in syria what should be the accomplishments since the last congress in 1980. i suspect that he will also be presenting new policy directions. i expect that that part of the speech will be brief. focus onl be more of a what the new policy directions will be. the lackr if perhaps of accomplishments is one of the reasons that kim jong-il never convened a conference -- congressman he was in power. i would venture to guess that the north koreans will be talking a lit -- a bit of -- a policy of about the equal emphasis or simultaneous development of nuclear weapons withclear programs along consumer goods industries. this is a modification of a policy that was launched in 1962 by his grandfather. senior, it was about the simultaneous development of heavy industry and national defense industries. guns.m it was steel and for kim jong-un, who relaunched in 2013, it is more nukes and butter. be much talky about the successes in the development of the nuclear weapons program. along with that the speeches will perhaps outline how they plan to make the butter. according to a report in the north k

country. >> on the issue we talked about yesterday in syria -- both russia and syria are saying their aircraft were not and there were no coalition aircraft in the area. do you have any more recent intelligence about where that threat came from, who was responsible? youetary ernest: i can tell that the department of defense and the intelligence community are continuing to look at this situation. draw clear conclusions about who exactly was responsible for this incident. what is true is that regardless of who was responsible, there is never any justification for carrying out a strike that targets innocent civilians. particularly innocents who have already fled their homes to escape violence. and unfortunately, there is a long track record of the assad regime doing exactly that. so, we are going to take a look at this particular incident. it is obviously an incident we take quite seriously. but we take quite seriously the other incidents that we know have been perpetrated by the assad regime against civilians. you know, this led shed that we have seen inside syria is weonishing -- blood

syria and iraq have provided the ability to recruit, train and execute external attacks as we have seen now in paris and brussels. it brussels. it also has the ability to incite others surveillance around the world as we have seen a san bernadino. looking more broadly isis is not the only threat we face in syria, veteran and al qaeda fighters have taken advantage of the impairment there. they're seeking to carry out attacks against the west. al shabab has a safe haven in small you, threatens you, threatens our interest in the region, boko haram, now and i'll i have isis continue to maintain their basis in northwest africa. al qaeda continues to support attacking the west. once to be the leader of a jihad. their substantial influence over affiliate groups in particular al qaeda and the arabian peninsula commented on three occasions over the past years they have sought to bring down an airliner headed toward the united states. there is ever reason today to believe that they have the intent to carry out such an attack. against this backdrop of a dynamic and legal terrorist threat, the abil

because he ultimately was beheaded by isis. he went back to syria after covering this event, this antinato protest. he was one, jim foley, who deeply believed in hearing eople's voices on the ground that perhaps to -- he covered war to end war. and he felt that the people of syria's voices were not being heard. he had already been held hostage in libya. he came here to cover the peace movement. he went back to cover the people on the ground who were the victims of war. and he ultimately would face the ultimate penalty for what he did. and he was beheaded by isis. his family, i just interviewed at the sun dance film festival with his close friend brian oaks who made a film about him called the james foley story. it's very interesting to follow independent journalists to see the paths they take. host: you had the responsibility of being the president of the united states and you were facing what the last two presidents had faced, what would you have done differently? guest: i mean i -- host: when it came to the war. oirk war, afghanistan war. guest: not go to war. host: what would y

syria. russia has an ability to impact us, the united states has the ability to impacted, and we readily acknowledge that and accept our responsibility. we believe this effort in the or so is key day to providing the ability for the parties to come back to geneva and engage in the real meat of this possibility of any kind of political settlement, which is to discuss the transition -- transitional governing body set out in the geneva communicate. as we work to get the cessation back on track, we are working to get a full humanitarian access. accompanied with full humanitarian access. we know beyond a doubt syrian block foodinues to and medical supplies from getting to the people who are in desperate need, and that includes removing critical medicines and surgical supplies from those deliveries. of thesult, some areas damascus suburbs have not received any supplies in years. that is unconscionable and has to stop. there is a lot of work yet to do. we remain committed. that theust comment u.n. in terms of its systems, the u.n. working closely with the syrian red crescent has today s

