if you've had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. there could be no reasoning, no negotiation with this brand of evil. the only language understood by killers like this is the language of force. so the united states of america will work with a broad coalition to dismantle this network of death. right now on andrea mitchell reports, call to arms, the president appeals to the united nations to fight terrorism. and destroy isis. only hours after a new wave of air strikes hit targets in syria and iraq. >> will not succumb to threats and the future belongs to those who build not those who destroy. >> did he deliver? joining us here, white house press secretary josh ernest.

khorasan who? is that the immediate threat to america? a new enemy? and why haven't we heard of them before? and show of force, the pentagon counters the propaganda machine with its own display of military might. but is shock and awe behind the times? ahead, are we losing the social media war? where president obama clearly stated his intentions to take the fight to isis without putting u.s. ground troops into the fight telling allies and adversaries that they are the key to constructive change. >> ultimately, the task of rejecting sectarianism and

rejecting extremism is a generational task. and a task for the people of the middle east themselves. no external power can bring about a transformation of hearts and minds. but america will be a respectful and constructive partner. >> chuck todd is nbc news political director and the moderator of "meet the press." of course, chuck, this was so different from a year ago. >> it certainly was. dramatically so, a year ago it was right after he made the decision not to use force to punish assad over the use of chemical weapons. it was a time when he was trumpeting the pullout in iraq and laying the groundwork for the ending the war in afghanistan so even was using lines as if, okay, america's no longer on a permanent war footing. so the much different speech,

the tone was different. i thought it was surprisingly upbeat when you think about what he was trying to do with it. but there was a lot of realism in there. i think it's important that he decided the first specific issue to tackle was russia. he didn't do isis first, russia first. and it seemed as if he wanted to make a point particularly to that crowd in the room. but i tell you, the line that stuck out to me the most in some ways because i think it's a tough line to defend is him saying i made it clear that america will not base our entire foreign policy on reacting to terrorism. and yet, it is hard to argue right now that his foreign policy as it stands is basically the operating principle is responding to terrorist threats. trying to take out terrorist cells before they have a chance to attack the united states. think of the new terror threat and the new group. but that was -- of all the lines in there, that one stuck out because it seemed so off of what

we're actually seeing being put in place. >> and defensive. and this is the president, as you've been pointing out a year ago. a very different speech. >> together, we've also worked to end a decade of war. five years ago, nearly 180,000 americans were serving in harm's way. the war in iraq was the dominant issue in our relationship with the rest of the world. today, all of our troops have left iraq. next year, an international coalition will end its war in afghanistan. having achieved its mission of dismantling the core of al qaeda that attacked us on 9/11. the united states, these new circumstances have also meant shifting away from a perpetual war footing. >> well, right now, we're in a situation what feels like a perpetual war footing. in fact, mike hayden said on "morning joe" today, this is going to take three to five years minimum, this is going to

be the rest of the obama presidency. >> it is. and the rest the part of this speech -- there's been a lot of criticism from the right over the years that he doesn't -- that the president doesn't assert american leadership. you read this speech, you listen to this speech. this was a -- this was the president going in front of the united nations making the case of why america's the one that has to lead. he's inviting the u.n. to be part of the solutions in here. but he was making the case why it is america that has to with ebola, take the lead on these things. he's wanting the rest of the world to come along with him. and when you think about previous speeches and previous attempts by the president and sort of him making the case of what is america's role in the world. this was a much more robust defense of sort of america's preeminence as the leader of the free world and defending that. and in some ways, less apologetically if people want to use that phrase. some like to use that on the right.

