getting to raqqa has been a top u.s. military priority.nald trump is inheriting an isis war that just got even more dangerous for u.s. troops since his tough campaign talk. >> we got to get rid of isis. quickly. quickly. >> reporter: the first of 200 additional u.s. troops authorized by president obama to go into northern syria will begin moving in and out of the area in the coming days, a u.s. official tells cnn. but the region is so perilous, american troops will only stay for a few days at a time. training local forces no longer a main focus. u.s. troops will have orders to help turkish and kurdish troops who are close to outright war betwe between themselves focus on isis. as turks approach the down of al bab they fight kurds instead of isis. it is raqqa to the south that the u.s. wants everyone to head for. the turks want u.s. support, even air strikes, the u.s. ground forces could call the strikes in for turkish president erdogan. >> we are talking to them about how to help them. >> reporter: one official tells cnn the u.s. troops wi

we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away. isolation face continues according to our plan where generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back territory were yielding results and if denying isil the finances, supplies, freedom of movement command

we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away. isolation face continues according to our plan where generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back territory were yielding results and if denying isil the finances, supplies, freedom of movement command-and-control it needs to survive. if systematically targeted their oil wells, trucks for smuggling the oil, revenue repositories. we deliberately focused on the isil controls and syria from the territory of controls in iraq. leaders of the terrorist group can no longer travel between raqqa emotional without the risk of being hunted down our expeditionary targeting force or struck from the air. in fact, since we began accelerating the campaign we have killed some of isil's most senior leaders. while these results are encouraging, we have to stay focused on the continued execution of this plan. the inevitable collapse of the control over most one rock over certainly put isil on a path to lasting defeat. there'll be be much more to do afte

we're seeing raqqa for isis. the u.s.ation has said that this is critical, that the timing is critical. that's driving this operation and putting uz sideways with the turks. the turks went to lead the free syrian army into the raqqa. they believe if we let the syrian backed force go in there that the people of raqqa will say we're trading one oppressor for the other. i don't believe that's true. if time is of the essence, the u.s.-backed forces, they're only about 20 kilometers from raqqa. the turkish free syrian army is 150 kilometers from raqqa. the time distance thing doesn't work out to blow up -- >> by the time he's president, chances are isis won't have any territory. what do you bomb? >> this is the question. this all sounds right. right now the rules of engagement are a little oppressive. they need to be loosened up and give the operators in the cockpits and on the ground the opportunity to engage targets when they arise. but we are bombing them aggressively. let's be polite, so i think once mr. trump starts to ge

and defeating isis in raqqa. for perspective here, raqqa is to syria what mosul is to iraq. raqqa is basically a major headquarters for isis in syria. and so the u.s., of course, shifting its focus there. ash carter's statement talked about special forces being sent there. for those of us that covered special forces, we know typically they're on the front lines. whether you call these advisers or trainers. so the u.s. is raising its commitment now that the battle of aleppo seems to be finished to focus on raqqa in syria. >> we've been continuing to monitor these pictures coming to you. looking to find some sort of a pause in the fighting, what more can you tell us about these meetings taking place in france and also switzerland? >> yeah. george, it feels like they've been having meeting after meeting with no results, no conclusion. they've been talking about the cease-fire for the longest time. b but there finally seems to be an indication that there may be some sort of cease-fire or evacuation plan worked out to

drone strikes in and around raqqa.it seems like they are staying pretty close to home, and if they can find baghdadi, they say they will get him. >> and the campaign has had success lately. >>> donald trump responds to president obama's claim he could have won a third term. you're in "the situation room." we live in a pick and choose world. choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store, right now, save $600 on our best selling i8 mattress, plus 24 month special financing. learn more at sleepnumber.com know better sleep with sleep number. >>> while democrats continue to argue what went wrong in this year's election president obama said he could have won a third term if alloyed to run. what else did he have to a? athena, this was interesting, a far

