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"the story" starts now. >> john and gillian, happy new year. i'm trace gallagher in for martha maccallum. a bomb shell update to a story we've been following closely ever since this testimony last month. >> you understand that this call for intyfada is to commit gen se against israel. >> that type of hateful speech is abhorrent. >> do you believe that type of speech is contrary to harvard's code of conduct or is it allowed at harvard. >> it's at odds -- >> can you not say it's against the -- >> we embrace a commitment to free expression even views that are objectionable, offensive, h...

Give up until they find them. we have the same history. they're very good at it. >> trace: you talk about in gaza israel idf forces going in looking for more hamas leaders. at the very same time,er with hearing records that the israeli war cabinet is looking for ways to lower the fighting level. maybe trying to get the gaza fighting down to a low level in the coming weeks. do you think they're looking for a way to end this conflict? >> well, if they end this conflict soon, they're going to hand a strategic victory to hamas. it will not be destroyed. leadership will not be destroyed. focusing j...

We've seen over the course of the last nine months, the russian military has not been able to address its fundamental challenges. look, in order for russia to present a new type of russian military into the fight, it's going to be a generational change. i mean, they're going to have to create noncommissioned officers, they're going to have to get new kits, get more creativity down to the fighting level. this is a hierarchical military that only exists in a very structured environment, very high bound. they have the initiative, they don't have the noncommissioned officers and the leaders to tak...

Against president trump. the u.s. house of representatives has voted to recognize the mass killings off on the unions by autumn onto a century ago as genocide the house also passed a bill calling for sanctions on tekkie force an invasion of northern syria turkey condemned to both votes which passed on turkey's international day. a u.n. sponsored committee charged with drawing up a new constitution for syria has started its work in geneva but the most daunting task facing them is the reconstruction of the country the assad regime may have won the military conflict but he doesn't have the money ...

I think there are some elements here to make progress. the additional troops to be sure, the relaxed rules of engagement, bringing over helicopters and strike aircraft to be more effective against the taliban. also permitting our advisors to be right down at the fighting level will clearly make a difference. all that said, all of that by itself will not be decisive in having a favorable outcome unless we do one other thing and the one other thing is we have to shut down the afghan-taliban sanctuaries in pakistan. that the pakistan government and the pakistan military are protecting. >> eric: h...