frank: an army on the move in northern syria.y are backed by the u.s., they aim to take control back from the islamic state in raqqa province. russia has offered support. back here, the man who controversially sent british forces into iraq admitted today that he underestimated the forces unleashed by that invasion. now, he wants the west to intervene in syria. >> they have to be tackled on the ground now. it doesn't have to be our forces all the time, our forces can be do not be under any doubt that if you want to defeat these people, you will have to go and wage a proper ground war against them. frank: our local forces of to the task? kurdish and arab units have been trained. i thought well when supported by airstrikes, but lack the suicidal fanaticism the jihad's are facing. they are in northern raqqa province, 30 miles from the city. raqqa is the de facto capital of the islamic state, where hostages are held and atrocities carried out. crowds have often been ordered to attend public headings and amputations. they have warned r

special operations training camp in northern syria. from here and other secret nearby locations, the u.s. military is racing time to train enough local syrian forces so they can push south towards raqqa, the isis self-claimed capital. he was on a secret day long trip to syria. bot votel leads. >> i was in multiple locations and meet with our advisor teams. >> reporter: general votel has come under extraordinary security conditions to syria. we have asked not to reveal a number of details on how we all got here. but votel considers this part of the war a top priority. he is here to meet with the u.s. military advisors that are helping some of these local troops that you see work to defeat isis. votel went to multiple locations we've been asked not to disclose meeting with key local leaders in the syrian democratic forces, an umbrella organization overseeing many of these young arab fighters the u.s. is training. the spokesman for the forces are critical of u.s. efforts saying they need more ammunition and weapons beyond the few ammuniti

an airstrike in northern syria hits a refugee camp, reportedly killing at least 28 people. white house says there is no excuse. and, in north korea even toddlers are getting ready for a rare meeting of the workers party congress. we are inside the country with a special report. ♪ ♪ anchor: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. if you thought the u.s. had a lot of presidential drama at the moment, try brazil. president dilma rousseff is fighting for her job amidst charges she illegally tried to conceal the size of the national deficit. congress is weighing impeachment, and for weeks public anger has poured onto the street with a stream of rival rallies. president rousseff says efforts to oust her are illegal. she spoke to our south america correspondent. reporter: a moment of pride for brazil as the olympic torch arrives this week, but a bittersweet moment for dilma rousseff. this perhaps is one of her last official acts before the light goes out on her presidency. facing the prospect of suspension and an impeachment trial, president ro

a terrible situation in northern syria.e syrian crisis has been front-page news around the world and in france. another big story in france was the labor day protests. >> labor day, mayday for some, labor day for others, the communist day in france leads on that saying we are not giving up . protest took place with the message that on those employment reform proposals, they will continue to protest. now, the socialist government is trying to push the distillation which would, as far as protesters are concerned, give more scope to employers to do as they like and less scope for workers in terms of protection of work and in terms of being laid off. there were clashes in the march in paris. the tension was high. you can see there. , as we know,that police used tear gas and what is continuing, ongoing for a couple of months. the debate on labor reform bill which is been much amended following these protests continued on tuesday. the right wing says this is a disaster for the socialist government. it says the last big push in te

. >> reporter: isis has launched a major offense 95 northern syria attempting -- offensive in northernttempting to gain ground. the militant group has taken over a string of towns and villages while trapping more than 100,000 people near the turkish border. men, women, and children caught in the crossfire. isis entered marea, pushing syrian rebel forces out. this could be a significant lose because it sits between aleppo to the south and azaz to the north in the corridor, a major supply route for u.s.-backed syrian rebels fighting syria's government, bashar al assad's government, and isis militants. the new offensive shows that isis has the ability to launch attacks and capture new territory despite recent losses in iraq and other parts of syria. and fighting also continues to flaj aleppo between sear -- to rage in aleppo between syrian forces and government factions there, putting more strain on u.s.-backed rebel fighters already struggling to survive and keep together along with the thousands of innocent civilians caught in the crossfire. in fact, the u.n. estimates that as many as 1

