the president says vladimir putin is overplaying an already bad hand while the u.s. stands pat, focusing on the president's leadership in areas such as climate change than the iran nuclear deal. kevin cork has today's top story from the white house. >> reporter: ask about the failed program to train and equip syrian fighters, president obama told "60 minutes" sunday that he never believed in the plan in the first place, despite its billion and a half price tag. >> this is why i've been skeptical from the get-go about the notion that we were going to effectively create this proxy army inside of syria. >> reporter: but if you're so skeptical of the strategy, which already has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, he certainly didn't show is in 2014. >> tonight i call on congress again to give us additional authorities and resources to train and equip these fires. >> reporter: but with fewer than a dozen fighters to show for its investment, the white house last week scrapped the program, a move ridiculed by critics, including russian president vladimir putin, sayi

vladimir putin's jets are now effectively bashar al-assad's air force. that may explain the smile. and that air force was in it action during the meeting. the russians say they hit 83 targets over the past day, including these two strikes on what moscow claims were a rebel leader's meeting place and a logistics camp. there's no longer and pretense of only hitting isis targets. most russian attacks have been on assad's other enemies, including rebels supported by the u.s. and the airstrikes have another purpose-- they're it bombing russia back to being a major player in the middle east. vladimir putin is now running the diplomatic show as well, telling assad the bombing must be followed by peace talks. and putin's been working the phones. he called turkish president recep tayyip erdogan, after the meeting, and he called another major player, king salman of saudi arabia, as well. the welcome afforded assad in moscow, including a gilded kremlin dinner, was clearly designed to show russia's unwavering support for him. in the west, the syrian president may be irreparably damaged goods,

john: ok, i'm going to be vladimir putin. accent] seth meyers, between you. before we send you to the labor camp, what would you like to know about me? you know,ould let vladimir, i ask you questions. stole like you right away that away from me. i'm not a guest on your show. this is not crimea. this is "late night with this said buyers." john: at this point if i were vladimir putin, i would take my shirt off and you would be done. seth: right. clinton, obama, and bush all had moments of late-night triumph. seth: yeah. mark: jeb bush, what is the funniest thing about him? seth: it's different now. there are so many talk shows. we enjoy having these people on his guest. in a weird way the market is a little saturated. i feel like for all their best efforts, i don't know if anyone is going to have a late-night moment that will elevate them. "snl."illary on seth: certainly i remember the biggestne of my memories is when sarah palin came on and that was one of the most highly rated episodes. john: your pataki episode. seth: the tacky was huge. john: stick around.

do you think that this is a show of bravado for vladimir putin to the russian people? is he weak? >> well, if he takes crimea and influences evens in eastern ukraine, now deploying in northwestern syria, there is a war room where russians are in baghdad where we were, i don't think this is about weather any more. this is go geopolitical climate changing all over the re john. i do not agree it is out of weakness. only calculation that russian have we're withdrawing from the region, they are moving forward. tom: what do hear when you talk to your contacts in the world with this business about climbal change is the biggest danger not these issues with isis. >> in the middle east, and region, there has been and continue to be a big frustration with our foreign policy, with russian foreign policy. beginning with egypt, and libya, now the iran deal, that is not pleasing our arab allies in saudi and bahrain, and yemen knoll -- nothing has done solved. so, the general mood at least of those who are partners with us now including turkey, is not that very favorable. tom: this business of wh

following vladimir putin's decision to launch airstrikes in syria. the foreign minister says his country wants to avoid conflict, but not everyone in the states is convinced. >> the first instruction to us was to make sure that the military of the united states, the coalition led by the united states and the russian federation, to engage in some operations in syria very aggressively. get in touch and established channels of communications to avoid any unintended incidents. we agreed that the military should get into contact very soon. >> into the wreckage of this administration's middle east policy has now stepped in vladimir putin. as in ukraine as an elsewhere, he proceeds the administration's action and caution as weakness and he is taking full advantage. putin's ambitions are blindingly obvious, my friends. he wants to prop up assad as kingmaker, undermine u.s. policy, and ultimately expand russian power in the middle east to a degree as i have mentioned -- unseen since 1973. jonathan: ryan chilcote is here to talk about the situation. ryan, a co