>> 2-3 years ago, i was studying in syria. i was trying to flee the country to find any way to leave. i was one of the young people in syria who is dream was demolished during the war. the principal concerns transformed into a question of whether or not we would be able to see the morning the next day. there is nothing worse than experiencing that every minute. my parents are still living struggling with no electricity or water. i try to call them every day to make sure that they are still alive. am speechless about the current situation. last week, hundreds of innocent souls were killed in such a savage civil war. during the time i was still living in syria, i studied business administration and i graduated from the university of aleppo. i was also employed as a violin teacher at the arabic institute of music. p -- music has always been my passion. and i was 20, i auditioned got admitted to a school for musician scholarship. i was the last class and aleppo university, delayed three times but i cannot graduate in time. disappointed but i did not lose my hope and i did not give

burr dean was killed in syria. we noted the fact that preparations are underway for his funeral. hezbollah's top military commander in june of 2011. the lebanon charged him with the 2005 attack that killed former prime minister leary. 2012, the u.s.of had sanctions against hezbollah leaders, including him. expose, and expose the indiscriminate terrorist acts. we have noted that the syrian regime and hezbollah have a long military alliance. hezbollah leaders have weapons fromuted iran into lebanon. dhe interplay between the assa regime and hezbollah has been well chronicled. we have heard reports of his death, we cannot independently confirm them. is,thing that i can confirm there were no u.s. or coalition in the area where he was reported to be killed. but i cannot further confirm their reports. [indiscernible] the arnest: the of -- assad regime relies heavily on hezbollah for the chaos within syria. what hezbollahom has carried out. it is hard for me to draw any firm conclusions about the operational impact this would have. but the concerns we previously ipressed about hezbolla

the feet its apparent tumor in itq and syria and anywhere metastasizes in the world, as well as protecting our people here in the homeland. you will do with all five of these challenges across all areas, not just city and air and land, but also in cyberspace, electronic warfare, outerspace. and of course, when you look at history, you see that we have a near-perfect record of failure when it comes to predicting a strategic future, so you will need to be ready and agile to contend with a complex future where new challenges will almost certainly arise. now the united states does not have the luxury of being able to choose among these challenges. we have to do it all. and there is plenty to say about each one. anyuse i do not want to get complaints on you get -- on yik yak on a commencement speech that went too long, my remarks will focus on just one of those challenges. the single region that is most vital to our future, home to nearly half of humanity and newly half of the global economy, and the one that will likely define many of your careers, namely the asia-pacific. this tues

some aspire to have more established links with daesh in iraq and syria. there are a mix of individuals and groups at different stages of development, but the agencies are keeping an eye on them all. strategye to nip them in the bud. to get problems before they expand. >> is there an affiliate sort of directly to the united kingdom? clearly, it can happen very rapidly and we need to be aware that.ctly i don't want to go further on that. >> they are not the only threat that we face on iran and syria. suggestshe evidence [indiscernible]. i wonder what preparations we have taking place. know they are already attacking the allies we are supporting, what additional support are we offering? well, this is one of those most extreme hard-line groups and it emerged in syria in 2011 and it is probably the strongest a cube franchise globally. a has its stronghold in province and it is certainly a spoiler in the political process in syria and it might represent -- it -- which becomes might represent a petri dish. significantt, a portion are syrian focused that provide a wider wrapping to

syria in 2014, most likely. malook escaped prosecution and went underground and belgium. was, from there, he operating support cells for al qaeda for which he was arrested, transferred to france, prosecuted and jailed. this is another interesting taken in south-central france. lookhe left, you can see ma again. one of the brothers who attacked the offices of charlie hebdo and 2015. -- in 2015. recruiter -- is an recruiter for al qaeda. he was arrested and jailed. in this picture, he was out of jail again. the other was also linked to terrorist action in baghdad. i don't have time to say what is going on here. but it is surely one of the most interesting cases or episodes i write about in the book. is the best example of how the generations of european jihadists collude in a sense. to explain terrorist cell formation within europe identifies reoccurring components. involved, social reasons, political grievance over western interference in muslim countries, such as the invasion of iraq. nearly all of the terrorists had ties to radical features before engaging in terrorism. that is a

continues to dismantle da'ish, da'ish's ability to fight and conduct operations in iraq and syria. coalition air strikes are -- we continue to see positive results. when i came before this group last, i highlighted the noble success in targeting da'ish financial resources. particularly successful strikes on our facilities and our monetary centers. these strikes have definitely had the desired effect. they affect da'ish's ability to pay fighters and fund operations. in addition, the continued strikes on da'ish's financial means most recently the focus has been on logistic in both iraq and syria. the upcoming video of two recent strikes in raqqah, syria, and rupah, iraq, demonstrate the capabilities that they bring on a daily basis. could you please start the video. the strikes are an important operation in advance or in support of ground maneuver. this first part of the video shows the strike in raqqah destroying a da'ish weapons carb with guided munitions. strikes.ne of many the second part of the video hows a strike by u.s. f-16's to destroy da'ish defensive planning position. th

