what the russians, iranians assad,ting bush are ou last seen in scale in chechnya, where if you cannotm to defeat them precisely you just destroy it all. barrel ones in particularly, obviously very precise and indiscriminate. civilians are bearing the brunt. a couple of thousands of people in the enclaves of the eastern part of aleppo that are being circled and just being pummeled. and again, this is an absolute humanitarian disaster of the highest order. charlie: they try to have a cease-fire negotiation with the russians, lasting a week. gen. petraeus: i mean, it is very clear. the russian objectives are very different from ours. whether you want to say we are being played or what the issue is cut their repositioned during this time, replenished and so just went at it. but the idea we were going to work together and focus only on the islamic state, and the al qaeda affiliate, that has obviously not transpired. charlienor did the provision of humanitarian assistance on those areas that are not under control of the regime. so, this is very, very desperate. they will see the creation of

bashar al assad and the iranian regime are propping up assad's regime and at the president obama andest supporting the rebels. on polar opposite sides. let's say we can get rid of isis, because ideologically speaking we can't get them off social immediatey. but let's say militarily speaking we can get rid of isis. what will you do with the assad regime? that's how the syrian conflict started. >> well, president obama promised to get rid of assad a long time ago. you know, the line in the sand. never did it. is that one of the reasons why in your judgment the russians and the iranians, when it comes to the war on terror, don't really believe much of what president obama is saying or doing? >> absolutely. because the iranians and the russians have massively learn how to work around u.s. foreign policy to their benefit. right enough isis is a distract that almost pen fits them and the turks, you can put that in there the turks can find the kurds. the iranians and the -- can prop up assad's regime and president obama is talking about now not taking down assad. he is -- by the time say by

and leverage, whether it's the west and friends of syria coalition or the russians and the iranians the assad regime, itself, no longer exists. it has evolved much like the opposition into a series of gangs, warlords and militias, many now fighting the regime, struggling in weapons and people in oil and selling this stuff to groups like isis and nusra. >> i have to zay stop you, only because we are running out of time. i want to say thank you to robertson as well. clearly you are not. we'll be back after this. >> larry king speaking out after a cfl interview with donald trump. the republican presidential nominee defended russian president vladmir putin. in the interview with king that aired on television network owned by the kremlin. here's what trump said to king about accusations the russians hacked democrats. >> i think it's probably unlikely. i think maybe the democrats are putting that out, who knows. but i think that it's pretty unlikely. but you know, who knows? i hope that if they are doing something, i hope that somebody's going to be able to find out so they can end it because that

, and he would have to rescue putin from this quagmire, and putin has turned the tide for assad and the iraniansnd they look like they're the winning team. so with five months to go, it looks like they're going to translate that military leverage for assad and the iranians. >> it looks like president obama got outflanked and outman nooufred. >> coming up, the analysis of american voters showing that how you vote may be strongly tied to where you live. why that is and what it means for 2016. there's a moment of truth. and with victoza®, a better moment of proof. victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill, which didn't get me to my goal. victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in three ways-- in the stomach, the liver and the pancreas. and while it isn't for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. non-insulin victoza® comes in a pen and is taken once a day. (announcer) victoza® is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and is not for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. do not take victoza® if you have a p

>> reporter: in the last 48 hours, there's been some ground fighting, as iraqi and iranian militias have joand assad's depleted army. aleppo any time soon, which simply ps terrified civilians trapped in the city in the lean of even more fire. the bombing this week, scott, does look like a deliberate campaign of terror to force civilians to flee. e unit nions certainly didn't pull its punches. it called it a war crime. >> pelley: elizabeth palmer in our london newsroom tonight. liz, thank you. today, israel buried its last founder. shimon peres helped build israel's military and then worked half of his life for peace. holly williams is in jerusalem. >> reporter: they came from all over the world to jerusalem to pay their final respects to a man who tried to bring peace to his people and to the middle east. president obama called shimon peres a giant. shimon accomplished enough things in his life for 1,000 men. >> reporter: palestinian leader mahmoud abbas was also here, and shared a rare handshake with israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. as israel's foreign minister, shimon peres opened secret

