but isis won't wait.f america doesn't act boldly, it's likely others in the world will step in as well. as a reminder of what this is all about, a postscript. earlier this year dakhil who had lost his family was reunited with his wife and three of his children. >> translator: my wife was taken from tal afar to iraq ka. she escaped over the fence and got to the mountain top. she found a shepherd who gave her shelter two days in his house and helped her to escape. >> but eight of his children and sister were still in isis captivity. then on january 9th, a little hope. >> translator: she called me and said that she had escaped from the village. >> dakh ix l headed to the syrian border and spent ten hours waiting. finally deliverance. >> translator: we've been through many tortures. >> translator: i was afraid they wouldn't let you cross. i thought they would keep you there. >> translator: those isis members who came to iraq took all of the yazidis, the christian girls to have sex with them. i did whatever th

they'll go up to where isis is located, but they haven't done anything against isis yet. so we should be very concerned. but we've got a really hamhanded rough way to try to execute coordination at the very edges of an organization when a general officer walks into our embassy and says hey, guys, back off. >> i've got to ask you, what do you make of that element of this? he walks into -- bangs on the door, walks in and says "in an hour, we're going to be conducting airstrikes. not going to tell you where. don't fly any fighter jets"? what do you make of that announcement? >> kind of the worst characterization of russian behavior you can have. it's very unfortunate because it kind of sends this back to cold war stereotypes that we're not going to get rid of with behavior like that. and the united states has never been in a hot conflict with russia. that hasn't happened. a whole bunch of proxy wars, but we have not done that. so we are going to back off until we figure out how we're going to work this out at the very tactical edge of all this so that we don't have some cata

but who is isis?usness on the ground with a supremacy in social media. >> it's trying to create the largest caliphate it can. >> what do we know about the man wearing a wristwatch who says he is the rightful leader of isis. >> faulker has been a shadowy presence for a very long time. >> and how he is using a former catholic school student from the boston area to spread propaganda. including the beheading videos around the world. >> why do you think this mosque keeps ending up attached to terrorism? >> isis controls the area the size of kansas across iraq and syria. you will see why they are the richest terrorist organization on earth. >> this

no one wants to see isis prevail other than isis itself. >> do you see the u.s. also opposed isis? >> i can see that. again, a more difficult situation. when you are trying to accomplish beating a foe like isis, you do what you have to do and team up where you have to team up to do some good. like i said, there's nobody that wants to see isis prevail. the russians have all kind of issues with terrorists at home. they have the che-- >> there's an alarming report. a journalist embedded with isis says they are trying, asis, to get hold of a nuclear web to kill hundreds of millions of people, potentially. here is the question. how concerned are you that isis could get its hands on a nuclear weapon? >> probably not as concerned they would get their hands on the weapon. they could get material where they could make a dirty bomb. they could get their hands on biological or chemical material that could be disruptive and damaging. a nuclear weapon? yes, it's possible, but you don't go to an arms store and buy one off the shelf. >> thanks so much for coming in. >> thank yo

isis area, the isis areas seeing the coalition strikes, the u.s.saw the russians today targeting an area primarily syrian opposition. no isis over there, very little anyway. what it is also near, of course, the russian interests and n that area. russia built up a large military build-near latakia. they have aircraft, tanks, hundreds of personnel there. we don't know how many they have total. but they also are there -- they want to protect tartus. their warm-water port. the russians are saying they're targeting isis but given the fact there's no isis in the area, that just doesn't seem to be the case. so defense officials here today say, look, we can take what russia says with a grain of salt but they're doing one thing and saying another. so we don't really know. that's the big question hoping to hear from secretary carter and just a few moments here is what is it that the russians struck today? did they take out tanks, going after personnel, were they striking buildings, command and control? we really don't know what they actually struck versus wh

mosul and ramadi remain in the hands of isis and of course the continued advances of isis in syria are well known. in short, a year ago after the president made that statement. there is no strategy, there is no success. >> jennifer griffin is life from the pentagon. >> here is what we know. a senior u.s. military source described the russian demarche as an awkward meeting through a translat translator. a russian three star general came from the cell established by russia, iran and afghanistan last week came in and delivered the speech. the russian general said russian airstrikes would begin soon. according to the transcript of the verbal exchange the russian general requested u.s. war planes not fly in northern syria because they were beginning russian airstrikes. the russian general said if you have forces in the area we request they leave. the first russian strikes have gun in holmes, 60 miles east of a russian naval base and in hama. we are getting the images of the stricks aftermath and there are children's bodies being pulled by -- from the rubble. u.s. war planes are saying they

