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counterpart sergei lavrov this friday in vienna to discuss the crisis. iran's supreme leader today gave final approval to the nuclear deal of president obama and world powers. hard to imagine he wouldn't. the obama administration giving iran almost everything that they want in the deal including no inspections by the united states and the release of some 100 $50 billion in seized iranian funds but ayatollah allah khamenei also warned any new sanctions against his country would nullify the agreement as he put it now with a ayatollah's approval iran can begin dismantling thousands of centrifuges downsizing a heavy water plant so they can no longer produce plutonium. and a wikileaks organization today posted material on line that says is from cia director john brennan's personal e-mail account. the material it was presumably taken by a hacker who told the "new york post" he's a high school student, protesting against american foreign policy. the documents do not contain classified material that do include a draft security plan application with brennan's personal information. there's a draft that
counterpart sergei lavrov this friday in vienna to discuss the crisis. iran's supreme leader today gave final approval to the nuclear deal of president obama and world powers. hard to imagine he wouldn't. the obama administration giving iran almost everything that they want in the deal including no inspections by the united states and the release of some 100 $50 billion in seized iranian funds but ayatollah allah khamenei also warned any new sanctions against his country would nullify the...
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russian warships launched cruise missiles that flew over iran and iraq before they mistook islamic state territory. russian fighter jets intercepted american predator drones at least three times over the past week. the russians did not attempt to shoot down those drones but sources say the russians wanted to make certainly their presence felt. that development threatens to further undermine the obama administration's faltering strategy in syria. russia says its offensive is targeting the islamic state, the united states says they've been aimed mostly at bolstering syrian president bashar al-assad's regime. defense secretary ash carter in italy today could only argue that russia has a misguided strategy but the russian military is bringing more destructive power to the conflict than has the united states. >> we believe russia has the strong strategy, they continue to hit targets that are not isil. we believe this is a fundamental mistake. despite what the russians say. we have not agreed to cooperate with russia. lou: despite the defense secretary's criticism, the united states will
russian warships launched cruise missiles that flew over iran and iraq before they mistook islamic state territory. russian fighter jets intercepted american predator drones at least three times over the past week. the russians did not attempt to shoot down those drones but sources say the russians wanted to make certainly their presence felt. that development threatens to further undermine the obama administration's faltering strategy in syria. russia says its offensive is targeting the...
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reportedly crashed in iran. and russian air cover has allowed syrian troops to launch new offenses. meanwhile, the pentagon announced it will no longer train new rebel forces and instead fund existing ones. what is happening in syria? philip gordon is with the council on foreign relations. until march of this year, he served on the national security council as special assistant for the middle east. >> what has become clear in the past several weeks is that the stated objective of u.s. policy and western policy and our allies in the gulf, which is to bring about a political transition by supporting the opposition, is not working, and unlikely to work. >> rose: has failed. >> and by that i mean-- has failed, sure. i think we have to say that. we had a program to train and equip the opposition to make it strong enough to either get rid of the regime or pressure the regime to make meaningful changes. we hoped and expected that the russians and the iranians, who were mainly backing the regime, would ultimately see the light and realize they had to come to the table and negotiate serious
reportedly crashed in iran. and russian air cover has allowed syrian troops to launch new offenses. meanwhile, the pentagon announced it will no longer train new rebel forces and instead fund existing ones. what is happening in syria? philip gordon is with the council on foreign relations. until march of this year, he served on the national security council as special assistant for the middle east. >> what has become clear in the past several weeks is that the stated objective of u.s....
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. we'll interview her. his comments show the growing tension between the campaigns. >>> iran confirming it will take part for the first time in the international talks aimed at ending the civil war in syria. those talks will be held in vienna with the secretary of state john kerry's first formal negotiations with iran on something other than its nuclear weapons program. russia urged iran's incluz because it's the only other major party giving support to syrian president. joining us congressman jim jordan, serves on the judicerary committee. good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> you are moving pretty fast. you're going to have a speaker tomorrow. you've got a budget deal you didn't support but it was negotiated with the obama administration. and presented effectively as a fait accompli, is that a fair characterization? >> increasing spending by $80 billion. saying it's paid for. saying it's paid for in washington, it's paid for in years eight nine and ten . this is what americans hate about washington. we think paul ryan is going to change this. not a win for the taxpayer.
. we'll interview her. his comments show the growing tension between the campaigns. >>> iran confirming it will take part for the first time in the international talks aimed at ending the civil war in syria. those talks will be held in vienna with the secretary of state john kerry's first formal negotiations with iran on something other than its nuclear weapons program. russia urged iran's incluz because it's the only other major party giving support to syrian president. joining us...
