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Press, still photographers and radio. >> if donald trump were to come to the white house tomorrow to meet with the president, the outgoing president of the united states, would there be a pool on his plane? >> right now there would not be a pool on his plane, but we would to have one. we insist on having one and that's a top criteria for us. >> jeff mason, thanks for all the good work you're doing. >> thanks. >> i'm biased, because like you, i'm a former white house correspondent and i covered seven years of white house. there was always a protective pool covering the president. >> first amend...

Based on everything you're hearing, you're seeing, what's happening now? >> reporter: we've been talking to people inside eastern aleppo, wolf, where a quarter of a million civilians and some 8,000 rebels are surrounded by the syrian regime. there's also a russian flotilla warships off the syrian coast to support what is expected to be perhaps a final push on this rebel-held area of aleppo. it could be a very difficult situation for the people who are still inside that city. there's been a month-long humanitarian pause. before that it was a month of relentless, really horrific bombing. 500 peo...

For greater military intervention inside syria. there are messy options for greater humanitarian aid inside aleppo. you have a casserole of lousy choice that is the obama administration is facing. the truth is no one expects anybody to decide on greater military action. it's secretary kerry and sam power against the rest of the administration in terms of arguing for it. >> we have secretary kerry already exposed by the hidden microphone moment where he was meeting in i think the dutch u.n. mission meeting with syrian opposition leaders and acknowledged he's been arguing for military action and...

Inside aleppo, syria. so rare to get that inside perspective from inside the country. pa rack, we thank you very much. we'll continue to watch barak's reporting from inside the country and give us an idea what's really happening on the ground there. jon: some of those images so sering. north korea's latest rocket launch sparking new fears of another nuclear test from that country. we'll tell you more about what has the world worried just ahead. plus, some wild video as a truck hits a scooter and runs over the driver. [ loud party sounds ] hi, i'm ensure clear... clear, huh? i'm not juice or ...

Newsroom, we have a phoner from aleppo, syria. a friend of the show, we've talked to him before when he came back stateside is in aleppo right now, and he's going to tell us a little bit about what's happening on the ground. barak, can you describe what's happening in that city? >> basically, the rebels hold part of the city, and the regime holds the other part of the city, and the regime shells -- [inaudible] you hear jets in the sky. and it's very, very difficult right now for the civilians to lead a regular life. one man told me today he -- [inaudible] 20 days. people respect having, able t...