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No bounty for him. what do you make? was it worth sending in delta command dos in a high risk mission like this to fly into syria to go after this guy? >> i can tell you this after having been involved in these kind of operations in the past it was worth it. they wouldnt do it if it wasnt worth it. you have design planning that goes along with any kind of strike by special operations command. so to go to our other question were there more? possibly. dont know. this was one of the targets. theres...

Slog. when you look at it overall we have shrunk the amount of territory in iraq that isis controls. thats positive. but yet at the same time were way far away from any kind of a retaking of mosul. and now weve got to retake ramadi. and the challenges are extraordinary. but i dont think that means we can back away from a commitment to the iraqi government and helping to arm these sunni tribes to combat the scourge. >> do you think this prime minister real slay good guy, the haider abadi that too...

This is going to permeate in the area. as of 9 slshtheres becoming more and more lawless areas in the middle east and theyre able to move more freely and able to establish beach heads in these countries that are broken that have failed governments. >> these are failed states right now whether its in libya or yemen or somalia. unfortunately theres a whole bunch of them right now. senator, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> james risch. coming up massacres of christian by is...

What the shiite militias did backed by the iran revolutionary guard so thats not necessarily a normal situation by any means. the u.s. in effect cooperating with iran the she yoit militias to deal isis a blow in tikrit. but isis still in charge of big chunks of iraq right now. lets bring in a leading member of the senate foreign relations committee, as well as the intelligence committee, republican senator james risch of idaho. let me get your analysis first of all, isis claiming responsibility ...

Do you believe he will follow through in a way the foreign minister says he would? >> i cant answer that. >> do you trust him? do you trust the ayatollah to go along with this? >> i dont trust any of them. have i good reason. they have a long history of lying and cheating. i have no reason to believe that they are going to behave themselves this time. you need to have the strictest sanctions in place and you needed to have an inspect regime that is overall. they have not even declared yet what t...

Breaking now, dozens of al qaeda criminals on the lose. strength enened by a prison break. the united states is alarmed. senator james risch is here. he is a leading member of the foreign relations and intelligence committees. our correspondents and analysts are standing by, covering all of the news breaking now. first we go to barbara starr with the latest. >> reporter: good evening. about 270 inmates broke out of a jail in yemen yesterday. about one-third of them including a senior operative...

It would be unbelievable to watch. it would be unprecedented. >> it sure be. it would be something to watch. we will wait and see if that does move in that direction. jim acosta at the white house. dont forget jim will host "state of the union" this sunday at 9:00. joining me now, we have a leading member of the senate foreign relations and intelligence committees, republican james risch here. has it completely collapsed? is that your opinion? >> it has completely collapsed. i think the report...

Harm the commander in chief. we just heard from one republican senator, jeff flake one of only seven who did not sign that open letter to iran. joining us now one of the 47 who did sign the letter senator james risch of idaho, a key member of the intelligence and foreign relations committees. why did you decide to sign that letter, knowing it would be controversial, as you obviously did? >> sure. i think first of all i want to say i agree with everything jeff flake said. i just reached a differe...

as strong as ever. in the 10th georgia congressional district, republican jody hice got 33% of the vote. hell face a runoff vote, despite saying things like this. >> a town that has a secular world view. what do you get in secularism? you get higher divorce rates, you get greater crime issues, you have problems with stds, youve got folks on drugs. youve got folks that dont -- youve got crime. you have to lock your doors at night when you go to bed. >> a secular world view increases std...

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