means a lot to us here at "fox & friends." >> that's right. thanks to the stars of "the song." they'll join us in the after the show show. >> they're just finding out about it now. >> we'll see you back here tomorrow. bill: good morning to you at home. new airstrikes hitting in syria and iraq early this morning. president obama getting ready to address the u.n. on isis that will happen later this hour. but the latest strikes taking out a stage can area in syria and a stronghold in irbil in iraq. top intelligence officials urging americans to be vigilant as these airstrikes continue. what does that mean exactly? i'm bill hemmer, welcome to america's newsroom. martha: the fbi and homeland

security say they fear lone wolves could be inspired to act. >> we know they were planning attacks against western europe either in europe or the u.s. homeland and they were close to the end game on those planning efforts and they were getting close to execution of an actual attack. bill: doug, what exactly are they warning in this new bulletin? >> reporter: the fbi and the department of homeland security say they have no evidence of precise terror planning in the ustheunited states. this document reads in part, we believe these stlieks contribute to home-grown extremists possibly motivating home the attacks by hves.

those single events do not generally provoke immediate attacks from hves. >> we do not have any indication at the present by concrete plotting by isil against the united states homeland. but we do know that they are dangerous, they threatened americans, killed americans in the region. >> reporter: this follows last week's revelation by jason chaffetz. he said i have reason to believe on september then were four individuals trying to cross into the texas border apprehended at two texas stations that have known ties to organizations in the middle east. johnson' replied to that i have heard reports to that but i don't know the accuracy of the reports.

iranians and syrians were also apprehend at the border. >> reporter: we know the leader is age 33, born in kuwait. he ran an al qaeda cell. he's a top aide to usama bin laden. in february of this year he was instrumental in getting al qaeda to separate itself from isis. the u.s. offered a $7 million report for information leading in the to his arrest. martha: the new airstrike decimating isis targets as america seeks out the terrorist stronghold in syria and iraq. the president is set to address the u.n. general assembly. that will happen an hour from

now. what do we expect to hear from the president this morning? >> reporter: his aid are saying the president is going to tout momentum in stopping isis in iraq and helping to stand up that new inclusive iraqi government as well as expanding the war against isis into syria. they will call this a model for new mire can leadership in a rapidly changing world. the president told the u.n. general assembly he was ending a decade of warp from the bush administration and was touting he helped dismantle al qaeda. now we have seen that the remnants of al qaeda have become oh dangerous in the president's word it's justifying u.s. action again. so now it's either continuing or

starting a new one. martha: after his address he may have a meeting that could be even more important than the general assembly speech. >> reporter: the right house says it's only the accept time the american president has chaired a meeting of the security council. folks who have been trained with isis overseas and have pass towards can come back here. and they can have meeting with key allies to strengthen the coalition inside iraq and syria as well now. bill: fascinating morning. that address about an hour away. these airstrikes in syria and iraq set to take center stage, no doubt. good morning to you.

how does a nobel peace prize winner explain the latest bombing? >> reporter: it's a tough audience. the president needed some political working room when he announced two week ago that he would escalate the war and call for bombing on airstrikes. and he would increase the flow of arms to rifle factions inside the syrian civil war. he said it, then he and his team said we are going to get back to you when we get back to new york for the general assembly and we'll flesh that out later. polling indicates americans still have deep reservations about this plan while many are supportive. almost an equal number think it will fail and they have not heard the kind of clarity they want. the president was going to go to new york and provide that clarity. they get to new york and as you point out, this is a tough

audience to take that message is is an audience heavily sceptical of america and disdainful of american power. the president finds himself with the wrong message for the wrong place. bill: has the administration set the bar too high for this? >> reporter: this is generally the way the obama political operation has worked. they have a tremendous belief in his speech making ability. they will say the president is going to give a big speech and he's going to clarify everything. based on what we are hearing is in this speech i don't think he will be able to deliver for americans. he may be able to make the people who loved him as the nobel laureate, he may be able

to please them there, but for a domestic constituency divided between non-interventionists who believe the president is being forced under political duress into another war and hawkish americans who don't think the president will pick? the fight and he will do what he did in libya and afghanistan which is get in and walk away. bill: how do you bring clarity to the mission? >> reporter: i don't think he can. i don't think the answer that is clear which is probably closer to the first version he gave, which was about containing isis and containing this threat is politically acceptable at home. i think it's such a disaster at home to talk about containing something as awful as this that people won't airport and they would punish the president's party to such a degree in november that he changed his

rhetoric into more aggressive language. bill: this administration would much rather talk about global warming or ebola or the threat from russia. stand by in washington. martha: we were talking about how big will this speech be? and will it signal a damage in direction for the obama presidency or not. big questions as we wait for that speech to unfold. we'll bring that speech live. we'll be watching it throughout the morning. all the activity in mid-town manhattan. lot of analysis on what we can expect and what this means for us. bill: what do you want to hear from the president? send ups a tweet and we'll share some of your thoughts throughout the program. without a doubt the main topic of the day is the latest on isis and khorasan and what's napping

syria and iraq. >> martha: all of which is decidedly more important than the coffee controversy. we'll tell you will what is being called the latte salute. do you care about that? bill: airstrike overnight in syria and iraq. will they be enough? >> the measure of success is not knock out windows. it's acres and acres of dead terrorists. that's tactical success. bill: colonel ralph peters on the president's strategy. martha: the white house targeting a terror group called an imminent threat to the homeland. who is this group known as khorasan. >> it may be a new name to many americans. it's not a new name to the defense department or intelligence community.