special operations training camp in northern syria.gh local syrian forces so they can push south towards raqqah, isis' declared capital. on a day-long trip to syria, we followed joe votel. >> my mission was to meet with leadership in multiple locations and also to meet with our adviser teams. >> reporter: general votel has come to northern syria under extraordinary security conditions. in fact, we've been asked not to reveal a number of details on how we all got here. but votel considers this part of the war a top priority. he is here to meet with the u.s. military advisers that are helping some of these local troops that you see work to defeat isis. votel went to multiple locations. we've been asked not to disclose, meeting with key local leaders in the syrian democratic forces, an umbrella organization overseeing many of these young arab fighters the u.s. is training. a spokesman for the arab forces being trained here is critical of u.s. efforts. he says his group urgently needs more ammunition and weapons beyond the few ammunition s

nicole: a refugee camp or the turkish border of northern syria , scores of this place civilians . camp, lookere in the at what has happened. probably a body here, the body of a woman and we carried her away to the hospital. >> we are displaced people and people were set on fire. they set tents in restricted places a blaze. nicole: hundreds have found refuge in the cap after fleeing conflict. the attacks took place in territory controlled by the al qaeda affiliate. it is still unclear who is responsible. the white house issued swift condemnation. >> there is no justifiable excuse for carrying out an airstrike against innocent civilians who have already once fled their homes to escape violence. nicole: meanwhile, the united nations has called for an immediate investigation with one top officials saying the attack could amount to a war crime. molly: pope francis is calling on the eu to build bridges and tear down walls. from the vatican city, this is where he is being awarded the charlemagne prize. europe's most prestigious wrote -- awards and he is being presented at for his message

the attacks hit the camp in northern syria.re joined now by nicholas connolly from the newsroom committee has been following the story. this camp is essentially for refugees. what more do we know about the attack? nicholas: they say at least 28 people dead, 50 wounded. this is very close to the turkish border, about 1500 and 2000 people live there. sarah: the information them a we are relying on the syrian observer for that. they had been reporting on this. what more do we know about their credibility, are they relatively accurate with the information they put out? nicholas: they are a monitoring outfit in the u.k. provides syrian exiles that they have a large network of informants across syria and they have shown to bring consistently reliable news. the white house is already commenting on this and have called the attack indefensible. sarah: the city government carried out the airstrikes, is that plausible? nicholas: the white house is being a bit more cautious, they are saying there were no american coalition planes in the ar

special operations training camp in northern syria.eral joseph otell to meet kurdish and arab commanders fighting isis, just as isis launched new attacks against syrian government strong holds, killing dozens. >> my principle purpose was to meet with some of the syrian democratic force and leadership in multiple locations. >> reporter: it comes as the u.s. tries for a second time to stand up a fighting force. the first attempt crumbled with just a handful of rebels who stayed in the fight. now, a dangerous trip votel felt he had to make. >> i have responsibility for this mission, i have responsibility for the people that we put here. so it's imperative for me to come and see what they're dealing with, to share the risks they are -- they are absorbing on a day-to-day basis. >> reporter: from here, and other secret nearby locations, the u.s. military is racing time to train enough local syrian forces so they can push south towards raqqah, isis' declared capital. general votel has come to northern syria under extraordinary security condit

it is clear the issue of the kurds of northern syria, the question of how long a sock will stay.t seems to me that as we look is nopiece solution there way to get around the fact that turkey has a large role to play and the turkish president will use that. >> he is -- isn't he concerned about the issue in his orders? guest: we used to believe that -- it seems all aspects of turkish foreign policy are domestic. he is having ramifications far and beyond what we would have calculated. laura: can anything stop his presidential ambitions? guest: it seems we are heading toward a newly -- a new election. we will have to see what the elections fraying and the president has never lost an election. surprised --are will be surprised. watching "bbc world news america." concern over the impact of the zika virus. there is a fight over funding now as well. honors,e deepest lace seven miles beneath the surface of the pacific ocean. scientists are getting a rare glimpse of what lives in the depths of the marianas trench. david: and alien world and export right now by a submarine. one of the stran

