-- ratcheting up with 250 special forces go into syria because he hopes to achieve something. >> yeah, i do. >> rose: before he leaves, hoping for the best. >> i think he was aware of the criticism he got when he didn't leave the baseball game in cuba when he was out in the southeast asia when he called isil the junior var is-- varsity. people said wait a minute, these are not hard-core republicans saying that, these are analysts that have been around for awhile. i felt that way. a lot about politics and being the president is reality and perception. you have to do the reality but you also have to dot perception part of it. the symbolic part of it, to be strong and say i hear you. i know why you are concerned. at the same time, i'm very concerned personally that we continue to talk about sant barbara like it will happen in the next nano second. we're not talking about all the mass shootings that occurred in the last couple of years. in organization organize-- oregon and other schools. so if donald trump says we've got to ban muslims until we figure that out, well, if you are worried about d

for going into libya. she thinks we should have intervened more in syria. does that worry you? sen. king: i wouldn't say it either way. the real issue is, what is your temperament? that may be the most decision about how you make this decision. we do not know what the issue will be. it is hard to say that she is predisposed to using rce in every situion. i think it is probably true. came iny is that obama wanting to end wars and he has now been at war longer than any president in u.s. history and opening up new fronts as we speak. in part because of the nature of the world that we live in. al: you sit on the intelligence committee. what is your general feeling about the secretary using a private e-mail server while she and circulated some sensitive material that was subsequently classified? have not read the e-mails or been deeply involved but i understand that colin powell did the same. it is not unheard of. here is the irony. timeframe, the state department server was hacked and hers was not. hers may have been more secure. it is sort of a funny sideline on history. i don't think

pusher for going into libya. she thinks we should have intervened more in syria. does this more hawkish view your renew, or do you welcome it? sen. king: i wouldn't say it either way. the real issue is, what is your temperament? that may be the most decisive -- the most important decision about how you make this decision, because we do not know what the issue is going to be. it is hard to say that she is predisposed to use force in every situation. but i think it is probably true. the irony is, obama came in wanting to end wars, and he has now been at war longer than any president in u.s. history and opening up new fronts as we speak. in part because of the nature of the world that we live in. al: you sit on the intelligence committee. i know you are not familiar with the specifics, but what is your general feeling about the secretary using a private e-mail server while she was in office, which circulated some sensitive material that was subsequently classified? sen. king: i have not read the e-mails, but i understand that colin powell did the same thing. it is not unheard of. here is t

thinks we should have intervened more in syria. does this more hawkish view, does that worry you or do you welcome it? >> i don't know-- i wouldn't say it either way. i think the real issue is a, what is your temperment. and i think that really may be the most important decision about how you make this decision. because we don't know what the issue is going to be am i think it's hard to say that she's predisposed to use force in every situation. but i-- i think it's probably true. the irony is obama came in wanting to end wars. and he's now been at war than any president in u.s. history, and opening new fronts as we speak. and that is, in part just because of the nature of the world that we live in today. >> rose: you. >> you sitter on the intelligence committee and i know are you not familiar with the specifics about this case. but what is your general feeling about the secretary using that private e-mail server while shes with in office, which circulated some sensitive material that was subsequently classified? >> well, i think a couple of things. >> and i haven't been deeply invo

under it and it is a terrifying feeling. >> rose: accompanying and leading general to syria and iraq, bob costa on donald trump, and "a streetcar named desire" when we continue. funding for charlie rose is provided by the following. >> rose: we begin this evening with the fight against i.s.i.s., an operation to recapture the city of fallujah led by iraqi forces beginning monday. 15 iraqi soldiers reportedly killed in the assault in anbar province. a kurdish-led force led an offensive in syria in territories around raqqa, backed by u.s. airstrikes and putting pressure on i.s.i.s. forces in their strong hold. david ignatius is a foreign affairs columnist for "the washington post." he recently traveled to northern syria and iraq with the commander of the u.s. central command. i am pleased to have him back on this program. david, welcome. >> thank you. thank you, charlie. >> rose: tell me about the trip and what you saw and -- because this, as you suggested right before we started, was the first time a cent come commander has done this in six years. >> this was a very unusual opportunity

