>> where is he? what's wrong with you? >> mr. amazing. >> what did you learn? >> this is a lesson that repeats itself throughout my career. there is nothing for which "the new york times" will not be blamed. >> oh. >> and domestic violence. what have you learned? >> hillary clinton has a new stamp on her passport to iowa, fresh. >> hey, let her in. seven years. >> i'm not good enough, just go. i learned that apparently i have to go quit to make the nfl do something on domestic violence. >> that was really weird. >> it was weird. >> a weird thing. >> kind of weird. thank you. what's that guy's name again? >> i don't remember. alan. no, he should come back. i don't get it. if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's time for "morning joe." but stick around, "daily rundown" is next.

coalition concerns. there's a shared sense to stop the threat of isis but still questions about which countries will help the united states and exactly what they're prepared to do. also this morning, whether it's official or not, the clintons kick off the 2016 stampede in iowa. and notable in a saying that greeted hillary clinton's return. plus, the nfl's blitz of bad publicity gets worse. as new outrage emerges over a child abuse case and mounting public pressure to punish another player facing domestic violence charges. and a good monday morning to you from new york. i'm craig melvin. it's monday, september 14th, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." we start this morning with ways quickly becoming a global effort to stop isis militants in their tracks. this morning, representatives from dozens of countries gathered in paris to throw their

support behind efforts to fight the islamic extremist group. but, the shape of that support is still unclear. the white house now insists that the united states is at war with isis, but, they say, it's a war more akin to ongoing anti-terror operations against al qaeda than the invasion of iraq. and secretary of state john kerry has stressed that this is an international effort, not solely an american one. he insists the united states will not be the only country engaging militarily. >> we're not looking to put troops on the ground. there are some who have offered to do so. but we are not looking for that at this moment anyway. the answer's question, there are some who have said that. there are some that are clearly prepared to take action in the air alongside the united states and to do air strikes, if that's what they're called on to do. >> so far, the united states says 40 nations have signed up

to help with roles arranging from assisting in air strikes to air support. australian's prime minister says his country will send 600 troops and 8 combat jets. britain is weighing its options but to this point has only agreed to help with intelligence and logistics. the obama administration says several arab nations are also vowing to help. although it's not clarified specifically which arab nations. the likely candidates include saudi arabia, qatar, the united arab emirates. over the weekend, white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough tried to clarify the overall goal. >> success looks like an isil that no longer threatens our friends in the region, no longer threatens our friends in the united states. an isil that can't accumulate followers or threaten muslims in

syria, iraq or otherwise. that's exactly what success looks like. >> the u.s. strategy includes plans to train up iraqi troops and provide more aid to kurdish forces in the north. air strikes will continue in iraq and could be used in syria as well. in that country, the administration is pushing a plan to train and arm syrian rebels but needs congress to sign off on it first. that vote could come, could come as early as tomorrow. nevertheless, more hawkish members of congress like lindsey graham says the white house's plan is not good enough. >> we're fighting a terrorist army, not an organization. it's going to take an army to beat an army. and this idea will never have any boots on the ground to defeat them in syria is fantasy. to destroy isil, what i was told or what i heard in your interview won't even come close to destroy isil. it's delusional in the way they approach this.

>> nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard edgel is in turkey with more on concerns about the mission and what comes next. >> it is, in many ways, easy to bomb isis from the air, bomb isis targets in iraq and syria. the harder question is who will take over for isis afterwards. this army of syrian rebels still needs to be formed. it never was formed the laugh time, over the last three years. there are many skeptics in this part of the world who say it won't be formed any time soon. bashar al assad's regime still in question. right now, if the u.s. and other countries begin to bomb isis in syria, the force on the ground most likely to benefit and most likely to step in and fill that vacuum would be the army of bashar al assad allied with iran and hezbollah, which is not exactly the coalition or the outcome that the administration's discussing.

craig. >> richard engel for us in turkey, thank you. the american public has its own doubts about the president's strategy but people are willing to support it, at least for now, it seems. according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, 62% of voters support action against militants, but just 38% say they are confident the united states can achieve the goal of eliminating the isis threat. across the pond in britain, the public is also granling with what to do about isis following the execution of british aid worker davis haines. he is the third westerner beheaded in less than a month. >> my first reaction could be one of hatred. my brother's life wasn't about hatred, it was about love for all men. >> to do this in the name of islam, that is nonsense.

