at first it was really mostly people from aleppo. syrians from aleppo, with an iraqi in charge. but later on in came canadians, i met some moroccan and german people, i met some canadians, i met an australian guy. these were converts, were they? i didn't ask them how they came to islam. but when you say they were germans and so on, were they germans who were of arab origin, for instance? yes, he was a moroccan guy. he probably wasn't a convert, but a born—again, you could say. these were people that had recently discovered an enthusiasm for islam, it doesn't mean they are converts. and you say cia, cia, because i have to say you speak fluent arabic and they thought one of the reasons why your arabic were so good was you had been trained by the cia? yeah. thejudge, when i first escaped they brought me to islamic court. the islamic courtjudge began asking me questions about my education in islam. i told them i had been in yemen. what were you doing in yemen, where did you study in yemen, he asked me? in order to fight the jihad, can anybody fight the jihad? isaid no, you need to

at first it was really mostly people from aleppo. syrians from aleppo, with an iraqi in charge. but later on in came canadians, i met some moroccan and german people, i met some canadians, i met an australian guy. these were converts, were they? i didn't ask them how they came to islam. when you say they were germans and so on, were they germans who were of arab origin, for instance? yes, he was a moroccan guy. he probably wasn't a convert, but a born—again, you could say. these were people that had recently discovered an enthusiasm for islam, it doesn't mean they are converts. you say cia, cia, because i have to say you speak fluent arabic and they thought one of the reasons why your arabic were so good was you had been trained by the cia? yeah. thejudge, when i first escaped they brought me to islamic court. the islamic courtjudge began asking me questions about my education in islam. i told them i had been in yemen. what were you doing in yemen, where did you study in yemen, he asked me? in order to fight the jihad, can anybody fight the jihad? isaid no, you need to special

how can one be fulfilled when you are a contemporary of the massacre of aleppo? how could one not feel shame, shame. myself i feel shame not to have been able to express the indignity of what was happening in aleppo. so not fulfillment. i did not do enough. i would not have enough the rest of my life to do all that -- charlie: i wasn't arguing complete dissent -- just that to do this obviously you felt deeply about it, and now you have put it together, and as you said, given people a weapon to use in the fight against anti-semitism. bernard-henri: in terms of the fight against anti-semitism in , terms of self pride also. for me, it is important that the jews of today feel proud of their values. i defend affirmative -- charlie: and proud of their faith. bernard-henri: proud of their faith. proud of their commitment, and proud of their values. charlie: and their culture. bernard-henri: yes. charlie: "the genius of judaism," bernard-henri levy. thank you for joining us. ♪ ♪ >> the rally rolls on with asian markets climbing to an 18 month high. earlier in the dow

in october huge reinforcements arrived, which were crucial in the syrian regime's recapture of aleppo. a cease-fire which began on the 30 of december 2016 is on the line. this will regime says be respected, but not apply to those who it calls terrorist scum of whom it says there are many. >> the battlefield in the future will be in the syrian state. the policy will not forgo any patch in syria. cease-fireof the agreement, talks between regime and opposition representatives are set for the end of the month in cap extend. >> the jihadist group says an airstrike earlier this week has killed one of its leaders. the group, which was known as -- accusing the u.s. led military coalition of killing their leader. soldiers demanding salary increases have been protesting in several cities around ivory coast. taking control of the streets. the defense ministry says soldiers are in control of the city of -- which is the second-largest city. the government is said to behold holding a meeting of the national crisis committee to discuss that situation. diplomatic relations between tokyo and seoul hav

civilians in hard hit aleppo were seen out shopping and driving. they are luxuries they don't take lightly. ceasefire agreements in syria have crumpled in the past. the u.s. and allies are hoping this time things will be different. john hutti has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: the u.n. security council approved the resolution to support russia and turkey's efforts to broker a ceasefire in syria as the ceasefire continues to hold despite fighting in the area northwest of damascus. free syrian army threatened to abandon the truce if attacks on rebel held areas continued. so far that has not happened and remains relatively calm in war ravaged aleppo and people were out in the markets sthop shopping. they crafted the truce to countries on the opposite sides of the fighting in syria's six year civil war. the u.n. security council supports the ceasefire and talks between syria's government and opposition groups next month and calls for are unhindered and rapid humanitarian access throughout syria. and while others failed in the past, the difference is