come in from syria, people across the border, fund obamacare, which we should not have done. [booing] because we will terminate obamacare and replace it, believe me, with something good. [applause] believe me. repeal and replace obamacare. so, this man said, donnell, i cannot believe it. and he is like the biggest of the big. he said i disagreed with your style. i really did. i disagreed. and yet, now all the countries are calling. how do we get along with trump? we think he is going to win. how do we do it? they are not going to take it vantage. no more, folks. we have had enough. no more. so, the press is dishonest. and what they say, and what i say, is very different. i watched hillary clinton last night, which is hard to do because you the very boring speaker. say, i will not say because it is not politically correct. it is not a nice thing to say. but i will not say it. that she shouts into the microphone, and it drives everybody crazy. so, i will not say that. but i found it very hard to watch. and then she lives. es. now, i called someone a liar. i don't say that anymore. that

need is iran taking over syria, taking over lebanon, and threatening israel and europe and everybody else. so i have got to tell you, if i am so fortunate to be the nominee i am looking forward to debating donald trump come the fall. [cheers and applause] mrs. clinton: and you know, finally, we have got to unify america. i mean, a house divided against itself, as abraham lincoln said, cannot stand. we cannot be scapegoating, finger-pointing, blaming, and demeaning and degrading and insulting our fellow americans. do we have disagreements? yes. that is in our dna. that is healthy. there are a lot of different ways to achieve our goals and we have a good back and forth about how we achieve them. you do not do that by denigrating people. demeaning people. that is not what we are. and it is time we said "enough." we are willing to have good political debates but enough with the hate rhetoric and the insults. [applause] mrs. clinton: let's look for ways that we can work together. let's recognize what did make our country great. because you see, i think we are great. but i think we can be

secure a new cease-fire agreement in syria this week following days of fighting which fractured a two-month truce. john kerry literally thousands of lives have been saved because of the temporary halt in violence since february. inia's largest city is danger of spiraling out of control. here are his remarks. kerry: good morning, everybody. that too. good evening. started today,et i want to quickly say something about the situation in syria. metreturn from geneva, i with two key partners and the un's special envoy about how we can reinvigorate the sensation of hostilities across syria, and particularly, in aleppo. aleppo'saround morence have suffered violence in most areas than the entire course of the war. they have suffered an outbreak of intense violence of breaches of the hostilities over the course of the last days. ont includes today's attack the hospital. , i condemnedgeneva what we are convinced was the regime's attack on the hospital whichppo on april 27 in more than 27 people, including the last pediatrician, was killed, and many others wounded. today's attack on a hospital a

listening to us. after all, we are like, who cares about an immigrant who came from syria two years ago? but i felt appreciated and i felt that my voice was heard. that is a step in the right direction. of course, the numbers can always be bigger and we are trying to do that. at least it was a step in the right direction. some of the thoughts that i constantly have -- do we deserve what is happening to us? this is something i constantly ask myself. do we deserve the lack of engagement from other countries or the lack of interest, like american people or european people in our causes? my answer is, maybe yes. we do not have, we never had a civic society that can carry those causes and those topics forward. but what i am trying to say right now is that we need help to create a civic society that we never had. and, sometimes, as governments or administrations -- they tend to focus a lot on humanitarian response and they forget about the human aspect. so they focus on the humanitarian aspect but not on the human aspect. there is a lot of -- i will just give you an example. for thousands

hope amongst syrians that there would be a sort of political resolution in syria. i said flaps libya with an intervention by an international community and everybody was -- all those people i visited them in jordan, lebanon, turkey and even in egypt were saying well, we are waiting to go back as soon as we can. and the neighboring count tris were extremely welcoming. they admitted large number of refugees. by the end of 2013, that started to change. we saw some enchantment over the nonsolution in syria and of thing a vacation of the number of fatalities today. they have reached over 450,000. let alone the number of people that have been maimed and wouldn'ted in that conflict. in 2013 we started seeing also that the warm welcome of neighboring countries were starting to cooldown. hat has continued to involve the international community. the aid was not matching the increasing needs. and we were certainly not able despite lots of attempts to negotiate better access to the syrian who is have not left the country. there are about 7 million, 8 million displaced and not successful in

