. >>> now i want to turn to senator bob corker, ranking member on the senate foreign relations committee. senator, thank you for joining us. you just heard your colleague from across the capitol there, saying there's a rush to war in congress right now. do you think that's fair? >> not really, jake. i don't think there's a plan. i think there's been a rush for the president to appear to be addressing this isil threat but it's evident to me that they don't have the pieces put together. the hearing yesterday was very clear that that's the case. and on this arming the moderate opposition, i've been a long-time supporter of making that happen. we've tried to push the president towards that back at a time when the advocacy of this would have been much greater. i think that they have done, on this one little element which is, you know, clearly not the way we're going to have a ground effort in syria that really matters, they are trying to take this little thing and make it look like it's a really major component of what it's going to take to deal with isil. i think it's all convoluted and it's

questioned by ranking member bob corker, and he was talking to secretary kerry about the at administration'sorts, that it spends too much on politics and in his worst and not consist of a real strategy for stock a little bit of senator corker's statements. [video clip] >> you are asking us to prove something that we know the way that you have laid it out makes no sense. we have a strong sense that our army, our military leaders have urged you to put special forces on the ground, but no, we are not going to do that. this does not even seem serious. it seems like a political answer to the united states as they cry out about this uncivilized activity, but it does not seem real to me. if you are willing to get in a classified setting and lay out details and tell us which of these countries will be flying their flag into syria, they are going to be putting people on the ground because we know -- we know the free syrian army cannot take on isil. you know that. you talk about a multi-your process -- we are talking decades if that is going to be our salvation. i will just close with this. i am disap

this strategy, and you heard it from bob corker earlier, we'll play it again in a few minutes, bob corker was stating thats unrealistic. he said it was unrealistic and not serious. secretary kerry said no, this is very serious, and said that the kurdish peshmerga has been very successful in pushing back. the obama administration making it clear and emphatic on the president say from secretary kerry from a my moments ago, and he's say, no u.s. troops on the grouped in iraq will be involved in combat. >> let's see if we can sort this out even as a deeper level. it is important, i think, for us to make the distinction, and for focus watching us and we understand, we're talking about one strategy with two components. there is the effort moving forward in iraq, and then there is syria. that's a different proposition. what we're talking about in iraq, and correct me if you're hearing as quickly different here. it is supporting and bolstering the iraqi and the peshmerga to fight for iraq. then there is the strategy moving forward for syria. and the free syrian army, it is still an open question.

but there is plenty of skepticism as bob corker said. things need to fall into place and countries need to fall in line like never before. not only do they want a debate, they want the president to say directly to congressional, we want you to do this. if congress would weigh on -- in on this i'm more than happy to have that is the other way. that's partly because the white house understands it's been so darned difficult to work with this congress but also because it's not entirely clear how willing the country is to have this debate or the lawmakers are. >> well, i'm curious, the president went through the ritual of having the lawmakers in to tell them after having signaled in advance that he was going to do it anyway. i and -- wonder if he even cares whether he has congressional support. >> he certainly learned a hard lesson from last year when he switched course and said he was going to ask congress for approval to strike syria, slightly different circumstances but he really bungled that. i don't think anybody is ale -- eager to repea

be participation of the neighbors of syria and iraq, and the concerns -- and you heard this from bob corker yesterday, is that these nations will be here for window dressing, as coat holders, is the phrase he used, so you will see them pressing on what these nations are going to be doing in terms of military operation. and the saudis have stepped forward, obviously, and agreed to host the training and arming of the free syrian rebels on their territory, something that is somewhat remarkable break from past precedent. but this is another controversial issue, along with the arming of the rebels, the coalition, and we heard secretary hagel talking in terms of the brightest possible scenario about what the unity government in iraq is going to look like. these are still very much open questions, david. whether or not the post maliki government can bring these warring factions in order to turn the attention, full resources and effort towards defeating isil within iraqi territory, syrian territory become an increasingly problematic piece of this. >> mike viqueira at the white house, we have retire