ten days later, isis took over.d his wife were given a choice. >> translator: either we become muslims or pay the tax money they want or they kill us. >> when he saw the mayor getting out of town, he knew his time there was up. >> translator: i told my wife, prepare the bags to flee. >> not a moment too soon. >> translator: i was told that isis took my house. my house became a military headquarters for isis. i have photos as proof. here it says isis property with the letter n. >> the n stands for nazarene. isis took over the property of christians across mosul and bombed their churches. >> translator: we left all our belongings. but we took with us our christianity. >> he does not expect to return to mosul. but hopes to someday join his brothers who reside near detroit, michigan. two other refugees i spoke to also held out until june last year when christians were given the ultimate matem, convert, pay a tax, or die. >> translator: i lost everything. my whole life's struggle to work and earn money got stolen from me

-led war on isis. russia claiming it is going after the terror group inside of syria unleashing its very first round of air strikes in and around the city of homs, but all is not as it seems. a u.s. official telling cnn these bombs being dropped by russian war planes are not intended for isis at all but instead could be be targeting rebel fighters. enemies of syrian president bashar al assad, a very close ally of president vladimir putin of russia and a man known to the united states for barrel-bombing his own citizens, something that president obama brought up to the u.n. general assembly days ago. russia even admitting these strikes were ordered by assad. i have elise labott and major general james spider marks cnn military analyst. great to have you both on. we're waiting in anticipation of what the sec def might say. what isn't being said specifically is who are what the russians are targeting. what are your sources telling you? >> well, they're telling me that this is not a target for strategic en

look, i don't want isis. i don't want isis. isis is bad, they're evil.hey start doing with the head chopping and drowning, these are really bad dudes. so i don't want -- let them fight it out. let russia take care of isis. how many places can we be -- >> colonel, what do you think? trump says, leave isis and syria to russia. is that a workable, winning strategy? what do you think? >> there are a number of problems with this proposal. let me count the ways. first, it's a recipe for eternal blood shed in syria because bashar al assad does not have the strength or power to defeat isis or al nusra. second, russia doesn't have enough power to project to help bashar al assad consolidate his control over the whole country or to defeat isis, nor do i think that's russia's game here. what they want to do is re-establish themselves as a great power. so, if we did as donald trump suggested, it would be eternal blood shed in syria, a conflict that's already taken upwards of 200,000 lives and waves upon waves upon waves of refugees in europe, upwards of 800,000 this

we have a losing war against isis in iraq. losing war isis is and syria.may shutdown over planned parenthood. the contrast between the stakes of shutting down the government over a partisan cultural issue when we are losing in two wars. perhaps losing in a third, it's really just -- opening to me. >> charles? >> it's a partisan cultural issue that is unique in the sense that 40 years ago it was taken out of the political arena. the reason we are having all these fights, which are all essentially side shows, because aren't allowed to overturn under the supreme court ruling on abortion. it is a right. it's supposed to be in the constitution. so what we have are sort of debates about side issues as a way to get at abortion. which is the tragedy. normally you would have a real debate over should we have abortion, when it should be allowed. state by state. and you would have some kind of stable settlement. >> this doesn't have to dual with federal funding. federal funding going to planned parenthood that is an abortion pro vird and in these videos opened the ey

we have a losing war against isis in iraq. losing war isis is and syria. our government may shutdown over planned parenthood. the contrast between the stakes of shutting down the government over a partisan cultural issue when we are losing in two wars. perhaps losing in a third, it's really just -- opening to me. >> charles? >> it's a partisan cultural issue that is unique in the sense that 40 years ago it was taken out of the political arena. the reason we are having all these fights, which are all essentially side shows, because aren't allowed to overturn under the supreme court ruling on abortion. it is a right. it's supposed to be in the constitution. so what we have are sort of debates about side issues as a way to get at abortion. which is the tragedy. normally you would have a real debate over should we have abortion, when it should be allowed. state by state. and you would have some kind of stable settlement. >> this doesn't have to dual with federal funding. federal funding going to planned parenthood that is an abortion pro vird and in these vide

