good morning, everyone. i'm tamron hall. this is "newsnation." defense secretary chuck hagel is in turkey to see how far the country's leaders are willing to go in a u.s. lead coalition to defeat isis. so far turkey is the only muslim nation in a core coalition of ten countries that met on the sidelines of last week's nato summit in wales. turkey is critical it borders syria and iraq, where isis controls large amount of territory. turkey, also, a gateway for foreign fighters who want to join isis. the president obama is preparing to address the nation wednesday night to lay out his plan for defeating isis. i'll meet with congressional leaders tomorrow. he gave some details on "meet the press" yesterday. >> now to start going -- but this is not going to be an announcement about u.s. ground troops. as part of an international coalition carrying out air

strikes in support of more on the ground by iraqi troops, kurdish troops. i want people to understand that over the course of months we're going to be able to not just -- we're going to systemically shrink the territory they contro control. >> meanwhile on morning joe house intelligence committee mike rogers said some american lives will have to be at risk. >> not going to beat them by remote control. we'll have to have some control of u.s. marinesmen. i'm talking about not big army units. we need our arab league partners in the lead. we also have some other peshmerga and others can help us. what we can do is add leverage. when you add leverage it means

some u.s. forces will be exposed. >> chris jansing joining us live. the president speak on the eve of anniversary of 9/11. the timing, significance, playing a role how the president will present thes ones to the american people. >> yeah, obviously. emotions very high. the day before the anniversary of 9/11. it comes on the heels of those two horrific videos, the beheadings of american journalists by isis. the president has multiple audiences over the next couple of days. he'll be meeting with members of congress. we've seen a divided congress over the last couple of years. there does seem to be a growing consensus that action needs to be taken. obviously, the second audience, the american people that have been skeptical in recent polls. they want the united states to sort of dial back rather than reengage on the international stage. it's going to be interesting to see whether or not the american people feel differently now

given what has happened over the last couple of weeks. finally, the president has an international audience. he left the nato summit at the enld of last week with what he went searching for. the beginning of the international coalition. he's looking for specific things so he can make the case that america is not going at it alone. for example, should the decision be made to do air strikes in syria. he would like to see, perhaps, australia and uk, the two countries that arguably have the greatest threat of foreign fighters who have trained in syria and coming back and launching attack on home soil. they'll be the most likely partners to bring in there. so it's going to be an intense couple of days. the speech being written to deliver to the american people and already members of congress returning with, as you probably know, tamron, a number of committee hearings already set up to look at the idea of what happens next with isis. as you have congressional leaders lie diane feinstein.

>> it's picking up on senator feinstein she's saying, in her words, we're finally on the offensive after frooepreviously saying the president was being too cautious as it relates to the plan moving forward. >> the question also is what does the president have to do? the white house would argue he doesn't have to get congressional authorization for more air strikes about 140 of them in iraq. they want congress on the record. they want congress to have an up or down vote. they want to send a message to the wider world that the united states is united in this fight against the threat of isis. you have a democratic senator, bill nelson, going to propose legislation that would authorize air strikes in syria. you have a republican member of congress, frank wolf from virginia, authorize air strikes not just in syria but anywhere that isis or al qaeda pose a threat. that's the coming action we'll

see in the coming days. more on the president's plan to defeat isis and possible obstacles. the plan could run into. richard engel is in irbil in northern iraq. >> on the one hand, the president is recognizing the threat that isis poses not just to northern iraq, not just to syria, but to the world. this is a militant group that is carved out a sanctuary and that is an incredibly dangerous thing that the president recognizes he says all the nato allies recognize. and something they were able to agree upon at the nato summit in wales. the problem is when you start hearing about what the plan might be to deal with isis, it is incredibly ambitious. it's incredibly difficult. the president says he's going to lay out his full plan on wednesday in a speech to the nation, but he gave chuck todd, on meet the press, some hints of what the plan might be. it's a tough plan. it talks about rebuilding the

iraqi army, the u.s. has been taking apart and rebuilding the iraqi army for nearly the last ten years at a cost of tens of billions of dollars. also, building up a kurdish militia in the area i'm now. a kurdish militia that is not trusted by the iraqi army. it talks about putting a coalition together of regional muslim states. these muslim states all have very different visions for the future of syria, for the future of iraq. this is going to be very difficult to do. the best case scenario is to try and weaken isis and prevent this area from becoming and remaining a terrorist sanctuary. the worst case scenario it doesn't work and takes the u.s. a decade to do it. tamron? >> richard, thank you. let's bring in daily beast columnist and washington post diplomatic correspondent. thank you. let me pick up on what richard

