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>> so when they talk about the environment, i say you hate birds. you hate birds because your win moneys are kill -- windmills are killing birds. what kind of monster are you that you would hate birds. when you talk about gun control, thats a gun ceiling. and it is sexist because youre preventing law-abiding women from purchasing guns -- >> now know that was a very -- in my nerdy way i like what you said about government spending. its your spending, which kind of frames the debate differently. b...

That is a peace conference thats going on and might be more regionally based. theres a competition between al qaeda and isis worldwide for supremacy over the jihadi movement. commentators will be tempted to say theres a war of outbidding. they are both trying to outdo each other. but theres an advantage to al qaeda in isiss rise. as the attention is focused on isis, al qaeda is more under the radar and carefully rebranding themselves and are seen as legitimate. which is something that well be re...

Kobani." it glorifies the isis capture of that syrian city while mocking president obama and other western leaders. >> airpower alone, first of all, theres no military solution to isil. military-only solution. okay? >> reporter: the angry rhetoric of cable news fits right into the script. >> even with troops on the ground, we have proven that we cannot defeat these people. we are so incompetent in terms of conducting a foreign policy, in terms of conducting military operations. >> reporter: cnn ...

Experiencing some territorial setbackses and not advancing in the way they would like, they conduct these attacks to perpetuate a narrative of victory, that theyre taking the battle, in a sense, to the west. other people would say, no, in fact, what they want is to keep us out of the middle east and basically deter us from getting more involved in these conflicts. and, frankly, you hear different reactions from different commentators that suit sort of both of those needs. i dont think we can kno...

More than 40 million muslims already on the continent. its a big population. does that necessarily mean that it represents a big threat, though? >> no. i dont think the refugees are the kind of threat ive heard talked about on cnn and elsewhere. if you look at the population of people, for example, the united kingdom and france that have gone over to fight in syria, you dont have to be an operation ideal leader. youve got enough people who are may have been born in places like paris to send them...

Stops. in fact, all the chris markets in town were just opened in early november and have been closed down. the terrorists have managed to steal a little bit of joy out of christmas. horses have taken their place here. here and there, restaurants remain open and you can still hear a laugh or two. but cinemas are dark and shuttered. flags flow at half staff. the gates are locked at the upscale stores. some commentators have called this the french 9/11, just like they did after the attacks in janu...

To deal with that realistically. >> it sounds a little bit like -- it sounds a little bit like youre trying to ride the middle line here. are you -- are you rejecting trumps idea or not? >> but its not about a middle line. its about reality. >> digging deeper now with rubio friend and bush supporter anna navarro and senior obama advisor dan pfeiffer. both now cnn political commentators. how does the republican party from talking about a deportation force this fall to actually winning or doing be...

An isil celebrity, if you will. kind of the face of the organization in many senses. so there is certainly i think a significant blow to their prestige of isil, but jihadi john wasnt a major tactical figure. >> interesting when you hear about that, knowing that his role wasnt necessarily contributing to the strategy or the operations of isis, more as a celebrity, as a figure knowing social media is so important and how his influence was carried through that. talk a little bit about that and how ...

>> and they just cant -- maybe they can stand four times -- >> if everybody else is going to keep dng it. >> everybody is going to have to come up with an answer to that and its not going to be a very pretty answer. it will be an expensive answer and a politically unattractive answer to the voters, especially the voters after the republican primary. >> but would you rather it be cruz with this record or rubio? >> no question, marco rubio has his name attached to the bill that is most unpopular i...

Help me. the doj doesnt have to take action. >> thats correct. they have to decide the want to prosecutor. the statute is interesting because its been criticized by judges and commentators because its a catch-all. some call it an unfair trap. what happens is its very attract -- attractive to federal prosecutors to use this in evaccine its difficult to prove the suspected crime. with clinton we dont know what theyre saying these statements are or who it points to. of course we say its hillary. we...