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With congress coming back into session and these conversations taking place on capitol hill. how will the fact that 2016 is on the horizon so close affect those conversations and in the action or inaction we see from congress? >> well, its absolutely going to be on the minds of republicans in congress trying to shape their policies coming out of the capital. i think you are going to see republicans on the hill lean in and shape what some of the candidates are going to be saying. one of the big i...

Me on. >> in addition that these air strikes have been taking place with oural ply france on the city of raqqa. we also are getting these reports of some sort of stepped-up cooperation between the united states and france in e terms of intelligence sharing. what is this next step as isis appears all the more imminent. >> its been a weekend of grief for those in paris and it is an opportunity for a new dawn in the approach to removing isis from this earth. these attacks by the french on raqqa, th...

Of syria before isis militants were driven out of this area. you were there. give us a sense of what its like. what kind of environment will the americans be walking into? >> we were just there for four days embedded with wpg fighters. they are the kurdish forces who have been the primary recipients of u.s. military u support and who will now be essentially hosting these special advisers. what was really interesting to us on the ground was the disconnect between what we were hearing in washingto...

Future. atika shubert, thanks. happening today. president obama will be briefed on the fight against islamic militants. he will speak with ash carter and the joint chiefs of staff. carter is meeting with the ministers this morning to talk about isis. 23 isis members were killed in air strikes over the weekend. u.s. officials say the attacks on the isis stronghold on raqqa were the most to date. and more fallout on donald trump. trump standing by his words issuing new statements and republica...

9th at the latest in order to get congress approval before august recess. >> atika shubert for us. the administration focusing on isis today. president obama set to be briefed on the fight against islamic militants by defense secretary ash carter. carter also meeting with a french defense minister this morning to talk about the battle against isis. a very aggressive stance over the weekend. at least 23 isis militants killed by coalition air strikes. thats according to a human rights group base...

Channel its being called. russian and syrian air forces and, of course, the coalition has been ramping up its air strikes against isis in syria as the coalition and its allies make this push on raqqa, isis capital there. this is a real concern. theres also a thousand u.s. troops on the ground in syria, helping local forces. this deconfliction channel has been used in the past to make russians generally aware of where u.s. forces are to avoid accidental bombings and this was used to alert the rus...

Being brought to bear, perhaps even russia. we know air strikes are being conducted by france, russia and the united states on raqqa, syria. so are we seeing that the communication now and the information sharing is now taking place because thats important? but its important because its being done on a global level? we may have lost walid for a moment. we will go to benjamin collins, former green beret. thanks for joining us this morning. youve been following no doubt but as a former green beret...