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hello and welcome back to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> good to be with you, rosemary. hey, everyone. i'm errol barnett. coming up for you this hour -- >> it must be clear to anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. >> the white house uses the campaign against isis to attack what it calls an imminent threat to americans and western interests. also coming up -- >> it's going to end in a bloodbath if nobody stops it. nobody were listening. they thought everybody was immune from this danger. >> a cnn exclusive. iraq's new prime minister calls for more help from the united states, saying his country has paid a heavy price for the rise of isis. plus the fight against ebola. a dire warning about what could happen if the disease continues to spread unchecked in west

africa. thanks for joining us, everyone. the united thagss general assembly gets under way later today, and u.s. president barack obama will be looking for support in the battle against isis. he'll be speaking from a position of strength, having just rallied an alliance of arab nations to deliver the first blows against isis targets inside syria. >> that's right. on tuesday jordan, saudi arabia, bahrain, and the united arab emirates delivered air strikes alongside the u.s. while qatar flew combat patrol. president obama met with representatives on those nations -- of those nations on tuesday. on the sidelines of the u.n. in new york. and he says the fight against isis is just the beginning. >> because of the almost unprecedented effort of this coalition i think we now have an opportunity to send a very clear message that the world is united, that all of us are

committed to making sure that we degrade and ultimately destroy not only isil but also the kinds of extremist ideologies that would lead to so much bloodshed. this is not going to be something that is quick, and it is not something that is going to be easy. it will take time, and it's not only a military effort. >> well, besides hitting isis, american warplanes and missiles also targeted a little-known al qaeda-linked cell near the syrian city of aleppo. >> yeah. the u.s. says the khorasan group has been working on some alarming plans for attacks on the west. our deborah feyerick explains. >> reporter: what makes the khorasan terror cell in syria so dangerous to the united states is they have one objective -- carry out a major terror attack in europe or america. multiple sources tell cnn the group has the materials and was operational. >> intelligence reports indicated that the khorasan group was in the final stages of

plans to execute major attacks against western targets and potentially the u.s. homeland. >> reporter: an intelligence source says khorasan's potential plots include clothing dipped in explosive material or explosives contained in non-metallic devices like toothpaste tubes. >> you could possibly get some of these types of devices, bombs, through airport security, and they could be quite catastrophic on an airliner. >> reporter: a u.s. official told cnn the plot could involve a bomb on a plane. terrorists could have chosen a final target prior to u.s. strikes on their compound. >> it's far from clear whether the plot has been neutralized. they may have been able to take out training facilities. but if they've not taken out the key leaders, the bomb makers and the operatives that they were trying to recruit, then it's possible they could even accelerate this plot. >> reporter: terror experts describe khorasan as the new al qaeda central, a small hardcore

group of veteran operatives, many who have fought in afghanistan or chechnya. their leader, moussen al fadli, was part of the 9/11 planning and knew of the hijackers and the plot to fly planes into buildings. his bodyguard in syria was recently captured and interrogated by the assad regime. a source saying the khorasan cell was focused on external operations. >> we did not target individual leaders. we did, however, target command and control nodes. >> reporter: experts say khorasan bomb makers may have been trained by al qaeda master bomb builder ibrahim al asiri, responsible for both the underwear bomb and the explosive printer cartridge. the group also has a delivery system in the form of western recruits with european and american passports. >> we will not tolerate safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. >> reporter: a u.s. official telling cnn the planned attack was "much further along than anyone was comfortable with." deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> so there's some information

on the khorasan group. we've talked about isis as well. but you also have the al-nusra front in syria. that group saying a key leader of the militant group has been killed by the u.s.-led air strikes in the country. now, the group posted this image on twitter claiming it shows abu yusef al turkey, also known as the turk. >> we need to point out cnn cannot independently verify the group's claims but there have been reports that some al-nusra fighters were killed in aleppo. the group is linked to al qaeda and has been fighting the government in syria. it's also been fighting isis, the very target of the strikes. now, qatar is among the arab nations involved in the strikes over syria. the nation has put aside well-documented differences with both saudi arabia and the united arab emirates in order to take part. in fact, the uae's foreign minister said it comes down to the fact that isis is really a common enemy. >> i think it's indicative of

the threat that everybody feels is common. nobody is basically immune. everybody is tlaebt threatened. the way of life. the values. this is i think a danger to all of us, terrorism, and i think this is indicative of how the coalition was on the sense that we need to act. we can't be passive. >> and a jordanian government spokesman also weighed in on why his country is getting involved. take a listen. >> this is going to be an ongoing operation through which we will pre-empt any attempt to try to cross our borders and infill frai infiltrate our borders and to make sure our borders are secure and safe. and this is the high interest of the jordanian state to ensure the safety and security of our borders and our soil. >> well, security and stability will be a tougher task for iraq.