. >> preventing the real carnage in aleppo. in aleppo the real carnage was there. >> rose: that was the same barack obama who you have been a couple of seconds ago praising. >> yes. >> rose: because of all the things you have said and written about the horror of aleppo and people who history will judge harshly. >> i praise him for his decency and his behavior. after that, politics, no politics is perfect. i wouldn't praise barack obama for the resolution for the u.n., about his policy on the state. this was not a good resolution. it was a bad place, bad timing to do that. it's not a question of that. we are not in a story between democrats and republicans. it is not an affair of being right or left. also an affair of being fit for office on not. obama made mistakes but he was fit. trump, i hope he's fit. the world hopes he's fit. the whole world is waiting and hoping for trump revising his attitude and acting in a proper way. >> rose: you have populism in france i. le pen, could she be president of france? >> i could not imagin

in aleppo, mr. putin has directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign. he's targeted schools, markets, not just assisting syrians in doing it, his military has targeted schools and markets and other civilian infrastructure, it's resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. this is not the first time mr. putin is involved in campaigns of this kind. back when he was just appointed prime minister before he was elected, and i'm sure you're aware of that period of time, there was a series of bombings. and they blamed it on the chechens and mr. putin personally said he would punish them so ordered the air force to bomb the capital. they used scud missiles, main outside market 137 people died instantly, used explosive bombs that ignite and burn the air breathed in by people who are hiding in basements, they use cluster munitions. he used battlefield weapons against civilians. when it was all said and done, an estimated 300,000 civilians were killed. and the city was completely destroyed. by the way there's credible body of reporting open source and other th

say that vladimir putin and his military have violated the rules of war and conducted war crimes in aleppo? >> those are very, very serious charges to make, and i would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion. >> i find it discouraging your inability to cite that, which i think is globally accepted. >> reporter: rubio has not yet decided whether to support tillerson. if he votes no, that could put the oil executive's confirmation at risk in the narrowly divided senate. rubio has previously criticized tillerson, who has known putin for years, for accepting an order of friendship from the russian president, but today tillerson said the two nations will probably never be friends. >> our value systems are starkly different. >> reporter: tillerson also encountered some rough sailing when republican chairman bob corker asked about lobbying against sanctions on russia after it invaded crimea. >> i never lobbied against the sanctions. to my knowledge exxonmobil never lobbied against the sanctions. >> reporter: but corker reminded him of this. >> i think you called me during

the assad regime retook control l aleppo last month. bomb damage was cleared around the stadium and the game was played under tight security. ittihad defeated huriia 2-1. >> and british princes william and harry announced plans this weekend to honor their mother with a statue to mark the 20th anniversary of her death in a paris car crash. the princes hope to unveil the statue later this year, in the public gardens of diana's former home kensington palace. coming up next, excuses, excuses. >> late for work? you're not alone. i'm jamie yuccas in new york. i'll have the best and worst excuses coming up. up. gentle reminder as we transition from the weekend to the workweek, the boss wants you to be on time. but a new study shows about 30% of workers are late at least once a month. jamie yuccas has some of the best and worst excuses. >> excuse me, are you late for work in? >> yeah. >> how late are you? >> like 20 minutes. >> hi, are you late for work? >> yeah. >> how late are you? >> really late. ea almost 20% of people find themselves late

the not where he can use brutal power to fire aleppo and others with no penalty to pay for it. jane: quickly, there has been a disconnect between how president ed abroad and here. why do you think he was so liked in places like europe? william: initially in the wake of president bush having fallen out of favor in the wake of iraq and afghanistan. he was a fresh face with a hopeful message. he lifted the spirits of the europeans. many of them are perhaps disappointed. they still favor him, as do the american people with a high favorability rating. there has been disappointment because he has not measured up to the promise that he held. jane: thank you for joining me. president obama will be in chicago giving his farewell address to looking back on his years in office and to the future. for more, we go to laura trevelyan, who is there. this is his last trip as president outside of washington. what can we expect? laura: you can see his supporters are flooding into this lakeside convention center, eager to hear what barack obama has to say. this is where it began as a community org

