religious crackdown in china, which has seen churches shut down, and believers thrown in prison. this is a story that hasn't gotten a ton of ink here from elites getting rich in china. even in assad, syria, many christians will happily celebrate christmas without oppression.pi take a guess which countries elites despise and which ones they suck up to. maybe that's why they love china's government. beijing does what washington wishes it could do, with more efficiency, too. want to bring major development tonight in america's involvement in syria. despite heavy pressure from saudi arabia and thousands of foreign policy experts, the united states has managed to avoid a full intervention into the syrian civil war, praise god. now we are finally pulling out the forces we have got there trace gallagher has more on that. trace? >> tucker, the decision to remove the entire u.s. forcece from syria, more than 2,000