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>> there is about 98 kilometes s that are still used as a transit point for foreign fighters, and isil shipping out fuel for sale that helps to finance their terrorist atta terrorist at -- activities. so we are trying to figure out how to do a better job working together than sealing off the border, and president erdogan recognizes that. >> he may recognize that, but turkey is a huge ally, and a huge material. and it would be easy for isis to ship oil from syria and iraq into turkey to make mone...

Impacts of this isis attack there. and its the reason why we need to take very seriously our priority, our focus, our mission must be to dedicate our resources in executing a strong and decisive strategy to defeat isis rather than what began as a distraction in overthrowing the syrian government of assad but something that has now put us in a far more dangerous position, putting us directly at odds, putting the united states at odds with russia, creating the great potential for head to head conf...

Troops, 200,000 reservists, the president saying theres nearly 100 kilometers on their border with syria where they are not patrolling. theres a transit point for foreign fighters. isis is shipping out oil from syria into turkey for sale to fund their terror operations. whats going on? turkey is a nato ally. cant they close up that 100-kilometer area of the border? >> thats a huge part of the problem. we have two clear missions in syria. we have to get rid of assad. assad is not a legitimate lea...

Visas. we havent gone to the toilet. we have won the visas. they should give us the visas. >> the migrant crisis is going on in europe. there is another one brewing closer to home. a number of cubans are protesting a new visa rule by ecuador. starting tuesday, cubens will need a visa to travel there. hundreds of protesters gathered outside the embassy in havana, some with already purchased plane tickets and little time to get a visa. ecuador said it changed its no visa policy because a surge of ...

Are not manned, gathered in that area as well. >> take a quick break to gather more reporting, and if you need to figure out, why mali? not a name you hear often. look at it on a map. its an obvious transit point from morocco into algeria, libya getting into north africa. a lot of hot spots can get you there going through this place, and thats exactly how its been used. stay with cnn. well have late-breaking details right after the break. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her...

West africa. its possible this may be its coming out party, so to speak, in mali, a very powerful group over there. but you also on the al qaeda side of the ledger, you have the one-eyed algerian terrorist in the news a lot. americans tried to target him in libya in june, not clear whether he was killed. his group carried out a attack in the capital in mali in march, where they killed -- >> talking about inner its of this region of the world, talking about porous borders in europe. its that expo...

Passport, we know this guy is syrian. i understand they used his fingerprints to track him as a person through that transit point in greece. is as a syrian that is his passport? >> reporter: its really important to drill down on this. this has become such an explosive issue in this country and around the world. >> yeah. >> reporter: are the syrianings, the terrorists using the migrant trail, are they going to destroy the world under the name of humanitarian relief? what we do know, however, a fi...

Dpreek island of laros. he came here. >> on that last point, do we know that passport was a genuine passport, we know this guy is syrian. i understand they used his fingerprints to track him as a person through that transit point in greece. is as a syrian that is his passport? >> reporter: its really important to drill down on this. this has become such an explosive issue in this country and around the world. >> yeah. >> reporter: are the syrians, terrorists using the migrant trail, are they goi...

Fingerprints to track him as a person through that transit point in greece. is as a syrian that is his passport? >> reporter: its really important to drill down on this. this has become such an explosive issue in this country and around the world. >> yeah. >> reporter: are the syrianings, the terrorists using the migrant trail, are they going to destroy the world under the name of humanitarian relief? what we do know, however, a fingerprint found here, found from an attacker was the same fingerp...

State. you get housing and unemployment benefits. many people from india and pakistan have been accepted into the uk and now exist at 66 million. go to somewhere like hungary, its very different. checko slovakia is very different. theyre poorer nations. you have to look at that. its not about apportioning a quota to hungary or the uk. you have to look at the systems within to understand how difficult it is or how easy it is to accept those people. >> the number of people, how overpopulated they ...