officers they're fine officers. they're doing a very difficult job trying to fight this crushing bureaucracy. >> all right. thank you, appreciate your time. and thank you for watching. i'll be back tomorrow. wolf starts right now. hello, i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. 9:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you're watching, thanks very much for joining us. we start with a rally and cry for president obama at the white house summit on combatting extremism. the president spelled out the challenges in fighting a growing global problem and called on all nations to do more. here's what he listed as one of the most pressing problems right now. >> when people especially young people feel entirely trapped in impoverished communities, were there is no order and no path

for advancement, were there are no educational opportunities, were there are no ways to support families and no escape from injustice and the humiliations of corruption that feeds instability and disorder. and makes those communities ripe for extremist recruitment. we have seen that across the middle east and seen it across north africa. so if we're serious about countering violent extremism, we have to get serious about confronting these economic grieve issisms and commit to expanding education including for girls, expanding opportunity including for women. nations will not succeed without the contributions of their women. >> the president also spoke about ideology misconceptions about muslims and how the world perceives the united states's stance on islam. let's go to jim acosta. we heard now from the president

two straight days talking about ways to combat violent extremism. what's been the white house reaction to what the president has been saying so far? they pleased with what they're hearing from domestic leaders and now world leaders? >> they know the president is getting pounded over the language he's using where he's not using terms like islamic ex- ex-streakism. i've been talking to leaders who feel strongly they are in lock step in talking about the struggle against isis and groups like al qaeda. the president made it clear that he sees this as a global challenge. wolf this really har kens back to the speech the president gave at the united nations general assembly september of last year where he was talking about root causes of extremism in muslim communities around the world. and the president was talking about that again today. talking about the fact that many young muslims feel

disenfranchised because they don't have economic opportunities. so the president was understoodlining that today. he was calling out muslim lead skpers arab nations around the world to fight against this narrative that exists in some impoverished communities where extremism is a potential to take root. he said that those countries, those communities, they have to speak out against this narrative that somehow there's a clash of civilizations and that the war between the west and islam is on. the president wants those leaders to fight against that narrative. >> i want you to standby. i want to play another part of the president's speech from earlier today. the part about the rise of isis and those who are shouldering the blame. reason listen to this. >> nations need to break the cycles of conflict especially sectarian conflict that have become magnets for violent

extremism. in syria, assad's war against his own people and deliberate stoking of sectarian tensions help to fuel the rise of isil in and iraq with the failure of the previous government to govern in an inclusive manner helped to pave the way for isil's gains there. the syrian civil war will only end when there is an inclusive political transition and a government that serves sere i can't bes of all ethnicityies and religions. and across the region the terror campaigns between sunnis and shia will only end when they talk through dialogue. >> let's talk about the carefully crafted speech. with us bobby ghosh. also with us, bob bear cnn intelligence and security

analyst and retired colonel james reece. let me get the impressions of all of you from what we heard today. bobby, start with you. >> you put it quite rightly. this was carefully crafted. the message was i think if you read between the lines to the larger arab world, he was talking to arab regimes and governments. he only sort of name checked two of them, iraq and syria. but the references to letting women have a bigger role in society, stamping down on radical ideology. that could be read to mean saudi arabia. it is to hope that in private discussion when the cameras are turned off that harder language is being used with those governments that enable fund directly or indirectly and finance the extremism that underlies isis al qaeda and all these other terrorist groups. in public he chose not to i

think mention them by name. and that's -- that's probably the smartest course diplomatically speaking. but i think those audiences around the world will be reading between the lines and quite clear who he's talking to. >> obvious when he was referring to the funding of radical schools he was clearly referring to saudi money. although he didn't mention them by name. bob, what jumped out at you? >> exactly the same thing, wolf. we have to say this moemt, isis goes back to saudi arabia. they've been preaching this for years in pakistan. spread it there. we saw democrat i is in egypt, it didn't work. they voted in the muslim brotherhood and other islamic radicals. he also talked about families and women and the internet. we're not there wolf. it's -- we're way past there. this is 1933. if this disease moves into the