what the russians and the iranians and supportk bashar al-assad's air force and what they are all doing. they are basically employing tactics last seen on this scale in chech that and groz nee, where if you qunt seem to defeat them precisely, you just destroy it all. barrel bombs in particular, obviously, very imprecise, very indiscriminate and civilians are bearing the brownt of this. there are a couple 100,000 people, is the estimate, in these enclaves, in eastern-- the eastern part of aleppo that are being encircled and are just being pummeled. and again, this is an absolute humanitarian disaster of the highest order. >> rose: now they tried to do something about it by having a ceasefire negotiated with the russians. >> yes. >> rose: it lasted a week or less. >> yeah, it is very clear the russian objectives are very different from ours. it is our-- whether you want to say we are being played or what the issue is, cuz they repositioned during this time, replenished and so forth and then just went at it. but the idea that we're going to work together and focus only on the islamic state

they're a militia supported by the iranians, came to assad's aid. then russia came in for assad. so now the russian president has been bombing forces trained by the american president, and we're not doing a damned thing about it. all the training we provided to the free syrian army has been basically neutered by the fact that russia and iran are now firmly in assad's camp. when we were trying to train syrians to go take out isil, we also wanted them to take the fight to assad. obama's refusal to really do anything about assad has created a vacuum. very few syrians are going to go fight isil and not turn their attention to the butcher of damascus, the person who killed 250,000, 400,000 of their family. this whole syrian strategy is flawed. the cease-fire is an opportunity for assad and russia to retrench. here's what's going to happen: we're going to have a cease-fire hopefully some of the humanitarian aid will get to aleppo. but as senator mccain said, when it's all said and done, they're going to gobble up more territory. and this idea of the united states partnering with russia

what the russians and the iranians and supporting assad force and what they are all doing, they are basically this scale, i think, in chechnya if you can't seem to get them precisely you destroy it all. >> reporter: what do we do? >> people keep asking, is it too late? no, it's not too late to declare a safe zone. it's not too late to declare a no-fly zone. this is no provoke more with the russians but, again, if you what is an absolute -- this is a war crime, actually. i mean, i think everyone now agrees, you look at the definition, this is a the definition of war crimes. >> last night, president obama called the situation in syria heart breaking but he said sending a large number of ground troops would not be in america's best interest. >>> the u.s. is acceptsending 6e troops to iraq. ash will offer low gistics support and intelligence and training for the army. in july, troops were sent to help rebuild air base south of mosul. the latest deployment means the u.s. will have more than 5,000 troops in iraq. >>> wells fargo's ceo will face new pressure on capitol hill this morning over the ban

assad regime. it was the iranian nuclear deal. he did not want to do anything that would rattle the iranians and force them to take action to move away from the negative yaghtsd table. because, after all, what is propping up this regime. assad regime and brutal of it is iran and russia. that has paralyzed him i think from the beginning. >> yeah it seems to be still be the case. general keene thank you very much as always. >> good talking with you, brit. >> president obama is ready to hand over the internet to international group. what does that mean for you if anything? a text expert is here next to explain all of that. stay with us. my insurance rates are probably gonna double. but dad, you've got... ...allstate. with accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. indeed. it's good to be in, good hands. >>> within days the obama administration is set to enthe arrangement under which the u.s. government oversees the organization that coordinates the internet addresses we all use

assad. helps the iranian allies and it's not con deucive to americanest interests.udding that at a time when russia under putin's rule seems to be under this effort to reshape the map. and to effect u.s. interests. that you would have a candidate willing to praise him. it doesn't make sense. >> and one of the other startling things he said, and this is an arena you know so well. he says that the intelligence briefers had signalled some way by their body language, he inferred, whatever, that they, you know, just agreed with what the president had done and your experience, do intelligence briefers at this very high level signal anything about policy? they don't give presidents policy choices, they give them facts on the ground as they can best assess them. >> that's right. the purpose of these briefings is to give the candidates a sense of what the u.s. government knows about certain threats and activities around the world. and straightforward analysis to the best of their knowledge is to what's happening. they are trained not to get into policy. they're trained not g