islam is a religious of peace. they are not muslims. they are monsters. >> nbc's jim maceda joins us. are they now pushing to do more against isis? >> opinion here does seem to be shifting since the video came out. british people who are extremely war weary have been galvanized by just the gruesomeness of the execution of haines. now the threat to another brit. talking to him about the nightmare that refugees are going through. he decided to go to syria and help. and now he's living his own nightmare. henning has no military

background. he's very much mr. every man. and the threat now to his life has really shaken the government and the public here to the core. there's more pressure because the apparent killer of these men seems to be british. the man the media is calling jihadi john. we understand from security sources that isis is still holding two american and two british hostages. and that authorities using satellite surveillance and sensors to track movement on the ground, they're pretty sure, they say, about the identity and general location of this jihadi john. one security source cited by "the london times" this morning. for instarngs raiding the homes of his family and friends here in the kuuk could jeopardize an host a hostage. >> congress could go along with the administration's plan to

fight isis. with me now, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thanks for being with us me. >> good morning. >> as i'm sure, the white house, friends in the region, or the united states. are you comfortable that the current strategy, as you understand it, can actually achieve that? >> definitely. the first thing we have to do is we have to take out isis. we have to smash them down. you have to go after the leadership. you have to have a plan. we have a plan. i think the first thing we did with air strikes in iraq and we finally put isis on their heels. isis had a lot of momentum. they were the only ones attacking and killing people and doing all the barbaric things they have done. now, as a result of the -- what's happening in iraq, the government is getting more under control. and then also, i think getting the coalition of arab countries is very important. because they're the ones that

are going to have to have the boots on the ground. we in the united states have unique re, sources. we're going to use -- >> to clarify, last week, when you said we don't need boots on the ground, you meant that we don't need american boots on the ground. you acknowledge that there have to be boots on the ground. >> what we're talking about, or litt artillery, tanks. we also are war weary, but we have national security issues. most important thing we will do is protect american homeland, american families and in the united states and throughout the world. >> part of the plan is to train iraqi forces to fight isis. these are the same iraqi forces that we have been training for some time now. i think you would concede that it really hasn't gone that well so far. these iraqi forces have not necessarily demonstrated that they are the most capable when it comes to fighting. why should we think that it's

going to be different this time. why should we thing these iraqi forces are going to be competent enough to fight isis? >> i think the problem started first that we weren't as being annive is active from a intelligence perspective. and then we started to do the training and the things that were necessary. these are people would live in syria. these are people whose homes are there. and they are dealing with two sides. then you have on the other side assad and his troops. the more we've been involved with these people, the better we get. one of the most important issues is to get the intelligence so we know where we're going to go. it's got to be the other countries involved. give secretary kerry credit for going around these different countries and getting the coalition together. because in the end, that's what's going to stop it.

you have to have the hearts and minds of especially the sunni countries and tribes that are saying we're not going to put up with this isis. even though they're using our religion that that's what we're going to do. we need to make sure we have a coalition. >> this poll i was just talking about. 28% of folks we talk to say they are confident the united states can eliminate isis. >> it tells us we have confidence in the united states, that the american people care about -- >> but just 28% say they're confidence that we can actually do it. what does that tell you? >> well, it just tems you they're war weary. the bottom line, i'm not worried

about the polls as much i'm worried about the end game. result. to stand up. we were concerned until i believe vice president came in and said we're going to follow isis to gates of hell. we needed to do that to get the coalition and the world and the american citizens behind us. the most important thing is we're going to do that to protect our country and american families. >> congressman, we're going to have to leave it there. congressman, thank you. coming up, hillary clinton's big weekend. >> hello, iowa. i'm back! >> hillary and her hubby both at the harkin steak fry fund-raiser. details on their visit to the hawkeye state next.

