ground assault on eastern aleppo. they broke through rebel lines and entered into two eastern neighborhoods over the weekend. fred planken on more from london. reporter: these are arguably some of the most significant gains that syrian government s military forces have made at the civil war that the civil war has been going on. eastern aleppo for both the syrian government as well as the opposition is one of the main battle grounds in the civil war. it s the last urban strong hold where the rebels actually still hold a significant amount of territory. the rebels want to defend it almost at all costs and the syrian government and allied forces include iraqi shiite fighters and iranians want to take it at all cost. and that s why you see a major bombing campaign. 46 people killed in aleppo and the surrounding areas on
visitors to cuba will likely increase since the death of castro for people living in the united states commercial airplanes are already adding cuba to their routes. both united airlines and delta airlines will begin flights this week and others have been flying there since last summer but here s the catch, tourism to cuba by u.s. citizens it s still against the law. there are about a dozen exceptions that you can look into including academic research and visit aig close relative. the u.s. president-elect donald trump has threatened to reverse the lootsenning of travel restrictions to cuba was relaxed under the current president barack obama. a tide could be turning in syria s brutal civil war. regime troops broke through rebel lines over the weekend and pushed into two neighborhoods in eastern aleppo.
then right. middle ground is vanishing rapidly in the house of representatives. up next it s not the syria that you read about on the front pages. the resort is not opened yet. that s the pool and public areas. just ten mieles from rebel lines, the animals look as stunned as i am. we drive back to the reality of homes. this city is going to need a lot more than a new resort. frontline correspondent talks and the stunning split between the tactics just a stone throw away. morning joe back in a moment.
they are behind enemy lines, behind rebel lines. there is probably a lot of evidence that has been destroyed. the syrian government has spent the last six days heavily bombarding the area. chemical weapons in the ground degrade over time. right now the u.n. inspectors are going to try to take samples from not only those who died in the attack but from those who survived to see if the flood work and tissue samples can tell them what kind of gas was used. martha: assuming the inspectors believe chemical weapons were used, can they use any forensics in their investigation to prove who did it? at some point it s a circumstantial case.
in the middle east, they like how americans do business, but overall, many people feel that there is too much american influence, and that globalization equals americanization. jill dort jill dougherty, cnn, washington. and three men who killed two men at auburn university could appear in court today. desmonte leonard turned himself in yesterday. two of the young men who die were former auburn football players. many people at the party called the shootings a massacre for no reason at all. jamie dimon is testifying before capitol hill to explain why his company lost billions in trade. but his hearing was interrupted by hecklers speaking out. police removed the protesters and the hearing continued. dimon is testifying before the senate banking committee. live pictures now. he told the lawmakers he cannot defend the trade that led to the losses he said when he called it the tempest in the teapot back april, he was dead wrong. a former aide of gabrielle giffords now has her