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Breath. we see their bodies foaming at the mouth. and so it feels to the layman something has to be done now. can you explain why syria in particular is so complicated for the international community? >> syria is now if you look at a map -- we were talking about this a few days ago in response to president trump saying he wanted his troops out now. there are some 2,000 u.s. troops who have been engaged in the battle against isis. and we said look at the map. syria is now a proxy war for major wo...

Absence of facts that will not disappear. >> its a talking point that the president has used repeatedly and an absence of fact. >> shepard: okay. good to talk to you. jeff mason from reuters. >> you too, shep. >> shepard: the united nations is in emergency session about syria. think about it. 500,000 or more people that have been killed in a civil war that has developed into a proxy war with the united states against the syrian government, the russians and the iranians. now a video and its conde...

Himself in an international stage and you can make the argument that we havent asserted ourselves. >> lisa: what could he do that would have a bigger impact? b3 how far you go with this? if a situation with china going on at the same time, so do you want to have two verbal battles going on potentially, to a true trade battles going on at some point, are they going to start slapping sanctions or making issues with our imports and exports like we do right now with whats going on in china? do you w...

Troops. according to an official, he responded by telling his team to just get it done. joining me now, we have cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour with us. and, how do you think leaders in the region are viewing this possibility that u.s. troops could withdraw from syria? >> well, they have been very vocal and there is a lot coming out of the region. look at the map and take as a given this is a proxy war. all sorts of actors who are engaged then and all vying for control ...

One that said i dont want to -- i want to -- all they want is to go home. you cant go home until it is safe. syria is still a place that is -- as far from safe as you could get. eastern ghouta fell recently and those people have been corralled to ad lib and now it is a festering place where everyone has been dump and bused and deported. and then we have to think of the restoration. yesterday in turkey the russians and the turks and the iranians met to discuss the future of syria. where are the s...

Solution or yemens foreign minister is echoed that call for a political settlement and said that his internationally recognized government is working to open ports and airports to receive aid three years after fighting in yemen have claimed around ten thousand lives a proxy war between the saudi backed government and iranian backed to the rebels has also driven an estimated two million people from their homes and the un has been revising upward the number of humanitys in need of assistance to tw...

And yet. the un is hosting a meeting. in geneva today to raise money for war torn you have and then discuss humanitarian issues related to the called clicked organizers are hoping to bring in some three billion dollars in new pledges to meet the rising costs of providing aid three years of fighting in yemen have claimed around ten thousand lives the proxy war between saudi backed government and iranian backed with the rebels as also driven an estimated two million people from their homes un has ...

That is our mission. our mission isnt over, and we are going to complete that mission. >> shepard: same time. john bus is i is here to talk about all of it, associate editor at the "wall street journal." the "wall street journals" parent company and fox news parent company share common ownership. hes aware we are fighting a proxy war with the russians and the iranians there in syria, right? >> not just isis, right? >> shepard: no. >> the isis fight isnt over, as soon as you declare it over, gues...

Joining me, "vanity fair" special correspondent that wrote the piece and msnbc contributor. gabe, the post office has been losing money largely because of decline in postal mail, that volume replaced by packages. as we talked about, this is one big distraction. talking postal rates and amazon is not really the issue here. "the washington post" and jeff bezos are the issue. >> this is really a proxy war for donald trump to go after one of his perceived media enemies, "the washington post," which ...

Them all together. and trump, well, trump doesnt like "the washington post." it isnt always nice to him. so he is engaging in what certainly appears to be a proxy war designed to make jeff bezos pay no matter the consequences. "vanity fairs" gabe sherman reports tonight trump is obsessed with bezos. trump has told advisers he believes bezos uses the paperer as a political weapon. sources saying he gets obsessed with something and now he is obsessed with bezos. trump is how can i f with him. its ...