>> in the middle east. u.s. central command says saudi arabia and the uae joined the u.s. in these attacks, the u.s. and its allies, 33 attacks on isis in syria and 2ú8 inq sáira. the attacks after isis copy cats in algeria,ñr beheaded a french strikes on isis in iraq. francefáfá responding opening t door to join the u.s. in launching air strikes on isis in syria. and our number one ally, the u.k., may also join the air

assault. british prime minister david cameron is asking parliament to authorize airt( strikes in w3ir. ctjz raising eyebrows after meeting with the iranian presidentçóxd rowhani for the f timee1 inñi 35 years.j'y wp'i released a picture on twitter, the u.s. said it will not coordinate any military action wit/ tehran, which it considers a state sponsor of terrorism. we are expecting to hear from the president of5! iran at the unite19)ñions at anyñi minute. bring in nbc's ann fácurry. thank you for being with me. president of iran, exclusive interview with him last week, addressing theó[u.n. this morning. what should we expect to hear. >> by thee1 way, good morning, aboute1xd the u.s. ledxd coalit. iran was not invited to that u.s. led coalition, and asked

president questioned whether or boots on the ground and some coordination witht( iraqis and syrians whether or not isis could be gotten rid of from the region. i think you'll get a lot of that in discussion today, you'll heaz him talk about nuclear talks, even though they're on the back burner are a very big deal in the u.s. iran relationship. there's a momente1 on november when those talks, it is a make when those talks, it is a ma["ar not they will be resolved. >> and in your extraordinary interview with the president of iran, one of the things struck me what seems to be, may be talking semantics,/t didn't see

to be overly optimisticzv about the united states or theq obama administration. >> well, as you remember, açó yr ago when we interviewed president rouhani, about the same time before he was coming to speak before the united to speak before y for thed first time as president, you know, he had a veryñi different tone and that tone was essentially an open hand in response to the president's open hand to the world as he?; expressed when he first became president of the united states, and the idea was from president rouhani, we want to create a relationship, weé@ want to crea an open way of creating the possibility of an agreement over nuclear issues, and it was well received, as you know, within a short period of time, the president got onxd the phonefá president rouhani, president obama and president rouhani, it was a historic moment. this interview this year was very w3different, comes on the heels of difficulties in the

iran nuclear talks. both sides seem to have dug in to some e1degree, they're in a tough spot ine1t( terms of maki resolution there. it also comes on the heels of the attack on isis. and also on thee1 heels of the u.s. led coalition, not including iran, and some anger, though iran says it is not interested in becoming part of the u.s. led coalition, it was clear the supreme leader responded in an angry way about the united states position on isis. so i think that there's axdwnk hardening there. different kind of relationship. the president of the united states and the president of iran will meet, not an expectation anyway inq-this particular gathering. >> as a matter of fact, at that gathering theçó president ofe1 is s("q"uled to speak any minut] now. of course, we're going to be monitoring that situationçóok ae united nations in new york. and i want to talk about new stáqhondly, significance of sau

arabia and uae taking part in theuattacks. >> overnight it seems the u.s. targeted several oil refineries that are in areas held under the control of isis. now obviously trying to do that degrades the lifeline of isis to sell that oil on the black market in its territory and in then get funds to pay salaries of people under its control or to use to procure more weapons that it can use in the fight against iraqis or syria or even perhaps other fighters on the ground in that area. so certainly the u.s. is trying to fulfill that policy objectiv% of president obama to degrade isis capability, but the second point is more t(important, that you now have a country, saudi qatar, involved in the on-going operation. it is perhaps not necessarily significant military ?;coalitio. the u.s. could havelp done thisn its own, but the sheer presence of the countries sends an importante1 diplomatice1 messag

and it is a strong message in the region that they recognize the threat is just as important to them as it is to the united states. that's why they're getting e1 involved. >> and also strikes are occurring in different parts of the country. meanwhile, we haven't heard much from the assadw7r dictate orshi >> it seemse1 the assad governmt in damascus is passively accepting this. they know in the long run this does benefit them. a lot of people have been speculating as to whether or not the assad regime benefitted from having the extremist element. the truth of the matter the assad regime is about existing and surviving and isis posed a threat to that. if isis is diminished, that gives syria ançó upper hand, at least in tható[ front of the'c battle. keep in ñimind, the syrian government hase1 several fronts not only dealing with isis and with rebels. between any ofe1 them.xdion

strategically they have the u.s. diminishing ice for them, that gives them an upper hand in the fight on the ground. >> no one knows this better than you, escalating humanitarian crisis on the border with fá turkey. in the past few days, syrians are lining up at the border to syria to fight isis. f1 o up. i spoke this week withó[ the to humanitarian at the united nations, listen to these numbers. syria. double that. 6 million people on the run inside syria, run for their lives, because of what'sxd been going on. what's been going on for years. now he says that isis has caused as you pointed out that flood to ;tr'crease, and het( predicted air strikes will only augment that.