senator bob corker, top republican in the foreign relations committee said he's encouraged by participation of arab nations and military strikes. >> then you have senator dianne feinstein who chairs the intelligence committee, democrat, california. i strongly support air strikes in syria, critical for strategy to confront isil, khorison and other groups. >> "new york times" headline reverenced is that u.s. invokes iraq's defense in legal justification of syria strikes. the united states said tuesday that the american led air strikes against the islamic state carried out in syria without seeking the permission of the syrian government or the united nations security council were legal because they were done in defense of iraq. american ambassador officially informed the eun secretary general. legal justification in a letter which you can find linked there on the web site. asserting that the air strikes were carried out under a fundamental principle in the eun charter giving countries the right to defend themselves including using force when country is unwilling or unable to address it. intern

one of the people who is not up for re-election, senator bob corker. simply using airstrikes to defeat islamic state without promising, without committing the use of ground troops is a mistake. and secretary kerry has been trying to say no, wait a second, the ground forces, the local ground forces, they're making progress. here is senator corker picking up on that theme right now. watch. >> we have three senators, president, vice president, secretary of state, that are exercising terrible judgment right now. and to say that you're going to do this regardless of what we say, you're not going to ask for a buy-in by the u.s. senator house of representatives on behalf of the american people in a conflict that you say is going to be multi year, some people say a decade, taking us into another country with a different enemy is exercising the worst judgment possible. >> worst judgment possible. there is another part about corker's interaction with kerry that was feisty, but he's getting to the same ploy that senator paul was getting at. they want the administ

committee yesterday, and it led to a heated exchange with the ranking republican member, senator bob corker. >> you're not going to ask for buy-in by the united states senate or house of representatives on behalf of the american people in a conflict that you say is going to be multiyear, some people say a decade, taking us into another country with a different enemy is exercising the worst judgment possible. what arab sunni country is going to be putting boots on the ground in syria against this now claimed army by your -- >> at this moment, no country has been asked to put boots on the ground or no country is talking of it, and we don't think it's a good idea right now, so there's no discussion of that at this moment. now, with respect to the judgment about asking congress to do it, i'm asking. do it. pass it. >> you're asking us to do it, but you're not giving any details because you don't have them. >> that's not true, senator. >> well, then share them. >> senator, i am not going to share them in public here today. many -- >> you're in a classified setting. >> i'm confident there will be

republican senator bob corker: >> do you realize how un-serious the things that you have laid out and the things that were laid out yesterday, sound. >> i must say to you, i-- i really find it somewhat surprising as we have come back from a week of very serious meetings with nations around the world, all of whom are committed to this, that you sit there and suggest that it's not serious. >> the amendment is adopted. >> reporter: across the capitol, the house voted to authorize arming and training moderate syrian rebels, but only after dozens of lawmakers expressed their opposition, including democrat loretta sanchez. >> we don't know if somewhere down the line, they will turn our guns right back on us. >> reporter: and republican duncan hunter: >> the last thing that we should do is arm islamic rebels to fight other islamic rebels. >> reporter: hunter is a former marine who served in iraq and afghanistan, and several other veterans in congress sided with him. but supporters of the plan argued it is the best of a bunch of bad options and that it's certainly preferable, scott, to sendin

senator barbara boxer upset about senator bob corker's line of questioning when asking john kerry aboutou can save the answer to my questions. >> i will answer your question. i am sure you will be happy to have the kind of dialogue that talked about earlier. it is import to talk this through. >> i have two minutes and 34 seconds and four more questions. (vo) rush hour around here starts at 6:30 a.m. - on the nose. but for me, it starts with the opening bell. and the rush i get, lasts way more than an hour. (announcer) at scottrade, we share your passion for trading. that's why we've built powerful technology to alert you to your next opportunity. because at scottrade, our passion is to power yours. having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to make your first claim. so you talk to your insurance company and... boom! you're blindsided for a second time. they won't give you enough money to replace your brand new car. don't those people k

