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The question is will they somehow be able to unite and continue to fight the assad regime. now, as far as the assad regime goes, some people are saying they're almost putting out an olive branch but another way of interpreting it as an almost taunting the rebels. syrian military commander basically pointing out to the rebels, look, all of you should drop your weapons and figure out how to rejoin the rest of syrian society because you've already lost aleppo and there isn't a whole lot left you can do. so that's kind of where things are on the ground right now. and of course those people that mi...

Is aid able to get to these children, the children who need it most? if the evacuations are halted again, are the aid convoys reaching them? >> well, from what we understand, no, the aid convoys are not reaching into eastern aleppo. we know there have been attempts from foreign aid groups from turkey next door, other ngos, even the u.n. has been talking about it. no one at this point has been able to guarantee safe passage to humanitarian convoys to get to the eastern part of aleppo. those last few neighborhoods where the rebels are still holding out. it is a very precarious situation. look, t...

Provocation. and, you know, just on that story, that father with the 6-year-old son next to him, one thing that footage didn't show was that that 6-year-old was crying so loudly you could hear his wailing from the room next door and there are thousands of civilians on both sides of this conflict that have been caught that have been orphaned and that have lost their mothers or their fathers. it's just a reminder of how real and how tragic this conflict has become. >> it has gone on for years now. some hope the resumption of these evacuations. muhammad lila reporting along the border. thank you ...

>> absolutely those family members suffering so much. we are thinking of them. abc's muhammad lila reporting live from indonesia, thank you. stay with abc news as more development comes in from indonesia. look for updates all morning long on abcnews.com. the first major battle between president obama and the new republican congress already shaping up. the white house would veto the keystone pipeline bill if it passes. >> with more news on the new congress, here's abc's karen travers. >> reporter: a new era of divided government in washington. >> mr. mcconnell of kentucky. >> reporter: repu...