what we have is a humanitarian crisis of historic proportion. i think thatñr their voices in part because it ksvok difficult get to them, in part because so much of the attention is on this emerging,ok growingwoy war with, is really not heard enough. their suffering is unfathomablek it is of historict( proportion, noti] met ñiadpvupáely. their needs not being met. >> think about thew3 numbers you're telling us. 6 million people being moved within their own country, each one of those people has a family, has concerns and dreams ñ and their whole lives being uprooted and destroyed. these are extraordinary, as you say. this is a humanitarian crisis of historical consequence. >> bigger than what we saw in world war ii. it is the largest -- syrians are in the world today. and for these people, we are talking not only what you just

described, but also to august meant what you said, these people traumatized, women forgive me forxd saying have be raped, there(hrve been systemic attacks in ways, people are grieving for loved ones, they cross into countries all along the border of syria, and they're beginning to make m each particular country, there's a different story, but clearly &háhp &hc% nations they're crossing the border into> ann curry, a pleasu.ç tomyt % you. thank you both for being with me. appreciate your çótime. we are seeing on our screen, the president oflp iran addressing e general assembly of the united nations. we're keeping a close watch on what he is e1saying. if there's anything we want to bring to you live, we will do so.xd we are monitoring it. we will find out what he is saying and repercussions what he might be saying at the united nations now. want to bring in here in miami

congresswoman that's republican from florida and chairman of house foreign affairs committee on the middle east and north africa. >> i want your reaction to theç that's now includeding bombing isis targets in syria. >> i fully support that. ission should be tothat. remove assad from power. he is the source of all of these refugee horror s''qiesxd that a just brought to light to your viewers, and i think we need to go after terror financing as well. qatar, countries like qatar, they're having it both ways, 5x% jose. yes, they're part of the coalition, they're helping somewhat. at the same time, qatar islp funding isil, !mñ thge folks vice president decided which horse to bet on. >> as the president said, you can't always choose your allies, because they're sisters ofxd charity. you'reok allies at the time. >> but you have to go after,

pressure qatar to cut that financing. you have to push turkey, an important ally, to get in the fight. so more can be done to get these folks involved. >> you think more rather than less. what's the policy on boots on the ground in then&o w3future? >> we shouldn't telegraph what we are not willing to do. shouldn't tell the enemy we're coming after you, going to destroy you, you are a network of death, you're a horrible entity. but this is what we are not going to do. you're the worsti] thing ever, we're not going to do a, b, c. enemies what we're not willing to do. it will take é/&ts on the ground, our boots, someone else's boots. we are going to be there. you callw3 them advisers today, there will be boots on the ground. they have to coordinate a lot of wp8t goes on. snlldn't rule itñi out.ñ/s >> the president and white house says they have legal justificatione1 to do what theye doing. some republicans and democrats say he may not. you're in the house of representatives, a republican, in the majority. &háhp &hc%

get backçó to d deal with this? >> i agree, shame on us for not we should be back inok d.c. i will be back there wednesday. we have a hearing on the marine that stuck in mexico, the speaker of the house said it is up to the president to call us back if he wants authorization. the president said it is up to leaders in the house and senate to call us back. i think that it gives more credence to the president, gives more gravitas to the mission and tells the american people we're in this fight and support our armed forces. >> i have to tell you, you know better than anybody else, ine1 your district, the sotloff family, two of the people beheaded -- >> ixd ran into art sotloff,fá steven's okfather, one of the beheaded journalists, at iami ded journalists, at eno him, thinking oh, my e1gosh, an

this time ofe1 rosh hashanah, pain. he is unveiling a new foun$ úrjrh new enterprise in steven sotloff's name,8m beheaded son, andñiçó it isçó go make a world of difference, and the family is dealing with the pain in a positive way to help others. t offic regardless of political okparty whether executive or legs late i have branch, with an emergency ogzthis order in the united states of america, we aree1 all american. what aboutok everybody getting together and decidingñi to supát this and speak for it. >> we are shirking our responsibility by not voting on this. yes, the president says he is using this certain section of that w3constitution, but also bush's authorization from many years ago, he can get a new authorization to defeajd not juç the terror group of thea5 day, have to kill them likelp come roaches, like the saying goes.

