he said he wakes up syria, he goes to bed syria. he says he could not stop even if he wanted to. dimitrtri says his son was held with james foley, the american journalist that was killed, and a british photographer still among the terror groups. sharyl: what happened when his son when he got back? scott: he was released after about 40 days. he spent that time in jail for his affiliation with the terror group. he regrets his decision to be affiliated with the terrorist group. he said his son will be an advocate to try to deter other people from being radicalized. his father calls him the perfect witness. sharyl: scott thuman, thanks. very interesting. there has been much dedete about stateses since the u.s. census bureau does not survey religion, we don't have official numbers. a survey in 2011 reported 2.75 million muslims. the council on muslim american relations says there could be as many as 7 million muslims in america. either way, it meaeans muslims are minorities in almost every city. in one town, we found democracy in action. a community with an elected mumuslim majority o

>> they send you back to syria. >> what happens if you go back to syria? >> most probably die on the way or some people get arrested or be taken into the army. >> how different is damascus from beirut? >> oh, it's really, really different. in damascus i was always afraid of the government. some people died because they cursed the president. i left syria and i found hope here and i screamed in the streets, cursing all politicians and everything. it's all right. nobody's going to come and arrest you. i really love this place, with all my heart. >> is all of the chaos and the violence worth it for change, is that other dying for? i mean, things were, there was order when you grew up. there was order. >> yes. >> no freedom, but order. would you go back to that? >> i don't think that there is anything worthy in the world of a human blood. there is nothing more important than human being. >> you'd never be able to yell out loud, never be able to do the things you're doing now. you'd go back. >> i was alive. >> you were alive. >> lots of people were alive. ♪ ou

started to launch air strikes in syria for the first time. vice the vice chief of staff military analyst is here.. jack, it looks as if germany and france in the u.k. are joining their russian mission against the islamic state in the united states has the ancillary role. lou: how fn't go quite that far.ar it is largely symbolic the german stowe intend to fight their provide reconnaissance aircraft in tankers and that is a good thing was soldiersnco. but it is stunning for over your the only rand airstrikes against iraq never against syria that is the center of gravity for isis the riyal though from syria columns all of the of held that isis imposes but then until the paris attacks by nearly gave them the spine.ason they only because public opinion started to shift in germanyan and in britain because of those attacks in the fear. euro there has been a level ofne consciousness around those attacks that nobody has seen for many years that is something we recognize going back to 9/11. lou: the first radical islamic attacked in san bernardino at t

in 2014, 12,000 people travel to syria to fight for isis. the total could be estimated at 27,000-31,000 fresh recruits from all over the globe. that means tens of thousands of sons and daughters go missing and may never return, except in the case of one father from belgium. dimitri bontink. when his son joined the terror group and went to syria, he journey to bring him home. "full measure" correspondent scott thuman has the journey of the great escape. scott: if you did not go to syria, would your son be alive today? >> no. he would have stayed there. it was the highest price to die as a martyr. scott: what dimitri faced was an almost impossible and certainly frightening challenge for any father -- to save his son from a terror training camp inside syria. even the lead up to this moment was baffling. his son was hardly the ideal foreign fighter, born in belgium and raised catholic, he seemeded the average teen. he even visited in washington d c and spoke highly of the american dream. after a breakup with a girl and meeting another who introd

ththe's a new ar of terrororsts om syria getting their hands on valid passports. terrorists involved in pulling off the deadly attacks in paris in november obtained passports.the authenticity of those documents coming out of syria is now racheting up concerns on capitol hill over america's visa waiver program. sen. richard blumenthal"we certainly have a vulnerability to the 45 million stolen, lost or forged passports around the world."sen. jeff sessions"i don't think we have any confidence that we can identify bogus passports effectively."thousands of phony passports have circulated in the middle east for years.but the ones of most concern are not fakes.s.[steve emerson ipt]"these are real passports, they pass all the credential and biometric tests."how did terrorists get there hands om real passports? [emerson]"there were probably around 7 cities considered consular cities that issued passports ad in those cities they had tens of thousands of passports that fell into rebel hands."steven emerson with e investigative project on terrorism says government sources hav

