really? timmy? and you're criticizing neily? i don't think so. the keep it here. because you never wrap up the week without lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ lou: >> that good evening, everyone. i am ashley webster and for lou dobbs. the obama administration in a familiar place this weekend. several in administration members refused to say that we are at war with the atlantic states. this was the administration yesterday. >> sony wants to think about it as being a war with isil, they can do so. but the fact is that it is a major counterterrorism operation. >> i don't know if you want to call it a war or a sustained counterterrorism campaign. >> there is a war on terrorism. is that something that is out of the u.s. governments comments on what is happening?

>> it's certainly not how i would refer to the effort. ashely: despite the fact that the administration is planning to expand airstrikes to a rack and the coalition of nations ultimately destroys the islamic state. shocking intelligence estimates has more than 30,000 fighters across iraq and syria and that has tripled the number of fighters that had in june, close to the estimated five of the taliban back in 2001. the administration's reviews refusal to use the term more sparked a lot of criticism. but administration officials are okay with using the war label, but only if it includes al qaeda. >> the united states is at war with isis. >> this is not the iraq war of

2002. but make no mistake, we know that we are at war with them in the same way we are at war and continue to be at war with al qaeda and its affiliates. >> we are at war with them around the world. ashely: semantics aside, there are some very real concerns about the administration's actuals gravity. for tackling the islamic state. crick say that determination to armed syrian rebels could backfire. among the problem, many are hard-line radical islamic's, saying that the rebels are determined to use american weapons but also with the bishara lessard regime. >> with also the bashar al-assad regime. secretary of state john kerry is in turkey tonight with military action.

and james rosen has our report. reporter: during the first gulf war -- >> this is a victory for every country in the coalition. reporter: the first president bush built a mother of all coalitions. >> i give my crucial support. reporter: the washington post criticized the second president bush for failing to draw more allies to the cause. yet he attracted 38 countries to his coalition and 48 nations joined his cause. >> are joined coalition will succeed? the state department says 38 countries have pledged publicly their help. the u.s. will carry the share of the military burden, however. >> some countries have signed up

for some activities more than others? but many have opted out of the fighting, whether the saudi' would host rebels, or not. giving doubts. reporter: britain's foreign secretary initially ruled out participation until the prime minister's office clarified saying that london had not ruled out any specific role in the isis campaign. a key official suggested president obama could be encountering difficulties that george bush did not because some doubt the resolve and the use of force. >> the background of weakness and ambiguity means that there is a credibility deficit that the administration has to overcome. reporter: a diplomat that i

spoke with called it a trust deficit. the president in the coalition of two muslim countries that helped fuel the rise of radical islam. ashely: serving on the president george w. bush's administration. thank you, sir. we will have john negroponte. thank you for joining us. i wanted to pick up on that point of james rosen's report. a lack of faith, if you like coming president obama's role from the difficulty that poses. and how vital is that as we take on these militants, that we get support from the regional players. >> i think it is important no doubt.

>> the past couple of years may have cost them doubts in the region. and we have also seen a very big turning point with the growth of isil and the execution of these two journalists. and i think it is very clear that president obama has had a change of heart here and is determined to do something about the situation. and i believe in recent days and weeks he started to act like quickly and smartly. ashely: would you agree that time is of the essence? we know that the estimates say that the number of members in this islamist group are 30,000 or more. they are spreading quickly, gaining more ground, which makes response to that that much more critical. what do you think of the strategy that has been laid out so far? >> well, there's been a lot of talk about syria and whether they armed the rebels there. but i didn't here in your report, much less about the situation in iraq, which in my

mind as a first priority. that situation on the ground has to be turned around and the governments going to have to recapture cities and falluja and all the other places that have been lost in the new triangle. and so in addition to training whatever silly cerium rebel forces are training, i think they are refitting the iraqi armed forces which is very important. and from what i understand we will be not positioning advisors with iraqi units themselves and i think that that is a good thing and i think that it needs to be as much focus on how to improve the performance as it does to have to be the focus on arming the syrian rebels. ashely: that is the vital question. how much faith you have and it could be said that there is not a whole lot of faith. we've had trouble doing a stable government and yes, we do have advisors on the ground and air

strikes that are being called upon. is that enough? ashely:? >> history has dynamic situations. means look pretty grim when isil seem to be on an inexhaustible march. the government has made cooper aided territories with the help of the airstrikes. but i have no doubt that this situation can be reversed and they have request political well and it requires time. we can't have instant gratification in situations like this because we have to be prepared to keep our minds to this situation for quite a few months and possibly even years to come. ashely: the situation in syria, armenia rebels, there is a fine line about who standards and some can easily become extremist. it's a consultative situation. what is your thought on arming the modern rebels in syria?

