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Back with us is jeffrey and kirsten and david gergen. you reported for politico, is it fair to call it a brainstorming session with white boards? >> they were in the executive offices, big butcher block type paper. they broke into groups, one group went into the hallway to come up with a list of things they could sell. >> this sounds like corporate retreats. >> one white house firm said it reminded them of being in the fifth grade. the one thing about the white house is there's so much pressure right now because they know that donald trump is paying attention to this 100-day marker. it's not a...

Hallways writing out what they thought the best successes of the first 100 days had. that did not sit wiell with som staffers. >> reporter: one said it reminded them of being in fifth grade. the idea was let's have a brainstorming session and come up with what trump has accomplished. some folks thought why do we need to brainstorm this. shouldn't we have these lists? there's a toxic atmosphere were warring factions, concerns at the top level about staff changes. it seems like prumpt doesn't want to change any changes before the 100 day. >> i know you'noknow you've got the record? >> she was di...

John ker john kerry advertised the meet -- characterized the meeting as a brainstorming session. iraq's prime minister says a major battle against isis will happen soon. iraqi government forces, kurdish troops are standing by to retake mosul and other cities nearby. they've dropped thousands of leaflets on residents for them to remain inside their homes and avoid isis positions. the u.n. secretary general promised relief for victims of hurricane matthew. ban ki-moon visited there saturday and urged patience to stay strong. a u.n. base was shut down after looters attacked trucks filled with...

A meeting in saturday inded without breakthroughs. the u.s., iran and turkey were involved in those meetings. we're joined live from istanbul. we heard extensively from switer land, ian, that expectations should continue to be low. it was described as a brainstorming session. if you look at your social media feed, you will see that the people of aleppo right now at this minute are still having to endure an awesome and bomba bombardment while they toil and talk in switzerland and london. >> reporter: yeah, paula. we saw that uptick in aleppo after the last cease-fire fell apart. people in alepp...

Anti-is yn is videos we want to serve up, anti-propaganda, how do we make them go viral? they asked the youtube ceo how to make them go viral. >> people have to want to make them go viral. >> but when you're with a good group of tech folks, it's the best people to ask. what one person from facebook said is what we do is we identify people who might be suicidal and serve up ads, we serve up ads that send positive messaging toward them or suicide hotlines. we tell friends to check in on them. what if we tried to apply that technique to folks who might be radicalized online? >> interesting. >> th...