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signed a deal with iran that was deeply flawed because we simply didn't want conflict. it's why we're concerned about working with the israelis because they've been drawing heat from the rest of the arab world. we wouldn't get into syria and why we're leaving iraq and afghanistan. we need new leadership, leadership that is not afraid to fight the fights that are worth fighting. >> two points if i may, i said i would give you the last word. i will interject this one if i may, it was -- the iranian nuclear deal was the president of the united states not consulting with the congress of the united states and only with the members of the permanent national security council and the united nations. and secondly, to an example, a former navy vice admiral, john kirby, the state department said this about the two parties engaged in israel and palestine if you will. he said -- well, let's hear what he said, we've got the video and the sound. >> i would say certainly individuals on both sides of this divide have proven capable of and in our view guilty of acts of terror. >> either of you violentl
signed a deal with iran that was deeply flawed because we simply didn't want conflict. it's why we're concerned about working with the israelis because they've been drawing heat from the rest of the arab world. we wouldn't get into syria and why we're leaving iraq and afghanistan. we need new leadership, leadership that is not afraid to fight the fights that are worth fighting. >> two points if i may, i said i would give you the last word. i will interject this one if i may, it was --...
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by signing the nuclear deal with iran. this is an existential threat to israel. in united states, obama has paid no political price. now is the time to push for a palestinian state. obama has nothing to lose, he's on his way out. i don't think he cares what israel thinks. lou: well, he may have nothing to lose but this country has already lost much, as you well know. let's turn to syria. putin is devastating by all accounts, the islamic state forces carrying out sorties that in a day amount to what the united states and the so-called coalition were carrying out in a month, and yet this president continues to insist putin is the weak leader not he. >> another example of obama divorced by reality. what putin manifestly wants to do is buck up allies, consolidate his territory, eliminate the defensive problems, and that means principally going after the so-called moderate syrian opposition and al qaeda. not isis. when he gets to the point where it's consolidated, the next step is not russia against isis, it's making a deal. lou: making a deal, turning quickly to capitol hill, senator
by signing the nuclear deal with iran. this is an existential threat to israel. in united states, obama has paid no political price. now is the time to push for a palestinian state. obama has nothing to lose, he's on his way out. i don't think he cares what israel thinks. lou: well, he may have nothing to lose but this country has already lost much, as you well know. let's turn to syria. putin is devastating by all accounts, the islamic state forces carrying out sorties that in a day amount to...
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taliban are being given weapons by iran. isis is gaining a foothold and the sanctuary in pakistan still exists. it's a tough call. >> rose: let me turn to syriath. you have said the white house has no strategy. that it's action there are floundering. what should we be doing? >> well, a long time ago when the secretary of state hillary clinton and the secretary of defense leon pan eta and the director of the cia then general pet rayus recommended that we train and arm and equip the free syrian army. that was when the president was saying it's not a matter of whether but a matter of when bashar assad will leave. so since that refusal, and of course the red line was one of the sem nal moments in the history of the obama administration. my friend, that had a profound effect, not only in the middle east but around the world. >> rose: meaning that the redlie president did nothing even though there was an agreement with the russians to get the chemical weapons out of syria. >> yeah, but-- first of all, they're still using some chemical weapons. but the point is, that the president didn't
taliban are being given weapons by iran. isis is gaining a foothold and the sanctuary in pakistan still exists. it's a tough call. >> rose: let me turn to syriath. you have said the white house has no strategy. that it's action there are floundering. what should we be doing? >> well, a long time ago when the secretary of state hillary clinton and the secretary of defense leon pan eta and the director of the cia then general pet rayus recommended that we train and arm and equip the...
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middle east. with former pentagon official with k.t. mcfarland also iran claiming it did not break said deal by test a ballistic missile but it says the bars them from developing those warheads we will discuss that move and obama led dismiss it -- as mrs. donald trump tuesday he is just a reality tv character seeking publicity he says he cares more about climate change than all of the problems we have had a we will have a full report coming up. the top story obama defending what critics say is a feeling for policy in the middle east it was supposed to be an aggressive as steve crawford pushed back of the choices calling the trading of syrian rebels an embarrassment to the president said he'd never actually believed the policy and we have the report. >> ask about the failed program president obama told "60 minutes" he never believed in the of plan in the first place. >> this is why i have been skeptical about the notion is that we will effectively create a proxy. >> to be so practical he did not show that in 2014. >> i call on congress again with additional authorities and resources
middle east. with former pentagon official with k.t. mcfarland also iran claiming it did not break said deal by test a ballistic missile but it says the bars them from developing those warheads we will discuss that move and obama led dismiss it -- as mrs. donald trump tuesday he is just a reality tv character seeking publicity he says he cares more about climate change than all of the problems we have had a we will have a full report coming up. the top story obama defending what critics say is...