is that a good strategy or could easily backfire? >> i would be the first to agree that the situation is not as clear as it is in iraq and it is complicated. that something has to be done because after all that, it is the base area of the group. so doing something to confront that and faceup to the regime, they are good steps to take terri but i think it's going to be more challenging and difficult and it will certainly require an addition to a our involvement, help from countries in the region. so i hope that if we do arm the syrian rebels that the saudi arabian government and others are involved in that situation as well. ashely: we appreciate your input. thank you for being on the show tonight. on both sides of the aisle, we are looking for ways to combat

the islamic state. one individual says she wants the u.s. to reverse the policy of allowing british, french, and german citizens free travel via visas to the u.s. some say we are in danger because many europeans visit up to 90 days by registering online. over 1000 europeans have reportedly joined the islamic state. the department of homeland security is reportedly about to undergo a massively busy restructuring. according to "the wall street journal", the plan is to create a subtle command, bringing together customs and border protection under a military like chain of command. as of right now, ties are significantly strained with the influx of more than 66,000 significantly strained with the influx of more than 66,000 so-called unaccompanied children. critics say the obama administration's policy that illegal immigrants are more than welcome and the government is on track to deport the fewest

number of illegal immigrants since at least 2007. and president obama is expected to issue an executive action on immigration after the midterm elections. we are coming right back. ashely: so much for the democrats war on women, it looks like president obama is the thing that fight. jason riley on the senate headed for republican control coming up

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scientists are scientist are taking precautions to make sure that all of the important situations, such as the federal management agency, are prepared. and the poll shows the key demographic in elections, swing voting so-called wal-mart moms that helped to reelect obama no longer support him. many disapprove of the president's job. that is up 6% since 2012. all this comes from the republican victory in the senate. joining me now is the author of the new book, "please stop helping us", jason riley. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. ashely: so what about this support of the so-called wal-mart mothers. >> they are who we describe as a soccer mom, and according to the

polls come along concern they have bar the world in flames, in the middle east. if the americans being beheaded by radical islamic terrorist groups and the president is getting blamed for that. and there is some concern here. ashely: and talking about this, the number four in support of president obama, 93% 87%. and so why is that important? >> even though folks may still support the president, the question is whether they will turn out to vote and that is why you have had the president trying to keep racial issues front and center, whether it is

pretending that bull connor runs the police department or trying to scare black people in the polls by saying that there's a republican that is disenfranchising them, putting eric holder out to say that, that is what is owing on here. the democrats and the white house want to do so even though obama is not on the ticket and that is the challenge. the one we have a way to go between now and november. so how realistic is it that they can get out in these numbers? >> traditionally it's been very difficult. all of the prognosticators predict that there will be very big wins for republicans. so i don't know how successful they will be. they're going against history. traditionally the president's party does poorly in off year elections. you have the republicans that are very fired up about this election. you have the president has very low approval ratings. and i think they have their work cut out for them. ashely: one of the issues is the

low approval rating. a stagnant economy especially for the middle class. and there's not a lot of massive measures are areas that we can point to as a success. >> i think that is what is went into the decision to address the nation on foreign policy. that is an area where the president can look strong and resolved and i think domestic issues and polls was in part responsible for his decision to give an address on foreign policy. and i think that the problem there for him is that he did not scream the resolve in that. ashely: not so much the threat of isis. >> when you're advertising to your adversaries, what you're not going to do, i don't think that that sends a message of resolve. i think the american people are willing to get behind the president who wants to take the fight to the terrorists in here you have a president who is

reluctant to take people to war. that doesn't scream results assaults and so i don't think it went off as well is people had hoped. ashely: it appears that every prognosticator shows that they will have both houses. but with the president still in, how does it work? >> we will see. he does have his legacy to worry about and he does have 25th team to worry about if he wants to pass this on to another democrat. so he has to have some congressmen that he can talk about. and republicans are taking some heat for not having an agenda out there. they are sort of counting on popularity to help them in november. rob portman, a lot of people from ohio, they need to tell people what we are for not what we are against.