regional pressure for aung san suu kyi, especially in malaysia, nasri razak talked of genocide in raqqae of weeks ago and also from indonesia, which is a muslim country. aung san suu kyi has been pressured into doing this, she didn't want to do it. what will come out of it? my thinking will be not very much. the factory is holding the meeting is a gesture on her part she is taking their concerns seriously. it is a closed—door meeting —— word factory is. we are expecting little to be visible from the outside and not very much to be seenin the outside and not very much to be seen in terms of press access. —— the fact she is. we have seen the international community piling on pressure on aung san suu kyi, she was once one of the world's most celebrated icons, has the international community lost patience with her? they've lost patience with her? they've lost patience with her on one thing in particular, which as been humanitarian access to northern raqqa rhine state. 150,000 people we re raqqa rhine state. 150,000 people were receiving aid here before this crisis flared up in early october

they're likely to be squeezed out of raqqa. and there's dangers of chaos but that the whole battle against isis is largely winning. what i want to ask you is this. if this is in fact happening and if the united states is confronting a new situation in syria and in iraq, what should its attitude be towards iran? i know you've always been very tough on iran and what i'm you can have by is the president-elect trump says we should just leave this all to president assad in syria, let him consolidate power. let hip retake large parts of syria but of course, assad is a very close ally of issue and in effect, you would be strengthening iran by giving it its main regional ally, a huge boost. so is that a good idea? >> no, i think robin is right about what's happening in the home of the caliphate in sishia and iraq and that part of the world. but isis operates in some 30, 40 countries in one way or another. and one has to deal with them on lots of home turfs .not just on one big home turf. i think it is important to fracture iran's suppo

but the united states is now sending extra troops to retake the syrian city of raqqa. carter says: "while the battle for mosul goes on here in iraq, over in syria we're entering a new phase raqqa." there are some new successes in the fight against isis... with the iraqi government retaking the world heritage site in assur. the islamic state attempted to destroy historic sites... but they failed to destroy the city gate. ajah says: "regarding the gate, the tabira gate, it is the main gate, the great gate, daesh is tried to destroy it by putting several cans full of explosives around arches to make it collapse. but the arch didn't collapse except for some minor damage to some parts of it." the shiite militia has fully secured the site... which was the capital for several ancient empires. salih says: "we are fully deployed. we are not allowing any movements and we are not allowing anyone in or out of here because this is an internationally listed antiquities site. that's why it has been fully secured." on-cam tag defense secretary carter estimates about two thousand isis

as we have seen in aleppo, mosul and toward raqqa.. there is long ability in western countries in the holiday festive period and a degree of coincidence as well. the russians have found themselves in the cross ha i rs have found themselves in the crosshairs as they have for a couple of years but with —— as with the russian aircraft. now they have committed to keeping assad going in syria that is creating a backwash against them as well. there are the elements for the perfect storm. whether these are all linked, i would doubt that, but we are on the edge of a wave which is beginning to crash against western europe. it hasn't hit here in the uk and there are reasons for that, but certainly there has been a wave building for about a year and over the next few months we will see it crashing across europe in general. ok, thank you very much indeed for your analysis. former director of the think tank royal united services institute. what have you heard as far as the police investigation is concerned? are they treating this as a definite ter

we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away.the isolation phase continues we are generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back territory, our campaign is yielding results and if denying isil the finances, supplies, freedom of movement command-and-control it needs to survive. we have systematically targeted isil-controlled oil wells, trucks for smuggling the oil, revenue repositories. we have deliberately focused on severing isil controls and syria from the territory of controls in iraq. leaders of the terrorist group can no longer travel between raqqa and mosul without the risk of either being hunted down our that's by our expeditionary targeting force or struck from the air. in fact, since we began accelerating the campaign last year, we have killed some of isil's most senior leaders. while these results in iraq and syria are encouraging, we have to stay focused on the continued execution of this plan. the inevitable collapse of the control over mosul and raqqa certainly put is

perhaps raqqa which is considered the de facto headquarters of isis.nd what we have neenl aleppo, who takes the lead on something like that? germany itself, we have the interior minister saying this whole thing points to terrorism. angela merkel's hop arms policy brought in dangerous people from all over the world. they are reluctant to call terrorism out. let's talk about raqqa and cutting off the head of isis. who does that? >> places like organizations like nato and the united nations do not work unless there is u.s. leadership. that's just a fact. for the last 8 years we have not had u.s. leadership at either place. that's where we first start. we have interest national organizations that are supposed to lead when situations like this occur. what's so frustrating is for six years we have 60-plus nations in obama's coalition, and nato that are supposed to be trying to crush isis. so, you know, we need u.s. leadership, we need to rally our friends and allies together. we dock this question. there is no question if 63 nations can come together in a co