offensive in syria on territories around raqqa. the operation is backed by u.s. airstrikes, and is aimed to put pressure on isis forces in their stronghold. joining me from washington is david ignatius. he is a foreign affairs columnist for "the washington post." he recently traveled to northern syria and iraq with the command of the u.s. central command, i am pleased to have him on the program. welcome. david: thank you. charlie: tell me about the trip and what you saw. this, as you suggested, the first time a centcom commander has done this in six years. david: this is a very unusual opportunity for me and three other reporters to travel with the general, the commander of centcom, in that role as overall supervision of the war in syria and iraq against isis. this is the first time since i think 2010, roughly, that a centcom commander has taken press with him. under general austin, a predecessor, that was out. they did not want the press tagging along. he decided the american public needs to know more about the wars, if people are going to understand and support them, so he decided to take

the prime minister. back in in syria, because of the events there, and the inability to figure out by anybody an alternative to assad. >> yeah. well, i say a couple things about that. the united states is a global power with global interests and we vp stabilities around the world. and absent u.s. leadership and actions, these situations would not be addressed. second is that he has been, i think, and demon straiblly determined to not just, again we have to deal with these problems where we are trying to manage security threat like in afghanistan. but also to keep his eye on where the opportunities are as in asia. and keep his eye on the most important relationship in the world and that's clearly the chinese u.s. relationship going forward. that relationship is really going to tell a lot about how the 20th century goes. now having said that, there say big difference between us having, we have been 10,000 troops right now in afghanistan, supporting the afghan government and taking action principlably against isis and al-qaeda and having 150,000 troop there. >> in afghanistan that's not

. in terms of iraq and supporting the prime minister. back in syria because of the events there and the inability to figure out by anybody in alternative to. >> i'd say a couple things about that. the night states is a global power with global interest and we have responsibilities around the world. absent u.s. leadership and action these situations would not be addressed. second is that he has been demonstrable he determined to not just -- we have to deal with these problems where we try to manage the security threat like afghanistan but to keep his eye on where the opportunities are as in asia. to keep his eye on the most important relationships which is clearly the chinese-u.s. relationship going forward. having said that, there is a big difference between us -- we have about 10,000 troops now in afghanistan supporting the afghan government and taking action principally against isis and al qaeda. and having 150,000 troops there. >> in afghanistan is that the threat. >> in afghanistan a threat is the taliban. they are the ones occupy the territory and are moving to places+++ >> the tal

today. in syria, a series of explosions have killed scores of people in areas controlled by the syrian regime which are so host russian forces. isis has claimed responsibility for monday's s attacks in the coastal cities of jableheh and tartous. state media said at least 78 people were killed while monitoring groups put the toll at more than 100. in the united states tensions , between democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders and the democratic party establishment. sanders has announced his support for tim canova, who is challenging wasserman schultz's congressional seat in florida. in a cnn interview with jake tapper, sanders also criticized the superdelegate system that he said "anointed" hillary clinton as the nominee. >> the point that i was making is there something absbsurd whei get 46% of the delegates that come from real contests, real elections, and 7% of the superdelegates. the point i made a few minutes after that is that some 400 of hillary clinton's superdelegates came on board heher campaign before anybody else announced. an anointment. that is bad for the process

to ccr's client maher arar, who was rendered to syria for torture. and sadly, a majority of our congress, our courts, and our media have given bush a free hand -- and in fact, worse, have been the handmaidens of the torture and detention program. but it has not been given a free hand by the center for constitutional rights. it has not been given a free hand by the nation. it has not been given a free hand by jeremy or naomi. today we're in the midst of a pitched battle, a pitched battle to put this country back, at least ostensibly, on the page of fundamental rights and moral decency. the battle is difficult and the road is long and hard. on occasion, i get pessimistic. sometimes i and my colleagues feel like sisyphus. twice -- not just once, twice -- we pushed the rock up the hill and won rights for guantánamo detainees in the supreme court, and twice the rock was rolled back down by congress over those rights. so we pushed it back up again. five days ago, we were in the supreme court for the third time. it was difficult, more difficult than before because the justices have ch