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martha: president obama getting criticism for what they call the latte salute. he had a cup of coffee and had it in his hand when he salute when he arrived in new york city. a lot of people writing angry posts but others have responded

with moments like this. the barney salute which president bush did. sometimes your hands are full. you know. bill: like when i give my every morning. i salute the lady behind the counter. i'm the first one in line. cooling nell oliver north on how he sees the airstrikes. >> airstrikes will destruct, and damage isis but it will not destroy isis. airstrikes have never captured terrain. thap that requires boots on the ground and there are none today. bill: how are you, colonel, good morning to you.

the bdas, the bomb damage assessment. you think the time of day for these strikes is significant. why? >> i think the media were so even raptured with the cruise missile video. obamaed a restrictions on this air operation to min niets not just civilians, but to minimize terrorist casualties so we attacked in the middle of the night. the to the way you would attack the middle of the night is there was a forbidding pair defense. the syrians weren't going turn on anything they had. you could have gone there safely in a hang-glider. but instead we went in in the middle of the might because the buildings were empty. bill: maybe there is cooperation with damascus. you have a quote from a syrian government minister who says

what's happened so far is proceeding in the right direction. he went on to say in terms of informing the syrian government by not targeting syrian it in operations and not targeting civilians. maybe there is cooperation. and maybe that's the on the time of the day damascus said it's okay. >> damascus doesn't have a vote. we went in the middle of the night because that way the buildings were empty and president obama didn't want to hurt any terrorists. in the middle of the night you blow out windows and month out antennas. if you wanted to hurt the militants would have been 10:00 or 11:00 in the morning when they would have been crowd. bill: i understand your point, but what this person is saying is they are going the right direction because the government was being kept informed and they

were not hitting civilians or military targets. you are saying there was no cooperation with damascus? >> we did let them know we are coming so they wouldn't be stupid and turn their radars on. the problem here is president obama didn't want to hur any terrorists. except maybe the khorasan group. we may have taken out some of them. they are reported to be an imminent threat to the homeland. the problem is the islamic fate and the caliphate. knock out windows and antennas and rearranging the furniture with a cruise missile doesn't deter people who believe they are on a mission from god to kill everything in sight. the on way you can deal with terrorists of this nature is to

kill hem until they are exterminated other last guys give up and run for the caves. bill: earlier today on the "today show" ambassador susan rights said the only way this war changes is when the locals take up and join the fight. who's willing to do that? >> so far, nobody on the ground. george herbert walker bush had arab ground troops for the liberation of kuwait. it's symbolically important. but ultimately ollie north is right and the other critics are right. air power can do a lot for you when used aggressively and effectively. but at the end of the day, depending on the situation special forces or special operators or regular yownld forces to go in and grapple with

these guys and wipe them out. this idea that we can impress them with our technology is nonsense. what it took to defeat germany and imperial japan. we still had to shake hands with the red army. we had to drop two atom bombs on japan and they didn't think they were on a mission from god. what truly matters in warfare. isis has got it. and the problem our guys don't. who wants to die for the baghdad government. kurds will die for their homeland but they are not going to liberate syria. martha: a couple weeks ago the president said isis was not a threat to us at the homeland. but now there is an imminent terror threat so what happened

to change all that? monica crowley coming up on that. >> police announcing charges against the us next disappearance of 18-year-old hanna graham. where is this young woman? >> we begin trying to locate mr. matthew. there is state and federal resources that have been released. and deployed to help accomplish that task.

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bill: there is a manhunt charged with abducting a uva student named hannah graham. a felony warrant was issued for for jesse matthew.

authorities believe he was at a bar with hanna graham on the night she vanished, prompting a massive search' going into itse. >> we are continuing our search for hannahh as we speak and we'll continue our search for hannah. bill: police say officers removed several pieces of clothing from inside his apartment. martha: the obama administration saying airstrikes in syria were necessary because the plot targeting the homeland were imminent. last week was the first time officials mentioned this little known cell known as khorasan. rinse to all this.

>> i want everybody to understand we have not seen any immediate intelligence about threats to the homeland from isil. that's not what this is about. >> in terms of threat to the homeland perhaps they do. this khorasan group so-called which is out there is potentially yet another threat to the homeland, yes. >> in terms of the khorasan group which is a network of seasoned terrorists, they were plotting attacks against united states and western targets. martha: what is going on? monica crowley is a fox news contributor. if this group was on the radar as they are telling us. i think most americans understand there are things we don't know or are not told because of operations being

compromised. but why would the president be so emphatic that there was no threat to the u.s. and why would clapper sounds like he didn't know the name of this group. >> it am not very comforting. this fits into a broader pattern we have seen the last six years where this administration has hs striven to minimize the terror threat. jihad takes many forms. different forms of jihad. want administration has done by trying to contain and define the threat in a limited way is that they have been trying to get away with scoring political points by saying al qaeda is on the run. now we know al qaeda has

metastasized into a lot of different forms and we see it on the ground with khorasan. for political reasons they tried to earn points to with the american people by saying we have this under control. core al qaeda has been decimated now we know that hasn't been true. martha: you are so right. if you accept the fact all of these groups have something in common what possible thing do they have in common, that they are islamic extremists. >> think about it in the context of benghazi. leading in the up to the 2012 election the president and his team were talking about we have them on the run. then the attack happened. they continued to couch what happened because they didn't want the american people to know the truth, that americans were attacked by jihadis in benghazi. they try to minimize them until they can't anymore.

that's what you saw the last 24 hours the last couple weeks. in is no imminent threat to the united states. we had to bomb them in the process of bombing syria. now we had a protect' -- >> we are getting reports that that group went dark a while ago and this attack may have been put under for various reasons. which does raise a lot of questions about why it's being presented in the way it is. that they were willing to go after this group at this point. they are attributing comments to eric holder that the reason they banned laptops that aren't charges on airlines. was this to make it appear eric holder and everybody else was on top of it? >> they are trying to spin this. we were on top of this. i think it's important in this new age of terror since

september 11, 2001. the administration has to level with the mayor cap people. we have not gotten that from this team the last six years. they have chosen to minimize it. the president can say i dealt with core al qaeda and now i can focus on other things. but the truth is that the threat me as a sized. it'sd the threat me as a sized. we just had the threat in australia. if you are the commander-in-chief you should err on the side of overstating the threat. martha: like david cameron has in great britain. bill: are there more strikes against syria and iraq?

