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Forward. >> u.n. ambassador nikki haley wednesday, accusing the assad regime of war crimes. she told reuters, quote, you pick and choose your battles. our focus is no longer on getting assad out. rex tillerson made similar comments from turkey. >> the status and longer term status of president assad will be decided by the syrian people. >> in a statement senator john mccain said he was deeply disturbed by those remarks adding secretary tillerson's comments, quote, overlooks the tragic reality that the syrian people cannot decide the fate of assad or the future of their country when they are be...

Secretary tillerson suggesting that removing him isn't really the priority anymore. >> i think the status and the longer term status of president assad will be decided by the syrian people. >> we also heard that sentiment from u.n. ambassador nikki haley, telling a small group of reporters, quote, you pick and choose your battles. when looking at this, it is about changing up priorities and our priority is no longer to focus on getting assad out. what does this mean? why does it matter? because it does. your assessment first of the policy shift and what it does as far as our relationships over...

Something for everyone is awesome. find your awesome with the xfinity stream app. more to stream to every screen. is the united states' position on syria's dictator dramatically shifting? new words from the nation's top diplomat raised that question. secretary of state rex tillerson said this. >> the status and the longer-term status of president assad will be decided by the syrian people. >> at the same time, nikki haley, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, said "our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting assad out." she went on to say, "we can't necessarily focus on...

Cooperation between russia and turkey. is that even feasible? >> again, you have this fundamental difference, which is that the strategy to defeat isis from france and the united states involves getting assad out and building up a more moderate rebel force. but the russians don't like that strategy, because it leaves them without influence in syria. and putin's entire foreign policy agenda has been the restoration of russian influence around the world after the collapse of the soviet union. so the problem is, there are a lot of people who don't like isis, but there aren't many countries who ha...

Changed and with the downing of that jet today. and the meeting with vladimir putin will also be important because we have these different national forces that are trying to deal with isis but don't always agree on what the agenda is, what the priorities should be when it comes to the events in syria. should assad go? should he stay? russia would like to keep him in power. and the u.s. wants to see assad out. but at the same time, the urgent need of trying to understand the isis threat, the militant fighters, where can they go beyond those borders of syria and iraq, how can they pose a threat ...