they want the same thing in syria. if assad is gone in syria what maybe isis controls all of syria. i think we need to rethink what we're doing in the middle east and think before we act. >> people talk about the keystone pipeline but here in iowa the back inpipeline, potentially using eminent domain to get the land, what do you think of that? >> i'm against it. now, i know in iowa they say if it's utility, they can use eminent domain. problem is i'm not sure how you define it as a utility if you're not actually using anything out of that pipeline. my understanding is the pipeline will go all the way under iowa but not like people are taking oil or gas out of that pipeline to use for electricity. it's just a transit. and so i think we should be very weary of using eminent domain. it's a big disagreement i have with donald trump. he believes you should able to take it for parking lots, for casinos, for his business ventures and that's objectionable. if most conservatives knew donald trump was for taking their property for a casino i thoughts about how much they might want to vote for

countries have no place in the future of syria. mainly because it's proven that they cannot do it first. and that's no longer acceptable for the biggest part of the syrian people after what happened over the past five years. i think that is the position of saudi arabia, and the position of the other countries. what about the position of the syrian opposition groups, political and armed groups that are meeting. are they able to agree on where bashar al-assad stands. and they have come close to agree on a united political vision, in order to have a need - needing a roadmap from syria. there are a few other details that need to be sorted out in this meeting. and they have come close to agree on the future. most of them leave it must leave, but when is the question. at the beginning or later on. the the devil is in detail. do you think there's the same disparity when it comes to yemen. and how to deal with houthi rebels. >> syria and yemen prove that these are the two biggest challenges facing the g.c.c. countries, it's no less complic

have agreed on a road map for peace in syria. the security council unanimously backed a plan for talks between the syrian governments and the opposition along with a ceasefire. the question remains over just who will be taking part in those talks as well as the future of syr syria's president bashar al-assad. >> reporter: a unanimous vote by the u.n. secure council endorsing a clear and ambitious time line for political transition in syria with face-to-face talks and possibly a ceasefire in just a matter of weeks. this resolution was the result of very last minute negotiations. it's a demonstration of the difficulty of the task ahead that as ministers were arriving in new york, talks with still underway. diplomats reporting to the russian foreign minister were fighting with their counterparts over many of the words and details of resolution. when it was finally passed, it was praised by the current president of the security council, the united states. >> after four and a half years of war, this is the first time we have been able

jazeera america, secretary of state john kerry announces a third round of talks of ending the violence in syria will take place later this no in new york. a final push to end the fight against boko haram. donald trump follows back lash around the country in relation to his call to ban all muslims. >>> one more story tonight about a cure that comes with added risk, the e cigarette is an increasingly popular way for smokers to quit. studies have found respiratory disease linked to more than 25% of the chemicals. so they may suffer long damage. lung damage >> no-one know what the health effects are of puffing these things every day for 20 years. >> reporter: behind some of the toughest anti smoking laws in the country. >> we worked very hard to counteract the factor of smoking cigarettes. if the e cigarettes become cool that might be so in the future >> reporter: the dream of a no combustion cigarette began in the 1980s when rj wren olds. >> an odourless and smokeless cigarette. we will test and market the new high tech cigarettes >> reporter: the company spent three hundred million dollars. it wa

"live in paris traveled to syria within the last -- foued mohamed aggad traveled to syria within the last two hours. more than 100 opposition delegates looking for common ground in saudi arabia, intended as peace talks with the syrian -- intended for peace talks with the syrian government later this month. almost 1/3 of one million people in the u.k. say no to donald trump. a petition calling for the american presidential old to be hopeful to bel banned from entering the u.k. after his speech earlier this month about muslims. we begin here in france. shock in the small frenchtown -- shock in a small french town after one of its sons has been revealed as one of the paris attackers. officials say that foued mohamed aggad was the third suicide bomber who stormed the bataclan concert hall. haveents of the town described the 23-year-old as intelligent, polite, and respectful, but inspectors -- investigators say that foued mohamed aggad traveled to syria in 2013 with the aim of becoming a jihadist. reporter: this is the face of the third man who attacked the bataclan concert hall in paris

