also the day what does one do if one sees massacres in countries whether it's from the wrong or in syria with hundreds of thousands of people are killed does the international community whoever that whatever that means does it have a responsibility to step in and to stop that they've got the real question that people have to face to which we don't have a good answer today but you know all of those questions will have plenty of time to resolve the need to be resolved but let's not use that as a reason not to address the media urgent question of how to stop the killing in syria. all right mr malley thanks a lot for this interview we're talking to robert malley former advisor to president

also the day what does one do if one sees massacres in countries whether it's from the wrong or in syria with hundreds of thousands of people are killed does the international community whoever that whatever that means does it have a responsibility to step in and to stop that they've got a real question that people have to face to which we don't have a good answer today but you know all of those questions will have plenty of time to resolve a need to be resolved but let's not use that as a reason not to address the media urgent question of how to stop the killing in syria. all right mr malley thanks a lot for this interview we're talking to robert malley former advisor to president

worshippers in detail at mosques have also prayed for victory for the turkish military in northern syria representatives of turkey's governing party don't see anything wrong with that. in spite of the appeals for peace and understanding young turks in germany are

things to try and manage to try and pick winners and losers to try and be smart and certainly know in syria that whereas american money may not have been gone directly to hide as nusra front or to the islamic state in syria or certainly saudi turkey

to syria now where at least one hundred fifty thousand people have been forced to flee the fighting as turkish forces take control of a free it has been the target of turkey's two month campaign against the syrian kurdish militia if they use as terrorists kurdish sources now accuse the turkish military of mass looting and destruction that's as turkey vows to expand its offensive to other key towns along its border with syria. it was the moment turkey had been fighting for this town have been controlled by syrian kurds for the past five years now it's the turkish flag that waves over after in. the turkish backed forces captured the center of the town on sunday these fighters are proud to have ousted the kurdish militia known as the people's protection units a y.p. g techie says the y p g is an offshoot of the kurdish nationalist p k k group it claims it's made up of terrorists and is a threat to its national security. across the border news of africa's capture was

strikes in the mediterranean the persian gulf and the red sea meanwhile in syria's north turkish led forces are attacking kurdish rebels in the town of a free in more than two hundred thousand civilians have fled their homes in the last three days according to the kurdish red crescent which also said that turkish bombers had destroyed the city's only hospital. is a journalist speaking to us tonight from airball in northern iraq and he recently returned from syria. a lot of civilians from africa have fled where are they heading. actually they're fleeing to the syrian government held areas of the well as of which are two small towns close lastly. according to syrian observatory there's like around on the fifty thousand civilians that's left there but they're still on kill now civilians also inside i think city and villages around i think and assad's forces as we know are advancing they're backed by russian airstrikes could this potentially be the final stages of the fighting in the area and what

a take me anderson's reports from turkey's southern border with syria. they reached a friend at sunrise columns of free syrian army fighters turkish special forces have been active on the ground ahead of them kurdish why p.g. fighters have withdrawn in large numbers there was limited resistance on what the rebel fighters backed and directed by turkey with ground forces and their strikes prepared to declare a victory here. but when i met you know probably after we entered our free move liberated all the center buildings we will declare a victory statement on the terror we are telling the civilians to come back to our friends it's safe now. within hours celebrations in the city sent. by the syrians and the turks. believe this is a gift from the turkish armed forces to the turkish people and our glorious martyrs

also tonight: in syria, the terrible suffering of civilians who are unable to leave the besieged suburb of eastern ghouta. north korea's leader kim jong—un, has hinted that he's willing to begin talks about giving up his nuclear weapons programme. food companies are told to reduce the calories in products by 20%

humanitarian task force for syria mr yon eglin thank you very much thank you british prime minister is a man has laid out a road map to bragg's it in a major speech in london it included her vision of what trade between britain and the european union should look like once britain exits the bloc she stressed though that it would take compromise to get there both need to face the fact that this is a negotiation and neither of us can have exactly what we want. but i am confident that we can reach agreement we both want good access to each other's markets we want competition between us to be fair and open and we want reliable transparent means of verifying we are meeting our commitments and resolving disputes and our correspondent barrett mosse followed that speech she joins us now from london because it's good to see you what do we learn from this speech in terms of may's vision for a post brags that u.k. . well mesa vision really is off a new partnership and something that doesn't exist at the moment she really does

democratic uprising in neighboring bahrain, using those weapons to fund al qaeda groups in iraq and in syria, and using those weapons internally to crush dissent, particularly in the shia areas. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!,