assad who has been the butcher of damascus. we're not providing the second. the russians and iranians are all in behind assad. we have abandoned the people who have joined our cause years ago, four years ago assad was on the ropes. obama blinked. the rest is history. but going forward, if we don't have a different ground component in syria, we'll never destroy isil and hold the territory. we'll never end the war without putting military pressure on assad. that's going to require regional commitment with an american component. if you don't do that, another 9/11 is coming here because they have the ability to plan and project force. you've seen it in pairs and other places. i am not talking about one or two people. i am talking about a group of people that can do a lot of damage to the united states. every day that we let syria get worse, every day isil enjoys the ability to operate, the longer it takes to get them destroyed, the more at risk we are. so this strategy won't work. secretary clinton's approach is no different than obama's. she is he's for a no-fly zone. i give her credit for that. if you don't rea

didn't want to do anything that would interfere with the deal with the iranians and the iranians were backing the assad regime. he didn't want to rattle that deal and put any pressure on iranians whatsoever. maria: incredible. >> we are up to 500,000 dead now. 2million wounded by this. where is the plan to stop radical islam which has morphed into a global jihad and expand -- tripled in size during our president's two term in office. tripled in size. maria: we know that iran is the biggest state supporter of terrorism so likely that much of the money that the u.s. sent to iran is going to support terrorism because they're on the side of assad and syria. >> absolutely. this 150 billion-dollar windfall they're going to get they will use that to sponsor proxies and hezbullah. they're on the march and that money will continue to enable then to accomplish their objective. maria: general keane, what is the answer? he wrote an op-ed, stop the killing. president carter said that this is the first step to solving syria's issues. >> he's right, stop the killing but he's naive to a fault when he believes that the

troping up and for all intents and purposes, they are the neighbor of assad. >> when are it comes to decipher exactly what the iranians on the quid pro quo allegation when it comes to the money that goes back to 1979 that was frozen and hostages, what was stunning is that he didn't deny it and i thought he hinted that these parallel conversations may continue in the future. does this mean they think this is the best way to get the money? >> they're have leverage by holding dual nationals. this is a clear warning to any iranian american to visit the relatives. he is saying that their legal system does not give them any protection. they don't recognize the laws and they are going to continue to see what they can get by these negotiations. >> that's a frightening interpretation. >> it is and the other piece is that they are very unhappy that we are not pressuring the european banks. to do business with them. they are reluctant even though with this agreement has not lifted the sanctions and a lot of banking institutions. >> as you might predict, there is a lot more of my interview with the president including whether he

that the iranian regime is deeply involved and propping up the assad regime and in the process providing assistance to all of these atrocities now being committed by both assad and the russians. how do we justify that? >> thank you, senator. first, as you know, because you've been so focused on this for.years, iran has been engaged in the support of terrorism and destabilizing activities including in syria for a long time. during sanctions, in other words, before the nuclear agreement, during the negotiation of the agreement, and indeed, since sanctions have been lifted in the context of that agreement. so their conduct has been consistent throughout. again, they were doing this before when we had the sanctions regime in place because of their nuclear program. the one thing that has changed is we have taken a nuclear weapon off the table which is profoundly good for our interests and interests of allies and partners. as we said all along, we fully expected that they would continue to take these actions in various ways and various places after the agreement. that's why we have worked very

this is assad's regime forces on the ground, supported by the iranian revolutionary guards corps. russian air assets, though russian special operators have been on the ground as well. charlie: so the question is, do we need to say, yes, we want to go after isis, yes, you will go after mosul, and yes, we are going to go after iraq, wherever else we think it is necessary to carry the battle to them in syria, but right now we had a global catastrophe of unseen horror. gen. petraeus: it is tragic. charlie: so, what we do? gen. petraeus: is it too late? no, not too late to declare a a save zone, it's not too late to declare a no-fly zone. and indeed, if the regime air force, for example, bombs folks we are supporting or concerned will tell them we will ground your air force. charlie: we can do that? very quickly? gen. petraeus: sure, and you don't have to enter airspace. that is a question for the administration. charlie: but what is the rationale, the argument? wire 20 -- why aren't we doing that now? gen. petraeus: the concern is always, then what? and that is a reasonable understand

