is the center of raqqa, the very heart of the islamic state.ying roundabout are a few missiles. hundred locals call it the circle of hell. for these fighters, it is critical territory to retake. but it is much more than that. they are the comrades and the friends of the crucified. when they take that territory, they will cleanse raqqa of islamic state. moreefore the cleansing, blood has to be spilled. the men are pinned down. they are almost in panic, so desperate. again, an airstrike is called in. this time, it works. finally, they can get to him. he is rushed to a field hospital. but he does not survive. he was 21 years old. the fighters are exhausted. they have had too many days end like this. >> congratulations, quentin and darren. this is quentin's second win. he won last year 2017 for the challenges involved in fighting isis. congratulations. you wore a killed -- a kilt last year and i hope you are wearing it again. congratulations. oh, you are not. [applause] >> thank you for having me back. let me just talk about your dad. i've spoken t

it's not long ago we were worried about the many militants driving in places like raqqa, and threateningent news around, particularly for the people of salisbury and the elections that it's reported russia has tried to meddle in has shifted. it's russia that once again poses... it's like going back to the 19705. we that once again po5e5... it's like going back to the 19705. we now have this state with nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, a huge operation in what is described as non—traditional areas including cyberspace and undersea warfare. this is a broad range of attacks which could occur. the nature of the spy which could occur. the nature of the spy craft i5 which could occur. the nature of the spy craft is somewhat changed since the cold war. as joe says, the russian threat to the east is nothing new but the ways it is manifesting itself as the residents of salisbury will attest, this is the first interview mark carleton smith has given. it's slightly bizarre. i don't know why we need to think about russia and isil, which has designs on being a state which is part of a much broader p

a raqqa bomber gave this sort of criticism former presidents usually avoid.are hopeful of taking control of the house of representatives and frustrating the president's lands. on tuesday you can vote for a politics that is decent. for a politics that is decent. for a politics that is honest. for a politics that is honest. for a politics that is lawful. for a politics that is lawful. for a politics that is lawful. for a politics that tries to do right by people. record numbers have already voted. there are more rallies to address, more crowds to please. in the final few days, it looks like turnout will be high. let's look at some other stories in brief. the husband of a christian woman in pakistan who spent eight years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy says they want to leave the country as it is not safe for them to remain in the country. ashiq masih appealed for him and his wife, asia bibi, to be granted asylum in the united states, canada or britain. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, has declared that donald trump's policies are o

you look at raqqa and mosul, which the u.s.-led coalition has undertaken, there is no such thing as a clean war. having said that, saudi arabia and the coalition have spent tens of billions trying to help, it hosts over a million yemenies. they understand they will be the only people caring about yemen when everybody else's interests goes elsewhere. the houlti militia do not want to come to the table temperat. e the only reason they'll come to the table is -- unless they get pressured militarily, there will not be a political solution and saudi arabia understands there has to be a political solution. >> thank you. as we said, president trump is at the firestorm of the g-20 in argentina, to saudi arabia and to chinese. he's also leaving a firestorm behind. michael cohen, one of his closest kclos closest confidantes and former lawyer is cooperating with robert mueller. here's what president trump said as he left the white house. >> what he's trying to do because he's a weak person and not a very smart person -- what he's trying t

you pushed them out of one place and we took the time to surround west mosul and tubka and talafar, raqqa, surround it first and then moved against it and trying to get the civilians out of the way, the non-combatants and the innocent out of the way because every battlefield we're in over there is also a humanitarian field. we were not always successful at that, and you remember, we're up against an enemy that's merciless in many cases and using the locals as shields and we did our best to avoid those deaths and some of them as a consequence of war were more than we ever wanted to see happen, but it was part of the fight. as we moved against them and we're now down less than 2% of the ground they own, we can see that the most important effort is the sustaining, in other words, after we go through and we pushed them out of the area you must immediately create local security forces in order to hold the ground and then get locals back into positions, community counsels so that locals feel like they're now in control. the international community has been helpful and you do have the money to h

eliminate russian intervention, two years down the line, the united states in its campaign against raqqa finds all of the remainder of syria senior occupied by jabba or isis. bob, you're welcome to jump in and correct me, what would that picture look like in terms of isis losing control in syria without russian intervention? factually the reality is we may not like the end outcome of russian intervention but it saved the united states a whole hell of a lot of time. >> i would say if you look at the current situation map, this is from the ua live map. the great thing about the map first of all it's on the internet. it's unclassified. you can go back in time. if you go back in time to august or july of 2017, this little gray triangle which represents current isis controlled territory extended deep deep into central syria. so about july, mid-july early august of 20 17, the russians started the campaignton liberate the city under isis occupation and they fought their way across central syria and liberated them. thattet kraed a problem for the u.s. and they came across the river and bumped in

joining us now is paul raqqa donna, kevin disney is still with us.en talking about the weather, carl? >> not here, but snow is in the forecast today. do with that what you will. as a look at the report, it does look like fairly well diversified growth. certainly, gasoline prices which have been moving erratically boosted sales, they were up 3.5% in the month alone. that being said, these are strong retail numbers. i think there is a positive outlook for the retail numbers going through the course of q4. if we go back to last jobs report, aggregate income growth in the economy, employment generated income for households is running at the house -- fastest pace of the economic cycle. inflation is moving sideways. it is not a this is an inflation story, it's really an improvement in household positions. a little bit of a selloff in the due to arket, maybe minor degree, consumer confidence and consumer sentiment is strong. that means this will be a very good holiday shopping season. my team is looking for about 5% growth in nominal terms. david: kevin div

many miles away from raqqa which they were willing to do.the turkish/syria border making certain that the turks aren't taking advantage of their homeland. what the united states is doing now interestingly is establishing military outposts along the turkish/syria borders to keep the kurds in the fight in the southeast and they have confidence their interests are being protected in northern syria. >> bill: something to watch, general. thank you for bringing that to you are attention. jack keen there in washington thank you, sir. >> sandra: we're also watching the powerful winter storm slamming the heartland right now dropping a foot of snow in some areas forcing flight delays and a slippery mess on the roadways. >> bill: president trump goes to mississippi in a few hours stumping for hyde-smith in a battle to hold onto what could be the 53rd senate seat. >> sandra: first lady melania trump unveiling what christmas will look like at the white house this year. we'll show you a glimpse of it next. you're headed down the highway when the guy in fr