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The world. hes done it in ukraine, done it now in syria, other parts of the world. at least in the short term, you know, hes getting some progr s progress, at least in the perception of others. he may be drawn into a quagmire down the road, but now, hes getting credit for taking the action that many people think the united states wont do. >> lets listen to what josh earnest said about this at the white house today. >> i think the president was definitive in the news conference he did 10 or 12 da...

Russia. >> thats what they are saying but im encouraged by the fact that they appear to be doing the opposite. its clear in. refused to flight good guys the ukrainians who want to join the west and against being agressed by russia we refuse to give them defensive weaponry. it looks as if thats not whats happening on the ground. the reports are that the good guys, whats left of them and there arent very many free syrian army relatively secular non-jihadist being pounded by the air by the russians...

Investigation contradicts conclusions from the dutch probe. the manufacturer did not specify what was in the dutch report, but theyd received an advanced look. and russian president vladimir putins presence is growing in parts of iraq and syria. according to the ap posters of the russian president are popping up on billboards and cars across the war-torn region. over the last several days russia has steady increased or raised the number of the airstrikes against isis militants. at the same tim...

If they run it in the middle of the debate i dont think any candidates on stage will necessarily know that because it may not come up on the monitors. it would be an interesting ploy to somehow position biden in the debate by running that middle. >> i was wondering if it changes the conversation on social media. people thinking there is an ad. where is he tonight? >> it is emotional. it is a smart thing for them to have done. >> we will see what happens tonight. joe, great to see you as always. ...

Not turn into a proxy war between the united states and russia. >> no proxy war. thats still the word from white house officials. despite increasing evidence to suggest that one may already be under way in syria. for the second time in as many weeks, u.s. and russian jets were in close proximity in the skies over syria. this time within visual identification range. and while neither group engaged the other. the white house said the incident underscored the need for increased air safety protocols...

The word, of course, springs to mind, proxy war. it is disturbing. there were proxy wars back in the old cold war. this time we have the u.s. and you have it is a saudi arabia, qatar and others supporting the rebels and russia coming in with air attacks and softening up the targets and hitting these targets and thats debatable who they are hitting. the ground forces of assad going in to hit them. two sides. it is dangerous because as you pointed out, both sides are carrying out air attacks. and ...

War. we did not go to war with russia. this is different from shooting down russian airplanes. these are the few people on the ground who could topple assad or at least could resist him and we ought to be supporting them and if we do it with antitank weapons we ought to continue. >> will he let me play a little bit more about what josh earnst had to say at todays briefing about this. >> there certainly is ample rhetoric that we see from republican critics essentially goading the president to try...

Rich. >> thank you and good afternoon. president obama has promised that syria would not turn into a proxy war between the united states and russia. as russia continues to increase its military intervention within syria, so is the united states. the department of defense says its providing two vetted leaders of the syrian opposition, palace of small arms ammunition and other supplies. this is the u.s. phased out of that trained and equipped program to train moderate elements of syrian opposition...

>> you need ohio. could be a smart move. thank you. the putin-obama power struggle continuing in syria. putin showing no signs of backing out of the country. russia pushing back, literally. its jets approaching u.s. war planes. kevin is live at the white house with the latest. serious situation here. is this essentially turning into a proxy war between the united states and russia? >> great question. i dont think theres any reasonable argument that can be made that given the trajectory of the ...

Against assads military. that is what we should be doing. the reality establish free zones and shut down air power and put the refugees and moderate rebels to protect them on the ground, you start to change the moment sxum give sprl support because you began to take the migration refugee pressure off. listen, to not support our moderate opposition forces whom we have trained and armed is unconskionable. putin is conduct a proxy war against them. >> the president is in denial. >> the president sa...