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good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president obama will be meet with his national security team this afternoon as the administration continues to decide what to do about the threat from isis. i'm joined by state department spokesperson jen psaki. thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> isis, there are a lot of decisions to be made. how close do you think the president is to deciding whether air strikes, given the surveillance right now to find possible targets in syria, air surveillance missions, how close are we to a decision an whether air strikes should be taken? >> well, i've been in this town long enough to know what to make predictions on behalf of the president and his thinking. however, as you mentioned, the national security team is meeting this afternoon. the secretary will be participating via video conference. the president has made clear that we're going to take on the threat that isil is posing not just to, united states interests but to the global community.

that's why we're building a coalition around the world. this will be a big topic next week. and i expect there will be a discussion but i couldn't expect any announcements coming out of this afternoon's meeting. >> let me share with our viewers "the new york times" editorial board's comments today on whether decisions should be taken. they wrote no comprehensive strategy has been worked out, and without that, it would be unwise to expand a mission that president obama has acknowledged won't be easy and it won't be quick. your reaction to that? >> i think what we all know and what the american people should know is that the threat from isil has increased over the last several months. it's not limited by borders. it's not just in iraq and to the people of iraq. it's to the countries in the region and it's to the global community. and that's why the president and the national security team are looking at options. now it's true that there needs to be, of course, a comprehensive discussion. there are always contingency options. that's part of what the national

security team will be discussing and they want to go into this with a strategy, if there's a decision made and absolutely, that's how the president and his entire team would approach this. >> exactly a year ago, in fact, labor day weekend, a year ago, we heard from secretary kerry very strong statements regarding the red lun that had been crossed by assad on the use of chemical weapons in -- against his own people in syria. and then the president made a different decision. he decided to proceed with air strikes but first ask congress knowing as we all know that congress still hasn't taken that up. now secretary kerry has said most recently that isil's brutal ideology poses a severe threat to iraq, the region and the united states. we've also heard from secretary hagel that this is a sophisticated well-funded, as any group that we've seen. they're beyond just a terrorist group. they marry ideology, a sophistication of strategic and tactical military prowess. there have been sharp comments

from the cabinet secretaries but the president has been famously reluctant to use force in this kind of instance. >> well, i would disagree with that, andrea. the president made a decision to do air strikes in iraq, to not only protect-mile-an-hour interests but to help the iraqi people and the security forces take on the threat of isil. there are a lot of factors that need to be weighed and it's a serious decision. he's been clear in the white house and the administration has been clear we're not going to let this threat -- we're going to focus on building a coalition in the international community to take an this threat. there are a range of options on the table. it takes time to discuss those. we want to do this right. we're not going to be limited by the pressure of making a decision more quickly than the president or the national security team is ready to. >> do we have any international partners willing to participate in military action? >> well, 1first, i think you've seen the international partners play a variety of roles in iraq.

whether it's humanitarian drops or air drops. they've been providing a range of assistance. we've been in touch with not just countries in europe and in the arab world but also countries in asia. australia has been a country that's been out there eager to help. countries can play different roles. it's not just military assistance. it's political assistance, humanitarian assistance. and what we want to do through this coalition is see how we can cobble this all together and take an this threat over the long term. it's not just an overnight effort. >> despite the stark warnings from secretaries hagel and ker rye, joint chiefs chairman dempsey said to reporters traveling back on a recent flight that there's no evidence that isil or isis is plotting against the homeland. is that -- >> we don't have evidence that they are doing a 9/11-style attack, but we've seen the brutality of their actions. we've seen just last week with the horrific killing of jim foley. we've seen what they've done

around the world and to citizens in iraq. and we know what they are capable of. so we're watching this closely and we're not -- we're going to be watching closely to see what they are preparing and what they are doing. and that's important for us to do and important for us to do to protect the american people. >> as if they weren't enough trouble on the middle east front, ukraine. you've been very careful as has president poroshenko to say that russia is -- let's say, launching incursions, not a full-scale invasion. if there's artillery firing across the border and tanks moving and movements of soldiers, what's the difference between an incursion and an invasion? >> well, i think this is a discussion about terminology. it doesn't change what kind of support we are providing, what kind of discussions are happening within the administration. what we've seen here is an escalation of aggression by the russians, a pattern over the last several months. that's what we're concerned about and that's what we're watching closely. next week is also a very -- an