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bill: based on the clock and based on the schedule we are about 30 minutes away from the president's speech in the u.n. ''s to rally support for the airstrikes in syria and iraq. martha: this new offensive against the terrorists forcing the commander-in-chief to after he void what he wanted to avoid, becoming a war time president.

karl rove was the chief of staff and advisor to president george w. bush. history is a fascinating thing. presidents do not get to choose the hand they are dealt when they are in the office as you well know, having served under president bush who did not expect to be a warp time president either but who became one. do you think this is a moment and a choice that has been made by the president to go back to war in syria and iraq that will fundamentally change his presidency? >> yes, i do. he himself acknowledges this fight will take some number of years. it will occupy a lot of the last two years he has in office, and he will increasingly be seen through the prism of how did handle the current challenge and how did his policies allow the current challenge to evolve and emerge. martha: thinking back to

president bush, he said he believed the war on terror could foe on for decades. for a very, very long time. we know he was right about that. you can't wish war away and wish this situation away because you don't want to be fighting wars. >> american presidents have faced this in the modern era. can you imagine if we had the same mindset when harry truman laid down the challenge to the country to stay in the fight against the soviet imperialism and the cold war? we fought a long war against the soviet union for years. most of it cold but some of it hot. but american resolve ultimately won that war. martha: let's look at some

recent polls. the president's numbers on leadership have been dismal in a number of different polls. this is just one of them. do you think president obama is a strong leader? only 43% say yes. how much of that do you think has an impact on the president's actions of late? >> i think this is weighing on him. it's not the only poll. in a cbs "new york times" poll do you think the president has been tough enough in dealing with the middle east? 57% not tough enough. approval on foreign policy 34%. approval and dealing with terrorism 41%. this is a man who spends a lot of time polling the american people and trying to bend his language to their desires. this problem has been secular.

it goes back over a year and a half. over the last year and a half his handling of foreign policy has declined just as the issue has become more important. particularly this year. over the last year, thing that take that long to decline cannot be reversed. the president will have a little bump in his numbers but not a strong bump. martha: are we about to see circumstance object the ground change this president? and could that present a change in these numbers has well? as you point out these polls were taken before the recent bombs dropped and. we went into syria with airstrikes. >> i think there will be an improvement in the president's numbers. but here is the short-term political irony. the short term political reality is people who most applaud the president doing this are republicans who think he's a

competent leader who put us in this place. the anti-war left of the democratic party, this can't make them enthusiastic going into the fall elections. that's why you see senator udahl. the next few years will present big challenges to the president. when the military leadership said we'll need boots on the ground, each time the president has responded say nothing we are not going to. the success of the air campaign is going to be limited unless and until the u.s. puts an adequate number of people on the ground to advise and train and direct the iraqis and the kurd and also has a sufficient presence to allow americans to do targeted anti-terrorism

missions which our people are better in doing man anyone in the world. martha: either the military advisers will agree with you or change your mind in the white house. karl, thank you so much. bill: look is back? what are we looking at? 41 days away from the election. what do you at home, at work, need to be concerned with? balance of power in the u.s. senate is the entire story come the first tuesday in november. disregard all the numbers on the board and just think about this number here. the seats needed for the republican party in order to get a majority of 51 in the u.s. senate. that's the whole story that tuesday night in november. what we did here, we put together a what:if scenario. we highlighted a number of states that are leaning

republican or leaning democrat or perhaps are just too close to call. the what if scenario down here. democrats 55, because they have two independents in caucus. republicans at 45. how do you get to 51 if you are a member of the gop? the republican party believes they will take montana. it believes it will win in south dakota. it's confident it will take west virginia. now you are at 48. where do you go on this map to get three more votes on that election night? the polling in arkansas is decent. maybe you get a pickup there. likewise for louisiana. on the board you see it's 50-50 at that moment. even if you take those five states. where else do you go? do you go to new hampshire,

iowa, or do you go to alaska and turn that from blue to red? if you do you are successful at 51 votes for the republican majority. alaska closes at midnight eastern time. so it could be a really late night that evening. what are democrats doing now? they are saying they can set up a fire wall to prevent this scenario. they point to places like kansas where pat roberts is getting a challenge from an independent candidate. they say they can turn kansas from read to blue and then it would be 50-50. the point is it's really, really close and super tight. and there is a number of different scenarios you can throw up on that map to come up with a different outcome. but the ultimate outcome each time is this thing is really close. we'll take you through that the next six weeks or less.

martha: a lot of republicans spending a lot of time in kansas and other places looking tight. we'll see which way it goes. so is this the face of our new terror threat? who is this group known as khorasan and what is their end game when we come back.

bill: khorasan's kuwaiti-born leader is telling its members to go home and do their dirty work. you say this an especially dangerous offshoot of al qaeda. how so? >> this is a group of seasoned al qaeda fighters. one of them had personal ties with usama bin laden, the whole purpose of which, they set up an

enclave within iraq and they are going to try to create bombs to be carried by westerners with western passports. they are going to terry undetectable weapons in clothing or toothpaste that would be hard for aircraft security to find. bill: hiding out in aleppo, syria. carried by al-assiri. two weeks ago we were told they weren't a threat. >> there is intelligence they are on the verge of staging dangerous attacks.