the country's new iraqi prime minister tells cnn that isis fighters who crossed from syria into iraq have inflicted tremendous pain on his people. hader al abadi spoke exclusively to christiane amanpour who asked what he will tell the u.s. president when the two leaders meet later today. >> well, i think we need concrete support. although the united states has supported us all along, they stood with iraq. but we need more concrete support on the ground. >> do you mean ground forces? >> no. i mean air cover on the ground. i have to see that effect on the ground. we want to see that the united states and the coalition have their own vision. we have our own. if our armed forces haven't received the support they are expecting, because if i'm having -- if our armed forces

have an offensive in certain area, they will expect an air cover to support them. >> the iraqi prime minister also spoke about the conditions that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations in the region to flourish. and that is coming up in less than half an hour. >> we want to bring you some more reaction. syria's ambassador to the u.n. is speaking out against the u.s.-led air strikes in his country. bashar jafari told cnn's richard roth that he believes washington isn't seeing the bigger picture. >> we advised our american counterparts not to repeat the american fiasco in iraq by undertaking the same kind of blind military attacks. combating terrorism requires having many tracks. a political track, a military track, a diplomatic track. so so far washington prefer to follow only one track. >> now, u.s. president barack obama says the attacks on isis

in syria may continue for quite some time. a hint there at how complex the task of destroying that one militant group may be. but we should note there are many others. as we've just complained. we want to bring in marwan masher now. he's a cnn analyst. he joins us live via web cam from jordan. we really appreciate you giving us some of your time today. you are a former foreign minister of the country and a deputy prime minister as well. so you can give us some insight into what maybe is being said behind the scenes in jordan. and this arab-supported fight really is a massive diplomatic achievement. but how do you think jordan was convinced to participate? >> well, jordan needed really little convincing. this is as much a battle that is jordan's and the region's as is the united states. i.c.e. is not ju isis is not just a military threat to the region because

that can be addressed satisfactorily over a long period of time. the real threat is cultural. the real threat is about the values system that these people are trying to propagate. therefore, i think it is imperative that jordan and other arab countries really take the lead in this war that is not just a military one. >> but if that was true, if arab nations want to take the lead, wouldn't we see more than a willingness to commit boots on the ground, for example? i mean, how far would you say jordan is willing to go to limit and erase what is agreed upon as a widespread threat? isis and these other jihadist militants who have a bit of a safe haven in syria and even parts of iraq. do you think jordan would commit ground troops to this effort? >> i think it's highly unlikely that jordan or any other arab country will commit boots on the ground for some of the same reasons that the american public opinion also does not want to commit boots on the ground for

u.s. soldiers. it is very difficult politically to commit boots on the ground in what might be seen as arabs fighting other arabs. but i think also, you know, financially jordan is not in a situation to basically engage in a long military campaign. we just don't have the resources. having said that, i think there is a lot that jordan and other arab countries can offer. jordan has an excellent intelligence service. air bases that the united states are probably using already. logistical support. networks with the sunni community and tribes in iraq to lure them away from isis. there's a lot that can be done other than military -- other than boots on the ground. >> all right. marwan muasher joining us from web cam from jordan. certainly jordan's offered intelligence and a lot of aid in this effort but we'll all see how different nations vary as this effort continues. we appreciate you joining us

here on cnn this morning. thanks very much. >> thank you. you're watching cnn. we're going to take a short break right now. but just ahead, the desperate search for safety. syrians are fleeing their homes by the thousands. a report on the growing refugee crisis in turkey. that's next. plus, britain's role in the coalition. what the uk is considering and when a decision will be made. stay with us. [ female announcer ] you change your style. why not your eye color? new air optix® colors prescription contact lenses enhance your eye color for a naturally beautiful look with consistent comfort. find your perfect color and get a free trial offer at airoptixcolors.com.