and it will be electronic reform and we need to tell people that we can govern if we do take that ashely: time now for online poll results. nearly half say iran, over a quarter say syria, and 12% a year. he sure to vote on tonight's poll, do you believe the united states is now a war with the islamic state. cast your vote at loudobbs.com. and more outrageous waste of your taxpayer dollars to tell you about. the federal government reportedly spent more than $3 million to get monkeys drunk. i should just leave it right there. in order to study the effects of alcohol and the effect on body tissue. this was reported on several

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ashely: coming up next, stopping economic sanctions on russia. judy miller will be joining us live in a nation gripped by the ray rice scandal. thousands turning out for the game last night wearing his jersey. we have dr. keith ablow on america's mindset. and tech giants introducing two new iphone's. apple iphone six kicking off with consumers which may have been caused by massive demands.

joining us now is jeremy kaplan with digital trends. thank you so much for being here. >> it is my pleasure. ashely: this is what you do for a living. and so did apple had a home run? >> i have a small joke, and it's a very weak joke. the apple phones are largely the same. ashely: i am a good audience. >> okay, more or less the same thing, just slightly larger screens which brings a few features. not that many features and i think it's going to be a runaway hit. ashely: to what you have here to give us this kind of comparison? >> a standard iphone right here in a case, this is a nexus

five, which is a 4.7-inch phone. and so there you go. and then we have this gigantic beast right here, this is a 5.5-inch phone and you can see it's hard for me to even put it in my hand. i find these to be a little bit larger. you have bigger hands than me. ashely: it's good, i have to say that i do like it. >> the thing is is that these are selling like hotcakes. people will stand in line because of that. but what about the watch? what is your take on that two molehills were watches. i'm interested in the biostuff and you can track this. but for $349, is it worth it? >> a starting point is this.

it has to ramp up but apple standards have shown that we are willing to pay anything for anything and it's something that will be a big one. so this is a similar phone and then it looks reasonable on my wrist or in one of the challenges is you can't do very much right now and i think that apple will bring us features that do more. i think that this will help us do something that we have to own. ashely: what you are saying is that it is largely the same. and i wanted to bring in this from sam sung in response to this new iphone from apple.

>> two years for us to do something groundbreaking, and here it is. [cheers] [applause] >> at the bigger screen on the phone. it's unbelievable. ashely: that's pretty funny if nothing else. we waited two years and it's a bigger screen. >> samsung is the one that pioneered these phones. two weeks ago they launched a new version of their phone tablet. one of the executives said even we were not expecting them to sell as well as they are. it's understandable that they would come in and say we have to do this because this is what the market is demanding. ashely: is sam sung leading the way? >> in my way, sam sung is leading the way. and they gave us as large thing.

and it's actually remarkable. i played with it in the interface to the phone. and the interface, right down here were my thumbs are, that becomes the interface of the camera. >> that's wonderful. so it's easy to find the interface. it's very smart stuff. ashely: jeremy, thank you for being here. >> next year you're going to want one of these. ashely: jeremy kaplan, thank you so much. newly revealed a court document shows that the federal government threatened to find yahoo! if they failed to hand over data to the national security agency. they apparently thought the request was unconstitutional but they ended up fighting with the government. after the ruling, yahoo! and most of the other technology

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ashely: doctor sayed erred american to contract ebola is recovering after receiving a blood transfusion from another american who survived the disease. he is being treated at the nebraska medical center and received a blood donation from doctor kent brantley. he was released from an atlanta hospital just last month. and the good news, this does not expand to west africa were the world health organization says the number of a bullet cases is

growing faster than the ability to cure it. the virus could mutate and become transmissible through the air. u.s. and european union expanding sanctions against russia, targeting their largest tanks. financial and energy defense sectors. vladimir putin says that he is considering retaliation over the sanctions, which he claims are aimed at disrupting the peace. meanwhile, he continues to hold between ukraine and pro-russian rebels. in the early hours of the morning in russia right now, we have judith miller. thank you so much for joining us. we are talking about this strategy conference is being held in kiev this year. so that we understand more. can you explain what the

conference is about to . >> the conference is really focusing on the faith in the future of the ukraine, which has been fighting for its life. and there are assembled here are some 350 diplomats and foreign service people and experts on the region, european commissioners and is an extraordinary number of people but no americans have discussed the future of the ukraine as of yet. ashely: what is the reaction from the eu and the u.s. that has really targeted, most importantly, the future of russia's energy industry? >> everyone is very pleased that 28 nations of the european community managed to agree on this third set of sanctions aimed at crippling the russian

