um -- angela king. bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your spekt expectations to what regional actors can provide to the coalition? is there a role there for iran as well? secretary kerry said today he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september? what concrete ideas acommitment you leaving here with? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that isil poses a significant threat to nato members. and, there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region. and is harming so many people. and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so, there's great conviction that we have to act as part of the international community to degrade and destroy isil. that was encouraging. beyond that, what we have already seen is significant support from a variety o

um -- angela king. bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your spekt expectations to what regional actors can provide to the coalition? is there a role there for iran as well? secretary kerry said today he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september? what concrete ideas acommitment you leaving here with? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that isil poses a significant threat to nato members. and, there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region. and is harming so many people. and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so, there's great conviction that we have to act as part of the international community to degrade and destroy isil. that was encouraging. beyond that, what we have already seen is significant support from a variety o

angela king? bloomberg. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president, what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen, and gordon can provide? is there a role there for iran as well? as you know secretary kerry said he expects the allied countries tocoless around a specific plan around september. do you agree with the time line that he set out? and what concrete commitments are you leaving this summit with from the other nations that are here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanemity that isil poses a significant threat and we have to take action. i did not get resistance or pushback to the basic notion to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and harming so many people, and posing a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there's great conviction that we have to act as part of the international community to degrade and ultimately destroy isil, and that was extremely encouraging. beyond that, what we have already

angela king. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against an islamic state? is there a role for iran as well? as you know, secretary kerry today says he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he set out and what concrete commitments fx any, are you leaving this summit with from the other nations that were here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that i.s.i.l. poses a significant threat to n.a.t.o. members, and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or push-back to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people and pose as long-term threat to the safety and security of n.a.t.o. members. so there's great convi

angela king. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against an islamic state? is there a role for iran as well? as you know, secretary kerry today says he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he set out and what concrete commitments fx any, are you leaving this summit with from the other nations that were here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that i.s.i.l. poses a significant threat to n.a.t.o. members, and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or push-back to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people and pose as long-term threat to the safety and security of n.a.t.o. members. so there's great convi

. >> angela king. >> as you know, secretary kerry today. >> julie davis. >> is the goal to ultimately -- secretary kerry said there's no containing that. >> one last question. colleen nelson of the wall street journal. >> how do the

angela king, bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen, and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against the islamic state? is there a role there for iran as well? as you know, secretary kerry said he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he set out? what concrete commitments, if any, are you leaving this summit with from other nations that are here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that isil poses a significant threat to nato members, and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back the savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there is great conviction that we have

angela king wilburn? >> thank you, mr. president. what are your expectations for regional act orders like saudi air arabi arabia, yemen and jordage can provide against the islamic state? is there a role there for iran as well contra as you know, secretary kerry today said he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan around the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he set out? and what concrete commitments, if any, are you leaving this summit with from the other nations that were here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that is ill poses a significant threat to nato members. and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback tho the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people. and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there is great conviction that we ha

angela king. bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against islamic state? is there a role there for iran as well? as you know, secretary kerry today said that he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september. do you awe agree with that timeline and what concrete things are you leaving the summit with here? >> let me start way general point. there was u none imty that isil poses a significant threat to nato members, and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region, and is harming so many people. and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there's great conviction that we have to act as part of the international community to degrade and ultim

angela king, white house correspondent for bloomberg news and former president of the national press club. webb, daughter of the speaker. smoken, executive editor, cnn politics. fales, columnist for military.com. mike eagle, principal, public affairs. a round of applause for our head table. here's what we know about jim webb, our speaker today. one-termrmer democratic senator from decorated marine who served in vietnam, a secretary of the navy in the reagan emmy-awardion, an winning journalist, a filmmaker of ten books. what we don't know is whether he'll be a candidate for the democratic nomination for president. but there have been some hints. webb visited iowa last month and is planning a trip to new hampshire. not everyone who goes to iowa and new hampshire becomes a contender.l but no one who hopes to be in those earlyores primary states. two weeks ago, he tweeted a link article with times the headline populist could train.clinton as he told a labor audience in iowa, quote, i am comfortable to senator elected with a union card, three tattoos purple hearts, unquote. [applause] wh

angela king. bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against islamic state? is there a role there for iran as well? as you know, secretary kerry today said that he expects the allied countries to koaless around a specific plan by the end of september. do you agree with the time line he set out? what concrete commitments, if any, are you leaving this summit with from the other nations that were here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that isil poses a significant threat to nato members. and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back this savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people. and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there's great conviction that

. >> angela king. >> as you know, secretary kerry today. >> julie davis. >> is the goal to ultimately -- secretary kerry said there's no containing that. >> one last question. colleen nelson of the wall street journal. >> how do the concerns of other democrats influence your thinking. >> notice anything? those were the four questions to the president at his formal press conference today in the uk, all four of them from women journalists. i don't actually think it was on purpose. i think it just sort of worked out that way. that's cool. and while we're on the subject, quiz time. all right. who was the first moderator of "meet the press"? "meet the press," the longest running broadcast series in the history of television. debuted in 1947 on nbc. before that it had been a radio show for a couple years. that's basically your hint to this quiz. the person who hosted "meet the press" as a radio show before it was ever on tv also was the first moderator of "meet the press" when it became a tv show. they brought that person over from radio to tv. who was the first moderator? the first moderat

