CBS: Chances of Russia Joining Anti-ISIS Coalition ‘More Remote’ After Downed Jet

‘Tomorrow President Hollande meets face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin’

ROSE: “This morning French President François Hollande is rallying world leaders to escalate the fight against ISIS. Hollande will meet this afternoon with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Tomorrow, he will talk with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. Then Hollande will fly to Moscow to meet with Russian President Putin. All of this follows Hollande’s meetings in Washington on Tuesday. Chip Reid is at the White House, where President Obama offered solidarity, but not much else. Chip, good morning.”
REID: “Well, good morning. President Obama said the U.S. and France are united in the goal of the eradicating ISIS and with critics saying he is not doing enough in Syria. The president suggested that new plans are in the works.”
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OBAMA: “This barbaric terrorist group and its murderous ideology pose a serious threat to all of us.” 
REID (voice-over): “President Obama said that even before the attacks in Paris, he was working on new proposals to counter ISIS.”
OBAMA: “I had gathered together my national security forces...And had put together a plan to accelerate and advance the pressure that we can place on ISIL. And we intend to execute on those plans, but we also think —“
REID (voice-over): “But he provided no details. Tomorrow, President Hollande meets face-to-face in Russia with Vladimir Putin who met with Iran’s supreme leader this week, another world leader who supports keeping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in power. It’s that kind of behavior that has the Obama administration and other coalition governments skeptical about Russia’s involvement in the fight against ISIS.”
OBAMA: “Russia, right now, is a coalition of two — Iran and Russia — supporting Assad.”
REID (voice-over): “President Hollande said he will tell Putin, France can work with Russia, if Russia concentrates its military action on taking out ISIS and commits to the coalition’s shared goal of removing Assad from power.”
OBAMA: “Them cooperating would be enormously helpful in bringing about a resolution of the civil war in Syria, and allow us all to refocus our attention on ISIL.”
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REID: “But, after that shoot down of a Russian jet by Turkey, the chances of getting Russia to work with the anti-ISIS coalition are for now, even more remote. Norah.” 
O’DONNELL: “All right. Chip, thank you so much.”

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