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Scheduled speakers included representatives of the White Helmets, the general secretary of the Syrian British Medical Society and the director general of the Turkish Red Crescent

© Jose Luis Magana | Credit: APIn a recent interview with DC-based al-Monitor, former U.S. envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, revealed what many of us already knew and had been writing about long ago. Namely, that American foreign policy is not directed by the President, but by the military industrial complex and the Deep State itself. In the interview, Jeffrey, who is supposed to work at the behest of the President, stated that he and his team misled the Trump administration during the course of...

Putin saying i asked the president to stop by before assad. i want to introduce you to people who played a key role if saving syria. the people of syria send their gratitude and will, scenes now appearing to be an early victory lap with russia looking to take the lead of the talks with syria. these come with russia, iran and turkey who spoefts the opposition, which seems to be echoed by the gulf states and the united states, this all before a fresh round of syrian peace talks expected to be held...

>> julie: evacuation orders now lifted following a massive gas line fire near detroit. this fire broke out monday night on vacant land. eventually burned itself out. the blaze occurred after a gas transmission line ruptured but theyre investigating the cause. no injuries have been reported. >> jon: new information now on syria with russias president putin meeting with his syrian counterpart bashar al-assad ahead of a summit and u.n. sponsored peace talks. this after putin and president trump spo...

Im not saying everybody in illegal should be kicked out but the criminals shouldnt have a safe haven. that makes no sense. >> depends if what you are saying a criminal. somebody with a broken taillight or somebody with violent crimes. theyre being turned over to ice. when they are doing something less like a broken taillight. thats a violation of the constitution. lets solve it in a comprehensive way. >> vladimir putin meeting with syrian president bashar al-assad. might they be brokering an end...

Level, they would probably impose something like the territorial-based sanctions weve seen on iran in which case there is no exception to the sanctions. you look at the country, the entire country is sanctioned, not just the government and certain individuals or institutions within it. thats the direction i would expect the trump administration to take. it would align the approach we use on north korea from a sanctions perspective. with the approach weve used on iran. we treat north korea the sa...

Putin as well. connor powell with an update. >> bashar al-assad during a quick trip to russia yesterday thanked publicly vladimir putin for, quote, saving syria. that according to a russian statement put out earlier this morning. while putin again is backing the u.n. peace talks that are set to take place in geneva here in the next couple of weeks. this comes, however, as russias military operation in syria both against isis and anti-government troops is beginning to wrap up. putin and assad con...

Public solution, this negotiated peace for syria, moscow isnt about to see assad and his regime be kicked out or voted out of syria. this is very much a call to opposition groups to accept that the syrian government led by bashar al-assad have won this war and come to the negotiating table to accept that victory. putin has spoken with president trump here just in the last few minutes. they are in agreement to begin this negotiated peace agreement. what more they will discuss and agree on in futu...

To the citizens here who offered -- our officers are dedicated to providing the best possible service to protect you and keep you safe. there is no better example than officer bryan shaw who gave his life serving this community. >> jon: officer shaw was 25 years old. shot in the chest while chasing a suspect on foot. that suspect now identified at holt. shaws funeral set for tomorrow. >> julie: president trump redesignated north korea as a state sponsor of terror. the rogue regime joins iran, su...

On the one hand because it points out again what -- what a rogue regime this is and how brutal the regime is and how little they care for the value of human life. so i think in that of itself makes a small statement, just the nature of this regime and the practical effects may be limited but we hope were closing off a few loopholes with this. >> julie: for more on all this is christopher swift, a professor at georgetown university. thank you very much for talking to us. north korea joins iran, s...