mosul is aneasons simple, we're not cover bombing them like the russians and syrians bombed aleppo. we know it is a victory that just alienates people and will end up creating isil 3.0. in a measured, complicated, and very challenging way, we are proceeding as methodically as we can in support of the brave iraqis who are taking this fight to isil. i think success breeds success. as one bright spot, it is a little dark, but as i mentioned russia, we have selected a new you in secretary-general who is all about results. he is right there in cyprus within days of taking over the job to try to get that across the finish line. if you could end one of the most longest protracted conflicts of our time, that would be -- again, when we invest in diplomacy, which we need a better balance for, we need to invest more in mediation and political solutions at the u.n. than merely in peacekeeping and some of the tools that you and i have worked on. but i think there is a reason that even absent or alongside interventions of the nature i have described, people feel the international order needs to d

regime forces and iranian militia were reportedly disappearing men as those forces parts of eastern aleppo. in response to representative russia which is providing air cover for the offense is not only claimed the russian investigation had uncovered quote not a single report of ill-treatment or violation of international humanitarian law against civilians of eastern aleppo end quote but also accused the secretary-general of basing his information on fake news. minutes later syria's representative to the u.n. at code russia holding up as proof what he claimed was a photograph of the syrian government soldier helping an elderly woman. the only problem was that the photo was taken six months earlier. in june, 2016 in volusia, iraq. in the same period we also saw russia's systematic efforts to slow down the division and democracy and to drive a wedge between the united states and our closest allies. russia had done this by supporting illiberal parties like france's national front which has a xenophobic anti-muslim platform. on the national front was having trouble raising funds for 2014 campai

. >> enes was killed a week after he arrived in aleppo. don't you feel guilty? >> i'm sorry it happened, but there's nothing i can do. >> but you paid for his plane ticket. >> stop making allegations. i feel bad when people are killed. >> german authorities believe that bilal gumus may have helped others to travel to fight for islam. investigators spotted gumus hanging around outside a frankfurt train station. he's talking to three men who left for syria later in the day. gumus hasn't worked with the "true religion" group for a while, but he and pierre vogel did develop an educational app about islam. abu naji considers himself an international player. on facebook, he's posted pictures of people giving away qur'ans all over the world. and he's filed suit against the ban of his campaign in germany. michelle: aljona goes to sleep every night to the sound of gunfire. she is one of thousands of people in eastern ukraine who have no choice but to live with the war between russian separatists and government troops. whose concerns and needs are muted by the ongoing pol

just before he crossed into aleppo, he called his dad. >> he contacted me and told me not to worry. but if i don't hear from him within four days, that i should get in touch with one of his colleagues. >> woe, that's ominous. >> reporter: he didn't hear from his son not for four days, but four excruciating months. then finally they got a ransom letter with demands for the government to free all the muslims in u.s. custody. or -- >> and then there's a last option. steven's release. >> which is something like -- >> $137 million. >> reporter: what was your reaction? >> reaction was, how the hell are we going to get this money together? >> reporter: they thought the u.s. government would help them, but they were bewildered, and then infuriated when they say they met a stone wall. the u.s. policy forbidding the paying of ransom. >> it's some of the hardest work that i've done. >> reporter: lisa monaco, assistant to president obama for counterterrorism, oversaw the hostage crisis. >> these are horrible choices. on the one hand, if you don't pay a ransom, you are putting an innocent life a

the big change, obviously, is in the form of aleppo. the position of the rebels is much weaker than before, and the russians clearly want to use the changed military situation to make sure that the peace negotiations, when they get moving, reflect the changes on the ground. in part, it is about what we are going to be talking about, and that is primarily not politics of a cease-fire. there had been a suggestion that they were going to be pushed into making a political concession. they wanted to make it quite clear, as we heard, that they will not talk about politics. they will not be pushed by the russians or the syrian government into making political concessions. that will be left for a later date, presumably at geneva, when the political negotiations for the opposition will play their role. chief that is france 24's foreign editor, robert parsons. the left wing socialist party in france held the first round of its primary sunday. in a surprise when, it was the man known as france's bernie sanders who came in first place. that is then