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with consequences for soldiers and wounded veterans and unintended consequences like empowering iran in iraq which, in a way, is part of the problem we're seeing today because, by getting rid of saddam and letting iran become the main power in iraq, you made the sunnis in iraq feel they were slighted and in a government that came to power essentially drove them into the arms of i.s.i.s. >> rose: let me read a couple of quotes and get your impression. brzezinski, "in these rapidly unfolding circumstances the u.s. has only one real option if it's to protect wider stakes in the region to convey to moscow the demand it cease and desist from military actions that directly affect american assets. russia has every right to support mr. assad if it so wish bus any repetition of what has just transpired should prompt u.s. retaliation ." >> i am all for tough messages to moscow and making clear we have interests, too, and if they persist in what they're doing there will be consequences to moscow, but you have to be careful with that sort of red line. if by that you mean -- again, it comes back to
with consequences for soldiers and wounded veterans and unintended consequences like empowering iran in iraq which, in a way, is part of the problem we're seeing today because, by getting rid of saddam and letting iran become the main power in iraq, you made the sunnis in iraq feel they were slighted and in a government that came to power essentially drove them into the arms of i.s.i.s. >> rose: let me read a couple of quotes and get your impression. brzezinski, "in these rapidly...
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are different. >> absolutely, especially world war ii. at the same time he has said about iran, they have to decide whether they want to be a revolutionary force or a nation state. >> this is a very important concept in his writing, that an international order's biggest problem is a revolutionary state that challenges the legitimacy of the order. the advent of a rev reutionary iran fundamentalically changed the international order. in some ways it was as profound an event of the opening to china in the early 1970s that we soarnt with his time in government. and that revolutionary state still poses a problem. and one can see that in his krits kal writing at the time that the iran deal was being negociated. there is a fundamental sceptd civil on-- skepticism on his part that you can really bring an international regime into the order the way the president is trying to do. >> rose: i sment most people why kissinger, niall ferguson, historian, and then they see idealist, and they say really? idealist? >> this might seem like a plof kaition. prove kaition and i imagine there are some view
are different. >> absolutely, especially world war ii. at the same time he has said about iran, they have to decide whether they want to be a revolutionary force or a nation state. >> this is a very important concept in his writing, that an international order's biggest problem is a revolutionary state that challenges the legitimacy of the order. the advent of a rev reutionary iran fundamentalically changed the international order. in some ways it was as profound an event of the...
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, so that means the united states, western europe, turkey, the arab states, iran because they are a big player, russia because they are a player, all those people have to come together, and assad's got to be at the table, too, all of these people have to come together and they have to agree on a transition from assad to a new government, and that new government needs to be inclusive of all the different groups in syria. >> rose: including the alawites? >> including the alawites. everybody has to have a role. it almost has to be like in lebanon where everyone is guaranteed a significant role in the government no matter the voting, everybody has a particular job that goes to them. that's the way the outcome in syria is going to have to be. so transition from assad to that. once you have an agreement on what that looks like, then you can take the syrian military with everybody helping, right, with the united states, the arabs, western europe, iran, russia, with everybody helping and you can go after and defeat i.s.i.s. and al-nusra. but until you have that political settlement, nothing
, so that means the united states, western europe, turkey, the arab states, iran because they are a big player, russia because they are a player, all those people have to come together, and assad's got to be at the table, too, all of these people have to come together and they have to agree on a transition from assad to a new government, and that new government needs to be inclusive of all the different groups in syria. >> rose: including the alawites? >> including the alawites....
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syria alligator. we have iran all gaitder, iraq alligator, and you are coming saying i have this other alligator over here that hasn't happened yet. but it might. and he said in the army we have a special group and a special officer who is in charge of the future. what are the potentially issues that we need to worry about. i'm not all together sure, charlie, that we have someone in our political system who is tasked with doing the same thing. >> rose: here is what i would suggest to maybe, it is that it's more-- it has an increasing priority for them. i mean keith alexander was head of nsa and head of the cybercommand, and mike rogers has those two johns today. >> right. >> and it is a priority for them now. >> they-- . >> rose: it is a subject of great dialogue between the chinese and the united states. >> they certainly do, charlie. but remember the nsa is in deep trouble in this country. >> rose: right. >> the nsa is perceived by bsh ---- . >> rose: courtesy of edward snoaden and much of what snoaden reported turns out to be accurate. >> right. the question we have to ask ourselves
syria alligator. we have iran all gaitder, iraq alligator, and you are coming saying i have this other alligator over here that hasn't happened yet. but it might. and he said in the army we have a special group and a special officer who is in charge of the future. what are the potentially issues that we need to worry about. i'm not all together sure, charlie, that we have someone in our political system who is tasked with doing the same thing. >> rose: here is what i would suggest to...
