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Its the top of the hour. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Im Miguel Marquez in for fredricka whitfield. Here are todays stories. The National Rifle association is standing tough in opposition to new gun laws after the newtown massacre. The ceo went on tv today to defend his call for armed guards in every u. S. School. Cnns Barbara Starr tells us what he said and how people in high places of power are reacting to it. Newtown. Newtown. Newtown. Newtown. How many more . Reporter performers and artists now ...

An attempt to at least temporarily stop the bloodshed in syria is being ignored. Activists say homs and several other cities came under heavy shelling from Regime Forces today. More than 120 people reported killed nationwide. The continued violence comes as a u. N. Envoy in damascus is making the case for a truce during next weeks muslim holiday. And one day after opposition groups say more than 80 bodies were discovered in a mass grave in the eastern city of deir ezzor. He conquered the Tour De...

Identified as a tunisian and he was killed when he resisted capture and about a dozen isis fighters were killed, and no americans were killed. And now joining us is the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee. Congressman thank you for joining me. Yes, thank you for having me, poppy. We are getting the details trickling in, and the white house is talking about this as well. And in your position what do you know in term ss of the intelligence for the president to personally green light th...

Morning. Lets bring in pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr, Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh and National Correspondent Sunlen Serfaty and cnn military analysts retired Lieutenant General Mark Hertling and retired Major General james spider marks. Lets start with Barbara Starr, who broke the news this morning, tell us what we know. Good morning, well it was a commando raid overnight, deep into syrian isisheld territory. U. S. Army special Operations Forces and that means delt...

Of a terror attack right here in the u. S. Was there any truth to what the iraqi Prime Minister has been saying that the u. S. s subways are in threat. Plus the fbi believes it has identified the masked militant. Who is speaking in three isis videos, showing the beheading of westerners. As were watching whats happening now in britain, a major debate happening in parliament, will the uk join the coalitions campaign against ice nis iraq . Thats what the vote would be for. We have all angles covere...

Province, the attacks killing 14 militants and five civilians, including women and children, according to a rights monitor group. The u. S. Led coalition aiming to degrade the brutal militant groups source of revenue. Striking 12 Oil Facilities, seized by isis in Eastern Syria wednesday. Bringing the total number of air strikes in the region to over 30. This is the beginning of a long effort. There will be more. There will be more. U. S. Officials estimate that isis makes upwards of 2 million a ...

Targets. He says taking the fight to the terrorists is an ongoing operation and it demands a united front. Listen. We also recognize that right now we have a very severe and significant threat. What weve seen from the world communities is a recognition of that threat, and we are very appreciative of our partnership with all the countries here. Tuesdays offensive included more than 40 tomahawk cruise missiles and dozens of warplanes. Jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates del...

Big issue, of course, the economy top of the agenda but well see what he has to explain if anything here coming up in a few hours. Now, the u. S. And cuba have been at odds for more than half a century but today you really do get the sense theres new hope that the countries could be mending their broken relationship. Since 1961, the u. S. Has had no Diplomatic Mission with cuba but started with this. This is the beginning, this was the beginning, rather, of normalcy between the u. S. And cuba. T...

Good day to you. We begin with the major milestone for iran. Economic sanctions now lifted by the United States and the European Union. It comes after the u. N. Nuclear agency announced that tehran has met its obligations to restrict its Nuclear Program. Israels president and some in the United States say its premature. They insist iran is still intent on building a Nuclear Weapon. Meanwhile, the u. S. And iran are engaged in a prisoner swap. Five americans once held in that country are now head...

Our top story this hour. Shifting loyalties in afghanistan. Taliban insurgents are making bold advances in the countrys heldman province. And part of the reason the Afghanistan Government seems to be losing ground there is because of soldiers like these defectors from the afghan army who have joined the taliban. For more on all this, Senior International correspondent Nick Paton Walsh joins us now life from kabul. Nick, why are these soldiers swapping sides and choosing to fight with the taliban...