. >> angela king. >> as you know, secretary kerry today. >> julie davis. >> is the goal to ultimatelyy kerry said there's no containing that. >> one last question. colleen. colleen nelson of "wall street

angela king, bloomberg. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against islamic state. is there a role for there iran as well? as you know, secretary kerry today said that he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he said out, and what concrete commitments if any, are you leaving this summit with from the other nations that's were here? >> let me start with the general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that isil poses a significant threat to nato members. and there was a recognition that we have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling backis in savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people. and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there's great con

angela, king, bloomberg. >> what are your specific expectations for what regional actors like saudi arabia, yemen, and jordan can legitimately provide to a coalition against the islamic state? is there a role there for iran as well? secretary kerry says he expects the allied countries to coalesce around a specific plan by the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he set out? what concrete commitments are you leaving this summit from other nations that are here? >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last two days that isil poses a significant threat to nato members, and there was agnitione have to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical role to play in rolling back the savage organization that is causing so much chaos in the region and is harming so many people and poses a long-term threat to the safety and security of nato members. so there is great conviction that we have to act to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. that was extremely encouraging. beyond that, what we have already seen

angela king. >> thank you, mr. president. what are your specific expect haitians?le there? as you know, secretary kerry today said that he expects the allies around the end of september. do you agree with the timeline that he set out. >> let me start with a general point. there was unanimity over the last few days that isis poses a significant threet to nato members. there was a recognition that we had to take action. i did not get any resistance or pushback to the basic notion that we have a critical world rolling back. it is causing so much chaos in the region. it poses a longer threat to the safety and security of nato members. there is a great conviction to do great. that was extremely encouraging. beyond that, what we have already scene we have seen significant support. keep in mind, we have already taken 100 strikes that have had a significant impact on degrading their capabilities, and making sure that we are protecting u.s. citizens, critical infrastructure, providing the space for iraqi government to flow. we can work with them on a broader strategy. some

angela king, white house correspondent for bloomberg news and former president of the national press club. amy webb, daughter of the speaker here at rachel smoke in, executive editor. john fails, columnist for military.com, known throughout the country as sergeant shaft. .ike sigel a round of applause for our head table. [applause] here is what we know about jim webb, our speaker today. he is a former one-term democratic senator of virginia, a decorated marine who served in vietnam, he secretary of the navy in the reagan administration, an emmy award-winning journalist, a film maker, and the author of "10 books -- author of 10 books. what we don't know if is if you will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for president. but there have been some hin ts. he visited iowa last month and is headed to new hampshire. no one who hopes to be in the race ignores those early primary states. and two weeks ago, he tweeted a link to a "new york times" article with the headline "populous could derail clinton train." as he told a labor audience in iowa, quote, i'm comfortable to say i'm the

angela king, white house correspondent for bloomberg news and former president of the national press club. amy webb. rachel smoker. john failes, known throughout the country at sergeant shaft. mike deigel. principle people mow part nevers public affairs. a round of applause for our head table. [ applause ] here is what we know about jim webb, our speaker today. he is a former one term democratic senator from virginia, a decorated marine who served in vietnam, secretary of the navy, an award winning journalist, filmmaker and the author of ten books. what we don't know is whether he will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for president. there have been some hints. webb visited iowa last month and is planning a attribute to new hampshire. while not everyone who goes to iowa and new hampshire becomes a presidential contender, no one who hopes to be in the race ignores those early primary states. two weeks ago, he tweeted a link to a "new york times" article with the headline, populous could derail clinton train. as he told a labor audience in iowa, i am comfortable to say i'm t

angela king, white house correspondent for bloomberg news and former president of the national press club. amy webb. rachel smoker. john failes, known throughout the country at sergeant shaft. mike deigel. a round of applause for our head table. [ applause ] here is what we know about jim webb, our speaker today. he is a former one term democratic senator from virginia, a decorated marine who served inso vietnam, secretary the navy, an award winning journalist, filmmaker and the author of ten books. what we don't know is whether he will be a candidate for the democratic nomination for president. there have been some hints. webb visited iowa last month and is planning a attribute to new hampshire. while not everyone who goes to iowa and new hampshire becomes a presidential contender, no one who hopes to be in the race ignores those early primary states. two weeks ago, he tweeted a link to a "new york times" article with the headline, populous could derail clinton train. as he told a labor audience in iowa, i am comfortable to say i'm the only senator elected with a union card three ta

angela king white house correspondent for bloomberg news and former president of the national press clubamy webb, daughter of the speaker, rachel executive editor cnn politics digital, columnist for military.com known throughout the country as the sergeant. [applause] mike principle partner publicaffairs round of applause for the head table. [applause] here's what we know about our speaker today. he's a former one term democratic senator from virginia and a decorated marine who served in the mom and in the reagan administration and the emmy award-winning journalist. but we don't do with whether he will be a candidate on the democratic nomination but there have been some hints. web visited iowa last month and is planning a trip to new hampshire. while not everyone that goes to iowa and new hampshire becomes a presidential contender, no one who hopes to be in the race ignores those early primary states. as he told of the labor audience in iowa, quote i'm comfortable to say i'm the only senator elect to do with the union card, three tattoos and two purple hearts. [applause] while she served