kentucky senator bob corker. >> we know the free syrian army cannot take on i.s.i.l, you know that. >> the moderate opposition in syria has in fact been fighting i.s.i.l. for last two years. and since last january, the free syrian army has been engaged in i.s.i.l. in idlib, in aleppo, in damascus country side. but they require our support. >> for more on the moderate syrian opposition, i'm joined by ubay chabendar, ubay, good to have you back on the show. senator joe manchun said, quote, if money and military right could have made a difference, it would have by now. does very a point? is the free syrian army in any better shape than you and i talked a few months ago? >> it absolutely is. it's been the free syrian army that's led the fight against i.s.i.s, and has successfully expelled i.s.i.s. from two major provinces in northern syria that is fighting i.s.i.s. in eastern syria and the damascus country side and been able to do so with very little to no outside support. so imagine if you add american enablers, american trained and equipped program, to thicken the license to empower the

ranking republican senator bob corker. >> tell us what has been accomplished. what arab seeing nation is going to have a ground force in syria. what arab sunni country is going to be flying in and missile raids with an arab insignia on the side of the plane? tell me that. >> senator you'll hear that in the next days. >> i'm asking you are you convinced that that will happen? >> let me -- i've already said that will hab. >> we will have arab sunni countries participating in the ground effort in syria? >> no, i didn't say the ground effort. >> on the notion that the free syrian army has the capability to take on i.s.i.l. corker's anger bubbled over. >> this doesn't even seem serious. we know the free syrian army cannot take on i.s.i.l, you know that. >> with all due respect to you, senator, let me tell you something point blank. the moderate opposition in syria has in fact been fighting i.s.i.l. for last two years. >> for members of congress who will soon face reelection the prospect of taking a risky vote on arming the syrian rebels has little appeal. and for re

there were some tense moments including when bob corker challenged secretary kerry for not having a serious plan for achieving the goal. >> i hope you will lay out a plan that will convince us about doing the thing you said you would do to the american people and to us. you haven't done it. >> i find it somewhat surprising for to you suggest as the president of the united states talks to the nation and commits to take strikes in order to deal with isil, as we have come back from a week. very serious meetings with nations around the world, all of whom are committed to this, that you sit there and suggest it is not serious. >> mel brooks jones us now. they voted a little more than 2-1 for this war measure, the free syrian army. why did you address it. >> let me be clear, the white house and the president believe, and i don't disagree, that they can form a coalition and they can use american military forces and coalition forces to defeat the islameck state in iraq, in syria or anywhere else. that's not what the issue tonight was about. the issue only the was about whether the united states of

senator bob corker took kerry to task yesterday saying this is unserious, you said all along these guys can't do it. now you're saying they're going to do it for you. >> yeah, and let's talk about another foreign policy challenge, the u.s. finds itself on the same side as iran in confronting isis. ann curry got an exclusive interview with the president of iran who condemned isis but at the same time had blistering criticism for the u.s. for forming a coalition with countries he says have been propping up isis. take a listen to this. >> translator: it is ridiculous and there are people that have created these terrorist groups and are inside this coalition, they have been financing these terrorist groups. in this coalition, there are people who are supporting them politically and they are equipping them with weapons. >> do you think rowhani has support for that position on supporting isis in the past? >> he is criticizing the united states, too. taking it back to the u.s. invasion of iraq more than ten years ago. all of this began and now things are messy. they're going to try to root out

