putin: i think not. i proceeded from the fact that most people trust me if they vote for me at the election. this is the most important thing. it places enormous responsibility on me, colossal. i'm grateful to people for this trust. at the same time, i feel this huge burden of responsibility for doing what i do and the results of my work. charlie: you're much talked about in america. there's much conversation. more so than any -- pres. putin: maybe they have nothing else to do in america but to talk about me. charlie: no, no, or maybe they're curious people. or maybe you're an interesting character. maybe that's what it is. they see a strong leader who presents himself in a strong way. they know of a former kgb agent who came back and got into politics in st. petersburg and became deputy mayor and then came to moscow. and the interesting thing is they see these images of you bare-chested on a horse. and they say, there is a man who carefully cultivates his image of strength. i'm asking -- pres. putin: yo

and its allies and vladimir putin. putin wants to back assad. the president obviously sticking by his policy that assad has to go. there's no future for him. you cannot go to the status quo before the civil war which is now in its fifth year. as for the who, a question as to who was under those bombs dropped by 20 russian war planes. putin told the president obama that he wanted to fight against isil. but today secretary of defense ash carter said those bombs dropped where isil fighters are simply not known to be. as it happened, secretary of state john kerry was at the united nations and issued a stark warning. >> we have also made clear that we would have grave concerns should russia strike areas where isil and al quaeda affiliated targets are not operating. strikes of that kind would question russia's real intentions fighting isil or protecting the assad regime. >> and, mike, ash carter held what seemed to be a pretty long and detailed brief, reporters today as well. >> this gets to the when question and it really points out the friction now

that makes putin stronger. putin is an incredibly popular leader. his popularity in russia is way more than any american president has ever had. people love him. he is very strong. he is shirtless on a horse all the time. wrestling bears and winning hockey games, right? he is a very strong leader and russia is a place where people like strength, and they have horrible winters and they look at strength as something very important to them. and so i don't think that putin will be hurt by the sanctions as much as people want him to be. i think more like lip he becomes powerful and entrenched and i think that he stays until he wants to not be there anymore. but you know what? i'm not the expert that people -- there are it'er to -- there are better people to ask that, russian experts. i'm not an expert on this. my opinion is that he stays president. but i could be wrong. sure. how much of your research did you do in russia? sounds like a london base. now that you have written the book, even for nonjournallists to go to russia can be dangerous. >> the book

but that's just how putin rolls, man. >> putin will go into this meeting cocky and confident. >> larry: come oputin goes through his entire life cocky and competent. this is highway he showed up to his first day of nursery school. that's a real photo. we did not doctor, that you guys. that's a real photo. sadly, both putin and obama brought that nursely school-level sophistication to these meetings. >> putin says the u.s. asked for this meeting but the white house has repeatedly called putin desperate to talk to president obama and says he has tried for this meeting a number of times. >> larry: what the ( bleep ). you're world leaders. i didn't call the meeting. you called for the meeting. "i did not call for the meeting. you called for the meeting." you two, why don't you get a room? actually, they did get a room. they just didn't let any media in because these are high-level diplomatic talkses so it's all speculation as to what went on. literally, nobody knows what happened in that room except for obama, putin, and their aides. but that did not stop telepathic fox news from-- ( laugh

putin's objectives in ukraine? crimea in the immediate of jan a code which leaving kiev was a target of opportunity. it seems to me you do not have a russian interest in that territory. concept of about the a southern ukraine breaking away. they saw there was no public support for it in ukraine. the russians have been using it as a way to distract the government and making it harder for the government to succeed. can you get the russians to change that decision? seenr ago, one could have the basis for a win-win solution. powerind of evolution of and talking about status to russian language. he was not prepared to say no nato ever. they were prepared to have a dialogue. it doesn't have a negative impact on the relations. there was no interest shown by the kremlin in picking up on that. therussians, destabilization. i do not know that when you have seen a change today. since september, there has been a real cease-fire. maybe in the next couple of still a lot of parts of the agreement from february that have not been

the -- putin and obama each laid out their vision. putin sang, you know, let's go in this together. but it has to be with assad and with the syrian army and obama saying, no, you are welcome to join our coalition if you like. assad has to go. and his military has to become part of negotiations for a transition in syria that would not include assad. of course putin came in early in the morning. it was monday. left as soon as he talked to obama that afghanistan. -- that afternoon. he didn't even spend the night. it started before he got back to moscow. it quickly become apparent he intended to bomb and the opposition of the forces in the civil war in syria which is primarily being fought in western syria and isis is in eastern syria and in the north. the administration said we still want to talk to the russian. we're doing to have decon nicks talks. did not make any sharp statements. a week later, obama in talks with his national security advisors agreed to several proposals that had been on the table for sometime. one was to -- was to directly arm kurds and arab forces in eastern syr

