terrorism expert author and cnn terrorism analyst peter bergen. and peter monsor, also the former executive officer to general patrioteetraeus during q surge. is it possible what happened to jim foley has awakened a sleeping giant? >> well, let's hope so. this is the first of many atrocities that this group will commit. and it's not just the united states that needs to wake up to that fact, but it's europe as well. because many europeans have been captured by groups such as this and the european governments have shamefully given ransoms to this group, these groups, in order to get their people back. but we can -- we can, you know, feel for them in the humanitarian sense but all it does is causes groups like this to seize more western hostages in order to finance their very barbaric activities. >> peter bergen, you know, earlier today the family of jim foley spoke out not just as parents, but also two of his sibling, and his brother subjects he was upset with how america dealt with the negotiation process. understanding fully about paying ransom an

. >> i want to bring in a cnn analyst who is joining me from washington, peter bergen, and talk about this. peter, cut to the chase, how big of a threat is isis to us here on u.s. soil? >> well, i am skeptical of the claims that isis is a threat to the united states directly. obviously, a threat to the americans in region, and american diplomatic facilities potentially, but we have only seen a limited number of americans go to syria. some of them have joined isis or tried to, but it is not clear that any of those folks have come back and planned terrorist attacks in the united states at all. there are of course larger number of europeans who have gone, and that is certainly a big issue potentially for europe and they could come to the ud, but it is a "could" and not a definite. and so on the issue of the strikes in syria, there is a lot of problems associated with carrying out the strikes in syria from the sort of legal international law perspective. i think that the president would at a minimum have to seek congressional approval, and after all, this is a kcountry which ist not unlik

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i want to bring in the author of manhunt, peter bergen and u.s. general spider marks. i want to start with you, general. what do you make of this latest development in iraq that maliki is being pushed out? he still controls the military there. >> he does. the iraqi security forces were put in place deliberately by maliki and his administration over the course of the last few years. the result of that incompetence, we see on the battlefield today, vis-a-vis isis. there's no proexism in the ranks we've seen. those middle level leaders have gone away, they didn't see a future in the military. so maliki being in charge still of the military is something we have to contend with going forward. if you have a new government in baghdad and you have a military loyal to the prime minister who is justoused. clearly that needs to be addressed. >> peert, how do you address just such a thing? >> i don't know. there is discussion, if maliki keeps going down this package, you have the possibility of the civil war that's already end gufleg iraq actually coming into baghdad. you have a s

we want to bring in peter bergen. it's interesting. we're thinking about the significance of this.always a terrible case when our troops, our coalition troops are killed on base or on post but to think senior officers involved here, this is going to take a toll and obviously is going to cause a lot of people to relook at the situation as this draw down continues. >> that of course all correct, michaela. i can't think of a general rank u.s. officer who has been killed during a war. the last case that i can think of was general casey who was killed in vietnam who was the father of general george casey who later on to went on to command u.s. troops in iraq. this is a very unprecedented or extremely unusual event where you have an officer at that level who has been killed, and, you know, as you say, people will take another perhaps skeptical look at the whole question of if we do leave u.s. soldiers behind after the combat troops pull on december 2014, clearly there's going to be a discussion of how we do that and the best way to protect u.s. forces. i would also add that indeed the un

police a ailina tsarnaev of bergen county allegedly made a threat to a woman in manhattan. she turned herself in. her brother dzhokhar tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty of charges from the marathon bombings and tamerlan tsarnaev died in gunfire with police. in the bombing, three people were kid and 260 others hurt. >>> it's expected to be a huge waves off the coast thanks to marie. some are enjoying that hitting the water to enjoy 20-feet waves. life guards have been known to keep people out of the water, but they've made 100 rescues yesterday. and it has caused flooding on ocean side streets and homes. >>> almost a half hour away from sunrise, and we're going to see bright sunshine. there are a few clouds in the area. in fact, they're blowing through the area. a pretty good breeze is blowing right now. out of the north at 9 miles an hour. some see stronger winds. humidity way down this morning. 64%. the temperature's actually a little bit warmer. look at the clear skies over cape may. this is a view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. cape may will see brilliant sunshine an