capture him. >> rose: and you did the latter. >> and he was deep inside syria in a town we have since taken back from isil. back then it was kind of a heartland of isil our special forces went into the heart of the town, abu sarks if reswriftd. he was killed. but the amount of information they took off that site was more, i've been told from our guys, was more than almost any operation in the history of the special forces. >> rose: it was one of the greatest upsets in sports history. leicester city won the premiere league in so, or as they call it, football. here to tell bus it tommy smyth, john mcelweith, and roger bennett how big an upset is the season that football team, as they say, is having? how big is it to go from here to here? >> charlie, if this was the medieval ages we would be writing ballots about this achievement and singing it for generations. this is a 132-year history of leicester football club. they've never come close to winning this trophy. english football is run by money, the common wisdom off the field, bank accounts determine success on it. >> rose: so how did

united states and russia are co-chairing a meeting in vienna today of the 17-nation international syria support group aimed at easing the five-year conflict. according to a recent report by the syrian center for policy research, the death toll in syria has reached close to half a million people nearly twice , the number counted by the united nations a year and a half ago when it stopped keeping track of the numbers killed because of the data's unreliability. just last month president obama , announced the deployment of 250 more special operations troops to syria in a move that nearly doubles the official u.s. presence in the country. syria is only one of a number of conflicts in the middle east. last year, a record 60 million people were forced to flee their homes becoming refugees. , well, for more on these conflicts, from syria to iraq to yemen and the united states' , role in the ongoing violence, we continue our conversation with internationally-renowned political dissident, linguist, author, noam chomsky. he has written over a hundred -- 100 books most recently "who , rules the wor

sense of something like this. we analyze it in three dimensions. there's the core in iraq and syria which we're talking about. you have to shrink the core. you have to shrink the amount of territory they control, and we are shrinking it about 45% in iraq less in syria but strategic plans in syria. so there's a core in iraq and syria. there is then the global networks, the foreign fighter network, the propaganda, recruiting and financing networks, and then they have eight self declared affiliates around the world. >> rose: we conclude with maggie haberman who covers politics for the "new york times" and cnn. >> paul ryan is a very conservative figure. yet at this moment in the conservative party which has lurched so far right, he is not treated that way anymore. he's seen as a moderate. >> rose: instead of establishment. >> absolutely. and the party base is deeply suspicious. many americans are deeply suspicious of government and of an establishment. so i think that we're not going to know whether the republican party looks anything like what we resemble. you certainly see people lik

to conflict zones, syria most notably, and the concern that they became or already were radicalized with the intent of returning to the united states to do us harm. that, of course, remains a concern of ours, but increasingly we are concerned about the home-grown radicalized violent extremist. and we had an effort that was under the rubric of countering violent extremism, but we rebranded that effort very importantly and created the office for community partnerships because ultimately -- ultimately the owners of that effort must be the local communities themselves to be able to identify individuals who are on the path to radicalization and to intervene in that path. we, in the federal government, can facilitate and equip them to address this phenomenon. the -- director james comey has spoken on a number of occasions publicly about the fact that there are approximately 1,000 individuals under investigation in the united states now. there are individuals in every single state of our union who are under investigation. and they may very well not have travelled to an area of conflict, bu

syria and iraq. >> we interviewed a senior justice department official that said they've gotten better, that they're preventing more americans from leaving this country to try and join i.s.i.s., that the number of americans and other foreign nationals who are going to join the so-called islamic state has gone down. but, of course, there's a flip side to that. if the u.s. law enforcement in general is better at locking the door and keeping them from going to join i.s.i.s., that means you've locked them inside this country and they're here and that is a concern that law enforcement officials have. >> ros:

and health providers were in syria, where recent bombings of doctors without borders-supported hospitals has sparked international protests. this comes as the united nations is warning of the risk of starvation in government-besieged areas if the delivery of humanitarian aid continues to be blocked by the assad regime. the united states, russia, and other countries have said they will to begin airdropping aid by june 1 if the sieges are not lifted. meanwhile, the italian coast guard says at least 20 people have drowned trying to cross the mediterranean, while the coast guard rescued more than 4000 additional people on thursday. this comes as greek officials have bulldozed the idomeni refugee camp on the border near macedonia. authorities began forcibly removing thousands of refugees from the idomeni earlier this week. the camp had been the site of frequent protests over macedonia's decision to close its border. a new analysis of the mexican military's kill rate suggests the armed forces have engaged in summary killings and extrajudicial killings while waging the so-called war o