syria didn't get burnt down in a day and we have millions of people. canada is taking 25,000 of them in short order. at smn point we do have some obligations. we said the same thing about the juice in europe in the second world war. they would better be resolved died >> the end result is just because it is a long-term problem, i'm not sure that taking in refugees, who are not vetted, who i.s.i.s. has said that they will use the refugee process as a way to seed radical jihadist into europe and the u.s. and it didn't make sense for us to say when our national security experts say we can't secret them, we don't know who is coming in, i'm not sure that it makes april lot of sans saying we've got a responsibility. let them in >>> that's what the statute of liberty says to me. we do have a responsibility to refugees. >> i'm an immigrant. we went through a process. we went through a series of steps that determined whether we were entitled to come to the united states or not. it is a privilege to come to the united states. it is not a right that we guarantee t

mainly iraq, iran and syria. big are three of the countries missing from the alliance and the guardian, the bishop paper, says -- the omissionsper says the are worrying and hard to swallow begs the question is saudi arabia's antiterrorist alliance real? independent robert fiske about a coalition full of holes heads by the defense youngest minister so perhaps he doesn't have that was experience. issue.s an there are gaining questions. who is the coalition going to fights? it will fight terrorism but that could mean a lot and how much paid and oldiers be why is this a largely sunni rather than just a muslim coalition. >> let's move to something biggest perhaps the story of the day nor many people out there, the release of "star episodes seven. >> in france and many places "star the world have wars" fever today. here in france 500,000 tickets advance "the force awake wakens" has already broken records. everyone is crazy about "star wars." president ifen the we look at the cartoon. hollande wearing a motorcycle helme

within syria. they've controlled a large territory north of syria. they were not invited for two reasons. they're the backer for the coalition based here. designate that party is a terrorist group with links to the pkk which of course is fighting the syrian states for the last 30 years. the syrian opposition also designated that group or accused that group of carrying out atrocities and ethnic cleansing in areas they liberated from i.s.i.l. that's the background, i think, for not inviting them, but the fact that they are a force on the ground fighting i.s.i.l., they are backed by the united states. the americans gave them weapons and they are already ruling large parts of northern syria. they're quite significant. it is a big deal, i think, and could pose future prognoses for the syrian opposition and also the regional countries as well >>> the talks in saudi arabia will affect another meeting that is scheduled for later this month. u.s. secretary of state john kerry met with u.n. secretary ban ki-moon on the sidelines of a conference in paris to beg

he had gone to the syria two years ago. state of in a emergency in the wake of the attacks that left 130 dead. we will report from the own that from lyonne. whois the mystery of created bit coin closer to being solved? of ae have raided the home man in australia who might be behind it. we will tell you more in business. first, our top stories. genie: war in syria has been going on for close to five years. potential talks between bashar al-assad and the opposition are due to begin next month, but first the opposition itself needs to be united. different opposition groups are trying to do just that today by holding unprecedented talks in saudi arabia. the biggest gathering of its kind since the war began. but as oliver farry explains now, not all opposition groups are present. : it is the biggest gathering of opponents to bashar al-assad's regime in 4.5 years of war. is inf the opposition dubai and other countries. they are committing their presence here. >> provision regarding a political solution about the transition proces

and that in syria i'm sure once again he'll say that the only lasting solution in syria is to find some political solution that does not include bashar al-assad as the leader of syria while continue to go enable some of those forces on the ground. since his last meeting at the pentagon there has been a number of complicated factors including russia's entry in a the war in syria, bombing targets which they say are isil targets but u.s. says they're forces opposed to bashar al-assad, and an increasing number of casualties that the u.s. says comes from a russian campaign that relies on unguided precision munitions that have a devastating effect on the various civilians that the u.s. is hoping to protect. a lot of ground to cover there, and with you suspect that the president will come out and make a statement shortly. >> is one of the reasons why there is so much confusion about this strategy is the issue of combat troops on the ground versus casualties coming back home, and civilians dying and targets that are hit in a for instance, if one candidate remarked recently if they should incorp

charlie hebdo in paris, verviers in belgium, belgian youngsters threatening to mount attacks from syria. terror, all in the name of islam.