>> 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 not insecure. he's a bully. if i find steel, withdraw, if you find mush, proceed. in barack obama he's finding mush, so he's proceeding. >> the president says you don't want to go over there and get sucked into another mess. let's let putin handle it. he's going to create a mess for himself, so be it. >> barack obama today expressed more outrage about republican congressman doing nothing about gun violence. barack obama is doing nothing. vladimir putin goes and massacres our own ally was impunity. he did nothing while assad crossed his read line and massacred his people with chemical weapons for five years, while isis turned that country into a terrorist sanctuary. >> but now, he says we don't want to go to war with russia. >> well, of course we don't want to go to war with russia. he created a vacuum in syria that putin has now filled. if america had been taking the

vladimir putin doesn't see diplomacy this way. as russian missiles weigh down, the u.s. military is focused on fighting i.s.i.l., not russian forces. >> what does the white house want to do to protect allies attacked now. >> that has not included things like directing actions tonne the ground. russia has failed to distinguish between those groups that are supported by the united states and coalition partners, and the extremists in i.s.i.l. >> the barrage continued on thursday, giving forces room to continue their offensive >>> mike viqueira in washington. after months of internationally brokered talks libya may form a yunty government. the u.n. made the announcements saying both sides agreed on a unity president and council. the groups have been fractured since the overthrow of muammar gaddafi four years ago. it involves two large players, the government in tripoli, and internationally recognised government in tobruk. people in parts of south carolina have been urged to leave their homes. the rain storms that caused the floods have passed. they are heading to the lowest

countries around the world are expressing condolences while the russian president vladimir putin has declared a day of mourning. the plane took off from the egyptian resort and the airbus belonged to metro jet air lines and was on its way to saint petersburg. it vanished after twenty minutes of taking off. wreckage has been found south of elarish. our coverage from saint petersburg. hoping for good news. but early reports of survivors were later discounted. he was on holiday with his family. my son, his wife, and daughter, their daughter is 10 months old. we spoke for the internet yesterday. i checked the radar. everything seemed to be fine, then around 11:30, i came here. when i came, i couldn't find the flight anywhere on the screen. the aircraft had come down near an egyptian air force base in sinai. search and rescue vekdz were quickly on the scene t took a short period of time to see that no one survived the crash. the airbus was seen here 11 days ago operated by metrojet flying to saint petersburg. 23 minutes after takeoff, it dropped out of cruising altitude and disappeared. t

. >> we are seeing the true intentions of vladimir putin to maintain a strong position in syria, his foothold in the middle east, and his propping up of bashar assad. >> decoding russia's motives and the obama-putin relationship. covering the week, the white house correspondent for real clear politics, susan davis, congressional reporter for npr, peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times", and the senior national security correspondent for the daily beast. >> award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill. corporate funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> how much money do you have in your pocket? >> $40. >> 21 >> could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? if you start putting that money toward your retirement every week and let it grow over time, 20, 30 years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. >> additional funding is provided by newman's own foundation, donating all profits from newman'

anchor: vladimir putin has defended russia's military operations in syria. the russian leader says the aim is to stabilize the legitimate authority a president assad. he denies russian airstrikes have been used to target moderate opposition groups rather than the islamic state group. vladimir putin is on a mission to reassure his era eraners -- era partners -- partners. he hosted a tour on sunday. he said russia's gold in syria is to fight the islamic state grim, not form an alliance with iran. >> our russian friends said their main goal was to fight against the islamic state group and terrorism. >> russia has intensified its bombing campaign in syria, but moscow has been accused of targeting rebel groups including moderate opposition forces. theur goal is to stabilize local authorities -- lawful authorities and create conditions for finding a political compromise. stabilize the lawful authorities. what vladimir putin means is russia will do everything in its power to protect its ally, bashar al-assad. numbers of the international coalition want to see a pol