but this is not a change for al qaeda. they have been engaged in this since 2001 to get around security. there have been at least 50 attempted attacks. there is an effort to say that this group is the real threat because they are going attack the united states, and we are not sure isis is going to do that. but isis recently launched an attack to behead austrailians in australia. i think this one is particularly dangerous. >> you say there is evidence isis is trying to come our southern border. >> the evidence has been cite bid a number of congressmen and i'm not sure we know how strong that evidence is. but when we look at the danger from isis. if they are prepared to attack in australia i think they are prepared to attack here. i think their intention to do

that has been increased since we started airstrikes in syria. bill: airstrikes in aleppo, can it take this group out in. >> already too some reports this is a very broad group based out of al qaeda central in pakistan, and there may be other elements outside of iraq. they have a safe haven in iraq. but one set of bombing on one location, i don't think this will destroy the organization. bill: this is your life's work, fred, thank you for coming in. martha: we are men it away from the president's speech at the united nations general assembly. will the president be stepping it up as the united states steps up its airstrikes against terrorist groups in iraq and syria. what will we hear from president obama. >> the president is fearful of

creating a war. he sees him sell as a peacemaker, hah civilizing force in a brutal war. he's much morementsed in fighting global warming than some killers in a desert. while every business is unique,

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arab states come alongside. though reports were there wasn't much they provided. i think this speech will be critically important to see if he can broaden the coalition and how much there is there on fraud troops. as i see the background of the u.n. i can't help but think 12 years ago this month, george w. bush gave his speech before the u.n. assembly calling for a resolution on the iraq war. 15-0 a resolution was passed in the u.n. in support of action in the u.n. syria voted for that resolution. it was emblematic of the approach president bush took. can the president do that? it will have to start at the u.n. martha: it's a tall order for this precedent to rally the forces to clearly discuss what

the motives are here, what the goals are. he talked about degrading and destroying isis and it's a tall order. he said it will take a long time. do you think britain will be announcing they will be joining the airstrikes? >> david cameron has been more forceful. i don't think they want to be seen on the sidelines while america does the difficult lift. they had a vote in their parliament against getting into syria. i think cameron than that government will find a way to stand shoulder to shoulder with us. you know what i think the hesitation is? will america truly lead? what kind of partner-rehave. you don't build a coalition like bush did unless america is forceful in its leadership role. that's what the u.k. has not

seen from president obama and america. the onus is on the president to pick up the pen and the phone. the brits i think would stand with us robustly if we did that. martha: keith, thank you very much. bill: minutes from now president obama will give his annual speech at the u.n. now u.s. military action in syria.

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international support in the battle against isis. a brand-new hour of america's newsroom. bill: the president about to make histh appearance as a commander-in-chief leading war against islamic militants in iraq and now in syria as well. martha: no one knows better than the u.s. ambassador john bowl tor on joins me now. what do you expect of the president this morning? >> this an opportunity for him to lay out the rationale for what we are doing in iraq and syria. it's an audience that will be extraordinarily friendly to him. even though as you independent kaiptd he will be talking about a war against sunni muslims. george h.w. bush would have gotten a colder reception. he used to call the general

assembly the wax museum. we are told the speech is going to be quite long by u.n. standard. 45 minute which he needs that amount of time to explain the contradictions in his policy. >> martha: we'll see. how much do you think the tide has turned. it will be a warmer audience. so many of these nations have learned how challenges they are by isis and other groups. >> i think the main speech will be here in the general assembly hall and it will be the public opportunity for him to explain really to the whole world why we

are doing this, what he thinks the objective is to describe the coalition he's supposedly assembled in detail. what support people have given and an effort to rally others in the room. >> martha: there has been a lot of scepticism about how strong a coalition he was building. it caught people by surprise we had five other nations that flew with us, quate cat qatar did no. >> it was like it was the first day of creation that some arab nations flew with us. president h. wrvment bush's coalition, we turned northeastern saudi arabia into a parking lot for 500,000 american service members liberating kuwait.

syria and egypt were part of the coalition. it's not surprising when their vital interests are threatened like they are by isis that arab countries rally to the united states. martha: if you are sitting in this audience and you are the egyptian or turkish ambassador, what's going through your mind right now? >> i think what they are looking for is determination and resolution to stay the course. once he started on this. once he embarked on this military campaign. some indication's focused, determined and will last through the ups and downs that are inevitable. if they see hesitation or inclination to declare victory and leave at the first hunt, the pressure is on the president, no doubt about it. >> martha: he has told the world that al qaeda was on the run and

they were decimated and were putting behind a decade of war and now he's walking before the assembly to tell them essentially they were wrong. >> the nobel peace prize he got after a few months in office will not be necessity gate by this. i don't think the president's heart is in this. but i may be proven wrong. >> when you look at at other players in this field how much help do you think we'll get from egypt or turkey? what are you reading in the tea leaves from turkey? >> i think people want to know if they get into it that we are in it to win it. and it will be there through the turmoil that we can't be diffident and look for the exit.