many refugees want to know why it took so long for the air campaign to begin in the first place. thousands of people have fled their homes in the past week to escape the militants. our senior international correspondent arwa damon has more from across the border in turkey. >> reporter: upwards of 158,000 syrian kurds have fled northern syria following an isis push that began on friday and saw the terrorist organization take over dozens of villages. those refugees arriving utterly exhausted, dejected, having left everything behind. many of them saying they wanted to see more air strikes by the u.s. and the arab coalition. inside the city of raqqa that was the scene of many of those strikes one activist saying that they most certainly welcomed this action, saying that it was

about time. and the international community came together to a certain degree because they felt as if they had been utterly left aside to their own means to try to fend for themselves. but he also said that isis was entrenching itself within the civilian population,hat it had evacuated most of the facilities that the air strikes were targeting, anticipating this type of military action. but in other parts of the country something much a different sentiment, especially in aleppo and idlip provinces as it became apparent that the u.s. and its allies were not just targeting isis but that they had hit organizations like the us in rah front, which the u.s. does deem a terrorist organization but is viewed by many activists, many residents in aleppo and idlip province as being the only entity that had been capable of standing up against the regime and standing up against isis. more and more fear and apprehension being expressed about what it is the u.s. and its allies' true intentions are,

and a lot of anxiety about what the upcoming hours, what kind of violence the next few days would possibly bring. arwa damon, cnn, gaziantep, turkey. >> take a look at this map next to me because the u.n. says more than 3 million people have fled syria due to the ongoing war. that number, though, could be much higher. these -- the map next to me you see all the registered refugees. you see there's more than a million in neighboring lebanon. turkey has taken in more than 847,000 refugees. and more than 618,000 registered refugees are in jordan. but when we update this map and include those who are unregistered and include some of the estimates according to regional governments you see bigger numbers. 1.6 million refugees in turkey and 1.5 million in lebanon and 1.4 million in jordan. the fear that this refugee crisis is much larger than currently understood.

rosemary? >> thanks, errol. the wife of a british aid worker held hostage by isis says she has received audio of her husband pleading for his life. and once again, barbara henning is appealing to the militant group to free him. alan henning was part of a team of volunteers who went to syria in december to deliver aid. in a message released by the british government barbara henning questioned why isis militants won't let her husband go after an islamic court declared he wasn't a spy or a threat. the pentagon says freeing the hostages remains an important goal. >> we have remained concerned about the fate of the hostages that we know that they have. it's not something we've ever taken lightly. certainly something we've never stopped thinking about. as you know, we did attempt one rescue not long ago over the fourth of july weekend. so it's something we're watching very, very closely, as closely as we can. >> well, so far the uk has been

notably absent in air strikes against isis. but that could change. prime minister david cameron is set to address the united nations general assembly later wednesday. aaron mclaughlin is at 10 downing street in london and she joins us now live. so erin, we know that prime minister cameron expressed support for these air strikes on isis in syria, but when is he likely to bring britain in on a more active role and how much support will he get from farmt when he tries to do that? >> reporter: it's still very much an open question, rosemary. we know according to downing street that the prime minister is in new york holding talks on ways in which the united kingdom can do more to help address the isis threat. he's expected as you mentioned to address the u.n. general assembly later there. the topics being the situation in iraq as well as isis. he gave an interview to american network nbc in which he

described the nature of the threat. take a listen to what he had to say. >> there's no doubt in my mind it has already undertaken and is planning further plots in europe including in my own country in order to kill and maim innocent people. and the same applies to the united states of america. >> reporter: now, the prime minister has said he would like to consult with the house of commons before taking any military decisions, leading some to speculate that he could recall parliament as soon as friday. although political analysts that i've been talking to say he'll be unlikely to do that if he didn't feel he had the necessary support to push through a vote that he really can't risk any sort of political humiliation, especially on the eve of his party's conference. although members of the opposition, leaders of the opposition have said that they would be open to concrete proposals regarding british involvement in air strikes.

meanwhile, the prime minister is in new york. he's expected to meet with the iranian president later today. a meeting that he addressed in that interview with the american network nbc. take a listen to what he had to say about iran's nuclear program as well as iran's involvement in the fight against isis. >> we think they are wrong to have this nuclear weapons program. we think they are wrong to support terrorist organizations. but the fact is if we want to have a successful democratic pluralistic iraq and if we want to have a successful democratic pluralistic syria iran can play a constructive role in helping to bring that about. >> reporter: you heard him there describe sort of these competing interests and need for britain to gain iran's support in fighting isis but also the need to address that nuclear program. those talks are ongoing. the deadline for those talks in november. this will be a historic meeting,