gulf it's going to look like world war iii. this is very serious and diplomatic and i understand why. he's talking about the sectarian problems. he's absolutely right. he talked about political vacuums and that's what's going to make this spread and he offered no obvious solutions because there are none. >> you obviously listened closely, colonel, very little emphasis on the military role and military operations to try to degrade and destroy isis, al qaeda. that was not a major part of the speech. >> no it wasn't. we know historically that even in the military across different nations thousands of years in this region, the military just kind of sustains things for a while and never gets to the root causes of what's really out there, the -- you know people trying to get money from either side.

so that's the big thing. no one ever had to tell me or use an adjective to tell me who my enemy was. the other thing i'd like to stop seeing this do is make this a western issue and collaborate more with our partners in the region and make this more of a collaborative discussion instead of our western discussion. >> yeah, i think it's fair to say that some of those arab partners are begining to step up to the plate right now in the aftermath of the brutal killings of some of their own people whether jordan king abdullah president sisi they're begining to use their military power together with the united states in trying to destroy isis. the president was not the only speaker. he was the keynote speaker at this summit going on in washington. but there were others who had powerful messages at the same time. they spoke about important challenges. listen to this. >> terror is their obsession. it's what they do. and if we let them their single

ps of purpose could actually wind up giving them a comparative advantage. but with the images and the outbreaks fresh in our minds, everybody here knows we simply can't let that happen. we have to match their commitment. and we have to leave them with no advantage at all. >> this extremist are positive churing a deliberate strategy of shock and awe. beheadings designed to poll larize and terrorize and provoke and divide us. the victims are as diverse as human kind itself. but let us recognize that the vast majority of the victims are muslims. >> associate yoe economic conditions that provide the

fertile ground for this environment. the youth are the most vulnerable and most targeted by violent extremism. jordan will utilize its membership in the security council and upcoming presidency to highlight youth as a vehicle for peace building and prosperity. i would like to say it is all about education, education, education. opportunity, opportunity, opportunity. empowerment, empowerment, empowerment. >> that's the foreign minister of jordan here in washington for this summit as well. bobby, yes, there are disadvantaged youth attracted to the terror groups. but a lot of the leaders, they don't come from disadvantaged backgrounds. many of them are highly educated and come from wealthy backgrounds. >> indeed. he was describing poverty, the lack of opportunity, there are large parts of the world where vast numbers of people suffer those same conditions but do not

take to this form of extremism. what i think -- what often gets missed is the role played by catalysts. catalysts like wealthy saudi princes who give money to extremist preachers who take this message of violence around the world to well-appointed mosques in poor parts of pakistan where they can provide food and money but also pass on this sort of radical ideology. that is what often gets missed. it is something that one hopes that now that these 60 nations have gathered together that that is coming up for discussion. i understand that that discussion cannot happen in public. the president of the united states or the secretary cannot name and shame people like that. but i really do hope behind closed doors that's the conversation being had. >> when all is said and done i think bear you'll agree, yes air power, education all of

these other initiatives are going to be really important. but what's most important is defeating them militarily. you can't do that simply with air power. you need troops on the ground. >> i think so. i mean i think -- you know i used to say leave this alone, it will go away. it will collapse. it won't anymore. you see turkey still allowing jihadists to cross the border. they deal with them every day. you have the current king of saudi arabia as one of the big funders of islamic fund meant lichl. until you get to these people and really truly crush this, we do risk it spreading and you do need a military solution as well as political. you can't do it by one alone. >> yeah, we'll see if the arab countries in the region are willing to step up. i want all of you to standby. we have much more to discuss. we're about to go live to iraq for the latest on reports of yet more atrocities carried out by

isis fighters. and later we're going to turn to politics. jeb bush now says he's his own man but the advisers he's hired, they're all -- most of them have worked for either his brother or father. what does that mean if anything? stand by.