said regarding the best option may be a weakened isis. that's what you wrote in your column. how to beat isis and syrian president. you said we're not going to bomb isis off the face of the earth. we're going hamper the group with air strikes and establishing a government in iraq and syria that can marginalize the appeal. that's what richard said in the report. he talks about the plan would include rebuilding and retraining the iraqi army ten years later, billions of dollars into this. it's almost as if we're starting be en. he makes the point about the kurdish militia build up the many list that, a ma liilitia t coun cannot be trusted. >> it's almost as we're starting over. there is not many choices. this is probably the least bad. it doesn't involve just pumping

up the military opponent of isis. it involves diplomatic efforts as well. it has to involve, in some way, stabilizing the government of iraq. hopefully under the new prime minister getting a more inclusive government. a government that includes sunnis and makes sunnis feel they're part of the country again, which maliki failed to do in order that the appeal of the extremist sunni group, isis, is lessened. that's what has to happen. ultimately that has to happen in syria, too. as hard as it in iraq, it's going to be harder in syria. >> let's talk about the diplomatic. you have the arab league meeting in cairo announcing the members have agreed to combat isis. however, they did not explicitly back u.s. military action. the president said absolutely no boots on the ground. and the expectations is that there will be boots on the ground not u.s. soldiers and military personnel here.

what do you believe is the likelihood that will be accomplished? >> well, i think talking about the arab league statement for a moment. i think there are probably going about as far as they could. it's a fairly full threaded endorsement of exactly what president obama has been talking about here at international coalition, an international strategy to counter a threat that now sunni states across the middle east and other muslim state the like turkey outside the middle east, consider to be, if not an extension l threat but nearly so. i think that's one of the first building blocks. secretary kerry will be in the middle east later this week. i'll be with him going to sunni arab states and asking for both diplomatic and practical help. it is possible to likely hear

that once this moves into a larger military operation possibly involving other countries in syria as you referenced later but not immediately. there could be other countries supplying those missions alongside the united states. so he wants to get some additional support for that. >> additionally, part of the, i guess, strategy in bringing the american people and maybe even the international audience and into a fully understanding how barbaric isis is you point out in the latest piece that the u.s. has a new weapon in the fight against isis. it is not anything that the military -- it's not a bomb, it's not a tank. it's youtube, as you point. >> yeah. the islamic state is as one of the people i talked to for the article set the gold standard in using social media as a recruitment tool and a promotional device. there's never been anything

quite like it in the united states which has various efforts to counter extremist material online has ramped up the effort and launched an english language youtube channel this summer alongside the channel it already had in arabic and other languages. those are aimed at trying to get potential foreign fighters, westerners, brits, even americans, canadians, anybody who speaks english and might be watching these very violent jihadist videos and getting jazzed by it and wanting to join the fight. these videos produced by the state department are aimed at saying, no. you know, if you go you're not going to get what you think you're going get. all you're going to be doing is living out a back of a truck and killing innocent muslims. >> what we're expecting this week the president meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow. he said in his interview on meet the press. he wants congress to debate and

vote on the strategy. she was careful to point out that he has the authority to carry out the strategy that he plans to outline. what do you anticipate we might hear from members of congress as they return to washington, d.c., especially those who participate in the meeting? >> i hope we hear a little bit less of the usual sniping. i hope that congress does manage to speak with more or less one voice on 0 this. and show that the united states is united in this project. we're trying to lead the coalition. we can't lead the coalition if the president and congress. people are entitled dissent and their opinion. there's a point where we have to show a degree of unanimity. i would like to hear the president on wednesday night talk not just about isis but assad, to some extent. we can't degrade isis in a way that helps assad butcher more of

his people. >> thank you for your time. i greatly appreciated it. >> during the exclusive interview on meet the press with chuck todd. the president was asked if he needed to seek authorization from congress. here is somewhat the president said. >> i'm confident i've get the authorization i need to protect the american people. i'm always going to do what is necessary to protect the american people. i think it's important for congress to understand what the splan, to have buy in, to debate it, and that's why we've been consulting with congress throughout. joining me live now adam schiff of california. sir, thank you for your time. you heard the president congress wants a buy in. he wants a vote on the strategy. where do you believe is critical information that the administration needs to provide for you to support air strikes in syria or some of the other options the president is

examining >>well, you can see the president choice the words carefully. he said he the authorization and authority, really, to protect the american people. no one disputes that. if we go beyond that and go on the offense, as he said, against isis, i think he does need to come to congress for not just consultations but an authorization to use that kind of force to expand the strikes beyond where they are now or continue them as they haexceede the original mission. i hope that will be part of what he asks for on wednesday. i hope congress will rise to the occasion and help draft a narrow and scope a narrow duration authorization to allow him to do what is already going on in iraq. and also, the president is going to have to make the case for how and what way he wants to go beyond the current military operations. >> when the president said absolutely no boots on the ground but you hear a counter from mike rogers said will be

