It is 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Some of the worlds top diplomates are meeting right now hoping to revive the Peace Process in syria this week. The u. S. Secretary of state, john kerry, and a number of his counterparts from around the world are meeting in paris this hour. The Foreign Ministers will discuss stopping the ongoing assaults on rebels in eastern aleppo and bringing in humanitarian aid to the many people trapped there. Another meeting is just about to happen in syria. Its also set for switzerland involving u. S. And russian officials. The gatherings come as the u. N. Warns of a great human rights situation in the syrian city. A u. N. Official said friday hundreds of men may have gone missing after trying to escape. Rebelheld areas, family members say they lost contact with them when they headed for the governmentcontrolled neighborhoods. The u. N. Also says rebel groups may be targeting civilians as a regime offensive continues in eastern aleppo. During the last two weeks, hatta al sham front and the abu amara battalion are alleged to have abducted and killed a number of unarmed civilians trying to leave their groups. The syrian army wad was said to have stopped fighting in aleppo and was focused on getting civilians out, but as fred saw firsthappened, the fighting does continue. This is what the syrians alleged halt in fighting looks like in aleppo. The call to prayer pierced by explosions and gunfire as Bashar Al Assads force s continue b t pound the rebels. Aid groups like the red crescent working around the clock to try to provide help to the displaced. Of course the volunteers for the red crescent are doing their best to keep up with the massive demand for aid here in this distinct, but there are so many people lininging up that its impossible to meet all the needs. Tens of thousands have already fled eastern aleppo. Many with only a few belongings they were able to grab trying to get out of the crossfire. Now left with almost nothing. These are the blankets they gave us, this woman says, but were ten people. Do you really think that one blanket per person will be enough . These could be the rebels final days in aleppo as the Syrian Army Continues to hit them hard. Bringing more weapons like tanks and artillery into position. A senior general telling cnn he believes his forces could take the entire city soon. It wont be long until we get it back, he says. It might be a matter of weeks, but not more than that. As the International Community continues to try to broker a troous for truce for aleppo, the reality on the ground shows an increase in the fighting. The syrian army, so close to achieving their goal, unwilling to back down. Turning now for the american involvement in syria a, the u. S. Says it will now deploy about 200 more troops to syria to help local forces in the fight against isis. The u. S. Defense secretary ash carter made that announcement at a Regional Security council in bahrain. I can tell you today that the United States will deploy almost 200 Additional Forces in syria including trainers, advisers and explosive Ordinance Disposal teams. These uniquely skilled operators will join the 300 special Operations Forces already in syria. To continue organizing, training, equipping and otherwise enabling capable, motivated local forces to take the fight to isil. For more about the fight across syria, lets bring in cnn correspondent mohammed lila. Its good to have you. Lets talk about what we just heard there. Ash carter talking about sendinging in more u. S. Troops, the focus on raqqa, syria. Thats right, george. Its interesting to see that just as the battle of aleppo is winding down, theyre now shifting focus to talk about raqqa and defeating isis in raqqa. For perspective here, raqqa is to syria what mosul is to iraq. Raqqa is basically a major headquarters for isis in syria. And so the u. S. , of course, shifting its focus there. Ash carters statement talked about special forces being sent there. For those of us that covered special forces, we know typically theyre on the front lines. Whether you call these advisers or trainers. So the u. S. Is raising its commitment now that the battle of aleppo seems to be finished to focus on raqqa in syria. Weve been continuing to monitor these pictures coming to you. Looking to find some sort of a pause in the fighting, what more can you tell us about these meetings taking place in france and also switzerland . Yeah. George, it feels like theyve been having meeting after meeting with no results, no conclusion. Theyve been talking about the ceasefire for the longest time. B but there finally seems to be an indication that there may be some sort of ceasefire or evacuation plan worked out today. Thats simply because both sides have been pessimistic, but we have indications this week from u. S. Secretary of state john kerry where he came out and said hes confident theyll be able to reach some sort of agreement. And the agreement itself would be a way for the rebels to put down their arms and leave the eastern part of aleppo and those that choose not to do that, in russias own words, will be eliminated. Mohammed, the United Nations indicating that maniel people are fleeing