we hear the same thing you hear from them -- they can't get the equipment that they need to fight back against isis. so in late august, a team of state department briefers m

successfully able to say that it has held out for quite a long time for example in kobane in northern syria the attacks. americans would say isis has not been able to take the entire town. so each side will define success and progress according to the senate trying to say it's advancing and the other side is losing. we can't say of course isis expansion and take over of vast areas of land in iraq and syria has been slowed down since the attack started. that is quite clear. they have been forced to go underground in certain areas. we don't know about the effect on their finances. the battle is still at the very beginning. >>> in other news, israel says there will be an election march 17 next year. it comes a year after benjamin netanyahu fired two cabinet members. his government took office last year. there's been a number of issues. >>> a large car bomb exploded n yemen. several buildings were badly damaged. >>> now in india, hundreds of survivors of the bhopal gas leaks have taken to the streets to mark 30 years since the tragedy. they're demanding harsher punishment for those responsible.

them at bay in northern iraq and sent fight attorneys help defend the kurdish city of kobani in northern syriatime, isis also claims responsibility for two car bombings in the shiite stronghold of sadr city in baghdad. those attacks left at least 21 dead and 69 people wounded. >>> anti-terrorism officials in chechnya say a special operation to neutralize militants is over. the militant as tacked a police post and other targets in grozny. security forces recovered eight bodies. reports say ten officer died. this came just before vladimir putin's annual state of the union address. >>> and that speech makes patriotism with anger toward the west which mr. putin blames for russia's economic woes. our senior international correspondent matthew chance has more. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: his country is under international sanctions, its economy in freefall. but vladimir putin's speech to russian lawmakers was defiant, not least on the issue of crimea which he annexed. he said the strategic peninsulas with sacred. >> translator: crimea have invaluable and sacred importance for russia

and it's even sent fighters to help defend the kurdish city of kobani in northern syria. isis also claims responsibility for two car bombings in the shiite strong hold of a baghdad neighborhood. those attacks left at least 21 dead and 69 wounded. >> well, kobani has been under siege by isis militants for months now. and most residents have fled for safety. but some do remain, despite the constant violence there. kobani feels haunted by those who are still alive in it. inhumane enough that the coalition war planes above is a strange comfort. the destruction so near complete the fight is more now for victory alone, not for its spoils. hereby here they' even given up on hospitals. this, the last one flattened by a car bomb. you can see with month months has done. in the near future, still, the fighting persists. the shelling, almost constant, so much of it caused by crude homemade devices like this. children besieged. usef can list his friends who left. but they show us their only option. what they do when the blasts start. their uncle taught them to hide like this. this cou

today the islamic state beheaded a man in northern syria as after accusing him of blasphemy.itants killed the man in a public square in front of a crowd that included children. the islamic state has beheaded three americans in recent months and seed control of territory across sierra and iraq, and in iraq today, the prime minister there asked for more weapons, and air power from the united states to help defeat the islamic state militants. he spoke to our defense secretary, chuck hagel, who is in baghdad today. no word on how secretary hagel responded to iraq's request, but he did say it's up to the iraqis to lead the fight. officials in lebanon say the ex-wife of the islamic stayed leader al-baghdadi is formally under arrest on suspicion of terrorism crimes. last week, lebanese officials said dna tests confirmed a child captured along with the woman is the daughter of the islamic state leader. but iraqi officials have denied that lebanon managed to capture his ex-wife and daughter. >>> jennifer griffin has the latest on this. secretary kerry getting grilled on the hill by me

international observers say at least 30 air strikes hit the city of raqqah saturday night in northern syria. that's where isis has training and weapons facilities and barracks for its fighters. it marks a sharp increase in coalition air strikes in the area. earlier tracks had focused on the city of kobani near the turkish border and observers say 40 fighters from both sides were killed over the weekend as kurdish fighters clashed with isis militants that city hanging in the balance for weeks. >>> still to come here on cnn, surveillance video shows the moment police shoot and kill a 12-year-old boy. we'll tell you what led up to that shooting. and a new report on california's drought. it doesn't bring good news for hundreds living in increasingly desperate conditions. >>> welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are watching live news coverage here on cnn. i'm natalie allen. top stories, hong kong police are cracking down in the city's admiralty district. a few hours ago police built barricades built by protesters at the main site. overnight officers used ba

and then new emerging threats in the middle east but specifically northern africa syria, iraq, afghanistan. it talks about internally the thread of destabilization by groups within russia as well as unspecified terrorist groups from without and within. the main risk it notes and this has not changed from four years ago is nato and nato's expansion , close to russia's borders is seen as a top risk to russian security. it shot up -- a shot across the bow. the big theme of nato coming up to russia's borders expanding. >> the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists began an exchange of hundreds of prisoners of war. the deal will see 125 crimean servicemen exchanged for 225 rebels following a fresh round of peace talks. the former first lady of ivory coast when on trial for her part in the country's political crisis four years ago which claimed the lives of thousands of people. she is standing trial along with other -- 80 two others. her husband is being held at the hague. she faces a lengthy prison sentences, possibly life behind bars. >> hand-in-hand with her lawyer, the former first