isis is the enemy, al qaeda is the enemy. anybody who in the short run will help us kill them -- tom: there's a war in the region that is growing without our stepping into the middle east. [all talking at once] tom: american troops -- i'm not saying american troops should engage with the turks. eleanor: someone who lives there, knows the region. marvin kalb has a book out that gets into putin's held the war in the ukraine, a war that he won and trying to figure out what he's trying to do now in syria. he identifies with leaders when the populations rise up against them because there for the grace of god goes putin. pat: russia has also -- always had an alliance with syria. that's been alive. they're the easiest people to understand in the world if we would only try to understand the russians. they're looking out for their national interests. eleanor: before that it was the state of russia and before that the state of the soviet union. he's going to do everything he can to bolster assad. pat: why not? eleanor: why not? fine, a

isis loots what it can sell. isis will then destroy, for propaganda pumpsrposes, what it cannot sell. >> reporter: satellite imagery shows such sites covered in holes dug by looters, the fighting and extremism. >> reporter: we've come to damascus to see what's being done to rescue syria's heritage. because damascus is the most secure city in the country all the artifacts that are at risk are brought here to the national museum. we're on the way to meet the team whose job it is to rescue those treasures. the national mu seep has been closed to the public, eerily quiet. >> you see this case and all the other case ss emptied out. >> reporter: there is corner of the museum where the work is in overdrive. for these young archaeologists this is their front line against isis. >> how valuable are these pieces in syrian archaeology? >> precisely. >> reporter: this is from 3,000 b.c.? >> yes. >> reporter: these are some of the 300,000 objects saved from all over the country. >> this is a hive of activity, the last step, pa

defeating isis. al qaeda, al nursra, those islamic extremist groups threatening us and civilization as a whole. so when we look at what russia has done. russia is saying they were targeting isis targets. there's questions about what other groups are actually in the area. the fact is you have these groups al qaeda, al nusra, et cetera, they want to take out assad. that's their bottom line. that's their goal. we've got to remember our goal which is to take out isis and defeat our enemy. >> some say the goal should also be and the u.s. has said this for several years to get rid of bashar al assad who is a butcher who slaughtered 200,000, 300,000 of his own people, 7 million homeless right now, displaced people internally, e ternlly. he must go. >> there's no doubt, wolf, that bashar al assad is an evil, evil dictator who has done tremendous harm to so many people. again, i go back to the necessity for us as the united states to learn from our lessons in the past. the same things that are being said abou

she's a 20-year-old who was bought and enslaved by an american isis fighter.spoke exclusively to christiane amanpour. her face is hidden to protect her identity. >> what did they do to you? >> there was nothing left to do to me. they did everything. >> can you tell me? >> translator: they separated me from my family. they got me married by force. they took my nephew by force from me and they were hitting him in front of me. i was raped by them forcefully. >> when you say them, many people? he was an american? >> translator: yes, he was american. >> describe the american. what did he look like? >> translator: he was very white. he was a little bit taller than me. with a black beard, black hair. i also saw his own family. he had a wife and two children, a son and a daughter. >> americans. >> they were american as well. he showed us his family with videos and photos. his family lived in the u.s. he was taking videos and taking photos and sending to them. >> did he tell you why he was doing this to you? >> translator: the reason was because we were not muslims. he

, it's either me or isis.o he's gone after the moderate syrians. they were a softer, easier target. and so -- are they really going to go after isis? >> this regime in baghdad seems much more inclined to work with iran, for that matter russia and syria than maybe even the united states. >> well, this regime in iraq has never really even since maliki he was always a tool of iran. we kept forces there, they used us, but the iranians did not want us to extend that u.s. presence past 2011. >> that iranian arc is going from iran through iraq into syria and into lebanon through hezbollah. that's a concern right now. >> absolutely. it's a concern to turkey, saudi arabia, jordan and of course israel as well. >> 30,000 foreign forces, foreigners, have now joined up with isis in syria and iraq right now. it doesn't seem to be ending by any means. they keep coming in. how do you stop that flow? >> you have to stop that in the source countries by tightening up on matters of like internet private si and things like this. b

isis to get at the root cause? >> i don't think we are. let me address one of points. we make sure that terrorists don't come in. so even the refugees, as sick and poor as they are, have to go through security checks so the terrorists don't pose as refugees to come in here. that's point number one. point number two, isis is a cancer that is spreading. this is not just al qaeda or anyone else. this is an organization that now controls a land mass bigger than the united kingdom. they are a serious threat. just like any cancer, brenda, you don't wait until it grows, you be proactive. i don't think we're doing enough in that regard. sure we're doing strikes and things like that, but we've got to take the war to them to make sure that they don't bring the war to us. believe me, you know they want to. >> lisa? >> i think it's incredibly concerning. we're absolutely not doing enough. only about 10 to 15 air strikes per day, and someone like general jack keen says our pilots are facing the most restrictions they have ever