economy that is closest to vladimir putin. his oil drilling equipment, has financial establishment of 25 people who were closest to him. but the americans went even beyond that and they targeted the kremlin's largest bank. and even so there is not a lot of talk here about america's leadership in the world because america is not leading the fight to stop leonard hooton from trying to take over the country's. ashely: ashely: have you spoken to any officials about that issue reign. >> yes, the president of the european parliament had a little chat after he addressed the gathering. and he had spoken to president obama about whether the west will do more to help those in need to fight the russians.

and he said that mr. obama is a very nice man. and i said, well, there was a consensus about doing more and he said he's a very nice man and he's very preoccupied with isis at the moment. and i think i had the answer that we cannot expect more from the united states. ashely: what do you think about the chances of this latest cease-fire? having people see this playing out? >> there is a force of optimism that the cease fire will hold and lime or putin will be dissuaded from trying to take this, a city that would give him a land bridge to the crimea. but i think the diplomats and the individuals here much more pessimistic and president petro

poroshenko address list and ukrainian economy is in dreadful shape. and this includes addressing some of the anticorruption measures. there's a lot of soul-searching and concern about the future of this country. and i'm not sure that they're going to be able to make it, but they are not going to have to dissolve unless presdient vladimir putin intends to break the cease fire. ashely: thank you so much for taking the time, it's time for you to take some well-earned rest. >> thank you, ashley. we wish you could all be here. ashely: fascinating stuff from judy miller. this from our nation's 40th president, we must realize that no arsenal or weapon in the arsenal of the world is as political as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

and we are coming right back. ashely: retail sales have a little bit of help from the auto industry. and the dollar strengthening. market improving. we have john lonski on

ashely: on wall street, stocks moving lower on this friday, the dow jones phone 61 points, and s&p down 12, s&p 50024 points. volume on the big board. s&p down about 1%, with fractional weekly losses. retail sales up in consumer sentiment rising to the highest level since july 2013. here with this outlook is moody's capital market chief

economist john lonski. thank you for being here. let me pick up on that point. retail sales up nicely, consumer sentiment up and all things pointing positively to the economy, which has taken a long time to gain traction. where does that leave the market demand. >> today we saw a muted response. >> i think that the markets will continue to move higher than what we had in the past. right now there is worry with a policy statement and we are somewhat concerned that the fed might be more aggressive with the need to hike interest rates. but history tells us that interest rates do not necessarily doom financial markets. ashely: when they do hike rates, it's not going to be by huge amounts. >> they're only going to hike rates if they are convinced that the economy is strong enough to

withstand higher borrowing. going back to what i said earlier, the last time they initiated a series of rate hikes was in june 2004. and however, the equity market didn't set this high until october 2007. similarly we are going back to the 1990s. february 1994, equities didn't peak until march of 2000 and. ashely: there you go, it may be rough to begin with, but ultimately the markets can be covered. and the influx of the cheap money that is being printed by the side, certainly europe is worried about it. >> i think that the fed is anxious to go ahead and get the zero interest rate policy out of the way and they want to see something in terms of the

federal funds rate. maybe that is because it has been changed in the united states. for a long period of time. and so perhaps it is high time to get these guys a break. ashely: what you expect from next week with the continued change of language that could single something strong in the markets. >> a lot of this depends on how financial markets perform between now and the meeting on wednesday the 17th. if we find that it continues to slide, if we have interest rates moving higher, and we get a widening of the spread, the language may not change by much. but i think the fed wants to make it clear that a zero interest rate policy is not forever and eventually by the middle of 2014, they will hike

the rate provided that we continue to make progress in the economy, especially on the labor front. ashely: we know every word and every sentence is pulled apart and dissected. thank you so much for joining us tonight. coming up later on this evening, neil cavuto will sit down with former commissioner of the nypd am a ray kelly. talking about the challenges of keeping america safe. and it the independence focusing on the economy. we will have the upending of traditional business models. join kennedy tonight only on fox business. and coming up next, ravens fans cheering for their team, many without a care with the name on the back of their jersey. dr. keith ablow takes us inside the minds of the ravens fans

