about the escalating crisis in syria with russian forces now in the mix. new jersey governor chris christie on "fox & friends" this morning. >> i don't know about all of you but i watched interview of vladmir putin this weekend. i said, listen this, guy is articulate, smart, thug. and the fact is he is not going to be an easy adversary for us to deal with. we're certainly ill quipped, by having president and anybody else who thinks we should allow russia take on isis and take a back seat has a fundamental misunderstanding of american foreign interests. patti ann: certainly interesting what peter doocy had to say about the russian communication with the u.s. on this. bill: josh ernest briefs at 12:30. update when they come. up the hill from the white house to the floor of the senate. they are voting on funding in the federal government, if it passes, government would get money to fund itself through