mike morell, former deputy director of the c.i.a. he's a colleague on cbs. i'm pleased to have him back on this program. mike, let me begin with basics here. president putin telegraphed what he was going to do, increase military presence with equipment and advisors, and he began building up to that point, and then he launched air strikes. it is said these were air strikes against moderate forces, and some stories that they may have been against some people that the c.i.a. was engaged with. tell me what he is trying to do and what he deliberately -- and why wouldn't he hit i.s.i.s. in order to prove his presence, even though he says, i'm there, said most recently to me, i'm there to prop up assad because i think they need a central government in the fight against i.s.i.s. >> right, charlie. so i think there are a number of reasons he is doing what he is doing. i think the most important reason is that he believes that president assad needs to be propped up so that i.s.i.s. does not take over the entire country. president putin believes that if president assad

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joining me is mike morel, deputy director from 2010-2013. he is a colleague on cbs. i'm pleased to have him back. let me begin with basics. president putin telegraphed what he was going to do, that he was going to increase his military presence with equipment and advisers and he began building up to that point. and then he launched airstrikes against moderate forces, and in some stories, that they may have been against some people that the cia was engaged with. tell me what he is trying to do, and would he deliberately -- why would not he hit isis to prove his presence, even though he said most recently to me, i am there to prop up assad because i think they need a central government with isis? mike: charlie, there are a number of reasons he is doing what he is doing. the most important reason is that he believes at president assad needs to be propped up so that isis does not take over the entire country. president putin believes that president assad were to depart the scene, there would be even more instability in syria, and with that greater instability isis would

fact is, he was the one who was going to the cia, he was the one who asked for the briefing from mike morell, at his ranch in texas, and morell and tenant in their memoirs both say they told the president is there was no evidence at all of any specific attack against the united states, no intelligence. that's the reality. >> all right. i suspect this debate is going to continue. >> absolutely. >> congressman peter king, thanks very much for sharing your perspective on what's going on. >> thank you, wolf. >> appreciate it very much. >>> meanwhile, we're getting new information about the manhunt for notorious mexican drug lord who broke out of prison. i want to bring back cnn's brian todd. brian, you have new details about el chapo's latest escape. what are you learning? >> we do, wolf, new information coming in tonight about el chapo's encounter with mexican special forces in recent days. a source tells us they had a visual glimpse of him, there was a harrowing foot chase through the mountains and a narrow escape. sources say the fugitive kingpin of the sinaloa drug cartel, joaquin "el chapo"

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and i think what mike morel told you in the intelligence committee investigation you would hear from anyone in the government at a high level who has to deploy americans around the world. we see that with the defense department. we see breaches of security on our military bases. we know that everybody is struggling to get it right. and as i have said the vast majority of cases our security professionals do. and then unfortunately there are instances where they do not. that's why we have after action reports and the accountability review board to look at what happened and try to learn from it. and going all the way back to tehran and east africa and the 100 attacks on facilities around the world since 2001 we have tried to learn and apply those lessons. i hope we will continue doing so. >> i yield back. >> the chair will recognize the gentleman from ohio. >> secretary clinton a few minutes ago you said some of you have raised the video. raised the video? you raised the video. at 10:08 on september 11, 2012 you raised the video. at 10:08 with americans still fighting for their lives an

secretary, director, it is made at the appropriate level of the security officials, and i think what mike morell told you in the intelligence committee investigation you would hear from anyone in the government at a high level who has to deploy americans around the world. we see that with the defense department. you know, we see breaches of security on our military bases and we know that everybody is struggling to get it right and as i have said, the vast majority of cases our security professionals do and then unfortunately, there are some instances where they do not, and that's why we have after action reports or why we have the accountability review board to look at what happened and try to learn from it and going all the way back to teheran and beirut and east africa and 100 attacks on facilities around the world since 2001 we've tried to learn and apply lessons and i hope we'll continue doing so. >> thank you, madam secretary. >> we'll recognize a gentleman from ohio. >> secretary clinton, you said some of you raised the video. raised the video. you raised the video. at 10:08 on september 1

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