the deal that he did in 2011 is estimated to be worth half of a trillion dollars. so you know these are enormously large deals. a reflection of that that was putin in 2012 awarded him the order of friendship, one of the highest civilian honors in russia. tillerson has also spoken out against sanctions in russia and that may be essential in understanding his tenure. that s a good point, comments he made not that long ago. i preesh the reporting tonight, thank you so much. let s go now to buck, a former cia counter terrorism analyst. let s dive into this, this is exactly in your lane. as someone that formally worked
and now, germany has voted to join the noncombat role, and so did britain, and they began bombing oil fields after that vote. and now, joining me is a counter terrorism analyst at the institute of the stau di of war. and what might be indicated and meant that this would be a trap by having bombing missions? well, eisis is actually explicitly spoken and written about the strategy to trap europe and more generally the west through directed and inspired attacks in europe and the u.s. and likely seen unfortunately like in paris and san bernardino. isis is hoping that attacks will provide safe and social backlashes against the muslims living in the west, and this is
contacted in advance of public reports to let them know this operation had taken place. one of the goals of that new structure was to streamline and improve our communication with hostage families. he was shunned by isis leadership. one counter terrorism analyst saying he had become like the typhoid. this afternoon the pentagon had a little more detail. the intelligence indicators had given us great confidence that he was jihadi john. we took the shot. now we re using the same intelligence capabilities to
compound. there is a lot of information that goes into that before you have the final act. unfortunately, in this case tragedy sort of occurred. we have heard from former cia counterterrorism analyst. stay with us here as we continue our coverage of this deadly counterterrorism attack that and a report from italy on the italian hostage. we will be right back. eals. yet up to 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let s do more. .add one a day 50+. complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports physical energy with b vitamins. one a day 50+ introducing the citi® double cash card. it s a cash back win-win. with 1% when you buy and 1% as you pay. with two ways to earn on puchases, it makes a lot of other cards seem one-sided.
counterterrorism analyst and military analyst and medal of honor recipient colonel jack jacobs. i want to start with you colonel jacob jacobs. it was really telling when you hear the president in his words of profound regret and offering his deepest apologies and really sending the message the lives of the hostages lost but heard very little about the two americans turned al qaeda operatives. what is your take away that he didn t mention or speak about them? the intelligence we use to get these guys is imperfect. we don t know as much about the operatives as we thought we did or as we want to know. there will be more information coming as we develop the intelligence on the ground. it is really interesting to note how focused the president was in talking about the hostages and