the situation. Those who did decide to leave disappeared. Yeah. So its interesting because the u. N. s statement talks about possible war crimes on both sides. The statement says that the u. N. Has received reports that civilians or men, rather, between the age of 30 and 50 who left eastern aleppo, nobody knows where they are, their families havent been able to reach them for a number of days now. But in the same statement, the u. N. Says there were civilians in the rebelheld part of the city that asked the rebels to leave their neighborhoods because they wanted their neighborhood toes be spared and they didnt want fighting in their neighborhoods. The rebels, the u. N. Reports, responded by abducting and killing a number of civilians. So the u. N. Report is very critical of both sides accusing them both of possibly creating war crimes. Mohammed, thank you for the reporting. Well stay in touch. Donald trump has made several controversial cabinet picks this week, but Rudy Giuliani, his top surrogate during the election will not be part of that team as cnns sara murray explains. Donald trumps secretary of state options down one with former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani withdrawing his name from contention for that or any other cabinet position. My desire to be in the cabinet was great, but it wasnt that great. And he had a lot of terrific candidates. And i thought i could play a better role being on the outside and continuing to be his close friend and adviser. But sources say giuliani didnt voluntarily withdraw his name from the mix. He was informed he wouldnt be getting the state department position. This, as cnn has learned, exxon mobil ceo Rex Tillersons stock is rising for the post as trump faces tough questions about his business empire. On the campaign trail, donald trump easily shrugged aside his business interests, insisting the allure of the white house is far more important. I dont care. It doesnt matter to me. Its nice when you dont have to care. But i dont care. What i care about is making America Great again. Its much more important. Its much more important. But now the president elect is showing little sign of stepping back from his corporate calling. Now another potential conflict of interest, sources say trump will remain an executive producer for nbcs celebrity apprentice. In 2015, nbc said it was cutting ties with trump after his remarks about undocumented immigrant. I have a big chunk of that show. It was a number one show. I did it for 14 seasons. I have a big stake in it. Now one of trumps top advisers, Kellyanne Conway says hell remain involved in the show in his free time. Were we so concerned about the hours and hours and hours spent on the golf course of the current president . President s have a right to do things in their spare time, in their leisure time. Trump and other republicans were very critical of the time president obama spent on the links. And he gets on this plane, flies to hawaii. Hes there for a long time. Golf, golf, golf, golf. More, move, learning how to chip, learning how to hit the drive, learning how to putt. Oh, i want more. The latest news on trumps business dealings comes days before hes slated to have a press conference on who will run his company once he heads to the white house. Although theres little indication trump will fully divest from his business. And trump will use his cabinet tour. By the way, some of the people ive put on to negotiate, youve been noticing, are some of the most successful people in the world. And one newspaper criticized me. Why cant they have people of modest means . Because i want people that made a fortune because now theyre negotiating with you. Okay . That road show continues today with an evening rally in michigan, as well as a stop in louisiana to campaign for a Republican Senate candidate. But before he left trump tower, he squeezed in a meeting with House Speaker paul ryan. He was putting away his past criticism of trump for unity. Were very excited to hit the ground running to put this country back on track. It appears some of trumps earliest staunch supporters, Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie, and even Newt Gingrich wont end up in a trump cabinet. Already some staffers have been grambling that maybe in the long run royalty wont be rewarded after all. Sara murray, cnn, washington. Lets pick up on that last point bringing in eugene scott live from washington via skype. Rudy giuliani withdrawing his name from the list of possibilities. This goes along with Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich. These are people who have been loyal from the start and now seemingly left out in the cold. These are certainly people that wanted to be in the administration, but it appears they wanted very specific positions and if not that, perhaps nothing else. And some of them, at least giuliani are reporting says was not a finalist or at least a top finalist for the position that they wanted. But this does not mean that they will not have any influence. We have seen in past presidencies that sometimes some of the big withest advisers are the informal ones. What about trump also saying that as an executive producer on that show