air strikes. again, our running tally of members of congress who acknowledge their responsibility for okaying that kind of thing, we're posting it online tonight. help us out with it. online ton. first look is up next. right now on first look. a summer suit-wearing president obama gives a striking answer to whether the u.s. will expand military air strikes against isis in syria. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> and new polls on what americans think about the situation. the nfl tackles domestic violence head on imposing lifetime bans for offenders. plus joan rivers is resting in a new york hospital after going into cardiac arrest. and the cutest images of the week. thanks for joining us on friday, there's plenty of problems, but no answers.

the president is cagey as world crisis escalate in syria, a dozen americans fighting for isis. inside ukraine, the draft is back as russia amps up the invasion. tra tra tracie potts is in washington. >> reporter: we has to decide what to do and when. isis in syria is very dangerous. experts have said this is bad news. but president obama says the u.s. is not ready to act, not yet. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. >> reporter: the u.s. has hit more than a hundred isis targets in iraq, people there, military within diplomats. and in syria, president obama says it's too soon to order air strikes. he's asking for options and sending secretary of state john kerry back to the middle east to

get other countries on board. >> right now those structures are not in place. >> reporter: with congress still out of the town, some lawmakers feared that president obama would order air strikes in syria without congressional approval. >> that's not going to happen. it may cost some money. >> reporter: experts wonder if they would work. >> it's not going to be enough to push them out of areas where they currently are well-established. that's going to be a longer-term challenge. >> reporter: another challenge? ukraine. nato says russia has sent a thousand soldiers in to fight the government. the u.s. may consider more sanctions, the president says, but no troops. >> it is not in the cards for us to see a military confrontation between russia and the united states in this region. >> reporter: and we will likely hear a lot more about strategy, perhaps on both of those fronts, when the president sits down with his nato allies in wales

next week. >> and when it comings to the global crisis, americans are worried. a new poll show that 71% think islamic extremist groups are the biggest threats, but 53% say russia. and the u.s. as problem-solver, 39% say too much, 34% say too little. and the president's job approval, 39% disapproval, and 17% approve. americans are also weigh manage ing in on a matter of much lesser importance. and that is president obama's choice of attire. namely his tan-colored suit. esquire magazine said you are not the president of sears. jake tapper wrote the audacity of taupe.

a variation on the president's book, the audacity of hope. has anyone done yes, we tan yet? and congressman john dingle, just look at the picture and you can see why. he tweeted, i see no problem with the suit. yeah, i'm wearing tan. i see no problem with it either. move along to the nfl. it is striking back. the world's most successful professional sports league is implementing a new rule for domestic violence after giving a two game suspension for ray rice, accused of assaulting his fiance in an elevator. roger goodell said i didn't get it right, saying we have to do it better and we will. here's the new policy. a first offense will result in a six-game suspension without pay. a second offense, a lifetime ban from the nfl. >> i think what came out of the

nfl today is extraordinary in terms of its leadership, its decisiveness, and its commitment to really make a difference on this issue. >> we also have startling new information about the ebola emergency. the virus could infect 20,000 before the outbreak ends, coming from the world health organization. over 1500 have died in hard-hit west africa. the price tag? nearly 500 million. next week the u.s. will fast track the testing of an experimental vaccine. now to the health crisis surrounding comedian joan rivers. today in stable, but critical position. she was rushed to the hospital in new york city thursday, and stopped breathing at a clinic. she has been open about her health issues. and doctors found a spot on an

x-ray following a persistent cost. in 2002, she was diagnosed with os oteoporosi osteoporosis. and they have been thanked everyone for their overwhelming love and support. and two officers are being hit with a $40 million federal lawsuit. the five plaintiffs allege that the ferguson and st. louis police departments used excessive force, and incident by standers were arrested following the shooting death of 18 year michael brown. >> one of the officers threw me to the ground. >> i was shot seven times with my hands up. >> they slammed me like it was a tech teak from the wwe. mopping my face on the concrete. >> one lawyer says the suit could widen to additional

plaintiffs and bankrupt the city. and in toronto, mayor rob ford doesn't need a dance floor to have a good time. ♪ ♪ you got to ♪ do the thing oh, yeah, put your back into it. mayor ford did his thing at the city council chamber. it was the last meeting closing out the term, and the infamous mayor is up for re-election. he's in a dead heat with two candidates vying for his job. those are dance moves, all right. turn to sports. college football is back. and johnny football's record is already broke. 21st-ranked texas a&m, takes on north carolina. kenny hill completing 44 of 60 passes, breaking manz, iel's

record. snapping the 18-game home win streak. >>head rick over the middle. >> hear that, ole miss safety cody prewitt lays out rhodes. and then getting loose and taking it 76 yards for the longest touchdown pass of the night. to the nfl, week four, and johnny football finished strong to help the browns to a 33-13 victory over the bears. >> pulls it down, up, runs around. now he's running right. he fires, and he's got his man open. bootleg rollout, throwing, and touchdown! well done. >> to the u.s. open now. the latest tennis sensation, 15-year-old c.c.bellis, the youngest to win at the open

since 1966 is out after the third round. and on the men's side, andy murray sails through 6-3, 6-3, and 6-4. novak is distancing to iggy azalea's fancy. >> i think rob ford danced better than johim. a lot of people hitting the roadways, a holiday weekend. >> it's good news. the unofficial end of summer. dodging showers and storms. slow-moving storm system over iowa through kansas city. and all the way down to oklahoma city. the widest area of rain is just light rain covering from fort worth and creeping towards dallas. driving around denton, just wet, no thunderstorms. and through the next four days,

the computers hinting at minnesota, wisconsin, iowa, and down around the mississippi river from memphis to louisiana. let me take you through it today, a cool, beautiful day in areas of new england. mid-atlantic, the humidity is much lower today than yesterday. chance of storms in florida. saturday, one more in the mid-atlantic, hit and miss storms in the deep south. sunday, some of those storms make it to the east coast. again, warm and humid sunday, monday, but not a washout. half hour, hour, maybe a thunderstorm, then you're good. >> barbecue's back on, right? thank you. in dating, a new law to ensure that yes means yes when it comes to sex. and why the outcome of this college football game was worth a million bucks to 600 lucky fans.

