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Airbase in south korea for a closer look at the front line of american defense and intelligence gathering on the peninsula. >> reporter: a u2 spy plane taxiward keoff as dawn breaks over the korean peninsula this morning. its pilot fitted in a nasa-like pressure suit to withstand the eight-hour-long mission at soaring altitudes that will take him near the edge of space. with north koreas unsettling ambitions and rhetoric rising, demand for these intelligence missions is high. >> it is a constant...

>> reporter: the american commanders here say their prime mission remains deterrence but they are ready to act, if necessary. >> if north korea launched a rocket, and if we did not know whether it was a satellite or a warhead on top, we, united states, would likely try to shoot it down. in response, north korea will try a number of things, in part by sending artillery fire into south korea. right away you have a major convention ar war on our hands. >> reporter: the while the posture of the 28,0...

Biggest point here is the fact that next week there is going to be elections in the netherlands in france and germany, and a lot of the populist candidates have really been pushing this anti- immigration message. europe needs turkey. they needs turkey to cut off all the syrian refugees coming into europe which is putting a massive strain on the populati population. harris: we need them to for our fight against isis. we need both these countries. reporter: we do. absolutely. weve had iraqi relati...

Biggest point here is the fact that next week there is going to be elections in the netherlands in france and germany, and a lot of the populist candidates have really been pushing this anti- immigration message. europe needs turkey. they needs turkey to cut off all the syrian refugees coming into europe which is putting a massive strain on the populati population. harris: we need them to for our fight against isis. we need both these countries. reporter: we do. absolutely. weve had iraqi relati...

Biggest point here is the fact that next week there is going to be elections in the netherlands in france and germany, and a lot of the populist candidates have really been pushing this anti- immigration message. europe needs turkey. they needs turkey to cut off all the syrian refugees coming into europe which is putting a massive strain on the populati population. harris: we need them to for our fight against isis. we need both these countries. reporter: we do. absolutely. weve had iraqi relati...

>> are you saying this is a component of the increasing campaign against secularism by islamists? >> absolutely. and i think if erdogan had his way, theres nothing he would like more than just to have out in the open an islamic governance of turkey. and thats really what were seeing, i think, a lot within the middle east right now. and it started with, you know, certainly in cairo a few years ago. it is that sectarian versus secular governance and thats a debate weve been seeing for a hundred ye...

"new day" when you hear voices like that. it is pretty spectacular. i am christi paul and thank you to the glee club here in atlanta sharing their lovely voices with us. >> very talented. im victor blackwell. they are with us throughout the morning. we have a lot of news to get to this half hour. lets get right to alison kosik. >> good morning, victor and christi. merry christmas to you. russian military officials say no survivors were found at the scene of a military plane crash near sochi toda...

>> it is pretty spectacular. im christi paul and thank you to spelman college glee club in atlanta sharing their lovely voices with us. >> very talented. im victor blackwell. they are with us throughout the morning. we have a lot of news to get to this half hour. lets go right to alison kosik. good morning. >> good morning, victor and christi and merry christmas to all of you. lets get a check on the top stories. russian military officials say no survivors were found at the scene of a military p...

Operating out of helmand province since 2001 but also kind of working out what the political, economic and security lines of development were across helmand province. one of the key things that came out of those discussions and that strategic thinking was the significance of the opium trade. but what i think we did looking back at it now, this was in 2004. but looking back at it now over ten years later we are seeing a resurgent taliban across the north in kunduz, in kandahar. a couple of weeks ...

Capability. we saw in the north in konduz where the taliban took over konduz city which was unheard of for a couple of weeks. its now been taken back but there are still battles going on there. we saw resurgence in kandahar, attack on the airbase a couple of weeks ago by the taliban. so they are slowly starting to regain ground and they now occupy and control more ground now than they did in the early years in 2004, 2005. so i think thats significant where the afghan government go politically in...