the arab states who flew over syria with us a couple days ago know that isis is a mortal threat to them. all those royal families will swing from lampposts if isis ever got colorado control of their countries. if they don't think the u.s. is in it to win they will cut a deal with isis. they won't like the. but it's better than going into a military even counter and finding the united states heading for the exit before it's over. martha: we are waiting for president obama. bill: eric shawrn is live outside the u.n. the president expected to cast the u.s. as the linchpin in defeating the terrorists. what do we expect? >> this is the challenge of our time and we expect the president to lay out his mission of

assembling a coalition to fight the ideology of terrorism and extremism. that will and keynote of the speech trying to rely on building coalitions like the one we saw attack syria with the five arab allies as well as call on other nations to join the fight against radical extremism. perhaps more importantly in some sense in the president's speech, who comes six speakers after him. that will be the amir of qatar. qatar has long supported isis. qatar was among the coalition that helped launch those airstrikes. then we'll hear from the president of turkey. turkey of course facing its own issues. it's been accused of helping spawn and support isis, letting

the foreign fighters cross the borders as well as facing the humanitarian crisis of the refugees flooding over the border. the new president of egypt, the former general al-sisi is taking a hard line against islamic extremism in an interview with the "wall street journal" asked the u.s. not to wash their hands of the middle east after these airstrikes. referring to withdrawing the troops from iraq that egypt things helped spawn these terrorist groups. the world is trying to gather a coalition to face this extremism. bill: yesterday he was talking

about climate change. later today he convened a meeting trying to get a resolution passed that will tell other countries not to allow the recruitment of foreign fighters. what is the likely impact of that's having an effect on this war? >> that is a key issue. very rare for a president to chair a security council meeting. this is september and the presidency is rotated every month and this happens to be our month. but that clearly would be a legally binding resolution if passed by the security council to try and choke off and stop the flow of those foreign fighters from a variety of countries, an estimate of 15,000 so far. 3,000 westerners. 500 from britain. 250 who have returned. 100 americans. clearly an effort to get on top of that, dealing with the pass ports. stopping the flow of fighters as

well as the financial funding that has helped support isis such as the illegal funding with the oil transactions and oil 0 flow that turkey has been involved in. you also call on dealing with fighting extremism and education all part of that meeting. bill: thank you, eric. eric shawn. we'll see whether the agreements can be even forced. martha: you remember how difficult it was to enforce the resolutions against iraq before the iraq war. there were 10 resolutions against iraq which were unenforceable. you look back on the left of this president and what he has stood for in his presidency pulling out of iraq, leaving us without any forces left behind in iraq. the intention to do the same thing in afghanistan is on the table to play out months from now.

you wonder whether any of this will change his outlook on that question. in terms of building our allies and strengthen can that group, david cameron saying this is the fight with isis, it's not a pat the you can quote opt out of. he seems to be significant thatting they may be willing to join us in airstrike as well. we'll see what comes out of there. also am isyall -- also, al-sisin an interview with the "wall street journal" saying the united states cannot wash its hands of the middle east. bill: this is the president of brazil, tradition dictates she kicks off the united nations general assembly. next stop on deck, president obama. we'll see it live.

martha: we go live now to the united nations where president obama is beginning his speech. >> between war and peace, between disorder and disintegration, between fear and hope. around the globe there are sign posts of progress. the shadow of world war that existed at founding of this institution has been lifted, the prospect of war between major powers reduced. the ranges of member states has -- the ranks of member states has more than tripled and more people live under governments they elected. hundreds of millions of human beings have been freed from the prison of poverty with the proportion of those living in extreme poverty cut in half.

the world economy continues to strengthen after the worst financial crisis of our lives. today whether you live in downtown manhattan or in my grandmother's village 00 mile from nairobi, you can hold in your hand more information than the world's greatest libraries. together we learned how to cure disease. harness the power of the wind and the sun. the very existence of this institution is a unique achievement. the people of the world committing to resolve their differences peacefully. to solve their problems together. i have been telling young people in the united states that despite the headlines, this is the best time in human history to be born. for you are more likely than ever before to be literal, to be

healthy, to be free to pursue your dreams. and yet there is a pervasive unease in our world. a sense that the very forces that brought us together have created new dangers and made it difficult for any single nation to insulate itself from global forces. as we gather here, an outbreak of ebola overwhelms the public health systems in west africa and threatened to move rapidly across borders. russian aggression in europe recalls the days when large nations trampled small ones in pursuit of territorial ambition. the brutality of syria and iraq forces us to look into the heart of darkness. each of these problems demands

urgent attention. but they also are symptoms of a broader problem. the failure of our international system to keep pace with an interconnected world. we collectively have not invested adequately in the public health capacity of developing countries. too often we have failed to enforce international noarms when it's inconvenient to do so. and we have not confronted forcefully enough the intolerance, sectarianism and hopelessness that feeds violent extremism in too many parts of the globe. fellow delegates, we come together as united nations with a choice to make. we can renew the international system that has enabled so much progress, or we can allow ourselves to be pulled back by

an under tow of instability. we can reaffirm our collective responsibility to confront global problems. and for america the choice is clear. we choose hope over fear, we see the future not as something out of our control but as something we can shape for the better through concerted and collective effort. we reject fatalism or cynicism. when it comes to human affairs. we choose to work for the world as it should be. as our children deserve it to be. there is much that must be done to meet the test of this moment. day would like to focus on two defining questions at the root of so many of our challenges.

whether the nations here today will be able to renew the purpose of the u.n.'s founding and whether we'll come together to reject the cancer of violent extremism. first, all of us big nations and small, must meet our responsibility to observe and enforce international norms. we are here because others realize that we gain more from cooperation than conquest. 100 years ago a world war claimed the lives of many millions proving that with the terrible power of modern weaponry the cause of empire ultimately leads to the graveyard. it would take another world war to r forces of

fascisim, the notion of racial supremacy. no nation can subjegate its neighbors and claim their territory. recently russia's actions in ukraine challenged this post-war order. here are the facts. after the people of ukraine mobilized popular protest and calls for reform, their corrupt president fled. against the will of the government in kiev, cry me a was annexed. russia poured arms into eastern ukraine fueling separatists in a conflict that killed thousands. when a civilian airliner was shot down from areas these proxies controlled they refused to allow access to the crash for days. when ukraine started to reassert control over its russia gave up the protect of merely supporting