correspondent for nbc news, and a report about americans fighting with i.s.i.s. in syria and iraq. >> we interviewed a senior justice department official that said they've gotten better, that they're preventing more americans from leaving this country to try and join i.s.i.s., that the number of americans and other foreign nationals who are going to join the so-called islamic state has gone down. but, of course, there's a flip side to that. if the u.s. law enforcement in general is better at locking the door and keeping them from going to join i.s.i.s., that means you've locked them inside this country and they're here and that is a concern that law enforcement officials have. >> rose: we continue with simon de pury talking about the art market today. >> it's essential to always visit all the exhibits, the art fairs, previews and you have to stay in it. you can't take a step back and you don't want to because it's so enjoyable, you can never get tired of it or blase. you can't ever see too much art. >> rose: we conclude with jodi hauptman, the curator talking about the edgar degas exhibi

all-male, all quite for the first time 1979. then to syria. >> the member of the security council expressed outrage at all recent attacks inyria dirted agains civilia and civian obcts, incding medical facilities. as well as all indiscriminate attacks and stress these actions may amount toward crimes. amy: as the death toll in syria's five-year conflict reportedly reaches 500,000, we'll look another story that receives far less attention. that of syrians working at the local level to survive and organize in the midst of war and to keep the revolutionary spirit of the 2011 syrian uprising alive. we'll speak with yasser munif, a syrian scholar who specializes in grassroots movements in syria. he is cofounder of the campaign for global solidarity with the syrian revolution. then bird feeding. that is the charge prisoners are leveling against guards who are cutting back on their food in order to force them back to work , in some cases, with no pay at all. after a 10 day work strike over labor and prison conditions. the humanto deal with rights abuses. a staging ground for future effort

of origin and left or entered syria to join up with isis and to join up with the group that was forming isis and becoming isis at the time. these all represent intelligence failures. if the fbi had known about these people are stop to them, then they would never have joined isis and filling out the registration forms. so these are the ones who got through the net. charlie: so have they talk to the parents? they got through, clearly, they made it. they managed to get out of the country. the families that we have spoken to have been contacted by the fbi. it did notnd is extend the investigation by the fbi, as far as we could tell, far beyond the immediate parents. we spoke to former teachers. we spoke to neighbors. we spoke to friends. and in many cases, none of them had been contacted. charlie: they did not know about the child ahead on to syria? richard: none of them. charlie: no teachers knew, no friends knew? richard: in most cases, not. charlie: but the parents knew? richard: they did. charlie: where was a port of entry? richard: all these files were from turkey. richard:the

from syria and iraq battlefields? ms. lynch: we saw an uptick over the last two years, a number of americans that were increasingly younger. and they also included young women, who were seeking to travel overseas to syria to join isil or some connected organizations. they would say they wanted to fight american soldiers or they wanted to join the fight in general. those numbers have gone down a bit in terms of what we are seeing. we have done over 80 cases involving these individuals. we do prosecute them when we have the evidence. we do take these cases extremely seriously. while the number of individuals trying to leave the u.s. is down, it is increasing certainly from other countries. as the terrorist threat has morphed, the danger from the homegrown extremists, those who become radicalized usually online, usually from information that has been there for years, and that isil is still feeding to propagate their views. those individuals, for whatever reason, are susceptible, for whatever reason are drawn to the extremist view, the extremist ideology, are isolated or vulnerable or

ceasefire in syria. at least 250 people have died in aleppo during more than a week of bombing by the syrian regime, including the bombing of a doctors without borders-supported hospital that killed as many as 50 people, including doctors and patients. puerto rico is slated to miss its biggest debt repayment thus far after governor alejandro garcia padilla declared a moratorium on a more than $400 million payment due today. padilla spoke out sunday. >> we have asked congress over and over again to approve the measures so that we can restructure our debts. we don't want to have a bailout and we have not been offered a bailout. what we want is a restructuring process that will not cause the united states anything. we simply need legal tools that will allow us to confront this crisis and are sure that puerto rico will have a viable future. amy: the cia has sparked widespread criticism by marking the five-year anniversary of the u.s. killing of osama bin laden by live-tweeting the operation as if in real time. for six hours sunday, the cia tweeted play-by-play details of the raid on bin l