policy experts provided testimony to the iranian regime's direct support of groups like hamas, hezbollah, militias, the houthis in yemen and syrian president assad's regime in damascus. prior to the joint comprehensive plan of action, the united states led sanctions regime decimated the iranian economy, suffocating domestic industry and causing the iranian real to free fall. however, during this economic duringess, the regime continued to provide billions to these destabilizing groups instead of providing for its citizens. this bill, offered by mr. poliquin of maine, h.r. 5461, will provide the citizens of the islamic republic of iran who have suffered great economic hardship as a result of the rogue government's nefarious policies, will provide them with the transparency necessary to see how the other half lives. so this bill will make a positive advancement in change in their lives, the ability for them to see corruption in their economy and corruption in their government, and it will be for our security as well. so i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves.

assad and russia and their iranian backers are still barrel bombing and launching chemical weapons against civilian targets. on a daily basis we hear that syrian and russian fighter planes launch attacks on medical facilities and hospitals across the country. when these facilities are bombed, it's the children who suffer. in fact, the regime's belief is, don't target necessarily military assets because when you target innocent civilians you inflict more collective pain on the population of syria and in assad's estimation, that brings the war closer to an end. the end of july, a maternity hospital was bombed. a recent story in "the new yorker" highlighted the horror that comes with these bombings. a we leapto, -- in aleppo, syrian air strike cut off power to the hospital. who's doing this and why? bashar al assad continued the brutality from his father. his father, who had one goal and that is to keep power. power's a crazy motivator for some people. the people of syria in 2011 decided they wanted some freedom. like is humanity's right. and they stood up and protested peacefully against ass

iranian mullahs. iran support also goes to assad. the syrian dictator who uses chemical weapons on his own people. forward to hearing from our witnesses why we would make it so easy for iran to continue to fuel terrorism. with that, my time has expired. to the gentleman and raking member from texas for five minutes. >> thank you. i appreciate greatly the opportunity to bring some clarity to this issue and to a good many other issues. he is right. truth crushed to earth shall rise again. today, i would like to take the opportunity to resurrect the truth, to resuscitate the truth. the truth is that the genesis of this hearing is a meeting that took place at or near the time president obama was being sworn in. when a group of very powerful republicans met and made a conscious decision to do everything they could to block any and everything the president attempted to do, at that meeting, the top meetings -- leaders of the house of representatives. at that meeting was a person who sits on this committee in people from that day forward have been committed to blocking everything that the president brings

american officials tell fox news as many as 3,000 iranian backed fighters have arrived to the city to support the syrian regime. no matter the cost, assad russia appear determined to retake aleppo. with the international community deadlocked about how to end the fighting, the blood shed looks said to continue in aleppo. the pentagon said it has no current plans to protect the civilians of aleppo from further violence. the u.s. will continue to focus its efforts against isis. >> connor powell in our middle east newsroom. thank you. >>> up next, an all-star panel expanded panel breaking down what to expect tonight from the two candidates. first an inside look at how twitter is preparing for tonight's debate. >> this is the media room where all the reporters are. let's go see our friends at twitter. adam sharp, big night tonight. >> first night in 2012, 10 million tweets. we expect to top that tonight. the big question is, what will people be tweeting about? >> you had a look back at the year. >> absolutely. here we are looking at tweets about hillary clinton. biggest moment, the convention. the big spike around that fbi press conference a

concerned it's not billions but tens of billions that the iranians have gotten to finance terrorism, support their military and bashar al assad. >> i want to read from the distinguished former member of the senate joseph lieberman in his op-ed today. the united states should not be rewarding iran for its deadly actions with gifteds of sanctions relief and the easing of arms embargoes and ballistic missile restrictions. it is time to hold the regime accountable for its reckless aggression. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new hampshire. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here today. ms. maloney, i wanted to actually start with you. i've listened to your comments and i've read earlier testimony. am i correct in making the statement that you don't believe this was either a ransom or an exchange for prisoners, the $400 million? >> what i believe is that the timing of the release of the prisoners was coordinated with the timing of the resolution of this long held financial dispute between the two countries. i do not believe it was a coincidence. >> you do not believe it was a coincidence. >

