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To defeat isis, which is an ideology, thats going to be tough. we have been fighting the war on poverty since the 60s in this country and our numbers are going up. this is something we want to get under control, to where they are in check and they cant gain a foothold to develop another caliphate and have the numbers grow back. what we need to know is this president in the united states can and will go after them as needed and the need to stay away from the u.s. >> harris: all due respect, i don...

To understand that -- use the word defeat as if were going to defeat -- as if we defeated japan and germany. were not going to break the will of these transnational jihadis to fight. we can contain and degrade them, but i dont think we need 2,200, and i suspect there are far more forces in syria than the pentagon is revealing. we dont need 2,200-plus u.s. military personnel in syria in an open-ended mission to do that. >> what about the foothold iran and its proxy hezbollah have established in s...

Wasnt lost years ago. in fact, our 2500 men and women are doing a hell of a job there right now. could you talk about the fact that the commander in chief sees syria as nothing more than sand and death and could you explain to our viewers who the president is doing is i giving russia a foothold in the middle east, giving iran a chance to be a existential threat to israel and finally resurrect isis and other terror groups that plan to fill in that void. >> joe, its simple and tragic. our presiden...

It was unparalleled at the time and may still be unparalleled. ♪ >> a great deal of music of the 70s was people who had succeeded in the 60s, finding new ways to express themselves in the 70s. >> have you any idea why your group particularly has lasted as long as it had? >> because we stay together i suppose. >> for a few years, the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. >> even brian felt he wasnt going to be around that long. not everybody makes it. >> they were fighting for like wher...

>> it got dylan out of hiding. put two beatles back on the stage again. it was unparallel at the time, and it may still be unparallel. ♪ >> a great deal of music of the 70s was people who had succeeded in the 60s, finding new ways to express themselves in the 70s. >> have you any idea why your group particularly has lasted as long as it has? >> because we stayed together, i suppose. >> you know for, for a few year the rolling stones had taken a lot of casualties. >> not everybody makes it, you...

Withdraw troops precipitously out of syria has certainly now created a vacuum that all of the regional players are trying to fill. assad looks at it as the last step to completing the war and winning it with russias help and russia will have the permanent foothold in the middle east and definitely in the drivers seat about the future of syria. i dont think it is in our national security interest quite frankly. then afghanistan. a war that has been going on for 17 years. the president has ordered...

Play out over the next weeks and months as all of those players inside syria try and deal with the united states moving out. >> of course is seems like these stories always track back to russia in some way, shape or form. russia remains a key al lly of bashar al-assad. where do they come into play? >> its really important what you talk about russia iand syri to remember what the foundation is. syria and the two bases they have there is the only foothold they have in the middle east and they dont...

>> i think what we have seen this week with this case and one of the cases greg mentioned, the children who died in custody, and kate in san francisco, the countless stories of people who go to great physical dangers to come to this country, is that the lack of an immigration policy that works in this country is tragic and heart breaking. it has trageic consequence. >> what do you say to the people who argue that sanctuary city protect people just like this. not hard-working illegal immigrants d...

Yet there has to be a cognitive dissidence who claim to support donald trump that in one failed swoop last qe2 e week, he helped isis, he helped iran and he helped russia gain a foothold over that region. >> thats right. trump during the campaign trail went so far as to say obama was a founder of isis. we dont need to fact check that to know its not true. he did criticize the president for creating a vacuum there he felt was filled by bad actors. he suggested, he raised concerns about american i...

To be a cognitive dissonance for conservatives that still claim to support donald trump that in one fell swoop last week, he helped isis. he helped iran and he pushed russia gain a foothold over that region. >> thats right. we certainly dont need to fact check that. somewhere there was a campaign promise that hes stuck to. but this is a president that goes beyond that. but he views the world in a series of transactions. theres no global strategy. theres no long thinking. theres no grand diplomac...