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returning to the state that shattered the inevitability of her presidential aspirations. hillary clinton teased iowa democrats about her coming campaign. >> hello, iowa. i'm back. it is true, i am thinking about it.

but for today, that is not why i'm here. i'm here for the steak. >> clinton spoke to more than 5,000 democrats and 200-plus reporters at the 37th and final harkin steak fry, a party fund-raiser allegedly aimed at boosting support for 2014 candidates. >> in just 50 days, iowans have a choice to make. a choice between the guardians of gridlock and the champions of shared opportunity and shared prosperity. >> they're trying to get you to check your brain at the door, start foaming at the mouth, push some -- the last thing they want you to do is think. >> former president clinton in a folksy picnic table of a shirt

there. pretty much had to be dragged away from the rope line afterwards. when it came to his wife's campaign, he wasn't talking. >> if she wants to do it, can she do it -- >> i have nothing to say. >> we're done, guys. >> i think i know the way you would -- >> no, you don't. >> you got like 20 minutes -- >> i know which way iowa would vote. >> working on the weekend. the pac for hillary has been working in iowa for a year now. clinton is dominating iowa polls. 53% of democrats say they'd back lower in the caucus. nearly four times the number who say they'd support joe biden. not all democrats are sold on a hillary clinton candidacy. >> the campaign in 2016 would need to be different. it needs to be more ground up.

>> rather than top down? >> yeah. >> do you think hillary clinton is out of touch? >> hillary clinton is too closely aligned with the banking industry and think she's not inspiring enough. >> in one nod to doing things differently this time around, clinton who was criticized for skipping the rope line in 2007 spent 20 minutes working the crowd this weekend. gave a nod in the speech, saying, that maintaining of middle class life feels like pushing a boulder uphill every single day. one guy who might appeal to the more left wing democrats, bernie sanders, just so happened to be in iowa for town halls over the weekend. in an interview with chuck todd on "meet the press," he stopped short of criticizing clinton. >> i am thinking about running for president. i've known hillary clinton for many years. i have a lot of respect for hillary clinton. the question is, at a time when

so many people have seen a decline in their standard of living, when the wealthiest people are doing well, the american people want change. >> joining me now from des moines, msnbc political correspondent kacie hunt and nbc political reporter carey bacon. takeaways from hk hillary clinton's triumphant return. >> it took her seven years to swallow her pride and come back here. she didn't exactly get up there and declare her love for iowa. she referenced the fact this is a place where president really loves coming to. which i thought was a pretty interesting focus. her supporters did put in a really strong showing. the ready for hillary bus was out there. they have rallied thousands of supporters. it's pretty clear that she starts from a position of real strength. coming in here. i think the question on a lot of

people's minds, and you heard it from some of those voters that we talked to, is whether or not she's grown as a candidate in a way that would allow her to campaign in this state, kind of retail, door-to-door politicking she kind of struggled with last time. >> we haven't seen any democrat willing to take on clinton just yet. bernie sanders had an opportunity there on "meet the press," chose not to. is there a path for an upset here? iowans, you gather, are they totally sold on hillary? >> they're not. i talked to a bunch of people who supported obama in 2008 and asked them what they thought. and they are very much, like, i like hillary, i respect her, but i'm still not sure. she's a little war hungry for me, one of them told me. she's too close to wall street, another one told me. the key question is, who is the

barack obama of 2016 and some weren't sure. some said warren, a few said biden. there isn't a clear alternative to hillary. >> i also understand you talked to folks who are trying to recruit elizabeth warren. is that right? >> ready for warren group, which is sort of the group, they're here in iowa, handing out t-shirts. you saw kasie of course wearing the hat. remember, in 2006, barack obama came to the steak fry himself, and that became his kind of opening to the campaign. he decide after that point, oh, iowans do want somebody besides hillary. the fact that warren has come and been pretty declared about not running for president so far is a big deal. she's the one person, being in iowa, i could tell, could raise money and could get pretty strong support and probably even win here if she really tried to. >> how did bill clinton did over

there? >> well, he was in sort of true bill clinton form. you saw a little bit more restraint. i think he got up on stage and said a lot of what -- i'm not going to steal the show here. we're about to have a grandchild and i need a happy grandmother. particularly about the senate map. he talked at some length about the senate race in arkansas. he hit mitch mcconnell in his speech. so i think, you know, you saw him trying to do that kind of politicking he's so used to doing but holding himself back in a way that signals ooze trying to step back out of clinton's way. >> do they actually fry the steaks there? >> they do not -- yes, it is called a steak fry. they do not fry the steaks. they grill them. i spoke to the executive chef. he's been doing it for 14 years. he said they had about 14,000 pounds of steak all grilled, also chicken and a veggie burger. >> maybe she should change the