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all right. u you have been waiting all week long. now the friday first look at scrambled politics. immigration activists aren't backing down, and neither is president obama on the same day that 145 people were arrested at a pro immigration rally in front of the white house, the president says he'll change immigration policies with or without congress' help. the founder of border agencies was on all in with chris hayes last night and made this plea to the president.

>> i do believe president obama is going to take executive action by the end of summer and allow these people to be documented. they're not clambering for citizenship. they want to have the same opportunities that you and i have had to work hard and get ahead and so forth. and we are a great nation because of that diversity. let's keep that spirit alive. hillary clinton breaks her silence after pressure to speak about michael brown. speaking in the netherlands yesterday, she says her heart broke for the brown family as she watched the funeral, and had this to say about the protests that followed the death. >> this is what happens when the bonds of trust and respect that hold any community together fray. nobody wants to see our streets look like a war zone. not in america. we are better than that. in pennsylvania, 500,000 low

income residents are poised to become eligible for mkedicaid. and that is because tom corbett has caved in and agreed to expand conch under the affordable care act. it joins 26 other states and d.c. in the move. with all the 2016 speculations flooding the headlines, one in which paul ryan is beating hillary clinton. politico is say he's one spot ahead of clinton on the new york times best seller list. >> it's 2014, i covered the senate in the late '80s and '90s. we had our stories of whom you would not get on an elevator with and protect your young female interns from. some of those former senators were excelled. >> andrea mitchell with her own

experiences of this warting that after gively grand about her weight, absolutely ridiculous and disrespectful. she says that some of her male congressional colleagues used the words porky and chubby to talk about her weight. and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. and joining me now, every friday, kevin. good morning. >> happy friday, betty. how are you? >> great. let's talk about these polls today. a new usa today pew poll says that 73% say islamist extremists are the biggest threat, but with the u.s. as problem-solver, 39% say we do too much. what does this say about america's tolerance for fixing these threats? >> i think it's part of a larger debate at the national level. we're going to be hearing more

about, especially heading closer to 2016. you had this interesting dynamic within the republican party, with folks like senator rand paul who would argue that perhaps america is doing too much. as you know, he is a rising star in the republican party, libertarian leaning, but then more centrist, such as hillary clinton, that america should be more aggressive in the world. so i think it's going to be a really interesting dynamic as we get past the midterms and head closer to 2016. >> talk about dynamics. when it comes to isis, the president said there's no clear strategy. that shocked a lot of people, perhaps including press secretary josh ernest who tried to clarify, there is a comprehensive strategy, but not in syria. is there a strategy? >> is there a communication

strategy is another question. i think that democrats will tell you, relax a little bit. let's wait -- let's see how this plays out. let the president take the lead on this issue. but republicans are criticizing, as you have alluded to, saying what's the deal here? i think we'll be hearing more bout it in the days and weeks to come. isis is not going away, there's a lot of concern. back to the first question with concern to america's influence in the world, i think there's going to be a dynamic and tension as we head closer and isis becomes more involved, and the threat of isis becomes more known. >> all right, kevin, thanks for joining us. you have a great holiday weekend. >> you too, thanks for having me. her hips may not lie, but they're getting ready for baby number two. plus did brad and angie skip the honey moon? you're watching early today. visine® gives your eyes relief in seconds.

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check it out. a followup now on a woolly character we introduced earlier this week. sean the sheep, a tasmanian islander had been hiding on a farm, he had never been sheered. he looks cold. he has been sheered. his fleece is 52 pounds, not far from the world record. still head by shrek from new zealand, his fleece was 60 pounds. he looks different. now for entertainment news. at the box office this week, the november man gets released alongside as above so below, a horror film. but we ain't afraid of no

ghosts, as the re-release of ghost busters celebrates the 30th anniversary. and on netflix, paying $2 million to stream the hit drama, making it the most expensive current series yet. we knew her hips don't lie, neither does her belly. she is expecting her second child. congratulations. and jon stewart, from behind the desk to the camera. rose water is about the arrest of a journalist by the iranian government. the first trailer was released thursday. and miley cyrus's friend is no longer a wanted man. he turned himself into oregon police thursday after news broke there was a warrant out for his arrest. he failed to complete a drug test and expected to appear in court in two weeks. and eight years after mr. and mrs. smith, they are now mr.

and mrs. pith. they announced yesterday they got married in a small, private ceremony. brad was seen on thursday wearing his wedding ring proudly. it was a short honey moon. thanks for watching first look. way too early starts right now. i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are. >> wow. we don't have a strategy yet. president obama still deciding how to confront the threat of isis. famed comic joan rivers rushed to the hospital after she stops breathing, an update on her condition. and the donald gets dunked, taking the als ice bucket challenge, and the famous hair gets soaked.

it looks real too. this is "way too early." good friday morning, i'm bill in for thomas roberts who decided a three-day weekend wasn't enough. it's friday, august 29th, welcome to way too early. begin in washington, president obama is facing strong criticism for plans that may or may not be in place to combat islamic state militants. raised eyebrows after he was still developing a strategy. >> i don't want to put the cart before the horse. we don't have a strategy yet. i think what i've seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where we're at than we currently are. there's no point in me