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Syria. evaciogs are finally getting under way in eastern aleppo, but under very challenging conditions. a new cease-fire barely holding as activists say that regime forces fired upon ambulance convoys that were trying to evacuate civilians. cnns senior international correspondent frederick pleitgen has the latest in beirut for us. tell thus situation there, fred. >> yeah, alisyn, were watching this very closely. when the pro-government forces fired on that first convoy that at least one person w...

Congresswoman. >> thank you for having me. developing news out of syria. long awaited evacuations under way. hundreds of residents, some critically injured. 950 people escorted out of the city after a new cease-fire was brokered just this morning and so fragile though, there are worries if it will hold up. chief global correspondent bill neely has more from beirut, lebanon. >> reporter: there are reports of a new cease-fire to evacuate some of the wounded but fears still growing for the lives ...

Forces were going in to capture that part of besieged opposition-held eastern aleppo. so in order to get behind those lines, weve had to talk to people by skype. and there were very few actual hospitals, in fact. there were what people called sort of makeshift medical centers that they set up in basements, you know, they had barely any electricity. barely any running water. also the jerry-rigged operations to try to help the wounded. even those have gone by the by now that the push has gone almo...

That. >> nora, i hear you on the geopolitical ramifications of all this, but personally on your family are they hopeful they will get out? tell me about their lives? are they eating? are they getting medical assistance? tell me about them. >> theres no food, theres no medicine, theres nothing normal. theres nothing normal like millions of syrians that are suffering across syria. theyre not living under any kind of normal conditions. many of my family have been killed. theyve been displaced. many...

So -- while -- there was gunfire still going on, i tapped one of the officers in front of me. i said, hey, give me some cover. i went and grabbed the female. >> reporter: shattering a picture window, highland and s.w.a.t. officer ben moved quickly towards the back of the club. >> we got five other, five or six other officers with us and made entry into the club, where the gunfire was coming from. we had an idea the gunman was in the bathroom. didnt know where at the time so we held our positions...

Officers with us and made entry in to the club where the gun fire was coming from. we had an idea that the gunman was in the bathroom. we just didnt know where at the time. so we held our positions. >> reporter: is it fair to said you had your firearm up and ready? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the whole time? >> whole time. >> reporter: the a shooter brief lif appears. they fire but miss. >> she was in the bathroom and they were holding cover on him which allowed me and a bunch of officers to go ...

>> robert ford, then the u.s. ambassador to syria, witnessed the turmoil firsthand. >> a few car bombings blamed on suicide. >> al qaeda in iraq. >> remains of the dead were scattered. >> the group that morphed into isis. >> the wounded were carried away in blankets. >> was suspected of master minding a car bombing of serious -- syrias state security officers. >> one car goes in and blows up to take down the other defense and a second car goes in to detonate. >> the criminal attack carries the b...

>> remains of the dead were scattered. >> the group that morphed into isis. >> the wounded were carried away in blankets. >> was suspected of master minding a car bombing of serious state security officers. >> one car goes in and blows up to take down the other defense and a second car goes in to detonate. >> the criminal attack carries the blueprints of al qaeda. >> this is a hallmark tactic of al qaeda in iraq. >> back in washington, ambassador ford met with david petraeus, who was then the he...

Made. i want to talk about mattis left men to die. walk us through your reporting, ken, and what youve learned. >> thanks. good to see you. so this is an old story that is gaining new currency now that mattis is trumps pick to run the pentagon. basically, 15 years ago on monday, actually, a group of army special forces green berets were on a secret mission and they were accompanying hamid karzai who later would become the president of afghanistan. they were hit by a u.s. smart bomb in a friend...

Shelter in place. most of the wounded were either cut by a knife or hit by a car. this is what it seems like happened now. we are hearing now from more witnesses and the federal authorities are hearing more from the local police who now have time to brief them now that this is over. a fire alarm was set in watts hall, the mechanical engineering building, classroom building at osu in columbus. at the same time or around that time, there were reports of an explosion. the bomb squad was asked to co...