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Who they are. >> two things. not only two sides to the conflict. there is a third side. the rebels havent been forthright enough in saying not only are we anti-assad. we are anti-isis and al qaeda. yes. people like senator mccain havent been clear enough saying we have to be anti-brotherhood. its not that hard on the ground to say we can fight islamism and pick out those for a jihad versus the ones who are not. aleppo in the north is more islamists. >> arent they mercenaries? isis claims to have...

Who they are. >> two things. not only two sides to the conflict. there is a third side. the rebels havent been forthright enough in saying not only are we anti-assad. we are anti-isis and al qaeda. yes. people like senator mccain havent been clear enough saying we have to be anti-brotherhood. its not that hard on the ground to say we can fight islamism and pick out those for a jihad versus the ones who are not. aleppo in the north is more islamists. >> arent they mercenaries? isis claims to have...

It has called off a planned offensive against a rebel group. the announcement followed a meeting in kenya of leaders in africa who plan to stand by the current government and also demanded both sides move to halt two weeks of fighting. the rebels havent yet responded. egypts government, backed heavily by the u.s., faced a stunning decision to outlaw the countrys biggest political party. at least four people died as backers of the muslim brotherhood took to the streets to protest the partys des...

>> honestly, that kind of clouds up the picture. i think the president has been pretty clear about, okay, this is about chemical weapons only because once you start expanding it to cease fires, something assad is not likely to do when hes in a position of strength in the field -- >> the president keeps talking about the people who died in the chemical weapon. there are 1400 people who died in the chemical weapon. it was awful and brutal. but there are 110,000 people who have died in the civil wa...

I think hes probably getting it from the documents that he studied very thoroughly and i think one thing thats interesting what his predictions were, if something happened and they could justify that to go in and expand the war in syria. but its not like ten years ago where you could bring up something and have these comments made and everybody would join and the u.n. would join and nato would join and the world would join in the war. today, its a different world even though they have the incide...

Teengic map were trying to fix here? and thats not getting addressed. >> the question i asked ben rhodes last week was how does giving small arms say to assad, hey, chemical weapons is a no go for us. you spoke with the general with the free syrian army, the head of the supreme military council. he told you he hasnt heard from the u.s. yet. >> we should see this as an increptal change. the details have not been worked out. thats whats to be discussed this week. the syrian rebels havent heard any...

And republicans acknowledged, could concede them? a large population of latinos going forward. im convinced the best way to do this is a bipartisan proposal. heres the issue here that were dealing with. should the taxpayer be stuck with the bill over the health care of 11 million people? or should those folks who are going to be legalized, earn legalization, should they be responsible for their health care bill? thats the issue we havent solved yet. i think once we do that, well have a bipartisa...

What they will, but many people have predicted bashar al-assads demise over the past 18 or 20 months, they say his days are over. this is a president very much in control of his capitol and much of his country, bill. bill: does that speech change anything on ground, leland. >> reporter: not rile the violence continues. the one thing that bashar al-assad did talk about is a need for his army to continue to night and that is exactly what they are doing. if anything the rebels momentum as of late h...

good morning everyone. welcome to early start. nice to have you with us. im ashleigh banfield. im zoraida sambolin. were bringing you the news from a to z. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets get started. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. two american tourists kidnapped by gunmen in egypt. it happened in the town of dahab in the region of egypt. the report says that two americans were forced out of a car and taken away. the alleged kidnappers de...

he now acknowledges that he is gay but denies the other allegations. well talk to the reporter for the "phoenix new times" to talk about this story. iranian officials over nuclear program, irans foreign minister is now saying he expects relations with europe to improve one day after iran cut crude exports to the uk and france because of sanctions. the iaea wants to clear the military program. back in november, the u.n. watch dog program carried out weapons-related research. iran need...