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committee about the logistics of waging this latest military campaign in the middle east. >> no war! >> the hearing was interrupted by protesters from the anti-war group code pink at one point. defense secretary chuck hagel and general martin dempsey seemed confident in the strategy and they expressed confidence that isis is, indeed, a threat to the u.s. while also hinting at the direction the long-term fight against isis could go. >> this effort is going to be a long-term effort. this coalition is the appropriate way forward. i belief that will prove true, but if it fails to be true, and if there are threats to the united states, then i, of course, would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of u.s. military ground forces. >> interestingly enough, general dempsey said in his opening remarks that while the u.s. strategy could be to, quote, destroy isis in iraq, it would seek to, quote, disrupt it in syria.

in fact, while a number of topics were discussed at the hearing from president obama's war powers to iraq's political situation, it was the fight against isis in syria that provoked some of the most intense debate. >> i don't think that the free syrian army is going to fight against bashar al assad, who has been decimating them? you think these people you're training will only go back to fight against isil? do you really believe that, general? >> we can establish objectives that defer that challenge into the future. we do not have to deal with it now. >> that's a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire concept and motivation of the free syrian army. >> democratic senator bill nelson of florida serves on the armed services committee. senator, you were in that hearing today. i want to get your assessment of how much how valid and strong you think this plan is. the idea is on average we would be training about 5,000, quote/unquote, moderate syrian

fighters per year. it would take an estimated 8 to 12 months to prepare each of these moderate syrian rebels be, then trained by the united states. is that a timetable that makes sense to you if the threat of isis is, indeed, urgent? >> you're talking about in syria, remember, it's going on now. we're attacking them as we speak with american boots on the ground in iraq. their advisers, their trainers, but there are going to be and very possibly going with the iraqi ground troops as they actually go into combat. that's going on. the question is, what do we do in syria? i would not -- i would not be surprised if the president doesn't start air strikes fairly soon. the one surprise for me in the hearing today was the fact that it's going to take about a year

to train the free syrian army in saudi arabia, so they won't even get back with an equipped and trained army to go after isis for a year. >> and i think that is the question that a lot of your fellow senators had. that if you're taking a year to train these moderate syrian rebels, assuming we know which ones to choose and have sufficiently vetted them, in the interim n that year, what happens? is it then just u.s. air strikes inside syria? and how does that work out? >> well, the short answer is yes. very possibly there will be some covert action that's going on. we'll see what our partners in this coalition will come up and possibly some kind of, in addition to air strikes, some kind of efforts on the ground.

but what they want to do is they want to get rid of them in iraq and then start to degrade and shrink them in syria. so, we're in this for the long haul. >> you mentioned our partners in the region. i want to play you an exchange between general dempsey and your colleague republican senator lindsey graham on just that point. take a listen. >> so, our national defense in terms of stopping isil from killing thousands or millions of americans if they get the capability, really comes down to whether or not we can convince the arab world to go in there and defeat these guys? >> it really comes down to building a coalition so that -- that what the arab muslim world sees is them rejects isis. >> putting aside the hyperbole of senator graham saying isis could kill millions of americans, is the core argument

by general dempsey correct, that essentially we're trying to put a regional arab sunni face on this fight, and that that is the priority rather than a big u.s. military presence to just out and out decimate this organization, this terrorist organization? >> yes, joy. under the theory that at the end of the day, it's got to be sunnis that reject this extremism that is very apparent with isis. >> well, i wonder also about this question of the iraqi versus syria portion of what we are trying to do. obviously, we have no relationship with the bashar al assad government in syria, but do you have elements of that government who are now throwing up red flags about the free syrian army. have you a member of their parliament saying, wait a second, be careful who you're arming because some of these people are actually selling hostages to isis. there is a question, i think, in a lot of americans' minds about how much we can trust this free syrian army who not long ago

were either a collection of dentists and farmers who were not worth arming or a question as to whether or not they themselves were aligned with extremism. why do we now believe they're a proxy not just worth helping and training, but worth giving american arms to? >> because we vetted them for two years and we will continue to vet them. and i have asked the question that you just raised. did they sell steve sotloff, and i am told, no, it was not the free syrian army. >> all right. thank you very much, senator bill nelson, appreciate it. >> thanks, joy. nbc's kelly o'donnell joins me live from capitol hill. k kelly, what was the overall sense? was it the sense the senators were convinced by the strategy or like lindsey graham, more questions and answers? >> there's a two-part answer. there is some broad support for taking some steps and broad agreement that this is, perhaps,

one best case to try to arm and train these fighters you were just discussing with senator nelson. although, there are a lot of questions about that. so, i think you're finding members of congress and the senators who are the most in on these issues on the senate armed services committee, do want to see these steps go forward, but they do have very big questions and nagging doubts. when you pointed out the exaggeration of senator graham about the millions of americans, that was a part of a back and forth with general dempsey, where dempsey said he believes that if the isis fighters were able to get weapons of mass destruction, that he believes they would use them and would do anything they could to kill americans. so, that was part of a back and forth. millions sounds so scary and daunting, but that was part of that conversation. so, i think what you found today is surprise that even senator nelson acknowledged, that it could take a year for this unfold before these fighters are in a place where they're able to carry out this mission. so, what happens now?