special operations forces watch raqqa around the clock from drones overhead.d to key intelligence and a critical strike. one drone struck a vehicle with three isis leaders inside. operatives that had been involved, according to the u.s., in attacks against the west, two said to have facilitated the deadly attacks in paris last year. but even with the death of many fighters, isis has not given up the fight. isis has retaken the area around palmyra and captured syrian regime weapons. >> some armored vehicles and various guns and other heavy weapons, possibly some air-defense equipment. >> reporter: the u.s. now watching closely to see if in fact those weapons, possibly including shoulder-fired missiles, will threaten u.s. troops. now, there are still plenty of challenges. one of the enduring worries here is that isis will still inspire people with its etiology and it may inspire for lone-wolf attacks. jake. >> barbara starr at the pentagon for us. barbara, thank you. >>> the trial of a confessed racist and mass murderer takes another turn. i don't jury deliberat

drone strike in raqqa. cnn's barbara starr is at the pentagon for us.this went down? >> this is very interesting. a u.s. military drone firing a he hell fire missile to a vehicle traveling on a road. three men inside, the three isis operatives that the pentagon says today they said that they killed on sunday. these three were all involved in plotting and facilitating attacks outside of syria and iraq, against western targets. in fact, two of them are said to have been involved in facilitating those deadly at a tacks in paris in november, 2015, involved in facilitating the financing. another one of the terrorists involved in recruiting foreign operatives. these are people the u.s. wanted to get. very interesting the pentagon is acknowledging they struck three men in one car. what is tells us is u.s. drones overhead are watching raqqa, the declared capital of isis, around the clock to see when and where they can take these strikes. jake. >> this would also seem to suggest something about improved intelligence on isis in syria. while we're on the subject i

they will help them retake the strong hold of raqqa. and the syrian army dissolving was the report. john hutti has more. >> and militants storm a city in syria after being pushed out nine months ago. defense secretary carter said an additional u.s. troops will join the troops on the ground in syria. and help nothing the fight against isis. and defense secretary carter made the announce nment barain as part of the trip. it will add to training and advising and equipping forces fighting isis and gearing up to help with raqqa. and as they do, there are reports that iowa sis militant reentered the city. of palmrya. and this is the count reap's vicious and bleed civil war and continues long with the humanitarian croisis with thousands of people trying to escape the horror in eastern a leppo. and 20 thnt people fleeing eastern a leppo today. and syria's military halted operations to it allow people to escape. >> after the civilians leave the city and the syrian army will continue. and the militants will be pushed away and eliminated. >> secretary of state john kerry met to discuss the cri

we are now helping our local partners isolate raqqa from which there's only 15 miles away. isolation face continues according to our plan where generating additional local forces necessary to seize and hold raqqa. in addition to taking back territory, our campaign is yielding results and if denying isil the finances, supplies, freedom of movement command-and-control it needs to survive. we have systematically targeted isil-controlled oil wells, trucks for smuggling the oil, revenue repositories. we deliberately focused on suffering isil controls and syria from the territory of controls in iraq. leaders of the terrorist group can no longer travel between raqqa and mosul without the risk of either being hunted down our expeditionary targeting force or struck from the air. in fact, since we began accelerating the campaign last year, we have killed some of isil's most senior leaders. while these results in iraq and syria are encouraging, we have to stay focused on the continued execution of this plan. the inevitable collapse of the control over mosul and raqqa certainly put isi

on his social media and it would not surprise me if they found these isis messages that come out of raqqa to kill in the backyard where you are just as september 11 ground zero couple of days later bomb goes off in the streets of new york. he talks about his guidance came from the sheiks who by the way was an afghan national. i think in my meetings with being on the national security team for the incoming administration we want to look at these cases more closely particularly from a high threat area and look at a more intense vetting process. >> what do you all think about the vetting process? >> well, couple of things. in this current environment, we can kill an enemy and not defeat an enemy and as long as the islamic state has an external operation capability, has access to the internet have to be concerned about the security of the homeland. we have been expanding our uses of social media. we make use of social media cross a variety of different law enforcement issues and i want to see us expand on social media provided congress gives us the resources to do that. in my judgment in the

