a recent escalation in violence in syria s last rebel held province has killed hundreds of people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee. the air strikes have destroyed schools, hospitals and most recently an open air market that left dozens wounded. international organizations believe some of these air strikes may have been aimed intentionally at civilian targets. which could amount to war crimes, just some of the many committed by all sides of the syrian conflict over the past eight years. well cnn s reporter and her team were granted access to clandestine operation by a group of investigators risking their lives to collect evidence of
just spoke to remains such a goal that for most nothing is going to deter them. investigators say they have evidence of possible war crimes by syria s government. just ahead cnn gets rare access to the group that s risking their lives to get justice. plus, israel just had an election, but it might be gearing up for another one. the political stand of pitting the prime minister against an old ally. that s coming up in just a moment. stay with us. this is anne marie peebles of la jolla, california. her saturday movie marathons are a never-ending montage of comfort. tv sfx: where have you been all my life? namaste? namaste right here on the couch. but then anne laid on a serta perfect sleeper. and realized her life was only just. sorta comfortable. where have you been all my life? not just sorta comfortable. serta comfortable. kiss your old mattress goodbye and save on the all-new serta perfect sleeper.
at mar-a-lago the president answered question and russia, the question of mixed messages over whether there would be new sanctions and the mueller investigation. here is somewhat he said when he asked whether it s concluded it s not worth the political fallout to remove robert mueller or rod rosenstein. there was no collusion. and that s been so found as you know by the house intelligence committee. there is no collusion. as far as the two gentlemen you told me about, they ve been saying i m going to get rid of them for the last three months. four months. five months. and they re still here. so we want to get the investigation over with. done with. put it behind us. well cnn jeff zeleny joins us from a florida. what else did the president say about the investigation? anderson, certainly interesting that the president said really he down played the suggestion reported for weeks
at mar-a-lago the president answered question and russia, the question of mixed messages over whether there would be new sanctions and the mueller investigation. here is somewhat he said when he asked whether it s concluded it s not worth the political fallout to remove robert mueller or rod rosenstein. there was in exclusion. and that s been so found as you know by the house intelligence committee. there is no collusion. as far as the two gentlemen you told me about, they ve been saying i m going to get rid of them for the last three months. four months. five months. and they re still here. so we want to get the investigation over with. done with. put it behind us. well cnn jeff zeleny joins us from a florida. what else did the president say about the investigation?
let s bring in my political panel. analyst april ryan. commentator and ray bower and maria cardona and cnn military and analyst john kirby. good to see all of you at the table. thank you so much. to april, you first. the white house said the dems, schumer in particular, are to blame. but during the shutdown in 2013 it was the president or it was it was the president hopeful donald trump who said it squarely comes to the president s doorstep as to whether a shun happens or not. so what is different here. those words are haunting him this morning on a critical day, the anniversary. 12:01, january 20th, 2017, he was named president of the united states. so t so the own us is on him. schumer and the president met yesterday and had lunch and then it took john kelly, general john kelly to say it is too liberal. so why not come back and say