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These attacks in berlin, what we are learning today, because theres a lot to unpack about what we are are learning about the suspect. david rhode is a cnn global affairs analyst and national security investigations editor for reuters. james jeffreys, former u.s. ambassador to iraq and turkey aben eric schmidt is a writer who focuses on terrorism and national security. from what we learned in just the last 24 hours, theres a question whether or not german investigators may have botched part of th...

Groups. they will use this, radical groups will use the lack of action in aleppo as 250,000 civilians face this onslaught as an effort, as proof that theres a double standard. the west cares about western lives but not the lives of innocent civilians in syria. >> david rohde, thanks so much. still to come, airports are already crowded with the holiday time. now a strike at chicagos airport could make things even worse. pany wont replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you ...

And russia and syria, the two forces that are supporting this assault on east aleppo and other areas of syria, have not even responded yet to the united nations plea that they allow a plan to deliver humanitarian aid to these people. >> will ripley joining us from turkey, thanks so much. lets talk about whats happening in syria right now. could things change under a new administration? david rhode is cnn global affairs analyst and national security investigations editor for reuters. welcome. do ...

Trials, how does it differ than a regular military trial? how is it actually orchestrate ed? >> clearly, in my experience as a commanding general who had general court-martial authority i can tell you that the article 32 or the investigation not unlike a grand jury is an extremely exhaustive process that really gives the defendant an amazing number of rights. so counter-intuitively, the military justice is extremely procedural and really looks at the individual and what that individual service m...

Going to try to assure that justice is served here and i have a broader range in terms of punishment. and also on sentencing he then has the option the lower it if he decides to. so it gives him a broader set of options. >> david, i mean, how do you square in decision with the fact that the armys own investigator says that a jail sentence would be the most inappropriate? >> that is correct, general dahl did 57 interviews, they spoke to members of bergdahls unit, his family, commanders. they foun...

Theyre very happy with the investigation. theyre very upset that last month senator john mccain said he would hold a hearing if bergdahl was unpunished at the end of this procedure. and the problem with that is that the four-star general who will make the final decision in this case, when he comes up for promotion next that promotion will be reviewed by mccains own committee. so today, bergdahls lawyer said he was appalled that mccain did this, to he would be talking or maybe pressuring people i...

Shooting down of this russian plane, what does that mean, where would it take this conflict? >> as the colonel said it only plays into the hand of isil, isis. when youve got disharmony between the people that are supposed to be fighting isis, it only serves their purposes. they have both got to realize we have a bigger problem here and thats isis. its not that border. if you look at what happened, the russians have made too many provocations and thats why the turks responded as they did. this wa...

David rhode. a senior global affairs analyst. from california, cnn military analyst, retired colonel rick francona. david, i want to start with you. david cameron is talking about the cover that would provide if britain were to join the fight with the u.s. against syria. what is he proposing? what would the immediate impact be for the coalition? >> i think it would be helpful if britain participated, but its not vital. i dont think theres a military solution, a pure military solution to whats ha...

The plight of the people, ashamed. how the government has treated them. so they have come out and set up the water stations on their own. its very haphazard. you have some of the smaller nonprofit such as migration aid who has been handing out things like dates as well. >> arwa damon on a highway with thousands of people trying to walk to a better life. thank you, arwa. david, my god, this is medieval. there are thousands of people trying to walk across europe. this cant be a solution. this just...

There are a whole host of legal traps youre supposed to run through if an american air strike or drone strike is going to kill an american. how could such an intelligence failure happen in not one but two drone strikes and have so many -- so much -- i hate to use the term collateral damage but thats what you have here. >> well i think its actually pretty easy. the only way youre going to know whats inside of those buildings is to have a source inside of those buildings who also happens to have s...