. >> let me describe the situation and aleppo, and that would perhaps help you reach that conclusion. reporter: senator rubio described what he called the targeting of civilians by russian forces in syria. rubio: you are still not prepared to say that vladimir putin has violated the rules of war and conducted war crimes in aleppo? mr. tillerson: these are significant charges to make, and i would want to have much more information. senator rubio: there is so much information out there. i find it discouraging, your inability to cite that. reporter: protesters dressed in kkk robes disrupted proceedings to confirm another of donald trump's picks. jeff sessions is the man mr. trump wants to be is attorney general, a man who in the 1980's was denied a judgeship on alleged racial discrimination. mr. sessions: i am not a racist. reporter: in his hearing, some of the leading black voices in congress laid out their concerns. >> he has demonstrated a disregard of the equal application of justice as it applies to african-americans, and fallen short on so many issues. reporter: it is still likely

and it remains relatively calm in other parts of the country such as war-ravaged aleppo where people were out at the market today shopping and the roads were fairly busy. russia and turkey crafted the latest truce to countries that have been on opposite sides of the fighting in syria's nearly six-year civil war. u.n. security council resolution supports the cease-fire and also talks between syria's government and opposition groups in kazakhstan next month. the resolution also calls for unhindered and rapid humanitarian access throughout syria. while other cease-fires have failed in the past, the difference this time around is that it comes after the carnage in aleppo. that city has become a symbol of the inhumanity and brutality of syria's civil war. so after that fight, both sides may be more receptive to peace and the un's greenlight helps jumpstart more negotiations. the question now, will 2017 finally bring peace or more bloodshed in syria? that said, russian president vladimir putin and iran's president both allies of syrian president bashar al-assad totally spoke by phone today

. >> well let me describe the snichgs aleppo and perhaps that'll help you reach that conclusion. >> some sharp questions already in those confirmation hearings for tillerson, including for members of his own party. now democrats would need at least three republican defectors to reject tillerson. could marco rubio be one of them. and rounding out our agenda, some historic opposition. >> senator sessions has not demonstrated a commitment to a central requisite of the job. to aggressively pursue the congressional mandate of civil rights -- >> history made today for the first time ever, a sitting center testifying against a fellow senator in a confirmation hearing. corybooker from new jersey saying he opposes his colleague jeff sessions for attorney general. we will have much more on the sessions hearings day two of those. ahead a little bit, but first, our top story, the trump press conference. for the first time in months, just hours ago, the president-elect standing in front of the media, taking questions on anything they ask. there were a number of questions that were raised, but one top

in aleppo mr. putin has directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign targeting schools and markets. his military has tar g*eted schools and markets and other civilian inextra structure resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians. not the first time mr. putin is involved in campaigns of this kind. back when he was just appointed prime minister before he was elected and i'm sure you're aware of that period of time, there was a series of bombings and they blamed it on the chechens and mr. putin said he would punish them and ordered the russian air force to bomb the hospitals, a market, 137 people died instantly. used fuel air explosive bombs. the bombs that ignite and burn the air breathed in by people hiding in basements. they use cluster munitions. he used battlefield weapons against civilians. when it was all said and done an estimated 300 thousand civilians were killed and the city was completely destroy. there is credible body of reporting that this was all those bombings were par

it should not be hard to say that his country has committed war crimes in aleppo. you would agree for a military to target civilians. i find it discouraging your ability to cite that, which i think is globally accepted. mr. tillerson, do you believe that vladimir putin and his crow crownys are responsible for the murder of journalists and police cal opponents. >> i have no information to support that claim. >> are you aware that people who oppose him wind up dead, and do you think that is coincidental or do you think it is quite possible or likely that they were part of an effort to murder his political opponents. >> people who speak up for freedom in regimes that are oppressive are often at threat, and these things happen to them. in terms of assigning specific responsibilities, i would have to have more information. >> none of this is classified, mr. tillerson. these people are dead. >> asked my andrea mitchell how he would cast his vote, rubio said he would make a decision in the next couple of days. this is important because of the rule of one. if the dcs vote