see why he's now set on taking down vladimir putin. >> the russian government remains determined to ruin me in any way they can, including killing me if they can get away with it. >>> tonight the middle east is in flames. president obama's foreign policies failed the region and the united states say critics. in the panel secret x-ray surveillance on the streets of new york. you may be dosed with radiation and not know it. like most americans - i love football. will injuries of athletes in school weaken our like for the game. >> this is "third rail". >>> the greater middle east is burping. critics say president obama is not doing much to stop it. maybe because when he try, he may as well be talking to himself. >> i have indicated repeatedly that president bashar al-assad's lost legitimacy, and needs to step down. message. >> maybe he did, a message about american weakness creating a vacuum that russian president vladimir putin fills. >> translation: we think it's an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government and armed forces fighting terrorism. >> did vladimir puti

syria's president bashar al-assad makes a flight to russia thanking vladimir putin for military intervention. >> unfortunately, i believe we're out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. >> u.s. vice president joe biden ends months of speculation ruling out a white house run. [ piano music ] >> the winning performance as 21-year-old from south key kor south korea win with us the world's most prestigious competitions. >> it's another day of deadly attacks between israelis and palestinians. four people have been killed in the latest incident a jewish israeli man was shot dead by israeli forces after he allegedly attacked them. well, earlier on wednesday three palestinians were killed in the west bank. one was shot and killed in ramallah after allegedly attacking a soldier with a knife. the palestinian health ministry said that the other died from suffocation from tear gas. the u.n. chief ban ki-moon met with palestinian president mahmood abbas in ramallah. elsewhere, prime minister benjamin netanyahu will meet u.s. secretary of state john considejohn kerry

it took three days after vladimir putin, you know, targeted u.s.-trained, u.s.-armed anti-assad rebels in syria where he said he's going to leave now because vladimir putin engaged there. then look all over the middle east. it's just one piece of the pie, and then this iranian deal. can you name any foreign policy success of obama? >> well, if you look at the iranian deal, it may be the worst contract i've ever seen drawn. that includes real estate deals. that includes every kind of a deal. and that's all die i do is contracts. it's catastrophic. in addition to which we're giving them $150 billion, they're going to be brutal because of us. it will be worse than anybody knows. they will have nuclear weapons and they are keeping our prisoners, by the way. this whole deal is catastrophic. you look at every single thing he's done, now, putin leaves new york, he leaves the united states, he makes his thing at the united nations, his statement at the unioted nation, he sees obama and two days later he's doing something he never told president obama about. he's got no

and the russian president vladimir putin. after sudden military buildup in syria, is putin now moving into iraq? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following two major breaking news stories this hour. the sudden announcement by vice president joe biden that he will not seek the democratic biden' decision ends months of intensive speculation, but in his speech he sounded like a candidate and made it clear he still intends to play a role in the campaign, saying and i'm quoting him now, i will not be silent. the other breaking story we're following, the cia director john brennan's personal e-mails now allegedly in the hands of wikileaks which claims it's publishing information that was obtained by a young hacker. we're covering all of that and much more this hour with our correspondents and our guests including the chairman of the house homeland security committee republican congressman mike mccaul and the communications director for hillary for america jennifer palmieri. le

what vladimir putin has done was de-escalate to put that issue a little bit aside. now he is focusing on syria. he is using the aerial campaign to not only prop up assad but to gain concessions on the ukraine, in particular the easing of sanctions and the breaking of russia's isolation. reporter: thank you for sharing that with us. joining us from moscow. investigators in the u.s. state of oregon are working to establish a motive in the school shooting. nine people lost their lives when a 26 euros gunman stormed into a crowd -- into a classroom, armed with three pistols and a rifle. an unusual step that has been taken in this latest investigator -- investigation. reporter: a sheriff said naming the gunman would be counterproductive. >> we have information that leads us to believe that we know who the shooter is. i will not name the shooter. creditnot give him the he probably sought prior to this horrific and cowardly act. reporter: sheriff john hanlan said the focus should not be on the perpetrator who died in the incident but on the nine people he killed and the se

