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Has escalated the number of u.s. service members in syria as part of the isis campaign. in december 2016, it was 278 u.s. service members in syria. it's now somewhere we think around 2,000, although we do not have any clear transparent accounting of them. do you have a clear and transparent accounting of them of how many u.s. service members are in syria? >> we have no clear and transparent accounting, but also, we don't know what the timeline for reducing that accounting is. and the idea that isis or the caliphate has crumbled, that we have defeated isis smacks of a mission accomplished momen...

>> one thing i think people don't have a good awareness of is just how much this president has escalated the number of u.s. service members in syria as part of the isis campaign. in december 2016, it was 278 u.s. service members in syria. it's now somewhere we think around 2,000, although we do not have any clear transparent accounting of them. do you have a clear and transparent accounting of them of how many u.s. service members are in syria? >> we have no clear and transparent accounting, but also, we don't know what the timeline for reducing that accounting is. and the idea that isis or th...

Kushner and paul manafort met with a russian lawyer at trump tower in december 2016. trump's lawyer had known of the meeting for weeks but now the "times" was doing a story and needed a comment. that afternoon trump and putin met for two hours. >> it's an honor to be with you. >> reporter: seeming to hit it off even as putin denied meddling in the 2016 election. >> there was a very clear positive chemistry between the two. >> reporter: then secretary of state rex tillerson had been in the room along with translators. but a former state department official tells cnn the president confiscated th...

That donald trump jr., jared kushner and paul manafort met with a russian lawyer at trump tower in december 2016. trump's lawyer had known of the meeting for weeks but now the "times" was doing a story and needed a comment. that afternoon trump and putin met for two hours. >> it's an honor to be with you. >> reporter: seeming to hit it off even as putin denied meddling in the 2016 election. >> there was a very clear positive chemistry between the two. >> reporter: then secretary of state rex tillerson had been in the room along with translators. but a former state department official tells cnn...

Manafort, and all that. so we made our own. this is enough to launch a counter intel investigation, we did this one. obama and russia. remember when obama laughed off from the same russia was a threat? remember how they had that veiled reset with relations with russia? and the secretary of state's husband got a $500,000 fee to speak in moscow? no sanctions until the end of december 2016? you could do your own but if this is what you are going to judge, it's okay go around for a logic and counter intel investigation. we didn't even mention uranium one in there. i guess we could have had the fbi...