the first time a british prime minister has met with an iranian leader since 1979. rosemary? >> all right. erin mclaughlin reporting there out the front of 10 downing street. it is only 7:21, nearly 7:22 in the morning there. all right. coming up, we want to bring you a dire warning about how the number of ebola cases could explode in the coming months. the centers for disease control in the u.s. has released its forecast. we'll bring you details after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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a disturbing new report warns the number of ebola cases in west africa could rise sharply by january. the u.s. centers for disease control says cases could jump to between 550,000 and almost 1.5 million. that's if stronger steps aren't taken to fight the virus now. there are about 5,800 confirmed cases so far. more than 2,800 people have died from the disease, and experts are blaming a, quote, inadequate and late global response for the scale of the outbreak. the cdc says these worst case scenario figures can be avoided if 70% of the people currently infected get proper care. there is some hope with the opening of new facilities, but the outlook is still bleak, as cnn's elizabeth cohen

discovered. >> reporter: inside this ambulance, three ebola patients, including a teenager. all of them denied entry to one of monrovia's overcrowded ebola treatment centers. the ambulance weaves through traffic, trying desperately to get care where it's been promised, the city's newest ebola hospital, open just hours before. the island clinic. but when we arrive with the ambulance, we find the hospital not ready. the patients in the ambulance we followed are strong enough to walk in. but there are ambulances already here carrying patients who are too weak to enter the hospital on their own. two patients stay curled up in a ball. these men can't move either. we're told he's not wearing clothes below the waist because of the intense diarrhea caused by ebola. "try to come down and walk a little," a worker tells the man. "i'm too tired," he says. then summoning up his energy, he

tries. for now he's left where he falls. this little boy tries to walk in, too, but then he collapses as well. "get up and go inside," workers tell him. "you'll only get food if you go inside." another worker says, "let him rest." and they agree that's best for now. the workers tell us staff inside is suiting up in their protective gear so they can carry the patients in. the island clinic is supported by the liberian government and the world health organization. we showed our video to peter graff with the w.h.o. his first reaction? >> it's horrible. i mean, that's -- i think what the lesson is here is that people still come too late. they are already very sick. and that's when you get scenes like this. it's much better to come when you've -- when you feel the first signs and symptoms and get yourself tested. >> but many people do try to get there earlier and they're turned away over and over. >> and that's why i'm so glad that we now opened this clinic.

>> i mean, the hospital was open. why weren't they -- >> well, very good question. i don't have the answer. i mean, yes, they should have. >> reporter: graff says perhaps the reason is the hospital became overwhelmed. almost all of the 120 beds were already filled within the first day. >> this is shocking. i mean, and i mean, of course this is exactly what we should try to avoid in the future. it's horrible. >> is this something you're going to check on? >> of course i will. yeah. immediately. >> reporter: when we left the hospital, the boy and the man were still on the ground. a symptom of a system overwhelmed and a new hospital apparently unprepared. world health officials have said this is the worst outbreak of ebola ever. and if you would like to help, we've put together a list of groups working to fight the disease. you can find it at cnn.com/impact. all right. many more stories to come. iraq's prime minister says someone financed, armed, and trained isis and then lost

control of the group. his exclusive interview with cnn is coming up.

u.s. president barack obama goes to the u.n. general assembly later today to rally support for a coalition against isis. mr. obama thanked representatives of five arab nations that helped carry out air strikes on isis in syria on tuesday. and vowed that the fight is just beginning. the u.s. also carried out strikes on its own in syria against the al qaeda-affiliated khorasan group.

the pentagon says it's been plotting major attacks against western targets including the united states. one official says the group was working on new ways to smuggle explosives onto airplanes. sierra leone is sealing its borders with guinea and liberia, trying to stop ebola from spreading there. a government official says they can't stop people from coming back into the country but they can stop them from traveling to liberia and guinea. these countries are all at the center of the deadly ebola outbreak. right now iraq's new prime minister is expected to meet with the u.s. president in the coming days on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly, but he spoke first with our christiane amanpour. >> and in this exclusive interview haider al abadi talks about the rise of i.c.e., the pain it has inflicted on his country, and whether the u.s.-led air strikes are helping. >> prime minister al abadi, welcome to the program. >> thank you very much.

