russian army s top military strategists at this time, they sent him to syria, he went to an air base, he met on that russian air base with president assad and there according to the kremlin they discussed the coordination between syrian ground troops and the russian air force, which is the way that mostly they ve been operating in syria. so you can see they re not saying that he went there and told them not to use chemical weapons, but they did say they re talking about the coordination of how they fight together and we do know that in syria russia is concerned about the use of chemical weapons because we know that that could bring a big international involvement and engagement in the syria conflict, bigger than it is now and that could upset russia s strategic plans in syria and in the middle east at large. so when you look at the surface at least so far again, there s nothing that says assad will listen to the russians. he has his own agenda but he
don t mess with me. pete: take a look at the team around h.r. mcmaster, to mattis. these are thoughtful military strategists and tech you cross the americans you will get a tomahawk missile in the face. when the world understands that it changes the calculus of everyone from kim jong un to everybody else. abby: some questions on what happens next. i wants to bring you other headlines this morning beginning with a fox news alert. here is a live look at an investigation underway in sweden. less than 24 hours after a driver plowed into a busy shopping mall. this as we learn the suspect praised isis online. the uzbekistan native reportedly posted videos of isis propaganda on facebook and liked the bloody aftermath picture from the boston marathon bombing. four people were killed in sweden yesterday after police say he hijacked a beer truck and drove into a department store. witnesses say he was targeting children. the suspect did flee the scene but was arrested a short time
iraqi forces making significant gains in the offensive to retake mosul from the hands of isis. this is jennifer griffin reports. american forces near the front lines of this ongoing fight. military spokesmen saying troops have captured 47 square miles south of the city since sunday including areas around the airport and the main highway. troops must now move into more densely-populated areas in the western part of the city. isis militants driven out of the eastern half last month. shannon: president trump putting the finishing touches on his security team. mcmaster is known as one of the best military strategists there is. general jack keane has known him for years. we ll get his thoughts about that appointment next. bill: despite media reports of massive raids on illegals, only a handful have been picked off the streets. we ll take a closer look at the numbers and put that question
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