Trump Selects Massad Boulos as Adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs; Fighting Between Terrorists and Syrian Military Intensifies

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Massad Boulos as his senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Boulos is father-in-law to Tiffany Trump, the president-elect's youngest daughter.

Fighting between terrorists and the Syrian military intensifies. Could U.S. troops in the area get involved? Arian Pasdar reports on what the White House is saying.

A massive lake-effect snowstorm has paralyzed parts of the Great Lakes region with several feet of snow and dangerous travel conditions, prompting emergency declarations.

And President Joe Biden is visiting Africa to see a railroad project that will deliver critical minerals to the United States.