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Assad, his father was also supported by the russians. this is a very old, deep relationship. the russians have said for a while now it's not so much that they're attached to bashar al-assad as much as they are attached to the importance of sovereignty and respecting the sovereignty of syria. but it will be very difficult to persuade them after all the money that they have spent supporting assad, after all the weaponry that they have poured in there, after all the power on the geopolitical stage that they have been given by having this prominent seat in this conflict. it will be very difficult ...

Okay. trump's president day one checklist. one jail opponent. two, media crackdown. three, support assad. coincidentally that was also putin's checklist. you see the name there. one of the smartest people you'll meet in your life. garry kasparov and a book you can get right now. mr. kasparov, great to have you. >> thank you. >> first, the question that many people will have this morning. why? why would you get involved in something like this? we know you're involved in humanitarian causes, but what is driving your desire to expose yourself to the fray? >> look, i think that trump's potential v...

Big this threat is. >> it's huge. it's growing, it's unique, it's never happened when you compare it to the al qaeda presence in afghanistan. this is, it is historically unprecedented. but what's also unprecedented is the utter passivity of the united states. the real story this week is what happened at the u.n., where putin essentially stepped in and took over syria. he's now the leader. we had said two weeks ago i think it was the, the secretary of state, who said that the build-up of the russians in syria was doomed to fail. two weeks later we have not only accepted it. we welcome it as a f...

Big this threat is. >> it's huge. it's growing, it's unique, it's never happened when you compare it to the al qaeda presence in afghanistan. this is, it is historically unprecedented. but what's also unprecedented is the utter passivity of the united states. the real story this week is what happened at the u.n., where putin essentially stepped in and took over syria. he's now the leader. we had said two weeks ago i think it was the, the secretary of state, who said that the build-up of the russians in syria was doomed to fail. two weeks later we have not only accepted it. we welcome it as a f...

Orthodox church. and as is clear, putin is very focused on going after terrorists. obviously inside russia and on its borders, but even further afield. they have a base. they've had a naval base there for a number of years. so he didn't just wake up and say, i'm going to go support assad. there was a long-term relationship and as he saw it, russia's interest and securities. but i think they're playing a bigger role now. we have an additional challenge in trying to figure out how we work with them or how we try to prevent them making a bad situation worse. >> let me play something that you rch ...