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you are in the "cnn newsroom." im alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you very much for joining us. israel moves towards a fourth and possibly final day of its temporary truce with hamas. so much will demand on how many more hostages get released after three successful days of hostage releases. hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting. a source telling cnn that israels war cabinet is also discussing that po...

Has to be close. russia has no other major friend in the world. this relationship will be an interesting one to watch for sure. >> trace: 15 seconds left. it does look like putin is playing second fiddle the last two days. >> this is not good for the u.s. xi now giving putin drones to use in the war, he is not acting as a restraining influence he wants to play peacemaker nonstarter in terms of peace talks. >> trace: great stuff, panel, thank you. appreciate it. ♪ ♪ and finally tonight, a spe...

From giving away the taliban and north korea in search of that nobel peace prize. dangerous with iran being a warmonger and his policy hasnt led to any resolution with iran. iran is actually ramping up their nuclear program as we speak. again, with north korea and the taliban i think he was a restraining influence on trump and part of the reason why trump got irritated with him. because he told him truthfully not a good idea to invite the taliban to camp david. not a good idea to make a mega dea...

You can hit indiscriminately targets in syria, but for taking out the continued presence of the islamic state, it just wont work. and its -- frankly, one of the dumbest things ive ever seen. because this is the most successful counter insurgency program we have run in decades. and why you would take these troops out that are doing so well at this time when the islamic state is still a threat, i dont understand. >> well, you mentioned the kurds. admiral kirby, one the reasons why general mattis, ...

Gutting the department, that there was low morale but that doesnt appear to be why he was fired. he was apparently fired because of his differences with the president, that he was a restraining influence on the president so what do you think are the implications specifically with this deadline coming up on the iran deal and also with these negotiations coming up with north korea? what are the implications here for our foreign policy? >> well, those two are connected as you well know. i think tha...

Spoken. today a lot of in his words. >> elise, stand by. what did you make of the statement there by secretary tillerson? >> it can be liberating. hopefully, thats what he feels tomorrow. ive been critical of secretary tillerson for not defending adequately the budget and the personnel of the state department. but i respect him as a good, decent, civil man, as has been noted. and, more importantly, as somebody who was a restraining influence on the worst instincts of a president who is -- i dont...

Secretary of defense, a pentagon chief with the nickname mad dog who is seen as a restraining influence on our president? that is a fact. >> other presidents have given this address in the middle of serious scandals. no president has done it facing this kind of scandal with these approval ratings. no president has done this facing the largest day of street protest the day after his inauguration and overseeing the shutdown of the government after his one-year anniversary taking the oath of office...

>> the president was utterly preoccupied by the russia investigation. he had people feeding his impulses that this was a deep state coup. the other part of this, which i think is interesting is that he hasnt fired bob mueller, the one thing we havent talked about is the influence of ty cobb. hes known bob mueller for quite a while, and hes been a restraining influence on the president. >> ty cobb was not the presidents lawyer back then. >> since coming in was my point. >> thats exactly my point ...

Their notebooks. >> what is your level of confidence in the advisers around the president, not just their qualifications but their ability to hold back the presidents impulses on something like this? >> well, i have put a lot of faith and trust in the likes of secretary mattis, secretary tillerson, general mcmaster, general kelly, who i hope and trust would be a restraining influence, should the president act impetuously on something as serious as this. >> i was able to reach out to people insid...