mr. ambassador - - we need serious candidates. - i guess, mr. ambassador, i was wondering not are you concerned about who might be the republican nominee because you're worried that they couldn't run the country. i'm more asking, are you worried that anybody that they nominate could potentially beat your candidate. - you know, i don't think so. - is there anybody in that field. - secretary clinton has prepared herself her whole life for doing this. i think once - you know, right now, it's kind of like being the other kid who might be better than swoops, who might be better than her. nobody's more popular than the quarterback on the bench. but once you get down and it is the democratic nominee versus the republican - [evan] when it's a choice. - we've got a choice. the other thing is, and you said we're going to talk about it, we're proud of our president and our record. we're not running from what we've done. you know, ronald - everybody loves to frame everything in terms of good or bad. ronald reagan phrased the best question for american voters

mr. ambassador? >> i think the mood in france is twofold. there is one of determination that we should push back against the terrorist attacks, and that you can see that in cities like paris and elsewhere. but there's also -- let's be honest, there's concern. there's sometimes even fear about the risk of further attacks. so i think this is where we are at the moment, and many of our european countries. >> ambassador, former french ambassador to the united states, thanks for joining us. >> thank you very much. good night. >>> in jerusalem today u.s. secretary of state john kerry concluded a three-day trip to the region by condemning palestinian attacks on rsl israelis. appears with netanyahu there was no talk of long-term peace. instead they spoke about a short-term solution to end the bloodshed. >> this is a difficult time. we all know that. when citizens can be murdered like ezra schwartz, my citizen of massachusetts driving in a car on a mission to learn and to share, and when other citizens can be gunned down and a soldier yesterday in th

mr. ambassador, i'm sure you heard that. this is news to me.does this tell you about international relations at this time? >> what it tells us, we have a huge problem in the middle east, isis, but we have a growing competitor to that problem, which is russia and its new friend, iran, trying to exploit the fear and the danger of isis to establish a major foot hold in the middle east. not by going after isis itself. russia's done little of that, but basically leveraging the situation with isis to push us out of the region. stuart: mr. ambassador, i don't want to put new a difficult position, but is there any justification in what medvedev is saying? he's saying it's our fault, the failure of the obama middle east policy that's given rise to isis. do you agree with na that? >> he's not a point of -- not really, he's looking back at the bush administration, isis is an off shoot of iraq, going into iraq in 2003 the u.s. unleashed this. he believes that the bush and obama administration, as does putin, unleashed these forces by supporting democratic

mr. ambassador, is there any such thing as enough vetting in cases like that? on't count on 100%, foolproof vetting. that's not going to work. but i totally agree with mr. miliband, if we allow these events to result in us giving up our ideals, our principles-- which includes, of course, welcoming refugees who are really, really in trouble, running from war zones-- then we are giving up more than just-- just the refugees. then we're giving up what our societies are supposed to be about. >> ifill: dave miliband, and andras simonyi, former ambassador to the u.s. from hungary, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: since the attacks, there's been lots of concern in washington and other world capitals over fears of how terrorists can communicate by "going dark," namely using an array of technologies to hide from law enforcement before and after attacks. in the aftermath of the paris attacks, investigators are still hunting for answers to how the terrorists communicated with each other and eluded surveillance. but their eyes are on the now ubiquitous ce

mr. ambassador, thank you so much for coming in. i really appreciate it. madam secretary. great.oor closes) oliver shaw sent over a hardcopy of his report on the air force one cyber-attack. any news on his hacker trap? no, not yet. oh, uh, your studio executives are on their way up. show time. think i'm ready for my close-up. daisy: and this is the conference room. where many important deals have been struck. well, thanks for the tour. there is so much history here. i've always wanted to develop some kind of historical political drama. like johnadams, but as a series. well, i've tried it. and, uh, it's cost prohibitive. man: and boring. unless they're all sleeping together. that's very washington. not in this office. so i gave you a rough outline of what we're hoping to achieve in the e-mail i sent. right, so you want to air our shows in eastern europe, and then follow them with pro-western news. i'm sure you've heard about russia's recent aggression. i can't get into the classified details, but in the next few months, we could be on the brink of war in europe. daisy: altering th