putin has ruled out boots on the ground. he wants to exert what he can on the impact again with an air force adenosine to modernize in the last few years and is more effective. though still blunder in our strikes, which is another important factor i think. he's not that concerned about the civilian casualties that might also suffer in addition to these distinctions between the various rebel factions. the quagmire i think, it's far too soon to say that because a lease right now it's a very decisive turn on the ground in syria. >> i think that's true. it's all a question of time. what i think the administration is talking about when they say putin, you'll be sorry, is that what is essentially doing is taking sides in what has become a very sectarian war in a very large country in the middle east. and he's taking sides against the sunnis. the expectation is that if the sunnis who are fighting against assad are driven out of that part, and if assad forces with iran and with the russians end up fighting the islamic state, in othe

me, is how putin calculates it. so long that the regime he supports is in power, that is putin's strategic goal. who he has to bomb along the way is a secondary matter. he leaves it to the people on the ground. >> what do you think? i haven't seen reports that russian warplanes have bombed. my understanding is that russia's interests in syria require that russia has a say in the future of this country, but the notion that russia would 's opponents isad mistaken. russia has hosted negotiations between some members of the syrian opposition. russia has discussed, according ,o those opposition members potential participation of these opponents in the future government. therefore, i think as long as russia's interests in syria are honored, which is the presence of the russian navy at the tardis facility, continuing military industrial cooperation with syria, and ensuring there is no failed state in syria, which is the larger concern of russia. it would be open to accommodating a potential transition to a coalition govern

putin is above the oligarchs. it is not with the they will take out vladimir putin, it is which oligarchs will vladimir putin take out. he is very powerful and as we sanction him, it is becoming very desperate in some ways, that makes vladimir putin stronger. vladimir putin is an incredibly popular leader. his popularity in russia is more than the american president. people love him. he is very strong, shirtless on all horse all the time, wrestling bears and winning hockey games. he is of very strong leader and russia is a place where people like strength. they have horrible winters and they looked at strength as something very important to them. i don't think vladimir putin will be hurt by the sanctions as much as people want. more likely he becomes powerful, and he stays until he wants to not be there anymore. i am not the expert, there are better people to ask that question, i don't want to say i am an expert on this. my opinion is he stays president but i could be wrong. >> how much research did you do in russ

he's an expert on putin. he has written about the war in chechnya, the orange revolution in ukraine, the winter olympics in sochi, the annexation of crimea last year, he was two years in baghdad as the bureau chief in baghdad for the "times." he covered the wind down to the war in iraq. he now covers national security issues in the washington bureau. and i'm very honored to be one of his editors. and he's also author, as pat told you, of "the new czar." i believe it's available for you to -- it's available here, correct? and he'll be signing it for you afterward. and actually, it's a -- i have started it. it's a wonderful read. steve, on top of everything else, he's just a great writer. very readable, completely absorbing book about putin. so let me start -- did you want to put something -- >> elisabeth, thank you very much for that very kind introduction -- >> you're not live. >> i'm sorry, i just do what i'm told. how is that? is that better? i'll try to speak up. >> mine's on, right? >> i can try again. is

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

i think the most important thing to putin in syria is what i call the implementation of the putin doctrine, which is the recovery of geopolitical assets lost by the soviet union in the fall of the soviet state. he wants to establish the presence of russia in the middle east as the dominant outside player. that's the first thing. the second thing, let's not forget, assad or no assad, the only thing going for the putin regime is putin's personal popularity. you look at the public opinion polls. how does he get this popularity? by embodying the thirst and hunger for reestablishing russia as a great power. this is what happened with crimea. this is what happened with regime is putin's personal popularity. ukraine. and now, this is what happening in syria. i think this is the key motivational force, the key motivation for putin to be present in syria. and one less -- last thing, again, which has nothing to do with his support for a solid -- for bashar al-assad, there is a very serious concern -- you mentioned churchill before. let me apply to her chills definition for the soft i hope maybe by t

