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Expressed hopes of bringing the troops home sooner but now says the plan is to finish defeating isis first. >> one of the things we havent been given is a time line. thats very effective. in afghanistan we operated against a time line that was known by the enemy. the president has been good in not giving a specific time line. thats a tool we can use to our effect as we move forward, as we reach finale against isis in syria, well adjust the level of our presence there. in that sense, nothing has ...

The united states. >> arthel: why is that? >> well, this is the -- thats precisely my concern, is that our interest in the area is not at all clear. the president says were going to be out of there, were going to turn it over to somebody else. is somebody else iran? iran is no friend of the united states. and certainly russias been an adversary. we know that russias trying to reassert itself in the middle east to the detriment of the united states and our allies. the point im trying to make here...

Economically as well as politically, unless we want to turn over that entire region to iran and that would be a serious mistake. we do have allies that are opposed to iran, certainly saudi arabia being the principal one but there are others. so what we need to do is have a coherent strategy. were certainly going to have to deal with russia because they are seriously in place, in syria. turkey has a very, very critical interest, not only because theyre the neighbor, but also because of the kurds ...

Welcome back. youre watching msnbc. im stephanie ruhle. time for your "morning primer." everything you need to know to get your day started. tropical storm cindy made landfall in the southwest last night in louisiana near the texas border early this morning where residents could face up to 12 inches of rain and winds over 40 miles an hour. the storm has taken one life so far, a 10-year-old boy in alabama on wednesday. and the fbi opened a terror investigation after a police officer was stabb...

What she calls the safe space for islamist extremism, and doing that through cyberspace. weve heard authorities talk about cracking down or getting twitter and facebook to crack down. whats -- how realistic is that, from your counter-terror expertise, and what would be the value? >> you know, i was online back in 2012, even 2013, when isis first came into syria. we were tracking isis foreign fighters for three years straight almost every day online engaging with them. its a two-sided coin. if yo...

He said if terrorists had actually been attacking a jewish child, you wonder if the prime minister would have said the same thing about terrorism a being so awful. the thing about that libya connection is very troubling. al qaeda and isis have both been trying to expand. theyve been frustrated that isis has been getting so much attention. you have thousands of migrants leaving through italy. we know how to have a ton of resources to find this one guy and all the other ones we are trying to find....

Thats also something benjamin netanyahu said after remarks in israel. he said if terrorists had actually been attacking a jewish child, you wonder if the prime minister would have said the same thing about terrorism being so awful. the thing about that libya connection is very troubling. al qaeda and isis have both been trying to expand. theyve been frustrated that isis has been getting so much attention. you have thousands of migrants leaving through italy. we know how to have a ton of resource...

>> dana: right. thats also something benjamin netanyahu said after remarks in israel. he said if terrorists had actually been attacking a jewish child, you wonder if the prime minister would have said the same thing about terrorism being so awful. the thing about that libya connection is very troubling. al qaeda and isis have both been trying to expand. theyve been frustrated that isis has been getting so much attention. you have thousands of migrants leaving through italy. we know how to have a...

Much a threat. >> isis is the threat to all the parts of the world. judge jeanine: who is the bigger threat to the united states, kim jong-un, putin or isis? >> i have to say friend of putin donald trump. judge jeanine: if you were walking down an alley who would you rather bum into kim jong-un, isis or putin. >> kip jong because im korean. >> all of them are messed up in their own way. i would fear for my life. judge jeanine: wouldnt you run from isis first? >> yes. judge jeanine: house the big...

>> i would say all are pretty much a threat. >> isis is the threat to all the parts of the world. judge jeanine: who is the bigger threat to the united states, kim jong-un, putin or isis? >> i have to say friend of putin donald trump. judge jeanine: if you were walking down an alley who would you rather bum into kim jong-un, isis or putin. >> kip jong because im korean. >> all of them are messed up in their own way. i would fear for my life. judge jeanine: wouldnt you run from isis first? >> yes...