Escape Aleppo News Today

Clarissa ward joins us from moscow. november of 2015, turkey shot down a russian plane on the turkish syria border. it was an su-24 fighter jet. there have been tensions over the last several years, not to mention going back decades between turkey and russia but as muhammed said, of late the two nations had been negotiating on these cease-fire attempts in aleppo. >> reporter: no, its extraordinary how much the relationship between turkey and russia has improved since the shooting down of that pl...

Targeted a foreign dignitary, let alone someone as high as an ambassador. we were talking earlier about this. there have been some tensions in the past between turkey and russia but just in the last few weeks we have seen a lot of those tensions die down. president erdogan made a very public visit to visit vladimir putin and we know the two have been speaking on the phone several times, at least seven or eight times just in the last few weeks, hammering out this evacuation and temporary cease-fi...

>> reporter: well, this attack comes at such an interesting time because today, the evacuations went on uninterrupted. over the weekend there were some problems and it was on again and off again. there were no evacuations over the weekend. but today was actually that first bright glimmer of hope after a dark period. the evacuations went on uninterrupted. turkish officials just today announced that 20,000 people had been evacuated from the eastern part of aleppo. these are people who had been und...

>> reporter: it appears shelling is continuing. theres no sign that this cease-fire, its a complicated way to describe it, appears to be pausing to let those thousands of people trapped in an ever-shrinking area of rebel territory, to let them out and head towards rebel-held areas northwest of aleppo. that never really got under way at all. the biggest question here is how many people are still trapped in that area. an estimate from the u.n. special envoy suggested 1500 fighters in the midst as ...

Breaking news, families who are hopeful to finally escape aleppo, syria are now trapped once again as the cease-fire, the very temporary cease-fire appears to be collapsing right now. up to 50,000 civilians cannot escape. they are trapped and around them, above them, shots, bombs, as pro-government forces are pushing in and on to the city. i want to show you the very latest tweet coming from the mother of the 7-year-old girl that everyone has been following, tweeting out their final messages. sh...

Erdogan was at loggerheads with russia. perhaps hes looking to president putin to put pressure on syria and assure that evacuation actually goes through. we are down to the wire here, really, perhaps a sense of the goo geopolitical deals being doneli the ground. this is a turning point in the war in terms of rebel losses but it will be one of the more seismic massacres here. if the killing stops here it doesnt mean this chapter is finished. we are hearing the taliban in afghanistan condemning wh...

Absence of concrete action. the west has been unwilling to get involved, particularly in this messy fight for aleppo. such a complex mix among rebel ranks for them to try and arm. we are seeing what many consider unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. certainly in a syrian war but also a turning point frankly territorially for what five years ago started as a revolution. >> turkeys president is planning to meet with russian president vladimir putin today. obviously thistopic. what can be accomp...

Matter most to the american people. and im proud to stand with him. >> governor i want to ask you about your syria policy because it sounded to be quite different than donald trumps last night. you had said that the u.s. needs to be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the assad regime. donald trump last night said i havent talked to him about it, meaning you. and no, no, he disagrees with that. have you talked to donald trump about your thoughts on syria? >> ive talked t...

>> she broadened it into a general -- >> uh-huh. >> what does america do with russian provocation in the assad regime. >> yep. >> i was speaking specifically about securing the safe zones and for heavens sakes, alisyn, we have a humanitarian crisis there. >> we sure do. >> 100,000 children in harms way in aleppo. we need to be willing pa long with other nations in the region to secure a pathway for those people to escape aleppo. >> yeah. >> before even more violence comes and to have a safe zone...

The provocations by russia need to be met with american strength. and if russia chooses to be involved and continue, i should say, to be involved in this barbaric attack on civilians in aleppo the united states of america should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the assad regime. to prevent them from this humanitarian crisis that is taking place in aleppo. >> governor, we only have 20 seconds left in your window. but it wasnt just about safe zones. i mean you talk a...