important opportunity for the international community at nato with the president there, with secretary kerry there, secretary hagel there to have a discussion about what's next. there are sanctions we can still do, a range of tools at our disposal and i expect that will be a prominent part of the agenda next week. >> finally, just a quick question about u.n. peacekeepers. they've been there since 1974 in a continually extended mission ever since the israeli syrian conflict. and a number of them were taken by militants in -- we're not sure exactly which syrian rebel group or syrian army group. more than 40 have been held. others are being held at gun point. do we know anything about the u.n. mission there? >> absolutely. and these reports are just coming out. obviously, we're concerned about the safety and well-being any of u.n. peacekeepers around the world. i don't have additional details to confirm for you at this point in time but we'll remain in close touch with the u.n. and other counterparts about what

can be done in this case. >> thank you, jen psaki, from the state department. and what should the president's strategy be for deal with isis? i'm joined by steven simon, former national security council senior director of the middle east for the obama administration. now a senior fellow at the middle east institute. steven, thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> some tough decisions. we've seen the president back off. he took action, limited action, in iraq but we've seen him back off in syrian action. it's a very different matter when you look at the syrian air defenses and getting engaged in that. he's been famously reluctant. what decisions do you think he should take as he tries to confront isis? >> i think the decisions that he takes on isis are going to have to depend on how he defines a u.s. interest and objectives. an the one hand. and the precise threat that isis presents to the united states on the other. in the setting of syria -- in the setting of iraq, it's koond

of clear. in the setting of syria, it's less clear. and one of the reasons that these decisions, i think, are so hard to make is that the more the u.s. gets involved on the syria side of the line, the more it looks like the u.s. is finally intervening in syria but on the side of the regime. and this is perception. clearly the united states would want to avoid. so figuring out exactly how far they can go without triggering that perception while at the same time really hurting isis, is kind of tricky. >> isis is the worst threat. the most serious threat to as d assad. so if we go after isis, we are helping assad who we've been saying for three years now has to go. >> in effect, yes. and i'm sure there are people in the white house who are saying, just because this works well for assad doesn't mean we shouldn't do it if it works well for us. >> there is a disagreement

internally in the administration between -- you could very, very loosely call them hawks and doffs on this. "the new york times" editorial continuing an that front said one problem is the administration's incomplete knowledge about isis. its numbers and orgs. this is alarming given the billions of dollars spent since september 11th, 2001, in developing technologies and strategies for detecting and assessing terrorist threats. that a fair criticism? >> well, intelligence is really uncomplete on isis. that's for sure. the intelligence community has said that there are between 10,000 and 17,000 people affiliated with isis. and they are broken down by maybe 3,000 to 5,000 foreign fighters, iraqi fellow travelers, like ex-baathists, people associated with saddam, and a core isis. but the numbers really are very uncertain. one striking thing about the numbers is even at the upper range, they are quite small. >> and there's some very strange alliances here because isis could not have existed without

support certainly from qatar and it's the qataris who helped us get theo curtis out, as well as be bergdahl. so they are playing a very confusing duo role here and are, in fact, involved in armed conflict most recently with the emira emirates, the uae, in strikes in libya. >> yeah, they definitely are strange bedfellows here. and the role of the players is constantly shifting as their threat perceptions shift. so you can back isis because you think it's really, you know, doing the lord's work for a while. when you think it's going to turn back on you and bite you, well, then you feel differently. but it's not yet clear how the kuwaitis will be cooperating in the international coalition that the administration is now trying to set up to battle isis. >> do you think that they actually can build an

international coalition beyond the uk, let's say? >> you know, i think they can certainly get lip service from a number of capitals but in terms of practical, real world assistance, i think it really does come down to the u.s. at the end of the day. >> thank you so much, steven simon. good to see you. now to breaking news. legendary comedienne and television host joan rivers is reportedly in critical condition after being rushed to mt. sinai hospital in new york city this morning. the fdny confirms they transported the 81-year-old woman in cardiac arrest. rivers reportedly stopped breathing while undergoing a throat procedure. we will, of course, continue to follow the developing story about this iconic performer. we'll be right back. defiance is in our bones. defiance never grows old. citracal maximum. easily absorbed calcium plus d. beauty is bone deep. great. this is the last thing i need.) seriously? let's take this puppy over to midas