iranians. they have captured american sailors and humiliated them. they're allies of bashar assad who has butchered 450,000 of his own people. they are a empowering hezbollah, the mortal enemy of israel. they're humiliating every force of good, and our response is to stand up and undercut an ally? what a world we live in where the united states senate is considering stopping selling arms to somebody who would fight with us at a time when we're doing nothing to a country who has called us the great satan, and if they could would destroy us and have killed american soldiers by providing radical groups inside of iraq with i.e.d.'s that's killed hundreds of american soldiers. you're talking about a body and an idea that is ass-backwards, this is one for the ages. so to my friends from saudi arabia, i will push you to do better and you need to look in the mitterrer about who you are and what -- in the mirror about what you are and what you you have done. as long as i'm here with my colleagues, we're going to push back against iran. we're going to hispanic our arab allies more, not less

you have the assad regime which has been killing its own citizens with impunity, supported by the russians and the iraniansu have a moderate opposition that has continuously tried to consolidate a position that would lead to april inclusive and representative government but is often outgunned. then you have isil and you have al qaeda in the form of nusra on the ground as well. and a range of other players from the turks and the gulf states to the kurds trying to corral all of those different forces into a coherent structure for negotiations is difficult. but our conversations with the russians are key because if it were not for the russians, then assad and the regime would not be able to sustain its offens e offensive. and these are difficult negotiations. we have grave differences with the russians in terms of both the parties we support, but also the process that's required to bring about peace in syria. but if we do not get some buy-in from the russians on reducing the violence and easing the humanitarian crisis, then it's difficult to see how we get to the next phase. so john kerry and his counterpart,

iranian mullahs. iran support also goes to -- ran support also goes to assad. i look for to nation from our witnesses why we would make it so easy for iran to continue to fuel terrorism. with that, my time has expired. to the gentleman and raking member from texas for five minutes. >> thank you. i appreciate greatly the opportunity to bring some clarity to this issue and to a good many other issues. he is right. truth crushed to earth shall rise again. today, i would like to take the opportunity to resurrect the truth.to resuscitate the the truth is that the genesis of this hearing is a meeting that took place at or near the time president obama was being sworn in. when a group of very powerful republicans met and made a conscious decision to do everything they could to block any and everything the president attempted to do, at that --ting, the top meetings leaders of the house of representatives. at that meeting was a person who sits on this committee in people from that day forward have been committed to blocking everything that the president brings forth. an

assad in power. recently president putin even launched airstrikes from iranian territory, from iran, against opposition forces in syria. what does this do? it props up assad. the c.i.a. director told the senate in june that assad is as as, in the c.i.a. director's words, is in a stronger position than he was last year. the c.i.a. director says assad is in a stronger position than he was last year. hillary clinton said he's going to fall, almost five years ago. now why is syria in a stronger position? the c.i.a. director said it was the result of the russian military intervention. that's because russia knows it can act with impunity. vladimir putin knows that because he knows president obama continues to show weakness, and vladimir putin can smell the weakness. despite this, the president continues his misguided obsession in negotiating with russia, as if our two countries have the same goal in mind when it comes to syria. now what does the white house say? the white house says it's negotiated a cease-fire with russia in syria. we've seen this before. russia makes promises. russia breaks promises. russi

iranian proxies there. same way in syria. we battled it out and pushed assadho believed they were going to spread freedom and democracy around the world. they include the neocons, but they also include hillary clinton. it's a naive notion and learns nothing from the iraq war. so as we push assad back, isis grew in that vacuum. so no, the people who are advocating for this need to look at the history of the middle east, and the history of the middle east over the last several decades is whenever we have topples secular dictators, we got cay ace and the rise of radical islam. they need to understand carefully that by siding with the saudis in this, they may well be enhancing the ability of al qaeda to take over the peninsula. >> quick response. >> my point is the saudis are fighting our war for us in yemen. instead of having american troops deploying there as we previously did, special forces, it's the saudis who have fought al qaeda and who have fought the hutis. they haven't fought them the way we might like. there have been human rights abuses, no question ab

