so when it comes to fighting terrorism, donald trump places a very high value on secrecy, promising to bomb the hell out of isis and the oil fields the terror group controls. that s okay to say. how he s going to do it, he says, needs to be kept secret. that s a great defense to specifics, because he won t reveal any details of his plan. he once said that he had a secret plan that he came up w h with, but that seems to have faded away. despite saying in the past that he knows more about isis than the generals, he has said on day one of his presidency, he ll convene his top military officials and give them 30 days to submit a plan to defeat isis. and he says the u.s. should focus on taking down isis trarn toppling assad s regime in syria, suggesting that the u.s. government would benefit from working with russians. let s look at hillary clinton s positions on this. she has a different approach nationally when it comes to russia and support for assad. here s hers. syria will re
loss for the government. the terror group controls half of syria and it is the first city that they took from the government and military. icess launched other attacks including a suicide bombing on a mosque in saudi arabia. and now u.s. officials say that isis is actively recruiting fighters in afghanistan. a new tradition in our nation s cant kament this memorial day woke week. take a look visitors ringing the freedom bell at the world war ii memior yell in honor of friends and family who are serving or have served in our nation s military. the bell will be feetered on
loss for the government. the terror group controls half of syria and it is the first city that they took from the government and military. icess launched other attacks including a suicide bombing on a mosque in saudi arabia. and now u.s. officials say that isis is actively recruiting fighters in afghanistan. a new tradition in our nation s cant kament this memorial day woke week. take a look visitors ringing the freedom bell at the world war ii memior yell in honor of friends and family who are serving or have served in our nation s military. the bell will be feetered on
officials say it is too early to tell if police bullets struck any of them. we turn now to syria where isis made a number of significant advances on the battlefield. the syrian observatory for human rights says the terror group controls more than half the country from the border with turkey in the north down into central iraq. the main isis strong holds are the syrian city of raqqa and mosul. there is a major gas build in homes in syria. the terror group gets a large amount of funding from oil and gas sales on the black market. activists say the group also captured the last border crossing into iraq that was held by syrian soldiers. one of the group s richest new prizes is the ancient syrian city of palmyra. the ruins date back to millennia and soon could be levelled by
dolphins found along the coast since 2010 most had lesions indicating exposure to petroleum compounds. the authors concluded the spill likely drove the mass deaths. developing now syria s state tv acknowledges isis is in full control of the ancient syrian city. with that the terror group controls over half of syria and it is marking its second major advance this week after seizing the key iraqi city on sunday. all of this despite continuing u.s.-led air strikes. richard engel joins us now. when you look at the map around you and how much isis is now in control of you wonder has anything worked specifically these air strikes? the air strikes don t seem to be working. they work in certain areas. the air strikes have been working where there are effective partners on the ground. really that is only in one place and that is in the kurdish