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Forces fighting putins man in syria, al assad. >> i dont think we should be under illusions that russia starts hitting only isil targets. thats not happening now. it was never happening. its not happening in the next several weeks. >> reporter: still, is based on their conversations the president is convinced putin may be changing his calculus, away from supporting assad to landing russia in another military quagmi quagmire. >> for him to get bogged down in inconclusive and paralyzing civil conf...

As soon as we have a framework for political transition, potentially a new constitution, elections, it in that context that we can start to look at mr. assad choosing not the run and potentially seeing a new syria emerge. but it is going to be hard. and we should not be under any illusions. syria has broken down. it began to break down the moment that mr. assad started to killing indiscriminantly his own people. isil was able to move into the raqqah in part because of a thorough rejection on the...

As soon as we have a framework for political transition, potentially a new constitution, elects, i think it in that context we can start looking at mr. assad choosing not to run and potentially seeing a new syria emerge. but it will be hard. and we should not be under any illusions. syria has broken down. it began to break down at the moment mr. assad started killing indiscriminately his own people. isil was able to move into raqqa in part because of a thorough reject on the part of many syrians...

Sense. as soon as we have a framework for political transition potentially a new constitution, elections, i think its in that context that we can start looking at mr. assad choosing not to run and potentially seeing a new syria emerge. but its going to be hard. we should not be under any illusions. syria has broken down. it began to break down the moment that mr. assad started killing indiscriminately his own people. isil was able to move into raqqah in part because of a thorough rejection on th...

A negotiation peacefully. there are reports of a bystander being killed on the streelt. in the hopes of people in this area it could be the end of the hunt for the people involved in fridays attacks, however, it is very clear this is a city which is very much in fear right now. theres been discussions in the parliament, the president about security, because six attacks similar to those friday night were thwarted just this sum ear lone so even if this is the end of the cell responsible for friday...

France and germans and many others have felt for a long time. >> richard, i dont think anybody anywhere in the world has illusions about isis being anything other than exactly what they are. but we have had this spate of them taking credit, or tonight, them implicitly being blamed for some remarkable and remarkably deadly international attack. if it is born out, isis responsibility for the beirut attack this week. if its born out they caused the russian plane crash -- >> actually, a counterterro...

Elections and according to reuters, syrian leader bashar al assad hes ready for that. were joined from moscow with more on the russian push for diplomacy. nick, russia made no illusions about the fact that its backing the syrian government here. what is behind this move? >> well, we also have sergei lavrov saying the government doesnt, if you will, discriminate between the opposition in syria, the patriotic opposition, that is, and bashar al assads interests. saying its essentially playing with ...

In northern iraq yesterday by u.s. and kurdish commandos master sergeant joshua wheeler was shot and killed by isis fighters. defense officials say 39-year-old elite commando, a father of four, charged into the heat of battle during that mission that rescued 70 hostages who faced "imminent mass execution." the death of wheeler has raised a lot of questions as the stated u.s. mission in iraq is to "train and advise local forces against isis," not engage in combat. today defense secretary ash cart...

Theres no question about it. i dont want anybody to be under any illusions about that. >> reporter: master sergeant joshua l. wheeler, 39 of roland, oklahoma, a 20-year veteran american was a member of the elite delta force. the deadly battle was the first time u.s. forces have directly engaged isis fighters on the ground in iraq. in a joint operation with kurdish commandos, u.s. operators from the delta force raided an isis compound to rescue hostages thought to be in imminent danger of executi...

War. >> great value by raids of this kind and i expect to do more of this kind of thing. but one of the reasons for that is that you learn a great deal. they will be in harms way. theres no question about it. not -- i dont want anybody to be under illusions about this. this is combat, things are complicated. >> theres much different than the message that president obama has been repeating since the isis offensive began. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat. the american forces ...