led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind that russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts so essentially what we're seeing here is the potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly as latest decision clearly show that some of us allies do not feel safe in syria. and let's get the views now of military analysts come on he joins us good evening chief come out i think is just you know we can see. what are your thoughts on this we're hearing that some people are speculating you know this is out of caution the destroyer has taken this action although some of also said it's perhaps this strategy is sending a message to the u.s. led coalition to that they've gone a step too far perhaps what's your view. i think so

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind the russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts so essentially what we're seeing here is the potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly as latest decision clearly show that some of us allies do not feel safe in syria. and this could be thought of u.s. senator richard black who joins us this evening thanks for your time tonight richard what do you what's your view here we hear from mistrial you're saying that they're going to hold combat missions is this out of caution or do you think they're trying to perhaps send a message to to the u.s. led coalition. well here's the problem. both russia and iran have been invited into syria by the un recognized duly alack did. t

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind the russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts another thing to bear in mind is that on sunday's incident is barely the first time that the u.s. has attacked syrian government forces in fact there been four attacks in the past three months and the u.s. actions in syria certainly raise concerns with the u.n. it does bring up a broadly or deep concern of the risk of possible miscalculation and escalation in the conflict in syria so essentially what we're seeing here is the potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly as latest decision clearly show that some of us allies. do not feel safe in syria international relations professor jamal wakim told us that australia's

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems well that statement certainly sounds threatening but bear in mind the russia also made it very clear that no coalition play will be shot down automatically that everything will be decided on a case by case basis and action we only be taken if a coalition airplane poses a threat to russian aircrafts so essentially what we're seeing here is the potential fallout between coalition partners as straightly its latest position clearly show that some of us allies do not feel safe in syria are the reaction from middle eastern affairs commentator abdel bari atwan and he says that the situation in the region has become extremely dangerous as a result of u.s. actions. i believe it will is. simply because the american of the two go ahead this is. actually turned into some sort of it's called the nation with that i shall sit sit sit in really really dangerous here that was that indian to get the message the realize that. this is not safe any

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems russia also made it very clear that no u.s. led coalition would airplane would be automatically shot down the everything will be decided on a case by case basis that they will only take action if the coalition aircraft pose a threat to russian planes but bear in mind that this is not the first time the u.s. has attacked probably syrian government forces in fact there has been four attacks over the past three months and their actions have certainly raised concerns with the u.n. here's what they said. it does bring up broadly or deep concern of the risk of possible miscalculation and escalation in the conflict in syria so essentially what we're seeing here is a potential fall out between u.s. led coalition partners with australia now halting airstrikes and clearly show that some his allies may feel threatened are not safe because in u.s. actions you know it will things they are going to comment on this afternoon as well thanks fo

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems now on the pentagon's board they insist that shooting down the syrian jet was an act of self-defense they say the syrian jet were dropping bombs on estie at the sea when democratic forces position rocka a serious as no they say that the syrian jets were targeting eisel targets in iraq or rockets of course the capital of islamic state stuff claimed caliph it and russia has described this as an act of aggression they describe this as a violation of not only of syria sovereignty but also of international law russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov he's also commented on this before the statement was released by the russian military. it we call in the united states and others who have their forces were visors on the ground in syria to ensure the coordination of our work zoom's of deescalation are one of the possible options to move forward jointly we go in everyone to avoid unilateral moves respect syrian sovereignty and join our c

backed planes flying west of the euphrates river that decision. to stop it seems is temporary and officials said they're going to review it in due course we'll keep you posted on the tongue in. our top story today and what will happen there is syria to keep cross all our stories twenty four seven of course with the next live update in just about thirty five minutes time between now and then it's the one who we are the home the cars reporter days looking at how much of a bargain is progress in u.s. cuban relations is going to stay in place and trump. let's talk about black and blue of being black. and always well in a big house down the any steps where i've been told but it was simply that we in remains as such because we simply forgot i don't. eat scene we've allowed them to rearrange out paint you've told us the sickness of trusting our enemy we came to face. that's what i call a lack of blackness or understand in the blues of being black. sheep the blues of being black should mandate that we attack knowing how when and what to do to come the sim