apprentice, that he would keep that role. His Campaign Manager pointing out that he will do it in his spare time as he will have the fulltime job of being the president of the United States. Well, critics are suggesting that that displays, quite frankly, a bit of ignorance about what the job of being president entails. The idea that there will be enough spare time to executive produce a hit network tv show, a reality show, seems a bit naive. At the same time, eugene, i do want to get some insight from you about the fact that donald trump, when it comes to intelligence briefings, is taking fewer than his predecessors at this particular stage, i believe one a week. What has been the reaction to that . Well, the cia website says the current president takes about six a week. So theres been quite a bit of criticism that the Trump Administration is not as prepared as they should be on these issues moving forward. To be fair, the Administration Says mike pence is getting these briefs so they are not as uninformed as some of their critics suggest. But . But mike pence, its important to point out, mike pence is not the president of the United States. Donald trump would be the president of the United States. Mike pence is not the president and thats why critics believe that donald trump, if hes serious about National Security issues, would be getting these briefs. They also say that many of the things that he had said about north korea and about russia within the last few days are coming from the fact that he is not as informed on these issues as he should be. Eugene scott, its always a pleasure to have you on the show to get insight on the many lines that were learning through this transition for president elect trump to soon become president of the United States come january 20th. Eugene, thank you so much. Still ahead here on cnn newsroom, donald trump doesnt think that the kremlin is metaling in the u. S. Election, even though Cyber Security firm res quite sure of it. Now the president of the United States, barack obama, ordering a full review of russias alleged hacking into u. S. Elections. Well have that story. Plus, protesters against flooding the streets in seoul, south korea. Why they say fridays impeachment against the president isnt enough. They want her out now. Stay with us. Just gotta get the check. Almost there. I cant reach it. If you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. What . Its what you do. I got this. Thanks, dennis if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. Growwwlph. Its what you do. Oh that is good crispy duck. [engine revving] is it a force of nature . Or a sales event . The season of audi sales event is here. 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Well, we have both the kremlin and the Foreign Ministry weighing in on this, beginning with the kremlin. The spokesperson Dimitry Peskov said basically these are not new conclusions and he also said it looks like basically a blame game, having no evidence to be based on and also added that it looks like an attempt to try to influence the president elect by creating, as he put it, a certain negative image of our country. And then also, when we asked the Foreign Ministry, they had a similar statement. Maria zahadava, the spokesperson, saying we are very interested in understanding what they accused russia of. Many times the Foreign Ministry has asked for this information and sergey lavrov, the foreign minister, asked for details, but we never had any response. So what theyre saying is if youve got the evidence, show it to us, tell us, and then we can answer you. But, george, as we know, thats a very difficult thing for the United States. If it does have that information and that data, it would be very difficult for the United States to totally expose how they got that information, the sources and methods as theyre referred to. So its really kind on of a stand off, at least rhetorically at this point with russia saying, prove it. And, jill, when we talk about prove it, lets talk about just what were you know, the general situation here for our viewers who may not understand this situation. So what are the allegations when it comes to russias alleged hacking . What organizations, what groups . Well, when you take the hacking, essentially what happened was the Democratic National committee and some senior officials, like john podesta of Hillary Clintons campaign were hacked. And then those hacks were released and they were released to some various sites, but especially to wikileaks that then spread it around the globe. So what the u. S. Officials now are saying is that they believe this was a russian operation and that it was released not only to which had been reported before, to undermine the elections and undermine faith among the americans in their own elections, but now theyre coming out and saying according to media reports, saying that it was to help donald trump get elected. Now, president obama has decided to give an order that he wants to get all of the information collected on exactly what happened and then to make as much of that public as possible. But some of it, obviously, will not be able to be made public. They could brief members of congress. Wel