the war—torn syrian city of aleppo has seen its first live football match in five years. there has been no professional football in aleppo since it was divided between the army and rebel forces in 2011. the government regained complete control of the city last month. fans watched on in the stadium, which had been damaged by the war‘s bombing campaign. local side alittihad, beat their city rivals, hurriya, 2—1 yesterday. i bet ibeti i bet i haven't got those pronunciations right and i bet even the bbc sports centre would, but here is a man whose name i can get right. tomasz, how are you? even the surname? everybody knows, i've been here for years. northern parts, the far north—east of england and scotla nd far north—east of england and scotland has had some sunshine today so scotland has had some sunshine today so great, you have won today. beautiful weather there. spells of rain and it should be turning windy towards the end of the week. most of the range should be clearing out of the range should be clearing out of the way, but it is leaving a legacy of cloud and

the situation inside of aleppo is the doomsday. every day dozens of people are dying, that's continuously. i might die just now, whilst speaking to you. the situation now is getting horrifically intensified. one and a half hours... we can already hear the shelling. no one can imagine what happened inside aleppo, because it's a madness. we hope to have a ceasefire soon because those people now are dying here. they cannot go, they cannot leave. it's catastrophe, the situation, it's a real catastrophe. zouhir, are you comfortable with continuing to talk to us, or do you need to move? i can't move anywhere else, there's nowhere else is safe here in the whole east. this is a shame on the world, because it is 2016 and people are getting burned to death, and suffocated to death, and starving to death. let's talk now to our correspondent lina sinjab in beirut. we are speaking now to the freelance journalist we spoke to before christmas. you got out on the 19th of december, what were the last few days like? we were evacuated, the last day w

just before he crossed into aleppo, he called his dad. >> he contacted me and told me not to worry. but if i don't hear from him within four days, that i should get in touch with one of his colleagues. >> woe, that's ominous. >> reporter: he didn't hear from his son not for four days, but four excruciating months. then finally they got a ransom letter with demands for the government to free all the muslims in u.s. custody. or -- >> and then there's a last option. 100 million euros will secure steven's release. >> which is something like -- >> $137 million. >> reporter: what was your reaction? >> reaction was, how the hell are we going to get this money together? >> reporter: they thought the u.s. government would help them, but they were bewildered, and then infuriated when they say they met a stone wall. the u.s. policy forbidding the paying of ransom. >> it's some of the hardest work that i've done. >> reporter: lisa monaco, assistant to president obama for counterterrorism, oversaw the hostage crisis. >> these are horrible choices. on the one hand, if you don't pay a ransom, you

bana penned the note from her new home in turkey where she's lived since being evacuated from aleppo last month. she called her former hometown a city of death and told her, you must do something for the children of syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you. bana amassed an international following of more than 360,000 when she and her mother launched a twitter account highlighting the violence in syria. president bashar al assad claimed it was fake and called it propaganda. it's still unclear what actions mr. trump will take in the war-torn country but little bana wrote if you promise to do something for the children of syria, i'm already your new friend. for a little girl whose friends have died the stakes are high. terry okita, cbs news, london. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," actor dick van dyke remembers mary tyler moore. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." on "cbs this morning," actor dick van dyke remembers mary tyler moore. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." it's intelligent nutrition ma

it should not be hard to say that his country has committed war crimes in aleppo. you would agree for a military to target civilians. i find it discouraging your ability to cite that, which i think is globally accepted. mr. tillerson, do you believe that vladimir putin and his crow a crownys are responsible for the murder of journalists and police cal opponents. >> i have no information to support that claim. >> are you aware that people who oppose him wind up dead, and do you think that is coincidental or do you think it is quite possible or likely that they were part of an effort to murder his political opponents. >> people who speak up for freedom in regimes that are oppressive are often at threat, and these things happen to them. in terms of assigning specific responsibilities, i would have to have more information. >> none of this is classified, mr. tillerson. these people are dead. >> asked my andrea mitchell how he would cast his vote, rubio said he would make a decision in the next couple of days. this is important because of the rule of one. if the dcs vot