russian president vladimir putin playing hockey, celebrating birthday. we will leave it up to you but the russian president scored seven goals as he led his team 15-10 victory over opposing team that included russian business tycoons. we have had a pretty good rally last several years. today we are seeing a pullback as third quarter earnings kickoff. european stocks in mix session this morning. up and down. up a fraction about 7 and a half points higher. cac and dax in germany trading lower this morning. dell in talks to acquire emc, if the two sides can come together the largest technology industry takeover on record. take a look at emc shares are trading this morning. we are expecting a higher opening. we acquired the company out in a 25 billion-dollar deal with private equity firm silver lake partners. an agreement was reached just before midnight last night, midnight deadline. union is 40,000 workers strong, we will tell you more about this coming up. the associated press this morning reporting this hillary clinton private e-mail server received atte

the president says vladimir putin is overplaying an already bad hand while the u.s. stands pat, focusing on the president's leadership in areas such as climate change than the iran nuclear deal. kevin cork has today's top story from the white house. >> reporter: ask about the failed program to train and equip syrian fighters, president obama told "60 minutes" sunday that he never believed in the plan in the first place, despite its billion and a half price tag. >> this is why i've been skeptical from the get-go about the notion that we were going to effectively create this proxy army inside of syria. >> reporter: but if you're so skeptical of the strategy, which already has cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, he certainly didn't show is in 2014. >> tonight i call on congress again to give us additional authorities and resources to train and equip these fires. >> reporter: but with fewer than a dozen fighters to show for its investment, the white house last week scrapped the program, a move ridiculed by critics, including russian president vladimir putin, sayi

. >>> president obama criticizing vladimir putin calling his air strikes in syria a sign of weakness. will russia force the u.s. to shift strategy in the war on isis? welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm christine romans. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. the countdown underway to the first democratic debate on cnn tomorrow night. hillary clinton on center stage and bernie sanders and three other democrats. what might the second tier candidates do to grab the spotlight? and what is the chance an extra podium will be added for joe biden? jim acosta has more. >> reporter: two days and counting until the democratic debate on cnn. you can see the stage is just about set. five podiums on the stage. the middle one for former secretary of state hillary clinton. the obvious frontrunner. to her right is bernie sanders. senator sanders has given clinton a run for her money in the polls. the other candidates will have a breakout moment. former governor martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee. the flash points with hillary clinton and bernie sanders, one will be on the iraq war and the last

look at vladimir putin. he has been able to insert himself in the middle east in a they have not since 1973 and he is playing a major role in a lot of places. he has been able to dismember ukraine. he has been able to take crimea. he is putting enormous pressure on the baltic companies -- countries. charlie: there are those who argue what russia is doing -- notwithstanding is economic circumstances -- it is building up its military so it has a more effective military than five years ago. senator mccain: his goals are much larger than a well-trained military. charlie: but it is a recognition he has a stronger military than he has ever had. senator mccain: absolutely. look at their latest aircraft. look at their surface to air capabilities. look at when they invaded georgia. it was ham-fisted mistakes. compare that to what they did with me up. -- what they did with crimea. they've gotten a lot better. and their economy is fundamentally weak. in history, when dictators have weak economies and problems at home,

and syria's president met with vladimir putin in moscow. it's bashar al-assad's first known trip abroad since the war broke out in syria. vladimir putin has been a strong ally, and russian air strikes are helping government forces retake key areas. rory challands has the story. >> this was a trademark vladimir putin piece of political theatre. he does these things so regularly. the traffic in central moscow was at a stand till. many of the main thorough fares blacked off by police. as i cycled over the helicopter a presidential helicopter flue lowdown the river, over my head. it seems likely that it was president bashar al-assad who was was in that helicopter. what did they talk about? we know they discuss the obvious things, the russian air campaign in syria, and how this is supporting bashar al-assad's ground offensive. but the big question remains, how much did vladimir putin push bashar al-assad on a transfer of power for him to leave power. now, there are those that have been talking in moscow saying that costco is not particularly --

earlier, lawmakers voted to let president vladimir putin use military force in syria. putin says the air raids are striking terrorists before they target russia. so far, moscow will only send in jets, not ground troops. translator: there are gangs of international terrorists committing outrage in syria and its neighboring countries. the only right way to fight them is to act preemptively. we must eliminate the fighters and terrorists in the areas they have already occupied, not wait until they come to our home. but there are reports that other opposition groups are russia's real targets, implying moscow is supporting syrian president bashar al-assad rather than fighting islamic state. >> we are seeing the russians ramp up their support for president assad. they've been supporting him for quite some time and it's clear that they've made a significant military investment now in further propping him up. reporter: this came as russia's foreign minister spoke to the u.n. security. the international community is waiting to see how it plays out. the latest news about the russ