has been bombing isis in both mosul and in raqqa. saidssor stephen cohen jihadists r fling bozo will stop there's no question the u.s. is actively bombing in iraq. it is backed by government forces and kurdish forces on the ground in syria it is back puppet on a leak kurdish forces. progressingms to be slowly. if you look at what the russian role has been, a year ago russia retook palmyra from isis. these days, it is been focusing enentirely on aleppo where there is no aleppo. there's a group called the institute for the study of war, which puts a very interesting map once meant to show her the bombardment is. russian the bombardment. you can see ththese little explosives around aleppo and one or twowo around rocket war palma -- raqqa or palmyra. not onus of assad i is isisis. that i is their choice. for me, the issue is how they fight the war. professor cohen says, i'm just making this up, they're targeting civilians. look at the hospitals. they are a good illustration. until september 2015, at a point where it was just the syrian a

senior chief petty offcier "scott dayton" was killed by an i-e-d near the islamic state stronghold of "raqqaginia beach, but grew up in woodbridge. happening today.. involving two local police departments and the use of police body cameras.. today d.c. mayor muriel bowser will hold a news conference to mark the full deployment of police bodycams in the city. and she'll update what impact that's had on reducing crime. also today, fairfax city police officers will "begin" wearing body cameras. officers will be able to review video from their cameras before filing reports, or testifying in court. a non-jury trial begins today for a security officer accused of stopping a transgender woman from using a women's restroom. the incident happened in may.. at the giant store on "h" street in northeast d.c. francine jones allegedly assaulted the victim. she's charged with simple assault.. and simple assault with bias. that second charge is considered a hate crime, which calls for a longer sentence. from the northeast to the great lakes - a bone-chilling blanket of artic air is sending temperatures plung

mobile unit two in virginia beach, virginia, he was near raqqa. he is survived by his wife, two children. e.o.d. chief jason fineman, age 34, killed near mostle, iraq, october, 2016, also died from wounds sustained from an i.e.d. he was operating while deployed with navy seals advising iraqi forces and retaking the city of mosul. he's survived by his wife, son, and mother. as a nation we'll be forever grateful for the ultimate sacrifice both these men made in service to their fellow sailors and contry. mr. crawford: please take the time to remember the important role that e.o.d. text play in our national security anti-risk they take every day to keep us safe. joip -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. dibi today to honor buckholtz. he works tirelessly to bring our commu

they were filmed in secret in raqqa and smuggled out. just married, she headed out to syria. she met her husband through daesh in belgium just a few weeks before she left. he disappeared off to a training camp and she was sent to a home for women. >> as a woman, you're basically a baby-maker for is. you cook and provide sexual services to your husband. correspondent: daesh propaganda films replace school. laura's son was even supposed to decapitate his favorite teddy. but he came home crying with plastic knives and his toy intact. >> i really didn't know anything before i went. i ended up in the thick of bomb attacks. four or five a day. i lived in constant fear of being blown up. then the hunger. there wasn't enough food. and no school for my son. at 12 years old, boys have to go to the training camp, i didn't want that for him. luckily, he was only 4 years old. but if i'd stayed, the years would have flown by. i never wanted my son to become a terrorist. correspondent: but that's what daesh is all about. even playing football is banned. this village near mosul has recently

there is also raqqa, which is still in syria, and there are plans to evacuate to root out islamic stateuntil now, there is no concrete plans to attack them, simply because they proved to be a very, very hard nut to crack. we've got a few minutes left, maybe time for some predictions. british domestic politics. will there be a general election in 2017? prediction there won't be a general election, theresa may hasn't got a cause to justify a general election, because parliament will vote to trigger article 50. so, she said there won't be, and what she says tends to be pretty close to what she does, so there won't be a general election. and it will be a year dominated, as ever, by europe, and its impact on the internal politics both of the governing conservative party, and indeed the confused opposition labour party. her difficulty is she's not ever going to please everybody. there are those who don't want brexit to happen, there are some who want brexit to happen tomorrow, and to be a particular type of brexit. whatever deal she comes up with, she can't keep everybody happy, it's just not