he was not apologizing for america's role as having to play this leadership role whether it's on ebola or terrorism. so the whole thing is just a different tone and a different mindset, i think, frankly, than what we've seen from president obama the first five years in office. >> and one other thing that was very striking to me was reaching out to muslim youth and that they have to understand that there is a -- you know, this is a distortion of their religion. and he said that before. but making a real appeal to those that might be willing to join isis, who might find appealing the horrific messaging on social media, the ideological war, which frankly we've been outgunned in terms of the way isis has been using social media to appeal to young people. >> look, this is the real fear. you and i have talked to some of these same briefers. it's the attempts by isis to essentially, the propaganda to radicalize, to radicalize, folks, and perhaps invites foreign fighters, in this case

americans to maybe go and join the fight. they could end up being radicalized by isis and do harm to us here. look, you've got the secretary of homeland security, jay johnson visiting muslim neighborhoods here in the united states. this is -- this is a concerted effort and a concerted campaign to try to spread a more positive message to american muslims. >> thank you so much, chuck todd. the moderator of "meet the press." and a new terror group that americans are hearing about for the first time, the khorasan group, an off shoot of al qaeda. what is the intelligence behind this threat? joining me now is pete williams and richard engel. live near the turkey/syria border. but first, richard, i want to ask you about a pretty horrific video now released by an algerian terror group of a frenchman supposedly being beheaded. what do we know about that?

>> well, we know that the video exists and that this group in algeria expressing solidarity with isis claims to have killed beheading the hostage that they were holding. we also know that a group in the philippines is threatening to behead germans that it is holding hostage also in solidarity with isis. and this is a predictable reaction, a disturbing but not surprising reaction to air strikes against the group. the group is very popular, isis online. it lives in a dark space on the web where a lot of potential recruits and other similarly minded extremists tend to meet, exchange ideas and now, unfortunately, this kind of attack grabbing a tourist in an unsuspecting country and then doing something horrific to them is something that would be very hard to defend against. >> and pete williams, we've been

reading now this week and hearing from the president about the khorasan group. how far along were they in plots, do experts believe? and the bomb technology that seems to be the real concern that this group unlike isis is more in sync with others who have perfected some of these high-tech explosives. >> this is a more traditional focus to try to attack aviation. and these are, in essence the al qaeda graduate school members. it's not surprising. you think about 9/11, the liquid bomb plot, the shoe bomb plot, the cartridge bomb plot. repeated emphasis on aviation and intelligence officials tell us that's what this group was focused on. trying to figure out how to get explosives on the plane that would get through all the security. and the most likely way the officials thought was to hide them in electronics. none of this was ever said publicly. even members of congress were briefed about the khorasan group were told it was top secret.

the name itself has only been spoken publicly within the last week or so. the focus here was on the thought they had developed the capability to do this. they'd been testing their bomb design and may be somewhat misleading for the administration and some people hearing the word imminent. normally we think that was a specific plot in motion. no, it was more a thought this group had developed a capability and you didn't want to watch and wait until they went operational. >> and, richard, what do we know about the leader? now there are reports that some are suggesting reuters is suggesting that u.s. officials believe they have killed the leader of this splinter al qaeda group in one of the air strikes this week. >> the leader of the group, a 33-year-old kuwaiti known to be -- have been a confidant of osama bin laden. one of the first people to have actually known about 9/11 before

it took place. one of the few people who was in that position. we have not been able to confirm if he's actually been killed. but what's disturbing, even more disturbing, and there's a lot about syria and iraq that are disturbing right now, when you actually dig into this case of this particular group. a lot of syrians we've been speaking to have never heard of the khorasan group. they heard of the al qaeda franchise and the khorasan group it appears, was a piece, perhaps a secretive piece, but a piece of the front. it is also anti-american, also wants to carry out group attacks against the united states, carry out attacks against european targets. and this is where it gets much more complicated. it is also relatively popular in syria. so when the united states bombed

the specific part, the khorasan group, it upset many of the even moderate rebels that the united states thinks it is going to be supporting in this fight because, u.s. was bombing someone, a group also opposed to bashar al assad. and it is these layers of different conflicting interests and the layers of bad actors that have accumulated in syria that i think the u.s. is going to have an enormous challenge trying to sift through in the many years to come for this conflict. >> richard engel and pete williams. exactly how complex it's going to be. that will be the issue because we're talking next with the power of words and images, as well. the pr battle against isis and the latest from the front. white house press secretary is joining me next. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review.

