necessary to ultimately solve this problem. >> is the white house nervous about the intelligence sharing deal between the iraqi military and syria and russia and iran? >> i wouldn't describe it as nervo nervous. what we want to the do is give rush yat opportunity to contribute constructively to the ongoing efforts of the coalition. that will be part of the conversation that president obama has with president putin today. >> let's talk about isis for a second. the white house said that we're winning against isis or making great strides. how is that illustrated? >> there's no denying we've made a lot of important progress in isil in iraq and syria. they used to control inside, about 30% of the territory they previously controlled they can no longer operate freely there. inside of syria, based on our efforts to support opposition forces that are fighting on the ground, these are syrian kurds,