the ancient city that they have driven out of. this is considered a setback for the syrian military and the russians. their fight on isis on one front and they are making grounds on the u.s. it shows you how dynamic it is. yeah. thank you very much. appreciate it. coming up, what is the reaction in russia to report that trump will tap exxon s ceo and friends of vladimir putin to be secretary of state. we ll gaet a report from moscow we ll be right back.
he is probably going to pick exxon-mobil ceo for secretary of state and nothing is definite until it s definite. your reaction to tillerson? the confirmation process will be interesting in the context of the discussion of russia recently. this is someone who is clearly very, very capable who understands the world and world affairs. if he is chosen will be very, very influential within the administration at a time when we have instability around the world and international challenges. i think that it would be a strong pick and there are numerous other candidates who would also be very, very strong. he deserves the cabinet he wants, but in the confirmation process, it will be interesting. you have marco rubio expressing concerns. he was tweeting being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for from a secretary of state. from exxon-mobil, he had to
exxon had a foreign policy of its own and many way not only aligning of the u.s. and what s concerned is whether or not tillerson is in favor of or whether he won t, they lost over a billion dollars from the deal and from the sanctions against ukraine and russia. the question is whether he approach this as as a diplomat or a businessman he s been the entire career. president-elect trump reportedly holding a summit on wednesday of this week of high-tech companies and big names like apple s ceo, jim coke and cheryl sandberg and it was set up by peter till with the exception of till. what s this about? is this donald trump trying to make nice?