al qaeda linked fighters and other militants have captured two army bases in the province of northern syriadozens of militants and syrian troops have died. this after two days of intense battles. president obama talked about the end of the u.s. combat mission in afghanistan while visiting a military base in new jersey and ed henry has more on that from the white house. what did we hear from the president. >> it's interesting because as the president is trying to ramp up the battle against isis in iraq and syria -- remember, iraq, we heard, comp bat operations were over several years ago. today the president was saying again, this time, combat operations are coming to an end at the end of this year, in afghanistan. even as he was walking this fine line of saying, look, there's still a lot of violence on the background and more than ten thousand u.s. troops will still remain behind. listen. >> this month america's war in afghanistan will come to an -- to a responsible end. that doesn't mean everything is great in afghanistan. afghanistan is still a very dangerous place. but i want you and eve

published an interview with the jordanian pilot captured last week after his plane crashed in northern syria. the first lieutenant says his team was shot down by a heat seeking missile. he said he ejected from the aircraft and landed in the euphrates river where he was taken captive by isis fighters. the islamic state group praises the attack on a cafe in sydney, australia earlier this month. >>> meanwhile china steps up its censorship of google blocking google's e-mail service shutting down loopholes it had let users access the service using third party apps. they also block facebook and twitter. >>> if it wasn't the north koreans, then who diwhen we return new details on a massive sony pictures hack attack. >> get ready for the cooldown on the way. allyson rae has >>> welcome back. it's 6:11. i'm meteorologist allyson rae. we're dry for most areas but if you are traveling south, south of fredricksburg or over off to the east, leonardtown, easton seeing a up scoff sprinkles and they -- seeing a couple of sprinkles and they could turn to flurries as the temperature continues to drop. 39 degr

kurdish fighters advanced in the contested northern syria town of kobani today after heavy clashes with isis militants. joining us, john huddy, standing by with why these sporadic clashes are delaying the evacuation of those last ezidys who remain trapped on mt. sinjar. >> kurtdish forces have had to recapture hundreds of square miles from isis. this has been a very difficult logistical and military effort that's caused, as you mention, those delays. but we're hearing that tremendous headway has been made. that's because kurdish forces have reportedly opened a 44-mile long corridor between these positions in northeast syria and mt. sinjar in neighboring iraq. that's allowed for the rescue of thousands of eye zidys who have been trapped since august. as you see there, clearing a path, and now aid and food and water being brought in to all those people. a big help has also been the ongoing offensive in kobani. as you mentioned in the lead-in, the syrian town along the turkish border, where critical ground has been recap chured from isis. this has been a main battleground that's lasted for

. >>> we're following developing news out of northern syria tonight.at's why a jordanian fighter pilot crashed and is being held by isis. isis is claiming it shot down the jet with the heat-seeking missile. u.s. central command is denying that but confirming the pilot is a captive. the jordanian pilot is the first member of the u.s.-led coalition against the terror group to be taken hostage. his family confirmed the 26-year-old identity. they are pleading for his release. >>> it was a movie that some claim led to one of the most harmful hacks in history. we're talking about "the interview." now the movie that sony once said we may never see is available on both the big and small screen. >> it's the first rule of journalism. you give the people what they want! >> "the interview" began screening today on youtube, and other services. tomorrow, hundreds of theaters will show the film on the big screen. the first showings of the film are already sold out at some theaters, including the elmwood theater in berkeley. tickets are selling well in san jose. >> i'

they say this all happened in northern syria near the militant self-declared capital city raqqah. ive arab allies helping the u.s. fight the islamic state inside syria and this marks the first time the militants have captured a soldier from the coalition. christian whiten is a former state department senior adviser. christian, thank you for being here as we navigate this breaking news now. so tell me what we are doing that you know of to shore up jordan on this? >> well, the statement is pretty vague talking about not letting them use it for a propaganda purposes, but of course they've already done that. parading a prisoner of war like this is a violation of the geneva convention. of course it surprises no one that isis pays no attention to the geneva convention. i think this is a reminder frankly that the way of waging war we have seen in the last half decade or so is not as sterile as it seems. using drones, using aircraft, refraining from using ground troops, actually still nonetheless, exposes our own forces and our own allies to mortal risk at times. >> you know as we're getti