senator bob corker is outspoken in his problems about the plan. he says it doesn't sound serious. is he as serious about having a vote in his office called and said don't unfairly criticize the senator. he's called for a vote and like debate. i'd like him to come on the show and make that position. that's the the leadership they need to have a debate about this, see where the senate takes it. the isis problem is not getting any better otherwise. >> not going away at all, only getting worse. with that let's hand you over to "newsro "newsroom" with carol costello. >> good morning, have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. >>> happening now in "the newsroom" arming the rebels. >> congress cannot be providing a blank check for the anti-isil campaign. >> the ground game against the terrorists heats up, the house backing obama's plan bringing us one step closer to conflict. >> isil must be defeated, period, end of story. >>> what do we want? >> independence! >> independence. will great britain survive? >> the uk will split. >> reporter: without scotland. >> and we will go our separate wa

listen to what bob corker says. >> we left them hanging. we've got ton where we know or recognize people in these refugee camps that we left hanging. america, we told them what we were going to do. we didn't do it. their sons, uncles, their brothers have been slaughtered, i question whether there's much there that matters of the moderate opposition. that's a factor that i think we should know about. and they should be discussing with us. but it's not occurred yet. >> and senator corker, just as an important note, he was in support of arming and training the syrian opposition a year ago. when that became part of the discussion. a year-plus ago when it became part of the discussion, do you think it's possible that it's too late now, general? >> well i don't think it's too late. i certainly agree with the senator, they're probably not in the position they were before. but i want it go back to a point jim acosta made which is critically important. who are they? vetting them. there's some allegations that they -- >> is that still a serious quest

senator bob corker is outspoken in his problems about the plan. he says it doesn't sound serious.called and said don't unfairly criticize the senator. he's called for a vote and like debate. i'd like him to come on the show and make that position. that's the the leadership they need to have a debate about this, see where the senate takes it. the isis problem is not getting any better otherwise. >> not going away at all, only getting worse. with that let's hand you over to "newsro "newsroom" with carol costello. >> good morning, have a great day. "newsroom" starts now. >>> happening now in "the newsroom" arming the rebels. >> congress cannot be providing a blank check for the anti-isil campaign. >> the ground game against the terrorists heats up, the house backing obama's plan bringing us one step closer to conflict. >> isil must be defeated, period, end of story.

your point, actually the house of representatives increased the for pep fire in their budget and bob corker told me that the senate will likely as well. so those -- it doesn't get much thate but those are things are being done in a positive way. in the year 2000, as you pointed the u.n. millennium goals, the eight identified, i'm wondering, looking at it from a management standpoint, and, again, you sort of addressed already,ome degree some of the rather vague in a sense, all very worthwhile but nonetheless there's vagueness to them. how do we score success in those and what management techniques can be brought together? signed on the that. and there is a tipping point in the u.s. in terms of what we can be successful at it. how do we draw other nations into this process behind the stand british and -- and british and the european to become much, more proactive in addressing these issues? >> that's a very timely because those goals essentially, although they were 2000,gether in the year they covered sort of the 25-year period. 1990 to 2015.as so we had 15 years for the world really prioriti

senator bob corker serves as ranking member.ont, and mixed among the crowd, members of the protest group, code pink, in the room. so we could see an interruption or two in the proceedings. they offered owe posing remarks yesterday while secretary of defense chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey, testified before the senate armed services committee on combatting isis. secretary of state john kerry expected here in just a moment. this is live coverage on c-span3.

joining us now, senator bob corker.ry much to joining us. >> good to be with you. >> the way i see it, the president will outline his strategy and then it is up to the senate and house to either do nothing, keep on talking, vote a formal resolution authorizing the use of force against isis targets in iraq and syria, or simply wait on funding because the administration will need a lot of money to begin this new phase of the war against isis and the war on terror. what is your preference? >> obviouslyic t i think the president should come to congress and ask for the authorize for the use of force. bush 41 in desert storm felt like he had the authority, but they realized that to get the u.s., congress buy-in was very important. bush 43 did so in '01 and '02 and this president came to us with syria last year again seeking buy-in from the american people. so i think it would be extremely lacking in judgment for him to not seek that from us, a formal authorization. i don't think he will ask for that and i'm dismayed by that b