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national security. he talked about iran and iran nuclear deal, he talked about the palestinians and syria, all subjects we want to talk to him about this evening. i am pleased to have this opportunity to talk to him before he returns to israel. mr. prime minister, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, charlie. >> rose: let me turn to syria. russians have created a stronger military force there. their planes attacked moderate arabs. he says he's going in to prop up assad. tell me what you know from your own intelligence sources about what's happening on the ground. >> well, i went to see mr. putin in moscow a few days ago, and he told me his goals pretty much as he enunciated them here, and i said, well, i have different goals. you know, i'll not intervene in the internal conflict in syria, it's a mess, but i will protect my country's security, so we will not allow iran to build a second terror fund, not tolerate the use of syrian territory to attack or rocket our cities and will act to prevent the transfer of arms by iran and others from the territory of syria into hezbo
national security. he talked about iran and iran nuclear deal, he talked about the palestinians and syria, all subjects we want to talk to him about this evening. i am pleased to have this opportunity to talk to him before he returns to israel. mr. prime minister, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, charlie. >> rose: let me turn to syria. russians have created a stronger military force there. their planes attacked moderate arabs. he says he's going in to prop up...
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thought a lot about president obama's efforts and secretary kerry's efforts on iran, and he would have really respected they went for this. he would have also said i saw secretary kerry speak about this and say it's a good deal. he didn't say it's a great deal. that imperfection is a hallmark of deploim si. >> rose: no one doubted his skills. some worried about a bull in a china shop, a metaphor. but one thing that i thought was amusing, and i have huge respect for george mitchell who i think is a great american and worked hard, i would have liked to have seen the president make richard holbrooke his middle east envoy and say, look, for all the reasons you want to see this succeed because it's in the interest of peace of the world, for whatever your own ambition is, i'm telling you now, i'm going to give you my authority to go try to make peace in the middle east primarily beginning with the israeli palestinians. and that was my great hope of what obama might do. not knowing whether richard would accept it or not, but it was a challenge up to his skills. >> look, afghanistan was an eno
thought a lot about president obama's efforts and secretary kerry's efforts on iran, and he would have really respected they went for this. he would have also said i saw secretary kerry speak about this and say it's a good deal. he didn't say it's a great deal. that imperfection is a hallmark of deploim si. >> rose: no one doubted his skills. some worried about a bull in a china shop, a metaphor. but one thing that i thought was amusing, and i have huge respect for george mitchell who i...
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states, western europe, turkey, the arab states, iran, russia, all of those people have to come together and assad has to be at the table, too. all of those people have to come together and agree on a transition. from assad to a new government. that new government needs to be inclusive of all the different groups in syria. including the alawites. everyone has to have a role. it is almost the way in lebanon, where everyone is guaranteed a significant role in the government no matter what the voting. everyone has a particular job that goes to them. that is the way the outcome in syria will have to be. a transition from assad to that. once you have an agreement on what that looks like, and you can take syrian military, with everyone helping, with the united states, arabs, western europe, everyone helping, and you can go after and defeat isis and al nusra. until you have that political settlement, nothing else can happen. they are working across purposes. one thing that absolutely has to be true for that political negotiation to work is for assad to be weak enough that he will be wi
states, western europe, turkey, the arab states, iran, russia, all of those people have to come together and assad has to be at the table, too. all of those people have to come together and agree on a transition. from assad to a new government. that new government needs to be inclusive of all the different groups in syria. including the alawites. everyone has to have a role. it is almost the way in lebanon, where everyone is guaranteed a significant role in the government no matter what the...
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beyond syria. they're selling arms to egypt. they providing sophisticated information to iran. this is a fir bell in the night. i think our adversaries around the world can see this weakness and our allies can, too. i think this is a historic moment, i'm sad to say, a historic moment where power in the middle east is passing from their weak hand. >> and this power shift, and i happen to think he is right, don't you? watching a power shift that will have -- i personally fear horrific consequences. >> particularly in the middle east, and i'm looking at the next 48 to 72 hours. we're now flying in the same air space as the russians are flying in. what happens if there is an snx wh accident? >> there is no conclusion, as you put it, an accident, there would be no response from this administration. this president established himself quite convincingly as the weakest president since certainly jimmy carter and well beyond carter, your thoughts? >> absolutely and he is doing this intentionally. he came into office with a leading from behind strategy. a great threat to world peace. communism
beyond syria. they're selling arms to egypt. they providing sophisticated information to iran. this is a fir bell in the night. i think our adversaries around the world can see this weakness and our allies can, too. i think this is a historic moment, i'm sad to say, a historic moment where power in the middle east is passing from their weak hand. >> and this power shift, and i happen to think he is right, don't you? watching a power shift that will have -- i personally fear horrific...