stop isis, kill isis. >> generals say go in put boots on the ground in iraq and syria. then what happens, do they say we're done in the middle east. we're going to pack our bags and go head out and fight the fight somewhere else? no, they move the fight somewhere else. we're stuck with this, afghanistan, iraq and syria how long do we protect those? >> now we have isis, putin, assad and north korea and iran and the mullah, far worse. thanks to obama's inaction. >> there's no oil in syria. no major trade coming out of syria. let them have syria eventually we're going to say we need your help, you need our help? okay we'll make a deal with you. you provide the help. but in the meantime. let them kill each other in syria. no? >> there's 230,000 people dying who shouldn't have died. would we be sitting here saying the same thing in 1982? >> lean on some of the other alleys in the region who can help out. >> jordan can help out, saudi arabia can help out. >> the u.s., united states used to be the leader. we used to be the shot callers, we were coalition builders because we le

>> trump: i would end isis forcefully. i think isis... what they did was unbelievable, what they did with james foley and the cutting off of heads of everybody. i mean, these people are totally a disaster. now, let me just say this-- isis in syria, assad in syria, assad and isis are mortal enemies. we go in to fight isis. why aren't we letting isis go and fight assad, and then we pick up the remnants? why are we doing this? we're fighting isis, and assad has to be saying to himself, "they are the nicest or dumbest people that i've ever imagined." >> pelley: let me get this right-- so we lay off isis for now... >> trump: excuse me, let... >> pelley: ...lay off in syria, let them destroy assad, and then we go in behind that. >> trump: that's what i would say. yes, that's what i would say. >> pelley: or, he had another idea-- leave it to an old adversary. >> trump: if you look at syria, russia wants to get rid of isis. we want to get rid of isis. maybe let russia do it. let them get rid of isis. what the hell do we care? >> pelley: okay, tha

-- fighting against isis or isis is fighting against in its country. >> i haven't seen anything similar to what we've seen in terms of 2005 and 2006 as part of a tribal awaking. part of this is learning the lessons from the mid to late 2000s when they started to go back in and start the military campaigns in 2012 and 2013, they started to reach out to smaller clans within tribes to try and cooperate, whether it was with money or weapons and dividing and conquering the tribes and it has been effective in many respects. sand on the other hand, if there has been a group of people that tried to go against them, they would go against them. we've seen them with the tribes and in different regions in syr syria. and a couple of weeks ago, in libya when they were trying to do something in cert. so they have a monopoly and violence in their area and it is difficult to go against them unless there is outside assistance at this juncture because they have been able to institutionalize them locally in some respects. >> so what you are saying is it is extraordinarily hard to see any bottom-up politics

we want to get rid of isis. let russia do it. >> syria. what do you do with isis?with isis in iraq, you have to knock them out. you have to fight them. you have to send in. if you will have to do that. >> donald trump discussing his tax plan. trump is set to unveil the details on the plan at news conference at 11:00 a.m. as the poll shows trump losing his lead over ben carson. the two candidates are neck and neck. cnn's athena jones has more on that from washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine and alison. today is the day trump will unveil the tax plan. he will call for a middle class tax cuts. he says it is long on policy and specific. this is coming as a new wall street journal poll shows trump is leading the gop, but barely. ben carson is right up there with him. one percentage point apart. this poll is proof that debates matter. look at carly fiorina. she is tied with florida senator marco rubio at 11% in third place. both were seen as standouts in the debate and they are being rewarded. they made big gains, especially fiorina. the rest of the gop fiel

