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With congress coming back into session and these conversations taking place on capitol hill. how will the fact that 2016 is on the horizon so close affect those conversations and in the action or inaction we see from congress? >> well, it's absolutely going to be on the minds of republicans in congress trying to shape their policies coming out of the capital. i think you are going to see republicans on the hill lean in and shape what some of the candidates are going to be saying. one of the big issues coming up, of course, is the discussion of potentially closing guantanamo bay and the preside...

Me on. >> in addition that these air strikes have been taking place with oural ply france on the city of raqqa. we also are getting these reports of some sort of stepped-up cooperation between the united states and france in e terms of intelligence sharing. what is this next step as isis appears all the more imminent. >> it's been a weekend of grief for those in paris and it is an opportunity for a new dawn in the approach to removing isis from this earth. these attacks by the french on raqqa, that's one step, but i think it also presents now the opportunity for the u.s., the french and most i...

Of syria before isis militants were driven out of this area. you were there. give us a sense of what it's like. what kind of environment will the americans be walking into? >> we were just there for four days embedded with wpg fighters. they are the kurdish forces who have been the primary recipients of u.s. military u support and who will now be essentially hosting these special advisers. what was really interesting to us on the ground was the disconnect between what we were hearing in washington, which was these guys are our boys, they are going to make a push on raqqa and what we were seein...

Future. atika shubert, thanks. happening today. president obama will be briefed on the fight against islamic militants. he will speak with ash carter and the joint chiefs of staff. carter is meeting with the ministers this morning to talk about isis. 23 isis members were killed in air strikes over the weekend. u.s. officials say the attacks on the isis stronghold on raqqa were the most to date. and more fallout on donald trump. trump standing by his words issuing new statements and republican rivals in the race are now taking notice. cnn's sunlen serfaty has more from the white house. >> r...

9th at the latest in order to get congress approval before august recess. >> atika shubert for us. the administration focusing on isis today. president obama set to be briefed on the fight against islamic militants by defense secretary ash carter. carter also meeting with a french defense minister this morning to talk about the battle against isis. a very aggressive stance over the weekend. at least 23 isis militants killed by coalition air strikes. that's according to a human rights group based in london. u.s. official says the attacks on the strong hold of raqqa were the strongest to date....