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For example, iranian troops, le lebanese hezbollah. >> well, the russians are a huge factor in the battle for syria if you will. but they are carrying out bombing campaigns that relieve the syrian air force as well. its not clear whether or not the russians are completely staying out of the airspace over the city of aleppo. the other thing that is significant is the amount of revolutionary guard troops on the ground and hezbollah forces as well. we have heard there have been reinforcements for a...

Been a top lieutenant and friend of nancy pelosis. i was urging my colleagues to support her. she had a decisie win yesterday. now we have to move on to the battles that are going to be waged in the new trump administration. >> what does it say that 63 house democrats voted for tim ryan over nancy pelosi and that the republicans are celebrating her win? >> well, it says that she won over two-thirds of the caucus, which is as decisive a win as you can get. but beyond that, wolf, she has made the ...

Out and you tell the story and you can make an impact and a difference and sometimes its just not enough. sometimes the stories youre telling are not making the changes. especially when it comes to syria and iraq and these war-torn countries, that you have to go out and do something else. you see a problem and you see a capacity to fix it, and i have to say, like, all my colleagues have been absolutely amazing in helping us get it up and going. >> tell our viewers how they can learn more. >> our...

Aleppo away from the rebels. its been remarkable over the past couple days the gains the syrian military has been making. they took about 20 to 25% of an area where they havent been able to make inroads the past four years. now one of the things thats been going on over the past 48 hours is its been bad weather over the aleppo area. that curbed the strikes of the syrian air force but it makes the situation for the civilians on the ground even worse. now the syrian government says its still advan...

Fraud in this country. >> flag burning people should go to jail? >> absolutely. >> and lose their citizenship. >> no. >> community services. >> absolutely. >> you know what is the sad thing -- >> they should get a ticket for starting a fire out in public in a town -- >> need a permit for it. >> need a permit. should go get a permit -- >> how many illegals are burning our flags and yet were not arresting them and deporting them and they burn our flags. you want to be in our country but you burn o...

The reason being is that they are plotting a very ambitious legislative agenda to begin the new congress. they really need to get on the same page. because if things dont go off well, this could turn into a very ugly circular firing squad quickly, especially since the house and senate move at much difference paces. theyre trying to manage expectations and figure out the best way to move forward the agenda. to do with that is the repeal of obamacare off the bat. also to figure out when they can m...

And wolf, i cant resist. the lead-in about his leaving his professional life behind and concentrating full-time on being the president of the united states, i think youre seeing him doing that very quickly. hes carrying out a huge schedule on the transition side. so much so that hes actually ahead of where president obama was eight years ago. >> hes moving very quickly filling his cabinet and senior staff positions. i must agree with you on that. as far as the trump transition is concerned, were...

Under administrative duty. his conduct tonight, wolf, is still being investigated. >> brian, thank you very much. brian todd in charlotte, north carolina. lets talk a little more about this. jeffrey toobin is with us, and our senior law enforcement analyst tom fuentes, as well. jeffrey, based on the description of events, do you agree with the decision to not bring charges against this police officer? >> certainly the d.a. made a convincing case, but i am not in the position that the authorities...

Separate him completely from his business empire. do you think this will be enough to put that entire controversy to rest? >> well have to see what it is, wolf. we cant prejudge it. but what we do know is that its very difficult for donald trump to say, im going to put my business in a blind trust, or im going to give it all to my children, because how do you separate the childrens business from their father, particularly when its real estate and his name is emblazened across every building. how...

Something that is pretty conclusive, even though in much of the country, including north carolina, a lot of people carry a lot of guns a lot of the time. >> tom, the district attorney admitted that there was no evidence that mr. scott ever raised his gun or pointed the gun at a police officer. is it still appropriate for an officer to use deadly force in that type of situation? >> i think in this case, wolf, it was absolutely appropriate. now, when he exits the vehicle with the gun in his hand a...