Syria. The u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations says russia, iran and syria should be ashamed for carrying out war crimes on civilians with barrel bombs, mortars and air strikes. Tonight, tens of thousands of syrian await evacuation from aleppo and an uncertain future. John huddy has the latest. Reporter the convoy of buses and ambulances carried the first wave of men, women and children from eastern aleppo today leaving with some hope of life amid so much death. U. N. Officials say the sick and wounded were evacuated first followed by vulnerable citizens and then rebel fighters and their families. They have been granted amnesty and safe pass saage to other pa of syria. Then there are the children like this group of orphans. A 10yearold says this may be the last time her voice is heard and she talks about how her mom and dad were killed in air strikes two years ago in aleppo. The evacuation of some 1,000 civilians today and more than 3,000 rebel fighters effectively ends the fouryear
Told republicans that it is the trump administrations first order of business. While mr. Obama told democrats not to rescue the gop by helping to pass a replacement. And as republicans move ahead with the first part of their plan to repeal the controversial law, democrats are gearing up for the fight and rolling out a brand new slogan. The republican plan to cut health care wouldnt make America Great again, it would make america sick again. Make america sick again. Is that what the republicans want to do . I certainly hope not. Paul joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan henninger. Washington columnist, kim strassel, Editorial Board member, joe rag and columnist mcgurn. What is the strategy of repeal first and replace later . They move to really fast and they dont have 60 senate votes for repeal. They need to use a budget measure known as conciliation allows them to repeal with straight majority. Paul 51 votes. Hoping to do that by midfebruary
Interests and i felt we should slow down before we go further and make sure we are not making a mistake. It is my hope if you are confirmed and do make progress on criminal Justice Reform that you will carry out what ever decisions that might be made by this body. In my last six years, in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal Justice Reform, you have repeatedly vote against to prohibit torture in the military context or interrogation context and are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to attempt to override that clearly Legal Authority, what actions would you take . On your previous question, i would note federal prison population has dropped 10 and will drop another 10,000 this year, so whats hang now is reducing the federal population, this law only dealt with the federal prison population and that represents the most serious offenders, our deas. I have been concerned about what we should do about it. This bill
With killing the dictator, kim jonguns half brother with a nerve agent. Did kim, himself, order the murder . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. New details are emerging this hour of the speech President Trump will be delivering before a joint session of congress in just a few hours. A source briefed on it tells cnn the president will talk about the economy, health care, education, law and order in a speech described as optimistic. He may also address immigration, a subject he spoke about with a group of journalists today including me. The president made a major statement and let me quote the president of the United States. The time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides. President also expected to tout his rollback of what he sees as overburdensome regulations which he believes will stimulate the economy eve
Also a big warning sign on capitol hill. Another warning up close. One tech leader quits a White House Job Council and another shows up to say his new travel restrictions are wrong and will hurt the economy. The president wields his pan using executive power to roll back restrictions placed on banks and investment firms. Furious democrats say its proof President Trump favors wall street fat cats over the middle class. Lisa lair of the associated press. A lot to discuss. New sanctions placed on iran. The Trump Treasury Department slapping new sanctions on 25 individuals that are tied to the Ballistic Missile program. This falling in iranian test firing in a statement composing the new sanctions, the Treasury Department says the continued support for terrorism and development of its ballistics program. A con trfrontational posture. Its been a straight forward posture with iran. The question is sanctions, thats what happens. What next . Thats a good question because the administration, re