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voices the regime of bashar al assad has for 14 months tried to silence with batons and bullets and mortars and murder. these are men, women and children who 14 months ago began raising their voices, asking semifor change, reform. an end to corruption, discrimination. basic freedoms that most of us in the world take for granted. they spoke out peacefully and were with met with tear gas, tanks and torture. there s no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they ll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. just over 300 yards from where i m standing is the syrian border. you can see lights in the distance. that s syria, that s how close we are. the syrian regime does not want us here, they refused our request for visas to enter syria, as they have for many months now. we wanted to come so that you could hear the voices that they have tried so long to distance. children who have lost their parents. mothers and fathers who ....
these adults and children asking for change, reform, an end to disruption and discrimination. they spoke out peacefully demonstrating to towns large and small. they were met with tear gas and tanks and were met with torture. there s no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they ll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. you can see the syrian border in the distance. that is syria. that s how close we are. the syrian regime does not want us here. they refused our request for visas to enter syria as they have more many months now. but we wanted to come so you can hear the voices they have tried to long to silence. children who have lost their parents. mothers and fathers who have seen their children shot to death in front of them. the streets are well run here. but they are miserable places. because all the people here have lost loved ones. their lives are now in limbo. for the past two days we ve been visiting camps ....
basic freedoms that most of us in the world take for granted. they spoke out peacefully and were with met with tear gas, tanks and torture. there s no more talk of peace were of reform. now they fight back. they ll not stop, they say, until bashar al assad and his regime of lies has fallen. just over 300 yards from where i m standing is the syrian border. you can see lights in the distance. that s syria, that s how close we are. the syrian regime does not want us here, they refused our request for visas to enter syria, as they have for many months now. we wanted to come so that you could hear the voices that they have tried so long to distance. children who have lost their parents. mothers and fathers who have seen their kids shot to death in the streets in front of them. the refugee camps in turkey are well run. they re probably the cleanest refugee camps i have seen, but they re miserable places. nearly everyone here has lost a loved one. we ve been visiting the camps ....
the u.s. defense officials saying mistakes were made in a deadly attack and anyone traveling for the holidays, you have to listen up here. chad has some weather news for you. jessica yellin, the senior white house correspondent. we heard from you, the president putting the pressure on house leadership as he is really making this personal, personifying this ill pass to the american people. reporter: think about the stalemate the president faced earlier this summer where he was fighting with congress over a vague and confusing issue. the debt ceiling that didn t hit americans in any direct way. contrast that with this issue which hits americans directly in their wallet. if this isn t resolved by january 1, your average american family will see $40 less in their paycheck. it couldn t be more simple and a more clear argument for the president to be making, that congress should get its act together and resolve this one way or another. a very clear fight for the president t ....
are going to be making some statements i suspect as well. at least the president will talk about what s at stake for them. john, you and i have covered these games of chicken for a long time. president will be walking out in a moment. can t believe personally that they won t work out a deal between now and december 31st, because the stakes are too enormous. the stakes are enormous. i think you re right they ll try to work out a deal. if republicans this morning didn t think they d wake up and make a deal, the president of the united states is winning the optics of the political war right now. now he s going to add some rhetoric to it as well. let s listen in. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas. happy holidays. we ve been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans aren t hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we ve also been doing everything we ....