, a ceremony in new york march the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. we will have live coverage from the world trade center's national memorial plaza at 8:30 eastern. .

host: did you go for president obama? caller: yes, and i rue the day i did. he cares nothing for the american people. stande plenty of money to in iraq, ukraine. it is just sad. it really is sad. don't even know if i am going to vote in the next election. right.ll allan in brooklyn, new york. democratic caller, what do you think? caller: i think he did a good job laying out the problem here is but he talked about the bravery of our soldiers. we also have to be brave enough to be candid about our role in possibly making the stability in that region worse and also making problems all across the world worse with climate change because we are 25% of the co2 output in the world but only 25%

of the world's population. our military and intelligence authorities have found that the threat of climate change is a multiplier of conflict of instability in the world, and is one of the underlying reasons that the fanatics in this area soil formore fertile their kind of insanity because the soil in actuality is less stability in less the farming regions of the middle east and people are under more stress and more ready to listen to the fanatic voices. i don't necessarily expect the president to focus on that in a speech of this kind, but i think they have to be candid about the fact that while they are fighting the immediate threat we also have to be candid enough about our role in worsening the increase the that likelihood of this kind of fanaticism. from "the financial times this morning, "arabs wary of

u.s. efforts to confront isis turcotte "i am concerned that the combination of western militarism and action on the ground by autocratic regimes is the same phenomenon that led to the growth of these radical extremists." rami khouri. he says, "isis will get pushed --" and it contained, but president obama talked more about this terrorist group being a terrorist organization. isil is not islamic. its victimsurity of have -- the vast majority of its victims have been muslim. qaeda'sormerly al

affiliate in iraq and has taken advantage of sectarian strife in to gaincivil war control of the iraq syrian border. it is not recognized by the government or the people it subjugates. it is a terrorist organization, pure and simple, and it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its wake. host: president obama on what basis is in his words, saying the united states will degrade and destroy it, laying out a four-part strategy last night. riley, democratic caller from michigan, what do you think? caller: do you think howard stern -- host: we will move on. good morning. caller: this is nothing new. the united states is going to lead and our allies.

the question for me is that the all this allies have -- thesyria, iraq, iran syrians are going to react. are going to feel violated and they are going to shoot down. we don't know. we don't know how they are going to react. moderation in syria, i don't know what that moderation is. we are going into a long terrorism conflict. the worst thing is that there is -- we will see americans die every day, so the public says ok, the longer you bomb from there we do not mind, but we don't know if the bombardment

will bring any solution. this is uncharted territory. it will go on for a very long time, i think. host: what do you mean uncharted territory yucca combat troops on the ground -- what do you mean uncharted territory? combat troops on the ground? army -- hee syrian is relying on them on the ground. i accept the coalition. i don't see how -- still with a new government, i don't think you see any sign of hope on that country.

>> welcomed congressional support. some say they would like a vote, others say they believe the president has the authority. would you like to see debate in the halls of congress? caller: one of the things that isn't being discussed is the fact that isis isn't even on the launch list, al-qaeda is, but isis is not. where is his authority to act? you know, i mean we can -- unfortunately the american public is going to inignored in all of this. host: all right. how speaker john boehner put out this statement after president obama's speech last night, saying the president tonight recanted his earlier dismissal of isis capability.

host: democratic caller, what do you think? virginia, good morning to you. you're on the air. caller: this is my first time speaking so i'm a little nervous. i really appreciate the earlier caller who mentioned that he had a hard time believing how difficult the isis problem was

and what a grand scale it was to the united states. i believe they are a threat. i certainly do. but there is a question about arms makers being in heavy lobbying potions and how difficult the decision is. and who sold them to every tom, dick and harry in the middle east and escalates this problem? i don't think it's another country besides ourselves. the other thing i would like to say as long as you have the vast unemployment in the middle east of 18 to 30-year-old men, which is there right now, you have idle hands. and those idle hands are going to be involved with violence, because they don't see any other option for their lives. whether we like it or not ear going to be there for a long

haul doing certain things, like teaching the foundations of democracy, and helping those people become unemployed. host: all right, virginia. this coming from the chairman of the intelligence committee in the senate. adam schiff had this tweet. he said the president said he welcomed congressional approval, would go further. rng a vote on authorization is a constitutional prerequisite. president obama yesterday saying that. we'll show you other comments from members of congress on their twitter page. but first more from the president last night where he talked about an outlined the

threat that isis poses to iraq in the middle east. >> so isil poses a threat to the people in iraq and syria and the broader middle east, including american citizens, personnel and facilities. if left unchecked these terrorists could pose a growing threat, including to the united states. isil leaders have threatened america and our allies. intelligence community believes that thousands of foreigners, including europeans and some americans, have joined them in syria and iraq. trained and battle hardened, these fighters could try to return to their home countries and carry out deadly attacks. host: president obama outlining the threat posed by isis.

go to our web site, c spain dooring for details. below that the story in the "washington times," you have have the story, militants have knowledge, cash, thrent in numbers. the intelligence officials say the islamic state group has grown from a ragtag band to a formidable battlefield tested military force

inside the "washington times" this morning, the campaign so far by the numbers. the u.s. already has boots on the ground and campaign of air strikes under way, as president obama out lines his decision to expand the military effort. the diplomatic security in baghdad, a little over 700. joint operation centers in baghdad and erbil 289. in erbil, 29. and you can see the rest of the areas where air strikes have taken place. next to that, the numbers, you can see a map here, the islamic state advances on syria and iraq. below this map, the lighter brown areas is islamic state current reach. the darker squares is the full

or partial militant control. and below this, the "washington times" outlines what this isis group has. isis controls oilfields of eastern syria, border crossings, grain silos, and the dam. it's assets are believed to be $1.5 billion. isis weapons includes tanks, canons, missiles, artillery pieces, heavy trucks, assault rifles and ammunition. its fighters, the estimate number includes ranges from 5,000 to 30,000, many are from western countries. albert in tampa, florida, republican caller, hi, albert, good morning to you. caller: good morning. my biggest concern, since i served in the first war is that they need to cut off the assets of isis and also with stinger missiles, what happens if they start shooting down our aircraft and giving pows, are they going

to go ahead and stand for them to execute our servicemen on tv? and there's one other concern, too. especially in the tampa area with the news organizations publicizing our servicemen and including giving out their names, and the fact they served over there, they carried out missions, and they could become people that they could attack very easily. i've got these concerns, and the president needs to cut off the oil supply, and what happens if russia starts wants some of the money. they just supplied surface-to-air missiles to some extremists to shoot down an airplane two months ago and the president hasn't done anything about that. just got these concerns. host: i'm going to take a few