-led war on isis.sia claiming it is going after the terror group inside of syria unleashing its very first round of air strikes in and around the city of homs, but all is not as it seems. a u.s. official telling cnn these bombs being dropped by russian war planes are not intended for isis at all but instead could be be targeting rebel fighters. enemies of syrian president bashar al assad, a very close ally of president vladimir putin of russia and a man known to the united states for barrel-bombing his own citizens, something that president obama brought up to the u.n. general assembly days ago. russia even admitting these strikes were ordered by

do we want to be the ones who come in and kill isis? we hate isis? we hate bashar al assad and we have to turn around and take bashar al assad out? or do we let them fight it out and figure out how to pick up the pieces after and push bashar al assad out? or are we the ones -- >> how are we able to do that? >> here's how you do that. like i said, 18 months ago, you push back, you push isis back out of iraq. you can do it. >> push them -- i think do you fix ra syrian assad -- >> you said send them out if they're in charge and they've been seated at the dining table all of a sudden, all of a sudden the u.s. is at the kids' table -- >> we used to be the world's policeman. maybe we don't want to be the world's policeman any more. you want to make sure there's at least the -- >> i said i want to be the world's policeman. i didn't say we didn't want to. i suggested maybe we don't need -- >> there's genocide and homicide going on around the world in other places. >> of course, but i can't believe you say leave assad in place, that's politically easy to say

and secretary russia said they are not going after isis.y are continuing to bomb the opposition of assad. what is our next move, marvin, what doe do? >> the next move is very much up in the air and i bet the president doesn't have a clear sense of what the u.s. should be doing. it is interesting that the russians went after homes first. homes is not controlled by the islamic state. it is it controlled by political opponents of president assad. you have proof what putin really wants is to knock out political opposition and facing assad so that assad stays in power. putin is terrified about mass uprisings against leaders and thinks of those demonstrations in moscow demonstrating against him. and he doesn't want that. he created a soviet style russia and it is interesting the way he manipulates power. >> i can't resist asking you this question. have you ever seen a time specifically like this? does this remind you of a certain point or is it unprecedented? >> the only time i remember when there was such a kind of dysfunction was in the last 4

the four-year civil war in syria helped create isis. mr. obama's strategy against the terrorist group depends on u.s.-led air strikes and american trained syrian rebels on the ground. david martin reported here last night, that that troubled training program is now on hold. holly williams found out why when she met a rebel commander face, for fear of assassination. >> reporter: colonel hassan mustafa is a commander in division 30, the home of syria's american-trained rebel fighters. why have so few syrians been trained by the americans so far? >> translator: we gave the americans the names of more than 1,200 fighters he told us, and they only accepted just over 100 of them for training. but the strict vetting process is not his only complaint with america. when the first group of 54 u.s. trained fighters entered syria in july, several of them were captured by islamic militants. colonel mustafa told us america left his men vulnerable giving them too few weapons and too little ammunition. but the commander of the second group of 70 u.s. train

the four-year civil war in syria helped create isis. mr. obama's strategy against the terrorist group depend on u.s.-led air strikes and american trained syrian rebels on the ground. david martin reported here last night, that that troubled training program is now on hold. holly williams found out why when she met a rebel commander who asked us not to show his face, for fear of assassination. >> reporter: colonel mustafa is a commander. why have so few syrians been trained by the americans so far? >> translator: we gave the americans the names of more than 1,200 fighters he told us, and they only accepted just over 100 of them for training. but the strict vetting process is not his only complaint with america. when the first group of 54 u.s. trained fighters entered syria in july, several of them were captured by islamic militants. colonel mustafa told us america left his men vulnerable giving them too few weapons and too little ammunition. but the commander of the second group of 70 u.s. trained fighters admitted to us that he gave half of

you look at the threat of isis. are they different, are they unique, are they terrorist organizations? >> well, yes, it's turned into a unique organization because it has become global. indeed they have the came to build a caliphate from porridge cull to pakistan. they claim islamic is mecca and medina. their activities are activism stretched far beyond the territories they control. as for the refugees the countries of origin of refugees include not only syria, libya who is running from the central african country where islamists also rule there. afghanistan from iraq. are these only refugees running from syria or have you decided that refugees are escaping syria only as a result of those actions that assad is committing to protect his own state. why don't you think these refugees are fleeing across tease of terrorists and by isil who are beheading people burning people alive drowning them alive, who are destroying the union model of world culture, people are escaping from that. above all from that. and of course fr

then you have isis next year. it's multilayered. >> and then you have people talking about the iranian influence as well. ambassador: of course. as much as any other external force. to that effect, we need to be on our toes for who is being involved in what is the endgame? >> thank you. i would like to turn to you. i would ask three things. you identify yourself. second that he will only ask one question because i've already seen five hands. third, given the experience and wisdom of our guest i ask that you ask a genuine question and not make a statement and ended with, what do you think of my statement? [laughter] first person i see is over here. please wait for the microphone. >> i am the command surgeon for the civil affairs unit out of marilyn. i served as a command sergeant for the officer security. my question to you, given the extent of all of these demonstrations -- and you are a friend of mine and i've known you. you have worked tirelessly so i cannot say enough about you but there's a limit to what you c

