step up the to the podium. take the microphone and clear your throat. hey, isis, you just brought a knife to a drone fight. message set, message received. have a great weekend, everybody! two big developing stories out of iraq on this busy saturday. more terror attacks in a nation where violence and brutality is sadly becoming part of deadly life. there is the possibility that violence will be reaching our chores. intelligence sources are saying isis is planning an attack on the u.s. the calm after the storm. another quiet night in ferguson, missouri after days of violent protests between police and demonstrators earlier this week. with rallies planned around the country and michael brown's funeral on monday. will this piece hold? we are live on the scene there. superstar, larry gatlin,

messenger from the heartland, couldn't interest i music star, has traveled the country across america. our conversation about what americans want for themselves and the nation. hello, everybody. i'm uma kamaraju. america's news headquarters starts right now. we begin with this alert. there has been more violence in iraq designed to further shatter that fragile coalition between religious groups. a homicide bomber driving a car full of explosives into an intelligence headquarters in baghdad. hours after an attack on a sunni mosque that killed more than 60 people there as well. we have extensive coverage beginning with connor powell who is joining us. >> as you said, the situation there growing more desperate and chaotic with each passing day. two different suicide attacks, one in baghdad and one near takrit. this comes after more than 60

were killed yesterday. the u.n. is warning of a growing humanitarian crisis like we saw several weeks ago materializing outside the city of amer north of bag dag because of the isis. it has been surrounded by isis militants for two months. the u.n. warning of a potential massacre there by isis fighters. this comes as the u.s. and other western nations are facing growing pressure to step up their attacks on isis. in recent days, america has counted the islamic militants in northern iraq. the obama administration is considering expanding its military response. the president says he will not send u.s. ground troops there. one option is equipping and training more moderate syrian rebel force across the border. there are serious doubts that the moderate syrian opposition force will materialize. they can take on isis and fight

the assad regime. if isis is going to be defeated, they are going to have to be hit in their home base of syria, not just iraq. the obama administration is considering that. they have so far stayed away from any military action in syria. there are real concerns they probably won't do that. it isn't clear what will happen. we know isis continues to spread in not only syria but also iraq. >> thank you so much for that update. appreciate it. >> the kurdish fighters in iraq have shown incredible bravery against isis forces in safeguarding thousands of religious minorities who have fled into kurdish areas to escape forced conversions or slaughter. it is great to see you here once again in our studio, sir. talk to me for a moment about how conditions there are on the ground at this moment. what you are hearing from your contacts on the ground there? >> thank you, uma, for having

me. the conditions remain intense on the ground. it continues to threaten regional stability and the kurdish forces. some of the equipment we hked fl xhau community is starting to arrive. we are appreciative of the united states assistance. the air strikes have been very effective in cutting back on some of this momentum that isis continued as they were having their eye on that. however, the situation remains intense. this threat, this organization, no longer an organization actually, a state now, an army, continues to have a lot of the equipment and the military equipment that was given to the iraqi security forces, american made in their hand and they remain a big threat to us and to the greater region. >> but the fighters must be very relieved to know that they were able to retake the big dam there. >> absolutely.

this wasn't going to happen without the support of the u.s. air strikes. the air strikes took place and then you had the iraqi killing forces on one side and the others on the other side wept after the isis militants, eliminated a lot of them. some of them ran away. now, the danl is in the hands of the pershmerga forces. it boosts the morale and this is a critical infrastructure. if this infrastructure was compromised, this could have been catastrophic and you could have seen floods as far south as the u.s. compound in baghdad. >> where are the fighters? what is the aim in terms of going after the isis terrorists in other cities along that region? there are some towns that are still surrounded by isis troops. there is one town there where the community is starving to death because they have been cut off from all food and water. >> there are two towns that you

are referring to. one is a small village that isis got their hands on a couple days ago. they have killed hundreds of men, rounded up women and enslaved them and now they are selling them for anywhere between $12 and $115, women or young ladies. these are heartbreaking stories that are coming. the other town is mostly the turk town. the town they have been starving for days. this is where we are now escalating this cause and calling for the international community to step in. food and water while we find a way to get to these people. >> can air strikes alone do the job with the fighters there on the ground? >> absolutely not. the air strikes have been very effective when isis has been in the open. what now they are doing, they are blending in with a population spreading themselves among the urban areas. what's going to have to happen,

