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If you will with the ideology of isil and the idea of acting vieolently is of great concern. its a trend that would suggest things are increasing not decreasing. >> joining us to discuss from orlando, florida retired lieutenant mark hertling cnn military analyst, former commander of the u.s. army in europe and joining us from new york cnn global affairs analyst bobby goesh, the managing editor. well get to the cyber threats and isis recruitment in a moment. first talking to michael weis about th...

Fact maybe a little bit more so. they have a great many boundaries with countries that have these kind of terrorist threats within them. they fought the chechens for a while, repressed some elements of their population so there is the potential for this increased linkage. you have the issue with their previously backed syrian partner that is as michael said earlier, is falling apart right now. i think they are going to be looking for an increased partnership with the united states in terms of fi...

At all facility bases across the united states theyve already been on a higher state around the world, but already this could be seen as a propaganda victory for isis. >> it could be wolf and i have to completely agree with bobby. he makes a great point. al qaeda was generation x. isis is the millennials. they are depending on social networking. we have to counter -- aggressively counter the on-line narrative because this is the incarnation of the video gaming generation number one, weve got to ...

Administration doesnt have a lot of chips to play. and if a deal is made with iran then perhaps the iranians can talk to the saudis back at their proxy government. the administration has painted itself into a corner with syria and really has no other options at this point. >> is that how you see it? >> the question, a lot has changed. first of all the united states has not had any success in empowering the pod rat opposition to assad. isis has become much stronger. we are now fighting a huge war...

>> with me now, legal analyst joey jackson and cnn legal analyst danny saah val a. >> what do you think was the clinching piece of evidence? >> two pieces. one is the video of him fleeing from the police because the police are people who arrest you when you do something illegal. that shows that he knew -- >> doing something wrong. >> you got it. the second one would be the video where the investigators expertly asked the right questions because they know the statute and they asked him, did you k...

They can go there and the iraqi army will put their guns down and walk away and you can do whatever you want. nobody has challenged them. >> theyve definitely succeeded in making look what theyre doing over there in some glamorous way, theyve made it look like you can come over here and you can be part of something. for a lot of young people young men of a certain age, that can be attractive. theres a reason why a lot of them join the military because they want some adventure. so what isis has b...

Out a siren song through their slick propaganda through social media that goes like this. troubled soul come to us. you will live a life of glory. these are the apocalyptic end times. you will live a life here. if you cant come kill somebody where you are. that is a message that goes out to troubled souls everywhere. resonates with troubled souls, people seeking meaning in some horribly misguided way. those people exist in every state. i have homegrown violent extremist investigations in every s...

Just last night, national security adviser susan rice talked about the potential for an isis attack inside the u.s. listen to this. >> isil has the potential and perhaps the intent to try to attack the u.s. homeland. to date their ability to carry out you attacks against u.s. persons, interests, facilities even overseas is thus far limited. but we recognize that they have an ambition and ideology that poses a threat not only to the people in the countries of the middle east but also have acted i...

Sunnis head 13winto baghdad. bobby goesh is with "time" magazine and soon to be the managing editor of "quartz." and paul eaton is a senior adviser at the national security network. t the shiite cleric told the shias to take on arms. they have vowed to marnl on baghdad. in washington, some powerful voices on the right are now urging military action, including senatoring john mccain and lindsay graham. today the president said hes considering his options and also had a pointed message for prime m...

States that can stiffen the spine of the iraqi forces. >> bobby, this gets back to the central question, what are we in this war for? if it is a civil war between suni and shia. it looks like its become that. maybe it shouldnt be, but this isis group has ginned it up this way now. if theyre going to effect the sunni territory, itting begins to look like a divided geography. why are we taking one half and killing people on the other side because weve somehow politically cut a deal with maliki, wh...