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in his speech to the united nations today, president obama spoke about his strategy to taking on isis. notably he did not mention khorasan the al qaeda offshoot. i'm joined now by white house press secretary john ernest. great to have you here. welcome to 30 rock. >> glad to be here. >> this is a big day, obviously the u.n. meetings and the speech. the center piece of the speech was the war on terror and his appeal also to the muslim world, to muslim youth. that is a big part of concerns that there is the lone wolf out there, young people, social media attraction, the horrific attraction of isis. tell me about how you think you can combat that. >> well, what's so important, andrea is for everybody both in this country and all around the world to understand that this is not a situation of the united

states being at war with isil alone. it's the international community. and what's so important and what will be critical to our ongoing efforts is for moderate muslim voices around the world to speak out about these violent tactics in the name of sislam. one important way is for the leaders of muslim countries -- and that's what's so powerful about his meeting yesterday, when he met with the representatives, the prime minister was there, as well. you had a shia leader with five sunni muslim leaders talking with president obama, that was a powerful message to everyone around the world. >> there was another powerful message where he called out oil-rich states in the gulf. and there were some that are

part of that coalition that fund some of these radical groups that perhaps without realizing they're going to turn into isis. qatar is one of them. >> the politics of this situation is complicated. i think the question for a lot of leaders is what's going to carry the day. are we going to have the courage to stand up and be the voice of moderation? and that's what's going to be required for the muslim nations to integrate themselves into a broader global community. this is critically important. and the steps already taken by the nations working with the international community, with the united states and the lead is a really clear signal. in some ways this is actions being more powerful than words. and the action of those five muslim led nations joining the united states to take the fight to these violent extremists is really powerful. >> the inaction of turkey is noticeable. >> it is. they obviously have their own

complicated situation. they are, however, a nato ally, they have a very clear interest in this fight. they have a long border with syria. it is not in the interest of the turkish government or turkish people for there to be violence and mayhem on their doorstep. there's a clear interest for turkey to be involved in this. and we do anticipate they will be working constructively with the broader international coalition to combat isil. >> there are reports. at least one report that the leader of khorasan was killed in one of these air strikes. is there any way to confirm that now? >> i'm not in a position to confirm that now. conducting a battle damage assessment. >> you heard -- >> i have heard the reports. but the department of defense is still conducting an assessment of what exactly the impact was of the initial strikes. the early indications that the strikes were effective, they were impactful and were encouraged by that. but this was not something that will be solved overnight. this is going to require sustained effort. and the president has been very clear that a core principle will

be to deny a safe haven for those individuals who seek to do harm to the united states and the united states homeland. this is -- we had very clear evidence of that on monday night and there'll be additional steps that are necessary to ensure that neither isil nor other extremists operating in syria have a safe haven from which to operate and plan and plot against attacks against the united states. >> how serious is the imminent or immediate threat to the homeland from a group like khorasan? >> there is intelligence to indicate they were actively plotting to strike the west and including the u.s. homeland. and that is what required the president to order the military action. the serious decision required to order that military action to try to contain and mitigate that threat. again, denying them a safe haven is critical to protecting the united states of america. and the president will act when necessary to do it. >> now, a lot is blowing up online. this is part of the gig of being the white house press secretary. the president's latte salute or coffee salute when he was

getting off of marine one, saluting the marine with the cup of coffee, among military people, the salute is sort of -- we should note that george bush took a lot of heat when he was saluting with his dog, i guess, that's buddy. i'm not sure. >> barney, rather. >> i've seen those pictures, as well. >> you've seen those pictures, as well. presidents can do this. but have you been asked to respond to this? >> i haven't. >> is the president aware of? >> i don't know if he is. i haven't talked to him about it. the president has the highest amount of respect for men and women in uniform and the men and women responsible for operating the presidential helicopter. these are the experts in their field. these are men and women who travel with him around the world to ensure that he travels safely. the highest amount of respect for them thousands of times and people have seen it in countless