special operations training camp in northern syria.ing time to train enough local syrian forces so they can push south towards raqqah, isis' declared capital. cnn was the only television network with general joseph otel on a secret day long trip to syria. he overseas the war against isis. >> my principle purpose was to meet with some of the syrian democratic force leadership and multiple locations and also to meet with our adviser. >> reporter: general votel has come to northern syria under extraordinary security conditions, in fact, we have been asked not to reveal a number of details on how we all got here. but votel considers this part of the war a top priority and here to meet with the advisers helping the local troops you see work to defeat isis. volunta he went to multiple locations we've been asked not to disclose. meeting with key leaders. and an umbrella organization overseeing many of the young arab fighters the u.s. is training. a spokesman being trained here is critical of u.s. efforts. he says his group urgently needs more

-led coalition reportedly struck isis targets in northern syria. the strikes reportedly killed 27 militants near the town of aleppo. it's not clear when the strikes took place, though. the obama administration's representative to the anti-isis coalition says the islamic militants are losing ground. bret mcgurk says the tide has turned against isis and that its perverse caliphate is shrinking. yesterday, isis launched a coordinated attack at a gas plant north of baghdad, and at least 14 people were killed. >>> officials are trying to figure out just how a fake bomb forced police to evacuate a 75,000-seat soccer stadium in britain. old trappard is home it manchester united. the very real-looking bomb was found in a toilet before kickoff saturday. the stadium evacuated. the fake bomb was a training device accidentally left by a private firm. the match was postponed. >>> the week-long celebration of queen elizabeth's 90th birthday is over. the finale last night was a horse pageant in a park near windsor castle. there were 900 horses and 1,500 performer

. >> reporter: isis launched a major offensive in northern syria and dangerously close to the turkishorder and trapping more than 100,000 people in the cross fire, men, women and children. isis entered the town of muria and pushing syria forces out. mirria is between aleppo to the south and the a zaz. it is it a major supply route for the rebels fighting the government and isis militias. isis has the ability to launch attacks and capture new territory despite the losses in iraq and other parts of syria. fighting in aleppo between syria forces and rebel factions and putting more strains on the u.s. backed fighters struggling to stay alive. thousands of innocent civilians are caught in the cross fire. 150,000 people remain trapped between the turkish border and the city ofazaz. doctors without borders had to shut down a key hospital as isis is pushing closer to it and gaining more ground, patty ann. >> john, thank you. >>> tragic news for basketball fans. nba bryce dejohn jones was shot and killed in texas. they found the new orleans guard collapsed outside of a dallas apartment. the ma

now, that interview was general votel was inside syria at the end of a very long day across the northernas decades of experience in special operations, the very experience that these young american forces we met are getting on this mission. this is a general who knows what is required and the kind of military personnel it takes to make it happen. pamela? >> barbara starr, thank you so much for bringing us that exclusive report. >>> and joining us now is cnn military analyst lieutenant rick francona. thank you for coming in. the instability in the rige, this new attempt to retake fallujah, are things getting better or worse in the wake of all the u.s. efforts there as barbara highlighted? >> well, it's two separate problems we're facing, and barbara gave an excellent report of what's going on in sear yand i think general votel's visit to syria highlights how tenuous the situation in syria is. we have to get a handle on what we need to do in syria, what resources are required. i think that's why he wengt there, and i think it was important for him to hear from the syrian democratic force c

special operations training camp in northern syria.ith general joseph votel on his secret trip there to meet kurdish and arab commanders fighting isis, just as isis launched attacks against strongholds. >> my purpose is to meet with syrian democratic leadership in multiple locations. >> reporter: it comes as the u.s. tries for a second time to stand up a fighting force. the first attempt crumbled with just a handful of rebels who stayed in the fight. now a dangerous trip, votel felt he had to make. >> i have responsibility for the mission, i have responsibility for the people that we put here, so it is imperative for me to come and see what they're dealing with, to share the risks that they are absorbing on a day-to-day basis. >> reporter: from here and other secret nearby locations, the u.s. military is racing time to train enough local syrian forces so they can push south toward raqqah, isis' delayerclared cap. we have been asked not to reveals on details how we got here, but he considers this part of the war top priority. he is here

