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Personality until he actually made that public appearance at the very beginning of the so-called caliphate in july of 2014 at that mosque in mosul. he was an unknown entity for most people. not just in the broader muslim world, but in iraq itself. unlike osama bin laden who he led the regime against the soviet occupation against afghanistan. i covered the final battle against the so-called physical caliphate. we spoke with dozens of captured isis fighters and their wives and their children. and ...

Reradicalized. when he was released then america pulled back. after the surge was successful, he took advantage of that then you saw the rise of isis and he moved into syria. you heard kevin refer to him as accidental. not particularly smart, not particularly a good public speaker. when we saw that video in the mosque with the fan behind him thats where the caliphate emerged and he said we are making a country based on an islamic state and the brutality we saw in the weeks and months and years a...

Thats one of the problems, but obviously where the cultural problem in congress, over half of those people, at least in the senate, think they can be president, and that is the priority of being on tv, not taking difficult stances. >> tucker: i mean, we ask -- the services do an awful lot, including in syria. this must be dispiriting, i would think, for them. >> i think it is. but i think people get the mission, when the mission is a very narrow, focused, and achievable mission, like destroying ...

Military resources and suddenly set up a nato -- of its own without skeers america involvement. its going to be very important for europeans also that the national security adviser not -- that he does not belong to the gruch people who think that trump should make a deal with putin over european heads and to the detriment of the interests of european nations, especially in central and earn part of europe. >> and thats why natdly youre right in the guardian america must lead the free world the al...

Retreat into the desert to fight another day. it could also shift its efforts to focus on the middle east and other parts of the globe. but a recent post offers us another glimpse of the future. he says the denied physical caliphate isis the brand will live on in cyber space and social media. it will become a virtual caliphate, stasis but global. even without a physical strong hold, isis could raise money so chaos and rekrut a generation of angry young people. isis would be competing for their a...

Analyst paul cruickshank. paul, thanks so much for joining us. so we now know that this suicide bomber, if he was, in fact, a suicide bomber, has pledged allegiance to isis. does this represent a new chapter in this isis war against the united states? >> it shows that there is a persistent threat despite the fact that isis physical caliphate has largely been destroyed. a persistent threat from people inspired by this group, wolf. there are going to be a lot of attempts at revenge attacks in euro...