and syria. ohio governor john kasich has dropped out of the republican presidential race all but , sealing the nomination for donald trump. kasich's campaign had initially said he would remain in the race after texas senator ted cruz dropped out following a loss in the indiana primary. but kasich reversed course on wednesday. >> you see, i have always said that the lorhas a puose for hass esor eryone -- he for everyone. as isis been my campaign today, i have renewed faith, deeper faith, that the lord will show me the way forward and fulfill the purpose of my life. thank you and god bless. nermeen: the province of alberta has declared a state of emergency over a massive wildfire that has forced all 88,000 residents to flee the city of fort mcmurray in the heart of the oil sands region. more people have been ordered to evacuate from surrounding communities, while a number of oil companies have shut down or curtailed operations. scientists have linked the increase in wildfires to climate change. president obama criticized what he called a man-made disaster in the city of flint, mich

controls the committee. in syria, fierce fighting has been reported between rebels and the syrian regime in the city of aleppo. the syrian observatory for human rights said the battle was the most intense the city had seen for more than a year. dozens have reportedly been killed. this comes after at least three people were killed when a maternity hospital in a government-controlled section of the city was hit by rocket fire. secretary of state john kerry said the rockets appeared to have come from a rebel area. attack on the hospital appears to be rockets that have come from some area of opposition, and we're trying to determine precisely which. so the bottom line is, there is no justification for this horrific violence that targets civilians or medical facilities or first responders no matter who it is. amy: the hospital attack came days after syrian regime destroyed a doctors without borders-backed hospital, killing the last pediatrician in the rebel-held east aleppo. the u.n. security council has unanimously passed a resolution reminding states they must protect medical and aid worker

the campaign to retake mosul? you were to imagine partitioning iraq or syria formally into a separate country or two separate countries, you have essentially created a big sunni-arab ghetto with no substantial resources in either country. that's not where iraq's oil is, in these western and northwestern parts of iraq. it's not where syria's historical strengths of its great cities are. now you have a sunni-arab state that is economically destitute and dysfunctional. that can only be a recipe for more violence down the road. that's my practical reason against partition. i can still imagine confederation working through that gets to the mosul -- confederation working. that gets to the mosul question. it has been held by the bad guys for a long time, so a lot of damage has been done. apew more months prison -- few more months resumable he won't change that much. after isis -- a few more months presumably won't change that much. i don't think we have a really good answer to this. we have been foundering between, should we help the iraqis create a national guard that could be loca

syria is not saying well, russia can be no part of it. probably engaging russia on a solution to syria. >> they have to be part of it and so does iran. the idea that we could come to accommodation or agreement without having those players is ridiculous. tom, you would probably agree with that. they have to be at the table. that's what secretary kerry is trying to bring about. an agreement or negotiation that would tend to improve the situation. you're quite right in your comment about selective engagement. that's why i like the paradigm. you look at each one of these discrete, specific foreign policy problems through the prism of the national interests and our principles and values and say to yourself, okay, if we take this action what's it going to lead to? that's the way a president should approach these things. look at where the vital national interests of the country are at stake. you might decide to go as far as the military. if you don't get to that point you still have the tools of our political economic and diplomatic engagement. >> i like the idea of the guiding principle bein

to imagine partitioning iraq and/or syria formally into a separate or two separate countries, you have essentially created a big sunni arab ghetto with no substantial resources in either country. that's not where iraq's oil is in the western and northwestern parts of iraq. it's not where syria's historical strengths of its great cities are out in the center and east, and, so, you have now a sunni arab state that is economically destitute and dysfunctional, and that can only be a recipe for more violence down the road. so that's my practical reason against partition. i could still imagine confederation working and that gets to the mosul question. so my second point would be the real risk here at this point is not so much whether or not mosul will be liberated. it's already been held by the bad guys a long time so a lot of damage has been done and a few more months presumably won't change that a lot, but the question is who will stabilize mosul after i.s.i.s. is driven out and as just mentioned which sectarian group, which foreign power may have the greatest influence? i don't think