. >> united nations said airstrikes have killed 50 civilians in northern syria in aleppo. a rescue has volunteers in was less than 24 hours after airstrikes in another city wounded several kids. >> canadian study shows doctors are prescribing antidepress amendments from everything mutt just depression, issuing them for anxiety, migraines and insomnia, which the drugs are not approveed. the use has increased in the united states 400% since 2008. researchers say only 55% of anti depress an prescriptions were to actually treating depression. >> the rise of services such as unhave an affect on crash test demies and they will use the dummies in the back seat during safety tests on new models. so far the tests only measure safety for drives and the front seat passengers. back seat safety has lagged. the change comes as more people use the ride service and it is in the back. >> now sue has an update. >> good morning, we have an alert in the fremont area it is showing reports of an accident as well and this is southbound, with a car overturned two left lanes, they have issued a si

russia continuing to support the regime's campaign to retake aleppo and strengthen its hold on northern syria they would think that you could squeeze it and their forefore t it over. >> translator: if they are of a mind to continue breaking this truce, armed factions have a right to respond to that aggression. >> reporter: and its biggest backers, saudi arabia, said the world will not stand idly by. >> it's an outrage. the world is not going to allow them to get away with this. >> reporter: and the israeli newspaper reporting that assad has used chemical weapons against isis and has used them against civilians during the cease-fire. isis has also used chemical weapons on the battlefield. all very terrifying for the civilians as the battle intensifies. jake? >> if assad used chemical weapons, that would be a huge story. did they say isis did or assad did? >> well, the israelis are saying that isis did but we know -- that assad has but we know from human rights groups that isis has been using it on the battlefield. chemical weapons not totally eliminated from syria. >> i thought that was suppos

he recently traveled to northern syria and iraq with the command of the u.s.entral command, i am pleased to have him on the program. welcome. david: thank you. charlie: tell me about the trip and what you saw. this, as you suggested, the first time a centcom commander has done this in six years. this is a very unusual opportunity for me and other reporters to travel with the general, the commander of centcom, in that role as overall of the war in syria and iraq against isis. this is the first time since i think 2010, roughly, that a centcom commander has taken press with him. under general austin, a predecessor, that was out. they did not want the press tagging along. he decided the american public needs to know more about the wars, if people are going to understand and support them, so he decided to take a salon, not just -- take us along, not just to baghdad or kurdistan, but into syria. we were not allowed to disclose going.e were we were not allowed to file anything until we had gotten out of the country, and we were in jordan. it was a rare chance, and th

upper 50s and thunderstorms in the northern syria and maybe a few more showers.ll as san diego. monterey with the clouds 64 degrees. the rest of the day today notice the rainfall activity sinking to the south. maybe an isolated shower throughout our east bay valleys. of the diablo range this morning. then it's about mostly to partly cloudy skies throughout the day today. as we enjoy that, we will look for the warmer numbers you not to arrive until tuesday. with highs near 80 concord. livermore and napa. low 70s around the bay and look what happens on wednesday. just a couple subtle differences. it will allow the numbers to slim down a couple degrees and that's sort of where we will stay. maybe a little cooler into the end of the week. so in terms of highs around the bay today, with the cloud cover, just upper 50s half moon bay. 63 in san francisco. mid-60s for you in richmond with about 70 san jose and 69 up in napa. so today another day. and looking at slightly brighter conditions. low 60s for you at 1:00, atkinson park. it should stay that way throughout the af