will play a role in the eventual operation to drive is out of its defacto capital in the country, raqqather news: authorities in mexico have identified 18 of the 32 people killed in a series of explosions at a fireworks market on tuesday. rescue workers are still searching for bodies and survivors in the wreckage, near mexico city. president—elect donald trump has chosen peter navarro to head the newly formed white house trade council. the economist has written a number of books describing china as a threat to the us economy, and mr trump has threatened to hit china and mexico with high tariffs once he takes office. senators in north carolina have voted against repealing a law that requires transgender people to use a public toilet matching their sex at birth. supporters of the measure argue it upholds family values and public safety. the legislation has led to sporting and economic boycotts. please in australia are investigating a blast at a christian lobby group in australia, and now believe it was not politically motivated. the driver of the van, filled with gas canisters, is in a cr

will play a role in the eventual operation to drive is out of its de facto capital in the country, raqqaop—start process, in sub—zero temperatures, but the evacuation of eastern aleppo in syria seems to be making fresh progress. a convoy of buses has now left the rebel held areas and aid groups say the last hospital patients have departed. 0ur correspondent, james longman, is monitoring events from beirut. we've heard in the last few minutes that the critically injured and the very ill have all been evacuated from east aleppo. now it is just a question of the remaining civilians and rebels who are still in east aleppo. it has always been very difficult to have a true idea of the numbers of people who are in that part of the city. the united nations estimates something in the region of 50,000 need to come out. the red cross and icic, who are managing evacuations, tell us that as long as people want to come out they will send buses back in for them. they don't have an accurate number. we are watching the pictures to see how much longer the buses go in and out. i think it is fair to say we

is sending 200 more troops to syria to help rebels attack the self- declared isis capital of raqqa. carter also urged u.s. arab partners to commit more military forces to the fight against isis. secretary of state john kerry urged russia to allow trapped civilians safe passage out of rebel-held east aleppo. syrian and russian attacks have halted evacuations and blocked much needed aid deliveries to thousands caught in the crossfire. russia claims that the syrian government has now captured almost all of the eastern half. the number of homeless has risen to 45,000 from a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck the aceh province of indonesia this week and claimed an estimated 100 lives. as the search for survivors continues, victims have been treated in makeshift disaster tents. search dogs are being used to look for bodies in the 11,000 destroyed or damaged buildings. australia's government said today it will provide more than $1 million in humanitarian aid. in 2004, an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in aceh >> stewart: and finally, turkish officials say two bombs exploded tonight ou

the pentagon says it's also planning to step up aid to rebel groups fighting to liberate the city of raqqa... isis's self-proclaimed capitol. in jerusalem, conor powell, fox news mostly sunny and cold today with high temperatures in the low teens. daytime wind chills will stay near or below zero. a few more clouds tonight and tomorrow with lows in the single digits and highs in the low teens. wind chills teens below zero. nighttime wind chills wednesday will be in the teens and 20s below zero with air temperatures thursday only in and continue into saturday but temperatures briefly warm in to the 20s. today: mostly sunny and cold. high: 14 wind: nw 5-15 mph tonight: a few clouds. low: 4 wind: wsw 5-15 mph wednesday:partly friday: cloudy with the chance for snow. am low: -1 and cold. am low: 6 high: 10 wind: nw 5-10 mph mostly sunny and cold today with high temper low teens. daytime wind chills will stay near or below zero. a few more clouds tonight and tomorrow with lows in the single digits and highs in the low teens. wind chills will be in the single digits and teens below zero. nighttim

but the iraqi army is trying to take back raqqa. there are some new successes in the fight against isis. >> the gate is the main gate, isis tried to destroy it but the arch did not collapse. >> reporter: the shiite militia has secured the site. >> we not allowing any movements or allowing anyone in or out of here. it's been secured. >> reporter: secretary carter estimated that 2,000 isis fighters have been killed or injured, with more than 3,000 militants still in the battle. >>> in a couple of hours, a young man from san jose is due to be sentenced for a deadly drunk driving crash a career ago. he was drinking when he crashed his suv into several cars. the driver of one of those cars, the father of a young girl action was killed instantly. earlier this year, he pled guilty and he faces a possible 10 year prison term. >>> there have been several days and it's not clear when the new warm springs bart station will open. it was expected to open before halloween. then that date was pushed back to thanksgiving. bart engineers are testing