more phone calls and we'll listen to what the president had to say about his strategy. he laid out a four part plan, we'll listen to that here coming up. let's go to marlene in new jersey, an independent caller. what are your thoughts this morning? caller: i'll tell you what my thoughts are. in order to be a free country you need a free press and talking about the truth. i read an article yesterday, in fact, i would read it to you today but i took up and had copies made to send to the senators and congressman, written by an fbi agent stating that there are enclaves of muslims all around the united states of america that are training with ak-47s and all kinds of things in remote area, there is one in new york state 30 miles from lake superior, in virginia, west virginia, oklahoma, pennsylvania. they're all across the country, training to watch. and you hear nothing from our

government. host: okay. all right. george in new york, independent caller, george, good morning. caller: yes, i would like to know if you can tell the american public the difference between the isis and isil. isis and isil, they keep saying the word and they are two different meanings. could you please let us know what it means? host: do you know george, or just -- caller: yes, i do know, but i want to have the information in front of me right now. host: okay. all right. caller: one is -- you know, the independent -- isil is the independent something, has nothing to do with isis. could you look it up? look it up online. it will tell you. host: okay. here we got the story from a nbc affiliate. isis has been dominating media headlines, government officials are saying isil, what's the difference? refer to the same group. isis stands for islamic state in iraq and syria, because the groups territory straddles the

border between the two countries. isil stands for islamic state. the historic name given to the entire region east of the mediterranean east of egypt. u.s. officials use isil instead of isis to emphasize the group's goal to expand its influence beyond the borders of syria and iraq. let's go to randy in chicago height, illinois. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm here. host: go ahead. we're listening. caller: i would like to say i hope our government and our president realize we have more gangs in the united states than isis has over there, and i would like to see them to take care of our gangs first here in america. here in chicago we have killings every night from our gangs and everything, and i just like to say one more thing about this. it's not a fair war for our men and women going over there, because our men and women don't

know who to shoot, because they don't wear uniforms like we wear uniforms. they know who to shoot. our men and women have a uniform on that's a target. they know who to kill. we don't. they dress like regular civilians. host: okay. all right. let's listen to what the president had to say about this four part strategy, and we will show you the first two parts of the strategy, and we'll come back and show you what he had to say about the last two parts. here is the president. >> first, we will conduct a systematic campaign of air strikes against these terrorists. working with the iraqi government, we will expand our efforts beyond protecting our own people and humanitarian missions so we're hitting isil targets as iraqi forces go on offense. more over i made it clear we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country wherever they are. that means i will not hesitate to take action against isil in

syria, as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will find no safe haven. second, we will increase our support to forces fighting these terrorists on the ground. in june i deployed several hundred american service members to iraq to assess how we can best support iraqi security forces. now that those teams have completed their work, and iraq has formed a government, we will send an additional 475 service members to iraq. as i said before, these american forces will not have a combat mission. we will not get dragged into another ground war in iraq. but they are needed to support iraqi and kurdish forces with training, intelligence, and equipment. we'll also support iraq's efforts to stand up national guard units to help sunni communities secure their own freedom from isil's control. host: in his speech that lasted almost 50 minutes president

obama from the white house in prime time addressing the country, laying out his strategy, part of his strategy there, for combating what he says degrading and destroying the threat of isis. that speech coming on the eve of today's 9/11 anniversary, where there will be events marking that day of 13 years ago when there were attacks on the pentagon, president obama will be there today at the pentagon along with defense secretary chuck hagel and the chairman dempsey. in new york, there will be a ceremony, as well as the world trade center national memorial plaza. that taking place at 8:30 a.m. eastern time today, tune in to c-span three for our coverage. back to all of your thoughts.

reaction from capitol hill. it's a terrible mistake to avoid congress. that is what senator cornyn, part of the republican leadership in the senate had to say to the hill newspaper. and then younalso have senator shoe mere, democrat of new york saying president obama's speech hit the nail on the head, showing strength and resolve that will convince the world our allies and isis we mean business. also on twitter, you have jason chafis saying but the president highlights syria, ukraine, as successes where this type of campaign has been successful. by the way no mention of our best friend in the region, israel. that coming from jason chafits. you also have senator sanders, independent from vermont who has been a very strong critic of

wars, saying this. brutal terrorist groups must be defeated. president obama authorized air strikes to syria, to destroy the islamic state of iran and syria terrorist groups. he spelled out his strategy in the speech to the nation. isis is a brutal and dangerous organization that must be defeated. i agree with the president that isis is a threat to the international community and must be combated by the international community, not just the united states. this struggle will not be won without the active participation of the people of iraq and syria. this cannot be a unilateral american action. that from bernie sanders, independent of vermont. and also more twitter reaction, darrell issa, a republican from california, who has authority granting the president to go into syria, he said president obama is finally ready to drop

the rhetoric i am prepared to authorize the support he needs. president obama vows to destroy isis. what are your thoughts on the president's speech last night? there are the phone numbers on your screen. you can also send us a tweet at ent can also send us a tweet at on facebook. you can also e-mail us. take a look at what politico put together. the amount of words president obama used last night in his speech, in the most words he used, isil, he used that acronym the most, america, iraq, people, the americans, and support, terrorists, and the world, being used the most there. we'll go to darrell in missouri. hi, darrell. caller: how you doing this morning? i can't understand who the real terrorists are, because first we go into iraq based on a lie, two or 3 million iraqis, destroy

their country. what did we think we were going to create? then we turn around and go in and we kill kadafi, and look at the country now. and now we're talking about going in to syria because of isis, or isil, another cia created terrorist organization, to keep americans scared, or whatever we're doing. i still don't understand, you know, the media in this country. nobody paid for the lies in iraq. and look at that country. it was much better off under saddam hussein. why are we over there anyway? we're over there because israel wants us to be over there. caller: good morning. i hope you're well. my observations in iraq, i'm an old marine, i was there as a

consultant to teach air traffic control, i taught average citizens and traveled about the country and met other people. i can tell you that the sunni divide is deep. for example, i asked one of the technicians, a woman, one time aren't you worried about iran coming in and taking over your country after we leave? and she said oh, no, no, mr. tim, i said if you're not worried about them then who are you worried about? i said who are you worried about? she said saudi arabia. i said why? she said because they are sunni. many of the people, many of the shiite people that i be friended and still communicate with some today, via social media, liked george bush. others did not because we destroyed their country, as the previous caller said, and there

