we're told it started out as a peaceful gathering and got out of control. the protests first erupted after the august 9th police shooting of michael brown and unarmed teenager. it had since calmed down, but the demonstrations started again earlier this week after one of three brown memorials at the site of the shooting. tonight's protest following the police chief's apology to the family of michael brown in a video he said he's sorry that the body of the unarmed teen who was shot to death by an officer remained in the street too long after he was killed. that apology came the same day brown's parents were in washington to press for a full federal investigation. a state grand jury is still considering whether to file criminal charges. hannity is next. worth seeing. welcome to "hannity." this is a fox news alert. the chief law enforcement officer of the united states, the attorney general eric holder has announced that he is resigning from the obama administration after six years on the job.

now, fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry is standing by in new york city tonight with how the obama administration is responding to this. ed. >> reporter: sean, interesting because the white house is saying the president was informed at some point this summer by the attorney general that after six grueling years he had finally decided to step down. i think what's going to be fascinating is the timing of that decision and what it means for the nomination process for whomever is going to succeed eric holder. because the president declined today to actually name that person. usually when there's a personnel announcement at the white house that's this significant, they bring out who is going to replace him. eric holder said, look, i'm going to stay on not through the end of the year or some other date, i'm going to stay on until they confirm with the senate, have the senate confirm a replacement. why is that csignificant? because with democrats essentially losing the hold, there's a rush by senator majority, harry reid, to get nominations going because he

changed the rules, remember, it's only 51 votes to get a no, ma'am -- nominee through. if republicans get control they're going to change it back to the way it was 60 votes to break a filibuster and get a nomination through make it a lot harder if republicans are controlling the senate. the other thing to watch is any confirmation hearing is going to potentially open a can of worms for the president about fast and furious, potentially benghazi, the irs, name any one of organizations republicans feel have been shut down. remember what happened when john brennan was up to be the cia director and rand paul had a hold on the nomination, was blocking it, demanded some of those drone memos. he got some of those memos because he had leverage. he put pressure on the white house. that happens during the nomination process. so you can see republicans in the senate especially if they take control of the chamber in a couple of months demanding all kinds of documents they have not gotten, sean. >> the iraqi prime minister said his intelligence has been able

to uncover a plot to bomb subway systems in both new york and paris. he was asked if the attacks were imminent, he said yes. asked if the attacks had been thwarted. he said no. the white house is denying this any way. >> it's a fascinating story. the reason i'm in new york, the president just left because he wanted to -- he was here for the u.n. general assembly meetings, all kinds of dignitaries beyond just the president of the united states here. and the iraqi prime minister one of them. he says, look, he has this intelligence saying they were trying to bomb not just new york but a whole host of american cities with subways. the white house is denying it by saying, look, when the president sat down with the prime minister this week never brought it up. and i think there's some skepticism in the administration that maybe the iraqis are trying to hype this up a bit to make sure the u.s. doesn't shift focus on the air strikes to just syria and focus on iraq as well. but look, there's something else big that happened today. the fbi director, james comey, had a session with reporters and downplayed the threat from isis. said i don't think they can pull off a spectacular attack on u.s.

soil but said he is worried, the fbi director, about the khorasan group, the other terror group of former al qaeda operatives we've heard about. i don't know when they're going to try to do it, whether it's tomorrow, three weeks or three months from now, but the fbi director, a very senior official, thinks they will try an attack on american soil. that's a big deal. >> ed henry with the president in new york today. thank you. more on the attorney general's resignation later in the program. but first, we shift gears to the uk where british police have arrested nine men suspected of supporting and encouraging terrorism. now, among those arrested was radical imam, choud ray appeared on this program many times, but first we tender to greg palkot. >> sean, police say the arrest thursday morning involved over 100 counterterrorism police officers and hit something like 19 different locations, most of them in london. they say the arrests were not

linked to a specific terror plot, but were part of their ongoing investigation of islamist linked terror. of the nine arrested the one getting the attention is the fellow you jousted with sean, well-known here as a radical islamist preacher. he's also reportedly been charged of belonging to a banned local extremist group tied to a lot of bad folks. one of his recent pronouncements is he has no pity for the latest british man threatened with beheading by isis aide worker. and his last tweet was, the u.s.-led air strikes against isis, well, they're a good rallying call for muslims to join the group. and then he was nabbed. meanwhile uk prime minister david cameron met with his cabinet here in london today. they came up with a resolution authorizing british involvement in the air strikes. the u.n. yesterday he said this battle is not something that the uk could opt out of. parliament is expected to pass