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, also, 1300s. we ruled iraq and iran for two centuries. >> rose: the mongolian empire. the mongolian empire. the mighty mongolian empire. biggest land empire that ever existed on the earth. >> rose: ever existed. yes. it covered all of russia, part of europe and china, india, the persian empire. >> rose: and who were the famous leaders? >> gikhan and muhammad and they built the first observatory, first hospitals, first universities. i was in iran. i met ayatollah khomeini. he was very grateful for the mongolian empire. >> rose: the main religion in mongolia? >> the main religion in mongolia was buddhism. originally shamaism (phonetic). >> rose: and what about you? i'm buddhist. >> rose: what does that mean in terms of how you see life? >> you know, it's very peaceful, and you are the owner of your destiny. that's how i see. >> rose: yeah. that's the central tenet of buddhism, you are the owner of your destiny? >> yes. >> rose: how much conflict or accommodation is there with north korea? >> you know, mongolia have a unique position in north korea. we have our embassy there and our di
, also, 1300s. we ruled iraq and iran for two centuries. >> rose: the mongolian empire. the mongolian empire. the mighty mongolian empire. biggest land empire that ever existed on the earth. >> rose: ever existed. yes. it covered all of russia, part of europe and china, india, the persian empire. >> rose: and who were the famous leaders? >> gikhan and muhammad and they built the first observatory, first hospitals, first universities. i was in iran. i met ayatollah...
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the palestinian authority and hamas and islamic jihad in iran of inciting. but there is no accusation this is managed from headquarters anywhere. >> rose: we continue with ann temkin and anne umland and look at the picasso sculpture exhibition at the museum of modern art in new york. >> the general fact is sculpture is less known and less thought about than painting because it's harder to make a scene. it takes up more space. it's more trouble to transport, more trouble to arrange in a gallery. so, therefore, across the board, sculpture is less well known, but particularly so with picasso. >> rose: we conclude this evening with cary fukunaga, the director of the film "beasts of no nation." >> i remember speaking to a minister of parliament in liberia when we were setting up the movie who was the commander and lord that ousted charles taylor and he said, without any filtering, you know, he said the child soldiers who fought for him were his best soldiers by far. they're the most loyal, the most eager to please and the most fearless. >> rose: violence in israel, picasso's sculpture at m
the palestinian authority and hamas and islamic jihad in iran of inciting. but there is no accusation this is managed from headquarters anywhere. >> rose: we continue with ann temkin and anne umland and look at the picasso sculpture exhibition at the museum of modern art in new york. >> the general fact is sculpture is less known and less thought about than painting because it's harder to make a scene. it takes up more space. it's more trouble to transport, more trouble to arrange...
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was passive or did not respect the lines, it had unintended consequences like empowering iran in iraq, which in a way is part of the problem we are seeing today. by getting rid of saddam and letting iran become the main power in iraq, you made the sunnis in iraq feel like they were slighted, and the government that came to power essentially drove them into the arms of isis. charlie: let me get your impression on a couple of quotes. to convey to moscow the demand that it cease and military actions that directly affect american assets. russia has every right to support assad but any repetition of what happened should prompt retaliation. philip: i am all for to messages to moscow and making clear that we have interest and if they persist with what they're doing, there will be consequences to moscow. you have to be careful with that sort of redline. if by that you mean -- it's the question of are your objectives realistic? the maximal version that you just read is telling the russians they cannot defend the regime. we will stop them. that means shooting russian planes out of the sky,
was passive or did not respect the lines, it had unintended consequences like empowering iran in iraq, which in a way is part of the problem we are seeing today. by getting rid of saddam and letting iran become the main power in iraq, you made the sunnis in iraq feel like they were slighted, and the government that came to power essentially drove them into the arms of isis. charlie: let me get your impression on a couple of quotes. to convey to moscow the demand that it cease and military...
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arabia, i would argue right now, their focus is human -- yemen, it is iran, and certainly it is isil. last year, as i was traveling through the region to gain support, along with secretary kerry, to gain the support of our gulf allies to join the coalition and undertake strikes , dropping bombs in syria. charlie: including the jordanian pilot that was captured. lisa: correct. saudi assistance. that was all garnered because the one thing i found in my discussions with the gulf countries was there unity -- .heir unity against isil they believe it is a perversion of islam. they will not call them isil. they will call them dash. to refer towant them as islamic in any way. they have tried to undergo a change in their own name several times. they started out as al qaeda in iraq, became isil, and then wanted to become isis, or the islamic state. the view to only call them isil is to not give them the benefit of their own branding. that term isse offensive to a lot of people who are muslims. lisa: yes. charlie: so what is the difference between what the united states and russia want to do in
arabia, i would argue right now, their focus is human -- yemen, it is iran, and certainly it is isil. last year, as i was traveling through the region to gain support, along with secretary kerry, to gain the support of our gulf allies to join the coalition and undertake strikes , dropping bombs in syria. charlie: including the jordanian pilot that was captured. lisa: correct. saudi assistance. that was all garnered because the one thing i found in my discussions with the gulf countries was...
