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The u.s. has new intelligence assets inside isis with increased visibility? >> i think what it indicates to me, john, is that we are using the means at our disposal in a more effective fashion. so we use a lot of what we call technical means to collect intelligence. you know, we are seeing that in the provision of the drone strikes, if they did actually get mohammed emwazi, jihadi john, that would show them to go after individual people, but what they call high profile targets. although we have ...

To the side? >> at cnn we had reporting from u.s. officials indicating that that is what they thought was going on inside isis. of course the u.s. has a limited vision at times into the isis organization. i dont think its anything other than evident to the public that the way that the u.s. tries to track isis the most is by connecting overhead surveillance with aircraft and drones over syria and iraq and also of course, monitoring the electronic communications. this is something that has gone on...

Theres been a real change of what is americas role in the world? what should our leadership be? what should our strength be? there is a real concern over conservatives. >> is that something for her to worry about? >> its absolutely the play book. to me secretary clinton the inheriter of the initiatives. its a good play book. the problem, i dont agree that the republicans may be concerned about isis, but the american people are still not as interventionist as they were prior to the iraq war. i th...

Institutions do you use to manifest that fear? the debate is one that believes that regime change is a philosophy for bringing about a safer america and a sort of democratic foreign policy elite that believes that we have got to sort of use these new technologies and really limit sort of the engagement of our soldiers. the question is did going into iraq create isis? did it do anything to prevent the creation of isis? >> its not about strength but the sort of technologies and the

>> thanks for having me. >> the full hour of politics and news including more details on the u.s. strikes against isis targets and a bad week for jeb bush as he is confronted about his brothers legacy. stay with us. so if you have a flat tire dead battery need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geicos emergency roadside assistance is there 24/7. oh dear, i got a flat tire. hmmm. uh... yeah, can you find a take where its a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah? yeah i got it right here. some...

This. tell us how its done. >> more on that updated news. there are reports coming out overnight. has been a very harshly contested area between isis and syrian regime militants. theres an air base here which allows him to assert role. if he loses that that is bad news. reports are coming out that there was another target and the supervisor for foreign hostages is the man thats possible for basically buying foreign hostages from groups and then giving them to isis for the prop began ta heading t...

He was killed along with 12 other isis fighters. they did take his wife into custody. she is apparently talking to her interrogators and that is signature. it could lead to the where abouts of more isis fighters. this mission was incredibly risky. that cant be underscored enough. they would have almost certainly been tortured and killed as we have seen with other isis fighters. they are hoping this yields more intelligence. this past week the key city fell and that underscores the fact that this...

U.s. military officials telling nbc news that isis senior commander was the emire of oil and gass for isis but that does not mean that he was high up in the isis hierarchy. one analyst comparing him to al capones accountant. but with his hands in so many of isiss major operations, he apparently was well connected within the organization, making him someone who could potentially explain how isis works. funding, military, top brass. this is why the plan was for u.s. forces to take him alive if at ...

Isis are about to target and no doubt blow up. next slide, please. predators. we have all seen these on the news and they all have a clan december tine reputation. allows them to listen in to phone calls. they also have a camera at the front for imagery to allow them to sit high above and suck up this intelligence. and then finally the one that we dont talk about too often is human intelligence. developing relationships inside the networks. really difficult because isis have it locked down. what...

Pummelling the midwest. those pictures in a live report coming up. also jeb bush putting to rest any question of how he will campaign in the state of iowa. some big news from him shortly. and based on what they know now would they or wouldnt they? how the invasion of iraq is being relitigated more than a dozen years after the invasion on the campaign trail. plus the eyewitness account from on board a train. we begin with that raid inside syria by u.s. special forces. 24 hours after learning abou...