name. all right, kacie hunt, thank you, perry bacon, good to see you, safe travels back. >> ray rice, going on the offensive, ready to appeal his suspension. development in that story. meanwhi meanwhile, another star player sits out this week after allegations of injuring a child, his own son, details straight ahead. we're also tracking the historic hurricane that's battling a hot spot in cabo san lucas. today's trivia question. who was president the year of the first harkin steak fry? first person to tweet the correct answer will get an on-air shoutout. we don't send a gift or anything, just a shoutout? all right. that will be sufficient. answer coming up on "the daily rundown." jim's hair is perfect. so's his serve. but like up to 90% of us,

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president obama will be awarding the country's highest military decoration to two soldiers this afternoon. both command sergeant major atkins and specialist 4 donald sloat fought in vietnam. adkins joined the special forces in 1961 and deployed three times. during his second tour, atkins' camp was attacked. atkins repeatedly risked his life to get his injured comrades to safety. he ended up carrying one wounded soldier to an extraction point in the jungle and managed to evade the enemy for 48 hours while they waited for rescue. atkins told our msnbc military analyst and our own medal of honor recipient that tcolonel j that the enemy wasn't the only threat. >> this is the night that we

were in severe trouble. and got to looking around. here was some noise and some eyes going around. and a tiger stalked us that night. and you could -- the tiger could smell the blood on us. we could see the eyes of the tiger. as the north vietnamese soldiers were more afraid of the tiger than they were of us. so they backed off and we were gone. >> meanwhile, the family of specialist ford donald sloat has been waiting for decades for this day. sloat was only 20 when he was killed in action in vietnam. at first his mother was told he stepped on a land mine. after years of research, she

learned her son grabbed a live grenade, covered it with his body to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. sloat's mother has died but his brother will accept that medal in his memory this afternoon. >> it was so important to my mother and for her memory. i'm so thankful it has come about. for my brother, it's a tremendous honor and i'm so pleased that he's finally being recognized for what occurred. >> colonel jacobs joins me now, author of the book, if not now, when. duty and sacrifice in america's time of need. these are always some of the most amazing stories that you ever hear. tell us more about these two vietnam vets. >> sergeant atkins came into the army early on. he got there four years before i did, and at a time when we only had special forces there.

doing all kinds of things. including training the indigenous forces to resist the vietcong and the north vietnamese army. the special forces, he was there in '63 to '66 or so, they were really on their own. didn't get much support. they were all on their own, trying to get the vietnamese squared away. >> to hear him talking about not just the threat in vietnam, but all of a sudden one night, you're having to face down a tiger. >> to put this into proper perspective, they had 400 people in his base camp getting attacked by 8,000, at least 8,000 north vietnamese. in the end, they were more scared of the tiger. they had at least one helicopter shot down. one a-1-e support aircraft that was shot down, trying to support them. it was a very difficult time. the battle wasn't just like an hour or two or three or four hours like i thought.

>> let's talk about the other recipient here. >> i talked to dr. sloat's brother would told me a lot about don. used to follow him around, as all young brothers did, wanted to do exactly everything his older brother did. enlisted in the army because he wanted to do his bit. and the interesting thing is, as you discussed, the story was that he got -- he stepped on a booby trap. but his mother didn't believe that. in her heart, she knew that wasn't the case. tracked down -- >> how? how did -- i mean, did she just -- >> she just knew. bill said she just knew that that wasn't the case. she had a feeling that wasn't. when she wound up talking to all of his comrades who were still surviving, discovered, in fact, he had grabbed the hand grenade that had been thrown in their

midst and threw himself on. i think one or two of those guys will be there today at the -- and some of major atkins' mates will be there too. there was another medal of honor awarded for his action, as a matter of fact, to an air force officer, a pilot who just died a couple years ago. came in. landed in the middle of the air strip to pull his wounded wing man who had been shot down. pulled him into his cockpit. and then took off. he got the medal of honor. >> colonel, i always enjoy you. thank you so much for coming by. to share these amazing storyings. of course, you can watch the medal of honor ceremony right here this afternoon. 1:50 eastern. from the white house. right here on msnbc. more trouble for the nfl. now dealing with four different cases of abuse allegations. and one of the league's best

