common denominator. that has not happened with syria. the white house i think is still playing catch up trying outline why what they have done in the past actually has well, he has to lay out a strategy, a diplomatic strategy. he has to actually get engaged much more directly with the turks and the saudis and the russians and you have to see the kind of diplomacy that we saw with the climate deal and then he has to put forward a military operation that might look a lot more convincing as to how it s actually going to deny isis territory. that s something that he didn t outline. jeffrey, you agree with that? this is exactly right. without the diplomacy, you cannot solve the problem. the diplomacy is there but it s
stance on. first of all, talking about their policy on isis. if we look at ted cruz. he believes carpet bombing isis territory. he suggests removing assad. pardon me. he suggests ground troops should not be taken off the table and he does believe that arming the kurds directly is important. we know that rubio here also agrees expanding the air strikes, supporting internationally. he believes assad has to go. he believes that arming the sunnis, kurds directly will be more effective. and the donald. bomb the hell out of them. bomb the hell out of isis and keep the plan under wraps. his plan is so good he didn t have the to tell anybody about it. this is nixon s secret plan to win the war. these are fascinating snapshots of individuals. what s interesting, marco rubio representing that george w. bush the broad strokes of his plan are not that different from
as their main sources of income. the journalist behind the story is joining me now. jose, to you first. fascinating reporting. how did you get to the $2 billion number, that they made that much money in 2014? let s talk about the sourcing here. this is u.s. treasury. a lot of scholars are paying attention to the resources inside the isis territory. some of that is taxes. $500 million $360 million or more. they are selling it on the black market. that s another $500 million. and then they looted 90 banks or more and took $2 billion of cash and gold or more. and on top of that, it s kidnapping and ransom. it s not just some small
jurgen todenhofer is a german journalist. last year he crossed the border into isis territory. i think you must know your enemy if you want to defeat it. he went to mosul, an iraqi city about the size of philadelphia. population around 1.5 million. it s the biggest prize isis has captured. this extraordinary video gives us a rare look into everyday life under isis. it brings to mind a writer s concept, the banality of evil. isis has its own license plates and traffic cops who give parking tickets. and there are friendly shopkeepers.