american lives exposed. but some the other options on the military plan, there will be risks involved. what do you believe here? there's the fear of mission creep. there's the concern that once you see one headline with an american life lost here. that the people who are looking at 13th anniversary of 9/11 who, once again, lose faith in congress and maybe the administration. >> the reality is that americans are already at risk. notice the planes are not flying themselves. it's not all being done by drones even currently in iraq. americans are at risk right now. my guess it's going to continue. i think it's important that the president drew the line and said we're not going to be engaged in another iraq war here. we're not going to keep occupying large countries in the middle east. that's beyond our capacity. what is more at the end of the day it's not effective. we leave those countries. so i think what we do authorize

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new reaction from president obama's decision to delay immigration until after the november midterm. a reversal of the president's announcement in june before the end of summer. speaking to chuck todd the president said the administration will act on immigration but needs more time to get it right.

i'm going to act because it's the right thing for the country. but it's going to be more sustainable if the public understands the facts and why it's necessary. and the truth of the matter is that the politics did shift mid summer because of that problem. >> but the decision to push on immigration reform has angered many immigration activists. christina of the immigrant group announced. the president talked about the surge of themy graunts over the summer and the desire to get it right. and the report of pressure of democrats worried about the midterms. there was polling in key senate races a number of people in arkansas and iowa who over

whemingly oppose it. disapointed and disallusioned. we have to remember all is happening because the republicans in congress specifically the house republicans, you know, steam rolled and blocked the best chance in years. that's how we got here. the political considerations are important. i know, they're high politic. how do you turn to the many of the immigrant youth and families to say that the deportation will continue. we've heard a lot about this 2 million figure referred to the record level of deportations under president obama. it's actually quite higher. right now it's 2,225. by the end of the year, he's on track for another 70,000. there are political decisions and there are political decisions. this one has a tremendous personal impact. one immigrant rights group, i

believe it was nclr likened it to a green light. >> rehazed the hope of people and dashed them again. we're deeply disappointed. it's another on the list of hurry and wait our community has experience order the issue. with that said, will it hurt democrats? >> well, that's the president is taking two big animals. number one by not acting now he's neutralizing the issue in these tight races. that remains to be seen. how much coverage you get by putting off a decision that you even said you're going to do anyway. that's an open question. but the second big risk he's taking, i think, he's counting that the latino voter and the progressive base, after the midterms. when he takes his kpkive action, i believe he'll do, will bounce back and say all is forgiven and move forward to 2016 and 2016 is when they need the latino voters and many hotly contested states

and where they need the progressive race to turn out. two big risks. >> it's not as if the republican parties have offered a counter that would attract the latino vote. speaker boehner's statement said the decision to delay the deeply controversial possibly unconstitutional unilateral action until after the election instead of abandoning the idea together smacks of raw politics. that's the other option. >> right. i'm sorry to laugh. but for the republicans to criticize him for take action and not take action is really close to a joke. they're the reason we're at the impas impasse. i know, it wasn't easy for the president to make a decision. it was the promise he made for the latino community that went back to before his first election he said he would take it up in the first term. it's been delayed and deferred. unfortunately for him in the administration the longer it's delayed the greater the expectations have grown. we're in an unfortunate situation where, you know, the

continued inaction by the parties involved, all the major players, has done a disservice to justice. it's been in the front to human right ace among the community. >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. the owner of the atlanta hawks will sell the nba team after he admitted sending an inappropriate and offensive e-mail saying in part, quote, the black crowd scare away the whites. what the owner is saying now. new jersey governor chris christie heads to atlantic city. what he's doing to stop the economic implosion in the city. it's one of the things we thought you should know. woooo.

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fiancè and leaving her unconscious. the video was obtained by tmz. it shows the two entering the atlantic city elevator. appeared to argue before he hits her. it comes months after releasing video showing rice dragging her out the elevator. it's unclear if it will change the unpunishment. it comes amid backlash which force ed -- rice has been charged with felony aggravated assault but accepted into a diversion program that allowed him to avoid jail time. meantime the nba is now facing another scandal involving an owner making racially charged remarks. this will not play out as slowly

as the other ordeal. bruce levinson announced he's sell his controlling share of the taerm after admitting he sent a racial e-mail in 2000. it was meant to discuss the team's fan base and ways to attract more white corporations. he wrote in part. in his announcement yesterday he was embarrassed by the words said, quote, by focussing on race i sent the message that our white fans are more valuable than our white fans. it you are angry about what i wrote. you should be i'm angry at myself, too. the nba was investigating the e-mail prior to the decision to sell. it comes weeks after the l.a. clippers were sold to steve balmer. that's a lot going on an even more to talk about is editor of

