nato -- fellow nato country turkey is all calculated by vladimir putin. we need to change that calculus or we're going to get ourselves in some trouble. >> assad has massacred, slaughtered tens of thousands of innocent syrians. is the end game here for russian president vladimir putin really to have assad safely ensconced in power? >> the end game for putin in syria is to maintain influence there. and i have to say he's doing pretty well. so he needs to keep that warm water port in tartus that was a navy base established in the 70s. he needs to continue his arm sales both in syria and iran. and now he's done something pretty clever, jake. he's coordinated tehran, damascus and syria and baghdad in iraq in intelligence sharing operation. and many believe now there's even a possibility of russian troops in south iraq to deal with the syrian issue, invited