>> fighters head to syria. the u.s. announces plans for an international conference to end the fighting. >> hello there, i'm julie mcdonald. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> donald j. trumps sparks international fury as he calls for a ban of all muslims coming to the united states. >>> a palestinian teenager is killed in clashes in the occupied west bank. the mining company angelo american announces plans to cut 85,000 from its global workforce. hello, good to have your company. the united states has announced plans for an international summit on the war in syria, now that comes during the syria fractured opposition. more than a dozen of political factions are coming together for the summit in new york next week. a new report shows the number of foreign fighters travel to go syria has more than doubled so there were an estimated 12,000. that was in june of last year and as many as 31,000 today. well

is in syria. we're being asked to make further contribution to international effort to contain daesh from extending the mayhem and bloodshed of that accompanies their every move even more widely across the middle east. serious questions have been raised that i respect those who raised them. there is unease about ground forces. there is proper concern about the strategy and endgame and about the aftermath about rebuilding. some say simply innocent people are more likely to be killed. military action does create casualties, however much we try to minimize them. so should we on those grounds abandon action in iraq although we undertake it at the request of iraq's government and it does seem to be making a difference? should we take no further action against daesh who are themselves killing innocent people and striving to kill more every day of the week? or should we simply leave it to others? would we make ourselves a bigger target for daesh attack? we are a target. we will remain a target. no need t

. >> reporter: the president's lack of details for fighting iraq and syria, but support here at home. >> reporter: the ideology has spread in some communities, and this is a problem that muslims must confront without excuse. muslim leaders here and across the globe must continue to work with us to rejects the hateful ideology of isil. >> reporter: the man who could be the next chief executive said this. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> reporter: controversial comments followed by thunderous applause. >> we have to choice. >> reporter: what's becoming a common theme from the tough talking real estate tycoon. >> it's going to get worse and worse until we're able to determine and understand this problem, and the dangerous threat it poses, our country can not be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. >> reporter: trump has not minced words on the campaign trail. but his latest comments have sparked near univer

>>> as ever more foreign fighters head to syria, the u.s. announces plans for an international conference to end the fighting. ♪ >>> hello there, this is al jazeera live from london, also coming up on the program. ♪ >> calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> donald trump calls for all muslims to be banned from entering the united states. there is furious reaction across the political divide. >>> a palestinian teenager is killed in clashing with the israeli army in the occupied west bank. ♪ >>> and back on stage in paris, the eagles of death metal join u-2 just weeks after the massacre at the paris nightclub. ♪ >>> the united states has announced plans for an international summit on the war in syria. which will be held in new york next week. the u.s. secretary of state announced the meeting alongside undersecretary general bangladesh ban ki-moon in paris. >> we specifically talked about the process taking place now, and depending on the outcome of both the saudi-lead conference of the opposi

the satellite showing a camp inside jordan on the nearby border with syria. human rights watch says refugees are delayed by up to three months before leaving the desert region and going to the transit centers. the jordanian government blamed security concerns for similar delays. >> a third gunman that took part in an attack has been identified. many of the 130 people killed in the attacks in the french capital die the at the music ven eye. jacky rowland has the latest. >> the french prime minister confirmed the investigators have been able to identify the body of the third man that took part in the attacks on the concert hall. that was three attackers. armed with automatic weapons and wearing explosive vests. at the time when anti-terror police stormed the hall, two of the men blew themselves up, and a third man killed by police. the prime minister said that the man in question was originally from straws bourg, but had travelled to syria with a brother and friends, and returned in order to take part in the attacks. french media reported that the information c