the forces will have to come in and clear the areas, street by street, block by block, town by town. this is where the critical needs are. to do that, you have to be properly equipped. the iraqi security forces have to be properly equipped. we are starting to see some equipment come in. baghdad remains an obstacle. the equipment that has been coming in, baghdad requires all military planes and cargo to come to baghdad for inspection and the inspection could have taken as much as seven days. this obstacle needs to be removed. prime minister maliki should step in and allow this to happen. they are not just enemies of the kurds but the sunnis and shiites. >> they are still getting push back from maliki. >> absolutely. he remains in power for another two weeks. >> do you remain hopeful? >> in terms of the government formation in baghdad. >> in terms of what the forces have been able to accomplish. >> the air strikes again have

been very effective. my minister has said, we are fighting isil on behalf of the entire world. if we do not beat them here, you will have to the bale battle in your homeland. we can battle them in iraq and syria. otherwise, they will end up here. seeing the example of how quickly and rapidly they could hit home with the beheading of james foley. >> the threat is very serious. one that is not being taken lightly here in this country. thank you very much for joining us. always great to see you. defense secretary, chuck hagel, described isis, beyond anything we have seen and that we must take a cold, hard look at them. calling the group an imminent threat to every interest we have. he adds, we must prepare for anything. that's a sharp contrast from the president's remarks this week who still maintains, it is the

iraqi government which must seize the initiative. >> we're not the iraqi military. we are not even the iraqi air force. i am the commander in chief of the united states armed forces. iraq is going to have to provide for their own security. >> general mcinerney, great to have you. we have chuck hagel and martin dempsey saying that open boreds and immigration issues have made foreigners who have joined isis an immediate threat. he is saying we need to take this fight into syria. yet, you have the president saying isis needs to be contained in iraq. why are military leaders speaking what seems to be a different language than the president? >> well, there is a huge narrative gap, uma. the president thinks everything is okay. the narrative he won

re-election, al qaeda is dead. he killed osama bin laden and all that. he has the wrong narrative. he is three years behind. the chairman of the joint chief of staff and secretary defense hagel on thursday were pleading, pleading for us to start doing something. ice sis unchecked is a threat to the united states and soon, not two or three years from now but very, very soon. we need to take very aggressive, corrective action. the white house isn't. you have got the secretary of state, kerry, who is saying that we must deisis. we must immediately, i mean tomorrow, they need to start hitting 200 targets a day. the president has to get with it. as judge janine says, he has to put his big boy pants on and be the leader of the free world. you can't lead and destroy isis

leading from behind. we have to go after these targets. it is an easy air campaign and it should be in syria as well as it should be in iraq. it must be a very aggressive 24/7 campaign. we have to resupply directly to the kurds. we are not supplying the kurds very much. maliki is holding it all up. they are our best allies out there next to the israelis. >> speaking of syria, the fact that after three years of avoiding it and not making good on his line in the sand warning to syria, he now may be pushed towards military action there. to go after isis targets. what's the reality of that happening from your point of view. what are you hearing? >> if he doesn't, then we are going to lose. we ought to be attacking their command of control on the 10th of march, el baghdadi went in a convoy of 30 vehicles from mosul back into syria, because he was afraid of u.s. air power. we should have destroyed them

then. now, we have to go in and take them out in syria. we ought to do anything that goes after isis in syria and support the free syrian army as well as attacking them in iraq. it has to be an aggressive campaign. let's not worry about that border. >> i hear the urgency in your voice. more and more people are saying the isis threat is coming here to our own back yards. what are you hearing? zon the 7th of september, a major news network and publishing network are going to put out a book. it is going to be earth shattering of what's happening and what happened. the fact is we may even see a 9/11/14 mh-370 surface again. we should go to defcon 1, our

highest state of readiness and be prepared as we lead up to 9/11. >> when you say a major news organization is coming forward with a publication, what are you referring to specifically? can you allude to that, give us more details? >> i can't give you any more than what i've just said. but it is going to be extremely important and america should take notice. we are less safe today than we were six years ago. lieutenant general mike flynn, who is retiring now, has pointed out, they have almost doubled the radical islamic organ sdwlag sdwla zations in the last six years and a 30% increase in the structure. >> you are saying we should raise the terror level threat at this point ahead of the anniversary of 9/11. >> absolutely, uma. >> that's very sobering and something we have to watch very carefully. general, great to have you here.