overwhelmingly the measure tomorrow. and despite sentiment here against the last iraq war, there is strong support. according to report the first royal air force jets could be flying alongside u.s. planes now at least against targets in iraq as early as this weekend, maybe even friday night. they'll be using a british air base on the mediterranean island of cypress. by the way, radical cleric choudry's support of the brutal tactics come as no surprise. he also praised the 9/11 hijackers and the deadly 2005 attacks on the london transport system. sean. >> greg palkot in london tonight. thank you. the arrest of radical imam was a long-time coming. this controversial muslim cleric has advocated for britain to become an islamic state and follow sharia law and suspected of radicalizing hundreds of others and believed to have ties to isis including links to the

man suspected of beheading james foley. he's appeared on this program various times over the last few years including last month. we've put together exclusive highlights of the most insidious and outrageous venom he's spewed right here to my face. watch this. >> yes, i believe in the sharia. >> thank you. >> sharia -- >> and you believe in virgins in heaven, don't you? >> it would remove the corruption of democracy and freedom and all of your exploitation. it's coming to your backyard. >> i'm a nonbeliever. i'm an infidel. if i don't convert to islam, should i die? >> no, you can live under the sharia. >> i can live under sharia, thank you oh so much. >> every muslim knows that islam is occupying muslim land. and obviously this needs to be repelled. you know, they need to return from where they came from. >> did you or did you not say people who commit adultery should be stoned to death. did you say that? >> that's not but i believe that

certainly. >> should gay people be stoned to death? >> ho mosexuality and bestiality, i believe in -- >> should they be stoned to death? >> bestiality is legal in america. you can have a relationship with just about whoever you want. in islam -- created adam and eve -- >> should gay people be stoned to death? >> under the islamic state people would not be doing this relationship in the public. if they do, then there would be punishment of course. >> eventually the world is going to wake up to what i would say and every radical islamist like you will be wiped off the face of the earth because you have no respect for women, no respect for people of other faiths, you are radical and you want your religion or no religion. i don't want your sharia and neither does anybody in great britain. >> it's coming to a place near you. it's coming to a place near you. >> you'll have no choice. coming to a place near you. with his arrest in mind and clear and present danger isis poses, did the uk do the right

thing in getting this radical off the streets of london? and what is the right balance between civil liberties and protecting the homeland when it comes to law enforcement? here to debate this for the islamic forum for democracy, dr. jasser. on the surface, zudi, it seems simple. this guy supports sharia. he has positions about stoning people to death andin di fells and supporting radical groups. it seems obvious on the one hand, but a society believes in freedom of religion, it gets more complicated if he's only expressing words, does it not? >> yeah, it does. i mean, if we're only going to be bad speech with good speech, so for those of us who are reformers, we want to beat them in the debate in the marketplace of ideas, not by putting them in jail that fuels them. having said that, this guy i see no different than imam who we assassinated appropriately after ft. hood because he influenced that. choudry has said things that --

arrested for killing lee rigby and beheading the military soldier of the uk said he was influenced by the teachings of this guy. there are so many radicals influenced by choudry, i don't know what took them so long to finally arrest this guy because he was inciting violence. he wasn't about just free speech. >> what do you think as a civil rights attorney? david lee? >> well, england doesn't have a bill of rights. the united states does. we have far greater first amendment protections here than we do there. there are no banned groups anywhere in the united states. as long as you are limiting what you're doing to talking, you have the ability under the first amendment according to scalia, thomas, roberts and alito among others, you can join any group in america, you can say whatever you want to say. you cannot give material aid to a terrorist organization. but you can join the organization and you have free speech as far as that goes. >> think about this.

from the standpoint that sharia would undermine the very foundation of our democracy because it's the an tip sis of everything that we believe in, somebody that's pushing for and advocating for, aren't they really fighting and advocating for an overthrow of the u.s. government? at some point doesn't that cross a line that it needs to be stopped? >> no, you're allowed to advocate the overthrow of the united states government. that is not against the law. to stop somebody who is advocating that would violate the first amendment. >> so it's the connections -- >> i'm sorry? >> the connection that he had to terrorists, it's not his open support of what happened on 9/11 or that his desire to implement sharia or his belief that those that commit adultery or that are gay should be killed. it's only the actions that matter to you? >> bbc said that he was arrested for being a member of a banned group. you will never see a headline like that in the united states of america, i hope.

