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Capable aircraft an it's realtime. so it's a crew of three but on the ground, totally unmanlned. so this is a team that does this as a matter of routine and it's an immense capability. when i was inform conflict zones, this was a capability that i would lean on routinely. it would give you a stand-off capability. now, clearly that gives you a technical response to what you're seeing. it's always nice to have some type of a human intelligence as well to complement this. but in this case you had technical engagement against a technical aircraft, it's pretty easy to read that. >> general, i asked...

Terms of russian air defense. most of those are located here. those two sea ports here in the mediterranean. this is the distance the russians can reach with their capabilities that are indicated here. this is a mobile capemeability t they have. it is important to realize this mobility allows them to move that circular defense capability throughout the map. >> i want to tell you syrian state media is reporting they have engaged u.s. french and british targets. that's according to the syrian regime. take it for what it's worth. >> what it means is has been reported the capabilities are coming f...

The president of the united states has expended his political capital. the issue is whether house republicans are willing to spend any of theirs. this is a group of people who have said that they're willing to shut down the government unless the affordable care act is defunded. this is a group of people that couldn't even pass a bill to provide assistance to families like my constituents who got hurt in hurricane sandy. so it's not that the president doesn't have any more political capital to spend, it's does he have anybody who's willing to get stuff done. >> are you at all surprised that he ...

Discussion is the use of long-range bombers. be flown directly from the united states. but the official that i spoke with said, look, it doesn't change the overall parameters of the mission. he said we'd still be looking at what's called a standoff capability. in other words, when you think of american pilots, he said, don't think of them buzzing over syrian air space. these bombers still likely kept out of syrian air space and using these long-range missiles to strike from a distance out of the range of those syrian air defenses. much the way that the submarines and the ships that are already...

Bomber. can fly about 6,000 miles without refueling. 10,000 plus miles with one refueling mid-air. that's equipped with a joint air-to-surface standoff missile. in other words, these aircraft wouldn't have to come into syrian air space. and the official that i spoke with said you could get that standoff capability from a submarine, ship or an aircraft. none of it would have to enter syrian air space. it could be out of the range of the syrian air defenses and allow the capability to strike inside syria. >> interesting. chris, i appreciate the reporting from you. joining me now, fran townsend, ...