inadequate our navalabilities are as a result of cuts in spending. the united states has to declare we ll not stand for a gregsz from russia dismemberment of ukraine, or chinese activity or whether it be the continued existence of raqqan in the middle east. you ran a piece showing the new factory for missiles and equipment that is sprung up in ra qqa, syria, and we have to have a strategy to take out isis, which we don t have. we need to stop the barrel bombing of assad by establishing a no fly zone that was recommended by then secretary clinton. and we need to assert american leadership again. and that sends the opposite
united nations is allowing isis fighters to relocate that are seen as strongholds. they are traveling from moderate areas in damascus to ra qqa. and others will end up ini sis controlled areas. the u.n. said agreements like this could lead to a nation wide truce in syria. kevin is live in honnolulu where the president is vacation. tell us about the state of affairs in syria and how the u.s. is able to deal with them. reporter: merry christmas to you, leland. it speaks to a desperate reality on the ground. what is going on there is a humanitarian nightmare. and this is important. it frankly speaks to the fact, when you have warring factions,
iraq and 50 to syria and ash carter opening the possibility of troops going to ra qqa. will that happen and help? trying to find coalition partners on the ground is part of the challenge that we have. and look, there are good things happening. the intensity of the air campaigns have improved. we are taking down theiril infrastructure and putting operation guides in there and that is good and those people making those decisions. but it is not enough. when it comes to siria, none of the sun ni s arabs are going to iraq to prop up a shiite government. the issue is syria assad first. and then we ll play our hand here. the turks told us that as well.