defense secretary ash carter says those units will focus specifically on driving isis fighters out of raqqa. 3 a stunning light show in finland.tourists just south of the arctic circle... got this treat as the "northern lights" took over the sky. sky.local stargazers say... the swirling green hue appears due to a ?hole in the surface of the sun?... mixed with strong solar winds. 3 slippery roads and still snow in many areas.let's get an update on the forecast now.. schlesinger. 3 ((???1:45 seconds??)) ((???tease ahead??15???)) ahead??15???)) forecast...today...partly sunny. highs in the lower 20s. west winds 5 to 15 mph. tonight...colder. partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. slight chance of light snow in the evening...then scattered flurries in the late evening and early morning. lows around tuesday...colder...sunny. highs around 12. west winds 5 to 15 mph. .tuesday night...partly cloudy. lows around 3. west winds 5 to 15 mph. wednesday...partly sunny. highs around 10. west winds 10 to 20 mph. wednesday night...partly cloudy. lows around 3 below. . thursday...sunny. hi

their efforts will be on the city of raqqa. >>> u.s.kets closed up again following a month long rally since the victory of the president elect. all three were fuelled by mr. trump's expected agenda of reduced taxes and regulation, health care, consumers, and text leading the way in the best performing sector. >>> south korea's parliament voting to impeach its president. president park is suspended for 180 days while a court decides if it was justified. on charges that she let a friend and informal advisor have access to classified documents. and back to "red eye." el for all your headlines, log on to fox news.com. >>> earlier this week, lena dunham posted a selfie on the toilet. there she is. it is a little edgy for me. i work clean. many of her followers expressed out rage and she deleted it and it goes on. the daily mail posted a bunch of them. this guy posted a blood soaked selfie to prove to his boss he was in a car accident. a woman took a self ea at auschwitz and captioned it sums up if you're chilly willy. that was not gavin. nex

charles: perhaps going into raqqa, ultimately if you don't cut off that head, then it doesn't matter. >> i would argue it's if you cut off the head of the islamic state, they will be doing business with them in the future. those that subscribe to it will believe it's their job to engage in stealthy material support for terrorism. donald trump is right, we have to bring it to a stop. that would require kinetic action. but they are not just doing business as the islamic state and they are not just doing the violent piece of it. there is a whole other element that has to be attended to. >> i think we have had more than enough notice to go on the offensive rather than the victim posture. thank you very much. appreciate your expertise. you remember the old campaign, i want my mtv. i will give it back again. white folks listen up. your resolution is coming up next. (vo) it's the holidays at verizon, and the best deals are on the best network. with no surprise overages, you can use your data worry free and even carry over the data you don't use. and right now get four lines and 20 gigs for o

but are you referring to maybe going to raqqa and other places and eradicating the head of the organizationif you will? >> i do think we have to take the fight where there are large concentrations and use appropriate military force. i think that's where secretary mattis will be critical of having a plan for the right amount of troops in the right place at the right time and stablizing that so it can be taken control by appropriate indigenous people. it will be part of his command, take and hold and repair. we learned lessons in iraq that you have to turn over a city it belongs to and get their buy-in. so i don't think you will see general mattis look at large forces to take the fight. but he will be looking at appropriate forces and finding diplomatic support to stabilize syria and iraq. iraq being one we'll have to push hard against the existing government, syria, one in which we'll have to change the fundamentals much a government because for most of my life, syria has had an all white minority that controlled over a sunni majority and that causes both sides to be dysfunctional when it co