another development we heard about was how the officials asked the question, if there were instances where there would be a danger on the ground to additional u.s. personnel? for example, those pilots carrying out air strikes, if they were downed or had to eject or something like that, would ground forces of some type go in to rescue them? of course, general dempsey said they would. if there was a change in the dynamics on the ground, would he go back and authorize or suggest, recommend to the president, ground forces? he said that, yes, he would. at the same time, saying that right now, general dempsey believes this strategy is the best way forward, acknowledging is there are questions and it's imperfect. but this is one of those meaty hearings where things were happening just as they're trying to get measured and as they're trying to get international partners to take part. >> yeah. and i think when a lot of people hear that idea of a group like that getting weapons of mass destruction and using them, it sounds eerie familiar, kelly.

isis may be awful but they don't have icbns. kelly o'donnell, appreciate it. officials have confirmed two americans were involved in a suicide bomb at embassy attack. three people were killed, five others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a nato convoy as it passed yards away from the american compound. the taliban has claimed responsibility. after the break, the nfl hires more women to help free them from their pr nightmare, but at least one major sponsor has decided to jump ship. we'll talk more about why the nfl still can't get it right. and you are looking at live pictures from the house floor where right now they're beginning to debate the continuing resolution that would keep the government open past this month. and where they've also conveniently decided to stash an amendment that would fund the arming of moderate syrian rebels. we'll monitor the hearing and keep you posted. jim's hair is . so's his serve. but like up to 90% of us, jim falls short in getting important nutrients

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the clock is ticking on former baltimore raven ray rice's appeal of his indefinite suspension from the nfl. according to league rules, rice must file his appeal by 11:59 eastern time tonight. three business days after the nfl officially notified the players union of the suspension. the appeal was expected to be filed yesterday but according to nbc sports it was delayed in order to give ray rice given written authority for roger goodell to relinquish his authority. adrian peterson is denying new allegations of child abuse related to another one of the pro bowler's children. he was indicted, released and benched over the weekend. last night reports emerged of a

prior incident alleging peterson injured another one of his sons last year. sources confirm the mother filed a report with child protective services. another blow late yesterday when a major viking sponsor cut ties. radisson hotel reads, we are closely following the situation, and effective immediately, radisson is suspending its limited sponsor ship of the minnesota vikings while we evaluate the facts and circumstances, after a vikings news conference where the logo was prominently displayed behind the team's general manager who said peterson will practice and play this week. >> based on the extensive information we have right now, and what who know about adrian not only as a person but what he has done for this community, we believe he deserves to play while the legal process plays out. >> but a day after the league appointed an all-woman panel to

oversee new policies and programs, it's still unclear where the league is willing to draw the line. domestic violence activists and founder of blog truth and reality and brent is a sports writer for "usa today." brent, your piece in "usa today" shows a rather extensive list of arrests of nfl players between 2000 and 2014. the charges run the gamut. dwi, battery, assault, child abuse, reckless driving, murder, burglary, weapons possession, disorderly conduct, theft, it goes on and on. in your reporting, did these cases result in suspension or action by the nfl or are these just cases that happened but the players were allowed to go on the field anyway. >> it depends. there have been 89 domestic violence cases in the nfl since january 2000. it was very rare for a player

who was found guilty or got punishment in those cases to receive suspension from the nfl that went beyond two games. so in that case the ray rice case is different from all the arrests and i think that's why the union is going to appeal it because they don't want to set a bad precedent by having this indefinite suspension. i think what made his case different is that there was video of it that triggered emotional reaction in people. if there were video in these cases going back to 200, i think we would have seen similar outrage and reaction from the public and a different reaction from the nfl. >> so, the ray rice case is unique in another way, too? it's unique in the program, the pretrial diversion program that he was offered is not typically offered to very many people in the situation. fewer than 1% of all domestic abuse cases from 2010 to 2013 were resolved in that way according to data from the new jersey judiciary.