senator rubio: let me describe the situation in aleppo. perhaps it will help you reach that conclusion. mr. putin has directed his military to conduct a devastating campaign. he's targeted schools, markets. not just assisted the syrians. his military has targeted schools, markets, other infrastructure resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians. this is not the first time mr. putin was involved in campaigns of this kind. back when he was just appointed prime minister before he was elected. i'm sure you're aware during iod of time there was a series of bombings. they blamed it on the chechans. mr. putin ordered the air force capital withhechen scud missiles to hit hospitals, the main outdoor market packed with shoppers. 137 people died instantly. they use them american -- thermoberic and field explosive bombs which ignite and burn the air breathed in by people hiding. he used battlefield weapons against civilians. when all was said and done an estimated 300,000 civilians were killed in the city was destroyed. there was a credible body

just last week, after the fall of aleppo, you saw the hezbollah rhetoric was extremely sectarian on twitter. there was this video of hezbollah journalists going through the flag and climbing up to the citadel of aleppo and essentially declaring victory. just yesterday, after the bombing in egypt, you saw people celebrating the killing of christians and these are mostly tweets in aarabbic that we don't get translated much here in was but you talk in length about the role of the social media in fueling the sectarian war and what worries me we don't have the tools or the oversight to address it. how big is this problem and your direct enen gauge immigrant are den gauge. with clerics that fuel the hate speech. >> guest: it's a huge problem. because this is being articulated in arabic it's difficult for people in the u.s. to understand the magnitude. the reason i went to twitter is that i was trying to -- ann always asked, how do you know that this anti-shia sentiment exists? how can you prove it? so, i thought, well, okay, twitter seems like a good way to try to figure out the anti-shia sentime

of secretary of state when you do not have a global conversation and do not even talk about russia, aleppo and hat is happening in syria. i believe mr. tillerson lacks a sufficient knowledge or regard of the norms in necessities that so much of our modern security efforts depend on and i believe the american put -- people deserve an advocate for all and i did not get this from this candidate in the coming confirmation. >> thank you. i want to follow up on what the senator made reference to. in my repeated questioning of mr. tillerson with regard to his holdings on exxon mobil, not personally, but the holdings of exxon mobil inside of the country of russia. he refused to commit to recusing himself from all matters related to exxon mobil for the duration of the time he would be secretary of state. at the time of which mr. tillerson took over as ceo of exxon mobil they had very of exxon mobil they had very small holdings in russia. today, exxon mobil holds an area that is the size of wyoming for drilling purposes inside of russia. that is a fundamental conflict of interest. i would feel a lot

syrian football fans in aleppo have enjoyed the first top—flight match in the city after years of war. they watched a local side — al—ittihad beat their city rivals. there was no professional football in aleppo after it was split between the army and rebel forces in 2011. the government regained complete control of the city last month after a major offensive. more than 2,000 people have protested in the russian city of saint petersburg against a plan to hand the famous saint isaac's cathedral to the orthodox church. the nineteenth century cathedral, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the city, is currently run as a museum. analysts say the proposal is a sign of the growing power of the russian orthodox church. wildfires in southern and central chile are now known to have killed at least 11 people and left several thousand others homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than 100 separate fires — half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than twenty people suspected of arson. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in some places

prepared to say that vladimir putin have violated the rules of war and have conducted war crimes in aleppo? >> those are very, very serious charges to make and i would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion. >> it should not be hard to say that vladimir putin's military has conducted war crimes in aleppo. i mean, i find it discouraging. >> what concerns you most? >> i stated that already. i think it's important if you're going to stand for moral clarity that you be clear. >> reporter: rubio and others including john mccain are concerned with trump's praise of putin and uncertain that tillerson would take a harder line as secretary of state. >> if you want a better deal with russia, you better punch russia in the face. >> reporter: but tillerson's nomination may be saved by democrats on the committee who are still open to backing him. >> could you vote for tillerson? >> i'm not ruling that out at all. >> manu raju reporting if rubio decided to come out against tillerson, would be lining up with gop foreign policy hawks like john mccain and lindsey graham and a decis

