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United states just deployed f-16s and hundreds of military personnel to turkey to help in the fight against isis along that syrian/turkey border. is there any connection anyone is making between the deployment and the violence? >> reporter: well, its not clear at this point but certainly isnt out of the question, kate. one of the things we have seen in the past is that group like the one responsible for the attack on the consulate, they are calling for the people in the middle east and the entir...

Remain. now one leader has been kidnapped near the syria/turkey border. democrats in the house of representatives are lining up behind the iran nuclear deal. increasing numbers of the house democrats promising to back president obama. minority leader nancy pelosi calling it a diplomatic master piece. lobbying efforts are ramping up and proponents are feeling pressure speaking to liberal groups by phone overnight, president obama said he can tell when his supporters are getting squishy and enco...

Its 30 minutes past the hour. lets get you your headlines. turkey is set to hold emergency talks with nato. meanwhile, turkey and the u.s. are working on a plan to create an isis-free safe zone along the syria/turkey border. u.s. president obama is wrapping up a trip to africa. north koreas ambassador to china held a rare press conference in beijing. he says poj yang will not be disarming or freezing its nuclear weapons program and says his country has no interest in reopening talks with t...

Ramp up their fight against isis and turkish militants. also turkey and the u.s. are working on a plan to create an isis-free safe zone along the syria/turkey border. >> reporter: the sidelines are no longer an option. turkey can not apouredfford its controversial, all be it approach to the war. >> this policy cannot continue in order for turkey to be able to persevere and to maintain its own regional influence. it has to be part of a much more visible concrete way in the entire coalition. >> ...

That general has been advising iraqi forces against isis in tikrit. this is on top of recent comments of the joint chiefs chairman who says that the u.s. worries that iranian militia men may eventually turn, further destabilizing the country. an al qaeda linked militant group has captured syrian military pilots after their helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing not far from the syrian turkey border. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu securing his term with an election earl...

Control of kobani for months now. a group says the kurds have seized 70% of kobani. including the site that faces the turkey border. and syrian activists say fighting with government forces and militants has left at least 25 syrian soldiers dead. air strikes and missiles against isis and al nusra militants on the outskirts of the capital. assad visited his troops on new years eve undercover of night. he told them this quote, no one is celebrating the new year. we are in war. all the days are the...

>> the fighting has just begun. >> reporter: the fbi director said tracking down the dozen americans recruited by isis is a top priority. >> its a huge focus of all of us in law enforcement to understand who is being recruited, who is flowing, who is looking to flow back. >> reporter: president obama was briefed by top military officials at the pentagon on the u.s. campaign against isis. >> our strikes continue alongside our partners. it remains a difficult mission as ive indicated from the star...

And al nusra, total about 10,000 fighters. many veterans of al qaeda in iraq. theyre experienced and well-skilled. the others an estimated 35,000 believed to be hard line isl islamist whose share some of al qaedas views, an estimated 30,000 believed to be moderate islamists, and only 25,000 fighters are believed to be purely secular or nationalists. and its the moderates who are losing ground. >> ivan watson in new york to talk about this. you were just up in that neck of the woods on the syria/...

Their back, and maybe one small bag with them, aside from that, they have nothing. >> what are you hearing from those folks? what are you hearing from the people who have been displaced there about u.s. intervention? >> well, most of the people in the camp are definitely not with the assad regime, so they are frustrated and have been waiting for a long time for major players to come in and help the opposition, so from their point of view they are hoping the u.s. will get involved. >> we have ama...

Fellow man. just a thought on this saturday afternoon. when we come back, more violence breaks out at the syria/turkey border. whats next there? our richard engel is on the ground and you are watching msnbc. the place for politics. [ female announcer ] can a body wash go beyond basic cleansing? olay ultra moisture body wash can with more moisturizers than seven bottles of the leading body wash. with ultra moisture your body wash is anything but basic soft, smooth skin with olay. ♪ now you can ...