russia has been lumpilying air strikes in syria since september. dush dush launching >>> international cluster mew nations have been used. they have been used 20 times sense september. 35 civilians were killed. the report says the cluster weapons were movered in what was the soviet union or today rusts. 118 countries have banned their use but russia and syria have not signed an international convention. what appears to be an israeli air strike in syria has killed a former hezbollah leader. he was amongst people that died on the outskirts of damascus. he was convicted of killing four israelis, including a four-year-old girl in 1979. he was released seven years ago in return for two hezbollah bodies of soldiers. the third tv debate between the candidates. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley laying out their plans. they were in contempt of donald trump. >> reporter: hundreds stood in the weather for the third democratic debate. they were convinced they are needed. >> the economy is in a bad situation. i think that that if you look at t

the they were envoy to syria will send out talks to january on u.n. backed peace plan for the country. >>> an as u.n. sponsored peace talks wrapped up on the day without a breakthrough, troops loyal to the president has gained control of an important city in the northwest. they have seized the city from the mout houthis and their ally. >> they have traveled 80 kilometers to reach this place. we'll continue to progress until we reach saada, and we'll liberate all yemeni cities an from them. >> engine problem has been blamed for stalling of a ship. it was first reported as having sunk but it is still floating. strong waves are making it difficult for rescuers to reach them. >>> tuesday main opposition party has been granted bail. they are accused of illegally acquiring property. manically belonged to a newspaper that closed in 2008. the united nations says physical and sexual abuse against women and children in south africa are regarded as normal. the special law against violence on women are helping the government fight it. ther >> candy was raped bay

syria is a complete hell on earth situation. there are no good choices left, but here's the good news. isil's not ten feet tall, the arabs want to destroy isil, and they also want to get rid of assad, a puppet of iran. the same two goals expressed by the president. so here's what i would do. i would get a large arab army up with turkish forces, a modern army, 90% them, 10% us, about 10,000 western forces with 80,000-90,000 regional forces to go into syria, destroy the caliphate, pull it up by the roots, take raqqa away from isil, their capital, hold, then turn to assad and say, you're i don't think russia or iran would fight for the butcher of damascus if you could knock the entire arab world, which i could. fernando: as you know, donald trump, who is now leading in the polls for several months, proposed banning all muslims from coming into the united states. what's your opinion? senator graham: banning all muslims from coming into the country empowers isil. it puts our soldiers and diplomats at risk. the enemy uses this against

and requires those who visited iraq and syria in the last years to get a visa. the white house is reportedly backing the bill. >>> we're hearing from the first time from the officer combing for survives in the san bernardino mass shooting. >> try to relax. try to relax. >> that clip of detective jorge he ushered people out of the building has led many to call him a hero, a title he says doesn't fit. >> it's nothing short of what any other person in law enforcement would do. i don't feel like a hero whatsoever. anyone one of the people who were there would have said the same thing. >> nbc news has also learned that they spent at least a yooer ear preparing for the attack and possibly as many as three years. >> reporter: two weeks before syed farook and wife, tashfeen malik carried out their massacre, a loan of over $28,000 deposited into his account. and the baby may have been for the baby and grandmother to use. the conference room. julie paez accepting an award moments before she was gunned down. 14 were killed, 21 wound. farook and malik practiced at a shootin

refugees were reported to be from iraq, pakistan and syria. now, somali police say a car bomb killed at least one person in the capitol mogadishu and 13 were wounded and the death toll is likely to rise. the blast happened on a busy street close to hotels and super markets, most of the casualties were pedestrians. anger in india over a court which has not extended the jail term for a gang rape convict. the court has asked the government to ensure his rehabilitation instead. the convict was 17 years old at the time of his arrest for the rape and murder of the medical student in 2012 and died later from her injuries and attacker given the maximum sentence of three years as a juvenile and plans to amend the juvenile justice system and they remain stalled with the upper house of parliament yet to pass the bill. >> they should be responsible. there is nothing they could have done. the existing law cannot deal with this. it's the second session and the second time of the entire session, what else could i have done. >> reporter: meanwhile in india th

then a discussion on russian military options in syria. after that, chris christie campaigns in new hampshire. in his annual news conference, russian president vladimir putin answered questions on domestic and foreign policy. this is his 11th news conference. during this portion, he addressed russia's tense relationship with turkey following the downing of a russian jet. also, the russian economy, military operations in syria, and the u.s. presidential election.