>> as we speak, strikes have started not just on isis targets in your country, iraq, but of course now in syria. what is your reaction to that? do you think it will help? >> i hope it does. i think syria has been left over now for three or four years. the international community has done nothing about it. now millions of syrians are refugees. their children are without hope, without future. there is a new terrorist organization in syria. i think iraq has paid a heavy price for that. because these terrorists have crossed the border from neighboring syria to iraq and occupied many cities. they've slaughtered children. they have sold women. they have killed innocent people. they've destroyed cities. so really i think iraq has carried the major onslaught of these terrorist organizations. and i hope the world will do it right this time. >> you say do it right. one of the components is a coalition.

for instance, five arab nations have been involved in at least this first wave of air strikes against syria, against isis in syria. these are all sunni states. how does that sit with your government? >> well, i hope we can -- the problem is there's polarization in the region and that polarization has given rise to these terrorist organizations. and these organizations, there hasn't been spontaneous. their attack on iraq is not spontaneous. they have been supported. they have been financed. they have been trained. they have been armed to do a job somewhere else. but they have decided to occupy iraq and go towards iraq. and possibly somebody around there, they thought they can manage these terrorist organizations to do a dirty job. but again, i think they went offshoot, and i think they became out of control. and that's why we can see an international alliance to stop them. >> and you approve of the arab

nations who've joined the fight? >> well, i'm happy they have seen the dangers which we have been seeing for the last three years. i mean, we have warned in the last two years this is a danger, this is a blood game. it's going to end in a blood bath if nobody stops it. nobody were listening. they thought everybody is immune from this danger and only iraq and syria were on the spot of this danger. but now i think we are happy. i personally am happy that everybody is seeing this danger so that they are going to do something about it. and i hope they do something about it and they don't do it the wrong way. >> when the united states informed you about this new wave of attacks against syria, your officials i believe informed the syrian government. is that correct? >> well, i understood the americans informed the syrians as well. >> your national security officials have been with president assad recently. did they warn him? did they tell him in did they carry a message from the united states? >> well, their message is --

this is our message i think initially. i've asked my security adviser to go to syria and tell them, look, iraq is not part in any coalition or not part in any attack on syria, against the sovereignty of syria, against the unity of syria, against the people of syria. we have suffered from this attack or onslaught from the syrian border, from neighboring syria to iraq, and it is in our interest to stop it. and we are only supporting this and this containment, not beyond that. this is our view. so syria shouldn't be disturbed from anything we're doing. we're not part in any -- we have been told as well by the americans and other allies, their only interest to crush isis, to crush daesh. >> so the americans have not

told you they're going after anyone else even as collateral. >> they told the world publicly their plan is not to intervene into syria but to stop this disease. >> reporter: you talk about it as a disease. and clearly it has threatened your current in a way that is very, very serious. how do you cope with this pressure that is now on you because you are the man upon whom this strategy rests to form political reconciliation, to have some kind of political outcome? personally, how are you taking this pressure? >> well, there's a lot of pressure, i agree. being prime minister. and according to the iraqi constitution he's the highest executive and he happen to be the commander in chief of the armed forces. this is a huge task. especially when i can see isis forces very close to baghdad. they are threatening some vicinity of baghdad. although we've managed to push

them back. baghdad is securie at the momen. but other areas are very, very under attack. there are about 30% of our land or probably now 25% is under the ok pooigs of isis. we have to do something about it. every day passes by. that's why i say it's a disease. it's an ideology. and this ideology, and fix a lot of damage on others. it spreads like a disease. it can bring new generation of young people to their ranks and to form a new army of volunteers who have wrong ideology, bad ideology. this ideology is not approved by islam, is not approved by any oher religion on earth. this is a new cocktail of ideas, which is impacting of killing civilians without any reason just for the purpose of fear. they are governing by fear, not by fighting. >> but they're governing.

and it's so far not working. you have an air force called the united states air force. and other western countries attacking isis targets in iraq. and so far they have not dislodged isis. as you say, they've held the line around baghdad. they have relieved a few towns, amorally and others. but isis is still dug in. isis controls mosul. we don't see a flood of sunnis to the new iraqi government. >> i'm not saying a lot of sunnis but i'm seeing a lot of sunnis contacting us and wanting to work with us. tribes, individuals, groups. they are really on our side at the moment. they want to see the day when isis can be pushed back from their areas. i believe them. and we have contacts with them. and they want help to do that. having said that, to be honest with you, the international coalition helping iraq, there is

