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Cross into government territory. you are right. that is some of the areas they fled. some of the information we are getting on the ground, alison, is not only has the syrian military surrounded idlib which is full of terrorist tellmeelem but it has hardened battle groups here in aleppo and damascus. bashar al assad seems unfazed by the warning. they want to address the situation in idlib. the offensive could be imminent and one that could take long. the russians and iranians who are backers of the assad government are unfazed by warnings from the united states. they think the offensive could b...

What do you expect today? >> yes, well, first of all, nato is first and fore moe military alliance and it's never been stronger, these militaries get on great, what they are going to be talking going forward the position of some of the neutrals, finland and sweden and the subtest here is all about russia. nato has done a lot including deploying now new multinational battle groups in baltic republics and poland and a lot to counter increasing threats from russia. rob: you know, when you really look at this agreement, i love that we get along with 29 other countries enough that we have countries...

For me, what will it be? >> i think courtney was on to something. we saw a consistent escalation or pattern of escalation from the north koreans earlier this year throughout the year and then things seem to die off. we haven't seen anything for the last 70 days or so. what happened in the last 70 days? three weeks ago president trump was in asia and arrived with this enormous armada including three aircraft carrier battle groups. he was there in the region at a sensitive time with a huge show of force. it is possible that kim jong-un was stepping back so as to not escalate things to a point of...

Battle groups to the baltic countries and poland. at the same time, we don't want a new cold car, occupation with russia. we balance it's proportionate and continue to see russia, our biggest neighbor, and have to try to keep tensions down. >> it's interesting you say that, because president trump today tweeted this -- our relationship with russia is at an all-time and very dangerous low. you can thank congress, the same people that can't even give us health care. first of all, do you agree that the relationship -- forget about the u.s. -- the nato relationship in europe, the secretary-general...

Groups to the three baltic companies and poland and more u.s. forces in that part of europe, this is the first time in many, many years that we've seen an increase in the military presence of the united states and europe. so we're increasing our presence. and we're also increasing the preparedness for forces so we can quickly reinforce if needed. we consider the presence we will have when the four battle groups are in place as sufficient given the current security situation in europe. of course, we will assess the situation and follow the developments of everything closely. the message from na...