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems on the pentagon's by big insist this shooting down the syrian jet was an act of self-defense they say the syrian jets were dropping bombs on estie at the democratic forces positions rocca a serious says no they say that the syrian jets were targeting i saw targets in iraq or of course the capital of islamic states the claim caliph it and russia has described this as an act the question they describe as a violation of not only up syria sovereignty but also international law russia foreign minister sergei lavrov he's also commented on this before the statement was released by the russian military you know put you before. we call in the united states and others who have their forces or divisors on the ground in syria to ensure the coordination of our work zones of deescalation are one of the possible options to move forward jointly we call in everyone to avoid unilateral moves respect syrian sovereignty and join our common work wh

coalition aircraft flying west of the euphrates river. white house official one short. such a haul of war and blowback to revenge attacks we ask britain's shadow minister of foreign affairs if the. media is responsible for radicalizing white supremacists as the queen today opens parliament to read to speech by embattled u.k. prime minister to raise a major plot from the headlines find out how italy is taking libyan liberties with their lives at sea and who's offering a stalled prime minister a rather softer direct set landing all this of all coming up with today's going underground but first as if what seem like weekly atrocities continue in britain from the granville tower inferno in kensington to a terror attack against muslims in london isn't bad enough relations between nuclear armed moscow and washington have sharply deteriorated in the past seventy two hours britain along with the united states you'll remember of switched sides no longer defectors supporting isis and al-qaeda linked groups to overthrow the secular government of president assad in syria but while u

fighter jets flying west of the euphrates river. most u.s. jets are bombing isis in the euphrates river valley but heightened provocations in syria. >> bill: there is so much action. what are you hearing? >> yesterday in southern syria for the second time a u.s. air force jet shot down an iranian drone flying near u.s.-backed forces in southern syria near syria's border with iraq and jordan where u.s. special operations forces are training syrian fighters. it marked the fifth time since late may, bill, that u.s. jets were forced to bomb pro-assad regime forces as things continue to escalate in syria. >> bill: more to come, lucas, thank you. thank you. >> shannon: gop congressional candidate karen handel casting her ballot. house speaker paul ryan says she and other republicans are in a good place. his thoughts on the race and more coming up in part two of our interview in minutes. >> bill: also the tensions escalating in north korea after the death of otto warmbier. senator john mccain saying the u.s. cannot tolerate the murder of its own cit

have gone across the euphrates river many times, an russia hasn't done anything, so maybe it's everybodyng everybody else. it's certainly a confused situation in washington, i can tell you that. >> steve, when you look at this whole situation, plus we've got the dynamics going on with russia here, the -- the investigation here, the allegations, only allegations at this point and you've got the president who may be running into putin at a big leader's meeting in germany next month. >> i mean, i think that's exactly right. the complexity of this as jack just laid out is enormous, but look what's glaring in this is that through raw intelligence the president and his team just said they still believe chemical weapons are in play inside syria. what have they done since the last attack? absolutely nothing. now they are threatening about the possible use. they are acquiescing to the fact that chemical weapons are on the table in syria and no one seems to be doing anything nels there's yet another attack so that's something that hasn't been discussed. the other thing we know now is rex tillerson

it is true russia occasionally bombs in the euphrates river valley but it's not their main endeavors. this has been more about propping up assad against other rebel or opposition groups including those backed by the united states. the areas that i've heard baghdadi travels in include baj in northwest iraq recently taken over by shia militia groups. the key area, the third capital of i.s.i.s. is abukamal on the asyrian-iraqi border. i.s.i.s. relocated its media propaganda to this town where he is more likely to hang out. it's been the gateway from syria to iraq for over ten years. >> glor: you talk about the i.s.i.s. propaganda, part of it is the russian propaganda. >> yes. >> glor: their involvement and their willingness to be seen involved is big. >> yes, and a part of the russia military doctrine is information war fair pre-seeds kinetic measure. they lie and lie very well -- well, sometimes not so well -- but this would be a piece of what is the russian strategy at the moment particularly with the donald trump presidency which is to bring the united states into the russian camp or

need to accomplish west of the euphrates river that it wouldn't if it weren't flying its planes thererates valley is where the next fight will be in syria. just very intense fighting and the sdf, and they're the ones that are knocking on the front door of rocca. all along that river valley is where most of isis is. this is about a week old, so don't hold me to this. 2,500 fighters in the city of rocca. few thousand more all along the euphrates valley. where whennia look at where isis might go a series of towns that we'll all get to know. our geography tends to improve all along the euphrates valley. >> the other issue, of course, is that russia is basically saying that that area, they're going to enforce, not really no-fly zone because the syrians will fly there but brings up this whole conversation of a no-fly zone. a lot of people who have said that the united states should impose a no-fly zone over syria. neither the syrians or russians can fly their planes over it. >> establishing a no-fly zone over syria would cause, this is always been the line for the pentagon. that involves a