a member of a group and advocating things that are horrible, in america he would be allowed to say those things. as he should. britain doesn't have a bill of rights. >> david, if i can interject. it's not about banned groups. in this country revolution muslim two of them were put in jail for 11 years because they threatened the -- journalist, the south park people. they are in jail. they even threatened me calling me an apostate. versus the ohio -- in this country we can't let our bill of rights become a suicide pack for groups that invoke violence. >> all right, guys. thank you both for being with us. >> there's a clear and present danger. it's not simply advocating. if you're advocating let's go right now to city hall and burn it down and everybody standing in front of city hall, there's a clear and present danger.

-- legal in the united states. >> an example of what should be done with this guy. >> got to pay attention to what these radical islamists say because i believe them when they say they want these things and ultimately would undermine our entire society and advance their way of life and only their way of life. coming up, shockwaves in washington after attorney general eric holder announces he's stepping down. up next, some of the low lights from obama's top cop. and later tonight. myths continue to be brought up. one big ones is the whole issue of the standdown order, which was never given. >> we can talk about it. >> he wants to see and say that to my face. >> we can talk about it. >> all right. then an interview debate you'll only see here tonight on "hannity." two members of the benghazi annex security team. we're going to faceoff with one of the liberal lawmakers who question their story. that and more on this busy news night.

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female announcer: recycle your old fridge and get $50. schedule your free pickup at: welcome back to "hannity." attorney general eric holder steps down and this comes days after america's top cop made controversial remarks claiming he understands the mistrust of law enforcement officers. let's watch this. >> as an african-american man who has been stopped and searched by police in situations where such action was not warranted, i also carry with me an understanding of mistrust that some citizens harbor for

those who wear the badge. so today it's time to ask ourselves as a nation, are we conducting policing in the 21st century in a manner that is as effective, as efficient and as equitable and as just as is possible. >> joining me now with reaction author of the new book "death of a king" the real story of dr. martin luther king jr. final year. good to see you my friend. >> sean, good to see you. i'm well. >> first thing i got to say, because we go back a long way. we've been friends a long time. what was this on abc's "dancing with the stars"? i want to play a clip. what is this? >> i turned 50 not long ago and i decided i would do one last foolish thing before i turned 50 and get out of the box and do something that might even surprise myself. and there you have it. had a good time though. >> what's with the hair? where did that come from? >> it's a costume, sean. we were doing earth, wind and

fire, boogy wonderland back in the '70s. costume, go to the dance. that's what it was. i had a good time. >> you and i disagree on politics, disagree on earth, wind and fire. in all seriousness, i think it takes a ton of guts to go on that program. ton of applause to go on that program. >> i appreciate it. >> i think in many ways eric holder's comments about race have been divisive. i think on fast and furious he's covered for the president. i think on a variety of issues -- let me go through the racial issue first and see where you stand on this. >> as it stands our society is not yet color blind nor should it be given the disparities that still afflict and divide us. we must be color brave and must never forget that all are made better and more prosperous if all are given equal opportunities. >> i can't look into people's hearts, look into people's minds. but it seems to me that this

president has been treated differently than others. there's a certain racial component to this for some people. i don't think this is a thing that is a main driver. but for some there's a racial anamist. though this nation has thought of itself as anw-go ethnic mel pot, i think we continue to be in too many ways essentially a nation of cowards. >> in things racial i think we've always been and will continue to be a nation of cowards. i've known you a long time. i don't think you believe that, do you? >> i don't think there's anything that attorney general holder just said that i disagree with. the reason for writing this book death of the king is supposed to get a chance to see martin luther king jr. in his complexity. it's not just about i have a dream. that's in 1963. he dies too young at 39, but he lives five additional years. king talked about the triple threat facing america of racism, poverty and militarism. and i hear eric holder, attorney general, addressing the issues