jerome who's a works for the university of bergen in norway. he measured the concentration of toxic chemicals present in various food products. and the results that he obtained are enlightening. different colors represent different pollutants. here you have different food. i haven't whole milk eggs apples potatoes cod and farm salad. that's incredible we can see from the chart the farmed fish has much higher levels than the other products. all paul supporters compared to other products can see very clearly that farmed salmon contains much more pollutants of course. you can see the number as well as. if you. look at the farmed fish is five times more toxic than all the other products found in our supermarkets. and the conclusion is obvious. do you still eat farmed fish. no i don't know if you've stopped since these studies. so you simply must avoid exposure to these pollutants by ingesting then you're exposed the exposure that's obvious. because it not only is about measuring these pollutants it's also about evaluating their effects on these lab

joining us peter bergen and mark kimmitt, the chief military spokesman during the iraq invasion. also a former pentagon and state department official. so the president authorizes surveillance, reconnaissance, spy flights. isn't it only a matter of time before they collect enough information to actually start launching air strikes against some isis targets not only in iraq but in syria? >> well, before you do the attack, you have to have the intelligence. >> you wouldn't do reconnaissance unless you were planning on attacking. >> you do the reconnaissance and the surveillance in case you wanted to attack. >> it's not a done deal he's going to order air strikes. >> he isn't going to order the strikes until he's done reconnaissance. >> it makes sense if to me if he's doing reconnaissance, because that's a major step, he's going to at least launch some air strikes against targets in syria. that's where the command and control center of isis is in syria, not iraq. >> there's legal problems with launching air strikes willy-nilly. there's no u.n. resolution ornate toe operation that cov

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officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria, and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who have been indicted for joining isis within the last year, including by the way a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily they were arrested before they could leave the country but clearly isis is sort of, if you're interested in this ideology that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now. >> reporter: tracking americans and isis is getting more difficult especially on the ground in syria and iraq. senior u.s. intelligence official tells us the footprint for american human intelligence in that area is not extensive. analysts say the isis leader, abu bakr al baghdadi, has extra motivation to send his fighters to the u.s. >> baghdadi, who is the head of isis is a narcissistic psychopath. he wants to be bigger than osama bin laden and he measures how effective and big the terrorist activities he can carry out in the west compared to what bin hadd laden was able to do. >> analysts say that abu bakr al

the peak year was 2012, and you know, one of our national security contributors, peter bergen, said that the killing of general greene is an ominous sign for what the u.s. troops will face even if they reach that security agreement and begin to draw-down so many troops and only leave about 10,000 behind. that is the context in which this is taking place, what secretary kerry is going to be trying to do on this trip to afghanistan. carol? >> all right, athena jones, general spider marks, thanks so much. i'll be right back. "vocce vanduccos!" "when your favorite food starts a fight" "fight back fast" "with tums." "relief that neutralizes acid on contact..." "...and goes to work in seconds." ♪tum, tum tum tum tums! "and now, try great tasting tums chewy delights." "yummy." fancy feast broths. they're irresistabowl... completely unbelievabowl... totally delectabowl. real silky smooth or creamy broths. everything she's been waiting for. carefully crafted with real seafood, real veggies, and never any by-products or fillers. wow! being a cat just got more enjoyabowl. fancy feast broths. wow se

a study by the university of bergen in norway found that more than 8% of the workforce is addicted to work and at some point, that becomes a health issue. if you are addicted to work it can create stress, insomnia, depression, substance abuse, even physical health effect. workaholics can become stressed when not work willing and suffer guilt, anxiety and even depression. >>> giving america's bravest a proper welcome home, that's the goal of a local new jersey group, operation yellow ribbon. it organizes celebrations for veterans returning home from war around behind the group is one man who is the driving force. visit nbc10.com on our mobile apps right now to hear from the group's organizer about why what they do is so important and how you can get involved and much more. it's a digital exclusive story from nbc10.com. chris? >>> you've paid the price, you've paid more for gas. absolutely. now, state leaders are revealing how they intend to spend your money. we will show you their 12-year plan that will have an impact in our area. and approaching the pope on a plane. an nbc news report