mr. ambassador, what are the stakes in what we've seen today? >> well, it's been a consequential day, scott. we haven't had a nato member shoot down a soviet or russian aircraft since 1952, and so the stakes are very high, that the russians learn the lessons of what happened but also that this can be deescalated so that there's no further action, and russia and turkey and the other countries can go back, hopefully trying to combat isis. >> pelley: well, the russian president called it a stab in the back. could this escalate? >> it could escalate. i think there's-- i think the united states and president obama are going to work very hard to see that it doesn't, but there's an important principle at stake here, scott. every nation has a right to protect its own borders. and president obama sided with the turks today in saying that they have that right. it was a gross violation of international law for the russians even to fly close to that border, but to cross it, crossed. and so i think the lesson here for the russians has to be now. the middle e

mr. ambassador, what are the stakes in what we've seen today? >> well, it's been a consequential day, scott. we haven't had a nato member shoot down a soviet or russian aircraft since 1952, and so the stakes are very high, that the russians learn the lessons of what happened but also that this can be de-escalated so that there's no further action, and russia and turkey and the e her countries can go back, hopefully trying to combat isis. >> pelley: well, the russian president called it a stab in the back. could this escalate? >> it could escalate. i think k ere's-- i think the e united states and president obama are going to work very hard to see that it doesn't, but there's an important principle at stake here, scott. every nation has a right to protect its own borders. and president obama sided with the turks today in saying that they have that right. it was a gross violation of international law for the russians even to fly close to that border, but to cross it, that's a red line that can't be crossed. and so i think the lesson here for the r

mr. ambassador, what are the stakes in what we've seen today? >> well, it's been a consequential day, scott. we haven't had a nato member shoot down a soviet or russian aircraft since 1952, and so the stakes are very high, that the russians learn the lessons of what happened but also that this can be de-escalated so that there's no further action, and russia and turkey and the other countries can go back, hopefully trying to combat isis. >> pelley: well, the russian president called it a stab in the back. could this escalate? >> it could escalate. i think there's-- i think the united states and president obama are going to work very hard to see that it doesn't, but there's an important principle at stake here, scott. every nation has a right to protect its own borders. and president obama sided with the turks today in saying that they have that right. it was a gross violation of international law for the russians even to fly close to that border, but to cross it, that's a red line that can't be crossed. and so i think the lesson here for the rus

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mr. ambassador, the questions asked here are china not involved.we read that in terms of american interests in the pacific? because of china's not being there. >> well, tpp is not directed against any country, including china, but it is directed at setting high standards for this region, and then encouraging other countries to meet the standards, exactly what it does in terms of demanding openness of other countries, but also higher labor standards, environmental standards, intellectual property right standards, these disciplines first time ever on state-owned enterprises, compete fairly, internet, rules of the road to define for the region, and it's important the rules of the road, for have very important region, reflect our interests and values. >> chiming in here, we're the biggest economy in the world, and, you know, the most innovative economy in the world, the ones inventing all of the apps, the iwatches, greatest technology, and the things that will be exported, so i don't know why we would fear opening our markets up in a big way to the gre

mr. ambassador, jim cramer here. get at what it needs to -- what it takes to make it so ukraine is not an issue. is that possible? can you walk away from the idea that two februarys ago we basically went back to cold war status and just table ukraine as a big issue? >> i don't think it is possible. i agree with your question and what you said. the fact is that putin crossed a major red line, broke international law on annexing crimea. if he's willing to in syria -- we work with the russians on different issues, north carolina, iran, but we should not let putin have a bank shot and argue that his cooperation in syria is that we take the focus off ukraine. >> a lot of people doing the math on refugees here stateside. the number that we've allowed in so far, the number that the president wants to allow. the governors, it's bleeding on to capitol hill, raising more fears about fiscal policy strife what is your take on it? >> i think there's been far too much fear mongering. the administration is planning on taking in 10,