the separatists and moved troops across the border. this is a vision of the world in which might makes right. a world in which one nation's borders can be redrawn by another. and civilized people are not allowed to recost remains of their loved ones because the truth might be revealed. america standser to something different. we believe right makes might. bigger nations should not be able to bully smaller ones and people should be able to choose their own future. these are simple truths but they must be defended. america and our allies will support the people of ukraine as they develop their democracy and economy. we'll reinforce our nato allies and uphold our commitment to

collective self-defense. we'll impose a cost on russia for aggression fan counter falsehoods with the truth. and we call upon others to join us on the right side of history. while small -- while small gains can be one at the barrel of a gun they will be turned back if small countries support the right of people to make their own choices. the path of diplomacy and peace and the ideals this institution is designed to uphold. the recent ceasefire agreement in ukraine offers an opening to achieve those objectives. if russia takes that path, a path that for stretches of the post-war period resulted in prosperity for the russian people. we'll lift our sanctions and

welcome russia's role in addressing common challenges. after all, that's what the united states and russia have been able to do in past years from reducing our nuclear stockpiles to meeting our obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. that's the kind of cooperation we are prepared to pursue again if changes course. this speaks to a central question our global age. whether we'll solve our problems together in the spirit of mutual interest and mutual respect or whether we descend into the destructive rivalries of the past. when nations find common ground not based on power, but on principle, we can make enormous

progress. i stand before you today committed to investing american strength to working with all nations to address the problems we face in the 21st century. as we speak, america's deploying doctors and scientists, supported bid our military to help contain the outbreak of ebola and pursue new treatments. but we need a broader effort to stop a disease that could kill hundreds of thousands. and inflict horrific suffering. destabilize economies and move rapidly across borders. it's easy to see this as a distant problem until it is not. that is why we'll continue to mobilize other countries to join us in making concrete commitments, significant commitments to fight his outbreak and enhance our system

of global health security for the long term. america's pursuing a diplomatic resolution to the iranian nuclear issue as part of our commitment to stop the straight ahead of nuclear weapons and pursue the peace and security of a world without them. this can only take place if iran seizes this historic opportunity. my message to iran's leaders and people has been simple and consistent. do not let this opportunity pass. we can reach a solution that meets your energy need while assuring the world that your america is and will continue to be a pacific power, and peace, stability and free flow of commerce among nations.

but we will insist all nations abide by the rules of the road and resolve the territorial dispute peacefully consistent with international law. that is how the asian pacific has grown, that is on the way to protect this progress going forward. america is committed to development agenda that eradicate extreme poverty by 2030. we will do our part to help people feed themselves, power their economies and care for their sick. the world acts together, we can make sure all of our children enjoy lives of opportunity and thdignity. pursuing ambitious progress in carbon emissions and clean energy. we will do our part to help developing nations do theirs. but the science tells us we can only succeed in combating time

of change if we are joined in this effort by every other nation, by every major power. that's how we can protect this planet for our children and grandchildren. in other words, on issue after issue, we cannot rely on a real book written for a different century. if we lift our eyes, if we think globally and if we act cooperatively, we can shape the course of this century as our predecessor shaped the post-world war ii age. but, as we look for the future, one issue risks a cycle of conflict that could derail so much progress, and that is the cancer of violent extremism that has ravaged so many parts of the muslim world.

of course, terrorism is not new. speaking before this assembly, president kennedy put it well, terror is not a new weapon, he said. throughout history has been used by those who could not prevail either by persuasion or example. in the 20th century terror was used by all manner of groups who failed to come to power through public support. but in this century, we have faced a more lethal and ideological brand of terrorists. who have perverted one of the world great religions. with access to technology that allows small groups to do great harm, they have embraced a nightmarish vision that would divide the world into it here and it els infidels killing as y civilians as possible, employing

the most brutal methods intimidating people within their communities. i have made it clear america will not face our entire form policy on reacting to terrorism. instead, we waged a focused campaign against al qaeda and its associated forces taking out their leaders, the safe havens they rely on. at the same time, we have reaffirmed again and again that the united states is not and never will be at war with islam. islam teaches peace. muslims the world over aspire to live with dignity, sense of justice. and when it comes to america and islam, there is no us and them, there is only us because millions of muslim americans are part of the fabric of our country. so we reject any suggestion of a

clash of civilizations, belief in permanent religion war is misguided refuge and extremist who cannot build or create anything and therefore petal only fanaticism and hate. and it is no exaggeration to say humanity's future depends on us uniting against those who would divide us alon on the fault linf tribe,, race, or religion. but this is not simply a matter of words. collectively we must take concrete steps to address the danger posed by religiously motivated fanatics and the trend that fuel their recruitment. moreover, this campaign against extremism goes beyond a narrow security challenge from a while we have degraded for al qaeda a

transition to a sovereign afghan government. extremist ideology has shifted other places, particularly in the middle east and north africa. a quarter of young people have no jobs. where food and water could grow scarfs. where corruption is rampant. secretary and conflicts would become increasingly hard to contain. as an international community, we must meet this challenge with a focus on four areas. first, the terrorist group known as isil was be degraded and ultimately destroyed. this group has terrorized all who they come across in iraq and syria. mothers, sisters, daughters have been subjected to rape as a

weapon of war. innocent children have been gunned down, bodies have been dumped in mass raids. religious minorities have been starved to death. and the most horrific crimes imaginable, innocent human beings have been beheaded with videos of the atrocities does committed to shock the conscience of the world. no god condones this terror, no grievance justifies these actions. there can be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. so the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of deaths. in this effort, we do not act alone.

