. >> rosalyn jordan joins us live from washington, d.c. why now, roz? why does president obama feel the time is right now to try to close guantanamo seven years after he promised? >> it's not as if the president hasn't been trying, but critics argue that the president hasn't been trying hard enough and in the interim, congress passed several restrictions, including the one that banned him or any future president from bringing any of the guantanamo detainees on to u.s. soil either to be held or put on trial. because of the latest legal restriction placed on the administration, that's essentially why they had to send his plan today. it is worth pointing out that because the president isn't dealing with for example the economic turndown that was happening when he took office back in 2009, that he feels that he has more energy to deal with it, but i can tell you there's going to be a very tough fight here on capitol hill for the president to get his way. >> i'm guessing that pretty much the u.s. remains split about guantanamo bay. >> that's right, pretty mu

. >>> rosalyn jordan joins us live from washington, d.c. what are you hearing about these strikes? >> from a pentagon spokesperson, we have this brief statement. last night, the u.s. military conducted an operation in libya against an isil training camp ending senior isil facilitator in libya. we are assessing the results of this operation and will provide additional information when appropriated. that statement could be coming a little later this morning. washington time, laura. they are now confirming the identities of those killed including a specific algerian who may have been that isil facilitator. they are confirming that the u.s. military did carry out a strike against isil targets. this is something which the u.s. military has very much wanted to do, because it's been very concerned about the efforts of isil to establish a beach head, as it were inside libya, given the fragile political situation that in country. there had been talk about whether the u.s. would hold off on doing any such airstrikes until after the new unity government actually came to power and started ruli

rosalyn jordan of the state department, the united states is urging turkey away from it's board tore refugees across. tens of thousands have arrived at the crossing after fleeing the intense fighting. the government stepped up it's offensive, backed by russian air strikes to recapture the largest city. with the border counts -- they had to seek the open, with just the clothes on their backs. >> it is their job to watch the skies. civil defense volunteers in the opposition controlled east of aleppo city are on alert. whenever they hear the sound of jets. the first responders these volunteers have been busier than usual. they have intensified over a week ago. close to the rebel held neighborhoods to set up the volunteers they are the only hope for those that may be tracks. >> they are afraid of the siege. the volunteers in our family. and fighter whose chose to stay. >> civilians are increasingly helpless. doctors and nurses are overwhelmed, they work out of makeshift clinics because hospitals have been reduced to rubble after years of war. medical workers are now preparing for the wor

efforts, at least when it comes to resolving the civil war inside syria, not the separate fight rosalyn jordan with the latest thank you. which turkey's prime minister was backed by 350 air strikes. the city is now surrounded from forces from the south, and east, following advances and their allies. more now on the syrian border. >> hundreds of families have been forced from their homes displaced as a result of the on going government offensive in the northern country side. pictures have emerged, dramatic pictures of people heading towards the border in search for safety. what we understand is that some people headed to the country side, thousands of others took shelter in the kurdish enclave, which is in northern syria, and thousands of others headed towards the turkish border crossing what is known. we don't have exact numbers put according to the syrian observe story, up to 14,000 people have been displaced in the past few days, and their situation is dire. people are talking about heavy russian aerial bombardment. there has been civilian casualties over the past two days, people are scared

rosalyn jordan, al jazeera, washington. >> martin reardon is vice vice president of a consulting group on security matters and joins us from doha. what do you think of this cooperation between hollywood and the j government when it comes to countering isil's message. >> it's a good idea on the government's part. hollywood does have that experience in messaging, getting the right message out is critical to any strategy counter narrative with isis or al-qaeda. hollywood's really in the best position to do that. >> what should that counter narrative be? what message would resonate with a would-be isil nighter? >> for a counter narrative? part is going to have to be what they're doing is wrong, but it's also just looking at what it's really like for the fighting, the death of the fighters, it gets complicated. >>> thousands of foreign fighters continue to join isil's ranges. how much of that is down to isil's sophisticated propaganda production? >> quite a bit of it. isis really when it comes down to propaganda messaging, that's a critical part of their overall communication strategy. the