the iranians want to form an arc of influence from iran through iraq through syria and the euphrates river valley all the way to the western part of syria. that is what is happening. >> martha: jack, thank you very much. general jack keane, i was good to see you. we have this news breaking in the last hour. senate g.o.p. leaders are planning to vote on legislation to repeal large chunks of the affordable tv health care act. watch this. >> something as important as this, to say that we are having regular order, to say that we are having an amendment process, and all due respect, is a joke. >> martha: what about all those calls that we had last week for more unity and perhaps a little bit of coming together? we will talk about that. plus, suspected terror and two european capitals in the last 24 hours. what will represent a breaking point and how do we keep it from coming here to our shores? that big debate coming up right after this. stay with us. >> across the country, we need to be calm but vigilant. i love that i can pass the membership to my children. we're the williams family, and we'r

takes strikes on overnight are west of the euphrates river. a couple months ago they did a helicopter insertion of coalition troops. that was on the southwest side of the river. so, if this russia threat is real and the deconfliction line is, in fact, dead. and the russians aren't picking up their end of the phone line, this is a serious matter and it could make a very, very complicated part of the world even more complicated. hallie? >> a couple ifs in what you jt said. the deconfliction lines shut down, when do they turn into reality or not reality? when are we going to know? >> we will have to press all our sources and also in qatar where they run the deconfliction lin . . they run a lot of the air forward command center for this. in the past, i should just stress when the russians have publicly said that the deconfliction line is no longer operative, you had hedges from the u.s. side. so, they'll say things like we are still deconflicting, which could mean you're having conversations. you're just not technically doing it on the hotline. >>

-led coalition planes and drones west of the euphrates river at military targets. a threatening response to the u.s. after it shot down a syrian fighter jet this weekend. more to that story. joining me now republican senator david perdue member of the armed services committee. what do you make of russia's pushback to what happened? >> it is to be expected. we warned them ahead of this incident. we called russia and set up the conversation and it did not forestall this. we had no choice. we have special operators in that area. we had to make this move. i think this is a similar situation when turkey shot down the russian plane for violating their airspace. this is where cooler heads will win the day in the next few days i hope. >> shannon: do it suggest a shift in strategy and how to deal with these threats. we've long said to the forces we are backing in syria we have your back. this is a concrete example. >> this is the first example we've had to do it. we are trying to equip in a way that will help. this is a way that sends a message not only to russia and to ass

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river with the russian air forces operating will be tracked to targets by russian air defense systems the usa has responded to moscow with a verbal barb insisting that it has the right to self-defense now the un is worried about things escalating it does bring up more broadly or deep concern about the risks of possible miscalculation and escalation in the conflict in syria let's go over the facts the u.s. coalition says that it acted in self-defense the usa is in syria without the permission of the internationally recognized syrian government after essentially invading a country the usa then attacks the internationally recognized government i think the term self-defense doesn't exactly apply here especially when you take into account the downed a jet was on an anti isis mission secondly u.s. leaders insist that they are operating in a de confliction zone well no one other than the pentagon has ever agreed to that maybe there's owns that have been established unilaterally where the coalition thinks that he will do whatever it wa

the middle euphrates river valley, clearly, assad, thanks to the russians and iranian support is flecking h iflexing feeling optimistic about his strategy operation and certainly they are moving to break through to their garrison surrounded at darizar. >> i appreciate that. the question, dshlgs i guess the second question i had was does that compromise our strategy for clearing isis in the euphrates river valley? >> it certainly has complicated it. let me have the chairman tell but the military situation on the ground there. >> and can i also ask you, general dunford, if you would talk about deacon -- de-conflicks aside how we are not working with the russians in syria? >> again, senator, first without splitting hairs, the media reports of us being encircled are not accurate and we still have freedom of movement outside of that area and we are not limited from moving up towards the euphrates river valley at this time. i talked to -- as the secretary does, our commander of the united states central command if not daily, multiple times each day. so there's not large numbers of forces, prore