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capitol hill? what a surprise. new york senator kirsten gillibrand pulls back the curtains on some comments from male colleagues. from the article, gillibrand shares a sobering incident in the gym where an older male colleague told her, good thing you're working out because you wouldn't want to get porky. on another occasion she writes, after she dropped 50 pounds one of her fellow senate members squeezed her stomach and said, don't lose too much weight now. i like my girls chubby. joining us now, chris cillizza and managing editor of post politics.com and bloomberg deputy managing editor gene cummings. laughing matter only because it's 2014. i covered the senate in the late '80s and '90s. we all had our stories of whom you'd not get an an elevator with and whom you'd protect your young female interns from.

some of those former senators were actually expelled. >> it's funny in a, i can't believe this still happens way. which doesn't make it funny. >> is it bipartisan? she does not say democratic or republican. >> just male. it's gender. >> it's gender. >> it's -- maybe i'm naive, which i've been accused of many times. maybe i'm naive, but i do find it somewhat appalling that not only do people think those things, right, which is one thing, but that they feel comfortable sort of -- >> saying them. >> saying them directly to someone. thinking it okay. >> it's outrageous. it's totally outrageous. is it surprising? yes, it should be because we learned this lesson in 1991. that's when i came to the senate to cover the senate as well in

the midst of the anita hill hearing. >> i covered those for nbc. >> we've been there. we know this lesson was supposedly learned 25 years ago. and the very idea that one of them touched her, justice totally creeps me out. i mean, we're digressing here. we're not getting better. we're going backwards. and this has got to stop. so women and men and people who are in this country and covered the senate should not be surprised. they should be angry. this is ridiculous. >> this doesn't get to some of the other issues she touches on in the excerpts released to "people," the challenges of a working mom with two little kids. she was elected to the senate right after having her youngest child. and was losing, you know, the baby weight or whatever. but also the fact that she was breastfeeding and trying to figure out a way. you can't even use a blackberry an the senate floor, no less breastfeed. no place for the kids. they only recently put in a rest

room on the house side for women members. and just the -- the remarkable insensitivity of the old boys network. the oldest white male club in the world is the united states senate. >> and at least she's there now with one of the largest, if not the largest female class. >> 20 women. >> they have already made themselves heard on military sexual attacks. they've made themselves heard on issues regarding women working women and at least she's in a position now where she and that class of women can go to read with real numbers, real authority and make change for the next generation. >> i think it's worth noting. i think we focus an biggest class ever. n that's absolutely -- progress is progress is progress. but it's 20 out of 100. i'd remind people, women in the last 40 elections have made up between 52% and 53% of the

electorate. hispanics would have a lot more representation if that were true, but it is stunning we look at 20 and say, oh, look at all this progress when women are a clear majority of the people deciding elections. and you could argue 2012 and 2010 helped in senate races certainly and at the presidential level, too. the women's vote coalescing so strongly behind democratic candidates is part and parcel of why they still control the u.s. senate. >> the "people" magazine will be out on newsstands tomorrow. the republicans have certainly been trying to confront the whole issue of the women's vote. jake sherman in politico reporting in their own survey, internal survey, they reported they still have a woman's problem. chuck todd asked reince priebus about that on "the daily rundown." >> the poll just wasn't the republicans are stuck in the past. the gist of the poll was 50% of

the women are saying that a negative view of the republican party and 40% of the women are saying they have a negative view of the democratic party. >> i'd rather have 60% of the women liking me rather than 50% of the women not liking me. and they have a real problem. they know it. and it goes to, they are still being hurt by remarks made by some of their candidates in the last cycle regarding rape. it also has to do with policy. they moved the abortion debate into birth control. this is a huge step where women -- that's a threshhoild women for women. it's about birth control, controlling your life. this is being in control of your life. and they want to talk about taking that away? that's a whole different conversation than abortion. >> we have to leave it there. thank you chris cillizza and jeanne cummings. the fbi and secret service are investigating a massive cyberattack on banks including jpmorgan chase. the nation's largest bank. four other banks were hacked in a series of coordinated attacks

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this is -- is this the first hope we could be seeing the development of a vaccine? >> this definitely is very positive. the preliminary prehuman tests have been quite positive. i remember several years ago the staff at the nih were so excited, they wondered if they really could do a randomized trial if that was even ethical to do. and i assured them you had to do a randomized trial to find out if the vaccine would work. i think it's also important they have greenlighted this and are going and are really moving quite quickly, shows you the system can respond quickly. in terms of having an effect an this outbreak, very unlikely to really impact this outbreak. for that we really need to focus on the basic issues of infrastructure. gloves, masks and those things. >> and, in fact, i was watching some coverage last night.

