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Positions and interests of the u.s. and russia involved here. russia obviously is trying to preserve an ally, and bashar al-assad and trying to prevent the united states from becoming involved militarily or gaining influence through military means in this particular region. the u.s. -- it's not always clear exactly what we're trying to do here. the president talked about a negotiated outcome bulls we talked in the past about assad must go and international norms. and then also this idea of locating, verifying, and destroying chemical weapons amid a civil war, trusting bashar al-assad, it's jus...

And we're. trusting, and that look begs for boots on the ground and complicated bay civil war. >> absolutely. we have to put, and the international community has to put boots on the ground there to work with the assad regime to do that. we're going to have to rely extensively on intelligence that we have and other partners in the region, turkey, jordan, israel, to make sure we pull together, because they have sources that would indicate where some of these weapons are being stock piled, now it's a vacation very fix indication process. and assad doesn't have a vote in this anymore. he has given...

>> in rebuttal law americas say their constituents want fnothin to do with the war. some such as senator rand paul wouldn't convinced by the president's address. >> we are not going after assad. we have no plans of victory. in fact in my mind the president a arguing to a stalemate. i can't see committing my son or your son or your daughter or my daughter to a war when the goal is stalemate. >> they maintain posture but stand down they are going for lawmakers. in fact house democratic leader nancy pelosi said last night she may be less inclined to take on a vote based on military action. >> eli...

Recipients of the presidential medal of freedom for 2016. a very eclectic list. some big names. former president clinton, oprah winfrey, among those who will receive the highest civilian honor. some of the other ones are fantastic. country music star loretta lynn. longtime washington post editor ben bradley. dick lugar. gloria steinem. the last sally ride, the first female astronaut to travel to space. dean smith. later, we're going to hop aboard air force one to get history in today's deep dive. why that first one is rusting, i guess waiting to film "con air 2." the first president to visit r...

Room. not to mention the latest in communications technology and emergency countermeasures in case of an attack. it wasn't always so fancy. the first plane to be designated air force one was a 121. just 116 feet long. it made headlines earlier this year after it was discovered rusting at an arizona airport. the owner of the plane which carried president eisenhower in the late '50s is trying to house it in a museum but so far no takers. hello. what's going on in abilene? eisenhower's successor president kennedy changed the plane to the more advanced long range 707. he had the design changed tor...