it feels like a straight-up case of preferential treatment because ray rice is an nfl player. >> absolutely. only 70 individuals out of 15,000 cases actually were diverted to this program. it's so mind blowing whenever people say that ray rice is being pillarized and villainized. the fact of the matter is, he's been given such a tremendous pass. now, fortunately, the video exists. for most victims, that is not the case. but the fact that he is in this dwegsary program for knocking his fiancee out, that is battery, that is assault. and he -- you know, the fact that the nfl took the position they did, i'm just so grateful as an activist for the fact that this has brought domestic violence into the national conversation, because it's been needed so very long. >> that pretrial diversion program is normally for criminal

cases that, quote, don't involve violence or victimless crimes. this is neither and he still got that opportunity. brent, i want to go back to you on this -- what appears from your reporting appears to be laxity in the nfl in general, that was suddenly arrested, to use a term of phrase, by the ray rice case and the peterson case. does it have the feel of the nfl -- according to your report, it goes back decades. >> it seems different for a lot of reasons. this is -- you know, it's quite common for there to be nfl players arrested. the average is about one a week or 50 or 60 a year. every now and then we see these kinds of crises where a few get arrested at once, adrian peterson if they get a lot of attention, quite often lesser known players get arrested and that's the difference in this case right now. i remember back in 2007 there were a lot of arrests.

there was one player in particular that had been arrested five times, so the nfl handled that about the same time they reacted to it by stiffening up its personal conduct policy and paying it a lot of lip service. necessity did crack down, to their credit. two years ago there was probably one of the worst episodes in nfl player history was late 2012 and a player for the kansas city chiefs shot -- killed his girlfriend and killed himself at the team facility. a week later a player for the dallas cowboys was driving drunk when he rolled over his car and killed a teammate who was in his passenger seat. that got a lot of attention back then, but this even seems to be a lot more outrage now just for a lot of reasons. >> you have the two highest profile cases, the rice qucase d peterson case. but when you look overall, the description of who is playing in the nfl, you have a league that is 66.7% black. all of the people involved in

the current allegations are black. let's go to the four women who are now going to oversee something called policies and procedures. you have the -- anna isaacson who was vp of communication and philanthropy and now vp of social responsibility, whatever that means. you have lisa freele, you have jane randel, focusing on domestic violence and sexual assault. rita smith, national coalition against domestic violence. >> it speak it is to fact there is zero culture competency within the league from the top down. i served on a board with jane

randall. they are all superb, activists, at the forefront of the movement. however, the fact that there is not one woman of color on that panel is highly disturbing. it demonstrates to me the fact that, again, the nfl is scrambling and not thinking strategically about a plan to implement. and they're grasping at straws. it's like, okay, who do we know? who do we know that's -- oh, her? again, a report came out last week stating that most white people don't know black people. so, who is goodell looking at? people in his immediate circle. that's a problem. because these women are being charged with the white executive, suite extifs of the nfl of creating this policy that impacts a league largely comprised of black men. >> absolutely. now where you have the adrian peterson case where a lot of people outside the

african-american community didn't know what a switch was, never heard of the term. they're trying to deal with a cultural issue they may not have any relation to. thank you both for being here. >> thank you. now three things to know on this tuesday. firefighters are gaining ground on a 350-acre wildfire burning in far northern california. the weed fire has already damaged or destroyed 100 homes and a church. heavy rains from tropical storm odile are causing major floodsing in the central portion of the baja, california peninsula. residents in parts of southern california, nevada, arizona, new mexico and texas have been warned to be ready to take quick action. and members of the st. louis county grand jury now have until january 7th to decide whether officer darren peterson should be criminally charged in the shooting death of unarmed teenager michael brown. brown was killed on august 9th. officer wilson remains on paid administrator leave. how much money do you have in your pocket right now?

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it's time for "we the tweeple" and rihanna is firing back at cbs for its decision not to use her hit "run this town." the cbs sdroped the song from the nfl opener in the case of the ray rice case. she suffered domestic violence at the hands of her exboyfriend, chris brown. the singer tweeted this response today. cbs, you pulled my song last week. now you want to slide it back in this thursday? no, bleep you. y'all are sad for penalizing me for this. many of you agreed sending snarky tweets like this. i think we can all agree rihanna was the appropriate person to punish in the wake of the ray rice scandal. cbs says, we will be using our newly created thursday night football theme music to open the broadcast. millions will tune into thursday's game. but nfl commissioner roger

