and i said to mr. putin that i would be prepared to work with him, if he's willing to broker with his partners, mr. assad and iran a political transition. we can bring the rest of the world community to a brokered solution, but that a military solution alone, an attempt by russia and iran to problem up assad and try to pacify 9 population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it won't work. and they will be there for a while, if they don't take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isis, but what was very clear and regardless of what mr. putin said, was that he doesn't distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective, they are all terrorists and that's a recipe for disaster and it's one that i reject. so where we are now is that we are having technical conversations about deconfliction so we are not seeing u.s. and american fi

and i said to mr. putin that i'd be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his partners, mr. assad and iran, a political transition. we can blame the rest of the world community to a brokered solution, but that a military solution alone, an attempt by russia and iran, to prop up assad and try to pacify the population, is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire, and it won't work. and they will be there for a while. if they don't take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil. what was very clear, and regardless of what mr. putin said, was that he doesn't distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective, they're all terrorists and that's a recipe for disaster and it's one that i reject. so, where we are now is that we are having technical conversations about decon flikz, so that we're not seeing u.s. and american fire

i said to mr. putin, i would be prepared to work with him, if he is willing to broker with his partners, mr. assad, and iran, a political transition, we with bridge thbridge bring the rest d community to a brokered solution, but a military solution alone to prop up assad and try to pacify the population, is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it will not work. they will be there for a while. if they don't take a different course. i also said to him, it is true that the united states and russia and the world have a common interest in destroying isil. but what was clear, and regardless of what mr. putin said, he does not distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. acad go. from their perspective they are all terrorists, that is a recipe for disaster, that is one they reject. so, with we are now is that we're having technical conversations about deconfliction so that we're not seeing u.s. and american firefighter in the air. but beyond that, we're clear in stic

and i said to mr. putin that i'd be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his partners, mr. assad and iran, a political transition. we can bring the rest of the world community to a brokered solution, but that a military solution alone, an attempt by russia and iran to prop up assad and try to pacify the population, is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire, and it won't work. and they will be there for a while if they don't take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil. but what was very clear and regardless of what mr. putin said, was that he doesn't distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective, they're all territories, and that's a recipe for disaster. and it's one that i reject. so where we are now is that we are having technical conversations about deconfliction, so that we're not seeing u.s. and american

and i said to mr. putin i'd be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his partners, mr. assad, and iran, political transition. we can bring the rest of the world community to a brokered solution. but that a military solution alone, an attempt by russia and iran to prop up assad and try to pacify the population, is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it won't work. and they will be there for a while. if they don't take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil. but what was very clear, and regardless of what mr. putin said, was he doesn't distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective they're all terrorists. and that's a recipe for disaster and one if reject. so, -- one i reject. so where we are now is that we are having technical conversations deconflict union so we're not firefights in the area, andon tha

and i said to mr. putin that i'd be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his partners mr. assad and iran a political transition, we can bring the rest of the world community to a brokered solution but that a military solution alone, an attempt by russia and iran to prop up assad and try to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it won't work. and they will be there for a while. if they don't take a different course. i also said it is true the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil. but what was very clear and regardless of what mr. putin said was that he doesn't distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective they're all terrorists. and that's a recipe for disaster. and it's one that i reject. so where we are now is that we are having technical conversations about dec deconfliction so we're not seeing u.s. and american fire fights in the air,

i said to mr. putin that i would be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his ad and iran, aass political transition. we can bring the rest of the world community to a brokered solution. , anlitary solution alone attempt by russia and iran to and pacify the population, is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and, it won't work. they will be there for a while. if, they don't take a different course. i also said to him, that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil. regardlessry clear of what mr. putin said is that he does not establish between the moderate sunni opposition that was to see mr. assad go. from their perspective, they are all terrorists. that's a recipe for disaster, and when i reject. is that we arew having technical conversations so that wenfliction are not seeing u.s. and american firefights. beyond that, we are very clear in sticking to our beliefs and our policies that the problem here is assad

mr. putin has his own agenda. he wants to protect the syrian president bashar al-assad. unverifiedres also are said to show the aftermath by one attack by mr. assad's forces on the outskirts of damascus. the russians have been accused in a joint western statement today of bombing civilians rather than concentrating on islamic state. president obama: regardless of what mr. putin said, he does not distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see assad go. from their perspective, they are all terrorists, and that is a recipe for disaster. john: david cameron seemed a lot more guarded. david cameron: the u.s. are saying this is indiscriminate striking. we need to examine. we need to examine very carefully the evidence for what has happened. i believe looking at the evidence first and making a comment afterward. there wasr the summit the same apparent reluctance to condemn russia to strongly. angela merkel and france while hollande talked about the need for russia to concentrate on attacking islamic state, but the german leader also stressed that any