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roger goodell would have the ultimate authority over rice's appeal. unlike ray rice, the league has not suspended ray mcdonald. mcdonald was the first player charged with domestic abuse after the league announced its tougher anti-violence policy. now, california's lieutenant governor is calling for mcdonald to be benched. meanwhile, two other players are in trouble and facing abuse charges. the carolina panthers boot ed greg hardy from the opener. after being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend months ago. the minnesota vikings deactivated their star running back, adrian peterson. law enforcement officials in texas say peterson beat his 4-year-old son with part of a tree branch or switch. peterson now faces charges injury to a child and reckless and criminal neglect. the allegations are restarting an old debate in this country

over corporaporal punishment. according to law enforcement, his son was left with cuts and bruises on his back, but ttocks ankle, legs and scrotum. the same kind of discipline he experience as a child in east texas. adding, tit is important to remember that adrian never intended to harm his son. >> i'm from the south. whipping is -- we do that all the time. every black parent in the south is going to be in jail under those circumstances. >> the charges prompted reaction on both sides of the debate. >> my mom was wrong. she did the best she could, but she was wrong about some of that. i promised my kids i won't teach that mess to them. you can't beat a kid to make 'em do what they want 'em to do. >> fans like this one replaced

peterson's name on his jersey with a child abuse hot line number. >> there are residual effects in the ways s in which we were raised. we tend to gravitate to that that's familiar for us. >> in 19 states it's legal for teachers to paddle students. in either state, it's legal to hit a child as long as the force is reasonable. but what qualifies as reasonable varies from place to place and even murkier is the difference between discipline and abuse. >> lesson shouldn't be based out of fear but it should be based out of respect. >> joined now by sports writer for "the washington post." over the past 24 hour, i have been struck by the reaction to the adrian peterson charges. i've been struck by the reaction from former athlete specifically charles barkley. you wrote about sir charles yesterday on your blog. >> barkley came out and spoke very eloquently i thought for

the other side saying this is something he experienced as a child that, you know, he had welts on his body. and, you know, jim row, i believe in the roundtable discussion pushed him and said, you know, times have changed. i think you said cris carter expressing that. it's a different era now. >> with the peterson stuff, i mean, you've got to wonder, you know, was this the worst possible week for adrian peterson to get charged for child injury? >> certainly from the nfl's perspective, it was. you had the ray rice controversy bubbling up on monday. and then it kind of died down by about thursday. and i think people thought, oh, okay, now we can sort of focus on the second week of nfl games. and then all of a sudden, guess what, on friday afternoon, adrian peterson. a warrant was issued. >> this peterson thing, he has acknowledge what he did in text messages to his attorney.

he doesn't seem to think there was anything wrong with the way he disciplined his son, no? >> no, he doesn't. he has said that. we're going to have to see what is determined here as this goes forward. the vikingings are deciding today what to do about peterson. do they activate him? do they let him play? most teams like to let due process play out. you know, peterson's an enormously popular player but i can't imagine what it's going to like for him when the vikings go on the road. >> we learned a short time before the broadcast that he has decided to appeal that indefinite suspension. that roger goodell apparently will have final say to a certain extent, final say over whether this appeal granted. from a pr standpoint, is this a good idea? >> i think if you're ray rice, it certainly is. you want to try to take back some of your life. you want to prove to people you're not this ogre that was depicted on the video.

he and his wife showed up at a high school football game with their daughter. from a strictly legal standpoint, ray rice was punished once by the league with the the two-game suspension and then they came back and punished him the second time with an indefinite suspension on the same offense so, you know, maybe -- i think he probably should give it a shot. i'm not convince how'd well it's going to go over. >> bring us up to speak with greg hardee and latest situation. >> panthers owner jerry richard richardson was presented with the humanitarian award and broke down as he spoke about domestic violence and the toll it takes on families. consequent consequently, they decided to deactivate him for sunday's game. ron live rivera, the coach, but i think there was a lot of push

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