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At least 1140 people have died in the last 22 days in eastern ghouta, including 402 women and children. joining us now, a journalist and author of the new book no turning back life, loss and hope in wartime syria. that is out today. great to have you with us here. >> thank you. >> on set. theres so many different nations now involved in this conflict in syria. sometimes for us here in the west, its hard found or wrap our head around it. how did this become such a global proxy war? because of syr...

Done. foreign affairs correspondent is following the story from london tonight. >> the u.n. human rights chief says this amounts to war crime. the syrian government bombardment just outside the capital of dust mask has to guess -- damascus has led to 600 guests. many children. >> no more words at words at a kid to a described a brutality of the regime attacks on its own population. the horror of the situation has surpassed even the possibility of the english language to describe. >> a shaky ceas...

Done. foreign affairs correspondent is following the story from london tonight. >> the u.n. human rights chief says this amounts to war crime. the syrian government bombardment just outside the capital of dust mask has to guess -- damascus has led to 600 guests. many children. >> no more words at words at a kid to a described a brutality of the regime attacks on its own population. the horror of the situation has surpassed even the possibility of the english language to describe. >> a shaky ceas...

Telling the truth, which i find that hard to believe. i think this is a guy who bluffs pretty much and lies a lot, then the united states is more vulnerable to russia. and thats definitely worrisome. >> bret: ice raids. not only what we saw in oakland, the mayor warning about ice raids. but now ice going after businesses for hiring illegals. take a listen. >> donald trump has declared war on our immigrants community. we are here united saying we dont want him ripping apart our families and calif...

>> a shaky cease-fire in ghouta isnt holding. complicated efforts evacuate people needing urgent care. each side blames the other for violating the truce. this war is not syrian on syrian but turning into a global proxy war. iran, russia, the u.s., turkey. turkey increasingly concerned about kurdish strength in the region is hitting kurdish fighters in syria. some of whom are backed by the u.s. turkish air strikes and fighting led yesterday to a number of deaths of both turkish and kurdish fight...