was very difficult to make things such as electronics work countrywide. a doctor told me on an airplane, a medic flight i took back and forth, that they had nothing, no medicine, no power, the people in baghdad are better off. he was a sunni. so depends on what -- which faction of the religion you talk to about how they think about this. host: sean, sunnyville, california, independent caller. caller: how you doing today? host: good morning. caller: my question is, what happened to al-qaeda being the big terrorist group? and why are we still over there in the first place? i could have swore we were -- obama was supposed to be taking people out of iraq a couple years ago. why are we still over there? host: there was this piece

yesterday in "usa today" with the headline, al-qaeda 13 years later, the terror group responsible for the september 11th, 2001 attack has changed dramatically since then. instead of a central organization with a strong leader based in afghanistan, it is mostly a series of offshooting fighting for controls of countries in the middle east and africa. that from "usa today." as we told you, there will be events in new york today, as well as the pentagon. we will have coverage of the event in new york on c-span three at 8:30 a.m. eastern time, and the pentagon event is taking place at 9:30 a.m. eastern time, with the president and the secretary of defense and you can tune in to c-span for our coverage of that. we're getting your thoughts on president obama's speech last night. he said that he will lead the

united states will lead a broad coalition of countries to destroy isis. he welcomes support from congress, but he did not ask for it. and he also said that there will be no combat troops on the ground. as you know there are over a thousand personnel already there in the region. what he is calling advisors and other officials to help. i want to show you some front pages this morning from the papers, as well. look at "the new york times" frames the president's speech last night. obama calls for sustained drive to route militants. he will send 475 more advisors to iraq and mount attacks on isis in syria. the "wall street journal," headline is obama vows to destroy the militants. armed rebels, build coalition to crush and roll back the islamic state. "usa today," their headline this morning, obama ready to strike isil in syria, won't send ground

troops. it says in this piece that earlier wednesday obama approved 25 million for military assistance and training to iraq, training is your i and rebels fighting president assad's government will require approval from congress. >> we will continue to draw on our substantial counter terrorism capability to prevent isil attacks. working with our partners we will redouble our efforts to cut off its funding, improve our intelligence, strengthen our defenses, counter its warmed

ideology and stem the flow of fighters into and out of the middle east. and in two weeks i will chair a meeting of the u.n. security council to further mobilize the international community around this effort. fourth, we will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to innocent cecile runs displaced by this terrorist organization. this includes sunni and she a muslims, as well as tens of thousands of christians and other religious minorities. we cannot allow these communities to be driven from the ancient homelands. host: president obama last night laying out part three and four of his four part strategy. go to our web site, c-span.org to watch the whole thing. we are spending today's "washington journal" getting your thoughts, your comments and questions, your e-mails, tweets, your phone calls, about president obama's strategy, his speech last night, and what you think congress should do about

this, as well. mark udall from colorado who is up for re-election in november facing a tough challenger, said this. host: grace in o ohio, democratc caller, good morning. caller: good morning. you know, here we go again. we're that male dominated washington thing is going to start another war. here we are bankrupting another country, killing another million

people over there. nobody but us is going to go over there and we're going to kill another bunch of our young men. and what are we doing that for? because we're killing each other here faster than they are over there. so why are we over there? i urge every person to call your representative and stop this stupid war and stop the war in the united states. thank you. host: grace, did you vote for the president in 2008 and in 2012? caller: i did vote for him. i wanted hillary but i didn't like her handlers. i thought she was -- it is time for a woman. every country has women but us. host: what if this war against -- the military campaign against isil is continuing past the obama administration, into 2016, and hillary clinton is on the democratic ticket, she

supports this military campaign? what then? how do you vote? caller: i don't know. i have to wait until then and see. but i will vote -- i would vote for her. i need an antiwar -- we can't keep this up. we're broke. we are broke and we're killing our boys. they're forgotten. those boys are forgotten. you know, what we gain, we gain nothing. and i urge every person to call your representative and stop it. just stop it. host: can i ask you then, you said it's time for a woman. every other country has a woman, but that is less important to you than having some antiwar candidate or democratic president? you would vote for an antiwar democrat over hillary clinton? caller: i probably would, because this -- we got to stop,

and this male dominated, and all they want to do is war. mccain, bless his heart, they all want war. i saw all the men come out on the steps in front of a camera. i didn't see any women out there except marshall blackburn, my native state. host: dianne feinstein, who is the chairwoman of the intelligence committee said she supports the president. caller: well, didn't she vote for the first war, too? we never -- host: a lot of them did vote for the first war in iraq. they said that they regretted that vote. caller: we're the only people over there fighting this thing. there's nobody going to help us. they didn't really help us before, or we would have wanted the world to get line us but they're not. host: on that point, from the "wall street journal," saudi arabia offered to run a u.s. run training facility.

michael, in palm beach garden, florida, an independent caller, what do you make of the strategy here? caller: good morning. good morning to all my fellow

americans. here is my break down of the speech last night. a number of things to say. first of all he used isil and not isis because he intents on dragging it out and bombing into syria. the reason why he wants to go after syria is because he wants to weaken the assad army so that isis, which he's calling isil, can take over syria but leave iraq, thereby making iraq strong but also making isis stronger than they are. that's why he was very adamant about using isil and not isis. also, this is going to be a very long-drawn-out war because he did not say he's going to destroy them, he said he's going to ultimately destroy them. ultimately suggesting that it's going to take a lot of time.

now, why would it take time to destroy a small little army like them? this is what we as americans have to ponder. host: your questions, michael, set up our next discussion with daveer sanger, a national security correspondent. david sanger let's begin with the strategy outlined by the president last night. what do you make of it? does it fit within a pattern of the president's thinking and his strategy that he has used in other areas? >> the president certainly tried, greta, to put it within the condition ex-the of the strategy that he's used in somalia, the strategy that he has used in other counter-terrorism operations will he didn't refer to it specifically, pakistan, couldn't talk much about pakistan because that's been a covert program

where some others have been including somalia, and yemen, have been done by the military. what's different here, greta, is the scale is significantly different. the pace of operations, the combined use of manned and unmanned aircraft, the creation of this training center you were referring to in saudi arabia, and its size, and then as your caller suggested, i disagree with what he said on both isil and the ultimate intention for its future, which i think the president sincerely wants to destroy this whole terrorist group, is that it will be long. i think he was trying to prepare americans for that. i think the big question is to what degree is there an opportunity cost here that ends up delaying or in some cases perhaps derailing other elements of his foreign policy? host: david sanger, what do you