the pentagon here in washington is now looking into the latest accounts of savage acts by isis. an iraky official says at least 40 people were burned alive bit terror group. cnn has not confirmed the report, but it's believed to

have taken place when isis seized al baghdadi. the town is not far from a base of hundreds of u.s. military personnel. wr live in iraq. can you tell us about what the irakys are saying happened? >> reporter: well, we've heard from a police chief as well as the head of the pro vin shall council who said these people were members of the security forces and tribesmen were burnt to death. but it's very unclear at this point. initially we heard the spokesman for the pentagon saying that there was sdrk the u.s. officials were looking at video of the incident. then he said they're looking at stills. and now barbara starr is hearing that there's in fact no video, no images of this incident. the only thing they heard about it was from the iraqis

themselves. so it's not altogether clear what happened if anything happened. i know from reporting a month back that there is a tendonency of the officials in that province who are largely sunni to be worried about the fact the central government baghdad dominated by the shia is not particularly sympathetic to them. so they're constantly ringing alarm bells to try to get more support from the iraqi army to that province. this may be simply their way of trying to bring more attention to the admittedly dire situation in the province. wolf? >> what's the latest you're hearing? the iraqi ambassador to the united nations, he went before the security council and accused the isis fighters in mosul not far from where you are, harvesting organs of people that they have killed in order to raise money for the terrorists. what's the latest you're hearing

about this allegation? >> well, we've spoken to people in mosul. we've spoken to also people in baghdad. some give it credence. some say there are indications that not only are organs being harvest, but also blood is being -- people are basically being forced to donate blood by isis. but because of the very foggy situation, we have to be very careful with these reports before we sort of accept them as the truth. obviously, it's impossible for us to be on the ground in mosul and we have yet to speak to anybody who has seen or knows for certain that this is taking place. and this situation wolf caution is very important. >> it certainly is. thanks very much. be careful over there. isis inching closeer and closer as we've been reporting to an air base a critically important

air base in iraq. currently hundreds of u.s. military personnel are based there. how close is isis to the base? is there a plan to evacuate americans if necessary? we have new information. stand by. major: here's our new trainer ensure active heart health. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium and phytosterols which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in.

isis coming within striking distance of a major iraqi base housing hundreds of u.s. military personnel. the al assad air base is just 9 miles from the town of al baghdadi which has been taken over by isis fighters. i guess the question a lot of americans are worried about

right now are those american military personnel, lot of marines for example, are they in any serious damage? >> that's right. some 400 coalition forces there. let's put it on the map. we're west of baghdad. a good percentage of this province is under the control of isis already. we saw that just in the last couple weeks as isis moved into the town of al baghdadi. just 9 miles in between them. and at the end of last week, we saw isis fighters from al baghdadi come out and assault the entrance to the air base some eight or nine suicide bombers. they were stopped and neutralized by iraqi forces on the ground. >> clearly a danger to the 400 some odd coalition forces you have here. we're told by u.s. officials they were never in immediate dangers. that base is the size of boulder, colorado.

you could be over here and miles away from an attack over here. nothing's going to stop them from trying to carry out further attacks on the base. >> is it too early, or are there evacuation plans if it obviously gets worse to evacuate the americans, the other coalition forces based there? >> this is what i'm told. there are contingency plans in place to evacuate those forces if necessary. but at no time so far have they been in immediate danger where those action plans were called into or prepared to be acted upon. this is a problem that the u.s. faces around the country. it's not just at al asad. they're also at another base up here and also to the south and west of the capital which brings them particularly in these bases to the north and west close to where isis has strong holds and has been carrying out attacks. >> a lot more on this story

