as corson is focused on the united states, that is a problem. it's an interesting question. does the existence of or affiliate has a greater or less threat to the homeland? >> i was going to take a question as moderator, which i will dangerously i would add that i think peter has hit on an excellent point because the issue becomes the al qaeda core to me that based on my research and reporting is much more of a movement or a set of ideas, which can be adopted by regional groups who may not share the same end goal as the enemy ussr enemy. at what point does across the threshold and then become a strategic threat to the united states. i think they stunned the data and the open source reporting, it should cross that threshold when as mary has pointed out, you see in syria are these groups from different regional organizations have made a decision at some level to work together with the focus eating class against the united states. so for example, you can same argument of poker run has identified itself with the al qaeda ideology, but at least based on the reporting available no

acted alone in targeting an al-qaida off shoot group called corson. who officials believe were plotting an eminent attack against americans and the west. >> we know that the corson group has attempted to recruit wetness to serve as operatives or to inn fill straight back into their homeland. >> before head to go new york for the united nations general assembly, president obama says the mission in syria relies on the participation of arab alli allies. >> the strength of this coalition make it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. >> eight head of the latest military action president obama called house speaker john boehner and minority leader nancy pelosi. vice-president joe biden and defensive chuck hagle also used the phones to reach out to chairs and ranking members of the intelligence and defense committees. in washington, michelle macalu macaluso, fox news. >> osama bin laden's son-in-law is sentenced to life in prison. he was the defiant to the end at a new york city courtroom. he is the highest ranking al-qaida figure to go t

it is more immediate, this group that you call corson group we described it before it is deployed all qaeda in the arabian peninsula to develop a terror plot to bring down airplanes they haven't lost that interest in doing it. that means it is serious, they have both capability, financing and people all of that is dangerous. but if you step back, isis, they have something different, they have access to people with western passports. well, this group of al qaeda individuals almusra is an al qaeda group in syria they have access to some of those same individuals, that's why we are so concerned about the possibility of them pulling off a successful attack and buy we have retrimmed our efforts if you will. >> senate feinstein do you share chairman rogers' concerns about this group. >> i do, and i think there are essentially three major groups that would affect our national security, affect our homeland. of course one of them is isil, another is aqap coming out of yemen that has a bomb that goes through magnetometers and has tried to get four of those on different occasions into our count

there are several groups on the ground that could harm us, and if the al nusra group or part of a corson group affiliated with the al qaeda group mixed with yemen and i know this is complicated that bowp could harm the u.s. even sooner than isil. so we have to be very careful on the ground and we need muslim bootsma on the ground and i haven't seen anybody sign up yet. >> and i would just -- i think the, said they would only g go into iraq. >> that's true. >> but otherwise i think -- >> well syria is a harder problem, and if we are going to push back isil by air, somebody has to hold the ground and we are training up some moderate syrians, but that is a long, slow process. >> schieffer: yes. and you are absolutely right who are going to be the troops that go in on the ground? >> let me just go back to the air for a moment because it is about 11 days since the president went before the nation, essentially dechaired war against isis, i thought it was an excellent speech, said he would go into syria to follow them to their havens. i think it is very important that we strike isis from the ai

strikes in syria targeting isis and terror group in the region why united states is now going after the corson group. >> doppler radar, yes, that's rain you see there creeping up the coast. >> this will mess up your commute home likely anyway. >> sue will have weather on the 1s in just a moment. tomorrow this time maybe a whole different morning out there. >> enjoy this wednesday, september 24, 2014 and rosh hashanah starts sundown today and happy new year to everyone celebrating. >> laurenson following breaking news. pregnant woman shot and killed her baby as we mentioned also died. also steve keely back in monroe county where police are being ing for a man that killed a state trooper. first, see, 6:01, weather on the 1s. >> we pick a number to help you figure out what it will be weather-wise today we're going with 8, early sunshine, temperatures, clouds on the increase today and clouds all in all comfortable day off to a school tart once again. like bus stop buddy you should have a jacket or sweatshirt, police on this morning. some temperatures in the 40s and satellite and radar shows clouds

last night we took strike against ally by seasonal died operatives in syria who were money as the corson group. >> the leader is here welcome back time confidant of ben lad. september to syria by al qaeda leaders. officials said today most of the men involved in the plot and may be him were killed. >> we believe that the individual that were plotting and planning it have been eliminated. >> this is abc news new york. >> pentagon says there was no confirmation of civil i don't know deaths but activist in syria say there were at least 8 casualties. >> when it comes to the airstrike california law make remembers deeply divided. congresswoman bar were lee issued a statement condemning the military action and call for a vote in congress. she says there is no military solution to the crisis in iraq. and syria in fact continue u.s. military action result in unintended consequences. mane while senator feinstein applauds the obama administration writing we must address this rate now or we risk future attack on american people and assets both abroad and at home. minority leader pelosi agrees. >> t

strikes in syria targeting isis and terror group in the region why united states is now going after the corsonroup. >> doppler radar, yes, that's rain you see there creeping up the coast. >> this will mess up your commute home likely anyway. >> sue will have weather on the

nbc news is said to show damage not to isis and to rival al qaeda off-shoots that were struck like corsonon commanders said were ready to strike in the u.s. or europe. >> they were planning external attacks to test improvised explosive devices. >> in new york at the u.n. president obama planned to thank the leaders of arab nations who helped strike isis in khorasan last night. >> unless and until we can find an arab force that's going to get on the ground and eliminate isis. >> reporter: or maybe a turkish force. turkey offered support, but not yet boots on the ground. now that the war is wider, and the fighting coalition is bigger. >> reporter: over the next few days at the united nations and a major general assembly speech, president obama hopes to grow the fighting coalition for the war the pentagon warned today could last years. at the white house, i'm steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, a nice first full day of fall today. we had some really cool temperatures this morning, but the cooler air that we felt t