plot on the homeland. in the event of a specific, credible threat, the public will be informed. >> but meanwhile, the situation in syria seems to be getting worse by the day. finally topping ally russian's bashar assad defeat isis. a research fellow at the hudson instituted and from cleveland fox news contributor and former democratic congressman dennis kucinich. dennis, you heard that right there and maybe it's not here right now. what about assad? russia seems to be very, very intent on keeping assad in place. is that a bad idea? >> i think that assad is essential to a peace plan that's needed in order to end the war in syria. we have to keep in mind that isis grew as the insurgency poured in to syria. and all these nations that were involved in backing isis had jihadiist ambition that were totally to a