mr. putin seems to be challenging that leadership? >> in what way? >> he's moved troops into syria. for one. he has got people on the ground. two, the russians are conducting military operations in, in the middle east for the first time since world war ii, bombing the people that we are supporting. >> so that's leading, steve? let me ask you this question. when i came into office ukraine was governed by a corrupt ruler who was a stooge of mr. putin. syria was russia's only ally in the region. and today, rather than being able to count on their support and maintain the base they had in syria which they have had for a long time. mr. putin now is devoting his own troops, his own military, just to barely hold together, by a thread, his sole ally. >> he is challenging your leadership, mr. president. he is challenging your leadership. >> steve, i got to till you, if you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then

i think mr. putinis continuing to provide those things that allow the conflict to simmer in the southeastern part of ukraine. and why would he do that? i think what he's demonstrated is he can destabilize and keep the situation unstable in the southeast. why would he do that? if the situation is unstable in the southeast. this discourages foreign investment. it keeps the ukrainian forces in the field, which is a cost and a burden to the government and if te keeps the situation in southeast ukraine unstable and continues to demonstrate to the people of the rest of greater ukraine that the government can't influence or retain control of this area, so all of this is e destabilizing and not help tofl a government that needs to get on with reform. that needs to get on with economic recovery, that needs to encourage international investment, et cetera, et cetera, and a warm conflict in ukraine is detriment to all of those possibilities. >> do you think nato is eventually going to get okay with the idea of ju

that has not produced success for mr. putin. i will stop here with these initial comments and we will turn it over to questions. i mentioned the major trends in the region. i am sure you will have more concrete questions about this fight. mr. rojansky: thank you very much. i will leave syria and let you address that. let me ask you to clarify a couple things about the north caucasus. a said putin has not won victory. a love russians will tell you he ended theasically an war, he is not bombing anymore, he has a strong and in control. how do you define victory? great question, and there is a lot russians and government and counterterrorism people who would say there is a certain uccess in counterterrorism in the north caucasus. a policyutin switch to which meant that instead of the targeted operations and instead of relying on counterterrorist relyingns, he started on a plan to pacify chechnya. a certain level -- at a certain level, that is work. it is pacified the chechen factions of the insurgency. this would probably qualify as

that, mr. putin could help with if he had the intent. the idea when president putin and president obama met, that russia could use their leverage to nudge president al-assad into a transition. but the strikes are backing him up. william: the russians do not seem to be moving in the direction of pushing or easing him out. important, butot the endpoint that he actually leave is important. if both the iranians and russians were to move him out that could resolve the situation. russians arenk the up for a long and bloody campaign in syria, or are they hoping this will scare off his rivals and they hope it will be short-lived? william: they hope it will be --rt-lived, but what we saw the free syrian army is pushing back hard. this could be a quagmire for the russians. it may be more than mr. putin intended to have bitten off. laura: president obama apologized to the head of msf. the americans now say it was a mistake in attack. nick bryant is in washington. were today pictures released of how the hospital in kunduz used to be. a safe haven pro

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president obama clashing with cbs correspondent on 60 minutes over russia aggression in syria. >> mr. putin be challenging the leadership. >> in what way? >> hees moved troops into syria, he's challenging your leadership, mr. president. >> steve, i have to tell you that if you think that you're running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up, you're only ally is leadership, then we have a different definition of leadership. >> cheryl: president is saying that the use private e-mail server was a mistake but did not endanger national security. >> nicole: now search for next house speaker. in an interview on fox news sunday leader congressmen jim jordan saying would look favorably on congressmen ryan if he runs. >> paul ryan is a goodman, communicator t kind of messenger the party needs. it's not about who the next speaker is, it's about what's going to change, the business as usual attitude around there. >> cheryl: new development in the clinton e-mail scandal. new york times reporting focus of house select committee on be benghazi to hillary clinton's us

little bit of introduction here by showing tell, and i think many of you have already seen this book, mr. putin: -- " mr. operative in the kremlin." author is also a professor of the economy and health to understand the legacy of the soviet militaristic economy for post-soviet russia. he has written many other great oaks over the years as well, and russia'sle called " virtual economy," which is very important in understanding this topic. steve pifer has also written about these topics. i had the opportunity to talk about -- to help out a little bit with this book, but it was his brainchild in most ways. and it was steve requesting his previous work in the arms control space where his foreign service was spent, but he was also the ambassador to ukraine. as u.s. and russia's arms control has declined in recent years, he has focused on the crises in eastern and central europe. and in a spirit of showing tell, i will also plug shamelessly my legs book -- my latest book, which is called the "future of land warfare" not that i'm predicting we will have to fight such a thing, but like many of you, i'm

