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Government or the rebels. and we re ready to go in to aleppo right now with convoys that could come from turkey that would provide basic supplies, medicines, health care more generally but also food. we re ready to provide more energy supplies in other besieged areas in syria and we can t get the aid in because the convoys don t get permission from the different warring sides. we know convoys do get bombed. there was that terrible incident of a u.s. convoy bombed a few months ago where many people were killed. we do need permission from the warring parties to get access to people who need it. you also have people holed up in aleppo and surrounding areas and there s humanitarian corridors but they don t trust them. as you said, even though aid is sometimes allowed in, it s with tremendous risk. we actually had a syrian man talking to one of our reporters the other day would said people won t leave because they re afraid that actually being in one of these humanitarian ....
Ground, that s just another headache the russians don t need right now. right. and that just complicates even more if this situation can be complicated any more the fact that you ve got the u.s. targeting one area. you ve got russia presumably targeting another. and then there are other allied air strikes against isis as well. it s just a powder keg that is going off in all kinds of directions. right. basically, you ve got three different sides here. you ve got the anti-rebel jet stream rebels that are allied with us. you have the syrian government, and you have isis. and, you know, the russians are going after the anti-regime rebels, and they say they re going after isis. and secretary of defense is absolutely correct. this is just lip service that the russians are paying to going after isis. if you look at where the russian strikes have gone in, almost all of them are in that area just north of hama. and that is on that road from damascus to aleppo. the syrians have to take that ....
Monopolize power in idlib but have announced the city will be ruled according to islamic sharia law. this resident says the situation is excellent. thank god we ve gotten rid of these unjust rumors who are making life miserable. idlib is an important capture. it s just 30 kilometers from the turkish border and next to a highway linking damascus to aleppo and the coastal province. the fall of idlib marks only the second time al assad has lost control of a proviedge capital during this provincial capital during this war. this is now the home base for isis. monitoring groups says the military is not letting the town go without a fight. warplanes have staged a number of raids since its capture killing at least 126 syrian insurgents. rebels also claim the government launched a clear even gas attack chlorine gas attack. ....
Putin has already called secretary kerry a liar, given that he said the evidence is other worldly nonsense. they went to aleppo, even though the attack was in damascus, they won t to aleppo and said the shells were homemade shells they ve done what they can. they ve publicly closed that option. michael, the president is over at the g-20. we know there s a major debateneck week in congress. how important is it the president have some achievement, a compliment at the g-20 in order to get momentum here at home? the problem is he has no momentum. his real problem is that every ....
racist tweet. let s go straight to london. zane, you just told me this happened. we got you up top. what did it say? who are we talking about? reporter: hi, kyra. this is the first olympic casualty. she is a champion triple jumper from greece voula papachristo and is believed to have said on twitter, with so many africans in greece at least the west nile mosquito will eat home made food. the reaction to that was very quick and very angry. her tweet was deleted. she apologized shortly after that on her facebook page saying she was really sorry for her tasteless comment and that i respect all people and all races. she went on to say she really believes in the values and meaning of the olympics. now, this athlete is only 23 years old. this was to be her first ever olympic games. she is not even here yet, kyra. she was in athens on her way to london in the next couple days but was booted out almost instantly from the team after she posted that tweet. i m standing outside ....