she lives in north bergen new jersey. she has a court date in september.thers are behind the marathon bombings. >> a woman used bake couldn't to get back at her ex boyfriend. apparently bake couldn't is quite flammable. utah that woman now faces burglary and arson charges for starting a fire at her ex-boyfriend' house. her name is cameo crispy. and the 32 year old appeared in court today. police say she repeatedly called and teched her ex from his home in march. the man called police asking them to please remove her from his home and when officers arrived, they saw smoke, then found burnt bacon on the floor. court documents say they are blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit. >> a billboard is turning a lot of heads in northeastern pennsylvania. as you can see, it says, i heart sex. it appears to be signed by god. well a church pastor put up the billboard. he says the message falls in line with the focus of his sermons next month and that is sex and the bible. >> if the cull which are can be so bold, i think the church can be so bold and speak

cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help isis. >> here you've got three americans indicted for joining isis including a woman which is quite unusual. luckily they were arrested before they could leave the country but clearly isis is sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology that's the most exciting thing to go and join. >> experts worry about revenge if there is an escalation of the u.s. air strikes against isis. >> if the united states launches air strikes in syria that could be a red line for isis and they could use these americans not for attacks inside syria or iraq but back home in the united states. >> experts also say mccain's death could be a big propaganda victory for isis and could use that to recruit other americans to this fight. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> now, a u.s. state department spokesman tells cnn president obama has been presented with a host of military options in syria but he's yet to make a decision. a u.s. official says mr. obama has already authorized spy flights over syria possibly as preparation for air strikes. our barbara starr has more.

she lives in north bergen new jersey. has court date in september.rothers are behind the boston marathon bombings which killed three people and injured hundreds more. >> gill will store in texas gets a gruesome donation. a human skull was found by an employee in a pile of donations left at one of its thrift stores in austin. detectives say the remains were found back in july. but they could have been there a lot longer than that. a local medical examiner's office has determined the skull is from an adult who may have died two years ago. >> people donate all sorts of things to goodwill including prosthetic limbs, prostatic breasts, ashes kind of a collector's paradise. >> i think they should be happy, put it in the auction and get some money for it. >> police don't think foul play was involved but they're asking for anyone with any information to come forward. goodwill says it does not keep a record of who donates what to their stores. >> utah police say a woman used a pound of bacon to get back at an ex boyfriend g today she was in court on burglary

we're planning to release a new one with peter bergen this september. we obviously, based on the report released today and the work we've been doing throughout the past few years, realize that the threat is evolving. and we know that our nation needs to make sure it's evolving it's counter-terrorism measures accordingly. and no group is doing that more thoroughly than the house homeland security security kwom and not only are we joined by the chairman, chairman mccall but by members of his staff in the audience. we thank them for our hard work in keeping our nation safe and secure and we know they often do it without being recognized so we're glad they're here with us today. i also want to take a quick opportunity to thank the members of the 9/11 commission staff who are here with us today. many of them have gone on to continue serving their country in a wide range of positions and we're just so glad they could take time out to be here to on more the report that they work so hard on ten years ago. with that, i'm going to turn it over to commissioner jam

. >> leo mcguire was the sheriff of bergen county, the police is for and oversaw 550 law enforcement personnel. earlier i spoke with maria nadal and asked her about whether or not michael brown may have been involved in a robbery changes the narrative surrounding his death. >> for some people, absolutely, it does. we have been talking to folks who don't live in this and say they think a little bit differently about this whole scenario but for a community that has been threatened and intimidated on so many occasions by police officers, this is something that they have always been insulted by police officers, but they are more interested in: why was michael brown killed by a police officer and he didn't get due process? every american gets due process if they do something wrong, and that's what these people who live in my community and this community, they are not stupid. they are saying, no, it's not equal. >> so what is going on with the ferguson police department? it seems pretty clear to an outsider looking from the outside, in, that there was not muchn interaction at all, which me

