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Of isis has made it better. but the fact is in afghanistan, iraq, against isis he scored some victories during his administration. >> okay. so, elise, how much of it what peter outlined red lines in syria, fight against isis, can the president claim as wins as opposed to changes already set in motion by the obama administration? >> well, red line in syria, this is something president trump did launch those strikes against syrian air base after he laid out the red line that he criticized presiden...

They are selling the -- the russians are selling the iranians billions worth of advanced weapons systems bought for i might add with the funds that we have released as part of the iran deal, but if they are willing to back away from the iranians in syria, and align with kind of a more of a political agreement, and if theyre willing to let assad go, then i could, you know, again -- i want to be optimistic here, but i got to tell you, russia backing away from iran is going to come with a price. th...

Its about sometime somebody punched assad. heres how reince priebus put it. really establishing i think a trump doctrine and setting certain lines where were not going to allow people like an assad go. thats his take on what happened in sir wra about the question is about north korea given the stakes, millions of people who live just south of the demilitarized zone. the thousands of u.s. troops and south korean troops and the millions of people who live in seoul and in the suburbs. north korea s...

Syria with assad in power. assad is the one reason why we have a refugee problem. assad is the reason that a civil war started, which created a vacuum allowing isis to come in. i think isis is an immediate threat to the united states, but in order to demolish him, you have to have assad go as well, so i do believe there needs to be more conversations about what disease syria look like post-assad. what does syria look like once the rebels take back raqqah? these are conversations that the executi...

Table and say lets try to make this happen. id like to see assad go peacefully and i think if we can all get together, especially with russia on board. >> the russians are not on board at the moment, will see if that continues. well be right back with more coverage ahead. with the travelocity customer first guarantee... ...your only worry... ...will be how to drink this monstrosity. get help with hotels, free twenty-four-hour flight changes, and our price match guarantee. travelocity. wander wis...

>> yeah, it was a big deal. i was there. i was the ambassador. we thought it was a great breakthrough. remember, in russian eyes, the way it was portrayed in russia, it was their deal that saved assad from military tact from the united states. now, whether thats right or wrong, there are a lot of other factors there, but thats the way it was portrayed so this is also a challenge to putin and to his influence over assad. without question. >> it also seems to me, michael, that part of the sort of ...

The russian president putin knew karlov personally and referred to him as a good-hearted person who was well-respected in turkey other. people were shot but no word on their condition. put a p put it called the attack, quote, provocation aimed at unminding the -- that has been going on between russia and turkey and underminimumming the peace process -- undermining the piece process. the assad retack the bee sieged city of aleppo has week with russian help. that is extremely controversial, and th...

Closest allies, that turned out to be a vital american interest. so the interest shifted. at the same time, i think that the president set himself some goals that turned out to get in the way of their meechbs dealing with this. youll remember that he stepped out fairly early on, under some pressure, and said that assad must go. but there was not a plan in place to make assad go. and i think they spent the next two or three years trying to figure out, did they want to commit the kind of resources...

Negotiations in vienna that we could get some progress on the assad front. so, again, theres two different wars going on. assad against the various rebel groups, and theres isis. obviously theyre connected, but there needs to be a lot more coordination and frankly its going to have to start with some of the regional players, such as the saudis and the turks. >> would your advice to the president be, focus on isis right now, keep the diplomatic track going on assad, but, you know, dont feel as if...

Perspective to this. and that russian perspective is, and i was asking the foreign ministry spokesperson precisely about this issue just two days ago. they believe that the united states and the others in opposition to president bashar al assad are no longer saying simply assad must go, but now believe that he could be there as a sort of transition figure. so there is perhaps some wiggle room of understanding there. of course, how long is that transition, who replaces him, what is the process to...