c1 obama escalates on isis. >> tonight i want to speak to you about what the united states will do with our friends and allies to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group known as isis. >> in a rare prime time address, president barack obama told the nation about his goals for dee feeding the islamic state. the president announced that in addition to the on going talk about airstrikes against isis in iraq, the u.s. will now likely begin bombing islamic state strong holds in syria.

i have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists in our country wherever they are. i will not hesitate to take action in syria as well as iraq. this is a core principle of my presidency. if you threaten america, you will findno safe haven. >> america will also take steps to cut off funding for the islamic states which range from foreign revenues to donations. he discussed the formation of an international coalition to fight isis. >> this is not our fight alone. american power can make a differs but we cannot do for iraqis what they can do for themselves. that is why i have insisted additional u.s. action depended upon iraqis forming an inclusive government which they have done. tonight with a new iraqi

government in place and following with consultations abroad and congress alone, america will lead abroad coalition to rollback this terrorist threat. >> in 2002 bush created one consisting of 68 countries of which 20 committed more than 16,000 combat troops. >> senior obama administration officials said that members of the coalition that will assist in fighting isis include allies from around the globe including the arab world note pli, saudi arabia, the united air rid memories and europe. australia is already engaged in air drops inside iraq and canada has put advisers on the ground. president barack obama declared the united states will not commit ground forces to the

destruction of isis but folks that muslim allies will provide groups on the ground and they are essential to defeating the islamic state. >> is this the right formula? >> the president's strategy is a formula for a no-win war. look, in syria you need boots on the ground to take down isis. the terks are saying we're not going in. we're not going to help. we can't work with isis so we'll build an army of white hatch outside the country. it is inherently non-credible. in iraq, where the shia brig gates have done well, they are detested and despised all across the suni areas so what i see here is basically a formula

for a no-win war and the republicans should not get aboard until they get a credible strategy which we do not now have. >> this general from this arm chair sees it differently. republicans are getting on board. secondly, this is not a conventional war, not another iraq or afghanistan. it will continue into the indefinite future. the president is putting together a coalition, not the usual suspects. he brought in other arab countries, sunni countries so this isn't america going in there waging a one-sided war religious war. the no boots on the ground, you can't win if you don't put boots on the ground but they are not going to be american boots. they managed to take back the dam and some territory in iraq. turkey may not be out there

helping openly, but there is some de facto cooperation and 49 of their diplomats have been taken by isis. syria you're not going to work with asad. asad will welcome anything that hampers isis but they won't distinguish between good guys and bad guys and that is trouble for asad as well. >> i think it is tricky diplomatically and donald runsfeld said there were no unknowns and unknown unknowns and there are moving parts and we may own that civil war in syria, which is not good news, but the alternative is doing nothing which is not an acceptable alternative. >> syria may not be on board, but foreign minister says he is

an enemy of isis and would be willing to cooperate in any action against the terror group. >> when it comes to combating isis, we have no records servations whatsoever to work together with any reinforce that wants to eliminate this menace. because now, the united states and syria are facing the same enemy. >> question, is it feasible that the u.s. would team with syria in the fight against isis? i ask you. tom. >> in military times it is feasible but i don't think it should be because if the united states was to engage, you would be a partner with a jen sigh

dal dictator. it has had chemical gas and starvation and it is grotesque. the united states cannot be a part of that at a moral level or political level. we would lose any credibility that we have and actually mentions this with sunni tribes and basic suni civilians because we would be associated with murder. >> didn't churchill partner with stall len? >> yes, but in this case, for a political solution you cannot do that if someone is massacring sunis. you don't result by killing them. >> this may force asad to the peace table. >> i take a more lenient view on asad. do you know how many times he visited with the leader of saudi arabia, in saudi arabia

and how many times the head of saudi arabia visited with asad and syria. >> in other words if we're going to demonize asad as a lot of people do, people ought to cool it and look at what he is and what he has had to deal with with this civil war. you can't speak to that or anything related to the question. >> look, i have no problem with establishing some kind of relationship at this point with asad and syria. we need him at this stage of the game, but let's not for a second try and white wash who this man is. he is not only a thug, but he is a thug of unbelievable proportions and he has killed a lot of people and we would not want to identify with because that would hurt us all the way

around. what i know about the saudi; whatever meeting he has had, he is not happy with asad. >> the cycles -- talk about troops on the ground. the americans are not going to put them in there. no nato alliance offers troops on the ground. >> the saudis are going to train the syrian fighters. >> they haven't won a battle and president barack obama said they are farm ma cysts farmers and doctors. >> they are trained to be something else by now. >> obama's approval speaks on tuesday. one day before his speech on the fight against isis. the president's approval rating was at 42%. one day after the isis speech, his approval rating went to 41%. his disapproval went from 51%

to 54% after the speech. 32million viewers saw the speech. why did the ratings drop? >> i mean he has lost so much credibility amongst americans in terms of his foreign policy. i don't think we have lived with anybody with that kind of record of failure as far as the american public sees it so the americans are worried about where he is leading the americans and some go in one direction and he goes in another directed. >> they are skeptical about plunging into another war in the middle east. he called it syria, somebody else's civil war a couple months ago. now we're in the middle of it because of these two videos? >> it is our allies in the region sees this as an emerging threat and growing threat. why won't they send troops?

