roberts robertson. michael, to you first. russia says the u.s. air strikes helped isis. did it? no. i don t think so. it s rather rich of the russian government to say that when they launched intervention in syria in september of 2015, within the first two weeks between 80% and 90% were against not only anti-isis targets but syrian rebels who actively been fighting isis. i well recall in aleppo there were four or five villages that isis hadn t been able to take that were able to take those villages on the back of russian air strikes. let s not forget, they helped the regime retake palmyra. russia did not go into syria to fight isis despite what putin said. he went in to prop up assad regime and to deter this u.s.
ule is to meet in the gulf. the frefrp were the first to join the u.s. carrying out air strikes targeting isis. and they did see in syria in september. the french have yet to carry out any in syria since the strikes in paris. i am told. thank you, jennifer. high alert in the united states. security stepped up from coast to coast and now the nfl reports it will take additional measures in tomorrow s football games to keep fans save. details from that and reaction from paris is ahead had. it is surreal. everyone would tell you the same. it is see foreign and so
thousands of fiegers to back the syrian government in the civil war next door to lebanon. a russian jet over egypt s sinai peninsula, that crash, all 224 people onboard that plane were killed. we do not know what actually happened in that crash. officials still aren t 100% certain the plane was brought down by terrorists at all. and they re skeptical that isis has the capability to bring down a plane, even if some other terrorist group does. isis claimed it targeted the russian jet in retaliation for russia s involvement in syria. just as they claimed to have targeted hezbollah and shiite civilians in beirut for hezboll hezbollah s involvement in syria. france, of course, launched air strikes in isis in syria in september. but those are all dots. and to connect them in advance of us having reason to connect them is to get ahead of ourselves.
much, rick. the islamic state has committed an act of war and france will attack a terrorist army without mercy. jen griffin joining us now. jennifer, you said the french are going to attack them. the u.s. with the most powerful military in the world has been attacking for a year and still, they re able to do what they ve done. absolutely, leland. i think it s important to remember the french were the first nato allies to join the u.s. in bombing isis in iraq a year ago. they just began air strikes in syria in september. they re sending their only aircraft carrier which the u.s. has pulled out the aircraft carrier from the gulf and getting on its way in the next coming days. the u.s. has been carrying out 95% of the air strikes in syria
missions. the jordanian pilots have not flown many over syria and saudi arabia last struck syria in september because of a new war against iranian backed rebels in yemen. and the u.s. doesn t have an aircraft carrier in the gulf. ten percent of the 8000 air strikes in syria were floun off of the aircraft carrier deck. the french is sending their carrier this month, but the french only carried out a handful of strikes in syria and canada s new prime minister vowed to end canada s role altogether. and leaves the u.s. shouldering the air campaign against isis. thank you, jennifer.