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and there are reports that a french hostage has been beheaded by an algerian terror group. bill neely is nbc news chief global correspondent in irbil, iraq, and joins me now by phone. these are horrific reports, bill. but -- and not confirmed yet by the french. but the claims are resinating, certainly, around the world. >> yes, they are, andrea.

and now it seems like an unfortunate french tourist, there are still images that strongly suggest that. although, as you say, this has not been confirmed by the french government and a parallel to germans who have been kidnapped in asia. being threatened with a similar form of death. so the isis call for jihadis around the world to join it, to rise up and to kill westerners wherever they find them with knives, stones, with whatever, seems to be -- and it's interesting, you know, at a diplomatic level, president obama has gathered together a coalition of nation states, certainly more than 40. isis is calling for exactly the

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against isis. even as the terrorism factor is popping up on the campaign trail. joining me now, msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com and correspondent for the "washington post" national editor at the political report. welcome, all. and first to you in new york, here, at the u.n. couple of noteworthy things about the speech. first of all, he started with russia, and the problems that russia is causing in ukraine, not isis. >> right. >> and there was an appeal to iran. this is the time to make the deal, which is exactly what rouhani told us today at a meeting. >> yeah. i think, i mean, both of those were always going to be elements of the speech. but the way he did it, i thought was very interesting, particularly to open with a lot of very tough talk on russia when everyone was expecting this to be really almost an entirely speech about terrorism and the fights in iraq and syria. he spent a long time talking about russia and ukraine and

saying we'll call you out if you lie. and there was some very interesting language there. and then on iran, the appeal was to the iranian people. he was kind of even going around the iranian president rouhani here this week saying you want this. the iranian people want a nuclear deal. don't let this opportunity pass us by. and as you know, there's a lot of pessimism that they really can reach a deal by the november deadline or ever. >> susan rice was on "morning joe" today and joe scarborough was asking her about the alliance, and there's always a balancing act. five arab/sunni countries versus none. but they're not all pulling their weight. this was the exchange. >> yesterday, u.s. action began in syria and began with an unprecedented collection of arab partners. five countries were with us on the first set of strikes.

they welcome u.s. support. they welcome u.s. leadership. together we must do this. but this is not the united states fight against isil alone. >> the "new york times" reporting the vast majority of air strikes launched against targets in syria had been carried out by american war planes. we are carrying the -- >> we're the leader of this coalition, joe. >> overwhelmingly, right. >> how is that playing on the campaign trail? already scott brown, for instance, in a new ad is trying to equate the war on isis with immigrants coming across the border, you know, emphasis -- but it seems as though they're trying to use the terror threat as a talking point in campaign commercials. >> so it's so fascinating. you know, the 2002 election obviously coming the first election after september 11th, we saw particularly toward the end, a lot of ads used by republicans to paint democrats in one way, shape or form as soft on the war in terror, ineffective.

the most famous one being the ad that saxby chambliss suggesting blocking the creation of the department of homeland security was sort of enabling future terrorist attacks. you're seeing it not as harsh terms. it's more now as you point out with scott brown talking about scott brown said that gene shaheen, his opponent and president obama are confused about the best way to prosecute this fight. cory gardner in colorado is hitting udall and not being tough enough as it relates to the islamic state. it's fascinating it's come back around as an issue. part of that is because it's in the public eye and people are paying attention. the other part is, it does get the republican base motivated. and, remember, this is a midterm election. motivation is 99% of victory. >> and let's play a little bit of that scott brown ad.

