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Remain in the area. president obama has yet to decide on final troop numbers. syrias government and the opposition that face-to-face for the first time today in peace talks in geneva, switzerland. secretary of state john kerry is there and says president assad cannot play a role in the countrys transitional government, but a syrian official says assad will not step aside. the three-year war in syria has killed an estimated 130,000 people. edward snowden insisting in a new interview that he a...

>> the american people are skeptical. no question about this. president has to do whats the best case of the united states. i think the case has been made for us to respond. again, were not putting boots on the ground. were not assaulting and trying to have a regime change. its a very tactical effort. degrade the bomb, the military bomb sites. find ways to destroy the artillery launches of the syrian military. find ways to shift the military momentum away from the syrian military that is winning...

>> shepard: after all these months, jonathan, why is it the assessment that this battle in aleppo could be a big and defining moment? ,. >> simply because the rebels have clearly decided that they need to make a major stand in aleppo. aleppo is by population syrias largest city. it is also a major commercial hub. its near the turkish border in the north of syria. and, therefore, one of the rebel strongholds. so, president assad cannot face letting it go. the rebels are making their stand. it is ...

Restoration. go ahead. >> well, i do think this is on russias hands now. the russians have moved themselves into a decisive role by being assads last friend. they have indicated what everybody knows, which is that a assad cannot remain in power. if its true, its important to move now towards a basic plan. d we want something with the elements of the basic government structure that holds syria together, that draws in all of the different ethnic communities. and during this transition, they are go...

Now being try inside cairo, and the third example is moammar gadhafi who was kill inside his final days. and this sends a message to the region that every leader will be held to account, and that those who dont respond will face some form of justice or retaliation be it having to flee their country, facing trial or being killed in a moment of trying to put down rebellion. jenna: so lets talk about syria because thats the next focus that everyones looking at now. you say that could be the fate of...

Principl principl principl principles nato was standing for. >> the president hasnt minced words when talking about assad, syria and russia. lets take a listen. >> a person thats truly an evil person. and i think its very bad for russia. i think its very bad for man kind, very bad for this world. but when you drop gas, or bombs wrer bearable bombs. they have these massive bombs of dydynamite and in all fairness you see the same kids, no arms, no legs, no face, this is an animal. >> so today till...