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joining us now is cnn military analyst retired lieutenant general mark hertling. and steven cook, senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations and author of the end of ambition america's past, present and future in the middle east. good to have both of you here with us on such a momentous night here as we start to to see what will come next in syria. general, i do want to start with you. you were actually in baghdad when saddam hussein was found. you understand the complex nature of a regime change. what are you expecting in syria? as we look at the days and months ahead? >> yeah, that's a great question, jessica. >> and clarissa's report just now was very good because anytime you have regime change, especially in regimes within the middle east, there's always going to be dynamics and chaos and dysfunction afterwards. i wasn't surprised that she didn't see border guards as she traveled from lebanon into syria, because the security forces have dissolved not only the syrian army, but all of their police forces. the border forces have
joining us now is cnn military analyst retired lieutenant general mark hertling. and steven cook, senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations and author of the end of ambition america's past, present and future in the middle east. good to have both of you here with us on such a momentous night here as we start to to see what will come next in syria. general, i do want to start with you. you were actually in baghdad when saddam hussein was found. you understand...
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. >> let's discuss with retired lieutenant general mark hertling. general hertling, thank you so much for being with us. obviously, this explosion, a very ambitious and well planned targeted attack. i wonder what the strategy was behind ukraine targeting this specific russian official. >> well, this isn't the first, boris, as you know, and some of the reporting cnn has put out has showed that there have been multiple attempts at killing high ranking russian officials on this particular one. >> it was a very good targeting approach because this individual is in charge of what's called the nbc capability of russia nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. >> russia has used chemical weapons inside of ukraine. >> they've used a type of what's called cs gas or or chlorine type of gas to uh, to basically affect soldiers on the front line. >> and that's in violation of both the geneva convention and the law of land warfare. so in-absentia the courts in ukraine has held this individual. colonel general kirillov, a three star general, as a war criminal. so
. >> let's discuss with retired lieutenant general mark hertling. general hertling, thank you so much for being with us. obviously, this explosion, a very ambitious and well planned targeted attack. i wonder what the strategy was behind ukraine targeting this specific russian official. >> well, this isn't the first, boris, as you know, and some of the reporting cnn has put out has showed that there have been multiple attempts at killing high ranking russian officials on this...
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state under president obama, joel rubin, and cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. general, let me just start with a simple question everything happens so quickly here. how did the assad regime fall this fast in your mind well, in my view, john, having watched this area for a long time because it was part of our operations in iraq, this has been roiling for since 2014. >> and in fact, over the last 50 years, if you talk about not only assad, but his father, there is turmoil inside of the country with the citizenry. i think part of the reason that the rebels were able to move so quickly is because they had support of people in the various cities they were moving through. you know, these are people who had been barrel bombed and and atrocities committed against them. so when you get the support of the of the governed the citizens of the country, and you see a crooked dictatorship in charge and you have allies fleeing like we're talking specifically russia and iran, and you have a lack of support militarily from other groups that were helping the assad regime. it was
state under president obama, joel rubin, and cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. general, let me just start with a simple question everything happens so quickly here. how did the assad regime fall this fast in your mind well, in my view, john, having watched this area for a long time because it was part of our operations in iraq, this has been roiling for since 2014. >> and in fact, over the last 50 years, if you talk about not only assad, but his father, there...
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joining us now is retired lieutenant general mark hertling. general hertling, thank you so much for being with us. despite the ouster of assad, some of the rebel groups that joined forces to unseat him are directly opposed to each other. and with him out of the way. do you foresee a period of peace in syria, especially given that some of these kurdish forces and turkish backed fighters are at odds? >> well, giuliani has a couple of tasks in front of him, boris. the first one is to gather the groups together that have been fighting, and it has been an unbelievable spectrum of people who have been fighting in syria, all pointing guns at each other over the last ten years. so he's said publicly that he's going to try and pull all those groups together. some are extreme terrorists, others are just freedom fighters. but there's also right now, a whole lot of churn. russia has been sending their forces out of the area drastically trying to get out of the area. as you just mentioned, the kurdish forces are bumping up against the turkish forces and tu
joining us now is retired lieutenant general mark hertling. general hertling, thank you so much for being with us. despite the ouster of assad, some of the rebel groups that joined forces to unseat him are directly opposed to each other. and with him out of the way. do you foresee a period of peace in syria, especially given that some of these kurdish forces and turkish backed fighters are at odds? >> well, giuliani has a couple of tasks in front of him, boris. the first one is to gather...
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joining me now is cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. thank you so much for being here. happy holidays to you. this is an awful, awful scene that we have looked at on christmas day, seeing this plane fall out of the sky. russia initially said it was likely a bird strike that caused this crash. now the airline is using words physical and technical interference in their initial assessment. what can you glean from those words? what do they tell you? >> well good morning sarah. and it just reinforces the words that are being used. what actually happened and that the physical interference was probably a weapon system that caused dysfunction in the aircraft in a variety of ways. the technical interference is something that has been speculated about electronic warfare jamming, the fact that some kind of external technical operations causes caused the aircraft to not only avert their landing a couple of times in grozny, but also shift to another. several has been reported. several potential landing locations that they were denied. so we're talki
joining me now is cnn military analyst, retired lieutenant general mark hertling. thank you so much for being here. happy holidays to you. this is an awful, awful scene that we have looked at on christmas day, seeing this plane fall out of the sky. russia initially said it was likely a bird strike that caused this crash. now the airline is using words physical and technical interference in their initial assessment. what can you glean from those words? what do they tell you? >> well good...