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died. we're live outside cdc headquarters in atlanta. what are we expecting to hear today, karen? >> reporter: joy, we're expecting the president to get in here and see what has been going on here at the centers of disease control and prevention. motorcade just arrived here at cdc headquarters. he's going into ground zero in this battle against the deadly ebola virus. that room, they call it a war room of sorts, and they're looking into ways to treat this, where it's been going, how to stop it. he's going to see just how the cdc has been handling this whole situation. i had a chance to look in there a couple weeks ago. we mentioned dr. kent brantley going to be speaking in just a bit. he had a chance to meet with the president before the president headed over to andrews today and kind of tell him what he is going to talk about today as those hearings take place. dr. brantley was actually treated here, the first american, as you said, treated at emory university hospital.

contracted the ebola virus while he was there, treating some other patients in liberia. and he's going to explain just this whole situation. he talked to us after he was released and said, you know, he thought he was going to die. he really could not believe what he was going through. he quarantined himself. he knew what to do. he's a doctor. but the problem is, so many other people who are contracting the deadly virus don't know what to do and that's part of why the president's stepping up the efforts. people saying, perhaps, this is a matter of the u.s. waiting too late, letting this get out of hand. the president saying, you know what, they've been working on this since about march. they realize this is getting out of control. we had samantha powers spoke yesterday about how serious this ebola outbreak has become. here's what she had to say. >> i won't mince words. the situation on the ground is dire and growing worse by the day. we can contain this. we know how to do it and we must avoid panic and fear. but our collective response to date has not been sufficient.

>> reporter: the u.s. asking congress for an additional $88 million. they've already spent $175 million. so, they're not playing with this situation right now. the whole key is to stop it there in those west african nations and keep it from getting here to the u.s. and that's what we've been seeing as of late with another doctor actually being treated in the united states right now. so, the president expected to get in there, really kind of get his hands wet and see what the problem is, what the cdc is doing, how they can get the situation handled quickly and so we're expecting to hear from him right after he's briefed by cdc officials inside. joy? >> karen greer, thanks very much. up next, my conversation with kerry washington on why she has become an advocate against one of the least discussed realities of domestic violence.

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an ongoing national discussion. the charges against ray rice and especially the images of domestic assault have inspired thousands of people to share their stories and forced us all to confront a reality that often remains behind locked doors. i sat down with "scandal" star, kerry washington where we discussed how victims of domestic violence often fall prey to financial abuse and why this issue is so important to her. >> actress and activist kerry washington joins me now. it's so great to speak with you. >> likewise. you know i'm a big fan. >> you know, i'm a bigger fan of yours. you're working with the all-state campaign purple purse campaign and it specifically works with the role of finance in domestic abuse. tell us about that. >> i worked for a long time on issues around violence against women. it's an issue close to my heart.

and i've never -- i had never thought explicitly about the role of financial abuse in domestic violence and to learn that financial abuse is prevalent in over 98% of t domestic violence cases was shocking to me. but economics, finances are used as a weapon to keep women trapped in these situations. and, you know, whether that's destroying credit or jeopardizing employment or manipulating finances, this is really a weapon that's used, a tool used to keep women in situations where they feel like they can't be economically self-supporting and independent. >> and so what's the idea behind the purple purse? i think you have one of the purple purses that you designed, if you could show us that. >> i do, i do. >> i am an ambassador. so, being an ambassador to the purple purse challenge, the all-state foundation purple purse challenge, means that i designed this bag, which i'm very proud of. it's a bag i cannot wait to wear

out in the world. i haven't been allowed to wear it yet, but now i can. and the bag is really an opportunity to spark conversation, to spark awareness, to help get people thinking about the reality of financial abuse because the truth is, if more people understand what financial abuse is, they'll be able to get the tools they need to transform their lives so that they can leave situations and stand on their own. so often women don't even recognize that financial abuse is going on. and so once you know that it's happening and you can recognize it for yourself or for a loved one, then you can help change the situation. and domestic violence is very complicated. it's not as if this is a quick fix, but having these tools is a real world way to change somebody's life because so often, when we talk about why people stay, this is one of the real reasons of why people stay. so, the purse is to raise awareness and to spark conversation. you can also go to purplepurse.com and donate money to any one of the over 100 organizations all over the country that are doing this real work to empower people with

education and information around taking care of themselves financially, survivors and victims, giving them the tools they need to be able to stand on their own. >> yeah, and you know what, i think that's so important, kerry. that's one of the things that even came out with the why i stayed hashtag that came up as a result of the ray and janay rice situation. that came up, you need to recognize the financial constraints on a lot of women. obviously, the nfl's handling of these kinds domestic cases is driving the conversation. i'm wondering if you think that we kind of risk making this an nfl issue and then losing sight of the broader issue of domestic violence and the issues you just brought up, things like finance for ordinary women's lives? >> yeah, you know, it's so fun y i think what's important is that we talk about the issue and not that we talk about it in isolation, but that we talk about kind of the tools that every woman can use or every person who's in an abusive situation can use to empower themselves and get out.

