democrats, a version of the bill passed with every single democrat left, right, center, except one voted for it and i think we ll find some solution to get some version of this bill through the senate. one last and really important question. and it has to do with afghanistan, the president got the question about withdrawal yesterday. the u.s. has sanctions against the taliban, has not recognized the taliban government, both of which i understand why those are in place. we also put a freeze on about $9 billion in the afghanistan government s assets which are actually held here which means they can t access it. human rights group estimate as many as 20 million afghans facing famine in a country that is of the poorest in the world. what possible justification is there for the u.s. government to keep freezing those assets or block aid or recognition to the taliban if the result of it is 10s of millions of people facing starvation. i would say, chris, the rationale is the horrible acts
minister defected in support of the opposition. syrian state run television shows the president meeting with a top iranian official who declared his nation s support and pledged to prevent any break in what he called the axis of resistance. analysts say that s a reference to anti-western nation and militant groups in that region. iranian official also called for immediate i can t tell cease-fire. less than 10 miles where he spoke more fighting. this is amateur video from anti-assad group. other images appear to show the streets of syrians biggest city covered in rubble and still very much under siege. though fox news cannot confirm. human rights group estimate 20,000 people have died since uprising began some 17 months ago. hey, shep, rebels marking week