to prop up bashar al asaid, the father of isis.e they have a secure base in the region. >> john mccain also saying today that he doesn't believe isis was the target of those russian air strikes, the russians have been contending that that was their target. we'll continue to monitor that story, of course. we'll bring you updates throughout the next hour. now to presidential politics, tonight at midnight the third quarter fund raising window closes with several 2016 candidates making their last-minute pitches to potential don donors, a candidate not worried about fund raising, self-financed billionaire donald trump sitting down with cnbc's john harwood. >> you're a $4.5 billion man. >> okay. fine. where? >> in "forbes." >> okay. >> what do you think of their list? >> well, i their list, number one, i'm a private company. they don't really know my assets very well. i think that they're very good people. i like the people at "forbes." they don't know a lot of things i own. i don't think they give me any value for brand and my brand is

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they are not joining isis to go and die for isis. they are joining to go and fight for isis. i think we have to make it clear that you will die if you join isis. >> they want top die. that's the whole jihad idea you are a hero if you die. once you get to wherever it is that it is supposed to be so splendid. >> what's you are radicalized that's true people see phis going around shooting villages doing it for so-called religion. when they get radicalized hey want to be a martyr. how do you stop them? you show them we are dealing huge blows not just in numbers but in territory to isis. you show it's likely they are going to be killed if they join isis. unfortunately they show terrible pictures of beheadings and violence. it's important for us to show the violence they are proximate result at the trading on syria and iraq. the violence that's visited on them if they face the coalition. no doubt, too. the president needs to have a strategy to win his strategy right now is utter stalemate. >> message being sent out there, social media, in the news. we report tonight that we are not

una cosa es ser una lucha unida contra isis el otro es ayudarlos.el resultado de este fracaso se sabe que rusia respalda al gobierno sirio durante dÉcadas". entrevistado: en realidad rusia destacÓ siria estÁ comprando millones de dÓlares al armamento de rusia. conductora: estados unidos y rusia ahora tiene aviones caza sobre siria en metas opuestas. en washington lourdes univisiÓn. jorge: esta tarde los jefe de la diplomacia de estados unidos y rusia, de una conferencia de prensa en la cual secretario de estado es tambiÉn se reiterÓ la preocupaciÓn es su paÍs, estados unidos de cromo mario puso sobre siria no tengan lugar en lugares donde el grupo terrorista isis estÁ operando. marìa: una vez que si bien la muerte muy cerca buscan recuperarse un trauma que nunca termina. un tramo que se repite para miles y miles de personas afectadas por la guerra iniciada por el grupo terrorista isis. en esa compaÑera vilma nos tiene el relato. vilma: estas dramÁticas imÁgenes mostraban el terror de una familia iraquÍ mientras huÍa del grupo extremista isis que le

my friends, isis has no air force. this significant build-up of bombers, tanks, artillery, russian military personnel. meanwhile, our secretary of state calls lavrov franticly and asks him what's going on. >> not once, not twice -- three times. my friends, it was obvious what vladimir putin is doing, and these air strikes are a logical follow-on to his ambition which he is realizing to, one, play a major role in syria, preserve the port, prop up bashar al assad and play a major role in the middle east. all of this is not lost on countries in the region. last time i -- today vladimir putin escalated his involvement as russian pilots carried out their first air strikes in syria. initial reports, as i mentioned, are that they are hitting targets which are not controlled by isil. that should control -- that should fool no one because vladimir putin's primary authority and responsibility and ambition is to prop up bashar assad against all of his enemies. the white house has said, "it's unclear exactly what russia's intentio

is not like isis goes these are our roads. when we attack britain, let's make sure to leave those people off the list. those ere our friends. >> that is true. 55,000 -- how many security guards do you think that would get them? >> i don't know. i don't know how they got the dolls through the airport security. >> they probably separated the out fit from the doll. >> that had to be it. >> they were made of c4. >> lori, it seems leak it is kind of fun and they are -- >> fun? they were cheesy and corny. i wanted to blow them up myself. i would never admit that. >> did it get you angry looking at these scenes? >> it was silly. it didn't at all. in fact, what irritated me more than anything was they don't blipping about -- blink about supplying security guards, but art exhibitions, no dice, you are not going there. >> that's a lot of money. >> that's a lie. >> you don't believe it? >> no. you don't need $55,000 to provide security. you need $4,000. >> what do you think is the security? >> i had controversial speakers trying to get t

