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He has the influence to use those weapons i assume he would. jenna: let's pull up the map again as we look at the region. it's not just about syria, even though we focus specifically on it. we can leave the map up, it's a message for the entire region in general. you know, what do you think is the message to the region 21 months in and we haven't done anything? >> well, the longer this takes the worse it gets because you have other people influencing it. there is spill over in lebanon, we have already seen it in turkey. there's been some spill over in israel. and we can expect some probably in...

Tend to be richer on average than the states that regulate economic freedom away more. >> steve: you mentioned the states with the lowest economic freedom and we'll put that map up as well you touched on them a couple of moments ago. bad news for the people of the united states. canada is eing us? >> yes, people associate the united states as one of the freer nations of the world. this is changing in particular over the last 10 years. with perspect, it is the case of the tallest dwarf. we could be more heck than we always have been. but relative to the nations of the world we are declining rap...

Can i keep going? i was sitting here quiet for a while. i'm tired of hearing the word "negotiation" in all of this. when a guy starts bombing you and you have to negotiate to get them to stop bombing, that reasoning a mugging is also a negotiation over your wallet. it makes no sense. for a president, i sympathize with president obama. it's like running in to an old acquaintance on the street you avoid eye contact because when you talk to them, you can't get out of the conversation. that is the middle east. once you get involved in the conversation, you can't get out of it. i see president obam...

>> is it back to a close race, but the president has these battleground state advantages or did it really throw the map up. that's what we don't know. >> we had a couple of days of gallup debate, it will be interesting to see some of those state polls as they come along. i think those races were all tightening before the debate. >> there was some evidence that everything was moving back. >> which you would expect in a race like this. i think that probably has accelerated that. i would say however that i think that the obama people have made a very strange choice post debate, to some out callin...

flames. later, rebels were seen in other government tanks. more pictures. this is a burnt out police station seized and burned today by the rebels. take a look and listen. these are syrians. they had taken this photo from the captured police station. they ransacked and they burned. we have struggled to get our crews, get our journalists inside syria. it's been frustrating for us here at cnn and the assad government has put the country under lock and key. with all of that in mind, ivan watson has entered northern syria. we'll speak with him live in a moment. talk to me about the gnifi...