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For the past five years. >> the war there could be a major test for president-elect donald trump who says he wants a closer relationship with russia and a closer relationship with vladimir putin, the said vladimir putin just assisted in the slaughter of thousands. so were perfectly clear here and as we have been reporting on this program for years, this is a civil war but has been much m. this is a proxy war, against assad, the iranian forces and the russian military. the united states and the r...

Position, considering it doesnt seem an old battle when you have russia meddling in the election, you have russia involved in the conflict in syria. this is not an old battle. >> you make a good point. look what we did in the 80s in afghanistan with the proxy war with russia. we cant afford to do that again. syria is a huge milestone here. we need to get on the same page or get out of dodge. thats the first thing they need to establish. >> same page as whom? >> they need to get on our page or we...

In moscow the are denying that putin was involved in the hack attack on the election. and trumps senior advicer saying ivanka and her husband are the relatives most likely to officially join husband his staff. well see how they have to avoid conflict of interest with the trump business empire. a very busy news day. lets get to it. >> breaking news now on fox news channel. the russian president vladimir putin handed a victory to syrias murderous dictator, bashar al-assad, in a proxy war. now defe...

>> well, i dont know that i did sigh about that. i mean, m sighing in general, because everything she says, ive been reporting it for five years and then some. ive described syria as a modern day holocaust. i was on the show last night describing what eyewitnesss on the ground have been sighing and what the u.n. has confirmed, the murder of 85 civilians at the hands -- and this is the important distinction. we talk about the syrian arab army. this is a proxy war. being fought chiefly by iran and...

Election evening thinking he would loose and certainly was going to lose pennsylvania. >> pennsylvania was tough because every republican forever, thought they were going to win the great state of pennsylvania, right? they said, they said, not me, the bride that got away. the expression. the bride that got away. >> so on inform 8 -- november 8th donald trump was the first republican since george h.w. bush, in 1998 to win pennsylvania. so you can bet here in hershey, pennsylvania, he will give th...

Fearing forces. witnesses say civilian bodies litter the city. the world has watched as ash a assad with the help of vladimir putin has slaughtered children for years, a proxy war between the united states andwish with our proxies being the rebels in syria, and russia along with assads forces and we have lost again and thousands are dead. now what? >> well, now what is certainly the big question and youre right, this has pitted the u.s. against russia in a very sharp way over the last few years....

Be brought before the world court for crimes against humanity. >> one of the two main reasons why the united states did not get more involved, this administration, was they didnt want to engage in a proxy war with russia all of a sudden. that could change. there could be a way to negotiate. >> russia came into a void. wasnt like russia was there all along. >> yes. theres a long complicated thing. the recent roadblock has been russia. will there be any troops put in there? until that happens, the...

Guy with the weird haircut, tell him up front, dont play with nuclear weapons on our watch, because well find a way of blowing you up, personally. we will get to you and you will wish you hadnt done this. how do we send this -- is this guy capable of that type of diplomacy? >> the answer to that question is yes, but you have donald trump with his twitter account and who knows that hes going to say there. but by all accounts, tillerson is a corporate diplomat, but top flight when it comes to nego...

Much more in line with mccains, lindsey grahams and others within the party. >> and the hacking thing. this confirmation thing will be a proxy war about the russian hacking and -- >> looking forward to covering it. every step of the way. stand by. the president-elect donald trump welcomed a couple of pro-football hall of famers over at trump tower in new york city just a few moments ago. part of his diversity meeting. they spoke about trumps promises to the african-american communities, and what...

Relations committee given theres some vocal critics of putin. his confirmation process will become a proxy war within the republican party where we have the new trump wing of the party pushing for warmer relations with russia where you have the john mccain, lindsey graham wing that show the many human rights abuses. thats a massive tension in the gop even whether tillerson is nominated or not, that tension isnt going to go away and it will be a central fight within the party for the next four ye...