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just in syria. i have to warn you, the story does contain disturbing images. >> justice, they say is just another name for victory. and the dictator is winning, he has bombed, and gassed his own people. and getting away with mass murder. asad buried his own people under a pile of rubble. the evidence. >> in the heat of battle, piles of documents and government buildings, police stalgzs, military out posts, left unguarded. a small group of syrian activists, swooped in and stole them away. we joined them. they cross the the board with a trunk full of stolen document, it is the first time a television camera was allowed in the process. the leader asked to be called adam. >> this is the most dangerous job in the world. why do you do it? >> because i want to see an end to the cycle of revenge. >> he had close calls, some of his teammates arrested, killed. high said it is worth it. >> we witness crimes against humanity. the killings. i am a lawyer. i believe in criminal justice. delivered by the bag full

meanwhile, they are find with emergency actions and take on panama dictators or emergency bombing of syria or escorting of ships without the president going to congress. >> lou: the left was upset on all of them. >> not bombing libia. this is what the issue is, lou, everyone is attacking trump. >> lou: you are attacking trump. >> you attack the president when he doesn't keep his promise. >> lou: it is, america. >> being wrong on the constitution is not what i am doing. he is right on the constitution. and why all. actions to the chief executive. >> lou: you talked about the president like he broke every promise. >> no, i am clear. i am glad you are talking. >> lou: i have a very good idea of what the powers of the president is. >> i would like on commend you and this is the problem with trump keeping his promises on immigration with peter nvaro. you have peter nvaro and ross giving good advice. no one in immigration is giving good advice. they want amnesty dreamers. >> lou: someone must convince this president that daca is not a democratish. who ever is advising him that hispanic and immig

easy weather causes animal rights global warming or the children in syria as an organization they're very deeply imbedded in. american establishment into the corporate world and into the political ruling elite world in america and so we've seen a far as used to weaponized as an instrument of war for example the petition was put forward for example against libya they were calling for a no fly zone we've also seen them for example supporting the alleged chemical weapon attacks to to demonize the syrian government and to accused russia of supporting so why don't they launch a petition that is calling for an hour fly zone or a petition that is demonizing one particular side in a conflict it is a recently linked to that humanitarian aspect now of off takes pride in saying they're one hundred percent member funded meaning that their agenda is not and cannot be swayed by anyone with deep pockets or special interests but at the same time they also acknowledge that they were founded by two advocacy groups who received major funding from george soros a well known supporter of liberal political

there's a warning that two british men detained in syria, accused of being members of an islamic state gang that murdered dozens of hostages, could escape justice. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, who were captured by kurdish fighters injanuary, say they've been stripped of their british citizenship. relatives of some of their victims have said britain and america must quickly reach agreement on bringing the men tojustice. duncan kennedy reports. the two men were picked up by kurdish forces in northern syria injanuary and had been part of a sadistic gang of british is fighters that tortured and beheaded dozens of hostages. four of them stood out for their brutality. mohammed emwazi, known as ‘jihadijohn‘, found dead. aine davis, now injail. and the newly captured pair, alexanda kotey and elsheikh. they're accused of at least 27 beheadings, including alan henning, an aid driverfrom eccles, and david haines, a former raf engineer from perth. now, in comments which have outraged their victims‘ families, kotey and elsheikh have called the murders of their hostages " reg retta b