>> thanks very much. now, we want to hear from you. what do you have to say about the growing isis threat? now that we are learning, isis members may already be in the u.s. should the feds raise the terror threats. tweet me your answers. i will read some later in the show. turning now to issues here at home and ferguson, missouri. it has been two weeks since the shooting of 18-year-old michael brown. for the third night in a row, no violence and no disruptions. as the investigation into that shooting continues, the police officer at the center of the storm, officer darren wilson, is receiving support in nearby st. louis where a rally is being held to let him know he is not being forgotten by those that support him. garrett tenney is joining us

live from st. louis. garrett? >> reporter: we are here at this sports pub. this is about 17 miles from ferguson where supporters of darren wilson have gathered to honor him today. this comes after this night you mentioned of another night of peaceful protests. this is what we have seen the last three nights. last night, there were zeer pro arrests. that is the first night that has happened in almost two weeks. back here at barney's, this is one of several rallies happening in the area for officer darren wilson and michael brown. you can see, many of those coming out today are law enforcement families. those of officers here. people are coming from around the region and around the country, driving and offering their support, say they would like to give donations. you see we have these shirts here that they are selling as well with she's shields on that say, officer darren wilson, i stand by you.

>> now, i am here with mark, one of the organizers of this rally. mark, why is it that it was important for y'all to come out here this weekend and put this together? >> we thought it was important for darren wilson, officer wilson and his family to understand there are people out here that support him. there are people out there that care about imhad and his well-being and let him know we have his back and we are here to support him. >> reporter: what message are you wanting to send out there? we haven't seen these type of rallies or protests supporting officer wilson the last two weeks. you are coming out this weekend to do that. why now? >> we waited a little bit to look at it. his name is getting dragged through the mud. we didn't think it was fair. there are two sides to every story. we are trying to get his side out there. we are trying to tell you to keep faith in law enforcement and keep the faith in officer wilson. >> reporter: the two sides of the story, that is something that's ongoing.

the grand jury is still hearing that evidence to determine whether or not to bring those charges. so far, those supporters have raised nearly $290,000 for officer wilson and his family. uma? >> garrett, thank you very much. >> as you just heard, ferguson remains calmer. tensions remain over many unanswered questions tied to the shooting of this 18-year-old unarmed teen. coming up, you will here from the high-profile forensic pathologist, who traveled to missouri at the request of that young man's family and performed a second independent autopsy on michael brown. he tells us he thinks this case is -- he tells us how he thinks this case is being handled so far. despite this week's indictment, texas governor, rick perry, isn't letting it stand in the way of his political agenda. the possible presidential candidate is out and about gaining momentum at rallies and states where he is getting a warm welcome. >> i am going to fight this injustice with every fiber of my being.

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the family of michael brown asking a rae noun forensic scientists to examine the body. it shows that the teen was shot at least six times, including twice in the head. he says the information does not assign blame or justify the shooting. i recently sat down with him. he says the family called him because they were upset accusing the police of withholding important information about the shooting.>> from the very begin letting the body lay out in the street for so long with the public looking at it without any initial cpr or attempt show respect for the body, without covering up the body feeds into anger in the community. >> are you saying often in a murder situation, the body does stay in place until the cops come and investigate the scene?

>> that's indoors. we have somebody out here in front of fox studio. there is a car accident. somebody is killed in a car accident. cops come out and take pictures and get the body out of the way so that public doesn't gather around it. >> so in terms of procedure, you saw that that as a major flaw from how that could be read or people could misconstrue and come to their own conclusions without all the facts. the autopsy in and of itself, lots of questions were raised by virtue of the fact of the findings that you have. the conclusion that you have drawn from this is that it could be a situation where this young man may have been coming at the officer or he could have been in a defensive position. >> right, or just standing. the autopsy can never be completely evaluated by itself. it has to have the circumstances

that are going to explain how things happened. here, the eyewitness testimonies are going to be important. realizing, some are more credible than others. that has to be looked through. the autopsy report, i haven't seen the autopsy and toxicology report from the autopsy. although, i'm sure they did a good job, a fine job. i don't think there will be any significant differences between the first, second, and third autopsies here. the interpretation can be affected. i think that the -- how the interpretations are made after all the information, the foern sick evidence from the body, from the police car, from the clothing, the medical information from when the police officers brought it to the hospital. does he have fractures of the face or not? there are leaks on these but sometimes they can be wrong. when this this is all put