incentives for all kinds of shenanigans like inversions possibly start to sweeten the deal on the bergening, why shouldn't we get rid of the thing or lower it and get the taxes from other part of our tax collection that we can actually collect? >> well, by that logic, chris, why not lower taxes on the wealthy because they certainly try to hide a lot of their income? i mean, the problem is once you get into the business of a race to the bottom, and that's basically what a lot of corporations are doing, internationally. they are trying to use whatever shenanigans they can to avoid paying taxes. then there's no end to it. i mean, yes, if we had major tax reform and had a territorial tax system and had a system where they paid fully on all the business they did in the united states, that would be one thing, but we don't have that. you know, if pigs could fly, that would be nice as well. burger king -- >> isn't it the case -- let me stop you there. is it not the case that corporations as entities are even better and more sophisticated at it? >> corporations are terrific. undoubtedly what a lo

and cnn's peter bergen says others have tried to help the group. >> here you've got three americans who've been indicted for joining isis within the last year. including, by the way, a woman, which is quite unusual. luckily, they were arrested before they could leave the country. but clearly, ice sis sort of -- if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now. >> reporter: and tracking americans who are part of isis is getting more difficult, especially on the ground in syria and iraq. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells us the footprint for american human intelligence in that area is not extensive. analysts say the isis leader, abu bhakr al baghdadi has extra motivation to send his fighters to the u.s. >> baghdadi, who's the head of isis, is a narcissistic psychopath. he wants to be bigger than osama bin laden. one of the ways he will measure that is how effective and how big the terrorist activities he can carry out in the west are compared to what bin laden was able to do. >> reporter: analysts saying abaghdadi's also taking a page fro

for the first time bergen exports rose over $1 million. could we be in a bubble?re betting no. they think demand in asia is point to keep growing. they are building more distilleries. adam johnson, bloomberg news. >> that is a lot of bourbon. i myself am a tequila woman but i respect that. did you know there are so much bourbon in kentucky, over 5 million barrels that it is more than the population itself. >> i will draw a comparison. tequila makers have an easier time responding to demand. hot. say it's become most of it does not get aged for very long at all. they can crank it out and meet market demand as it emerges. whereas the bourbon maker or many years in advance because it will be 8-12 before the bottle hits the market. >> but i like a good tequila, i have to say. up, not done yet. never seen a day like this one on wall street. the s&p 500 goes over 2000 for the first time ever. ♪ "money clip'is coming up at the top of the hour. theslamic militants is topic everyone is talking about. threat to u.s. homeland. now we are in conversations between the white ho

joining us to talk about this cnn national security analyst peter bergen and former cia special agent in charge is now the senior vice president at the sufan group. to you first, peter. we just learned from the ceo of "global post qwest "which had employed jim foley that the family had been given an email, they'd gotten an email from his captors saying they may kill him and threatening to kill him and we learned from the ceo something that we certainly didn't know publicly before that he said the government had known for some time of foley's whereabouts. so if they knew where he was, assuming they know where steve sotloff is, as well, right? what -- what possibly could be done here in a reaction to this threat against his life? >> well, i think if you pause that statement a little bit they may have known for some period of time, the location of jim foalet and other prisoners. the prisoners may well have moved, but clearly, once the u.s. government want to find these folks they may have a contingency plan to rescue them and at this moment when the life of the hostages, the three americ

joining us now our national security analyst peter bergen, retired u.s.e officer is, colonel cedric lleyton and chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. colonel, you heard the official we just spoke to said the u.s. has two missions,ive sa the people stranded, tens of thousands of them on top of this mountain, the bottom of the mountain is isis forces. secondly make sure the folks in erbil the big city in the north are safe. can you do that with air power alone? >> i don't think so. i know the administration is trying to put a good face on this. if you use air power alone you can do interdiksz missions and keep people from getting to certain places for a while. at some point you run out of weapons, munitions if you don't have the logistical train to supply that. the u.s. has a significant rain to do that, but they have to be very careful because the isis forces are very adept at moving even without modern conveniences and they can do it very, very quickly. so i don't think that's going to be sufficient to stop them. >> so the only ground forces