are coming in through several crossing points between turkey, the southern turkish border and northern syria. charlie: what does the fbi say now? richard: we interviewed the -- the fbi and a senior department justice official. they said they have gotten better. that they are preventing more americans from leaving this country to try and join isis, that the number of americans and other foreign nationals that are going to join the so-called islamic state has gone down. but there is a flip side to that. if the u.s. law enforcement in general is better at locking the door and keeping them from going to join isis, that means you have locked them inside this country and they are here. that is a concern that law enforcement officials have. they might not be leaving but they are still here. charlie: they go to syria and learn all kinds of techniques, bombings and destructive weapons, and then come back here because they have an american -- american passport and slip in and do damage. richard: the concern now is the ones who went, the 15 and the one we identified that was not in the documents, they

they disappeared in july from the city of aleppo in northern syria. it was controlled at the time by an al qaeda terrorist branch known as the al nusra front. the spanish government would not confirm whether they paid ransom for these men's freedom. >>> simnow to the fight against islamic terrorist. islamic radical who's been seen as a leading voice for stoking palestinian anger is now in prison. the leader of the outlawed branch of the islamic movement of israel is beginning a nine-month sentence today for comments he made encouraging violence back in 2007. so, it's almost been a decade. waving to supporters, he said he welcomed jail if it helped advance his goals. salei has waged a decade's long campaign at the holy site in both islam and judaism. >>> coming up, storm chasers capture this incredible video. a tornado bearing down on drivers trying frantically to outrun it. coming up, the latest on those storms that ripped through parts of colorado and where they're going next. >>> investigators in tennessee released new surveillance video of a missin

army general joseph made a secret visit to northern syria. head of the u.s. central command said he felt on a moral obligation to check on his troops and make his own assessment of progress in organizing arab and kurdish fighters. >>> coming up next a rescue caught on cameras hot air balloon ride takes a scary turn and why the pilot had to make an emergency landing. >>> also ahead, produce problems, the reason our recent stretch of weather is putting a strain on your favorite summer vegetables and the way it could affect when you see them in stores, justin in? >>> well, we have slow improvement to our forecast at least steady heavy rain is done but we could still have showers for the next few days, we will break it down in the as an educator, it's all about connections. you're not just in the classroom; you're part of the community. you meet these tiny kids every year, and you help them learn and grow. but you also get to know their families, and over the years they become a part of your life, and you become a part of theirs. when you build those connections,

army general joseph otell made a secret visit to northern syria. head of the u.s. central command says he felt a moral obligation to check on his troops and make his own assessment of progress and organizing arab and kurdish fighters. >>> a hot air balloon takes a scary ride, why the pilot had to make an emergency landing and dramatic rescue caught on camera, coming up next. >>> and iphone users, listen up app that could make your life easier, what it is and how it works, coming up. justin in. >>> good morning, forecast does have a slow improvement but there will be showers around. we will let you know when they end and when >>> a volcano eruptness western indonesia killing three people and injuring four others. mountain blasted ash as high as 2 miles in the air. victims were working on their farms near the mountain when it erupted. the mountain laid dormant for four centuries before spring to go life in august 2010. >>> a dramatic rescue off the coast of melbourne, australia, nine people were in the hot air balloon when high wind blew it the out over opened water.

he recently traveled to northern syria and iraq with the commander of the u.s. central command. i am pleased to have him back on this program. david, welcome. >> thank you. thank you, charlie. >> rose: tell me about the trip and what you saw and -- because this, as you suggested right before we started, was the first time a cent come commander has done this in six years. >> this was a very unusual opportunity for me and other reporters to travel with the commander of centcom and in that role as overall supervision of our war in syria and iraq against i.s.i.s. this is the first time since, i think, 2010, roughly, that a centcom commander has taken press with him under general austin a predecessor of general otel and madis, that was out. they did not want the press coming along. general v votel wanted to take us in syria with him. we were not allowed to file anything until we'd gotten out of the country and were in amman, jordan. it was a rare chance to see u.s. military advisors on the ground in syria working with the opposition there trying to build and launch against the islami