together, one can have a useful way of interpreting the autopsy findings. >> really quickly, what's the biggest thing that we should be looking for over the next few weeks? >> well, certainly the grand jury is getting all of it's information. the grand jury results and that's probably when they will release everything. i think that perhaps to see if there are any significant differences among the autopsies, which i don't think there will be. it will just be interpretations of all the other information that's available. >> you have been displayed, though, by the way the police, ferguson has been dealing with this. >> i am dismayed like others as to the rioting that went on. there are a lot of reasons for it. from my little corner of the world, the treatment of the decedent with more respect at the scene would have been helpful. if they were able to give the parents some information about the autopsy without having to call in an expert, that would

have been helpful. that part of it. now, i was very impressed with captain johnson's handling of things. things can get out of hand easley. we should prepare for it whenever there is a death involving police activity that the community might be outraged about it. >> dr. baden, always great to see you. thank you. take a look. live pictures right now in new york. staten island, to be exact. thousands of people are out on the streets there marching with reverend al sharpton in a protest to mark the death of michael brown and eric garner. he died in new york after he was put in a choke hole chold in manhattan. we are going to update that story for you as we get more information from new york.

this programming note, fox news sunday has an exclusive debate with dr. ben carson and the reverend jesse jackson on the relationship between the black community and police. check your local time for the channel and the listener. turning to a political story that has been generating lots of buzz. we are talking about texas governor, rick perry, looking for like a gop presidential candidate in new hampshire, rather than a man under indictment. he is accused of coercing a public official and abusing his office and demand that district attorney, rosemary lend burg, quit or lose $7.5 million for the anti-corruption unit of her office. he is calling these charges a farce and only had his defense team show up in court for him yesterday for the arraignment. he might not have been there. our next guest was. joining us now, christie hoppy with the dallas news.

talk to me for a moment about the atmosphere in the courtroom yesterday and how this is all playing out in texas. >> well, the defense attorney was very adamant and the defense has been very public in denigrating these charges and suggesting that they are paper thin. the special prosecutor who is handling the case for the state. le lendburg has recused himself. he says he will lay out his case in court and won't go to the court of public per secticeptio lay it out first. >> is this a story that has lots of folks buzzing on the future of the governor and whether or not he can withstand the spotlight and continue on with his presidential aspirations. >> he has made every indication that he is strutting forward. he is not going to be slowed down by what he considers a

politically generated indictment. whether he can maintain that, we will see. in the next couple of weeks, we are going to see his defense team try and get the indictment thrown out. if it stands, it will be a longer haul for the governor and a little harder to explain. >> as you point out, he is going full steam ahead. there are some interesting theatrics that are a part of this whole drama as it is playing out. there are some t-shirts out as i understand it. >> there are. he has his own mug shot on a t-shirt. that is unusual in terms of fundraising. he is -- his rick pack has put out a t-shirt with his mug shot on the front and rosemary lindburg on the back. >> what is the response in terms of her story? is she gathering any public

support for her plight? >> she stood trial a week after her arrest for drunk driving. it was a particularly belligerent performance she put on during her arrest. >> we have all seen the videotape. >> it was pretty obnoxious. she stood a week after, offered no defense. she said, throw the book at me. she served time in jail. she came out and voluntarily committed herself to a treatment program. she has said she will not seek re-election but she will not allow republican governor to name her replacement. governor perry has been very successful over his 14 years of putting very loyalists in various positions throughout government. she wasn't going to step aside and make that easy for him. this is going to be an interesting case to see how this plays out an watching the governor out there strutting his stuff, as you say. great to see you.

thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. coming up, what to do about the isis threat to the homeland. >> what are our objectives here with isil. it does pose a serious threat. it is imminent. it is extraordinarily dangerous.