make that there will be no combat troops? >> well, this is part of the continuation of the president's commitment that he's not going to get us back into the kind of iraq war that we were in before. and he doesn't need to get us back into that kind of war. he's not trying to occupy their country. but it would be wrong to suggest that this is also just like it's been in yemen and somalia where you go in and leave. you have to be a fairly constant operation, as you've seen in the pentagon already announced over the past month about 150 separate attacks they've done in 30 days, so you can, you know, do the math there. it's five a day. over 200 target, and that's doing the mosel dam and a few

other locations in iraq. host: you had a piece last week, i believe, that outlines the challenges the president faces, and you also had a price tag in your piece about the air strikes in iraq so far. over 200 million a month. >> and that's containing it just to iraq. obviously if this spreads to syria that price goes up significantly. host: talk about that a little bit more. how much money are we talking about? >> we don't know because the president has not put a price tag on it. when you consider that afghanistan in the last -- the last year that we had a full part of the surge ran upwards of $100 billion, iraq was running at a rate much greater than that, we're not talking the kind of spending and the kind of troop use that we saw in the worst days of iraq and afghanistan. that isn't to say it's free. sooner or later the congress is

going to have to step in and decide how to fund this and that will require them to take the vote that clearly right now they don't want to take, at least before the midterms. host: the president said he welcomes their support. >> he said he welcomes their support, but he didn't say he needs their support. so this is interesting. think about this. you have a president who in syria a year ago, when the chemical weapons issue was up there, said i have the authority to act, but i'm going to ever look it to congress and congress didn't act, and of course that action took a very different form, fortunately resulted in getting most of the chemical weapons out. in this case, i have the authority to act and i would welcome congress but he's going ahead and acting even without congress. so that's a significant difference. host: you did say that there would be a broad coalition. where is he with this coalition? who do we know? what countries?

>> well, we know saudi arabia for sure, given what they've announced or what's been announced about the base that will be there, and that's significant. you can assume that the uae, which was in the libya operation, will are probably be contributing some kind of forces. there is a good assumption that the qataris, but they might be on both sides of the conflict. obviously there are some isis fighters who have gotten support. the question is, how many other arab states can you get into this? and then what do you use -- the

president never made mention of iran. host: what do you know on that front? >> we ran a fairly lengthy story on page one that my colleagues did, there was an issue briefing on the threat by matt olson, at -- that he did over at the bookings institution last week, for those c-span watchers who want to see a variety of that, i saw that his deputy was testifying yesterday, and i think you were running a little bit of that last night, i saw it when i got back from the office. there's a lot out there. and what it basically tells you is there's no evidence right now of a reach into the united states, a capability to reach into the united states, beyond individuals who could get on an airplane, obviously do a -- blow something up.

do an individual attack, but no effort of the kind of network that al-qaeda had before this morning. so that is why there is an element of pre-emption to the president's policy, because he's obviously trying to get isis before it builds that capability. host: obama ease secret wars and surprising use of american power. we appreciator time this morning. >> thank you, greta. host: back to your phone calls this morning about president obama's strategy. grand blanc, michigan. good morning to you. go ahead. thanks for waiting on the line. caller: thank you. i really -- it really boggles my mind how you get these republican callers who call in and say this pit is not doing a good job or he should have acted earlier. he tried to act in syria earlier

a year ago, almost a year and a half ago, and congress as it is now, it's nowhere to be found. when he does act, they complain. when he doesn't act, they complain. you know, they put this president and our country in a bad situation because the congress, our congress, refuses to act. and then they want to sit back and complain about what the president is doing. and they started this whole conflict. bush administration, by going into our iraq, by dearming iraq and killing that leader, has destroyed the whole balance in the middle east. host: okay. all right. sarah in edgewater, maryland, what are your thought, republican caller. caller: i just wonder what the untinned consequences will be for these actions. the reason why i'm saying that, it's kind of hard to figure out what's really going on and what

to believe. you look at libya before kadafi was assassinated and killed. he warned that if he would be taken out, that his country would fall in disan array and that there would be a flood of immigrants from africa and the middle east that will flood europe, and that is exactly what happened. a couple months ago we were trying to bomb syria to get rid of assad. now we're not getting rid of assad, now we're bombing another group that assad is actually fighting. and you have, of course, iraq, a war that lasted over ten years, that really didn't seem to do any good. and the other question that i have is what does the role of saudi arabia, what is that role in the middle east? because you hear these reports here and there that they're financing these terrorist groups that we are actually fighting.

you know, that they're behind the scene always medaling around with creating instability, and this is where also assad comes into the picture, because saudi arabia wants to build a gas pipeline through to europe and they need to go through syria to do that. so there is a motivation to get rid of assad. there are these things that we don't really hear too much on the news about, and what i'm wondering is there is definitely a threat out there, especially against the united states, and we have to take that threat serious, and we have to fight against that threat. however, i think we also need to anticipate these consequences because it seems to me for every military action that we take, it seems to get worse and worse and worse, and as i said, i don't know what the answer is, but i -- i'm really starting to

question whether or not these actions really are for the -- you know, for the better of all of us or if it just continuously makes it worse, because if it is indeed that saudi arabia finances terrorism over there with these individuals groups that we're dealing with and we're fighting them, this is a partner of the united states. i think we all should ask questions about that. host: laura, you're next, in florida, independent caller. caller: hi, greta, good morning to you. i really think that it all started with cheney, bush, and we just can't walk away from it now, because we have this radical group that is killing innocent christians and people for their beliefs. now, we have people from the united states going over there fighting. i mean, that's what scared me. these -- how could somebody,

united states citizen, go over there and fight for these crazy nuts? i mean, we have to stop them in their tracks. if not we're going to have a 9/11 all over again. host: all right, and on the 13th anniversary today of the september 11th, 2001 attacks, we are talking about a new threat that america faces, outlined by the president last night in his speech in a prime time address. today there will be events in both new york and the pentagon to mark the 9/11 anniversary, and we'll have coverage of that in new york on c-span three at 8:30 this morning, and here in washington the wreath laying ceremony with the president at the pentagon at 9:30 here on c-span. the caller mentioned vice president dick cheney and george bush. the former vice president in washington this week, up on capitol hill behind closed doors talking to republicans, and the danger of the republican party becoming isolationist.

