But, after the outbreak of war in 2011, many of its members were forced to flee the country. Our world follows four musicians as they prepare for a Ground Breaking series of concerts, reuniting Orchestra Members in exile, and those in syria, in the hope of changing perceptions of their war torn nation. Over ten years ago, a remarkable orchestra played in damascus. Performing arabic music at the highest level. But when war broke now the 2011, some musicians were forced to flee syria. But since 2011, the country has been torn apart by a this is the story of an attempt to bring the orchestra back together, for a once in a lifetime tour, to reunite those living in syria and as refugees. And try to change the way the world sees their war torn nation. Since the beginning of the war in syria, an estimated 9 Million People have fled their homes in search of a new life. One of them is essam. He claimed asylum in america in 2013, after being invited to teach music in a university here. I watched
Reporter no other gun man is found. At this point it looked like he acted alone. Reporter officials wont say if the suspect was targeting someone on an arriving flight or if hes cooperating. Randi kaye, cnn, new york. Lets get much more on this. I want to bring in jeffrey thomas, an aviation perspective, joining us from skype. Great to have you on the program. We want to talk about Airport Security to start off with. Should we be alarmed that this individual was able to check in a firearm when hed already flagged himself up to authorities . Absolutely. It is a troubling background to this gentleman from what has been reported to us. The fact that he had some problems apparently, allegedly, and then indeed checked this
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