there's a lot of focus on the aleppo pocket in northern syria which is a focus to the turks and us and everyone. jordan is more focussed on the other areas. we need to help them. but jordan is a front-line state and that's why we're providing them substantial security assistance and humanitarian assistance to deal with the refugee crisis. our friends in the region are just impacted by this crisis everyday and that's why part of the president's central policy in his counterterrorism support in building partner capacity is focussed on this very issue, the neighbors of syria in making sure they can with stand this crisis as best they can. >> can you talk a little bit about camp liberty and any of the abuses by the iraqis? i know you're on the discussion. >> i get a briefing on this every single day and get reports from both the residents and also from the united nations. and as you know, the united nations monitoring teams confirms to us about human tear supplies and the other all situation at the camp. we look at it every single day. my colleague jonathan winer who is our senior adviser

is through this city that most foreign humanitarian and military assistance to the people of northern syria and the moderate opposition flows. yet over the past year, as the moderate opposition has struggled to maintain its defense of this city, as better resourced fighters from isis as, you know, as many as 40 air strikes a day from the assad regime hit them, they have had to contend with assad's use of hezbollah fighters against them. and so you see a situation where isis has gradually captured more parts of city as have those who want to extinguish this last representation of the syrian middle class efforts to hold on. and they're encircled. and they're defending it from within. and most observers agree that if aleppo follows out of moderate control, it will have catastrophic consequences for the free syrian army. so they're all right on the ropes after years of anemic support. when we meet with them, we hear from them the same thing that you hear from them, they can't get the equipment that they need to fight back against isis. so in late august, a team of state department briefers met

wants to use turkish air bases to launch attacks across northern syria. and there could be major obstacles still in the way but is it a step in the right direction? joining us now, rear admiral, john care bill, the pentagon press secretary. welcome to the real story today, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> so, let's talk a little bit about this, because josh earnest, the president's spokesperson just did a briefing and he was emphatic on the fact that there's not going to be a specific no-fly zone proposal at this time. that goes against what "the wall street journal" said as far as what turkey was proposing. what's the real story? >> well, look, this is an issue that we have been long discussing with the turks, they have expressed an interest in this for many, many months. so, this is something that we continue to talk to them about, but josh is right, here at the pentagon, i can tell you that there's no active consideration of that proposal right now. we are, however, talking to the turks and continue to talk to them about ways in which they can contribu

the whole of the rest of these sunni areas of iraq, plus, of course, big parts of northeast and northern syria to contend with. and the complications outside the kurdish area are massive. both iraq where the army has really not been in very good shape. a lot of shia militias are piling in, but that's complicated. you can't overrun very safely sunni areas with shia militias. so in iraq, there are problems, a massive problem trying to get together a credible force on the ground. i mean, the american strategy of trying to support moderate elements in the opposition movement in syria is really in a bit of disarray because those moderate elements so-called, many of them are quite extreme islamists themselves. and the franchise is emerging as the biggest of the non-i.s. opposition forces. so a lot to do. the kurds are doing their bit, but they can't really go far beyond their own area. >> that's jim muir. >>> to australia now. eight children have been found dead in the same home in the northern state of queensland. there were eight between 18 months and 15 years. police in the town of cairns say a w

. >>> isis has shot down a warplane in the raqqah province in northern syria according to the observatory human rights. we don't know what country the plane came from. or the status of anyone on board. just reporting in that we know, this plane shot down by isis, we will bring you any new details as they come in to us. >>> the other major breaking story we're following right now relates to a police shooting in the st. louis area. very close to ferguson, missouri which has been a flash point of tensions in the u.s. here's the latest information we have on this story. police officers say they were on patrol in the town of berkeley when they came across two men on the side of a gas station. they say when the officer got out of his car and approached the men, one of them pulled out a handgun. the officer then fired several shots hitting and killing one of the men, the other fled the scene. we are now looking at footage being broadcast to us from our affiliate kmovr. this is just next to ferguson, missouri in a place called berkeley. there's a lot of social media chatter right now with people

iman and busra are from a town in northern syria controlled by i.s.i.s. their homes two years ago when their village was destroyed. here in lebanon they tell us their families have struggled to make ends meet, that their parents are too old to work. local land owners often prefer to hire children who are cheaper and have more energy, and the girls say they choose to work to save their parents the humiliation of having to ask for money. "i went to work, so we could pay the rent." "if they borrow money and somebody comes and talks about them the next day, we can't bear that." the u.n. estimates almost 300,000 syrian refugee children living in lebanon today not currently enrolled in school, having to work and support their families. the children in the potato fields are the sole bread winners of the family earning as little as $4 a day. yet these two are some of the lucky ones. a local organization set up shifts after school for working children. >> they came to us and said we cannot survive if our children don't go to work, so we need the work and the money

central command issued a statement saying that a jordanian f-16 war plane crashed in northern syria. jet's pilot was apprehended by islamic state fighters. it's the first time a coalition servicemember has fallen into the jihadist group's hands. apart from its high profile slayings of american journalists and foreign aid workers, brutality, and rapid land grabs in iraq and syria, very little is known about the organization also known as isis or isil. tonight, we hear from one westerner who just spent 10 days inside islamic state territory and lived to tell about it. german author, activist, and former politician juergen todenhofer did the seemingly impossible. after months of negotiating over skype, he won a written security guarantee from islamic state forces, granting safe passage through their territory, so he could research an upcoming book. the islamic state's seat of power, and then, to the iraqi city of mosul. they were tightly supervised, but allowed to shoot interviews with islamic state fighters and even prisoners. >> what did they tell you? what will happen to you? will yo