the point is the war in syria is a complex problem with no easy answers. and so far a lot of things the obama administration and congress have tried have not worked. the one clear cut thing we could do right now would be to take in more refugees. we can't keep saying we're the best country in the world and be surprised people wanna come here. they're just fleeing a war-torn region hoping for a better life somewhere. and that life is in america, a country with cable tv and a pool. [ laughter ] this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with more "late night." we're all familiar with this, axe daily fragrances. but what you wouldn't have seen is this, axe dry spray antiperspirant. why are you touching your armpit? i was just checking to see if it's dry. don't, that's weird. the first ever dry spray antiperspirant from axe. oh-oh it's you, hey you. the nba is back on twitter. porzingis, wow! [bell] [static] well you. [camera sound] you got me breaking all the rules it's you. moderate to severe crohn's disease is tough, but i've

>> he is currently working with young refugees on a project called "me, we, syria", more on that in the coming weeks. that's the broadcast. thank you for watching. i'm john seigenthaler. ali is next. >>> on target tonight the politics of fear. donald trump stands in his rhetoric against muslims. once again, donald trump is in the news again and this time it's his outrageous comment about a shut down of muslims entering america changing the demmeics rate. if you woke up from a 24 hour nap, this is what he said reading from his own press release >> donald trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the united states until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on >>> now, donald trump's press release says "there is great hatred towards american". few says it cannot identify the report he is researching. our countries did find concern muslims concerned westerners as immoral, but there's no hatred mentioned. 25% of the polls agree that violence against muslims in united states is justified in accordance with jihad. it has been critici

>>> one of syria's main rebel groups have pulled out of opposition talks in the saudi capitol. the group said it took the decision because of what it called the fundamental role given to personalities linked to the regime at the conference in riyadh. those talks are being held at the same time as the gcc summit. at that meeting the saadry foreign minister warned that assad will be forced out of power if he doesn't leave through negotiations. >> translator: the syrian opposition conference aims to unify the syrian opposition, strengthen their position when it comes to any negotiation and talks for a political solution, based on geneva one. that may lead to an establishment of a temporary authority that will pave the way for a new constitution, and a new future in syria, with no place at all for bashar al-assad. bashar al-assad has two options, to leave the scene through talks and negotiations or leave the scene through force. because the syrian people rejects bashar al-assad and rejects his regime in syria. >> let's bring in our correspondent who has been following the story, li

we will talk to rob wittman of the national security threats and the fight against isis in iraq and syria. and joseph crowley on newly proposed gun control legislation and homeland security. and discussing the article in "in these times" about chemicals. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states, will go in there and give their attention. >> monday, on c-span's landmark cases -- >> anything you say can be used against you in the court of law? is that clear? was 23 years old in 1963 when he was arrested in phoenix on suspicion of kidnapping and raping a young woman. after two hours he confessed and signed a statement saying the confession was given voluntarily. he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. his lawyer says he is not been told about the right of an attorney or the right to remain silent. case of maranda versus arizona and the evolution of policing practices in america that the president and ceo of the national constitution center and a university law school professor specializ

this is on syria and yemen. let's open the mics. >> translator: i asked the all mighty to help us, to make our efforts and all of our of forts successful. i would like to thank his hien esz for his efforts. dear brothers. with all of the blessings in our countries, with the stability and welfare, we need not to forget that there are challenges in our region, and that necessitates the joint efforts of all together to improve ourselves and to prevent any threats against our countries, and to help our brothers to restore their stability and to face the challenges and on top of the challenges comes of the palestinian issue, and to restore the rights of the palestinians in establishing their country, their independent country with east are jerusalem as the capitol. in yemen we are quite keen to bring stability to yemen, and the legitimate regime that we need to reach a peaceful solution for yemen to bring back stability and peace to its people. regarding the syrian crisis, the kingdom of saudi arabia is hosting the s

moscow says an amnesty report is fake off it claimed russia may be guilty of war crimes in syria. >>> russia requests an international arrest warrant for the kremlin critic. >>> and a remarkable tail of survival from china. the 19 year old found after more than