situation where the russians are saying they will track us airplanes if they fly west of the euphrates river and of course there are russian and american forces in syria and they are backing different signs in the war nonetheless in spite of everything i think the local military commanders are sensible enough to try and work towards some sort of compromise so i think that we will avoid a clash in syria however there are conflicting political interests in syria and the situation in syria is changing very fast as the islamic state isis seems to be collapsing rapidly and as the proxies of each side are moving rapidly to trying to take over territory so i think we will avoid a clash i think the military is on both sides are determined to avoid one i don't think one can be completely excluded unfortunately chris ridgway you know on the same question there because it does look like at this stage of the conflict it is a movement of or a conflict of movement to get as much real estate as you possibly can because of the perception is that we are in some kind of end process of at least one of the stag

was shot down just southwest of the syrian city of rocker isis defector capital just sealed the euphrates river where the coalition supporting kurdish troops in their fight against the organization of the u.s. led coalition is also conducted several strikes in the south of the country's border crossing here time of the training base now the pentagon the sides of the same justification for each raid that assad forces have breached the so-called the confliction zone and in sanaa we looks at how this military escalation may be reaching boiling point the u.s. shoots down syrian plane over syria in self-defense the only actions that we have taken against pro regime forces in syria and they've been to specific incidents have been in self-defense let's imagine a random guy comes into your house with a gun and shoots your dog and then he's like it was just self-defense i wanted to make sure there was no why lynds going on here d. escalation. placed in after this self-defense move the situation couldn't be worse russia now considers all u.s. led coalition planes in the area of potential targets and are

coalition aircraft flying west of the euphrates river we also have a white house official one short closer to all out war and blowback to revenge attacks we ask britain's shadow minister of foreign affairs if the. media is responsible for radicalizing white supremacists as the queen today opens parliament to reduce speech by embattled u.k. prime minister to raise a plot from the headlines find out how it is taking liberties with lives at sea and who's offering a stalled prime minister a rather softer landing all this it will coming up in today's going underground but first as if what seem like weekly atrocities continue in britain from the grenfell tower inferno in kensington to a terror attack against muslims in london isn't bad enough relations between nuclear armed moscow and washington have sharply deteriorated in the past seventy two hours britain along with the united states you'll remember have switched sides no longer de facto supporting isis and al-qaeda linked groups to overthrow the secular government of president assad. in syria but while u.s. and british warplanes have been ai

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems. well on the pentagon spot they insisted that they shot down the syrian jet as an act of self-defense they say the syrian fighter jets were dropping bombs on the syrian democratic forces that which is also backed by the u.s. syria says otherwise day say they were targeting the positions near rocka rockets of course the capitol hill self-proclaimed caliph it and on russia's part they describe this as an act of aggression as a violation of syrian sovereignty and also a violation of international law. there's also been reaction from russia's foreign minister as well. yes call and. before the state i was released also urged all sides to stop taking any uni lateral or uncoordinated action and urge all parties to really join the efforts to set up these the escalation zones a proposal that was brought up and brokered by iran turkey and russia during the peace talks earlier this year here's exactly what lavrov said. we call on the unit

planes fighting isis in syria west of the euphrates river. today the u.s. testing russia's warnings. in southern syria, a u.s. f-15 intercepted an armed iranian-made drone heading towards a u.s. special forces training base. within minutes, and without warning, the russians on a military hotline, the american pilot shot it down. u.s. military officials claim that the hotline is open, but refuse to say whether or not the russians are answering it on their end. lester? >> hans nichols at the pentagon, thank you. >>> it is election night in america. a closely watched special election in georgia to replace house secretary tom price in congress, which has now become the most expensive house race in history, pitting democrat jon ossoff against republican karen handel. the district has been in republican hands for decades, but president trump barely won it in november. giving democrats hopes of an upset that some analyists say could be seen as a referendum on presint on when o.j. simpson could be released from prison. a parole hearing is now set nor july 20th. sim

led coalition detected in the skies west of the euphrates river where the russian air force is operating will be tracked as targets by russian air defense systems. was an act of self-defense. know they say that the targeting i saw targets. of course. claimed caliph it and russia has described this as an act the question as a violation of. sovereignty but also international law foreign minister sergei lavrov he's also commented on this before the statement was released by the russian military. in the united states and others have their forces visors on the ground in syria to ensure the coordination of our work zones deescalation are one of the possible options to move forward jointly we call on everyone to avoid unilateral moves respect syrian sovereignty and join our common work which is agreed with the syrian government says the downing of the syrian jets the latest in a series of u.s. strikes against forces fighting for the us that government the us led coalition recently conducted several bombing raids against pro-government fighters in syria in those cases the same justification was