>> well, i think there's no question that when isis took over both northern syria and western iraq this past summer, we had to go out and help the iraqis and the peshmerga meet that threat and i do think that president obama has done a good job of marshalling air power against isis. the question, shep, is the administration's rhetoric is they want to defeat isis. the policy is actually to contain it right now. we don't have enough fire power to defeat isis on the ground in iraq, we don't have conventional ground forces in iraq. the other problem i see is that i'm not sure it's going to be possible to be successful in iraq if we don't have a vigorous assertive policy in syria because it's the combined battles. isis occupies both countries, parts of both countries. i think you do have to have a syria policy and an assertive one at that to go along with the iraq policy. >> you mentioned in your talking points that we face a similar set of almost impossible circumstances in the bosnian war back under president clinton. expla explain? >> well, in syria there are 22 million people in syria, a

the invasion of isis, the so-called islamic state in northern syria in iraq is still under way. bombing seems ineffective and general charge of the advisory mission say it will take at least three years until the iraqi army can defend it. as we wait isis binges on destruction. the tomb of jonah, cruseder castles, churches, convents and traces of st. thomas the apostle who it is believed brought christianity to these lands. isis is financed by black market oil sales, kidnappings and in large part by the looting and exporting of ancient and irreplaceable artifacts. it's burgeoning with museums, private collectors and archeologists trying to determine and locate white house what's missing. satellite photos reveal historical sites caught in rubble caught in the crossfire of war and the historical greed of isis. some in the art world are calling for a military unit to protect the major sites. others fear this will only direct the terrorists to new targets. the syrian and iraqi governments are too weak and busy with war to provide any real help. so, isis parades by distributing videos

there's a lot of focus on northern syria, which is the turks and everyone, the jordan is very focusedon the other regions of syria on their border were isil has a tremendous presence and we need to help them. jordan is a frontline state and we are providing a substantial security system and humanitarian assistance to deal with the refugee crisis. again, our friends in the region, lebanon, jordan, turkey and iraq are impacted every day and that is why part of the president's central policy and his counterterrorism support in building partner capacities focused on this very issue. the neighbors of syria making sure they can withstand this crisis best they can. >> can you talk about any of the abuses by the iraqis? i know you're under discussion. >> i get a briefing every single day and i get reports of the residents in the united nations. as you know, the united nations monitoring team confirms to us about the humanitarian supplies in the overall situation at the camp. we look every single day. mccauley, jonathan, senior adviser is another albania today we've gotten about 600 others wou

can gather from sources that have worked on these negotiations these release scenarios via northern mali or syrias that the french government has a reputation for paying. it is a reputation. several sources have been involved in various hostage release scenarios that say money changed hands. it is not necessarily direct. their might be regional proxies who managed to find a way to find something the jihadists want. it may be releasing jihadist held in jail. for one of the earlier french hostages, he was released in exchange for several jihadists who were being held for their release. there are also avenues that might be explored. >> let's take a look back at the surrounding of the circumstances of serge lazarevic the last french hostage held by a terror group to have been freed. he was reportedly on a business trip when he was kidnapped. he stayed at a hotel in central mali. in the middle of the night gunman abducted him and his colleague, philippe verdon his body was found in july last year. he had been shot in the head. he was a strong man. in the latest video, he had lost weight and had grown

by the end of the year, we will have enough soldiers to replace isis in eastern syria and in northern syria, and to exert some pressure on assad in order to bring him into the negotiating table. and then try to find a way to strike a deal that will move syria into a transitional period. yes, sir? >> one more. go ahead. >> sir, excellent presentation. >> thank you. >> the former command of the special operations command, the new chancellor at the university of texas, one of his favorite phrases was, you can surge forces, but you can't surge trust. problems it would seem with the way we treated the shah of iran, with your -- how do we resolve that? >> would you explain more how this -- >> in other words, the confidence, the leadership of the countries in the area, whether it's saudi arabia, the leadership in egypt, promises that we're making, drawing red lines, the confidence that we can make all sorts of promises, but can they trust us on backing up those promises? >> well, obviously there is a problem here. but i think, still, there is enough confidence in the region, in the u.s., in order