and yesterday ahead of the president's speech he was at the american enterprise institute and here is what he had to say about the increase, and the threat of terror. >> since 2010, there has been a 58% increase in the number of jihaddist groups, a doubling of the number of jihaddist fighters and the tribeeling of the attacks. while the president was claiming the tide of war was receding and core al-qaeda had been decimated the threat was actually increasing. from iraq, syria, and yemen, over to pakistan, all the way down to somalia and nigeria, in various places under various names, a whole new wave of jihaddists was on the rise. we have the recent account of general mike anyone who just stepped down as director of the central intelligence agency. he said when asked if terrorists

were on the run, we couldn't respond with any answer but no. when asked if the terrorists were defeated, we had to say no. anyone who answers yes to either of those questions either done know what they're talking about, they are misinformed or just flat out lying. ." the general's point is the terrorist threat far from receding like a tide has been advancing, and multiplying. and the rand report was done before the rise of isis and the establishment of calafate. host: former vice president dick cheney in washington at the american enterprise institute outlining the threat of jihaddists and isis and being critical of the president. here is a quote in the "washington times," the same president after all who not long ago was assuring the nation the tide of war was receding.

that was the very time when the dangers now obvious to all were gathering.

discussions with the saudi foreign minister. he's scheduled to meet with king later h of saudi arabia this evening. eanwhile, syria's main western backed opposition group welcomed president obama's opposition of targeting the s group inside of syria saying it

stands, in their words, ready partner with the international community to defeat the extremists. international coalition said equally important that the realization that state was e islamic not enough and coupled with degrading and removing president assad from power. kurdish politicians in iraq similarly praising the announcement of wider air strikes and assistance to iraqi forces. reaction from two republican senators. armedembers of the senate services committee, john mccain and lindsey graham are promising no combat troops in iraq and syria when fighting the group on the quote, no boots ground sounds odd when 1100 u.s. troops have been sent back to iraq and more will be necessary. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i just wanted to say what

what -- -- how brilliant i mark ginsberg was on c-span today, the 10th of august. balanced and gave me a really good insight into some of been ings that have puzzling me over the last few weeks. o thank you for a brilliant show this morning. thank you very much, bye. >> a lot of people and a lot of get access to c-span 3. i know right now with the cable channels so many available, not all reasonable for all three public channels c-span.e to so going forward, you will have challenges cess available to all customers. rebroadcast in s the major cities. even major cities in the country. c-span could pay. thank you. >> i've been watching c-span 3 this weekend. it's just one show after the trialinge berlin wall,

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#comments. you can join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. "washington journal" continues. back on this eptember 11, 2014, 13 years after terror struck new york and pentagon on this day. later ill be events today, this morning, marking the 13th anniversary of those attacks. in new york at 8:30 a.m. eastern time. that's the world trade center national memorial plaza. of that ave coverage service starting at 8:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span 3. this the pentagon later morning, 9:30 a.m. ice tern time, the president and the along with defense the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will be participating wreath-laying ceremony and a moment of silence. there will also be a moment of the white house at 8:46 a.m. eastern time this

morning when the first tower was struck. on the ground to beat back this threat of isil. here's some headlines from papers around the country. newseum.of the battle widens to meet the threat is their headline this morning. "chicago tribune," the .s. will hunt the militants wherever they exist. the miami herald, the president who wanted to end wars back at war. the headline this morning. and the tallahassee democrat ays that obama sets out strategy and the president authorizes air strikes against

top banner a at the this morning of the tallahassee of fl.t out -- florida. from the other papers around the country. atlanta journal constitution, obama vows to target isis. air strikes in syria and other nations to send to ground forces. the "times-picayune" out of new orleans. no safe haven for sunni militants. obama vows broader campaign but no u.s. ground war. headlines courtesy of the newseum here in washington. o to nicholas in rockford, illinois, a republican caller. nicholas, good morning to you. nicholas, you're here? >> everyone listening, go and research a little better before calling in with information that got from the democrats. the democrats are the ones that to begin oops at war with. the democrats are the ones that

pulled the troops out of iraq was e the business finished. the democrats are the ones that got killed in iraq. democrats are the reason why strong threat to the u.s. and the weapons of mass destruction that president bush republicans. so if anyone is to blame, it's the democratic party. it's on them. or the ident bush republicans and i want to apologize to all of the epublicans out there that get blamed for this. you should not have to get blamed for something that the democrats have done. thank you. all right, nicholas, don, think? you caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: yes, the president gave speech last night. but i have a concern about the speech. and the obligation for c-span administration. i've been tracking you and i urge everyone out there to go the tape. by 8:01, you had taken 10

ndependent calls, nine democrats, one republican, one so-called republican. now if that's not positive proof you're an advocator and upporter of this president, you're supposed to be fair and balance? as re as fair and balanced msnbc and fox news. it's plain. review the tapes. there.e viewers out contact your cable company. get on social media. the campaign to get rid of obama and pedro. one sided, prove the facts. there and deny it. i'm tracking you. i'm concerned about you being balanced in your approach to this thing. have to say for yourself? is this true or not true? host: are you calling on the democrats line. yes, i am. i don't plan on being a democrat any longer. i plan on becoming an ndependent because of news media lying to this country.

c-span is a great program. faithfully every day. host: we ask people to respect for ules and don't call in 30 days. call in on the line that represents you. that also take the calls are coming in. we will -- we want more republicans to call in. sure about your numbers there. but we -- we welcome everybody call in and respect the lines that represent them. but we have to take the calls come in. we're not purposely not taking republican calls. we'll go to dan, next, in pennsylvania. republicans, ler, if i do not have been calling in, call in. we want to hear from you. ahead, dan. caller: to make it clear. independent.

it's strange to hear the vice president. i'm glad you played that clip. the administration lives off the ntelligence of the previous administration. we'll give them that. administration did also try to disable the middle east. new common knowledge the american project. it is what it is. you know? the economics of the situation made a lot of people rich. or is it growth economy? leave it there. >> all right, dan. some reaction from capitol hill. the chairman of the house armed services committee, the california republican said out at the president laid strategy to defeat isil. i believe that many of the lements he advocated are important and i support them. however, they're not enough to achieve his own stated goal of isil.ting the president used the strategy

in yemen and somalia as examples the tactics he's recommending can contain violent terrorists. remind him that al qaeda remainsarabian peninsula the al qaeda affiliate most capable of attacking the and exporting nd the violent jihad. continues and somalia to carry out attacks against american and western interests recruiting fighters from the united states. the president's approach simply adequate to have the threat posed by isil either. the chairman of the house armed services committee who is resigning. "the washington post" got reaction from many members of congress yesterday. democrat from alaska also facing a tough re-election battle.

also, senator kay haggan, democrat, north carolina, also up for re-election and facing a tight battle. long ago as the spring of last year, i pressed the dministration to arm and empower syrian rebels and i'm glad that effort will be accelerated. louisville, kentucky, democratic call, hi, richard, go ahead. >> good morning. yes. my ted democrat most all of life. but i will not vote for this lunden grimes here against mitch mcconnell. so-called police action that the president is implementing, i can remember into iraq we went that a four-star general named george bush, old look, you break it, you own it.

