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Source of the anguish that is taking place in aleppo. and so for him, going after a diplomatic figure, certainly the ambassador, it's not going to change anything on the battlefield, but it reflects what cal was saying, individuals who are watching the international community sit by and not do anything about aleppo and syria and try to bring the suffering to an end, are lashing out in ways with terrorism and violence. >> so what happens, cal, when president-elect donald trump takes over in january? >> the president-elect has said he's willing to defer to the russians when it comes to bashar al...

>> jessica, thank you so much for all of that. well, he never mentioned president-elect trump by name, but when president obama visited the air force base on tuesday, he was sending a clear message to his successor. here's more on what was said. >> reporter: good morning. the president used a wide-ranging speech to tout his administration's accomplishments in fighting terror groups like isis, al qaeda, and he talked about the killing of osama bin laden, the weakening of al qaeda and the progress made so far against isis. and while he didn't say president-elect trump's name, he did continue t...

About that. he said we hide terrorists in our midst. he wanted surveillance on these people. he needs to come out and say to the people committing acts of hate in his name that it is wrong, more than stop it like he is talking to a child. there were mosques in iowa and new jersey faced with the word trump, like the name trump is becoming a modern swastika to people in the far right of his base. come out and be the president of all of the people. if you want to do it, get rid of steve bannon and come out and say it clearly. >> this is about fighting terror, not an attack on religion. does it ma...

>> let's move on to something else all three candidates spent a lot of time on last night, isis and fighting terror. take a look at this cnn poll. registered voters say the top issue is the economy. clinton said she wouldn't raise taxes on midhfl class families making under $200,000, but sanders would raise taxes to pay for free college tuition and health care programs, so who stands to win on this issue, peter? >> well, it's been pretty much a norm within the mainstream democratic party, you don't call for raising taxes on the middle class. that actually limits how ambitious you can be in ter...

2011 when al baghdadi became the head of the terror organization. what does she say to those who look at her and say how are you going to be different on fighting terror? >> yeah, she wrote about this in her book "hard choices." and she described how she was very much in favor of arming the syrian rebels. allowed that vacuum to have the rise of isis. we know that president obama inherited an agreement that president bush did about what the -- what the pullout of american troops would be in iraq. obama adhered to that same time line. unfortunately, the leader in iraq, nouriel maliki decimated t...