only strengthening our enemy, the islamic extremist whose will walk in and take over all of syria. right now they have half of the country under their control, but it also puts us in that position of a potential direct head to head conflict with russia, which brings us to the brink of a potential, large conflict of world war iii situation. why is the u.s. effort to get rid of assad s regime counterproductive and illegal? first, there s not a vote in congress to authorize use of force to, this authorize a war to overthrow a cov earn government. for as long as i ve been there, it hasn t happened. it didn t happen before i got there the american people haven t had a choice to speak their voice, approve or disapprove such a war. therefore, it s illegal. secondly, it s counterproductive because right now, u.s. arms are getting into the hands of our enemy, al qaeda, al nusra, islamic extremist group whose are our sworn enemy who attacked
information. you get an e-mail, not sure whether it s legitimate, the government advises you to call the number on the back of your card. don t just give your information to yahoos on the other end. that s it for the lead. i m jake tapper. turn it over to wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, secret deal, the u.s. and russia sign an agreement on air safety over syria, as vladimir putin s warplanes step up attacks resulting in close calls with american aircraft. why does the deal specify how close is too close and why does russia want details kept secret? i ll ask a key member, gabert. hacking the cia director s e-mail account, threatening to release more information, including personal data. cnn s made contact with the alleged cybercriminals. has the u.s. government managed to do the same? under ground testing, disturbing report says north
they re going after the anti-regime rebels. you mentioned the way the russians informed the americans they were about to launch these air strikes. clearly the russians know the way this is done. they know how this should be done. they clearly went about what? just kind of an insult to the americans? how do you read it? well, i think it was an in your face attempt to have the americans back down. it was a great ploy if it had worked. why not try it. go in there and say we want you out of syrian air space and they believe they got legal grounds to do that. they say we were invited into syria by the legitimate government of syria. you were not. so we re taking over now. the russians are here, you guys can back off now. fortunately, the united states is taking the position that we are conducting air operations in iraq and syria against isis, which we regard as a threat. so we re going to have to work this out with the russians, though. we can t have this confrontation without some
on russia to implement the peace accord over next few months. let s get more on the unga now, rick robertson will join us from london. but first, matthew chance standing by live this hour in moscow. away from the public match at the u.n. between putin and obama, now seem to be the prospect the two leaders could work to the for a political solution in syria. yeah, and i think if you cut through the frostiness of the relationship between president obama and president putin of russia, clearly there is an inevitability about the fact that they will have to work with each other in syria. already, russia boosted the military footprint in syria. it s got most advanced warplanes there, high-tech military equipment that it s using to back up not just its own diplomacy but also the government of bashir al-assad. and that presents the united
party. most people think of the republicans as the party with the corner office. over the also 30, 40 years, as the white working class has realigned the nature has changed. much more blue collar than it used to be. even though this tax plan is aimed more at the latter. the new poll which has him neck and neck with ben carson what does this plan do for him? give him the extra lift that he needs to sell himself apart? it s a conventional tax plan. i think donald trump s problem at the moment is that for the party basically as i said is essentially 50/50 between a blue collar wing more pop list, more culturally conservative, than white collar who is not looking for someone to break down the government. for those voters, deep questions about trump s temperament, electability, whether he is someone plausible as a president when calling his opponents a clown, for example. i don t know if policy can solve that problem. the opinion polls which came