of racism. those issues are alive and well. >> tavs -- there are racists in america, as there are in every society. but they are ost ri sized quickly. the last thing you would want to be labeled is a racist. it's something that nobody that has a right, sane, mind or conscience, says we've always been or always will be a nation of cowards. i don't see it that way. you wrote about martin luther king. there are white people that marched arm in arm with martin luther king jr. there were white people that helped in the underground railroad in the days of harriet tubman. white people supported blacks in times of slavery in this country. are they cowards too? are they a nation of cowards? >> nobody's arguing that. what you're talking about are certain individuals. certainly there have been individuals of every race, color and creed who have fought for justice. as a nation we have not addressed these issues. in ferguson, missouri, what did

we see almost 50 years after dr. king's death? that same triple threat on displace, racism, poverty and militarism. america is a great nation, sean. but we're not yet as great a nation as we can be. we all want to live in a nation that is one day going to be as good as it's promised. the problem is that the promise of america and the possibility in america for all fellow citizens, that gap is still too broad. if you can't -- hold on, one second, one second. that gap is still too raw, my friend. if you can't hear a principle critique of our shortcomings as a nation, how do we get better, sean? >> listen, i want to get better and i believe in honest introspection. i will be the first to admit the evils of slavery and be the first to admit it wasn't cowards that fought in a war to end slavery. it wasn't cowards that with martin luther king jr., i got to know those guys when i lived in atlanta, andy young, joseph lowry, bill campbell, i knew all of those guys. >> sure. >> john lewis. all in their own way were

courageous. but so were the people of other races that fought alongside -- no, they were heroes. >> sure. >> for eric holder to deny the civil rights act of '64 and the voting rights act of '65, that's not a history of cowards on race. >> sean, you're overreaching. there's no doubt in my mind, yours or anybody else's who has half a brain that black folk in this country have not made progress from 50 or 100 or 200 years ago. that's not the question whether or not we've made progress. the question is in 2014 white as compared to black that gap in everything, in health, in income -- >> do you think most americans are racist or most are not racist? because you wrote about martin luther king. do most americans judge people by the content of character or by the color of skin? >> i think if dr. king were here right now he would say that

while progress has been made, the race divide in this country is still to raw -- i'm answering your question. he'd say the race dividing this country is still too broad in every economic category. >> that's not my question. do you think most americans -- serious question. there's white on black racism, there's black on white racism. >> most americans are not racist, sean. >> the overwhelming majority, 90%? 95? >> i haven't -- i don't know. eric holder -- attorney general holder -- >> 40% -- >> attorney general eric holder's point was he can't get, i can't get -- hold up now. his point was that he can't get in the hearts and minds of everyday citizens just like you can't do that either. what he's talking about is too often we see codified in the law racism still at work. and that's why he's taking on this notion of voter fraud. that's why he's taking on this notion of voter fraud that does not exist.

that's why he's taking on these mandatory minimum sentences are racist in and of themselves. >> to get into the democratic national committee you need a photo id. is it a bad thing if you go to vote to have a photoer id? is that really racist? >> we have a solution chasing a problem. there is no problem -- voter fraud in this country. and eric holder is right to attack that issue number one. mandatory minimums is something that's increased -- >> i would agree with that. but maybe we should have prosecuted the black panther party with their billy clubs. maybe should have done that. i thought that was cowardly of him not to step up. >> there are some republicans as you well know that even are starting to see the light on the race that is written into this attack on voting rights and on mandatory minimums. >> all right. tavis, look forward to reading your book. >> please do. thank you, sean. >> good job on "dancing with the stars." we love earth, wind and fire. coming up next here on "hannity".

>> myths continue to be brought up. one of the big ones is the whole issue of a standdown order, which was never given. >> we can talk about it. >> we can discuss it. >> he wants to see and say that to my face. we can talk about it. >> when we come back two members of the benghazi annex security team faceoff with the liberal lawmaker that you just heard from whose questions, well, their story what they said. their story what they said. they guys! you're not gonna believe this! watch this. sam always gives you the good news in person, bad news in email. good news -- fedex has flat rate shipping. it's called fedex one rate. and it's affordable.