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welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from

washington. first, it was iraq and syria. now isis has ex-tended its reach spreading like a cancer in the middle east north africa and even beyond. president obama called today for a global effort to fight extremists like isis. let's bring in our panel. bob bear former cia operative and retired colonel james reese. bobby n a recent article you described isis as an unholy combination of al qaeda, the cameroons and the nazis. sounds like they're the worst of the worst they're growing, why? >> that map you e showed a moment ago, all these groups there were already islamic terrorist groups in these countries. isis has not created new ones

but galvanized these groups given them inspiration and they're now pledging their a allegiance. they are inspired by isis' success, nothing succeeds like success. in the world of terrorism, isis is the most successful terrorist group that has ever existed, especially in modern times. they have killed people in brutal ways but they take territory and hold territory. >> and they have a huge amount of money. they're probably the wealthiest terror group out there. bob, they're also taking advantage of power vacuums in places like libya yemen these failed states. that potentially is a huge, huge problem. >> exactly wolf. you look at yemen where you have this shia government that has taken over the capital.

these islamists, whatever you want to call them, look at them as apositive at a times. they look at their existence as under threat. you see al qaeda in yemen leaving al qaeda for the islamic state. they're switching allegiance. these people sunni islam if you like look at they're under threat and they'll fight back any way they can. i hate this word but it's starting to fit. it is a fascist problem we're facing. and we need all the resources to destroy it. >> in the short term, we know this is going to be a long-term problem, it's going to go on for years presumably. to strop the spread, what does the u.s. and its partners need to do? >> one thing we were very successful in iraq and it took

us a couple years to figure this out, was establishing these intelligence operation fusion cells around the country so we could collaborate. and that included everyone. the coalition, the iraqis and everyone together. what i'd like to see happen now is that same type of model put in with these other arabic countries to collaborate, get the arabic aspect out there. most of these arabic armys were not to invade or be an offensive army to protect the homeland. we have the ability to help set them up to do that. like i've been saying for months i still believe a lot of this has to do with the center of gravity in syria and assad. the president talked about it today. he walked through multiple red lines for us. so i believe we need to get the arab armys involved and we become that advisory force that helps them do this. we're eventually going to have to put boots on the ground and

rootcy sis out of there. >> why haven't the turks been more supportive? they're after all a major nato ally. >> and a country on the border with the problem with syria and has a substantial sort of radicalized muslim population within its own borders. that remains a mystery. one of the largest militaries in the muslim world seems completely disinterested in engaging directly with this problem right at their door. one part of it has to do with the fear if they did get into a war in syria that those radical elements within their own society would rise up and create political instability. it's possible that the president does note really trust his military. there's a long history of distrust between the secular military and the government.

they don't necessarily see eye to eye on their view in the world. >> all right. i want all of you to stand by. we're going to continue to follow this developing story. also the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his controversial speech before the united states congress. will it have a lasting impact on u.s.-israeli relations? a former u.s. ambassador to israel is standing by to join us.

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>> there's no question that some of the things that the israelis have said in characterizing our negotiating position have not been accurate. we're also been very clear about the fact that the united states is not going to be in a position of negotiating this agreement in public. and particularly, when we see that there is a continued practice of cherry picking specific pieces of information and using them out of context to dissort the negotiating position of the united states. >> lits bring in a former u.s. ambassador to israel with the brookings institution right now. he recently served as a special adviser on the u.s.-middle east peace process. you're joining us from tell vooef right now. is there a accepts the israelis are cherry picking details to try to make the president's negotiations look weak and out of touch?