so the people coming in through several crossing points at southern turkish border and northern syria. >> rose: what does the f.b.i. say now? >> the f.b.i., and we interviewed a senior justice department official, said they've gotten better, that they are preventing more americans from leaving this country to try and join i.s.i.s., that the number of americans and other foreign nationals who are going to join the so-called islamic state has gone down. but, of course, there's a flip side to that. so if the u.s. law enforcement, in general, is better at locking the door and keeping them from going to join i.s.i.s., that means you've locked them inside this country and they're here, and that is a concern that law enforcement officials have that, okay, they might not be leaving but they're still here. >> rose: the point everybody is worried about, would they go to syria and learn all kinds of techniques in terms of bombing and using destructive weapons, then come back here because they have an american passport, slip in and do damage. >> the bigger concern now, frankly, is these 15 who we

leadership in forming a safe zone in northern syria to provide passages to fly -- >> i think maybe if this cessation continues to have problems, i think we're beyond -- in many ways we missed or opportunity to really affect things in a more positive way. and again, should the negotiations completely fall apart, i think that looking at that certainly -- looking at it again is special an avenue. i don't think there has really been, i don't think i'm trying to be too path oraive, but i don't think there is a plan b. and i think russia and iran know there isn't a plan b. so i think the outcome, unfortunately for u.s. interest, is going to be largely driven by -- by russia. >> did you see secretary baker's remarks as a reputation of donald trump's foreign policy or in some ways validating what he is saying in terms of burden sharing? >> so, um, i saw a lot of affirmations, if you want to be honest. and i remarked after the speech was made that i saw a degree of realism coming into those statements and i think that selective engagement that was discussed today is not anchored either in idea

the islamic state could conceivably cut off supply lines to a good part of rebel forces in northern syriathere's been a lot of fighting in that area over many months. it's very back-and-forth. a kind of mixed picture in syria at the moment. what is going on in northern syria. both battle fronts are quite important. host: charles carling in on the republican line from louisiana. charles is a member of the military. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. just a few comments. about the weapons of mass destruction, one of my , looking the military at the situation form weapons of mass destruction. while we were kicking the can down the road for six months that allowed iraq to transfer all of this nuclear technology and weapons of mass distraction had atraction, it is ran line disposal, the western has not learned the eastern mindset. ,t doesn't matter what we do you are going to break the bond between those. in that situation, the u.s. iraq , even though it iraq and iran had fought a war, now they are teaming up against the u.s., all things that could be shipped there were shippe

traditionally as a good relationship with turkey, but we've found partners with the kurds in northern syria and creates tensions with cur ki. we can't evaluate a -- have been by the same token, we need to manage the relationship with turkey. how do you see your role in trying to wrk with the turkish relationships, trying to keep up our partnership with the kurds and manage that important relationship? >> they're a very important ally. if confirmed, obviously, i'll build a close relationship with their military leadership and with my intent their civilian leadership as well. you know, they look at counterterrorism and they look the pkk as the threat. we talk counterterrorism primarily, we think about isil. it's those dynamics that both of us have to realize our interests. in and find areas that commonly we can work together. in turkey's case, there's areas where we can support them in the overall effort within the sous flank of nato. >> i'm really interested in the seam between north com and south com. we talked about this a little bit and some of the other questions about drug trafficking.

commander made an unnoannounced visit to northern syria on saturday.met with local forces that the u.s. military is training to fight isis. the u.s. has been accelerating efforts to bring in arab and kurdish forces into the battle against isis in syria and iraq. the search continues over the mediterranean sea for the wreckage of egyptair flight 804 and so far teams have found very little, mostly personal belongings. they are hoping to find the so-called black boxes which may hold critical information to figuring out what happened to this jet. just before the plane dropped off radar early thursday, it sent out automatic messages indicating smoke in the front of the aircraft. for more, max foster joins us at charles de gaulle airport in paris. max, good to have you with us. france obviously is taking part in this investigation. at one point physicians sfish o they are not ruling anything out. what is the latest that we're hearing? >> reporter: there is a huge amount of frustration because there have been no official updates at all. we still have a situat