mr. ambassador, thank you for your service.we very much appreciate the members of your family that are here. we do recognize this as a family commitment, and we thank them also. you mentioned your experiences with congress in central america conflict, that there was deep division in congress but where we spoke in unity, the united states was stronger in its carrying out its mission. there's been a division in congress over the support for the iran agreement. but there's been no division in congress about the importance of the congressional review and the ongoing commitment that congress has in the implementation of the iran agreement. the iran review act that was passed in a very bipartisan vote, almost unanimous vote in the united states congress, spells out certain continuing commitments by the administration to keep congress informed. we do that because we had a conversation yesterday about the compliance with iran on the agreement. there's already been a violation of the u.n. resolution dealing with ballistic missiles. how

mr. ambassador, does that mean that i hate orphans. >> obviously not. the president and much of the discussion has ignored the fact that this is not our first refugee crisis. we've faced this issue many times before. for the president who prides himself on being mr. international law, he's ignoring the treaty we entered into 65 years ago. most of the people he wants to admit don't qualify as refugees. the requirement is very clear, that is you have to showls a well-founded fear of persecution based on your religious and political beliefs, race, ethnicity, something like that. and most of the people coming out of syria don't qualify. have they been displaced by horrible conditions and war? yes. does that make them eligible to be refugees? no. if the president wants to bring them on for just because he wants a couple hundred thousand syrians in the country, let him say it. >> that's something going on in brussels, and we're pretaping this. what do you think is happening? do you anticipate another attack in brussels or somewhere else? >> the warnings that

mr. ambassador, what are the stakes in what we've seen today? >> well, it's been a consequential day, scott. we haven't had a nato member aircraft since 1952, and so the stakes are very high, that the russians learn the lessons of what happened but also that this can be de-escalated so that there's no further action, and russia and turkey and the other countries can go back, hopefully trying to combat isis. >> pelley: welel the russian president called it a stab in the back. could this escalate? >> it could escalate. i think there's-- i think the united states and president obama are going to work very hard to see that it doesn't, but there's an important principle at stake here, scott. every nation has a right to protect its own borders. and president obama sided with the turks today inaying that they have that right. it was a gross violation of international law for the russians even to fly close to that border, but to cross it, that's a red line that can't be crossed. and so i think the lesson here for the russians has to be they're fairly is

mr. ambassador, thank you. when i thought of this and i'm a civilian in every regard i was thinking it wasn't until the french had this attack last friday that they could move with real authority to go after the people and force their hand. the fact that a woman committed suicide and they were shot at and they exposed the danger posed by these terrorist groups by going after them and forcing their hand. it was really dramatic. we didn't know the capability existed in the heart of paris. i think what was said about gathering evidence and picking up whatever they can from the different items they captured we are going to get a better idea of whether this can happen again. when you look at the operation it was very complex three different groups sp so forth communicating, moving back and forth between belgium and france. do they have the capacity to conduct one or several more of these in a short timeframe? i think we will get a better handle on that. >> the prosecutor in france said they know there are thousands

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mr. ambassador, to you? >> they had no choice.l country, but small country of 10 million people. they had 190,000 people, that's like 7 million coming to the u.s. as refugees. and sweden as a generous, maybe unrealistic policy of welfare berths and eventually they realized the system would break down and ruin the economy, they had no choice to shut the doors, they'll go back to what they call the eu minimum policy, but these scandanavian countries have been generous with the welfare benefits and the open door policy can't work more mathematically. stuart: you know europe. you know what's going on there. what are they going to do with this migrant crisis? the barriers are coming up, the frontiers are going up again, border checks and the rest of it. what are they going to do? give me the long-term outlook here. >> stuart, you would hope that this is a short-term problem. we have to remember that the reason we have these refugees crises is because countries like sweden, countries like our allies in nato, countries like america, for