, yemen, syria, lebanon. we continue to explore that with our partners. but that operation resulted in the seizure almost 7,000 kilograms of cannabinoids in the number of successful hundreds of prosecutions, we are still exploring that. i would not be able to speak to some of the throats of those investigations. >> one quick follow-up. they know that this is not necessarily manufactured here. in many cases it comes from china. how is the trafficking handled when he gets to the united states? cartels,. >> well, on both the synthetic cancannot broadside on the fentanyl analog, the much more important than heroin synthetic there are several ways, but the primary is manufactured in china, sent to mexico, mexican cartels are exploiting in capitalizing on the opioid epidemic with the heroin trafficking and taking the synthetic pheromone and mixing units in the across the border, careers taking it into massachusetts, really every part of the country is being touched. you can also get directly from china, you can mix it with other compounds and distributed. it is a terrible, treacherous world

the response. in our view, that is not a reason not to engage syria lets make it clear to our public opinion that -- not a reason not to engage. let's make it clear to our public opinion the structures that have kept the stability and peace in europe. there, i think, one has to be aware. i am a frenchman. i can see the fragility of public opinion in europe. you have a combination of some extreme left and extreme right that are quite happy if the united states in a way disengages. the majority of europeans do not want that. there is a minority that is quite comfortable with that. the whole architecture is at risk. a united states that disengages faster than europe integrates, or disengages as europe integrates, and the european integration has been made possible highest relationship with the united states. if that relationship begins to fray it is connected to the crisis in europe. we have our work cut out for us. we won't find the solution if we don't work jointly, europeans and americans, on this issue. >> he describes the meta-problem we have. the frameworks we live with for some m

international efforts to bring peace to syria through a lasting political settlement. britain's commitment on international development spending will also be honoured, helping to deliver global stability, support the sustainable development goals and prevent new threats to national security. prince philip and i look forward to welcoming his excellency the president of colombia on a state visit in november. my government will continue with legislation to modernise the law governing the use and oversight of investigatory powers by law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies. legislation will strengthen the capability and accountability of the police service in england and wales. my government will hold a referendum on membership of the european union. proposals will be brought forward for a british bill of rights. my ministers will uphold the sovereignty of parliament and the primacy of the house of commons. my government will continue to work in cooperation with the devolved administrations to implement the extensive new powers in the scotland act and establish a strong a

syria. and we've also tried to expose the living conditions. and defectors have done some of that under isil territories. and perhaps most importantly we think it's important to work not just government but with partners to dissemnailt positive messages. that make clear what the rest of us stand for. what the rest of the muslim communities stand for and to high light positive alternatives. so if someone says i really have a problem what's happening in syria under the bash ar regime and i want to do something about it we've got to find other paths for people to take that are constructive rather than destructive. >> so it sounds like we have the dual use of the internet both as a platform for recruitment but also for engagement on the other side. and we also see that the platforms are torn between taking down violent content and threatening content. and on one hand leaving it up for intelligence purposes and on the other hand trying to minimize what they're taking down. so that they don't have to be the ones judging what is appropriate content and what is not. can you tell us about the re

also let's be clear that no country has done more than britain to help when it comes to syria and refugees. no country has raised more money and only the united states has spent more money but i do want us to proceed with as much support as we can. i think it's right to stick to the principle that we should not be encouraging people to make this dangerous journey. i think it's right to stick to the id we keep investing in the refugee camps and in the neighboring countries. i also think it's right not to take part in the eu relocation and resettlement schemes which have been invited a failure. we are already taking child migrants in europe with a direct family connection to the uk and will speed that up. and also talking to save the children to see what we can do our particularly with children who came your before the eu-turkey deal was signed. because as i say again what i don't want us to do is to take steps that will encourage people to make this dangerous journey here otherwise, our actions however well meaning they could be could result in more people dying rather than more pe

international peace. ablie the w we're not referral or establish a tribunal are other ways for syria's enforcement. individual states can employ jurisdiction and try north korean officials for humanity.inst jurisdiction case started last year prosecuting against tor on crimes humanity and war crimes. tribunal leading to an arrest of north korean unimaginable at this point. the attention and turn ld draw could fficials from committing the rent crimes.ant are most anctions useful as well. he u.n. sanctions resolutions on march second is a welcome sense.ment in that nding the human rights abuses in north korea will require a .lobal campaign reminiscent anti-apartheid movement. n fact, the one that we 1980s is something be benchmarking. with north korea in retrospect just the e done opposite. sports, cultural and business exchanges have been in fact encourages instead of puig boycotted. stronger responses on north the recently passed korean human rights act in south that. will change in doing so, we should make a effort to form alliances among international rganizations that deal with gend

