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Going to have to in essence take advantage of what they have created through this attack on the syrian air base, use that as leverage to move forward in further efforts to actually get something done against the syrian regime. they have a chance to do this this. whether or not they will seize this opportunity is of course a question. >> what about the russians? they arent happy about this at all. the russians actually stationed at this particular airfield, its a forward operating base for them. ...

>> i think because of his incredible career in the military, the respect all americans have for him for his service. certainly the men and women in uniform respect him immensely. >> you just came back to washington, spent a few days in afghanistan with u.s. troops on the ground. still, what, about 10,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> yes. >> theyre fighting over there. a very, very dangerous operation and didnt just go to kabul? you went outside of kabul? >> we did. the president says he ended ...

>> well, i think youve nailed it, carol. hes an idealistic young man who thought he could be jason bourne and on his own run from his combat outpost to another forward operating base over a miles away -- over a dozen miles away, to report to another general officer. its unbelievable. this kid has watched too many hollywood movies. he simply, as you said, was totally irresponsible. by the way, just one comment, the reason i think they went to a general court-martial and didnt just stick with a sp...

In danger. he wanted to somehow walk in afghanistan to another base to report what was going on. whats wrong with this picture, spider? >> well, clearly the young man is acting irrationally. some psychologist would determine if hes delusional or not. but all of this, his description of his years in captivity and this one incident that he described, thats just kind of a voyeuristic view of somebody whos in a box. you could talk to senator john mccain about living in a box. so weve seen this descr...

I believe was the number, of these particular blimps and 3 of them at one point in time became untethered. and it took you 7 hours to deflate one of them. can you tell me about that process. >> well, yeah, brooke. we actually didnt deflate it. we just monitored it, much like what is going on right now, and watched it float. and then in that particular case, the forward operating base it came from was near baghdad, and the doggone thing floated all the way up toward mosul, a little over 150 miles...

He said that after interviewing bowe bergdahl and 56 other witnesses he believes that sergeant bergdahl has been truthful. general dahl said, he absolutely believed the things he was perceiving were true, the general said that sergeant bergdahls beliefs were, quote, unwarranted but genuinely held. the story general dahl told is that sergeant bergdahl left his base with a plan to walk 18 miles to another base forward operating base. bowe bergdahl wanted to complain to the commanding general at th...

Other base about problems back at his base, problems that bowe bergdahl thought could endanger his platoon. sergeant bergdahl believed he would be able to get a meeting with the commanding general if he arrived at the base in such a shocking way. general dahl says that bowe bergdahl probably would have been allowed to speak to general if he had made it to the forward operating base. instead, sergeant bergdahl was captured by the taliban and held in captivity for five years. also testifying at th...

War. >> meanwhile, u.s. officials say the russians are setting up a forward operating base in syria. four gunships sat on the tarmac of the airport today. secretary of state john kerry said his russian counterpart offered in their third phone conversation in a week to work together militarily in syria. kerry says he favors talking to the russians. even the pentagon suggested today there may be a role for to play. >> theyre just as concerned about foreign fighters just as we are. >> centcom put o...

Today, the secretary of state john kerry said u.s. officials are trying to figure out what to do about assad and putin. officials say secretary kerry called his russian counterpart, not once, but three times in recent days, warning him about the military buildup. so far russia according to the analyst seems to be ignoring secretary kerrys calls. a forward operating base for the russians and syria, sounds like russia is bringing more and more of its military equipment forward every day. >> thats ...

That all that money is flushed do the toilet. that all of those moderate rebels are either killed or captured or quit. the commander reports on that matter were wrong. totally wrong. theyre actually four or five syrian rebels still in action. four or five moderate syrian rebels remain to fight against the 50,000 or so isis members. so four or five, for 54 -- for $48 million. there you go. meantime, the syrian leader, bashar al assad, is weighing in on his countrys role in the fight against terro...