bob corker, the top republican on the foreign relations committee. the republican in tennessee riting in today in "today" "today's" "usa today," vote for victory over, sishgs, lishgs. -- for for isil. top republican on the foreign relations committee there. out of russia, the news out of "the e, the headline in new york times," kiev is offering special status for the regions of that country. major concessions given to the russian separatist there is. health care, "the wall street reporting the uninsured has falled by $3.8 million. he federal survey from the first quarter doesn't predict a late surge in signups. sunups t second wave of coming in october. lot of eyes on the federal reserve this week. the washington times saying from a piece --ted press, the speculation swirls over fed language on the rate hike. federal reserve issues a policy statement after it meet this is week, the financial high alert for two words, considerable time. he presence or absence of that phrase will trigger a rush to assess a likely timing of the fed's first increase of i

my two senators, bob corker, originally businessman from chat noo ga, lamar alexander, a lifetime politician, please do t not represent me in see more tennessee. >> how are you? >> thank you for c-span. my representative is jeff americaly. no, he does not represent me. i don't think any of them do. host: specifically, why does mr. murkily not represent you? >> they have not done anything in the past six years. none of them. republican, or democrat: including the state, the city. i am so disgusted with this government. and my model is, when i vote this time, i don't care if they are republican or democrat or who they are. i'm voting them out of office. it's time for a change. host: luka from kansas. republican line. good morning. >> good morning. my representative is mike and the senator is jerry moran. i listen to people and they do not understand that the congressman or the senator does not represent individuals. they represent the people and they must represent the law. and they fail represent the interest of most of the people and i think the whole -- they fail our country -- a basis for

one of your colleagues, bob corker, started to wonder if there is enough of a moderate opposition left us to be able to take on isis on the ground in syria, do you trust the free syrian army today? >> i do it's much more difficult than it was two years ago when the recommendation was rejected by the president. it's very difficult. there are no good options here. i would like to add one other point about coming to congress. it's the difference between welcoming congress and coming to congress. bill clinton, after bosnia, after srebrenica can a into congress and supported what they wanted him to do george herbert walker bush, after the invasion of kuwait, came to congress and requested their support, it's in the president's interest to have debate and discussion and votes here in the congress of the united states because got to get the people behind them. >> senator, on some level is that a little bit sell man theics, the president, as you heard jim acosta say they welcome a new authorization of force, then just do it, if he says welcome it i know you support a vote, then where are the l

senator bob corker serves as ranking member. and as you can see, right there in the front, and mixed among the crowd, members of the protest group, code pink, in the room. so we could see an interruption or two in the proceedings. they offered owe posing remarks yesterday while secretary of defense chuck hagel and joint chiefs of staff chair, general martin dempsey, testified before the senate armed services committee on combatting isis. secretary of state john kerry expected here in just a moment. this is live coverage on c-span3. again waiting for secretary of state john kerry this afternoon, testifying on the administration's strategy to fight isis before the senate for ribbons relations committee here. of course, in the house this afternoon, members debating an amendment to the continuing resolution to keep the government operating past the end of this month. that amendment would provide funding to syrian militants to buy supplies to fight isis. a vote on that expected this afternoon. the senate is standing by waiting the vo

and more reaction from governor corker and governor bob mcdonald .a new reform -- a whole new world regarding gifts to politicians." let's get more on the growing threats around the world. should the u.s. increased defense spending? the line forus on independent callers. good morning. if we are going to have a military buildup, which i am not sure about yet, this time we need a war tax to cover the increase. no more putting it on the credit cards, like we did with iraqi and afghanistan wars. if they want to build up, they will have to give him the taxes. you think the american people would go along with the idea? caller: i don't know. they should if they have any common sense. we are already too strapped to maintain our own infrastructures. so. more spending on the military means more taxes. host: thank you for the call. gerald is on the phone this morning. good morning. caller: good morning. i think that mitt romney is wrong. just because you're spending more does not mean you are spending smart. that is what we need to look at. there are always goi