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everyone. and so it's hard to know whether the recovery of the health care workers in the united states is spontaneous or whether the z-mapp has had an effect. to learn that we also need clinical trials. let's get that stuff out there, but the fact of the matter is it's only through careful research we're going to know whether it works, how well it works and what the side effects are that might be -- make it counterproductive. i think it's very, very important that we can't skip that step as anxious as we are for an intervention that's effective. >> i think the only good thing that's come of this is not only their personal survival but the fact that there was so much scare talk about them coming to the united states and all this. and it was certainly proved in atlanta at emory that they knew how to take care of it, knew how to handil the isolation and they defused a lot of the false fears that harked back to some of the 20-year-old fears of hiv/aids that some of us witnessed in the

news media. >> i think you're absolutely right. people are worried if you bring a virus here it's somehow going to explode and it's going to be easily passed from person to person. and that, obviously, gets fueled when we see what's happening in africa that it does seem to be passing from person to person. what differentiates the united states from those another from the african countries is we have a very good health care stum. we do implement universal precautions. we have the personnel as well as the facilities, the isolation facilities to handle this. ebola is not going to come to the united states and break out from this epidemic and bringing some people back to the united states. >> dr. zeke emmanuel, always a pleasure. good to see you. >> thank you, andrea. lovely to be on. and the ice bucket challenge update that has swept across social media with the help of celebrities and politicians. and assorted others. now the als association is

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an update on our breaking news. legendary comedienne joan rivers is in critical condition after being rushed to mt. sinai hospital. she reportedly stopped breathing while undergoing a throat procedure. she went into cardiac arrest en

route to the hospital. we'll continue to follow this story. out west, this was the picture wednesday. this video brought us to from a drone above surfers in malibu catching waves like the ten-footers you're seeing. here and in some places they were up to 25 feet high. miguel almaguer has the latest from the shore along seal beach. >> southern california beaches have been taking a pounding. and they'll continue to do so all day long. i want to show you what's been created to protect communities in this area. these sand berms republican f s. they are keeping the water away from homes. they've been taking a beating but for now they're still standing. >> these historic 25-foot monsters have lifeguards scrambling to save lives. we were there as swimmers were pulled from riptides. more than 130 rescues in two days. first responders can't believe what they're seeing. >> are you surprised people are

getting in that water? >> yeah. i wouldn't do it. >> reporter: generated by tropical storm marie hundreds of miles away, the epic swell is drawing top surfers. legend laird hamilton with breathtaking moves. >> he's going for it. >> this one is called shooting the beam. >> it has the power to kill. so respect that. >> these waves are also damaging. piers ripped apart. sailboats tossed ashore. just off the beach, floodwaters have buckled floors and submerged living rooms. >> the water was actually alm the way up to here in the room. >> now the east coast is being hammered, too. red flag warnings at virginia beach and in ocean city, maryland. across the region, life-threatening surf. at least six deaths blamed an hurricane cristobal sweeping across the atlantic. >> we ask people to keep their feet an the sand until the lifeguard is in the stand.

this morning from east to west, danger in the water as epic storms deliver an unforgettable blast. >> of course, miguel almaguer. knbc's john klemack has the latest. you can see they've built up quite high sand barriers behind you. >> last night, none of this was here. they spent most of the night trying to shore up the shore, if you will. they are still doing it now. we'll see waves kick up over some of this sand barrier. so you can see where the sand may be a little soft and basically nice and smooth. that means water has come over that side. trying to bring in more sand to shore that up. we're about two hours away, just under two hours away from high side. that's going to be a time about 40 to 45 minutes where we'll be seeing some of the strongest waves come through here. they believe that right where we're standing is where we're going to see some of the

strongest stuff. they've been spending a lot of time there. they've got double bulldozers pushing the sand towards each other to build this thing up. also pint out the plywood. a wall of plywood to help some of these homes in case that water gets over the sand barrier. the sandbags, the plywood, anything to help these folks. no major damage here in long beach. some other parts of town, they saw some of that. so far here, still good. andrea? >> thanks to you, john klemack from knbc. also hollywood story from california. the glamorous hollywood couple dubbed brangelina made it official. they quietly tied the knot saturday in front of family and friends at the couple's vineyard estate in france. their six children all took part in the civil ceremony which was officiated by a california judge. jolie and pitt became engaged two years ago. they previously dated for seven years. they said they wouldn't marry

