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>> fred, thank you so much. let's discuss this more. joining me now, cnn chief correspondent host of "amman pour," christiane amanpour. horrific seems to be the status what's going on now in aleppo. images coming out, hard to imagine it could get worse, but seems it has. >> reporter: well, kate, indeed, the very, very worst is if there were to be continued mass executions of civilians, non-combatants, men, women and children which already, as you heard fred say, the u.n. is picking up reports, and we also have been talking to people who have been trapped behind the lines. as fred was followi...

The city. many people that are stuck there are simply saying good-bye, and the only way they can. sending out on social media. a tweet from a 7-year-old syrian girl saying -- last moment to live or die. an activist tweeted it is doomsday inside aleppo and says people are running, but don't they where to go. i want to bring in fred pleitgen right now. in aleppo, out now. fred, what are you hearing? what is happening there right now? things seem to have changed in just the last 24, 48 hours? >> reporter: yes. you know, they're changing by the minute there in aleppo. the reason, rebels have a ver...

This with the russians. we've not been able to pin that down but the u.n. is calling right now for the syrians and their backers, the russians, iranians, all the other militias to prioritize the right of life for people in those enclaves they keep moving into and trying to take back. this is a very, very bad situation that's going on. reminiscent of what happened in strebnaneetza and 8,000 men and women were slaughtered, and this is many, many more people, civilians, at mercy of these advancing troops in eastern aleppo right now. >> just need safe passage out. just need it. as you're saying, a...

I don't think we're going to see kanye west in the administration. >> there's been a lot of debate about when trump tweets something outrageous is he trying to change the subject. i think in a lot of cases it's maybe not that strategic. in this case, i really do have to think there's a lot of negative stories. a lot of talk about tillerson and russia that they don't welcome. this really looks like a bright shine object to me. almost more than anything we've seen in the transition so far. >> you don't want to step on the day you announce your secretary of state though. this was just the only ti...

Ask him to sell and that's an asset in the cabinet. >> quite an evolution. we've seen that with many as this election has continued. now we see it in the transition. guys, thanks very much. for weeks we've seen candidates for trump's cabinet walk into trump tower and out once again. today, a new one for you. kanye west walked in for a meeting, walked out for a photo op. plus, president obama warned donald trump what would happen if he continued to avoid intelligence briefings. and we have breaking news. a quote, complete meltdown of humanity inside aleppo. government forces reportedly walkin...