>> well what i think happened here is the prime membership sister in terms of making his case in particular to the jewish leaders coming here this week used the figures on the number of centrifuges taking that out of the context of what the -- what would happen to the centrifuges in any agreement to make it look like some major climb down on the part of the united states apiecement of iran. i think that really upset the white house because for years now, the united states and israel have been working very closely together not just intelligence sharing, intelligence operations against iran but also in terms of detailed briefings before and after every negotiating round. now that the prime minister has taken aim at the whole deal declaring it already that it's a very bad deal even before it's done i think the white house

feels that there's a threat to the possibility of actually making a deal and they're gegt very upset about it. >> you believe the prime minister's decision to accept house speaker john boehner's invitation to address a joint meeting of the united states congress without advance notification to the white house was a major blender on the part of the prime minister of israel. tell us why. >> look, it's a fundamental principle of the u.s.-israel relationship and in israel's supreme interest to ensure bipartisan support. that has always been the case. and that cardinal principle is being undermined in this way by doing a deal with the republican speaker of the house, go around the democratic president of the united states and that puts democrats in the congress in a

position where they have to choose between their president and the prime minister of israel. it turns it into a part san issue with the republicans scoring points against the democrats now claiming to be more pro israel and it just undermines the very fabric of the relationship which is critical to israel's defense and deterrence. it's israel's second line of defense. i think israel's enemies in iran are having a field day in this regard. >> is there a way -- only a few weeks before the israeli elections on march 17th the speech is supposed to take place on march 3rd for the prime minister to find a face-saving way to cancel it? >> the problem is that he's now in a high tree and the tree seems to be growing. and he climbed that tree with

one party and the only way he can climb down is with both parties. and, you know it's very hard to see how that can happen in these circumstances. so he doesn't look like he's willing to do it. i wish that he would find a way out. but if he's determined to go ahead, i think he needs to make a speech which is -- doesn't have all these lines and doesn't attack the president of the united states. he needs to really lower the temperature here and just address the issue because israel has real concerns legitimate concerns, but not turn it into more of a partisan issue than it's already become. >> we'll see how it plays in the israeli elections. thanks very much for joining us. martin's a former u.s. ambassador to israel. coming up ukraine we're taking a closer look at what's going on.

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all right. this just coming in to cnn. officials in denmark announcing $150 million 12-step plan over four years to boost police and intelligence services to combat terror at home and abroad. it comes on the heels of the

deadly attacks over the weekend. a gunman opened fire at a cafe on saturday. few hours later, shot several people near a synagogue. the gunman was later shot and killed by police. the money had been earmarked in response to the deadly islamic attacks last month in paris. the failure of the cease-fire in ukraine meanwhile has stirred up another controversy we're following. ukraine's president now asking for the united nations to step in with international peacekeepers. russia says no, that it would negate the peace plan agreed to last week. russia can certainly make that decision stick. let's go to our senior international correspondent in donetsk in eastern ukraine. nick talk about what's going on that rail town that's right at the center of all of this post-cease-fire fighting. is there any access? how bad is it? >> reporter: well, we got into

debaltseve earlier on today. it has been surrounded by separatist rebels now for weeks. remarkable devastation in inside of it. you can hear how it sounds in central denesk. that is what sounded like a shell landing quite close to the center here. we saw the damage to debaltseve the key down at the heart of all this. barely a home left unskraited there. the streets littered with damaged ukrainian armor and also many civilians coming out for the first time from basements to see what they could gather food from humanitarian convoy that had gone through. one woman who lived through world war ii. she said frankly what she'd been through there was worse. one family worried they had no homes to go to frankly.

remarkable how close it seems to be getting towards the city center here. that's been going on all day wolf. does that sound like a cease-fire to you? >> doesn't>> this call by the ukrainian government for u.n. peacekeepers international peacekeepers because of this russian veto at the u.n. security council i take it that's not going to get off the ground is this. >> reporter: the problem is that would negate the casey tire. that maybe ukrainian military rounds coming in it sounds like incoming. we've seen both sides trading art till ri fire. i think perhaps the call for u.n. peacekeepers is a bit to try to slow the violence down here. the separatists are better equipped because as ukraine and nato said they are staffed by the russian military. i think ukraine's effort is to stop extra military being taken.

