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Claiming that, you dont want the united nations to turn into the league of nations. one could argue it did a long time ago and in large part because china and russia veto just about everything. but as to his challenge of president obamas embrace of american exceptionalism, that is not going to win any favors among american readers, is it? >> no, and i dont think that was putin intended goal. i think he is in part playing to an international audience, to his constituents at home and trying to, yo...

A raging fire. >> what about the irony that the old, top kgb guy is now perceived as peacemaker, right? the russians have been shut out of the middle east since the 1970 rs thanks to president nixon. barack obamas incredible incompetence on syria has allowed the russians another foothold into the region and positions vladimir putin as dominant player in the region. so now they are running the show not just in syria, but with the iranians who theyre also arming, theyve helped the iranians with te...

Societies. isnt that a dig at the fact that the president canceled that summit over the edward snowden affair? >> well, ill tell you one thing, president nixon used to say that during the cold war the problem between the united states and the soviet union wasnt that we didnt understand each other or didnt communicate, it was that we understood each other very well, and our systems were so incredibly different that there was no reconciling the two ideologies and national interests. and in this ca...

That bashar al assad may not be responsible for recent chemical attacks, saying there is every reason to believe it was used not by the syrian army but by opposition forces to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons. putin has emerged as a sort of peacemaker in these negotiations and the obama administration has cautiously backed his proposal for syria to surrender their chemical weapons stockpiles to international control. >> it needs to be credible. it needs to be verifiable. >>...

The question now is what the united states of america and the international community is prepared to do about it. >> reporter: this morning, russian president vladimir putin is criticizing u.s. policy in an op-ed in "the new york times." saying u.s. military action in syria will hurt civilians and spread conflict. he says a strike would -- putin also suggests the u.s. is being duped by the rebels and that bashar al assad may not be responsible for -- saying there is every reason to believe it wa...

Saying they need help and they cant get to them. as a result, the national guard has now been mobilized, is on its way here to boulder to help out with some of the emergency rescues that are in the process of taking place, and there are just too much right now to get to. so emergency officials are asking everybody to stay inside, do not go out in your cars because many cars are also becoming trapped in these flood waters. were staying on top of it from here in boulder. coming up on "the lead,"...

Know, obvious delaying tactic to something he doesnt want to do and is trying to find a reason not to do it has created putin the peacemaker out of -- here in the new york times today. this is -- this is what happens when we have weak leadership out of the united states and try to lead from behind, we allow others to take the stage and lecture us about what american exceptionalism is and who in fact should be leading the world. the bottom line is america is exceptional and were created equal by ...

Know, obvious delaying tactic to something he doesnt want to do and is trying to find a reason not to do it has created putin the peacemaker out of -- here in the new york times today. this is -- this is what happens when we have weak leadership out of the united states and try to lead from behind, we allow others to take the stage and lecture us about what american exceptional list m is and who in fact should be leading the world. the bottom line is america is exceptional and were created equal...

Putin the peace-maker, here in the new york times. this is what happens when we have weak leadership out of the united states and try to lead from behind. and have indecisive actions, then we have other leaders lecture us to peace, and who in fact should be leading the world. the bottom line is, first, america is exceptional, and we are all created equal by god. but not every country is equal and not every country is good and moral and just and has the constitution that we have and the track rec...

Now vladimir putin is fresh off his hosting gig at the g-20 summit. hes looking like potentially a peace maker. brian todd is taking a closer look at this russian leader. what are you seeing? >> the more we look at his efforts to make peace, the more youre hearing skepticism among top u.s. senator s on whether h will be hahn stz. his kgb code name was the great cardinal. can he be tested. john cornyn just a short time ago ticked off several reasons why he said we dont think they could be a diplo...