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plano sportsman's storage totes starting at only $10. welcome back to "hannity." last week two lawmakers had this to say about members of the benghazi annex security team who defied standdown orders and rushed to the aid of those americans under attack at the u.s. consulate in benghazi on 9/11/2012. watch this. >> myths continue to be brought up. one of the big ones is the whole issue of a standdown order, which was never given. >> some of these questions that have been repeatedly asked and answered were asked again in the wake of a campaign to promote a

new book, both the house and senate intelligence committees interviewed these three contractors, their supervisor and others on the ground and concluded that there was no improper standdown order. to second guess these decisions made in the fog of battle is both unfair to the brave personnel involved and highly irresponsible. >> now, those comments made by two liberal house members, congressman adam smith and congressman adam schiff sparked outrage from members of the benghazi security team who challenged the congressmen to a debate. let's take a look. >> we can talk about it. >> we can discuss it. >> he wants to see and say that to my face. we can talk about it. and talk about everything. >> difficult for me because you're calling a ranger, a s.e.a.l. and three marines liars. >> now, earlier i sat down with two members of the benghazi annex security team the co-authors of the new book "13 hours" as well as the only lawmaker man enough to accept their invitation and that's washington congressman adam

smith. take a look. welcome all of you. congressman, i'm glad you're here. did you say there was no standdown order given. these are the two guys -- chris, maybe i'll start with you, was a standdown order given to you, chris? >> a standdown order was given to john. i was told to wait twice. the semantics of the words here is a given. it cost lives. i don't know how else to explain it. i want to say to mr. smith, was he there that night with us. >> congressman, adam schiff, you know, said it was unfair and irresponsible of these men, now, i've interviewed them a number of times and they tell a story where they got dressed, they heard the communications going on at the consulate. they were told to stand down. those words were actually used. and then after 25 minutes they really risked their career and they disobeyed an order and they went and ended up saving 25

lives. you were part of that press conference. what do you say to them? >> well, first of all, the reference that i made to was to the folks in tripoli. i was making no reference whatsoever to the annex in benghazi. there's two standdown orders that are out there. one was for the special operations team that was in tripoli. one plane load of people did go from tripoli to benghazi. a second was considering going. some of the special ops guys wanted to go and they were told not to. they were told not to because they felt they needed to secure the situation in tripoli. that is what i was referring to. those people were not told to standdown. >> in that press conference -- i want to clarify one in that press conference though i don't know if it was you or mentioned,  congressm to ly doing it sell a book. was that you? >> no, that was not me. >> i wouldn't say that at all. second, as i understand what happened in the annex is unquestionably the guy who was in charge, who i believe you refer to in your book as bob,

the deputy chief of mission, said you'd wanted to go, he was in charge of the compound, he said, no, don't go. now, the why of that decision -- seems to me, maybe you gentlemen can correct me, seems to me what bob was deciding, no, under no circumstances do we not want to help these people, he was making a command judgment call as to what was the highest risk. he may well have been wrong. you gentlemen make a very good argument for that. but the argument he was saying we're not helping them, he was making a judgment call about what was the best thing to do there. >> the second thing, congressman -- one other thing i got to bring up. that is the implication that the standdown order came from d.c. that was investigated and clearly proven not to be the case. the gentleman in question, bob, the deputy chief of mission, was the one who told these gentlemen not to go. that's not disputed. >> but you were -- >> congressman smith -- >> i'm not saying they did say -- i'm talking about things that others have said.

>> what's important here -- >> this is important and i'm going to let these guys speak. in the press conference their character was personally attacked, the press conference -- >> not by me. >> i didn't say by you. but you were there. in that press conference -- >> okay. >> when they were called irresponsible and unfair and it was suggested they only did this for the book. but i'll give these guys a chance to respond. chris. >> this is mark. you know, the thing that upset us and if you're guilty by association by standing next to congressman schiff, then i apologize for that for you. but he attacked us. we're not the enemy. we're the ones that saved five american lives at the consulate because we left when we did. we didn't -- we saved another 25 lives at the annex. we can debate all day long whether or not the order, why it was given or why it wasn't, why he held it back, we can debate

that. but the facts are the facts. we were there. no other congressman was there that i saw of. and we -- but people are out there saying that we are lying. on national television they're accusing us of lying. >> that's what was said. >> this book was written for the lives of the story that wasn't being told and to represent the lives of the individuals that died. >> chris, i want to give you -- >> i totally agree with mark. yep, i agree with mark. the context it was said, it was directed at us because there was a mention of the book and the myth of the book, it was directed at us. that's inexcusable. >> it doesn't matter if it's by you. congressman should have stood up and said that was incorrect, that shouldn't have been said. and it didn't happen. here we are on tv talking to you