and i said to mr. putint i would be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his partners, mr. assad and iran, a political transition. we can bring the rest of the world community to a brokered solution, but that a military solution alone, an attempt by russia and iran to prop up assad and try to pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire and it won't work and they will be there for a while if they don't take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying isil, but what was very clear and regardless of what mr. putin said was that he doesn't distinguish between isil and a moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective they are all terrorists and that's a recipe for disaster and it's one that i reject. so where we are now is that we are having technical conversations about deacon friction so that we are not seeing u.s. and american fire

mr. putin seems to be challenging that leadership. >> in what way? let's think about this -- >> reporter: well, he's moved troops into-- into syria, for one. >> yeah. >> reporter: he's got people on the ground. >> yeah. >> reporter: two, the russians are conducting military operations in the middle east for the first time since world war ii. >> so that's -- >> reporter: bombing the people that we are supporting. >> so that's leading, steve? so let me ask you this question- - when i came into office, ukraine was governed by a corrupt ruler who was a stooge of mr. putin. syria was russia's only ally in the region, and today, rather than being able to count on their support and maintain the base they had in syria, which they've had for a long time. mr. putin now is devoting his own troops, his own military, just to barely hold together by a thread his sole ally. >> he's challenging your leadership, mr. president. >> no. >> reporter: he's challenging your leadership. >> steve, i got to tell you, if

it is hard to predict which one mr. putin will choose, but at this point, he clearly declared that no, i will only be there until assad turns against the opposition and turns on to the offensive and restores order in the country. >> okay. yes, right here. >> from trade g9 office. does putin not putting ground troops in syria beg the question of whether he has faith in his troop sns have they learned theirly sons from afghanistan? he's got limited success in ukraine, he has not put ground troops in syria. he's cherry picking his targets using his air force. so, does he not have faith in his ground force? do they not learn their lessons? >> so, there are a number of things going on here. first of all, if you compare for instance the operation in chechnya in '94, '96, the russian military has gone along way from then. there has been a lot of initiatives in reforming the russian military. the russian military has been training. reforming. there have been a lot of changes in the russian military that make it more effective, more p

mr. putin seems to be challenging that leadership? >> in what way? >> he's moved troops into syria. for one. he has got people on the ground. two, the russians are conducting military operations in, in the middle east for the first time since world war ii, bombing the people that we are supporting. >> so that's leading, steve? let me ask you this question. when i came into office ukraine who was a stooge of mr. putin. syria was russia's only ally in the region. and today, rather than being able to count on their support and maintain the base they had in syria which they have had for a long time. mr. putin now is devoting his own troops, his own military, just to barely hold together, by a thread, his sole ally. >> he is challenging your leadership, mr. president. he is challenging your leadership. >> steve, i got to till you, if you think that running your economy into the ground and having to send troops in in order to prop up your only ally is leadership, then we have got a different definiti

. >> mr. putin is going to regret what his doing. >> nicole: wall street was a hot topic. >> do i consider myself part of the capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little by which wall street greed, reckless economy, no i don't. >> if you look at the republicans versus democrats when it comes democratic policy, there's no comparison. the economy does better when you have a democrat in the white house. >> nicole: clinton faced the issue that dodged her for months, if you were betting coming swinging at hillary, well, think again. >> tonight i want to not talk only about my emails but what they want from the next president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> let me say something that may not be great politics but i think the secretary is right, and that is the american people is sick and tired of hearing about your emails. >> thank you, me too. >> nicole: he was watching the debate and would make a decision on possible presidential run soon. tune in to the next

you don't think that mr. putin would've preferred having mr. assad be able to solve this problem without him having to send a bunch of pilots and money that they don't have? >> kroft: did you know he was going to do all this when you met with him in new york? >> obama: well, we had seen... we had pretty good intelligence. we watch... >> kroft: so you knew he was already planning to do it. >> obama: we knew that he was planning to provide the military assistance that assad was needing because they were nervous about a potential imminent collapse of the regime. >> kroft: you say he's doing this out of weakness. there is a perception in the middle east among our adversaries, certainly, and even among some of our allies that the united states is in retreat, that we pulled our troops out of iraq, and isis has moved in and taken over much of that territory. the situation in afghanistan is very precarious and the taliban is on the march again. and isis controls a large part of syria. >> obama: i think it... i think it's fair to say, steve, that if...