putin want assad to stay.that is kind of central at least verbal indication we need to bet from the administration, how are they going to change that policy? neil: this argument post-iraq that sometimes you're better with the devil you got? >> without a doubt. again we wouldn't have isis if there was saddam hussein. >> but, chars, saddam hussein committed so much chemical weapons warfare. russian gassed kurds in iran. here's the thing. the other part of this too, how the russian people are extremely disturbed and upset, and i know this because i have talked to a lot of people in the diplomatic area. they say they're worried about the syrian refugee crisis. they're worried about muslim unrest in their back door in russia. to testimony they think is great thing with putin. neil: now they're discussing russia. can we lien, guys? >> -- activity over the past 48 hours as the u.s. sees it? >> as secretary of defense acknowledged yesterday in his news conference the early indications from the russian military operati

what do you think putin is trying to achieve in syria? >> a global plan to sort of destroy the world order and the stability. dictator always benefits from chaos. russian economy not in good shape and will not get better. he has to provide a legitimate reason, the russian public why he's staying in power so many years and planning to stay there forever. and of course, for an aggression, it becomes the main -- >> it's domestic purrs. >> yes, for dictator like putin, it's an extension of his domestic campaign. the u.s. is a great, not only for russia but number one enemy. but in general, this is a free world. this is the free market, the democracy. it was ejected by russia because according to putin's propaganda, the fortress of good surrounded by the sort of evil empire. >> we see the domestic purpose. you mention the global plan. where does syria fit in to that global plan? >> after his nuclear installed and i saw that in between putin to continue this all. >> many people thought he was going smart people. thought he was going to accelera

i was, at one point, a big ally of vladimir putin. and after this whole thing happens, and as i continue to do exposes of corruption, i'm no longer exposing his enemies. i'm exposing his own personal financial interests. and-- and on november-- 13th, 2005, as i was flying back to russia, having lived there for ten years, become the largest foreign investor in their country-- i was stopped at the vip lounge of sheremetyevo airport. i was locked up overnight. and then i was deported the next day and declared a threat to national security, never to be allowed back into russia again. at that point it became obvious to me that putin's interests had diverged. >> then things get-- go horribly wrong. the-- the-- the russian government goes after you. and they start going after some of your aides and all that. and you slowly manage to divest your interests-- your-- your investors' interests. you get your money out, which is great. and you get your staff out, in most cases. and you leave a few key people in russia who are not your employees, bu

putin in the kremlin aspire to. it's not just nuclear forces and special operation forces, they are talking about revitalizing the russian fleet, going out into the world's oceans in a way it hasn't done for the last 20 years. goal.s the aspirational the big question is whether they are able to achieve that. they fall back to the model which i think you describe as the porcupine russia. it does not have the full spectrum of capabilities and that is largely determined by economics. that kind of russia, either or the porcupine russia will require more attention from the united states. we should be thinking about russia now in geopolitical terms and military terms in a different way than was the case three or four years ago because we have seen russia asserting itself and using military force in a way that three or four years ago most did not think the russians would do. recognizeportant to there are seven significant constraints on what russia can do. sustain all, can russia the accelerated level of defense spending w

putin's to the united nations. he rarely admitted that russia unionscarded the soviet and this was a new situation and normale back to what countries should be judged by, not by standards that were established during the cold war when russia itself was being directed by anita logical an ideological, zealous click in the communists party in the same way that radical islam has a radical type ofn a slam, that ability to impact on policies in large numbers of people through their violence. so i really reject the idea that, well, putin is only down there and russians are only down there to help aside, their friend. being part of a great country is to make sure, would you make a deal with somebody, that you keep the deal, even when he gets tough. and you don't leave your friends in a lurch after they risk everything for you. and it seems, in the last few years, the united states, as my colleague accidentally indicated -- we've left a lot of people behind here. and also, the united states policy was, what? we had to get r

putin's coalition at the moment. rest of the world makes up ours. >> reporter: the president conceded his program to train an equip the moderate syrian opposition has not worked but he vowed to seek out syrians that could pick up the pieces when and if assad is forced out and dismissed called for a u.s. military escalation in syria. >> and we will find ourselves either doing just a little bit and not making a difference and losing credibility that way, or drawing our -- finding ourselves drawn in deeper and deeper into a situation, that we can't -- we can't sustain. >> and antonio talks continue on how to ensure russian and american warplanes don't end up shooting at each other in the skies over syria. this as the president says despite it all, he's willing to work with russia to broker a deal on a post-assad syrian government. antonio? >> mike, mckara in washington. and president obama is not the only one questioning russia's role in syria. there was an exclusive interview with secretary of state john kerry today. >