putin's own jets are bombing c.i.a. trained rebels on the ground in syria, and that plays intoed narrative. >> reporter: u.s. made b g.m. missiles seeking out targets of forces loyal to bashar al-assad, free syrian army call them bashar al-assad tamers, as they drive rebels gains in the north-west. posted online, it purports to show weapons smashing into russian made tanks on the ground in syria. it's beginning to feel like a cold war era proxy war, two great powers facing off, without facing each other in combat. >> vladimir putin began a proxy war with the united states. when russian aircraft struck, moderate forces trained by the central intelligence agency. this was no accident. targets were provided by the syrian regime, they were accurate. >> reporter: retired army general making his point to congress. not everyone agrees. >> weapons, quite frankly, may have impact in the near term, but in terms of being the basis of a proxy war between russia and the united states, i believe that pretty far overthrown. >> these s

vladimir putin has declared tomorrow a day of mourning. the russian plane went down in egypt's sinai peninsula at 11:15 local time. the same company that runs egypt's civilian airport says all 224 passengers and crew members are russian citizens. the russi flight took off from sha sharm el sheikh. we'll continue to follow developments and have updates on our nbc washington app. back to you. >>> thanks so much, darcy. tile right now, 8:30 on the dot. we made it halfway through the hour. >> sure did. it is halloween.

of course vladimir putin will try also to use the sanctions on russia. the russian economy is still in the middle of a deep slump, 4.6% in the second quarter, the most since 2009. jonathan: caroline connan, thank you. for more, we are joined by an analyst at open europe. let's call this geopolitical chess. is this anything close to a strategic win for putin? nina: i would say in the short-term it definitely is. as the forces were increasingly depleted he knew that in order for russia to be part of any kind of political solution our transition, he had to act. now you have the u.s. and its allies, russia taking initiative, and all of a sudden people who have been trying to get putin out of any negotiations are forced all of a sudden to talk to him. jonathan: his international reputation -- this is not going to do any good. i would ask the question whether he cares. should he care? manus: i don't think the -- nina: i don't think he cares. when he first started launching, he wrapped it up as joining the fight against isis, and at that time a lot of leaders w

♪ >>> syria's president makes an unannounced visit to moscow to meet with vladimir putin. you. >>> here in doha with the world's news from al jazeera. the u.n. chief is calling for calm but fall okay deaf ears on another day of violence between israelis and palestinians. slovinia rioting as thousands of refugees continue to arrive. the government says it can't cope. all of that plus: the first note of fame a 21-year-old wins the prestigeous fred rip chopin competition. >>> so in the last hour, we have heard syria's president has met with vladimir put animal moscow. the visit is believed to be assad's first visit abroad since the war broke out in 2011. the topic was the war in syria and russia's military involvement. let's get the latest on this. the details of rory challands live in moscow. >> reporter: yes. it has come as a bit after bolt from the blue. as i was leaving in the yesterday evening, the traffic in central moscow was pretty much on complete lockdown with police blocking all of the main roads that i was going past. and i saw a presidential helicopter flying low

why vladimir putin and the enemies of the supreme world must be stopped. so welcome back to the program. 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

does vladimir putin think the united states will do anything about this? at this point, does he care what the u.s. reaction is? >> well, he does care and he calculates these things very carefully. i talked to senior people at the united nations just yesterday who were telling me how worried they were that this could somehow escalate into a direct confrontation between the united states and russia. probably in the air over syria. if we get into a situation where the russians think the americans might go after assad and the americans want to protect their guys on the ground, that gets more and more dangerous. there's something to remember. a lot of those, i think, 32 russian planes and a lot of the anti-aircraft that's been set up in syria by russia, that's not about fighting isis or any of the rebel groups. that's about air-to-air combat. that's about other airplanes, meaning probably u.s. airplanes. >> isis does not have planes, so why does russia have antiaircraft egyquipment on the ground? great point. thanks. >> thanks to both of you. >>> also this for