i think mr. putin and russia need eastern, mediterranean ports and airfields. i think mr. putin sees the assad regime as the guarantor of those airfields and ports. he needs to support the assad regime in order to maintain those. i think, as we talked about earlier, most of -- mr. putin wants he was eyes off of ukraine. focus on syria and the normalize those other places. i think he wants to keep the world's eyes off of what his supporters team the support team does. the on all of those, i think mr. putin wants to address iceland other things. he sees those is a threat to him in russia. i think there is a hierarchy of needs. that expenses actions. works on monday, have there been continuing provocative unsafe flights? why are they doing these kinds of things? >> we had a period, and we talked about it from this podium last time. there was a bit of an increase in these interactions. if you remember, i reminded you that some of that increase and interaction is because we have stepped up our responses. we used to have one policing base in northern europe. for a while, we were

putin. so there is the possibility that the two sides may be able to get-together after a dangerous round of military escalation. >> president obama also said that apparently mrir putin had gone to, quote, go out of syria not out of strength but out of weakness because assad's regime is crumbling and sending money and arms isn't enough. is president obama right? >> well, he's right certainly that putin has gone in a big way militarily. and right now, according to what we hear and according to the information from the pentagon, the russians are bombing anti-assad but sort of pro-western positions in syria. in other words, the people the united states has been supporting. this is one of the large reasons why it is so dangerous now. let us say, for example, that these rebels get american anti-aircraft missiles. russian plane comes over. they shoot up at it. shoot it down. and the russians say you, the united states, was responsible for that for killing russians. that is what i mean by the danger inherent in the situation. both sides are going to have to play it very close to the vest because on any given day not by design but by accident something dreadful could

mr. putin's coalition at the moment. the rest of the world makes up ours. so i don't think people are fooled by the current strategy. lou: yet the obama administration still has not answered many important questions. how many u.s. backed rebels have been targeted by those russian airstrikes? or how many of those forces have been hit? and these unanswered questions raise some considerable concerns about an administration that appears to be operating on occasion fact free when it comes to politics, governance and foreign policy. joining us former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. why don't we have a better sense of how many of these rebel forces are being hit? how many there are? where they are, and what is the effect of the russian airstrikes? >> let me tell you, if the obama administration's policy was succeeding, we'd hear all about it, the fact we're not getting the details is the fact it's not succeeding. when the president has the gall to say putin is doing this out of the sense he's a failure, this is the strategy we

. >> mr. putin had to go into syria out of weakness because his client, mr. assad, was crumbling and it was insufficient for him simply to send him arms and money. now he's got to put in his own planes and his own pilots. and the notion that he put forward a plan and that somehow the international community sees that as viable because there's a vacuum there, i didn't see after he made that speech in the united nations suddenly the 60-nation coalition that we have start lining up behind him. iran and assad make up mr. putin's coalition at the moment. the rest of the world makes up ours. the top line message that i want everybody to understand is we're going to continue to go after isil. we're going to continue to reach out to a moderate opposition. we reject russia's theory that everybody opposed to assad is a terrorist. we think that is self-defeating. it will get them into a quagmire and be used as a further recruitment tool for foreign fighters. >>> meanwhile here's more on moscow's air campaign in the country. >>reporter: it says it's destroying isil contr

mr. putin's intent. but i can observe the capabilities and capacities that russia is creating across our area. i continue believe that we must strengthen our deterrence and that our nato allies must continue to adapt by improving readiness and responsiveness. one example of how we continue to improve our readiness is the exercise triton to ensure going on today. that is the biggest exercise in more than a decade. it represents a clear devastation of nato's resolve and capability. -- demonstration of nato's resolve and capability. a high readiness and technologically advanced force comprised of land, air, maritime and special force units are capable of being deployed quickly to support our operations wherever needed. this exercise is enhancing our ability to work with our allies, partners, and other international organizations with response to crisis situations. we also believe that expanding our training mission in ukraine, from the ministry of interior's national guard forces to the ministry of defense

mr. putin: you are right. charlie: are you prepared to work with iran in syria? mr. i will work with anyone to build a word that is free of isil. charlie: let's start with putin. john: there are not many journalists who have got to sit across from putin. charlie: not any broadcaster from the west that i know of from 7-8 years. john: and extraordinary length. charlie: we spoke for an hour and 45 minutes. then he invited me to have a cup of tea. the tea went into appetizers, appetizers went into dinner. [laughter] charlie: there was no vodka. no caviar either, by the way. john: let me ask you this question -- you looked into his eyes, like george w. bush, who said he saw his soul -- what is he like? charlie: he's the man who is a leader of a country that he loves. he calls it the fatherland. he was terribly affected by the collapse of the soviet empire. he said as much. he called the greater disaster of the 20th century. he is not out to restore the soviet empire. in my judgment of what he said to me. to try to make sure that russia is heard and respected and that it p

