and we are developing the kinds of comprehensive counter terrorism strategies with ewill need to deal with this issue. and that's going to involve some short term responses to make sure that isil is not obtaining capacity to engager us directly. our allies and partners but also will require some long term strategies as well. part of what we have seen, is a broader trend that i talked about at west point. a rather nan a single network, a discreet network of terrorists. this fluid combination of hardened terrorists, diseffected local leadership, and from there's vacuums they are filling it and creating a potential for serious danger for all concerned. thank you very much. >> any words on what you are willing to do -- >> with respect -- >> our view is that iran can play a constructive role, if it is helping to send the same message to the iraqi government that we are sending. which is that iraqi only holds together if it is inclusive. and that if the interests of sunni shiite kurds are all respected. if iran is coming in solely as an armed force on behalf of the shiite, and if it is fram

so tony, with ewill see if these men can would recollect together. if only they could be the case. what is the fist issue that the new house majority leader -- he is talking about the economy, but my guess is, there's another pretty big issue for him to grapple with. >> there is indeed, and that is immigration. moments after he was elected all of the groups that are supporting comprehensive reform were blasting out emails urging him to try to bring this issue up for a vote. but mccarthy comes from a district that is more than a third latino. so we'll see. he is going to walk a very fine line. >> lisa, appreciate it. on capitol hill. a marine who fell on a grenade to save his fellow marine received the nation's highest military honor today. president obama presented the medal of honor to corporal carpenter. he was seriously injured during an attack in 2010. he has undergone dozens of surgeries. anybody who has had a chance to get to know this young man, knows you aren't going to get a better example of what you want with in an american or a marine. >> carpenter is the youngest livin

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is that what -- can you ewill be plate on what you are doing now? >> that assessment about the dangers of what was happening in syria existed since we -- since the very beginning of the syrian civil war. the question has never been whether we thought this was a serious problem. the question has always been is there the capacity of moderate opposition on the ground to absorb and counteract extremists that might have been pouring in as well as an assad regime supported by iran and russia that outmanned them and was ruthless. so we have consistently provided that opposition with support. oftentimes the challenge is if you have former farmers or who now or pharmacists are taking up opposition against battle hardened regime with support from external actors that have a lot at stake, how quickly can you get them trained? how effective are you able to mobilize them? and that continues to be a challenge. and even before the situation that we saw with isil going into iraq, we had already tried to maximize what we can do to support modern opposition that not