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he's the son of the 41st president of the united states the brother of the 43rd president of the united states but if he wants to be the 45th president of the united states jeb bush will have to sewsedly differentiate himself, but he may have a hard time since he's using many of the same national security foreign policy advisors as his brother used and his father used. let's discuss what's going on. joining us cnn political commentator republican strategist anna 1/2 row. plus our cnn political commentator paul beg la who is not so close to the former florida governor. is that a mistake, anna? he delivers a major speech on national security jeb bush yesterday in chicago then they release the list of his national security advisors almost all of whom worked either for george w. bush or his father. if he want some had new blood he certainly didn't show it in terms of his advisors. >> well you know wolf i just

think it's mowed us operandi it's par for the course in political campaigns. you hire people with experience. the other day i read that hillary clinton has 200 economic advisors. they either worked for her husband or president obama. so look political operatives advisors they're like soda cans they get recycled and they get used over and over again because of the experience and sometimes the experience they bring to the table is knowing what not to do and having learned from mistakes. so i think this is a preliminary list i think you're going to watch it grow. it's important to know that he hasn't hired any of these folks. it's more of like an advisory council is my understanding. so i don't think there's anything strange in this. >> what do you think, paul because she makes a fair point. when we see the list of hillary clinton's national security foreign policy advisors i assume many of them either worked for president obama or worked for president bill clinton, the man

you worked for. >> i certainly hope so but here is the difference. of course approximate both of them have a famous relative that was president, they each have legacy problem, they don't. people have i bill clinton was a good president so they like the idea of perhaps some clinton folks coming back. jeb we know he's smart, jeb bush we do. now we know he thinks we're done because you can't on the same day same i am my own man and then introduce your team of advisors almost all of whom come from your brother who most people think was a disaster. what's next brownie at fema? it's really pathetic. if you're going to be your own man do your own hand. >> actually paul let me tell you -- >> hold on an is that. a lot of them michael haden a former cia director tertoff former homeland security secretary. some of the ones are much more controversial. >> yes, they are. some of the architects of the

war. the most famous name being paul wolf wits at the pentagon one of the architects at the war at iraq. >> he was deputy secretary of defense. >> this is -- it's a terrible -- >> anna go ahead. >> well look i'm sure paul's friend bill clinton is so much different, but having advisors doesn't necessarily mean you take your advice it means you listen to their opinions talk to people. i think what we saw yesterday in jeb bush's speech is this is a very well informed well read worldly man with a wide perspective of the world and a lot of experience having traveled and lived outside of the united states. and i think, you know he's going to be hearing from a lot of opinions a lot of people and making his own decisions. he's got -- he's very unique and own deliberative process to make decisions. >> very quickly. i know you don't like some of had his advisors but what did you think of his speech on the substance the national security

positions he put forward. >> i thought he needed nor meat there. bill clinton broke with the fast rs r. past he broke with democrats on welfare on trade on crime. jeb didn't do any of that. he says imply own man and then he just recycles as anna says the same stuff we got from his brother w. he's jeb w. bush. >> anna, he seems seemed a lot more comfortable in the q and a after the speech than actually delivering the written speech right? >> you think? listen i think jeb bush is going to be the q and a guy on the campaign and i think he's very good on q and a because he's authentic, he doesn't pun on any question anything that's pitched to him he answers, he's comfortable. he's funny. he's loose and witty. so if i were advising jeb i'd say to him, buddy, speak less, answer more q and as. >> okay. maybe he will do some here on cln with me. he has an open invitation.

guys thanks very very much i'll be back 5:00 p.m. eastern on the situation room for our international viewers amanpour is next for north america newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. wolf blitzer thank you so much. great to be with you all on this thursday. i'm brooke baldwin you're watching cnn. as the threat of isis spreads from iraq and syria to across the middle east and now north africa here in the united states the white house is focused on one very specific issue, what it calls violent extremism. and if there were any doubt about this being a major priority right now, well president obama has just given his second speech on this very subject in 24 hours. speaking to officials for more than 60 countries at this white house summit the one message that he was sure to take crystal clear was this