neil: not putin.e with him, very good point. >> and it will create a very dangerous, very explosive global geopolitical climate. it will eventually hurt america and the free world because markets at end of the day, they need stability, you need rules, and putin, whole putin's policy, geopolitical target is to destroy stability and destroy the world order. because dictators always benefit from ai don't see. chaotic situation creates momentum for them, they can act swiftly. neil: you're the best, my friend. i always learn a lot. help me with chess. >> i wish i had one day good news to tell you. neil: you bring me down. >> analyze dictators, how we bring them down. neil: we should play a game of hockey. >> when putin scored seven goals, most of opponents are former nfl players. neil: of course that is what happened. the one guy who stopped him is still missing. more after this. we ship everything you atcan imagine.n, and everything we ship has something in common. whether it's expedited overnight... ...o

enter vladimir putin and the fighter jets. this week the russian president demanded world powers coordinate the fight against i.s.i.l., and throw the packing band the syrian president. they are crying foul. they have no alternative. they may be changing their tune on the conflict. >> mary snow reports. >> reporter: this year of civil war, president obama calls on bashar al-assad to step down. and the u.s. lends support to rebels fighting to unseat the syrian president. one year later in 2012, in a warning to syria. president barack obama uses two words syria. >> the red line for us is we see a bunch of chemical weapons moved around or utilised. that would change my calculus. >> by june 2013. the u.s. determined forces indeed used chemical weapons, including sarin, a nerve agent. with a red line drawn, president obama is ready to strike syria and u.s. force. but then a definite. >> today i'm asking congress to send a message to the world that we are ready to move forward together as one nation. it never happens. congress reject

you will create the situation that putin wants. ratchet of what he's doing while he's going after the nonislamic state opposition, the reality is we will be in league with the russians perceived as fighting the sunnis. if you want to fight the islamic stays, you need the sunnis. if we're in league with the russians, we won't be able to do that? >> if you were the president, would you would you be prepared to say to putin, this is a no-fly zone, and we will enforce it? >> yes, we cannot any longer be self-deterred. the more we are self-deterred, the situation gets worse and presents us with the worst set of options. the path we are seeing is the one we will continue to see unless we play by the rules that putin understands. >>> you keep talking about engaged and start willing, would you be willing to go as far as dennis ross and say to putin, stay out? >> i would do that, but i would do two other things as well. one, the united states has a real opportunity to lead the international community, try to provide humanitarian assistance

don't stand up to putin now. don't say you go to war with putin. he is looking at, pick up pockets in the other pocket. just done the middle east. he will take ukraine next. that is what i'm watching next. he is distracting our attention. the world attention is now focused on syria and middle east. trish: something ukraine is very concerned about. >> with interview you had. trish: president of ukraine had to say about vladmir putin, flat-out, called him a liar. listen to this. is he lying when he says that? >> yes. trish: does he do a lot of that? >> i think this is the part very powerful russian propaganda. against ukraine and europe and against united states. >> yeah. telling fox they are responding to a report of shooting on campus. got call at 10:30 a.m. this morning. 10 people are said to be dead there this in that shooting. 20 people are hurt. this is shooting at ucc campus there. they're advising that people stay away from that area. we are told that it is an active shooter situation. so again, college campus shooting there at ucc. authoriti

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the second thing, let's not or no assad, the only thing going for the putin regime is putin's personal popularity. you look at the public opinion polls. how does he get this popularity? the thirst and hunger for reestablishing russia as a great power. this is what happened with crimea. this is what happened with ukraine. and now, this is what happening in syria. i think this is the key motivational force, the key motivation for putin to be present in syria. and one less -- last thing, again, which has nothing to do with his support for a solid -- for bashar al-assad, there is a -- yourious concern mentioned churchill before. to her chills definition for the soft underbelly of russia, which is -- apply churchill's definition for the soft underbelly of russia, which is central asia. this is another issue that i think motivated putin. have howrob walker: we many minutes before we vote question -- chairman: we have how many minutes before we vote? seven. i am going to yield to you now and we will come back immediately after the two votes. >> i will win to you come back. chairman: all right

vladimir putin was not a weak man. the minute he became president he invited them to stalin's old house. all of the oligarchs who were billionaires were sat at a table and he came in front of them and said you've all done very well, you've made a lot of money, you can keep your money, just a out of my way. that was the beginning of the change in everything. some of the oligarchs said you're okay but some said no. boris berezovsky was one of them. he went against vladimir putin. he used a television station to go against him. vladimir putin decided he needed to get rid of boris berezovsky so he went into the news and said the oligarchs who rule this country are going to be put in jail. so boris berezovsky fled to london. he handed him a huge sum of money and said let's end our relationship, here's your money, were no longer partners. boris berezovsky took the money at the time but then decided it wasn't enough. he then sued roman abramovich in england, the largest lawsuit in history for $5.6 billion. that lawsuit ended