made the redline comment who said assad must go and russia went in and assad is not going anywhere, he has gotten stronger and the iranian the middle east has gotten more strong. maria: it is hillary clinton and the democrats with real ties to russia whether it is the reset or backdoor deals, not donald trump. >> seating power to russia in any way, shape or form starting with syria and not standing up to russia. the entire display we saw over the weekend how the united states and the president were treated in china, has to get off the plane out of the belly of the plane because the chinese couldn't bother to wield the stairs up to the plane, confrontation on the tarmac for a long list that shows you where america stands on the world stage that these nations, enemies treat us with total dissent. >> do you think donald trump has said some things about russia that concern some people, he talked about -- themes to have wavered on whether the united states would support nato allies, in the baltics invaded by russia, said some things about vladimir putin that sounded more favorable than people would suggest. i take your point

the reality is the iranians and the russians were going to do whatever is necessary to keep assad inunited states decided to try to put arms or weapons or airplanes there, this was going to be a bloody long conflict. one in which u.s. military support may prolong not shorten. >> every day another atrocity there. senator chris murphy of connecticut, thank you so much. ahead we'll bring in a member of the syrian opposition with her take on the war in her country now more than five years on. my lenses have a sunset mode. and an early morning mode. and a partly sunny mode. and an outside... to clear inside mode. transitions® signature adaptive lenses... ...are more responsive than ever. so why settle for a lens with just one mode? experience life well lit®. ...upgrade your lees to transitions® signature. now get up to a $90 rebate by mail. when you purchase glasses and sunglasses featuring select brands. ask your eyecare professional or visit transitions.com for details. he's a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot. sage. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. he's not a serious adult. i

for four years and then you've got russia propping up assad along with iran and the sunni world thinks we're aligned with the russians and the iranians. we have shia militias in iraq and syria trying to fill that power vacuum while the sunnis see it as a real threat to them. i can't think of a more complicated, messed up situation. i think we want to destroy isis and defeat them, and we take their governed space away from them and we took back ramadi, fallujah, i think we're on the path, won't happen by the end of the year, but to take back mosul places, but once you do that, you need a governed space and who is going to govern that? i don't want u.s. troops occupying in iraq and syria but we need to get to a diplomatic, political resolution in iraq and syria so we have governance. without governance, the terrorists thrive. that's the problem. that's the problem. the problem, you extend it to northern africa where we know they're expanding their band widthth and they've also expanded their bandwidth all throughout the internet. reaching across the globe, into indonesia, into australia, into europe. and into the united states. questio

assad. i don't know what -- let me tell you this. here is why i think she's naive. she reset the button with russia not understanding what russia was all about. she brags about an iranian nuclear deal not understanding what the iotolla is all about. i think her judgment is very much flawed. donald trump believes it's better for dictators to be in power rather than support people who want more social justice and have more of democratic life. i think mr. trump, quite frankly, doesn't understand that the young people in the mideast will not live in dictatorships for our convenience anymore and this idea of leaving assad this power, leaving kadafi in power, saddam hussein in power, that model will not work. >> he said the region was better off with those dictators. >> you go live there yourself. >> libya, he said under kadafi was bad but look at isis. >> here's what he doesn't understand. this is my problem with him. there's two things going on in the mideast. the fight for the heart and soul of islam between radicals and the vast majority of muslims and desire by young people not to live in kadafi's libya. these uprising came from the people. >> he said since 9/11, the u.

those are the two main supporters of bashar al-assad and if you go back, you can see in 1998, the last time we had had a major engagement with the iraniansor persian gulf and we had a navy warship that was damaged and ronald reagan made a clear decision, the largest naval engagement where we sunk and destroyed iranian ships. that's what people understand. and let's be very honest, there's no such thing as a nuclear agreement deal with iran. they have consistent violated the terms of that agreement, they are now employing weapon system that is they're supposed to not be employing and purchasing weapon systems and they are on the path to develop a nuclear capability. maria more what do you want to see from donald trump should he become president, colonel? >> it's very simple. donald trump needs to round himself with individuals that understand geopolitical politics and been on the ground and we have to rebuild our naval and military capability capacity because right now we are being pushed around. it is very sad and i think that if you start to show that you will invest in the -- you know, restrengthening our military which is something de