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Netanyahu when he said he was a supporter of isis. it surprised us because you dont hear about isis in israel, jerusalem or the west bank. as police pointed out, isis doesnt have a foothold here. its not something you hear about. israel has quietly cracked down on isis supporters. people spreading propaganda or trying to fight for isis in syria. but its not a major terrorist organization here. they dont have a foothold. and its not something you hear about very often. and thats why we need to ke...

Outcome than some people might have anticipated, but i think there may be possibilities of trying to move forward. we will continue to encourage that. i will encourage it from the outside, not as secretary of state, because there is no military solution to the problem in syria. now, when president putin came in, he came in partly to prop up assad, but also because isil, daesh, was gaining huge ground, the radical extremists were gaining huge ground against assad and assad was in a very fragile p...

Lately, is that isis is on the wane in iraq and syria, meaning where they formed the caliphate is shrinking, which is great. the problem is that of the same time, and i have said this before on the show, at the same time they are enjoying a massive expansion across the rest of the globe. so how you actually calculate their foothold versus their global footprint is a couple of different calculations. >> isnt it also true because that is where they are facing the most opposition, particularly from...

Eye in counterterrorism stuff, 2 1/2 years ago we were talking about isis moving across western iraq with very little opposition from the iraqi military. so you can see maybe fits and starts in the offensive against them. i think its inevitable, whether its mosul or raqqah, that isis will lose. the question is where they go after, and whether they maintain that social media foothold i mentioned earlier. >> phil mudd, great as always to get your expertise, thank you. >> thank you. live pictures...

Has been horrendously bad for the world. he created conditions in syria, libya, yemen and other places for terrorism to thrive. weve got to stop it. that is the first thing. general dunford and pentagon is doing a great job in iraq to try to push back isis there. that is all necessary. we have to do more of that. secondly we have to work with the europeans. europeans allowed any number of reasons, especially merkel in germany, these radical islamic groups to establish a foothold. and so, one of ...

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We heard this from senator lindsey graham and others, this kind of idea gaining steam of now pulling u.n. funding from washington because of what happened at the u.n. security council. is that gaining more steam? is that likely to happen? >> the pro-netanyahu parts of congress certainly have a foothold. no one really changes their mind on this unless you are donald trump and are in the middle and now you actually have an opinion because of the people you are surrounding yourself with. for sure, ...

>> the russians cannot be relied upon as a partner or an ally for the united states. as long as mr. putin is in power in moscow, i really dont see how u.s.-russian relations are going to be fundamentally transformed. >> reporter: another possible motivation for the u.s., solidarity in the european union. they just renewed a six-month sanctions package on the russians, a package that will likely continue for many months to go. back to you. >> kevin cork traveling with the president. syrian rebe...

>> the russians cannot be relied upon as a partner or an ally for the united states. as long as mr. putin is in power in moscow, i really dont see how u.s.-russian relations are going to be fundamentally transformed. >> reporter: another possible motivation for the u.s., solidarity in the european union. they just renewed a six-month sanctions package on the russians, a package that will likely continue for many months to go. back to you. >> kevin cork traveling with the president. syrian rebe...

Forward to this being the new normal. they have got to compensate in the eyes of their followers for all the defeats they are facing on the battlefield. do you agree with richard haasss suggestion and this is if all in reaction to the fall of aleppo? >> i partly agree with it and i would make a distinction with what happened in an kau raw and aleppo. i would say it was a politically motivated assassination, and that has less to do with isis, and isis did not have a strong foothold in aleppo and ...