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Russian jets. what's going on? let's bring in vladimir posner, he's say journalist there. mr. posner, i'm sorry about the weather, out might have control. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for being with us. i guess the question is, why hasn't isis provided proof that it's hitting ta inting targets the concern that they're there to shore up the assad regime? >> well, they are there to shore up the assad regime. will putin said that russia is supporting assad. assad, as far as russia is concerned is a legitimate president, acknowledged by the u.n. has been represented by syria in the u....

That u.s. missed russia coming into syria, didn't see it, didn't prepare for it. what do you think about it? >> well, if you go back a few months, it's certainly the case that i don't think our intelligence estimated that russia would go in with air power, with ground power. i think the expectation was more that they would continue and escalate the materiel support for the regime. i'm not sure if that's the decision that russia made or putin, he's the decision maker there. that may not be a decision that they made until fairly recently. again, the intelligence committee doesn't have a crystal ...

Kurds. i think similarly, they're using the threat from isis which is a threat for them, as well as for us. as a shield for their true objective which is propping up a friendly regime, maintaining their military basis. in that respect, isis is useful to putin. that doesn't isolate the fact that isis is a scourge, and obviously, you make this hobsonnian deal where you weaken the reign and it will come back and bite you as well. >> well, the criticism on a political side is that it makes the united states look weak. russia does whatever it wants. turkey does whatever it wants. russia did this in...

Sincere. putin denies responsibility. will the international condemnation and horror of what you are seeing right there change putin support for the pro-russian rebels or will putin remain defiant? >> and we'll tell you what car gm is adding to its growing list of recalls. there are more than 500,000 of them in the united states. >> the deadline was tomorrow, but now those nuclear negotiations with iran have been extended. what needs to be resolved to stop iran from potentially building a nuclear bomb woooo.

Work with putin. will putin follow through with the symbolic gestures? the real test, the one the administration has set out and given a month for russia to meet this test is controlling those militants, ending the violence. the bad sign today is when putin gave his own interview to journali journalists, he said the onus is on the government in kiev to stop what he calls a violent campaign against god-fearing pro-russian militants in the east. we'll see if he changes the tune in action as well as words. >> the real battle right now is in eastern ukraine. crimea, for all practical purposes, tha...