>> thank you so much for being with me. appreciate your time this morning. coming w3up, we're taking a short break. keeping an eye on united nations again, the iranian president is speaking as we speak. we are monitoring that. after a short break, new video this morning of the man $used in thexd disappearance of missiá uva student hannah graham.t( we have details of that. back in virginia, the search continues. we have reports from galveston, charlottesville straight ahead. right on cue. [cat meows] [laughs] ♪meow, meow, meow, meow... ♪meow, meow, meow, meow... it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with 100% complete and balanced nutrition, and the taste, textures and variety cats love, it's the only one cats ask for by name.

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first court appearance in texas. he's period in galveston where he was read his rights and the charges he faces, authorities arrested the 32-year-old on galveston beach yesterday. they believe he is the last person to have seen hannah graham before she mysteriously disappeared in charlottesville, virginia on the 13th of december. gabe has more. >> reporter: jose, good morning. police from virginia are on the way here to texas to question that suspect, jesse matthews. he went before a judge this morning and was read his rights. he is charged with failure to identify himself as a fugitive and providing false information to police. a sheriff's deputy arrested him yesterday afternoon near galveston. deputies received a call about a suspicious person on the beach. when the deputy arrived, he saw a man that pitched a blue tent, and when he ran his plates, he

found that that car was being sought in connection to the disappearance of hannah graham. however, we still don't know where she is, and that's the big question now. meanwhile, that suspect, jessie matthews remains at the galveston county jail. back to you. >> thank you so much. let's go live to charlottesville, virginia where she was last seen. what's the reaction to the arrest. >> reporter: 13 days ago she went missing. as you might imagine, the reaction in charlottesville is still optimistic. a lot of relief as well. we talked to some college students last night near the campus of uva, and they said what so many others have said, that they're hopeful that because matthew is in custody that we might get a little more information about hannah graham's whereabouts. i posed that question to the police chief last night, i said

did you talk to him. have you been able to find out anything about where hannah graham may be. the chief says i don't know. since then we learned as gabe mentioned that investigators from the area are headed to texas. that's going to be the first question he's asked, i am told. the search continues. this is a city that's 12, 13 square miles. i am told that literally every inch of this city has been searched. the search area is now extending beyond charlottesville, the police chief told me yesterday they're asking people in the outlying areas, especially folks with large parcels of land to investigate their property. they're continuing to search. the reward for hannah graham has gone up. the reward is at $100,000, jose. >> craig melvin, thanks for that

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we're just getting new video of president obama and secretary of state john kerry holding bilateral talks with the prime minister of egypt at the u.n. the president was scheduled to speak on ebola at the top of the hour. we will have more of that coming up in a bit. algerian authorities are working to track down a terror group linked to isis that executed a french mountaineer and posted video of that online. the frenchman was taken sunday while hiking in northern algeria mountains. france defense minister said the

extremist carried out the killing in retaliation for france air strikes targeting isis in iraq. bring in thex& chair of contemporaryóq middle eastern studies, and international security analyst and filmmaker that spent considerable time in the region. thank you for being with me. i will start with you. isis used videos of beheading to spread a message of terror, including execution of americans james foley and steven sotloff. talk about the hostage strategy here. >> well, look, isis strategy is very simple, to exact as much damage as possible, to attack the soft valleys of american and western states and the region and throughout the world, to kill the hostages. the hostage are the most important asset that the islamic state has. it does not have many other

options at this moment. it does not we think, have the ability to carry out spectacular attacks against western or american targets. so the only and most important asset that it does have are western hostages. and my fear is that this continuing coverage strategy, you have multiple groups who subscribe to this particular extremist ideology, and now the hunt is on. they're trying to -- they will do their best to capture, to seize and kill hostages. this is it. because at this particular moment, there's no other option that the so-called islamic state has against the united states and its european allies. >> matthew, you knew james foley and steven sotloff, also knew the british hostage who is currently held by isis and has been utd in propaganda videos. what do the terrorists hope to accomplish with this hostage