on vladimir putin for energy. why can't we just replace him in europe? is a plane and obvious argument. >> pretty obvious to me and most people look at it when you consider in addition to that we are the only country in the world the doesn't allow the exporting of oil, now that the president is allowing it seems to make sense but we would. in addition we would create high-paying jobs right here in the united states which should be part of our mission as well. stuart: you have forgotten something. we would be burning and using and extracting more fossil fuels'. how do you get the oceans to recede if we are burning more fossil fuels? american fossil fuels, you got to bear that in mind. >> the light sweet crude oil we produce in north dakota, texas and oklahoma and other places is cleaner than the oil currently being exported. i get your point and agree with you on the point but even for people who are concerned about climate change and fossil fuels and emissions this is the cleaner-burning fuel than the others and t

syrian president bashar al-assad talks with vladimir putin about the russian air strikes that could help his government regain control of the country. >>> and searching for

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vladimir putin takes decisive action as president obama takes a back seat. it's america versus russia in a cold war-style struggle for influence in the middle east. russian fighter jets are dropping bombs in syria. they are upping the ante in the 4.5 year war. russia's moves are laying bear how many the united states is losing the initiative in syria, and by extension in the broader middle east. >> for oa

syria's bashar al assad face-to-face with vladimir putin. the topic of conversation as russia and the u.s. signs a new agreement. >>> major shift in mammogram recommendations. the american cancer society changing the age when some women should start screenings. >>> "back to the future" day, october 21st, 2015 from fashion and gadgets, what did the movie get right and what did it get wrong? we begin with developments in boehner. >> paul ryan says he'll take the job as speaker but only if his gop colleagues agree to support him. he's given them a friday deadline to make their opinions known. abc's stephanie ramos has been monitoring the situation overnight from washington. >> reporter: paul ryan is no longer resisting the pressure to run for house speaker. >> i consider to do this with reluctance. >> reporter: after weekses of lobbying to take on the job of leading a divided house. now the wisconsin lawmaker and former vp candidate finally says he's down to do the job agreeing he'll run to replace john boehner as house speaker only if republic

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harris: that meeting between vladimir putin and bashar al-assad

even as vladimir putin's talking, he keeps on bombing. the russian president thumbing his nose at the world, prompting president obama to predict that putin won't win. >> we're not going to make syria into a proxy war between the united states and russia. >> he wants a partner, says the president, but that seems to be asking way too much of vladimir putin. only reset button now being pushed, in the cockpits of russian warplanes that putin has ordered to drop more bombs on the syrian rebels than we support. it took three days of attacking the opponents of dictator bashar al assad for russia to target isis, hitting a command post we're told, a bunker and storage depot. the critics like congressman thornberry just said, a meaningless token. in paris, a blunt meeting between putin and prince president hollande and angela merkel ended with putin silently going home after they told him to stick to attacking isis. at the united nations this past week, one day after syrian's u.n. ambassador was called a war criminal to his face by a reporter and

. >> when i think vladimir putin's fundamental goal is in life, what he wants his legacy as the leader of that country to be and, by the way, charlie, he plans on being the leader of russia for a long, long, long time, what he wants his legacy to be is the reestablishment to have the russian empire and if he were sitting here with us and the cameras weren't running and he really trusted us, he would use those words, he would say that. this is not some a analytic construct from the analysts at c.i.a., this is what he says to his closest friends, and you would say what does that mean, reestablish the bungs empire? and he would say -- the russian empire? he would say direct control over or signature influence in all of the parts of the former russian empire which just happened to match up nicely to the former states to have the soviet union. that's what he wants is the reestablishment of the dploar of the russian state. >> rose: we conclude with french foreign minister laurent fabius. >> it is not a question of person. i have to be clear. but you cannot have a contradiction. imagine, you'