nor do we intend to send u.s. troops to occupy foreign lands. instead, we will support iraqis and syrians fighting to reclaim their communities. we will use our military might be campaign era strikes to rollback isil. we will train and equip forces facing deputy forces on the ground. cutting off their financing and flow of fighters into and out of the region. and already over 40 nations have offered to join this coalition. today i asked the world to join in this effort. those who have joined isil should leave the battlefield while they can. those who continue to fight for hateful causal find they are increasingly alone. we will not succumb to threats, we will demonstrate the future belongs to those who build, not

those who destroy. that's an immediate challenge, a first challenge we must meet. second, it is time for the wor world, especially muslim communities to explicitly, forcefully and consistently reject the ideology of organizations like al qaeda and isil. it is one of the tasks of all great religions to accommodate, devote faced with a modern multicultural world. no children are born hating, no children anywhere should be educated to help other people. there should be no more tolerance of clerics are: people to harm innocents because they

are jewish or because they are christian or because they are muslim. it is time for a new compact of people amongst this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source, the corruption of young minds by violent ideology. that means cutting off the funding that fuels this hate, time to end the hypocrisy of those accumulate wealth through the global community and siphon funds to those who teach children to tear down. this means testing the space the terrorists occupy including the internet and social media. their propaganda has coerced young people to travel abroad to fight their wars full of potential and suicide bombers, we must offer an alternative vision. it means bringing people of

different faiths together. all religions have been attacked by extremists from within at some point and all people of faith have a responsibility to lift up the value at the heart of all great religions, do unto thy neighbor as you would have done unto thyself. the ideology of isil or al qaeda will wilt and die if it is consistently exposed and confronted and refuted in the light of day. look at the new form of promoting peace in society. i will describe its purpose. we must declare war on war so the outcome will be peace upon peace. look at the young british muslims who responded to

terrorist propaganda by starting the knot in my name campaign declaring isis is hiding behind a false islam. look at the christian and muslim leaders came together in the central african republic to reject violence, the mom who said politics try to divide the religious to but religion should be a cause of hate, war were strike. later today the security council adopt a resolution that underscores the responsibility of states to counter violent extremists. resolutions must be followed by tangible commitments so we are accountable when we fall short. next year we should all be prepared to announce concrete steps we have taken to counter extremist ideologies in our own countries.

by getting intolerance out of schools, stopping radicalization before it spreads and promoting institutions and programs that build new bridges of understanding. third, we must address the cycle of conflict, especially sectarian conflict that creates the conditions that terrorists prey upon. this nothing new about wars within religion, christianity endured centuries of vicious sectarian conflict. today it is violence within muslim communities that has become the source of so much human misery. it is time to acknowledge the destruction wrought by proxy campaigns, between sunni and shiite across the middle east. and it is time political, civic

and religious leaders reject secretary and strike. so let's be clear, this is a fight no one is winning. a brutal civil war in syria has killed nearly 200,000 people. this place millions, iraq has become parasites close to plunging back into the abyss. the conflict has created a fertile recruiting ground for terrorists to export this violence. the good news is we see signs this time could be reversed, we have a new inclusion in government in baghdad, a new iraqi prime minister welcomed by his neighbors, lebanese factions rejecting those who try to promote war. these steps must be followed by a broader truce.

nowhere is this more necessary than syria. together with our partners, america's training and equipping the syrian opposition to be a counterweight to the terrace of isil and the totality of the assad regine but the only lasting solution is political. an inclusive political transition that responds to legitimate aspirations of all syrian citizens. regardless of ethnicity. regardless of creed. cynics may argue such an outcome can never come to pass, but there is no other way for this madness to and whether one year from now or 10. it points to the fact it is time for a broader negotiation in the region to which major powers address the differences directly, honestly and peacefully across the table from

one another rather than gunwielding proxies. i can promise you america will remain engaged in the region and we are prepared to engage in that effort. i fourth and final point is simple, the countries of the arab world must focus on the potential of their people. especially the youth. and here i'd like to speak directly to young people across the muslim world. you come from a great tradition that stands for education, not ignorance. innovation, not destruction. the dignity of life, not murder. those who call you away from this path are betraying this tradition, not defending it.

you have demonstrated that when young people have the tool to his feed, good schools, education in math and science, an economy that nurtures creative and entrepreneurship, that societies will flourish. so, america will partner with those that promote that mission. where women are full participants in politics or economy, societies are more likely to succeed. and that's why we support participation of women in parliament, peace processes, schools and the economy. if young people live in places where the only option is between the dictates of a state or the allure of extremist underground, no counterterrorism strategy could succeed, but where general civil society is allowed to flourish, people can express their views and organize

peacefully for a better life, you dramatically expand alternatives to tear. -- two terror changes did not come at the expense of tradition and faith. we see this in iraq where young men started a library for his peers. he said we give them a reason to study. we see it in tunisia were secular and islamic parties work together to a political process produce a new constitution. we see it in synagogue were several communities thrive along a strong democratic government. we see it in malaysia where vibrant worship is propelling a former colony into the ranks of advanced colonies. we see it in tunisia where it

has evolved into a genuine democracy. now, ultimately the task of rejecting secretary and some and rejecting extremism is a generational task. and a task for the people of the middle east themselves. no external power can bring about a transformation of hearts and minds, but america will be respectful and constructive partner. we will neither tolerate terrorist safe havens nor act as an occupying power. we will take action against threats to our security and our allies will building an architecture of counterterrorism cooperation. we will increase efforts to lift

up those who counter extremist ideologies and who seek to resolve conflict. and we will expand our programs to evolve education and youth because ultimately these investments are the best antidotes to violence. we recognize as well that leadership will be necessary to address the conflict between palestinians and israelis. as bleak as a landscape appears, america will not give up on the pursuit of peace. understand that the situation in iraq and syria of libya should cure anybody of the illusion that arab-israeli conflict is the main source of problems in the region. for far too long, that has been used as an excuse to distract

people from problems at home. the violence engulfing the region today has made too many israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. and that's something worthy of reflection. within israel. because, let's be clear, the status quo in the west bank in gaza is not sustainable. we cannot afford to turn away from this effort. not when rockets are fired at innocent israelis or the lives of so many palestinian children are taken from us in gaza. so long as i am president, we will stand up for the principle that israelis, palestinians, the region and the world will be more just and more safe with two states living side by side in peace and security.

