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Back now with richard haass and ian bremer here with me in new york and in washington, jim woolsey and robin wright join us. jim, i want to ask you about robins excellent essay in the "new yorker." the argument she lays out is that isis is crumbling, that they are down to a very, a small number of fighters in mosul. theyre likely to be squeezed out of raqqa. and theres dangers of chaos but that the whole battle against isis is largely winning. what i want to ask you is this. if this is in fact h...

Common humanity that binds us together. >> veteran middle east reporter robin wright was in iran when obamas message was delivered. >> it was electrifying, the impact it had on people who believed for the first time maybe the americans were serious about a dialogue. >> those hopes for a dialogue became fears about a confrontation just six months later. >> good morning. >> obama along with francis nicholas sarcozi and the u.k.s gordon brown made a stunning announcement. iran had been keeping an e...

>> that voice continued when he was inaugurated. >> we will extend a hand, if you are willing to unclench your fist. >> iran in 2009 was a nation with a very tightly clenched fist. >> this is a country that had been hostile towards us and we had been hostile towards for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this old enemy. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating nowruz around the world. >> nowruz is the prussian ne...

>> we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. >> iran in 2009 was a nation with a very tightly clenched fist. >> this is a country that had been hostile toward us and wed been hostile toward for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this old enemy. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes for all celebrating around the world. >> the russian new year. >> for nearly three decades, relations between our nations have been str...

>> this is a country that had been hostile toward us and wed been hostile toward for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this old enemy. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes for all celebrating around the world. >> the russian new year. >> for nearly three decades, relations between our nations have been strained, but at this holiday, we are reminded of the common humanity that binds us together. >> veteran middle east reporter robin wr...

>> reporter: that voice continued when he was inaugurated. >> we will extend a hand if youre willing to unclench your fist. >> iran in 20909 was a nation with a very tightly clenched fist. >> this is a country that had been hostile towards us and we had been hostile towards for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this olden me. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating narus around the world. >> for nearly three de...

Fist. >> iran in 2009 was a nation with a very tightly clenched fist. >> this is a country that had been hostile towards us and wed been hostile towards for decades. >> but after just two months in office, obama decided to try something new on this old enemy. >> today i want to extend my very best wishes to all who are celebrating around the world. >> no ruse is the russian new year. >> for nearly three decades, relations have been strained. but at this holiday, we are reminded of the common hum...

Five women and he did this behind bars. he told a reporter, guys, that he did this. he hasnt even been charged with some of these murders and hes spilling the beans. this is his picture. kind of reminds you of dahmer and bundy. were watching this story and one of the people who can help us get inside his mind his girlfriend who lived with him for five years, perhaps give us some inclination whether there might be any clues before all of these murders happened. so were going to do that story and ...

He from saudi arabia. robin, you say this scism is perhaps turning into one of the biggest divides in the world of islam in 14 centuries. >> i think so. in terms of the scope of the impact and the damage thats being done, this is something with a two rival powers that plays out politically, ideology, strategically and every range and its having an extraordinary impact on the four critical peace initiatives that were supposed to begin playing out this month. the effort to get the government and o...

That pulling out altogether is not a good idea in afghanistan. s we at least have a leadership there we can work with. i think its worth while to stay the course there. president obama is in his final year. he has to start to think about handing over things to the next president. thats part of his responsibility. and try to find a way to move against isis more effectively. try to ensure that afghanistan does not fall apart. focusing on the rebalancing. heres we have an opportunity. picking up on...