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>> reporter: isis isnt included in the deal. in areas it controls, the fighting goes on. the political passion which stoked this conflict for so many years is still strong. people again protested against president assad just as they have been doing since 2011. a peace plan involving russia, turkey and iran will most likely allow assad to stay in power, at least in the short term. its something his opponents are unlikely to accept. >> i would be personally rather skeptical if assad will survive t...

According to a new assessment by the u.s. intelligence community. an estimated 23,000 isis fighters have been killed by coalition air strikes in iraq and syria, but isis is still increasing the areas it controls, followers are now as far away as bangladesh and indonesia. >> theres obvious that this organization is generating not only gains in other countries, its also gaining recruits. >> reporter: up to 30,000 isis fighters and supporters could be inside syria and iraq, according to administrat...

York times" suggests air strikes may not do enough to hurt the terrorist group financially. and joining me now, one of the authors of that article, steven lee meyers. welcome to you. we have known about isis smuggling oil, stealing from banks, looting antiquities, ransoming kidnapped foreigners. but there are other sources of income isis has? what are they? >> essentially isis created a form of government in the areas that it controls. and like many governments tax services. they do it in an ext...

But i think thats unlikely. more likely they left and hit the detonator, the remote control trigger and it didnt work. >> the giant puzzle being processed right now as we speak. jim cavanaugh, thanks for your perspective. kelly odonnell is outside the white house. they just had a briefing there, i understand. senior administration officials. what did you learn? >> well, this was a comprehensive briefing, kate, about issues related to isis and isil and what the administrations picture looks like ...

45 million in ransom alone last year. isis known to sell artifacts on the black market, and while the actual amount of dollars is unknown, officials call the revenue source crucial to the terror groups operation. and another source of income, private donations or money from individuals and other countries. zachary goldman is here, executive director of the center on law and security, which is aned a -- adjunct professor of law at nyus school of law. so much money and so many different avenues to...

To al qaeda. what we have seen going back to the islamic state group is the increasing strategy of striking outside of the territory it controls. over the course of the last month, we had beirut, the russian plane over egypt. you now had paris. what many experts looking at it saying even though it seeks to strike targets outside. no confirmation that this is a true link. they have operated in the northern part of the country and french have been fighting for a while. >> lets go to the shifting s...

Nato charter that would force us to do something much more than weve been doing to date in order to destroy isis in a territory it controls. >> to be clear, that would mean -- that would mean ground troops. i mean, it is certain that while air strikes have had some effect, right, just yesterday, jihadi john, the british man seen in so many of the beheading videos was killed by an air strike in the isis stronghold of raqqa. strikes is not been working. they have not won the war. they have not won...

In 2007, the pentagon took note when russia planted its flag on the sea bed under the north pole for the first time. yesterday the kremlin released this video of putin working out with his prime minister, an insight into the russian leaders psyche. putin is trying to flex his muscles in the arctic north where melting ice will lead to new shipping routes and russia wants to establish a kind of suez canal which it controls. >> theres a new ocean opening. and coast guard authorities mandate our pre...

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