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pressure is mounting on president obama from all sides an the high voltage immigration issue. democrats are facing tough challenges in red states. they are pressing for no action before the midterms. they don't want to do anything to upset their chances. but the hispanic caucus and others are crying for reforl. they want action now to mitigate the child migrant crisis. joining me, luis gutierrez, chairman of the immigration task force and hispanic democratic caucuses and thoue chairman subcommittee on immigration. i know you met with mayor rahm

emmanuel and came out saying that the next 30 days will determine whether or not this is a legacy issue for barack obama. this against the fact that others in the democratic party, senators in red states say he could lose the senate if he pushes ahead on immigration right now. >> first of all, i think we should call it good public policy and serving the people first and justice and fairness first ahead of political considerations. look, andrea, i've been a critic of my own party. we took over the hour, 207, 208, 209, 2010 we controlled the senate and house and presidency and didn't act because we were afraid of the political ramifications and losses that democrats might have. look. enough of that. let's put the children first. let's put marriages first. let's put our agricultural industry first. let's put our high-tech industry first. this is not a surprise to anybody.

the president said in the -- there is a lack of action on behalf of the republican majority in the house of representatives, i will act. he was very patient. they said to him, oh, we want to do this piecemeal. you remember the president said we'll do it piecemeal. they said we're not going to conference on the senate bill. draft a better bill than the senate bill. everybody can't become a citizen right away. okay. we won't walk away. they made a suggestion. we're moving ford reaching a deal on immigration reform. in the end, the speaker call him up at the beginning of july and said i'm just not going to do anything about it. the president has a responsibility to act. >> what do you hear he might be doing? >> look. here's how i would see it, right? i'm going to give you my view and this is based on what i think legally and responsibly the president can do. and what kind of given my conversations at different levels of the federal

government, both legislative and executive branch of government and the legal community. i thing president will pick a date. he's going to say, let me see. of the 11 million undocumented workers in the united states, if you've been here ten years and you've established roots in your community, you have children, you've been married. you've been working. very important. you can go through a vigorous background check. provide your fingerprints, register with the government and show us you've been working and behaving, i'm going to give you a two-year permit to work in this country and free you from being able to be -- i think he's going to look at, what are the considerations of the high-tech industry. they need manpower. and it's not being provided because congress won't act. he's going to say, wow, the farmers -- go ahead. >> i was going to say -- >> farmers are going to need help. >> would you add a path to citizenship and how would you rebut the charge of amnesty? >> i want a path to citizenship. and that's why it is preferable for me, for there to be a

legislative solution. but, andrea, i am -- i didn't come here to pat myself an the back. it's going to be pretty hard to find anyone that's worked harder than i have in building coalitions and being respectful of the republican majority in the house of representatives over the last two years and trying to put a framework together we can vote on. i know there are many wonderful, dozens of wonderful republican members of the house of representatives that want to do it. but the speaker said he won't do it for political considerations. there are a dozen very anti-immigrant members of the house of representatives in the republican majority that just have a stranglehold. we cannot have that. i think what the president is going to say is, look. there are people that have established themselves. i a legislative solution. you're not giving me one. and there are people that have been here 10, 15. if the president chose the year of 10 years you have to be here for ten years, you have to be working, you have american

citizenship. if he picked that 10 year it would be over 6 million people. we need to understand that the undocumented community is well established in the neighborhoods across the city -- across our nation. and so i am hopeful that the president will pick a date. i'm hopeful that it will be millions. i believe that many people have said to me and this is the context of the legacy. they said, well, hasn't he already written his legacy? i said no. it's going to be in the next 30 days. what he does is going to be the legacy of the president. our high-tech industry, our farmers, they need workers. 7 out of 10 of those people who break their backs every day in the fields of america are undocumented workers. it's time we gave them a chance to register with the government and very important, i think, with the new threat of isis, with the fact that there can be 100, maybe more and there are hundreds of other people who can travel to the united states from other european countries, right,

shouldn't we just bring these people out of the shadows, have them register with the government. we know who they are, where they live, we know they are behaving themselves so we can use our enforcement, our homeland security enforcement to prevail against other threats against the homeland. >> congressman luis gut yirez, it's always a pleasure. thanks for being with us. coming up next, the military veteran who is a big hit at this year's u.s. open. but first, carolyn wozniacki fond herself entangled in a hairy situation an the court. while chasing down a shot, her braid became stuck in the tennis racquet. the whole reason she began braiding it was to avoid something like that. gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar.