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mr. ambassador, thank you for being on "new day."e're seeing happen in brussels today. the subways are closed. schools are shutdown for yet a second day. why is that city going to such lengths? >> we fully understand that these are drastic measures but they are proportional to the threat that currently is there in belgium and the threat level has been increased last week from level number three to level number four, level number four being the highest one which means there is serious threat and imminent threat. so that is the situation. the government yesterday decided to extend that level four threat for another week until monday next week. although, of course, in the meantime that can be revisited in the context of new information being available. >> meaning that schools and the public transit will be shutdown all week? >> no. that's exactly the point i was going to make. the schools, the metro, shopping areas and so have been closed during the week and yesterday and perhaps today to some extent. as of tomorrow things will be relax

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mr. ambassador. here we are two days away from thanksgiving.an american in paris, to coin a phrase, what's your advice to people here who may be lucky enough to have had overseas travel plans for the thanksgiving break and may be on the bubble now because of this state department warning that so much was made of last night. >> well, i just would say to all americans travel safely, be careful, get in touch with your consulate if you are traveling overseas, report anything that seems suspicious. you know, i decided to come here with my wife. i support france. there was a lot of tension before we left but we're here. i think we have to stand behind our allies and in this case, france, we are -- chris and i are right in back of this monument to those that were killed and there's enormous courage here in france, enormous solidarity. there's security measures but at the same time, a respect for liberty and i think president hollande who has got also elections coming up, is doing the right thing. a wartime president getting support from his people for

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mr. ambassador, thanks very much for coming in. >> thank you. >> what's the latest on these arrests thatn place in belgium right now? supposedly you have arrested at least one suspect who was involved in the paris terror attacks. >> yeah. well, for the last two days as a matter of fact no less than 29 house searches have been operated. out of those house searches 22 people were being called for discussion custody, taken into custody. and out of them one now is being arrested as it is established that he is linked to what happened in paris. and three others are still under investigation. >> so this one individual linked to paris, what's your suspicion what was his role? >> that i can't tell you because that is of course something that the intelligence community's looking at in more detail. a >> have you released his name? >> no. >> when will you release his name? >> that is for the authorities in brussels to decide at the appropriate moment. but that one person that was being arrested right now is of course the ones arrested in the course of last week. >> so -- so there's four people you

mr. erdogan. francine: you describe a mess. ambassador haass: to use the technical word, a mess.ow do you get russia on board? it seems to me sitting from where i usually am in london, the u.s. needs to use russia in some way. ambassador haass: i do not think we should be against what russia is doing in damascus to shore up this government is not a bad idea. we do not want the black flag of a caliphate over damascus. you cannot support assad, because that will fuel isis. at some points we have got to get russia to pivot away from assad -- francine: how do you do that? ambassador haass: the bomb will get mr. putin's attention. isnk about appeared rusher 15% muslim. it does not want its own population radicalized. -- think about it. russia is 15% muslim. a bomb onif we saw that plane over sinai, you do not think it will actually make the russians say to vladimir putin, enough. we do not want to get involved. ambassador haass: not yet. he has a cushion of support. tom: when i look at this, in one of your essays, you said we do not want to bring damascus down. what do you mean by tha

mr. ambassador, it's good to see you, and i want to start by getting your reaction to what senator feinsteinsay, that the situation with isis is getting worse, we don't have time, and we don't have years. what do you think? >> i couldn't agree more. very important thing she said is that isis is a state. it has a military force. that has to be crushed. we have not succeeded in doing this, and we're not going to until we use a lot more american military power partnered with our allies and friends in the region and in europe. >> does american military power in your mind mean that we have to have more ground troops in? >> absolutely. much of it can be done by a much more aggressive use of air power, special forces teams, and advisers with local arab and kurdish forces, but some american combat forces must be involved basically as a s.w.a.t. team to go after very high-priority targets, but also to encourage other people. who are we to tell other people to fight and we're not willing to? >> so what is your assessment overall of what the strategy is now or are you on the side of some people who say