it's great that we're having the conversation. it's unfortunate that we have to be having the conversation. but to talk about it in the way that encourages empowerment, for me, that's one of the reasons i'm so proud to be part of this campaign, because it's not about blame. it's not about revictimizing. it's not about any of that. it's really about how do we be part of the solution and giving people the tools they need so that they feel empowered to make healthier choices for themselves and their families? because this isn't an issue that can be dealt with in isolation, at all. it really isn't. it's not even about women. it's about domestic partners. this is an issue that all of us can relate to. because either we've dealt with it or know someone who has. one in four women will be the victim of domestic violence in their lifetime is pretty awful and it's -- it's a privilege to be part of something that is part of the solution. >> yeah, you know, kerry, it's really fantastic that you've

used your platform in this way. and even on the show. i mean, "scandal" has depicted domestic violence with the character abby, we've seen her as a domestic abuse survivor. you used the platform in that way as well. and, obviously, it played a role until real life with your former co-star columbus short having left the show as a result of a dough am me domestic violence incident. do you think those experiences, scripted, not real life experiences and the real life experiences you've seen around you, have sparked further your activism on this issue? >> you know, i talk a lot publicly about how i don't -- i don't kind of take on the issues i take on because i'm a person in the public eye. i actually -- you know, i just was raised in a household where my parents are really active politically and socially and i feel i shouldn't have to hold back because i'm in the public eye. you know, for me, this is an issue that regardless of any of the things you mentioned is

something that's been important to me. i've been involved in v-day to help violence against women for a really long time. for longer than "scandal" has been around and for the majority of my career. so, this is an issue that's really close to my heart and always will be because i think women are an invaluable resource. one thing we all have in common is that we come from a woman and it's something that means a great deal to me. again, for me to be able to lend my voice as somebody who's in the public eye, as someone who lives in fashion landscape, as someone to stalk to you on your show and lend that voice forward something positive so somebody out there might be watching and say, oh, this is part of the problem for someone i love and i'm going to go on that website and get the tools to help me or my family or friend. that, to me, is what it's about. it's really about how to just be part of the solution.

>> well, it's the purple purse challenge. kerry washington, who i can attest, for many years has used your platform to do really important work. thank you so much. i really appreciate you being here. >> thank you. thank you so much. breaking news now. a grand jury will hear evidence to determine whether criminal charges should be filed against nascar champ tony stewart. last month stewart's car struck and killed fellow racer kevin ward jr. during a race in upstate new york. ontario county new york district says upon my review of all the information contained in the entire investigation, i have made the determination that it would be appropriate to submit the evidence to a grand jury for their determination as to what action should be taken in this matter. local sheriff said in his initial investigation there was nothing that would indicate criminal intent in the crash. we'll be right back.

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al sham refers to the area encompassing iraq, lebanon and israel, palestinian territories and jordan. in other words, a much broader area than just syria. in english am geographic area would be described as the levant so isil, islamic state of iraq and levant is a more accurate translation. levant is much bigger than syria, encompassing about 400 miles of territory from the mediterranean sea to the arabian desert. if isis, or isil, really wants to conquer that much territory and turn it into a caliphate, that's a much bigger deal than a group wanting to grab some territory inside iraq and syria. the name isil conveys the group's broader desired reach and potential threat to governments we really care about in the region like lebanon, jordan and israel. when it gets translated to

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i'm krystal ball. president obama's expanded strategy is in action as we come on air today. our nations top military brass are the targetses of a critical hearing on the hill. >> if we reach the point where i believe our advisers should accompany iraq troops on attacks against specific isil targets, i'll recommend that to the president. >> as much as we have engaged, as much as we have bled, the treasure and the lives that we

have left behind, we still haven't fixed the problem. we can't fix the problem alone. >> but we're suggesting here is a strategy where we can get others, not only to do some of the lifting but maybe pay for it as well. >> be assured it is a premium focus to cut off resources for isil. >> the important difference in what we're trying to do here is build a force that can overover time actually contribute to stability in syria, not just fight. >> secretary of state john kerry was supposed to be testifying at another hearing this hour but that has been delayed until thursday as he continues his push to build an international coalition. today in the oval office, president obama, vp biden and top advisers met with retired marine general john allen, the man who's coordinating international efforts. the u.s. is still running air missions over iraq, launching the first indirect support of iraqis since obama expanded the mission last wednesday. the pentagon is also

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