direct communications with the pentagon and threatened to target american planes west of the euphrates river in a statement about today's strikes on isis, russia's defense ministry said it provided a warning to israel and turkey but made no mention of the u.s. >> it remains in place. if russia or any other actor want to target isis, that is very welcome and something that we are okay with. >> the potential for a direct conflict with russia is only one of the challenges facing the trump administration. there is still no international consensus on syria. yesterday france, which once called for assad to be removed, acknowledged his regime is likely to win the war. which french president macron saying the focus should now only be on isis. >> with others of course to reach a negotiated solution. >> reporter: as a candidate, president trump said assad could remain in power but saudi arabia continues to call for the syrian strong man to be removed. >> connor powell in jerusalem. >>> saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and other gulf states are demanding qatar close down the al-jazeera network. i

the middle euphrates river valley clearly aside thanks to the russians and uranian support is flexing his muscles. he's starting to feel a little more optimistic about his strategic situation and certainly they are moving to break through to their garrison that surrounded theirs are. >> and i appreciate that. the question i guess the second question i had was does that compromise our strategy for clearing isys and euphrates river valley? >> let me sign up with the chairman about the military situation on the ground. >> and i also ask you will dunford if you would talk about the conflicting aside, how we are or are not working with the russians in syria? >> again center, first without splitting hairs, the media reports of us being in circle are not accurate. we still have freedom of movement outside the area and we're not limited from moving toward the euphrates river valley at this time. i thought to the secretary, our commander at central command, if not daily multiple times each day. so it's not large numbers of pro-regime forces out there. they've moved to the border but they haven

coalition warplane or drone currently invading syrian airspace west of the euphrates river to raise i'm a said there's not going to be any change in u.k. policy unlike this response by a u.k. ally within the past twenty four hours as reported by c g t n of china the people's republic supports russia's line on respecting the sovereignty of syria australia has suspended its air strikes in syria following the delany of the syrian aircraft australia's department of defense said in a statement that the decision was made as a precautionary measure one is left to assume that australia does not want one of its warplanes shot down by the russian or syrian air force that alone in the rain and missile iran like russia is in syria at the invitation of the syrian government to fight previously u.k. u.s. backed moderate rebels this is how tech ran responded to alleged isis days attacks in the iranian capital the first since israeli assassinations of scientists. meanwhile the british government which previously defacto supported isis and al-qaeda in syria told us it will continue to put british troops

been successful in propping up th the assad regime, only thing left, if you divide syria with euphrates riverley that cuts down through about a third to east, after isis is deposed that remains contested. it is possible, that is why iranians and russians and syrians are coming after the forces that we're supporting, they don't want u.s.-led coalition forces to own the eastern end of syria which is likely to happen. that is what is left. lou: and as we watch what is happening with syria, we have to watch what is happening with russia itself. it is still in crimea, still in parts of eastern ukraine. we are watching a stale mate here, which way is this going to break? which threats concern you most? >> if obama had confronted putin over crimea and ukraine and provided them with assistance they wanted, putin is never in syria. he came to syria, he knew that nobody but nobody was going to stand in his way of achieving that end, that is where he is, a huge strategic asset in that airbase, he is leveraging airspace in middle east, a new president in went to middle east, said i got your back, spoke t

jet flying west of the euphrates river would be considered a military target. a u.s. jet shot down an iranian drone flying over the area. how dangerous is the environment become and tell me what you make of these two events. >> the russians aren't much of an issue here. the iranians run the war in syria. their generals are on the ground. it's the iranians who motivated the russians to conduct the military intervention in 2015 and helped prop up the assad regime. assad is going nowhere indefinitely. the russians have a strategic asset in that air base in the middle east. they feel good about the actions they have taken. the russians are not going to shoot at a u.s. airplane was we would destroy that air base with all their airplanes on it. this buzzing business you are talking about, that's just harassment. our best case is just ignore it. gerri: the question about that is what fit went awry. -- what if it went awry. what if it goes wrong? it could be a disaster, couldn't it? >> that's what they want us to believe. certainly there is potential there, but it's a side is