-- ere we are now over 600 6,000 troops dead, $1 trillion a mess nd it's still over there. i'm for helping the kurds who established ff and something of a civil society there. and have gotten their stuff together. there, we should go in give them help militarily so themselves.end but now we're going to go into syria? we don't know what the heck is going to happen there. as far as iraq, these people need to stand up and get this stuff figured out. we've given them enough. if they can't do it, it never will be. fighting since 600 a.d. host: all right, richard. on twitter. perkins says kings in jordan, saudi arabia, let the kings get resources together and decimate isil. and you have monte lks abon said address was 's greatment. but the issue remains, will

actions.tch kelly, bloomfield, new jersey, republican caller. hi, kelly. >> good morning. host: good morning. caller: i just want to offer my ondolences to all that were killed in the 9/11 attack and on both sides. i just saw that what you did on there. i feel like the people's memories are very short. it ou look back where started, it really came out the of dick cheney. george bush being a strong president. i saw george bush being a puppet dick cheney. when we realized what happened chenen running k halliburton had his tankers right in iraq's waters waiting oil.the and i look at all of this being party about oil. and people are paying with it people like dick

cheney. its's a shame this is going on. believe some charges -- this is one thing i see obama -- a republican?u caller: i'm a republican. ut i look at what i just saw about dick cheney, and i think -- i realized that all of about through him and his greed for oil. my party is gone too far. host: joel in texas. democratic caller. hey, joel. caller: i agree with that last guy. dick cheney, you should be him -- to run that video of him. he's a disgrace to this nation. done more damage to this country and to the world. hundreds of killed thousands of innocent women and children over in iraq. tv to say he's on somebody that we can stand and respect. give me a break. joel, the republican party invited him to speak to them behind closed doors. caller: the republican party --

their program is war. that's what their job program been and i want's always been that way. they could care less about the the working man, they don't even know what a job is for crying out loud. we put these people in office. and i tell you something, it's such a disgrace to see what's country. to this e are -- we think conservatism is only creating poverty in this country. look at the people with without health care, without pension. the worst education system in the country. the lowest wages, the most unemployed. the only thing the statistic, conservative thing is obesity. host: house gop delays action on a spending bill.

goes on to say the white house on tuesday asked lawmakers administration with the authority to bolster the ability of syrian rebels to fight back against the to as ts, often referred isil or isis. the administration asked for for the ion to pay training. while the president could order the military to train partner or forces covertly, congress must authorize the a itant group opposed to sitting government. awmakers for both parties for supporting and crippling the rebels but yet for a procedural path for congress expected to be in washington for only a few days.

robert in massachusetts, independent caller. good morning to you. > i like to agree with the we ow that called that said broke it and we owned it. we did. village every single and city over there. what did we do? we gave it away. 4500 good with american troops. all people have to do is look at and he'll seearea that iraq sets right in the middle where all of the action is happening. controlled that area. what do we do? this president gave it away. thoughtsep taking your here this morning on president obama's strategy to what he says isis with no u.s. relying on troops from other countries, a broad coalition of other countries, the congress to authorize money to arm for the military to and train syrian

moderate forces. ut not asking congress to authorize air strikes in syria saying that he welcomed their support. what are your thoughts on all of this? the president at the end of his speech last night also called on the american people for their support. here's what he had to say. > i ask for your support in carrying that leadership forward. i do so as a commander in chief our ould not be prouder of men and women in uniform. pilots who bravely fly in the middle east and service members our partners on the ground. when we help to prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on distant mountain, here's what one of them said -- we owe our american friends our lives. our children will always was someone there who felt our struggle and made a protect innocent people. make h the difference we

in the world. and in our own safety, our own upon our epends willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold we stand for.t will endureals that long after those who offer only ate and destruction have been vanquished from the earth. inpresident obama last night the primetime address saying to the american people it will be a military campaign and asking for the nation's support. in ohio, democratic caller. what do you think? but suicidal bombers bama and the bosses are poll killing bombers adults, children, animals, they have not asked the people of the united states for our approval this illegal violence. host: congressman charles rangel, democrat of new york,

long-time serving member of the house and the democratic party. particularly glad that the president made clear there will on the ground. if the situation escalates that military action must be taken as resort, he last says, it should only be used when the entire nation is fully reinstating the draft. it must send our troops to harm's way. troops to send our harm's way, every american hould be compelled to stop and think twice about whether it is worth sending our brothers and sisters and sons and daughters fight. so representative charles rangel draft if this expands to having u.s. combat ground.n the larry in st. joseph, minnesota, independent caller. larry. caller: yes, good morning. host: it seems like this country can learn everything except history. i would say that if this country

shit for brains, it would have something. host: go on to "the washington this morning. they have broken the campaign so ar in iraq but down by the number epps. this is the u.s. has boots on under und in air strikes way against the islamic state fighters. 1,000.el, a little over the diplomatic security in 754.dad, 289 joint operating centers in baghdad and irbil. far, 154, 91 of mosul dam area which people say is the critical iraq to get control over isis. ext to these numbers a map showing islamic state's current reach. that's the tan area on this map. the darker maroon squares represent full or partial below nt control, and that, they lay out what isis has. it controls oil fields of

syria, border crossings, grain silos, and then after a dam. is believed to total $1.5 billion. he weapons include tanks, cannons, u.s. surface-to-air humvees, ssiles, assault rifles, and ammunition. he estimated number of fires ranges from 5,000 to 30,000. countries.rom western you heard the president say that last night. the fight to the united states could come from western fighters to this country. and saying it poses a threat to middle the broader east. that's why he laid out a four-part strategy to degrade isis.estroy this speech coming on the eve of today's 9/11 anniversary, years ago when terror struck new york. you can see the world trade plaza.memorial well.he pentagon as

there will be events a it those two places today. we should mention as well, of airplane that went down in shanksville, pennsylvania 13 weeks ago. minute, the 0 president and the first lady ill come out and mark the time when the first tower was struck. time..m. eastern we'll go there for a moment of silence. dorothy, a republican. dorothy. the air, good morning. caller: good morning. it's very important that we identify the fact that there's a in of information coming that we need to center ourselves and identify it, focus on it, plan.ake an action this is 1400 years of fighting they're sort of like a civil war going on in that direction. point that i wanted to make that hasn't been brought up is when halliburton