and no other groups, the french president is meeting russian leader vladimir putin in paris right now and russian air strikes led to anger and frustration among syrian opposition groups as dana reports. >> day three of russia's aerial campaign in syria, russian defense ministry announcing yet more strikes saying they targeted i.s.i.l. and 12 different locations, mentioning aleppo, hama, idlib provinces and observatory for human rights is mentioning russia air strikes in strongholds of rica and the eastern countryside of homs and no confirmation from the military if they were responsible for the strikes and if they were it would mark the first time that russian planes target territories where i.s.i.l. really does have a presence, russia's campaign really there have been a lot of questions raised by members of the syrian opposition since they believe the target is not i.s.i.l. but opposition groups because over the past few days what we have been seeing is targets in hama and homs and idlib and russia officials are not shying away from the fact they believe i.s.i.l. is the only terroris

well, because president vladimir putin wanted it that way. hard to avoid the conclusion that he was the dominant figure here. the strikeson russia is waging in syria, i spoke with admiral james to free this her formerly served as supreme allied commander at nato and is now the dean of the fletcher school at tufts university. he joins us from boston. thanks very much for joining us. how harmful to you think this russian interventionist to the u.s. strategy in syria? it's roughly like pouring fuel on a burning fire. fanning thejust flames. this is adding real fuel. and i think this is going to add a minimum prolong this conflict and possibly could lead to the entire breakup of syria. isthis chaos continues, this utterly unhelpful what is happening now. >> how do you actually stop this? president obama can say stop to vladimir putin, but past history shows he does not listen. >> i think this is going to become part of the discussion tied with the sanctions in ukraine. in somewhat, i think putin feels as though by taking on this counter islamic s

going to moscow during this war meeting with vladimir putin. vladimir putin just last night saying that assad is ready to work with rebel groups that are ready to fight against isis. but therein lies the difficulty of the talks. why because when vladimir putin and bashar al assad talk about rebel groups fighting isis, united states is already back. ing groups to do that. the united states and russia differ over who these rebel groups are. russia is targeting these rebel groups. so the chances of fighting a compromise at the moment seem very, very remote both. turkey and saudi arabia opposed to russia's actions as well. it seems that they are coming into a situation where it's going to find a lot of opposition to what russia is doing. maybe people willing to listen to what he has to say. the chance ovs moving this forward politically seems remote. >> it's sbrn been interesting to see them despite the fact that the nations seem is to be very much at odds. thank you so much. >>> we're following breaking news overnugt. one person is dead, two other

charlie: what you think when on in the meeting between barack obama and vladimir putin? mike: i will speculate. i think what went on is that president putin explained his perspective. he explained that he is concerned that if assad goes, that isis is going to have more running room and we are going to have bigger problems in syria. i think president obama probably gave his perspective. his perspective is that, yeah, you're probably right that if assad goes with no government following him, we will be any worse situation. but if we were to have a transition from assad to another government that everyone can agree on, and we will actually have more stability in syria. i think the president probably argued that as long as assad is around, he is a magnet for fighters to join isis, to join al nusra to fight assad, and that you can't ultimately defeat isis and al nusra without getting rid of president assad. they probably talked right past each other, charlie. charlie: there is a question as to how strong the moderate forces are. the historical question of whether they should

president obama emerging, having a wide-ranging press conference today even as vladimir putin ignores his protest, the protest of the u.s. government and the russian bombs dropping on u.s.-backed opposition forces fighting the regime of bashar al-assad. the president said that despite all of that, however, antonio, there is a way forward if russia is willing to broke arrest deal for a post assad syria. >> nobody pretends that it's going to be easy, but i think it's still possible. so we'll maintain lines of communication, and we are not going to be able to get those negotiations going if there is not a recognition that there has got to be a change in government. we're not going to go back to the status quo. >> the president was harshly critical of vladimir putin and russia's strategy. this campaign is simply going to end in a quagmire. the only people who backed what russia is doing is iran and the assad regime himself. >> he argued that russia's current airstrike campaign, as you said, not only could get russia into a quagmire, but that it's a recipe for disaster. >> and this is part

charlie: tonight, part two of our conversation with vladimir putin. we talked of many things, he gave us an opportunity to have an engaging conversation about him and how he sees russia and russia's role in the world. he also gave us an opportunity to have a further conversation after the interview when he invited us in for appetizers, which turned into dinner. that was a further consideration of all the topics we have been talking about. now, the conversation, followed by an analysis of his visit to the united states. charlie: are people in russia fearful of you? pres. 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 ameri