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The syrian government forces are closer than ever to retaking aleppo. more than 70% of the last rebel stronghold eastern aleppo has been captured. the assad regime helped by russian forces is now using massive fire power to kill or displace house to. the onslaught is so extreme that parts of aleppo have been raised to the ground. cnns jomana karadsheh is tracking developments live from jordan. it is true, we follow the bullets flying but its those personal stories. i know that you spoke of one e...

That is a milestone for government forces who havent held a significant part of eastern aleppo in more than four years. >> the offensive was backed by air strikes and art tillry. civilians had been fleeing, some taking shelters, others tell cnn they have nowhere left to go. >> and cnns correspondent is tracking developments in syria from neighboring jordan. she joins us now live with the very latest. what has been the impact so far of syrian regime forces entering aleppo? >> reporter: it would s...

Killed. but the police chiefs in both places are calling these ambushes. this is a 58th officer killed by gunfire this year and thats up from 36 in a of last year, so a definite spike in these type of killings, kristen. >> unbelievably tragic. thank you so much for tracking developments there, jacob, really appreciate it. pope francis is indefinitely extending a rule that allowed priests over the last year to n absolve women who have abortions saying theres no sin that gods mercy cannot wipe a...

. >> new this morning, angry protests breaking out in the german city of cologne, 90 women reported being robbed, threatened and raped on new years eve, the suspects described by police were arab or north african. angela merkel is calling it disgusting and warning against an anti-immigrant backlash. fred pleitgen is tracking developments. good morning. fred. >> reporter: one of the reasons she is warning is germany has taken in and announced today 1.1 is million people in 2015 seeking asylum. ha...

Be disabled, to those in nursing homes and hospitals. and youre right, the ball was dropped across the board 10 years ago. and that has to never, ever happen to any other community again. >> mark morial, thank you. always great to see you, my friend. can you stay with me throughout the remainder of this broadcast, because id like to continue to have your thoughts and observations. >> lets see if we can do it. >> thanks so much. mark was talking about the importance of being aware of a possible s...

We want the americans to arm us directly, he says. if they give it to the government they will take what they want and give us the weapons, the good stuff to keep. outside the hospital, you can see the help they are getting. an ambulance from sunni saudi arabia. inside, three injured, from a mortar that hit offduty young fighters playing football the day before a nother died. this town endures, yet feels abandoned despite broad recognition it is vital they win. nick paton walsh, cnn. ian lee, ...

E-mails set and received by hillary clinton when she was secretary of state are set to be released. we are tracking developments in washington. good morning, chris. >> good morning, carol. the state department is being a little cagey this morning on the timing. we believe it could be as early as today. that would not be a surprise. a friday before a long holiday weekend and theres a tradition in d.c. of dumping news on a friday. we dont expect any bombshells in this batch of e-mails but it gives...

Want to go right now to shepard smith who is tracking developments out of the governors office. finally the governor is activating the national guard. i guess it wasnt watching all day. >> he did so at the request of the city of baltimore, gretda. we have not been given information to let us know when qá(ráy requested it. but we know that moments ago the governor issued a statement that at the request of baltimore city he signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency and activating ...

Morning resuming talks and refusing to apologize to irans leaders for the controversial letter. >> the white house definitely trying to keep congress out of that process, all the author of that letter doubles down. nic robertson is tracking developments for us live from london. >> zarif has gone into these talks with secretary kerry saying theres a lot of technical issues to address here. secretary kerry haz framed it differently. he has said this is more about -- there were a few technical issu...

You information as we get it. youre looking at one situation that has thankfully ended. the hostages down in sydney. it did turn into a deadly siege. the question is who was this man, could he have been stopped before? could more lives been saved during this situation? first, though, lets focus on pakistan. there is new information, so lets get to cnns atika schubert. tracking developments from london. >> we have information from pakistani military spokesperson says five of the attackers have be...