i say there is little downside putin fighting isis. putin wants to keep isis out of russia. trish: so that the donald trump side of things. in other words, maybe we need to stay out of this all together and let putin do his thing. your take on that, chris? >> i'm not a big fan of intervention, more intervention in the middle east. i think it has been a bad thing for america. if somebody else wants to get bogged down in the middle east the way we've been for the last 14 years, i say go to it. i don't think -- trish: here i am, giving you opportunity, a lay-up chris, to go after trump. you're not taking it. you agree with him. >> i'm not going to. a broken clock is right twice a day. and i'm quite of the mind we shouldn't be doing more in the middle east. we should be doing less. trish: let him handle it. we heard the exact opposite from colonel peters who talked about the risks doing exactly that. scotty, do we need to be stronger when it comes to deal with likes of vladmir putin? >> the key is we need to be stronger but with a leader who can be stronger this is happening tha

putin's right, obama's wrong. why?litary force, it's about knowing how to use the power so people don't use military force. that's the difference. putin does not respect obama, he's not afraid of him. he said, look, guys, it will be okay. it's not okay. united states loses power in the middle east, what happens is the russians occupy the sea lanes in the mediterranean and control axes to a region harry truman went out of his way to protect. >> obama is not in reality. he loves to give the speeches and dick cheney said this in the recent book, whoever so and so dictator will be on the wrong side of history. that doesn't happen passively. you have to put them on the wrong side of history. it means people have to take action to put them on the wrong side of history. clearly not the united states at this moment. right now it's russia, putin the dictator who has no respect for human rights is going in and filling this vacuum of leader that obama created. tom: well, but hank, that's your point about syria. the russian navy h

so here-- so putin, is he testing us?ioning the big bad russia back on the stage. what do you think he's doing here? >> i feel like putin is just like the mad wrapper-- rap are. he is looking at america. you got-- i'm more [bleep] but then you look at russia. and you're like this is probably the most depressing place in the world i've ever been. >> larry: you've been there. >> i have been to russia. i have also been to scranton, pennsylvania, russia is worse. >> larry: well, i'm not sure how the people of scranton feel about that. >> i mean, i don't know why people are-- are saying that russia is trying to exert itself in that way. i mean russia does face a real threat of extremism in its country. >> larry: absolutely. >> outside of 9/11, we really haven't had major terrorist attacks here in the u.s., but they have. they've been dealing with chechen rebels for a long time. and according that congressional report that just came out, they're 25,000 foreign fighters that have descended upon syria. and about 200, 250 are from

putin for anything.russians what it is that we're going to do in order to accomplish our mission. i think at this stage, the russians are going to keep assad in power. what we need to do is say to the international community we're going to deal with the islamic, radical threat first and maybe we go after assad in international court but this situation just changed radically. there is not going to be the answers. in fact, we're moving closer to greater conflict and what that does is that limits the number of options we have and increases our risk. and sadly, it's going to increase the cost to try to solve this problem because we really did nothing. >> general flint has been jumping up and down about this for years, years. we appreciate you being here tonight, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you, megyn. >> joining me now, mark teson. ma ? >> vladimir putin looked weak in syria, today, right. barack obama looks like the kid getting bullied in school. he comes home and says it's just because he's insecure. he's

warnings that putin is obviously not heeding. and president obama himself nowhere to be found as russia expands its influence in the middle east. >>> also tonight, another foreign policy failure in afghanistan nearly a year after nato ended its combat mission there. u.s. special forces are now on the ground in the northern city of kunduz trying to help afghan forces retake it from the taliban. they seized it earlier this week at a major military victory for the taliban. we take up the president's embarassing handling of afghanistan and the war against the islamic state. we talk tonight with general jack keane, ambassador john bolton, former pentagon official k.t. mcfarland. >>> and donald trump reigniting his presidential campaign. a new poll shows trump with a 10-point lead over his republican rivals as the billionaire ends his six day boycott of fox news. we'll discuss all things politics with former reagan political director ed rollins, fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt. >>> top story tonight -- russian presiden