a lot of talk. i don't want to be critical. but i'm practical. i'm prime minister of iraq. we haven't been receiving enough support on the ground. >> you're going to be meeting with president obama one on one. what will you tell him? >> well, i think we need concrete support. although the united states has supported us all along, they've stood with iraq, but we need more concrete support on the ground. >> do you mean ground forces? >> no. i mean air cover. on the ground i have to see that effect on the ground. we want to see the united states and the coalition, their own vision. we have our own. if our armed forces haven't received the support they are expecting, because if i'm having -- if our armed forces are going to have an offensive in certain area, they would expect an air cover to support them. if that air cover's not forthcoming, then what is the

use of that air cover for me, or for our armed forces? we have to rely then on our own, and we can tell our partners, thank you very much, your support is not working for us. i don't want to reach that point. but i have to be very clear, we need that support, the international support, the support of the united states. we need it badly. but it has to be there. >> and he might say to you with due respect. we have truly an integrated armed force because we cannot be the armed force for one side in this fight. >> all sunnis in iraq are calling to join hands. they're calling me to provide them with arms, with support. but i don't want to create another militia on the ground. i'm telling them, look, i can't incorporate you in our armed forces, our security forces. will you be part of our security forces in that region? we're going to create something like a national guard. that national guard will have a local force in their own area. they can control their own

force. that force will protect them. they can use it to protect their own territory, their own areas that have some sort of like independence. some sort of federalism in iraq. which i'm very much in support of. the evolution of power is important. >> haider al abadi, iraq's new prime minister, speaking to our christiane amanpour earlier on the sidelines of the beginning of the unga, set to get under way tomorrow in iraq. and really interesting there that he floated the idea of possibly a national guard, something separate from the military that would have local representation in iraq as a way of getting some of these moderate militias to move their alliances to the government because still they're very untrusting of this government. still has to prove itself, mr. al abadi's government, ha it is really inclusive zp. >> and'll of course he'll be

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a partnership that's represented here that will be able to be successful. >> a message of gratitude and caution from u.s. president barack obama. in new york tuesday he met with officials from the five arab nations that joined the u.s. for strikes against isis in syria. >> welcome back, everyone. now, there are several notable nations not yet involved in the strikes on isis in syria. turkey did not participate, but its prime minister says the country will do what it can to fight isis. turkey is being directly impacted by the spread of isis taking in thousands of syrian refugees, really tens of thousands if not more than 100,000 refugees who have been fleeing the violence. egypt receives considerable military aid from the u.s. and has a capable air force but wasn't one of the partners in the strikes. >> now, sunni extremism right on its doorstep is a major concern for shiite majority iran, but

its long-standing sour relationship with the united states and its alliance with syria makes a military partnership with this country difficult. >> british prime minister david cameron says he supports the air strikes in syria though his country didn't participate. isis has already executed one british hostage and has threatened to dot same to another. >> and finally, france has already conducted air strikes against isis in iraq but its foreign minister says the president has no plans to do the same in syria. well, five arab countries joining forces with the u.s. to carry out air strikes against isis in syria. it is a level of cooperation rarely seen in that part of the world. so let's talk more about this partnership with our guest salman shaikh. he's the director of the brookings doha center and a fellow at the saban center for middle east policy. thank you for joining us from doha, qatar. i do want to start with how this significant this alliance between the u.s. and these five arab nations is and how

effective you think this first wave of strikes was as a result of that partnership, of course. >> well, it was effective in terms of showing that the united states, as president obama said, is not in this alone. he does have these five heavyweight arab countries with him who of course see isil as an existential threat to them and the broader region. i was just in jordan, where it's clear isil has been trying to penetrate. we see that in lebanon as well. so this is something that needed a response from arab countries, and that is why i think the efforts of secretary kerry, defense secretary hagel have proven to be so effective over the last few days. >> and of course as we've learned, we know this is just the beginning. this is going to take some time, isn't it? but what do you think it's going to take to stop isis and indeed these other terror groups in their tracks? is that even possible, do you think? >> well, if you're going degrade

and destroy isil and other terror groups -- and remember, jabbate al-nusra was not there in 2012 and isil wasn't there in 2013. and khorasan probably wasn't around until this year, or the islamic caliphate. so but you're going to do that, you need a political solution in syria in my view. we are learning that lesson in iraq, where we allowed a dysfunctional political system to almost completely break apart iraq. and now there's a very tentative step through a new government on a political -- real political process and solution in iraq. in syria we're nowhere near that. at this point in time what we're doing is we're leaving bashar al assad to one side, which many would say is the cause as to why we have these kinds of extremists who are able to gain such a foosehold and establish such safe havens in vast tracts of syria. and until we're able to move on