defense secretary ash carter says as many as 200 more capture the group's strong-hold in raqqa. they will include special operations forces. there are already 300 u.s. troops authorized for the effort to organize and train local syrian forces. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in paris today, working to find solutions for syria's desperate opposition in aleppo. kerry will meet with european and arab diplomats and members of syria's opposition to discuss the safety of civilians in aleppo and how to keep the city from being destroyed. bolivia's defense minister is now calling last month's deadly plane crash in colombia murder, because the pilot violated basic protocols of civil aviation. the plane was allowed to take off on a four-hour flight with barely enough fuel. international flight regulations require aircraft to carry enough reserve fuel so they can fly for 30 minutes after reaching their destination the flight was carrying a brazilian soccer team when it crashed last month. 71 people died, only six people wisn 12 news time is 5:34. looking ahead, the waukesh

on hand to assist kurdish and arab fighters to drive out isis from their self declared capitol in raqqa>> they will join the special forces in syria to continue organizing and training and equipping and otherwise enabling local forces to take the fight to isil. >> secretary of state john kerry is in france meeting with diplomats to syria's opposition. thousands are fleeing the war-torn region of aleppo. >>> septa rail riders will want to check new train schedules. several trains will be leaving up to 25 minutes earlier or later. most airport line trains will offer continued service to and from glenside. combined warminster line station, call lady to be safe. >> archbishop wood is adding another state championship trophy to its stunning program. fire trucks escorted the vikings back home in warminster, bucks county last night. it was fitting considering their program is hot winning four state titles in the last 6 years, wow. the lat one the last one, in harrisburg. >> it was incredible. >> we worked all year for it, to share that moment with our teammates and coaches it was a blessing. >

meanwhile in syria, isil's self-declared capital in raqqa is being squeezed. of millions of dollars in oil and cash reserves. the bottom line we are breaking the back of isil. we are taking away its safe-havens. [applause] and we have accomplished all this at a cost of $10 billion over two years which is the same amount that we used to spend in one month at the height of the iraq war. so the has been relentless. it has been sustainable. it has been multilateral. and it demonstrates a shift in how we have taken the fight to terrorists everywhere. michelle: there you have president obama giving his final national security speech. his counterterror efforts no doubt will be part of his legacy. moving forward now. recently, donald trump has a new george washington university battleground poll shows donald trump's ratings significantly improving since he won the election. 1,000 voters nationwide were surveyed last week. 45% say they now have a favorable opinion of the president-elect. 49% a negative view. in the last poll taken in october, only 36% had a favorable v

telling me they are going to break and the democratic national committee headquarters could somebody at raqqa to larry o'brien's office so i said what does that have to do with the secret service? they said we are not so sure but with a given name for the five men who have been arrested. so they listened to the five guys and they got to the fifth name james mccord. i thought i recognized it. i wasn't sure so i wrote them down i thought i had better call my loss. he is in tight with the nixon's staff so i called him and told him what happened and started reading the names and i got down to jim mccord's name and all i can hear on the other end of the phone was a whole bunch of swearing. i knew i had really struck a chord and then i realized and remembered i'd didn't know jim mccord. he was retired cia agent. he was a specialist eavesdropping bugging listening devices and that's what he was doing at the democratic national committee headquarters but he also at the time was employed by an organization that we called the committee to reelect the president, president nixon so we knew there was a di

battle against isis over the skies over syria is expected to heat up as coalition forces look to retake raqqaalls its capital. how long will it take? >>> president obama tells cnn he could have won a third therm if he could have won for a third term. just now donald trump responded on

go to raqqa again in hiding for a while.t was impossible samira accompany me in my heart, dangerous trip. -- they were december 2013. we have some concrete information about the culprits, but we don't have, i'm sorry to say, any trustworthy information of the four for the last three years and 13 days. nermeen: before we conclude, could you say something about what you think the u.s. should be doing now as far as what is going on in syria? maybe they all, should stop giving the priority to the war on terror, on our struggle for justice and for freedom. that of the war of terror is good for elites, good for people like bashar al-assad, netanyahu. it is very bad for people, not only in our country, even in the west. the war on terror, a war on democracy. they cannot be the real basis for struggle, for freedom, and for justice. so this is the first thing. the second thing -- actually, my hopes are very limited when it comes to the u.s.'s role in syria or the middle east. but i hope they realize there should be another method apa