advisor this is the same guy who for years has pushed for bombing iran bombing north korea bombing syria of course bombing iraq and afghanistan pakistan and yemen and actually since this is only a half hour show i'm going to. countries he hasn't said we should. lichtenstein. yeah never said we should buy them although he once recommended quote crushing economic sanctions on them that would turn their children to dust. i made that up but he probably thought it was probably good point is john bolton is one of the biggest men he acts out there he used to only be at home on fox news but now his opinions of bombing everywhere and saying we should hang whistleblowers from the trees those opinions would fit nicely at c.n.n. m.s.n. be say pay be the disney channel nickel. the cooking channel. so while the would be war criminals get promoted the battle against those who reveal war crimes continues at would or has cut off julian assange internet access one of his only remaining channels to the outside world this is probably due to pressure from the us saying is everyone from hillary clinton to mik

the two men were picked up by kurdish forces in northern syria injanuary. they had been part of a sadistic gang of british is fighters that tortured and beheaded dozens of hostages. four of them stood out for their brutality. mohammed emwazi, known asjihadijohn, found dead. aine davis, now injail. and the newly captured pair, alexanda kotey and elsheikh. they're accused of at least 27 beheadings, including alan henning, an aid driverfrom eccles, and david haines, a former raf engineer from perth. now, in comments which have outraged their victims‘ families, kotey and elsheikh have called the murders of their hostages " reg retta ble". they also say the uk has illegally withdrawn their citizenship. one of their victims was the american journalist james foley, here in the helmet. his mother says she's worried the men could escape if there's a delay in dealing with them. if somebody doesn't take the leadership and take them to trial, i fear they'll get away or something else. i am concerned that the international community and our government, the us governme

we will be coming out of syria very soon. let the other people take care of it now. very soon. we are going to have 100% of the caliphate, sometimes referred to as land. we are taking it all back quickly. we are going to be coming out of there, real soon. we are going to get back to a country where he belong, where we want to be. think of it, we spent as of three months ago, $7 trillion, not billion, not million, 7 trillion with a "t" -- we spent $7 trillion in the middle east. nobody ever heard of the word trillion until 10 years ago. we build a school, they blow it up. we build it again, they blow it up. we build it again, and has not been blown up again but it will be. if you want a school in ohio, you cannot get the money. if you want a school in pennsylvania, iowa, you can i -- can't get the money. we spent $7 trillion in the middle east. you know what we have for it? nothing. i used to say, keep the oil as a civilian. did anybody hear me say that? that is before i decided to go on this journey with all of the. -- with all of you. we never kept the oil. if we kept the oil,

. >> thank you for that leading into syria. the president's decision to hold off $200 million for forces in that country. i want us to first listen to general jonathan braga, the director against isis. listen to that first. >> it is totally dangerous. we do not want to go back. we can't afford to go backwards on that. the world will may -- pay a price. i don't want to contemplate that. that isn't a world i want to live in. >> part of the complexity, it is not only isisthat general has to worry about. it is turkish forces, and on assignment reporting, as well as the concern of russia. >> it is becoming a regional -- the general is right. we are otd two-yard line. the successive administrations have made gains pushinging isisout of iraq and syria. all of that can be jeopardyidized if the trump administration withdraws. the president has governed in a different way than what he said on the campaign trail. increasing the number of 2r506s in sievia 10 fold, now he is talking about pulling back. it is not clear this is red meat to hi

trump administration has frozen more than two hundred million dollars earmarked for recovery aid in syria former secretary of state rex tillerson announced the extra funding in february during a meeting in kuwait with other members of the coalition to defeat isis but trump reportedly only became aware of the monies existence after he saw a media report about it. in pakistan a homecoming for a young voice of peace malala yousafzai is visiting her village in the swat valley it's the first time she's been there since two thousand and twelve when the taliban nearly tried to kill her. she said coming home a daughter who six years ago was many killed here for her outspoken belief that girls deserve education just. like the taliban shot malala yousafzai in the head but instead of killing her the attack strengthened her resolve now malala is back the youngest ever nobel peace prize winner is visiting her hometown and pakistan's swat region security is tight when mother was shot in two thousand and twelve the pakistani army had already been back in control of the area for three years similar attac