held in gun point two years ago. the individual doing that was ark skinned and had an english accent and that was never addressed. econdary from that, i want to say in order to be a wholistic union, we need to make sure that e're doing the proper engagement over there. in order to do that, i think the resident is making the right direction by working with congress and including boots on the ground. murder, but ie in do believe in preserving our country. i want to say thank you for llowing me on during the anniversary. that's all the comments. host: going to keep taking your thoughts here. first, more reaction from capitol hill. we showed you before, house peaker john boehner put out a statement after the president spoke saying that the speech is not the same thing as a strategy. a le the president presented compelling case for action, many questions remain about the way in which the president intends act. he said, i support the president's plan to train and forces and security

syrian on cisse, but i remain those measures could take years to fully implement gains il's momentum and need to be immediately halted and rehearsed. hat's from the speaker of the house who decided to delay a vote on the continuing resolution that was supposed to e voted on this morning and they're going to delay it so members of congress can consider $500resident's request for illion to train and arm the syrian rebel moderate forces. ianne feinstein who shares the senate intelligence committee. she fully supports president to utilize the authority to begin a effort towards isil. i applaud him for recognizing he series of the threat and going on the offense against that threat. on twitter, several members of react ss took to that, to to the president's speech. sena rnyn, part of the

leadership, republican of texas, said it's a terrible mistake to go after isis. democrat of umer, new york said president obama's head hit the nail on the showing strength and resolve to convince the world, our allies, isis, we mean business. arizona epublican from said the president in syria, yemen, and ukraine as success. way, no mention of the est friend in the region, israel. back from the congressman of arizona. eff flake, the senate republican -- senator from arizona, republican, said i isis with po tushgs s but and isil must be confronted in iraq.as well as other tweets, chris van holland, democrat from maryland. have a president who thinks and aims before he hoots, otherwise we get more

iraq wars which created isis in place.rst a republican from illinois, i iraq ted air strikes in and syria to take out isis leadership and provide support iraqi and kurdish forces on the ground. republican from illinois. adam shift, the democrat on the committee ligence saying he welcomed congressional approval, will go further. on authorization is a constitutional prerequisite. illinois.mbia, democratic caller. what do you think? are you doing there? busy day there, huh? host: yes. aller: i heard they were getting their money by selling the oil on the black market. i don't understand why we can't follow that oil and put a stop it.

ou can't just sneak oil around that time. know?'t understand you this doesn't make sense to me. host: let me tell you of their finances. important aspect of degree and defeating the islamic the requires dismantling finance resources that from the undersecretary. mr. cohen reiterated the role he treasury is playing in targeting the external funding networks of the islamic state predecessor, al qaeda. a seniorst few months, state financier. there is an effort on this front. tony? caller: glad to hear that. i have to think about your callers. i think this is all about money. i believe if there was oil in

east, we wouldn't be there. we have enough problems here in the united states to be addressed. hungry people. let's start taking care of them about going ying around the world killing people for their natural resources. that's all i have to say, thank greta. host: okay, thank you. arkansas, republican caller. hi, chuck. caller: i was curious, i haven't heard any mention of the private contracting company and what be on ole is going to this. talking about no boots on the ground. lot of companies are gearing up to head over there. veterans,t go are generally. heard mention in all these talks host: i don't see that in the papers today. clearly there's more to report on here and perhaps that comes out in the days and the weeks

follow. how many private contractors are sent into iraq and into the region. jim in yank ton, south dakota. republican caller. jim. caller: i think the country is facing a very difficult situation. this is like fighting hydra. you cut off one snake head, you get nine more. part of the problem is the fact political leaders, you with power icated and you always have some mad men running around the you need as a result, a robust defense baulz this is not the last time the country be confronted with madness amongst our political leaders. all i have to say. host: joe in newark, democratic car caller, hi, joe. caller: good morning. truman 'm a harry

democrat. the buck stops here. everyone is responsible for their own actions. calls that upset me. who was at the fault at wars, i bay of pigs, cuban crisis, they were democratic at that time. democrat.istered it bothers me to see everybody blame everybody else and worried party.party, party, this in the public today and what the people say. were the the time, we most respected country. we're not anymore. you f you don't know that, know that. the decisions saved millions of enemy and ours. if we don't start thinking like hat and start protecting our troops and the rules of engagement where our people had o die before they could fire back, then they can be sacrificed, sacrificed by the the rules.ion by

i think that wall should never in vietnam. take care. host: do you agree with the crisis. isis a serious one? caller: i'm afraid the president protected the people over here more than he's protected our own people. i still feel like he feels that way. watched him give a speech and he had to look down to read. you've got to speak from your heart. you have to not be prepared. you have to be able to say something right then and there you at situation and how feel about your country and today. going on having someone write a speech, those aren't your words. >> got your point. john, illinois, georgia, independent caller. good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. i want to mention two points.

the fundamental flaw in president obama's approach to the policy to overthrow the government which made them stronger. the governments are original the funders indirectly funneling u.s. weapons to isil. we're talking about using it a saudi arabia to use moderate group to fight against isil at the same time to overthrow the government. this is a fatally flawed policy. host: all right. ten ing about -- we have minutes before the white house first strike against the united states. the first tower being struck in new york at 8:46 eastern time. we'll go to the white house on that for the 13th anniversary of the september 11, 2001 terrorist

attacks. republican on california and george to paraphrase, w. bush says no one will keep the light from shining. #neverforget9/11. congressman.e you also have this from the washington time this is morning. here's a new poll that shows the u.s. feared levels are the highest since 9/11. brutality is ate to blame for the u.s. fear levels being the highest since 9/11. esterday up on capitol hill, cooperati congressional leaders held a gold medal ceremony honoring the fallen heroes of 9/11. here's what senator harry reid, the majority leader in the to say.ad >> senator mcconnell mentioned we all remembered where we were morning. i remember.

we were there every tuesday at 9:00 in the morning. to come to the s-2/11. and john burl came in, the senate from louisiana came in turn on the tv. something is going on in new york. tv and we on the said, what happen? been ane must have misguided to the building. and we thought it was just a news story. wouldn't amount to much. for the e command meeting with the long conference s-211 there in that room, daschle started the meeting. in a short period of time, the matter of five minute, six

a couple of people came into the room, took him out of the room, came back immediately we've got to evacuate this room, the building. there is a plane headed for us. as i walked out of that, i'll never ever forget. time, s-211 at that n the capital, the smoke going from the pentagon. that's the day i'll never forget. we were overanxious and afraid day, concerned about what we didn't know, afraid of what did know. day ended with everyone coming back. the senators coming back to the capitol. democrats and republicans, them.bled in the capital steps.