syria we know that the assad regime cannot have the credibility and doesn't represent the people as a result. not only civil conflict, but breeding grounds for isil. that's not through much of the world's ills as a crisis in governance and willing to ignore the rule of law and i look forward to the conversation we are having with two of the real champions in the history of america on foreign policy. >> well, as we all are very thrilled to have you, secretary baker is to me a model of public service, someone that i looked up to for a long time and i appreciate him taking his time to be with us today. i know he served off and on pult pell times with great distinction. i got to know him over the course of the first few years of the obama administration and although i don't know him as well, he is highly disdain and we could not be more fortunate than to have him here today. if you would summarize your commends in about five minutes. if you can summarize and we look forward to asking questions. if you would start secretary baker, i would appreciate it. >> it's a pleasure to be here for

protest. he was the third american servicemen to die 2014. meanwhile in syria there is a push to maintain a cease-fire. talk about all of this i am pleased to have brett back. >> thank you. charlie: where is a rack today? i've been traveling around the region. barak faces tremendous challenges. here is a guy that came into office. it was it democratic transition. oilhe time, the price of was $400. every single drop of oil, iraq loses about a billion dollars a year. you get a sense of the 12th he has to work. what he is trying to do is implement some pretty far-reaching reforms. tectricity terrorists -- ariffs. amongs actually popular the population. what you have in the country is a kind of a kind of of people against the status quo from the bottom up. not against the political establishment. they cannot get enacted. the population continues. they're kind of writing that waves. the body it is in a very top spot. overall he is trying to do the right thing. we are hopeful he can get out of this. we recognize it is one of the most difficult jobs in the world. we have to give the pro

in syria. kerry addressed reporters. >> as i said before when we were in vienna, these are words on a piece of paper. they are not actions. but they are a commitment by russia to in fact limit the syrian regime from its ability to fly in civilian occupation areas -- occupied areas as well as to work with commanders on the ground in order to try to deliver stability. and a reaffirmation of the cessation of hostilities. amy: the syrian military , meanwhile, said it would extend for two days a ceasefire confined to the embattled city of aleppo and its surrounding areas. violence has continued despite the truce. the pentagon says an airstrike by the u.s.-led coalition has killed a senior isis official in iraq. officials said the strike on friday killed abu wahib, identified as isis' chief military official in anbar province. it hit a vehicle carrying wahib and three other people officials -- three other people described as isis members. pentagon spokesperson peter cook said -- "it is dangerous to be an isil leader in iraq and syria these days, and for good reason." brazil's senate has f

, the concern is, of course, with what's happening in syria. and with the growth of the islamic state or daesh or whatever you want to call them with the meltdown in libya, where you're seeing a pathway of foreign fighters now making their way into europe where, of course, they don't need a passport to travel among various members states of the european union and many of those countries have visa waiver programs with the united states whether people can gain access to the united states or whether they can just, as in the case of san bernardino, radicalize people in place. although obviously the two individuals involved there had traveled to the middle east as well. so, i think it's really important that we understand what the process is. obviously a lot oversight by the fisa court which many of my colleagues say is very important to them, by the director of national intelligence, odni, and the department of justice, there's a lot of oversight here and a lot of of the to try to minimize the impact on american citizens. although the fact of the matter is, as i understand, under 702, tha

stood side by side in two world wars, in korea, in kuwait, in iraq, in afghanistan, and now syria, as we work to tackle the threat of daesh and try to bring peace to the war torn country. we forged the nato alliance in the aftermath of war. we stood firm with our allies to ensure that peace reigns in europe and that the expansionist efforts of the european unions were resisted. today the work we do together continues as strongly as it ever has. our intelligence professionals work side by side in a seamless battle against the threat of terrorism. perhaps more than any two countries on earth, we share fruits of those labors in a way that strengthens our mutual security and that of our allies around the world. but our relationship is about so much more than security. the united states is britain's biggest trading partner. the united kingdom is one of the biggest international markets for u.s. goods and services. we share cultural roots, year and year, after oscar ceremony, british actors, actresses, production teams, feature high on the nomination lists. u.s. tv is challenging the be