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Donald trump wont be particularly much on him, it will be on the braeiefers and commanders in the field who are going to have to give him a very hard reality check. isis cannot be defeated in 100 days. there has never been a war thats gone 100 days without years of preparation and months of battlefield action leading up to that, even includes the first gulf war. its really incumbent on him to understand these are going to be the professionals at macdill that are going to give him the reality of ...

>> thanks, chris. >> back in 2001 when we had 9/11 and you were a senator from new york, there was a different spirit in this country, including the republican party. you had a republican party that went on the air and made it clear time and again, this is not a battle between the west and the east, its not about muslims, its about terrorism. and they did it so effectively. and now we have the leading candidate for the republican nomination of president, basically declaring a war on muslims, say...

Joining us now is congressman ed royce. >> chairman good to see you. lets talk about iran and saudi arabia as they relate to one another. do you have concerns about the execution just a couple of days ago, 47 people in saudi arabia? >> we do have concerns, of course, about the way this was carried out. frankly the effective overthrow of the government in yemen in terms of the forces in yemen. the entire instability there i think is a problem as sunni and shia begin to separate into separate bloc...

The executions and the attacks on the saudi embassy in tehran. lets bring in richard engel live in istanbul for more. richard? >> reporter: well, this crisis has just torn open the very deep divide between sunnis and shiites in the middle east and it really reflects why theres no strategy right now against isis. the main beneficiary from this tension between iran and saudi arabia is isis. the obama administration has been pushing for and has been having some success in the past getting iran and ...

America great again. so this ad if you havent seen it its everything weve come to expect from donald. its understated, thoughtful. it says trump will cut the head off isis, it doubles down on his plan to ban muslims from coming in to the country. trump is still the front-runner among republicans. were finally in the election year. things are still very much up for grabs. only thing we know at this point about the republican nomination is that we shouldnt let steve harvey announce the winner. >> ...

Each other because they want to be the last one standing. they are willing to link one another to isis in service of the idea they would be the one standing at the end. whats risky about that, its the most messed up example of game theory. all of these folks think i got to be the last one standing when trump fades so ill take each other out. no one has an incentive to coalesce or lets be nice to each other and focus on trump. they see theres no incentive in fighting trump and the incentive is in...

Mounting wave of tension between the sunni block that you just mentioned of now kuwait, bahrain which is led by a sunni monarchy, saudi arabia, sudan, uae against iraq. this is unexpected diplomatic problem. a big problem for the white house. a big problem for the strategy against isis. a big problem for finding a solution to the syrian conflict. >> richard engel, thank you very much. joining us now on the set, the president and founder of eurasia group, ian bremer. >> so, we heard richard say t...

An impossible question to answer and know for sure but with the executions were they more aimed at sending a message to iran or to isis? >> they were mostly aimed at sending a message to the saudi people because the saudi government now has had -- they just came from austerity in their budget. they are reducing their subsidys at home. >> the message being we are true believers. thats what i said about the isis part. more about isis or more about iran. >> this is more about -- they killed 47. 46 ...

Maria bartiro mandates for any energy source. >> isis cannot be filibustered. while some claim that they would destroy isis, that they would make the sands of the middle east glow in the dark, my question is, with what? >> and cruz, the embodiment of the establishment. >> the united states senator, he went to princeton, harvard, did a courtship in the high federal courts, and then worked for the bush administration. it seems to me hes an establishment guy. >> jeb bush, who has had millions of do...

Are competing for the republican presidential nomination. >> i know i have a debate but i have got to get this fantasy football thing right. okay? >> words and political stunts cannot ensure our security. isis cannot be filibustered. while some claim that they would destroy isis that he this would make the sands of the middle east glow in the dark, my question is, with what? >> senator rubio referring to senator cruz saying he would annihilate isis using high tech weaponry. joining us from iowa ...