Alaska. Syrias state media and some groups are saying that the army has taken control of palmyra. Government forces have been advancing into the isilheld territory, there has been heavy fighting in the Historic Center and residential areas. The syrian army captured the castle. Which is a u. N. E. S. C. O. World heritage site. It fell to isil in may. The armed group is not part of the cessation of hostilities, palmyra is apparent not only because of its history, but because of its location. The city is on the highway linking the capital with isil healed deir az zor near the boarder. The capture means the government can stop isil fighters moving to and from iraq. Joining us live from near the turkish syrian boarder. Lets clarify what happened. Some groups are saying that theres fighting in the east of palmyra. How certain is it that the entire city has fallen . Its not certain 100 . I would say its more than 90 . The group that you mentioned is the syrian observatory for human rights for
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democrats, that is a 13-point swing in romney s favor in three weeks time. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on fox foxnews.com live. is that all about the debate? well, yes and no. it s also in part that when the previous poll was taken, republicans were feeling crabby about mitt romney, so that was art potentially low maybe for the artificially low maybe for the republicans. the truth is, and we ve known this really since 2010, since before the 2010 election, republican intensity and enthusiasm continues to be very, very high. now, democrats go back and forth, and mostly though this has been the story of the last two years politically has been that republicans are very determined that barack obama ought not be the president anymore, and democrats go back and forth about the fire that they feel to keep him in office. so that s something that we ve expected to see. but as the president stumbled in the debate and as he s had