Roughly half of all syrians, are displaced and the assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for this destruction and extremism it has spawned. However, none of this would have been possible without the support of iran and russia, both of which intervened on assads behalf to extend influence in a region and counter the u. S. And its partners. With the support of the u. S. And Coalition Partners, the Syrian Democratic forces succeeded in sweeping isis out of raqqah in october. Of course, despite losing much of its territory in syria and iraq, isis remains a major threat. And theres also the ongoing danger posed by al qaeda, syria, and affiliates which maintain significant influence in oppositioncontrolled areas. So its worth highlighting two recent developments. First, the u. S. , russia, and jordan signed a memorandum of principles on november 8 maintaining the administrative arrangements in oppositionheld areas in southwest syria. Yet iran and its proxies have deepened their foot
Him alive. Stopping Police Killings of native americans, the Economic Issues that could be leading to more deaths. This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. We are seeing first images of the arrest of sandra bland. Dash cam video shows how police in texas stopped her in an exchange that turned confrontational. Officials say she committed suicide in a jail cell days later. The video is only adding fuel to the questions from her family over how bland died. The release of that dash cam video of the traffic stop is beginning to shed new light on what led to the arrest of sandra bland. State officials offered condolences to the bland family and have pledged a vigorous and transparent investigation. Lets do this. We are going to. Yeah, dont touch me. Get out of the car dash cam video released late tuesday from the Texas Department of Public Safety shows the moments leading up to blands arrest. Contrary to early reports, he does not try to appear h
Moment, but first nancy cordes on trump, his comment and his critics. Reporter after two days of intense blowback, donald trump tried to change the subject today, tweeting, this story is no longer about john mccain. Its about our horribly treated vets, but his opponents werent quite ready to move on. You shouldnt be our commanderinchief because you dont know our military. Reporter South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham was joined by mccain in new york. John mccain and everybody like him is an american hero. [applause] reporter trump was at a conservative forum in ames, iowa, saturday when he mocked mccains military service which included 5. 5 years in a vietnamese prison. Hes not a war hero. Hes a war hero. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. Okay. I hate to tell you. Hes a war hero because he was captured. Okay. And i believe perhaps hes a war hero. Reporter later that day trump tried to clarify his use. If someone is a prisoner, i would consider
And thanks so much for joining us today. The nfl is up holding his four game suspension. They say brady had his cell phone destroyed before investigators could review it. Thats the theme of this mornings daily news. Go to cell. Sacking bradys appeal. Reporter six months after it blew up into a major sports scandal, deflategate appears headed to even more controversy. Roger goodell upheld the fourgame suspension. They say the quarterback destroyed his cell phone and nearly 10 thousand text messages, putting the ball in the hands of the players association. Todays revelations, i think, are definitely a bomb shell. It might not be deeming from a legal sense, but from public perception, that is quite possibly the death now for tom brady. Reporter he concluded that brady was generally aware that footballs used by his team were intentionally deflated below the league specifications. They say that two equipments had text him and both men suspended indefinitely. He instructed his assistant to
We believe women have the right to vote and drive cars. Are we doing anything about it . Nope who are we . I was in texas. What about that . Texas seems to be america to thousand two. Its asleep. Its asleep and it thinks it can weather the storm. It thinks it can, but its texas. They have a thousand people from california alone moving into texas every single day. I had a meeting with 200 ceos that have moved their companies to texas and i said now, you, you know why you moved your company to texas, but do your employees know . Have you made a point to tell your employees we could no longer do business in new jersey , we could no longer do business in california. No. You just moved to texas. All the employees come and they say i like texas but i really liked california. They will vote for the same thing and it will fundamentally change texas. Do you expect another 911 . Yes, i think its only a matter of time before we are gravely attacked. I dont think be necessarily like 911. My worst