saying this is wrong, it's wrong. you shouldn't have said it. all right. the book is correct. everything in the book is right. there's nothing wrong with it and also move forward, don't call us liars anymore. if you're going to, come into the studio with us -- >> i never called you liars. now, i'm not willing to say that everything in your book is the absolute truth. i mean, you are definitely heroes. there's no question. but there's a whole lot of people who had a whole bunch of different opinions about what happened there. and what our job is because the committee has been -- >> i can guess who those people are. i can honestly guess who those people are. >> all we're trying to do -- all we're trying to do is investigate -- >> they were hiding in the building. >> all we're trying to do is investigate and get the best information possible as to what happened. and one of the allegations not made by you but one of the allegations that we've looked into was that somehow somebody in d.c. had both in tripoli and at the annex given a standdown

order. >> let me hold the ball a little bit here. congressman, let me ask you this question. i have asked these guys extensively about the narrative that the president and susan rice and hillary clinton, that they all went out there and said this was related to a youtube video. they all said it was a spontaneous demonstration. these guys were there. and they say from day one that they knew that story was a lie and false. what does that mean to you when the president, the secretary of state -- >> first of all -- >> i'm asking. what does it mean to you when they are telling a story that the guys on the ground are saying is absolutely positively false? what is your reaction to that as a congressman? >> let me ask the guys on the ground, what do you think did motivate these people? how far in advance do you think they planned this attack? >> i was on the receiving end of a mortar attack.

where four mortars landed within probably ten, 15 meters. that's not done by somebody who is untrained, doesn't plan -- >> there is no question they were trained. no question this was a militia. >> how long does that take? right. >> you're asking us to speculate. >> they don't do that haphaza haphazardly. >> right. >> that takes time and training. >> you do not bring rpgs to a protest as well. >> all right, guys, thank you. congressman, appreciate it. hope adam schiff will take these guys up and come on and explain his comments because he called them unfair and said they're lying and said they have some financial motive. i think he needs to do what you did, congressman. thank you all for being with us. coming up, was crippling isis the only reason president obama launched air strikes in syria and iraq? multiple political pundits explain there's something else. and new proof that the president ignored the warning signs of

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welcome back to "hannity." the u.s.-led bombing operation in syria is well under way and with just over a month before the election many are wondering if president obama's decision to strike isis in syria, well, could it be partially politically motivated? take a look. >> so george bush supposedly went to iraq for oil, right? so i guess we could say that barack obama went to war with isis for the senate. >> i have the sinking feeling based on six years of performance that particularly the timing of this attack last night had more to do for the president's politics than for national security. >> six weeks since we've known isis has got americans -- started beheading americans. if he waits six weeks, that's six weeks closer to the november election. as you all know now, when we're

at war -- >> the reality of it is this has got to be the most politically correct operation in history. >> so the president wagging the dog with these air strikes in syria. here to respond fox & friends co-host brian and big and rich's john rich. look at that hat. he just released his brands new album entitled gravity. rick, a month ago, think about this, one month ago the president said it was a fantasy that he'd ever arm the syrian rebels. here it is a month later, what's he doing? the president did nothing as every city fell in iraq. not a thing. now that the american people say 91% say isis is a threat, well, now we've got pinprick strikes. is there any connection to politics here? >> you know, you can make the argument to be sure because we all know the wag the dog scenario. presidents tend to get a little boost when they get into war situations. what makes me question just a bit this time is if you look at

the reaction people are having. and as you said when you introduced the segment, it would be all about the senate. you're not seeing those with the natural tendency to not going along with this president, they're not suddenly standing up and cheering for him. so if it was political, i think it's going to end up having no benefit. and i think there's a good argument to be made that this wasn't really about politics. >> you know something, john rich, if the president really wanted to save those cities americans died for in iraq, i think he would have done it way back in january when this all started. the president said a month ago he wasn't going to do this in syria, arm the rebels. he could have done that two years ago if he listened to leon panetta and hillary. i have a lot of sinking suspiciouses about his motivations. >> well, it's just confusing. i think just as americans we're all watching the news every day going what is going on? we're hearing one thing one day and another thing another day. you wake up in the morning going what are we going to hear today. which part of this is real and which part of this isn't real. i don't know enough about it to