dunbar is the first fatality is syria this year. and it came in part of a country that was once dominated by isis. he was assigned to the us army special operations command headquarters at fort bragg. >> eric: another week of high-profile departures from the white house. the presidents inner-circle gets a bit smaller. what impact could this have on an operation in the west wing? we will take a look. meanwhile the white house promises to deal with russia is moscow delivers retaliation threats. over the expulsion of dozens of their diplomats from our country. you know what's awesome? gig-speed internet. you know what's not awesome? when only certain people can get it. let's fix that. let's give this guy gig- really? and these kids, and these guys, him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. >> will not only react so to speak reactively to what the anglo-saxon are d

on thursday before a crowd of supporters the president made this surprise comment on syria. listen. >> we're knocking the hell out of isis. we'll be coming out of syria like very soon. let the other people take care of it now. very soon. very soon. we're coming out. >> ryan, that comment not only caught trump's own administration by surprise. defense officials warned that now is not the time to get out of syria, warning isis could reemerge if the u.s. leaves. there seems to be a disconnect between what president trump is saying and his own team's assessment. >> yeah, he's really gone back and forth about this idea of what the u.s. presence should be in that region, sometimes arguing that obama pulled out of iraq too soon and led to the creation of isis, other times arguing that we shouldn't have anything to do with syria or iraq. you know, when he gives these speeches, these big public speeches, they often are a sort of unfiltered version of what he's been telling other people around him in the white house, in the preceding days and weeks. so they're very important to watch

forces in syria and we literally tumbled them into the ground. from a hard-power perspective, it's been almost two years since putin had anything that looks muscular or impressive. he actually looks like he's on the defensive. what we have seen late of the russians is a bunch of disinformation, small active measures and really these kinds of propaganda speeches to make him look powerful and strong, if you look at action versus action, the u.s. has been much tougher on the russians than the russians have been on us. >> when we talk about russia, we have to talk about our tit for tat, but when we talk about what we are seeing in escalation as far as the missiles are concerned, are we in the cusp of arm's race, is that what we are looking at? >> well, i don't think so. look, we are on the cusp of the next evolution of nuclear systems. that was going to happen no matter who's in charge, we are going to look sonic, i think the united states is also demonstrated that missile defense is actually and move forward and i think that others will as well and

. >> on the issue of syria, on assignment with richard engle brought the key issue of troops in syria and the funding $200 million in fund for syria recovery, this as there are at least a try angulation of concern from our general on the ground and we still need help here. representative, can you hear me. >> can you say that again. >> with the ken of the general on the ground that there are at least two other areas of concern, it's not just isis, but there is also turkish force, there are also russian forces on the ground here. we have $200 million for syria recovery that donald trump would like to freeze. >> we need to have stability in the region. we need a stable president. the actions of this president making rash decisions by microphone without working with the national security adviser and without our genreless is dangerous in that area. he needs to establish a professional team. right now the team around him is a bunch of yes men and yes women when it comes to national security. he need to stop tweeting out foreign policy. especially middle east policy. i did work over there wh

there's a warning that two british men detained in syria, accused of being members of an islamic state gang that murdered dozens of hostages, could escape justice. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh, who were captured by kurdish fighters injanuary, say they've been stripped of their british citizenship. relatives of some of their victims have said britain and america must quickly reach agreement on bringing the men tojustice. duncan kennedy reports. the two men were picked up by kurdish forces in northern syria injanuary and have been part of a sadistic gang of british is fighters that tortured and beheaded dozens of hostages. four of them stood out for their brutality. mohammed emwazi, known asjihadi jack, now dead, aine davis, now injail, and the newly captured pair, alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh. they're accused of the beheadings of alan henning, an aid driver from eccles, and david haines, a former raf engineer from perth who also delivered aid. now, in comments which have outraged their victims' families, kotey and elsheikh have called the murders of their hostages regr

