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Challenging security environment and to respond both to the need for sharing and stepping up our efforts to fight international terrorism. thank you once again. >> thank you very much, great. thank you. so well have a couple of questions. jeff mason. >> thank you. thank you, mr. president. i would like to ask you about two topics, if i may. first, has your view of vladimir putin changed after whats happened in syria, and what -- what is the united states prepared to do if he continues to support...

The united states would work to restore peace on the countrys eastern border. there seemed to be mixed messages from the president and the vice president, in fact, over the weekend. >> russia has been violating the cease-fire in ukraine. are they on notice as well? >> were watching, and very troubled by the increased hostilities over the past week in eastern ukraine. i know the president had a conversation with vladimir pu n putin. >> will i get along with him? i dont know. >> putin is a killer....

Laura: a big success for spacex. the company launching a rocket for the first time since the fire accident in september. the falcon ix rocket lifted off from california this morning. >> liftoff a falcon ix. laura: it deployed 10 satellites into orbit. it landed upright on the so-called drone ship in the pacific. a lunch for spacex has 70 more lined up at thousands of u.s. soldiers getting a warm welcome in poland. the countrys prime minister calling it an important day day for year. it marks the...

Laura: a big success for spacex. the company launching a rocket for the first time since the fire accident in september. the falcon ix rocket lifted off from california this morning. >> liftoff a falcon ix. laura: it deployed 10 satellites into orbit. it landed upright on the so-called drone ship in the pacific. a lunch for spacex has 70 more lined up at thousands of u.s. soldiers getting a warm welcome in poland. the countrys prime minister calling it an important day day for year. it marks the...

>> donald j. trump is calling for muslim entering the united states. >> i have no belief do not support the idea that muslims should be denied admission to the united states. >> when mexico sends its people, they are bringing drugs, crime, they are rainest and some are good people. >> i would never characterize an entire population with any single term at all. >> we are going to build a wall. >> physical barrier would not do its job. >> i never belief wikileaks was a credible source of informati...

Split among republicans about whether, in fact, they want to cozy up to russia which is not only intervened into our democracy, but really, is doing all kinds of quite nefarious things around the world. threatening europe. obviously, tried to illegally annex crimea. still threatening ukraine on eastern border. has threatened the balkans. and i think general dunnford will continue to see as his predecessor, marty dempsey, did, the threat and its bipartisan and donald trump has to deal with the fa...

Desirable for anybody to invest in because ukraine ultimately is of financial story. the economy doesnt work they have massive corruption, a fix corruption, no foreign investor will come in so ukraine will become a bigger orphan. russia knows that, that is why they want to keep the instability and ukraines eastern border. i was in ukraine last year and kept in touch with a lot of the people in ukraine. they do think the russians will launch of more major offensive in the spring they think vladim...

Earlier this morning gaza city experienced a violent blast after an apparent israeli air strike back home in the united states. and a new cnn/orc poll reveals americans are siding largely with israel. 57% say israeli hackses against hamas in gaza are justified. the secretary of state john kerry is still in the region. hes in cairo, as we speak right now. i just checked. hes continuing his efforts to try to broker some sort of cease-fire. lets go to gaza right now. cnns karl penhaul is watching a...

This is cnn breaking news. >> welcome back. im brooke baldwin. we will get you back to our special coverage of the malaysian airliner jet shot down. but right now, this very moment, these explosive flashes have lit up the sky over gaza city. 9:27 p.m. there. you have israeli troops swarming the ground, just hours into this tank and troop offensive. cnns karl penhaul live for us in gaza city. youve been watching this above your heads, starting to multiply. what are these flares? >> reporter: yeah...

Last week we talked about this area on the eastern border are iran. that was last week. over the weekend, if you blinked you missed it because the area increased maybe by 50% so far. one more screen to look at. the number of towns now in control by isis, a lot are big, a lot are also small but the border area is critical to see what they can control and hold on to and with john kerry landing in baghdad he is going to talk to all three groups and we will carry the headlines from iraq. >> mixed re...