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Isis. arabic shorthand as dash. >> we firmly believe dash is on the offensive throughout iraq and syria. attempting to hold previous gains while conducting small-scale localized harassing attacks. >> he said isis daesh are on the defensive. if they are on the defensive that means we are winning right? well, less than three days later isis hanging ugly black flag to triumph over ramadi. general martin dempsey releases a statement calling the fall of ramadi a serious set back. that's a serious set back? that's it? ask yourself this. how many set backs is it going to take for the pentagon to admi...

10-12 years old who shoots that man in the head. isis says the man they executed was in fact a spy for israel. at the same time isis is facing set backs. the associated press reporting the iraqi soldiers and shiite militia men are beginning to surround the city of tikrit in iraq. that is sadam hussein's home town. this will be a real test for the iraqi military as they try to push become against isis. heather? >> the man's father says that his son was not a spy. was he? oo the new york post is reporting the man tried to join isis, tried to join the fight and then leave. his family apparently...

Is political leadership not on the crime scene investigation. this isn't the new york police department. this is the united states. and the president should be rallying international political opinion to do something about putin's policy of aggression and belligerence. and that is simply not happening. in fact, let me just say one more thing. the president has made it worse. because every day he ramables on about investigating the crash scene is another day that goes by where the momentum and the policy of rallying the west and the rest of the world against putin is diminishing. >> is putin, i...

Of equal magnitude, number one, and politically, i think you have got to go back to what bush proposed in 2008, bring ukraine and georgia on a path to nato manipulate. >> the sanctions so far as i understand is taking some bite out of the russian economy. have they not? you say no. >> no. >> i thought they have been downgraded a bit? russian ruble has falling. credit ratings are down. has to do with instability in ukraine and prospect of potential war. capital is a coward. worried about the instability. that's not because of the sanctions but because of what putin himself is doing at some leve...

People feel about the law, what it does do is provide insurance for people who would normally not be able to afford it. remember, there's still roughly 35 million people that still don't have health insurance. but because there have been so many set backs and so many problems, both on the technical front and on the messaging front, this more positive aspect of the law halfback somewhat overshadowed and chuck todd was on the "today" show talking about the political implications for this and what it might mean for democrats. >> does that mean seven months downing the road as the midterm election...