the terrorist says as we struck frantz in the center of paris. we swear we will strike america at its center in washington. a carrier group leaving virginia for the mediterranean, a planned mission now focussing on isis. the u.s. is stepping up air strikes in yesyria. but president obama sounding defensive, stickic to his game plan. >> the terrible events in paris were obviously a terrible setback. even as we grieve with our french friends however we can't lose sight that there has been progress being made. >> firing back at critics -- >> the interesting we are putting forward is the strategy that ultimately is going to work. >> reporter: a false alarm two days later caused panic. and isis capability u.s. intelligence never could have predicted. >> i certainly could have predicted a oneoff we event. i would anticipate that this is not the only operation that isil has in the pipeline. >> i don't want to make everybody nervous but i feel the same way i felt before 9/11, that something very well could happen here. so how to stop isis? experts say mo

on wednesday the german chancellor angela merkel vowed to act swift to help frantz.the coming hours he's meeting vladimir putin in moscow. >>> pope francis is celebrating mass in nairobi. he will also visit uganda and the central african remember anything this five-day tour. >>> the u.s. military has blamed human error for its bombing of a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan last month. it says the strike was a tragic accidents. 30 people were killed in the bombing which the charity says amounts to a war crime. >>> now, turning our attention to iraq, where 36 men are due to stands trial in connection with one of the worst a trass a atros committed by isil fighters. 1500 iraqi soldiers were killed near the northern city of tikrit n july 24 men were sentenced to death for the massacre, but human rights groups say the judicial process was flawed. imran kahn now reports. >> reporter: isil fighters are said to have killed 1500 iraqi soldiers in a camp just outside the ca crete in june last year. this is one of the men killed. for his family the upcoming trial

wnbc spoke to one passenger waiting to depart to frantz. >> we saw it a couple of hours, we are very under shock, it is very shocking. >> are your family and friends okay. >> well we have not talked to them, but they should be okay. >> we also checked with the faa this evening that says it is coordinating with french and u.s. aviation authorities but right now it's not -- the faa does say it is prepared to take any action in the event action is warn rapted. there's always beefed up, stepped skup in security rldwide and we are likely to see that in the days to come. there's no specific or kreshl -- it's aware of no specific or credible threat against the united states homeland. >>> when we come back on this special edition of date line, we'll go to kier simmons for a live update on the attacks in paris. it's why we, at university of phoenix, count your relevant work and college experience as credits toward your degree. learn more at phoenix.edu. pc does what!? pc does up to 30x better 3d graphics. r pc does what no pc has done before. does yours? lilly baker is preparing for college.

contrast different approaches, prime minister david cameron's approach to isis and what's going on in frantzur president, the president of the united states, president obama? >> hello there, greta. certainly across the atlanticñ in london, david david cameron has offered very strong powerful leadership in the face of the isis threat he made an emphatic statement this weekend calling for the defeat of isis. he talked about the poisonous ideology of islamist extremism and the wider war against islamist terrorism, also earlier today, before the house of commons. david cameron spoke about increasing britain's defensive capability, hiring 1900 new spies britain's intelligence services. he talked about expanding britain's navy and armed forces. this is the kind of response that we need to be seeing in the face of the isis threat. in marked contrast to the very lackluster, rather embarrassing approach taken by president obama and the white house. >> is prime minister cammeron though able to get the support of his government, you know, i mean, in the past, i think he has not been able -- been succes

the expression, i like ike, moved a million and a half illegal im frantz out of this country, moved them way south. they never came back. they moved a million and a half people out. we have no choice. >> well million illegal immigra immigrants, to send them back, 500,000 a month is just not possible. it's not embracing american values. it would tear communities apart. it would send a signal that we're not the kind of country i know america is. >> i will say the politics of it would be very very different if a bunch of lawyers or bankers were crossing the rio grand or if a bunch of people with journalism degrees were coming in and driving down the wages in the press. >> a great line. joining us in the spin room is milwaukee 2016 presidential front leader, donald trump. were you happy with the debate tonight? i thought it was extremely substantive. >> i thought it was great. the anchors really were, moderators all elegant, all three the way they presented themselves and the questions. i thought it was a very elegant evening and very substantive, as you would say, yes. >> there were differe

they have been relentless, aggressive, they are expected to continue today and the leaders of both frantzand pay back for the attack on their countries. heather, anna, back to you. >> john huddy live for us. i want to get your take on all of this piece. when we think about the united states and what we are doing and many military experts are calling on the u.s. to be stronger leaders and that we need to be doing more when you scale it on a capability level. >> it is indicative of how much our rules of engagement have been blocking us. we have known about which this enemy isis uses the civilian population to hide amongst to shield themselves and what france and russia are doing is . what france and russia are doing is effectively taking the gloves off. they're taking that intelligence that's difficult to develop on the ground oftentimes and actually acting on it. if we're actually leading this coalition which some question which we are, we would be making many of these air strikes. president obama has tight end the rules of engagement. >> what the president said, he made remarks, it was re

we should have bombed their oilfields, and that's what frantz is doing.kie's right, there's really no actually playing of what any of these candidates would do going forward other than donald trump's plan to bomb the stuff out of them. [laughter] i think there needs to be more detail to this and, of course, this is all happening very fast and developing. but the criticisms have been out there for president obama's approach to defeating isis, and i haven't really seen any details of what these republicans or even hillary clinton would do differently. jon: it seems like it's going to be a potent campaign issue on both sides as we head toward 2016. michael warren, jackie kucinich, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: and here's another big part of the story, the paris attacks sparking widespread calls to ban or limit the admission of syrian refugees into the united states. more than half the nation's governors say they're going to take action to prevent syrian refugees from settling in their states out of fear for the safety of their citizens. david lee miller is

robert frantz, a freshman from brooklyn who specifically asked me to shout out brooklyn, asked why doyou choose to identify as a socialist when it seems in your platform you are more in the middle of the spectrum between capitalism and socialism. a freshman from paris france in the school of foreign service says, in france there is no problem with the word socialist. i consider myself a socialist and i feel the culture pushes you to call yourself a democratic socialist although i can't see the difference. these two questions alone shows some of the differences in how people view the word and you. i'm wondering if you would comment to that and maybe discuss that confusion and clarify just a little bit. >> i think the reason that i have always, way back when i was mayor of burlington, define myself as a democratic socialist is that in fact is my vision. my vision is not just making modest changes around the edge, it is transforming american society to make it into a much more vibrant democracy and an economy which works much better for working families. by the word socialism, what is im