>> turns on the tv these days, knows we face challenges to our way of life. radical islamic terrorists are threatening to cause the collapse of our country. president obama and senator shaheen seem confused about the nature of the threat. not me. i want to secure the border, keep out the people who would do us harm and restore america's leadership in the world. i'm scott brown, and i approve this message because protecting the homeland is the first step to making america strong again. >> amy, i don't know where to begin. you take it away. >> well, look, chris is exactly right. this is a midterm election. this is about keeping your base motivated. and for democrats, the issue they want to be talking about is anything but president obama. and certainly they don't want to be talking about some of these issues like security. what motivates their base are some of those economic issues. they want to talk about the minimum wage, pay equity. they wanted to talk about the economy and how it is getting

better. and this is not the kind of issue that they want to go into october talking about. and republicans are trying to do anything they can to make this contest in november about president obama. and here's another opportunity for them to do it. we've seen some of these ads pop up. listen, they're not flooding the air waves. scott brown is the most noticeable. they're showing up in some house races. i don't know we'll see them in the way we saw them in 2002 or 2004, but it's building on this sense that republicans want to talk about more than anything else. building on a sense that the president is just not up to the challenge. and by extension, neither are democrats. it's time for a change. >> amy walter, thanks very much for being here. and coming up next, the global fight for education for girls. joining us right here. but first, while making the case for american leadership to the united nations earlier today, the president admitted the u.s. does not always live up to its

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right here in the united states. >> for women in our country, uneducated women in our country are very vulnerable. we have also, unfortunately, seen too many examples where the combination of poverty and lack of education is actually a toxic brew. and poor women, uneducated women in the united states have a life span that is actually decreas g decreasing. >> clinton and the former australian prime minister also announced a new $600 million initiative to fund global education. and sara brown, cofounder of a world at school hosted a youth rally calling attention to the plight around the world, including the missing nigerian girls. joining me now is sarah brown. this is an emerging problem that started -- it reached the world's attention, certainly

yours before with the nigerian girls in boko haram. and now it's a tax on girls' education in places around the world. >> in so many parts of the world, andrea. we're seeing schools under attack, girls being attacked on buses, girls being abducted. and boys feel at risk, too. they're kept out of school for so many reasons where there aren't the teachers, where they're forced into child labor. so we want to take away all the barriers to education. and it is an emerging problem. in fact, we're calling it an emergency. you know, we're seeing, we saw such great progress in global education. and it stalled. and we still have 58 million children who don't get a single day at school. >> what can you do? what is the step by step process here? >> this isn't rocket science. we know how children can go to school. we need to take them to school safely, make sure they're safe when they're there. they have a school lunch, a good teacher, they're learning. nothing needs to be invented. nothing needs to be discovered. if they're new innovations, all to the good. we actually need to open those doors and get children into

classrooms with great teachers. >> i heard the finance minister from nigeria saying last night at a conference that they believe the girls are alive. there is intelligence, but that it is too dangerous to extract them because the fear is that boko haram would kill them and the parents have appealed to the nigerian leadership to not do a rescue mission if it would mean risking the life of the girls. they'd rather the girls be alive and have some future ability. >> that's right. still great concern for the girls. they're watching over them. there are difficulties with it. i think there's a great caution around how that rescue would be. to make sure all girls and boys are safe in their schools. so we were pleased at school to be able to launch the world school initiative backing safe schools. and safe schools is now the program for nigeria that's got a growing group of coalitions behind it, faith groups coming behind it and youth groups. young people so vocal about this.

and they're really rising up. they've launched a petition this week, the up for school petition that's growing in numbers. and they're really calling out for change saying it's time to stop the attacks on school and start to see creating opportunities for out of school children to start learning. >> so it's not dark at night. and putting the toilet facilities indoors. >> there are simple solutions, you want to know that the perimeter of schools are safe, safe journeys to and from the school buses. we've got young people calling out, we have a group of 500 youth ambassadors for a world at school who are looking over, calling it out in 85 different countries. and they know that if they can find safe journeys to school,

good lighting as you say, separate toilet facilities for girls that they feel safe going to, there's a lot -- there's a long list, but it's a fairly simple list and one that, i think if we keep heeding these voices from young people that actually governments should be able to deliver. >> and i know you have been very involved as has your husband gordon brown with the safety and security. how is she doing? >> well, she's at school. she and her friends who were attacked on that bus that day and now safely at school, but we need to keep working because there are so many -- we've seen schools attacked. we've seen more bombings in pakistan. we know that governments are trying very hard. all these governments are trying very hard. but we need to work together. we need to bring together governments working alongside the private sector, along civil society and ngos and listen to those voices of young people. there are so many of them out there and they're not prepared to sit around and see nothing happen. it needs to start moving. >> they're so lucky to have a leader in you. thank you, sarah brown. thank you. great to see you.