we are that close to total victory to wiping out the isis caliphate in syria. we are that close and now it's coming aapart. president trump has prided himself on being pro military. what do you make of this? >> the reporting coming out this morning is saying, you know, as you mentioned, his advisers are saying that any sort of withdrawal could still give more of a space for isis to regenerate and to basically grow stronger. i think, again, this is part of a sense that trump, perhaps hearing from his advisers that isis is on the backfoot, gives a green light for a quick withdrawal. again, just today, yesterday, trump saying that he's going to review $200 million aid package to syria and put that on hold. again as part of this, perhaps, effort to withdraw. i think all that this would do is potentially, right, strengthen iran, strengthen russia. it doesn't really give the world and our allies any sort of reassurance that we have a president that is really thinking about the long-term consequences of any sort of military engagement, particularly in syria. >> dave,

tributes are paid to sergeant matt tonroe, the british soldier killed on operations in syria. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeral for professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on forever. the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers. the stage is set in cardiff, where anthonyjoshua hopes to unify his heavyweight world title againstjoseph parker. and coming up in half hour on bbc news, it is weather world, marking 100 years of the royal air force. and where better than here at its biggest base, raf brize norton? good evening, and welcome to bbc news. first to some breaking news we've had within the last hour. christine shawcroft has resigned from labour's ruling body, as the anti—semitism row continues. ms shawcroft was under pressure to resign after 44 labour mps and peers signed a letter tojeremy corbyn over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. the comedian edd

tributes are paid to sergeant matt tonroe, the british soldier killed on operations in syria. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation.

you were discussing syria a few minutes ago. literally two months ago he announce aid major new policy on syria, the president just undermind today. how he was dismissed, though, i think, was deeply regrettable. he deserved better. with respect to the policy shift, i'm not so sure there will be a policy shift. as i said before the administration, there's a lot of consensus. it's not like mr. pompeo has a different view than tillerson or hr mcmaster or secretary mattis for that matter. the person who has a different view is the president and, therefore, that tension will continue even after this reshuffle. >> former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcphaul, thank you for your insights. >> thanks for having me. >>> tensions rise across the country as new information develops in two separate police shootings of black men, disturbing new video. >>> we'll talk to one of the organizers of sacramento march for action, former player matt barnes will join us. while i was overseas serving. it was my very first car accident. we were hit

and we're seeing that in syria specifically where russia is sending troops to help prop up the assad reitem which -- regime which, you know, the united states is certainly not for. you've got russia doing deals with iran, and america's certainly against that. so the idea that we need their help i find a little strange because they're not interested in helping us to get our goals across because they have very different goals. kelly: given that statement you just made then, i'm reminded of senate lindsey graham talking about how he likes president trump, supports president trump but would like to see him get tougher on vladimir putin as well as russia. and the president, of course, is trying to get tough and quiet his critics on that issue. at the same time, he's still reaching out because of the belief that he has to work with them and cooperating with them. and what's wrong with that, if you can cooperate and get them to the table but trust, make sure that they're verified, that their statements are verified? >> well, kelly, i think the problem is you want them to know that they can'

tributes are paid to sergeant matt tonroe — the british soldier killed on operations in syria. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border — the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeral for professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on forever. the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers. and coming up later, we'll have the latest from cardiff, where anthonyjoshua hopes to unify his heavyweight world title againstjoseph parker. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there's a warning that two british men detained in syria, accused of being members of an islamic state gang that murdered dozens of hostages, could escape justice. alexanda kotey and el shafee elsheikh — who were captured by kurdish fighters in january — say they've been stripped of their british citizenship. relatives of some of their victims have said britain and america must quickly reach agreement on bringing the men tojustice. duncan kennedy reports. the two

tributes are paid to sergeant matt tonroe — the british soldier killed on operations in syria. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border — the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeral for professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge.

the british soldier killed while on operations in syria has been named as sergeant matt tonroe from the parachute regiment. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeralfor professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on after him. the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers. the stage is set in cardiff, where anthonyjoshua hopes to cement his heavyweight world title againstjoseph parker. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. russia is expelling more than twice as many british diplomats as it had previously announced as a consequence of the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the british mission in moscow must be reduced by more than 50 staff. the foreign office here says it is considering the implications of the russian decision. the government's also weighing up a russian demand to be given access to yulia skripal in hospital. our correspondent simonjones is in salisbury for us. simon, let's deal w

the british soldier killed while on operations in syria has been named as sergeant matt tonroe from the parachute regiment. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeralfor professor stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on after him. the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers.