the washington post cindy. cindy, thank you so much. i lost my breath reading the details of the drama. >> i'm exhausted already. >> i am. it was exhausting reading it. let me start with the ray rice. baltimore suns saying nfl had not seen the video. how could they make a decision without seeing in the total form what happened? and it is graphic enough to see the woman's body being dragged off the elevator. but now we know they didn't see the whole video. >> you know i'm not exactly ready to say that the liar to shoot them down. the atlantic city authority had the videos from the elevators. they decided what to do with ray rice in terms of his adjudication. it's difficult to believe the nfl didn't see it. if you want to throw it out the second video was bad enough on itself own. and of course with he only got the two game suspension which

roger goodell later app gettic and changed the policy. >> with that said, is there any chan chance, some are saying with the new portion of the video showed that ray rice may see a longer punishment. is there any chance of that? >> you know, i think anything is on the table. i would be surprised because the nfl usually doesn't revisit the penalties. but, you know, this is the worst nightmare today. you know, on the day after the first full day of games in the 2014 season. this is what we're talking about. we're not talking about the play on the field yesterday. we're talking about ray rice and the nfl's discipline. we're having an overwhelming day, imagine what it's like for them. you know, i think they possibly could, you know, ray rice is scheduled to rejoin the team friday. >> yeah. absolutely. >> it's going to be interesting timing. >> let's transition bruce

levinson revealing what the e-mail said. it seems they want to tidy it up and move on. >> yeah. that was nobody really saw that coming. kind of came out the blue yesterday. it's a sign of the times in the nba. there's an awareness here. you have a league in which most of the players are black. you have owners who are mostly white. you have really, really vocal former super stars and powerful businessmen in michael jordan and magic johnson speaking out. there is something here that does need to be addressed with the nba. i think, you know, maybe the answer here is to conduct a fact finding investigation or consultant -- conduct a panel to look into racial relations with the nba owners. >> is it far fetched. nba, nfl, in the closed door executive meetings, especially when you look at the ticket price, it does seem that the

desired audience would be the corporate type, whatever race you would associate with that. they're not looking for the family of three or the family of four to come there. >> no! they want to, you know, sell their tickets for i don't know $1,000 a pop or whatever to whomever can buy them. and, you know, i think they're talking quietly in their little rooms and they're not expecting things to get out. well, this is a different world. things get out. and, you know, i think there has to be a little more sensitivity there. granted, billionaires and multimillionaires don't get to be that way by being ghandi. i think they need to have a greater awareness of that and the role in society. sports is more important than just a business. >> thank you.

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former new orleans mayor has until noon today to report to prison. he was convicted on bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering after hurricane katrina. he said he is innocent and plans to appeal. new jersey governor chris christie will meet with business leaders to talk about the future of atlantic city's casinos. four shut down this year. those are things we thought you should know. more history will be made on broadway as the lead role as one of the most beloved fairy tales by a black actress for the first time. kiki thomas is set to debut having starred in several hit shows and movies. so time's masters of sex. she already made history boy

becoming the youngest person ever to host their own talk show. along with the broadway debut, it's just another on the list of milestones. it's important and long overdue breakthrough as the l.a. times puts it. this casting represents not just an important moment for brought way, but for young girls, black women and everyone else. in studio is the beautiful keke palmer. >> that was a beautiful intro. wow. >> she was a brucer working on this. this line represents an important moment for girls and women everywhere. not just black girls. how does that feel? >> it feels amazing. one of my favorite quotes by mother teresa is there can't be great things done. just small things with great love. i realize when i put my all into what i can do, it touches

everyone it should touch. that quote i pulled from the l.a. times is an example of that. when you go out and believe in yourself, you give other people permission to believe in themselves as well. >> when you take on this role, broadway is gruelling and you have the added pressure of being the first african-american to portray cinderella. >> i approached it like i do any role. do you show up in jeans or a gown and tiara? >> i showed up in jeans and i rehearsed the lines and the music. it was a lot more stuff than it usually is. it was a lot of stuff. that was nerve racking, but this is broadway. what do you expect? pull yourself together and give it your all. i gave it my all and believed i could do it. when i got the role, i was shocked because at the same time i believed i could get it, i

didn't know that i would. when i did, i was like is this really happening? am i about to do broadway? when i thought of myself, i pictured moiz yself in my 30s o 40s. this is where god is taking me. >> you have a talk show and a full plate. >> i just do it. i just try it. >> that's the chicagoan. >> let's just try and worry about making sure we don't. let's make sure we can and if we can't, we will cross that bridge. >> do you have the short hair for cinderella? >> no. i am so very happy. i have been wanting to cut my hair for a long time.

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