strategy? >> influence in policy of the nations tommy haas tajs they hold. they want them to stop bombing them. they're using them as human shields and for propaganda more than anything. >> on the&gq) hand, it seems as though certainly american public opinion wasn't in favor of, for example, attacking in syria until the videos were done. it is almost as though by them doing this, they're actually bringing interest toward themselves and falling bombs as well. >> well, yes. what they've done has completely back fired. they hoped beheadings would intimidate the united states and the american people, and in fact, it has become a catalyst for action against them. they're actually not particularly bright in their strategy. >> and matthew, i want to go to some video you're just sharing with us now. i want to show this. tell us what it is. it is two people that we've

unfortunately for the wrong reasons come to know a lot about recently. >> this is video that i shot in libya and syria, not sure what you're showing at the moment,&6 that is james foley and john can't lee. i was with them both during the war in libya, sometimes took them in my jeep to the frontlines to do reporting on the war, i was filming in syria two weeks before they disappeared. >> these are horrible, horrible to see the images. >> they killed another french citizen, and the philippines threatening to kill two german hostages. what are you seeing in other parts of the world? >> well, i think what we are seeing now is that the war has been joined. it is all out war. make no doubt about it, the so-called islamic state and its allies, and it has some fringe allies in north africa, west

africa, and philippines, and greater middle east, north africa, they will try, they will do their best to retaliate against western states. strate. as i said, this is the only really option they have. but the reality is this is all out war. i would not be surprised, we keep talking about, my fear is that every single hostage, i hope i am wrong, every single western hostage that the so-called islamic state and its allies have will be most probably killed in the next few days. the islamic state, so-called islamic state and allies will likely attack the top allies, the western states and americans are diplomatic positions in places like jordan, places like turkey, places like lebanon, i would not be surprised now given

that the war now has been joined that the so-called islamic state will try to plot attack against even the american home land and european targets as well, given the fact that we have 2500 western militants who are, we think, fighting in syria and iraq at this particular moment. >> we don't really know how many hostages in both isis and other groups have at any one time. matthew, i want to kind of get your thoughts on this. one of the side stories of this is the fact that with this reality inch of the middle east journalists like yourself, like steven, like jim, they go into places to try and let those voices be heard, voices you don't hear. now those !wjt aren't going in, with the exception of you, you're going into iraq shortly. how does this effect our knowledge of what's going on? >> well, had effect on those

reporting in syria. film makers like myself won't go. i am not going to syria just to make a film any time soon. the problem is now even my recruits, considering the value of western hostages may connect and sell you to isis. if they can get 5 to 10 million for a western hostage, they could pay as much as a few million to a moderate group or individual for a western hostage. so it is extraordinarily dangerous. i don't blame anybody that's not going. >> yeah. listen, matthew van dyke, can't thank you enough. >> yes, go ahead. >> one of the most important points i want to make is that hostages and selling of hostages is one of the biggest businesses, that basically the so-called islamic state and other extremists have. this generated tens of millions of dollars, sustained the ability of these groups to

function. not only can nab western hostages, they sell them on the black market. every hostage is worth tens of millions of dollars. in particular, think how much they have generated from french hostages, from lebanese hostages. this is the biggest business they've. >> rgentlemen, thank you so muc for your time. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> horrifying. terrifying. and before we go to the break, in the face of all of the brutality from isis that we have been talking about, a powerful social media campaign is born. >> because it is totally unislamic. >> it is killing innocent people. >> we must all unite together and try to stop this group from damaging islam and damaging muslims. not in my name. >> this campaign has gone global.

president obama invoked it directly wednesday. #notinmyname. he extended the war into social media and their propaganda, and reminded the world and americans that islam is and islam is not. >> islam teaches peace. muslims the world over aspire to live with dignity and a sense of justice. and when it comes to america and islam, there is no us and them, there is only us because millions of muslim americans are part of the fabric of our country. >> not in my name, a simple hash tag that's such a powerful reminder that this new terror threat, while frightening, is the evil but tiny minority, and the majority wants none of it. join the conversation about this and any topic. join us on facebook and twitter7