for this is what america is prepared to do -- taking action against the immediate threats while pursuing a world in which the need for such action is diminished. the united states will never shy away from defending our interests, but we will also not shy away from the promise of this institution, and it's universal declaration of human rights. the notion peace is not merely the absence of war, but the presence of a better life. i realize america's critics will be quick to point out that at times we too have failed to live up to our ideals, america has plenty of problems within its own borders. this is true. in a summer marked by

instability in the middle east and eastern europe, the world also took notice of small american city of ferguson, missouri, where young man was killed and a community was divided. so, yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions. and like every country, we continually wrestle with how to reconcile the vast changes wrought by socialization and great diversity with the tradition we hold dear. but we welcome the scrutiny of the world, because what you see in america is a country that has steadily worked to address our problems, to make our union more perfect. to bridge the divide is that existed at the founding of this nation. america is not the same as it

was 100 years ago or 50 years ago or even a decade ago. because we fight for our ideals and we're willing to criticize ourselves when we fall short. because we hold our leaders accountable and insist on a free press and independent judiciary. because we address our differences in the open space of democracy with respect for the rule of law, with a place for people of every race and every religion, and with an unyielding belief of the ability to change their circumstances and their countries for the better. after nearly six years as president, i believe that this

promise can help light the world because i have seen and longing for positive change, for peace and for freedom and for opportunities and for the end bigotry in the eyes of young people who i have met around the globe. they remind me that no matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or what god you pray to or who you love, there is something fundamental that we all share. eleanor roosevelt, champion of the u.n. and america's role in it, once asked where after all to universal human rights begin? in small places, she said, close to home. so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of

the world, yet they are the world of the individual person. the neighborhood he lives in, school or college he attends, the factory, arm or office where he works. around the world young people are moving forward hungry for a better world. around the world in small places they are overcoming hatred and bigotry and secretary t they aro respect each other despite differences. the people of the world now look to us here to be as decent and as dignified and as courageous as they are trying to be in

their daily lives. at these crossroads i can promise you the united states of america will not be distracted or deterred from what must be done. we are heirs to a promising legacy, and we're determined to do what is necessary to secure that legacy for generations to come. i ask that you join us for this common mission. today's children and tomorrow's. thank you very much. >> the president finishing his speech at the united nations, it was a fairly wide-ranging speech. he had some fairly strong language for russia, calling them out for the strikes that came from within the area of the country that they controlled in ukraine and took down the airliner. he also talked about the need for the world to band together. i ask the world to join this effort against isis or isil,

especially muslim communities to forcefully and consistently reject the ideology of al qaeda and of isil. he called it a generational battle against the forces of extremism and the continued on to talk about pulling the world together in that effort to a better world overall. >> good day to you again, how do you score it? >> i thought was a stunningly abstract speech, really touching on reality only occasionally and nowhere was that better demonstrated than in the president's lengthy discussion of islamic extremism. i think that was the main news coming out of this, this is the longest treatment the president ever given to the sources of terrorism, and i think there was a lot of very good analysis about the causes of it and he

did lay it out very clearly. what was stunning with having laid out the problems, his recommendation was the solution to extremism was generational changes. we have heard from the president of who is on the right or the wrong side of history. the discussion of the threat of isis which was a centerpiece of this was relatively brief and he said nothing new. perhaps that'll come to the speech this afternoon, but this is a speech fundamentally about multilateralism. that is really what he was talking about, keeping the international norms in place. bill: i thought two lines stood out, i will make it clear america will not base their foreign policy on reacting to terrorism and that a bit later he said no external power can bring about a transformation of

hearts and minds. did that stick out to you? >> absolutely. another attack on the george w. bush administration and a real statement the united states is not going to be centrally involved in regional conflict has many people hope. he had another line where all the powers have to sit down and negotiate a solution saying iran, saudi arabia, turkey, but taking opportunity to slam israel saying it is not sustainable. resolving those issues with the palestinians. bill: he stated taking action against immediate threats, which they suggest against isis in syria while pursuing a world in the need for such action diminished and repeatedly he

came back for his call for the world to unite. >> he believes i international hesitations as the main a bastion of security, he doesn't believe in strength, that is what we will see for the next two years. bill: thank you for your time here in new york. martha: breaking news on new airstrikes in syria after the break. patented sonic technology with up to 27% more brush movements get healthier gums in two weeks guaranteed. philips sonicare discover the brush that's perfect for you.

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martha: busy day at the united nations. the president will sit down with his security council into this afternoon and it will be in a complete gridlock. bill: overnight at least 10 airstrikes we understand as reported by locals on the ground happening to the border of iraq. that continues, to what degree we will see in the next 24 hours. martha: "happening now" starts

right now, stay tuned. jon: more coverage in the fox news alert, president obama making his case for america's role in fighting terror, but he says it is time for the world to reject the ideology of extremism. this is "happening now." heather: the president taking his seat on the global stage to bring a message of partnership saying the united states will work with a broad coalition against terror happening as american warplanes continue to hammer terror targets in iraq and also syria. american coalition forces carried out multiple strikes, two of them against a staging area in syria used to move equipment across the border and into iraq, and that is significant good let's get the latest from jennifer griffin at the pentagon. what can you tell us about these strikes?