does, but i think there s i m sure the pentagon is hard at work at it and i m anxious to see what they come up. do you blame president obama for the current degree of the refugee crisis in syria? no, i don t i don t blame him. i think it was a mistake to draw a red line on a certain issue and then fail to follow up on it in any meaningful way and that caused a lot of loss of confidence in the will of the united states in this very important part of the world. i know of no part of the world that s more important from a security standpoint to us and to our friends in europe and and indirectly to the nato alliance. general jim jones, thanks
the job and what will it take to succeed in this crucial snogs who better to ask than a former national security adviser himself? i m joined by retired general jim jones who served in that role during the obama administration. general jones, thanks for joining us. there was a report that you are being considered for the position of national security adviser under president trump. have you had contacts with the trump white house? it is a position you would consider? no, i have not had any contact with the white house and i think that i ve had my tour in the barrel but i d be very happy to offer any advice to anybody who to the person who does take the job because it s so very important. president trump is meeting with some possible candidate this is weekend. i ll run through them for our viewers. you may know john bolton, the former u.n. ambassador, general
flynn turned down the job comparing it to, how can i say this, a less than appetizing sandwich, so who does actually want to take the job and what will it take to succeed in this crucial position? who better to ask than a former national security adviser himself. i m joined by retired general jim jones. he served in that role during the obama administration. general jones, thanks so much for joining us. there was a report this week that are you being considered for the position of national security adviser under president trump. have you had contacts with the trump white house, and is it a position would consider? no, i have not had any contact with the white house and and i think that i ve had my my tour in the barrel, but i d be very happy to offer any advice to anybody who to the person that does take the job because it s so very important. well, president trump is meeting with some possible
with. do you blame general jones, president obama, for the degree of the current refugee crisis from syria? no, i don t. i don t blame them. i think it was a mistake to draw a redline on a certain issue and then fail to follow up on it in any meaningful way and that caused a loss of confidence in the of the united states and this very important part of the worl world. it s more important from a security standpoint to us and our friends in europe and indirectly to the nato alliance. general jim jones, thanks for joining us from germany. well, president trump back in his comfort zone amid a sea of make america great again hats. what he staged at this weekend s
newly revealed isis terror plots targeting the west. cnn s brian todd is joining us. brian, how do these plots come to light? reporter: the plots were discovered when isis was pushed out of a syrian city, which was a key launching point to conduct terrorist operations aboard. officials are working furiously, going through those captured isis files, because experts are warning that isis could be accelerating those terror plots now that they know their enemies are on to them. chilling new information tonight from a top coalition commander, who says several isis plots to attack the west have been discovered. british general rupert jones says the plans are in tens of thousands of isis documents and files, captured after the terror group was driven out of a syrian city this summer. general jones says, a huge amount of intelligence gathered