The children across the country have been displaced and out of their homes. neil? neil: thank you, alex. let s go to kirk lippold on what he makes of vladimir putin s statgy right now. sounds like a take no prisoners strategy and sounds like he s going to double down and triple down. a general hired to do this job that was butchering civilians in syria. what do you make of this? what you re seeing is first, thank you for having me on what you re watching is vladimir putin is in fact taking a step back. becoming president of russia and turning the war over to his generals. the general known as the butcher of syria like you mentioned is ruthless. what we re seeing in eastern and southern parts of the country is that he s pausing all the units, consolidating forces, getting in reinforcements and supplying
Nominee was a beauty contest, jon huntsman s family could give everybody a run for their money. look at this spread in an issue of vogue. but it s not a beauty contest. and a new gallup poll shows huntsman with 1% of the vote. he s trying a take no prisoners strategy, calling out conservatives for their far right views. i think, when you find yourself at the extreme end of the republican party, you make yourself unelectable. jacob weisberg is editor and chief of slate. his article on huntsman is in the latest issue of vogue. so here s the question. is jon huntsman a sort of anti-republican? i don t think he s an anti-republican. i think he s a very traditional republican, sort of a george bush 41 or eisenhower republican. he s what used to be the mainstream of the party, the