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Cheap 12-inch-square marble tiles behind the speaker at the u.n. always bothered me. i will replace with beautiful large marble slabs if they ask me. as of this evening there has been no such request from the world body. that is our broadcast for tonight. welcome back. the islamic state is reportedly facing new hurdles in getting its message out thanks to increased military operations against it. according to a study by researchers at west point, in addition to a drastic drop-off in the amount...

States using a passport alone. theyd need a visa. in order to get a visa, they need to be screened by the state department which includes fingerprints. but all that goes without saying that this is a fundamental travel document and wherever fakes are used to circumvent the legal process theres going to be a concern. >> we talked about how theyre a functioning state. they behave like a government and they are printing passports like a government. ren m rene marsh, thanks very much. up next, an ...

. should the west take the fight to isis in syria? is that what isis wants us to do? back is graeme wood and michael weiss. they have to keep territory. i want you to listen to president barack obama on monday. he is laying out the approach to fighting isis. >> and the more we shrink the territory, the less they can pretend that they are somehow a functioning state and the more it becomes apparent that they are simply a network of killers who are brutalizing local populations. that allows us t...

Started to read that you were in for the daily beast. i encourage anyone whose not read it to do so. the guy you interviewed claims he defected from isis security state service. what to you is perhaps the most revealing thing you learned from talking to him? >> well, i mean, isis is always presented itself as an actual state. i mean, they are called the islamic state for a reason. we have administrative services. we run a vast intelligence gathering apparatus and have more conventional than conv...

What i saw developed creating this califate makes it more attractive to potential recruits. so when i said that we are containing their spread in iraq and syria, in fact, they control less territory than they did last year. and the more we shrink that territory, the less they can pretend that they are somehow a functioning state and the more it becomes apparent that they are simply a network of killers. >> president obama defending his isis strategy, basically saying its working as best it can, ...

Constant effort at vigilance and requires extraordinary coordination. now, part of the reason that it is important what we do in iraq and syria is that the narrative isil developed of creating this caliphate makes it more attractive to potential recruits. so when i said we are containing their spread in iraq and syria, in fact, they control less territory than they did last year. and the more we shrink that territory, the less they can pretend that they are somehow a functioning state. and the m...

Constant effort at vigilance and requires extra toeordinary coordination. part of the reason it is important what we do in iraq and syria is that the narrative that isil developed of creating this caliphate makes it more attractive to potential recruits. so when i said that we are containing their spread in iraq and syria, in fact they control less territory than they did last year. and the more we shrink that territory, the less they can pretend that they are somehow a functioning state and the...

>> helpless and the other side of the door who had been doing research on how to keep him out. lets turn back to the big news of the morning, that historic nuclear deal with iran. joining the table we have former foreign policy adviser for the bush administration and former adviser to paul ryan and the rvm romney/ryan campaign. are you still speaking to me? >> no comment. >> indirectly. >> joe klein, for "time" magazine. you talk about how iran is a functioning state. its a real place, a real ...

Yemen. the government pushed aside by this group known as the houthis who are predominantly shiias. theyve swept away the current government. they put in their own not recognized by the west government of sorts, but weve seen violence escalate here, and what the fear is potentially today, that these mosques targeted are from that shia houthi grouping. potentially this may mark if it turns out al qaeda, predominantly sunni group claim responsibility for the attacks. this may mark a worrying escal...

Of the state and that then, carries over into their military capacity. so, i think it is fair to say that in our consultations with the iraqis, there will be some short-term, immediate things that need to be done militarily, and our national security team is looking at all the options but this should be also a wake-up call for the iraqi government. there has to be a political component to this so that sunni and shia who care about building a functioning state that can bring about security and pr...