kremlin talking points one at a time. quite correct at laying the blame at the russian government which has done everything it can do not just to wage this campaign of extermination in east aleppo but to defame the victims by claiming they re lying about it. so michael, did you get the pentagon talking points before you came on if i got the kremlin talking points? that s like yesterday gorbachev said to the bbc correspondent steve rosenberg that there is orders have been going out to the western media, bbc, cnn and the new york times to destroy the reputation of vladimir putin. that s sfoolishness, neither side is pure or good here. jump in, jill. i think the russians had an objective and that was to rescue assad and the way the russians do that is by taking any action that they ll be they are justified in taking or maybe not
ryan, but if paul ryan does anything to cross him that s going to come to an end, too. that s exactly it. if putin doesn t play to donald trump s sense of narcissim, i think all bets are off. everyone, please stay with me. we have more to talk about. i will let you speak on the other side, jonathan. when we come back, we re going to discuss, you know, michael weiss just referred to russia s role in syria s brutal civil war. how will donald trump change our policy there, and what it will mean for a country being torn apart.
tonight there s word the syrian government has taken control of the eastern part of aleppo. the besieged city at the center of syria s long civil war. that news is coming from russian officials who are backing the assad government in its battle with rebels. cnn has been told that a cease-fire has been reached allowing civilians to reach that part of the city. this follows days of intense fighting which has wounded or killed an unknown number of residents. so let s discuss, back with me michael weiss, jill doherty and jonathan sanders. there s a crisis in aleppo that has escalated. explain what s going on tonight and what the tie is to russia. so the syrian regime has retaken pretty much all of eastern aleppo. there might be pockets of resistance still left. i was on the phone with the head
of syria s long civil war. that news is coming from russian officials who are backing the assad government in its battle with rebels. cnn has been told that a cease-fire has been reached allowing civilians to reach that part of the city. this follows days of intense fighting which has wounded or killed an unknown number of residents. so let s discuss, back with me michael weiss, jill doherty and jonathan sanders. there s a crisis in aleppo that has escalated. explain what s going on tonight and what the tie is to russia. so the syrian regime has retaken pretty much all of eastern aleppo. there might be pockets of resistance still left. i was on the phone with the head of the consult tative council of the levant front. he told me there were six neighborhoods, all tight quarter s, that were held by opposition groups. the problem is all of the
talk coming out of there. we don t know that. part of the twitter revolution is we get all kinds of rumors. that s not been confirmed. the united nations has confirmed that 80 people were killed, including women and children who as the united nations put it was shot where they stood. michael there s also that s not loose talk. jonathan, before you respond there s no united nations talk about women committing suicide. jonathan, i want you to respond but let me say this and i will give you time to respond. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights reported today that civilians, including women and children are being shot in their homes the. u.s. ambassador points a finger at syria but also russia and iran for propping up the assad government. russia says it s tired of the u.s. s constant wailing. so respond to that but i wanted to get what the u.n. is saying and other officials are saying. right. i watched the whole security