extremist tendencies not unlike what isis believes in. so if you are arming some of them, if they take over for assad, is there any guarantee that you get a better situation? it s an extraordinarily complex situation in syria. more complex that i personally have ever seen anywhere in the world. so it is a very tricky situation that we need to work our way through. there is good guys and there is bad guys. what we need to do is find the moderate syrian opposition that we can work with, empower them and bring them into a position where they can then begin to run this country. in syria, it s regular people. s s people like you you and me who just want to raise families, and live their lives. we have to give that a chance to really take hold and that s what will end some of this radical extremism that we see everywhere. resolve is such an interesting word. as we come into christmas, the heads and hearts of the fighting men and women, how are they doing over there, how is the
a 20% jump suggesting republican voters are getting far more comfortable with him. ted cruz in first, marco rubio in second. so let s take a look at some of the issues voters care about. trump running strong there, well over half of republican voters say trump is best at handling the economy and illegal immigration. and 47% say he would be best at handling isis. and finally, republican voters more optimistic about their chances in 2016 with trump in the picture. that number has jumped since august by 8 percentage points. meanwhile there is more rhetoric on the campaign trail this morning after trump s latest blast against hillary clinton, talking about trump in an interview with the des moines register, though, she refused to address his comments directly. listen. i really deplore the tone of his campaign and the
syria. it s been launching more than 4,000 bombing missions across that country in the past three months. they say they have had a massive impact on isis and other islamist groups. but of course the allegation that civilians have been paying a price as well has always been there. the amnesty report on this occasion says that it focuses on six attacks specifically that they have been investigating. a mosque attack, an attack on a hospital, civilian areas, as well, in which at least 200 civilians were killed as a result of russian air strikes. the russians haven t directly commented on the latest amnesty report, but they have spoken in the past about who they target, they have rejected any allegations that they killed any civilians. i was in syria last week and asked the defense spokesman who was with me this question and he said we show you what we hit, we hit terrorist targets, islamic groups. we haven t killed any civilians. that s the russian position.
suggests strongly that we are not getting it doneand thank yo. the politics in this country suggests strongly that we are not getting it done against isis, we are losing, we are raerae weak. what is your experience on the ground, sir? thank you for having me. greetings from baghdad. we ve seen notable progress. as you know, a year ago the coalition began conducting strikes. we ve begun a training program a year ago to train iraqi forces to be able to take their country back. and in the last several weeks, wife begun we ve begun to see that training take hold. two weeks ago, we ve seen the iraqi security forces really begin to encircle and constrict their presence away ramadi like a bow a constrictor.
condition. important to note police are investigating reports that one of the three israelis injured in this attack was actually injured by israeli fire. but it has added to the sense of tension away the holidays here. obviously a very critical important time for the old city of jerusalem during this time of year. thanks so much for the update. mean while a small con ttingent muof u.s. special forces help to go retake the key city of ramadi. barbara starr is live with the very latest on these battles. good morning. a small number of special operations forces back in northern syria to work with anti-isis forces there, advise them on how to move against isis. it is a very fraught situation there, their security is number the number one concern.