welcome back, everybody. defense and intelligence leaders are saying that isis terrorists are extremely well funded and organized and determined to strike western targets, specifically right here in the u.s. what's being done to protect us? is it enough? joining us now, national security correspondent jennifer griffin with more. >> the pentagon has not seen any sign that isis terror cells have crossed the southern border into

the united states. the latest intelligence suggests the group is planning an attack on the u.s. homeland. senator james inhofe is the ranking member of the senator armed services committee. >> they are crazy out there. they are rapidly developing a method to build up a major u.s. city. isis, they are really bad terrorists. they are so bad that al qaeda is afraid of them. >> this is beyond anything that we've seen. so we must prepare for everything. the only way you do that is you take a cold, steely hard look at it. and get ready. >> the president may now be regretting his choice of words back in january when he mocked isis in an interview with "the new yorker." the analogy we use around here sometimes and i think is accurate is if a jv team puts on lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them kobe bryant. the white house yesterday from martha's vineyard suggested the

u.s. is prepared. >> to date, we have not seen them focus on that type of planning but that doesn't mean we are not going to be very mindful that they could quickly aim to pivot to attacks against western targets outside of the region. they show the intent or they show plodding against the united states, we'll be prepared to deal with that as necessary. >> meanwhile, another all qaeda linked group in syria, arrival to isis, has released a new kidnapping video showing lebanese soldiers who they threaten to kill in iranian backed hezbollah fighters don't stop helping bashar al assad. >> with all this information, this new intelligence, what is the white house planning to do about isis? >> pentagon officials tell me in the wake of the full execution, they are actively weighing options for the president that could include air strikes inside

syria against isis targets, including the possibility of u.s. special operations troops on the ground. no decision has yet been made. deputy national security adviser, ben rhodes, said, the u.s. would not be deterred by any borders. general martin dempsey, the president's top military adviser said this week, isis cannot be defeated without addressing it in syria, giving us a window to where all this may be heading. >> the stakes remain very high. thank you, jennifer, for that update. in the wake of controversial confrontations across the country between police and the public, including ferguson, there is a growing push to find a way to better record arrests both for police and the suspects. we have one high-tech solution being tested in los angeles. domin dominic dinatale is joining us.

ferguson says they want these body-mounted cameras that can record arrests. lapd is putting them to the test at the moment. they have told fox news it intends to deploy them amongst officers. we joined some officer patrolling l.a. skid row. the locals approve because they keep the officers accountable. the cops say it helps them with the accuracy of their reports and their courtroom testimonies and dealing with the public. >> the video is going to catch him or her doing whatever crime and it is going to pretty much open and shut case. >> we will have somebody chipping away at you, not you personally, just your uniform. you tell them, i have my camera on and you are being recorded. all of the sudden, they are acting completely different and they walk away. >> a study with the california p.d., just a year, complaints

dropped some 88% an the use of force almost fell two-thirds. the national law enforcement agencies and privacy groups are working to hand out guidelines of this to protect citizen privacy. >> this is a technology that can invade privacy if it is not handled properly. police officers go into people's homes. domestic violence, seeing people at the worst moments of their lives. that video should never, ever see the light of day. >> not just in l.a. but also the nation's largest police force. the these after the court stopped the stop and frisk lawn. >> thank you very much. still to come, country music star, larry gatlin, with his thoughts on the heartland, taking stock of washington and the white house. >> a time in our world when we need john wayne, we have the

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in at least one occasion, he raped a woman, all are black, 34-54 years old. a woman complained he sexually assaulted her during a traffic stop. he was put on administrative leave on june 18th. police say they are not sure if the attacks were race related. naacp and other african community leaders are calling for a thorough investigation. the oklahoma city police chief says the charges are disturbing, emphasizing that 99.9% of his officers are trust worthy. >> it affects all of us. officers know that. they take it personally. it angers us that one of our people, one of our officers that people trust to keep them safe is doing just opposite. >> authorities believe there could be more victims in the case. he is facing nine charges including rape, sexual battery and indecent exposure. he faces up to life in prison.

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welcome back, everybody. bao, bao is celebrating her first birthday here in d.c. the name means precious. she's drawn visitors from around the world. she has her own instagram page. we've been asking you in light of the isis threat, should the

feds raise the terror alert? one viewer writers, more money doesn't equal more security. than thanks for letting us know how you feel. i'm uma pemmaraju. make it a great day. hello, thanks for spending your saturday with us. i'm leland vitter. >> and welcome to you, leland. i'm julie banderas. the u.s. military could expand its air strikes to another country, this as the terrorists threaten kill a second american journalist. our team coverage on military action in syria. tensions remain high in ferguson, missouri, following the death of teenager niek will brown. we have a live report from the streets. plus, lawmakers are coming