in syria, where close to 500,000 have been killed. 12.5 million have been displaced. close to 5 million are refugees. isis came in at the end of the scorched earth policy. it began with the criminality of assad's regime. and those of us who said at the time, invoking the responsibility to protect, that whenever you have a situation in any country, or with any government, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and the government in places unable or unwilling to do anything about it -- or in the case of syria, the author of that killing field, then there is the responsibility on part of the international community to intervene and protect the innocent civilians. but those of us who called four years ago for stereo, where there were "only 7000 dead", and less than 7000 displaced, we were told that if you intervene, this will lead to civil war. it will lead to jihadists coming in. everything we were told would happen if we intervened happened because we did not intervene. in a parallel thing, with regard to the struggle against anti-semitism, we cannot be bystanders. the

to realize peace and stability in syria. we condemn and the strongest terms the north korean nuclear testing in january. we therefore strongly demand complyrth korea will immediately and fully with all relevant united nations security council resolutions. we g7 reaffirmed once again our strong determination for nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation in order to realize a world free of nuclear weapons. realizing a world free of their weapons is not easy, however we share the strong will to move forward hand in hand. after the conclusion of this meeting, i am going to visit hiroshima where a nuclear bomb was dropped together with president obama of the united states. willn hiroshima, we express our condolences to all victims of the use of nuclear send to the world the information on the impact of the use of the atomic bomb. i believe that will be a strong --p forward to realize the tragedy that happened and realize a world free of nuclear weapons. responsibilityhe to make sure that the tragedy will not be repeated. world forild a better our children and grandchildren. and for future

to recognize where we are. obviously, we have many problems in the middle east. turkey,n syria, iraq, refugee influx come into those regions, and over into europe. we have china expanded in the south china sea, which is an issue that needs to be dealt with. we have russia once again involved in the middle east in a way that they have not been for a while. we have issues with north korea, iran testing missiles, and really pushing the envelope wherever they can. wes bill is about how do address all these major issues? and, how do we have the strength that we need to be able to deal personnelaling with on the ground. how to make investments into our claims and planes and trucks and satellites and all of the technical expertise that we need , whether it is ballistic missile's or ballistic missile defense, and, how do we make sure we take care of our soldiers? all these different areas need to be addressed. also, we're doing the research to make sure we have the technology as we move forward. all of this is in the package. that is why, inevitably, a gets as big as it does. it is a package

that is hiding the regional cost. the president has, in effect, recognized syria as an iranian spear of influence. one of the goals of the deception of mr. rhodes is to prevent people from connecting the dots between the syria policy and the iranian nuclear policy. the fifth part of the deception is blaming allies. the white house on background is on public -- in public very willing to criticize our sunni allies as creating secretary and extremism. it is willing to criticize and very derogatory terms prime minister yahoo! of israel. minister-- prime netanyahu of israel. now what we need to do about this. two points. number one, i agree with you chairman that we do not actually know what is in the iran deal. we still did is they do not know. i completely agree with your assessment about the activities of secretary of state kerry in europe last week. drumming up business with the iranians and they are saying this is part of the deal. is it part of the deal or is it not? we do not know. i would support further investigation. how anyone who looks at this and a season war detail ease from

in terms of political allegiance and addressing issues in syria and that kind of thing. so, it is a challenge being a reforming andy dealing with low oil prices. >> thank you very much. that was great. [applause] >> and thank you to each of you. it's no small toosk take countries as complicated as you are doing and do it in 15 minutes. we do appreciate it. the juxtaposition laid out in the front sort of you said something was the failure to inoculate. no country we talked about has not been in this period before, though there's a lot of color around why this time is different and complicated for each of those countries. i'm going to open it up for questions. i would ask you to please state your name and your question. i'm going to take a few of them together to try to address them. we did start a little late so i'm going to let this go about ten minutes on. but my question just throw into the mix for all of you is what a lot of people wonder is so prices go up. does any of this stick? how does that change what we have seen under way and does it change the chances of succeeding or fa