>> yes. >> there are troops on the ground with the free syrian army. i don't see where it is sending in troops yet anyway. >> the biggest thing we have to worry about, mission creep. >> sure. >> you know what's that mean? >> we will have to win the war for them. they are not going to win it. >> it is counterterrorism. >> the way it was outlined by president barack obama is addressed this week. >> it can't work if he doesn't change the strategy. >> he has the right strategy and he is forcing other people who are threatened by isis more than this country to step up. question, a sign a rating one to ten on president barack obama's address. >> it was a good address as an address. >> give me a number. >> it is a d. >> not a letter a number.

>> 9 out of 10. >> it is an 8 out of 10 for a speech just listening to it. >> it is 9 out of 10 but the american public is nervous. they see the ebola threat. they are not sure he can put it back together. >> 7 out of 10. in substance 3 or 4 because as you said the coalition hasn't materialized and there is a real avenue there that has to be addressed. >> give it some time. >> this is around number. >> i would give him an 8 in terms of rhetoric. >> i would give him a 9.5. >> outstanding? >> i thought it was outstanding. he had to keep it together, keep it tight. didn't answer all the questions but you can watch this program or earlier programs on the web from anywhere in the world. can anything be simpler or more

rewarding mccloughan.com. >> i said it is a pretty good speech and then you kept saying where in the -- he is marching us into an open-ended thing. he doesn't know how it is going to end. >> terrorism is out there. we're going to be fighting this well into the next president's future president's term. >> not that it is open ended but the country doesn't have any great confidence in him when it comes to foreign policy. we be right back.

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they are united or break free? one weak ago before scotland's september 18th referendum on whether to remain part of the united kingdom, that is video of a mash up of blips and words with both sides views. the scottish national party leader argues that scotland will be better off as an independent country with the future linked closely to the european union. leader of the get it together campaign says scotland is better off staying in the 307- -year-old united kingdom. it was created in 1707 to bring

together scotland, wales and ireland. it makes up 85% of the population. polls show pro independence forces with a slight lead in a race that will go down to the wire. both sides claim economic benefit. it will jump $1,600 after. staying in the uk he says it benefits by $2,250 per person with regular payment from england. if they split, scott's lose $2,250. he coun tered that the oil revenue will offset any funds. it is seen as

a global city. former prime minister said this in a new york times, scotland has been transformed from one of the workshops of the world to a service economy. at one point scotland's shipyards produced 1-5th of the world's ships and 40% of scottish workers are employed. it now employs just 8%. the real quarrel should be with globalization. >> who wants pro men tum, the pro union side or pro independent side? >> the pro independent side because they have had increasing publicity and increasing exciting but on the same parchment, the pro union side still leads in the polls and i think they will be the

winner of this race. >> so no shift. >> no shift. >> it is tightening. >> but the pro independence side wins even if they lose. they will have greater independence but within -- that is true from some degree. they have already won from some degree. >> the scottish nationallism. we want to create something new. you're going to lose money, the bank of england. you lose a pound and all this. they are appealing to basic economics and around the world as in spain. >> great britain encompasses scotland today, but if scotland breaks away, you'll have england. is that going to affect the states of england in the

international organizations starting with the un? will they have a seat at the un? who knows. >> security council? >> the issue is -- permanent security council. what happens there? what happens in the eu? >> the eu, england has to vote on tin 2017 already scheduled. >> you have to stop thinking of england and think of england and contra distinction to the great britain. >> it will be england if the scott's leave and wales. >> and it will lose some of its prominence in the world. down the line, 10, 25 years. >> the economy will shrink. >> o=9leven our allies. >> 85% other population is in england. scotland if they go the

independence route they will not have the ability to issue debt and they will then risk be coming another greece or a spain because they won't want to drag along another dead beat nation. pat makes the right voice. >> 300 years of emotions actually. >> (no audio) so that is pretty significant. >> it is, but on the other hand there is i think a very popular emotional outburst at this stage of the game which suggests to me they will approve withdrawing. it won't be an overwhelming thing but in the end -- the decided vote would point to people thinking maybe we should stay but let's take a chance, let's take a risk. toward the end doesn't it going to folks who boldly want to move out? >> what will happen to the

duke? he will have to change his title. if they are not apart of the united kingdom. >> he can still hit a golfball. did you know that? >> he is in great shape. >> he is a testment that the british royal family still has good blood in the genes but ultimately with the united kingdom, scotland's economy has been suffering. and ultimately with scotland coming out of the united kingdom it will be difficult for the government to provide services they are at the moment without english subsidy so the -- as pat says and the consensus is saying it is of the heart but not of the head. >> 200 scottish irish americans

met in rhode island. agave them my greetings and they said it was a blast. >> will scotland choose independence? >> the heart says yes, the head says no. >> they may but i think they will stick together. >> part of the uk. >> part of the uk. they will not leave. >> they will not leave. we'll be right back with predictions.

d predictions pat. >> john, the iranian negotiations on nuclear weapons will fail in november and they will demand war on iraq. >> hillary clinton's first visit to iowa with her husband bill does not suggest it is her campaign strategy doing it in tandem. they will have senator. >> the leader of isis will not be the leader when president barack obama leaves office. >> the weakness of the asian economy will once again put another layer of pressure on the american recovery. >> mitt romney will seek the 2016 presidential nomination. bye-bye. >>

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