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Presidential palace in damascus. but people with sympathy is with them my happen. and also christians and and other minority communities. >> trace: sectarian violence, regardless of another what happens with assad, there will be sectarian violence and conflict inside syria. >> for years to come, sadly. this is just the beginning of a new civil war that can take many years to unfold. >> trace: thanks very much. ed hussein, good of you, sir. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> the obama admi...

Expected him to announce strikes were imminent or under way. but then the breaks. the president said he would wait for congress to decide. p vote was expected this past week, but then president obama called for another pause as congressional leaders struggled to cobble together enough votes and secretary of state john kerry tried to gauge how serious russia was in its offer to put syrias chemical weapons under international control and eventually destroy them. then this morning the news this may...

Operating at the same time. >> we could talk about that for a long time. thank you to ed hussein and dr. knee that kruscheva. thanks for joining us today. up next the headlines you have to see to believe. ♪ where have all the flowers gone ♪ my name is mike and i quit smoking. chantix... its a non-nicotine pill. i didnt want nicotine to give up nicotine. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. [ mike ] when i was taking the chantix, ...

That from the unites nations in a new report which also claims the syrian military has been using hospitals as torture centers. the u.s. military reports the threat of a strike did slow things down on the battlefield. forces retreated some. trading attack positions for bunkers, but with the threat of military action from the u.s. on hold were now seeing reports of new attacks, suggesting the tide may be turning in favor of the regime. with me now is ed hussein, a senior fellow for international ...

The united states. its happening quickly here. its enough for russia to earn an official nod from the u.s. senate floor. >> i believe that russias goal is in fact to eliminate these weapons. and i would point out that that is also our goal. so i very much hope that the path to settlement, although complicated no doubt, but if well intentioned by all participants, it can be accomplished. >> with me now live from new york, ed hussein. the senior fellow from middle eastern studies at the council on...

Possibility. i do question the utility of it. i think americans are tired of throwing money at the problem, throwing resources a the problem. certainly tired of putting boots on the ground. my response to ed husseins piece would be to say, listen, why dont we just find allies, not french any mys? why dont we work with companies willing to assure a moderate version of islam is spread throughout the region? that would exclude the saudis and qataris and several other allies of the united states. th...

Some of the so-called vetted groups but also there are a lost concerns it may be going to the al-nusra front and islamic state of iraq and isam. im back from qatar and turkey, that some of the funds they have been providing to the so-called vetted opposition is also trickling down to these al qaeda groups as well. so theres a huge amount of money going into syria to fund, and arm and train these opposition groups and some of course are going to al qaeda. jenna: to pick up a conversation we had l...

0 assad, giving the military and economic support they proiz. they insist the threat of strikes has forced the russians and syrians to at least consider some sort of deal, and if implemented, a huge if, it could not only deter and degrade the weapons but actually destroy them. well see what happens tomorrow. thats it for me. news room continues with brooke baldwin right now. wolf, thank you. great to be with you on this wednesday. im brooke baldwin. we top this hour here with two days, two day...

Involved. >> were involved anyhow. >> the only way to end this is to have boots on the ground. were not prepared to do that for understandable reasons. unless the international community or whether its the jordanians or turks are prepared to put soldiers on the ground that separate fighting faction from fighting faction and force both sides to the negotiating table. >> were involved no matter what we do. were providing intelligence support, fasfa sill tating arms transfers. weve been providing t...

Control. >> so miriam, ed just mentioned russia. and thats a huge factor. we talk about how russia is blocking -- stands as this obstacle to the security council taking action. we just laid out the scenario. this attack does not force assad to rethink anything and there are more chemical attacks. is there a point where russia reconsiders its posture on syria? >> where it drops its support for assad you mean? >> sort of acknowledges the same chemical evidence the administration is now sort of pro...