and frankly, he's turning syria over to whom? iran and russia. that's exactly what he said right there. we're going to get out and turn it over. there is no policy in the middle east. he said ten months ago he would establish a policy. we're still waiting for it. if this is his policy, to turn the middle east over to iran and russia, we've got a serious, serious problem in the white house. >> i want to focus on russia. the president made those comments this week in the middle of this tit for tat with russia over diplomatic expulsions from each country. the president still has not said anything in public about russia retaliating or even about testing the wide ranging icbm. then we have my colleagues at nbc news, they have an exclusive report saying the president told his aides not to talk publicly about rush policy moves. doing so, trump argued, might agitate russian president vladimir putin, this was according to officials. what is this silence about? is that it? >> well, it's far more than that. there's something deeply embedded here that we're

have this funeral going on, there's going to be another communal member for a service member killed in syria just this past week, a stark reminder of the risks that armed services members face over there and president trump said american troops thought they would be staying in syria a lot longer for stabilization may come home and the white house is trying to figure out how to manage that policy. elizabeth: we'll talk more about it. attorney general jeff sessions says the doj will investigate alleged foreign surveillance and how does that investigation work? and what might they find? moving over to your easter activities. standing by with what is a look at the radar. >> we're looking at snow moving across the upper portion of the midwest. guess what? unfortunately, more snow is coming up. my full forecast after the break. ♪ applebee's to go. order online and get $10 off $30. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. order online and get $10 off $30. i accept i don't i even accept i i used thave a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve

the british soldier killed while on operations syria has been named as sergeant matt tonroe from the parachute regiment. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeral for stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on after him. the actor eddie redmayne was among the speakers. the stage is set in cardiff, where anthonyjoshua hopes to cement his heavyweight world title againstjoseph parker. and coming up at 5:30 — a look at a policy on trial in finland, where 2000 people have been given a basic income for doing nothing. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes, the ministry of defence have named the soldier killed in syria on thursday as sergeant matt tonroe. he served with the 3rd battalion, parachute regiment. he was killed along with an american solider by an improvised explosive device near the syrian town of manbij. his commanding officer paid tribute to him and said, "his braver

almost four thousand people have now returned to their homes in syria's aleppo according to the russian defense ministry the city was liberated by russian and syrian forces fifteen months ago and since then many refugees have come back to their home town with his life in aleppo begins to go back to normal hundreds of christian worshipers attended the good friday mass and procession in the city to mark the beginning of the state residents say that after seven years of brutal conflict i finally feel so. powerless down. naturally apple became safe and there were no more clashes in mortars we came back and we're happy here it's easter happy easter. thing god finally we've been able to visit our troy truce and hold religious rituals we've had enough in seventy years now it is safe and peaceful we can do everything freely. but however elsewhere in syria the humanitarian situation does remain catastrophic some ninety five thousand civilians have returned to the city of rocker after it was retaken by u.s. led forces half a year ago but they still live in dire conditions with almost all in prefe

the british soldier killed while on operations syria has been named as sergeant matt tonroe from the parachute regiment. as funerals are held for 16 palestinians killed on the gaza—israeli border, the un calls for an independent investigation. also in the next hour, the funeral for stephen hawking is held in cambridge. mourners at the service heard that the physicist‘s legacy will live on after him.

was pulling out of syria soon. now senior administration official confirming the national security council meeting is set for this tuesday to discuss the administration's plans for battling isis in syria. is this an important development? >> yeah, it is. it's on brand for him when you go back to the 2016 campaign where he railed against sort of undo or extensive policy or military involvement particularly in the middle east. if we sort of back out, you know, prematurely of syria with the limited involvement that we have, it will essentially seed the ground to russia and iran who are sort of pull strings of the assad regime. so, you know, it will be interesting to see what comes out of some of the meetings in terms of what the long term u.s. strategy is going forward. and there are a lot of voices weighing in on both sides. >> of course, this national security council meeting will come with general mcmaster still the head of the national security agency before john bolton comes in which could mark a policy shift. it