, multiple tactical units, a tedious center, and eight, system. syria, the syrian democratic forces announced they had begun this weekend regular operations deliberate countryside north of -- we have been focused on kicking daesh out of the city, and we fill continue to support the sd as they conduct ground operations to further isolate the city. there are more than 200 american advisers in syria working with the syrian air coalition as they continue to pressure isil across a broad front, stretching from -- recently there were images of wearing service members ypg patches. i want to make it very clear, and this coming from the focusder of -- that our is to provide advice and assistance to the syrian democratic forces, particularly the syrian arab component of that force. i just want to make that clear up front. finally, as we move into memorial day weekend, let's not forget the three americans who have lost their lives supporting this operation. army master sergeant joshua wheeler, marine staff sergeant maybe chief, and petty officer charles keating. these men are american heroes an

operate in lebanon or in syria? we do. it is never restricted, you know, international forces, never restricted israel from operating when there was a real need to do it. answer -- i is the hope it is the answer to your question. moderator: that absolutely answered it. michele, the proposal here, we should hear about it from the american perspective, as well, the idea of, we're talking about 300 to 800 troops who would do the border security mission and do part of the training, which can also be done internationally with other forces that are already there and committed to training, and implementation and monitoring, most of which would be done by americans. -- do youu think think the u.s.-israel relationship is strong enough to withstand that kind of challenge? if it becomes a challenge, which is something israelis worry about, do you think there is a commitment here with congress and the american public for this type of forms -- forces and in terms of the u.s. being willing to have these types of forces? ms. flournoy: if you look at history, when presidents have gone to the america

defense have ovided an update in iraq and syria in recent weeks. let me point out a couple of the highlights. the first is that we obviously are pleased with the progress that the iraqi security forces have made in a western town. this operation, once its complete will help the iraqis reclaim the border and re-establish trade between jordan and iraq. we have binge supportive of iraqi forces operating in that area and i have an updated assessment in terms of the success that iraqi forces have had in driving isil in territory in iraq. the updated assessment is that ow 45% of the populated area that isil previously controlled has been retaken from them. in syria, that figure is now 20%, thanks to the work of local artners including the syrian -arab population. in addition there are additional metrics, d.o.d. have targeted and killed more than 120 high-value individuals including leaders, facilitateors, planners and recruiters and my partners have said it is an iment measurable impact. the coalition has trained more than 30,000 forces. right now, nearly 5,000 iraqi security forces are

authorization ts force in both conflic in syria and iraq. and reason magazine, with intributors discussing that 2001, the war has cost $4 trillion. be sure to watch beginning alive seven eastern, join the discussion. >> tsa administrator peter never enter testifies wednesday on the recent surge in wait times for screening u.s. air passengers. see his testimony before the house homeland security committee, live at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> in addition to the graduating classes all over god's planet, i wish you were graduating into a world of peace, light, and love. but that is not the case. we do not live in a fairytale. but i guess the wor 1% does. >> watch commencements speeches in entirety, from business leaders at pepperdine university, founder of oracle larry ellison at the university of southern california, and maria contreras, administrator of the small business administration at whittier college. >> you can tell on yourself what makes you special? what distinguishes you from others? in business, we calling your unique value proposition. figuring out yours, is key. >> senator je

mustafa burr dean was killed in syria. we noted the fact that preparations are underway for his funeral. he was hezbollah's top military commander in june of 2011. the special tribunal for lebanon charged him with the 2005 attack that killed former prime minister leary. in a september of 2012, the u.s. imposed sanctions against hezbollah leaders, including him. in part to expose indiscriminate terrorist attacks in syria and lebanon. we have noted that the syrian regime and hezbollah have a long military alliance. hezbollah leaders have previously sought safe haven in syria, and even routed weapons from iran into lebanon. the interplay between the assad regime and hezbollah has been well chronicled. we have seen reports of his death, we cannot independently confirm them. the thing that i can confirm is, there were no u.s. or coalition aircrafts in the area where he was reported to be killed. but i cannot further confirm their reports. >> you speak to what impact this [indiscernible] mr. earnest: the assad regime relies heavily on hezbollah for military support for the ongoing cha

what happens when individuals go to syria and iraq and they leave their families behind, there is a level there. i'm talking to a number of individuals who are true believers on this, but when you bring up family members and say, have you talked to mom lately are what to think about the fact that you left them behind, they tense up in a way that i'm not used to seeing. i think there's affected things. this is to say that radicalization is how the complex and not bulimia process. -- not a linear process. humans by nature complex and they will be equally complex and things that work for you will not work for you, so how do you? figure that out in terms of tailoring messaging -- so how do you figure that out in terms of tailoring messaging? >> any last points? >thank you for coming out. we have upcoming events in the next few months. keep your eye on the mailing list for the list on caucus.org and have a great weekend. [applause] [indistinct chattering] ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day. coming up this morning, byitical pro maggie joins us phone to discuss how the wh