i said to mr. putin that i would be prepared to work with him if he is willing to broker with his and iran,mr. assad and a political transition. bring the rest of the world to a military solution, but a military solution alone an attempt by russia and iran to prop up andht and try to -- assad try to pacify the situation is going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it won't work. and they will be there for a while if they do not take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and russia and the entire world have a common interest in destroying clearbut what was very and regardless of what mr. putin said, is that he does not sil and ash between i moderate sunni opposition that wants to see mr. assad go. from their perspective, ther ey are all terrorists and that is a recipe i reject. we are having technical conversations about the confliction so we are not seeing u.s. and american firefights in the air. but beyond that, we are very clear and sticking to our belief and ou

mr. putin had to go into syria not out of strength, but out of weakness because his client, mr.was insufficient to just send arms and money. >>> as the commander in chief accuses his kremlin counter part as weakness, the weekly standard is calling this an extraordinary show of weakness, and the economist suggests, putin dares, and obama dithers. we begin tonight with the former director of the intelligence agency, general michael fln. let me start where general schaeffer left off. he believes that testimony led to you being forced out. is that true? >> i believe the assessments the president received over two years have been actually pretty accurate. i know the intelligence specialists were spot on. i think what we've learned this week with putin placing russian forces in syria, if we ever saw a russian reset, we just saw the russians reset into the middle east in a big way. and i don't agree with what the president said today. this is not out of weakness. he's demonstrating a ton of -- a lot of savvy and cunning by doing what he's doing. it's for a variety of reasons. we just l

. >> mr. putin is trying to get the west to take its eye off ukraine and realize from his perspective there are things russia can do that will be useful and incidentally you ought to be thinking more about what we're doing together rather than where we're separated. after all, the russians helped the united states get the deal with iran. russia rescued the american president when he said that he would act on the syrian use of chemical weapons. so mr. putin is saying i'm in the game. notice me. >> what's really going on here is political. russia is showing that they're back. russia attempting to show that the united states doesn't really have a game plan. russia pushing back against the united states and becoming more firmly engaged in the civil war within the arab world. the united states on the sunni side. so russians are saying all right, we'll be on the side of mr. assad and also work with iran and other shiites saying in effect you want to work together to deal with the eh terrorist question, yo

trudeau say what he is going to do with mr. putin. you cannot even stand up to mr. harper on cepheid he won. how will you stand up to -- on c 51. how will you stand up to putin? the fact is there are two people. list of some of our closest allies, including the americans. putharper has refused to them on the list of sanctions for canada. why? because they have important business dealings here in canada. he will say he will have a larger list than anyone else. but the rest of the people on that list are not matter much. these people should be on the sanctions list, but they are not. two of his closest allies are not being sanctioned because of their canadian connections. mr. harper is protecting them. p.m. harper: canada has wi-fi the largest sections list of russian agents not just in russia but in crimea and the ukraine. mr. mulcair claimed in the previous debate these individuals were listed by everyone. they are not. they are not listed are the europeans. we want to make sure our sanctions are effective. that they punish the russians more than the canadians. we co

and i said to mr. putin i would be willing to work with them if he is willing to broker with his and iran,mr. assad a political transition. we could bring to the -- the rest of the world to a solution but an attempt by russia and and try top up assad pacify the population is just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it will not work. and they will build -- be there for a while if they do not take a different course. i also said to him that it is true that the united states and havea and the entire world a common interest in destroying isil, but what was very clear, regardless of what mr. pridgen notutin said if he does discriminate between iso-and a moderate group that wants to see assad go. that is a recipe for disaster and it is one that i reject. we have a technical conversation about the confliction -- deconfliction so we are not americanssian and firefights in the air. we are clear in sticking to our belief and our policy that the problem here is a son -- assad and the brutality he has inflicted o

i asked mr. putin to be respond to president obama's remarks over the weekend saying, mr. putin lacks leadership. >> mr. president, over the weekend, u.s. president obama called into question your leadership over syria. he said that you are propping up an ally rather than going after isis. he also said you're running down the economy here. can i ask you, how do you respond to president obama's comments? and what would you say to international investors who are dissuaded from putting money into the russian economy because of such remarks? thank you. >> translator: as we said, you've mixed apples and oranges together. at the military level, we asked them to give us the information regarding the target. they believe are 100% belonging to terrorists and what we received as an answer was that they won't do that. then the second question was asked, please tell us which targets should not be attacked by us. no answer received. what should we do then? >> this latest row with washington over syria comes as the russian economy is still grapplinging with sanctions as a result of the c