nbc news, kathleen parker of the "washington post," helene cooper of the "new york times" and ron fournier of the "national journal." welcome to sunday and a special edition of "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. the belgian capital, brussels, remains in lockdown with soldiers on the streets amid fears of an imminent isis attack. police in that city are also searching door to door for one of the paris attackers who is believed to be hiding somewhere in the brussels area. meanwhile, overnight in malaysia president obama struck a different tone than he did earlier this week and he addressed americans' fears about terror specifically. >> the most powerful tool we have to fight isil is to say that we're not afraid. to not elevate them. to somehow buy into their fantasy that they're doing something important. they're a bunch of killers. >> this morning we'll look at the isis threat from all the angles. how do we build an international coalition against isis? does the u.s. strategy in the regio

syndicated columnist george will, ron fournier and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. george? >> hillary clinton has a problem, the energy in the democratic party son the left, particularly in the portion of the democratic party that nominates candidates. and they like what sanders says, sanders says, we want a whole lot more of everything the government does. her position is, we want a little bit less than a whole lot more of what the government does and that doesn't galvanize people. she has an opening on gun control. because kim straso is no stranger to fox viewers says his natural constituency is socialist opposed to gun control. but probably about 84 of them in the country. that's his position. he says he's from a rufl state, people like their guns, she says the second amendment is a loophole and she has a way of finally getting to his left. >> the fact that she has to go left tells you a little something, ron, about the state of the campaign. considering the fact that largely inside and outside the campaign people said, well she had the best ten days of the whole

ron fournier, senior political columnist for the "national journal" and syndicated columnist, charleskrauthammer. i knew before, he had the announcement to make. it was interesting to see his campaign, what about bobby jindal and how the race has run? >> ron and i had a chance to talk to him after he finished your interview. and you sense this is a youthful governor, a sitting governor. someone in office, leaving the race, i think jindal has a future. he's tried to ford some policy proposals, he's a wonk, but never caught on. >> ron? >> he's a wonk in an angry electorate year. this is one of those times when there was news breaking beneath my nose. an old wire guy, you beat me, congratulations, i did ask his wife, as to how the kids doing with all this. and she said it's funny, i just got out of the -- the governor said, did you get hold of them? she said yeah i got hold two of out of the three. if i had a brain in my head, i must have realized there musting something going on if you are trying to get ahold of the kids. >> "special report" -- where politicians go to die. >> wow, anyon

it's time for our sunday group, syndicated columnist george will, ron fournier, liz cheney, and former senator evan bayh. the president said two years ago definitively i'm not going to syria. two years later, here we are. >> it's no longer news that the president does something that contradicts statements. he does it on a regular basis. this is a clear and direct let to the united states, they have to be defeated and defeated by force. there's no diplomatic solution. there's no negotiation that's going to defeat isis. we have to take the territory from them that they now hold. we have a president who seems to either not know that or not thththth we're in vienna that we're negotiating, that the russians and iranians brought in as positive partners in the president's view is all folly. the president will have to answer to history. i'm sure he's looking forwards heliacy, an the question for him will be why did you stand by while this threat to americas this grave threat grew and gathered strength across the middle east. >> senator bayh, does he need to go to congress now for further autho

syndicated columnist george will, ron fournier and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer.lary clinton has a problem, the energy in the democratic party son the left, particularly in the portion of the democratic party that nominates candidates. and they like what sanders says, sanders says, we want a whole lot more of everything the government does. her position is, we want a little bit less than a whole lot more of what the government does and that doesn't galvanize people. she has an opening on gun control. because kim straso is no stranger to fox viewers says his natural constituency is socialist opposed to gun control. but probably about 84 of them in the country. that's his position. he says he's from a rufl state, people like their guns, she says the second amendment is a loophole and she has a way of finally getting to his left. >> the fact that she has to go left tells you a little something, ron, about the state of the campaign. considering the fact that largely inside and outside the campaign people said, well she had the best ten days of the whole thing. >> well