this is northern syria near the border with turkey where it has been tinder hot lately. 28 killed.ere over the past year. it is not clear yet who carried out the airstrike. martha: donald trump opening up about his experience in foreign policy and specifically on russia. trump and russian president vladmir putin have exchanged pleasantries through the media but trump will not say if he has ever met him in person. he also says that he understands the russian people because of an event that he held there once. listen to this. >> you were asked yesterday if you have ever spoken to vladmir putin and you said, i don't want to say. >> yeah i have no comment on that. no comment. i was in russia. >> one of the things people like about you is answer if i questions. >> let's assume i did. perhaps it was personal. i don't want to hurt his confidence. but, i know russia well. i had a major event in russia two or three years ago, miss universe contest which was big, big, incredible event, incredible success. martha: joined by pete hegseth iraq and afghanistan veteran, author of the new book, in

getting ready to try to extend their reach and move through some of those towns and villages in northern syria where isis still it trying to push that front line out there. >> barbara starr doing exclusive reporting for us. >>> donald trump goes after hillary clinton and her husband on scannedles going back a decade. is that a risky campaign strategy? ♪ approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. the rest is up to you. that's where aarp medicare supplement insurance plans insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company come in. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, they could help pay some of what medicare doesn't, saving you in out-of-pocket medical costs. you've learned that taking informed steps along the way really makes a difference later. that's what it means to go long™. call now and request this free decision guide. it's full of information on medicare and the r

russia continuing to support the regime's campaign to retake aleppo and strengthen its hold on northern syriait and therefore eventually taking it over as they have other areas they've besieged elsewhere. >> reporter: but today the syrian opposition vowed to fight back. >> if they are of a mind to continue breaking this truce, armed opposition and factions have a right to respond to that aggression. >> reporter: and its biggest backer, saudi arabia, said the world will not stand idly. >> what is happening in aleppo is an outrage. it's a violation of humanitarian laws. the world is not going to allow them to get away with this. >> reporter: an israel newspaper is reporting president assad has used chemical weapons against isis. this follows reports the regime has used chemical agents against civilians since the cease-fire started. isis has also used chemical weapons on the battlefield in aleppo. all very terrifying for civilians as the battle for aleppo intensifies. elise lab bot, cnn, washington. >>> a jury has ordered johnson & johnson to pay $55 million to a woman who says the company's pro

military believes the terror organization is planning did facto capital of raqqah in northern syria. there are reports that isis is moving equipment and fighters in and around the city, presumably in the expectation that local forces will try capture it. raqqah has been an isis stronghold for much of the war in syria. the terror group controls more than half of syria. >>> now to the intense backlash over the extremely long security lines at our nation's airports. frustrated passengers have waited in tlients have snaked -- lines that have snaked through airports that seem to barely budget. this one friday was especially impressive. there passengers reported wait times of an hour and a half. as we report, now the secretary of homeland security is promising to speed things up. >> reporter: the long lines at airport checkpoints stretch from coast to coast. about as long as the line at midway must have felt. >> we've been in this line since st. louis. >> reporter: many frustrated flyers are using the hash tag #ihatetowait to complain about the problem. >> i've never had to do this before.

as you focus on northern syria, i am wondering what, if anything, you can tell me in this setting -- and maybe this is also for close setting -- about the drifting of isis and isil to the southern region along this border where we have 15,000 people just on the other side of the border from jordan? >> i willi will say a few things, and we can talk more in a close setting. first off, thank you for going there. you are right, on a per capita basis they have absorbed this enormous refugee situation, and, yes, we were talking a lot about the northern parts of both iraq and syria, but we are very mindful of both southern iraq and southern syria. the possibility that as we apply pressure to the north in mosul and raqqa that isil will, as the expression goes, scored south. we have talked about that with many entities. we do have up to five operations we are facilitating with a rack in the direction to the southwest even as we help them move up the tigris valley to the north. chairman, anything to add? >> jordan is one of our more important partners in the region, and we have a strong milita

