prisoners in syria coming to turkey. we currently have more than 200 who have been incarcerated. and with the operation peace spring and issued on october 9th, turkey took another step forward in fighting terrorism in a very resolute fashion. our country, with this operati operation, blew a very significant impact on the separatist agenda of terrorist organization s. in order to further strengthen our cooperation with syria, we believe that we ve gained a significant momentum with our october 17th agreement. but they are attacking our soldiers and the civilians i in a very provocative fashion. in the last 24 hours, more than 19 attacks harassing shot took
thank you. so during the president s statement on the raid this morning the president, you know, gave several critical details about this operation in syria. let s bring in now jeremy diamond live at the white house. so the president essentially giving a play by play of the operati operation. why did he feel the need to do that. he really did and this all came because the president yesterday was in a situation room huddled with his top national security advisors, the top military brass and he said that he was watching this raid unfold essentially over the hours during which it took place yesterday afternoon u.s. time. and the president described it as like watching a movie and in the same way he was watching that movie he sought to describe this to the american public in violent details including this moment when he repeatedly explained how baghdadi actually died. he died like a dog, he died like a coward.
about her dealing with bill o reilly during her time at fox news. this started with this on air exchange with o reilly and current cnn contributor margaret hoover and kristen powers. trust me on this, powers. hoover. i m hoover. he is chastising you. a lot of blonde s in the operati operation. i need sunglasses in here. it will be tough. ladies, thank you for your blondeness. powers took offense to the exchange and complained to management. here is what she told anderson cooper last night. i went to his executive producer and said he needs to apologize and needs to never do that again or i m not doing his show anymore. i was told, you know bill. he is a throwback. an archie bunker.
control of aleppo and so the vicious and brutal fighting over the last two months as syria s military launched that offensive back in november. also pickup trucks, some of them have been following their weapons. and also, of course, the evacuations of thousands and it slowed the progress of the operati operation. now earlier today, syrian president bashir al assad said that it is not just for syria,
taking back and holding territory is a very difficult operati operation. it s one thing to clear that area initially, but the problem that you have is actually coming back and making sure nobody else goes into an area when you move into the next build organize the next objective. reporter: getting ramadi back and holding it, a vital win for the iraqi forces. but also a must-win for the obama administration trying to prove its anti-isis strategy is going to work. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. time for a quick break. a woman who was honored for turning her life around is now facing felony charges in a deadly hit and run crash on the las vegas strip. we will have the details for you ahead on newsroom l.a. plus, a new film challenges the nfl over player brain injuries. a sneak peek when cnn newsroom live from los angeles continues.