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Philippines, traveling with president obama. ben, great to have you. i know we have a long delay between us but we will muddle through that. let me get to whats happening this week with isis. isis has just in the past 24 hours claimed to have executed two hostages a chinese national and a norwegian national. they have taken responsibility for the attacks in paris. they have taken responsibility for the bombing of the russian metrojet. they have issued threats against the united states. they are ...

Bomber. five police officers were injured and french k-9 dog were killed. police are gathering evidence they may have disrupted another plot. controversial report on irans nuke program. suggesting that the irans stockpile of enriched-uranium has actually grown the past three months. iran was supposed to reduce it significantly with a deal with the superpowers. more on this story as we get it, happening now. harris. harris: jon, wheel see you then. andrea: attorney general loretta lynch is push...

Far beyond iraq and libya and syria. we are seeing french, russian, libya. we see them targeting saudi arabia, bangladesh, and attacks that seem to me that isis wants to create more operational cells worldwide to create it is truly being accepted on a global level. and that is head-butting with major superpowers. that keeps it relevant. >> you are speaking in terms of the perspective of isis, they need -- they are attempting to convert a fairly small significant number of people to the belief th...

And so far no one is opposing them and with the united states on retreat, im afraid that soon well see the entire region ablaze. lets not forget, it is not just about sunna versus shia, it is alawites, different arab nations in the region, israel is next door. the moment israel is involved and hezbollah is already fighting there and hamas now started the attacks and the intefadeh, it seems to me the -- putins game plan will be just to bring israel in this mess as well. >> this is such an importa...

Ive been in these meeting before. you sit there and listen quietly as get the angry message from the other side. it is china that is saying its happened. listen, its a likely step in a scenario like this. you know, that will pass. that summoning will pass. what will not pass is that u.s. and china, two superpowers, really, have a disagreement on territory, and theyre using now their militaries to send a message. theyre not shooting at each other, but theyre sailing pretty damn close to each othe...

Coin? >> well, they have dropped some hints. the foreign ministry says this action by the u.s. may force the chinese no conclude it will need to strengthen or hasten its build up of certain capabilities. >> that is certainly a reference to military capabilities. what does that mean? more aircraft in the air? we dont know yet. this raised the prospect of rising tensions in the region as well as possible miscalculation on either side. thats something nobody wants to see the conflict between the wo...

Or 200,000 troops in syria or iraq or perhaps into libya or perhaps into yemen, and our goal somehow is that we are now going to be not just the police but the governors of this region, that would be bad strategy. >> meantime, military analysts say anti-tank missiles supplied by the u.s. to syrian rebels opposed to the assad regime have been so effective, they may have drawn the russians into the fight. that may have set up a proxy war between the two super powers. lets get the latest from cnns ...

Ru russia, can intervene in a country to support its leader in the way in his mind the united states has intervened in other countries including libya and including iraq and afghanistan. i think hes fighting for that principle saying if the united states can do it, russia can do it. the second thing is i think he very much sees a threat. this is where i think the international community can agree with him. there is very much a threat of the islamic state spreading. there are russian ethnic russi...

Knows the situation better, let them share targets with us. and we will work with them. in fact, its a dangerous game of chicken by the two superpowers. nbc news reports a russian jet had at least one close encounter with a manned u.s. aircraft over syria. and russian jets came within a few miles of several u.s. predator drones. since the russian air campaign began. >> theyre coordinating actively with assads forces to support activities to retake terrain that the assad regime has lost to the re...

When it comes to the issue of russia telling the united states what it will or wont do, thats the tension point. you have two major superpowers, stakeholders in the region, trying to guide and counsel the other. thats not a good thing for russia and the united states, and there will obviously be tension. particularly since barack obama, from the united nations, essentially told putin to stop messing around inside syria. >> the struggle with the diplomatic aspect and approach of it as well. do yo...