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the biggest surprise hit at the u.s. tennis tournament is someone you might not expect. katy tur joins me. >> we're talking about the oldest ball person at this tournament. that's not the only special thing about todd reed. >> it is ball person. among all those young guns at the open today, there is an oldie but goodie who is actually stealing the show. >> turn on the u.s. open and among the balls, rackets and sweaty superstars, you'll notice something a little different. among the 275 mostly teenaged ballboys -- >> ball person. >> is todd reed, a 53-year-old war veteran, green beret, retired cop, grandfather of three and amputee. >> it's good to be different. >> it's great to be different. and the fact that they have two legs and i'm missing one of mine. that's a minor detail. and here he is on the tennis world stage. the oldest ballperson of the

bunch attending to players' every whim. >> when they are on break sitting in their chair we hold the umbrella for them dearing the daytime. sometimes they want a banana, an ice towel, water, powerade. >> and able to work with big personalities. >> and pleasant with a huge smile on your face while doing all that. >> and you're uniquely suited for that. >> i think i can fit into that. i've had challenges in life that make this pretty easy to work. >> reed is here as part of the u.s. tennis association's military initiative. a 13-year army veteran, he lost his foot and part of his right leg when he stepped an a land mine in iraq during "operation desert storm." >> todd is an absolute role model. what he's been through and what he's done for his country, the kids definitely look up to him. >> as for the pay, $8 an hour with a daily lunch allowance. >> i'm not doing it for the money. that's just a little bonus an the side. >> a little bonus he hopes to take advantage of.

>> will you do it next year? >> if they invite me, i'd do it in a heartbeat. >> at 53, he's more than proven quitting is not in his nature. >> he says this is one of the top five experiences of his life. right up there with marrying his wife. also a very smart man, including being very talented man on the court out there. >> i was just struck by his energy and his ability. you couldn't realize he's an amputee. he looks so able bodied. it's a hot court. this is august, after all, in new york. his energy level is amazing. >> yeah, up there in the 90s yesterday. one of the younger kids had to be pulled off one of the games because he got too hot. and todd had to go in there and fill in for him. he's a really nice guy. really struck by how excited he is to be there. he's had so many amazing experiences of being a war veteran, former cop. undercover narcotics cop. he's done so much in his life. for him to be standing an that

tennis court is just amazing. he's been a tennis fan his entire life. he's meeting all the greats. his friends are seeing him on tv. players aren't necessarily interacting with him because it's a very professional situation but he says it's just quite a thrill to hold an umbrella for them, get them a banana, ice. >> how do we get that job? as tennis fans. what about the other -- the boys and girls who are ballpersons. teenagers, young college kids. how do they interact with him? >> some are as old as 30. he's the second oldest that's ever done it. i think the last guy was about ten years older than him. they are used to someone being a little older than the rest. and they all really look up to him. at first they weren't expecting him to be as fast and as agile and energeting as he has been, but so far, everyone pretty impressed with all of his abilities. >> great story. thank you so much for sharing, katy tur, great to see you. that does it for "andrea

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later this afternoon, the president plans to meet with his national security council on the situation there in iraq and syria. and the isis threat. >> the threat from isil has increased over the last several months. it's not limited by borders. it's not just in iraq. and to the people of iraq. it's to the countries in the region. and it's to the global community. and that's why the president and the national security team are looking at options. >> this on the heels of word that a second american jihadist was killed fighting for isis. this is the firefight u.s. officials killed two american isis fighters in syria on sunday. the first 33-year-old douglas macarthur mccain from minnesota. and isis just released these propaganda images today an social media after taking over an air base in northeastern syria. news out of the middle east, 43 united nations peacekeepers operating on the syrian side of the golan