the cast includes lauren graham, joel mcgail and candice bergen. at the museum, secret of the tomb that will come out. robin williams plays teddy roosevelt. he's also the voice of dennis the dog and absolutely anything. that will be released next year. he was in boulevard which has been seen at movie festivals but has not been widely released as of yet. >> robin williams used his fame to help causes he believed in. that included hollywood -- that included fund-raisers at glide member church. >> he was just thrilled. he was so touched by the fact that we were there singing to him and giving something back to him. >> the reverend williams also called robin williams an original and said the actor was like no one else he had ever met. he also entertained act introops. he traveled to iraq, afghanistan and kuwait and performed for the soldiers. the uso posted a message on facebook saying he will will always be part of our uso family and will be missed. we'll bring you new any information information or any new tributes as they become available. you will

peter bergen says others have tried to help isis. >> you have three americans who have been indictedhich is quite unusual. they were arrested before they could leave the country. if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting thing to go and join right now. >> experts worry about revenge, if there is an escalation of the u.s. air strikes. >> the concern is if the united states launches air strikes in syria, that could be a red line for isis. and they could use these americans not for attacks inside syria or iraq, but back home in the united states. >> reporter: experts also say mccain's death could be a big propaganda victory for isis, and they could use that to recruit other americans to this fight. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> in the meantime, the u.s. state department spokeswoman tells cnn, president obama has been presented with a host of military options in confronting syria, he's yet to make a decision. a u.s. official says mr. obama has already authorized five flights over syria, possibly as preparation for air strikes. >> from president obama, a threat an

i also want it bring in senior international correspondent nic robertson as well as peter bergen. americans taken by isis. they are not open to negotiation by the conventional kind. we saw one conducted as prisoner of war level. but this is a different ne -- negotiating with al qaeda. i can't think of an example offhand where as official matter, where u.s. officials said we would do a negotiation. maybe they turn a blind eye but it is policy not to negotiate, particularly with a group like al qaeda. >> does it speak to the brutality of isis here? >> it speaks to their strategic view. james isn't the only one. two british and one new zealand, not just american. we don't know why the french journalist were released. we do know that the american government and the british government don't negotiate and don't pay ransom. we don't know what is going on behind the scenes about you this speaks to isis using these people as bargaining chips to try to get what it wants. and right now, it want the united states off its back. the united states is showing itself around hitting isis targets to

joining us is cnn national security analyst peter bergen and analyst bob baer.or threat. what does that entail? >> i think david cameron spoke to that in terms of the kinds of measures they're going to take. it seems like an abundance of caution. they have 500 people that have gone to syria. there's no way you can track that number of people. luckily the u.s. number is much smaller and we have much more law enforcement than the british law enforcement. >> someone will fall through the cracks? >> inevitably. these people are going to syria on a one-way ticket. he came to the states but he went back to syria and died. we have the guy from minnesota over the weekend who also died. and you're also finding good people going there who have no idea what they're doing. we have a woman who got killed in syria last year. so yes, it's a problem. but it's not always a guarantee that these people will even come back. >> bob, raising this threat level, you get the sense that this has been done for a reason, that there must have been some kind of reporting that prompted this.

officials believe a handful of americans have fought with isis in iraq and syria and cnn's peter bergen help the group. >> you've got three americans indicted for joining isis within the last year including a woman which is quite unusual. luckily they were arrested before they could leave the country. clearly isis is sort of, if you're interested in this ideology, that's the most exciting to thing to go and join right now. >> tracking americans in isis is getting more difficult especially in syria and iraq. a senior u.s. intelligence official tells us the footprint for american human intelligence in that area is not extensive. >> analysts say the isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi has extra motivation to send nighters to the u.s. >> the head of isis is a narcissistic psychopath. he wants to be bigger than osama bin laden. and one of the ways he will measure that is how effective and how big the terrorist activities he can carry out in the west are compared to what bin laden was able to do. >> analysts say al baghdadi is taking a page from bin laden's propaganda book and say he gets shock