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The "u.s.s. ronald reagan". joining me now, joel reuben, malcolm mance. malcolm, our thoughts are with these sailors and their families today, i want to start with you. why have there been so many incidents with the seventh fleet? whats going on? >> well, in fact, i think were just starting to pay attention due to the collisions that we had earlier this year. accidents happen all throughout the fleet. throughout my 20 years in the navy, weve lost sailors on an almost routine basis on deployments...

An hour and a half. we just put out a release on the call, but were talking very strongly about bringing peace to syria. were talking very strongly about north korea and ukraine. >> and in fact, that phone call came the day after putin already had a meeting or met with president asaad in syria. whats russias roll in this right now? >> its a bit of a humiliating situation for the united states. russia is in firm control of the process on syria. >> theyre taking the lead. >> theyre taking the lead...

Deplete abdication of the united states responsibility because we have been involved in syria since 2011 but also for our leadership in that region. this will give iran a solid arc of they call it the shia crescent going from lebanon to iran, and operating in cooperation with are tthe regim. any majority population that rebelled will have a future is over. thanksgiving to you both. malcolm, whos cooking in your house? >> im going to have a turkey sandwich down at the square. >> that doesnt sou...

Presidents authority to use nuclear weapons. essentially, provoked by the uncertainty of what the president will do on north korea. so its a very destabilizing time. and when you have that minor incidents like malcolm pointed out in north korea can become fig big flairups. we have to be very careful while were watching this uncertainty to ensure that nothing destabilizing that really blows up the situation that takes place. >> what we have seen is the president making the decision to designate a...

Capacity. that is not putting anyone on notice. >> no, its not putting anyone on notice. and more importantly, and i try to make this point every time i talk about isis, isis is the fifth generation of al qaeda. we have already been struck by people who were followers of this ideology. what you just now have is you just now have a younger, faster generation, with much more sophisticated propaganda techniques, and who have absolutely no qualms about operating as a tight, tactical team, and using ...

Joining me now, malcolm mance. your reaction to this? >> well, certainly i have strong reactions to the raid that was carried out today by french forces. it was an intelligence success and it was a ground combat direct action success. however, we did see some components of isis, which hadnt been present before. use of female suicide bombers outside of iraq and syria. theyre very prevalent in iraq and syria, but not out in the west. on the other hand, they did a very, very slick propaganda produc...

Im chris hayes. a massive raid in a northern suburb here has quite possibly disrupted san entire terrorist cell in the wake of fridays attack, with at least two more suspects dead and eight more arrests, we will get to that in a moment. first, nbc news has learned theres a new isis video that headaches a reference to new yorks times square. there is no details or plans of a plot. and its important to know that survey of times square has been used by isis before. senior law enforcement officials ...

Attacks. theyre aim is to change u.s. policy or in this case to change french policy. so there is a real strategic error. not just a tactical underestimation. >> i want to talk about this with the presidents words, he was talking about having isis contained or specifically referring to the presence in iraq and syria. . lets hear more. >> the killing of innocent people based on a twisted ideology is an attack not just on france, not just on turkey, but it is an attack on the civilized world. >> s...

Malcolm mance. appreciate your time. if isis claims responsibility, and we take it at face value and assume that they did attack these cities, the first question -- are we safe especially with many saying that this is a new frontier now, a new front for isis? >> well, this is definitely a new frontier for isis but it is not a new frontier for us in the western world as regards to the types of terrorist activities that are occurring. are we safe? well, we are pea as safe as the systems and intell...

For me. i have seen even today whenever there is someone mourning, there is someone next to them with them. so i think the connection on the ground is one of unity. >> all right, foster mickley, thank you for sharing your account and also giving us a sense of how the people there are going about dealing with certainly such a tough time. thank you. the attacks that claimed 129 lives in paris came a day after deadly bombings killed 43 people in beirut and at least 80 people in baghdad. though th...