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soleimani's visit. the iranian quds force critics say in the absence of u.s. leadership iran and russia are conspiring to become the dominant players across the volatile middle east. >> vladimir putin is exploiting the fact the president of the united states and the american leadership is not going to acknowledge malevolent intentions. >> reporter: putin's chief of staff denied he has intentions beyond syria. >> we are talking about syria specifically, and we're not talking about the pursuit of some political goals or ambitions. >> reporter: today iraqi prime minister abadi said he would welcome russian airstrikes against isis in their country for the evidence that russia is filling the void once occupied by the united states. tom? >> thank you, doug, doug mckelway in d.c. >>> progress in afghanistan to tell you about tonight. officials say their troops have recaptured kunduz from the taliban including key government buildings as of right now. there is still heavy fighting in other parts of the northern provincial capital, but most of the city's center is cleared of the taliban.
soleimani's visit. the iranian quds force critics say in the absence of u.s. leadership iran and russia are conspiring to become the dominant players across the volatile middle east. >> vladimir putin is exploiting the fact the president of the united states and the american leadership is not going to acknowledge malevolent intentions. >> reporter: putin's chief of staff denied he has intentions beyond syria. >> we are talking about syria specifically, and we're not talking...
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to the russians and iranians, there is a contest in iran between john kerry and barack obama for man of the year. it's too close to caught. our foreign policy is in shambles and i know how to fix it. i'm going to destroy isil before they hit us. lou: well, i want to share with our viewers who missed last night's debate your comments on bernie sanders as well, which went to the heart of the ideological contest of this presidential election, here we go. >> the number two guy went to the soviet union on his honeymoon and i don't think he ever came back! if we don't beat these people, who the hell we going to beat? lou: i have to tell you, a great story and great question. >> well, here's my point. when you listen to the democratic debate there's not a job creator they don't hate on the other side. that business is the enemy, the hope of the middle class is not bernie sanders creating everything for free at the federal level. it's to grow the economy. you know when boeing came to south carolina to build a 787 everybody got a pay raise in manufacturing because the employees go to boeing.
to the russians and iranians, there is a contest in iran between john kerry and barack obama for man of the year. it's too close to caught. our foreign policy is in shambles and i know how to fix it. i'm going to destroy isil before they hit us. lou: well, i want to share with our viewers who missed last night's debate your comments on bernie sanders as well, which went to the heart of the ideological contest of this presidential election, here we go. >> the number two guy went to the...
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when cnn used the bush plant as a foundation story critical of trump. >>> also tonight, iran showing off its military might. the country announcing it successfully test fired an advanced torpedo system, the domestically developed system has a nearly 500 pound warhead capable of destroying large ships in seconds. we'll be taking up that as well as the iranian surface-to-air missile tests and other iranian provocative moves with fox news military analyst general jack keane. >>> our top story tonight, the fight for the republican presidential nomination and the very latest polling on the candidates. new fox polls show donald trump still in the top spot, but by the narrowest of margins. dr. ben carson has made enormous strides and is now within striking distance of trump. in fact, only one point behind donald trump who has now led the polls for the past three months. but the latest fox news poll has some bad news for former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the likely front-runner, and bush today trying to break out by attacking donald trump, perhaps at his further peril,
when cnn used the bush plant as a foundation story critical of trump. >>> also tonight, iran showing off its military might. the country announcing it successfully test fired an advanced torpedo system, the domestically developed system has a nearly 500 pound warhead capable of destroying large ships in seconds. we'll be taking up that as well as the iranian surface-to-air missile tests and other iranian provocative moves with fox news military analyst general jack keane. >>>...
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only country that is being condemned is israel. not saudi arabia, not afghanistan, not iran. >> rose: whose fault is that? >> now let's look at this. israel began checking people at the airport 30 years ago. what did people say, hey, how you can do this thing. invasion of privacy, you can't do this stuff. israel is on the front line in encountering phenomenallen phenomenons that western democracies have yet to encounter, we are trying to protect and if the go overboard. do we always get it right, no. but by god we are trying. and i think today when he look at what we have faced, the united states, western countries, israel, we are fighting on the same thing. we're fighting on the values, values of freedom. the values that we all cherish. >> rose: let me tov to-- john kerry made a huge effort to bring ises rheals and palestinians together. he spent almost a year trying to get that to happen. and he's raised questions as to why it was difficult. and he has blamed both sides. >> uh-huh. >> rose: yes. >> i, and you, charlie, we have seen president clinton put an offer on the table. i was
only country that is being condemned is israel. not saudi arabia, not afghanistan, not iran. >> rose: whose fault is that? >> now let's look at this. israel began checking people at the airport 30 years ago. what did people say, hey, how you can do this thing. invasion of privacy, you can't do this stuff. israel is on the front line in encountering phenomenallen phenomenons that western democracies have yet to encounter, we are trying to protect and if the go overboard. do we...