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more than a billion people live on less than $1.25 a day. this weekend, some of hollywood's biggest names and big music stars are gathering in new york for a concert to draw attention to the world's poor. the third annual global citizen festival. and international effort to end poverty, extreme poverty by 2030. it's an ambitious goal. nbc news and msnbc are the festival media partners. the concert will air live right here on msnbc on saturday. actress bridget moynihan who appears on the cbs drama "blue bloods" has been a global citizen ambassador for more than a year and will be on stage for the second year in a row. joining me now for a preview of

this year's event. it's great to see you, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. what are you hoping to accomplish? >> you know, obviously we're trying to end extreme poverty by 2030. it's great to get the word out there, have people pay l attention to it. what's nice about the concert, everyone who has a ticket to the concert has earned it. they've gone on to the website and taken action in one way or another. they're all socially conscious, aware of the issues and celebrating together. >> for instance, vaccines, there's so much superstition in cultures, so much bad information. and antiwestern bias so health

workers are stigmatized and vulnerable. >> we're seeing that now with the ebola. >> exactly. >> and that's really one of the things that distinguishes between extreme poverty -- between getting a vaccine and maybe a meal. education will help raise communities out of extreme poverty and sanitation having clean water. so these are issues on the desk of congressmen right now and trying to get things passed to help with these issues. >> what brought you to this? >> you know, i met these guys at the summit last year or two years ago now. i just thought the way they were approaching these issues was really unique. they get you to participate more intimate level. not donating money or time, they ask you to kind of step into the shoes in some way or participate

through social media. and really take action not just donate money. which is always great. this makes you much more conscious of what's going on. >> in fact, you took part in the live below the line campaign. >> yeah. did. >> you really put it on the line. >> i did. and i lived on $1.50 a day for food and drink. and it was challenging. it made me think about a lot of things and how i was living my life and the choices i was making and, you know, one thing that i kept thinking about was how much food i do waste, you know. and that's, you know, an issue, as well. but you become more aware. >> and there's poverty here in america. but it's hard to see it every day. we've done special reports together with the ford foundation, in fact, on the poverty in america. but the poverty around the world, the extreme poverty we see in some parts in asia and africa, which is so profound. >> profound. and it is quite a difference than the poverty we do have here

in america. but it's, it's the extreme poverty that we're focusing on and there are real possibilities of ending it and real answers that we are focusing on. >> what do you hope to do as part of your participation? >> you know, i'm hoping i'm helping to raise awareness. you know, it's -- education is an important issue for me. i work nationally and for this global poverty project to be spending so much time and energy. and the global partners for education is we're really hoping that some of the g-8. there's a couple g-8 countries that have not made a contribution and we're hoping they will this year. and that we'll be able to make an announcement at the festival. so for people to be making congress and these countries know like it's important to us and it will help everyone globally. that's what i'm hoping to get out there. >> thank you so much. and good luck this weekend.

it is -- >> should be fun. >> it's really great event. and we're happy to be co-sponsoring. >> thank you for doing that. >> we'll see you there. and for more, go to our website, msnbc.com/gpp. and be sure to tune into msnbc for our special coverage this week leading up to saturday's global poverty concert right here in new york city. we'll be airing that concert live this saturday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. and that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and remember, follow the show online, on facebook and on twitter. "ronan farrow daily" is next. and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips i have $40,ney do you have in your pocket right now? $21. could something that small make

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