without anyone giving speeches, we were there just to dignify everyone on, letting know how much we cared about what we thought had happened. senate majority leader harry reid on capitol hill at a congressional gold ceremony, honoring the fallen heroes of 9/11. ohn boehner spoke at that ceremony. here's what he had to say. that we americans are and all we will ever be we owe to 9/11.allen heroes of that day was made up of many sacrifices from which emerged one's spirit, a unity embodied entrusted to we each member. since the earliest days, medals in arded gold recognition of extraordinary deeds. were the first recipients george washington, john paul jones, and andrew jackson. higher day, there's no honor that we can bestow. this is the first time the medal

in honor of so many fallen innocents. the last time.is than anything is why we do it. he most stirring, lasting tribute of all is for we who remain never to forget and never to rest until our work is done. >> the speaker of the house yesterday honoring the fallen 9/11 at a congressional gold ceremony up on capitol hill on the day today, which is the anniversary of the september 11, yearserrorist attacks, 13 ago today, the first tower was struck at 8:46 a.m. eastern time. president and the first lady will be marking that with a moment of silence at the white house. be coming through those two front doors in the middle of your screen. we'll go to it now.

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president joe biden marking a oment of silence on the south lawn of the white house this morning when the first tower at 8:46 a.m. eastern time. followed on the second world trade center tower shanksville, pennsylvania. the airplane that went down. later this he event morning marking the attacks on the pentagon. we'll have coverage here on c-span. be there as will well. ver on c-span 3 right now, under way is a ceremony marking the newcks a the plaza, world trade center memorial plaza there with the names being read. that have coverage of again on c-span 3. front page of "the wall street with this is morning picture in caption -- remembering 9/11 as the world's turned to a new threat. president obama laying out that primetime yesterday at the white house last night.

u.s. would have a protracted campaign, welcoming, he said, support from not asking for the authorization and promising that there would not be combat ground.n the steven in aberdeen, maryland, a democratic caller. thoughts this morning. steven, go ahead? aberdeen, maryland? >> yes. >> greta? yes. >> i'm trying to ascertain your displeasure where the people who -- just the israel there -- their influence on this particular issue regarding isis.

host: mm-hmm. caller: and/or the region. i notice that you're wearing the necklace that represents the mosaic of israel. wondering why you and/or ave a disdain for those who addressed the israel aspect of -- of this issue? host: okay. i think you're reading too much necklace. and the -- there is -- there are people who have called in -- and be y to call in critical of israel. your right. free speech. but there have been phone calls go beyond that with an anti-semetic message with and that is where the hosts that sit in this chair moving on allenge of

quickly because this is a town format. it is trying -- we are trying to do democracy. but we want to be respectful and allow that and not kind of message, whether it's anti-semitism or racism or that kind of message. it's a challenge because there delay.ime and the host has to be listening, obviously, and move we hear that kind of rhetoric. it's a challenge in this sort of format. to leanne, in grand ridge, michigan. good morning to you. caller: good morning. my family has given and will my brother has been to iraq several times and call up and call us that industrial military industrial complex and things

like that. but the fact is, my brother has recovered a southern marine. he's gone to places and done a going off grenades all over to secure bombs at children's events and things like that. we have given to this nation. we will continue. the grandson just returned from afghanistan. family goes back into the o-called industrial complex the revolutionary war. it's not just the soldiers that ave given, the families sacrificed by not being near to us. i just want to say that our family will continue to support and freedom here and throughout the world. prepared for it. other people to sit in their glass houses and sit in their a little nd sing louder and pretend that people's off and n't being cut people aren't being persecuted

for their faith. family will prepare for war when ever it's called for us because we love this country. host: republican caller, good morning. caller: we need to stop the killing. it's ridiculous. iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, it's got to stop. t's crazy to keep on killing and killing. you train the rebels, it us gist going to turn into another 9/11. host: kathy, montgomery, texas, republican caller. kathy.orning to you, go ahead. caller: i agree with the air strikes. i do not think we should put ground.n the and i wish here on 9/11 that everyone would remember why bush went into iraq. it was because we were attacked. honestly. there are so many problems in

that middle east and we should one penny ifay for the middle eastern people need our help, we should help them. the to defend themselves. and another thing, pitch in, give us some money. we're sick of paying. in debt $18 trillion. and i wish the country would together. i don't agree with a lot that president obama does. out of sh we could get there to be honest with you. the middle eastern people won't end for themselves and our people are dying. host: thank you. "the wall street journal," the local forces to fight islamists. forces and ocal using american combat troops has become a favorite strategy of as a way to ma reduce the risk of being dragged into a protracted foreign conflict.

"the wall street journal" this morning. independentin maine, caller. hi, jean. greta. hi, i'm sorry to see you attacked personally this morning. a hard job. i think people are calling on different lines just trying to get through. afraid that trying to arm the rebels in syria without a and g american presence same as getting

our weapons to isis. i think this is the way they've ahold of them before. i don't know if there are rumors ambassador stevens was killed that one of the things was happening is the libyan arms were sent to syrian rebels. i don't know if that's true. i think the president is in a very bad spot. we can't just do it from the air, we have to have oversight. that's my comment. >> lakeland, florida, independent caller. good morning to you. caller: good morning to you, how are you today? >> monica: you have to turn the tv down. just listen to us through the phone. stopr: yes, i think i must it for the time being. okay. okay. i heard the president last night. agree eel -- i actually

ith the previous caller and i 's dangerous to arm the opposition in syria. very strongly that it's had to g strategy, they eview it and i think we have change it, if possible. changed. be because same thing would happen has happened in iraq. or in libya. i think this needs to be changed. fter all, we have supported others.abia, jordan, nd i think if we want to be we haveul against isis,

to support assad. him.ave to join hands with and i think we shall be successful. successful. nothing wrong in that to purpose and to accomplish this -- to act against these fighters. that we mportant support it or we will not be otherwise. thank you very much. host: victor in lakeland, florida. house here ting the to come into session for one-minute speeches and they quickly adjourn and if they do that, we will come back here to the washington our al and continue conversation with all of you getting your thoughts on president obama's vow to degrade destroy isis and the plan that he is set forth. and bringing you to the pentagon for that ceremony. if the house stays in, we will, of course, honor our mission of gavel-to-gavel coverage of

the house. so we'll take you there now live on c-span of the house of representatives.