i am going to start with someone who just assumed the second-most powerful office in the land, jeff mason, the new correspondent association president. jeff? >> and happy birthday. president obama: thank you very much. jeff mason: as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied strategy has shifted sufficiently to address that change? given your comments this week about donald trump's volatility and lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned that he will be receiving briefings about isis and other sensitive national security briefings? president obama: i've never satisfied with our response because if you are satisfied, that means the problem is solved and it is not. so, we just spent a couple hours meeting with my top national security folks, looking at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. sufficient, but it is necessary. because so long as they have those baces, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow, there is still some ca

i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason, the new correspondent's association president also from reuters. thank you, jeff. >> happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> as islamic state loses territory you and other officials have said that it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted strategy efficiently? secondly, given your comments about donald trump's lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned he will be receiving security briefing about isis and other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied, that means the problem is solved an it's not. so we just spent a couple hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient but it is necessary. because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there's still some calipha

i'm going to start with some one who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason [laughter] , the new correspondence >> hardly powerful. happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said it's a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states hasivity shed strategies sufficiently to address that change? given the comments about donald trump, volatility and lack of fitness to be president are you concerned he will receive security briefings about isis and other sensitive national >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied, that means problem is solved. it's not. so we just spent a couple hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for syria. it is not sufficient but it is necessary. because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow they're still some caliphate being born. and that can insinuate itself in the minds of folks who may be willing t

jeff mason. reporter: happy birthday. as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfd strategy has shifted sufficiently to address that change? are you concerned that donald trump will be receiving sensitive national security briefings? pres. obama: i am never satisfied with our response. if you are satisfied, that means problem is solved, and it is not. we just spent a couple of hours meeting with the top national security advisers to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary, because so long as they have those bases they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there is still some caliphate being born, and that can insinuate itself in the minds of folks who may be willing to travel there or carry out terrorist attacks. it is also destabilizing for countries in the region at a time when the region is already unstable. i am pleased

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i will start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason. >> hardly powerful, and happy birthday. as islam and state loses territory, you and other officials have said is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted strategy sufficiently to address that change? and given your comments this week about donald trump and his lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned about him receiving briefings about isis? president obama: i'm never satisfied with our response because if you are satisfied, that means the problem is solved, and it's not. we just had a couple of hours meeting with my national security oaks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary, because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there is still some caliphate eating born, and that can insinuate itself into the who may belks willing to travel there. it is also

jeff mason, the news correspondents' association's president, also from reuters. jeff? >> i'm hardly powerful, and happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> you and other officials have said is becoming a more official terrorist group you are you satisfied that the united days and its allies have shifted the strategy to address that. specifically given your comments this week about donald trump's are youty and -- concerned that he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you are satisfied, that means the problem solved, and it is not. couple hoursent a meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. fors absolutely necessary to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary. because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow they are still some caliphate being born. that can insinuate itself in the minds of folks who may be willing to travel there are carry out terro

i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason, the new correspondents association president. also from reuters. jeff? >> thank you. hardly powerful. haen and happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> you and other officials have said it is becoming more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted to strategies sufficiently to address that change? and secondly, given your comments this week about donald trump's volatility and lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied, that means the problem is solved, and it's not. so we just spent a couple hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary. as long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest

i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason. ( laughter ) the new correspondents association president. and happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said that it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted to strategies sufficiently to address that change? and secondly, given your comment this week about donald trump's volatility and lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned that he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national security >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied, that means the problem is solved and it's not. so we just spent a couple of hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary. because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there's still som

jeff mason. reporter: happy birthday. as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied strategy has shifted sufficiently to address that change? are you concerned that donald trump will be receiving sensitive national security briefings? pres. obama: i am never satisfied with our response. if you are satisfied, that means problem is solved, and it is not. we just spent a couple of hours meeting with the top national security advisers to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary, because so long as they have those bases they can , use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there is still some caliphate being born, and that can insinuate itself in the minds of folks who may be willing to travel there or carry out terrorist attacks. it is also destabilizing for countries in the region at a time when the region is already unstable. i am ple

i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason, the new correspondent for the association president, also from reuters. >> happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said that it's becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted strategy sufficiently to address that change? secondly, given your comments this week about donald trump's volatility and lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned that he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response, because if you're satisfied, that means the problem is solved and it's not. so we just spent a couple hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. ' it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary. because so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda

i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason, the new correspondents association president, also from reuters. >> hardly powerful and happy birthday. >> thank you. >> as the islamic state loses territory you and other officials have said it's becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted strategies sufficiently to address that change? and secondly, given your comments this week about donald trump's volatility and lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned that he will be receiving security briefings about isis and the other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied that means the problem is solved and it's not, so we just spent a couple of hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary because so long as they have those bases, they can use their pr

i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason. ( laughter ) the new correspondents association president. also from reuters. jeff. >> thank you. hardly powerful. and happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials have said that it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and its allies have shifted to strategies sufficiently to address that change? and secondly, given your comment this week about donald trump's volatility and lack of fitness to be president, are you concerned that he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national security issues? >> i'm never satisfied with our response because if you're satisfied, that means the problem is solved and it's not. so we just spent a couple of hours meeting with my top national security folks to look at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary. because so long as

to hear now going from jeff mason from reuters news organization.see any scenery behind you. he is joining us from skype. guest: sorry about the scenery in the background. unfortunate, that is my curtain. host: i was hoping for a lovely lake scene. tell us a little bit about what you are doing on martha's vineyard, and more portly, why the president repeatedly vacations their? guest: the president has come here nearly every year since he came into office. he has chosen martha's vineyard for a variety of reasons. one, it is an island that is fairly easy for the secret service to secure. two, it has a lot of golf courses and he likes to play golf. three, it is a place where celebrity is respected. i mean that by saying the locals comeand the tourists who pay respect to the public figures without going over board. host: you wrote recently for writers about how presidential vacations reflect the nature of the present themselves. his vacation plans compare to others? presidenty previous have had properties of their own to go back to for vacation. you saw

we are going to hear now from jeff mason of reuters.on martha's vineyard with president obama, following him. he is a white house correspondent. unfortunately, i cannot see any scenery behind you. he is joining us from skype. guest: sorry about the scenery in the background. unfortunate, that is my curtain. host: i was hoping for a lovely lake scene. tell us a little bit about what you are doing on martha's vineyard, and more portly, why the president repeatedly vacations their? guest: the president has come here nearly every year since he came into office. he has chosen martha's vineyard for a variety of reasons. one, it is an island that is fairly easy for the secret service to secure. two, it has a lot of golf courses and he likes to play golf. three, it is a place where celebrity is respected. i mean that by saying the locals comeand the tourists who pay respect to the public figures without going over board. host: you wrote recently for writers about how presidential vacations reflect the nature of the present themselves. his vacat

, i'm going to start with someone who just assumed the second most powerful office in the land, jeff mason, the new correspondents association president. >> thank you, sir. hardly powerful. and happy birthday. as islamic state loses territory, you and other officials said it is becoming a more traditional terrorist group. are you satisfied that the united states and it's allies have shifted strategy sufficiently to address that change. and secondly, given your comments about donald trump this week, are you concerned he will be receiving security briefings about isis and other sensitive national secure issues? >> i am never satisfied by our response. if you're satisfied that means it is resolved and it is not. we just spent a few hours looking at what more can be done. it is absolutely necessary for us to defeat isil in iraq and syria. it is not sufficient, but it is necessary. so long as they have those bases, they can use their propaganda to suggest that somehow there is still a caliphate being born. and that can insinuate itself in the minds of folks that may be willing to travel there o

anthony mason is off on, so jeff glor is with us. >> good to see you. >> we have a lineup including a trip to one of the darkest ac certify the most spectacular places to see our night's sky. see how they are fighting the problem of light pollution. >> we are going to minneapolis on an update what happened to collection of miniature cars. how one man's passing gift is now transforming the lives of strangers. that is coming up. >>> our top story this morning, first. the weekend is off to a stormy, sweltering and dangerous start for millions of americans. heat warnings and advisories are severe thunderstorms are expected from the gulf coast to the great lakes. >> this morning, louisiana remains under a state of emergency as a slow moving and deadly storm has left more than a foot of rain since thursday. not even the governor's mansion was spared. the historic rainfall filled the basement of the baton rouge residence. omar villafranca is in hammond, louisiana. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there is actually a curfew in place in parts of southeastern louisiana after a slow and