if you did have a discussion you don't even talk about russia between what is happening in ukraine, aleppo and others. i believe he proved he lacked the sufficient knowledge or regard for the norms and necessities that so much of our modern diplomatic and security efforts depend upon. i believe the american people deserve a chief diplomat to fully advocate for the interests and national security of all. i just did not get that from the process of this confirmation and therefore i will be voting no. >> thank you. i think senator marquis was the only one. >> i just wanted to follow up on what senator cardin made reference too. in my repeated questioning of mr. tillerson with regard to his holdings on exxon mobil, not personally, but the holdings of exxon mobil inside of the country of russia, he refused to commit to recusing himself from all matters related to exxon mobil for the duration of the time that he would be secretary of state. at the time at which mr.'s tillerson tillerson took over of ceo of exxon mobil, they had very small holdings in russia. today exxon mobil holds an area that

syrian football fans in aleppo have enjoyed the first top—flight match in the city after years of war. they watched local side al ittihad beat their city rivals. there was no professional football in aleppo after it was split between the army and rebel forces in 2011. the government regained complete control of the city last month after a major offensive. more than 2,000 people have protested in the russian city of saint petersburg against a plan to hand the famous saint isaac's cathedral to the orthodox church. the 19th century cathedral, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the city, is currently run as a museum. analysts say the proposal is a sign of the growing power of the russian orthodox church. wildfires in chile are now known to have killed several people and left many others homes. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than 100 separate fires half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than 20 people suspected of arson. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in some places the fires are now gone. but this is what's left. the town of

it was russia and turkey which negotiated the evacuation from aleppo. russia and turkey is driving the talks to take place not in geneva of vienna or paris, but in russia. it's extraordinary. even british diplomats will concede that vladimir putin went from zero influence in the middle east in 2015 to now being the major player with the military force and the political will to back it up. gulf states are saying we wish our ally was president putin. saudi arabia, the gulf states and also iran, the impact of russia putting its weight about and being successful. has that changed things? it's always been asked if russia and iran see eye to eye in syria, but they don't. they have a shared interest in seeing president assad, or at least his regime, remaining, but they have different strategic interests. russia wants its military base, iran wants to maintain its corridor to lebanon and hezbollah, it wants its access to forces. the question will be once president trump enters the mix. he seems to want to work with president putin, but he also wants to undermine

syrian football fans in aleppo have enjoyed the first top—flight match in the city after years of war. they watched local side al—ittihad beat their city rivals hurriya. there was no professional football in aleppo after it was divided in two between the army and rebel forces in 2011. but the government regained complete control of the city last month in a major offensive. in tennis, serena williams has won a 23rd grandslam title, a record in the professional era. she defeated her sister, venus, in the australian open final. serena now goes one ahead of steffi graf in all—time grandslam list. she paid tribute to her older sister after the match. playing venus is... it is stuff that legends are made of, you know? i could not have written a better story. i feel like it could not have written a better story. ifeel like it was could not have written a better story. i feel like it was the could not have written a better story. ifeel like it was the right moment and everything happened and... it has yet to set in. tributes have been paid to the british actor, been paid to the british ac

syrian football fans in aleppo have enjoyed the first top—flight match in the city after years of war. they watched local side al ittihad beat their city rivals. there was no professional football in aleppo after it was split between the army and rebel forces in 2011. the government regained complete control of the city last month after a major offensive. more than 2,000 people have protested in the russian city of saint petersburg against a plan to hand the famous saint isaac's cathedral to the orthodox church. the 19th century cathedral, one of the most visited tourist attractions in the city, is currently run as a museum. analysts say the proposal is a sign of the growing power of the russian orthodox church. wildfires in southern and central chile are now known to have killed at least 11 people and left several thousand others homeless. firefighters and volunteers are tackling more than 100 separate fires, half of which are still out of control. the authorities have detained more than 20 people suspected of arson. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. in some places the fires are now go