mr. chairman, ambassador, ambassador. subject of syria, i made my first trip a few years ago to meet with the unknown assad. he's pretty well-defined in the last 14 year, and the dictateship -- dictatorship he leads has been defined. more than four years ago, this administration called for regime change and not only did very little to make that come about but then directly and through the russians, negotiated various agreemen agreements, including, obviously, the chemical weapons departure. at this point, isn't it time to ask the question of what, what do we really want to achieve in syria, since one, the so-called free syrian army has cost us some incredible number that i'm not even going to say on television again, because are it has been a complete failure. we have no free syrian army. more sunnis are fighting independent of us than with us, by a factor of probably 1,000 to one. let me ask you in a suck sintsd way. ambassador, isn't it time we figure out what is possible in a syria that allows the millions of syrians,

mr. ambassador, welcome to the program. thank you for being here. >> good morning.nship still appears to be extremely strained strange between israel's leader and president obama. does that have negative consequences for america in any way shape or form? >> this relationship between the u.s. and israel is a strong enduring relationship. decades of crises, wars, and, by the way, changes in leadership. some good and some bad. i do not think it is strange, at this point, the way it was several months ago over the iran deal. stuart: disagree about whether it is one state or tsdue policy. do they disagree about the random stabbings within israel? there is fundamental disagreement with how to deal with the situation. >> on the stabbings, the president was pre-categorical about that. condemning it and calling the info to that kind of violence. it was a pretty strong word. he made no references on the other side of the equation. this was a very important meeting. it was a very useful one. pragmatic comes to mind. diplomacy, it is not just personalities. it is strategic rela

mr. ambassador. thank you very much indeed for your expertise. we hear you loud and clear.ou, sir. appreciate it. i've got two news items about the election for you today. first of all, donald trump, he's leading in the latest poll. it comes from the university of massachusetts. 31% trump, 22% carson, and rubio has 9%. that's the line up in the university massachusetts poll. bobby jindal drops out of the race, saying it's not his time. that happened on last night's fox news special report. now to president obama mocking the states that have chosen not to accept refugees. watch this. >> apparently they're scared of widows and orphans coming into the united states of america. first they were worried about the press being too tough on them during debates now they're worried about three-year-old orphans. that doesn't sound very tough to me. and it needs to stop because the world is watching. stuart: by the way, it was a woman who blew herself up with a suicide vest this morning in paris. ashley pratt is with us. ashley, i made the judgment that the president was mocking his rep

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mr. ambassador, thank you for being here. >> thank you, happy thanksgiving. >> to you as well.ne? >> legally, yes. to figure out if this is politically wise, you have to look at the back story. turkey had an f-4 fighter plane shot down by the syrians, russia's allies several years ago. both pilots were killed. since that time, turkey has made it very clear it will not except incursions into its territory especially in the province where the shootdown occurred. turkey saw several incursions back in october, protested and the russians continue doing it and that's where we are today. >> now, russia, of course, 2 did not go over turkey airspace. turkey said that it did. turkey said it issued ten warnings to the pilots. the surviving pilot, one of whom was rescued, said he didn't get any warnings. obviously, there's a conflict. we've had our military experts on this morning, one of our generals, who said there are a bunch of things that turkey could have done to de-escalate the situation. so, why didn't they try those options? >> again, turkey had tried those before. and it wanted t

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mr. ambassador. let me ask you something, a little bit of a different context.ntly gets criticized in comparison to vladimir putin because putin is strong and obama favors negotiation and vass lation, isn't that what we are seeing from putten? somebody shoots his plane out of the air, says it was intentional but i'm not going to go to war. very reasoned response from him, isn't it? >> chris, i think what we need to do is look at mr. putputin's objectives. what he wants to achieve is the preservation of president assad, the use of his power and approach to deter turkey from continuing to help size and the people who are against assad. this was, in every sense of the word, not a provocation. it was clearly a russian aircraft flying turkish airspace after multiple warnings. the turks were justified in acting in self-defense. he has now got a lemon and he is turning it into lemonade. he is going to try to use this to develop greater pressure on turkey and greater pressure on the situation in syria to his advantage to meet those two objectives. >> just because someon