it's time for our sunday group, syndicateddcolumnist george will, ron fournier, liz cheney, and former senator evan bayh. the president said two years ago put forces on t t ground in syria. two years later, here we are. >> it's no longer news thatthe contradicts s atements. he does it on a regular basis. this is a clear and direct@ let to the united states, tey have to be defeated and defeated by force. there's no diplomatic solution. there's no negotiation that's going to defeat isis. we have to take the territory from them that they now hold. we have a president who seems to either not know that or not care. he has no plan in place for defeat them. we have these incremental deployment of forces that include rule of engagement for or pilots, for example, that preclude them from doing t t job he says they're on the there to do. at the end of the day the notion that wre in viehna that we're negotiating, that the russians and iranians brought in as president's view is all folly. the president will have to answer to history. i'm sure he's looking forwards heliacy, an the question for him

ron fournier, if democrats couldn't win under these circumstances in the south they were never goinghey could always have a pro-gun pro-life veteran run against a guy who cares more about hookers than he does about his job then the democrats might be able to do better. >> i don't think the hooker thing hurt him because he's been -- he was reelected to the senate. >> we can take governor mrs. seriously than we take the senate vote. >> and bobby jindal hurt him too. he began running for president the minute he was in the governor's seat and that probably didn't help him. >> i want to double back on what we were talking about earlier. i took a shot earlier but we have to realize we're changing in a way that we have to be more responsible. we are more scared than we were since 9/11 and we trust our institutions less than we did since 9/11, we trust each other and with social media we have the ability to ghettoize ourselves, to only listen to the views we already agree with and demonize and attack everybody else. when you combine that with this vacuum we have with leadership, that's why i

. >> that was a shift in president obama's shift in syria strategy we have george will, and ron fourniereney, and former democratic senator evan bayh. the president said i will not put american forces on the ground syria and here we are. >> it is no longer news that the president has done something that directly contradicts previous statements. eight happens regularly. the bottom line, we have a militant islamist terrorist organization, a clear and direct threat to the united states of america. they have to be defeated. they have to be defeated by force l is no diplomatic solution be no negotiation that will defeat isis. we have a president who either does not know or care. he has no plan in place to defeats them, we have the incremental deployments of forces that include rules of engagement for our pilots to preclude them from the job they are there to do. at end of the day the nothing we are in vienna, negotiating with the russians and the everyone piers brought in as positive partners and the president's view is folly, the president value to answer to history were i am sure he is look

it's time for our sunday group, syndicated columnist george will, ron fournier, liz cheney, and formerator evan bayh. liz, start us off here. the president said two years ago definitively i'm not going to put american forces on the ground in syria. two years later, here we are. >> it's no longer news that the president does something that contradicts statements he made previously. it happens on a regular basis. bottom line is we have a terrorist organization that established a caliphate in the heart of the middle east. it's a clear and direct threat to the united states of america. they have to be defeated and defeated by force. there's no diplomatic solution. there's no negotiation that's going to defeat isis. we have to take the territory from them that they now hold. we have a president who seems to either not know that or not to care. he has no plan in place to defeat them. we have these incremental deployment of forces that include rule of engagement for or pilots, for example, that preclude them from doing the job he says they're out there to do. at the end of the day the notion

joining us you now, ron fournier and peggy noonan. if obama can't lead. and peg fgy wrote over the weekd uncertain leadership in perilous times. also with us, samicle back at t well. >> ron, this isn't a republican or democratic issue. you have the french president, you have the overwhelming majority of the american people, you have dianne feinstein and with have you who probably voted for more clintons than anybody else that covers the clintons all scratching their heads and wondering how there could be such an abject failure of american leadership at such a critical time. what is going on? >> it's a huge opportunity for him because we have a world in crisis, we have our country is facing an imminent threat. the republican party right now, that field is laced with rhetoric and lies. we need a president and should have a president who can rise above that. and point us to a cause greater than ourselves, show us a plan for defeating isis that is clear, creative, and concise. instead, he's lowering himself to his political enemy. and i th