ayman mohyeldin joins us right here. >>> jeb bush, the dynasty. his son revealing how his dad's big plans for 2016 and what they look like. i'm richard lui. a testy debate in the united states is where we start. is it fair to impose mandatory quarantines? is it an over reaction. one just back from sierra leone after being the first to be put into the state's mandatory quarantine. it is still held in new jersey after testing negative for the virus. she said she's been treated like a criminal. here's chris christie. >> i believe folks who want to take the step and are willing to volunteer also understand that it ises in their best interest and the public health interest to have a 21-day period thereafter if they have been directly exposed to people with the virus. >> the federal and state guidelines are out now. in three states -- ill, new jersey and new york -- when we talk about who, health care workers returning from west africa. what, mandatory quarantine regardless of symptoms. duration, 21 days after arrival. for the federal government, who, a

. >> joining me now is nbc news foreign correspondent, ayman mohyeldin, david l. phillips from columbia university's institute for the study of human rights, and david corn, mother jones washington bureau chief. well, mr. washington bureau chief, here goes washington again, all excited that a member of the administration actually, believe it or not, has some disagreements with the president. >> this is not the first time. robert gates had disagreements, others have come out and said the same. if you read a book that i wrote called "showdown," you would see that when it came to the bin laden raid, what to do in egypt and what to do in libya, there were some profound differences among the foreign policy experts themselves, at the highest levels of obama's government. so it's really not that unusual. i do think that the main point that people are latching on to here, that obama, you know, could have, should have left troops in iraq, is, you know, some of the argument that mitt romney's been making, that somehow magically, obama, if he had tried harder, could have con

which means for the syrian people, the suffering will go on. >> ayman mohyeldin, thank you so much.an will be answering your questions about the syrian refugee crisis in a live chat at noon today. noon eastern time. questions to@aymanm with a #msnbcchat. don't miss it. >>> coming up we'll talk about the lessons of ferguson. here is a live look at the program going on right now in little rock. a program that will be looking at community placing in the wake of ferguson unrest. but first, a momentary howl at the moon. take a look at the blood moon. a lunar eclipse. it it's a rare occurrence. a very cool one yet kind of creepy and scary. we're in october. the whole halloween thing is coming up. and just give them the basics, you know. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hope he's saving. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. whether you're just starting your 401(k) or you are ready for retirement, we'l

. >> joining me now nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel and ayman mohyeldin.bviously the u.s. with these air strikes is trying to move militarily against isis. however, when it comes to the war against their propaganda, there hasn't been much of a change before the strikes occurred. how can the u.s. do a better job of trying to tamper down the isis propaganda or are their hands tied in the digital world we live in? >> the best way to defeat isis is propaganda is by competing isis militarily. the group's best propaganda isn't success. there's is a certain segment of society that is watching isis, watching their military advances, and the group seems to be unstoppable. they have gone from mosul to baghdad to march toward the sigh off irbil. they deliberately try to exploit their reputation. both al qaeda and isis have english-language publications they put on the internet. both are quite well produced. not very many spelling errors. clearly written by native english speakers. they are trying to inspire these kind of lone wolf attacks. they tell people not to com

ayman mohyeldin based in the middle east is with us today. thanks, ayman. we have been say it back and forth in the past 24 hours we have a town you have been watching. we also have the other town of just north of baghdad. that's also seeing back and forth movement. is this the expected stalemate we'll see despite the air strikes? >> you can expect this pattern to happen for the next several weeks. we were talking about this. here we are again saying that isis fighters seem to have made an advance or certainly besieged the town despite the fact they are being hit by the u.s. air force and other coalition partners. it is not enough to deter them and their ability to attack cities and besiege towns if they need to. i guess that's a point of concern for the u.s. military planners who will be watching and saying if this air force disrupted them how and why are they capable of carrying out attacks on town. >> we are watching the u.s. hostage. peterer kasig. his parents are coming out, pleading for his release. the concern is we saw the video released of the brit

joining me here in studio is nbc's ayman mohyeldin.reatens to kill peter kassig at the end of this video. what details do we know about peter? >> we know he was a former u.s. soldier, had served in iraq in 2004 when he enlisted in 2004 and 2007. when he was discharged from the military, he took it upon himself to start a relief agency to help syrians and began taking in emergency relief supplies into syrian territory, particularly in an area where we believe he was taken ultimately. not sure if at the time he was taken by isis fighters or perhaps other groups that ultimately sold him to isis as we've seen in the past. but one of the more disturbing things is i actually saw peter on one of his trips in beirut and had lunch with him before he went to syria. so this is a bit of a personal connection and a troubling one. >> did peter express concern at all for his safety when you had lunch? >> at the time we were with a group of journalists and we all expressed our concern that he was taking these reliefs into syria. mostly because he was

i'm joined by ayman mohyeldin and matthew van dike. what a pleasure to see you both. ayman, i want to start with you. this morning's developments, how significant is it that isis has gained control of the town near the tushish border? >> we're getting the initial report that they have taken over the eastern part of the town. no doubt about it it's a very symbolic. it's up on the turkish border. it sends an important message to the authorities but an important message to the united states and allies who have been bombarding isis from the air for the past several weeks. this is a sign that perhaps isis has never been degraded as much as we've been told so by some of the coalition countries involved in the air fight. i think it's a symbolic development that isis is still capable of overtaking towns and more importantly to strategic one. it is right on the border with turkey. >> and ayman, vice president joe biden apologized on saturday for comments he made this week implying that turkey and other u.s. allies had helped islamic extremists in syria in the past. and that may

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radical islam is not a reason to condemn the entire religion, as nbc foreign correspond ayman mohyeldinow they interpret religion, and more importantly their views are shaped by their political environments and societies more so that this by specific -- >> islam religion is a peaceful faith with a belief system that has been manipulated by its fringe just as christianity has been at times twisted to justify ugly behavior. -- that the majority of the world's muslims are to be fewer, but the pew poll conducted over several years finds muslims strongly reject violence. clear majority say suicide bombing is rarely or never justified as a means of defending islam. pew polls also finds al qaeda widely reviled. the book "who speaks for islam" quotes gallup polling that finds just 7% of muslims can be considered radical, but be -- "baas they sometimes amount to hinduism contained both gandhi and the fanatic that assassinated him. the fifth muslim to be awarded the prize since 2000. to think we have a problem with global islam and it's okay to be afraid when we encounter one of the 2 million mus

ayman mohyeldin with us. senior editor for the news website, gideon litchfield.nue. >> gideon asked what our history was. i said we're really, really good friends. >> let me try to put joe's question differently. or at least the end of your debate here so we can put a period at the end of the sentence and bring more news into it since we're at the top of the hour. >> okay. >> is it okay to question at this point the world health organization as well as american health officials given what has happened in dallas, given what has happened around the world, given that there was a slow response, given that there have been so many deaths and ebola, it has come to the united states, now at least in two cases? >> mika, i first of all, let's be clear, i started my career as a journalist. i was an investigative reporter. i believe strongly that questions should be asked, need to be asked, in all situations. that's part of what makes our system work. in this case, the question is not whether we're asking the right questions, but whether we're going to accept answers on fund