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Deterred. the implication is that he would want to strike before north korea really consolidated this icbm capability. those statements are not helpful. they have not kept north korea from testing and i see no rejoon for doing so in the future. all they do is manufacture a dries sis, to try to ramp up the pressure and north korea just feeling it. >> adam, talk to us about the propaganda value, if you will, of such a test. within north korea itself, the value to kim jong-un. >> as you heard from ...

Can you speak to the broader issue of the propaganda value, that they hope to achieve by saying we have an american, and this video basically talking trash on behalf of isis, and it is a young boy. >> we can confirm anything about this video, it is not surprising, isis has used children, they target children, they targeted an ice cream parlor about a year ago, before that, they targeted a children soccer game, so they used children not only to carry out attacks but also just in these brutal acts...

It out to the end and the syrian regime is close by with an eye on getting back as much territory as it can. >> nick paton walsh reporting for us in syria. a lot to discuss with barbara starr. cnn investigative reporter, michael weiss, co-author of "isis, inside the army of terror." barbara, if or when isis does lose control of raqqah and mosul, what kind of an effect will that have on its overall strength? >> well, look, it takes away one of its biggest propaganda values to radical people aroun...

>> nick paton walsh reporting for us from outside raqqah in syria. is a lot to discuss with pentagon correspondent barbara starr. and michael weiss, co-author of "isis, inside the army of terror." barbara, if or when isis does lose control of raqqah and mosul, what kind of an effect will that have on its overall strength? >> well, look, it takes away one of its biggest propaganda values to radical people around the world, people who radicalize. it can no longer really claim its an islamic state....

Its not just al franken and adam schiff, there are lots of democrats going way back saying he should have gone on tv, he should have made a presidential statement to talk about the effects, according to "the washington post" and intelligence agencies told him in august that vladimir putin was not only trying to interfere in the election but interfere to cause chaos, distrust in the election and to help donald trump. why the president didnt go on tv and make this, i dont know. a former communicat...

Democrats going way back saying he should have gone on tv, he should have made a presidential statement to talk about thein effects, according to "the washington post" and intelligence agencies told him in august that vladimir putinfe was not only trying to interfere in the election but interfere to cause chaos, distrust in then election and to help donald trump. why the president didnt go on tv and make this, i dont know. a former communications director said something very interesting, we didn...

Its not just al franken and adam schiff, there are lots of democrats going way back saying he should have gone on tv, he should have made a presidential statement to talk about the effects, according to "the washington post" and intelligence agencies told him in august that vladimir putin was not only trying to interfere in the election but interfere to cause chaos, distrust in the election and to help donald trump. why the president didnt go on tv and make this, i dont know. a former communicat...

Unless theyre successful and theres a propaganda value of telling the north korea people about it. >> about the military parade you witnessed on saturday, can you explain why from the north korean point of view, these demonstrations are so important? and what is it like to be an eyewitness, standing there next to the military machines and the thousands and thousands of soldiers and supporters as they march past. >> i know youve experienced this firsthand, ivan. it is something very special to no...

Perceive the kris crisis at thi point. >> i want to read you from james mattis. the president and his military team are aware of north koreas most recent unsuccessful missile launch. president has no further comments. so my question to you, rebecca, the nation and the world is watching right now. should the president had had a much stronger reaction? >> i love mattis response. that is so cold. if you are kim jong-un that is is not what you want to hear. he hasnt scored any propaganda value with ...

Theyre not -- their support for assad is not unconditional. its never been about assad, the man himself. in fact, i think they see him as a sort of unwieldy ally. they wish that he would sort of be a more easily influenced bhi what they want to achieve. the russians as cal perry was explaining earlier have some very concrete goals and things they want to achieve in syria. mostly maintaining their stronghold in the middle east. maintaining control and access to their bases there, especially the t...