. >> joining me now is congressman gregory meeks. >> good to be with you. >> what did you think of thethat of congressman king and others like senator mccain graham saying the president is not dealing with the root of the issue and thins could get worse? >> i think that they should focus an what the issues are. let's look at fact. foreign policy is not black or white. grow have to go by what is on the ground. what is taking place. the president here clearly i think he made the right steps. we're arming the kurds on the ground, which i think is important, and bombing from the air. the president has said we're going to stop isis. i think he's also talking to, it's important i listen to your other guests on the shop. it's important we get some of the others in the area involved also. and their silence has been deafening. we need to make sure we're working with turkey, the kurds in the area. i think the president is doing what is necessary to try to make sure. he indicated we're going stop along with others isis moving in and creating a genocide in northern iraq. >> you have brought up so

[laughter] gregory meeks, a great leader. karen bass is here, former speaker of the california assembly. [applause] , i was almoste born in his district. i will tell you the story about that, but one of the great members, stand up. [applause] brad sherman was introduced. not sure if he is still here, but barbara lee, i want to thank you. let me mentioned are for and sudan, you are a very great part of that. i don't know that sheila jackson is a part of that or not. ministers here from various countries in africa, welcome, we are pleased to have you here, pleased to know you, please to work with you and do business with you. like a gregory meeks, we believe you are on the cutting edge of the future. we are going to be there with you as your partner. i don't know that dr. shaw is .ere, or dr. litchfield she's here? we are glad to have you here. the opec ceo. dana heinz, glad to have you here. .haron baron bok [indiscernible] is that even close? >> [inaudible] >> beautiful, better than close. the nigerian minister of power is he

. >> joining me now is democratic congressman gregory meeks of new york. a member of the foreign affairs committee. good to see you this morning. >> good to be with you, jose. >> thank you. let's talk about the possibility of the u.s. getting involved in air strikes in ssyria. is that something you would support? >> i think we need to give the president the leeway as far as the air strikes are concerned. as we've seen in iraq to be make sure he damages the devastating group known as isis. yes, it is something that as long as we are doing air strikes, it's something i could support. >> what is interesting in contrast to air strikes in iraq where the government there allegedly supports the united states doing that to help itself out, in syria, unless we work with the assad dictatorship, that would be going into an air space that the country you're flying over doesn't want you at. >> i think that the president has indicated clearly he believes, and i believe, he has the constitutional right to protect americans and american interest. no matter where they are.

coming up this afternoon, congressman gregory meeks and the congressional black caucus africa task force host panel discussions with african business and political leaders, u.s. private sector representatives, and members of congress. speakers include house minority w.h.i.t. steny hoyer and others. it's live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. later we'll have president obama's closing news conference from the summit. that's live at 5:00 eastern also on c-span. and tonight at 8:00, the annual net roots nation conference from earlier this year in detroit, including a discussion on the super pac ready for hillary, which recently announced $2.5 million in donations over a three-month period. here's a preview. >> one of the things that's really unique about this organization is that, you know, we're not so -- it would be presumptuous to think that ready for hillary could dictate what hillary clinton's message is going to be. you know, this is not a campaign. it's focused on building grassroots army and building grassroots infrastructure. so for every time that, you know, hillary goes out and giv