>> putin is doing this because he can, maria. you know, the red line thing that -- when obama laid down the red line and did nothing when assad obviously used chemical weapons, and then the fact that we have done nothing in response to putin taking to crimea, we refused to arm ukraine, which our allies, i think that's emboldened putin and he's there because he wants to hold on to his port, his only naval port on the mediterranean, and he can't do that if assad falls. if assad is deposed, he's going to lose that port and then finally, what putin has strategic designs on that part of the world. ultimately putin wants, i think, to control a previously proposed pipeline out of iran across iraq, across syria, through lebanon, to the mediterranean, which would give him absolute control over oil prices, probably globally, so he has big designs and strategic implications for the future. >> yeah, and all at a time when the russian economy is plummeting, because oil prices have come down so much. the russian people are looking for leadersh

are you as confident this is a loser for vladimir putin? >> not at all.it look weak to you what he is doing in syria? look at the situation for those opposition forces we have been supporting. vladimir putin said he is coming in to fight isis but what he is doing is bomb those opposition members we have supported. at the same time, they of being a. >> understanding this is crazy. it makes no sense. >> now we will talk about solutions. ambassador, you say the answer is to get together with turkey, with the europeans, with the arabs, and create a safe haven, basically in the shaded area up this along the syrian and turkey border for opposition forces and civilians but that is almost precisely where russia is striking if you create a safe haven, would you not be getting into direct conflict with the russians? >> there is no pathway at this point that is risk free and the reality is if we continue on the path we are on now the situation will only become worse and we will create the situation that vladimir putin wants and he will make a situation worse from an

con: putin is staying at wall dorsal his tore i tore i can't. climate change and tuesday, wednesday, thursday peace keeping and the global economy. con: friday is karaoke and ten cent wing night. pro-avoiding traffic by taking a horse and carriage ride through central park. con: realizing your horse is being ridden by this guy. >> putin is everywhere. thanks for inviting us into your whom tonight. that is it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" in just a second and if you haven't been there, check out "special report" online. it begins in five seconds. >> it is thursday october 1st. a fox news alert. urgent meeting after an air assault. happened today days after vladimir putin and president obama's talk. who russia is targeting on the ground. >> hurricane joaquin leaves some people already under water. the new storm track tonight. >> students can read teachers, teachers can rate each other. ever which uncan rate each other. >> from the tv show to reality, the new app that let's you rate people. you c

putin wants to create that reality.art of what putin is doing right now is engaging in an effort to depopulate syria. it will make the refugee crisis worse and europeans will look at how do we deal with this problem that putin is creating. >> the president and white house keep saying that putin is acting out of weakness and that russia is going to get involved in a quagmire in syria like they did in afghanistan. are you as confident as they are that this is a loser for putin? >> not at all. does it look weak to you what putin is doing in syria? look at the situation for those opposition forces that we've been supporting. putin says he's coming in to fight isis. in fact, what he's doing is bombing those opposition members we have supported. at the same time, they are being attacked by isis. they are fighting a two-front war. what is our policy? our policy is to limit the amount of military assistance we provide and tell them they cannot attack assad. this is lunacy. it makes no sense. >> so now let's talk about solutions

putin criticizing the u.s. there. mention there needs to be cooperation between the united states and russia. this weekend, we saw a bit of that cooperation where the united states was talking to them about making sure the skies over syria were safe for their pilots. they don't want a mishap or a plane crash. they don't want a u.s. pilot jettisoning over. the phone call narrowly focused. >> how to communicate and which type of communication the pilots have. ian lee in cairo. thank you for watching that for us. nice to see you. >>> let's look at what is coming up on "new day." alisyn camerota joins us. >> good to see you, christine. we are getting ready for las vegas. we are taking you there for the preparation of the cnn democratic debate. we have numbers to show you of where the candidates stand going into the debate. plus another installment of real voters and real choices. how did the new hampshire folks feel today? also, of course, we are watching the violence in the middle east. deadly bombings in turkey over the

putin referring? they've now killed many who are not terrorists. >> if it walks and looks like a terrorists, it's a terrorists. >> russia's interest in preserving assad's regime is putting pressure on the u.s. and regional allies who insist no matter what happens on the ground, assad must go. >> we must recognize that there can not be after so much blood shed and carnage a return to the prewar status quo. >>> joining us from london is a former kremlin and government advisor under the yeltsin administration. he was also a political editor for the russian news agency and an investigative journalist. alexander, thank you for being with us. russia declares it's going to swoop in and save the day in syria and destroy isil but the first thing it does is strike rebel fighters fighting syrian president bashar al assad. you just heard the foreign minister say if it looks like a terrorist, walks like a terrorist, acts like a terrorist, it is a terrorist. is that the strategy, to bomb anything that looks like a