general brown: the strikes there in northern syria, the shaping of prapingses are not much different and aren't much different than the strikes we have done in fallujah. it's really, we are taking out the locations where they have weapons caches, logistics and can't get to the command and control and same type of targets generally. >> following on, less dynamic strikes up there. general brown: the dynamic strikes depend on what they are doing. and if there are fewer add various out there and don't present themselves, nothing is happening. but we are watching in case we do. what we do see typically, when we have -- what we have seen over the course of the past year, gives us opportunities to strike and see a little bit of an upswing in areas where we have movement and we put air power overhead and they have the opportunity and in those locations. times." orce we need the weapons of tomorrow today to be successful especially in air campaigns and i was wondering you said earlier you would like to see a little more i.s.r. capabilities but do the capabilities you have now, are they flexib

syria incurred with small numbers of sunni arabs take territory away from isil across parts of northern syria. all the while, united states and coalition special operation forces can continue their daily grading of isil fighters in iraq and syria. these gains are real and encouraging and testified to the excellence of our military leaders and troops on the ground. the purpose of this hearing is certainly to review those operational issues but more importantly, to try to put them into some strategic context. too often, it seems policymakers, politicians and the media all want to engage at the operational level. i understand . military operations are important and interesting but i worry that we are staring at our challenges in the broader middle east through soda straws. we need to lift our sites. setting more strategic level, we see a middle east descending into chaos . in the words of henry kissinger and i quote, there is a struggle for power within state , a conflict between states, a conflict between ethnic and religious groups and an assault on the international system . while the epicent

. >> would you suggest a leadership in forming a no-fly zone or safe zone in northern syria to -- >> i think we're maybe, if this cessation continues to have problems, i think we're beyond in many ways. we missed our opportunities to really affect things, in a more positive way. so, again, should the negotiations completely fall apart, i think looking at that certainly looking at it again is certainly an avenue. i don't think there's been -- not to be too pejorative here, but i don't think there's been a plan b, and i think that russia, iran and syria know there's never really been a plan b, so the think ultimate outcome unfortunately for u.s. interests is going to be largely driven by russia. >> did you see secretary baker's remarks as a recitation of donald trump -- or validating what he talk about in terms of -- if you want to be honest. i remarked he i remarked that the speech was made that i say all degree of realism coming into those statements, and i think that selective engagement that, you know, was discussed today, is not anchored either in idealism or necessarily p realism

tribal leaders, i spoke to three in northern syria.le working with tribes in iraq, the tribal leaders do see this opportunistic moment where they think isis is beginning to lose and there is a bandwagon effect. up and down euphrates river, which was isis territory stone cold you're beginning to see tribes hedge their bets by coming over. many of these tribes are split, half in isis, half out. so there's an interesting trend there. specifically in the training camp i visited, i talked top three tribal shaikhs who said we have three members of our tribe in raqqah, islamic capital, they are sending us messages every day by cell phone text saying come get us. we want out. we were also told there's evidence that the islamic state fighters themselves are sending their families out because they know the attacks are coming. >> when does the islamic state collapse in that area? >> that's a while off. it's a mistake, there's an arabic expression, slowly, slowly. >> that's what i was saying. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i could hear you sayin

migrants mostly from syria, iraq, and afghanistan stranded in northern greece in squalid conditions. they'duthorities said be moved to new camps. the operations is expected to take 10 days. laura: turkey's new prime minister unveiled his new government. he replaced davutoglu, who stepped down last week. reporter: annoucnign his new cabinet, there was no doubt of his friendship with president erdogan. the government is entirely of supporters. chaning the constiution to give the president more power. duty weost important have is to change the constiution to reflect the relationsihp between the president and people. reporter: not everyone is happy. leader fears it could give erdogan authoritarian powers. >> all these powers will be controlled by one man. inevitable to wind up with despotism. reporter: eu officials also have concerns. laura: to talk more about turkey, i have a specialist in strasbourg. we had turkey's new p.m. not wasting any time, saying he plans.eporter erdogan's should turks be worried? fore has been nominated that. there is a de facto regime and goingfessed that what