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: especially world war ii. at the same time, he has said about iran -- they have to decide whether they want to be a revolutionary force or a nationstate. niall: this is an important concept in his writing. an international order's biggest problem is a revolutionary state that delegitimizes this order. a revolutionary iran fundamentally changed the international order and in some ways it was as profound an event as at the opening to china in the early 1970's that we associate with his time in government. that revolutionary state still poses a problem, and one can see that in his critical writing at the time of the iran deal and was being negotiated. there is a fundamental skepticism that you can bring a regime like that into the international order in the way the president is trying to do. charlie: i expect people that pick up this book will say -- kissinger, niall ferguson, a historian, and then they see idealists. they say, "really? idealists?" niall: this might seem like a provocation and i imagine there will be some viewers who are reeling. calling kissinger an idealist. charlie: one bio
: especially world war ii. at the same time, he has said about iran -- they have to decide whether they want to be a revolutionary force or a nationstate. niall: this is an important concept in his writing. an international order's biggest problem is a revolutionary state that delegitimizes this order. a revolutionary iran fundamentally changed the international order and in some ways it was as profound an event as at the opening to china in the early 1970's that we associate with his time in...
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that we cannot take lightly. charlie: and syria. dr. abdullah: and syria, and iran. the fact this has happened so quickly, this has created an appeal. charlie: especially from the young around the world, who come from everywhere. dr. abdullah: and to go from everywhere. charlie: right. what the you think of the russian president in -- russian presence in syria? dr. abdullah: russian presence in syria. i'm not sure that they will put soldiers on the ground. charlie: putin said off the record to me that he had no plans to do that. dr. abdullah: off the record and on the record, i believe it. charlie: you might assume is one of the reasons is afghanistan. afghanistan was a terrible lesson of history. it has been the burial ground of a lot of people who try to conquer it, as you know better than anyone. dr. abdullah: partly, it is because of that. there are other constraints that they are having. troops on the ground will not help the situation. but, as a matter of pursuit of their own interest, they have chosen to support bashar al-assad, and i watched that in -- that interview with pres
that we cannot take lightly. charlie: and syria. dr. abdullah: and syria, and iran. the fact this has happened so quickly, this has created an appeal. charlie: especially from the young around the world, who come from everywhere. dr. abdullah: and to go from everywhere. charlie: right. what the you think of the russian president in -- russian presence in syria? dr. abdullah: russian presence in syria. i'm not sure that they will put soldiers on the ground. charlie: putin said off the record to...
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behind putin in recent days. >> iran and assad make up mr. putin's coalition at the moment. the rest of the world makes up ours. so i don't think people are fooled by the current strategy. lou: yet the obama administration still has not answered many important questions. how many u.s. backed rebels have been targeted by those russian airstrikes? or how many of those forces have been hit? and these unanswered questions raise some considerable concerns about an administration that appears to be operating on occasion fact free when it comes to politics, governance and foreign policy. joining us former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. why don't we have a better sense of how many of these rebel forces are being hit? how many there are? where they are, and what is the effect of the russian airstrikes? >> let me tell you, if the obama administration's policy was succeeding, we'd hear all about it, the fact we're not getting the details is the fact it's not succeeding. when the president has the gall to say putin is doing this out of the sense he's a fail
behind putin in recent days. >> iran and assad make up mr. putin's coalition at the moment. the rest of the world makes up ours. so i don't think people are fooled by the current strategy. lou: yet the obama administration still has not answered many important questions. how many u.s. backed rebels have been targeted by those russian airstrikes? or how many of those forces have been hit? and these unanswered questions raise some considerable concerns about an administration that appears...
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alligator. we have iran alligator. we have iraq alligator. we have afghanistan alligator and you're coming to me saying yeah, i got this other alligator over here that hasn't happened yet but it might. and he said in the army, we have a special group and a special officer who's in charge of the future. what are the potential issues we need to worry about? i'm not all together sure, charlie, we have someone in our political system who is tasked with doing the same thing. charlie: but here's what i would suggest maybe, it is that it's more -- it has an increasing priority for them. i mean, keith alexander was head of n.s.a. and head of cyber command. those were the two jobs. and mike rogers has those two jobs today. it is a priority for them now. it is a subject of great dialogue between the chinese and the united states. >> they certainly do, charlie. but remember the n.s.a. is in deep trouble in this country. charlie: right. courtesy of edward snowden. >> courtesy of edward snowden and much of what snowden reported turns out to be accurate. the question we have to ask ourselves as p
alligator. we have iran alligator. we have iraq alligator. we have afghanistan alligator and you're coming to me saying yeah, i got this other alligator over here that hasn't happened yet but it might. and he said in the army, we have a special group and a special officer who's in charge of the future. what are the potential issues we need to worry about? i'm not all together sure, charlie, we have someone in our political system who is tasked with doing the same thing. charlie: but here's...