>> isis has grown isis grew because of assad's brutality against his people. three is crucial, right around the world we see this global islamic extremist moveth. yes, we have to sort of syria and iraq. we have to take on this ideology that is poisoning the minds of people sitting in, you know, homes in my country and your countries all over europe. because you don't go after the extremist mindset. it will be another country with another problem. >> the secretary of state said on another television program this morning as i understand it, that britain was, in part, responsible for the united states' decision not to strike. because you couldn't produce a vote in the house in parliament and that's the reason that there was no strike and that syria was able to violate the red line. >> this was to do with the issue of chemical weapons. where i argued that we should strike in respect to the use of chemical weapons because we've had these agreements and your government said no, my parliament said no, which i deeply regret. i think it was a bad decision. i'm the demo

that's how we came up with isis. once we bomb somebody and killed their people, they will have a resentment towards us. every time we kill somebody, we make three new terrorists. as far as the president obama, i think he is doing a good a job as he possibly can with this republican congress. the congress -- the republicans have no plans, no idea what to do. they are just locking everything obama wants. deal, i dohe iran think the argument against this argument thet republicans keep putting forward is that iran is going to get a lot of money. with money comes power and influence. money you can give to other enemies of the united states and israel, terrorist groups, etc. they can also be up their own internal defenses. the white house argument is that , with inspectors on the ground it in 10 years iran decides to build a nuclear weapon, we decide to go in militarily and taken out, we will have a roadmap. able to take out these facilities. , whatgument against that is iran doing right now? going to russia and buying air

they were not hitting isis, isis isn't in the area. were hitting the city of homs.d for treat syrian army. our allies we are supposedly supporting and training and the allies of our arab allies, the ones in the gulf and elsewhere. and we do nothing, but then you've got the scene you showed, brett, about 20 minutes ago of before the show, actually, live of our secretary of state coming out in a jolly. with lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, as a buddy, and saying we've got a little problem about the nature of the targets that russia attacked today. but we'll go on to other stuff and worry about that later. as if it's a side issue. the point of the obama inviting in the russians first time in half a century, a complete revolution in our position on the russians staying out of the middle east was on the premise they're going to join a coalition against isis. i was saying last night, the russians have no interest in fighting isis. their only interest is supporting assad. keeping him in place and the reason they are hitting homs, is because it's the center of resist

and were the targets isis? think again. let's get right to cnn's barbara starr live at the pentagon. barbara, secretary of defense ash carter finishing up a sobering press briefing. what are the obama administration's biggest concerns about this mess right now? >> well the safety of american pilots flying in the skies comes first and foremost jake. it has been a day of military drama between the u.s. and russia that we have not seen in years. the first russian compact camera video of their air strikes in syria. russian war planes struck near the city of homs in western syria, an area where anti-government forces are operating, not isis, the terrorist group russia claimed it was going after. defense secretary ash carter had been assembling a military team to talk to the russians about how to keep u.s. and russian pilots safe when they fly near each other. but earlier wednesday the u.s. embassy in baghdad got a sudden visit from a russian general. so a russian general shows up this morning at the embassy in baghdad and appare

we want to get rid of isis. let russia do it. >> syria. what do you do with isis? in iraq, you have to knock them out. you have to fight them. if you need, you have to do that. >> donald trump discussing his tax plan on "60 minutes." set to reveal the details at the 11:00 a.m. news conference. he and ben carson are now neck and neck. we have more from athena jones in washington. >> reporter: good morning. today is the day that donald trump says he will unveil his tax plan. he says we will call for tax fund hikes. he says it will be long policy and very specific. this is coming as a new nbc/wall street journal poll shows trump is leading the pack, but barely. ben carson and trump are one percentage point apart. this poll is proof that debates matter. look at fiorina. she is tied with marco rubio. you will remember both of them were seen as standouts in simi valley. they are rewarded for their performance in the polls. the rest of the gop field, including jeb bush, is languishing in single digits. meanwhile, ben carson is facing questions about the muslims fit to ser