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more from our pentagon correspondent, cnn military analyst mark hertling and aerospace analyst miles o'brien. join us first. cnn's nadia bashir. >> this is the moment an azerbaijani plane attempted an emergency landing, bursting into flames upon impact. rescuers rushed to the scene, extinguishing the fire that engulfed the front of the plane and pulling out dazed survivors from the wreckage. out of 67 people on board, including crew, at least 38 died. remarkably, 29 people, including two children, survived and were taken to hospitals. questions swirled on why the plane, which took off from the azerbaijani capital baku en route to grozny in russia, diverted to kazakhstan. flight radar 24 shows the plane flying across the caspian sea and circling in the kazakh city of aktau. before the crash, in a pattern. an aviation expert says it indicates loss of flight control systems. the crash came shortly after drone strikes hit southern russia. and while investigators say they are exploring all scenarios, multiple azerbaijani sources have told reuters that the plane was hit by russian air defe
more from our pentagon correspondent, cnn military analyst mark hertling and aerospace analyst miles o'brien. join us first. cnn's nadia bashir. >> this is the moment an azerbaijani plane attempted an emergency landing, bursting into flames upon impact. rescuers rushed to the scene, extinguishing the fire that engulfed the front of the plane and pulling out dazed survivors from the wreckage. out of 67 people on board, including crew, at least 38 died. remarkably, 29 people, including two...
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general mark hertling, thanks so much, sir. appreciate it. >> thanks, phil. >> well, coming up, a closer look at the soon to be second lady of the united states, who is usha vance and what will she do with the platform? she'll soon have? plus, it's still 2024, but you can bet some of the people you see on your screen right here, they're already having conversations about 2028. can't fool myself. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. >> his life has truly joyful moments and some really difficult moments. >> you only come across an artist like luther vandross once in a lifetime. >> luther. never too much new year's day on. >> i've got this. >> hey, susan. toothbrush. big interview, huh? nice new suit, new haircut, ancient bristle stick. make the sonicare switch. all right, now go knock em dead, boss. can i get the wi-fi? am i hang here? >> yeah. your worst nightmare. your car broke down. now you're worried if it's going to cost you a fortune in repair bills. unless you already call carshield the legit number one auto pro
general mark hertling, thanks so much, sir. appreciate it. >> thanks, phil. >> well, coming up, a closer look at the soon to be second lady of the united states, who is usha vance and what will she do with the platform? she'll soon have? plus, it's still 2024, but you can bet some of the people you see on your screen right here, they're already having conversations about 2028. can't fool myself. >> it was the most exciting time in the world. >> his life has truly joyful...
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and let's go now to general mark hertling, along with seth jones, national security expert, who, of course has been on the ground in syria as well as the other places we're talking about here general, right now, you're looking at a crucial moment for vladimir putin and it comes as the financial times is reporting that you know, that oligarch and his inner circle is outright rejecting even trump's offer for a peace deal. you hear what's happening in georgia, what's happening in syria as putin is trying to send this massive increase in his armed forces, how crucial is this moment? >> we have to put it in perspective. >> you just named some of the things, erin, but russia's military is in disarray. they are spread across a bunch of continents, not just syria and ukraine. their economy is in freefall. as fred just mentioned, they face some threats on their on several fronts and decreased assistance from a bunch of allies that are having problems themselves. so we're seeing you know, as calm as putin is and as his spokesman may appear to be, they don't have reason to to feel very good about wha
and let's go now to general mark hertling, along with seth jones, national security expert, who, of course has been on the ground in syria as well as the other places we're talking about here general, right now, you're looking at a crucial moment for vladimir putin and it comes as the financial times is reporting that you know, that oligarch and his inner circle is outright rejecting even trump's offer for a peace deal. you hear what's happening in georgia, what's happening in syria as putin is...
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in moscow tonight, lieutenant general mark hertling joins me now., general, i want to ask you about these new satellite images. they are, you know, incredibly detailed, right. you're looking at cargo. first of all, there's the road where all the tanks are. and then this picture is at in latakia. these these jets with the nose cones up looking like they're about to be loaded, loaded with cargo. what are you what do you take away from what we're seeing in this, this, this true scramble that putin seems to be in, in syria, i take away from the fact he's trying to get the heck out of latakia and tartus, and that's been indicated by a lot of open source intelligence. >> you know, there's not enough airplanes on the runway right now at latakia to take the amount of equipment at that base. but this is a start. we also know that the russian naval fleet has been leaving tartus over the last several days. so as you said earlier, it is a major withdrawal. they are trying to get out of syria because they're concerned about security in those two bases. >> and ta
in moscow tonight, lieutenant general mark hertling joins me now., general, i want to ask you about these new satellite images. they are, you know, incredibly detailed, right. you're looking at cargo. first of all, there's the road where all the tanks are. and then this picture is at in latakia. these these jets with the nose cones up looking like they're about to be loaded, loaded with cargo. what are you what do you take away from what we're seeing in this, this, this true scramble that putin...