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ashely: breaking news tonight, adrian peterson charged this evening with child abuse, police seeking to arrest the star for using a switch to spank his son. he has been deactivated for this week while the team investigates the matter. oscar pistorius is the most famous paralympic athlete in history and today he was found guilty of culpable homicide. pilasters shooting of his or her girlfriend riva secam. known as the blade runner, he faces up to 15 years in prison. the parents of riva steam riva

steam camp said that the ruling is upsetting. and ray rice controversy. what were these women thinking? joining me now to discuss the psychology of domestic abuse and the media storm that seems to be following it,,, dr. keith ablow. thank you for joining us tonight. let's begin right there, this is interesting. the women say that they were there to support ray rice. and he has said his apologies and they continue to support him. what is your take on that? >> i think it might take on that is that there is a kind of ugly wave of revisionist history going on here. and i think that women are at the forefront of suggesting it wrongly that these are excusable

incidents and that this is something that happens in male and female relationships, especially amongst celebrities. rhianna, chris brown, those moments. he could have killed his wife were then girlfriend. the bottom line is there is no excuse for it at all. ashely: that's interesting because i've read some of the comments and some of these wo3 ashely: that's interesting because i've read some of the comments and some of these women wearing the jerseys were actually interviewed. one woman said they she shouldn't have hit him, speaking to his then fiancée. i met if i hit you, i expect you to hit me back. >> unfortunately, gender equality in all things, it has lots of young boys thinking that it's okay to hit girls back if they hate you. and maybe now twentysomethings think that as well. i was raised to think that you never had a girl back. in his assault on his wife was not in any way equivalent and he is a much stronger fellow and he

knocked her unconscious. in a clearheaded way he says to the security guard and hotel employees, no cops. it's not like he couldn't think. >> exactly. and, you know, we talk about the nfl. it's a hugely popular sport. these are guys who play a violent game and they do a lot of physical training. are they predisposed to violence? that is my question. >> you know, maybe they were predisposed in this way. there is a tremendous adulation of them and they are raised to believe that they are our gladiators and that should not translate into them thinking that you have no empathy for your partner in life and that you are free to assault her. so this is something very different about this man and others like him who feel that it is okay to assault someone who

is physically weaker and who you say that you love and if she stays in a setting, that is textbook domestic violence. ashely: that is my next question about his wife, who at the time was the fiancée. this happened about four months or so before they were married. but they went on to become married and she says she's blaming the media for the fact that he is being indefinitely banned from the team. can you tell me about her psychology? >> four months, 16 weeks. i think in her mind she somehow believe that this is a safe situation that i'm entering. sure, i was knocked out in an elevator by a guy that can deck other football players. but surely things will be okay. well, that is a question for her. what in your background lead you

to believe that either you need to be that unconditionally loving either one assaulted or that you are defining yourself by this relationship with this man. where was the lack of self-esteem? ashely: is interesting. i also wanted to talk about the nfl commissioner roger goodell who said that he didn't pursue the revised domestic violence incident, out of respect for his now wife. and i find that interesting as well. >> well, that is suggesting that someone is not doing their arithmetic very well, namely janay rice, and janay rice, and namely you don't have a guy that knocked out his girlfriend and then wife. so let me be honest, it's not that important whether the

ravens win or lose. what is more important that we convey to young men that you don't hate young women. ashely: that is a good place to leave it right there. thank you so much for joining us tonight, dr. keith ablow vmax all right, take care he won its time for your comments. we're getting a lot of feedback about the president's speech on wednesday night. david said that the politics are pure strategy, but no strategy yet. and steve says six years into the eight-year campaign, it's refreshing to see president obama spending 40 minutes seeming slightly less the ashamed to be an american. and johnny said he can't lead others if they perceive that the u.s. does not have a leader. too many unanswered lessons about what obama really wants. a copy of lou dobbs new book is, "border war" will be shipped to a all those who had their common

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short. david: fed decision next week. liz: indeed. "willis report." have a great weekend. >> i'm gerri willis. coming up on the show, more problems on gm, issued a stop delivery order for the new corvette. other car recalls you need to know before hitting the road this weekend. cab drivers in san diego, they're up in arms. they're being told to reduce victim's odor. smell testing cabbies legal? our panel weighs in. don't say we didn't warn you, a solar storm may be interfering with your weekend plans. "willis report" where consumers are our business starts right now. we begin tonight with a big u-turn on transparency by the obama administration. you heard of