make a judgment on it, but i do know i'm confused by it. just to hear all the different storylines that keep coming out contradicting themselves. >> i think that's a good point, brian. what do you think? >> unfair practice for john rich to wear the hat because now he gets more attention and more focus. >> got one for you. >> but -- >> john, believe it or not, sean, i do not think it's political. because if it's political, it's october 25th. if it's political, maybe the latest -- earliest october 15th. what i think to do if you want to analyze, i never saw a military strategy like this. i never saw a strategy where we only have a handful of jet strikes. >> 91% of the american people view isis as a clear and present danger. >> right. >> 71% of the poll want to use air strikes. the president didn't react for a whole year. the president said no help from the syrian rebels. and now he's doing all of it. >> but you know why? september's a lifetime to

november. the word's going to flip on its head in that time. things are going to pop up and will outshine this. read "the wall street journal" today -- about us. >> if i was convinced he was committed to winning, i wouldn't even think about this. if he's not listening to his generals, rick, and apparently he's not, then i have my doubts. >> well, it depends who you ask. we saw the top general testifying before the senate that this was absolutely the advice he gave him and that he was following it. and he did say that there may come a time when boots on the ground are necessary. >> we know the general -- the generalas wanted special forces in with the kurdish troops. they wanted them inside to light up and point out the different targets. and they were told not to. >> last word, john rich. >> i spoke to a general yesterday who says we do have people who are reporting -- >> the guy with the hat in the middle. >> you need the hat.

>> well, i'd like to play poker with the president some day because it'd be so easy to win because he just shows you all his cards the entire time. my granddaddy was a world war ii vet, a tunnel rat, and he'd tell me about going into a cave in japan with a flame thrower. they didn't tell the japanese, hey, by the way, we're coming in with a flame thrower, you might want to get out of the way. they just went and won the war. i don't like -- i don't think the president has to tell us everything he's going to do. for god sake, keep something to himself, you know? >> but he can't tell us what he's not going to do. no boots on the ground, no shock and awe. i agree. if he wants to defeat isis, i'm on board with him. but if he's not going to go in for a win and he's going to politicize it, i want no part of it. >> i agree with what john said, but tell the republican leaders to stop forcing him to tell us. >> how about he go to congress and get the approval like he's supposed to. >> couldn't agree more. how about congress comes back and does it? >> got to roll. john, congrats on the new album,

my friend. sorry i missed your big party last night. coming up, my next guest says his sources at the highest level say the commander in chief has ignored the warnings about the threat posed by isis. we're going to take you inside this alleged cover-up right here tonight on "hannity." relook.

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welcome back to "hannity" my next guest says high level military sources proved president obama turned a blind eye to warnings about the terror group at least for two years. here to explain more is lieutenant kolel tony schaeffer. >> that is the deal is that it's common knowledge inside of the community. there has been professional intelligence officers attempting to give the word to the president, to make these statements about being the junior varsity we have great intelligence officers serving that this is a 100 walk organization being led by 240-watt men, and that is where there is a fire wall they filter things so what does

get through the president is often batted down. i think that these guys are almost a political interpreters. >> colonel in his interview just back, september 7th he was on "meet the press" saying we've not seen threats to the homeland from isis. he's making the case he's got to take them out, fast. >> it's been a pattern. he down plays in this pattern. there is reliable information in the system. there are two things he's selling the american people short of and the community. there are details of what you're going to do. i'm just talking about capturing people, holding them, taking a period of time to break them i've broken people over three

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don't forget to set your dvr and record "hannity" the series. start your day with fox & friends 5:00 to 9:00 a.m . thank charles. greta goes "on the record" right now. we'll see new washington tomorrow. this is a fox news alert. isis a threatening attacks on subways an trains right here in the united states. the iraq prime minister tipping us off warning the terror threat might be imminent the most terrifying part of this warning is the attack has not been stopped. fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us. >> what's scary about this story is the details provided by the iraqi prime minister are extremely specific. he said he got information from baghdad that individuals had been arrested. they were members of isis. there was a plot to attack the subway systems in paris and also the united states. and that the operatives who are not iraqis, they were american and french nationals. once this hit the wires, what you