dictator for life in ecuador -- equatorial guinea and his response to russia's actions in syria and aleppo. all of these things added up, i --nk, to representing answers that you might expect from someone wearing their company had, and not someone setting forth a moral compass for american leadership in the world. and that is the foundation upon which i opposed him. thank you. corker: thank you, and if i could, i am not taking anyone to raise here, but i think the question about the sanctions was not about -- i think what he tried to clear -- he tried to clarify was he was not against sanctions, he lobbied to make diplomacy about what we were doing in the united states and what was being done in europe to make it more synchronized because the european companies had the way sanctions were put in place, because they were grandfathered in as far as their activities whereas that , was not the case with u.s. sanctions. that was a clarification he tried to make over and over, i think, in the committee. anyone else? >> thank you, mr. chairman. this was not a decision i made lightly. i have come t

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let me describe the situation in aleppo and perhaps that will help you reach that conclusion. senator rubio went on to describe what he called the "targeting of civilians" by russian forces in syria. you are still not prepared to say that vladimir putin and his military have violated the rules of war and have conducted war crimes in aleppo? those are very, very serious charges to make and i would want to have much more information before reaching a conclusion. there's so much information out there. you know, i find it discouraging, your inability to cite that. and protesters dressed in kkk robes have disrupted proceedings to confirm another of donald trump's pics. to confirm another of donald trump's picks. would you raise your hand, please? jeff sessions is the man donald trump wants to be his attorney general, a man who, in the 1980s, was denied a judgeship over claims of racial discrimination. i am not a racist. i'm not insensitive to blacks. in his hearing, some of the leading black voices in congress laid out their concerns. he has demonstrated a total disregard for the e

. >> based on all this information, what's in the record about what's happened in aleppo and the russian military, you are not prepared to say that vladimir putin, his military, have violated the rules of war and have conducted war crimes in aleppo? >> those are very, very serious charges to make, and i would want to have much more information been reaching that conclusion. >> it should not be hard to say that putin's military has conducted war crimes in aleppo. i find it discouraging, your inability to cite that. >> reporter: behind the scenes, trump officials launched a full-court press on rubio, including what a source tells cnn was a, quote, blunt, 90-minute meeting last week with tillerson. white house chief of staff reince priebus and vice president mike pence. tillerson has also won over russia hardliners, after private talks with gop senators lindsey graham and john mccain. but democrats are unmoved. questioning tillerson's commitment to crack down on human rights abuses around the globe. >> i will not be supporting his confirmation for secretary of state. >> reporter: on tap tom

there was this video of hezbollah journalists going with the flag and climbing up to the citadel of aleppo and essentially declaring victory. just yesterday after the bombing in egypt, you saw people celebrating the killing of christians and retreats in arabic that may be we don't get translated much here in washington, but you saw in the lake about the rule of the social media and fueling the sectarian war and what worries me is that we don't have the tools for the oversight to address it. i mean, how big is this problem and your direct engagement with clear that feels this hate speech. what did it teach you? guest: i think it's a huge problem and because of a lot of this is articulated in arabic it's difficult for people in the us to understand the magnitude and the reason i went to twitter is that i was trying-- everyone always asks, how do you know this anti- shia sentiment exists , you know, how can you prove it, so i thought twitter seems like a good way to try to figure out the anti- shia sentiment and as you saw, i mean, the tweets are so graphic, that they are going to grind the f

i mean just last week after the fall of aleppo, he said the hezbollah rhetoric was extreme sectarian on twitter. there was this video of hezbollah journalists going with the flag and climbing up to the citadel of aleppo and essentially declaring victory. just yesterday, after the bombing in egypt use of people celebrating the killing of christians and these are mostly tweets in arabic that you know maybe we do not get translated much here in washington but you talk at length about this. about the role of social media in fueling the sectarian war and what worries me is that we don't have the tools for the oversight to address it. i mean how big is this problem and your direct engagement with clerics that fuel this hate speech. what did he teach you? >> i think it is a huge problem and because a lot of this is being articulated in arabic it is difficult for people in the us to understand the magnitude. >> right. >> the reason i went to twitter is that i was trying to à everyone always asks how do you know this anti- shi'a sentiment exists? you know how can you prove this? so i thought