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Say there is intense fighting on several fronts. syrian military officer says his troops have reclaimed a village in a central province. meanwhile, president vladimir putin of russia is defending the air strikes. president putin says he's trying to stabilize the syrian government and create conditions for a political compriomise. we'll have more on this story. rick rennel will join us. new developments overnight in a controversial police shooting in cleveland last year. we'll have a report on the latest in the tamir rice case. the torrential rains may be over, but the devastation will ling...

Military offensive in the middle east this week. moscow launching air strikes not only against isis, but also against anti-assad rebels. vladimir putin's bold moves are testing president obama's diplomatic skills as the white house weighs in on how to respond. so what should the u.s. strategy be in syria? joining us now, rick rennel. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to show you an interview we're going to see more of later. president obama on "60 minutes" talk ing about vladimir putin and his challenges to president obama. take a quick listen. >> and in ukraine -- >> he's challenging your...

Leadership. >> well, rick, others would point to the fact that putin seems unintimidated by red lines, any pronouncements. what do you make of it? >> it may not be leadership we can squabble about whether or not this is leadership. president obama seems to be focus ed on that word. it is clearly winning. russia is winning. they grabbed crimea. there were no consequences. what we heard when the russians grabbed crimea back then from president obama was, this is not something that is very good for them in the long run. he seems to make this argument that, you know, they're going to see that bein...

Your reaction to that word this morning. >> look, it is very concerning for a country that is trying to convince the world that they have peaceful nuclear weapons -- peaceful nuclear programs that it is not a weapons program, that is troublesome. even if it is fake, which we know they manipulated and faked pictures in the past, it is just not something that you do when you're supposed to be convincing the world you're implementing this groundbreaking iran deal. >> rick, great to see you. thank you. >> see you, shannon. >> leland? >> coming up, she was the woman behind mitt romney during his fa...

Guys. to get him back, what else could you do? >> diplomacy is tough and messy and behind closed doors there are a lot we can do. we can use our allies to send strong messages. you don't have to come out in public and do a big prisoner swap. this negotiation has been wrong from the start. look at wrong negotiations and what they've done in syria. they have been terrible at negotiations. they throw up their hand and they have this attitude of it is either war or ignore. we go to war and put boots on ground or ignore the situation. diplomacy and negotiations are tough. we've had terrible negotia...