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Camp david for the weekend. puts him in close proximity to be on call obviously for all of this. he faces very difficult polling numbers at this point. what do you think that should be kept in mind as he looks at the job that hes be been doing and the situation were in now. >> this is another test of presidential leadership. if russia acts and were putting sanctions on after the fact that will be seen as basically a joke and i think another notch down in the notion that they wouldnt have moved i...

>> reporter: well, it depends on how cynical you want to be, frankly, brian. in one sense, i think it was politically timed. i think the mosul campaign, there was an objective to get this done while president obama is still in office. the rise of isis in iraq and syria, the birth of the so-called caliphate has probably been the blackest stain on the obama administration. i think there was a determination to get this operation underway and to get mosul liberated from isis while president barack o...

Frankly, brian. in one sense, i think it was politically timed. i think the mosul campaign, there was an objective to get this done while president obama is still in office. the rise of isis in iraq and syria, the birth of the so-called caliphate has probably been the blackest stain on the obama administration. i think there was a determination to get this operation underway and to get mosul liberated from isis while president barack obama is still in office. i think they wanted to project that....