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won it hands-down. what did president obama say? spent his speech criticizing iran and criticizing russia. by saying,pleted could they please help him to sort out syria. even more extraordinary, he said at we left a power vacuum in one point libya. then he concluded his speech by saying that we need to get rid of bashar al-assad in syria. the holes in the arguments are enormous. putin's position was a simpler one. we allowed states to disintegrate and this has had desperate consequences. you can't really argue with him about that. charlie: from the standpoint of whether there is room for these two countries to find someplace to attack isis. the other question on the table, for me, has the assad regime had any success in fighting isis? have they been focused on fighting isis? carol: the white house's hope in terms of whether they can reach an agreement with russia is vladimir putin is not wedded to assad the person, but to the regime. they can negotiate some kind of agreement where he steps down in several years. that is increasingly the way they are explaining it. charlie: everybod
won it hands-down. what did president obama say? spent his speech criticizing iran and criticizing russia. by saying,pleted could they please help him to sort out syria. even more extraordinary, he said at we left a power vacuum in one point libya. then he concluded his speech by saying that we need to get rid of bashar al-assad in syria. the holes in the arguments are enormous. putin's position was a simpler one. we allowed states to disintegrate and this has had desperate consequences. you...
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, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. iran showing off its military might sending a message to the world that it will continue its missile program despite u.n. security council resolutions and despite the nuclear deal with president obama and the rest. further provocation iranian state television today broadcast video of a secret underground base housing medium and long range ballistic missiles. iranian officials boasting the facility is one of hundreds of underground bases around the country. these talks come days after iran said it successfully test fired a new long range surface-to-surface missile. we take up the obama administration's failure to respond to these iranian threats tonight with house foreign affairs committee member congressman lee zeldin. >>> also tonight, new fox poll shows stunning 70% of americans say the obama administration doesn't have a plan in syria. in fact, the majority of 53% of say vladimir putin has the upper hand in the syrian conflict. we'll be talking about all of that and much more with colonel ralph peters. >>> and hillary clinton delivering what analysts say was a
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rid the to iran arena's are beginning to dismantle. what is your expectation -- let me turn to iran. the iranians are beginning to dismantle. what is your expectation? senator mccain: they are pouring into iran -- charlie: to have the capability to do what? usuallymccain: in icbm carries a nuclear weapon. they are pouring into syria to fight with russian airpower -- charlie: you're saying irradiance, not have a lot -- iranians, not hezbollah? they areccain: supplying the duties in yemen. charlie: what should we do about iranian behavior? senator mccain: i think it is very wrongheaded to take an arms can treat it like -- especially when everyone knows that barack obama's ambition from the beginning was there was no arrangement with iran where we would have a whole new changed landscape in the middle east. and obviously when you see their behavior, that is not happening. they have 100 billion or so to reinforce -- charlie: listen to this. this is from henrik kissinger, you're very good friend, -- henry kissinger, you're very different. american policy on iran has moved to the center o
rid the to iran arena's are beginning to dismantle. what is your expectation -- let me turn to iran. the iranians are beginning to dismantle. what is your expectation? senator mccain: they are pouring into iran -- charlie: to have the capability to do what? usuallymccain: in icbm carries a nuclear weapon. they are pouring into syria to fight with russian airpower -- charlie: you're saying irradiance, not have a lot -- iranians, not hezbollah? they areccain: supplying the duties in yemen....
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nations and talked about his concern for national security. he talked about iran and the nuclear deal. he talked about the palestinians, and he also talked about syria, all subjects we want to talk to him about. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to talk to him before he returns to israel. thank you for joining us. prime minister netanyahu: good to join you. charlie: in syria, the russians have created a military force. their planes attacked moderate arabs. he says he is going in to prop up assad. tell me what you know from your own intelligence sources about what is going on on the ground. prime minister netanyahu: i went to see mr. putin in moscow a few days ago, and he told me his goals, pretty much as he enunciated them here. . said, i have different goals i'm not going to intervene in the internal conflict in syria. it's a mess. i do want to intervene to protect my country's security. we will not allow iran to build a second terror front against us. ofwill not tolerate the use syrian territory to rocket our cities, and we will act to prevent the transfer of arms by iran and oth
nations and talked about his concern for national security. he talked about iran and the nuclear deal. he talked about the palestinians, and he also talked about syria, all subjects we want to talk to him about. i'm pleased to have this opportunity to talk to him before he returns to israel. thank you for joining us. prime minister netanyahu: good to join you. charlie: in syria, the russians have created a military force. their planes attacked moderate arabs. he says he is going in to prop up...
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on what does matter and y, cing tonht. >>> d thobamadmistraon now clearly favors iran over israel. can secretary of state kerry can secretary of state kerry really play the role of honest you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give you 37-thousand to replace it. "depreciation" they claim. "how can my car depreciate before it's first oil change?" you ask. maybe the better question...