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Wins like getting the investigative teams at the united nations. trying to go to the conferences at the opposite, seeing if we could beef them up but not a lot moved on from there. when you are talking about now, secretary tillerson delivered a speech in stan forward. >> forceful speech. >> it details five end game scenarios for syria. including the end of isis, counter-terrorism, moving -- having assad step aside, i should have said removal of assad. it detailed these end scenarios all that were based on preventing iranian prevention in syria. that speech didn't focus so much on russia. i thi...

These things somehow get confused? >> well, i think it is possible but you have to let the negotiations flow and see what becomes possible as you move along. i have the view that iran is a major player in the region, that somehow or other, their views and their power has to be taken into consideration. the united states deserves a lot of credit for pushing forward the idea of a peace conference. you're not going to have a military victory in syria today. it has to have a political settlement. however, for the united states to put a precondition and say, that we must have assad step aside, i th...

Partners in taking military action? what's the president going to accomplish? what does he say with the leaders of the g-20? >> well, this g-20 is going to be a lot different than we said a week ago. we thought there would be military action and from that the president would be trying to manage the ripple effects of that. now you actually have an active campaign. i would say maybe you've got four camps, we've got to do something to redeem the international red line as the president said yesterday, you've got a camp that wants to see assad step aside but is unclear whether military action is th...

The negotiating table for a political settlement with the rather the syrian opposition and is there any scenario that you see or that you can imagine where assad could be enticed to negotiate with the opposition and whether it is protecting the alawites or getting them to a safe country, anything else shy of a military strike? >> well, i suspect the administration will roll out a plan that says we are engaging in some kind of military strike but that is going to be complimented by a diplomatic effort to get the various parties together at whether it is a geneva conference or a meeting somewher...

With them. they have to live with them. what happens to israel? what do they do? do they -- do they side with -- they're not going to side with hezbollah. hezbollah just lost the war. it was on the other side. hezbollah is the with the assad government. >> israel clearly wants some kind of transition, that sees assad step down and secular -- >> we all want that. it's called christmastime. >> that's right. that's the problem with syria. this is the strategic center. no country is more important. no country is more divided web it comes to ethnic groups, sectarian division. that's a problem -- >>...