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Icbm. they are shooting in paris to make sure that the french wont interfere in the buildup of that caliphate. >> so there are two outcomes. theres backing down, and then theres escalating. and we will see. were going to talk a lot about the military aspects of this coming up. waleed, thank you very much. good to see you this morning. >> good to see you. so the attacks in paris, of course, will have an impact on the race for the presidency in the united states here as well because we have so m...

And take a look at new hampshire, donald trump has a bigger lead there in the recent polls in new hampshire. up 12.6. lets bring in our panel. charlie hurt, political columnist for the washington times, amy walter, national he hadder for the political report and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. charles? >> well the trump interview was extremely interesting. hes extremely good at this. because he dances and he dekes and he faineints and he disa appears. without backing down, when you as...

From donald trump. he is not known for apologizing, for backing down, for saying i made a mistake, whether its about the muslim statement or its about carly fiorinas face. this is who he is. this doesnt surprise me. its more of the same. >> is this going to continue to dominate this campaign all this back and forth? >> i think so. i think trump will continue to make these kind of statements. ben carson, trump, they, i think correctly see this kind of islamic phobic rhetoric doesnt hurt them. for...

Donald trump lead iing. trump isnt backing down, even saying kelly should be the one apologizing to him. this new controversy doesnt yet seem to be impacting his standing in the polls. our new nbc news survey monkey poll. trump remains on top. here with me in miami is politicos marco puto and miami heralds patricia mazzei. >> i dont think anyone has wanted to jump in, not entirely. they dip their toe in

This is an unprecedented situation, you have a country attacking a single studio over a film. you couldnt write this stuff. nonetheless, its a real-life concern. i think those concerns are absolutely valid. at the same time, these companies have to understand -- and i think they do -- what the impact will be if theyre seen as backing down, if theyre seen as allowing a dictator somewhere to decide their editorial content or their artistic content. so theres a lot at stake here. i have to think th...

Time after kind of giving this investigation a few days. but it seems like europe and everybody is being so careful with what is obvious. what are the ramifications of condemning russia strongly? >> look, the human tragedy needs to be addressed, but remember putin was not confronted really effectively for going into crimea. and hes got a huge approval rating. accounts that suggest that putin feels pressure, putins backing down, i just dont see it. someone must stand up to him. someone must lead ...

>> all right. we should note there that was hillary clinton in an exclusive interview with diane sawyer from nbc these. i want to bring in perry bacon. here you have hillary clinton standing shoulder to shoulder with president obama when youve got folks like senator diane feinstein, senator jeanne shaheen this week backing down, distancing themselves from president obamas position on bergdahl specifically. what might this mean for hillary clinton should she decide to run in 2016, if anything? >>...

Attempt to deescalate the situation. as phil says, for the sign that those pro russian groups when you crane, within the eastern cities are backing down, irrespective of what russia is or isnt telling them privately. so geneva at this stage doesnt look as though it has achieved all that much and russia certainly is saying to the west because of this continued threat of more sanctions that d.c. hasnt taken off the table that swaug u washington shouldnt treat russia like a foughty school girl. so ...

>> plus it is expected to be quite a night for stargazers. well help you countdown to the arrival of the blood moon. >> another conversation between the president of the united states and his russian counterpart. barack obama urging him to vacate buildings they have occupied. he called on mr. obama to help prevent the use of force. >> with no signs the protesters are backing down, the acting president says he is open to holding a referendum. that could give more power to the regions in crisis. t...

>> no problem with that, juan? >> no, i think there are people who are saying to him, theyre not willing to negotiate with him. theyre making clear demands and theyre saying, were not willing to negotiate, talk, bargain, compromise, and you get a president who says, okay, on this issue, especially in terms of raising the debt ceiling, hes not negotiating. so you get this hard line on both sides. but, i mean, the larger issue here is do you want that president who will back down the minute anybod...