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and in washington, d.c., they're calling for federal review of racial violence and discrimination in law enforcement after both unarmed black men died at the hands of police officers in ferguson, missouri and staten island. look at incredible images out of texas. flash flooding, making a mess in cities like lubbock. severe storms are too much to handle for some, prompting rescues on the road. while rain is letting up in the southwest, in the northeast, a storm system could pose a problem for a very big night at yankee stadium for derek jeter. joining me now, meteorologist bill karins. good to see you. what are we looking at in new york? >> jeter, of course, last game at yankee stadium. average ticket price is $800. for 50,000 seats, highest prices, someone paid $10,000, and don't know if they can go to the game or not. we are going to look at the radar. if the rain has moved into new

york city, it will be through us through the day, we go through the midday, when it will be the heaviest. saw heavy rain earlier to the south around philadelphia and atlantic city.@ the question is when will it time out, when will it exit the region. let's look at this. this clock takes us through the afternoon. game starts around 7:00 a.m. still heavy rain in new york city, and heaviest in long island, it moves out in the evening. i think the game starts wet and could be delayed. as the evening goes on, rain clears out. could be a late night in yankee stadium, should get that game in. this storm is causing some delays, two hour delays at the philadelphia airport. the other thing that was interesting is earlier this morning, heavy rain moved into areas on the west coast. we saw it in california. some areas get the first rain in five months. we talked a long time about how bad the drought is, the king fire near lake tahoe area. it rained at the king fire this morning. and jose, san francisco airport got nearly a half inch of rain,

the most rain they've seen since april. haven't had a drop of rain since then. california desperately needed it. >> i want to keep you on the west coast quick. show me the map of california, if you would. did thigq)át)q a difference in the king fire? what do we expect through the day, is this sprinkles and we're done or a continuing pattern? hopefully for the west coast. >> not a pattern that's going to continue long term, but for today, this is great. last containment was 35% of the king fire, which was set the other day, it is huge. cities like atlanta, philadelphia, combined, one of the biggest fires it had this season. pictures from firefighters online this morning of rain, and happy firefighters with smiles. this is exactly what they -- it is a small army of firefighters out there. this is exactly what they needed. >> bill karins, thanks so much. we have breaking news now about attorney general eric holder. pete williams has the latest. pete, what is it? >> well, it has been one of the worst kept secrets in

washington, attorney general eric holder, one of the original cabinet members of president obama would probably leave office sometime this year. now all the guessing is over because a justice department official tells us the attorney general will say later today he intends toar step down as soon a successor is chosen. he is the first african-american attorney general. if he stays into december, would be the third longest serving attorney general in american history. one of three of the president's original cabinet members. a close friend of the president, i think attorney general holder thought about leaving before, but obviously the president has urged him to stay on. now i'm told by a close associate of the attorney general that he and the president worked it out and both agree that he should go ahead and do what he wants to do, which is to step down, as soon

as a successor is named. it is interesting that this announcement is made before the mid term elections. we always thought that the attorney general, if he was going to leave this year, which seemed probable, would make his announcement before the mid terms so that there could be no suggestion that the election results which may or may not change the makeup of the u.s. senate partisan divide, no suggestion that that had anything to do with his decision. one sure sign the attorney general is going to leave is this, he has set a goal for himself of visiting all 93 u.s. attorneys offices. probably the first attorney general to do that. and he will visit the last one tomorrow on his list in scranton, pennsylvania, that's important to him because he is close to a federal judge up there, and it is the scene of one of his first big victories as a young prosecutor in a public corruption case. so it is a bit of a nostalgic trip for him tomorrow.

it was a sure sign he was coming close to the decision, which he is going to announce later today,qr that he's stepping dow after about six years on the job. >> 63 years old, eric holder, to step down today. pete williams breaking the news here live on msnbc. >> not to step down today, but to announce today that he is going to step down. >> that's right. okay. announcement coming later today. >> you bet. >> thanks, pete, see you soon. we're going to a break. boy, big day for news, huh? appreciate you being with me. going to take a break. coming up, we are building toward live remarks at the president at the u.n. on the topic of ebola. we expect those at the top of the hour, tamron and her team will take them live. here in miami, a doctor that returned from africa will join me to describe challenges of working on the ground with ebola patients. be right back. ♪ want to change the world? create things that help people.

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good morning, everyone. i am tamron hall. we begin with big news. eric holder is going to announce stepping down after six years on the job. pete williams joins me live. pete, i understand it was in february the attorney general indicated he would step down this year. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: this has been an open secret that eric holder would probably leave before the end of his second term, and the only real question was when. and the really strong betting here has been that he would leave before mid term elections, and the only question is when, what day, and what time. now we know the answer. today, this evening at a white house event, he will formally announce this. we are told by justice department officials that he talks about this with the president over the labor day weekend. had an hour-long conversation. that's when the attorney general told the president of his plans