as we enter more some more into the heart of the caliphate, raqqa, mosul. we expect we have to do this. it is a combination of diplomatic discussions and military discussions back and forth to make sure that we are trying to operate in collaboration and coordination with each other towards common goals. at this point, towards defeating the islamic state but with a recognition there are other things that will have to be addressed here in the long run. that's a long way of saying this is an extraordinary complex environment. turkey has interests there. they are great partners. we couldn't do what we do without them. and, by the way, they are a nato ally. and that means a lot to us. and we can never forget that. >> thank you, general. please join me in thanking him. [ applause ] >>> tonight on american history tv, programs from the emerging civil war blogs conference on also a tour of the andy warhol museum and the lives and works of jormg russell and georgia o'keefe. american history tv xwinz at 8:00 eastern on c-span3. >>> next week "washington journal" will

asaad came out and said i don't care about isis in raqqa. let the americans deal with it. he's given one-third of his country away. this is about the heartland of syria. aleppo is or was until this campaign oh of extermination, syria's most populous city. and now people are trapped and there's another cease fire being put into effect -- >> i want to talk about the cease fire. you just got back, and i wonder if you can answer this question. michael reported last night, again, what you were saying about the rapes and suicides, but also that a cease fire would collapse, and it collapsed less than a day into the cease fire. who is responsible for this collapse? >> the syrian forces. i actually believe that what the refugees have been telling us. asaads militia, not only his army, his -- anybody that would carry weapons, they allowed him to carry weapons and basically carry mass execution, and exterminate whoever is not allied, whoever is not for a ree re jetstream. what we are seeing, don, and i hope the world is aware of what we are witnessing and seeing. this is a total melt

this is part of the fight to drive out isis from their self-declared capital in raqqa. the troops include special operations forces, trainers and advisers. carter made the announcement while speaking at a security summit. ahead on wakeup --- walking in the northwoods. plus... your brother provided for your nephews upkeep. i think the thought was that you would relocate. relocate? where here? it was my impression you had spent a lot of time here. and our hollywood insider gino salomone sits down with the stars of "manchester by the sea." julie is live at the west bend airport waiting for a holly jolly guest... you are watching the fox 6 wakeup news. in just under an hour santa and touch down at the west bend airport.. in his personal helicopter! julie collins joins us live from the breakfast with santa event. good morning julie! chat at hb winter storm watch this evening through sunday evening today: becoming cloudy. a few flurries. light snow developing toward evening. high: 22 wind: w 4-8 mph tonight: snow. 2-3" of sl the mid to upper 20s. wind: sw becoming se 4-8 mph

when we defeat them and push them out of raqqa and iraq, the people who believe this is the new caliphate will think twice because the caliphate is not supposed to be defeated and deprived of territory. some people will be suicidal and believe enough to be willing to give their life for it. but a lot of folks who fight for isis and do the attacks believe they're fighting for something that was prophesied. when they show otherwise you'll reduce the number recruited. but unfortunately this may be the new reality for some time. >> how do we make sense of that when, even as you've seen isis' territory diminish, you've seen attacks on soft targets. i'm thinking of not necessarily a semi-soft target, the turkish airport. you have seen these attacks happen even as territory is shrinking and people not being dissuaded from carrying out these attacks. >> i don't think shrinking the territory, even fully defeating the so-called caliphate will stop this altogether. but we have seen a reduction in the amount of people being recruited to isis because, frankly, not everybody is suicidal. they don't wan

month ago, recall, that the pentagon made it known that they were going to move on an invasion of raqqa which is the islamic state head quarters in syria. this is a time when the iraq army and the coalition partners were trying to retake mosul. i thought that's a lot to bite off at the same time. but the pentagon said back then that they were concerned that the islamic state was going to try to project terror into europe and elsewhere, and clearly they were right. not merely europe. yemen and jordan have both experienced terrorist attacks in the last week. obviously the west has to be on alert. the german situation raises the questions of if, in fact, some of these western societies are adequately sensitive to the nature of the attack. >> well, and i think that in germany in particular, jason, you have a couple of problems. when is the migration issue. angela merkel, the chancellor brought in a million refugees from north africa and syria. a your ago two years ago, and some of those terrorists seem to have slipped in. and then you also have the problem of the germans don't do very well