that kind of political process where sunnis and their backers feel that there is another horizon, i'm afraid this kind of extremism is going to be very, very difficult to root out. >> so what are you suggesting should happen with regards to syria? in the scope of things. >> we have a coalition of arab states. i know king abdullah of saudi arabia, for example, when he spoke to president obama stressed a parallel effort to try and move on a real political dialogue when it comes to syria. but of course outside this coalition you have iran, which many would consider to be either a silent partner or a silent spoiler, and of course you have russia and others. i think it is time to eyeball those guys as well. and to see if they can be now reached a moment of political and diplomatic, what they would call rightness in order to really get some sort of movement maybe on a transitional government, some sort of interim

government in syria. a broader national dialogue that brings in all aspects of syrian society. this will all take time, but if we're not able to start that kind of effort with the active support of the regional partners, including iran, as well as the key international players, including russia, as well as of course the united states and europe, then as i said, these efforts are not going to yield the kinds of results we want. and in fact, even the arab coalition will start to fray as you see arab publics asking, well, what is all this for? >> indeed. salman shaikh, many thanks for you sharing your perspective with us here on cnn. we appreciate it. all right. a short break now. but still ahead, not in my name, a group of young muslims say no to extremism. we look at the social media campaign trying to reverse the impact of isis. also ahead here on cnn, china makes an unprecedented statement about climate change

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young muslims saying it doesn't represent true islam. >> in britain one social media campaign with that message is gaining some real traction with more than 120,000 views so far. samuel burk has the story. >> reporter: four simple words. >> not in my name. >> not in my name. >> not in my name. >> not in my name. >> reporter: a group of young british muslims say they started the social media campaign because they believe isis does not represent their religion. >> because it's totally unislamic. >> because they're killing innocent people. >> because you're unjust. >> reporter: the campaign started in london with a youtube video produced by the active change foundation and a hashtag on twitter. now it's beginning to spread across social media. the hashtag is also being used to call for the release of british hostage alan henning, the taxicab driver from england who was working as a volunteer in syria. >> we must all unite together and try to stop this group from damaging islam and damaging

muslims. >> because what you're doing is inhumane. >> reporter: the group hopes social media can be used to spread their message to young muslims instead of being used as a tool to recruit them for isis. ? we get affected by this. people paint us with that brush. >> we've got isis and the likes who are using social media. we want to be a step ahead if not at least ahead of the curve. >> not in my name. >> not in my name. >> not in my name. >> reporter: samuel burke, cnn, new york. well, there is word coming in to cnn that renewed unrest in ferguson, missouri. shortly after a ferguson city council meeting ended tuesday night, a group of protesters took to the streets. now, there have been unconfirmed reports of shots being fired and rocks being thrown at police officers and their cars. witnesses say the windows of at least one business were smashed

and people were seen running out of the store with merchandise. ferguson erupted into days of protests and violence after a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed african-american teenager last month. the u.s. president called for a global effort to reduce carbon emissions in a speech at the u.n. climate summit in new york. barack obama specifically called on china. that's the world's biggest polluter. to help lead the way. >> at the summit the chinese vice premier said his country is willing to work to tackle the issue. mr. obama said the biggest nations need to set an example for the rest of the world to follow. listen. >> yes, this is hard, but there should be no question that the united states of america is stepping up to the plate. we recognize our role in creating this problem. we embrace our responsibility to combat it. we will do our part, and we will

help developing nations do theirs. but we can only succeed in combating climate change if we are joined in this effort by every nation. developed and developing alike. nobody gets a pass. >> now, hollywood actor leonardo dicaprio also spoke at the united nations summit. he's urging world leaders to act now on climate change. >> as an actor i pretend for a living. i play fictitious characters, often solving fictitious problems. i believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way, as if it were a fiction, as if pretending that climate change wasn't real would somehow make it go away. but i think we all know better than that now. >> dicaprio recently was named a u.n. messenger of peace with a special focus on climate change. well, raqqa is the de facto capital of isis in syria. >> yeah. it bore the brunt of the first

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hello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. real pleasure to have you with us. our top story this hour, u.s. president barack obama goes before the united nations general assembly today looking for more support in the war against isis. obama has already built a coalition of five arab partners to strike the militants inside syria. >> after tuesday's attack on